Jingzhou is located to the south of the Qinling Mountains, and the flood season and farming season arrive earlier than in Guanzhong. When Li Tai returned to Jingzhou, farming in the countryside was busy.
On some land that had been abandoned for a long time, there are also people who work hard to reclaim the wasteland. Many ruins of villages and towns that have been abandoned for a long time have been cleared out, and some temporary shacks and felt tents have been built in place. The people living in them are all new people. People who are subject to naturalization.
Soon after Li Tai came to rule Jingzhou, he successively issued various decrees such as encouraging farming and expanding households, aiming to revive the people's livelihood economy in the Nanyang Basin.
In the beginning, people were often unfamiliar with the laws because they were not accustomed to them. However, as time went by and the decrees were steadily implemented, the contents of these decrees gradually became deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and became an important factor in maintaining stability in the Mianbei area today. Order and regulations.
When Li Tai returned to town, he also brought a large number of personnel from Guanzhong. Last year, he had already encouraged the local tycoons of Qumeng to invest their resources in Jingzhou, and he had even transferred many personnel resources there. .
Although these investments have not yet seen significant returns, a series of war victories in the second half of last year gave people great confidence and stimulated their pace of additional investment.
In the ancient social environment, in order to achieve large-scale cross-regional personnel resource flows, either the power of the state was used to force migration, or frequent natural and man-made disasters forced people to leave their homes.
As for the large-scale movement of people in a short period of time based on the pursuit of interests, it is not common. This is because the development level of the industrial and commercial environment in ancient times was not high enough, and of course because of the strict control of the registered population by the imperial court and the government.
The ancient society, which relied on land rent and small tax as the main tax method, was destined to have a firm grasp on land and population. Once the control over these two was relaxed, the decline of the regime would not be far away.
Although Li Tai can now be said to have a high position in the Western Wei Dynasty, if he is blatantly poaching the corners of the Taifu and drawing a large number of Guanzhong people to the Nanyang Basin, the Taifu will not just sit idly by and will definitely take action to stop it. .
However, population is not the resource that the Nanyang Basin is in urgent need of now. The newly acquired land of Handong already has a large population. In addition, Li Taidong conquered the people who were kidnapped from various places and brought them back to Jingzhou, as well as the people who continued to come from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The people of Nanliang who fled westward now also regard the land under Li Tai's rule as a defection target.
In short, due to various reasons, the population under Jingzhou's rule has surged, and it has even exceeded the number of people that the local productivity development level can support.
Therefore, what is most urgently needed in the Nanyang Basin right now is to continue to overhaul water conservancy, improve the farming environment, and vigorously develop agricultural production and various handicraft production, and all of this requires the investment of massive financial resources.
Before leaving Guanzhong, Li Tai also held a series of consultations with the people of the Taiwan government on this matter, hoping that the Taiwan government could encourage and support the transfer of money and goods resources from Guanzhong to the Nanyang Basin.
Because the fastest and most convenient passage from Guanzhong to Nanyang Basin is Wuguan, and Wuguan has always been directly controlled by the Taiwan government due to its huge strategic value. Therefore, if you want to transport large quantities of people and goods, you can never hide it from Taiwan. The eyes and ears of the government.
Although Li Tai had previously opened up a Ziwuling-Hanshui channel, with the recovery of the Hanzhong area in Shannan, this line was no longer suitable for frequent platform bottom operations.
Of course, the most fundamental reason is that Li Tai's powerful position is no longer suitable for carrying out too many conspiratorial acts. Even if it can be effective in a short time, it will still be harmful in the long run.
With the resources and channels he now has at his disposal, he can also bypass the control of the Taiwan government and realize the transfer of materials, but it is impossible to say that it is done in a flawless manner and no one can know.
Even if there is no conclusive evidence, there will definitely be rumors. Even if these rumors are not enough to hurt Li Tai, in the long run they will increase the cost of Taiwan government's trust in him, thereby imposing obstacles and obstructions in other aspects.
So it is better to talk openly and honestly with the Taiwan government. Today, the Jingzhou General Administration requires a large amount of money and resources to be invested to promote local recovery and development, so it needs to raise funds in Guanzhong.
And Li Tai made a promise to the Taiwanese government that for the funds imported from Guanzhong to the Nanyang Basin, the Jingzhou General Administration can return one-tenth of the total share to the Taiwanese government, and will draw a certain amount from the profits obtained from these investments year by year.
The share will be returned to the Taiwanese government.
In order to obtain the strong support of the powerful people in Kansai, the Taiwan government gave these powerful people a great deal of autonomy, such as being pastors of Honshu, setting up prefectural commanders, etc., and granted a lot of local military and political power. And for these
Naturally, the Taiwan government has no right to interfere with or tax the property of local tyrants.
The suggestion put forward by Li Tai was actually a bad idea, but it was worthy of discussion because Taifu was too poor.
If these wealth were left in Guanzhong, although it would be hidden among the people, if the Taiwan government wants to really get it, it must take some tough measures, which will undoubtedly greatly undermine the stability of the Guanzhong area. But if it is transferred from Guanzhong to Nanyang, the Taiwan government will
Then you can take the opportunity to exploit one layer and obtain tangible benefits without any bloodshed.
From another perspective, Li Tai also used the development prospects of the entire Nanyang Basin as bait to open up a new source of income for the Tai government. As for the Nanyang Basin, which will gain greater benefits from this, the Nanyang Basin is also part of the empire's territory.
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The Taiwan government attaches great importance to this issue, and one of the final ideas is probably to ensure that this benefit can be obtained, but not to completely relax control, causing a large amount of assets in Guanzhong to flow out to Jingzhou.
Therefore, the final decision made by the Taiwan government was that the Jingzhou General Administration Office would take the lead in proposing a fund-raising plan, and then submit it to the Taiwan government for review and approval. Next, in the process of raising funds, the first step would be to return the funds that need to be transferred to the Taiwan government in proportion.
One-tenth of the funds will be deducted first, and then the rest can be sent to Jingzhou.
At the same time, there is also a limit on the time when Guanzhong can transfer funds to Jingzhou, which can only be between the period after autumn and the New Year. Apart from this, transfers are prohibited at other times.
This series of regulations has "taking advantage and plundering" directly written on his face. The former stipulation must first meet the Taiwan government's share before transporting to Jingzhou. Li Tai can barely accept it. After all, if he takes other routes, he will have to transport the goods alone.
The cost and the risks that need to be taken along the way are already far more than one tenth.
However, the latter item is simply an insult to Li Tai's IQ. It should be noted that the period from the end of autumn to the New Year is the time when the Taiwan government conducts financial summary, summarizes the previous year and formulates a financial plan for the new year.
The gathering of private capital in Guanzhong and exporting during this period provides a good opportunity for government officials like the Taiwan government to seize it. Any shortfall in the current year's revenue and expenditure and any shortfall in the next year's expenses can be obtained from this cash flow.
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Li Tai was originally an old man in the Taiwanese government, so how could he not understand the meaning of this? This plan was obviously a plan to kill big households that was suddenly thought up by officials who were driven crazy by the poor financial situation in the Taiwanese government.
Of course he would not agree, and even directly withdrew the proposal, unwilling to discuss it further.
However, the Taiwan government has even included this yet-to-be-determined revenue into its expenditure plan. If it is not received, it will have a series of negative consequences.
In the end, Lu Tong, an old acquaintance, bravely came to Li Tai's house again and begged him to go to the Taiwanese government to continue the discussion. Only then did they reach a consensus that the Taiwanese government would stipulate how much money could be transferred to Jingzhou every year. If there was any shortage, the specific amount would be calculated.
One-tenth was collected, and if the amount exceeded, a certain percentage was required to be increased. In addition, the Taiwan government appointed an envoy to the Jingzhou General Manager's Office to record the general situation of this part of the money transactions. Apart from this, there were no other restrictions.
Because the two parties have formed a tacit understanding on this, there are many representatives of Guanzhong powerful people following Li Tai in Guanzhong this time. They must carefully examine the investment environment in the Nanyang Basin and whether it is really profitable, and then decide whether to give up part of their family.
Assets are transferred here for investment.
Although they do not have any knowledge of systematic investment and financial management in later generations, at least they still have the common sense of diversification and risk aversion, so they are very enthusiastic about it. After all, since the Hu Dynasty and the Di Rebellion, the Nanyang Basin has
It is one of the mainstream safe havens for Guanlong people.
The reason why Li Tai wants to expand this matter, rather than just limiting it within the Qu League, is of course to maintain and strengthen his influence in Guanzhong. Even though he has not been in Guanzhong for a long time, the people of Guanzhong will still not forget him.
Ignore him because he is these people's money bag!
So on the way back to town, Li Tai had already sent an envoy back to Jingzhou, notifying Cui Qian and others who stayed behind in the General Manager's Office to make serious preparations and work hard to successfully hold the first investment promotion conference of the General Manager's Office in Jingzhou and convey the sincerity of the General Manager's Office in Jingzhou to these people.
The powerful people in Guanzhong showed themselves, and then attracted them to invest large sums of their own assets.