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Chapter 599 Big move
Yang Reform called the imperial party to his side, and seriously arranged for his subordinates. Today, he won the retirement placement, but the retirement placement is not a panacea, and he must have the support of his subordinates, otherwise, it will definitely change. Given that the veterans are single and weak, if they want to fight those old officials whose families have been passed down for hundreds of years, the difference is not 01:30.

Seeing the emperor's stern words, the imperialists raised their hearts to their throats, and because of the content of the words, their hearts beat wildly.

"... You may not understand what I mean. Let's put it this way, the land outside the customs must be paid taxes. That is to say, if the land outside the customs is developed, if you develop a piece of land, you must make money and pay taxes. If the land is gone and there is no tax, I don't want this kind of result. If so, I know that my time is numbered, and my Ming Dynasty will perish. It doesn't matter if the country dies, I'm afraid The world will perish, even the species will perish..." Yang Reform still said very seriously, this matter involves the future of the Ming Dynasty in the next few hundred years, so it has to be serious.

After listening to the emperor's words, it became difficult for everyone to breathe.

"...you may want to ask, is it too difficult to make money for one piece of development? This is impossible? Besides, there is a need to collect taxes? Isn't it?" Yang Reform explained his strategy to his confidants.

The imperial party fell silent and listened carefully to what the emperor had to say. The emperor's vision was indeed too big for them to understand.

"I am going to carry out modular and intensive development in Liaodong, and completely abandon the previous scattered and messy development methods." Yang Reform explained, knowing that his rhetoric is too far ahead of this era, and these people may not understand it, but Yang Reform can only use these rhetoric to explain his thinking, there is no other way, and this is the most appropriate.

Everyone was at a loss, hearing this rhetoric for the first time, they looked at the emperor in bewilderment.

"Let me tell you this, has any of you heard of the matter of the head of state Tian Hongyu?" Yang Reform patiently explained.

"Return to Your Majesty, I have heard that the business in the horse market in Bianguan is monopolized by his family, and he also rented a lot of land to grow sweet potatoes, making a big commotion!" Bi Ziyan saw that no one picked up the emperor's call. As a matter of fact, as the Minister of the Household Department who is more sensitive to this aspect, he has been in Beijing all the time, so he came out to answer.

"That's right. Whether he does border business or rents land to grow sweet potatoes, it's all under my orders. This is a kind of intensive development. He rents land, grows sweet potatoes, makes wine, and sells it. From farming to selling wine, he did it all by himself, this is intensification, and the development of Liaodong will follow this path in the future, otherwise, how can I collect taxes?..." Yang Reform continued to explain.

The emperors were surprised!What happened to Tian Hongyu was such a huge commotion, and the rent was worth hundreds of thousands of acres. It is impossible to say that you have never heard of it, and it monopolizes the horse market business. Do you want to hear about this kind of food business? It's not difficult. After the emperor explained it this way, everyone understood what "intensification" is. To put it bluntly, all transactions must be in the hands of the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I understand. Your Majesty is asking Mr. Tian to go to Liaodong to buy land, then plant sweet potatoes and sell them to the Mongols?" Shi Feng thought he understood, and quickly took over the emperor's words.

"Yes, Tian Hongyu's place is just a demonstration of how to turn the land into silver. This year, when he makes money from wine making, he will naturally go outside the customs to buy land and cultivate it. , it is difficult for other people not to follow suit, so he is now a demonstration. When he makes money, the land in Liaodong will not be difficult to sell... Naturally, what I said will be realized. The land outside the customs can only be sold. It can only be developed by the taxpayers. If you develop it, you will make money. If you make money, you will pay taxes. This is the trick I have been thinking about. With that bit of land tax, the few years I lived were the same as nothing. Why should I raise so many troops to fight? My Ming army is weaker, and there will be no peace outside the customs. I think you have a deep understanding of this point. Therefore, the development of Liaodong , must be combined with tax payment, so that one site can be developed, one site can be taxed, and the land will not be lost.” Yang Reform still said seriously.

When everyone heard it, they admired the emperor's business experience. They heard a lot about Tian Hongyu, the head of state. Everyone in the capital was envious of Tian Hongyu's control of the horse market business. Another business, many people think that Tian Hongyu may not be able to make money, renting so much land to grow sweet potatoes, can they get back the capital?But now, after hearing what the emperor said, everyone felt that Tian Hongyu was going to get rich, no, the emperor was going to get rich.

"Your Majesty, I understand, what is modularity?" Shi Fenglai asked again.

"Modularization is actually simple. For example, Tian Hongyu planted sweet potatoes, made wine, and sold them. This is a routine and a model. He can plant in Guanyin, and he can also plant in Liaodong. The difference is in farming. The location is different..." Yang Reform explained.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I understand a little bit, but didn't you say that the Eastern Liaodong is still not peaceful, so it is not suitable for farming?" Shi Fenglai felt that his brain had improved a lot, and he could keep up with the emperor's thinking. After thinking for a while, he roughly understood After understanding the emperor's thinking, he also raised his own questions.

"Well, how do you say this? Liaodong is not suitable for farming, and Donglu is not peaceful. That is just an excuse. In fact, if you don't say anything else, just talk about Jinzhou. You ask Shuai Mao. Donglu dares to go to Jinzhou now. Is it?" Yang Reform explained, looking at Mao Wenlong again.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, now that the Tartars have been defeated by our dynasty, they dare not even approach the coast for fifty miles, let alone Jinzhou, where they will basically not be harassed by the Eastern barbarians. This is no different from going deep into the hinterland of my dynasty. It's purely looking for death, I, Da Ming, can attack from the east and the west, intercept the waterways everywhere, and have no fear of the eastern captives attacking at all..." Seeing the emperor asking him about the situation in Jinzhou, Mao Wenlong immediately reported the truth. [Jinzhou is now Lushun, the area of ​​Luda is at the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula. 】

"Well, Shoufu now knows why I let Tian Hongyu buy land so definitely. This is why I said that only taxpayers can buy land. Those who don't pay taxes, even if they buy land, I'm afraid I won't live in peace, let alone make money." Yang Reform had a smug look on his face when he said this.

"Your Majesty, I understand." Shi Fenglai said immediately.

"Your Majesty, I still have some questions, I don't know..." Seeing that Shi Fenglai had finished asking, Mao Wenlong also hurriedly asked. He has many questions to ask the emperor. To be honest, this arrangement has the greatest relationship with him. There are too many people who need to be resettled, and they have been crowded on several islands all the time. It is a hard life. If the emperor did not support him with money, I am afraid that he would not be able to survive long ago. He really wants to get rid of this clear.

"Oh, the Qing family can just say it." Yang Reformed.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty said that the development of Liaodong is all about planting sweet potatoes to make wine. I think that even if the Mongolians can drink, they can't drink so many bars. Besides, it's a pity that so many lands in Liaodong grow sweet potatoes?" Mao Wenlong asked puzzled.

"Who said that wine is only sold to Mongolians? Don't people in Ming Dynasty drink alcohol? Besides me, Ming Dynasty, wine can also be sold to North Korea and Japan by sea. Everyone, don't underestimate North Korea and Japan. The population is probably more than [-] million. In such a big market, no one is afraid that no one drinks?... Well, maybe I didn’t explain clearly just now, modularization has another meaning, that is, in addition to planting sweet potatoes, there are other projects, such as planting Food, such as silk, such as beans, such as cotton, cloth, etc., although the things grown, raised, and produced are different, but the way of doing things is the same. This is all modular, so naturally, there is no need to be afraid that there will be nowhere to sell the things... ..." Yang Reform explained.

When the emperor mentioned that the Wa country has a population of tens of millions, everyone was surprised again. Unexpectedly, there are so many people in this small and inconspicuous country.

"Your Majesty, can't it be that there are not so many people in the Wa Kingdom?" Mao Wenlong asked in disbelief.

"Why not? That's because you have regarded yourself as the upper kingdom of heaven for a long time. When you look at others, you naturally look down. In fact, if it weren't for Wa Kingdom, it would be on the side of my dynasty, and it would be a big country if you put it elsewhere. In the war to aid Korea, the little Japanese country has mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to cross the sea..." Yang Reform said this, but it was a bit of a joke, and the serious atmosphere disappeared suddenly.That said, it actually has something to do with future generations. The future generations are also smaller than Japan, called Smaller Japan. The actual population of Japan is over [-] million, and the economy is among the top few in the world. If it is placed in Europe, it is a first-class big country. It is no worse than Germany. The population of Germany seems to be less than that of Japan. This is the sequelae of the small Japan, ignoring the real strength of Japan. Of course, it is also a tragedy for Japan to be a neighbor with China.

"Ah!..." Many were surprised.

Laughter and silence for a while...

"Well, everyone understands how this land in Liaodong makes money, how it sells money, and how it crowds out those who don't pay taxes. Then I will talk about how this is linked to the resettlement and job transfer of the officers and soldiers..." Yang Reform explained After a long time, I only explained half of it. I only talked about how to develop the land outside the customs, but didn't say how to transfer to the officers and soldiers, how to prevent those veterans who transferred from being bullied, and how to become an extension of the power of the imperial party.

Everyone got the emperor to explain for a long time, and finally had a general understanding of the emperor's strategy. Knowing that the emperor's plan was quite big, they were also thrilled by the plan. How much silver is it?Hearing the emperor talk about more urgent resettlement issues, he even craned his neck to listen.

"Originally, it has nothing to do with business and resettlement, but now they can be combined. My idea is this. All retired officers and soldiers, as long as they have military exploits, will be given a certain amount of land. This matter , the imperial court has made a conclusion long ago that the Liao people will be raised with Liao soil. At that time, they all promised to divide the land after the war. Here, I will naturally not break my promise. The retired officers and soldiers will all be allocated a certain amount of land. Note that the key point is that this land is not ordinary land. It is not just a few acres of land, but the use of land as a shareholding. The things that come out are supplied to various factories as raw materials and turned into commodities for sale, making the land of the officers and soldiers a part of the intensive and modular development of Liaodong. Naturally, it can take into account the land of the officers and soldiers. Even if the officers and soldiers retire to the pass, they can still enjoy the dividends obtained from the development outside the pass. As the saying goes, don’t forget the well digger when you drink water. Liaodong's benefits are naturally indispensable to them..." Yang Reform said.

When the emperor said this, the imperial party got a better understanding of the emperor's arrangements. They only felt that the emperor was too kind to everyone. If you have money, everyone earns it, and you will never restrain everyone, especially the few generals. They are even more moved. , In this way, they have no worries about the future. Soldiers are no longer poor people who can't be more pitiful. It is not empty talk that they can live a good life by being a soldier.

"...And the most important thing is how to ensure that the retired officers and soldiers will not be bullied by the local officials in the development of Liaodong. The core of what I want to talk about today is here. The officers and soldiers who are placed have land outside the customs. Every year It is possible to get the harvest, that is to say, they are naturally taxpayers, they naturally have the right to pay taxes, they are naturally related to taxpayers, they are naturally connected with taxpayers, and they are also mine. People, they will be the channels for me to connect the gentry and officials in various states and counties in the world. The land I will lay down in the future will be sold through these natural channels...These resettled officers and soldiers, when they arrive at the place, the core is not To fight for power and profit with those local officials, but to enjoy the old age, but to sell the land outside the pass to me, and become a channel for me to connect with the gentry and officials all over the world..." Yang Reform said the most core thing today .That is to let these deployed officers and soldiers become "warmongers" and middlemen between themselves and the gentry and officials.Quite a number of country gentry and officials, because the level is too low, even if they want to be a taxpayer, they don’t have the ability, let alone go to the capital to find connections, so they need salesmen from the taxpayer to come to serve And these officers and soldiers placed there are undoubtedly the best bridge between the emperor and the world's gentry and officials, and they can be regarded as natural bridges, and they will also be the best salesmen.Of course, more needs to be trained.

This interest group that emperors and literati have never cared much about, this time, Yang Reform also plans to take care of it. To put it more grandly, it is to unite all people who can be united and share the fruits of national development.To put it bluntly, it is to turn the expansion and colonization into such a uniting device that everyone can care about, benefit from, care about, and benefit from, and unite more people with greater interests in the world... …

Yang Reform has always believed that the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the prosperity of the world is for profit.

The country gentry and officials can get a springboard and a channel for investment and contact with the outside world by placing officials and soldiers.As for the emperor, there is no doubt that through these "salesmen", he can sell the land he acquired through the war, sell various "products" he manages, and even convert the money in the hands of the gentry and officials into development funds to promote The circulation of capital promotes the prosperity of the market, among other things, just because everyone deposits money in the bank to print paper notes, Yang Reform will make a lot of money, and the bank's reserve funds will undoubtedly reach another level.

After hearing the emperor's speech, the imperial party could only describe it as dumbfounded... The emperor's always glorious and holy image shattered to the ground and collapsed.

Yang Reform only talked about his own plan, and when he finished speaking, he looked at the performance of the imperial party, everyone was stunned, and could only smile bitterly. There was no way, his thinking was too "abnormal", and it was understandable that everyone didn't understand it. .

"Hmm..." Yang Reform pretended to cough.The imperial party just woke up from the wooden chicken state, and they all looked at the emperor in embarrassment.

"Well... this idea is my initial idea. When the retired officers and soldiers arrive at the place, they don't have to rush to compete with the old local officials for power and profit. Open, and then talk about the fact that it is easy to do business outside the customs, there are investment channels, relationships, etc., and through some means such as mansion newspapers, I will properly brag about Tian Hongyu. It is not difficult for the gentry and old officials to sell the land outside the pass or other things. I want to let the gentry and officials all over the world taste the sweetness by placing the hands of the officers and soldiers, and let them all follow me and stand on my side. On this side, this is my purpose..." Yang Reform is not afraid to state his purpose more bluntly, all the people here are his confidantes, and nothing is nothing.

Although the emperors were awake, they could be in a state of shock. They couldn't understand the emperor's words at all, and their heads were roaring.

"Your Majesty, what...what is going on here? How did the officers and soldiers who were placed complete the instructions given by Your Majesty?" Bi Ziyan's head was roaring. He didn't know what the emperor said, so he could only be so weak. ask.

"It's actually very simple. Before the resettlement of the officers and soldiers, they naturally need to train and learn how to sell these things. After they learn well, they can be resettled. I have also chosen the place for placement. Now, the main thing is Placed in Tianjin, Shanghai, Shaanxi, Huguang, Daliuqiu, etc., these places are all my people, it is easier to settle, and they will not be bullied too much..." Yang Reform also said that the places selected for resettlement are all It is a place with certainty, and the retired people will not be placed in unfamiliar places all at once, that is really harmful. These places are either industrial bases or immigration bases, which are considered their own The core disk is not afraid of someone bullying the person assigned.

"Study, how do you study this? And in what name?" Bi Ziyan just felt that his brain could not keep up with the emperor, and he was in chaos. The soldier had to do sales work.

"It's simple. I've thought about it. Aren't these people going to be yamen servants and arresting the police? Naturally, they are training to learn about this aspect..." Yang Reform said.

Bi Ziyan was speechless immediately, not knowing what to say to the emperor.

Although everyone didn't understand what the emperor said, they did understand some things. At least the emperor said where they would be resettled, such as Tianjin, Shanghai, Great Liuqiu, Shaanxi and Huguang. Jun, it can be regarded as a little bit of peace of mind. As for the salesman and the middleman that the emperor said, it can only be regarded as an illusion...

Yang Reform also knows that his plan is too complicated and it may be difficult to implement, but he has to continue to implement it like this. As the saying goes, unite all the forces that can be united. The forces that are not taken seriously must also be connected through this bond.Although this matter is extremely difficult to operate successfully, once it succeeds, the power will be incredible, and the whole of China will change. Colonial expansion will become the most fashionable and most concerned thing of the Ming Dynasty, and the driving force for outward expansion will no longer exist. No shortage.Yang Reform has always believed that China lacks the will to expand outwards. Apart from problems such as too large a territory and hygiene, people in the interior cannot understand the dynamics of the ocean, and there is no channel for overseas investment, let alone gain benefits through the ocean. Therefore, it is impossible to have the state of national expansion. Even if it expands overseas, it is only unofficial and the actions of some people. Now, Yang Reform must build such a channel and establish a system for the expansion of the whole country. He dare not expect extravagantly Complete success, as long as part of the success, will benefit endlessly.

(End of this chapter)