Chapter 1763, Immigration Issues in Black Earth Province
The place where the cabinet office is located in the capital.
Liu Jin and Ji Zhong were both busy. As for Li Dongyang, as expected, he fell ill and could no longer work. He had not even come to the morning court for some time.
This is a sad thing.
In fact, Li Dongyang is still very young, only in his sixties. When many ministers in the DPRK are in their seventies, he can be regarded as a young man.
If his physical condition is acceptable, he can actually continue to shine, and he can easily take the position of chief minister of the cabinet.
And as the saying goes, the body is the capital of revolution. Only with a good body can you have everything. Once the body is broken, you will lose everything.
Li Dongyang's health is getting worse and worse, but actually he is still a very miserable person.
He was talented, full of knowledge, and an able minister in governing the country. His talents were much better than Liu Jian's, but perhaps God was jealous of his talents and smooth career, so he encountered hardships in other aspects.
After giving birth to several sons, all of them died in infancy, leaving not even a single grandson, so that after his death, he was considered extinct. In this era where the inheritance of incense was valued, he had to adopt Li Zhaofan from his brother as the successor.
step son.
But a stepson is a stepson, after all, he is not his biological son.
This may be a huge and heavy blow to Li Dongyang.
This made him look even more miserable in his later years, and he was no longer interested in national affairs.
Emperor Hongzhi and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty can see this, especially now that the Ming Dynasty is prosperous, the country is rich and the people are strong, and there are also ministers like Liu Jin, Wang Shouren, Zhong Zhong, Han Wen, and Yang Yiqing in the court.
The presence.
This made Li Dongyang completely relieved.
"Build Houzhao City?"
Liu Jin looked at the latest telegram sent back from Europe. Zhu Houzhao won the battle and was not in a hurry to come back. Even though winter had begun and it was bitingly cold over there, Zhu Houzhao was in no hurry to come back.
It's not easy to go out now, and he won't come back until he has enough fun.
"It is indeed necessary to build a city on the coast of the Baltic Sea, and this location is also very good."
After Liu Jin carefully studied the map, he also expressed his appreciation for Zhu Houzhao's vision. The location he chose was very good. This place itself was a big city in later generations, with a superior geographical location and great development potential.
"If we just immigrate a million people to such a huge land, I'm afraid it will be difficult to effectively manage this land."
"The number of local Slavs, even after such a war, is probably at least tens of millions. Such a huge disparity in numbers will definitely be a factor of instability in the future."
"Perhaps we can consider moving some Caucasians and Georgians from Nanyun Province. They now have a very high sense of identification with our Ming Empire. If they help us guard Black Earth Province, the situation may be much better."
Liu Yuan thought carefully.
The Black Earth Province is really far away from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. If a railway had not been built directly to Xijigang Port on the east side of the Black Sea in Nanyun Province, millions of immigrants would have to immigrate to the Black Earth Province. That would be a bit of a fantasy.
It is actually very difficult to immigrate millions of people. The people of Ming Dynasty lived a very good life, and no one is willing to immigrate to a place as far away as Black Earth Province.
The imperial court also had to increase the immigration rewards, reward large areas of land, reward a large number of cattle, sheep, horses and a large amount of settlement fees.
In this way, many poor people from all over the country were finally attracted to go to Black Earth Province.
But this is still far from enough, because the area of the Black Earth Province is too large, and a large number of areas are barren. At the same time, there are still many local Slavs. In order to maintain the stable rule of the Ming Dynasty, more people must be moved there.
Go to these places.
Liu Jin also took a fancy to the native tribes in Nanyun Province.
Since Nanyun Province was incorporated into the rule of the Ming Empire, it has always been very stable. The local Caucasians and Georgians gradually gave up their original tribal ideologies and regarded themselves as Ming people, and were proud of them.
The concubine of His Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty was born here in Nanyun Province. Although she was not a Crown Princess, she was still canonized and gave birth to a prince to His Highness the Crown Prince.
In addition, there was a genius named Li Bai from Nanyun Province. He ranked first in the scientific examination, wrote a good poem, and was very talented in literature. Now he is a high official in the imperial court.
There are also a large number of local girls from Nanyun Province who are married as wives and concubines to the Ming army stationed in Nanyun Province. The integration of the ethnic groups is very good.
Of course, the most important thing is that after being merged into the Ming Empire, the people here no longer have to live in fear or bear high taxes. They live a stable and prosperous life. This is the fundamental reason why they recognize the Ming Empire.
These have also caused the population of Nanyun Province to surge. In just a dozen years, the population of Nanyun Province has almost doubled.
That's why Liu Jin thought about migrating some people from Nanyun Province to Black Earth Province, and also gave generous immigration rewards to encourage them to go to Black Earth Province.
There are these locals in Nanyun Province who have a high degree of identification with the Ming Dynasty, and they will find ways to move some grassland herdsmen from the grasslands and the Western Regions. Combined with the Ming Dynasty's original Sinicization policy and the Ming Dynasty system, I believe that after dozens of years of development, the Black Earth Province will
After hundreds of years of governance, it should be firmly under the control of the Ming Empire.
"There is a shortage of people everywhere, and there is a labor shortage in Beijing and Tianjin."
"There is also a shortage of people in Nanjing and Songhu in the south of the Yangtze River. Especially in Nanjing, there are too many people."
Liu Jin couldn't help but feel a headache when he thought about people.
Later generations said that there were many people, there were people everywhere, and they talked about cheap labor and so on.
Now the Ming Dynasty is seriously short of people. Although the population of the Ming Dynasty has exceeded 200 million, it is spread over such a vast land, and a large number of people have migrated to overseas colonies and vassals. This is even further
This exacerbated the population shortage in Ming Dynasty.
Now some people are proposing to develop slaves and allow slaves to enter the Ming Dynasty.
This matter has been suppressed by Liu Jin.
Slavery is a double-edged sword. It feels great when you use it, but it will definitely hurt you when it bounces back.
In contrast, Liu Jin wants to use the power of technology to improve productivity and reduce dependence on and demand for manpower. This is the way to development.
Just like farming, if people do the farming, no matter how diligent a person is, by the end of the year, you will only be able to cultivate a dozen acres of land.
With such a vast land like the Ming Dynasty, if we relied on primitive farming methods, we still don’t know how many people we would need. Even hundreds of millions of slaves would probably not be enough.
However, with the use of agricultural machinery such as cultivators, seeders, and harvesters, the efficiency can be greatly improved. One person can easily cultivate thousands of acres, or even tens of thousands of acres of land.
Using slaves will form a kind of dependence on slaves, because slaves are very cheap and intelligent. Once you are used to them, you will not think about researching technology and machinery to improve productivity, and even hinder the progress and development of science and technology and machinery.
develop.
Therefore, Liu Jin would not allow slaves to appear in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. The reason is that countless people cannot refute it. The mainland of the Ming Dynasty is the Chinese state and the cradle of the descendants of Yan and Huang. The reason why slaves are not allowed to appear is to protect this pure land.
This makes many people think that Liu Jin is not opposed to the use of slaves, but purely for the purity of the land of China. This point still has the support of many people.
Because Ming Dynasty's current mechanical technology and power technology have been greatly developed, the emergence of internal combustion engines has once again made a leap forward in Ming Dynasty's productivity.
Cars, trucks, buses and other new vehicles powered by internal combustion engines are rapidly becoming popular. At the same time, various machinery has been replaced with more powerful and controllable internal combustion engines, making them more efficient.
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All these make people in the Ming Dynasty feel that sometimes it is better to use machines than slaves, because slaves still need to rest, while machines often do not need to rest.
The slave may still resist, but the machine will not resist and will always work obediently.
The Ming Dynasty did not allow slaves to appear in the mainland, but in the Ming Dynasty's overseas lands, especially the vassal states and colonies, the slavery system generally existed, and the scale of slaves was getting larger and larger. A large number of slaves were used for colonial reclamation.
A great dependence on slaves has developed.
There is no way around this, because overseas is vast and sparsely populated, and the small population expected to immigrate from the Ming Dynasty simply cannot meet the needs of the colonies, so slaves are naturally a good choice.
"Liu Gong, Liu Gong~"
"It's not good, it's not good~"
"British Duke Zhang Mao is dying~"
Just as Liu Jin was thinking, someone hurriedly came to see Liu Jin.
"What?"
"Is Zhang Mao okay?"
When Liu Jin heard this, his eyes widened slightly, and then he said: "Prepare the car and go to the British government!"
