After the Great Qian Imperial Court opened the school palace, a large number of scholars came to study, and the county schools in various places also became fragrant and sweet. Luoyang has become more and more prosperous.

After 30 years of unification, the number of wars decreased, and the climate was favorable, and the population growth accelerated. This was a good thing, but the royal family also encountered a problem, that is, the number of princes was increasing.

From the beginning of Zijue's establishment of the Huai State, the descendants changed their surnames, and then became the public office and the public family, and the number of the public family has become extremely large for more than 600 years.

Among the most prosperous clans are the surnames Xu, Wei, Chen, and Li, with a population of tens of thousands, and there are more than 30 surnames such as Song, Cheng, Lu, He, Cao, Peng, Shen, and Tan. Combined, the population of these clans is almost in the millions.

Originally, when the world was unified, the total number of clans was only two or three hundred thousand, but now in just thirty years, the clans have grown by as much as three times.

With such a large number of people, the Daqian royal family can't afford to support it at all.

And at this rate of growth, as long as it takes another twenty years, the population of the Gong clan will definitely exceed 1.5 million. Seeing this situation, Wang Ke knew that he couldn't wait any longer.

The population of the Daqian Gong nationality is mainly concentrated in Luoyang, Jinling, Huai'an, and Gusu, with a population of nearly one million. Wang Ke was going to divide the vast majority of the princes into various places, and at the same time distribute their land, and of course the previous distribution of rice, cloth and other goods would also be canceled.

Wang Ke brought the heads of the major families in the clan to discuss with the clan elders.

After hearing that Wang Ke wanted to move the clan to various places to survive on his own, it was not surprising that almost all the clan elders and the heads of the clan expressed their opposition.

"Your Majesty, the clan is the wings of the clan, guarding the clan, the rules that have been established since the time of the ancestor King Wen, but now Your Majesty wants to drive us away, is it possible that we have done something wrong?" The head of the Wei family said with tears in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, do you think I'm useless in waiting for old age? I'll wait for you to go, Keerlang is in the middle of the year, and please be gracious to Your Majesty! The head of the Peng family stepped forward to pay respects.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please get up!" Wang Ke had a headache, and hurriedly asked the prince and several princes to help everyone up, and then said.

"All the princes are separated from the clan, they are the wings of the clan, this has been since the time of the ancestors, and I have no intention of abandoning it, but now there are some problems, and the clan is no longer able to support the clan." Wang Ke smiled bitterly.

"In the first year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, the world was unified, and the population of the Gong clan was 200,000 at that time, and there were only more than 100 people in the clan, but now 30 years have passed, and the population of the Daqian Gong clan has approached one million, and the number of the clan is also 300. The royal family can't afford it anymore."

"Millions?" After hearing this number, many of the heads of the clans present were shocked by this number.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the hall.

After a while, the noise in the hall finally stopped.

"According to this development momentum, in another twenty years, the population of the Gong clan is likely to exceed 1.5 million, and the imperial court simply cannot afford it, so Your Majesty invited the Duke here today to discuss a countermeasure." Wang Zhe stepped forward and said.

When the heads of the families heard this, they also understood that the millions of people of the Gong clan could not afford it.

"Your Majesty, the clan has a large population, and the clan can't afford it, and we also understand, but the clan is the wing of the clan, and it can't be abolished."

"Yes, you can't abolish it all, Your Majesty!"

Wang Ke has a heavy heart, the problem of the clan must be solved, but the clan of the Wang clan has been defending the clan for hundreds of years, and has made countless meritorious contributions.

If he dares to do this, it is estimated that Dazong Zheng will immediately go to the Taimiao Temple to worship the ancestors. At that time, the reputation of the royal family is estimated to be over.

"Princes, the clan has been defending the clan for hundreds of years, and has made countless meritorious contributions, so naturally I will not treat the clan badly." Wang Ke reassured.

Many of the heads of the clan also breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Ke continued: "Among the clans, those who have official positions are still officials, and those who serve in the army are still serving. ”

"Of course, there will be some tilt in the assessment of the children of the clan."

In addition, the children of the other clans will divide the land according to each family. Each household is divided into 200 acres of farmland, but Luoyang, Jinling, Huai'an, Gusu and other places do not have so much farmland, and farmland in other places will be allocated at that time. ”

Although the great cadres now dominate the world, although they have been encouraging the cultivation of wasteland, but there is still a large amount of wasteland, Wang Ke can not only reduce the expenses of the clan by dividing the land to the clan, but also be able to reclaim a large area of wasteland, so that the state finance has been improved, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

"Your Majesty, a family of 300 acres of land is indeed rich, but I'm afraid that the children of the clan will not want to!" The head of the Xu family next to him hesitated for a moment and said.

"Why is that?" Wang Ke asked in some surprise.

"Your Majesty, in the past, as a prince, although there were not so many fields, there were other benefits, you could study, you could practice martial arts, and you had the opportunity to study with the children of the clan, and those who had learned would be reused by the clan.

But if they are separated, these will become extravagant hopes, and perhaps in a few decades, they will be the same as ordinary people. The head of the Xu family said.

When Wang Ke heard this, he immediately understood what it meant.

To put it bluntly, it is an upward channel, in the past, as a public family, as long as they were talented, they could quickly be promoted, but if they became commoners, these rising channels would be gone, and identity was very important in this era.

Wang Ke discussed with the clan and the heads of the clan, and finally negotiated a compensation that was generally satisfactory.

The children of the Gong clan can go to the county school to study, and each household can copy one or more scriptures, and at the same time, all the children of the Gong clan can also be selected to join Yu Linwei, giving these clans an easier way to rise, if these people are willing to go to the township, they can directly serve as the pavilion chief or the chief.

As for whether it is fair or unfair, the royal family prefers to believe in the loyalty of the prince compared to others.

In addition to these, Wang Ke also announced that if he was willing to explore, he could join Fujian, Yunnan, Liaodong and Lingnan, and all those who were willing to go to these places to open up would automatically become the princes' guards, and would divide the land, slaves, and so on.

The original princes of the clan will also be divided into various parts of the world.

Through such a division of land, Daqian directly added 100,000 small landlords, and the loyalty of these small landlords was extremely high, and with development, their strength would also increase, which would make the rule of the imperial family more stable.

Of course, Wang Ke doesn't know now that people's hearts will change.

(End of chapter)