Han Shizu

Chapter 1353 The crux is difficult to solve
After getting up, Liu Yang paced around the room, thinking deeply, until a waiter brought two cups of hot milk, then sat down, put one of the cups in front of Song Xiong himself, and waved his hand to signal the waiter to leave.

Thinking so far, Liu Yang seemed to have thought about what to say, looked at Song Xiong, sighed softly, and said: "Song Gong, if you ask the court for money, grain, silk, farming tools, or even Officials and talented people can be easily dealt with, but this person is not easy to deal with!"

Song Xiong also took a sip of hot milk, nodded his head and said: "Your Highness, I understand!"

Liu Yang continued: "Since the beginning of the treasure year, the imperial court has had a policy of immigrating to the border, but you have heard about the effect in Yanshan.

Nowadays, there is no shortage of people on the borders of the Han Dynasty. Although the immigration policy has not been abolished, it has actually stagnated. After all, the imperial court cannot strictly order the people to move to the border.

On the one hand, the local officials are unwilling to release the people, and the people are hard to move to the land, and they are unwilling to leave their hometowns. If they are forced to push through administrative orders, it will definitely cause public resentment. This point has already been reflected.

Therefore, if Liaodong asks the court for someone, the court will be embarrassed!Besides, this place in Liaodong is also remote and bitterly cold, even if criminals are exiled, I'm afraid they don't want to come here, and it's not peaceful right now."

"Your Highness is right!" Song Xiong still nodded, and said to Liu Yang: "What Your Highness said, all the old officials know. However, it is precisely because of this that Liaodong should be enriched and ruled firmly. Population, how to revitalize?

On the other hand, Liaodong, like the Northwest, went to China and refused to accept Wang Hua for a long time. The local people of all ethnic groups, including the survivors of the Han nationality, did not have much respect for the great Han.

Over the past ten years, the reason why His Majesty has immigrated to the border and filled the Northwest through various policy opportunities is that he wants to renew the prestige, strengthen the control of the old land by consolidating the base, and strengthen the control of the old land by the Han people. The people of the Han are the most important foundation.

Compared with the Northwest, the situation in the Northeast is more serious. After all, there are nearly 50 years of control by the Liao Kingdom for the growth of three generations. If you want them to be naturalized again, you need to pay a higher price and time.

Therefore, the veteran thought that no matter how difficult it was, the imperial court should enrich Liaodong! "

Song Xiong's remarks are well-founded, and taking into account the historical legacy and realistic conditions, in short, it is just one thing, we need to add people!As far as Yu Gong is concerned, of course it is to strengthen the rule of the great Han over Liaodong. Yu privately, as the dignified Liaodong envoy, the population of officials and civilians under his jurisdiction cannot always be inferior to those large states in the Central Plains.If you want to do things well, you also need people.

When Song Xiong narrated, Liu Yang also nodded subconsciously, expressing his agreement with his point of view, pondered for a while, and asked: "Mr. Song came to see me, he should have some ideas, and he can make a statement. If it is feasible, I will report it for you Center and Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, Song Xiong's face burst into a smile, he just wanted to seek the prince's support.The same memorial, submitted by the crown prince, is not a little bit heavier than him.

He took out a memorial from his sleeve, Song Xiong presented it respectfully, and said: "Before I came, I planned to write a memorial, please read it, Your Highness!"

Liu Yang took over the reading, skipped over the words describing the necessity of enriching the population of Liaodong, and focused on the specific measures, but frowned when he saw the first item.

Song Xiong's opinions consisted of seven items, making suggestions and formulating relevant policies around the enrichment and restoration of Liaodong.Especially in terms of attracting people, they plan to introduce many preferential policies. The core is to allocate land for free, the government will provide resettlement fees and various assistance, and carry out large-scale tax exemptions.

For a period of 15 years, all regular taxes, including the two taxes, will be exempted, the small tax will be abolished, and the commercial tax and customs duties will also be exempted in order to attract merchants and enhance the vitality of the people.Basically, for the people who immigrated to Liaodong, within ten years, except for the necessary corvee, there was no other burden.

Such conditions, I have to say, are very tempting.In addition, there are still some things that the imperial court can cooperate with. For example, for the migration of the people, the local governments cannot set up obstacles, and all criminals who have committed exile are sent to Liaodong, etc.

Of course, what really made Liu Yang frown was the first one. Song Xiong paid attention to the Han troops stationed in Liaodong. He suggested that these Han troops be naturalized in Liaodong, grant land, and move their families here.

100,000 Han troops mean [-] families and [-] people. If the trip can take place, the population of Liaodong will directly double. Just a little prospect is enough to make Song Xiong excited.

Of course, his appetite is not that big. Those officers and soldiers from the Imperial Army don't dare to ask for extravagance, and they don't have that big appetite, but the remaining frontier troops and some local troops can be won.

Of course Liu Yang also understands that this is a direct and effective method, and he also knows that it is a bit difficult to operate.The army orders and prohibitions, if they are allowed to go to the battlefield, fight, or die, they will not have much complaints, but if they are allowed to stay in Liaodong permanently, it is easy to cause problems.When it comes to military affairs, of course, one has to be cautious.

"Song Gong's statement is very insightful!" Liu Yang carefully read Song Xiong's memorabilia, looked up at him, and said calmly, "After the return of the king, I will submit the report on his behalf!"

Song Xiong observed Liu Yang's expression, although he didn't have a clear opinion, and he didn't make any promises, but Song Xiong still expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, Your Highness!"

This old guy also knows in his heart that it is impossible to follow his ideas completely, but his opinions have already been raised, so he can always agree to a few, and there must be some gains.

Speaking of it, it has been eight years since Kaibao, and the population is still one of the political goals pursued by the Han Dynasty, and it is also a problem that restricts the continued development of the Han Dynasty.

According to the population statistics reported by various places in the six years since Kaibao, the registered population of Dahan has more than 674 million households, about 4000 million people. In the past ten years, a large number of baby boomers have emerged among the Dahan people. Work hard to give birth.

This number has already increased rapidly, more than quadrupled compared to the beginning of the founding of the country. You must know that in the early years of Qianyou, the population under the jurisdiction of the Han Dynasty was even less than 900 million.

In Dahan, there are many densely populated places, such as Gyeonggi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and even a super city like Kaifeng and Luoyang with a population of one million.

But on the whole, the Han Dynasty is still in a state of vast land and sparse population. The land reclamation is very surplus, and the population carrying capacity is far from overflowing. Under such a background, it is difficult to mobilize the people and leave their hometowns to enrich Liaodong and develop the Great Northeast. One can imagine.

The common people are not motivated, and the effect will not be very good through the government's guidance or even compulsory promotion, and it may even get half the result with half the effort.This has been proved by going to the Daozhou states in the northwest and the migrants.

Of course, there is always a way. Song Xiong's few suggestions have shown their attractiveness very well.Although Liaodong is remote, its own conditions are not too bad. In the past, whenever there were wars in the Central Plains, it was a pure land for scholars and people to take refuge.

And fertile land, rich resources, more development foundation.However, Song Xiong's conditions are too favorable and the policy is too lenient. If he agrees, it may cause a chain reaction and cause dissatisfaction in other Dao states. After all, the imperial court cannot only pay attention to a newly recovered Liaodong.

Liu Yang saw this, so he didn't make a clear statement. In the end, he still planned to present it on his behalf and let Emperor Liu and the court princes make up their minds.No matter what, Liaodong must clean up after all. If Liaodong is unstable, it will be difficult to have a good foundation for ruling in the Northeast.

(End of this chapter)