Qiao Zhen and Yang Wencai walked out of the parliament door.
The shocked expressions on their faces have not faded yet.
Qiao Zhen listened to the bell ringing from the big clock above the parliament.
Only then did he come back to his senses and said with emotion: "Brother Yang, I have been a member of Parliament for such a long time, and the plans passed during this time shocked me."
Yang Wencai nodded in agreement and said with emotion: "The imperial court has established five new governor's offices, expanding its territory by more than tens of thousands of miles.
The bills regarding the five major governor's offices have occupied all the time of the recent parliament.
The bill proposed by the cabinet today is so shocking.
The amount of mutual immigration within the five major governor's offices has reached 30 million.
The cabinet also plans to immigrate 40 million Han people to the five major governorates.
Counting the people in the governor's mansions in various places, the Ministry of Household Affairs made calculations based on salt and grain consumption.
The total population of the imperial court today is just over 400 million.
The cabinet's action is to immigrate nearly one-tenth of the country's population to the five major governor-general offices."
Qiao Zhen is also thinking about this matter. Forty million people have been immigrated, and an additional 30 million people have been immigrated within the five major governor's offices.
This is the migration of nearly 100 million people. He has never seen any court be able to carry out such a large-scale immigration.
If the Great China Dynasty hadn't been wealthy, just a population migration of this scale would have brought down the court.
Qiao Zhen took a deep breath and said: "Brother Yang, fortunately, these immigrants will not be completed in a short time, but will take more than ten years to complete.
Otherwise, there are not enough officials to complete this grand plan.
The number of immigrants is insufficient and cannot be completed.
With a span of more than ten years, the baby boom after the founding of the People's Republic of China will grow up.
Only then will there be enough immigrants to fill such a large number of immigrants.
Even so, the cost of immigration is extremely high.
The immigration expenses within the five major governorships only require food, and three or four taels of silver coins per person are enough.
Domestic immigration fees are as high as 30 to 50 taels of silver coins per person.
This does not include the price of the land and cattle.
This is also an average annual expenditure of tens of millions of silver coins.
If there was no large-scale war in the future, I would be afraid of the imperial court and would not be able to afford such a large expenditure."
When Qiao Zhen said this, he smiled and said: "The imperial court will definitely do what it can. If you have money, you will move more immigrants. If you don't have money, you will move fewer immigrants."
They had already walked to the parking place, and the two of them stopped next to the car.
Yang Wencai said: "The current expenditure is a bit large, but overall, the court will not suffer losses.
It was necessary to rely on a large number of immigrants for the imperial court to permanently occupy the five governor-general offices.
A lot of silver coins need to be invested upfront, but it will only take more than ten years for the Governor's Mansion to be officially converted into a province.
The value generated by these places is far beyond our imagination.
Even now, they are of great value to us.
Just the supply of food can solve the problem of domestic food shortage.
The five major governor-general offices, except Dongwa, are all major grain-producing areas."
Qiao Zhen also agreed with Yang Wencai's statement that the court and the people, as well as most knowledgeable people, supported the policy of large-scale immigration.
The two of them boarded the car, and the steam engine rumbled.
The vehicles left the Forbidden City in an orderly manner and returned to their respective homes.
Qiao Zhen looked at the scene outside the car. He was grateful to Emperor Su He for his preferential treatment to officials and nobles.
They can ride into the Forbidden City and move freely outside the palace walls.
Otherwise, the palace is so big that you can only enter it on foot, and it would take a lot of time to go to court every time.
Qiao Zhen returned home and saw a rather luxurious car parked outside the courtyard gate.
Cars of this type are produced in his factory, and each one costs more than one hundred thousand taels of silver coins.
Qiao Zhen's car stopped, and his friend Du Baonian came out of the car.
Qiao Zhen immediately opened the car door to greet him and said happily: "Brother Du has not been a guest at home for a long time. Brother Yu misses him very much."
He immediately invited Du Baonian into the living room.
They drank tea and talked about the things they had encountered recently.
Their topics, which were a bit unfamiliar before, became more and more heated as they talked.
Du Baonian drank a large cup of tea and complained: "Brother Qiao, our Shanxi merchants are not as united as before.
There are many people who take advantage of my trust in them.
I have improved the mentality of the younger generation, supported them, and led them to understand the relevant industry chain and sales situation.
After these juniors gained experience, they actually started to rob me of contracts with farmers and suppliers.
If I didn't have some assets in Nanyang, they would have successfully stabbed me in the back."
Qiao Zhen was not surprised at all when he heard Du Baonian's complaints.
"During the Ming Dynasty, Shanxi merchants were very powerful, especially the big merchants who had close ties with the imperial court.
You can get rid of those who don't follow the rules and unite with the government to destroy their families.
Only with this kind of strong means can everyone abide by the rules set by big businessmen.
With the current imperial system, we businessmen cannot influence the imperial court.
Without strong means, how can we make latecomers enforce the rules?
When doing business now, you must pay attention to contracts.
Only contracts signed under the witness of the government have the strongest binding force."
They chatted about some more things, and then Du Baonian changed his tone and said: "Brother Qiao, I travel all over the country and don't understand the court's policies.
Brother Qiao is in the capital, close to the center.
I want to go to Siam and Burma to establish plantations, what do you think about this?"
Du Baonian's prosperity was in Nanyang, and he only controlled hundreds of thousands of acres of fruit and sugar cane plantations.
Rubber, known as liquid silver, he only controls thousands of acres of land, leaving some saplings.
The rubber forests he had previously controlled were unable to compete with Wang's, and they were all acquired one after another.
In the cultivation of spices, Du Baonian never competed with Li Gong.
The Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is very united to the outside world, but among various companies, there is also their own acrimony.
Only by going to undeveloped areas can he establish a first-mover advantage.
The difficulty he encounters now is that his movements were not as fast as those of Wang Bonuo and Li Gong back then.
By taking one step at a time and monopolizing resources and industrial chains, latecomers have no way to compete.
When Qiao Zhen heard Du Baonian's inquiry, he understood what Du Baonian was thinking.
"Brother Du, Brother Yu can't predict the changes in the policies of the five new governors.
I don't know much about those governors. I don't know what their personalities are like or what policies they will adopt.
One thing Brother Yu can tell you is that the imperial court wants to immigrate 40 million Han people to the five governor-general offices.
This news will be announced soon."
When Du Baonian heard the news, he hugged his fists at Qiao Zhen.
"Brother Qiao, your news is extremely important to me."
When Du Baonian learned this news, he was able to make up his mind to invest heavily in Burma and Siam.
He was not afraid of investment failure, but he was most afraid that these places would be lost soon, just like how Jiaozhi was recovered in the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
He planned to invest hundreds of millions of silver coins, but the local situation was unstable and all these investments were in vain.
How could a businessman like him go against the general trend?
Now the imperial court is carrying out a large-scale immigration policy, which is to treat these places as native lands.
Du Baonian no longer worried that his investment was in jeopardy.
He believed that most businessmen would think the same as him and have full confidence in the court.
This time he was one step faster than the others.
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Hancheng County, Jinjia Village.
Jin Dacheng wore a fourth-grade official uniform and came to worship at the village ancestral hall.
Many old people in the village looked at the old man in official uniform with envious and proud expressions.
"This kid Dacheng, I thought he had a lot of potential.
I heard that he is going to be the magistrate of Higashiwa Ezo Prefecture, where is Higashiwa Ezo Prefecture?"
An old man with a white beard smoked dry tobacco from his pipe, exhaled the smoke and said: "The East Japanese Ezo Prefecture is opposite us, not far from Fuhai. That's where the Japanese pirates landed in our place."
As soon as this sentence came out, it immediately aroused the memory of these old people.
When they were young, Japanese pirates invaded Korea on a large scale, and they all witnessed the brutality of the Japanese pirates.
"I want to tell this kid Dacheng that his great-grandfather died at the hands of Japanese pirates.
There must be Japanese pirates in the area he governs, and he must be strict when encountering problems and not let those beasts go."
After Jin Dacheng paid homage to his ancestors, he found a genealogy in the ancestral hall.
He was immediately excited and said to his family members: "I have found the genealogy. Our ancestors were Han Chinese who fled from Liaodong during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty."
The people in the village were very excited when they heard the news.
"Really? We are actually Han Chinese."
After confirming the genealogy, they immediately prepared to go to the ancestral temple to recognize their ancestors and return to their clan.
Being Han Chinese has huge benefits.
If you buy a big ox, the court will give you a subsidy of three taels of silver coins.
They were extremely envious of the generous treatment they enjoyed.
Jin Dacheng looked at the joy of the villagers and believed that his ancestors would forgive him for his actions.
If the villagers did not become Han Chinese, they would most likely go to Japan with him.
This was the only thing he could do for his family before he resigned as county magistrate.
The imperial court has issued a decree to immigrate one million Koreans to East Japan's Ezo Island.
Jin Dacheng took the clan elders and a small box of gold coins to the local ancestral temple to recognize his ancestors.
After finishing this matter, he immediately returned to the Seoul County Government Office and began to take charge of the immigration work.
After Jin Dacheng read the information reported by his subordinates, he scolded him in fluent Chinese: "How do you do things in Seoul?
The immigration target assigned by the Chief Envoy to Seoul County is 80,000 people.
The number of people reported now is not even 8,000.
The court gave us half a year, but in half a month, before I set off, we must see that the quota of 80,000 people is reached.
Anyone who fails to do his job will be dismissed from his position.
I am still the county magistrate of Seoul, and I have not officially handed over my duties, so I have enough power to deal with you."
The officials from Seoul County were immediately sweating profusely.
"Master Jin, it's not that we don't work hard, many fellow villagers cannot leave their hometown."
Jin Dacheng immediately reprimanded: "If you can't persuade him, then he will be taken away by force.
Except for the only child in the family, as long as there are two or more children in the family, one of them must immigrate to Ezo Island.
I only look at the results, not the process.
At this time, the governor will not punish us just because we use some tricks."
Jin Dacheng immediately asked his men to use coercive measures.
As the governor of Ezo, he must ensure that the above arrangements are completed perfectly under his rule.
If he can't set an example, what reason would he have to report other local officials for their inaction?
He believed that officials from all over the country would complete their tasks very quickly.
The cabinet released news that officials with good performance can be promoted to one level and serve in the Dongwa Governor's Mansion.
This is an excellent opportunity for Korean officials who have difficulty in promotion, and no one will miss it.
As soon as Jin Dacheng's decree came out, cries came from every village in Hancheng County.
The children bid farewell to their parents and prepare to settle in a strange place.
This separation may last a lifetime.
But it was these Korean officials who tried their best to express themselves and allowed the immigrants to reach Ezo Island as quickly as possible.
This island will become the main settlement place of the Korean people in the future.
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Shashaling, Yongning Prefecture, Guizhou.
The county magistrate Liu Guangming went to the countryside in person to promote the imperial court's immigration policy.
His Majesty the Emperor signed the imperial edict, and the cabinet ordered the provinces to implement it.
It would take the imperial court more than ten years to immigrate 40 million people to the five governor-general offices.
Each province is allocated a certain quota of immigrants by the court.
Provinces with large populations, Shandong, Henan, and Sichuan, are allocated more places, while other provinces are allocated fewer places.
The southwestern provinces also allocate many places because of their harsh environment and close distances.
The governor has issued an order to immigrate all areas in Guizhou that are not suitable for living to other places in the south.
County Magistrate Liu Guangming came to Mopan Township. Many village representatives who had received the news, led by the village chief, were waiting in front of the township office.
After the arrival of County Magistrate Liu Guangming, these village representatives put forward their opinions.
"Master Magistrate, the court has allocated land to us, but I can't bear to part with those few acres of thin farmland."
"Master Magistrate, I haven't repaid the money I borrowed from the government to buy cattle, so how can I just walk away?"
"Master Magistrate, we Miao people have adapted to life here and don't want to move to other places.
This immigration should have nothing to do with us."
County Magistrate Liu Guangming listened to the various questions raised by the villagers. None of them wanted to move to a strange place.
The imperial court has long thought of these issues and has made corresponding arrangements.
County Magistrate Liu Guangming said loudly: "Folks, this county knows that you have many concerns.
The imperial court has taken these situations into consideration. Please listen to the imperial court's policy.
You can decide for yourself whether to immigrate or move to the county town."
After Magistrate Liu Guangming said these words, the villagers immediately fell silent.
He immediately began to introduce the imperial court's immigration policy.
"As long as you immigrate to the new Governor's Mansion, the imperial court will grant you ten times the land now.
This time there is no need for a loan, the land is released free of charge and belongs to you forever. Free trade is not allowed for these lands.
Farm tools, cattle and other supplies, as well as factories built in the village.
If you want to give it up, the government will purchase the materials in your hands according to the market price after deducting the loan.
The land here is barren, but there are fertile fields with three crops a year.
Our county is sparsely populated and has a harsh environment.
Outsiders are reluctant to come, and it is difficult to get a wife here.
As long as you immigrate and don't have a family, the local governor's office will allocate a daughter-in-law to you.
New immigrants are exempted from taxes by the imperial court for five years.
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If you choose to stay in the county, you will not be able to enjoy these policies."
Liu Guangming, the county magistrate, introduced all the imperial policies regarding this immigration.
After the villagers heard this, many of them were very moved.
Especially bachelors from relatively poor families support the immigration policy the most.
County Magistrate Liu Guangming listened to the people's discussions and found that most people were willing to immigrate.
He knew the reason why it was so easy was closely related to the credibility of the court.
The imperial court organized immigration many times, and all the conditions promised by the imperial court were fulfilled.
It is precisely because of this reputation that the people are willing to obey the court's arrangements and immigrate to a strange place.
There are many immigrants in all prefectures and counties of Dahua, led by officials, who take different means of transportation to the new Governor's Mansion.
The five major governor-general offices soon welcomed approximately three million Han immigrants.
With the help of these immigrants, local officials quickly grasped the situation in various places.
The remaining survivors, old and young, tried their best to resist, but they couldn't make a splash.
