"Your Majesty, the Yellow River has been diverted, and people in more than 40 prefectures and counties in Henan, Shandong and Northeast have been affected by the disaster. Now we have decided on the strategy of the Yellow River to seize the Daqing River to go to the sea. When fixing the new river course, we need to build embankments. Once the embankments are repaired, it will be an eight-hundred-mile river course.
Millions of acres of land have been destroyed. If so many people cannot be resettled, how can we do it?"
Wen Anzhi was very dissatisfied with Wang Zhiren's flattery to the emperor. In one sentence, he wanted to give millions of acres of the old river floodplain to the emperor. This was too much.
What's more, these four million acres are only for the old roads above Xuzhou, and there are 900 miles of riverbanks for the old roads below Xuzhou.
Wang Zhiren didn't care about this. He was now the Second Assistant and the Prime Minister, but he was very loyal to the emperor, especially after the last incident, he stood firmly behind the emperor.
"Yuanfu is right, but the court has already arranged for the people affected by the disaster in Xinhe Road. Even if there are still victims who have not been properly resettled, I think they can be moved directly to Taiwan. Now there are people everywhere in Taiwan
The land is fertile. There are only two to three million immigrants now. Even if the four prefectures of Taiwan move another two to three million people, they can still accommodate it. The land can be cultivated at will, and each village can cultivate hundreds of acres. Is it no better than being crowded in Huainan, Shandong?"
Wen Anzhi believed that moving to Taiwan was too far for the people, and that there was a lot of poverty there now, and it would not be easy to live there after that. It would undoubtedly be better if they could be resettled closer to the Central Plains.
"This matter can be chosen by the people themselves. If they go to Taiwan, the imperial court can bear the expenses on the road. After they get there, they will be granted interest-free loans, loaned cattle, seeds and agricultural tools, etc., and allow their families to enclose hundreds of acres of land, and they will not be allowed to do so within five years.
Starting from the fifth year to the tenth year, only half the tax is levied."
Wen Anzhi retorted, "Immigration to Taiwan is beneficial to the country, but it must be done step by step. If there are too many immigrants, the court will not be able to protect people's livelihood. Can we borrow cattle, seeds, farm tools, etc. in large quantities to provide them?"
The first and second assistants had a fierce confrontation.
Not giving in to each other.
Zhu Yihai looked at the two bachelors calmly, and waited until they were almost noisy before speaking slowly.
"Immigration to Taiwan is one of the basic strategies of the imperial court, but Xiang Wen is right. We must consider security and affordability. After several years of large-scale immigration, we have only immigrated 300,000 to 400,000 people, and only one year has passed.
There are about 100,000 immigrants, and this is the result of the joint efforts of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong in the southeast."
At that time, Yan Siqi, Zheng Zhilong and others fled to Taiwan after the failure of the Japanese rebellion. They went to mainland Fujian to recruit poor people to farm rice and sugar cane. One person was given three taels of silver and three were given cows. They were shipped to Taiwan, where they cultivated wasteland and built strongholds to protect themselves.
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When Zhu Yihai immigrated to Taiwan, he besieged the Dutch in Taiwan. While besieging the city, he also cultivated fields, and then continued to move disaster victims and hungry people from the mainland.
At that time, many inland hungry people and disaster victims were starving to death due to war, natural disasters, and famine. They did not need any conditions at all. They just needed to be fed and left.
Food was provided along the way, and when it arrived at the coastal port, it was loaded onto ships. Ships were shipped to Taiwan. After landing, they were divided into development camps.
The earliest implementation of camp-style land reclamation was the farming cattle, farm tools, seeds, and even rations, which were all provided by the government and managed by the government.
They work together to reclaim wasteland and are satisfied if they can have food to eat.
Plant rice and sugar cane, build juice presses, etc. After harvesting the income, the camp will classify the villagers according to their age, age, gender, and daily performance, and provide them with grain, which is equivalent to a share of the farmland, which is equivalent to hiring workers.
After three years of farming, these villagers had cultivated a lot of land, accumulated some money and food, and had houses and other things. Only then did the court officially allocate their fields to them.
Each clan was given ten acres of farmland, and then each household was allowed to enclose land. The additional farmland could be up to a hundred acres, which was regarded as formal registration. They could also purchase cattle and farm tools from the government.
After three years of collective farming, we have overcome the most difficult beginning and have a foundation for establishing ourselves.
The court's camps accepted new immigrants, and while they continued to cultivate crops collectively, they continued to open up wasteland. The court divided the income from the farms and distributed it to the villagers, and the rest was used for immigration, buying cattle, farm tools, seeds, etc.
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In addition to the government's recruitment of disaster victims and hungry people to immigrate, the government has also been encouraging people to immigrate over the past few years. Those who are willing to come can take a boat for free.
Each household can enclose 100 acres of wasteland for reclamation, and can also borrow an interest-free immigration reclamation loan from the government.
We also welcome those powerful landowners and rich people to come to reclaim wasteland and develop it. Whether they are reclaiming wasteland to build sugar cane gardens, cotton gardens, rice gardens, or building workshops and opening shops, the imperial court welcomes them, and there are tax and other preferential treatment.
Now Taiwan has the largest number of people from Fujian, including people from Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Fuzhou, and there are also quite a few people from Chaoshan and Huizhou, as well as some immigrants from Huainan and even Shandong.
After defeating the Dutch, they also accepted some slaves left by the Dutch colonists.
At the same time, the Ming army was stationed in the Netherlands and their families were moved to Taiwan to settle down.
Because the imperial court encouraged people to immigrate to Taiwan and actively recruited hungry people and poor people to come there, they were allowed to enclose hundreds of acres of land per household for people who entered Taiwan. Therefore, a large number of people went to the Fujian area with eight mountains, one water and one farmland, Chaoshan and Huizhou in Guangdong.
A large number of people also passed by in other places.
Compared with the Qing Dynasty's policy of strictly prohibiting illegal immigration to Taiwan after the Qing Dynasty regained Taiwan, it can be said that the policy support and encouragement of the Shao Tian Dynasty was the most important, especially the provision of interest-free loans, permission to enclose land, loan cattle seeds, and newly reclaimed wasteland.
It takes five years to get no education and five years to get half a salary. All these attract countless people to go.
Now the four prefectural cities look a bit like cities. There are also government offices, streets, some workshops, shops, and several ports in the cities. There are even regular ships coming and going.
After all, the conditions in Taiwan are indeed pretty good. Even if they reclaim wasteland for farming, they can still have enough food and clothing quickly. Many immigrants plant part of their land in rice, half for self-sufficiency, and half for sale. The other half of the land grows sugar cane, and the sugar cane is collected and sold to sugar mills.
, you can make good profits, and you can even go to workshops and docks to make money in your spare time.
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"Although there are many shoals on the old road, they need to be rectified. I think we can move some people from the New Yellow River area over there and give them ten acres of upper field for each ding. Two and a half acres of middle field will be converted into one mu of upper field. Three acres of lower field will be converted into one mu of upper field. Granted
When in the field, you can mix the upper, middle and lower fields.”
"Your Majesty, it is not appropriate to sell the land directly. It should be sold at a different price. It can be paid in installments, but it cannot be given for nothing. The upper field is three ounces per acre, the middle field is two ounces, and the lower field is one ounce. The money from the court's sale of the land at a changed price can be used to dredge river canals and build rivers.
Reservoirs and irrigation canals can be built to prevent floods and store water, and to release water for irrigation during dry seasons.
Turn these 1,500 miles of high ridges into water reservoirs."
As long as the reservoirs can be built, more shoals can actually be turned into medium- or even high-yield grain fields.
"It can resettle 150,000 households."
Zhu Yihai shook his head, "We can't resettle so many households. Even if one household has ten acres of land, it would still require 1.5 million acres of farmland. There isn't that much land in the entire river bank. It should be enough to resettle one hundred thousand households. One household can have almost ten acres of land."
acres of land.”
Zhu Yihai proposed to sell the beach land at a different price, with an annual yield of less than 100 kilograms per mu. However, if he bought it, he would have to use it according to the court's planned land use, such as planting trees and fruits, or building ponds and reservoirs.
Good beach land will be used at a reduced price for the victims of the new river channel to be resettled.
After talking about the rest for a long time, Zhu Yihai planned to use his own money to buy it, and the money would be turned over to the treasury of the Ministry of Household Affairs. After he bought the other shoals on the old road, there were additional conditions. He had to renovate the old road according to the imperial plan, especially the need to renovate the old road.
Dredging rivers, building reservoirs, etc.
Of course, the reservoir Zhu Yihai built with his own money will be eligible to build water-powered mills, forges, etc. in the future. Landowners who need water for irrigation will also be eligible to collect water fees. Of course, the water fee standards must also be set by the court.
If nearby farmers participate in the construction of the reservoir or even invest money, then the water fee will be reduced accordingly, or even free use rights will be obtained.
Zhu Yihai didn't intend to take any advantage. The overall comprehensive management plan and development required a lot of investment. This actually tested the level of skill. All the good land was used to house the people. If there was no level of skill, taking over this business would cost a lot of money.
However, he believes that this ancient road of 1,500 miles is a golden belt, whether it is building reservoirs, raising fish and chickens and ducks, using water power to build mills, mills, or even forges, or raising fish and ducks, or
When it comes to storing and selling water, or transforming beach land into new grain fields, orchards, vegetable fields, or forest gardens, as long as it is scientifically standardized, centralized management, and gets rid of the peasant family model, there is a future and profits can be made.
It won't be small.
The old Yellow River Delta alone is a treasure land that can be cultivated and built as a port.
If it is distributed directly to the people, it will be difficult to achieve this kind of development effect. If it is developed in the future, Zhu Yihai can package it into pieces and sell them to some gentry and relatives.
"The people within the 800 miles of the new Yellow River embankment must be relocated and resettled." Zhu Yihai still emphasized.
It has been almost three years since the self-destruction. The previously disaster-stricken area was under Tatar control. People could not receive relief and had to leave their homes and become homeless. Many victims fled to Shaotian-controlled areas and were resettled one after another. Some moved to Taiwan, and some
Moved to Jiangnan, etc.
War and disasters have destroyed many people's homes.
The population in places such as Henan and Shandong has dropped sharply. The Tongwaxiang breach alone caused flooding in more than 40 prefectures and counties, affecting tens of millions of people. Hundreds of thousands died in the flood and subsequent famine.
Nowadays, Shandong and Henan have been basically recovered, but there are many scenes of hundreds of miles of uninhabited areas.
At this stage, there are actually not many people to be resettled in the new river embankment. Most of them have disappeared in the troubled times, or have fled and settled in other places.
"These fields recovered in Shandong, Henan and Jiangbei will be sold to soldiers, officials, garrison soldiers, postmen, etc. according to the quota first. Don't keep the remaining land. Try to sell it to the people at a reduced price, with a limit of one ten acres. Initially,
Grant five acres, and if there is more, then grant the full amount. Although the land is said to be sold at a different price, the land price will follow the market and should not be too high. The interest will be profitable. Ten years of interest are allowed, with an annual interest of 5%. There is no compound interest and the land will be repaid in installments over ten years."
Although some people suggested that the imperial court should rent out the official land it had taken over, Zhu Yihai still believed that it would be possible to sell it at a higher price, but not for the purpose of selling the land, but to take this opportunity to redistribute the land so that many landless people could regain their land.
Collecting rent can bring higher returns than selling at a different price. Even if you only collect 40% of the rent for autumn crops, you can collect it every year, and the long-term returns will be higher. If you sell once and sell it at a cheaper price, it is not like renting it out.
However, this kind of leasing of official land is not in line with the long-term interests of the imperial court. Although the imperial court needs finance, its purpose is not to make money. Long-term peace and stability are the ultimate goal of the imperial court.
The increase in owner-peasants and small landowners will be beneficial to the long-term stability of the court.
Landed farmers and landless tenants are completely different. Zhu Yihai has studied that in this era, if there is no war disaster, if the owner-cultivator has ten acres of land, he can basically have enough food and clothing, while the landless tenants can no longer
After a year's hard work, apart from food, what is left is less than one-tenth of that of the homesteaders.
This is the difference between mastering the means of production.
Selling land to landless farmers at a different price requires money and interest, but if it is extended to ten years, the burden can be afforded. One acre of land is three silver dollars, ten acres is 30 silver dollars, and the interest is ten thousand dollars.
Five yuan, repaid in installments over ten years. You only need to repay the principal in the beginning, that is, three yuan a year. After ten years, you only need to pay back the last fifteen yuan in interest.
This is equivalent to giving farmers ten years to accumulate this interest money.
If you directly own ten acres of good land, you have to repay a loan of three yuan a year, but three yuan is only three shi of rice. The field can meet the annual output standard of three shi.
After excluding seeds and other expenses, farmers plant ten acres of land and have a family of five or six people. After deducting about eighteen dan of rations, they can still have about 12 dan left. If one acre of the land is planted with mulberry or cotton, there will be more income.
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If you borrow three yuan to buy land, you should still have fifteen or six yuan. If you save another yuan and a half in interest, you should still have fourteen or five yuan.
Of course, this is the best case scenario. If you encounter illness, birth, old age, illness, marriage, marriage, etc., you will still have a lot of expenses. In case of disaster, etc., you may not get anything.
However, as long as the society is stable and the loan is for ten years, the risk is much smaller.
Even if a farmer's family cultivates ten acres of land, with men plowing and women weaving, or even doing casual work during off-farm periods, they can still earn some extra income. Basically, they can afford the loan and still have enough food and clothing.
Of course, the prerequisite is that the government is clean and honest, otherwise corrupt officials can easily bankrupt ordinary people.
A self-cultivated farmer with ten acres of fertile land may only save a dozen or twenty silver dollars after working hard for a year in a stable era when the weather is good and the government is clear.
You can imagine the hardships faced by the people in this era. If you encounter floods, droughts, locust plagues, exorbitant taxes, diseases, weddings and funerals, you may go bankrupt.
The tenants who do not have their own land are even more miserable. They may not be able to have enough food and clothing even all year round. Therefore, many tenants in Jiangnan will never be able to marry a wife, will be single all their lives, and eventually die in poverty.
Some people may be able to save a few dollars when they are young, and then rent a wife to live with them for two years and help give birth to a child. If they are lucky, the child will survive, and maybe they will have an offspring.
But generally speaking, in the era of the late Ming Dynasty, the people were actually suffering and the people were in poverty. The society in the late Ming Dynasty was already full of firewood, and a spark would start a prairie fire.
Without Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, there would have been Zhang Zicheng, Wang Zicheng, Zhao Zicheng and others.
Even without the rise of Hou Jin in Liaodong, Monan Mongolia, Mobei Mongolia, and Mobei Mongolia outside the Guan Guan would still have taken the opportunity to invade Guan Nan and go to the Central Plains.
In the past few years, Zhu Yihai has also gained a deeper understanding of the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years.
Although the empire of the Ming Dynasty was created by the beggar monk Zhu Yuanzhang, the best ones were the emperors, vassals, and officials and scholar-bureaucrats. For them, the empire of the Ming Dynasty for nearly three hundred years was the best era, comparable to
The prosperity of the two Song Dynasties.
But for the people at the bottom, the Ming Dynasty was in a terrible state. The people never had a good life and were always struggling to have enough food and clothing. To them, the Ming Dynasty was like a quagmire, or even a hell.
This is wrong, the world is too polarized.
Although Zhu Yihai is the one sitting on the Dragon Throne, if he cannot face up to and change this, then even if he regains the two capitals, he will not be able to revive the Ming Dynasty and regain China. Otherwise, the country may be subjugated and the world will be subjugated in two or three generations.
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It has to be changed, it won't work if it doesn't change.
Use forceful means to clean up the land and sell a large amount of land to the people. If you don't have money to buy it, let them borrow money at low interest rates and repay it in ten-year installments. Ten years will only be half the interest on the capital.
Limit land quotas for officials, officials, and landlords, so that as many landless people as possible can obtain land during this process of re-establishing the country, thereby laying a solid foundation for the Southern Ming Dynasty, so that it can be settled for another three hundred years.
The world.
Zhu Yihai did not ask for eternal life, he just hoped that after regaining the world, he could start three hundred years of stability in the Central Plains.
