Let you be a faint king, and you have unified the six kingdoms?

"Ah."

in ancient times.

The population of the dynasty is small, what should we do?

Basically there are two solutions.

One is to check the population.The outstanding representative is Yang Jian.

In order to check the population, half of the Sui Dynasty was rebelled.

And the effect is also huge. A large number of people were detected, and tax revenue has skyrocketed since then.

The second solution is to increase the total population.

The example here is Li Shimin.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, several population surveys were carried out, but the population increased symbolically by [-] to [-] each time.

Li Shimin also knew that the group of aristocratic families were crazily hiding their population, but he didn't do as badly as the Nanchen Empress, but found another way.

He ordered the widow to remarry.

This remarriage is not "allowed", if it is allowed to remarry, it was like this before.

Li Shimin is the "command"!

Note that it is an order.

If a widow does not want to remarry, the local government will come to the door and force the widow to remarry.

Under the influence of this decree, the population in the early Tang Dynasty increased.

Leaving aside things like going against a woman's will, at least it works well.

These are basically two strategies for solving the problem of low population in ancient times.

One is to check the population, and the other is to increase the total population.

And this is the solution to the low population.

So, is there any way to solve the problem of "population concealment"?

No.

Rowling can clearly say that the issue of population concealment is limited by the times.

In the absence of sufficient productivity, population concealment is bound to exist.

It was a big problem in ancient feudal dynasties.

Population omission is considered by historians to have two characteristics.

"Everywhere, all the time."

It means that population concealment occurs everywhere, and population concealment occurs in any era.

Here is an example of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

According to the "History of China's Population Development", the peak population of the Sui Dynasty was 5600-5800 million.

So in fact, according to the records at that time, what was the hidden population rate when Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was in his prime?

one tenth!

More than 500 people!

That is to say, even if Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty implemented policies such as Da Suo Mao Yue and Losing Ji Ding Xiang to check the population.

Make half of the Sui Dynasty rebellious.

There are still more than 500 million people who do not have to pay taxes to the court every year.

So what about the Tang Dynasty?

During the period of Tang Xuanzong, the most prosperous Tang Dynasty, what was the hidden population rate?

one third!

30.00%!

A hidden population of more than 2000 million people!

What about Tang Chu?

Even scarier!

Up to one-half!

50.00%!

The population of more than 1000 two million people is hidden!

These are all examples of the prosperous age, the prosperous age of Kaihuang, the prosperous age of Zhenguan, and the prosperous age of Kaiyuan.

Which one is not talked about by people?

Who would have thought that so many people would be "ghost people"?

In other words, population concealment is a difficult problem that the dynasty cannot solve.

Even if it is Mingjun, even in a prosperous age, the number of people whose population is hidden is huge.

It is worth mentioning that although more than half of the population was hidden in the early Tang Dynasty, the number of deaths in the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty was still very large.

From the end of the Sui Dynasty to the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the population decline ranged from 55% to 57%.

Throughout the population history, it is also a period of sharp population decline.

There is no conflict between "a lot of people died at the end of the Sui Dynasty" and "the concealment rate of the population in the early Tang Dynasty was as high as half".

Many people use one of them to discredit another dynasty.

For example, using the number of people who died at the end of the Sui Dynasty, combined with the false population at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, to highlight how terrifying the dead at the end of the Sui Dynasty were.

Or use the high population omission rate in the early Tang Dynasty to explain that not many people died in the late Sui Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty was discrediting the Sui Dynasty.

Both statements are false.

And this population leakage, how high can the population leakage rate be?

Nan Chen has to be mentioned here.

The population omission of Nanchen ranks among the top in history. The "History of China's Population Development" believes that there are 1500 million people at the end of Chen Dynasty, but according to historical records, there were only 50 households in Nanchen at that time, only more than 300 million people.Account leakage reached four-fifths of the horror.

In other words, the population leakage rate reached a full 80.00%!

In other words, at that time, [-]% of Nanchen's tax revenue could not be collected.

Every year, the imperial court makes such casual moves, pays officials salaries, slightly repairs roads and canals, and immediately empties the treasury.

fight?No money to fight a hell of a war!

Where did the money go?

In the belly of a family member.

It is true that there is nothing wrong with saying that Nanchenkeng was destroyed by a powerful family.

…………

But now, Luo Lin didn't want to deal with this hidden population at all.

It happens to be used to ruin the country's fortunes.

Chapter 233 Fei Yun was poisoned, Jin Yiwei investigated, and the evidence points to Ke Wu

Population counts are difficult.But if it works, the benefits are huge.

After the Sui Dynasty checked the population, the annual tax was ridiculously high.In the end, it became the richest dynasty among the Chinese dynasties.

Then at the beginning of Tang Dynasty, he seemed to be very picky, even if there were several times of great governance, the economic aspect was not outstanding.Later, Tang Dezong implemented the two tax laws to improve the economy.

For Luo Lin, he would definitely not go to check the population.Although doing this can also cause rebellion, but judging from the current situation, Daqian's national fortune is very high, and it is very likely that it can withstand the backlash.

Then after a successful population check, it will bring about another sharp increase in tax revenue.

National luck will also skyrocket.

Rollin would definitely not do this.

So for him, it is to take this matter as a talking point and teach it to his daughter.

That's all.

However, what Luo Lin didn't expect was that,

Something happened to Fei Yun.

…………

Fei Yun is the number one scholar.

His sense of presence is actually not high.

In fact, Fei Yun has been waiting.He was waiting for the moment when His Majesty would use him as a knife. After all, he had shown a tendency to do so when he was discussing.

For this he will sacrifice everything.

But correspondingly, His Majesty will make his family flourish from now on.

When Fei Yun came home, he suddenly felt dizzy, fell to the ground, and passed out.

"Grandpa! What's wrong with you!"

"master!"

The servants howled.

Hearing the news, people nearby also began to watch.

However, Fei Yun was not seriously injured. After that, he claimed to be sick at home, and the imperial physician went to check, but found out that Fei Yun was poisoned.

The matter was then passed on to the Great Cabinet.

"I'm afraid some people can't sit still." Ke Wu said.

"The most urgent thing is to increase the strength of the guards around Fei Yun." Yang Hong said lightly, and gave a pertinent suggestion.

Although Fei Yun doesn't have a high sense of presence, he is a champion after all.

If the number one scholar can't protect him, who would dare to take the imperial examination?Who dares to enter the court as an official?

The Great Cabinet adjourned.

Prime Minister Zhu Maren returned to the Zhu family, frowned, and asked, "Is there any news from the Wang family over there in the south of the Yangtze River?"

"No." Zhu Maren's confidant servant said.

"That's it. I don't know which family took action against Fei Yun. Although Fei Yun's sudden proposal to investigate the population is very abrupt, it is possible to cause such a disaster. But I always feel..."

Forget it, there is too little information to say.

Let's see what Fei Yun said next.

It's almost time for a memorial.

…………

in the palace.

Luo Lin has also paid attention to this matter recently, after all, it concerns the lives of officials.And safety issues have always been more important to him.

"Let's talk about it." Luo Lin found an opportunity to appear outside, and Qinglong, one of the four great royal guards, appeared in front of him.

Qinglong knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, Fei Yun was probably poisoned."

"Continue." Luo Lin said lightly.

"The poison in Fei Yun is not deep, it just makes people dizzy. I am afraid there is a follow-up plan. Fei Yun's fall may even be a blessing in disguise." Qinglonghui reported.

"I see." Rollin nodded.

Someone wanted to kill Fei Yun...but who was it?

Luo Lin had an impression of Fei Yun. After all, not long ago, he mentioned the matter of counting the population, and was then retained by Luo Lin.