Chapter 669: Boiling Water
As the imperial court continued to exert its strength, people continued to fall to 'change the law', and there were more and more people available in Lu Daqi's hands, all over Nanzhili.
LΓΌ Daqi was also not a vegetarian, and soon issued an order to classify the confiscated land from the vassal kings, honorable ministers, and officials at all levels into 'state ownership' and redistribute it.
These lands are all over Nanzhili, and most of them are high-grade fertile fields, which are enough to be divided into millions of hectares, which can be distributed to millions of people.
According to the new household registration law of the Ministry of Households, the sale of one's body into slavery was forbidden, and the "free employment" of fixed contracts was replaced by a fixed contract, and all previous sales contracts were abolished, and the relationship between "tenant farmers" and other relations needed to be re-signed and confirmed by the government at all levels.
After this decree, millions of people were 'liberated', and with the advancement of the policy, it was found that the people were somewhat insufficient, and many of the original tenants of large families broke away one after another, and asked the governor of Nanzhili to allocate land.
This is a complex, huge, time-consuming and laborious project, and it is also a 'thousand-year-old business', Lu Daqi specially set up a department, specifically for this time, a large number of manpower and material resources were deployed, and even the army was involved.
By May, LΓΌ Daqi had basically stabilized the situation, the opposition was at an absolute disadvantage, and he completely controlled the official system of Nanzhili.
Zhou's ticket number also steadily carried the run, and Shen Yunchang, the shopkeeper of the Nanjing branch, mobilized up to 8 million cash to Nanzhili with the support of Cheng Economy and Shangguan Xun, and opened the door for everyone to exchange.
Suzhou, Yangzhou, and Yingtian are even more silver in the box, and 200,000 200,000 are placed at the door, and they are arrogant.
The frank and unrestrained wealth of the ticket numbers in various places has really stabilized people's hearts.
Subsequently, the governor of Nanzhili issued an order that the Zhou ticket number was guaranteed by the household department, and if the Zhou ticket number could not be given, it would be paid in advance by the state treasury.
Although the treasury is poorer than Zhou's ticket number, I don't know how much, but this is the country's backing, Zhou's ticket number is further guaranteed credibility, and the run on the bill gradually calms down.
As for the inflated prices, as Gao Hongtu funded the purchase of grain and other materials across the country in the name of the household department, and put them into Nanzhili, the prices were quickly suppressed and the ordinary prices were restored.
The people of Nanzhili constantly felt that the imperial court had lost Nanzhili, and those who had ill intentions could only retreat gradually and hide quietly.
Lu Daqi has Zhou Zheng's backing, and he is quite decisive and simple.
Originally, Zhou Zheng planned to eliminate the old currency in three years, and Lu Daqi applied directly, first in Nanzhili, and banned large-scale transactions of old currency in June, and banned all old currency circulation before the end of the year.
To this end, Lu Daqi transferred nearly 1,000 people from all over the country, including the Jinshi of the current branch and the alternate officials in previous years, to escort the changes of Nanzhili from all aspects.
Zhou Zheng also gave the most powerful support, Zhou Fang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Gao Hongtu, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Sun Chuanting, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and the three bigwigs in the 'Zhou Department', all rushed to Nanzhili to sit in the town and give Lu Daqi a platform.
Sacred decrees, cabinet edicts, and official documents from various ministries were issued one after another, almost all of which were addressed to Nanzhili.
The general army of Nanzhili, Cao Wenzhao frequently conducted army training, and 20,000 troops went back and forth in Nanzhili.
It can be said that from top to bottom, the most firm and comprehensive support has been given to Nanzhili.
Lu Daqi is full of vigor, not only can implement Zhou Zheng's various decrees to change the law, but also play creatively, despite the constant disturbances, there is still a rapid progress visible to the naked eye.
Gao Hongtu wandered around Yingtianfu, met a lot of people, and said a lot of words, while suppressing and appeasing.
At the end of April, Gao Hongtu came to Suzhou Mansion.
Suzhou Mansion is different from the location of later generations, from Chongming Island to the south, to most of Taihu Lake, except for Songjiang Mansion (later Shanghai probably), almost all of them are under the rule of Suzhou Mansion.
Suzhou Mansion is not big, indeed the most prosperous place in the world, 'South Zhili accounts for 60% of the Ming Dynasty, Suzhou Mansion accounts for 60% of South Zhili', this sentence fully illustrates the degree of development of Suzhou Mansion in all aspects.
Gao Hongtu met many people in Songjiang Mansion, and these people all supported the change in unison.
It was not easy to get out, and Gao Hongtu came to Songjiang Mansion.
The area of Songjiang Prefecture is roughly equivalent to that of Shanghai in later generations.
Gao Hongtu is on the beach in Songjiang Prefecture, looking at the calm sea.
Behind him stood Shangguan Xun and his entourage, guards, and some merchants.
Shangguan Xun waited for a while, and said with a smile: "The Chamber of Commerce has carefully discussed it, and later reported it to Zheng Xibo, and finally it was determined that the window of the sea trade would be placed in Songjiang Mansion. β
Gao Hongtu doesn't really care about sea trade, and he doesn't know what sea trade can bring, let alone what it means to develop sea trade.
There is no way to tell many things, there is no deep experience, no matter how much you talk about it, it is just an 'interesting story' for others, and you can't empathize with it, how can you take it seriously?
Along the way, Shangguan Xun could probably figure out Gao Hongtu's character, groaned slightly, and said: "The Chamber of Commerce has decided to build a wharf here, transfer the fleet of Tianjin Wei and other places here, and rely on Suzhou Mansion and Nanzhili to vigorously develop maritime trade, which can bring at least one million income to the treasury every year." β
Gao Hongtu looked at it for a while, retracted his gaze, and said: "The matter explained by Zheng Xibo, this official will not be lazy, you can rest assured." β
Shangguan Xun breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, his son-in-law is not omnipotent, he can control everything, if the following people have different ideas and opinions, they can't forcibly reverse it.
Shangguan Xun continued: "Yes, Lord Xie. The Chamber of Commerce will not only build a wharf here, but also build bridges and pave roads, connect Suzhou Mansion, Yingtianfu, etc., I believe that in three years at most, it will be able to develop and mature, Xiyi people can come, I can go out of the Ming Dynasty, communicate with the world, learn from each other's strengths, and also alleviate the natural disaster crisis of my Ming Dynasty, and the treasury is empty......"
Gao Hongtu knew that Shangguan Xun was constantly persuading him, so he smiled and said, "There is no need to explain so much, I am not a stubborn person. You will do yours, and if you need my support, come to me. β
Shangguan Xun saw that Gao Hongtu was not talking about the scene, and also smiled: "Yes." Gao Shangshu, the officials and gentry here in Songjiang Mansion also want to meet you, do you want to arrange it? β
Gao Hongtu came down this time, in addition to giving Lu Daqi a platform and inspecting the specific situation of Nanzhili, he also wanted to appease some people, sing white faces, gather people's hearts, and listen: "Okay, go." β
Shangguan Xun hurriedly responded and led Gao Hongtu back.
Lu Daqi's series of strong and tyrannical methods naturally aroused bursts of opposition in Nanzhili, even if they could not be tough and tough, the traditional methods of light and darkness emerged in endlessly.
First, he wantonly spread rumors, slandered Lu Daqi, and tried to destroy him morally. The second is that the world shouted injustice, and countless impeachment voices gathered and flocked to the capital.
Around Lu Daqi's case, almost five or six cases a day increased, all kinds of strange things happened, Lu Daqi is like a demon, doing all kinds of evil, and he has a lot of blood debts.
And as the waves of Nan Zhili arrived in the capital, those who were close to the government and the opposition and Nan Zhili naturally couldn't sit still, whether it was obscure, side-knocking, and direct impeachment transcripts, piled up in the cabinet.
All kinds of shouts of grievances spread all over the three divisions, and the capital simply turned into a pot of boiling water.