Chapter 1052, small meeting in the study room (supplement)
In the study room of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Hongzhi, as usual, left the main ministers to hold a small meeting after the morning court to discuss some major national affairs.
"Dear dear friends~"
"Nanyun Province is nearly ten thousand miles away from the Ming Dynasty. The immigrants who migrate there must make proper arrangements along the way to ensure the lives of the immigrants."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at the huge map and stared at the location of Nanyun Province and said.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I have strictly ordered all places along the way to properly receive immigrants. News has also come from the Western Region Province that they have prepared 50,000 horses to pull four-wheeled carriages, which is enough to greatly reduce the fatigue of the immigrants' journey."
Li Dongyang has always been in charge of immigration matters, so he was the first to speak out.
"Hmm~"
“Have incentives for immigrants been formulated in Nanyun Province?”
Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction. Now that the Ming Dynasty's national power was at its peak, and there was so much money in the treasury that he couldn't use it up, he could carry out various constructions in a drastic way.
Roads, rivers, reservoirs, bridges, immigration, etc., these things that were unthinkable before, are now launched in large numbers every year, benefiting all parts of the Ming Dynasty, and the benefits are slowly emerging, allowing people to taste the benefits. Emperor Hongzhi was very enthusiastic about these things.
Large-scale infrastructure construction, large-scale immigration, overhaul of water conservancy, large-scale construction of cities, ports, etc. not only solved a large number of employment problems, but also promoted the economic and social development of the Ming Dynasty.
"Back to Your Majesty, it has been worked out~"
"Every person who immigrated to Nanyun Province, regardless of age or sex, will receive a reward of 150 acres of land. In addition, they will also receive a resettlement fee of ten taels of silver. Each person will be rewarded with one horse and ten sheep. , two slaves, and each other two people will be rewarded with an ox."
"At the same time, here in Nanyun Province, immigration towns have been established to allocate houses to immigrants free of charge, and at the same time, they are given a settlement ration of two hundred kilograms of grain per day."
Li Dongyang thought for a while and replied.
"Hmm~"
"These rewards must be implemented in place, and there must be no deductions. The common people moved their families to the borders of our Ming Dynasty to open up territory for our Ming Dynasty and protect their homes and country. The court cannot treat them badly."
"Not only must we ensure their lives in their new home, but we must also enable them to quickly take root wherever they go. Only in this way can we consolidate our Ming Dynasty's rule in these areas."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction.
In fact, this system is already quite mature. In recent years, the scale of Ming Dynasty's immigration has become larger and larger, with millions of people migrating to various places every year.
As long as they are officially organized immigrants, the imperial court will give various rewards and provide food and accommodation along the way, so that all immigrants can not only move to new places smoothly and safely, but also settle down quickly. Live and work in peace and contentment.
Liaodong, the Western Regions, Hexi, Nanyang, Australia, Golden Island, etc., immigrants from these places have all moved there using this system, and there have been no problems so far.
The immigrants moved smoothly and quickly took root in the local area. The immigration areas were also quickly developed. For example, Liaodong has now become the most important granary of the Ming Dynasty. The food produced every year is enough to feed the entire Ming Dynasty.
"Yes, Your Majesty~"
Li Dongyang nodded quickly.
In fact, not only the Ming court is constantly organizing immigrants to move to various places, but the vassal states established overseas by the original princes of the Ming Dynasty and the colonies established by major trading houses are also robbing people.
The conditions offered are very good.
Like the Western United Trading Company, they first occupied the island of Ceylon and have now begun to expand their colonies to the Tianzhu subcontinent. They have acquired a lot of land and require a large number of manpower to move there.
In order to attract people from the Ming Dynasty, the conditions offered by the Western United Trading Company are quite good. They will reward you with hundreds of acres of land, cattle, horses, food, and money. If you are a bachelor, they will even match you with a few women for free.
you.
As for the vassal states, the largest vassal state was the Ning State established by King Ning. The Ning State first occupied the Guli State on the Tianzhu side. Then, with the Guli State as the center, it quickly became rich by relying on the slave trading business, and then continued to expand.
, and later went to East Africa to seize colonies.
Now Ningguo's land area is quite large, but the Han people are sparse and the rule is unstable, so Ningguo is constantly recruiting talents.
As long as the people of the Ming Dynasty are willing to go to Ningguo, they will be rewarded with hundreds of acres of land, horses, cattle, sheep, grain, money, slaves, and women. It can be said that they have spent a lot of money. The purpose is to increase the number of Han people in their country.
Consolidate your rule.
Attracted by many policies, a large number of people in the Ming Dynasty also emigrated rapidly. In some places, the population loss was so severe that many former villages were completely deserted.
This matter once aroused dissatisfaction among local officials, who wrote letters asking the court to stop immigration and so on. However, it is obvious that insisting on immigration is the basic national policy of the court and cannot be changed because of this. These local officials who wrote letters are nothing more than letting themselves
There will be no loss of points in the assessment of population growth.
"Your Majesty, the Hax Khanate has been delaying the tribute of horses this year. Until now, they have only paid tribute to less than 30,000 horses."
"It seems that they saw the fierce battle we had with the Ottoman Empire and are waiting for the result. They informed Yang Yun to whip the Hax Khanate hard and ask them to add 50,000 more horses this year."
"Your Majesty, about 7,000 people in the river area who were trafficked by the Ottoman Empire have been recovered. In the Middle East, there are some tribal chiefs who refuse to return my Daming people. What's more, they deliberately beheaded my Daming people.
Human hands and feet.”
"How unreasonable~"
"Tell Yang Yun to directly lead the army into the Middle East to save our people of the Ming Dynasty. Anyone who harms our people of the Ming Dynasty will be severely punished!"
"Yes~"
"Your Majesty, this year's treasury revenue for the past hundred years has been calculated. Over the past hundred years, our Ming Dynasty has accumulated tax revenue of 75 million taels of silver, expenditures of 52 million taels of silver, and a balance of 23 million taels of silver."
"There is no use putting money in the treasury. It is just a pile of iron lumps. I think we should continue to build roads and bridges on a large scale and spend as much money as possible."
"Well, we are planning some cement roads connecting various places, and building a cement road to Nanyun Province."
"..."
In the study room, the ministers constantly reported one thing to the emperor Hongzhi. All kinds of major matters related to the national economy and people's livelihood were decided in this study room, and then they were quickly conveyed and implemented.
"Your Majesty, the smallpox virus in Huanghuangzhou has been brought under control. The cowpox vaccination method developed by Professor Li Anyuan's team at Daming Medical College has undergone a large number of experiments here in Huanghuangzhou and has been proven to be effective in preventing smallpox.
Method."
"I believe that Li Anyuan's team should be rewarded to encourage doctors all over the world to study medicine and treat diseases and save lives."
Seeing that everyone had talked about it, Liu Jin also stood up and reported to Emperor Hongzhi the affairs of the medical school.
"Well, I also have this intention in this matter."
Emperor Hongzhi touched his thick beard and nodded in agreement.
Since having surgery last year to remove the damaged intestinal abscess, Emperor Hongzhi's health has improved significantly. He is now rosy and shiny, his original white hair has turned black, and he has begun to gain weight.
Even the beard is starting to become thicker.
Emperor Hongzhi felt that his health had improved, so he admired the medical skills of Daming Medical College very much. This time, Li Anyuan made great contributions and was ready to reward him well.
"I plan to confer a count to Li Anyuan, and the rest of his team will also be able to receive rewards. If nothing else, the land here in Golden Continent will definitely be indispensable for them."
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and said.
"Your Majesty's Holy Might~"
When Liu Jin heard this, he quickly complimented him.
"Your Majesty, is this the title of earl inappropriate?"
At this time, Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, thought for a while and stood up and said: "My titles in the Ming Dynasty are all based on military merit. I am afraid that the world will not accept Li Anyuan's title of earl."
"What Mr. Liu said is wrong~"
"Of course military honors are ancestral, but the method of preventing smallpox virus developed by Li Anyuan can save countless people. This is also a very great contribution. In my opinion, as long as it contributes to the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty,
Everyone should be able to be knighted, and it should not just be limited to military merit."
When Liu Jin heard this, he quickly objected.
When others heard this, they all nodded. There have been too many people who have been knighted in recent years, and they are basically all soldiers who have made military achievements. In comparison, there are very few civil servants, and very few people have been knighted.
, which made the civil servants feel a little unbalanced.
Well now, even a medical doctor needs to be knighted. Forget about Zhang Zhigang, who was knighted last year. He saved the life of Emperor Hongzhi. There is nothing to say about being knighted. But if Li Anyuan is also knighted, then let the civil servants be knighted.
It was hard for them to accept it.
"Your Majesty, gentlemen~"
"The reason why Professor Li Anyuan is knighted is because his contribution is enough to be written into the history, enough to be remembered for generations, and can save tens of thousands of lives. At the same time, it can also encourage more people to invest in research in the medical field.
Develop more drugs and methods to treat diseases, which can greatly reduce deaths caused by diseases and improve the medical level of our Ming Dynasty."
"In the final analysis, this is actually for our Ming Dynasty and for each of us."
Seeing that no one seemed to support his opinion, Liu Jin spoke again.
"What Liu Aiqing said makes sense. As far as I'm concerned, if it were before, this intestinal carbuncle would definitely not have been cured, but because Daming Medical College developed a surgical treatment method, it was cured."
"Medical technology is related to everyone in our country and should be given high priority."
Emperor Hongzhi expressed his support with deep understanding.