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Chapter 620 The beginning of prosperity
In the spring of the 11th year of Jingyang, he heard that Nurhaci, the Jurchen chief of Liaodong, was leading a hundred thousand elite troops to march westward. Emperor Jingyang of the Ming Dynasty then led an army of thirty thousand soldiers to march in person. After leaving Shanhaiguan, he was invincible and killed the enemy chief's sons Mang Gurtai, Dai Shan, and others. There are more than a hundred names in Gu Shan, Jia La, and Niu Lu Zhen under his command, and their power is like breaking bamboo, and no one can stop it.

Later, they attacked from the front and rear of Tashan Fort, completely annihilating the three banners of the Nurhaci Imperial Army: Zhenghuang, Xianghuang and Xiangbai. They killed more than 30,000 enemies, captured more than 50,000, and captured countless horses and baggage. Knowing that he was outmatched, the enemy chief Nurhachi panicked and fled north into the mountains. With only more than 20,000 people left around him, he had no way out and no food and grass behind him. He was in panic all day long.

His Majesty the Emperor led his army to Jinzhou City and issued a crusade to all the Mongolian tribes. Anyone who captures Jurchen soldiers and delivers them will be treated as a friend. If he violates the rules and allows the Jurchen soldiers to defeat them, he will attack them with a large army.

Taking advantage of the might of the Ming Dynasty, the various Mongolian ministries sent envoys to Jinzhou to show their goodwill, saying that they would send their own troops and horses to intercept and kill them along the way in the north of the mountain, and they must not allow the Jurchen troops to easily cross the border and return eastward.

After this battle, all the tribes in Liaodong were frightened, and the land that had been turbulent for hundreds of years was calmed down. His Majesty the Emperor was true to his word, so he decreed to set up Jinzhou as a land for sale, stationed the army to garrison it, and used sea ships to transport the products of the Ming Dynasty to exchange with Liaodong and Mongolian ministries. This was the first sign of a prosperous age. Long live my emperor, long live long live!

In early April, as the Emperor of Ming Dynasty returned to the DPRK with his personal conquest and victory, Ban Yue Tan took the lead in detailing the story of the battle in the newspaper. Although the data is slightly exaggerated, the process is very similar. After carefully analyzing the pros and cons, the final conclusion is that the prosperous age is coming!

Whether this is the case or not, the people must believe it. They are used to getting important information about the imperial court from newspapers, and it has been verified to be accurate every time, so why should it not be accurate this time?

What is prosperity? They couldn't explain it clearly. Anyway, as long as they had enough to eat and not be cold, people in the city had work to do, people in the countryside had land to farm, and taxes and labor were not too heavy, then they should be in a prosperous age.

If you feel it carefully, it seems to be pretty much the same. Since the New Deal came to Shandong and Zhili, life has indeed gotten better day by day. The big landowners who owned tens of thousands of acres of fertile land no longer stared at the grain bags of their tenants all day long. They found a more profitable way of life and invested in setting up factories.

Although small landowners with thousands of acres of fertile land cannot afford to set up factories themselves, they can invite relatives and friends to join in the investment. Even if they can't monopolize the entire share of the factory, shareholders can still get a corresponding share of money every year when they sit at home and don't care about anything.

There are too many factories, and the products produced cannot be available to every buyer. They must be sold through merchants. The more merchants there are, the higher the commercial taxes will be. The more prosperous the factories are, the easier it will be for merchants to do business, and the more commercial taxes the court will receive.

It seems that no one suffered a loss, but the money received did increase. Things are so weird, even if you don't believe it, you can't believe it. This is not the case for one family and two families. How can anyone deny the accounts that are clearly stated?

The imperial court has received more taxes, so naturally it will no longer ask for money from the people. For example, the emperor's personal expedition this time did not increase taxes by half a penny, and as the production tasks of major factories increased, there were many more opportunities for the people to make money.

Those with skills, whether they can blacksmith or basket weave, can set up a small workshop at home, and then go to a nearby large factory to get a quota to provide them with corresponding handmade products.

In popular newspaper terms, this is called a supplier. Whoever has excellent craftsmanship, good workmanship, and solid materials will have a solid reputation as a supplier. Once the contract is signed, it lasts for one year, and part of the payment will be paid in advance to allow the small workshop to purchase raw materials.

It doesn't matter if you don't have any skills. If you pay close attention to the job notices in the newspaper, as long as your brain is not stupid or stupid, your body is not disabled, and you are willing to work hard and endure hardship, you can always find a job and go to the factory to get paid monthly. If the person in charge takes a fancy to you, you might even be able to eat from a big pot. That’s right, it’s a big pot of rice. This word was first spread from Tianjin Wei. It has no derogatory connotation at all and is full of praise. The general idea is that this person signed a long-term contract in the factory. Not only can he receive monthly salary, but he does not even have to pay for food. He can go to the cafeteria and eat meals cooked in a big pot for free three times a day.

If the matchmakers from all over the country hear that a boy is a big-pot rice cook, they must be listed as high-quality customers. If they have nothing to do, they will come over to chat with them. Even if they have a forked tongue, they must introduce a girl from a good family. As long as things are done, the red envelope must be heavy, the wages for eating from a big pot are high, and food, clothing, and housing are all free, so the money will naturally be more generous.

Ordinarily, giving more people the opportunity to work in factories and earn money will definitely affect farming. No one is stupid. If you do the math on your fingers, you will find that working is easier than farming, you can earn a lot, and you are more secure. In this case, who would want to farm with their backs turned to the sky and face the loess, why not just go to work in the factory.

But reality has slapped many people in the face. Farming in the countryside has not only been abandoned, but has become popular. The root cause is still the New Deal, or the emperor.

When Shandong and Zhili were included in the scope of the New Deal, Emperor Jingyang’s imperial edict was published in the newspaper. The content contained only one sentence: Anyone who has farmland at home and dares to leave it uncultivated for more than two seasons will be confiscated. .

These confiscated lands will be uniformly registered by state and county governments, and then handed over to an organization called a cooperative for continued farming.

What is a cooperative? Most people don't quite understand the specific meaning. Anyway, it is a private organization with a government background and composed of farmers. It has only one job, farming!

If landless tenants or refugees want to farm but feel that the land rent from the landlord's home is too high and they cannot afford it, they can register with the local government and become members of a cooperative.

It won't take long for someone from the government to notify the registered members to move. Usually it's not too far away. According to the area of ​​​​the land, members of several or more than a dozen cooperatives are assigned to cultivate a large piece of land. These few or more than a dozen families have a new name, called a certain cooperative.

From then on, this land belongs to the cooperative. Everyone works together, cultivates together, harvests together, and pays food together. There is no distinction between each other, and the land does not distinguish between each other, nor does it belong to any family or anyone. When the harvest is good, everyone shares the food together; when the harvest is bad, everyone goes hungry together.

The cattle, farm tools, fertilizers, and seeds distributed by the government do not belong to anyone; they are all owned by the cooperative. All members of the cooperative discuss together how to farm the land and what to plant.

It doesn't matter if the differences are too big and it's impossible to reach unification. There are petty officials in the county government who specialize in handling cooperative affairs. Just go find them. Most of them are familiar with farming and will make decisions based on local conditions, and then the cooperatives will just follow them.

(End of this chapter)