Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2008 Why is it fair

This actually involves a very pitiful system in the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, the aristocratic family substantially manages various regions.

Now Chen Xi has taken away the aristocratic family and given the country the opportunity to regain control of the bottom. However, the Eastern Han Dynasty has been crooked for 200 years. There are not only aristocratic families that have been passed down for a long time, but also some powerful landlords who rose from three generations.

The small ones like Zhang Fei have money, land and guards, but no official status. Although they are a bit famous in ten miles and eight towns, they are suppressed by local families. In fact, they can't do much.

The big ones are like Mi Zhu, except that he doesn't have an official title, but if he really wants to say that the financial and material resources are not inferior to the family, they are very famous in a county, and even if the local family is not too strong, they may need to give the other party some face. , but they are not actual managers.

But now that Chen Xi has pried away the aristocratic families in the Central Plains, creating a power vacuum period, these powerful landlords who have a certain reputation stand up, and under the banner of maintaining local stability, they will definitely make the areas within their capabilities the same as before. Stablize.

The biggest problem now is that the government at the end of the Han Dynasty could not assign an official to a small village with hundreds of people, but if it only assigned officials to the county town, then the final result would be that the countryside surrounded the city.

Although the big head has been knocked out and the constraints of the aristocratic family are gone, the powerful landlords outside the city are the same as the original aristocratic family, each controlling an area. Although the power held by the aristocratic families in various places is smaller than before, why should I share it with you? Run!
"By the way, what is the ratio of government officials to people?" Chen Xi asked.

"About seven thousand five hundred to one." Lu Su said rather helplessly. This is also an important reason why Lu Su said that it is inevitable to share the profits with powerful landlords, because it is impossible to get an official to manage a small village with hundreds of people. .

"Joining villages together, joining villages together!" Chen Xi said with a displeased face.

"I've already thought about it. If you combine villages and villages, let alone how to deal with powerful landlords, you just talk about how to allocate acres of land. If one person has 3000 acres, have you ever thought about it? A standard village can have 5000 to [-] people. How much land do people need?" Li You said helplessly.

"A radius of ten miles, I calculated it before." Chen Xi said without thinking, "A standard village of 3000 people."

"Then what about population migration in the future? Someone born?" Li You looked at Chen Xi and said, "Your method is really easy to manage, but how to deal with the follow-up problems?"

"Uh, the land of the aristocratic family has been taken over by the government, and the people only have the right to farm the land. Besides, as far as how much land the people can have now, after the villages are merged, the so-called [-] mu of land is more of a gift from us. "Chen Xi rolled his eyes and said.

How much land the people at the end of the Han Dynasty could have, Chen Xi knew with his feet, it would definitely not be too much, if there were really a lot, the people would not have to plant land for the aristocratic, powerful, and landlords.

Therefore, when dividing, although all lands are subject to the same tax and each has [-] mu, each family is different. To be precise, it is to make up the [-] mu of land, not the land that will be distributed to the people forever.

"Then there are too many people?" Li You looked at Chen Xi expressionlessly and said.

"Then each household must be divided less." Chen Xi said with a natural expression, "Our government's own land, how to divide it is the government's own business, and even let them re-divide it every ten years. , so that there is no question of whether the land is good or bad, anyway, it is planted in rotation."

The corner of Lu Su's mouth twitched, he didn't expect such a trick, but it is indeed a good way to solve the problem, but it also has great disadvantages.

"The problem is that the disadvantages of doing so are not small, the sage said, not worrying about the few but the unevenness." Lu Su said after a while.

"Over time, if some villages have fewer people, each household will have more and more land, and if some villages have more people, each family will have less land. It's fair." Li You said, frowning.

"Ha, it's not a problem. The land is shrinking, and they can choose to move out. Since they don't move out, the land has become smaller and they have their own responsibility. If no one wants their land to become smaller, they can only control it. There are two choices: population and land expansion." Chen Xi said indifferently, spreading his hands.

"If you only want to pick up the cheap in the rear, then you should guard the land given to you by the country and think about how to survive better. What the country can give you is only the basic standard of living. If you want a higher and better one, then do it yourself. I fought for it." Chen Xi curled her lips in disdain and said.

"The world is very big, and there are many places where you can farm. You just want to pick up some cheap money in the future. The fifty acres of land is the basis for your survival given by the state. Don't think about anything else." Chen Xi said indifferently, "Oh, maybe there won't be fifty acres in the future."

"Aren't you afraid of chaos when you play like this?" Li You said after being silent for a while.

"Liu Weishuo is doing propaganda, don't you even know this? Tell them that they want to live a better life and create it themselves. If you don't mix well, you are lazy. The country has given you the basis for survival. Don't blame me for being such a dog. Country, look at someone who has opened up the territory and expanded the territory, and now he has become a landlord!" Chen Xi curled his lips and said.

"..." Li You and Lu Su were silent, and suddenly realized that Chen Xi's actions seemed to be very tricky. Indeed, why are those people dawdling in the back trying to be fair with others.

"Okay, if that's the case, then there's no problem. Continue to combine villages. For three standard villages, we need to set up an official position. After all, according to your habits, the land of the village must be planned in a square." Li You waited for a while. Confirming that this is indeed no problem, he opened his mouth and said.

"A village of 3000 people needs a part-time veterinary doctor. It can also build roads, build a primary school, equip militias, and other infrastructure needs to be built." Chen Xi touched his chin and said.

In a small village with a few hundred people, Chen Xi really didn't have so many doctors, and the road construction plan would have to be postponed for a long time, and other infrastructures would basically not be arranged in such a small village.

So if you don't go to a big village, it would be a waste to get a lot of things there. The advantage of combining villages and villages is that the utilization rate of resources is higher.

"Indeed, a village of 3000 people is qualified to be equipped with these, and water conservancy construction must be considered. Small villages are really meaningless." Li Youyou nodded, "In that case, just follow this, and the homeland is hard to leave. If so, merge nearby."

"If it's nearby, what should we do if we have enemies?" Lu Su had seen two neighboring villages become deadly enemies because of water problems.

"Is this also a problem? Demolition of the clan, now those villages are basically the land of one surname and one family. Demolition, this village will be filled with five households, and that village will be filled with five households, so that each surname and each household will not have an advantage!" Chen Xi said unhappily.

"Okay, Zi Chuan, enough is enough for you. It's impossible for you to say that. You will make a fuss." Li You waved his hand and said, "Forcing eviction can be done with our ability, but demolition As far as the clan is concerned, if the government does this, it will definitely cause anger and resentment."

"Okay, then merge nearby, separate those who have hatred, powerful landlords, check the local reputation, if there is no evil, then give him two options, one is to buy the land by the state and suppress him to less than a thousand acres , and the other asked him to go to the northeast as well." Chen Xi thought for a while and said.

Chen Xi didn't say how to deal with the evildoers. In fact, everyone knew that, of course, they should be dealt with according to the law, and then the land would be confiscated. They should be killed and punished.

"Move to the Northeast, that's fine." Li Jiayou nodded. In fact, what Chen Xi said was very clear. Landlords with more than [-] acres and a good reputation are already somewhat self-motivated, and even thinking about it. Find ways to find opportunities to let your family pass on.

The so-called heirs of wealth and honor are only three generations. If you want to pass on your own family, you must find a way to turn your family into a heir to farming and education, or even a heir to morality.

Most of the aristocratic families in the Eastern Han Dynasty evolved from the pre-Qin aristocrats, so they probably had some moral heirloom factors in them. As for the powerful landlords of the normal later generations, if they want to pass on, what they hope is more about the heirloom of farming and education. As for the latter , to be honest, there is no saint in the family, or the pioneer of the school, basically don't even think about it.

Since those people had this kind of thinking, Chen Xi had no intention of stopping it. It would be good for Chen Xi if they were willing to do so. They could reduce the number of fatalities. After all, manpower is also an extremely important resource.

"In this case, let's implement according to the previous plan. It's not that I haven't done it before. If I do it now, I have experience. It shouldn't take too much time. Which one of you has time?" Chen Xi saw the two of them There is no problem, so I asked.

Li You thought about it for a while, "Let me come, it just so happens that this job is also part of the household registration, and doing so is equivalent to re-editing the household registration."

"Okay, then it's up to you, but I'm very strange, you have been doing household registration for several years, why do you feel like you have been doing it?" Chen Xi asked curiously, if I remember correctly, since a few years ago , Li Youcai started doing household registration when he came here, and he is still doing it now.

"Slight adjustments, and I am constantly revising and adjusting, and I have to cancel part of the household registration." Li You's eyes slightly pulled down, and he said calmly, "But it's not a big problem, and a copy will be issued after a while. The real household registration."

"Okay, how is the repair of the bridge on Gongyou's side, and how is the work I arranged for Zheng Wengong done?" Chen Xi changed the topic and turned to Lu Su to ask, these things were all done before he left. It's been arranged, I don't know how it's done so far.

　In fact, fairness is really relative, Chen Xi's inclination is my clear inclination...

　
(End of this chapter)