Xinshun 1730

Chapter 913 Nanyang Development ([-])
This is nonsense, which is equivalent to saying nothing.

Support in principle...

In principle, everyone present supports it.No one came forward to speak out against it.

But in principle support is of no use.

Supporting in principle but getting stuck on specific issues is the same as Dashun's routine of affirming the uprising in the abstract and denying it in the concrete.

The governor of the Huanghuai River said again: "Xing Gong said that the land of the Tian Dynasty is one billion mu and the population is two to three hundred million. If the policy of equalizing the land is really implemented, the per capita land is only three mu."

"I haven't been to the south very much, so I don't know much about it. But I know that in the north, if one mu of land is planted with five grains, it will only cost one hundred and ten catties a year, which is an extra two hundred catties."

"You and I are both meat eaters. Although we are not contemptible, we are different from those common people. The common people can't eat meat, and they can't bear to bear oil. They can eat three to five catties of five grains a day, which is enough to fill them up."

"Let's just say that even if the land is equalized, the people in the world still can't get enough to eat."

"The only way to solve this problem is to build water conservancy and turn dry fields into irrigated fields, so that the yield per mu can increase from one hundred and fifty catties to two to three hundred catties."

"Or it's just emigration and emigration to cultivate new fields. It's just that Nanyang is cooked for more than a year."

"It is because the Holy Son of Heaven wants to rule the Huai River and emigrate."

"This is really a big plan, and I have to do it."

"I mean, the solution can be taken slowly, and you can think about it slowly. But this year's matter will be resolved first."

"It's not easy to sail in summer. This year's matter is resolved, and there are still half a year to consider."

This can be regarded as a real help to Liu Yu, but the fundamental problem is still not resolved.

The governor of Huanghuai directly raised this matter to the righteousness of "the long-term society", and it is not easy for everyone to refute it.

A big problem for Confucian scholars today is that they don't like to do data analysis, and they often pat their heads when they think about things.Even some ancient Confucians who claim to be pragmatic, when they talk about the average farmland, they slap their heads. The average per household is one hundred mu, and they have never calculated whether the average per household is enough.Dashun has not yet reached the foundation of a perfect small farmer, a family with a cow and a horse on a hundred acres of land?

But they are not stupid. They can understand the data and understand the shocking horror and crisis.

For the analysis of population and land issues, the officials have seen Liu Yu's figures, and they have even been influenced by the population theory used to deceive Japan.

Now that the imperial court has abolished the poll tax, it is obvious that this problem is to be solved, and emigration is what the emperor wants to accomplish.It's hard for anyone to open their eyes, and they object at this time.

The Jiedu envoy of Jiangsu had no choice but to say: "The lower official changed his mind at the beginning. If this matter is only for this year, it will be easy. But this is not a long-term solution."

"Besides, once this matter happened...Although you and I know that this matter is for the common people and the community. But some stupid people will inevitably feel that the court is actually biased towards merchants."

"If Duke Xing could solve the merchant's business, he probably wouldn't come here. If I said that the person who tied the bell had to be untied, and asked the Duke to deal with the merchant, the Duke would definitely think that I was trying to shirk."

The governor of Huanghuai, who seemed to be talking nonsense before, answered at this time: "This matter is nothing more than a word."

"Or, merchants lose profits."

"Either, the gentry loses profits."

"You can only choose one of the two, and this is the difficulty."

"Unless merchants don't lose profits, and gentry don't lose profits. Or, let this kind of loss of profits be hidden."

"In my opinion, this matter needs to be resolved, not in Jiangsu, but above the temple."

"If it is said that the merchants do not lose profits, and the gentry in northern Jiangsu do not lose profits. Then the country loses profits, uses debts as taxes, and the household government takes care of it and exempts it."

"In other words, let this kind of loss of profit be hidden deeper, then it depends on Xinggong's means."

"It's nothing more than the east wall and the west wall."

"The exemption is from His Majesty's favor, and the land tax is from the household government. The favor is from your majesty, money... Xinggong tried to find a way to supply the household government from Nanyang, and the household government would not object."

"So I said, this matter can only be resolved in the temple."

The Jiedu envoy of Jiangsu heard the words, and thought that those of you who were born in wars, it is okay to do some things like war, water control, and river repair.

Regarding local matters, you have no idea what kind of tricks you can play with the way you think about it.

Free?How to avoid it?

Debt, the state will be exempted?

If you dare to do this, you can create a new industry.Obviously, they can pay ten taels for a debt of five renminbi.Besides, how many small officials are needed to find out?
Isn't this a replica of the gentry's preferential treatment and exemption from military service?
If you don't pay your debts, you will be exempted from the region. As long as you are interested, you can take it away directly?
When will I be exempted?Going to Nanyang is not a one-day trip, a one-year trip, five-year trip, or a hundred-year trip?
The Jiedu envoy of Jiangsu was muttering in his heart, thinking that the only way to solve this matter was to cut off the court's relief.

Push the people back.This will clear the debt.

After recruiting security, it will be sold to Nanyang.

But this kind of thought just passed by in a flash, but he didn't dare to think deeply.

Seeing that Liu Yu seemed to be thinking about this proposal, Jiangsu Jiedu shook his head and nodded, indicating that this method would not work.

The fundamental problem is that the imperial power does not go down to the county, and the population below the county level is not actually from Dashun, but more like gentry from various places.If the imperial court has the ability to supervise and clear the debt, the grassroots will not be corrupted to this point.The grass roots have been corrupted to this point, and they still fantasize about being able to sort out their debts. Isn't this a dream?
After saying that it is impossible to avoid it, the Jiangsu Jiedu envoy said again: "If you don't talk about compensation, just do it according to special affairs and special handling. After doing it once this year..."

"Duke, Dudu, have you thought about the consequences?"

"Since the money may not be collected back, the loan may be lost because of going to Nanyang... I am afraid that next year, when there is no money, the people will starve to death."

"Even, there may be a civil uprising."

"This dynasty does not have the ability to promote the young crop law, and the gentry actually maintains the business of lending money to poor tenant farmers when it is not ready."

"There is no law on young crops, and the gentry are forced not to lend money to the poor when they are lean. Isn't this leading to chaos in northern Jiangsu?"

"At that time, it's okay to eat big households and smash granaries."

"I'm afraid that someone with a heart will do something big. Originally, there was a lot of dissatisfaction because of the waste of the river. When the Huanghuai is corrupted, I'm afraid it will spoil the big event that the emperor wants to control the waste of the Huai River."

"Before I said, this is a matter of Zi Gong and Zi Lu redeeming people. In fact, this is what happened."

"Besides, there is a tradition in northern Jiangsu. When there is a shortage of people, they will eat more big households. It's okay if there are fewer. The court turns a blind eye and knows that the people are suffering."

"But if there are too many, the imperial court will definitely take care of it."

"No matter what, it will chill the hearts of the gentry all over the world."

"If you really go to Nanyang without repaying the debt, it will really add fuel to the fire."

"Duke and Governor, stability is the top priority. In the long run, immigration and emigration is a great benefit, and it is a way to stabilize the root cause. But it may not last for a long time, and I am afraid it will be chaotic first."

After these words were finished, both Liu Yu and the governor of Huanghuai fell silent.

After all, the governor of the Huanghuai River was a man who led troops, and he always liked to use his strength to make tricks, especially with the tactical changes after the Dashun military reform. This kind of thinking has deeply affected the thinking of military aristocrats.

What kind of watchtowers and fortresses, don't talk about this conspiracy or that strategy, just bring up the cannon and bomb it.

It's all about clever tricks, luring the enemy deep, and pulling the troops over to fight.

In terms of strategy, we need to talk about skills, and in terms of tactics, we need to break through all tricks.

In particular, it is really so rough to fight against the Southwest or the Western Regions.More than a thousand soldiers and a few cannons squatted in several bastions in the Western Regions. Whatever this tribe or that holy descendant, thousands of rebels outside also stood still.

Field battles are all about destruction.

In places like the Western Regions, it takes a lot of vigor to be able to hold it down.

Naturally, it is a good piece of steel for water control, Huai River control, waste water and other issues that require violent means to ensure implementation.

The emperor also wanted to understand that unless the canal was restored and the sea transport was abandoned, he would be dissatisfied no matter what he did.

Since the fundamental problem cannot be solved or changed, Huairou is meaningless.

It might as well be more violent.

However, in this delicate local civil affairs, the way of thinking is obviously wrong.

Liu Yu's purpose is to give a platform to the emerging class, and also to make the first step of Nanyang's development go smoothly. I hope this matter will be resolved quickly.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, if you encounter such troubles at the beginning, then Nanyang will really engage in "slavery".

A group of contractors recruit people from various places, and then send them to Nanyang to work and pay back the contractors.The contractor will directly contact the plantation, and the contractor will supervise the work, and the money will go directly to the account of the contractor.This may become the most acceptable method for the emerging class, saving a lot of trouble.

But Nanyang is completely divorced, and maybe within ten or eight years at most, there will be a big reunion on the volcano again.

After thinking about it, Liu Yu thought to himself, if he wants to let the emerging class take this step without daring to touch the gentry in the country, then he can only suffer for himself.

Fortunately, the people of Dashun... are cheap.

If it's really one hundred and ten taels, the population needed by Nanyang, even if he wants to suffer a bit, he can't afford it.

The Jiedushi of Jiangsu is right, it is indeed such a truth.If the debt is forcibly canceled this year, there will be a civil uprising next year, and the responsibility must be borne by those who introduced the policy.Nobody wants to take that risk.

Because it's not a one-off thing after all.

If you want to push through this year first, send people to station in various places next year, and recruit people in advance, will they be able to operate in batches in Nanyang?

Not at all.

That is afraid that there will be a variant of the "runaway slave" incident.

Tenants who owed debts to the gentry and wanted to go to Nanyang would run to the place where they received them.And the gentry from all over the place will chase after the place where they receive people...

The receiving place was really Uncle Tom's cabin.

The old society is already magical enough, it is already a miracle that Dashun did not come up with the "Law of Escaping Slaves" or "Law of Escaping People".

At that time, don't make too much noise because of this kind of thing, forcing Dashun out of the "escape law", that would be extremely disgusting.

Moreover, conflicts will be triggered prematurely, and it is difficult for the court to say what will be done.It may even turn into a big dispute because of the "runaway slave".

Dashun has no slaves.However, there are people all over the world who are in debt to the gentry and can't pay it off all their lives.It is absolutely impossible for a self-cultivator who does not owe money to Nanyang, who is close to death.

(End of this chapter)