The soldier hurriedly said, "It's General Shi!" ”

"Shiren?"

The soldiers nodded again and again: "It's General Shiren, now that Jiangdong has invaded Jingzhou, all the generals have gone out, only General Shiren has stayed in Jiangling, and now he is responsible for the city defense of Jiangling!" ”

Liu Chan's face became more and more ugly, and he continued to ask: "Are you sure that he asked you to act casually during the martial law period?" ”

When the soldier heard this, his eyes were full of confusion, and if he said no, he lied, and wanted to be questioned by Liu Chan, if he said yes, he would be questioned by Shiren, he couldn't afford to offend both sides, and after weighing it, he nodded and said: "Yes, General Shiren said, he let us just behave." ”

Liu Chan heard the words and said, "Okay, you take me to see Shiren!" ”

When the soldier heard this, his face suddenly changed: "Son, you let me go, I'll seriously investigate, brothers, quickly investigate!" ”

Liu Chan snorted coldly: "If you don't want to die, take me to see Shiren, otherwise you will be killed on the spot!" ”

"I'll go, I'll go, I'll take Childe to see the general!" It is better to be punished than to be killed, and the soldier can only take Liu Chan to see Shiren.

"You continue to scrutinize!" Liu Chan said a few words to the remaining soldiers, and then asked the soldiers to take him to Shiren.

Gangneung City, Shiren Fuzhong.

"Smack!" The sound of wine glasses hitting the table was heard.

A drunken cold drink resounded in the hall: "Hit me, beat me hard!" ”

"Smack...... Smack"

The planks beat rhythmically against the flesh.

Shiren was drunkenly leaning on top of the sitting, and saw that he was about fifty years old, tall and thin, with a horse face, and his chin was full of thick beards.

Under the main hall, a young man about fourteen or fifteen years old was lying on the ground, and two house slaves were holding wooden sticks, constantly whipping the young man's back.

At this moment, the young man's back was already a blur of flesh and blood, but the young man gritted his teeth and didn't say a word, he was thin, his face was yellow and thin, but his eyes were extraordinarily bright, his eyes were staring at the head Shiren, and his eyes were full of hatred.

Shiren was drinking wine, caught a glimpse of the young man's gaze, and immediately became angry: "You still dare to stare at me like this? Even the wine is not good, what is the use of me raising you? Beat him to death and drag him out to feed the dogs! ”

In the main hall, the other subordinates watched the young man being beaten, and they all turned pale with fright and trembled.

"General Shi is so powerful, isn't he a human being?"

Your Highness, a childish voice suddenly came.

I saw Liu Chan walking into the main hall with Lin Yuan, Deng Ai and several guards.

"Which one is talkative...... Forehead ......" Shiren heard Liu Chan's voice, and immediately became furious, and when he got up and saw that it was Liu Chan, he suddenly became excited, and his mouth full of dirty words suddenly held back, and his drunkenness instantly sobered up.

"Master, Childe broke in directly, I didn't have time to report!" A subordinate hurriedly ran to Shiren's side and explained.

"Humph!" Shiren glared at the subordinate, and then ran to His Royal Highness Liu Chan with a smile on his face, and bowed his hand and said: "Shiren has seen the son, but he has not been far away to greet him, and he hopes that the son will forgive the sins!" ”

Liu Chan glanced at Shiren, looked at the young man who was being tortured on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Isn't Shengkou a person?" If you beat him like this, aren't you afraid to beat him to death? ”

"You're still fighting? Why don't you drag him down? Hearing this, Shiren scolded the two house slaves who were scolding him, and smiled at Liu Chan: "I drank a few more glasses before, but this slave didn't even pour good wine, and it was spilled all over the ground, and I was so angry that I hit him a few times." ”

Liu Chan looked at the young man on the ground, only to see that his hands were wrapped in white cloth, and blood was faintly oozing.

Liu Chan's face sank, and he said coldly: "I heard you say that you want to beat him to death and drag him out to feed the dogs?" Since his father got Jingzhou, he ordered all the scholars, their slaves, tenants, shengkou, and guards to be recorded in the military households, and among the civilian households, if they are found to have not been notified, they will be severely punished! If the number of people in possession is excessive, it will be punished as the crime of treason.

Though he is a raw man, he is also recorded among the people, and if you want to kill him, what is the difference between that and murder? Or is he not recorded, but a recluse? But it doesn't matter if you kill him, General Shi, hiding a hidden household is a major crime of rebellion, don't you want to rebel? ”

During the Three Kingdoms period, the population was sparse, so the population became the most important resource, and there was no one.

In various countries, the military household and the civilian household system are implemented, and the control of the population is very strict.

It is said that the population was sparse at the end of the Han Dynasty, but in fact, there were many hidden households, but they were hidden by the scholars, counting these hidden households, the population of the Three Kingdoms could be doubled, which is not right.

Perhaps there were many hidden hukou in the late Han Dynasty, but after the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, the state strictly supervised the population, and the population of the family was also incorporated into the military and private households.

For example, what Liu Chan just said is actually a slave, generally composed of prisoners of war or convicted people, they are a type of household, Shengkou is the necessities of these wealthy families, and the servants and subordinates of the family are composed of Shengkou.

As for the tenants, they are also a type of private households, and the private soldiers of the family are a kind of military households.

Of course, some families have also somewhat hidden some people who have not reported them, but not much, because the three countries have very strict supervision of the population, and it is a major crime to rebel against the population.

There is also a kind of hidden household, which is to hide in the mountains and forests and live in seclusion, and the people who have not been recorded, but there are not many such people, the population is noble, a dog on the road, the government is eager to count into the household to expand the population, if the government knows, the first time you will be arrested for the army or farming.

During the entire Three Kingdoms period, the number of hidden households was afraid that it could not even reach one percent of the total population.

For example, Sun Quan often sent troops to plunder the population, and went to Hainan, to the island of Taiwan, and even to Liaodong, in order to plunder the population and enrich the population.

If the Shi clan dared to hide the population, it would be to give Sun Quan an eye medicine and give Sun Quan a chance to suppress them.

However, after the tenants, private soldiers, and raw mouths, after they went to the civilian households and military households, they were reasonably and legally owned by the nobles and belonged to his private property. Although the state can be conscripted, it is also a last resort, the Jiangdong Toshi clan, which is also his limitation.

After listening to Liu Chan's words, Shiren's face changed, and then he smiled and said: "Childe's words are serious, I am loyal to the lord, naturally I will not hide the population privately, or I will take the household registration to show the childe!" ”

"No need!" Liu Chan waved his hand, looked at the young man who was lying on the ground and still didn't say a word, staring at Shiren, and said to Shiren: "How about selling this child to me?" ”

Shiren shook his head when he heard this: "This kid is a convicted person, he killed someone two years ago, and he became a shengkou so he was bought by me, he is very fierce, you look at his eyes, I can't wait to eat me, don't ask for it, so as not to devour the master of evil slaves." ”