After the court meeting, it was close to noon, and Luo Zhaoyun summoned some of the Tongping Zhangshi and the Governor of the Political Affairs Hall, plus the Huangmen Shilang and the Imperial Shi Dafu into the palace.

Lunch was eaten in the side hall of the imperial study, and Luo Zhaoyun personally accompanied them, so that these trusted ministers of the humerus let go of their restraints and had lunch simply.

Then, in the imperial study, while drinking tea, discuss political affairs.

"Taste it all, this is a tribute tea sent from the land of Bashu, called Zhuye Qing, produced on Mount Emei, the taste is good, sweet and slightly sweet, and the fragrance is overflowing."

Luo Zhaoyun introduced with a smile, and personally picked up a jade cup and tasted the tea.

Gao Shilian, Chu Suiliang, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Wen Boyan, Xiao Yu and others also picked up the teacup and tasted it.

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, tea was not boiled and drunk directly, but with condiments, it was made into tea soup.

However, Luo Zhaoyun proposed to directly quote tea, and deliberately found someone to plant it in Guanlong, which gradually became popular at the end of the Sui Dynasty, but the tea planted in Guanlong climate was not considered superior, but in Shudi, Huainan, and Jiangnan, the climate was more suitable for tea, and the tea shop rose and gradually formed a scale.

At present, tea has begun to enter the Silk Road, and tea and ceramics have become one of the must-buy items for many Fanbang merchants to come to Chang'an for trade.

These important ministers are also accustomed to drinking tea, so they have no sense of disobedience, taste the tea, and praise a few words from time to time.

The atmosphere was harmonious, Luo Zhaoyun began to cut to the point, and said earnestly: "All the secretaries who are doing it are all my confidants, the pillars of the country that I can trust, many things in the court, and the operation of the society, I still need you to be more conscientious and responsible." ”

"Your Majesty's words are serious, eating the king's fortune and sharing worries for the monarch is what we should do as courtiers, and we will definitely do our best to serve the court."

"Yes, Your Majesty said this, it really makes me feel ashamed, and I will make greater efforts in the future to do a good job of the dispatch that Your Majesty has assigned."

"I don't dare to say anything, compared to Your Majesty's work in the world and the Quartet, it's really nothing."

These ministers are good at behaving and doing things, and they don't leak a drop of water when they speak, and they feel comfortable in their hearts, of course, this is not flattery, because what Luo Zhaoyun has done has made the country safe, and his achievements in the past few years have indeed made these ministers admire.

Luo Zhaoyun smiled, put down the teacup, moistened his throat, and continued: "At the court meeting, everyone heard the report of the household department on the population, everyone also heard it clearly, this time the census of the population, Dasuo Maungyue, except for the land of Jiangnan and the two lakes, the population is only 12 million, if you add there, roughly estimated, it will only be 15 or 6 million, in the early stage of the great cause, but more than 46 million, a whole less than 30 million people, 30 million, this is definitely not a small number, where they went, yes or died, it is related to the foundation of Dahua, and taxes, There must be no negligence. ”

Gao Shilian was embarrassed, stood up and arched his hand: "As the minister of the household department, he did not investigate carefully, please punish Your Majesty." ”

Luo Zhaoyun waved his hand and said: "Gao Shangshu and sit down, this matter is not what you expected, the data are reported to the imperial court by various counties, states and counties, and the household department is responsible for sorting out and accounting, copying and writing, verifying and accumulating, so that there will be such a number, it is not you alone in the yamen to think about it, make a decision, and the data can be accurate." ”

Chu Suiliang, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Wen Boyan and others nodded, feeling that His Majesty's analysis was reasonable, this kind of thing, like a hundred rivers entering the sea, the numbers reported from all over the country are accumulated, and the household department has completed its mission.

Wei Zheng arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there may be a problem here, there is a chaos in the Great Sui, and it is also from the sixth or seventh year of the Great Cause, the conquest of Liaodong began, although there was the construction of Luoyang and the construction of the canal in the early stage, but the population transfer was within the control of the imperial court, although the river workers launched were millions, but the rivers did not die so many people, and the construction period was not so long, and the cultivated land was not destroyed. ”

However, from the beginning of the conquest of Liaodong, millions of soldiers and horses went north to Liaodong, recruited athletes from all over the country, and recruited young laborers to enlist in the army, plus the rear had to supply a large amount of grain and grass, and the coachmen had countless horsepower, traveled thousands of miles, and the supply lines were too long, which did delay the farming of many counties and prefectures in the Central Plains. In addition, in the past, the construction of Luoyang and canals, etc., after all, was conscription, and after a year and a half, they could return home, but military service was to die on the battlefield and take their lives, so the local people had the way to flee to the mountains and forests, or sell themselves into the wealthy family as slaves, to evade military service, so that the household registration became less and less. ”

Fang Xuanling said on the side: "What Dr. Wei said is right, the three expeditions to Liaodong, whether it is the front line or the rear, the population has decreased a lot, and many people are not really dead, but have fled, lost their household registration, and become vagrants without household registration. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was a great chaos, and there were many heroes in various places, these homeless people joined the rebel army, attacked and killed each other, harassed the people, and completely destroyed the local farming, and the local people who died of starvation were more than ten times more than the people who died in battle, and there were a large number of displaced people who fled and were not in their own townships. ”

Du Ruhui also nodded and said: "Yes, if the last year is recounted, the population will at least be more than millions." Many displaced people have returned to their hometowns one after another, and the number of officials has been expanded, so that there can be enough manpower to count household registration, and the investigation will be more careful. In addition, the promulgation of a new law for the release of slaves and tenants by the imperial court, the dissolution of the tribes and tenants of those wealthy families, and the return of these large numbers of laborers to their own villages, redistribute the land, repair the houses, and fix the population, the number of statistics can be even more. ”

The words of these people have been approved by other people, and they have analyzed the reasons for the sharp decline in the population of Dasuo Maung Yue this time, and also speculated on the basis of the population, the national population, there should be 30 million at present, but half of them have not been counted at all, and the reasons are complicated, but the main factors are nothing more than the above points.

These views are similar to some academic views that Luo Zhaoyun saw through historical journals, nodding slightly, the imperial court should be stable, and the most basic population must be counted clearly, just like the roots of a big tree, the people are the foundation of the imperial court, and in the future, taxation, forced labor, etc., are all related to the registered population.

"This matter, we must focus on it, wait for the abolition of the slaves of the Hao clan and the law of the tribe to be sent to all places, the promotion of the new household registration of Dahua to divide the land, the expansion of the officials, the establishment and implementation of the provinces, prefectures and counties, and the acceleration and stability of the operation of various places, and the ministers of the political hall, there are Shangshu or squires of various ministries, go back to strengthen coordination and cooperation, this matter, by no means a department of the household department can do it, in the final analysis, it is still the operation of the imperial court institutions to the local problem, there is a labor for the secretary of the family."

"We will do our best to serve the court and share the worries of the king!" Seeing that His Majesty was so important and entrusted, the ministers did not dare to drag it out, and bowed down to reply and express their loyalty and dedication.

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