Chapter 419: Immigration Policy

To solve the biggest problem in Lingzhou, the water conservancy project in Lingzhou is very huge, but the construction project and the development of the entire land are two different things, even if there are many canals, no one reclaims the land, which is in vain.

Han Qi was also happy in his heart, and directly announced that he would have a big banquet tonight and a carnival, which was inspiring.

These people came non-stop, and then it was 10 days to look around, 10 days, at least 1,800 miles back and forth, very hard, and now it is finally over.

After a few days of contact, these officials were also bold towards Han Qi, and some innocuous jokes, by the way, complimented them, and the relationship between the guest and the host became a lot closer.

An official who admired Han Qi very much, and was also engaged in farmland water conservancy projects, after taking a few words of Han Qi, naturally asked about some preferential treatment for immigrants, which just stabbed Han Qi's itch, which was what he was most proud of.

Lingzhou, pinning Han Qi's ambition for the future, one wants to bypass the three envoys and privy envoys, and jump directly to the position of the head minister, no matter how much he does, he will not do it.

Fan Zhongyan's lesson made him understand that if Fan Zhongyan was not acting as a privy deputy envoy to the government, but the real head of the Eastern Mansion, he might end differently.

is not in his position, does not seek his own government, a privy deputy envoy, even with the support of Renzong, can have no scruples when opening the law change, but after all, there are privy envoys, three envoys and prime ministers, and even some veteran governors, whose positions are also above him.

If you give face, then follow the orders, go unstoppable, don't give face, or secretly set up stumbling blocks, then it will be troublesome.

Fan Zhongyan, because of this, under the premise of insufficient control, finally had to meddle in the imperial examination, and in the end, he did bad things with good intentions, committed taboos, and finally withdrew gloomily.

If he is the prime minister of the eastern mansion and has absolute control over the court, will it still be like this, it is impossible for such a problem to arise, those magnates, even if they want to oppose it, they also need to consider it when looking for people to implement it, because the prime minister is already qualified, take away their future, or even depose them, there may be opposition, but it will not be so obvious and intense.

The past is in the past, but the past is not forgotten, the future is the teacher, with such a lesson, in Han Qi's eyes, there is not enough power, there is no status that is compatible with the right, even if he is the prime minister in name, he cannot control the overall situation, and if he is not careful, there will be problems.

Lingzhou is an important foundation, the development of Lingzhou is related to the future, the height that Han Qi can rise, as long as Lingzhou exists, and develops perfectly, and continues to support him, his position will be stable.

Groundbreaking achievements, coupled with stable local governance and change, will become a solid foundation, and some of his new initiatives will also have great support.

Because of this, Han Qi attaches great importance to this part, and has thought a lot about it in advance, and has considered it very perfectly.

Water conservancy projects are only a foundation, so that the northwest has a long-term vision of more than 50 million mu of farmland, but if there are not enough people to cultivate, the role that this farmland water conservancy construction may play is quite limited.

There is no shortage of manpower in the northwest, the previous 150,000 Western Xia Zhuangding, plus later, traded with Liao, and obtained 200,000 Zhuangding, adding up to 350,000, even if each person is responsible for 20 acres, it is almost 7 million mu, with the support of enough cattle and horses, in the way of military tun, if you concentrate on development, maybe you can develop more than 10 million mu.

But these people are Tangut people, Xixia people are born to ride horses, born to graze, but let them grow food, sorry for the seven tricks through the six tricks, not a clue, if someone with a belt, let them do purely physical work is okay, really let them plant their own, not to mention the harvest of 1 stone, there may be no harvest.

There are some Han people in the northwest, but the number is too small, those who belong to the Fan, they are only a little simple, only from the Central Plains, immigrants can farm farmers, at least millions of people, can support the vast land in the northwest, in order to make the northwest truly stable, become the cornerstone of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Because of this, this immigration policy is a top priority, and it is related to the ability to attract immigrants, even above the central approval of the immigration program.

This policy, until the center determines the number of immigrants, and then to the immigration area, will be announced, for the attraction of immigrants, only enough immigrants can create enough value for the future Lingzhou.

Han Qi had already planned it, so simply saying it here can be regarded as a way to show his strength.

Attracting immigrants is nothing more than coercion and inducement, coercion, that is, by the order of the imperial court, forcibly ordering immigrants, this method has a quick effect, as long as it is announced, a large number of immigrants will naturally come.

The aftermath of coercion is terrible, and it is only a similar and emergency method, which will only be used at critical moments when it is necessary to emigrate.

For example, if some cities are captured and lose population on a large scale, when they are recaptured, they must be filled with enough population in a short period of time to ensure sufficient stability on the border.

The stability of Lingzhou is much higher than before, there is no danger of being invaded, and there is no coercion.

The sequelae of coercion are huge, and they can only be used at an emergency moment, of course Han Qi will not be so short-sighted, what he wants to create is a truly stable and peaceful development of the Northwest, not a Northwest full of various contradictions, and there were problems at the beginning.

Even the Northwest Water Conservancy Project can be opened, and he will not be forced to promote the small people, and the conditions he opens are very high, and every person who comes to the Northwest can be granted 10 acres of land.

10 acres of land per capita is a big number, and ordinary farmers may not even reach a quarter of this number, and at the same time put the age relatively low, as long as they are more than 8 years old, they can enjoy it, which is also the key to increasing the population of the northwest in disguise.

One person is granted 10 acres of land, which can not only ensure the livelihood of their family, but also the foundation of the family's prosperity.

At any time, the importance of food is much higher than other things, without enough food, the empire cannot be stable, no matter how powerful the empire is, it will become a tree without a chance.

These fields do not belong to them, this is also a kind of Han Qi's policy, in order to avoid someone coming to take the field, they will sell it cheaply for profit, no matter how cheap the land is, hundreds of Wen, together, ten acres per person is several times, and the land for the welfare of ordinary people may become a place for nobles and magnates to seek private interests.

This is what Han Qi does not allow, from the ordinary all the way, has a long time of experience in power, Han Qi understands very well that these nobles and magnates, for the greed of wealth, for their own interests, even obviously good governance, will resist with a conscience, go to the yang and the yin, once the unconditional granting of land, Lingzhou, will become a feast for the magnates.

More than 50 million acres of irrigated land, not only can change the situation of the entire northwest, but also a terrible wealth, a simple mu of land 3 stone harvest, means that this can create more than 2 pieces of wealth, even if it is reduced by seven, seven, eight, eight, only a few hundred wen, when this number increases, it will be very terrible.

10,000 acres, every year is three or five thousand, this is no one can decide the wealth, is people can come to receive, mixed with the powerful up and down, the big head will definitely fall into the hands of the powerful.

In order to ensure that these lands went into the hands of ordinary people, certain restrictions were made and certain rules were established.

According to Han Qi's rules, if you cultivate for more than five years in a row, the land can be owned by cultivation, and in five years, except for fallow, at least the vast majority of the land must be planted with grain and handed over to the harvest, and once it is abandoned, then the acres of land will be directly recovered.

In other words, the field has to be cultivated and harvested, so that the field can be obtained after five years, which is a huge limitation.

This rule, for those powerful who want to get something for nothing, is very harsh, and it almost eliminates most of the methods they can use to get their hands on it.

For ordinary people, it is simply good governance, but it fundamentally restricts the access of the powerful to land, but only the right to cultivate, unless it is a large-scale disaster, even the government can not avoid the disaster, can be reduced, otherwise, the rash waste of land, not only can not get this land, but also will be held responsible.

This avoids the reach of the magnates, not that the magnates can't do it, he may get this field through domestic slaves, or dependent people, according to a person's ten acres, which magnate does not attach a thousand people, this is 100,000 acres.

But it's useless, unless a few thousand people are left in the northwest to farm, and it takes five years to plant together, which is too long.

With regard to the registration of the grant of land, it is necessary to register the person who farms, there is no domestic slave or tenant, whoever plants is his, everything is mainly cultivated, and it is necessary to hand over grain and register at least three times a year, and only when these are perfected can the final land be obtained.

In this sense, even if the house slave is sent to come, as long as the house slave registers the land ownership on any day when the deadline expires, then even the master family cannot deprive them of their land ownership.

This is a huge restriction for the powerful, there are too many uncertainties, and it will take five years, and if there is a little problem, everything will be in vain, plus Han Qi has also established a 5-year first trial, a 10-year inspection rule, in the 10-year review, as long as the problem is found, it can still be recycled.

It seems that the troublesome strategy has little impact on ordinary farmers, they just need to farm honestly, in the spring, summer and autumn, and then hand in the grain, which is the core of this policy.