Chapter 496 Policy Adjustments
When the internal turmoil in Liangzhou was treacherous, after more than half a month, Xue Xing finally rushed from Shangdang to Jicheng. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoThis is his first time in Jicheng, and he was immediately shocked by the magnificence and grandeur of Jicheng.
"Jicheng deserves to be the capital of Liaodong, and the old man can't describe it in words." Xue Xing sighed at Xue Tao who came to greet him.
"That's it! It is said that as soon as the big Sima entered the Jicheng, he ordered the first Youzhou Thorn Liu Han Liu to start expanding the Jicheng, and later Liu learned the experience of expanding Xiangping City, and after several drafts, he finally designed this magnificent Jicheng! ā
Looking at Yingwu's son, Xue Xing's eyes were full of smiles, and he was very satisfied with Xue Tao's performance on the battlefield in Qingzhou, or it was completely beyond his expectations. It is foreseeable that the Fenyin Xue clan will remain prosperous at least in Xue Tao's generation.
"Father, I heard that Da Sima intends to let you take over Li Zhoumu's position this time?" After sighing at Jicheng, Xue Tao cared about his father's future again.
Xue Xing nodded when he heard this: "That's right, with the three counties of Henan joining Liaodong, Liaodong has mastered at least half of the counties in Sizhou, and due to the large population of Sizhou, it is no longer appropriate for the Prefecture Assassin Mansion to take care of it." ā
"Hehe, now it seems how wise my father was to decide to move his family to Liaodong!"
Hearing this, Xue Xing showed a hint of pride on his face, in the confrontation that year, the Hedong family suffered heavy losses, only a few families of the Pei family and the Xue family were saved, and a large number of other families such as the Wei family were uprooted by Liaodong.
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The next day, Xue Xing went to the political hall to meet Wei Shuo, and happened to meet the high-level officials of Liaodong discussing political affairs in the political hall. And Wei Shuo considered that the reconstruction of Luoyang needed the assistance of the Sizhou Assassin Mansion, so he arranged the meeting with Xue Tao and the political affairs.
"Chen Xue Tao meets the lord!"
"Ji Da, please get up quickly, no need to be polite!"
After speaking, Wei Shuo pulled Xue Xing to introduce Pei Wei, Gao Zhan, Wen Qiao, Mo Han and other high-level officials in Liaodong to him one by one, and finally pointed to Xue Xing to introduce everyone present.
After everyone's greetings were over, Wei Shuo pointed to Huangfu Zhen and said, "Okay, everyone's greetings have been finished!" Now it's time to talk about politics! Chu Ji, you can first briefly introduce to you the information collected by the Mufu in the past that is related to the economic development of Liaodong. ā
"No!" When Huangfu Zhen heard this, he immediately stood up and said: "Since Liaodong opened up the maritime trade route with Rome, the scale of overseas trade has been increasing year by year. Take this year as an example, due to the fact that the relationship between Eastern and Western Rome was not peaceful, the Eastern Emperor Licinius purchased a large number of ordnance from Liaodong in order to compete with Constantine, and this alone created more than hundreds of thousands of benefits for Liaodong. ā
"Shhh Xue Xing couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, he had heard that the profits of Liaodong Maritime Trade were amazing, but he didn't expect that just one arms transaction would have more than hundreds of thousands of benefits. If we add the transaction volume of other commodities, wouldn't Liaodong's annual income exceed one million?
In fact, Xue Xing still underestimated the profits of sea trade, and the profits of Liaodong from sea trade have long exceeded one million yuan every year, and this year it is likely to be as high as millions of yuan.
"Is a Roman civil war inevitable?" Wei Shuo said thoughtfully.
"According to various intelligence analysis, at the latest, East and West Rome will fight again for Roman dominance."
Wei Shuo didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, and said with a bit of schadenfreude: "Okay! The more fierce the fight, the better, it is better to beat him for ten or eight years, so that my Liaodong can almost earn all the wealth in Rome. ā
"In addition to Rome, Nanyang is still the most dependent region in Liaodong, which is not only a supplier of raw materials in Liaodong, but also the largest grain procurement area in Liaodong. Every year, Liaodong has to use a large number of silk, porcelain, glass and other commodities to bring back a shipload of copper, gold, silver, iron, rice and other materials urgently needed in Liaodong from Nanyang. ā
"The reason why Liaodong consumes so many raw materials is that in addition to the endless battles every year, Liaodong is also engaged in infrastructure construction such as roads, bridges, and water conservancy in various places."
"It can be said that it is precisely because of the leading role of maritime trade that Liaodong has undergone earth-shaking changes in a very short period of time, including in Youyanliao and other places, cement roads basically cover every county."
"At the same time, a large number of workshops began to open in various parts of Liaodong, especially the most Youyan land, followed by And, Shuo and Yongzhou."
"With the economic development, the opening of roads and bridges, and the construction of long-distance buses and horse-drawn carriages in various places, the circulation between local laborers has been greatly strengthened."
"The minister dared to pat his chest and declare that in the past, the people of my dynasty were not as free!" After speaking, Huangfu was really full of pride.
"Economic prosperity will naturally lead to exchanges in various places, which is a good thing, and the government should give positive guidance!"
As soon as Wei Shuo's words fell, Pei Wei couldn't help but stand up and vent his bitterness: "Lord, you may not know, just because of this matter, the officials at all levels have come to me many times to complain, and they all say that the people are more difficult to manage than before. Not only is he more shrewd than before, but sometimes when faced with government accountability, many people will choose to hide. ā
"Hehehe, that's the responsibility of your shepherd's house, the quality of the people has improved, can you wait for officials to stop?"
Pei Wei could only smile helplessly when he heard this, he naturally knew that Wei Shuo would never restrict the movement of the people, so he could only further improve the quality of officials. Anyone who cannot adapt to the needs of Liaodong's development will be eliminated in the future.
"My lord, although the flow of population has promoted economic development to a certain extent, most people will choose to migrate to Youyan because of people's yearning for a better life. This also led to the increasing number of people gathered in Youyan Liao, and the minister was worried that the situation would become worse and worse as time went on. ā
"Well, Shirong has a point. This is a normal phenomenon for the population to move to the wealthy land of the Hidden Swallow. This is also caused by the uneven economic development of various parts of eastern Liaoning, and if we want to eliminate the adverse impact, we must adjust the policy of eastern Liaoning as soon as possible. The focus of construction investment has gradually shifted from prefectures and counties such as Youjishuo to newly recovered places such as Guanzhong, Qingsi, and grasslands. ā
Speaking of this, Wei Shuo looked at Xue Xing and Hu Yanmo: "To lead the economy to the transfer of Qingsi, the main measure is the transfer of agriculture first. Among them, the equalization system is the foundation, and in addition, it is necessary to speed up the development of large farms and pastures. ā
"Then there is the transfer of industry and commerce, and the pastoral government should encourage the local big businessmen and family capital in Youyan to expand to other places."
"In particular, Qingzhou should make good use of its advantages near the sea and actively develop the port economy, while Sizhou should give full play to its advantages in traditional agriculture and combine the technological advantages of eastern Liaoning to restore the local agricultural level as soon as possible."
"I hope you understand that this is a major adjustment of Liaodong's policy, and the focus of our investment and development will gradually shift to the south and west in the future. The pastoral government should send guidance personnel to various places as soon as possible to inspect and guide capital to open branch factories in Guanzhong, Siqing, grassland, and other places. ā
"In addition, with the opening of more and more workshops in Liaodong, the problem of labor shortage is becoming more and more prominent, what is the pastoral government's response to this?"
Pei Wei and Mo Han glanced at each other, and then Pei Wei stood up and said: "Back to the lord, the pastoral government has already had a countermeasure to this, starting from this year, the pastoral government will increase investment in agricultural machinery, and strive to promote the application of machinery in agriculture, so as to reduce the population engaged in agriculture, so as to make up for the demand for manpower in industry and commerce." ā
"Well, that's a good idea!" Wei Shuo was very satisfied with the suggestion of the pastoral government, and it seems that after nearly ten years of running-in, the concept of the high-level in Liaodong has changed a lot, and they no longer treat the so-called strange tricks with prejudice.
In fact, Weishuo has been encouraging the use of machinery in recent years, especially in agriculture, and vigorously promoting agricultural machinery such as overturning cars and harvesters, which has greatly reduced the pressure of a small population.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let me stress again that the policy of Liaodong will not remain static, and many of the current policies were formulated ten years ago. There are many things that are no longer suitable for the needs of the current situation, and we must look at things from a development perspective, and at the same time, we must know how to keep pace with the times. ā
"No!" Everyone present is an old man who has followed Wei Shuo for many years, and he knows the character of his lord very well, and he is by no means a legalistic king, and he advocates reform and new things very much. (To be continued.) )