The Great Song Dynasty is short of money and food! If there is no shortage of money and food, he will not be able to play with a bunch of old foxes no matter how much he has eyes, not to mention that he is not the kind of person who has many eyes. However, the Great Song Dynasty was short of money and food, so the emperor and Wen Yanbo forced them not to turn a deaf ear to their suggestions, and some measures had to be implemented even if they did not agree.

When Wen Yanbo and the others complained to the emperor, the emperor agreed to call Li Buqi to ask Li Buqi what he could do to solve the current problem. In fact, this dynasty has never done anything about immigration, and there is no understanding of immigration.

Li Buqi was called to the Chongzheng Palace, and after hearing Wen Yanbo talk about the current predicament of the imperial court, he said: "Xianggong Wen, although the lower officials have arranged for the police department to do some investigations, it is all based on having sufficient money and food and operating step by step. Tens of thousands of people suddenly immigrated, and there was no money and food, and it was difficult for the officials to cook without rice. But I don't know where the ministers are going to place these people? ”

Pang Ji said: "The old man and others are worried about this matter. Since the Police Department has done an investigation, where do you say it is appropriate? ”

Li Buqi said: "Xiaguan used to arrange for the police department to conduct some preliminary investigations on Jinghu North Road, Jinghu South Road, and Guangnan Road, most of which are vast and sparsely populated, and some areas do have places where immigrants can migrate. But this time it is the people of Hebei who want to immigrate, thousands of miles away, not accustomed to the humid weather in the south, if you immigrate directly, you are not familiar with the place, I am afraid that many people will soon die of illness. If there is enough money and food, they can slowly adapt to it for two years, but without money and food, I don't know how many people will die just by walking along the way. Instead of benefiting the people, such immigrants harm them. Moreover, large-scale migration will inevitably clash with the local indigenous barbarians. ”

As soon as he heard that there might be a conflict, Wen Yanbo immediately said: "At this time, you must not regenerate the war, so it is absolutely impossible." ”

Li Buqi said with a smile: "The imperial court has no money and food, and there is no idle land to settle these people. All of a sudden, I couldn't think about it. ”

Li Buqi is telling the truth, but from the perspective of the emperor and the deacons, this is really an unsolvable problem. So there was a moment of silence in the temple. Zhao Zhen saw that he couldn't come up with a result, and he was also troubled, so he asked everyone to retreat. Li Buqi suddenly said: "If the method of recruiting van soldiers and immigrants is not good, there is another way to try." ”

Zhao Zhen hurriedly asked: "What method, let's hear it." ”

Li Buqi said: "Now maritime merchants come and go to Beihai Island every year, and they have begun to establish villages and towns there, catch seals and whales, and cultivate fields, but they lack manpower, so they can transport people from Liao to Beihai Island. If maritime merchants were required to recruit people from Hebei to go to sea, wouldn't it reduce the number of people who needed relief from the imperial court? Moreover, the cost of immigrating overseas does not have to be borne by the imperial court. It's just that in this way, it will encroach on the profits of the maritime merchants, so it will take a lot of time. ”

Wen Yanbo, Pang Ji and the others all glanced at Li Buqi thoughtfully, and they each pondered Li Buqi's intentions in their hearts. Everyone knows that Li Buqi is the general backstage of the maritime merchants on the Eastern Front, what is his purpose in doing this? They will not be naïve enough to think that Li Buqi is just to share the worries of the imperial court, and it must be beneficial to spit out the meat that has been eaten in their mouths.

Li Buqi didn't care about the thoughts of the deacons, as if he had been inspired by himself and suddenly had some ideas, and said excitedly: "Even if you can only move 10,000 people over, the imperial court can also set up officials to govern it." The local natives artificially transformed the outsiders, and they could send people to educate them and make them become the people of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Without waiting for Wen Yanbo and Pang Ji to figure out the pros and cons of immigrating overseas, Zhao Zhen, who was stupid in reading, said: "I'm afraid that this move is inappropriate." Overseas wilderness, thousands of miles away from the Great Song Dynasty, I can't bear to send my people there. ”

Li Buqi's face was turned into a bun, so he had to explain patiently: "Your Majesty, it is true that Beihai is a barbaric land, but the undeveloped places in Jinghu and Guangnan are also barbaric places. It is four or five thousand miles from Dengzhou to Beihai Island, and two or three thousand miles from the lower reaches of the Yellow River to Jingxiang. It's just that you need to take the sea route to Beihai, but Beihai Island can be said to have a pleasant climate for the people of Hebei, and there is no miasma of Jingxiang and Guangnan, but it is an easier place to live. ”

"Is that so?" Wen Yanbo's eyes flashed, and his heart immediately began to be inclined to immigrate to Hokkaido. This financial pressure really made him miserable, and it would be great if he could resettle tens of thousands of people without spending money, even if Li Bu gave up some benefits. It's just that he also has to protect himself, and he can't let the officials impeach him into a sieve.

The officials don't care whether the court has money and food, and whether there is a place to settle these people, but as long as he Wen Yanbo dares to send these people to the sea, he will definitely impeach him, the prime minister, for killing the people of the Great Song Dynasty. As for the fact that in the end, these people were not resettled and were washed away by the flood, then there was one more piece of evidence for the impeachment of the prime minister, and it was not them who lost. Therefore, Wen Yanbo needs some reasons that can block the mouth of the official.

Li Buqi said: "Yes." If you don't know much about the situation on Beihai Island, you can summon a maritime merchant who has been to Beihai Island to inquire. ”

Pang Ji asked: "But with such a long journey, I'm afraid that tens of thousands of people can't be removed in a year or two." ”

Li Buqi said: "The Yellow River has just been diverted, and it will not break again in three years." Therefore, it is also possible to draw it slowly. You can also immigrate in a few batches first, and if there is a problem, stop it immediately. At that time, it was hoped that the imperial court could have a surplus of money and grain, and it could also emigrate to other places. ”

Pang Ji was thinking about it in his heart, and turned a lot of thoughts. Wen Yanbo, the prime minister, has also been the prime minister for several years, and it is time to change the prime minister according to the emperor's temperament, but it is inconvenient to change people during the war. So he has to worry about things in the next few years, and that's to worry about himself.

Judging from the current situation, it is impossible for the imperial court to have a surplus of money and grain in two or three years, and it would be good to be able to fill the hole in this war. If you want to immigrate or don't have money, so from the perspective of saving money, it is still the least pressure to immigrate to Beihai Island. He quickly weighed the pros and cons, and found that among the methods he could think of, Li Bu gave up this method was the most feasible, but this was also the one that was under the most pressure from the officials.

Gao Ruone will not be the prime minister for the time being, but he is more concerned about reputation, and seeing that Wen Yanbo and Pang Ji are not speaking, he protested and said: "The minister thinks that this law is not feasible." The common people are different from the maritime merchants who seek profit, but they just seek to live in peace. It is really unbearable to let them wander thousands of miles in the maritime merchants, and it is detrimental to His Majesty's benevolence. The minister thought that he should plan carefully and settle these people properly. ”

Li Buqi saw that the emperor, Wen Yanbo, and Pang Ji did not speak, so he asked Gao Ruone: "So is there a good way for Gao to participate in politics?" ”

Gao Ruone did not show weakness, and said to the emperor: "The ministers ask the ministers to discuss this matter, and there will be a good plan." ”

Li Buqi smiled in his heart, and stopped talking.

Zhao Zhen saw that Gao Ruone occupied the righteousness, and he would definitely not be able to fight for a result, and he was even more worried that the Qiangang's arbitrariness would cause the ministers to make a noise, so he said: "Since this is the case, I will edict the ministers to discuss this matter." Listen to it and then implement it as soon as possible. ”

Li Buqi immediately bowed down and said, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

When Sanya returned home, he asked if Yao Gang was there. Not long after, Yao Gang arrived at Li Buqi's study, and Li Buqi said: "Brother Yao, today His Majesty issued an edict ordering the ministers to discuss the Yellow River and how to resettle the people who may be affected by the disaster downstream. I don't know how long it will take, and we don't have time to wait for them to come up with a big deal in a month or two. Do you have any way to get people to voluntarily emigrate overseas? ”

Yao Gang smiled: "This is easy. As long as we publicize the fact that the Yellow River is going to be diverted, the people will inevitably panic when they know about it, and then we will publicize that the imperial court has no money and food to resettle them, and that there are many miasma in the south, and people will inevitably have to fend for themselves. At this time, as long as we use the method we have discussed to recruit people to go to sea, and explain the situation of Beihai Island better, we will definitely be able to attract the people to go to sea. The key is to be careful to dissociate officials from the matter. ”

Li Buqi said: "Okay, then this matter will be worried by Zixiao." Just don't publicize the diversion of the Yellow River. Also, you only grasp this matter, and when the martial arts academy opens, you still have to be a gentleman. In the future, these students will definitely be the pillars of the country, and I am not at ease to let others teach them. ”

Yao Gang was shocked and asked: "If we don't send people to preach, how will the people know?" ”

Li Buqi said with a smile: "There must be many people who want to benefit from such a big matter, and they will promote it for us." ”