Chapter 876 New World
When Wude initially set the standards, the official upper, middle and lower standards were actually called upper counties with more than 5,000 households, middle counties with more than 2,000 households and less than 5,000 households, and lower counties with less than 2,000 households.
And in some remote counties where even a thousand households are dissatisfied, the chief officials are not called county magistrates at all, but county magistrates, and the rank of officials is lowered.
Qixi County was originally Qiyuan Prefecture, one of the eighteen Zuoman prefectures. The Qin family had already begun to expand and develop there before, but this time the imperial court took away the Qin family's Gaoping, Wu'e and other places, and took the seven The source was reduced to Qixi County and assigned to Wu'an Prefecture.
Many vassals of the Qin family in Wu'an Prefecture began to withdraw some Tunbao manors in Gaoping, Wu'e and other places, which greatly increased the population of Qixi. Many Judingman, Zuoximan, etc. were resettled, and a group of Dangxiang Qiang and Turkic Hu immigrants were transferred from the north. Therefore, the number of households in this northwest land of the Qin family's Wu'an prefecture has exceeded 10,000.
Although it is said that this is sweeping the ground for soldiers, and all the two-legged people, regardless of Han, Hu, barbarians, are all given registered permanent residence, but this is always true.
Therefore, Qin Lang played the role of Qian Dexing, a soldier of Wu'an Prefecture who had made great contributions in assisting the Pingman. To save face, what's more, this Qian Dexing is the son of Qian Jiulong, Duke of Xun, who is also a great general. Although he is the emperor's man, he has gradually gained the trust of the emperor.
Whether it is Qiyuan or Qixi, the literal meaning is that this place is very good. It is a place where many rivers converge. A place with water is always a good place.
Especially in these barbaric mountainous areas, places that are convenient for settlement, farming, and transportation are basically near the water, living by the water, and walking along the water.
"I heard that Duke Qian will be promoted to baron this time."
"Is that no longer the retainer of Duke Qin of Wu'an Prefecture?"
"The baron is only a fictitious title, and the name is just nice. To be honest, it is not as good as the fief territory that our Duke Wei Tween granted. It is a real territory. How many princes and men in Chang'an are all fake As for the seal, there is not a single inch of land, and there is not a single food town, so it can’t compare to ours.”
Although the teenagers are young, they are very sophisticated when talking about these things. When no adults are present, they are even more energetic and pointing out the country.
For example, Liu Yanlu, Zhao Siyuan, and the group of teenagers who have gone out to see the world, when they talk, they are even more convincing to other teenagers.
As early as before, the will of the sage had already descended to Wu'an Prefecture.
The sage made great contributions to defending the country with fairness and tyranny, so Te Tween conferred on his four sons again. The four sons, one county prince and three county lords were all divided into fiefdoms in Wu'an Prefecture in advance. Among them, Qixi, the land newly assigned to Wu'an Prefecture, was Qin Lang's fourth son, Hou Qinyan of Leling County, was bestowed by the sage as a fief.
But that Qin Silang is still breastfeeding in the arms of his mother Yang, of course, it is impossible to become a feudal clan, so Qian Dexing conferred the title of founding baron and was transferred to Qixi county magistrate, of course, to manage the fief on behalf of Leling Hou Qin Yan.
Before Qin Yan became a feudal clan, Qian Dexing must have been in charge of the Seven Streams.
Young people don't know that the imperial court has adjusted several times the fiefdoms of the clan heroes. In fact, the vassals do not have complete ruling power over the fiefdoms.
Qin Lang also managed the administration and military affairs of Wu'an Prefecture through the position of Wu'an Prefecture's world-appointed governor and governor, but the imperial court selected other official positions at all levels, and the official department and Yushitai were in charge. For supervision and assessment, although Qin Lang has the right to recommend, but whether to use it or not is up to the higher authorities.
In addition, taxation and judiciary must also follow the court system, and you can't do whatever you want. Vassals can only enjoy one-third of the tax revenue.
But in the eyes of young people, vassals, that is, enfeoffing princes, are naturally the masters of this place.
Wei Gong Qin Lang is the monarch of the entire Wu'an Prefecture, and his four sons are still under the management of Wei Gong even though they are conferred the titles of County Duke and County Marquis, and Tween enfeoffs a county.
Qin Yan is the hereditary county magistrate of Qixi County, and has the title of Marquis of Leling County on his body. Qian Dexing is actually going to be the county magistrate of Qixi County, who is inspecting the school, and temporarily acts as the county magistrate.
"I heard that in order to develop Qixi County, the Governor's Mansion issued a lot of decrees to encourage immigration." A young man who also visited Juding last year said, "I heard that as long as you sign up to settle in Qixi County, you will be paid well. Especially if our immigrants in Wu'an Prefecture are willing to separate and settle down, they can directly send a wife."
"Where did you hear that?"
"I went to Qian Langjun's house yesterday to help out with work. What their housekeeper Qian said is true."
"Where did the woman come from?" Liu Yanlu was a little moved. Although the barbarian woman in the room made him miss, she was a barbarian slave who was much older than him. She was not married, so it was impossible for him to treat her as his wife. . A young man who has just experienced human affairs is more and more eager to find a girl of the same ethnic group who can share happiness and communicate.
"I heard that it was Mr. Wei who came forward to send some people who have reached the age of marriage from the remote mountainous counties of Jiangnan West Road, Qianzhong Road, Shannan West Road, Fujian Road, Zhejiang Road, etc. Married women, or some women who cannot marry due to poverty and inability to afford a dowry, are registered by the government, and they are encouraged to marry unmarried men of the right age who immigrated to the four sides of the court..."
"Impossible, who wants to marry all the way to the frontier?"
"Of course there are benefits. For example, some people's daughters have not married for a long time. In fact, the dowry is too high for others to afford, or the daughters are average, short, stupid, etc., or because I have to buy a dowry, and my family has no money, so I have been delaying..."
In short, although men in the Tang Dynasty need to give a dowry when they get married, in fact, women also have to prepare a dowry when they get married. Even the dowry is not light. requirements will also be higher.
It is very common that poor men cannot marry and poor women cannot marry.
After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, in order to encourage the population to multiply, the imperial court has long issued a policy that a girl must marry at the age of fifteen. If she has not married after fifteen years, the local government will organize official media to arrange blind dates for them. If it is three times If the blind date fails, the marriage will be forced.
And if the matching is successful, the government will also provide a sum of money to help with the wedding dowry gift, reducing the burden on the people.
Wu'an Prefecture, as one of the countless newly developed immigrant frontiers in the Tang Dynasty in recent years, lack of people has always been a big problem, and immigrants often have a big problem of marriage difficulties.
Qin Lang specifically addressed this problem and thought of many ways. One of the ways was to get some women from some remote and backward mountainous areas in the inland of the Central Plains to marry into the fief. Buy a generous dowry.
In this way, those people in very backward areas do not need to be responsible for the dowry when they marry their daughters, and they can also receive a gift. It sounds like selling their daughters, but in fact it is similar, but this kind of thing is very common in those backward areas. It's common, just like the barbarians in mountainous areas in the south of the Five Ridges used to sell their children. They even sold their babies while they were pregnant, or even sold them on empty stomachs before they were pregnant, and waited until they were pregnant to give birth. ······
In addition to recruiting some mountain brides from these remote areas, Qin Lang also introduced some policies. For example, for some women who are slaves, untouchables, tribes and even barbarians, as long as they are willing to marry to the frontier, they can immediately enjoy the Joining the household registration of Datang and becoming a good citizen of the Tang Dynasty, even their relatives can enjoy related benefits.
In short, the benefits are visible.
Not to mention, Qin Lang also specially sent people to publicize to those women and their families, saying that the immigrants are very rich, all of them are landlords, and they all own their own houses, fields, and even looms for cattle and sheep. The women farming and weaving are self-sufficient and able to live a life of food, clothing and wealth.
Such propaganda is actually very attractive to many people in backward areas.
Although what you have to face is a distant and strange frontier, and a strange husband there who has never met there, but it is a way out to change your life and destiny after all.
Some poor people in the mountains are poor but reluctant to immigrate out. They have no courage. They have a lot of children, but it is difficult to raise them, let alone any good marriages for the children. Children’s marriages are often exchange marriages. Come back with another daughter-in-law, or simply sell one or two daughters.
This kind of thing is very common.
Nowadays, the government offers very favorable conditions for recruiting brides. It is more cost-effective than selling a daughter before, but it does not have to bear the infamy and psychological burden, not to mention, it can give her a good way out.
Anyway, after the implementation of Qin Lang's immigrant bride plan, the effect is still very good. Now, a large number of brides from mountainous areas are being transported to Wu'an prefecture by car. Next, Wu'an prefecture will hold official media marriages for Unmarried men of the right age in those states arrange blind dates. Each person has three chances to have a blind date. If they are not satisfied, they can change their blind dates twice, but they cannot refuse the third time.
After the match, the next bride price and dowry will come from Wu'an Prefecture. In fact, the state government will give the couple a sum of money in the name of these two, as a fund for the new family to take root and establish a household in the frontier.
"I have already told Steward Qian that when the registration starts, he will register for me. If there are brides from mountainous areas, I must find one. I can get a wife for nothing, and I can even get a wife from the Texas government. As for the dowry gift and dowry money, I heard that the sum of the two items will be at least 10,000 yuan, and then you can build three rooms and build your own home!" A teenager said full of expectation.
After hearing this, Liu Yanlu and Zhao Siyuan looked at each other, their eyes brightened.
(end of this chapter)