In the study of Emperor Hongzhi in the Qianqing Palace, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongzhi was discussing matters with several important ministers about the two provinces of Jiaozhi and Xianglin.
Liu Jin and Zhang Mao played very well, but they still have to clean up the rest of the matter.
"Your Majesty, we don't have enough manpower. There are more than 30 prefectures and more than 100 counties in the two provinces of Jiaozhi and Xianglin. Calculating, we need almost thousands of officials."
Wang Hao, the Minister of Personnel, reluctantly told Emperor Hongzhi that in the past, it was necessary to endure hardships to become an official, especially those who were promoted. If they failed to pass the Jinshi examination, they might not be able to hold an official position for the rest of their lives.
But now the situation seems to be a bit special, because Ming Dynasty is expanding too fast, and this year's tax reform requires a large number of officials, so that now there is an embarrassing situation that no one is available.
"During the Chinese New Year, didn't a lot of people be summoned to serve as officials?"
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and asked.
"Your Majesty, those have been distributed to Ryukyu, Nanyang provinces and tax bureaus in various places. Now there are no more people in the capital to be grateful."
Wang Hao quickly replied.
"That won't work. Jiaozhi and Xianglin are new places for our Ming Dynasty. People's hearts here are floating. We, our Ming Dynasty, must send officials there as soon as possible. Only in this way can we calm people's hearts and consolidate our Ming Dynasty's rule here."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately shook his head and said.
"Your Majesty, I think we might as well transfer local officials from the four provinces of Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Guangdong to serve in Jiaozhi and neighboring countries, and give them a little promotion."
"These provinces are relatively close to Jiaozhi and Xianglin, and can be reached faster. In addition, they may be more adaptable to the conditions in these places, which can better consolidate our Ming Dynasty's rule in these two places."
At this time, Liu Jian stood up and thought about it and made some suggestions.
"This is a very good plan~"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately clapped his legs and said: "Just follow this method and transfer officials from Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Guangdong to Jiaozhi and Xianglin."
"But in these two places, I know there are very few people. If I want to rule here for a long time, do you have any good ideas?"
After hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, everyone couldn't help but think deeply.
This expansion is too fast. Is it really not a good thing? These places are far away from the Ming Dynasty. There are few Ming people. Even if they were conquered by force, it is not easy to rule here.
"Your Majesty, do you think we should use the old method? Immigrate there."
"Migrate hundreds of thousands of people from the Central Plains, and then vigorously popularize our Chinese civilization in Xianglin and Jiaozhi? As the saying goes, those who are barbarians and Di are from China? Those who are from China are barbarians, and those from China are barbarians."
"As long as we persist in long-term education, in dozens or hundreds of years, this place will definitely become the same as the Central Plains. It will become my land of China, and the people here will also become the people of China."
Li Dongyang thought for a while and said.
"Hmm~"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly after hearing this. At present, it seems that there are only two ways. One is to change the population structure of these two places and increase the number of Ming people? The other is to continuously educate them and turn them into our Ming people.
The other ministers nodded after hearing this. Then Xie Qian thought for a moment and said, "It's probably not an easy task to immigrate hundreds of thousands of people to Jiaozhi and Xianglin."
"Half a million people will be moved to Liaodong this year? If we continue to immigrate to these two places, I'm afraid the imperial court's expenses will increase significantly. By then, the national treasury will be empty..."
"Please rest assured, Mr. Xie. Our Ming Dynasty's treasury is currently full, enough to support large-scale immigration."
After hearing Xie Qian's words, Hubu Shangshu Ji Zhong stood up, raised his head and spoke with his chest raised.
Isn’t it just money? Now the Ming Dynasty’s treasury is full of money. After Liu Jin’s tax reform, more than 7 million taels of tax silver are now paid to the treasury every month. This makes the Ming Dynasty’s financial situation suddenly proud.
Reversed, greatly improved.
Now Zhong Zhong speaks very confidently. There is a lot of money, and it is much easier for various yamen to ask him for money. Now he is a little worried about how to spend the money.
"Forehead…"
Xie Qian was stunned for a moment, and then he didn't know what to say.
In the past, if Emperor Hongzhi wanted to do something, if he objected, he would almost always say that the treasury was empty and the court had no money. But now, the Ming court is very rich.
There's a lot of silver.
The tax revenue of several million taels a month is not only tax money, but also the physical tax collected by the local tax yamen, etc. Now the imperial court not only increases the salary of officials, but also no longer issues paper-like banknotes.
, giving in kind, giving money, in short, the life of some honest officials is indeed much easier.
"Although money is not a problem, it is probably not easy to get people to immigrate to Cochin and Xianglin."
After thinking about it, Xie Qian could only say so awkwardly.
"Your Majesty, I think we can refer to Nanyang Province. If a family immigrate to these two provinces, they can be rewarded with a hundred acres of land, and they will be exempted from land tax, corvee, etc. for three years. We will be responsible for building houses for them. I
I think there are still people who would be willing to immigrate."
Liu Jian thought for a while and suggested that there should be preferential policies for immigrants now, such as land, tax exemption and exemption from corvee, etc. Anyway, just get people there.
"Well, just do as Liu Aiqing said."
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and nodded in agreement. There was no other way. Now the Ming Dynasty was expanding too fast. There were immigrants from Liaodong, Ryukyu, Nanyang, Xianglin, and Jiaozhi. And now the news has come back to Australia.
The route has been opened.
Australia has a vast territory and is sparsely populated. It is necessary to move some people here. I always feel that people are needed everywhere. However, the people of Ming Dynasty are unable to leave their hometown. They want to die in their hometown. I want them to
Immigration is so difficult.
Many times, administrative orders can only be used to force immigrants, and various preferential policies are more preferential than the others, which can be said to be heartbreaking.
"Your Majesty held the Autumn Ceremony of Honors and Talents this year. Officials from Nanyang Province wrote a memorial saying that Nanyang has recently joined our Ming Dynasty. Although Nanyang students are diligent and studious, their time is limited and they may not be good at their studies, so they ask your Majesty to give them some grace."
After talking about Xianglin and Jiaozhi, Wang Hao, the Minister of Personnel, talked about the Luncai Ceremony held every three years, which was a first-class event for the imperial court.
Especially this year, Ming Dynasty has added several more provinces, so the situation is a bit special.
"Well, then give them more places. In the spring of next year, no matter how well they do in the exam, we will give them a few Jinshi places."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately smiled and nodded in agreement.
The thing is, Emperor Hongzhi has always been very generous.
"Your Majesty, not only the Nanyang Province, but also the Liaodong region, I believe that a new province should also be established, and corresponding quotas should be given to the provinces within the pass."
"In addition, I believe that certain quotas should be given to the grasslands in the north. Regardless of the academic performance of the grassland students, there will only be a few quotas. When the time comes, these students from the grasslands will be transferred to other places to serve."
"In the two provinces of Xianglin and Jiaozhi, the people of the Ming Dynasty are in a state of flux. Your Majesty can take this opportunity to hold the imperial examination and win over the people. The two provinces of Xianglin and Jiaozhi are the same as in the provinces of the Central Plains."
Speaking of this matter, Wang Hao immediately mentioned Liaodong, grassland, elephant forest and Jiaozhi.
When everyone heard this, they immediately felt dizzy. There were now several more places. The key is that the education in these places is not good yet, but they cannot ignore it.
After all, this triennial ethics ceremony is a major event in the Ming Dynasty.
"At this time, we should do as Aiqing said. We should also make arrangements for next year's spring as early as possible and notify various places as early as possible so that students from all over the country can catch up on time."
"The number of Jinshi next year will also be increased accordingly, and the new ones entering our Ming province will be given appropriate care."
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and said.
"Yes~"
"Your Majesty, how should students from these provinces distinguish between the northern and southern rankings?"
Wang Hao nodded solemnly, thought for a while and then said.
When everyone heard this, they suddenly felt dizzy again. The Ming Dynasty's imperial examination itself had been divided into northern and southern rankings. According to geography, the Nanyang Province, Jiaozhi, and Xianglin Province should belong to the southern ranking, and Liaodong and the grassland should belong to the southern ranking.
Beibang.
"Your Majesty, I think we might as well set up another list of overseas provinces. From now on, all new places that our Ming Dynasty enters will be included in the list of overseas provinces."
Li Dongyang thought about it and suggested.
"List of overseas provinces?"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but twitch slightly. The North and South lists were not enough, and now we have to add an overseas provinces list.
"It's a good thing to add another list. It shows that our Ming Dynasty is prosperous and strong, but it doesn't sound very good to call it overseas provinces list. How about calling it Dongbang?"
Liu Jian thought for a while and said.
"Both of us, I think what Mr. Li and Mr. Liu said is true. Newcomers to our land of the Ming Dynasty are not yet educated. The students in these places must be weak in their studies. It is a good idea to list them separately."
Wang Hao thought for a while and expressed his support. This was the same as when the Ming Dynasty was founded and divided into north and south.
At first, students from the south were very good, but northerners couldn't pass the exam at all. As a result, students from the south dominated the exams, which made the students from the north extremely dissatisfied.
Later, in order to consider the importance of the unification of the north and the south, Zhu Yuanzhang also separated the students from the north and the south and divided them into two lists, so that everyone had nothing to say.
Now it is just a matter of referring to the North and South List and setting up an East List to include these new Ming provinces into the East List.
"This is a good policy. Let's proceed accordingly and include Nanyang Province, Liaodong, Grassland, Elephant Forest, and Jiaozhi into Dongbang."
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, great victory~great victory~"
At this time, Xiao Huangmen came panting and shouted before the person arrived.
