In Li City, the prefect's palace, the chief treasurer, Xie Wushang, quickly walked out of the line of civil servants, bowed and saluted, "I would like to inform you, the prefect, that it is late autumn now, and the collection and transportation of grain to various places in the old land of Li County have been completed, and collection will be carried out normally. The grain tax is 2.5 million dan. There is a slight loss in each warehouse due to the replacement of old and new ones. It is reasonable. It can be said to be a bumper harvest. The matter of collecting grain from the three warehouses and Anling cities is coming to an end. It is estimated that a total of 2.5 million dan in grain tax can be collected. About 100,000 dan, considering the difficulty of recovery and management after the war, such a harvest can be called a bumper harvest." qδ.net
After hearing what Xie Wushang said, the important officials in the court bowed and congratulated together, "Congratulations on the great prosperity of Li County!"
Luo Chuan couldn't help but smile when he heard this and said, "Food is the most important thing for the people. It is indeed a good thing to have good fortune and good fortune."
All the courtiers whispered to each other and felt something.
But Xie Wushang, who was standing alone in the court hall, had no intention of retreating. Seeing this, everyone's noisy discussions gradually stopped.
After the silence returned to the court, Xie Wushang saluted again and said, "I would like to inform you, the Grand Administrator, compared with the past days of Li County, the total grain tax of five million dan can indeed be called a great harvest. But compared with today's As far as Li County is concerned, the five million stone grain tax is just enough."
The ministers were silent, and Luo Chuan also extinguished his joyful thoughts just now.
Xie Wushang continued, "Lijun now covers an area of 2,000 miles, with tens of millions of people, 350,000 armored soldiers, and even tens of thousands of war horses. Over the course of a year, all aspects will be consumed simply by food. It will exceed 4 million dan, plus the instability on all sides of Li County, war losses and emergency losses in various places. If it is only 5 million dan in tax and grain, it will be difficult for us to have even half a cent of surplus food after there is no food supply. Regardless of the number of refugees, Is it difficult, or is it due to natural disasters? With the three million dan of grain I had in Li County in the old days, how can I call it safe?"
Xie Wushang's words immediately caused a long silence in the court. Even when he silently returned to his queue, few people noticed.
Luochuan was so disturbed by him that he lost interest in talking for a while.
Then Chen Yu, the chief officer of the agriculture department, left the queue under such circumstances, bowed and saluted, "I would like to report to the prefect, I have something to report."
Luo Chuan nodded and said, "Tell me."
Chen Yu straightened up and said with a smile on his face, "What Master Xie just said makes sense. Grain storage is the top priority. However, war is unavoidable in Li County at the moment. It can neither reduce the army nor avoid war. If you want to increase grain storage, The only way is to increase taxes and grains. There are several things we can do without increasing tax rates and adding burden to the people."
He held out a dry finger and said, "First, the Sancang Land organizes refugees to reclaim wasteland. As we all know, the Sancang Land is a plain and is basically fertile soil. However, after the First World War last year, a large number of people who originally belonged to Yongchang dignitaries The land became ownerless and was taken back to the prefect. However, it took a lot of time to record the land inventory. By the time the inventory was completed, a lot of land missed the season and became wasteland. Such fields still need to be redistributed next year. , leasing it to farmers who originally farmed in the land, or to displaced people with outstanding performance in various places, this can not only allow temporary households to be registered, but also increase taxes and grains, please give me your instructions, the prefect."
Luo Chuan said, "Accurate, but how each locality evaluates the performance of original farmers and refugees should come up with a rule as soon as possible."
Chen Yu bowed and said yes, then stretched out a second finger, "Secondly, the land of Anling is mostly fertile soil, but the tax harvest this autumn is unexpectedly low. The reasons are quite complicated. It involves a lot of entanglements between old affairs and old forces in various places. Although most of these situations cannot be repeated, a few still need to use thunderous means. It may be difficult to deter them just by agricultural officials from various places. They need the assistance of the garrison in Anling and the prefect. Your Excellency, please show me."
This time, Luo Chuan only pondered for a moment and then said to Zhao Wuji, the county lieutenant who led the generals, "Sir Zhao, it is better for the Military Affairs Department to spend some time to understand the details of this matter. After communicating clearly with Mr. Chen, send a letter to Chen With all due respect, I just ask him to cooperate, and let me take a look at the contents of the final letter."
Zhao Wuji bowed and said yes.
Luo Chuan looked back at Chen Yu and asked, "Master Chen, please find someone from among the agricultural officials from various places in Anling who can handle the matter properly to connect with Master Chen."
Chen Yu bowed and then stretched out his third finger
He said, "Reporting to the Grand Administrator, what you said is consistent with the third thing I want to report."
Luo Chuan said, "You say."
Chen Yu responded with a yes and continued, "In Anling, there are many wastelands that were originally wastelands that need to be reclaimed. At the same time, there are also many wastelands that became wastelands after the war and belong to the prefect's name and need to be reclaimed. This involves land. A series of things including measuring, approving and registering land, etc., but it is already late autumn, and next spring is only a few months away. If you want a large amount of wasteland in Anling to be planted before next spring, you must go there as soon as possible. In order to take charge of the overall situation, for this reason, after discussing with the Lord of the county and the chief of the division, Lord Zhou, they unanimously recommended Chen Shu, the former chief of agriculture of Cangyan, to be transferred to Anling and appointed as the chief of agriculture of Roucheng to take charge of the land reclamation in Anling. Please Your Majesty, please tell me."
Luo Chuan's eyes couldn't help but fall on the figure at the end of the sequence of civil servants. He hadn't seen him for a year. This man, who was not fair at first, had become darker and darker. Standing above the court, compared to each of the courtiers, , he is like a farmer who has stolen other people's clothes and looks out of place.
Cangyan agricultural officer, Chen Shu.
"Chen Shu, let me ask you," Luo Chuan saw Chen Shu kneeling down in line and saluted him, but did not greet him. Instead, he asked directly in front of the civil and military officials of the court, "It has not been a year since then." See, how many acres of wasteland can Cangyan clear?"
After Chen Shu knelt down and saluted, he did not stand up. Instead, he straightened his upper body and said loudly, "Reporting to the Grand Administrator, in Cangyan, a total of 823,492 acres of wasteland were reclaimed last year, which is about 20 acres each. As one household, a total of 41,033 households were granted official land. I have visited many of them this autumn. Thanks to the tax exemption for the first year of reclamation designated by the prefect, most of them are doing well, and the children are also doing well. We are all well fed, and we are all grateful for the kindness of the prefect."
In the main hall, all the courtiers couldn't help but fell silent when they heard Chen Shu's precise number of households.
Luo Chuan stood up from the throne, and under the surprised gazes of all the courtiers, he walked down the high platform step by step, came to Chen Shu, and helped him up personally, "Eight hundred and twenty-three thousand four hundred and ninety-two acres of wasteland. " He patted the back of Chen Shu's hand hard, but only the rough and thick texture on the back of his hand was photographed, like the bark of an old tree in the wilderness of Cangyan, "Okay."
He just held Chen Shu's big hand and asked, "If you leave Cangyan, will the Cangyan Sinong Mansion have capable people to take over?"
"This..." Chen Shu was a little at a loss by this question, so he had to turn his head slightly to look at Chen Yu.
Upon seeing this, Chen Yu said, "Reporting to the Grand Administrator, Lord Zhou plans to select someone from the current Cangyan Sinong Mansion to take over. Lord Chen Shu will give priority to his wishes."
"Okay," Luo Chuan then let go of Chen Shu, turned around and returned to the high platform. After sitting back on the only throne, he slowly said in a majestic voice, "Chen Shu's transfer to Anling is correct!"
