As soon as Wu Yu mentioned land annexation, Tang Yi immediately figured out why it was difficult for the imperial court to recruit husbands. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Xianggong is saying that the inability of the people to be requisitioned is related to the land annexation of the northern states?"

Wu Yu smiled: "Da Lang is a smart person!" ”

"That's right! It does have something to do with it. ”

"At present, the problem of the gathering of land and property to the wealthy and gentry in the Great Song Dynasty is indeed very serious, and the most serious is the northern states."

"In the north, the heavy agriculture and lenient loans, whether it is the wealthy gentry or the wealthy with surplus money, all take buying land and printing (lending) as the first task of accumulating wealth. Therefore, the merger of Hebei and Jingdong is the most serious, and there are no three out of ten farmers. ”

"In addition, most of the official fields, school fields, and public fields of the Great Song Dynasty are in the north, so a large number of people either enter the city to work, or rely on the Shi family."

"Therefore, don't look at the big land in the north, but according to the Song Dynasty, there are many clans with official bodies and titles who do not go out to serve, and there are very few people who are obliged to go out into service."

Speaking of this, Wu Yu smiled bitterly, "In the past, the imperial court also knew that there were not so many Ding Zhuang to come out in the northern states, so they had to exaggerate the number and use five thousand to say ten thousand. And those who came up by serious enlistment may only be 2,000. ”

Tang Yi said suspiciously: "What about the rest?" ”

Wu Yudao: "With a reward! The local clans more or less have to give the court a little face, depending on the number, and each state and family has a righteous number. ”

"Reward?"

Tang Yixin said, it's a bit! It seems that the Great Song Dynasty is not only the emperor's nest, but even the imperial court.

Wu Yu said again: "No way, although the current Shi clan does not have the scenery before the Tang Dynasty, but the vast land in the north has always been the grain bag and money bag of the Great Song Dynasty, and the imperial court cannot forcibly expropriate and expropriate." ”

"Didn't your teacher also be kicked out of the court because of the huge profits in this piece?"

Tang Yi said bitterly: "That's too little, right?" The imperial court asked for 100,000, so 30,000 came, and 20,000 were conscripts from Gyeonggi Road. In other words, there are 10,000 Ding Zhuang in the northern states. ”

I used to be able to give half of it, but what about this time? A tenth of it is gone?

"So, the old man wants to apologize to Da Lang."

Wu Yu said calmly: "At the beginning, Han Zhigui and I still didn't think about it enough, thinking that according to the old practice of previous years, the northern states would ask for 80,000 out of 40,000, and Gyeonggi Road was close to it, so it was easy to urge, and 20,000 Manding, adding up to 60,000 people, would be enough for you to repair the river." ”

"But we forgot the flood in the eighth year of Qingli."

Tang Yi was silent for a while, and then said: "That flood washed Jingdong and Hebei all over, causing more propertied farmers to go bankrupt and have to pledge their fields to attach to the wealthy families of the Shi family. Naturally, there are no more recruits. ”

"That's right." Wu Yu nodded. "The old man ignored this, and in the past year, he has been shaken by the DPRK and China, and he is powerless to urge ......"

"It's not to blame!" Tang Yi frowned.

In the final analysis, it is still the Shi clan who holds the field and respects.

Taking out the list of land problems, the current situation in the Northern Song Dynasty is very similar to that in the late Ming Dynasty, the officials of the Shi clan do not pay taxes and do not pay dining. A large number of peasant households are dependent on the clans, resulting in a sharp drop in agricultural taxes. The country's finances are sluggish.

For example, according to the recent statistics of the Great Song Dynasty, there are 20 million households and 40 million people in the country. On average, there are only two people per household.

According to Tang Yi's understanding for so many years, the population of the Great Song Dynasty is by no means more than 40 million, and it will at least double again. That is, there are more than 40 million "hidden people".

Where is it hidden? I also know with my heels that I am hidden in the family.

However, fortunately, there are commercial taxes in the Great Song Dynasty, and the court is not rotten to the roots, which is much better than that in the late Ming Dynasty.

Wu Yu saw that Tang Yi's face was not good, and thought that Tang Yi was in a mood for the matter of not coming to Ding, so he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the imperial court has underestimated the use of Ding for Tongji Canal, and after settling down for a while, the old man will write back to Beijing and ask Your Majesty to recruit Ding Zhuang again." ”

Tang Yi barely squeezed out a smile, "There is a husband of Lao!" ”

He thinks far more than Zhengding, the big tumor of the Northern Shi clan will be eliminated sooner or later!

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Although the farmhouse is simple, there is no one to choose it. It will be one night, and the next day Tang Yi wants to walk further along the new site of Tongji Canal with Shen Kuo.

Wu Yu didn't have to follow him, and besides, Wu Yu didn't have the heart to follow him.

He wanted to stay on the construction site for a few days to see if there was anything that still needed the help of the imperial court in the affairs of the river work, and he had an intuitive impression and reported it together.

Tang Yi had nothing to do, he happened to be there for a few days, and when he came back, Wu Yu had seen almost it.

Leaving Brother Xiao Qiao here, Tang Yi and Song Kai, Shen Kuo and others went on the road together, and came back in four or five days.

And when he came back, six or seven of the boys' sons were embarrassed, with tattered robes and covered in muddy water.

Wu Yu muttered, "Just go and survey the river, how did you get this?" ”

Song Kai touched the plaster on his face, "Fortunately, you didn't go with you, we have all become savages in the past few days!" ”

Aren't you about to become a savage? The survey of the river is not a big road, but along the Bianshui all the way up.

For so many years, the Yellow River has flooded one after another, affecting the Bianshui, this section of the river is mostly silted up, Zetang, it is strange to walk!

Wu Yu chuckled, and didn't blame him for being dry, and turned to Tang Yi, "Are you optimistic?" ”

"Well, look at it."

"But what does the old man need to report?"

Tang Yi said gratefully: "The survey in the storage is extremely accurate, and at present, there is no problem." ”

Wu Yu nodded, "That's good!" Rest for a few days, and then let's hit the road. ”

Tang Yi shook his head, "You don't need to rest, I'll be on the road tomorrow." ”

For the physique of Tang Yi and others, this little fatigue is really nothing.

......

The next day, Tang Yi really didn't stop, bid farewell to Shen Kuo, joined Yang Huaiyu's Yama camp, took the north, and went straight to Taiyuan Mansion on Hebei West Road.

If you look at Taiyuan from the map, it is located directly above Kaifeng. Tang Yi and others crossed the Yellow River to the north, to Wuzhi, to the northwest to Qinghua Town, and then crossed the Taihang Mountains, and entered the territory of Shanxi in later generations.

Then pass through Zezhou, Longde, and Weisheng military boundaries, until Nanguan Town stopped to rest.

This way down, it has been more than ten days, and Wu Yu's old arms and feet have long been about to fall apart.

It was nearly dusk, and the brigade stopped at the Nanguan Post House, and Tang Yi personally went to help Wu Yu get out of the car.

"Your Majesty, too, just let a few of us young people come, and let you suffer this sin. You can rest assured, let's rest here for a day, and we won't leave tomorrow, so that you can relax! ”

Wu Yu's face turned pale, and he glanced at Tang Yi, "I think you think the old man is in the way, right?" ”

Tang Yi smiled and didn't speak.

It's really a bit of a hindrance, if there is no Wu Yu, they will ride their horses and gallop, how can it take ten days?

Shake off Tang Yi's hand, "Get up, the old man doesn't need your help!" ”

Tang Yingxin said: This old man's temper is not small.

It happened that Yang Huaiyu leaned over, and Tang Yi didn't talk about it anymore.

Yang Huaiyu said: "I will enter the boundary of Taiyuan Mansion tomorrow, and at most I will enter the Mansion City the day after tomorrow." How are you going to do that? ”

Tang Yi groaned for a moment, forgetting that Wu Yu was listening by his side.

"The less people pay attention, the better, the brigade doesn't enter the city, you go and pick a dozen strong and good ones, let Li Sange take them directly to Fengzhou, and find a way to meet Pan Yue. Let's stay in Taiyuan for two days and go to Fengzhou, ready to enter Liao! ”

Thump!

As soon as Tang Yi finished speaking, he heard a muffled sound behind him, and when he looked back, it was Wu Yu's old minister who planted it directly on the ground.

At this time, Wu Yu's head was fried.

This bastard is going to enter Liao? With a ban on the army into Liao??

...... (To be continued.) )