Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 704 Jeju Island Reform Experiment Tips and Tips Yue Zheng Aids Korea
March [-]rd, Jeju Island.

Yue Zheng, the governor of Shandong, and Lu Yu, the governor of Shandong Zuo, have recently been busy allocating acres of land and settling refugees on the island.

There is so much arable land on Jeju Island, which makes Yue Zheng and Lu Yu extremely happy. It would be better to expand the territory.If you work exhaustingly for half a day in the mainland, if you can cultivate one or two thousand hectares of wasteland, you will be regarded as a government official with outstanding achievements.

But now that it only occupies Jeju Island, it has more than 5 to [-] hectares of fertile land.

Moreover, bold reforms can be carried out for the newly occupied territories. Except for a small part that is used as land for feudal kings and garrison guards, the rest is all designated as official land and rented to the common people.

The government gets [-]% of the grain grown, and the people get [-]%.

Such [-] hectares of official farmland, the government income is more than the [-] hectares of farmland in Shandong itself.

Yue Zheng and Lu Yu happily thought about the prospects of reform while patrolling the official fields.

Lu Yu asked with a smile: "Ji Fang, this year more than [-] Shandong people have been resettled on the island and assigned to official fields. Can you estimate how much food can be harvested by the end of the year?"

Yue Zheng asked: "One hundred thousand stones?"

Lu Yu nodded: "It's almost the same. After all, we can't just grow crops. We can also set aside some land for pasture."

Yue Zheng smiled and said: "When all the cultivated land on the island is distributed, the government will be able to earn at least 70 million shi of grain a year, which is already great.

At the end of the Orthodox period, our Ming Dynasty's annual income was less than 2000 million shimimai. "

Lu Yu corrected him: "This is the last year of Yuanshou, and there is no longer an orthodox year name."

Yue Zheng smiled and said: "Yes, the first person who sealed the wolf's home in Xu is called Yuan Shou. Another advantage of our Jeju Island is that we don't need to transport food to Beijing. By trading at the port, we can exchange it for money. Hand over what should be handed over, and keep what should be retained.

This eliminates the extra cost of transportation and saves a lot. "

Lu Yu nodded and praised: "Your Majesty's national policy of abolishing treasure banknotes and using silver and copper as the currency is really great.

With silver coins and copper coins, everything is much more convenient, especially port trade.

In the past year, we have been waiting there with silver and copper coins, while maritime merchants from South Zhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian have continuously transported grain to our Chengshan Port.

Then the money is paid with one hand and the goods are delivered with the other hand, and everyone is happy.

After receiving the grain, we loaded it into the navy grain ship and sent it to the front line in batches.

In this way, although there are constant floods in Shandong, we can still ensure the supply of military rations.

If we don't have silver coins, copper coins, and use treasure notes, will those maritime merchants pay attention to us?Are you able to sustain yourself after eating enough to float on the sea for more than 1000 miles just to exchange for a pile of waste paper? "

Yue Zheng also hurriedly echoed: "What Brother Ting Yu said is true. If the Holy Spirit's idea of ​​harvesting 500 million taels of silver from Japan every year is realized, the improvement in national strength will be immeasurable.

At that time, the circulation of money and goods will be fully activated, and the real prosperous age will begin.

With our special location in Jeju Island, we can make a lot of money by doing transit trade between North Korea and Japan. We can earn at least several hundred thousand taels every year. "

The more they thought about it, the more beautiful it became. At this moment, Zhang Ying, the commander of Baoding Central Guard, ran over in a panic, interrupting their daydream.

Yue Zheng took the military report, read it over, and then handed it to Lu Yu: "Lao Jiangge said that the Holy Lord predicted that the Muromachi shogunate would send the main force of the navy to attack Busan and asked us to support it." Lu Yu frowned: "How to support, our hands There are only a hundred warships in it, of which only fifty are new warships, and the other fifty are old warships that are not very useful.

The rest are all grain and troop ships.We also need to continue to transport grain and grass to Sakai Port, and dozens of warships must escort the transport ships. "

Yue Zheng shook his head and sighed: "There are even fewer soldiers who can fight. We have [-] Japanese soldiers mobilized from various places along the coast of Shandong. Our original intention is to let them come to the island to farm and guard the island.

It's okay to let them garrison the barrier, but it would be a bit embarrassing to go out to fight.

Previously, His Majesty sent many additional troops to prevent the Shandong civil uprising.I shamelessly asked for the Baoding central defender and transferred it to the island for backup.

These 5000 people are well-equipped and well-trained, and can still fight a dozen.

I used this to prepare for the Japanese Navy's raid on Jeju Island. I went to support Busan. If the Japanese Navy made a false shot and came to raid our Jeju Island, it would be a big joke. "

When Lu Yu heard this, he sighed with a face: "Then we have to rescue. Busan has more supplies than we have on Jeju Island. Once these supplies are obtained by the Japanese army and transported to Kyoto, it will be over. The enemy has been besieging Kyoto for ten years. No food.

When the time comes when the Holy One is angry, we will not be able to survive. "

Yue Zheng told Zhang Ying: "Commander Zhang, you go back first and order all the soldiers of Baoding Central Guard to prepare for war urgently and be on standby at any time."

Zhang Ying took the order and left. Yue Zheng waved back and said to Lu Yu: "Let's take a chance and leave [-] Japanese soldiers to guard Chengshan Port. We will rely on Baoding Zhongwei and [-] Japanese soldiers to support Busan.

Although Baoding Zhongwei is not well-known, Baoding is the seat of the former Daning Dusi.The Yingzhou Guards are the direct descendants of the Holy Emperor, and their main force is in the capital to defend Prince Qi's Mansion.

The Baoding Guard is the reserve force of the Yingzhou Guard, and the outstanding ones will be selected and recruited to the Yingzhou Guard.

Therefore, the Holy One also attaches great importance to the Baoding Guards. The Baoding Guards are well-equipped and well-trained, and are not comparable to ordinary local guards. "

Lu Yu nodded: "Okay, let's give it a try. How should we do it?"

Yue Zheng smiled and said: "This is where we need to use the tips and tricks that the Holy One left for us. Let's go back to the camp to discuss matters."

Lu Yu was at a loss as to why it was so mysterious and mysterious, and the Holy Master even left behind a brilliant plan.Lu Yu didn't believe that the emperor could strategize and win a victory thousands of miles away.

Beijing is more than 2000 miles away from Jeju Island, and even further away from Busan and Japan.The emperor likes to hang out with women and linger in gentle countryside. This is indeed known to everyone, and it must be considered a strategist.

But whether it can win a decisive victory thousands of miles away is hard to say.

Lu Yu dubiously followed him back to the Chinese army's tent. Yue Zheng immediately ordered his soldiers to invite the eunuch Liu Hong and his nephew Liu Gong.

Jin Xing, the official supervisor in Shandong, followed An Guogong to Sakai Port. This Liu Hong was the eunuch of the Si Li Supervisor and the new supervisor sent by the emperor.

Liu Gong was originally a pirate who traveled between Japan and Korea. After being recruited, he was assigned by the emperor to serve as a commander in the Guangdong Navy.Recently, he was responsible for following the Guangdong Navy to transport grain and grass between Jeju Island and Sakai Port.

Liu Gong was familiar with Japan's customs, geography and landforms, and he himself was a tip specially left to Yue Zheng by Zhu Qiyu.Many things that Yue Zheng and others didn't know were stored in Liu Gong's head.

Although the uncles and nephews Liu Hong and Liu Gong usually kept a low profile, Yue Zheng understood that since they were personally appointed by the emperor, how could they be just ordinary people.

　Thanks to Taoist Zhuxie for the reward of 1500 points
　　
　
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