The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 815 Competition Mechanisms
Wen and Yang talked about many policies and regulations, and talked about many preferential policies, which made the two princes feel at ease and live in Seoul boldly.

High-profile statement that the "Red Banner Army" is fully responsible for their safety, and they are free.

Any place in the military zone can be removed, even if you follow the fleet of the Longwu Navy to visit Wa, Little Luzon, Dayue, and Guangnan.

King Neijiang and King Huayang's eyes lit up when they heard this.

In fact, they don't care much about whether they can make huge profits, but long for freedom. They have been really frustrated these years, and they really want to go to Nanyang for a tour.

It's just that the general Zhenglu and the chief envoys Wen Tiren and Yang Yipeng all refused to accept the gifts, which made the two county kings at a loss. Later, Wen Tiren and the two deliberately told them that they must not give gifts in "Hanjiang Province", in case they are considered to be bribes, they will cause trouble.

And made a high-profile statement that the two county kings would send people directly to the relevant departments if they wanted to do something. If they encountered difficulties, they would take the initiative to solve the problem. If the local officials were superfluous, they would be demoted or dismissed.

Wen Tiren and Yang Yipeng don't know much about business, but they can feel that the shipping will last forever, and suggested that the two princes can invest in the dock to produce merchant ships, fishing boats, passenger ships, and whaling ships.

The two vassals learned that the good ships they saw along the way can be built by anyone as long as they are willing to purchase patents, pay technology transfer fees, and have enough capital.

They were moved and did not plan to produce large ships, but planned to build a large number of new flat-bottomed boats that were easy to navigate on the Yangtze River and the Han River. They believed that with enough river boats, the difficulty of the Shu Road and the blockade of Sichuan would become history.

Huang Han vigorously supported the shipbuilding industry, and also deliberately introduced a competitive mechanism. Now more than half of the civil and commercial shipbuilding is not officially run by the "Red Banner Army" system.

With the increase of capital attracted, government-run dockyards will focus on building and developing battleships with larger displacements in the future.

The "Flying Scissor Sailing Ship", the terminator of the age of sailing, has been successfully developed. Three ships with a displacement of [-] tons are already under construction, and they will be ready for sea trials in three months.

The "flying shear" bow has attracted many master craftsmen, researchers, technicians, and senior sailors who specialize in ship design, and the technological upgrade of battleships has been put on the agenda.

In order to put an end to iron rice bowls and prevent too many people from becoming self-sufficient and losing motivation and vitality, Huang Han is already planning to split the official shipyard of the "Red Banner Army" system into three groups.

Active soldiers and retired soldiers will give some shares according to their positions and military merits, so that the soldiers and Huang Han himself jointly own a certain proportion of shares, and the rest of the shares are open to the market.

Huang Han believes that with his personal charm, he advocated the military and civilians in the system to buy the stocks of these three shipping groups, and there are not many people who responded positively.

All the officers under his command have earned a lot of money over the years, and even ordinary soldiers' annual net income will not be less than 30 silver dollars.

Because the basic farmland of the "Red Banner Army" system is not allowed to be freely traded, most of their money is deposited in the "Sifang Bank" for interest.

In order to put an end to land annexation, Huang Han borrowed from the land policy of later dynasties, but made a modification, he did not force the land to be state-owned, but only put an end to private transactions.

Because the farmlands obtained by the villagers are generally distributed according to whether a family owns 25 mu of dry land or [-] mu of paddy fields, Huang Han generously issued property rights certificates to families with outstanding performances that have been reclamation for more than five years.

At the same time, all military dependents received this treatment.

When the new households learned that taking good care of the fields and getting a good harvest would not only benefit them, but also that the fields they would take care of after five years might belong to them. Their enthusiasm can be imagined.

Too many novice households spend day and night tidying up the fields, wishing they could grind every inch of land with their fingers, for fear that when they hand over half of the harvest, they will be a few catties less than their neighbors, and they will appear to be incompetent or incompetent. Recorded as delinquent in need of assistance.

The "Red Banner Army" system helps other families are activists. Of course, they are given priority in obtaining land property rights, and their children are given priority in getting a good job. They are also given priority when buying supplies that are in short supply.
Of course, the families who are being helped are lagging behind. They not only need to improve their property rights, but also affect the future of their children.

It is fair to do so, there is no big pot, more work pays more, and whoever contributes the most will get honor and more benefits. In the "Red Banner Army" system, the poorer the more glorious, everyone despises poverty.

Unless there is an irresistible situation, the government takes steps to accommodate the sick and disabled from really difficult families.

Normally being poor means that the family is lazy and stupid.

A large number of households and military families are the owners of the fields, but they cannot sell the fields they own in the market. What should they do if they want to sell the fields under their names if they change careers and don’t want to farm?
The government will bid for the acquisition, and the price has a uniform standard. Of course, the unit price will not be too high, because the land acquired by the villagers and military families is basically free, and the government cannot be blackmailed when they give up owning the land.

Under normal circumstances, the price of dry land is between four silver coins and six silver coins, and the price of paddy fields is between eight silver dollars and 12 silver coins.

When allocating acres of land to the soldiers, two standards of compensation in kind and cash are also adopted. After all, not all soldiers choose to go home to farm after they retire.

The acres of land that should be given to them will be converted into two or three hundred silver dollars. The retired soldiers can choose to do business or work as workers, and they can be elected as subordinate officials or even local officials.

The bad habit passed down by the feudal dynasty for thousands of years is to buy a large number of acres when it is developed and rich.

Nowadays, the "Red Banner Army" system does not work. Fifty acres of land is the upper limit for a family. If a large family needs more land, they will get points. As long as they meet the standard of one ding, they can become a household.

Therefore, the soldiers don't know what to do with their spare money. It's easy and safe to deposit it in the "Sifang Bank" to get [-]% interest a year, so why not do it?
In order to increase the loyalty of the soldiers again, Huang Han donated a part of the equity to share the benefits with everyone, and then advocated and encouraged the soldiers to buy equity, so that they have more opportunities to get benefits.

Why did the soldiers and civilians in the late Ming Dynasty have no loyalty to Ming Dynasty?That's because everything belongs to the emperor and dignitaries, and the soldiers and civilians just suffer and suffer from poverty.

The "Red Banner Army" system realizes the sharing of benefits and everyone has a share, and the cohesion is so great!
Being defeated by the enemy means that one's own fields and acres will be lost, and one's own equity will be wiped out. Of course, there will be countless soldiers and civilians united around the government to fight the enemy to the end.

You love this country, but does this country love you?Such doubts do not exist in the "Red Banner Army" system.

The soldiers and civilians who have received real benefits will of course feel loved, and it will be a matter of course for them to work together to defend the country.

(End of this chapter)