Zhu Youxiao has always intended to reduce the field endowment, the industry and commerce of the Ming Dynasty were so developed in this era, Zhu Youxiao understood that as long as the industrial and commercial taxes can be collected in place, the problem of whether the field endowment is collected or not is not a big problem. It's just that now there are continuous natural and man-made disasters, coupled with the level of science and technology and other reasons, it is impossible to completely abolish the field endowment within one or two hundred years, but there is absolutely no problem in reducing the field endowment.

The exemption from the 10-year land endowment in the Burma-Central and Yangon provinces is still attractive, and the cost of immigration is much lower than the 10-year land endowment. Now many places in Shanxi have no harvest, and the people are all relying on the relief of the imperial court to continue their lives, and the drought for several consecutive years has made many people almost unable to see hope, as far as the current situation is concerned, there is no need for the mobilization of the imperial court, and the people are willing to go out to find hope.

The businessmen are definitely more reasonable than the government in terms of cost control of immigration, they can't spend money as recklessly as the imperial court, every penny of their money will be used on the blade, and in the transportation of immigrants, they still take the sea, and the cost of sea transportation is much lower than that of land transportation.

On 17 February, Huai'an Wuju Chen Qixin played Chen Shi's disadvantages: There are three major diseases today: one is to select people for subjects, one is to select people for qualifications, and the other is to take science by deducing knowledge and action. When the cabinet members saw this recital, they were immediately shelved by the cabinet, and Zhu Youxiao didn't know about this recital at all, and even Wang Liqian didn't know about it.

The important ministers of the imperial court also knew that Zhu Youxiao was going to abolish the imperial examination, and this recital was like fanning the flames, so the cabinet unanimously agreed to put it on hold for the time being.

In March, Zhu Youxiao received news of the famine again, and there was a famine in Nanyang, Henan and other places. Zhu Youxiao remembered that the famine was very serious, and the history records that "there were even mothers who cooked their daughters for food."

"What is the famine situation in Nanyang and other places?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the famine in Henan is different from Shanxi, Shanxi has been affected by disasters year after year, while Henan was only affected last year, and the local famine is still under control, and the imperial court has already sent people to provide relief." Bi Ziyan replied.

"It seems better than I imagined." Zhu Youxiao said with satisfaction.

"Since the introduction of new crops, there have been very few very serious famines in the Empire." Bi Ziyan explained.

"Xu Shaobao has made a lot of contributions, but it's a pity that he left too early, the Ministry of Agriculture can't let me down, let alone Xu Shaobao." Zhu Youxiao sighed.

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At this time, merchants or representatives of merchants from all over the empire gathered in Ava and began to buy and sell fields in the central province of Burma. The average price of land in the province of Burma was 7 taels and 1 mu, which was a very cheap price for the entire empire.

The province of central Myanmar divided the fields into upper, middle and lower grades, the lower fields were distributed to immigrants, and the upper and middle grades were put up for auction. Myanmar was famous for its fertile land and was known as the world's three largest rice producing regions, along with Thailand and Vietnam.

At this time, after a long period of propaganda by the "Ming Imperial Daily", many merchants in the empire knew that Burmese rice could be planted three times a year, and the yield of each season was also very impressive.

After the last massacre, Ava has prospered again in this land sale, and now Ava City has gathered tens of thousands of people, and almost more than ninety percent of the people gathered here are here to buy land.

"All the people don't have to rob, this time the Burmese and Yangon domains need to sell tens of millions of acres of land, and they are all upper or middle fields, so everyone has a share, and everyone will not suffer. As long as there is money, there must be good land. The officials in charge of buying and selling the fields in the city shouted loudly.

"In addition, please be optimistic about the details of land purchase, here are a few points to note, first, anyone who buys land, regardless of the number of fields purchased, must complete the prescribed number of immigrants within two years, Your Majesty has taken into account the actual situation, has reduced the conditions for immigration to every 100 acres only need to complete the immigration of one Shanxi people; Second, if a field has been left uncultivated for three years, the court will treat the field as ownerless, and the court will have the right to take back the field; Third, although the two feudal divisions of Burma and Yangon were exempted from land taxation for ten years, in the future, 30% of the land produced must be sold to the imperial court, and the price was levied according to the grain price in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

"My lord, the Burmese and Chinese feudal divisions were killed by the Siamese and there is not a single ghost in sight, how can they complete the cultivation in three years? This seems to be a bit of a strong man's difficulty. A businessman asked.

"According to the information of this official, there should be about 500,000 people in Donghu, of which more than 200,000 have fled to the Burma and Laos domains, and most of the rest are hidden in the mountains. Now they have no money or land, you can recruit them to farm, and the imperial court has agreed that anyone who has been cultivating in Burma and Yangon for more than five years will be granted a household registration and their children will be allowed to study in the township, county, and government schools. This person next to me is Bo Dao, the political envoy of Burma and China, who will help you recruit people to cultivate the land. ”

The Siamese became the bearers of this massacre, and the Siamese did not dare to have the slightest dissatisfaction with the empire, and King Basethong also understood that these remnants of the Taungoo would not be able to threaten Siam in the future.

"In another three years, I believe that you can recruit people from Burma, Laos, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places to cultivate, and these four feudal divisions are not too far from here."

"If you can't solve the problem of farming for three years, I suggest you don't buy it, you don't have the ability at all, it's better to go home early and keep your family's ancestral business." At this time, someone in the crowd coaxed. The person who spoke was a representative sent by the shareholders of the shipping company, and in fact he was entrusted by Zhu Youxiao, and of course he did come to buy the land.

"Haven't asked for this brother's honorific name?" The merchant at the beginning asked, holding back the anger in his heart.

"There's nothing to know with people like you, I'll buy 20,000 acres of land." After saying that, the person next to this person brought up a box. When the box was opened, there was an uproar, and the box was full of treasure money.

"I also bought 20,000 acres." At this time, another person in the crowd shouted. Everyone's eyes were attracted by the second wealthy merchant, and the person who shouted also brought up a box at this time, which was also full of treasure money. And this person is also a representative sent by the shareholders of the shipping company.

After the two finished their performances, the scene suddenly boiled, and at this time, all the problems were instantly covered up, and everyone had only one idea: that is, to buy land, buy more land.

(End of chapter)