Seeing Zhu Houzhao's appearance and listening to Zhu Houzhao's words, the people present looked at He Jian differently. It was obvious that he was highly valued by His Highness the Crown Prince, and he had a bright future!

"This is just the duty of a minister, and it is not worthy of praise from His Highness the Crown Prince." He Jian quickly bowed and said modestly, with no joy on his face. I don't know if he really thought that, or if he just couldn't express his joy and anger.

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Zhu Youtang glanced at his son, and then turned to look at He Jian. Based on his understanding of his son, He Jian was probably attracted by his son again. Thinking of this, Zhu Youtang couldn't help but sigh,

He Jian didn't know it yet, but he was attracted by his own son. There was no chance of him continuing to be the Minister of Punishment.

"Okay, let's talk about what to do about this matter!" Zhu Youtang looked at his son and said angrily: "This is a big deal!"

"It's easy to handle. Since these refugees have no land and no place to live, then move them away. Whether it is Liaodong or the northwest, there is a shortage of people." Zhu Houzhao said matter-of-factly: "Some moved to Liaodong, and some moved to Liaodong.

Move to the northwest. The northwest and Liaodong are both vast and sparsely populated, so they can just fill in the population."

Immigration to the border areas was something that many dynasties in history had done, and Zhu Houzhao didn't think it was impossible.

The people in Jiangnan are too concentrated, which is a big problem. Zhu Houzhao will not crack down on land annexation and then allocate land to the people, because that is futile. In this era when land is the main means of production, land annexation is an unsolvable problem.

Problem, unless land nationalization is fully implemented and land reform is carried out like in later generations.

But the basis of the feudal emperor's rule was the landlord. If you want to nationalize the land? If you rebel, it's almost the same.

As the saying goes, everything in the world is not the king's land, and the land that leads the land is not the king's ministers. Under such values, no one will agree with you to engage in state-owned enterprises. If the people are not wise enough, they will not let you do this. This is true across the ages.

People will die. Zhu Houzhao is planning to move the people away from places with many people to places with few people. This is the kingly way.

The east, west, north and west of Liaoning are all places where I want to open up the country, so I can just let these people go there and kill two birds with one stone.

You must know that the people of this era are more difficult to leave their homeland than those of later generations. These refugees are the best immigrants. They have no permanent property and just go to Liaodong and northwest.

After listening to Zhu Houzhao's words, everyone's expressions were a little weird, and Zhu Youtang's face turned black. In this era, immigration is mandatory. In all dynasties, it was suppressed by large armies, and there were no casualties along the way.

After all, in any dynasty, this kind of policy cannot be regarded as benevolent government. The most brutal policy was used during the Qin and Han Dynasties.

In later dynasties, such things became less and less common. His Royal Highness actually wanted to immigrate to Shibian, and the number of people was nearly a million.

"Don't you think it's unrealistic?" Zhu Youtang looked at Zhu Houzhao and said directly: "With so many people, how can we immigrate to Shibian? Once the operation is not done properly, the people will rise up." Zhu Youtang's voice became louder as he spoke.

Shao Shao: "It's hard to leave our homeland. Will these people be willing to go to the northwest and Liaodong? When people with serious intentions instigate it, it will be a destabilizing trend."

Someone with intentions? Fanning? Swinging the force? Zhu Houzhao was very disapproving. This is simply impossible.

"Your Highness, the land of Jingxiang is very important. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. Once chaos breaks out in Jingxiang, it will inevitably lead to chaos in the east and west. How bad it is!" Xie Qian said quickly, with a very firm expression on his face.

Anyway, he had made up his mind. This time, he would not allow His Highness to mess around, and would rather resign.

Zhu Houzhao immediately laughed: "There are more and more refugees in the Ming Dynasty. It can be seen that the people are living in hardship. We must find some solutions. Local resettlement is not impossible, but there must be a place for local resettlement. Since relocation is not possible

In Liaodong and northwest, it is better to settle in Jingxiang and conduct a thorough inspection of the land. Anyone with more than 100 acres of land must sell their land to the court."

"The land price should be half of the market price, otherwise the imperial court would not be able to afford it. The land redeemed by the imperial court can be used to resettle the people."

"This is absolutely unacceptable." After hearing this, Xie Qian's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly said: "The imperial court bought the land at half price. Isn't this a forced purchase and sale? Is this what the imperial court did?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "Yes, what Mr. Xie said is true. I think it is simple. Since it is neither relocation nor resettlement on the spot, I wonder what Mr. Xie has to say?"

As soon as these words came out, the hall fell silent instantly. The atmosphere was very awkward for a while. Xie Qian's face turned red. What could he do? The problem of refugees has appeared very early. This is not only a problem of Hongzhi's time.

Refugees had already gathered in this area during the Zhizheng period of the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the government designated this area as a closed area and people were not allowed to move in. However, nothing could be done to stop it until the fall of the Yuan Dynasty.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang continued the Yuan system and still implemented a ban policy on the Jingxiang area. He once sent Duke Deng Yu of the State of Wei to lead his troops to Fang County to clear it up, "emptying the land and prohibiting refugees from entering."

This is not just a problem in Jingxiang, it is also a problem faced by the whole country.

Everyone present knew this, and Xie Qian certainly understood that the main reason was the corruption of officialdom and the violent annexation of land.

Who is to blame for the corruption of officialdom? It’s not them, the officials, they are the gentry. Who is to blame for the fierce land annexation? It’s not them, the officials, these gentry. The problem lies with themselves, and they have taken the benefits themselves. You

What should they do? Cut off their own flesh? That is simply impossible.

Zhu Houzhao did not let the atmosphere continue to be awkward, but continued to speak: "In the spring of the first year of Chenghua, the refugees in Jingxiang rebelled, and the rebel leader was named Liu Tong. Liu Tong was a native of Xihua, Henan, because he once raised the banner in front of the county government office with both hands.

Qianjin Stone Lion, known as Liu Qianjin. In his early years, he was hunted by officials for robbing a rich man named Li in Dengzhou."

"During the Zhengtong period, he went into exile to Xiangyang and the mountainous areas around Fang County to make a living. In April of the first year of Chenghua, Tashu took the lead in the rebellion and received support and response from many refugees. After the rebellion, Liu Tong claimed to be the "King of Han" and the rebels joined tens of thousands of people.

It quickly expanded to include hundreds of thousands of people. Based in the northwestern part of Huguang, they attacked Nanyang in Henan, reaching the west bank of Han River in Shaanxi in the west, and reaching Qihuang in Huguang in the east. The momentum was unprecedented since the founding of the Ming Dynasty."

"The imperial court mobilized a large army to attack the rebellion, which lasted for two years and consumed a huge amount of money and food. However, in the sixth year of Chenghua, the second rebellion came again. The rebel was named Li Yuan, who called himself "King of Taiping" and appointed the commander-in-chief.
Chapter completed!