In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 145 Population Issues in the Southern Song Dynasty
Zhao Yurui's task for Qin Zhuo is to start preparing supplies now, buy cattle, sheep, farm tools, oil, salt, etc., and at the same time start to find ways to immigrate.

The people live well in the Southern Song Dynasty, who wants to go to Jeju Island.

People in ancient times were willing to leave their hometowns, but there were usually only two possibilities. One was natural disasters, and they had no choice but to migrate outside.

Simply put, the people will move out only if they cannot survive.

Of course, there was a third type in the Southern Song Dynasty. A large number of businessmen felt that life abroad was better and it was easier to make money. They would leave the Southern Song Dynasty with their property and emigrate overseas. There were quite a lot of businessmen who immigrated to Liangzhe Road in the Southern Song Dynasty.

There is another characteristic of immigrants from Zhejiang and Zhejiang. They usually move in groups, so the population loss will be relatively large.

Even in later generations, Wenzhou people do business in groups, and take the same family members from the same village to go out together. This is a tradition.

Let's look at the comparison of the population data of the two Zhejiang provinces in the two histories, and we can see that the peak of immigration was 12 years after Jiading.

In the ninth year of Qiandao (1173), the number of households in Liangzhe was 220 million.

In the 12th year of Jiading (1219), the number of households in Liangzhe was 280.

In 45 years, the number of households has increased by 60, with an average annual increase of 10,000+, which seems normal.

But in the 16th year of Jiading (1223), the year when Zhao and Rui first arrived in Dinghai County, the number of households in Zhejiang and Zhejiang suddenly dropped to 220 million.

In just four years, the entire two Zhejiang provinces lost 69 households and 300 million people.

You must know that from the 12th year of Jiading to the 16th year of Jiading, there was no large-scale battle between the two Zhejiang provinces, and the impact of the war was very small, but there was such a large-scale population change.

Then we saw that in the first year of Baoqing (1225), the number of households in Liangzhe fell to 190 million.

In just two years, another 23 households were lost.

When Zhao and Rui came to Dinghai, it was the time when there was a large-scale population exodus from the two Zhejiang provinces.

The rapid outflow of a country’s population can only be attributed to several factors. Everyone thinks it’s not good at home; Good money.

At this time, the specific reasons for the outflow of population in the Southern Song Dynasty, historians were not on the scene, so naturally they can only rely on guesswork.

However, "Zhufan" accounted for the majority, and many village families moved with their families.

When Zhao Yurui talked about immigration, Yan Kang, a local tycoon, had something to say.

"Returning to the king, the lower official found out that in the past few years, the outflow of people in the two Zhejiang provinces has been serious. A servant of the lower official told the lower official that his family moved from his hometown, and hundreds of people left at once."

Although Yan Kang is not a local, many of the servants in his family are locals. He has experienced it in the past few years. Some servants even ran away quietly with the tribe before their contract expired.

Zhao Yurui asked: "Why do people emigrate overseas? Leave their homes?"

Yan Kang was stunned for a moment, hesitated to speak, and subconsciously glanced at Qin Zhuo.

Qin Zhuo immediately said: "Your Majesty is open-minded, treat us like—one of our own, and speak up if we are strict."

Qin Zhuo originally wanted to say that he regards us as brothers, but then he thought that he would be Zhao Yurui's father-in-law in the future. The word "brother" came to his lips and he swallowed it again.

Yan Kang then said: "The people's fields are getting less and less, and a large number of fields have been taken over by officials and wealthy businessmen and gentry. The people's lives are difficult, and they even have no land to cultivate. They can only run away from home and find another way of life."

What Yan Kang was talking about was the serious problem of land annexation in the Song Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, the main customers were divided, and the main household had land, while the customers were those without land, that is, tenants.

Of course, land mergers were serious in all dynasties and dynasties in history. The Ming Dynasty had more fields than the Southern Song Dynasty, and the grain output is estimated to be less than one-fifth of the Southern Song Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were millions of mu of landowners (mainly the nobles of the kings of Tibet), but in the Southern Song Dynasty there were not, but in the Southern Song Dynasty, there were many tens of thousands of mu, which was more than that in the Ming Dynasty. For example, the prime minister, Shi Miyuan, owned 2 fertile land Acres.

But compared with the same level of prime minister, Xu Jie in the Ming Dynasty had 24 mu of land. You see, everyone has the same level, and the old history is not enough to see in the Ming Dynasty, so it cannot be ranked.

Yan Kang immigrated from Pingjiang Prefecture. His main business is at sea, so he doesn’t pay much attention to the land. Of course, it’s useless for him to pay attention to it, because many local land properties have already been owned. After so many years, he only bought 500 yuan in Dinghai County. Acres.

The current situation in Dinghai County is that even if you have money, you may not be able to buy fields, unless you far exceed the high market price.

As far as Yan Kang knows, there are 32 people in Dinghai County who own tens of thousands of acres of land, and most of them are local officials and gentry.

There are a total of 48 mu of land in Dinghai County. Excluding Guantian and lake fields, there are 32 people who own tens of thousands of mu. Think about how many fields are still in the hands of ordinary people?

A large number of people became tenants without land.

Speaking of this, Qin Zhuo said: "As long as Jeju Island has land for the people, immigration will be relatively easier."

He meant to ask Zhao Yurui, King Yi, do you know the situation on Jeju Island?
Zhao Yurui wanted to get Jeju Island wholeheartedly, which Qin Zhuo, who was more open-minded, couldn't understand.

Jeju Island not only costs a lot of money to get, but also costs more money to operate.

But Qin Zhuo is a smart businessman, even though he doesn't understand, he still supports Zhao Yurui unconditionally.

Because he felt that Zhao and Rui were playing a big game of chess.

He even thought of what Zhao Yurui said, that you can't just rely on others (Shi Miyuan helped him build momentum), sometimes, you have to rely on yourself for the key things.

Zhao Yurui said immediately after hearing the words: "There are plenty of fertile fields on Jeju Island, and you can also raise horses. Don't worry, there are plenty of fields."

"Even if there is no field in Jeju Island, this king can create fields." Zhao Yurui smiled strangely when he said this.

Everyone was puzzled, did not understand what Zhao Yurui meant?
But Zhao and Rui are quite confident, which makes them more confident.

"For immigration matters, you can also go to the north of Lianghuai and contact Li Quan (Shandong warlord, leader of the Red Coat Army in the Jin Dynasty)." Qin Zhuo said at this time: "There are frequent wars over there, and the people are displaced."

"As long as we are willing to pay money and food, Li Quan will definitely be willing to exchange it with common people."

"There are many military leaders over there, and they can all be exchanged for money, food and other materials."

Zhao Yurui knew that many black market slaves in Lin'an City came from Shandong.

Almost all local military leaders participated.

As long as there is money, food, and even weapons, copper and iron, they can all be replaced.

Qin Zhuo reminded Zhao Yurui.

Zhao Yurui was overjoyed, he should have thought of it a long time ago, he hurriedly looked up, and finally saw Chen Xiaodao.

"Chen Xiaodao."

"The end is here." Chen Xiaodao said loudly.

"Would you like to go to Shandong and meet the military leaders there?"

"The general is willing." Chen Xiaodao hardly hesitated.

But his expression was a little confused, where is Shandong?
"Uh, it used to be Jingdong East Road, Jingdong East Road." Zhao Yurui realized that this time Shandong is not called Shandong, and it is now ruled by the Kingdom of Jin.

Qin Zhuo said at this time: "Qin Yue ran there before, and he is familiar with the local area. Let him go with Xiaodao."

"appropriate."

At the moment, several people discussed the details, and agreed on what materials to exchange for population, the approximate standard.

Two days later, Chen Xiaodao and Qin Yue went to Dengzhou with a merchant ship bound for Shandong.

At this time, there were quite a lot of folk transactions between the Kingdom of Jin and the Southern Song Dynasty, and Shandong used a lot of money and iron from the Kingdom of Jin. Chen Xiaodao and Qin Yue specially brought a batch of iron coins there.

Zhao Yurui originally wanted them to bring ten strong soldiers, but Shandong was too chaotic, let alone ten men, a hundred men would be useless, so it would be safer to just let them go.

After Zhao Yurui and Chen Xiaodao left, they immediately sent someone to inform Xinzhou Quanyong to increase the production of iron coins, because iron coins might be used to trade with the warlords in Shandong.

In Xinzhou, due to unexpected copper production and overflowing iron production, many coin miners have nothing to do later, just making iron coins.

At this time, Zhao Yurui had been in Dinghai County for more than three months. From the local county government, to the navy, and then to the shipyard and the shipyard, he gradually took control of each one.

In addition to Cixi County and the six counties in Qingyuan Mansion, he controlled two of them, leaving the other four temporarily alone, allowing Nie Zishu and others to play. Nie Zishu and Mo Ze were as greedy as in history, and several people tried to find ways to occupy each county They were filled with money, and the king of Wei didn't care about them, and occasionally sent some strange toys over. They were very polite to the king of Wei, and anyone who wrote a letter to Shi Miyuan would definitely say something good about the king of Wei.

At the end of April, the Municipal Shipbuilding Department issued an announcement in all counties of the prefecture, and the Liangzhe City Shipbuilding Department officially restarted. ), Jiangyin Huangkou Port, Hangzhou Port. (In the third year of Jianyan (1129), Hangzhou was promoted to Lin'an Prefecture, and the name of Hangzhou Port was still used).

These are all important ports that can be landed in the territory of Zhejiang and Zhejiang at this time, and they are also the six major ports with frequent trade between Zhejiang and Zhejiang.

At this time, because Suzhou was connected to Xiuzhou, trade was basically carried out through the two major ports of Xiuzhou. The ports of Suzhou were not well-known until the Yuan army conquered East China, and supported the new seaport "Loujiang Port" at the Yangtze River estuary. "(Also known as Liujiagang, today's Taicang Port in Jiangsu, the departure port of Zheng He's first voyage to the West during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty), Suzhou Port gradually came from behind after the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

In Qinglong Port and Huangkou Port in the Song Dynasty, sub-city shipping services (that is, the divisions of the Shi Shipping City) were successively established. After the two Zhejiang Shipping Departments were abolished, the shipping services in these two cities were also cancelled.

This time, Zhao and Rui re-opened the shipping department, except Mingzhou port, Hangzhou port (Hangzhou port already has a shipping department, which is only responsible for the ships entering and leaving the capital, and it is not under his control), and the other four places It is necessary to reset the city's shipping affairs.

There is one supervisor and twenty to thirty officials in the city's shipping affairs.

Supervisors are generally appointed by civil servants and military officials (little envoys). The selection includes low-level civil officials such as county lieutenant, chief bookkeeper, household Cao, and Sihu. Zhao and Rui all choose four small envoys and military officials. His subordinates were born in teenagers, Quan Er was in charge of Wenzhou Shipping Affairs, Mo Xiaoqi was in charge of Qinglong City Shipping Affairs, and Liu Fulai was in charge of Kanpu City Shipping Affairs.

The officials used are recruited locally from good families.

So far, the entire Liangzhe Road, except Lin'an Mansion, and several important ports have been controlled by Zhao Yurui.

(End of this chapter)