Chapter 24: The Emperor's Foundation
When the news came, Fan Yi was inspecting the farmland. After hearing the news, I was sad for a long time.
When Qi Sheng appeared heroically in front of him back then, it seemed like yesterday. However, the Si people have been under the loess for nearly 20 years. Now, even his grandson has ascended the throne as Emperor Dayu, even if it is just a puppet.
Under the nine springs, a silent place. It was dark and cold, as if there was only the wind blowing from time immemorial. Nothing else has changed.
However, this day. But there was a blue-gold light rushing through the sky. No matter near or far, those wandering spirits and wild ghosts flying around, when they saw such a brilliance, they were frightened and avoided one after another.
In the light, a figure wearing a royal robe appeared. I woke up from the endless darkness in a daze, and it took a long time for my eyes to regain their brightness.
"I didn't expect that I still have a trace of remnant soul......" the figure muttered to himself.
It is not a good feeling to wake up from the endless darkness of nothingness and to have consciousness again.
The next moment, however, a flash of fire came from a great distance, and in the blink of an eye it appeared beside it, revealing a huge carriage drawn by four horses.
A messenger jumped out of the carriage, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty greets the king, please come with me!"
Qi Sheng hesitated: "How could I be here, I have this ...... on me"
The envoy smiled faintly and said, "Don't you know, the king has already ascended the throne and reigned over the world, and he is the emperor of my Dayu Dynasty!"
"What?" Qi Sheng was shocked.
"That's right, the new emperor ascends the throne. I have named you the King of Fengling and bestowed you with luck. Therefore. You can only ...... now."
Qi Sheng suddenly realized, no wonder. No wonder. He was killed by Qin Shengren, the traitorous thief, and he originally expected that his soul would be gone.
The reason why it is here now. But it was the result of the canonization of the dynasty's luck.
When I think of this, I have mixed feelings in my heart, but there is no doubt. When I got into the carriage, I felt a slight shock on my body, and the carriage walked up.
At this time, Qi Sheng asked again: "Shall I go to the Dragon Court?"
After all, he is a royal child, and he even knows such a secret thing.
The messenger only nodded slightly, but said with great emotion: "Now is the time for luck to shift, and the opportunity for the king to catch up is just right." One more step in the evening. In this world, it is already owned by Dayu......"
"What?" Qi Sheng cried out in a lost voice. When he was alive, although Dayu was full of problems, he still ruled the world and suppressed the Quartet.
But he definitely didn't expect that today's Dayu has not only already been on the left side of the river. It's gone.
The carriage drove away in smoke and headed towards the Dayu Dragon Court. The huge dragon qi torrent at the beginning now seems to have shrunk again, and it is less than a third.
However, it is not yet close. I saw that the dragon qi shook again and again. Even the carriage shook with a bang.
Qi Sheng asked in horror, "What happened?"
He stood up and looked out.
The next moment, he was stunned. Seeing countless sinners with black resentment wrapped in their bodies, they rushed towards a glorious palace.
And in the midst of that palace. Millions of ghost soldiers with a faint glow also poured out, roaring out. Kill with those sinners. The battlefield was brutal to the extreme.
"Not good, how at this time. There will be a demon to kill!" the messenger was astonished.
Seeing that there are sinners in the distance, the battlefield may even affect such a small poor carriage.
The messenger could not have taken care of much more. Desperately beat the horse and galloped. The whole carriage almost turned into a flash of fire.
Qi Sheng was dumbfounded, and there was a faint feeling of unhappiness in his heart: "Could it be that the world is really going to overturn...... Otherwise, how could there be so many sinners killing the Dragon Court......"
He is a close branch of the royal family, and many secret rumors have been heard.
After the emperors of the past dynasties returned to the sky, they would come to this dragon court. Sheltered by the dragon's energy.
But when the dynasty overturned, all kinds of grievances that had been suppressed by ruling the world for hundreds of years would erupt, even affecting the underground Dragon Court.
If the Dragon Court can survive it, it will still be able to protect these emperors of such a previous dynasty under the Nine Springs, and the dragon sons and grandsons will live for a long time.
If the dragon court can't hold on, then naturally everything will be closed.
It was because he knew these secrets that Qi Sheng saw it, and he became more and more shocked. Could it be that in this short period of more than ten years, the former Dayu world has been corrupted to such a degree?
However, before Qi Sheng could think clearly, sinners from afar poured over from all directions. This little carriage is like a small bug that is inadvertently when a big wave hits.
Qi Sheng's scalp was numb, if they were really affected by these evil ghosts, they would be torn to shreds lightly. And in the distance, a palace shrouded in light, seems to be in front of you.
However, the distance was really not close, and it was impossible for them to escape into the dragon court before these sinners surrounded them.
At this moment, Qi Sheng's heart was bitter. Could it be that we have just woken up from that endless slumber and are about to fall into this situation again?
Could it be that my own family has always been so unlucky?
For a while, my heart was full of grief and indignation, even resentment.
But at this time, the shouts of killing began. A ghost rider, all of them wearing heavy armor, for a while, people and horses like dragons, pounced over.
"This is the cavalry of the Dragon Court, and it was the Emperor of the Rank who sent troops to pick us up!" the messenger who drove the car almost cried with joy.
Told by this, Qi Sheng suddenly came to his senses. Get rid of the manipulation of that negative emotion.
I suddenly understood it in my heart, and I was so frightened that I trembled with ghostly energy.
Thankfully, fortunately. I was almost affected by this resentment just now, and I was almost enchanted!
Thinking of this, I was afraid for a while!
At this moment, those sinners were already flooded from all directions. However, the group of ghost riders guarded around the carriage, escorting the carriage towards the Dragon Court.
Rao is so. Looking out the window, the ghost riders were still pounced on by those sinners. Pulled down, torn to shreds.
This moment. Qi Sheng's heart was settled. Long Tingken sent a team of soldiers and horses, suffered huge losses, and also rescued him. It seems that this shows that his Qi Sheng is not a small role for the Dragon Court and for the ancestors of Dayu!
When I think about it, I feel at ease. What a person is most afraid of is that there is no value for people to use. Now, it's the same as being a ghost......
"Practice the method of cultivating and fighting in the fields!" Fan Yi looked at Yuan Li, who was kneeling down with interest.
"Yes. Chengzhou is dilapidated. Otherwise, there is no way to feed the army and conquer the world!" Yuan Li said proudly.
Fan Yi was immediately moved, but he didn't expect that among these wealthy families, there were many talents. It's not uncommon to see this solution.
But it is very rare to be able to take the initiative to propose this strategy as a child of a wealthy family. Arguably. Dig your own corner......
Thinking about it, Fan Yi saw one of them listing the methods of how to implement the cultivation and warfare of the tuntian, which was very detailed. It is highly feasible.
This is sincere, and I want to help him Fan Yi implement this strategy.
Come to think of it. Fan Yi said with a smile: "General Ben also has this intention, then he will trouble Yuan Jun!"
"The food of the king, the matter of loyalty. Since the subordinate was a minister in the shogunate. Naturally, you should serve the Lord!" Yuan Li said angrily.
Fan Yi is very happy, with the cooperation of the Yuan family, one of the largest wealthy families in Chengdu. This shogunate acted. It's a lot easier.
Next, there began to be a large number of old and weak people in the army. and the low-level officers were sent back to the countryside and appointed as petty officials in various places. Most of them are small officials such as pavilions everywhere.
However, no matter how much you don't enter the stream, you also eat public meals. That's enough to be enviable.
The officials sent from Jiangzuo in Chu County and the local scholars formed official temples in various places. The first thing is to clear the land.
Fan Yi even sent his own headquarters soldiers and horses in teams to use as a working group to monitor the situation of the official temples in various places.
Anyone who does not need to die, who is limited by his ability, and who hinders the clearance, will be reported to be dismissed immediately.
It must be known that in the past few years, Fan Yi could not have done nothing. Hundreds of guards were trained.
Most of these people are all-round talents in civil and military affairs, and they are not only proficient in military and combat formations. For civil affairs, he is also quite proficient. They are all backbone elites cultivated by Fan Yi. It is also loyal and reliable.
At this time, they were all assigned to various armies, as middle and low-level officers, and even as military discipline officers, playing the role of political commissars, firmly holding military power for Fan Yi.
At this time, they were sent out to inspect the situation of Qingzhang in various official temples on a large scale. It's like the whole process of clearing the zhang in my hands.
I was busy until the weather turned cold, and I roughly counted the area of barren land in the entire state.
Unexpectedly, more than 300,000 people came out of the wasteland, and the news was reported to Fan Yi.
Yuan Li even cried bitterly: "Congratulations to the son, congratulations to the son." With this imperial posture, it is enough to run rampant in the world!"
In the entire shogunate, everyone was silent in shock, and their hearts were full of ecstasy.
"Congratulations to the prince, this imperial posture is enough to run rampant in the world!"
"Congratulations for the son, congratulations for the court, congratulations for the people of the world!"
At this moment, everyone was full of infinite confidence in Fan Yi's reunification of the world. It is even more proud of their last results these days, eliminating a qiē difficulty!
It's no wonder that when Da Yu reigned in the world. At its peak, the number of acres of land in the Qingzhang world was only more than 8 million dumps.
Chengzhou is one of the nine states in the world, and it is said that there are 300,000 dumps of land, which is not too much. However, this is just Arada.
In other words, the owner's cultivated land is not counted at all. These 300,000 dumps of land can be turned into huge resources in the hands of the shogunate.
According to the government soldier system discussed by Fan Yi and others, one Cheng Ding was granted twenty acres of land. It can grant millions of acres of government soldiers......
And as long as there are really millions of soldiers, this is the world, you can imagine it!
Fan Yi didn't expect that he would clear so many acres of land. was slightly stunned, and his heart became excited.
But he endured it, and just asked, "Then how much is there in the land of the Lord?"
"There is a land of the Lord, about 200,000 land. Although there are some discrepancies. But it won't be too ......much," Yuan Li said respectfully.
This time, the strength of Qingzhang's field is unprecedentedly large. It's the rich and powerful. If you want to hide the land, you can't hide much.
Therefore. The entire Chengzhou land adds up to more than 500,000 dumps.
More than half of them were in the hands of the shogunate. The other half was to collect taxes for the shogunate.
However, this is always a poll tax. Therefore, Fan Yiyou asked: "What is the situation of the population?"
Such a large-scale clearing is naturally not only a clearing of wasteland, but also a clear investigation of other situations.
Hearing this moment, Zhai sneered and said, "It's a lot better than the situation I expected at the beginning." The total population has cleared more than 3.7 million ...... There are more than 740,000 households in total. ”
Hearing this, Fan Yi was greatly relieved. In times of war, even the land is not the most important thing, but the population is the most important thing.
With a population, there is a qiē. Only when arable land can people plant, some people pay taxes, and some people serve as soldiers to fight.
"A few years ago, there was no empty road rebellion, and those wealthy families suffered a lot of losses. Mainly in terms of population, it is now clear. Even if you take out all the land deeds, the number of fields occupied is only about 30,000 yuan. Among them, there must be some cats, but not too much ......," Yuan Li explained.
Listen to the numbers. Fan Yi nodded. This is a good point, there are more than 500,000 cultivated land in Chengzhou, and the wealthy family accounts for less than one-fifteenth.
this number. It's not too powerful. Even if they use means to occupy a part of the borderlands, it will be considered as a reward. Fan Yi is not too mean.
It's just that. This time. Fan Yi said slowly: "I often think about how difficult the people's livelihood is, and Dayu calculates the tax collection from Dingkou. It is the birth of a child. They also have to pay taxes, and there are even people who can't afford to have children, so much so that they drown. My heart grieved, so I decided to ease the burden on the people......"
Hearing Fan Yi say this, the group looked at each other. At this time, in the struggle for hegemony in the world, the lord of his own family did not think about how to accumulate strength, but thought about how to benefit the people...... This one......
For a while, even the most pedantic wanted to persuade Fan Yi. But listening to Fan Yi, he said slowly: "Therefore, General Ben decided to divide the Ding into the mu and transfer the previous one
Taxation according to population, directly converted into taxation according to the amount of land......"
"Hiss......"
When many of the staff members of the Tiance Mansion heard this, they all hissed and inhaled like toothache. originally thought that his father-in-law wanted the kindness of a woman. But I didn't expect that my own lord was even more ruthless. slaughtered those wealthy families fiercely.
The population is easy to hide, and the original wealthy families relied on their power to casually hide tens of thousands of slaves and slaves.
And now, if you are taxed according to the field. Can these people still hide the land? Are they forcing these wealthy families to pay taxes?
These 30,000 pours of land are also one-fifteenth weaker. The tax revenue that can be collected is a lot of money.
In short, although at this time the wealthy family speculated on their own family. But Fan Yi definitely didn't let them go so simply, and specifically exploited Xiaomin.
This wealthy family must be restricted by attacks all the time!
Everyone vaguely understood Fan Yi's thoughts, but they didn't think too much. As a thriving, thriving, dynamic organization. Most of these staff members have not yet reached the point of asking for land and asking for money and pursuing their own private interests.
Looking at each other, they all felt that this method could greatly enhance the strength of the shogunate. They all praised: The benevolent heart of the prince is the blessing of the people of Chengzhou!"
Fan Yi listened, and just smiled: "Dayu Taizu set a policy of thirty endowments and one back then, and the law was forbidden and the wealth was hidden from the people.
It's just that later, it becomes a dead letter. Although the imperial court stipulates this, the collection of taxes is almost more than seventy percent!"
The so-called thirty to one is one-thirtieth of the land of one acre, which is used to pay taxes. The burden of the people was naturally light, but later they added up to their own taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and seventy percent of the people's annual income had to be used to pay taxes.
The burden is extremely heavy, and the people are simply not able to make a living. That's why there was the later Qingyang Road uprising.
"If it is undecided today, the soldiers are in danger. Naturally, there is no condition to practice this kind of moral politics. I think Tian Fu is set at seven Fu and one is good......"
"Don't ......"
"The son of the world is gracious!"
After listening to Fan Yi's words, these staff members were all shocked. This tax is too high!
"In addition, all other conscripts have been cancelled......"
When this sentence was spoken, the entire shogunate fell silent.
If that's really the case. Then this tax system does not seem to be too heavy.
To know through the ages. In addition to paying taxes, the common people also had to bear the burden of forced labor. The so-called thirty to one in the Han Dynasty. It's just Tian Fu. The big head is the poll tax, that is, the calculation of the top. These are not mentioned much in ordinary textbooks......
Magistrates at all levels have the duty of conscription and service, which is divided into forced labor and military service. Military service is naturally to fight for the imperial court, and the township soldiers, county soldiers, county soldiers, and so on in various places are all recruited in this way. The government gave nothing.
As for forced labor, it was requisitioned by the local government. Build roads, palaces, waterways, and other infrastructure. It's even more troublesome than paying taxes!
Although Dayu stipulates that the number of days of forced labor in a year is not given forty days, and it is a slack time. But what if you were to be transferred thousands of miles away to serve in conscription? In such a short period of time, you will not be able to walk ......
Therefore, the time on the road does not count at all...... There are other drawbacks, even worse than taxes.
"As long as you pay one-seventh of the field tax, this conscription will be exempted!" Fan Yi said.
"Shizi. If conscription is abolished, who will serve in the military? Where will we find people for local construction projects?"
"I have a government soldier system, and naturally the government soldiers serve. As for local projects. Now that the people have paid their taxes, the seven cents have been included in the conversion of the conscription into money. Naturally, the government can pay people to build ......"
"This ...... This ...... "a qiē that Fan Yi said today." It's all disruptive. It's something they've never been to before. If it is really according to what Fan Yi said, then this tax is really not high.
A qiē is included in these seven points. On the contrary, it really lowered the burden of the people.
"It's just, I'm afraid. The use of the military state is insufficient!" Zhou An said with some concern.
"According to the calculation of 30 catties of grain per acre of land, it is a land in Chengzhou, and the amount of grain that can increase income in a year is not less than 10 million stones. According to the calculation of five hundred yuan with one stone, there is at least 500,000 yuan......"
This is just a very rough calculation, taking the whole number of calculations. However, as soon as this number came out, everyone was scared.
In the Dayu Imperial Court, the annual tax income of that year was only equivalent to as much as seven or eight hundred thousand. This is the Kyushu of the world.
When converted, it is as much as seven or eight million yuan.
In Chengdu, the total amount of taxes that can be collected is about 5 million.
Of course, this is just an ideal number. It is possible to cultivate all the fields.
But in fact, the current shogunate was able to collect 1 million kan, which is already very remarkable. And a considerable part of it will be left to the local government. A large part of the grain will be collected directly.
But Rao is so, no matter what, this money is enough for the militaristic state.
Now Jiangzuo Sanzhou, after Fan Zhen's hard work. Cultivating the fields and increasing the population. The annual tax payment of the three states is only equivalent to about 5 million yuan.
It was already regarded as a miracle, but now Chengzhou is also unyielding!
However, the three prefectures of Jiangzuo are vast and sparsely populated, and large areas of farmland have not been cultivated. Since the imperial court crossed the river, at least two million people have poured in. That's why there is such a miracle.
The situation in Chengdu is similar! However, in terms of the refinement of management, it is better than Jiangzuo.
In short, Chengzhou alone can afford an army of three and a half hundred thousand, which is more than enough!
With this strong army, it is no longer difficult to sweep the world!
"The gentlemen are easy to do, and the court will definitely not hesitate to be a prince ......in the future," Fan Yi said.
This was the promise, and everyone's breathing was a lot heavier. My heart is on fire!
The so-called imperial court is naturally not the big deal it is now. It is the new dynasty of the Fan family's father and son.
Thinking of the brilliant prospects, all the staff bowed down: "Subordinates, wait, dare not die!"
Although this statistics are somewhat extensive, they are much more accurate than Dayu and even the Qingzhang Chatian of the imperial court in previous dynasties. That's how much land can be cleared.
"Speaking of which, the area of cultivated land owned by the four states under my Dongyu's control is only more than two million dumps. It only accounts for a quarter of the world's arable land. Fan Yi couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly: "No wonder it is said that the states in Jiangbei are the essence of the world." It's just a Zhongzhou, and the cultivated land area is probably not less than two million......"
Another world, although Jiangnan is richer. However, the economy and culture completely surpassed that of the north, and it was also after the Southern Song Dynasty.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, many places in the south of the Yangtze River were still regarded as a place of smoke and miasma, and were exiled for degraded officials.
After the Southern Song Dynasty, the economy and culture of the south of the Yangtze River began to completely surpass that of the north.
Fan Yi estimates that the area of cultivated land that can be developed in the entire Jiangzuo, including the newly opened southern barren area, will not be smaller than that of the north of the river.
And the climate is warm and rainy, as long as the level of agricultural planting technology catches up. Then the yield per mu is more than twice that of Jiangyou, and it is not a problem. (To be continued......)