Chapter 121: Enclosure Movement
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"The main purpose of the Spanish version of the enclosure movement is four...... Ferdinand silently calculated in his heart.
"The first, and, most importantly, the author Kulen 1911 needs to be rescued from the Forbidden City, and before he is castrated."
"Second, I need to explain, why that guy has been in the Forbidden City for so long, after Nidhogg's investigation, it seems that it is mainly due to Kavin, but there are some other factors, I won't say it for the time being, and we'll see the situation later."
"Thirdly, to protect the arable land of Valencia and even Aragon, so that Spanish agriculture is not destroyed."
"Fourth, to gain some prestige for the king and promote the further expansion of the royal workshop/factory."
After all, the power of the Valencian aristocracy was relatively weak, and with the king's vigorous promotion, the enclosure movement directed by Ferdinand began to be widely implemented in the province of Valencia.
As the saying goes, if a scholar rebels, he will not succeed in three years. But the king's reform is not much better, and if you want to do it in half a year, there is no way. At least for a whole year.
Although the Land Joint Planning and Management Committee has been established, there are still many shell institutions under the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey.
In order to achieve a fair and reasonable measurement of the distribution of land, it is necessary to review each title deed of the current year, and measure large plots of cultivated land, pastures, and public land, especially the communal land of the village community and some public land claimed by the nobility.
At this time, there was a need for many examiners and land surveyors, and one option was to be selected and appointed by the Valencian Government. Another way was for the king to send "ambassadors".
Although there is a sense of déjà vu in the brainless TV series of Pooh Tianzi's private interview and observation of the people's feelings, this method is sometimes really useful. As for how to send so many "ambassadors" to work, and how to ensure their integrity and fairness as much as possible......
In fact, there are still many brick houses in the University of Aragon, government offices and other places, which is enough to ensure that sufficient brick houses are provided to carry out land surveying work.
As for the latter, Tsar Alexander II of Russia, and the last Tsar Nicholas II, were the ones who were captured in the Forbidden City along with Cullen in 1911 (His Majesty the Tsar is now sending a distress signal to Ferdinand, but Ferdinand thinks that once a week visit is the limit at the moment) - provides a good idea:
Send money.
That's right, it's money! Give you a salary, give you an allowance, and reward you for doing a good job of measurement. Otherwise, what else could it do? Allowances are paid by the acre, and His Majesty's Ducats are beckoning to you!
The other is to supervise each other and report to each other.
Even in a country like Russia, where serfdom is deeply rooted, the tsar was able to reluctantly keep the bricks by paying money to complete the land surveying with discipline, and there is no reason why in Valencia, where the power of the great nobles is not strong, the king himself is in charge, and he can't take those bricks to complete the task.
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As a result, more than 2,000 surveyors and brick families participated in the task of surveying the land through the Land Mutual Planning Management Committee. At the same time, the examining officer is responsible for reviewing every past title deed in the province. Extensive timber harvesting and a supply of fences were also in demand, with migrant workers hired by the committee running the township roads to bring logs or fences around.
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In other words, in fact, if it is only in the province of Valencia, the big nobles and the king do not have much conflict of interest - because the big nobles do not have many conflicts of interest here, and the enclosure movement does not necessarily require the king to personally end up and make such a big battle. Ferdinand did this because he "had a ghost in his heart"—
There is an ancient poem in the East that is well sung: the belt is 100 feet high, and the basket is filled with stars. Don't dare to speak loudly, for fear of making a big noise.
Therefore, if you want to make a big fu, you must raise the belt high enough in advance.
In the future, Ferdinand was going to follow the example of King Karl XI of Sweden and do some very unruly things in the northern provinces, such as recovering the royal land and giving the tenant farmers the right of freedom, which were not liked by the aristocracy. So, it's time to prepare.
He is still optimistic about the outcome. You must know that after the Stockholm tragedy caused by Christian II of Denmark in 1520, the great monarch Gustav Vasa, who launched an uprising in Dalarna Province and promoted Sweden's independence from the Kalmar Union, robbed the church estate through the Protestant reform, and only increased the royal land to 30% of the national land. In one fell swoop, he pocketed 35% of the country's land, and gave the peasants a chorus of praise – the peasants who became the king's immediate descendants had the right to freedom and autonomy, just like Spain.
Of course, this kind of thing was very upset with the nobles, even if they made amends, but since the Swedish king succeeded in doing so, the only side effect was that some nobles cursed him to hell after death, so Ferdinand decided to do it! Of course, we will have to wait until later, when the advantage is huge.
What the? You say that although Karl XI was alive, Gustav III was assassinated by the Swedish nobles? I'm sorry, but His Majesty King Ferdinand has expressed his desire to assassinate him, but to die one by one......
In the rural areas, the enclosure movement began to follow Ferdinand's instructions, and the Common Land Planning Management Committee set up a demarcation coordination organization among the free village communities, yeoman farmers, knights, nobles and other stakeholders, and of course the power of land surveyors and review officers to decide. Most of the farmers are satisfied with this, but some farmers have encountered some troubles -
"Ferdinand, I heard that the land you graze has been trampled by the sheep of the old man, and now you can get rid of this terrible environment, right?"
"Maybe, but I can only graze on the public land of the village, and I heard that after the rezoning, the private land given to me will be reduced ......"
The rezoning was carried out prudently throughout the year, first of all, to determine which real estate interests each of the villagers owned, and to determine the rights and interests of some of the related nobles in accordance with the king's decree and the results of some consultations, and to convert the rights and interests of some of the related nobles into land or money or fixed rent, while the other personal obligations were basically discharged. With the exception of yeoman farmers, most of the free village communities acquired, or were properly compensated to the nobility, complete private property rights to the land. The right of each person to work in which blocks of the commons and to graze on the commons are converted into ownership of the rezoned land.
So the concern of the "Ferdinand" who grazes in the commons is justified, he has been allocated less land, although it is not as maddening as when the land was allocated in England, but it is still possible for a small number of rural farmers to leave the countryside for the towns to promote the development of industry and commerce, and Ferdinand's artisanal workshops and factories also need to recruit some manpower......
Of course, in fact, the land divided by this new plan will not increase the rural labor force required until the new farming methods are introduced, unless the population of Valencia grows rapidly, otherwise the main role of Ferdinand's land enclosure movement is to protect agricultural production, improve the situation of the peasants, and increase agricultural productivity. Industrial breakthroughs have to wait for Ferdinand's scientific and technological research and development to achieve breakthrough results, such as the Watt steam engine......