At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 631: How Many Insects and the Same Aspirations
It was impossible for this clerk to put the blame on the county. Faced with such a sharp question, he became visibly nervous. After all, the emperor was still inspecting Kuaiji County.

"After I return, I will investigate and handle this matter as soon as possible. I guarantee that Cao Fu's farmers will get labor permits tomorrow, and Cao Fu's work in Kuaiji County will not be affected."

Wenli Cao originally thought that the matter would just pass like this, but he did not expect that a wise man at the scene raised his hand to express his desire to speak.

The host invites the wise man to speak.

The wise man stood up and said calmly, "I am deeply touched by what Lingshi Cao said. I promise that I can get the labor permit tomorrow. If it can be done in one day, why delay it for a month? The people who apply for labor permits are relatively poor people. How can they afford to delay it for a month in Kuaiji County?"

At this time, Xu Aimin frowned and said, "Does the Han Chinese have such a thing as a labor permit? How come I don't know about it?"

Liu Chang was even more confused, so he said, "I'll send someone to find out."

Soon the people who were gathering information came back, and Liu Chang explained to Xu Aimin, "In the beginning, there was no such thing as a labor permit in Kuaiji County, but in the past two years, the income of craftsmen in the Han Dynasty has been increasing, and the gap with Nanyang and Nanzhong has opened up several times. Kuaiji County is the richest county in our Han Dynasty, and the salary gap is said to be more than ten times."

"So the local people tried every possible way, even sneaking onto ships, to come to Kuaiji County to work and earn money. It is said that more than 20 people came to Kuaiji County from Nanyang alone. These people not only affected the employment of local people in the Han Dynasty, but also greatly affected the local public security. The princes were also worried that the people were leaving too quickly.

Therefore, there are labor permits. Every year, Kuaiji County will give a certain number of labor quotas to the major princes in Nanyang and Nanzhong, and those without labor permits will be sent back. The farmers in the Han native land are relatively better off, as they will not be restricted by the quota. "

Xu Aimin frowned. This kind of thing also happened in Chang'an City, and the way Chang'an solved it was to turn the surrounding counties into satellite cities of Chang'an, and then connect them with railways to build an urban cluster that could accommodate seven or eight million people. This effectively reduced the influx of foreign population into Chang'an, so even today, the population of Chang'an City is controlled at around two million.

The method that Kuaiji County came up with was to restrict the influx of foreign population, and for this purpose they even came up with something like a labor certificate. Xu Aimin couldn't judge whether this thing was good or bad.

How to deal with the increasing number of urban residents has become one of the most important political affairs of the Han Dynasty.

After the start of industrialization, cities began to become centers of production, and their production factors even exceeded those of rural areas. In addition, cities were prosperous and lively, with many job opportunities and high salaries, so it was natural that the population inevitably concentrated in cities.

But this also brought about management pressure caused by excessive population. Now, cities in the Han Dynasty with populations of over one million include Chang'an, Wuxian, Chenxian, Linzi, Luoyang, and Chengdu. Managing such a large population and organizing them for production, while maintaining social stability and providing material and spiritual logistical support for this huge population has become a new topic for Han officials. Now, there are many county magistrates with a salary of two thousand stones in the Han Dynasty.

Among them, Kuaiji County faced the greatest pressure, while other regions were most faced with the situation of rural population moving to cities.

Kuaiji County enjoyed the dividends of the Age of Discovery, but is now beginning to suffer the impact of the Age of Discovery.

Kuaiji is the county with the largest foreign population in the entire Han Dynasty, with a population of more than 100,000. It can be said that people from all countries, races, and professions in the world can be found here. Adventurers, financiers, navigators, black, white, and gray all use Kuaiji County as a starting point to make a fortune.

At the same time, there was a group of lower-class people from Southeast Asia and South China who smuggled into the Han mainland. After all, the salaries in the Han were much higher than those in their hometowns, and the various welfare and security facilities were also better than those in their hometowns.

Working for one month in Dahan is equivalent to working for one or two years in their hometown. With such a huge difference in salary and benefits, any normal person would know what to choose.

At first, the Han officials in Kuaiji County did not pay much attention to such things. After all, the people who came to Kuaiji County were all the people of the princes under the Han Dynasty, and they were also Han people in terms of identity.

Moreover, these people can speak Chinese, most of them can read Chinese characters, and a few are even relatively educated. They can understand the Han Dynasty's daily newspapers and the classics of various schools of thought. The people of the Han Dynasty are pleased to see that these natives can read the classics fluently, and think that this is also the result of the Han Dynasty's education.

If it weren't for the Han people's enlightenment, these natives would still be living in the primeval forest, leading a life of poverty and drinking blood, and they would not be able to bask in the light of civilization like they do now.

The most important thing is that these Nanyang natives and Nanzhong natives who came to the Han Dynasty were engaged in some dirty and tiring work that the Han people were unwilling to do, such as clearing sewers, mining, cleaning garbage, cleaning, washing dishes in hotels, and washing dishes. Introducing these low-end service personnel is also beneficial to Kuaiji County.

But no one expected that these natives not only did not plan to go back after arriving, but they also found ways to bring their parents and brothers to the Han Dynasty. It was not a big deal, and taking care of their families was their duty.

But they brought in gossipy people, even people from a tribe. Within a few years, the Han officials in Kuaiji County discovered that the natives of Southeast Asia and South China were pouring into Kuaiji County on a large scale, and even the Indians came to join in the fun.

This was unacceptable. Faced with such a huge population pressure and pressure from the princes, Kuaiji County could only come up with something like a labor permit to limit the population of each vassal state that came to Kuaiji County to work, and after working for a certain number of years, these natives had to return to their vassal state. At the same time, illegal workers who smuggled in were ruthlessly repatriated. These means were used to finally control the influx of population.

Xu Aimin said leisurely: "After all, the development is unbalanced. If the economy of Nanyang and Nanzhong regions is similar to that of our Han mainland, these people would not have left their homes to come to Han to work."

Liu Chang said carelessly: "If our Han Dynasty is not richer than these vassal states, how can we prove that our Han Dynasty is on the right path, and how can the court rule these vassal states?"

Xu Aimin shook his head and said, "You don't have the ideal of a harmonious society at all."

Liu Chang said: "No matter how good the ideal is, the core must be me, the great man."

Xu Aimin stopped talking, after all, there were few people who shared the same ideals with him.

At this time, the host on the stage pushed a moving curtain. The curtain was a proportional picture of the river scene drawn with a new type of sketch. There was a piece of land like a concrete square and some warehouse-like buildings. There was also an asphalt road connecting these buildings, but the scene of the dock was extremely desolate, so whether it was the common people, sages or reporters who were watching, they all knew where this place was.

The host smiled and said, "What is this place? I'm sure everyone has heard of it. In the 40th year of the Han calendar, Danyang County invested 5 million to build a dock for sea and river ships, intending to establish Danyang County as a new logistics center. Now five years have passed. This is the scene of the dock that we asked a painter to draw a month ago. From this picture, it can't be said to be useless, but it can only be said to be of little use." Liu Heng asked the county supervisor beside him, "I'm new here and don't know the situation here. Why hasn't such a good project been promoted?"

County Supervisor Zhuo Hong said helplessly: "Many of our people have become numb. After so many years, such a simple project has not been completed."

At this time, a wise man sneered, "County Supervisor, do you think this money is worth spending? 5 million, even if we have to find some natives from the mountains of Southeast Asia to do the construction, it should be better than this, right?"

"At the beginning, we said we wanted to build Danyang into the pearl of the entire Yangtze River Basin. Do you think that after five years, has this goal been achieved?"

Zhuo Hong, the county supervisor, said, "It is true that our military supervisory office did not handle this matter well. I will personally lead people to conduct a thorough investigation after I return."

But Zhuo Hong was already sweating profusely, for he knew that the emperor was watching them from above. Why did the county magistrate have to be so ruthless as to expose the shortcomings of Kuaiji County directly before the emperor? Wasn't he afraid that it would affect his own career?

It's the scene on the canvas. Not to mention 5 million, even 8000 million is useless.

Seeing this scene, Xu Aimin shook his head helplessly and said, "Comrades are so rare, and insects are so many. The road to the great harmony is so long."

Fortunately, Xu Aiming had been emperor for more than ten years and had seen many ferocious faces of Han officials. This kind of thing was no longer enough to make him angry.

Kuaiji County, guesthouse.

Liu Heng sat upright and said to Xu Aimin, "I am sorry to have embarrassed you, Your Majesty."

Xu Aimin said, "This is not your fault. Insects are everywhere and at all times. Haven't the court investigated many major cases in recent years? According to your logic, should I also write a few self-edicts? Just catch them and bring them to justice."

Then Xu Aimin smiled and said, "Watching this political inquiry today, it can be said that it is an eye-opener. The people are happy to watch it and understand how the court handles government affairs. The sages and reporters have also exercised their right to supervise. The Cao officials present are even more trembling with fear. Those things that have been delayed and difficult to handle have now been agreed to be handled. The efficiency of this work is directly comparable to the old ministers who founded the Han Dynasty.

You see, a political meeting like this solved several conflicts, which is in line with the concept of the Great Harmony of the Han Dynasty. Your model should not only be used in Kuaiji County, but also promoted throughout the Han Dynasty."

Then Xu Aimin asked about the labor permit again. He clearly remembered that in the beginning, the salary of craftsmen in Nanyang and Nanzhong was 2 to 3 times higher than that in Dahan. Because without this income, craftsmen would rather stay in Dahan to enjoy a good life than go to Nanyang. How come the salary in Nanyang is now more than ten times less than that in Dahan?
Liu Heng said: "The salaries in Nanyang have not only not increased in the past few decades, but have even decreased. Nanyang does not have much industrial base, so it is naturally difficult to increase the salaries of craftsmen. At the same time, these vassal states are mainly based on cash crops, with a small amount of auxiliary mining. These are all unskilled manual labor, even local natives can do it, and the salary is extremely low, about four or five hundred coins a month. In Kuaiji County, the income of middle-level craftsmen has exceeded 4000 coins, which is 10 times that of Nanyang. Of course, these people want to come to the Han Dynasty to work."

Xu Aimin said: "Can't we raise the salaries of these people a little? How can we support our families with only four or five hundred coins?"

Liu Heng whispered, "But the cash crops from Southeast Asia are all transported back to the Han Dynasty. Increasing the salaries of these people will increase the prices of these cash crops, and the prices of our Han Dynasty's goods will rise."

Xu Aimin was stunned for a long time. The source of all this actually pointed to them, the Han people.

This era was not the era of credit currency, and the prices of goods in the Han Dynasty were extremely stable. In particular, the Han Dynasty had been constantly expanding into other vassal states over the years, finding more commodity markets and raw material production areas for its industrialization. As the upstream of the industrial chain, the Han Dynasty naturally controlled the vast majority of the profits of the entire industrial chain. At the same time, relying on cheap raw materials, the prices of goods in the entire Han Dynasty were extremely low. Relying on these low-priced raw materials, the goods of the Han Dynasty swept the world.

Of course, it was basically a lonely sweep. The vast majority of the world's population and markets were controlled by the Han Dynasty. The remaining markets were not insignificant to the Han Dynasty's industrialization, but they could also be said to be insignificant.

But he thought for a moment and said, "The industrial chains of the vassal states must also distribute profits reasonably. If there is always such inequality, this kind of trade will not last long."

After that, Xu Aimin and Liu Heng talked about some political affairs in Kuaiji County and then left. Xu Aimin asked his attendants to hand over the memorials sent from Chang'an to him for review.

Unlike Xu Fan's hands-off philosophy, Xu Aimin's governing philosophy is not exhaustive, but it is almost the same. He reviews no less than 300 memorials every day, and monitors key government affairs in real time. He can be said to be a real workhorse.

Because he was on an inspection tour, he only reviewed 100 memorials. Seeing that it was already the middle of the night, he was about to end the day's fatigue. At this time, he saw Zhang Pijiang's memorial.

Xu Aimin said with a smile: "Let's see what funny things happened in Daqinzhou again."

He treated the memorials submitted by the Consulate General of Daqinzhou as stories. The Han Dynasty did not have much demand for Daqinzhou, even in terms of the market. Daqinzhou, with a population of tens of millions, had a consumption capacity not even comparable to that of Kuaiji County. The main driving force for the economic development of the Han Dynasty was still domestic demand.

The only request that the Han Dynasty made for the Qin Continent was that it should not be annexed by the Xiongnu and that the Han Dynasty should not face a powerful enemy spanning three continents.

As for the aristocratic incest, slave uprisings, and even the Holy Word Army within the Great Qin Continent, Xu Aimin treated them all as stories to relax himself.

But what he saw today made Xu Aimin furious and he said, "Damn the Ptolemy State for daring to tarnish our great unity."

The governance of Datong has always been the lofty ideal of the entire Han Dynasty. Xu Aimin has been working towards this goal in the past few decades. Even so, the Han Dynasty can only say that it is close to Datong.

As a result, the slave system emerged, which made Xu Aimin feel that his treasure was poured with a basin of filth by Ptolemy. How could he not be angry?

(End of this chapter)