In the Wuying Palace.

"Not bad." After listening to the prince's words, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded approvingly. "It's worthy of being our good son, just knowledgeable."

"Why, why?" King Qin was naturally even more confused.

"Because only by finding out the number of strong men can we know how many soldiers and men can be requisitioned; If you know the acres of industrial land of each household, you will know how to determine the tax. After understanding the industrial acres in the world, we know how much tax the state can collect every year and how much financial resources it uses. ”

The third child immediately showed off.

"How strong a country can be depends on how much manpower it can mobilize and how much taxes it can collect. If we can firmly grasp these two things, then the country will be able to maintain peace and stability for a long time. Not to be outdone, the fourth said.

"This is what is said in the "University", 'There are people who are virtuous, there are people who have soil, there are people who have wealth, and there are people who are useful!' The third child immediately dragged the sentence.

"......" the fourth child can't be rectified directly.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is already very satisfied, and it is not surprising that a good student like the third child has this knowledge. I didn't expect that the old four who didn't learn and didn't know how to figure out this layer at once, it can be seen that it is also a piece of jade, and it has to be carved well.

"But there's a problem with this sticker, can you think of it?" Zhu Yuanzhang took the school examination for his two sons, but he automatically ignored the second child and passively ignored the fifth child.

"This ......" The two hurriedly racked their brains, it didn't matter if they didn't behave in front of their father, the important thing was not to let each other win!

"It's too coarsely registered!" Or the fourth child found the problem first:

"The hukou situation is okay, but the field situation is not at all."

He pointed to the field column on one of the pages and said, "'Twelve acres of land for his own people. 'Whether it is paddy field or dry land, rich or barren, there is no record, how can this be used for taxation?' ”

"Indeed, since ancient times, the government has to register the acres of land in equal ranks, and it cannot be generalized." Zhu also nodded and said, "The officials should be severely punished, how can they be so foolish?" ”

If you lose the speed, you can only increase the intensity.

But Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao looked at each other and smiled, shook their heads and said, "It's too much to take for granted, that's why I want you to go to the folk for training." ”

"You all see the problem, how can my father not see it?" Zhu Biao explained: "But if you cook small things in a big country, some things can't be rushed, and if you are in a hurry, there will be problems, so you can only take it step by step." ”

"Brother You're right, we all dream of clearing acres of land across the country, but we can't do it." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said:

"One is that there is no one. Qingzhang is a technical job, it is not enough to be able to write, you will see when you go back to your hometown, most of the people's land is strangely shaped, you have to learn a special 'Fangtian technique' to calculate the number of acres. There are very few people in the country who can do this work, how can they clear the whole country? ”

"What about the previous dynasties?" King Jin asked.

"See whose fate is good. The Han Dynasty took over the stall of the Qin Dynasty, and the Qin Dynasty had strict control over the acres of household registration, which no one has been able to match so far. So let Han Gaozu pick up a big bargain. ”

"The Yuan Dynasty doesn't care about these at all, and the pure hair estimates a few blind handfuls." Zhu Yuanzhang said hatefully: "When we take over, everything has to start from scratch." ”

"But this is not the most important thing, there is a shortage of talents, and it is slowly cultivated, and the tens of thousands of prisoners we raised in Guozi are doing this." After a pause, Boss Zhu said in a heavy tone:

"In fact, the hardest thing is that too many people don't want us to find out what they do."

The sons nodded, this is easy to understand, to find out the details, you will have to pay taxes.

Regarding the Qingzhang matter, the local gentry and ordinary people must be able to hide it. If the government is too serious, there is a risk of causing civil unrest.

What's more, the official is a rogue official, but the officials who do the specific work are all sitting on the ground, and the butt itself is crooked.

So as long as Boss Zhu doesn't push too hard, the government at all levels is happy to drag it out.

"Then the father can't do anything about them?" The princes asked indignantly. If nothing else, it's just that I can't see my father being wronged.

"Of course we have a way, it's a big deal to send troops down and forcibly clear the fields. But one township and one county can do this, and if the whole country does this, there must be people everywhere. Zhu Yuanzhang said in a muffled voice:

"In the third year of Hongwu, the most important thing was to calm the hearts of the people, and we couldn't make it too intense, so we could only retreat first and seek second."

As he spoke, he picked up the household registration sticker and said, "Let's start with a simple start and register the population." ”

"The local government originally thought that we would clear the acres of land, but they were so scared that they couldn't do it. But now I heard that I just made every effort to check the household registration, and I could declare the number of acres of land by myself, and I immediately felt that I had escaped, and I didn't contradict the household sticker. Only then can we complete the registration of 55,000 million people in the country in just a few years! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile slyly: "But they don't understand, they have long legs, the land does not have long legs, and once the household stickers are registered, they have to go to the government to run a road guide if they want to go out, otherwise they will be homeless." In this way, people can be retained, and their fields will be cleared in the future, which is a matter of time and time. ”

"......" The sons were dumbfounded, but they didn't expect that looking at the old and rough father, the inside was so fine.

Of course, His Royal Highness King Qin was dumbfounded, or maybe he didn't understand.

"What you have to do now is to copy as many household stickers as possible from Linhuai County's Induction Township, and go back to memorize them." Zhu Yuanzhang ordered in a deep voice: "When I go back to my hometown, let's see how different the acres of each family's fields are from the records on these nonsense household stickers." The results of your investigation will be the reason for us to re-clear in the future! ”

"Yes." The princes understood the significance of this incident and were immediately full of energy.

"In addition," Zhu Yuanzhang said to his sons:

"Pay attention to your old man, if there are any illegal things in the place, or things like grievances that cannot be reached, write them down."

"Understood!" This time the answer is still loud, who doesn't have a dream of eliminating violence and peace?

"You are ordinary people when you go, don't be nosy, just write it down and report it later." The prince interjected.

"Uh...... All right. "Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to say that my son can still be afraid of things? But after thinking about it again, safety came first, so he didn't refute the prince.

"What's the problem?"

"Father," the fourth asked hesitantly, "what if those uncles and uncles commit a crime?" ”

"This still needs to be asked, the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people." The third child blurted out and regretted it. I can only comfort myself, I am the prince, one level higher than the prince......

"That's right, write down everything you see, and whoever does it." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "It's okay to wait for you Lao Tzu to think about it, you don't have to bother." ”

"Just write down hearsay, don't ask for anything." Zhu Biao looked more like a father than Zhu Yuanzhang, and told his younger brothers uneasily: "Safety first, don't mess around!" ”

"Hey, big brother, don't worry." The younger brothers hurriedly responded, and they didn't want the eldest brother to worry.

"Go ahead." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his hand, and today's father's love quota was used up.

ps. Chapter 10, whew, I'll wipe it for two hours......

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