It has to be said that the early Tang Dynasty was really the best era of reform. In the early Tang Dynasty, the population was declining and a lot of land was deserted. Even if all the people were distributed Yongye Field, there were still countless farmland that was idle and no one was planting it.
Unlike the serious land annexation in the middle and late dynasties, where a large amount of land was concentrated in the hands of wealthy landlords and gentry, and these people had a large number of tenants to feed, reform was not that easy at all.
In the early days of the Tang Dynasty, there were no tenants at all. Some aristocratic families had tenants because those tenants were actually their unregistered households who were planting, and there was not much land under each family's name. There was no way, they couldn't plant it. .
There is no shortage of land for the people in the world, so naturally they cannot recruit enough people to help them plant the land. Simple non-registered households cannot buy so much.
Not to mention that in the early Tang Dynasty, there were requirements for 100 acres of land, and the land was not allowed to be deserted. Of course, it was impossible to grow food on 100 acres of land. Depending on the characteristics of various places, some places required that part of the land be planted with hemp, sericulture, etc. of.
In the past, it was because silk and silk were the main industries in the Tang Dynasty. Now after the reform, although the court no longer had mandatory regulations on what people should plant, Li Ke controlled what people should plant by signing contracts.
In particular, the cultivation of raw materials cannot be reduced at all.
Therefore, even 100 acres of land will not be idle. If reforms are not carried out, land annexation will still be unavoidable in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. But now that Li Ke has carried out some reforms such as agricultural tax, this means that in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, land annexation will still be inevitable. Land annexation no longer exists.
It is naturally impossible for a wealthy family to control a large number of people through land.
In a situation like the early Tang Dynasty, it can be said that the influence of aristocratic families on the common people was the smallest, and after the agricultural tax reform, the opposition from aristocratic families was also minimal.
Although Li Shimin did not have the vision of later generations like Li Ke, but seeing Li Ke operating it for the past two years, and Li Ke still giving him various explanations, Li Shimin understood some of the importance.
Now the Tang Dynasty is not short of land, but it is short of people! Therefore, we must find a way to get the people living in the mountainous areas to move out so that they can immigrate to places suitable for growing crops!
The court who is willing to immigrate will provide travel expenses and food! Arrange for them to farm directly when they arrive at the place! And the first batch of them will be given priority in allocating fertile land to them for planting.
The same is true for the Tubo people in Qinghai-Tibet Prefecture. As long as they are willing to move to the Central Plains, they can give them fields! In some mountainous places, such as Yizhou and other places, although the road to Shu is difficult, there are plains in the middle of the road and there are fields for farming.
Move a large number of mountain people down the mountain, let them form gathering points, and then allocate all the surrounding fields that can be planted.
Don't worry about the land not being distributed, didn't Li Ke say that? There are also islands such as Luzon in the South China Sea. There are too few people on those islands, and they are all savages who are still eating people. After these savages are wiped out, what can be grown in places where rice can be harvested three times?
They are all the chosen places for the people of Tang Dynasty! There are now 25 million people in the Tang Dynasty. Even if this number increases ten times, there will be no shortage of land for them to plant!
Therefore, Li Shimin was not afraid at all that there would be no land to allocate. If it were not for more than one hundred acres, these people would not be able to plant it. He wanted to allocate more to these people.
The reason why the previous imperial court did not force immigration or promote immigration was because Li Shimin knew very well that it was difficult for these people to immigrate, and no one was willing to leave their hometown.
But if you let them see the benefits, and see benefits that are enough to make them excited, then many people are often the most enthusiastic about leaving their hometowns.
Li Ke had something to say, didn’t he? People don’t want to leave their hometown. After all, they go to a strange place and are unfamiliar with it? It doesn't matter, your whole village will immigrate directly there. It will still be your village. You won't be unfamiliar with the place this time, right?
Oh, the ground is indeed unfamiliar, but it doesn’t matter if people don’t live in it. People are social animals.
Just move there collectively, what else is there to say? If one village is not suitable, then all villages within ten miles will be moved there.
Anyway, the places where people can immigrate like this are often like those mountains and mountains, almost all of them are mountains with hundreds of thousands of people, and there are too many people living in the mountains.
Overall immigration is not impossible, but very possible.
Today's people are willing to do anything as long as they are fed! After all, whether the workers or factories promoted by Li Ke are mainly concentrated around Chang'an.
Many places in the Tang Dynasty have not yet experienced this wave of welfare benefits, so it is still difficult for these people to eat enough.
But now, he, Li Shimin, has food.
There is food in hand, why is he panicking? Don't panic! Just like what this bastard once told him, if his grandfather had so much food, there would be nothing wrong with the Tang Dynasty.
So what's the point of digging so much of the Grand Canal? If the people could be fed three times a day, I am afraid that the people in the late Sui Dynasty could directly dig a canal to the Beihai!
This is the importance of food!
"Yes!" Fang Xuanling immediately bent down and saluted. This is a good thing! All good things!
Your Majesty has already said it, His Highness the King of Qin has the appearance of a great emperor! This is indeed the case! The output of this grain is so amazing. This year it depends on this wave of winter wheat. If the output of this wave of winter wheat next year still does not decline too much, it means that Datang will kill everyone with grain in the future.
"Wei Zheng." Li Shimin turned to Wei Zheng and said.
"His Majesty."
"Your Supervisory Committee is now a sharp sword for officials throughout the Tang Dynasty. You are responsible for supervising officials across the country, so when your supervisory committee's subordinates speak to these officials, they must be willing to give you face." Li Shimin said.
Wei Zheng: "..."
Your Majesty, why do you speak so bluntly? This makes me don't know how to express my advice.
Wei Zheng remained silent, knowing that Li Shimin had not finished speaking.
"So, you ask the officials under your supervisory committee to send a message to the local officials, and ask them to find ways to build momentum for Li Ke among the people, tell the truth about the matter to the people, and let them set up a memorial tablet for Li Ke's longevity." Li Shimin said calmly.
"Although I don't understand what that bastard said about media or psychology, I understand how Datang operates now." Li Shimin looked at Fang Wei and added.
Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng murmured silently, Your Highness, it's not that we won't help you, it's that you are still too young.
The reason why His Majesty didn't take action before was because He hadn't figured out how to trick you yet. Now... His Majesty takes action, and you can't resist.
"By the way, I will ask Qin Qiong to come over tomorrow and ask him to start promoting the security army first. Fang Xuanling, please cooperate. The influence of the security army is very great. This boy has ignored it." Li Shimin said with a smile.
"Yes." Fang Xuanling agreed directly.
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The author didn't call on everyone to participate in the entire event because I didn't want everyone to give rewards and spend money randomly.
What's more, we can't afford it, we are poor.
Sure enough, the resulting amount made the author drool.
I believe that the brothers who read my book should be able to understand the story after my guidance. Hey, everyone knows it well.
