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Chapter 760 Land Nationalization

"During the time of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, it was stipulated that the royal family members had a fixed salary and did not need to work. At first, the population of the royal family members was only modest, so it was no problem. Later generations multiplied, and the population of the royal family members increased. In Jiajing, Wanli and other years, it was actually The imperial court could no longer pay the full amount of salary to the clan members, so it tried to deduct the salary to the clan members instead. The most troublesome thing was that the royal clan members annexed the land very seriously, and the local people became tenant farmers of the royal family. During the Wanli and Tianqi years, King Rui, King Hui, King Fu, and King Lu each owned more than [-] hectares of land."

"However, since we announced the abolition of the status of royal family members, they have become civilians, and almost all their land and property have been confiscated by us. We have also incurred their dissatisfaction." A household official who came to Nanjing with Chu Yun said.

Chu Yun nodded while listening.After entering the customs at that time, the Kyushu Army obtained a lot of silver to enrich the finances because of the search of the property of the royal family.The royal family can be said to be the representative of the big landlords. Like many people in the small peasant economy, they have a crazy love for the land, which led to serious land annexation, which in turn promoted the peasant uprising.

Chu Yun thought that he had treated them very well by simply demoting them to civilians and letting them fend for themselves.In history, half of these imperial relatives were killed by Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other peasant troops, and half were killed after the Qing people entered the customs.

"These people are used to clothes, hands, food, and mouths. After being demoted to civilians, they have no skills. Many clan relatives are poor and poor, and they often go to the local government to cause trouble." An official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs said.

"Didn't we leave some houses and silver taels for them during the raid?" Chu Yun remembered that during the raids, he left some silver taels and houses for these royal family members to live in, so as to prevent the royal family members from starving to death tragedy.

"If they follow the standard of living of a small family, their silver is enough for them to live a more prosperous life before they learn a craft. But they are pampered and pampered, so they are not willing to let go of their status to learn the skills of craftsmen. Life is still the same as before. Extravagance, hiring servants, and going out in sedan chairs, some family members may have gone bankrupt." The official of the household department said.

Chu Yun was very helpless after hearing this. Zhu Yuanzhang was very cruel to the Mongols, corrupt officials, and heroes, but he was too good to his own family. The enfeoffment of his sons led to many civil strife such as Zhu Di's rebellion and the rebellion of King Ning.Maybe he didn't know how terrible the population reproduction is. Although the medical conditions were poor in ancient times, his family was very capable of giving birth. Now there are 10,000+ registered royal relatives.

"If you go bankrupt, go bankrupt. Now it's not the Zhu family's court. They are just ordinary civilians. Let the local government treat them like refugees. Arrange them to build water conservancy projects, or go to government-run factories to do hard work, and use their labor for food. No Let those who are willing to work starve to death. After they starve for a while, they will know what suffering is called livelihood." Chu Yun said.

"Yes." The household official said.

"You officials were also landlords three years ago, and the land was confiscated. Do you have any complaints?" Chu Yun asked his subordinates.

The Civil Service Group of the Ming Dynasty was itself a big landlord and businessman. Although Chu Yun used them, all their land was confiscated and nationalized before they were used. Officials were not allowed to engage in business, and their salaries were increased accordingly as compensation.

The officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials who came with Chu Yun were all sweating.Chu Yun's question is a proposition, and their poor answers may affect their future career.

"From my point of view, all the land in the world is owned by the state, and allocating farmland to farmers for planting and houses for the common people is for the sake of great harmony in the world, and the ministers have no complaints." The official of the Ministry of Officials said.

"Hahaha, it's not that you don't have no grievances. It's just that since ancient times, Huaxia has been 'not worrying about scarcity but about inequality'. If I only confiscate your land, then you will hate me to death. If all the land is nationalized, then Seeing that everyone is similar, you are officials, and you still have a higher status than ordinary civilians, and you receive more salaries than before, so naturally you have less resentment than other landlords." Chu Yun said.

These officials were also a little ashamed to be told by Chu Yun.Originally, one person was unlucky, but seeing another person was more unlucky than oneself, he felt that he was not so unlucky.

"There are also those big merchants in the south of the Yangtze River who are engaged in the silk and tea trade, but they still have a special liking for the land. They all have thousands of hectares of fertile land, which hinders the expansion of reproduction. When their land was confiscated, they were very distressed. However, they lost their land and can still get compensation from the rising overseas trade. The most violent resistance is represented by the royal family and the pure big landowners." Chu Yun said.

The family of Gu Yanwu he met in Suzhou can be regarded as a landlord, with [-] mu of fertile land.The origin of the landlord is either a politically privileged royal family, an ancestor who was an official, or a big businessman who purchased the land.For example, after the Gu Yanwu family's land was confiscated, they could only do some business to support their family.

As early as when Chu Yun was in southern Liaoning, he began to attack landlords and confiscate land.He does not allow his subordinates to buy excess land. Even if they buy houses, there are restrictions, and they must not exceed a certain area.

This policy of the rear has been brought to the whole of China, causing resistance from many interest groups. For this reason, he has mobilized the army to suppress these interest groups within three years.

If this policy was announced by Emperor Chongzhen, it is estimated that he would be surrounded by civil officials that day, and then the vassal kings from all over the country would gather to rebel, and even the general soldiers in various places would be ready to move.

Only people like Chu Yun who were completely outside the officialdom of Daming could accomplish this.The army led by Chu Yun is dominated by Han Chinese in southern Liaoning. They were isolated overseas at that time, and they formed the concept of valuing trade and firearms and despising farmland, so they were able to loyally help Chu Yun suppress interest groups, and would not be let down by interest groups. manipulate.

The second is that as long as the measures are implemented and the farmers who have been allocated land support them, if the local landlord class revolts, they will not be able to recruit soldiers.

"Military Lord, please rest assured that 317% of the people in the world are peasants, and 1% of the remaining people are civilians, artisans and soldiers. The landlords have no land, but they still have some property. If they are afraid of losing their lives, it will not have any impact. Powerful." The official of the household department said, "According to the statistics of our household department, since the New Deal, there have been 478 riots in the first year, involving more than 153 landlords, and the army has been dispatched to suppress 68 times. The riots in the second year It was reduced to [-], and only [-] in the third year. Presumably in a few years, there will be no more objections."

Chu Yun nodded again.After the land is nationalized, there will be no landlords, and the former landlords will lose influence because of the decline of their families.Although businessmen are rich, the separation of government and business should be able to restrain them from infiltrating the officialdom.

No system is perfect, Chu Yun can only guarantee that he will not have any major problems, and let future generations consider the future.

(End of this chapter)