Xuande

Chapter 791 Wishing us great success again
Kuai Yue is currently serving as a cabinet member in Liu Bei's cabinet. He often stays up late and works overtime with Liu Bei in [-]. He has lost a lot of hair and dark circles under his eyes. He looks a bit sub-healthy, but he is still in good spirits of.

Compared with Liu Biao, who is a little confused, Kuai Yue obviously has a clearer plan for his future, so his spirit is high-spirited.

Liu Biao was very moved by this.

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and after exchanging pleasantries, they talked about this time.

Liu Biao felt very depressed and strange that he was suddenly appointed as governor of Jiaozhou, and was also very worried, so he consulted Kuai Yue, a cabinet member who was closer to Liu Bei, hoping to get some inside information.

Coincidentally, Kuai Yue not only knew about Liu Biao's affairs, but was also a participant.

"This is an appointment made by His Majesty to appease people, but I have to say, Jing Sheng, this is your luck! You are very lucky!"

Kuai Yue pointed to Liu Biao, and said in a low voice, "Zhu Fu concealed many things in Jiaozhou, not only the loss of territory touched His Majesty's back, but also corruption and dereliction of duty are said to be known to His Majesty. That’s why he was dismissed and sent to prison.”

Liu Biao felt strange.

"Isn't that a normal thing? Anyone can be dismissed but choose me, a person without much qualifications, as the governor of the state. This... I don't quite understand."

"It's normal in normal times, but not right now."

Kuai Yue said slowly: "Didn't you notice? Dahan now has fourteen prefectures, but before there were only two people, Zhu Fu and Wang Rui, who had nothing to do with His Majesty. The state governors of the state are either His Majesty's old subordinates or His Majesty's old friends, and they are all people who have a close relationship with His Majesty."

Liu Biao blinked and suddenly realized something.

"You mean, His Majesty appointed me to be the Governor of Jiaozhou in order to prevent everyone from thinking that he is nepotism?"

Kuai Yue closed his eyes and nodded slowly.

"Now it's different from the past. In the past, His Majesty still had some opponents. Instead, nepotism can unite people's hearts. It is a good way to serve His Majesty and deal with opponents. But now His Majesty is the emperor and the king of a country.

As the king of a country, even if you can't have a bowl of water, you can't make everyone think that His Majesty's selection of officials is just nepotism, otherwise many officials will panic and do some bad things, and His Majesty will think more about it.

But it is impossible for His Majesty to casually hand over an important official position to someone who cannot be trusted at all, so His Majesty suddenly thought of you, asked me for advice, and asked me if you are available, my answer is yes . "

Liu's face was overjoyed, and he stepped forward to hold Kuai Yue's hand.

"Alien, thank you for pulling me this time!"

"Not only thank me, but also thank you for your timely response and not insisting on opposing His Majesty. Otherwise, you wouldn't be alive today, how could you get this opportunity?"

Kuai Yue smiled, then remembered something, and his face became serious again.

"Although His Majesty chose you and believed in you, the governor of Jiaozhou is really not an indifferent position, and the requirements are quite high. Do you know which three are the most important among the government affairs that His Majesty handed over to the cabinet recently? ?”

"Which three?"

"The first is the matter of the Western Regions, the second is the matter of Liaodong, and the third is the matter of Jiaozhou."

Kuai Yue held up three fingers, and said slowly: "As for the Western Regions, Your Majesty entrusts Dahonglu Dong Zhuo to personally lead people in charge, trying to return to the Western Regions and regain control of the Western Regions. question.

Because Gongsun Du launched a conquest in Liaodong, and there are still some aliens in Liaodong that have not been dealt with, so His Majesty has been ordering the cabinet to assist the general to help him prepare for the conquest. However, many people did not know about the matter of Jiaozhou at the beginning. think.

However, His Majesty suddenly proposed to deal with the maritime trade between Jiaozhou and Jiaozhou as a national policy. It is said that in the next period of time, His Majesty will ask the cabinet to come up with a plan, and then order the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Education and other departments Jointly promote the development of the three states in the south of the Yangtze River, especially Jiaozhou,
It is hard to say when His Majesty will announce it to the public, but right now, what I can tell you is that His Majesty believes that Jiaozhou has great potential for agricultural production that can be tapped, so he will even organize large-scale immigrants to go south to Jiaozhou to assist in the development. "

"Do you want to immigrate?"

Liu Biao was startled, and immediately realized that this matter was really not just for fun.

If Liu Bei was just talking for fun, then there is no need to discuss immigration matters. Once immigration is mentioned, then this matter may not be so simple.

It's coming for real.

"In this way, Jiaozhou is really about to be developed? Is the imperial court really willing to pay for the development of Jiaozhou?"

"It shouldn't be wrong."

Kuai Yue nodded and said: "There was news a while ago, and I have heard that many officials have discussed with the family to make the family ready to go to Jiaozhou, because in a short time, the Dutian Order will come. After it was promulgated, after the Dutian Order was promulgated, the first action was in Jiangbei.

Jiangnan will not act for the time being, and out of the need for development, the imperial court intends to stipulate that people who settle in Jiangnan and develop can have more land quota than Jiangbei, and the farther away from Luoyang, the more land quota when granting land. The more, the smaller the tax amount.

If you are willing to settle and develop in Jiaozhou, the amount of land given to you will be more than five times that of the land in the Central Plains, and the tax will also be greatly reduced. So these days, I heard that many colleagues are planning to take the land that Jiangbei lost. Make up for it in Jiangnan.

You don't know yet, do you?Now many people are looking for someone familiar with the household department to do calculations, because this matter is still very troublesome to calculate, so they go to the acquaintances of the tax department of the household department for consultation to see how to get the most benefits. One by one, it's really... Alas! "

"The Dutian Order is about to be promulgated?"

Liu Biao was taken aback, and quickly asked, "Is this true? I heard some rumors that the old ministries around His Majesty have already started to take action, especially the Cao family, which seems to be rectifying their operations in Henan County recently. property, I don’t know what to do with it.”

"It's all true, including Cao's matter, it's all true. Your Majesty has indicated that we can discuss it."

Kuai Yue nodded and said in a low voice: "Although it is said that the wild land in the south of the Yangtze River is threatened by miasma, the order to save the fields in the north of the Yangtze River is true. Your Majesty has clearly stated that from top to bottom, there is no one who can avoid it, even if it is him. Own.

Therefore, many people think that although Jiangnan is a bit dangerous, it is not impossible to seek development. The main line of the family can stay in Jiangbei, but if several branches go to Jiangnan, maybe there will be good results?This kind of thing, if you don't try, you will never know the result. "

"The situation in Jiangnan... what if all the unfortunate people die?"

"That can only be said to be God's will, and there is nothing we can do about it. How can humans compete with God?"

Kuai Yue spread his hands, shook his head, and said, "It's up to people to make things happen, and it's up to God to make things happen. Let's do our best and obey the destiny, that's all. But going to the south of the Yangtze River will be something that many people will do, and the imperial government's policy will also be tilted towards the south of the Yangtze River." a lot of."

Speaking of this, Liu Biao has nothing to say, he thought for a while, pursed his lips, and nodded slowly.

"Since that's the case, I have nothing to say. If Jiangbei really can't stay, Jiangnan is indeed a good choice. Jiaozhou is not impossible to consider. Yidu, how did your Kuai family arrange it? It has already decided to let some clansmen go south. ?"

"It has been decided to arrange two teams to go south, one to Hepu County in Jiaozhou, and the other to Nanhai County in Jiaozhou. They are dealing with the separation of families these days."

Kuai Yue said slowly: "Although Kuai's family is in Jingzhou, their main industries are in Jiangbei, not Jiangnan. It is estimated that there will be a lot of taxes to pay for Dutian this time, and perhaps a considerable part of the land will be sold. The loss of this part is planned. Go to Jiangnan to make up for it.

These two tribes are both large in number and relatively smart and capable. In order to let them go south this time, the family gave them a lot of things to compensate them, in exchange for them to go to the local development. The money was quite a lot. "

"Hepu County, Nanhai County, that is really the end of the sky, the corner of the sea."

Liu Biao smiled wryly and said: "Although it can make up five times as much, but that kind of barbaric land, not to mention the wilderness, there may be a large number of barbarians. It is uncertain when they will die there, and they don't know how long it will take." How many generations will it take to develop the land and make up for the loss."

"Not necessarily that slow."

Kuai Yue laughed and said: "Since it is the imperial court's decision to develop Jiaozhou, it must be right to follow the imperial court's policy. Jing Sheng, you should arrange it as soon as possible. The decisions made by His Majesty today will never make people suffer. Since he said that he wanted to develop Jiaozhou, Jiaozhou must be very successful.

Let's go early, the risk is the risk, but the benefits must be very large, the so-called wealth and wealth, we avoided He Jin back then, so we have today, then today we will avoid Jiangbei's land-duling order and deploy Jiangnan, who said After five or ten years, will there be no luck like today? "

Liu Biao thought about Kuai Yue's words, then thought about the risky moves of the two of them back then, and what they had gained today, then took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"You Kuai Yidu can always see things that others can't see. Since you have said so, I naturally have nothing to worry about. Then I will make arrangements to leave my eldest son to maintain the ancestral business and let my The second son's lineage went south with me to settle in Jiaozhou."

"That's right, the danger is the danger, but if there are more people and more preparations, it will be much safer."

Kuai Yue smiled and raised his wine glass: "Then I wish our family can gain a firm foothold in the wilderness of the south and achieve greater glory. If future generations know today, they will certainly not regret our choice today. "

"must!"

Liu Biao also raised his glass with a smile, and the two clinked glasses and smiled at each other.

A few days after the two talked, a lot of news that Liu Bei and representatives of many states and counties held a government affairs meeting gradually spread out of Chongde Hall and began to spread among the government and the public.

At the beginning, everyone thought that Liu Bei might not have too many plans for holding the government affairs conference. The first meeting may be more of a process of understanding. many tasks.

But they were wrong.

At the first government affairs conference, Liu Bei set many tasks and rules for the state and county officials.

For example, the administrative team of Youzhou, which had a closed-door meeting with Liu Bei at the beginning, held a meeting with Liu Bei under the leadership of Xia Houdun, the governor of Youzhou. Liu Bei praised their previous efforts at the meeting, but put forward higher requirements for their future work. .

"Farmers need more developed land. There is not enough land development in Youzhou. There is a lot of wasteland, and the grain output is also low. If the land is not developed enough, it will not be able to support so many people, and Youzhou will never be able to develop!

I know that the climate in Youzhou is bitter and cold, and the land is not as fertile as in the Central Plains, but as long as enough land is developed, water conservancy projects are done well, and farm tools are available, there is no fear that we will not be able to grow food that can feed more people!If a person has no spirit of resistance at all, what is he doing alive?
In the land of Youzhou, I have just a few requirements. There must be a lot of land, water conservancy projects must be built, farm tools must be in place, and the reclamation should be cultivated. Don’t worry about this or that. If you worry about it, you will need it next year. Someone is hungry! "

Liu Bei then put forward the requirements for the administrative team of Youzhou for the next three years.

According to Youzhou's population and Youzhou's financial situation assessment, Liu Bei asked Youzhou to reclaim at least 50 mu of arable land in the next three years.

And the water conservancy projects under construction in each county must complete [-] new additions with quality and quantity.

Next, the grain output in the second year of Zhenguan, the third year of Zhenguan and the fourth year of Zhenguan will increase by at least [-]% compared with the previous year.

Unless there is a major natural disaster, if this goal cannot be achieved, Xiahou Dun, the governor of Youzhou, must seek the responsibility of the local administrative chief and make serious criticism.

As for how to allocate this task to the counties, Liu Bei did not make it difficult for Xiahou Dun. He asked the county guards who came to the meeting to present their actual situation, and everyone claimed the quota to see how it was allocated.

Some counties are better developed and there is not much waste land, so the quota can be lower.

Some counties are poorly developed, with a lot of abandoned land, and the population is not large, so the quota can be increased, and the immigrant population can also be given more quota.

In some counties, the land is relatively fertile and belongs to Shangtian, so some production quotas can be increased.

In some counties, the land is barren, the location is not very good, and the grain production is low. They belong to Zhongtian and Xiatian, so some quotas can also be reduced appropriately.

Focus on being flexible and not rigid.

If you want to talk about it, you can talk about it in front of the emperor, talk about it in a fair and honest manner, and put the real difficulties on the table to make it clear. As long as you speak out, then everyone can discuss and discuss.

But if you don't say it, hide it, and shirk responsibility in private, then Liu Bei will not tolerate it.

After Liu Bei laid out this basic principle, Xiahou Dun named a few county guards and began to state the actual situation, putting the actual difficulties of each county in front of Liu Bei, and looking forward to the future, to see for himself how much share he could accomplish.

(End of this chapter)