Wang Wenhua was the first to come out, and after flattering him, the others also responded. They all talked about His Majesty's benevolence and the blessings of the people.
This is no wonder they would say this. You must know that when Li Xuan said five million in three years and ten million in five years, it was actually far beyond their estimates.
Organizing internal immigration has basically been done in all dynasties. Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty did it before, and the scale was not small. Many people in Huguang, Guangxi and other places today actually came from Jiangxi during the early Republic of China.
Those who migrated from Zhili Sidao and other areas.
But there are many dynasties that have done this, but few actually spend money to do it!
Not to mention the astronomical investment of tens of millions of taels!
Most of the resettlement settlements in the past dynasties were forcibly relocating people, and a few would provide small subsidies. Of course, many would give wasteland free of charge, and also provide certain tax benefits after the land was reclaimed, but a large amount of money would be directly used for subsidies.
Yes, it’s still ten million taels in five years, which has never happened since ancient times!
In the hearts of these ministers, this kind of thing can definitely be regarded as the benevolence of the emperor. When they say these compliments, they don't even have to go against their consciences, but they mean it sincerely.
But they didn't know that Li Xuan was actually not just doing good deeds. First of all, the tax policy of the Tang Dynasty was completely different from that of previous dynasties. Although the Tang Dynasty spent more money, the taxes at that time were even higher.
Although ten million taels of silver is a lot, if divided into five years, it is actually only two million taels of silver a year. And two million taels of silver is enough to support more than 20,000 people in the Tang Dynasty today.
Professional army.
The official fiscal budget revenue of the Tang Dynasty in the sixth year of Xuanping, excluding various confiscations, trophies and other floating wealth, the official tax revenue was about 46 million taels of silver.
Taking out two million taels is actually only 23%, which is not a large proportion. You can basically squeeze it out by saving some in other areas.
At the same time, Li Xuan also considered that there may be a large-scale war this year and next year, but after Zhang Yue is defeated, the large-scale war will actually end, and a large amount of military expenses can be saved by then.
In this case, a large amount of money can be freed up to restore people's livelihood and develop the industrial and commercial economy.
The 10 million for this organization to immigrate is actually just a starting point, and Li Xuan has a comprehensive spending plan later!
Besides, taxation, to be honest, is actually taken from the people for the people. Otherwise, if the Tang Dynasty collected so much tax revenue, why not spend it? Li Xuan couldn't imitate those foolish kings in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Use it to build palaces and enjoy yourself!
And although Li Xuan also likes to have fun, he is not like many foolish kings in history. He is not interested in various huge palaces and the like. To be honest, he doesn't spend much money on eating, drinking and having fun.
However, these were Li Xuan's own thoughts, but in the eyes of the courtiers of this era, this approach was already an unprecedented act of benevolence and virtue.
After Li Xuan accepted the flattery of his ministers with peace of mind, he handed over the meeting to them. Like many usual meetings, after he set the basic tone, he did not participate in the detailed discussion. The following dozens of
The ministers and ministers will naturally actively participate and then propose various problems and solutions.
After waiting for two hours, the basic general direction was determined, but the details still needed to be considered. It was impossible to hold a one-day meeting and announce the matter to the whole world on the same day.
The next day, Li Xuan issued an imperial edict and formally established the Immigration and Reclamation Department, which was directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Agriculture. This department will be responsible for the subsequent organization of resettlement and reclamation matters.
Three days later, after various discussions by the cabinet, the resettlement and reclamation plan was finally determined and officially announced to the world!
The day after it was announced to the world, the full text of this imperial edict was published in the new issue of the Tang Dynasty Newspaper. The beginning was still the same old-fashioned call for the emperor to be carried by heaven.
But the content makes almost everyone who sees it cannot help but admire it!
The above content is actually not much. The core ones are as follows. The first is naturally the most important. The imperial court will invest 5 million taels in three years and 10 million taels in five years for subsidies for immigration and reclamation.
Local policies will provide local financial subsidies depending on the situation. The initial five-year total is approximately 8 million taels of silver.
Landless farmers can sign up and apply, and then the government will arrange to move to the reclamation area. After arriving, they can obtain a certain amount of wasteland, um, permanent property rights, which can be passed on to future generations.
After farmers reclaim land by themselves, they can get three years of tax exemption and five years of half tax, for a total of eight years of tax benefits. This preferential policy has actually been implemented for several years. It is an established preferential policy in the reclamation order. Whenever wasteland is reclaimed,
All can enjoy it.
Another very important point is that after immigrants arrive at their destination, the government will provide various subsidies, including uniform arrangements for free housing. Although the house is not good, it cannot be a brick house, it is just an ordinary thatched house, bamboo house, etc.
It's a simple house, but at least I have a place to stay.
Agricultural tool subsidies, this generally directly subsidizes various iron farm tools. Nowadays, the steel production of the Tang Dynasty has increased significantly, especially after the mass production of several major steel companies in the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises, the amount of government-produced steel has increased significantly, and currently, in fact, the defense-related industries
It is no longer possible to consume so much steel, so the extra output has begun to be invested in the civilian market.
Then there are seed subsidies, which directly distribute seeds.
The cattle subsidy is not a direct payment of cattle. Farm cattle are not cheap. Even the Tang Dynasty was wealthy and could not do this. Therefore, the cattle subsidy is actually based on a certain number of households, and then the right to use an official cattle is given free of charge.
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These policies have only one core goal, which is to immigrate a large number of landless farmers to places with fewer people and more land, especially in Hunan and the Guangdong and Guangxi regions.
Li Xuan is waiting for Huguang to become famous all over the world!
But although today's Huguang has a lot of grain output, it is still far from Huguang being popular in the world. Today's Jiangnan is the world's granary!
To fully develop Huguang, we must reclaim wasteland, and reclaiming wasteland requires labor. Without enough population, Huguang cannot be developed.
Therefore, the focus of the early immigration settlements was Huguang, well, Hunan to be precise.
Several small plains in Guangxi and Guangdong and the Pearl River Delta are also key development areas!
If the above three places alone are fully developed, even if there is currently no hybrid rice and no chemical fertilizers, they will still be enough to feed a population of more than 50 million.
As for the total population of the above-mentioned three places, Datang currently does not have an accurate official figure, only estimated figures. Hunan only has a population of more than 6 million, Guangdong has a population of more than 5 million, and Guangxi is less, with only more than 3 million.
Ten thousand, the total is approximately fifteen million.
What does this mean? It means that the above three places can support another 35 million people!
In the short term, it can greatly alleviate the current dilemma of many people and little land.
In a few years, after Hubei, Sichuan and Liaodong are also captured, these three places will be good places with a large amount of undeveloped land, which can be developed enough to accommodate another 100 million people!
These areas that can be developed on a large scale, plus some areas in other areas that are not developed, need to be developed. In short, as long as there is an inch of land that can be cultivated, we must not let it go, and the country's arable land will be destroyed.
If Tiandu is utilized, Li Xuan estimates that before the country's population exceeds 400 million, the land problem will not be too serious and will be within a controllable range.
As for what will happen after the population exceeds 400 million?
Expand externally!
Who says the grasslands in the north cannot feed people?
Who said Central Asia cannot support people?
Who said Southeast Asia cannot support people?
Even if the number of people it can accommodate is smaller, mosquito legs are still meat!
In addition to the expansion of nearby areas, Australia is even more important. It is a large area of unowned land. Although it cannot be said to be very rich, it is a big place and can accommodate a lot of people no matter how small it is!
Then there is North America, which is an extremely wealthy place. It will have no problem at all to accommodate another two to three hundred million Chinese people!
As for what will happen to the indigenous people in North America, Southeast Asia and other regions in the future, we can generally refer to the colonial history of the original time and space. What the Europeans did, the Tang Dynasty would do, and there is no need for an official organization to do this kind of thing.
As long as the immigrants have passed, the immigrants will always have conflicts with the local indigenous people in order to survive. At that time, it will either be your death or my death!
The final outcome of the indigenous people is not something that Li Xuan should consider. He should leave it to the mother bitches of future generations to worry about. Now, he only needs to care about the life and death of the Chinese nation. Others have neither the care nor the care!
Immigration policy, whether it is the current domestic immigration or the future overseas immigration planned by Li Xuan, will be the basic national policy for the next decades or even hundreds of years!
Because if Li Xuan doesn’t want to insist on family planning for a hundred years, he can only insist on expanding immigration for a hundred years!
If you don't choose either of the above, the Tang Dynasty will definitely be over in the end!
If we can’t feed the growing population, it’s all in vain no matter what we do!
After the domestic immigration policy was officially announced to the whole world through the Tang Dynasty Newspaper, a hurricane of public opinion immediately arose!
And they are all praising Li Xuan. The words "Eternal Saint King" are already cliche. Now the courtiers have begun to praise Li Xuan in a long way, because one or two simple adjectives can no longer describe Li Xuan.
So great!
Nowadays, when people praise Li Xuan, they are no longer limited to comparing him to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, but have begun to compare Li Xuan with the Five Gods!
Some people blatantly said that Li Xuan was the God Emperor, the supreme being who stood shoulder to shoulder with the five gods including the White Emperor, the Green Emperor, the Yan Emperor, the Yellow Emperor, and the Black Emperor!
When these words reached Li Xuan's ears, he was quite speechless. Damn it, you've seen too much fantasy!