After Lu Pheasant used thunderous means to deal with the Changsha King, he looked at the subordinate Luo Xin. The two nodded slightly, with smiles in their eyes.
In fact, the two of them had already expected the Changsha King's move. Lu Pheasant's edict was clearly to find out the strength of each kingdom.
Although I don't know what Lu Pheasant wants to do, it is always right to keep his strength low and hide it a little.
Lu Pheasant and Luo Xin predicted their predictions and picked a soft persimmon like Changsha King. Then Changsha King really took the bait, and it was a very outrageous bait.
Lu Zhi originally thought that the King of Changsha would say it was 50,000 households. After all, the current Changsha country should have a population of about 60,000 to 70,000 households, and hiding 10,000 to 20,000 households was already a lot.
Unexpectedly, it was even less than when he was granted the title.
Lu Zhi was not angry at all, but was so happy that he wanted to laugh outright. He was worried that there was no reason to deal with him, but he didn't expect to hand over the knife himself.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, Lu Pheasant did not directly continue to question the princes and kings of the Liu family, but asked Luo Xin: "Dong Ahou, how many household registrations do you have in your feudal kingdom now?"
Luo Xin replied: "Reporting to the Queen Mother, over the years, people from the countryside have returned to the country one after another. Now there are approximately 27,000 households."
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Everyone couldn't help but take a few breaths of air-conditioning after hearing this. Over the years, with the gradual transfer of land and household registration to deceased households, the household registration has basically increased, but this directly increased to 15,000 households, which is enough to seal fifteen thousand households. Hu Chehou is here.
How much tax revenue is there for 15,000 households alone?
I am afraid that among the Chehous present, there are only a few people such as Fouhou, Anyanghou, Huaiyinhou, Yinghou and Luhou who can compare with this rich man.
Everyone looked at Luo Xin, who was only wearing a simple court dress. The only accessory was a jade on his waist, which was extremely simple.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh, it was a typical Luo family who did not regard luxury as beauty, but only loved beautiful jade.
Lu Pheasant even praised him directly: "I have given a total of 12,000 households to Dong'ahou in recent years, but now there are 27,000 households in Dong'ahou's kingdom. This is what Dong'ahou takes my words into his heart. results.
Years of war have led to a reduction in household registration, but it is not true that so many people have died.
Countless Li people were unwilling to be brought under the control of the imperial court. This was the fault of the imperial court.
King Su treated the people well and enjoyed themselves, so the countrymen and nobles supported him. The greedy and cruel monarch did not care about the life and death of the people, so the people hated him and even shouted, "When will the sun perish? We will follow you." perish together'.
The Xia Dynasty only had a tyrant like Jie when it was established more than four hundred years ago. The Shang Dynasty encountered a tyrant like Zhou when it was established six hundred years ago, which caused popular resentment. The nobles hated him, the people resented him, and the slaves betrayed him. He, and the kingdoms established by sage kings such as King Yu and King Tang also perished.
How powerful the Qin Dynasty was when it swept across the six kingdoms. The millions of armies of the six kingdoms could not stop it, and the endless array of counselors and brave generals were no match.
However, after only receiving the destiny for more than ten years, it suddenly collapsed. Is this just because of foolish kings and treacherous ministers like Hu Hai and Li Si Zhao Gao?
I ordered all the counties and counties in the world to recuperate and recuperate, just to ask you to treat the people well, so that the people will naturally take the initiative to be included in the rule of the imperial court.
Is this something difficult to do?
I don't believe it.
What Dong'ahou has done is deeply in my heart, but his ministers have merit but don't reward them. This is not what a king should do. Today I will reward Dong'ahou with another thousand households as a reward.
What do you think, Emperor? "
Liu Ying did not expect that he would have the right to speak on such an important occasion, and immediately said: "The King of Changsha is a clan relative, but he treats the Liu family like this. Is this the behavior of a loyal minister?
I really hate him.
Dong'ahou loyally assisted his mother and me. Such a small reward is not enough to show his achievements. His son thought that he should be given food to 3,000 households, making Dong'ahou country a big country with 30,000 households, half of the people in the country. It was given by the royal family. Such a good name and gift can show the royal family's trust in Dong'ahou. "
Lu Pheasant didn't expect Liu Ying to be able to say such insightful words.
Although the rewards were quite generous, at least they were in the right direction, and I couldn't help but be somewhat impressed by my son, who was always kind to the point of being cowardly.
Two consecutive incidents finally made everyone react. This is a reasonable report. It is unjustifiable that the population has not increased for ten years, and the increase cannot be too small. If the population continues to decrease, that will be the fate of the King of Changsha.
The princes all adjusted the numbers in their hearts, and the hall suddenly became harmonious.
Luo Xin was calculating below. He probably had a figure in his mind regarding the recovery of the population and taxable acres of each country through the trade and consumption of these people. Compared with what the princes and kings reported now, it was much more than he expected. Some.
He immediately knew that these people were still concealing their population. Ever since the establishment of households and the people were established, it was almost instinctive for wealthy families to conceal their population. It was impossible to let go of their naked interests.
This is what Luo Xin wants to fight resolutely. He is good at calculation. The court has to bear most of the responsibilities, disaster relief, defense, and the cost of the official and title system. It is not enough to rely solely on the current annual income.
The main reasons why the court has been able to operate stably over the years are as follows:
The first is Luo Xing and Luo Yi, who are really capable. Coupled with Luo Chen's reform of the official system, it basically ensures the internal stability of the court. Under strongman politics, internal friction is minimal.
Second, since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, there have been no major natural disasters. The current court does not need large expenditures and its financial situation is good.
Third, Luoling went to the grassland and severely damaged the Xiongnu. The pressure on the border defense of the Han Dynasty was greatly reduced, and there was no need to bear huge military expenditures all year round.
Fourth, although Luochen increased the number of officials, overall, the court was still a typical Huang-Lao school small government, with relatively low administrative costs.
But this could not last long. In recent years, Confucians believed that the time had come and the court should take on more practical tasks, and put forward the idea of great unification that had been encountered as early as the Zhou Dynasty.
The current Confucianism is very different from the one in Ji Zhao's impression.
They studied the core of Luo Sheng's thoughts from "Luo Gong Chun Qiu", "The king's etiquette is the same as the world."
King Su used etiquette to unite the barbarians, merchants, Zhou people, etc. in the world, such as Dongyi, Xirong, Jingman, Huaiyi, etc., etiquette penetrated into the family from top to bottom, and the emperor could use etiquette to To control the world, the core of praise and criticism in the entire "Luo Gong Chun Qiu" is the expanded Zhou rites.
Confucian scholars believe that the First Emperor's chariots were on the same track, his books were in the same text, and the unified weights and measures were a restoration of the early Zhou Dynasty system.
Because the two sages of Luo and Kong had read Luo's history books, which clearly recorded that the writings of the emperor and the various countries in the early Bangs and Zhou Dynasties were consistent, and there were also official languages for meeting the emperor, but after hundreds of years of chaos, they gradually dispersed. .
Confucians believe that what the court is doing now is not enough and it does not control the feudal country enough. This is the general trend.
The implementation of great unification is not a simple matter of issuing a decree and then giving feedback. It is a very complicated, time-consuming and money-consuming matter. The current court does not have the ability to bear the cost of reform, so Luo Xin is targeting The princes and princes.
Great power, little responsibility, more tax collection, less expenditure. This is the current situation of the vassal kingdom.
As the reports of the princes and kings were completed, the Chehous in the main hall became a little restless. These princes and kings often numbered 100,000 households, or even 300,000 households, or 500,000 households. Their combined strength was far greater than that of Guanzhong. The key was taxation. How many should there be, especially places such as Chu State and Wu State, which are already wealthy and have little military pressure. No wonder the King of Wu can spend money like water.
When the last person finished speaking, Lu Pheasant said directly: "It seems that evildoers like the King of Changsha are in the minority after all, I am very pleased.
The tired world since the chaos of the late Qin Dynasty has gradually recovered, and it is prosperous. The countries are more prosperous than Guanzhong.
But I am a little worried. For thousands of years, I have never heard of branches that can grow stronger than the trunk.
I have never heard of floods pouring into narrow rivers without damage.
The population of the various countries doubled and the land tripled, but the money, grain and tribute dedicated to the emperor remained unchanged. This was against Han law.
Dong Ahou, you are in charge of the money and food of the Han Dynasty, what do you think I should do? "
When the princes and kings heard this, they cursed in their hearts. Sure enough, they were trying to collect taxes from us in different ways. But in the palace, looking at the ferocious founding hero under the eaves, they could only bite the bullet and said: "The Queen Mother , you are right, taxes should be paid to the emperor according to Han law."
As for the Han laws, they didn't know. When Liu Bang divided the kingdoms, although there were necessary checks and balances, the princes and kings still had great power. After all, they were set up to ensure the survival of the Liu family.
The historian quickly wrote down this scene, "The Queen Mother, the Emperor and the kings had a banquet and made three rounds. Everyone was very happy."
Luo Xin looked at the treacherous kings of the Liu family, and murderous intent gradually rose in his heart. Liu Ying was only in her twenties this year, and would have to rule for a long time.
Luo Xin himself was getting older. He was worried that Liu Ying would not be able to deal with these uncles and had to remove obstacles for him.
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The idea of great unification, which had been nurtured for nearly three hundred years, appeared in front of the rulers of the Han Dynasty, and centralization of power became the inevitable choice for the rulers of the Han Dynasty.
After more than ten years of recuperation, the central court finally began to intervene in the taxation matters of various princely kingdoms.
Due to the strength of the hero group in the early Han Dynasty and the lack of internal integration among the princes and kings, the Han court achieved an initial victory in tax sharing.
This enabled the Han Dynasty to obtain a stable tax channel, at least in a short period of time, in addition to tax revenue from the directly administered territories, which laid a great material foundation for the expansion of the Han Dynasty's strength.
At the same time, it is also a powerful attempt by the central government to intervene in the local areas again. From the perspective of subsequent governance strategies, this is the first step in a complete set of unification plans. ——"The Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"
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