Chastity Layman

  Chapter 1227 Prime Minister Prince

  But since the emperor had a will before, this is a policy issue.

   It's like the people in the capital of the Central Plains are not allowed to move at will, which is relatively strict.

"We can first contact the Luzon Metropolitan Government to start discussing how to deal with this matter. The immigration restriction order can be more detailed. For example, people in the two capitals are prohibited from immigrating to Luzon, and for example, military areas along the border are also prohibited from immigrating to Luzon. Song. But others that are not within this limit can be appropriately relaxed.”

  "People from other areas who immigrate to Luzon can be reviewed by the imperial court, and the land allocated by the imperial court in their original place should be taken back by the imperial court free of charge, and their permanent private land can be disposed of by them."

"For every penny immigrated to Luzon, Luzon shall pay 10,000 pennies to the imperial court. Among women, men are counted as half a penny, and children are not counted. There is a legitimate reason for this money, because these residents are in the Central Plains, Every year, household taxes are paid to the imperial court by household. Now they immigrate to Luzon. Luzon is a foreign fief, and the imperial court can only collect one-third of the tax, so they lose two-thirds of the household tax every year. Therefore, Compensation is now collected in dime form."

  Xu Jingzong was drinking tea, and the emperor asked for a hundred guan, but Li Yifu said that it was ten times less than one guan. But he felt that the number of ten guan was more reasonable. After all, it would not cost as much as a hundred guan to buy some young and strong slaves.

The slave trade in the Tang Dynasty was prosperous, and different slaves had different prices. Generally speaking, those young and skilled Han Chinese slaves were the most valuable, and then some young and beautiful foreign slaves, such as Silla maids, Persian girls, Bodhisattvas, etc. If it’s the kind that can’t understand Chinese, it’s definitely cheaper. If it’s not even a skill, it’s cheaper. If it’s old or young and ugly, it’s even cheaper.

The price varies greatly. If it is a craftsman with some superb skills, it may be worth one or two hundred guan, which is normal, or a very beautiful maid is also very valuable. This is the same as cattle and horses. The price difference huge.

   But if we only talk about ordinary ones, an ordinary slave man with no skills and a young age is worth about forty pennies.

   This price is much cheaper than that in the early Tang Dynasty, mainly because of the growing national power of the Tang Dynasty and the continuous foreign wars, which also brought a steady stream of new slaves, which made the price continue to fall.

   But emigration is not selling slaves after all. The ten pennies proposed by Li Yifu is equivalent to the Luzon Dudufu's compensation for the loss of household tax caused by the transfer of the imperial household registration.

However, the households are divided into nine classes. The upper and upper households only have 4,000 Wen a year, the middle and upper households are 2,500, the lower and upper households are 1,000, the lower and middle households are 700, and the lower and lower are 500. The common people in the city must be mainly from the middle and lower households, and one household is seven or five hundred yuan a year, even if the upper household's one thousand yuan is calculated a year.

  If an immigrant family is counted as six people, one husband, one wife and two children, it will be converted into two to two and a half cents.

  The household tax for a lower-registered household is 1,000 yuan a year, and 20,000 yuan is equivalent to 20 years of household tax payment.

  Besides, when this family immigrated to Luzon, they still had to pay household tax, but the court could only get one-third of it in the future, so there was still more than 300 yuan a year.

  Compensation of 10,000 yuan is actually equivalent to about 30 years of household tax compensation.

  Based on this calculation, in fact, this is a lot of money.

   "Can the court be willing?"

Xu Jingzong hesitated. After all, the population has always been very important. Now that it flows overseas, even though Luzon is a foreign fief and not a barbaric land, it is still a little sensitive, especially when the previous emperor still had that Purpose comes first.

  Lai Jidao, "I think the original intention of the sage is not to make money, but to limit the scale of immigration. So if we can refine the rules to achieve the original intention of the sage, then the matter will be resolved."

   "First of all, it is necessary to prohibit immigration from the two capital areas, the heartland of the Central Plains, as well as important military areas along the border, and areas with sparsely populated areas, including immigration to other overseas territories in the future."

   "Immigrants to foreign feudal territories are only allowed to recruit lower-upper, lower-middle, and lower-lower third-class households from the middle and upper prefectures beyond the four auxiliary and six males, and voluntarily immigrate."

  "An overseas consulate can only immigrate from one state to a maximum of 100 households a year, and the country can only immigrate to a maximum of 3,000 households."

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  Li Yifu put forward many detailed rules.

The general idea is to limit the number of immigrants, the households of immigrants, etc., and even the place of origin of immigrants. People in the two capitals and the heartland of the Central Plains are not allowed to immigrate to Luzon, those in the lower states with a population of less than 20,000 households in the frontier, and Xia County with a household registration of less than 1,000 is not allowed to immigrate to Luzon.

  The imperial court stipulated that more than 40,000 households belonged to Shangzhou, 30,000 households belonged to Zhongzhou, and those with less than 20,000 households belonged to Xiazhou.

There are seven levels of counties. In addition to Chi, Ji, Wang, and Song, they are also divided into upper, middle and lower counties. They are mainly divided by the number of household registrations. Upper counties have more than 5,000 households, middle counties have less than 5,000 households and more than 2,000 households, and lower counties It is less than a thousand households.

   Prohibition of immigrating overseas from Xiazhou and Xiaxian County is also because these places are already underpopulated, and further emigration should be prohibited.

   Once the restrictions on various aspects come out, it will be standardized.

   It can achieve the original intention of the emperor's will and avoid the current stalemate.

   "Will three thousand households a year be too little?"

   Luzon is very large and is in urgent need of development. Qin Lang can get 300,000 people there in a few years. Although there are not many people who have actually settled down, as long as the policy is relaxed, it will definitely increase greatly. Three thousand households would only have a population of about 20,000, which would certainly not be able to meet the needs of the Qin family.

   Li Mao smiled.

"Your Majesty, there is a replacement proposal here. I heard that Wei Gong fought several battles with the natives in Luzon last year, and captured many natives, tens of thousands. If Wei Gong is willing to use the natives to replace the immigrants from the Central Plains, that's fine. Can."

  When these natives moved to the Central Plains, they could also be resettled in sparsely populated areas on the frontier. Some of them could be naturalized as good citizens, and those who were rebellious could also be slaves of officials.

   "How to replace method?"

  An ordinary young and strong slave can be sold for 40 guan, but if the Qin family immigrates from the Central Plains, they need to pay 10,000 fen to the court.

   You can't exchange slaves for immigrants, it's obviously not fair to the Qin family.

"Native slaves are replaced by immigration quotas." Li Yifu suggested that the use of slaves in the Tang Dynasty was common. The court, the government and the people all used a large number of slaves. They were used from the gates, then to the workshops and mines, and then to the manor fields. It can be said that slaves have nowhere to go. No, even in Chang'an, which once had a population of one million, it is said that slaves accounted for one-third, which shows how powerful the Tang Dynasty was in keeping slaves.

   "The imperial court can encourage Luzon to transport native slaves to the Central Plains for sale, or immigrate natives who are willing to migrate to the Central Plains, one for one, one for one."

  A young and strong slave is exchanged for a Central Plains strong man to immigrate to Luzon. Luzon still has to pay 10,000 yuan per person, and Luzon’s slaves are transported to Datang to sell as much as they should be paid.

   It's just a change of quota.

  For example, the original limit was 3,000 households per year, but now every time a native is transported to the Central Plains, the Qin family can add another quota to the upper limit of 3,000 households.

   This can not only solve the demand for the number of immigrants from the Qin family from Luzon, but also encourage the Qin family to send slaves to the Central Plains. In this way, the imperial court can maintain the immigration restrictions on Luzon without completely restricting them. There is some room for movement and is easy to operate.

  Xu Jingzong couldn't help but feel that Li Yifu was worthy of being called Li Mao, and his brain was good.

   "Li Sheren went back and wrote me a detailed report, thank you."

   Li Yifu hurriedly said, "This is what the subordinates should do."

   "This matter has to be comprehensive. It is necessary to follow the will of the sage and safeguard the interests of the court. Of course, Duke Wei is also a meritorious service to the country, so we can't lose sight of the other."

  Everyone understands.

The foreign feudal system has just come out, and there are still many unclear points in the system and policy. Li Yifu suggested that the regulations should be stepped up. It is better for them, Qin Lang's friends, to formulate the corresponding rules than to let others set them up. .

   It's almost time to talk about this matter.

  Everyone drank tea relaxedly.

   "Duke Wei sent a letter before, inviting me to go to Luzon to build a few manors or open a mine. Would you like to go and have a look?" Xu Jingzong asked with a smile.

  Actually, Qin Lang also sent letters to Laiji and Li Yifu, and even the well-known noble families in Beijing also said hello. For Qin Lang, since the issue of the legal status of Lu Song has been resolved, it is now a matter of development.

   To speed up development, people need to be sheltered, so it is natural to eat cakes together.

  No matter how you say it, the Qin family has already eaten the biggest piece now, and sharing some properly, there are only advantages and no disadvantages.

  So, just like when he developed Wu'an, he not only devoted himself to Luzon, but also recruited his old retainers.

  Invite them to buy properties in the past, give away one or two pieces of land for free first, and then get preferential treatment for purchasing land, mining and doing business after going there.

  Xu Jingzong is fond of money, and Li Yifu is also fond of money.

Xu Jingzong was able to marry his daughter to Feng An's son in Lingnan for money, but he was ridiculed by Chao Zhongxun and sold his daughter, but Xu Jingzong didn't care. This marriage was arranged by Qin Lang, why not?

  Furthermore, the Feng family did pay a very generous bride price.

Xu Jingzong was still a well-known family in the Central Plains, and Li Yifu's family has long since fallen. After he became a member of Zhongshushe, with the help of Qin Lang, he established a relationship with the Li family of Zhao County through the Cui family of Boling, and finally successfully linked up with the Zhao family. Jun Li, it can be considered that his family has also been included in the score of Zhao Jun Li.

   But after all, the family has been in decline for many years, and Li Yifu has no property. Now that he has such an opportunity, he really doesn't want to miss it.

night.

  Prince Chengqian had dinner at Qin Liangdi's again, and Qin Liangyuan, who had just entered the palace, was also summoned. Qin Liangdi was holding the child, while Qin Liangyuan personally cooked some delicious dishes for the crown prince, which were delicious in color and fragrance, and the crown prince praised them repeatedly.

After the meal, Chengqian teased his son Lu Wang Li Xian, then went back to his study, looked through the memorial, and saw Cui Dunli, Xu Jingzong and other prime ministers were all speaking for Qin Lang, and even Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang were also speaking for Qin After Lang spoke, Chengqian smiled and closed all these memorials.

  (end of this chapter)