Han Shizu

Chapter 1595 Anton Development 1
Kaibao 17 years (979), autumn and August.

Aolai City is located on the banks of the Yazi River, nearly [-] miles away from the city of Suihua, Andong Dudufu, and is located at the water transportation hub between the Andong Dudufu and the Yazi River.

Originally belonged to the Aurimi Department, one of the five kingdoms established by the Khitan Liao Kingdom. After the collapse of the Liao Kingdom’s rule over the Northeast, it also raised its flag for a period of time, but it was only less than six years. With Kaibao 13 years The further expansion of the Han army to the Northeast was captured by Ma Renyu, who stayed behind and garrisoned. The stealing of the Olimi tribe's self-reliance became history, and it was wiped out under the vanguard of the Han army.

In the past few years, the Anton Governor's Mansion has carried out preliminary Sinicization of the area under its rule. Renaming is one of the most direct policies. The names of the characteristic towns have all been changed, and the original Olimi City has naturally become the current Aolai City.

Since Emperor Liu and his son set a century-old plan for the development of the Northeast, the Northeast has completely opened a new chapter and ushered in a new stage.The heavy responsibility for the specific promotion fell to Qin Wang Liuxu, and two years after he went to the Northeast, Liu Xu officially started his own business.

In the process of promoting the development under Anton's rule, Liu Xu is mainly doing two things, and is also solving two problems, one is to attract the population, and the other is to eliminate law and order.

After years of Emperor Liu's training and his own hard work, Liu Xu is obviously not a mediocre person, and he sees the problem very clearly.The Northeast Governance Charter he submitted to the imperial court was of course for the purpose of establishing achievements, increasing prestige, and accumulating political capital, but to achieve the goal, it had to be effective.

But everything is difficult at the beginning. In Liu Xu's eyes, under the rule of the Anton Governor's Mansion, there are two things that are most lacking. One is the population, the population of Jiumu Wanghua and the heart of the Han Dynasty, and the other is the stability of law and order.

Without people, governance is out of the question, and without a stable environment, so-called development is just empty talk.Therefore, in the past five years, Liu Xu's main focus was on these two matters.

As the region with the highest autonomy under the rule of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xu also made drastic moves when the imperial court fully delegated power.From the 13th year to the 15th year of Kaibao, Liu Xu divided into three batches and sent hundreds of recruits to various parts of Dahan to recruit common people and go to Anton to develop and develop.

To this day, population size is still one of the most important indicators in the performance appraisal of local government officials, and officials in various places often keep tabs on them, paying close attention to and even controlling the flow of people under their jurisdiction.

For example, when Bian Guixuan and Zan Jurun developed Jinghu South Road, they also attracted people from other Dao states on a large scale. However, they encountered great resistance. Pay more attention and limit.

No one, what do the officials care about, and who do they exercise their authority on? In addition, if you want to develop in Hunan, I will not develop in Hubei and Huaixi?

However, in the face of the unrestrained large-scale solicitation of citizens in the Andong area, all the Daozhou government tactfully did not set up obstacles, not only to show face to King Qin, but also to order from the center of the court. It originated from the will of Prime Minister Zhao Pu, Prince Liu Yang and even Emperor Liu.

The imperial court has always insisted on the policy of immigrating to the border, but the methods have become more relaxed, no longer impatient, and it is not as coercive as it was in the past, causing thousands of bad effects of destroying families and bankrupting.

Although the pace has slowed down, the policy has not changed, but it is becoming more and more difficult to attract people to border areas.In fact, most of the increase in the population of the Han Dynasty in recent years has come from natural growth and the naturalization of the Zhuhu tribe.In addition, the increasingly active non-governmental business has brought a certain popularity, but this is limited to some areas, and this population is mobile.

Therefore, even with the support of the imperial court, the local governments will not hinder it. It is not that simple for Liu Xu to recruit people from the mainland.It is also a frontier, compared to Shanyang and Monan, Anton is farther away, and its attractiveness is even more incomparable.

Even in the Monan area, under the ten-year Han rule, the reputation of "Shangjiang Jiangnan" has become more and more loud along with the word of mouth of the merchants from the north and the south.

There are also more and more people who are willing to travel to Monan, not only because of preferential tax policies, but also because of economic interests.Whether it's official or non-governmental propaganda, they all hint at one point, as long as you go to the Fortress, enclose a pasture, graze horses and sheep, it will be ten times more beneficial than farming.

After all, no matter whether it is horses or sheep, they are easy to sell, especially sheep. Wool can be used to clothe and weave quilts, and mutton is the most important and popular meat on the table of the Han people. Even ordinary fools can feel it.

In addition, the overall situation in Monan should be more stable. Although there is a threat from the Khitan in Mobei, they have never seen the southern bandits in so many years. The army is the most reliable guarantee.

As for where Anton is, it must be outside of Liaodong. In many people's inherent impressions, Liaodong Road is already a place of bitter cold, and Anton is an even more barren land, a primitive wilderness full of wild beasts and barbarians. .

Of course, to a certain extent, this can indeed be said. After all, even up to now, the development of the Andong area is limited to the town bases and surrounding areas established along those rivers.

And more people have never even heard of Anton, and even if they have, they are easily confused with Anxi and Annan, thinking that they are in the same area.

With a small reputation and a poor environment, the recruitment work of the Anton Governor's Mansion was obviously facing difficulties from the very beginning.

However, Liu Xu was also fully prepared, had plans long ago, and had great determination.Because of the shortage of official staff, he also assigned his staff, guards, and domestic servants.Half of the 1 million guan allotted by the imperial court every year is dedicated to the work of recruiting and appeasing the people. All the people who register with the recruiting officials will receive five guan guan as resettlement expenses before departure.

Of course, in this process, some bluffing and cheating were unavoidable, and those who took the money and regretted it turned out to be realistic. Anton didn't go, and he couldn't stay in the village.

As for the policy, it is more open. Liu Xu also knows that according to the general immigration conditions, it is difficult to dispel the doubts of the people, and the temptation is limited, and the five pennies are just a starter.

All those who immigrated to Anton were granted land by the Governor's Mansion on the basis of at least [-] mu per person. As long as they were registered and confirmed by the land register under the Governor's Mansion, they would belong to their names permanently.

If a family of seven moves to Andong, they can be called landlords with thousands of acres before they arrive in Andong.

Anton doesn't have many other things, but there is a lot of land that needs to be reclaimed.In addition to paying an additional housing fee of five pennies per person, the Dudu Mansion will also provide production materials such as cattle, grain seeds, and hoes for rent. The first ten years are tax-free, and the second ten-year half tax After 20 years, the Dudu Mansion will normally collect the imperial court tax.

Such a discount is unprecedented and attractive.Under such conditions, there are very few people who are not tempted. Even if it is a barren land, even if it is full of dangers, they cannot resist the temptation of benefits.

Especially for those who have no property inheritance rights or only a small amount of inheritance rights, this is an opportunity to change the future, which has both immediate benefits and long-term future.According to the immigration policy issued by the Anton Governor's Mansion, it is almost necessary to "raise" them for 20 years.

At the same time, the credibility of the Anton Governor's Mansion may not be high, but Qin Wang Liuxu's gold-lettered signboard is different. After all, he is the eldest son of the emperor, and he has gone to Anton with the highest status. It's so worrying, the emperor will not really put his own son in a barren land.

With all kinds of thoughts, many people went to the recruiter's side to register, collect money, prepare their bags, and then embarked on a journey to Anton to find their dreams.

Of course, Liu Xu doesn't want everyone. According to his requirements, what he needs are the children of the peasant family with an innocent family, and they must be young and middle-aged. Disabled people are not needed, and the guarantee of working ability is the most basic.

As for the population like criminals, that is another matter. The Andong area also has a special management system for exiles and exiles, such as prison camps, which are the characteristic products of the big Han. , support development and construction.

Even so, after nearly five years of hard work, the Anton Governor's Mansion has only attracted less than 130,000 people in terms of immigration.

(End of this chapter)