Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

"My lord, this is the most detailed population record file ever recorded. It was recorded in the fifth year of Yonghe. At that time, Jingzhao had 67,234 households with a population of 282,145. Fufeng has 18,245 households with a population of 92,160; Feng Yi has 31,212 households with a population of 145,621; There are 45,876 households and 197,846 households!"

This is the second day that Lu Buna marries Diao Chan. Although it is good to be lingering with a beautiful concubine, you can take your time when it comes to the relationship between children and things that should be done.

"Yonghe five years?" Lu Bu frowned and looked at Jiang Xu: "It has been fifty years ago, is there any closer?"

"This is currently well-recorded. In fact, although the population of Guanzhong has changed from the Yonghe period to the Zhongping period, the change is limited. After the Zhongping period..." Jiang Xu shook his head. The reason for concealment, so far, the five-year data of Yonghe is the most authentic data that can be determined at present.

Middle Years...

Lu Bu nodded, and didn't ask any more questions. That year, the Yellow Turbans were in chaos. In the first year of Zhongping alone, countless people died in the war, let alone Huangfusong, Wang Yun, etc. Famous generals killed yellow scarves by tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands.

From the first year of Zhongping to the present, natural and man-made disasters have never stopped. Plagues, earthquakes, floods, and droughts, Guanzhong is not bad.

"What about now?" Lu Bu didn't care too much about the previous household registration and population, but just wanted a reference. He was more concerned about the current household registration population level?

The strength of a country is measured not only by how well you can fight, but also by the overall strength. In the farming era, the size of the population cannot be separated by a force, which is related to the war potential of a force.

"Previously, the Taishi moved the people of Heluo to enter the Guanzhong. However, due to poor governance, many people fled to Nanyang, Hedong, Yizhou and other places. Now after several months of sorting out, Jingzhao now has 77,600 people. Forty-two households, 248,007 households; Fufeng has 26,475 households, 134,265 households; Feng Yi has 40,720 retail households , 175,423 households; Hongnong 68,274 households, 234,712 households, a total of 792,406 Seven mouths!"

It sounds like five years more than Yonghe, but in fact, this is the data after moving the entire population of Heluo, and many of them were moved to Longxi.

"The Xiliang household registration has not been recorded yet, but it is probably around 400,000 people." Jiang Xu bowed.

Lu Bu took over the household registration records, frowned and said, "The wealthy families here have eaten a lot!"

Although there were many people who left and died due to various disasters, they should not be the current population. Lu Bu did not forget the fact that the powerful families in various places swallowed up the population privately while the major forces were fighting.

Jiang Xu nodded, there was no other way, but this land tax reform greatly limited the influence of these rich families. The tenant farmers also had to eat. In addition to the land tax, they had to give enough to the tenant farmers who helped them cultivate the land. In this way, their own final income can be reduced by half compared to the past.

This is also a huge potential threat in Guanzhong today. These local wealthy families control huge power and public opinion. Now under Lu Bu’s land tax reform, they will either accept their fate with peace of mind, or form an alliance to resist. If they cannot be resolved properly, it will become a serious problem over time. !

And Lu Bu needed more people, so he had to open the mouths of these people and pick out the people who had been eaten by them.

"My lord, do you want them to spit it out?" Li Ru came in from the door, looked at Lu Bu with a smile and asked.

"Easier said than done?" Lu Bu shook his head: "Didn't Wen You also say that eradicating it is difficult, and that killing won't solve the problem?"

"It cannot be eradicated, and killing is indeed difficult to solve the problem, but reasonable killing can." Li Ru smiled.

"What is reasonable killing?" Lu Bu looked at Li Ru.

"In the future, the tenant farmers will also need to be included in the household registration. All the villages under the jurisdiction of the army must report. The tenant's farming income should not be less than 40% after tax. You can directly report to the nearby army, and after you find out, you will be punished according to the seriousness of the circumstances!"

Lu Bu thought for a moment and then said, "Are you going to separate the nobles in this place from the common people and tenants?"

"That's right, but what Confucianism means is to change a group of powerful families." Li Ru shook his head. He has been thinking about this issue for the past few days. It is definitely impossible to eradicate the powerful families, but it is not difficult to change a group, and it must be reasonable and legal change.

"Oh." Lu Bu probably understood, looked at Li Ru and said with a smile, "Wenyou, tell me how to change the method?"

"Ru divides this matter into two steps." Li Ru sat down, looked at Lu Bu and said, "The first step, once the household registration system for tenant farmers comes out, there will be people who will object to it or even cover up the report. Afterwards, people with high moral standing in the countryside are selected to manage these fields, and these fields belong to the imperial court, but they only need to pay normal taxes, and the villagers will cultivate them, and the people with high moral standing in the countryside are responsible for how to distribute them.”

Jiang Xu glanced at Li Ru in horror. In this way, the selected people of high morals and respect became a new local wealthy family, and they became Lv Bu's supporters, because although the overall interests were less, but for most people In other words, the benefits at hand are more.

Pinch out the old ones, and the new ones will become Lu Bu's absolute supporters.

"There is a second step?" Lu Bu looked at Li Ru in surprise. He felt that this step had solved all the problems.

"I don't know if the second step can be implemented in this life. If the world is re-established, it can be implemented. Now this first step is to make it easier for the imperial court to recruit soldiers. But after the world is stabilized, in order to prevent people from taking power in the local area, it can be implemented for a long time. After it is found out that there are people who have embezzled public land privately or seized it by hand, they will be killed immediately once they are found out, but the beneficiaries are the whistleblowers."

In this way, a relationship of mutual distrust will be formed between the villages. After the informer becomes the beneficiary, he must guard against being reported by others, forming a cycle, and preventing the local area from becoming too big or too strong!

Lu Bu looked at Li Ru and fell silent. This second step... Even he didn't dare to walk around. Who knows what the consequences will be if it is really used?

Jiang Xu felt similar to Lu Bu, but it was hard to say, Li Ru was far above him in terms of status and influence, and there was no room for him to intervene when they were talking.

"We'll talk about this second step later." Lu Bu shook his head. This step is too risky. There is no need to take it when the world has been set. If it is really necessary to maintain it for a long time, it will require a lot of manpower to supervise and ensure that The common people can report in time, which consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, which is unimaginable, and people are thinking about this, whether the rituals will collapse again, and the people will enter a state of mutual harm... In short, there are too many variables, Lu Bu does not want to leave .

Li Ru nodded. The second step was to improve some loopholes in the first step, and it was impossible to implement it immediately. It would make it difficult for Lu Bu to recruit soldiers from the people, so he took this as a separate step.

"As for the first step...Bo Yi." Lu Bu looked at Jiang Xu.

"Here!" Jiang Xu bowed.

"Wait for me to write the document, you take the arrow of my order and send it to all the troops, and execute it immediately!" Lu Bu looked at Jiang Xu and said.

"Here!"

At that moment, Lu Bu and Li Ru began to write the document, and Li Ru asked while writing, "My lord, don't you need to bring this matter to the court for discussion?"

After Lv Bu takes concubine this time, he will start to resume the early court. Some important national affairs will still be discussed in the court hall. This matter is related to the livelihood of the people in Guanzhong for the next ten or even decades, how much is it decided like this Somewhat sloppy.

"Nowadays, the restoration of production in Guanzhong is the main focus. If it is brought to the court for discussion, it will take at least half a month, and at most three to five months without any results. Why bother?" Lu Bu shook his head.

Now that Lu Bu’s foundation has just been established, what is needed at this time is efficiency. Even if it is wrong, it must be implemented very quickly, rather than discussing with courtiers. Discussing in the court means that there is room for compromise. It seems that there is no room for compromise, so naturally there is no need to discuss it.

Of course, if the ministers want to discuss, that’s fine, but it can’t hinder the progress of the matter. You can discuss it while doing it. Dong Zhuo’s lesson from the past told Lu Bu that as long as you think it’s right, you should do it first. The rules are set by the strong. If you have to integrate into a set of rules that are not suitable for you, the strong will become weak.

Of course, in the future, when the territory is bigger and the status is more stable, it is also necessary for the court to discuss politics, but now when the power is first established, it is better not to make things too cumbersome!

Li Ru listened and nodded with a smile. Lv Bu had courage and foresight that Dong Zhuo didn't have. Looking at it now, it was indeed a foolish trick to persuade Dong Zhuo to become a scholar.

Fortunately, Lu Bu did not follow Dong Zhuo's old path, and this is why the situation in Guanzhong is gradually stable now, and it will definitely be better in the future!

Han Kuai, Jiang Xu left with Lv Bu's sealed documents. He wanted to arrange for people to convey these edicts to the generals in the shortest possible time and let them continue to promote them. This step is extremely critical. It will no longer belong to the local wealthy family, and even the two sides may gradually form an antagonistic relationship.

Of course, this is based on the fact that Lv Bu has dispersed his 100,000 troops in every corner of the Guanzhong. A wealthy family in a new place that can satisfy their interests.

But... Maybe something unclean was really violated. When everything is implemented, there will always be twists and turns, either from people or from heaven and earth. For example, not long after this edict was issued... the Guanzhong earthquake coming……