"Your Majesty, according to the records of the three households in the previous dynasty, the total number of fields is 12.68 million hectares, but the actual number of fields is only 6.7 million hectares.

However, after re-cultivation, the number of cultivated land this year has reached 8.59 million hectares, and I believe it will reach 10 million hectares next year."

Li Daifu and Lu Chensheng reported various values ​​carefully.

Ever since Lu Chensheng asked county magistrates and prefects from all over the country to go to the countryside to see more, the number of acres of farmland counted has become more and more accurate.

What made all the ministers feel a little chilly was that the total number of fields in various places was actually so small.

The total of these fields, evenly divided, is less than two acres per person, which is simply not enough to support the people of the entire Xinghan Empire!

If this shortcoming had not been discovered early, I am afraid that it would not be long before the Xinghan Empire, which seemed extremely peaceful just after its unification, would be involved in internal fighting and counterinsurgency wars.

At that time, even if the Holy One doesn't want to kill the rebellious people, he will still have to kill them.

If we don't kill, everyone will know one thing, that is, rebellion is okay, but this will not deter future people, and there will be more and more rebellions.

But once someone is killed, once someone rebels, it is tantamount to smearing the Holy One, and it will be recorded in the history books in the future.

This is unacceptable to ministers.

The Holy One who can now complete the great unification has countless honors attached to him. If something like this happens, the previous honors and the Holy One's prestige will be damaged.

This is what all ministers do not want to see.

After all, they are also ministers of the DPRK. If something like this happens, they will be recorded in the history books in the future.

This is absolutely unacceptable to them.

"So little?"

Lu Chensheng frowned. Earlier, when he asked people from the Ministry of Household Affairs to count the cultivated fields, the number of acres reported at first was acceptable, but now it has become so small in the blink of an eye.

"Yes, most of the earlier data were based on the records of the Ministry of Household Affairs of the previous dynasty. There were no specific statistics, so there are doubts about the data. It was only in the first month that they were all counted."

Li Daifu knew that he was derelict in his duties. He was busy with official duties before, so he wanted to save some energy, so he took out the ancient books of the Ministry of Household Affairs of the previous dynasty, made a statistics, verified it a little, and then handed over an approximate value.

What he didn't expect was that there was such a huge difference between the records in the household records and his own statistics.

I thought that if the difference was not big, and he came up with an accurate number of acres, His Majesty would not say anything, and the slight error in such statistics would not matter at all.

Li Daifu was dripping with cold sweat. This was the most outrageous thing he had ever done since taking office.

Therefore, he did not dare to raise his head at this time.

Lu Chensheng glanced at Li Daifu and snorted coldly, "Don't make such a mistake again next time. Farmed land is related to the people of the world. If you don't even have the right amount of acres, the ministers in the imperial court will protect me."

They all just think that the people have fields to cultivate, and they all think that the people have enough to eat.

When the time comes, the people who don’t have enough to eat will starve to death, and the county magistrates and prefects in various places will not report it. It will only take a moment for the building to collapse."

Lu Chensheng's words made Li Daifu break into a cold sweat, but he also knew that what the Holy One said was not wrong.

Although the county magistrates everywhere today have just taken office and are conscientious about their responsibilities, if they encounter many people starving to death within their jurisdiction and face famine, they may conceal it and fail to report it.

After all, this matter was too serious, and the imperial court also accidentally learned about such matters.

After all, all the ministers and the Holy One only thought that with so much cultivated land, even if the harvest was not good, people would definitely not starve to death.

The imperial court no longer collects taxes. As long as the people are willing to farm, how can they not be able to support themselves?

"I know my guilt!"

Li Daifu said in a trembling voice.

"I'll fine you half a year's salary."

Lu Chensheng waved his hand and gave the other party half a year's salary as punishment.

Considering the other party's position at this time, half a year's salary is quite a lot.

In fact, those who receive salary in the imperial court can get a lot of money in a month. Even for some basic positions, the salary is quite large.

Therefore, once something like a fine of salary is encountered, the ministers will basically have a lot of headaches, and they will probably have to eat steamed buns and pickles at home for a long time.

Li Daifu also had a headache at this time. Now he lived in a large house, and there were many people in the yard. His parents were taken over, and many servants and maids were hired to serve him.

This time the salary was fined, which made life difficult, but fortunately nothing serious happened.

"Thank you, God, for your grace."

Li Daifu did not dare to hesitate. The reason for the fine was that the Holy One had not investigated it thoroughly. In addition, the matter had not yet led to a big mistake.

"The previously abandoned fields are reclaimed for cultivation in the coming year. At this time, it is left to the people of the Ministry of Works. You only need to count them and hand them over to the people of the Ministry of Works.

As for the people from the Ministry of Industry, if there is not enough manpower, the five major legions are also currently resting and recuperating. Except for the legions that defend the capital, the other legions can be used at will to plow the land."

Lu Chensheng said one by one.

Now is the time for farming, and the imperial court doesn't have much money, so it can't get the money to cultivate the fields again, but it can use people from the army.

Wang Tianxun and the people from the Ministry of War all accepted the order one by one.

"People from the Ministry of Industry also took some time to build some canals for the re-cultivated fields to ensure sufficient water sources."

Lu Chensheng rubbed his head and said that it was fortunate that this happened earlier, otherwise Lu Chensheng would have thought that there were so many fields that could be cultivated now.

Wang Tianxun heard the words and quickly bowed to receive the order.

"We must keep an eye on the grain harvest this year. There is too little cultivated land. Nowadays, many people do not have cultivated land. We need to allocate more money to the Ministry of Industry. When building water conservancy roads, the Ministry of Industry recruits more manpower and creates more

post."

It’s not too scary to have no farmland. As long as we create some jobs so that people can work and have food to eat, things will be much better in the coming year.

Cultivated land still needs to be expanded. If people plant more land, they will harvest more and more food, and in this way they will become rich.

The current fields are only enough to feed and clothe the people. It would be good to get more farmland.

Li Daifu also knew the important relationship here and nodded quickly.
Chapter completed!