Zhang Shuye's voice was very steady, as thick as a copper bell.
"The preliminary conclusion of the research team is that the current chaos in Goryeo is similar to the wars in the late Han, Sui, and Tang dynasties of my country... One of the very important reasons is land annexation-transfer In other words, land is concentrated in the hands of a few people, and most people have no land."
"According to the statistics compiled from the official documents of the Goryeo Kingdom, before the first year of Tianqi, the Goryeo royal family and two classes of nobles occupied more than 50% of the domestic land, and then merchants, Buddhist temples, and Taoist temples occupied a large part."
"It is estimated that the land owned by the farmers of the Koryo Kingdom is less than 40%... After the Year of the Apocalypse, a large amount of goods from our country poured into the Koryo Kingdom, and a large amount of its silver and copper coins flowed out, and prices skyrocketed. The taxes of the Koryo Kingdom also increased... Natural and man-made disasters
, a large number of homesteaders went bankrupt, and their lands were quickly concentrated among the two groups of nobles."
"According to incomplete statistics, by the tenth year of the Apocalypse, the royal family and two groups of nobles controlled up to 70% of the land. Including Buddhist temples, Taoist temples and merchants, it is believed that the land occupied by the farmers of Koryo was less than 20%."
Speaking of this, Zhang Shuye's voice was trembling, and he seemed a little scared.
"Most of the people in the country are tenant farmers, and the Koryo State's treasury is in straits and taxes are extremely heavy. The land rent is 40% to 50%, and they also have to bear 30% of the national land tax. The people need to use 70% to 80% of their output to pay taxes and land rent. In addition,
In addition, there are many other exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes such as the poll tax, the Dingkou tax, the Northern tax, and the coastal defense tax... Only people who are forced into desperation can be so vicious."
Zhang Shuye's words made Zongze, Xie Kejia and others frightened and looked at each other in horror.
However, the Xie Ke family still has a doubt in their minds. Why is the joint research team of the Yilun Museum and the National Institute of Political Science studying this? Is it just a matter of watching the excitement?
No, there must be a mystery in it.
Soon, Zhao Si's words answered his doubts.
"Learn from history," this sentence is on the lips of many scholars. Unfortunately, the bloody facts in the history books have long been dried, and there is no bloody smell. Their eloquent thoughts on learning from history are all self-righteous and self-righteous. Now it is
In the Eastern Kingdom of Korea, the bloody facts are right in front of you! It’s time to see clearly this time!”
"Countless corpses tell us the simplest truth, 'water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it.' If the people are not given a way to survive, the final result will be to perish together in fires and ruins!"
Zhao Si's voice was decisive and resounding, and the next words were like ocean waves, one after another, coming towards everyone, leaving them all breathless.
"It seems that the joint research team is right. The biggest problem is land annexation! There are only so many fields, and the big landlords are eager to buy them all. They wish that all the people in the world are poor and come to be their tenants.
If there is one, there are two. After collecting the land rent, they don’t even want to pay the court land tax, and they try to find ways to transfer it to the tenants..."
"There are heavy mountains, and the common people have their bones and marrow sucked out, and in the end they can only rise up... The Yellow Turban Army of the former Han Dynasty, the Eighteenth Route Army of the former Sui Dynasty rebelled against the king, and the Huangchao of the former Tang Dynasty... Now there is the tragedy of the Goryeo Kingdom. Isn't that enough of a warning? We
We can no longer draw lessons from history in a superficial way, we must have a deep understanding of the real reasons behind all appearances. Only by truly understanding can we escape the cycle of history."
Zhao Si looked at Zhang Shuye and others and asked loudly: "Do you understand these principles?"
"I understand your Majesty's painstaking efforts." Zhang Shuye and others replied in unison.
Looking across everyone's faces one by one, Zhao Si finally shook his head, "No, I think you don't really understand."
He glanced at the four princes, raised his right hand, and tapped his index finger in the air.
"Now let me explain it to you. The ancestral method of gathering and pacifying the landless refugees is the Xiang army system. In fact, this treats the symptoms but not the root cause. My destruction of Xixia and the recovery of Shuofang in Hexi is only the first step. Let the Song Dynasty
No flanking clamps.”
"After letting go of my hands and feet, I reorganized my troops, conquered Mobei, settled Dali, pacified Liao and restored the northeast. What for? It was nothing more than land and population. Then I conquered and recovered the Western Regions from the west and marched into the river. For what? Land and population
The population is willing to speak the language of the Song Dynasty, use the characters of the Song Dynasty, learn the classics of the Song Dynasty, regard me as the monarch, and be loyal to the Song Dynasty as the motherland. No matter what race or ethnicity you have before, you are all the people of the Song Dynasty."
Zhao Si's words were so powerful that the four people in Zhao Ting couldn't help but clench their fists.
Especially for Zhao Ting, Zhao Si's words today seemed to open a new door for him and see a new world, which was completely different from what his mother usually taught him.
"There is more important land. Our people of the Song Dynasty have been reproducing from generation to generation and are endless. Today, the people of the Song Dynasty have 25.63 million households and 117.69 million people. The four flags, Qinglong
The banner has 350,000 banner households, with a population of 3.16 million; the Xuanwu Banner has 270,000 banner households, with a population of 2.45 million; the Baihu Banner has 190,000 banner households, with a population of 1.6
There are 190,000 people; the Zhuque Banner has 210,000 banner households and 2.14 million people."
Nowadays, the population statistics of the Song Dynasty do not only count Dingkou in the past, but all men, women, old and young are included.
The population of the Four Banners includes dependent households - according to the laws of the Song Dynasty, they are not slaves, they are just hired herdsmen who have temporarily lost their own economic power.
Originally, in addition to the Han people, the Northern Liao Dynasty, the Khitans, the Xi people, plus the Bohai, Jurchen, Tieli, Shiwei and other tribes, had a population of nearly four million. Originally, it was all inherited by the Qinglong Banner, which can be said to be a single banner.
Zhao Si made a prompt decision. First, he counted the Bohai people as Han people and resettled them in various states and counties. The Khitan and Xi people, who had been engaged in agricultural production for many years and were accustomed to settled life, also assisted the Han people and resettled them in various states and counties.
The remaining people were all scattered and mixed, and some were transferred to the Xuanwu Banner. The Xuanwu Banner transferred some of its bannermen to the Baihu Banner. That's why we have this relatively balanced population data.
Zhao Si stretched out his right hand and waggled his fingers, "Gentlemen, during the Tianbao period of the former Tang Dynasty, there were 9.61 million households and 52.8 million people. In addition to the hidden monks and nuns Daoyu, tenants in the village
There are about 60 million guests, servants and maids."
In the Tang Dynasty, there were indeed many people hiding under the shelter of wealthy families and Buddhist and Taoist temples. No one knows the exact number and can only rely on estimates.
In the Song Dynasty, after Zhao Si's many iron-blooded methods, even the death row inmates in the prison who had not yet been executed were included in the register, and no one dared to hide them.
"What is the population of the Song Dynasty now? The ordinary soldiers and civilians plus the people of the Four Banners, there are 126.93 million people. More than doubled. If I had not conquered such a large territory, I would have provided enough
What will it be like in the farmland and pastures? If you fight over each other and attack each other, it will definitely not be as harmonious as it is now."
Speaking of this, Zhao Si's words became more profound.
"We, the monarchs and ministers, work together to make the Song Dynasty strong and prosperous, the country peaceful and the people peaceful, so that the people of the Song Dynasty can enjoy peace and prosperity. How much will the population of the Song Dynasty grow to in a few decades or hundreds of years? Two hundred, three hundred, five hundred years from now,
How much will it grow to? Twenty million, thirty million, or fifty million. How much land will be needed at that time?"
Zhao Si's questions became more and more sharp, and everyone fell into deep thought.
