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Chapter 698: Resettlement of Veterans and the Current Situation of Tianzhu
Chapter 698: Resettlement of Veterans and the Current Situation of Tianzhu
When Chen Lei returned to his residence and saw Tiezhu and Han Anguo, he smiled and said, "Are you not going to sell cars?"
During this period, Han Anguo and Tiezhu were extremely active. After Han Anguo took over Chenjun, he gave cars to the sages of the Han Dynasty everywhere, while Tiezhu led a group of princes' children to build a racing track. It was very lively and even became a new trend in Chang'an. Young people liked to watch them racing.
Tiezhu said proudly: "The Han Dynasty has already had hundreds of vassal states placing orders for our cars. Once these markets open up, our car factory must double its production capacity to meet demand."
Han Anguo didn't dare to be as casual as Tiezhu. He said respectfully, "Many merchants from counties and prefectures have ordered cars and signed distribution agreements. I am going back to Chen County to organize production."
Chen Lei nodded, and then looked at Tie Zhu. Although Tie Zhu did not become a skilled craftsman as he expected, he had found his specialty. He comforted him, "You can be successful, and I will be worthy of your parents' spirits in heaven. Work hard in the car factory in the future."
Then Chen Lei said, "The court has a group of retired veterans. They have been tempered by the court for three years, so their discipline is guaranteed. They have also studied in a technical school for a year and have certain skills. How many can your car factory recruit?"
For many who joined the army, it was also an opportunity to change their destiny. For the generals of the Han Dynasty, the more soldiers they had, the greater their power and influence. But for the Han Dynasty court, resettling the soldiers who retired every year became an extremely complicated government matter.
In the beginning, it was easy for the Han Dynasty to resettle 1 to 2 people. But later, the number of county soldiers increased, and railway soldiers and infrastructure soldiers were added. Now the total strength of the Han Dynasty army is as high as more than 50, most of whom are three-year conscripts. More than soldiers have to be resettled every year. Finding a middle-class job for these soldiers has become the biggest headache for every prime minister.
The Han Dynasty court would encourage some outstanding soldiers to study in institutions of higher learning, and it would be relatively easy for them to find a middle-class or above job after graduation. The industrial scale of the Han Dynasty was expanding rapidly, and both technical and management talents were also increasing rapidly. The treatment of students in Han Dynasty institutions would make people in later generations drool, with guaranteed assignments and employment. The court would assign them to serve as cadres in various factories according to their majors.
Of course, not all students will obey the court's arrangements. Thirty percent of students who graduate every year will find their own way out. The income from working in private factories will be three times higher than that from the Shaofu Factory.
But after all, only a few people can enter the university. Most people just learn a decent skill in Chang'an Technical School, and then wait for the court's arrangements.
In the past few years, the treatment of jobs that retired soldiers can be assigned has gradually decreased, and a large number of urban soldiers have given up the court's arrangements and sought their own way out.
This situation made the imperial court helpless. The decline in salaries would inevitably affect the combat effectiveness of the army, but it was obviously difficult for the imperial court to create hundreds of thousands of middle-class and above jobs over the years.
However, industrial upgrading in the past two years has brought about a turning point. Dahan's stagnant industrial scale has begun to grow again, and high-quality, high-paying jobs have expanded again.
When Chen Lei saw Tiezhu and the others, he immediately thought of the retired veterans of the Allied Forces. These were heroes who had experienced life and death on the battlefield. Their retirement benefits must be higher than those of ordinary veterans in order to convince the public.
Chen County is a first-class good place in the Han Dynasty, and the automobile factory is a rapidly expanding factory, which is obviously a good unit for retired soldiers.
"I need to discuss this matter with the county governor." Han Anguo didn't dare to agree rashly. A job quota in Chen County was extremely precious. Chen County had to resettle a group of veterans every year. If he agreed rashly, his future life would be difficult.
Tiezhu said nonchalantly: "The production capacity of our automobile factory needs to be more than doubled, and we should add thousands of craftsmen."
Chen Lei nodded and said, "With this data, I feel relieved. This year, Chen County will resettle 5000 retired veterans. These people are all heroes of the country. You can't treat them harshly."
Han Anguo said with a bitter face: "You are making things difficult for me by increasing the number of places by 2000 at a time, Prime Minister."
Chen Lei said nonchalantly, "You are the ones who use the most county soldiers and infrastructure soldiers. Chen County's excellent infrastructure was built by these veterans. You should naturally take on the task of accommodating them. In addition, Chen County's total industrial output value has increased by 6% in recent years, so adding another one or two thousand people is nothing."
Han Anguo could only helplessly say: "Yes!"
Then Chen Lei found representatives of Han officials from Kuaiji County, Linzi County, Sanchuan County, Shu County, Nanyang County, etc., and each county more or less increased the number of resettlement quotas by hundreds or thousands, especially the retired soldiers from Daqinzhou, and emphasized: "These are elites who have experienced the test of war, and you should entrust them with important tasks."
The local government had no choice but to agree, but they had to assign hundreds of more cadres, and they would be busy in the future.
November 55, 11th year of the Han calendar, India, Mumbai.
Dong Zhongshu, with a dozen elites recruited from the Han Dynasty, met with the Indian King Xu Aijun.
He introduced: "Your Majesty, this is Liu Qi, the magistrate of Wusu County, the grandson of Marquis Pei."
Xu Aijun said to Liu Qi, "Marquis Pei is free and easy, I admire him. Even I have heard of the name of Liu Shaofu. He is a trusted minister entrusted with important tasks by my brother. My father also praised Liu Shaofu a lot, saying that there are many Han officials with outstanding abilities, but not many Han officials who care about the people. Liu Shaofu is one of the few wise officials who cares about the people. With you becoming the Shaofu Ling of Tianzhu, the development of Tianzhu's industry will surely advance by leaps and bounds."
Liu Qi was a little surprised. He knew that his father was highly valued by the emperor, but he did not expect that even the emperor emeritus valued his father.
"Your Majesty, you are too kind. To develop industry, you need craftsmen, technology, capital, markets and other conditions. I am not familiar with the situation in India, so I cannot guarantee that India's industry can develop smoothly."
Xu Aijun laughed when he heard this and said, "He is indeed a professional."
Then Dong Zhongshu continued: "This is Liu Xian, the Sima of the Han army. His father is General Liu Bi, the hero who discovered the New World."
Xu Aijun said: "You are indeed a son of a general. Work hard in Tianzhu, and I will definitely not treat you unfairly."
Dong Zhongshu continued to introduce: "This Huang-Lao disciple Zheng Zhuang~~~~Legalist Ning Cheng~~~~, Confucianist Yan Yi!"
"Confucian Yan Yi? Confucianism teaches with spears, so I think you must be proficient in spearmanship. One day, you will go hunting with me so that I can see your spearmanship."
These words made Dong Zhongshu and Yan Yi look embarrassed.
There were also Confucianists in India, but they were not introduced from the Han Dynasty. Instead, they were spread to India from the Xiongnu Kingdom in the Western Regions. Moreover, these Confucian scholars did not enter the court, but competed with Brahmanism and Buddhism in the temple. It can only be said that they were Confucianists. When Dong Zhongshu met the Indian Confucianists, the atmosphere can be imagined. Heretics are more hateful than cultists. Dong Zhongshu really wanted to destroy these so-called Confucian scholars.
Xu Aijun really wanted to change the current situation in Tianzhu, so he attached great importance to this group of recruited Han elites. He first convened a banquet for the Tianzhu senior leaders to entertain them, let them get acquainted with the local Tianzhu elites, and then quickly arranged for them to take office. Among them, Liu Qi became the Shaofu Ling of Tianzhu, Liu Xian became the Tianzhu Colonel, and others like Zheng Zhuang and Yan Yi held positions one level higher than they did in the Han Dynasty.
To a certain extent, this caused dissatisfaction among the Han nobles who followed Xu Aijun to Tianzhu. It took them more than ten years to reach their current position, but people like Liu Qi easily obtained their current status. In addition, Dong Zhongshu was also an outsider, but he became the Prime Minister of Tianzhu in three years and continued to bring elites from the Han Dynasty. This was intended to occupy their positions.
Although they were also outsiders, they were the first to come. They were influenced by the Indian environment and had been assimilated. Compared with the promotion system of the Han Dynasty, they still preferred the Indian caste system. It was precisely because of the corruption of this group of Han elites that Xu Aijun had to introduce foreign elites to reform India.
November 55, 11th year of the Han calendar, India, Mumbai.
Dong Zhongshu led Liu Qi through the streets of Mumbai.
Dong Zhongshu introduced to Liu Qi: "Mumbai's original name was Tammo Sudi City. Decades ago, the deposed emperor Hu Hai led a fleet to capture this place, which marked the beginning of the history of our Han Dynasty's reclamation of India. After decades of development, Mumbai's population has exceeded 150 million, making it the most populous city in the entire Zhongshenzhou." Yes, in this timeline, Mumbai was not in the west of India, but in the east, close to the Han Dynasty.
Liu Qi frowned and said, "Doesn't the Prime Minister have a plan for Mumbai? Why do I feel that this is just a huge slum? Moreover, these houses are so close together. If there is even a little spark, the whole city could be set on fire."
Dong Zhongshu smiled bitterly and said, "It has caught fire several times, but after it burns out, someone will continue to build a wooden and straw house on this empty land."
Liu Qi looked at Dong Zhongshu strangely, thinking that this was all he was capable of.
Liu Qi's idea was caught by Dong Zhongshu, who immediately said: "The power of one person is limited, and it is difficult to change the whole of India."
"The current situation in India is that there are too many people and too little land. Civilians from all over the country are flocking to Mumbai, and going abroad to work as laborers is the best way for them to change their fate."
Then he smiled bitterly and said, "But these Indians who went abroad only bought land after they made money and returned home, which aggravated the land annexation in India and created more refugees. These refugees gathered in Mumbai, and then the vicious cycle led to the current situation."
Liu Qi said: "We need to carry out industrialization, so that we can absorb these refugees."
Dong Zhongshu said, "This is why the king invited you here. Even the nobles who came with the king have been completely corrupted. They only like to build cash crop gardens and grow valuable crops such as cotton, spices, and tea. As for turning cotton into cotton cloth, not many people are interested. They like to buy high-end silk, cotton cloth, and even new clothing from the Han Dynasty."
Then he smiled bitterly and said, "Although India has always been in a trade surplus, 40% of the luxury goods in the Han Dynasty are purchased by the nobles of India. They live a more luxurious life than the nobles of the Han Dynasty."
When Liu Qi heard this, he said coldly: "The poor will die of poverty, and the rich will die of wealth. What India needs is not reform, but a thorough cleansing."
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Dong Zhongshu shook his head and said, "Reform is the limit of India. Cleansing the nobles is to cut off the foundation of the king."
Dong Zhongshu has carried out reforms in India in recent years, cracking down on the powerful, equalizing land, and stopping corruption. He has doubled the fiscal revenue of India and reduced India's foreign debt by more than 3 billion. He has aroused a lot of reputation in the political and academic circles of the Han Dynasty. After all, in the history of the Han Dynasty, those who can successfully reform are all outstanding people of their generation. Dong Zhongshu's reforms are obviously extremely successful. But in fact, he is very self-aware. This is because the situation in India and the Han Dynasty is different from before, and the difficulty of his reform is much lower than that of Shang Yang and others.
The Han people in India were outsiders, which was a fact that no one had forgotten. Dong Zhongshu mainly attacked the local powerful people in India, while he punished the nobles and powerful people of the Han Dynasty by making them drink three cups of wine as a punishment. Although he made them give up some of their interests, it was much less than that of the local powerful people. With such a strong contrast, the nobles of the Han Dynasty could tolerate it. In addition, the nobles of the Han Dynasty knew that they were outsiders, so even if their interests were damaged, they still had to unite closely around the King of India in the face of 30 million Indians and more than 100,000 Han people.
Liu Qi frowned when he heard this. He looked down on the Han people in India, but he had to admit that Dong Zhongshu's words were correct. They were developing the interests of the King of India, not strengthening the power of the Indian people.
"The best way is to integrate the interests of the Han Dynasty and India, otherwise it will be difficult for India to develop." Liu Qi thought for a while and said.
Dong Zhongshu said: "The king has already begun to marry with the nobles of the native Tianzhu. After two or three generations, the royal family will be integrated with the Tianzhu Kingdom."
Next, Dong Zhongshu took Liu Qi to visit several cities in India and also went to the countryside of India. Among them, Mumbai was actually the best area in India. Outside the city, you could see large cotton plantations and spice plantations. These two cash crops, together with tea, became the 2nd to 4th among the four major exports of India. The first one was naturally the Indian workers. These workers earned more foreign exchange than cotton, spices, and tea combined.
Although cash crops are value-added products with relatively low profits and are also located in the industrial chain, the nobles of the Han Dynasty have experienced industrialization after all. In order to increase profits, they will use tractors, pumps and other advanced Han machinery. They will also hire local people in India as industrial workers. After all, they are in the industrial chain.
But the situation was completely different when going deep into the heart of India. Although the slavery system in India had collapsed, the tenant system had reappeared. Liu Qi saw that a large number of Indian landlords rented their land to Indian farmers, and their rent and taxes were as high as more than 5%.
What made him even more speechless was that the Indian landlords often found ways to make their tenants do compulsory labor for them, such as grinding rice and flour, cutting wood and mining. They also used usury to tie down their tenants and make them work for them for generations. Although they were called tenants, they were actually not much different from serfs.
Liu Qi admired these Indian people very much. They did not rebel and were very hard-working.
November 56, 2th year of the Han calendar, India, Mumbai.
After Dong Zhongshu and his colleagues finished their inspection of India, they gathered together to discuss the reform of India.
Liu Qi was the first to say, "If Tianzhu wants to develop, it must distribute land equally. Without land, the industry will have no raw materials and commodity markets to develop. Only by seizing the land, wealth, and population from the Tianzhu landlords can we bring raw materials, labor, and commodity production to Tianzhu's industry."
Dong Zhongshu suddenly realized, "No wonder I have always found it difficult to understand. India has steel mills and textile mills, but they have never grown and developed to the point where they have large industrial areas like the Han Dynasty, let alone become an industrial country. It turns out that these landlords have taken over all the raw materials, goods, markets, and manpower."
Dong Zhongshu was a Confucian scholar after all. Although his experience of life in the Han Dynasty made him feel that there were problems with the industrial development of India, which led to its inability to expand, he found it difficult to clearly point out the reason.
After Liu Qi's reminder, he finally understood the current situation. It was because the small peasant economy in Tianzhu was too stubborn that it directly hindered the development of Tianzhu's industry. However, he still had some doubts in his heart. According to the rules of the Han Dynasty, shouldn't industrialization destroy the small peasant economy? Why did the situation become the other way around after he came to Tianzhu?
Ning Cheng shook his head and said, "It can be said that all officials in Tianzhu are corrupt. Even I don't know where to start. The Prime Minister can double Tianzhu's finances under such circumstances. I admire him."
Naturally, there were corrupt officials in the Han Dynasty. Every year, tens of thousands of corrupt officials were arrested in the Supreme Court, the Imperial Censorate, and the thirteen Inspectorates. However, these acts of corruption were only carried out in secret. However, in India, they were done openly.
Dong Zhongshu said: "It's much better now. Let's first get rid of the corrupt officials who are preventing us from doing our work. When the situation in Tianzhu improves, we can find a way to clean up the bureaucracy."
Ning Cheng smiled and said, "When I graduated from the law school, I decided to arrest tens of thousands of corrupt officials for the Han Dynasty. I thought it was just a dream, but now it seems that it is possible to achieve it in Tianzhu."
Ning Cheng was from Rang, Nanyang, and a graduate of the Han Law School. He was also one of the representatives of the Legalists' cruel officials. When he became a county law officer, he dared to refute the county magistrate and was harsh and cruel to his subordinates. The Han court arranged him to be a law officer in Shangdang County, specifically to supervise the local tyrants who privately mined ore. Although he had good political achievements, he offended too many people and his career was not smooth. When Zhidu was the governor of Bingzhou, he found that Ning Cheng was upright, fearless of the powerful, dared to enforce the law, and was harsh, which was very similar to himself, so he began to promote him. Soon he was promoted to county law officer, but although he learned from Zhidu's style, Ning Cheng was not as honest as Zhidu.
At that time, the nobles and powerful people in Bingzhou hated Zhidu to the core, but they could not find any handle on Zhidu. At this time, they discovered Ning Cheng, this "little Zhidu", who also had a braid. What else could they say? The nobles in Bingzhou immediately reported it to the Imperial Censorate. Ning Cheng was investigated and dismissed from his post to study in law school again. His future could be said to be ruined. Later, Dong Zhongshu recruited talents in the Han Dynasty, and Ning Cheng wanted to develop in Tianzhu.
Zheng Zhuang said: "The morals in Tianzhu are also very bad. When the locals encounter problems, they don't try to find a way to solve them, but instead pray to the gods and Buddhas. There are too many temples, and these monks take up too many resources."
Dong Zhongshu said: "It's good now. Decades ago, these monks wanted to interfere in government affairs, but now they are driven out of the court."
The current situation in India had already experienced Hu Hai's anti-Buddhist movement. After Xu Aijun became the king of India, he had been suppressing the religious forces in India and smashed Buddhism and Brahmanism. However, thousands of years of religious traditions and the poor life allowed these religions to revive again.
Yan Yi said, "Education is also a big problem. Mumbai has a population of one million, but there are only a hundred or so primary schools. They are small in scale and low in investment. There is only one university, and most of the students will go to Dahan after graduation. How can we develop industry without talents?"
Dong Zhongshu said: "Tianzhu is a seriously ill patient, so it needs a little reform."
Liu Xian said with a strange expression: "I don't know whether the situation I saw is good or bad. The Indian army has lax discipline, insufficient training, weapons and equipment, and corruption is rampant. A battalion of soldiers is generally 3-5% short. With the Indian army's combat effectiveness, we only need to go to the Han Dynasty to recruit a battalion of mercenaries. Even if the Indians rebel, we can still pacify them."
Since the Warring States Period, political reforms have been very common in the Han Dynasty. Apart from the monarch, the most important supporter of reforms in every country is the army. In the case of India, even if the opposition wanted to launch a coup, they probably would not be able to defeat them.
(End of this chapter)
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