Chapter 359 Migration
Three days later, all the three prefectures of Nanping had surrendered, and Nanping became the third country under Li Jia to be eliminated.
The Tang Kingdom, which set out from Lingnan, has since become a powerful country in the world.
The population of 1.5 million in Lingnan, plus the population of 200,000 migrating to Huainan, plus the population of 600,000 in Hunan and 700,000 in Nanping, under his rule, had reached 3 million, which was consistent with Houshu and Southern Tang.
Of course, the population of nearly 10 million is still far from the Central Plains, but it has been much closer. Unifying the world is no longer the moon in the water, but the flowers are in the mirror.
This is a achievement worthy of pride. It is a miracle to destroy the two countries in one year.
Everyone was cheering, and only Li Jia knew that these two countries were weak and not worthy of pride.
It is easy to seize but difficult to manage.
Nanping has a large population, crowded in the narrow three states, especially Jiangling Prefecture, which is really exaggerated in this vast and sparsely populated world.
The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty adhered to a kind mentality and treated others with himself, so he decided to migrate half of the population of Jiangling Prefecture to Hunan, thereby filling the situation of large and sparsely populated areas in Hunan and laying the foundation for the establishment of Hunan's granary.
The population of the nine counties in Jiangling Prefecture reached more than 400,000, which is really exaggerated. Although the policy was implemented well, it was just good, and the living space was narrow, which hindered development.
Therefore, the migration goal reached 200,000 people, about 50,000 households, divided into four batches, one batch a year, and gradually implemented. The first batch of population will migrate to Xializhou and Langzhou, which is adjacent to Dongting Lake and is close to Nanping. It is a rare plain area. If it is reclaimed, it will definitely become a granary.
This policy was implemented accurately under the high pressure of the emperor and the army. The people of Jiangling dared not speak out, while Sun Guangxian, as the implementer of the migration policy, ensured the safety of migration.
Moreover, during the migration, Li Jia also discovered that Jiangling Prefecture had a disadvantage.
Landscape.
For decades, the population of the Central Plains seemed like a funnel, and it continued to surge in Nanping. Among the fugitives, the rich and rich people had the greatest survival rate.
So these people came to Jiangling and took root. As a peach blossom land in troubled times, they constantly annexed land to purchase land, and then led their fellow villagers to build a manor.
At the beginning, these manors were pretty good. After all, they were villagers, and it was good to make a living in troubled times. After all, they had no money to buy land. But as time went by, the exploitation of the manors became more and more serious. These farmers who hired to work in the manors became serfs, and were imprisoned in the manors for generations and could not be liberated.
They have no money, no property, including their lives, everything belongs to the owner of the manor. They cannot even see their names in the yellow book of the county government.
They are hidden houses, large-scale hidden houses.
As a powerful conqueror, Li Jia has regarded the entire Nanping three prefectures as his own world, although he cannot tolerate the existence of these manors and has imprisoned so many people.
But this is in a chaotic world. Population is equivalent to productivity, which is equivalent to national strength. Every point of national strength is stronger, the chance of annexing the world is greater.
So, using the reason for migration, Li Jia included most of the owners of the manor on the migration list.
Together, there are about a few hundred households on the surface, but in fact, 5,000 serfs are found. Naturally, these serfs belong to the state and are not among the migrations.
So the owners of the manor first complained about crying, while carrying all their belongings to Lizhou and Langzhou with tears in their eyes, and started their new life.
With the liberation of serfs, these manors without serfs are not considered manors. They can only choose to sell and recover their health. In time, the land price in the entire Nanping country dropped by 30%, and some farmers with relatively wealthy wealth can buy land.
"I really didn't expect that there were so many household registrations isolated from the Nanping Shogunate!" Li Jia stood on the city wall, watching the departure of another group of wealthy people in the manor, and as the car's belongings formed ruts on the road, mules were carrying them with difficulty, obviously the weight was not light.
"Your Majesty is far-sighted, and it is beyond my reach!" On the side, an old man with bright eyes stood beside him, with a straight waist and a spirit.
This person is Sun Guangxian, the judge under the Nanping Shogunate, who assisted the Nanping King in governing the Nanping Kingdom for more than 20 years, with one person below and ten thousand people below.
"Thanks to the list of gentlemen, otherwise, I wouldn't know that there are so many wealthy families in Jiangling City!"
After glanced at the ingenious old man, Li Jia smiled.
In the eyes of most scholars and officials, governing the country and pacifying the world is their voluntary. For ordinary people, they always have a compassionate heart. It is understandable that he is sympathetic, or that he is merciful, or that he is kind-hearted.
However, on the way to becoming an official, he was corrupted little by little by little by little by little by little by little by little and it was difficult to survive. In troubled times, such officials with a broad mind in the world are even rare, but Li Jia met another one.
After Li Jia expressed her concerns about the manor, she was a bureaucrat who had been in charge of Nanping for decades and said this:
"In Nanping, which is in turbulent times, these people are the pillars of Nanping. For the country, their exploitation and bullying of the people is a piece of rotten flesh growing on the human body. If you peel it, people will not survive, so you can only endure it!"
"But, now, the country of Nanping is gone, it's time to dig out this piece of carrion!"
So, the next day, a thick list appeared on Li Jia's table, with dense names, families, sources, and numbers of extremely large numbers.
Then, under the personal question of the soldiers, the owners of the manor patted their chests and smiled and said that they must follow the instructions of the court and migrate to Hunan.
So, the people of Jiangling City saw this scene:
Mules slowly left Jiangling City with heavy wooden carts, while the women in the carts cried and looked reluctantly at the bustling Jiangling City.
After only ten days, the entire Jiangling City suddenly became silent and prices fell. But in a few days, with the arrival of merchants, it gradually became prosperous again.
Although the rich consume a lot, the citizens class are the ones that really support the prosperity of the city.
"Sir, I am going to set up the three prefectures of Nanping together with Lizhou and Langzhou as one prefecture, named Jingnan Prefecture and governed by Jiangling. And Mr. is the prefect of Jingnan Prefecture!"
Li Jia said with a smile.
Chapter completed!