Chapter 501

Ran min never hid his request. He wanted to get the king Duke before Ran's Qin state was incorporated into the Han state. He is a straight person... At least when facing Liu Yan, he was straight. He once expressed his request to Liu Yan personally. Liu Yan's answer is "he does not allow it, but lacks merit".

Yes, Liu Yan's statement is that the state of Han will not prohibit the existence of kings with different surnames. The clear attitude is that whoever has done enough credit can be granted a king.

It's hard to say what other people think. Ran min believed Liu Yan's promise. He has been moving forward towards the road of sealing the king.

It's no secret that Liu Yan got the national jade seal in the Han Dynasty. On the contrary, it's because the publicity is known all over the country. Everyone is guessing when Liu Yan will become emperor. Ran min asked directly in front of Liu Yan.

Liu Yan knew that all the ministers wanted to be emperor as soon as possible, which was a very normal mood. Once he became emperor, his ministers naturally rose with the tide. More importantly, there was the rank of Lord in the title.

It's like a bad soldier who doesn't want to be a general. After Liu Yan made clear his position, ran min is not the only one who wants to be king in the state of Han, but anyone who thinks he has the ability wants to be a king one day.

"Proclaim the Emperor..." Liu Yan smiled and said to ran min, who was eagerly looking forward to it: "the old land of the Han family has not been recovered, and it is still early to proclaim the emperor."

The current territory of the Han state is only about four tenths of the old land of the Han family. The Central Plains alone has not been completely recovered, such as Bingzhou. In addition, Shuozhou occupied by the state of Zhao in Shijie, Youzhou occupied by the state of Murong Yan, Liangzhou in the state of liang of Zhang, those areas controlled by the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the original four counties of the Western Han Dynasty invaded by Koguryo and Baiji are all territories that must be recovered.

For Liu Yanlai, claiming to be emperor is not very attractive. His biggest wild hope in his heart is to establish a global village. In his lifetime, he must unswervingly move forward in this direction. Therefore, taking back the old land of the Han family is only a prelude for him to lay a foundation for his wild hope. It does not mean that the full recovery of the old land of the Han family is equivalent to completing the ultimate goal of life.

Ran min immediately showed a disappointed expression, and then his face became firm again. For him, credit can be earned. The most important thing is that Liu Yan does not resist being crowned king. As long as he does not resist, he will achieve his goal one day.

The core ministers of the back center were summoned. After sitting down, Lang xunxian, Liu Yan's secretary, told about the recent trend of the Han state.

There are a lot of news gathered in the center from all directions every day, including the war situation on all fronts and the people's livelihood of all States and counties.

The people's livelihood of the Han Dynasty has been slowly recovering. It is a kind of social recovery re established with the order. There is a stable living environment. There is no need to worry about losing their lives all the time. There is no need for the government to urge and drive the people too much. Naturally, it is to work for that mouth.

"The purpose of the hunting order is to let more people have their own private land, but the goal is not as expected." Sang Yu's right prime minister's power is more devoted to civil affairs. He has traveled all over the territory of the Han state, and some important counties must go: "the people in the north have more private land than those in the south. This is because there are not many Hu people in the South who can hunt. The minister thinks that if conscription is in the future, it should be appropriately inclined to the people in the south."

When soldiers were recruited in the Han Dynasty and registered, each soldier could get five acres of land.

In fact, the current productivity and output of five mu of land can not feed too many people. The one-time harvest of one mu of land is about two to three stones. According to the conversion, one stone is 160 kg, and now there can only be one harvest season every year. We also need to ensure good weather. If there are some natural and man-made disasters, it will be over. The amount of food a person eats per meal is calculated as 22. He only eats two meals a day. The food eaten in a month is about 12 kilograms. There is only one family. If he pays the food tax, it will still be enough to eat, but there can't be only one person in a family.

In fact, due to the lack of meat and oil, it is very common for people to eat one or two catties at a meal.

According to reasonable resettlement, it is reasonable for everyone to have 50 mu of land under their name, and a family to have at least 200 mu of land can meet the standard of prosperity. This is also the value that the labor force can cope with. Yang Sui and Li Tang are committed to meeting this requirement.

It is a realistic problem that the Han Dynasty started with five mu.

Because of decades of rampant Hu people, fertile land has long become wasteland, and wasteland needs to be reclaimed. It is not easy to reclaim the land on the premise of fully using manpower. A young man has to be busy for at least two or three months to turn one mu of wasteland into good land again. Five mu of land probably needs to be busy for a whole year.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there was an extreme lack of manpower. In addition to resuming production, there were too many fronts, occupying the vast majority of young people. The basic workers were women, the old and the young. Old and weak women and children can't compare with young and strong people. A young and strong person can achieve results after two or three months of busy work. It may take twice as long to be an old and weak woman and child.

"The Han Dynasty continues to recover the old land, the number of state-owned land is increasing, and the registered population has reached 9.7 million." Sang Yu said that the population data is not the current real data of the territory of Han. He said that the real purpose was only to pave the way: "the amount of land redeemed by the government from the powerful is huge, and the land held by the people accounts for less than 20% of the arable land."

Like the population data, sang Yu's land distribution is not accurate. The folk land holding in the speculation includes aristocratic families, Haoqiang and the people.

How long was the Han Dynasty established? The country has always been in a state of war. The expansion of the country's territory accelerated only in the third year of Yuanshuo. It is impossible to find out the situation of the country in a short time, calculate and record it into intuitive data.

At present, only Qingzhou has credible data on population and field records, and there are preliminary data on the process of Yanzhou. For example, Jizhou, Yuzhou, Sizhou, Yongzhou, Bashu and other places were incorporated into the territory of the Han state three years after Yuanshuo. With the current administrative efficiency, it is impossible to calculate and record them so quickly.

Although there are problems in the data, what sang Yu said can not be ignored. There are state-owned non-governmental cooperative communes and military land reclamation in the Han Dynasty, but it is really abnormal that the state holds about 8 / 10 of the total share of land. It is time to find a way to improve this unusual land holding phenomenon.

"Mountains and rivers are broken, and most people are broken and dead." Sang Yu is still giving his speech: "among the registered people, most are single families, and most are young people who own private land."

"Yes, the Hu people are rampant, and there are many waves of escape." Ji Chang nodded and told the truth: "it is relatively easy for young people to survive in the war, and it is difficult for the old, the weak and women and children to survive."

In the census of the Han Dynasty, the ratio of men to women is 3:1. The age group is from one year old to eight years old, accounting for 7%, from eight to 13 years old, accounting for 6%, from 13 to 20 years old, accounting for 34%, from 20 to 35 years old, accounting for 47%, and above 35 years old, accounting for 6%.

According to the academic terms of later generations, the current population age of Han is entering the prime of life. If we take the average life expectancy of later generations as the standard, the prime of life should be the healthiest period of a country, but the current average life expectancy is only 35 years old. In other words, the age distribution of the population in Han is the old age.

If you look at the data and distribute it by state and county, the area with private fields is concentrated in Qingzhou. This is because Liu Yan rose from Qingzhou. Of course, the recruitment of troops is to give priority to the selection from the old base areas, which can also be regarded as the welfare given by the region.

More than 40% of the troops of the Han army came from Qingzhou, and the rest were divided equally among the States, because the relationship between relevant policies is that Qingzhou people naturally have more private fields.

Sang Yu's advice is very reasonable. It's time to consider tilting to other states and counties. Later, he proposed to appropriately increase the number of fields.

"The king wants the people to have their fields. This is the road to national stability and prosperity." Sang Yu looked very serious. After stopping for a long time, he saw a surprised or frowned look on most of his faces. Without hesitation, he said, "apart from joining the army and giving military merit, can we increase other ways so that those who can't go to battle can have access to private land?"

"There are indeed a few people who can serve as soldiers, but..." Ji Chang looked angry, looked at sang Yu and said, "can national policies be easily shaken!", All he had to do was ask sang Yu what he wanted to live in.

The core of the national policy of the Han state is the military merit baron. Now the Han state has not fully recovered the old land of the Han family. The army maintains a strong desire to fight. First, it is the most important military merit, and second, it can get land rewards for meritorious service.

A country that attaches great importance to military merit can best ensure the combat effectiveness of its army. Once it gains military merit without fair reward, the morale of a country's army will collapse in an all-round way, without exception at all times, at home and abroad.

In some countries where private land can only be obtained by military merit, a group called Warriors (Knights) will inevitably appear. They will not participate in production. It is probably synonymous with "taking the sword as the plow". Through continuous war, they will open up a larger and wider living space for themselves and the country, rather than "casting the sword as the plow". They do not want war but peace.

The state of Han is far from the time to pursue peace. On the contrary, it should remain enthusiastic about war. Ji Chang will glare at sang Yu. Ji Chang knows that sang Yu's motivation is not simple, and his motivation is not simple. He has to shake the national policy. He can already be on the must kill list.

"Yu is just a suggestion. After all, the land is held..." Sang Yu said. Half of it was cut off. He saluted in the face of Liu Yan's stern eyes, lowered his head and stopped talking.

"Ploughing war, ploughing war!" Liu Yan said solemnly, "it's also meritorious to plough more and produce more. If you have credit, you will get it. It's not only war that can get land grant."

Ran min did not hide his schadenfreude at all. He hissed and said, "the king has reserved the channel to obtain land without bloodshed. The right prime minister wants some people to hold more land?", He especially emphasized "some people".

"General Zhengbei is in charge of military affairs. Now he is not talking about military affairs. Please be careful!" After Ji Chang warned ran min and saluted Liu Yan, he said, "I think it is feasible to appropriately increase the decentralized land, but it still needs to be discussed how much is appropriate."

"That's all for this time." Liu Yan waved his hand and added: "prime minister Zuo will stay, and the rest will step down."

The people in the tent left with all kinds of faces and thoughts. Liu Yan sat in his place for a long time without talking. Ji Chang waited safely.

"Tai'an, the establishment of the country is not easy. It is only the recovery of several prefectures. It is less than four tenths of the old land of the Han family. There are so many factions in the national civil and military." Liu Yan's words let Ji Chang look at them. He stood up slowly and pinned his hand behind his waist: "almost every minister has a group under his wings, even Tai'an?"

"King..." Ji Chang made an apology gesture: "king is as deep as fire."

"I actually understand that some people have factions." Liu Yan really understands that he can't control it openly and secretly. He simply never stops and expresses his position. With a smile on his face, he said, "what I didn't expect is that it will happen so soon because of personal interests..." he paused and put on a disappointed expression: "this man is still deep."

"The right prime minister may be selfish, but it doesn't matter, so he thinks for the big man." Ji Chang said with a wry smile, "the Great Han soldiers are powerful and forcibly restrain the aristocratic family and powerful. They dare not resist openly. They must use covert means. What should the right Prime Minister find when he manages civil affairs?"

What else can it be? There are too many hidden dangers in the Han state, but they have been forcibly suppressed. Now there are Shijie and Murong Yan States... There may also be Zhang Liangguo, and even the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Many hostile forces are brewing a counterattack. They are determined to guide the civil unrest in the Han state before the army really counterattacks.

"Your Majesty, in the view of your officials, the Han Dynasty can't be in chaos now." Ji Chang said sincerely, "if there are too many fronts and internal chaos, many achievements may be destroyed."

Liu Yan understood what Ji Chang wanted to express and couldn't deal with the chaos in the center caused by sang Yu. On the one hand, Liu Yan faced the choice of appeasing or fighting against the aristocratic family and powerful again.

"I think that in order to deal with the counterattack of the Hu people, we should recruit again in various counties." Ji Chang went to the shelf hanging the territory Map of the Han state and ordered several places: "this conscription can be divided into guard against internal County soldiers, can also be dispatched to the front line, and can further distribute private fields."

Liu Yan noticed that the places Ji Changgang just ordered were exactly those mentioned by sang Yu.

"Conscription can be targeted." Ji Chang showed a sinister expression and said, "the powerful family can be recruited in an all-round way. If they work calmly, it's all right. If there are changes, some are hard fronts that need reinforcements."