Heaven's Martial Fate

Chapter 979 There is nothing new under the sun
The Tang Dynasty had made a good start, and the emperors of the Central Plains Dynasty were basically very concerned about the coming of all nations.

This has a huge impact on their posthumous reputation evaluation.

The current emperor of the Dagan Dynasty is naturally no exception.

As the Central Plains dynasty, the number of vassal states in Dagan seems to be much smaller than that of the previous Ming Dynasty.

I didn't think much of it before, but now that I've realized it, I naturally feel that nothing is right.

It is true that there has been no official communication between the island kingdom in the South China Sea and Dagan for a long time.

If things are as they are guessed today, he will absolutely not agree.

In addition, many islands in the South China Sea described in the novel are rich in resources, which has also aroused great interest today.

It's all about lack of money!

Although the income of both the private treasury and the household department has increased a lot because of the drying of sea salt, there are more places where money is needed for big work.

They want to squeeze the last bit of oil and water out of the pockets of the people, and at the same time wantonly expand the number of fields owned by the family, which is very rampant.

The point is, after they have reached this level, there are still a lot of unscrupulous businessmen colluding with local officials to hoard and drive up prices.

Lin Ruhai, as the chief envoy of Jin Province, would not collude with local tycoons and businessmen.

It's okay if the government controls well, but many officials turn a blind eye to the suffering of the people.

Not only that, but there is also an additional quota for direct recommendation to enter the Imperial College as a supervising student.

When he reacted, his face was sinking like water, but his heart felt a little jealous of Jia Rong, the head of the Ning Mansion.

It's not that food is suddenly unimportant, but that large and medium-sized coal mines have their own food input channels, and the quantity is absolutely desperate for the young people in Jin Province.

Locally, the annexation of land has become more and more serious, and in some places even such appalling incidents as Ming robbery have occurred.

Also, does the name of the novel "Overseas Founding" have other meanings?

To be honest, as long as there are enough young and strong laborers, the income of coal mines will be greatly increased, and there is no need to use those unappealable methods to squeeze the bottom people.

Now that he knows it well, even he, the emperor, is thinking about it. How could the dignitaries in Beijing be indifferent?
These guys are very greedy, and they act quite recklessly, without considering the consequences.

In the originally prosperous south, after continuous baptism of floods, a large number of refugees fled, and the local order was severely impacted.

Such a change made local officials inexplicably terrified, not knowing how to deal with it.

However, the situation in the Wa country is different. It is not far from the home of the big clans on the southeast coast, and it is very convenient to communicate by sea, so it is naturally regarded as a taboo.

That is to say, there is a lack of the kind of ambitious people who raise their arms and have great appeal, otherwise there will be big troubles in Guanzhong at this time.

Once touched by the founding noble group, the reaction will definitely be quite fierce.

The aristocratic families and gentry in the south, the dignitaries in the north, as well as the relatives of the emperor and the emperor's merchants, are enough for them to drink a pot.

It can only be said that the officialdom in the south is very abnormal. Once troubles arise, all kinds of deficiencies will be exposed.

Today, I know well that if I want to build my hometown into an iron bucket, I need a lot of money to maintain it, and I still need to spend a huge amount of money every year to consolidate it.

Such astonishing profits from overseas trade can be monopolized by a handful of your maritime merchant families?
These thoughts just appeared in the blink of an eye, and they were quickly perfected.

In contrast, the neighboring Jin Province also suffered from drought, but the situation is much better.

The large coal mines controlled by the Ningfu simply distributed salaries as food, which easily stabilized people's hearts and even recruited more absenteeism.

Especially in the Guanzhong area, because of the over-exploitation of the previous millennium, the soil erosion was serious, and the situation was even worse.

Just as the pig's foot guessed in the novel "The Founding of a Country Overseas", if millions or even tens of millions of people can go to sea to seek a living, the help to the Daqian court is simply incalculable.

Especially this year when natural disasters occurred simultaneously in the north and the south, the imperial court's money consumption was even greater. Today, it has already allocated money from the private treasury for the second time to help the Ministry of Households alleviate the plight of lack of money.

But when the situation deteriorates further, there will naturally be court chiefs tempted.

Other large and medium-sized coal mines have followed suit and recruited millions of young and strong laborers in one go, and their families can naturally survive.

If the developers of the coal mines were all businessmen, it is estimated that the officials in Jin Province would not let them go so easily.

Even the government granaries in Jin Province had more or less problems, which had little impact on the overall situation in Jin Province.

In other words, if he is willing to recommend, even Bai Ding can directly become a member of the officialdom.

The country of Wa is different, and has no land connection with the Central Plains. If the sea trade channel of the country of Wa is opened up, the profits will be quite astonishing, and it will still be a continuous profit.

I believe that it won't be long before the southeast coastal clan will have countless competitors.

It's not an exaggeration at all, the richer the place, the more moths there are.

So there was a strange scene. It was obvious that the two neighboring provinces had suffered severe drought, but the specific situation of the two provinces was very different.

When the other beings saw it, they naturally didn't have the guts to make a mistake, which resulted in the same severe drought, but there were not many refugees in Jin Province.

For Lin Ruhai, such a reward is optional.

It's not that there is no food in the Guanzhong area, but that the food is firmly controlled by those big landlords, big businessmen, and local government offices, and it doesn't fall into the hands of ordinary people at all, which makes the situation so bad.

From the government to the village clan, for outsiders, it is almost monolithic.

Coupled with the frequent occurrence of various problems with local water conservancy facilities, there are no longer one or two Jue dikes. It is conceivable that the local people have suffered a lot.

The meaning of this is not obvious, and it is estimated that those in power will not think of it here.

Even though the imperial court had ordered the opening of warehouses for relief, the local government offices colluded with big landlords and big businessmen, procrastinatingly raising the price of food extremely high, and then slowly releasing food for disaster relief.

As for the so-called purpose, he is just uncovering it.

I don't know, is there any development of Iwami Ginzan?
If the fleet of the founding Xungui Group officially opened trade with the Wa Kingdom, it would be a lot of fun.

Among other things, some replanted grains still have the hope of saving them.

Maybe, just like the Nanming period, bankrupt warriors from the Japanese country, the so-called Japanese pirates, will be introduced to disrupt the coastal order.

Of course, the premise is that the court must be responsible, otherwise the casualties would be too high if the people were allowed to go to sea by themselves.

It's just that this matter is a plot in a novel, whether it is true or not still needs to be investigated.

As for the locality, that group of large and medium-sized coal mines did not take advantage of the fire to loot, but instead paid salaries as normal when the disaster was severe.

He had robbed ten tank boats before, and if the interests of being touched were greater, he might have sent killers over immediately.

When the time came for the publication of Jia Rong's vest "Overwhelming Mountains and Seas", there were already a few sporadic light rains in the north.

When the time came to the end of summer, the drought in the north became more and more serious, and the grain harvest in some areas was determined to be dead, and the number of refugees once reached the million level.

The content said that today's mood is very uncomfortable. The strength of the southeast coastal clan is much stronger than expected.

Horse-drawn carriages can not only pull coal, but also pull people and other goods, making the coal mining area, which was originally inconvenient, very convenient.

Even if several groups of imperial envoys sent by the capital killed people with Shang Fang's sword, they could not stop the flood.

With the other party's way of doing things, it's hard to say that it's not extreme.

Otherwise, it is not in vain to work hard for peace for a hundred years, and the accumulation is quite rich.

Even Lin Ruhai was a little scared, but he didn't panic.

Of course, Jia Rong is not serving the rich and powerful, he wants to remind the present and court officials not to always focus on the Central Plains.

After all, he who was in frequent contact with Jia Rong knew that at least Jia Rong had nothing wrong with him right now, and knowing this was enough.

Well, the royal spies sent to the southeast coast have sent back some news one after another.

To be honest, the horse-drawn track is quite convenient, but it is not in the hands of the government, which makes the local officials feel uncomfortable.

Relying on the newly built villages and towns in the coal mining area, foreign exchanges are also much more convenient, and the situation in the entire region seems to be revitalized.

Even, in some places, there have been major incidents of killing officials and rebelling.

Although the royal secret agents have just begun their in-depth investigation, some of the news that came back is enough to make today's mood unhappy.

But the dignitaries who own the coal mines are all their own people.

However, the situation in the south is getting worse.

What Jia Rong didn't know was that the rich and powerful in Beijing and today were all influenced by the plot of the new novel, and they became very interested in many island countries in the South China Sea.

Don't think that they can't do such a thing. Which one of the maritime merchants who can develop maritime trade to a certain extent does not have one or several pirate gangs?
Jia Rong was not in the mood to play these tricks with them, so she simply revealed all the secrets of maritime trade.

It's really amazing, just using a novel to stir up the world.

They don't have the guts to make trouble with the coal mines, and they don't have the energy to continue torturing the refugees. The horse-drawn track that connects many coal mines is also organized by them. It is impossible to go back on their word right now.

Lin Ruhai didn't get promoted, but he had an extra spot on hand.

Cough cough, before Jia Rong pointed out the group of founding noble families who were dazzled by money and full of enthusiasm, and gave them a vague sea chart, telling them to go directly to the Japanese pirates' lair to do business.

This is also the reason why the Central Plains maritime merchants paid special attention to Korea and Japan.

After all, Koryo is connected to Liaodong by land. Land commerce has taken a lot of trade shares, and the profit space of sea trade has also been limited.

As long as Jinmen Port and many ports in the northern coastal areas develop, sooner or later, fierce conflicts of interest will erupt with the southeast coastal clans.

When the government reacts, all the coal mines connected by the horse-drawn track have already opened the internal connection mode.

He can only know that he is also listening to novels for entertainment through Dai Quan in the Daming Palace. How could he know that several waves of spies have been sent to the southeast coastal areas?

Even accepted the proposals of many coal mines, organized a lot of labor to build horse-drawn tracks, and connected the horse-drawn tracks of some coal mines together.

As for more, there is no need to worry too much, just look at it.

Whether it is the desire to spread the great work of Weiming to many island countries in the South China Sea, or the actual interest demands, they are now thinking of participating in overseas trade.

The land in the hands of the Southeast Asian sea clan is far inferior to that of the Central Plains clan, so where did they get the huge amount of money to maintain the monolithic region?
It can only be earned through overseas trade!

In terms of background, the big families in the southeast coast may not be afraid of any of them, but in terms of power and the right to speak in the local and court, they are still not as powerful as traditional local tyrants.

Anyway, it was made out of work relief, no matter how disturbed I was, I could only pinch my nose and admit it.

Regardless of the abundance of resources in the island countries of the South China Sea, they are really not as developed as Koryo and Wa, and naturally they are far inferior in the output and accumulation of social wealth.

The big clans in the southeast coast are the out-and-out emperors in the local area, and their influence is astonishingly great.

With so much grain imported, even if the grain in the coal mines seldom goes out, it will forcefully suppress the grain price that may take off.

As for the big clans along the southeast coast, it would be fine if they were sensible. After all, they don't want to cause turmoil in the south and affect the stability of Daqian.

I just don't know, what is the real purpose of Jia Rong, the head of the Ning Mansion?
This guy hides behind the scenes, he is really similar to a poisonous snake, while making people fearful, he doesn't dare to neglect at all.

Today, of course, you are not polite, because the disaster situation has been a bit battered, so there is no mercy at all.

The interests here have been divided up, and there will be natural disasters and man-made disasters that will last for decades in the future, and the people will not be able to stand it if they always squeeze the bottom.

That's right, today's cruelty, the cleansing of the southern officialdom is terrible.

Although there is not much rainfall, it is as precious as nectar to the long-dry north.

Besides, there are no powerful powerful forces with great influence in Jin Province, and Lin Ruhai has been in business for many years, so he can still control the government situation.

It would be a great thing if it could obtain huge benefits from the many island countries in the South China Sea.

But if these guys are not savvy, then there is no need to be polite now.

With such news, it can be judged today that the wealth held by the big clans in the southeast coast is definitely an astronomical figure.

Under the urging of Lin Ruhai, the local government carried out work-for-relief, and built official roads and various farmland water conservancy ditches in place.

After all, summer is the flood season for the rivers in the south. Although the continuous rain is not so fierce, it cannot last for a long time.

There have even been several cases of refugees attacking villages outside the city and landlords' manors.

It's better to let go of your mouth and let the people who can't survive go to the open sea.

Once many tyrannical forces set their sights on maritime trade, it is not easy to block it if they want to.

In addition, it is also because Koryo's geographical location is too north, and sea trade with the southeast coast is not very convenient. The southeast coastal clans do not think too much about Koryo as a trade partner.

Instead, they took the initiative to participate in the action of dividing up the people's wealth, and the situation will only get worse. The official bosses in the south don't know how to end it.

To be honest, at this time, the people in the south are living a more miserable life than the victims in the north.

In the north, Jia Rong led the founding honor group to do a lot of serious things, helping the court to alleviate too many troubles, and the victims of the disaster were also well arranged.

The main reason is that the government is running well. Although there have been various disasters and fortunes, at least there have been no big scenes of millions of refugees gathering...

(End of this chapter)