Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 331 The sword points to the east

The imperial court has finally started disaster relief, and the emperor is going to give all the land of all the vassal kings in Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan to the victims for cultivation!

After hearing the news, the disaster victims in Northwest China were all rejoiced.

They also know that it is impossible for these emperors to give them away for nothing.

The notice posted by the Ministry of Agriculture also said that these lands have to be paid, and they have to pay back a little bit every year, and pay back the money slowly.

What does it matter?

As long as there is land, there is hope. As long as there is land, there is no need to go hungry.

As for repaying the money, tighten your belt in the future, and you can always pay it off.

Tightening their belts and being so hungry that their chests stick to their backs are two different things. They don't have much extravagance, and they are thankful if they don't go hungry in a disaster year.

In fact, the disasters in Shanxi and Henan were not serious. The reason why the people in these two provinces could not survive was mainly because the land annexation was too serious.

The vassal kings of these two provinces are the most in the whole of Ming Dynasty, and the land annexation is also the most serious in the whole of Ming Dynasty. Tens of millions of people only own [-] to [-] percent of the land, how do they live these days?
Therefore, in the past, as long as there was a slight disaster, the people in these two provinces would have to go hungry.

Well now, Nan Juyi distributed all the land annexed by the vassal king to the common people in the two provinces, and each household had at least ten acres of land, plus the sweet potatoes and potatoes promoted by Xu Ji, the common people in these two provinces were Never go hungry again.

In other words, as long as the land is divided and sweet potatoes and potatoes are popularized, the disaster-affected problems in Shanxi and Henan will basically be solved.

The rest is Shaanxi.

Shaanxi is indeed a bit troublesome, because the disaster here is too severe. After years of severe drought, most of the fields have been cracked by drought.

This kind of red land is not just a problem of water shortage, and the fertility is basically lost. If you want to restore the original production, it is definitely not a problem that can be solved within a few years.

Nan Juyi, Xu Ji, Wen Zhenmeng and other officials walked on the dry land beside the Wei River, looking at the reddish yellow and dry land, they couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Can this land support so many ordinary people?

He thought for a while, and then asked, "Qianli, how much do you think can be harvested by planting sweet potatoes and potatoes in this kind of land?"

Hearing this, Xu Ji quickly squatted down and picked up a piece of dry and cracked loess, squeezed it and looked at it.

The soil quality here cannot be compared with the black soil in Liaodong!
This loess land is not fertile enough, coupled with years of drought, the only fertility is almost lost. If sweet potatoes and potatoes are planted, the yield must be frighteningly low.

He frowned and pondered for a while, then said cautiously: "Sir, if this land does not add a lot of fertilizer, the yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes may not be able to reach a thousand catties."

How can this be good?

The output estimated by the emperor was [-] catties, Xu Ji meant that he didn't have a thousand catties!
Moreover, the land of Prince Qin's Mansion is only a few million mu. If it is distributed to the millions of people in Guanzhong, it will only be about one mu for each person, and four or five mu for a family, which is not enough at all!

How to do it?

Nan Juyi thought for a while, and then asked, "Wen Qi, have the people in Yunyang Mansion and Hanzhong Mansion started to move back?"

Wen Zhenmeng hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "My lord, there are too many ordinary people who fled to Yunyang Mansion and Hanzhong Mansion. The lower officials have already sent people to count and gather them. However, it will take a certain amount of time to move back, and more preparations must be made along the way." Food, after all, these victims are dragging their families, and they can travel forty or fifty miles a day, and it takes at least a month to walk back from Hanzhong and Yunyang."

Nan Juyi heard the words and said decisively: "Then don't move them back!"

what?
Hearing this, Wen Zhenmeng couldn't help being stunned and said: "My lord, there are at least two or three million people who have fled to Yunyang Mansion and Hanzhong Mansion. If they don't move back, the land in the two mansions will not be able to support them. Doesn't the imperial court keep asking them to leave?" Distributing disaster relief money and food to support them?"

Nan Juyi wisely said: "Yunyang Mansion and Hanzhong Mansion can't support them, but Huguang can support them. There are also a lot of Huguang vassal kings, and the people there have hardly suffered any disasters. If we can send the refugees to Yunyang Mansion and Hanzhong Mansion The people of Hanzhong Mansion moved to Huguang and gave them the vassal’s land over there to cultivate, so they basically don’t have to worry about it, the rain there is much more abundant than here.”

This is a good way.

Hearing this, Wen Zhenmeng couldn't help nodding and said: "Yes, we can move the common people over there to Huguang, and we can also ask the emperor to send the navy's chariots and spiked warships to help transfer them directly along the Han River. Transship to the main road of the Yangtze River, and then transfer to the major tributaries through the main road of the Yangtze River, so that it doesn't take much time, and there is no need to prepare much food along the way."

it is good!
Nan Juyi waved without hesitation: "Let's go, let's go back, and I will write a memorial to the emperor right away."

When Taichang received Nan Juyi's memorial, he naturally approved it without hesitation.

Huguang did not suffer any disasters, and there are a lot of vassal lands there, so it is not a big problem to divert half of the common people in Shaanxi.

As for the navy's chariots and wolf-tooth warships, they are still idle, and it would be good to let them go to inland rivers to practice more.

With his full support, the resettlement problem of the victims in Shaanxi was quickly resolved.

Next, as long as the sweet potatoes and potatoes are planted, and there is a harvest, the life of the common people will become better and better.

In other words, the disaster in the Northwest is likely to be resolved within a year or two!

Taichang couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw the reports that Nan Juyi, Wen Zhenmeng and others kept sending back.

That day, he was sitting in the imperial study room waiting for the cabinet to send over the written memorial for review. Xu Guangqi, the chief assistant of the cabinet, came in excitedly holding the memorial, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, Southwest News, Qin Liangyu Leading white soldiers to go deep into the deep mountains and old forests in the hinterland of Shuixi, and finally captured An Bangyan, She Chongming and other bandit chieftains, and the southwestern chieftain rebellion was put down!"

OK!

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help jumping up from the chair.

He hurriedly took the memorial and looked at it, and immediately said excitedly: "Okay, the Southwest Tusi Rebellion has finally been put down, Zhu Xieyuan and Qin Liangyu have made great contributions, and should be rewarded!"

Xu Guangqi also couldn't help being excited and said: "Yes, it's a big reward. Now it's over, the Ming Dynasty has finally risen all over the world. Your Majesty, the prosperous age is coming, the prosperous age is coming!"

The Ming Dynasty has finally achieved peace in the world, and the prosperous age is coming.

I want to create an unprecedented prosperous world!

Taichang looked at the memorial again, and then said decisively: "It's okay for Zhu Xieyuan to abolish all chieftains' proposals, and just abolish Guizhou Xuanweisi and Yongning Xuanweisi for the time being."

Ah!
Xu Guangqi couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, why don't we take this great opportunity to solve the problem of Southwest Chieftain?"

Taichang didn't answer but asked instead: "Is the other chieftain still obedient to the imperial court?"

Uh, this.

Xu Guangqi thought for a while, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, their obedience now does not mean they will always be obedient. If you don't take the opportunity to abolish their power in military and civilian affairs, it will be a hidden danger after all!"

Taichang still shook his head slightly and said: "Forget it, as long as they are obedient now, we can solve the chieftain's problem later. Now, we have more important things to do."

What's more important?

At this moment, Ming Dynasty has been peaceful all over the world, and Nan Juyi, a disaster victim in the northwest, has almost been resettled. What else is important?
Xu Guangqi couldn't help asking curiously: "Your Majesty, are you talking about Jiannu?"

Taichang still shook his head slowly and said: "Jiannu will be dealt with sooner or later, but not now. Now, I want to command Dongying to destroy the Japanese pirates!"

Ah!
It was fine just now, why did the emperor suddenly go crazy again?
Daming has just achieved peace in the world, and immediately pointed his sword at Dongpu?
(End of this chapter)