Chapter 162: Don't worry about red soil, don't raise people

To say that this matter of changing the land and returning to the river is neither the initiative of Zheng Ruxin, the prefect of Ganzhou, nor the policy of Zhu Youzhen in advance for later generations.

As early as the Ming Taizu Chengzu Dynasty, there was such a proposal, but why it was not pushed down, not because it could not be pushed.

Toast has been entrenched in remote mountainous areas for many years, deep-rooted and intertwined, and it is almost impossible to completely eradicate it.

Even if Taizu became the ancestor dynasty, the national strength was strong, and the soldiers were also strong, but they still couldn't push it, and its difficulty can be seen.

Compared with the beginning of the country, today's Son of Heaven wants to re-push this matter, not only the court has no money, but the soldiers are not visible, although the head of the mouth is the Tao, but it is easier said than done, and the actual operation is extremely difficult.

So at the beginning, Zhu Youzhen wanted to ask this Zheng Ruxin if he dared to take this matter.

didn't let Zhu Youzhen wait for a long time, and after a little silence, Zheng Ruxin stepped forward and said.

"It is the duty of a courtier to share worries for His Majesty, how dare a minister be afraid."

"Okay, Zheng Qing is a person who dares to do anything, and I didn't misunderstand Aiqing!"

Zhu Youzhen praised loudly, but Zhu Youzhen was not surprised that he could respond to this matter so quickly.

For Zheng Ruxin, who wanted to be entrusted with a heavy task, Zhu Youzhen naturally ordered someone to check it, he had been an official in Ganzhou for many years, had rich experience in local politics, and was a good hand at handling feudal affairs.

Zheng Ruxin has been an official for more than ten years, and there are few rebels in the Tusi under his rule.

Based on Zheng Ruxin's resume alone, Zhu Youzhen judged that the person was still capable of doing things, so he was even more interested in him being in charge of this matter.

When I saw it today, it was true.

But as soon as Zhu Youzhen's voice fell, Zheng Ruxin stepped forward to worship.

"If Your Majesty appoints a minister in this matter, the minister must have two requests."

Zheng Ruxin's words were very tactful, but Zhu Youzhen knew that he was talking about conditions, but he didn't care.

Dare to put forward conditions should be to take this matter to heart, and only if you want to do your best to do this, will you think about putting forward conditions.

"Aiqing, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

Seeing that the face of the Son of Heaven had not changed, Zheng Ruxin bowed again before he said boldly.

"The minister has two requests, one is to ask His Majesty to send a strong army to obey the command of the minister, and the other is to ask His Majesty to grant the Prime Minister the right to appoint and dismiss the Prime Minister Tusiliuguan."

After Zheng Ruxin finished speaking, he kowtowed, and his body seemed to tremble.

When Wang Chengen on the side heard this, he immediately gasped in his heart, military power and official appointment and dismissal power, is this Zheng Ruxin going to learn from the division of the feudal town?

Wang Chengen secretly glanced at the Son of Heaven, but saw that the Son of Heaven was still sitting calmly behind the imperial case, and his expression did not change.

"I'm ready!"

Regarding Zheng Ruxin's two demands, Zhu Youzhen naturally understood his intentions, and the purpose of asking for military power was to facilitate the suppression of the Tusi forces that did not obey the decree of changing the land and returning to the stream.

The purpose of appointing and dismissing officials is to carefully select the first court officials, so as not to mix the officials sent by the court, because a mouse feces spoils his plan.

For these two requirements, even if Zheng Ruxin does not mention them, Zhu Youzhen still wants to give them to him, and if he wants others to do things, he must delegate power.

In order to succeed a millennium plan, such as changing the land and returning it to the river, it must be matched with sufficient power, and military power and personnel power are indispensable.

In addition, Zhu Youzhen also wanted to give him a big gift.

For Zhu Youzhen's quick agreement, Zheng Ruxin did not expect that since the Tang Dynasty feudal town disaster, the sons of heaven in all dynasties have paid more attention to the concentration of monarchical power, whether it is monarchy or official appointment and dismissal power, it is concentrated in the imperial court.

This was especially true in the Song Dynasty and the present dynasty, even the appointment of officials of the 19th rank had to be reviewed by the Ministry of Officials, and their removal required the consent of the Ministry of Officials, and the governors of prefectures and counties had no right to appoint or dismiss local officials at all.

Especially in this dynasty, it has always paid attention to the checks and balances of officials, and it is even more fascinating to play with small and large systems.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven responded to this matter without thinking, Zheng Ruxin immediately felt a fire in his heart, and the Son of Heaven fully supported him, and he had a few more chances of winning the matter of changing the land and returning to the stream.

"Your Majesty has faith in your ministers, and if you dare not use your life, you should repay Your Majesty's kindness with this body."

Zheng Ruxin knelt down and bowed again, and when he got up, he was already in tears.

"Aiqing, don't be busy with Xie Zhen first, this matter of sending troops to obey orders, I want Shizhu Qin Liangyu to obey your needs, and the matter of selecting officials, you can do it yourself, and I guarantee that the officials will not pull you back."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhen paused, took a sip of tea, and then said.

"In addition, I have two great gifts for you, so listen well."

Zheng Ru said in the news, and there was another burst of surprise, I didn't know what the two gifts of the Son of Heaven were, so I hurriedly bowed down and listened.

"First, the Fanbu who accepted the land reform and returned to the river was exempted from taxes by the imperial court for three years; Second, the imperial court wanted to send people into Guizhou to enrich the population of Guizhou in order to reduce the number of people. ”

After listening to Zhu Youzhen's two gifts, Zheng Ruxin was stunned on the spot, he originally thought that it would be very arrogant to ask for military power and the right to appoint and dismiss officials, but he didn't expect that the Son of Heaven would give two more gifts, one tax exemption and one population.

After hoeing the toast, the ordinary people will not have the exploitation of the original upper-class slave owners, the imperial court will be exempt from taxes, and there will be no exploitation by local officials.

And enriching the population is beyond Zheng Ruxin's imagination, if there are more Han people in Guizhou, then the disaster of Tusi will not become a climate.

You don't see the original land of Jingchu, because the Han people moved south, and now it has become the land of fish and rice, and it has the reputation of being familiar with the world.

If enough Hermes-Epitek moved in, sooner or later the Tusi Banbu would be assimilated.

And this idea was summed up by Zhu Youzhen when he looked at the policy of changing the land and returning the land to the people at the beginning of the country.

At the beginning of the country, Taizu and Chengzu all wanted to change the land and return to the stream, but it was difficult to do so, and one of the important factors was that there was no need of the times.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, after a hundred years of neglect of government and decades of war, the population of the Central Plains had long been empty, and the land in the Central Plains could not be planted.

Because there was no need, even if the imperial court pushed it, the effect was gone, and there was no Han people moving in, relying only on the military pressure of the imperial court, and later with the decline of national strength, the matter was over.

Nowadays, with the rapid population growth, land annexation, and continuous drought in the north, there are many displaced people who cannot survive, and at this time, there is a basis for promoting the Han people to move south to reclaim the land in the mountains.

Stay in your hometown to starve to death, go to Guizhou may be able to live, in the face of the right to live, the imperial court a little guidance, the displaced people will flock to it.

Moreover, Zhu Youzhen now has potatoes and sweet potatoes, which are big killers, and he is not afraid that the large red land in the mountains of Guizhou will not be able to support people.

But looking at Zheng Ruxin's overjoyed expression, Zhu Youzhen felt that he had to pour cold water on him.