Ignoring Han Du, who stood up with his head down, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Bi Ziyan and asked, "Bi Qing, what do you think I said just now?"

As the wealth minister of the Ming Dynasty, Bi Ziyan's ability to manage finances is undoubtedly. At least the current treasury is not as before, as the expenditure of some of the food and money must be demolished and repaired for the west wall.

"I think this proposal can be handled, so I need to do it."

Bi Ziyan walked forward and said with a serious expression: "Take the current situation to take advantage of the stability of the current situation, and gather refugees from Shanxi, Zhili and Shandong in the name of rectifying water conservancy, widening river channels, building reservoirs, and renovating the roads.

All are good things.

Although the court has to spend a sum of food and money, if this matter can be done well, the benefits it will bring to the court and the local government will be immeasurable."

Um?

Han Yu, Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru and other cabinet ministers all showed confusion and looked at Bi Ziyan.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the court can take this opportunity to let the disaster relief administration offices in the three places be closely linked to the CPPCC Liyamen established previously such as the Yellow River, Canal, Yongding River and other rivers."

Bi Ziyan continued: "For a long time, resettlement of refugees has plagued the court. The scale of refugees in various places is different and it is impossible to verify.

Most of these refugees are bankrupt groups, with no land under their names and no way to survive in their hometowns, so they are forced to choose to live in exiles everywhere with their families.

But if we want to properly resettle these refugees, the court and the local government cannot provide so much land, so in the end we can only let it go.

If some places where the refugees gathered were not affected by disasters, they would be fine, and there would be some way to survive, but once they encountered disasters and had no way to survive, rebellion would arise.

For example, when the rebellion between the two places in Shanxi and Shaanxi was severe, it was either that the two places in Shanxi and Shaanxi suffered disasters for many years. Although the court also allocated food and money for disaster relief, it was still useless in the end.

Therefore, when the disaster relief administration agencies in the three places gathered refugees from all prefectures, prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction, they completed the registration and supervision of their various projects. A group of honest and honest people can be selected from them and transferred to the Liya of the CPPCC in various rivers.

Entering the river work team.”

After all, it is the wealth of the Ming Dynasty.

After listening to what Zi Yan said, Emperor Chongzhen felt emotion in his heart.

He really didn't expect that the CPPCC Liya of the Geohe Rivers would absorb some honest and decent refugees and join the river work team to be responsible for the repair and consolidation of river governments in various places.

Speaking of which, the Disaster Relief Administration and the Hebei CPPCC Liya are complementary. Although they are different administrative agencies, what they do is to alleviate the disaster situation under the Ming Dynasty.

However, compared with the Liyamen of the Hebei CPPCC, the Disaster Relief Administration is more in charge and is responsible for the important attribute of cultivating talents.

"What Bi Qing said is something I had never thought of before."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Through this recruitment, the ills of refugees in Shanxi, Zhili and Shandong can be effectively solved.

It can also enrich the river work team under the jurisdiction of the CPPCC Liya of each river, effectively repair and consolidate the main river channels such as the Yellow River, Yongding River, and Canal.

If that is the case, then the decree issued in the name of the Disaster Relief Office will be drafted by Bi Qing and submitted to the emperor as soon as possible."

"Your Majesty, I have another word."

Bi Ziyan heard this and bowed, "Everything else is easy to say, but I think the allocation of food and wages should be discussed carefully."

Um?

Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly.

Bi Ziyan continued: "I think this is a big area in Shanxi, Zhili and Shandong. This act of benefiting the country and the people should not be fully borne by the treasury and the treasury.

The state treasury should allocate part of the treasury, the local government should raise part of it and transfer it to the disaster relief administration offices in the three places for allocation.

For the gentry, good-hearted, etc. in the above-mentioned places, they should donate a sum of silver or grain to rectify water conservancy, widen river channels, build reservoirs, and renovate roads.

After all, doing these things well will not only benefit the court and the local government, but also benefit them. However, this share will still be discussed."

Emperor Chongzhen laughed, the Ming Dynasty was full of wealth and self-discipline. This was repeated and repeated surprises for him.

indeed.

If we can do things like rectifying water conservancy and renovating the road, if we can do it well in Shanxi, Zhili and Shandong, then the gentry and landlords from all over the country will also benefit.

After all, at this stage, the Ming Dynasty still mainly produces land. Whether it is drought or flooding, the final impact is the land production.

Among the many groups under the Ming Dynasty, who has the most land under his name?

Isn’t it just a group of gentry, landlords, etc.?

However, Emperor Chongzhen did not expect that most selfish groups would willingly pay money and donate food, after all, this was undoubtedly cutting their meat.

If it is even harder, it will be cheated on people everywhere.

"You can try to do this."

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "But we can't ask them to find gentry, Liangshan, etc. to donate silver and grain in the name of governments in various places.

The disaster relief administration offices in the three places can send a group of officials to directly negotiate with the Anxie gentry in the rectification of water conservancy and repairing the road.

Bi Qing worked hard to adjust the specific share, and formed a charter as soon as possible and submitted it to the imperial court. If I have no objection to the imperial court after I read it, I will send it to all places.

Do you have any objections to this?"

As he said that, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Han Du, Wen Tiren and the others.

The emperor said this to this point. Even if Han Du, Wen Tiren and others had some thoughts in their hearts, they would not say anything else.

"I have no objection."

Under the gaze of Emperor Chongzhen, Han and the others hurriedly bowed.

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Since that's the case, then all the good guys will prove it."

"I'm going to leave."

Looking at the departing people, Emperor Chongzhen smiled. If this matter could be done well, he would be able to gain a preliminary grasp of a group of bankrupt groups.

In addition to the group that needs to be diverted to the Liyamen of the CPPCC in various rivers, there will be a number of large-scale off-production groups in Shanxi, Zhili and Shandong.

When they are coordinated by the local disaster relief administration, they will do a good job in rectifying water conservancy, widening river channels, building reservoirs, and renovating roads, and then they will be able to build a number of official factories in various places.

The matter of the government-run factories is now clear in the territory of Northern Zhili, and has explored corresponding experiences. Emperor Chongzhen plans to expand this scale.

For example, coal and iron ore under the rule of Shanxi are rich in mineral resources. Can a batch of coal factories, coal washing plants, smelting plants and other official factories be built? For example, Shandong is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and with the acceleration of Tianjin's opening of sea trade, can it be

A number of official factories such as smelting plants, textile factories, shipyards, etc. have been prepared to build.

If this matter can be done well, then the productivity of the Ming Dynasty will be greatly improved, which will bring great help to revitalize the private economy.

(End of this chapter)


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