Emperor Liu used to be self-effacing and tried hard to appear peaceful, but he was actually a very proud man. He had a vision beyond the times and wisdom that could penetrate people's hearts. He changed the direction of the entire world in his life.
, established a huge empire with unprecedented centralized power.
Emperor Liu had always been restrained and heavy-handed, but he showed arrogance and arrogance from time to time. At least as an autocratic emperor, Emperor Liu's achievements were unprecedented, and it would be difficult for anyone to do so again in the future.
But as he grew older and reached his twilight years, Emperor Liu's mentality continued to change. Reform and innovation, centralization of power, unification of the world, and expeditions to the north and south, these things that Emperor Liu had been proud of for decades, now seemed to him.
After all, there are still a few emperors who have done this for thousands of years.
After more than twenty years of peace, Emperor Liu found that the only thing he could really be proud of was overseas colonization. It was not about showing off his power outside the territory. In Emperor Liu's view, this was an attempt to break the stereotypes of Chinese history.
A way to vent internal conflicts.
Although the current Han Dynasty and the empire cannot get rid of some feudal and backward frameworks, the living space of the people has been greatly expanded, and they have a certain degree of personal freedom.
For ordinary ordinary people, if they cannot bear the heavy burden and oppression at home, there are completely other ways out, and there are many choices, such as moving to the border and going to sea. As long as you are bold enough and dare to take risks, there are countless land resources around the Han Dynasty.
For the Han people to use, especially the vast Nanyang area. Although it is a large area of wilderness and has a harsh environment, most of it is high-quality resources and only needs to be developed. With the focus and technology of the Han people in agriculture, as long as people go
, don’t worry about not getting results.
As for the various influences and restrictions that local forces have on ordinary people, it is certainly inevitable, but it is also unrealistic to achieve complete control under the policy environment of the Han Dynasty.
Regarding immigration to the border areas and overseas expansion, the imperial court's attitude has always been to support and insist on it. It has already regarded immigration as one of the important indicators for the promotion assessment of officials in various places, and has written it into the ancestral system.
That's right, Emperor Liu still couldn't resist the urge to set the ancestral system. Although he was worried that the rules he set would become the "righteousness" of those who are stuck in their ways, Emperor Liu still did it. At least in his opinion, these rules he set
All rules are for the long-term peace and stability of the empire.
Emperor Liu's original intention of establishing the ancestral system was, of course, to restrict future generations from messing around. From a perspective that transcends the times for thousands of years, he has the qualifications and confidence to do this.
Moreover, many of these matters were in order to maintain the enterprising and enterprising spirit of the Han Dynasty officials and people. For this enterprising spirit, a kind of stubborn and conservative measures had to be adopted. Sometimes, reality is so contradictory.
The issue of immigration and development is even more intense. Northeast China, Monan, Gaochang, Anxi, and Annan are all key development areas for the century-old plan.
Under such a background, the government offices across the Han Dynasty naturally responded enthusiastically. When it came to promotion assessments and official titles, the bureaucrats of the Han Dynasty were naturally particularly dedicated.
Of course, you don't want to just let them do what they want. Otherwise, in order to complete the task and achieve a glorious result, you can think of any method that is not ridiculous and bad, and you can do anything without a bottom line.
As a result, Emperor Liu continued to impose restrictions and tighten the spell on his bureaucrats. In view of the lessons of the Yulin Rebellion, government immigration has a basic principle, that is, it is voluntary and cannot be forced. If some officials do not want to achieve their goals,
, if you use your power to bully others without resorting to any means, you can report it to the higher-level government. Once verified, you will be severely punished. And if a "mass" incident like the Yulin Rebellion occurs due to immigration matters, we will also investigate to the end.
Officials involved will not be treated lightly.
At the same time, the immigration destinations are also strictly regulated. Anton, Anxi, and Annan are the first batch, Gaochang, Monan and other peripheral areas are the second batch, and the rest are the last batch.
All immigrants organized by the government must be recorded in detail to ensure the management and control of immigrants. The number of immigrants and their performance assessment will be counted by each locality and submitted to the court for comparison and assessment by the two parties. In this process, the court also
Envoys will be dispatched from time to time to supervise and inspect.
As for overseas immigration, so far, it is still based on spontaneous private actions, and it has not yet reached the point where the government has come forward to organize it. When it comes to immigration, real borders are still the most important consideration in current policies.
However, it is conceivable that when the new tax reform is completely completed, the Han Dynasty will usher in a terrifying population wave, which cannot be stopped. Perhaps by then, alleviating population pressure will become the main purpose of immigration.
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The trend of state-owned enterprises is fierce, so beggar-thy-neighbors are the solution that Emperor Liu can think of, which provides more choices for the people of the Han Dynasty and more possibilities for the Han Empire. Fortunately, the world is large enough for the people of the Han Dynasty to travel.
Therefore, although the imperial court has not organized large-scale forced migration of people for more than 20 years, under the guidance of this relatively mild policy, the Han Dynasty has still made considerable achievements in immigration in recent years.
By accumulating a small amount of time and effort, the scale of the immigrant population achieved was several times larger than that of the brutal forced relocations of the past.
Of course, in this process, I have to praise the performance of those bureaucrats who tried every means to actively promote good political performance and promotion prospects.
We dare not use simple and crude policies indiscriminately, but there are other ways. Many local governments choose to induce them with benefits. Many areas with poor land and large populations choose to use part of the tight tax retention money to provide incentives to people who are willing to move to the border areas.
Subsidy.
Therefore, for many people who are willing to go to the border areas, they will already have their first income from the time they submit the application. When they arrive at the destination, land, seeds, farming tools and other production materials are usually fully prepared. In some places,
, even the houses to live in are taken into consideration, and with a certain amount of subsidies, the livelihood rations during the reclamation period will not be less.
For the purpose of immigration, the imperial court also allocated a special sum of money for this purpose. By the 24th year of Kaibao, the amount of this sum had reached three million yuan. This was not a small sum.
I have to mention that in order to support the development of Anton, the imperial court allocated one million guan every year. As the development of Anton gradually got on track, this money was stopped due to some obscure reasons. But it is not difficult to see from it that Liu
The emperor was concerned about the development of the Andong region, the stability of the northeastern border defense, and his preference for his eldest son Liu Xu.
On the other hand, the Xuanwei Department also went all out to publicize and select the advantages of each immigration area for publicity. This has indeed achieved considerable results.
In recent years, there have been many such phenomena in the Han Dynasty. The government sent officials to the countryside to publicize the court's immigration policy and local government immigration preferential treatment one by one.
It won’t work once, and it won’t work in a year, but over the years, there will always be people who are tempted. After all, even Anton was described in the brochure produced by the Xuanwei Department as a fertile land with thousands of miles of fertile land, where animal, plant and mineral resources are available, except for
It's a bit cold, no disadvantages...
With the implementation of the large-scale tax reform of the imperial court, once completed, the social environment changes, coupled with the policy drive, a new wave of immigrants will predictably break out.
In the past, although many government officials did a better job in promoting immigration for the sake of promotion and assessment, they did not form a comprehensive consensus. Considering other interests, bureaucrats were actually unwilling to do such a wasteful and wasteful thing as immigration.
Under the two-tax system, the government's financial input mainly depends on people. The larger the population, the more fiscal and tax revenue can be collected, and the less it can be distributed to individuals. The burden on the people under governance will be relatively lightened. As long as they know how to exercise restraint, the public resentment caused by
It will also be smaller.
Bureaucrats in various places can basically regard the people under their control as chickens in cages that can continuously harvest and lay eggs. Unless necessary, they are easily unwilling to let the chickens out of the cage and give the chickens that lay eggs to others.
But now the situation is different. Population has long ceased to be a criterion for assessing political performance, and the basis for tax calculation and tax payment rules have also changed. Land is rationed, and no matter how many people there are, it will hardly affect the collection of regular taxes.
In this way, maintaining a large population is obviously not cost-effective for the government's operations. After all, raising so many people costs food. When disaster occurs, relief and tax reductions are required. No matter how you look at it, it is a loss.
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The poorer the place, the more so. For officials, whether it is career or profit considerations, they are motivated to do it; for the people, with the support of the court's policies, there are direct benefits, in addition to having to leave their hometown and take on the responsibility of border security
risk and no other disadvantages, it’s a win-win result.
If we talk about risks, people have already embarked on a risky journey since birth...
Of course, once a wave of immigrants forms, it will not be so friendly to domestic landowners. After all, they control a large amount of land and require a large amount of manpower for farming and management.
As for the labor shortage that may be caused by immigration, it will be replenished as the population explodes again. It is difficult for the Han Dynasty to have a headache due to the lack of population.
On the other hand, it can also limit the exploitation of domestic landlords. Once it goes too far, people can run away. If they immigrate openly and drive people away, what is the use of retaining the land...