Lu Ming

Chapter 328 Meeting ([-])

"Let me first talk about the population issue."

"In the years to come, there will always be a theme that will run through the rest of your life, and that is colonization."

Standing on the stage, Xia Xianze's eyes were piercing, and he scanned the crowd below - everyone seemed to be listening carefully, and the idiot who dared to disrespect Lord Zhongtang hadn't noticed yet.

"North American plains, South American rainforests, Australian pastures, Alaskan salmon, South African gold mines. These vast lands and wealth require us to guide the subjects of the empire to conquer and occupy them."

"In this case, the population has become the most important colonial resource. Why do you say that? Because we are short on time, we can only use high consumption in exchange for the results of our plan."

"Look at the casinos in Indian reservations in North America, and at the protest marches of Taiwanese aborigines, as well as the extinct North American passenger pigeons and Chinese rhinos. From social politics to the natural environment, during the hundreds of years of colonization, Controllers have made too many mistakes, and those are the things we want to avoid."

"So you can't leave the problems to future generations. If you are not a traveler, you will not be able to realize which problems will eventually become social tumors. Yes, our generation must draw out the borders and clean up the new country. so as to pass it on to future generations.”

When Xia Xianze said this, his face darkened: "This is our destiny, and it is also the blessing for our children and grandchildren to enjoy the country."

After waiting for a while, feeling that everyone in the audience had understood what he meant, Xia Xianze continued: "Under this situation, the population has become the most precious resource. I want to use three to forty years to finish the journey." Consuming the population is the only way for other people to do it for hundreds of years.”

"So where did the population come from? There is only one answer: Daming."

"Some people in later generations argue that the final population is tens of millions, and others say it is [-] million to [-] million. These are all nonsense in my opinion, because there is no data that can count the number of people hidden by the landlord class. Even now, in the villages of the Ming Dynasty that we have contacted, the population there is extremely uneven."

"Now let's calculate based on an average of [-] million people."

Having said this, Xia Xianze turned around and took a piece of information from the table, then bowed his head and said: "The natural disasters during the Little Ice Age, the invasion of the northern barbarians, and the high government taxes caused by the above reasons, and the population exceeding the carrying capacity of the land The subsequent competitive demise. The above reasons caused the average population to decrease by about 200 million people every year at the end of the Ming Dynasty."

"This trend has already started, starting with those Hangzhou refugees we met when we first crossed."

Xia Xianze raised his head at this point: "So two years have passed, how many subjects are there in the empire today? 40. In other words, with our desperate efforts, those who should have died in these two years Of those 400 million people, only one in ten was changed."

"This calculation makes it very clear: If we recruit less than 200 million refugees every year in the future, it will be a loss. Where is the loss? The loss is in the vast new world!"

Pointing to the world map on the side wall and drawing a circle, Xia Xianze said loudly: "Even if we pull [-] million people from the Ming Dynasty to fill the new world, it will not be enough! What's more, our current containment capacity is still weak. The level needs to develop, develop, and develop again!"

"So we are racing now, we are racing against the butcher's knife of the Qing Dynasty, and the natural disaster of the Little Ice River. In the Ming Dynasty, countless people are dying every moment, and these people will become cannon fodder to open up a new world. If they had to die, they should have died of malaria and fighting against the natives!"

"My fellow ministers, people are not leeks, which can grow back soon after cutting off a crop. It takes at least 18 years for a child to grow to a 'useful' age."

When Xia Xianze said this, his agitated tone just now softened: "The population at the end of the Ming Dynasty seemed to explode, but it was accumulated in the previous hundreds of years. If we missed this crop, we will wait until 10 years later to think about a large number of people. Yunren, I'm sorry, tens of millions of people died at that time, and the population is not so easy to collect."

".Having said so much, the core idea I want to express is: for at least the next 10 years, all development plans of our emerging country should be formulated around the core issue of population."

At this time, Xia Xianze finally put forward his proposition: "Headless and chaotic development is not acceptable. There must be priorities. The battleships proposed by the Navy can wait and free up resources to build inland river gunships— —In this way, people can be traced back to the interior of the Ming Dynasty to introduce people.”

"There are people who have everything. Without people, can the giant ship and cannon kill the natives in the Madagascar rainforest?"

"As for why you went to the Yangtze River Delta to open a spinning mill, that's an even more insane idea!" Xia Xianze said, tapping the table with his knuckles, his face became serious: "Not to mention that touching the cheese of the gentry in Songjiang will incur What kind of counterattack is the establishment of the factory itself, is this kind of action used by capitalism to drastically change society, is it in our current interests?"

"Originally, a large number of people were on the verge of starvation because of our lack of accommodation capacity. It's good now, you go to open a yarn factory, a paper factory, a clothing factory, and break through the old social system that was barely maintained before. Caused a large number of weavers and rural handicraftsmen to go bankrupt and die."

"I didn't have the ability to take over the business, but went to the Ming country to play some shit industrial tycoon. Is it because Ming people didn't die enough? Doubling every year, is 400 million enough?"

When Xia Xianze said this, he angrily tapped his fist on the table: "This is governing the country, not playing tricks! What kind of shit is opening a porcelain kiln and reading too many novels alone?"

"Policies are never good or bad, only inappropriate."

Xia Xianze finally concluded: "In the next ten years or eight years, in short, before the Ming Dynasty court completely collapses, our policy should be to help Ming Dynasty maintain the current mess."

"We shouldn't touch all traditional industries of the Ming Dynasty, such as weaving and papermaking. On the contrary, the empire will send orders to these industries in order to revitalize the economy of the Ming Dynasty, so that the workshop owner can have money to hire two more people. .”

"As for going to the Ming Dynasty to engage in industry, please use your shrinking brains to choose a suitable job!"

Xia Xianze cast an annoyed glance at a small group in the crowd: "A matchbox factory that can accommodate refugees will not suffer retaliation from vested interests, and will allow these people to survive until we have the ability to transport them away." One day, isn't this much better than a cotton mill?"

"In short, some primary processing enterprises that do not touch the original system and are labor-intensive are the focus of our future layout in the Ming Dynasty."

"Gentlemen, across the strait is a society that is slowly collapsing. How to help this society HOLD the situation and allow more people to survive before we have enough appetite for ourselves is a very test of skill. To the colonization of the empire!"

At the end, Xia Xianze said earnestly: "Since I have taken this seat, please show the vision and courage of the superiors, and put the country first when considering issues. Let me remind you again, you are all living with the country. The hardcore crop party, the richer and stronger the country, the less internal constraints, the future generations will be able to maintain this system for a few more years. Everyone, do it for yourself.”

The effect of Xia Xianze's speech was soon reflected in the parliamentary vote that afternoon - after all, he is both the head of the government and the leader of the party. As long as there is no major conflict of ideas, the entire Conservative Party and some soy sauce public will definitely support him of.

So a group of light industrialists were the first to suffer.

The proposal of this group was basically wiped out by the entire army, and collateral damage was added: the light industrial products that existed in the kiln area before, except for their own use, and other products that conflict with the local products of the Ming Dynasty, will only be allowed to be exported to foreign countries in the future. Europeans and notebooks are not allowed to be sold to the other side.

The next one to lie down is the army.

Taking advantage of the limelight of "suppressing short-sighted people", the army was flickered and thrown over by various departments to "be patient with the army".

Then the Navy's battleship program was compressed into a "demonstration ship" program, and the Army's three new battalions were also reduced to one.
I want to cry without tears.

Voting results for all proposals were announced later in the day.Unsurprisingly, the agricultural system led by Liang Letian still obtained the largest proportion of imported materials in 1629: 30%.

All other sectors share the remaining 70%.

After the big data is set, the next detailed rules should be controlled by the cabinet.

In the coming year, each department will submit detailed plans one after another according to the allocated quota, and after the cabinet receives the plan, it will issue a shipping order to the emperor after coordination and overall planning based on the resource allocation ratio set by the conference. , and the old man will "carry" the resources needed.

So an important meeting to decide whether everyone will eat meat or soup next year came to an end.

The Golden Dragon Empire, a small power in a corner, once again used the opportunity of the parliamentary meeting to integrate internal resources, unify thinking, adjust the country's future strategic direction, and make preparations for dealing with surrounding forces.

The crossing people are lying on horseback and don't care about it. What I don't know now is whether the surrounding forces are ready to deal with it?

"Boss, Song Asheng is back!"

"Oh, so fast? Call him in."

Not a moment later, a dark, thin, old-looking man dressed as a fisherman, with a rusty face, walked into the room panting heavily.

"I've seen the master."

"That's all, that's all, sit down and talk."

Liu Xiang waved his hand and called someone to pour a cup of good narcissus tea for Song Asheng.

(End of this chapter)