Chapter 177 The difficulty of immigration

From the very beginning, Zhu Qizhen was thinking that in an agricultural country, the arable land problem is the root of all problems.

However, since Zhu Qizhen inherited the throne, he has been creating and solving problems. Such fundamental problems can only be delayed. Or temporary treatment of symptoms but not root causes.

In other words, Zhu Qizhen didn't know how to cure the root cause.

He actually had a vague idea in his mind, that is, immigration to foreign countries. Sometimes, Zhu Qizhen also hinted to Liu Dingzhi.

After all, Liu Dingzhi is Zhu Qizhen's most important partner. Zhu Qizhen still wants to cooperate with him for a long time, so Zhu Qizhen will also vent many things for Liu Dingzhi.

Communicate well in advance, and it will be much easier to do when it is executed in the future.

Liu Dingzhi also heard the sound of the strings and knew the elegant meaning. He pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, moving to the people's village is a good thing, but the court cannot do it. If you move forward, you may have natural disasters, but there will be more man-made disasters. It is also a way to harm the people."

Zhu Qizhen said: "If the reform of the official is completed, can't it be done?"

Liu Dingzhi said: "I don't know, so I will only talk about it at that time, but now it is not the time to talk about this."

In fact, Zhu Qizhen has also thought about this matter many times.

He actually knew that it could not be executed.

The Ming Dynasty has not implemented large-scale official immigration.

In the early years of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu experienced wars in the north and was empty, migrating to the densely populated areas to settle down in the Northern Expedition. Generally speaking, he migrated people from Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangnan to Henan, Hebei and Huaihe River respectively.

The number is huge, and it is also a huge number in Chinese history.

Even the Ming Dynasty has been dead for so many years. This time, the immigration remains in the historical memory of the Chinese people, especially in the place where the people gathered from Shanxi, there is a big locust tree.

This big locust tree has become a symbol of the hometown that countless people have passed down from word to word.

However, being able to execute successfully does not mean that execution is easy.

You should know that the war was settled at that time, and the people were frightened.

Among the rebel armies of all parties, only Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty took not to kill people as the key point, and the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty was relatively good. More people who carried out immigration were the army, not people from the civil affairs system.

How to immigrate? Just look at a few nouns to know.

The two words "solve hand" are convenient," which are the two words that were created by this immigration. Legend has it that the army tied human hands to a rope to prevent escape. Such a long rope tied many people.

If someone has an urgent need to shit and pee, beg the officer to relieve his actions and provide convenience.

These two words were passed down here.

This kind of compulsory and levy immigration is OK at the beginning of the country, but it is absolutely impossible to do it now.

Not to mention, after the peace has lasted, the relationship between the people in various places and the court is much closer than before. I will definitely not act like this without regard for public opinion.

There were even problems at the beginning.

The people of Ming Dynasty have always been relocated.

I never want to leave my hometown unless I have no choice.

It is not possible to not take coercive measures. However, taking coercive measures like this will definitely become a reason for local large households to persecute the poor. Even now, there is still such a matter of forced demolition.

In ancient times, this order would naturally arouse great social conflicts.

It is not impossible to even be used by some people who are interested in it, causing wars all over the world.

Of course, this problem is not unsolvable. As long as the court's management is meticulous and carefully found out, it is best for people who are living in their hometown to take the initiative to immigrate.

It's just easy to say.

But in fact, this is a very administrative efficiency thing.

This is also the reason why Zhu Qizhen took on such a huge financial burden at all costs and completed the reform of clerks.

Because the Ming Dynasty's administrative capabilities have been tied up because they did not kill the clerk class.

Zhu Qizhen could not do a lot of good governance.

However, even if the reform of clerks has been completed and the old-style administrative system of the Ming Dynasty has been turned into a modern civil service system, can this be done?

Zhu Qizhen was also unsure.

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "Okay, let this matter be put aside first. No matter what the following is, the matter will always be resolved. Let Yuan Jie governor Nanyang, Xiangyang, Yunyang, and Runing several mansions, specially settling refugees. Those who are willing to return home will return home. If those who are unwilling to return home, they will settle their hometowns in the local area."

"Let him find out the situation and add several counties as appropriate. Or analyze and leave the government and let him make a plan and report it."

This plan is not a fundamental solution.

Although there are many open lands between Xiang and Han dynasties, as far as Huguang itself is concerned, its land resources are also limited.

The development of Huguang was also completed between the Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the Hongwu period, Huguang also reclaimed the most land. Moreover, this situation continued until the completion of Huguang's maturity and the world's full situation, and then the population expanded to the southwest, which allowed the possibility of large-scale land reform and return to the current.

Now Zhu Qizhen is talking about changing the land and returning to the flow, but in fact, these chieftains connected to Jiaozhi in southwest Guangxi have been converted to the flow.

Isn’t it because the population density in these places is not high, and there are even more Han people, so I will change it to a hair.

However, Huguang is fine, but it is too difficult to continue to look for land in the mountains in the southwest.

Zhu Qizhen wanted to change this route of population movement. He changed the direction of immigration from southwest to overseas. After all, overseas land and southwest land are nothing at all.

Zhu Qizhen always felt that the Ming Dynasty was the most needed for overseas colonization.

Now there is a population stock of tens of millions. If the Ming Dynasty maintains its strength, the population growth will only increase. Therefore, the need for migrating the population will become increasingly urgent in the future.

Now Zhu Qizhen is seeing only one sign.

"I must establish a complete overseas immigration system." Zhu Qizhen said in his heart: "Don't leave this problem to his descendants."

But although he thought so in his heart, this thing was not something that could be done now.

When Liu Dingzhi heard that Zhu Qizhen gave up this idea, he immediately said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhu Qizhen said, "What wise or not is just helpless." This helpless reality made Zhu Qizhen feel a little depressed. He transformed something that made him happy. He said, "This time the steam engine is very good. You, the boss, have to settle the account."

Liu Dingzhi's face turned bitter and said, "Your Majesty, I understand the function of the steam engine, but it's too expensive, right? Each one costs 5,000 taels. A total of 100,000 taels. Isn't this a big iron pot? How can I have so much money?"

Many prefectures and counties don’t have a tax of 100,000 taels per year.

Liu Dingzhi was the court in charge of this family, so he naturally had to be careful in his calculations, especially now that the court's capital chain is tight and he has consumed all kinds of money.

Not to mention 100,000 taels, even 1,000 taels of silver, Liu Dingzhi had to think about it again and again.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I won't lie to you. Each of these five thousand taels is real. Many places are made of the best steel. They are all the best craftsmen in the Wensi Academy in Daming. They are made with one hammer and one hammer."

“Nothing easier than making a set of chimes.”

"How can this be a waste?"

Wensiyuan was originally a palace in the Tang Dynasty.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, the work of the palace was placed in the Wensiyuan. Many precious ritual instruments and even weapons were created by Wensiyuan, and Wensiyuan became another saying that the royal system was made by the royal system.

This is called inheritance throughout the ages.

Any craftsman who can work in the Wensi Academy is the first-class craftsman in the Ming Dynasty.

Now Zhu Qizhen has designated Wensi Academy from the Ministry of Works to the Undertaken Academy. If the Attendant Academy is regarded as the National Academy of Sciences, then the Wensi Academy’s positioning in the future is the National Academy of Engineering.

Of course, it is not that long now, but Zhu Qizhen also hangs all the offerings of craftsmen and specializing in various crafts under the Wensiyuan.

And all these masters went into battle when they made steam engines.
Chapter completed!