Chapter 223: Brilliant Immigration Skills
Xu Guangqi, Sun Chengzong, and Bi Ziyan, the three henchmen, did not approve of the emperor's behavior of wholesale official hats, and this kind of behavior was absolutely not okay.
Although Yang Reform was a little regretful, he still decided to listen to his confidants. Perhaps, I thought too simply.
However, Bi Ziyan is obviously more able to figure out the intention than the two emperors, thought about it, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”
"Say, there's nothing you can't say." Yang reformed.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has given an official position or official product to the people who go to assist in disaster relief, which is indeed a positive surname that will help increase the number of people in disaster relief. In this way, Your Majesty, there is no problem with this official position. Bi Ziyan gave the emperor an idea to let the Jinshi serve as disaster relief officials, so that the disaster relief officials could have official qualities, and there was no problem with this.
Yang Gai's eyes also lit up, looked at Bi Ziyan, and said, "Well, Bi Aiqing, it makes sense, what do the two masters think?" ”
Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong glanced at each other.
Xu Guangqi said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this method is acceptable. ”
"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that this law will be practiced." Sun Chengzong did not object to this matter either.
"Then since it's okay, let's see what grade or official position should I give?"
Xu Guangqi thought for a while and said: "Back to Your Majesty, it has always been that this Jinshi was born to supplement the various ministries, all from the main matter, the main thing is the sixth grade, and the release is generally the county order, and the seventh grade." Xu Guangqi did not directly answer what position and official quality should be given, but gave a choice for reference, this is what people need to pay attention to, everything is up to you, then the emperor is afraid that he will have an opinion on you.
"Principal? Positive six products? County order, is the seventh product? This year, there are more than 300 new science and technology scholars, that is to say, the lowest, it will also be a positive seventh grade? "Yang Reform thinks that this is really NB to be a Jinshi! As soon as he came out, at least he was a department-level cadre, and if he was a little better, he was still a deputy department-level cadre, no wonder in ancient times, everything was inferior, only the reading was high, if he had a little hope, he would not give up the way of the imperial examination!
“…… Back to Your Majesty, yes, Your Majesty has more than 300 people in Enke this year, and the lowest is generally a county order of the seventh grade. Xu Guangqi affirmed.
"Zheng Qi Pin is Zheng Qi Pin, since this is the case, then give the position of Zheng Qi Pin, Master Xu, you see, how many people are needed?"
"Back to Your Majesty, you can set up a Si Nong Department as if I immigrated during the Hongwu period, and your Majesty sent a Qin to take charge of the overall situation of immigration, however, the situation is different from that of the past, and now the migration of a large number of people, the time is urgent, so, the minister suggested, Your Majesty can set up a Si Agricultural Bureau in the affected county, set up a Si Nong Bureau to move a Ming Cook, dedicated to immigration, several immigration officers, led by each immigration officer to relocate, responsible for contacting and preserving immigrants along the way, the minister roughly calculated, Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang and other counties involved in immigration, I'm afraid that there will be no more than one or two hundred, and the people who need it will be very ......huge" Speaking of this, Xu Guangqi realized that his plan may be really huge, and he will wholesale one or two hundred seven-grade chief officials at once, and I don't know how many immigration officers who assist immigrants, this ...... This, I don't know if the officialdom of Daming likes himself or hates himself.
"Master Xu is saying that in the past, immigrants were led by a group of people who were immigrated? That is true? "It's the first time I've heard of ancient immigrants doing this, and I'm very interested in it.
"Back to Your Majesty, if the immigrants are voluntary, then, the imperial court only needs to send an official, responsible for leading, this official is responsible for the immigration process and the contact with various places along the way, to preserve the immigrants, the survey of the migration, the license is the responsibility of this official, if you meet the people who are unwilling to move, it is more difficult, in addition to the official responsible for leading, you need to use the garrison of the guard to force the relocation, this is more troublesome. However, this relocation, with the full support of His Majesty, is a year of famine, and the relocation place is a land of fish and rice, it should not be too difficult, and the minister believes that as long as he communicates well with the victims, it should not be a problem. Xu Guangqi explained.
"Oh! I see, I see. By the way, how did the lead officer of this immigrant solve it before? "Yang Reform's current plan is to use the Jinshi who are still studying in the Jinshi class, and one or two hundred Jinshi may need to be used as immigration officers at a time, and then one or two thousand inmates will be sent to assist, I don't know how to do it before.
"Back to Your Majesty, although the immigrants in the Hongwu period are claimed to be millions of immigrants, the time span is relatively large, there are decades, so it is not as urgent as time now, and hundreds of immigration officials are needed at once. Xu Guangqi explained.
"Oh! So it was. I see. ”
Yang Reform nodded, it is necessary to use the previous immigration policies and immigration methods, after all, this is the closest to the facts and the most conducive to implementation. However, there is also a gap between the previous method and the current situation, and it cannot be exactly the same.
Master Xu continued. Yang reformed his hand, so Xu Guangqi continued.
“…… Your Majesty, the minister thinks that each county agricultural bureau can be equipped with several officers and scribes to assist in immigration affairs, and the immigration officers can be assigned several officers to assist the immigration officers in immigration, and these officers and scribes can be filled by the supervisors of the Guozijian or by local students. Xu Guangqi said this, stopped again, and looked at the emperor.
Yang Gai listened very carefully, and was also seriously analyzing, asking: "This immigrant is basically just coming to the county, right?" Didn't go deep into the township or village? Yang Gai found that the lowest level of administrative capacity in the Ming Dynasty was the county, and now, Xu Guangqi's immigration plan was only arranged at the county level.
Xu Guangqi was shocked! Into the countryside? This...... The emperor's imagination is too rich. I originally thought that I would set up a farming bureau in every county affected by the disaster, which was already very luxurious, but now the emperor actually asked himself why he didn't go deep into the countryside? This...... It's hard to imagine how many people are needed to do this.
Yang Reform just said casually, looking at Xu Guangqi's stunned face, he knew that what he said was probably too "ignorant", and said, "Go on, go on." ”
Xu Guangqi continued to explain his plan in astonishment.
“…… Your Majesty, in addition to these, you also need the cooperation of the garrisons of various health stations, escort and escort along the way, and prevent riots in the process of immigration, or robbed of money by thieves, this should be paid attention to,...... However, now is disaster relief, and there is no need to be afraid of immigrants rioting, only need to defend against thieves and robbers......" Xu Guangqi explained the way of immigration and the places that need to be paid attention to.
Through Xu Guangqi's continuous analysis and explanation, the Ming Dynasty, the immigration project of millions of people migrating thousands of miles, gradually became clear. Yang Gengai couldn't stop tapping his fingers on the table, thinking deeply.
It took a while for Yang Reform to come back to his senses from this deep thought.
"Well, it's good, I have some understanding of this immigration work, but I still want to ask, how does Master Xu plan to arrange this money work?" Yang asked again.
Xu Guangqi thought for a long time and said: "Your Majesty, in terms of money, the minister plans to immigrate to the designated place and distribute it to 30%, and when the embankment around the lake is completed, it will be distributed to the fields, and then the rest will be given, so as to ensure that after the immigrants succeed in cultivating the land, they will have the money to buy farm tools and seeds, and they can still live." Xu Guangqi explained.
Yang reformed and calculated, although Xu Guangqi himself can be trusted, it does not mean that he can trust others, and he should also use his own "practice" to send an accounting team to be responsible for the verification and supervision of money.
"Master Xu, is there a solution to the issue of the distribution and supervision of this money?" Yang asked again.
"This ...... Your Majesty, the minister intends to ask a group of scribes and accountants to be transferred from the household department to take charge of money. Xu Guangqi said this question, and his heart was tight, this is tens of millions of silver in and out! Although I said that I would transfer some people from the household department, it was not necessarily enough, and the money was too much.
"In this way, I sent a group of lieutenants who are very good at arithmetic and understand accounting to assist Master Xu in checking and supervising money, of course, how to use the money, Master Xu still has the final say, and the lieutenants I sent will not interfere with Master Xu's affairs, they are only responsible for checking the accounts and managing the accounts." The use of his own money, let the eunuchs supervise the accounts, this is not the first time Yang Reform has done this, the few only send one or two eunuchs, and the more, send a group of eunuchs, anyway, the supervision of this money, he will not let go no matter what, make some money by himself, not allowed!
Xu Guangqi didn't say anything, and agreed: "Obey, Your Majesty." "The emperor cares about the use of this silver, that's for sure, after all, tens of millions of taels of silver.
After saying a question, Yang Gai still banged on the table with his hand, and continued to think deeply, the issue of immigration has to be cautious.
"Master Xu, how did you prepare and prepare for the purchase and mobilization of food? How does this work? Yang asked again.
"Back to Your Majesty, in terms of mobilizing grain, in addition to buying a part, most of it still relies on the mobilization of various parts of Jiangnan, and the tax increase discussed before is directly collected and collected, and stored in the major warehouses in Jiangnan together with the original grain. Grain is shipped directly from major warehouses,...... To transport grain, the minister plans to hire a group of merchant ships, and then build a part of the ships, and then use a large number of immigrants to work for relief to assist in transporting grain, stationed along the river in the difficult and dangerous part of the river, so that the ships can pass quickly and transport to Henan, Shaanxi and other disaster-stricken places, and then gather the relief of these immigrants, and set up most of them in the riverside places, so that even if some disaster victims do not know where to eat, do not know where to survive, they only need to go down the river, and can always find the relief point set up by the court, and once they find the relief point, they can eat on the spot...... the minister's plan is to use the waterway throughout the whole process, the waterway to get grain, and the waterway to immigrate, so that it is convenient for the immigrants to move quickly, and it is also convenient for the nearby transportation of grain, and the minister does not plan to travel long distances to transport the grain to various states and counties for distribution, or only a small part of it, so that the ......food can be saved to the greatest extent," Xu Guangqi explained.
......Yang Reform listened to Xu Guangqi's detailed plan, and felt that Xu Guangqi was quite talented, and actually set up this relief point on the riverside, not on the land, so that the whole waterway, this transportation of grain, transporting people, can save to the greatest extent, and even more absolutely the disaster victims only need to go down the river, and can always find a relief point, this design, I have to say, is very clever, in this way, it can solve the problem of difficult mobilization of migrants to the greatest extent, since you have come to the resettlement point, it means that you' If it is a normal year, let others emigrate, then it may be difficult, but if it is in a disaster year, the imperial court has relief, and is also responsible for giving you fields, as long as you go down the river, you can not starve, you can have fields, this, I have to say, is a very clever skill. This is definitely much more ingenious than the use of the army to force immigrants, when people have no food to eat and can't survive, there is a way to live, I believe that most people will choose to go down the river.
What's more, the Ming Dynasty is an agricultural civilization, the common people are farming, the first priority of farming is to have water, and there is water, there must be a ditch, the ditch must be connected to the stream, the stream must be connected to the river, and the river, must be connected to the river, so, Shaanxi, Henan scattered to all over the place, the ditches and ditches, the people in the corners of the mountains, the farmers, through the river, and the relief points of the imperial court are connected together, this design, I have to say, very unique, very ingenious. It saves manpower and material resources to the greatest extent.
"Good, good, good...... I understand, this is good, according to Master Xu's line of thought, that is, all immigrants only need to go down the river to always find a place for relief? And once you get to the relief point, it's much simpler, right? Master Xu,...... Hehehe...... Why didn't you say this method earlier? If I had said it earlier, I was afraid that I wouldn't have been so worried and depressed, hehehe...... Hahaha......"
Yang Reform has been entangled and thinking about the issue of disaster relief and immigration, making himself very dull, with a bitter face all day long, and a bad mood. Now that he was troubled by Xu Guangqi's ingenious immigration plan, this person was a lot more cheerful and laughed. It turns out that the seemingly troublesome and cumbersome disaster relief migrants can also be so simple and ingenious. According to Xu Guangqi's design, this immigration will save a lot of trouble!
Xu Guangqi stood there with a calm face, not complacent, as if this ingenious idea was not worth mentioning at all. In fact, Xu Guangqi was also a little proud in his heart, and deliberately left this question to the back, which is to play a killer role, if he has been engaged in such a long-term disaster relief plan, and there is no bright spot, he will simply go back to his hometown to hug his grandson.
Sun Chengzong listened to Xu Guangqi's plan, and was also overwhelmed by the ingenuity and cleverness of this plan, this idea was indeed clever, and he couldn't help but praise it immediately: "Your Majesty, it's not the ministers who praise Zixian, this idea is indeed clever, it is indeed ingenious, that is, to the greatest extent of disaster relief, and you can use the boat to quickly pick up the refugees, and go down the river to the south, this is simply a lot of one stone!" Such a disaster relief is unheard of! Clever, clever! Sun Chengzong doesn't praise others easily, but Xu Guangqi's idea today is really amazing, if you don't praise a few times, you'll be sorry for yourself.
As soon as Xu Guangqi's brilliant idea came out, the light in the Wenhua Hall became brighter, and the oppressive atmosphere was swept away, and the emotions of the monarchs and ministers became much happier.
Bi Ziyan also couldn't help admiring in his heart, sure enough, Jiang is old and spicy, this Xu Guangqi is called a master by the emperor, it seems that the name is true! This Xu Guangqi is an example for himself to learn! also made a few words of praise.
"Your Majesty, Xu Shaobao's idea, I really can't say, wonderful, as far as the minister knows, this along the river to transport grain, the consumption is the smallest, the grain is transported from the south to Kaifeng, five stones, the consumption is not more than one stone, transported to Xi'an, then the consumption of more than two stones, if it is also transported by land to the Shaanxi border, then there is only more than one stone, and even a few buckets of places, if all the relief is along the river, then, the consumption of grain, is much smaller, far easier than transporting to every county, if the people do not eat, they will definitely go down the river, Simple and easy to understand and easy to do, in this way, immigration will also become simple, far better than forcing the people to emigrate...... Xu Shaobao is talented, and the minister is better ......" Bi Ziyan praised Xu Guangqi in a high-profile manner.
After Xu Guangqi's idea came out, this Wenhua Hall was full of lightness and cheerfulness. The burden of immigration, which is on the monarch's ministers, has eased a lot.
"Indeed, Master Xu is talented, talented! For this, I have to reward Master Xu. This one has to be promoted ....... "Yang Reform is ready to be promoted, if you don't reward such a big thing, it's really unreasonable, but I can't think of what official I should be promoted for a while.
"I can't help it, I can't help it, Your Majesty, this is all a matter of duty, how can you dare to ask for a promotion again......" Xu Guangqi resigned.
Yang Reform is very helpless, it has been so long in the Ming Dynasty, and he still only knows some of the things of the Ming Dynasty, and he is far from knowing the roots, most of them are pieced together with the plots in TV or novels, and now it is to the point where he wants to increase the official, but unfortunately, he doesn't know much about this official system, level, rules, etc., so he can only arrest Wang Chengen to save the emergency.
Wang Chengen saw the emperor beckoning to him, and immediately approached the emperor, Yang Reform beckoned again, Wang Chengen got closer, Yang Reform asked in a low voice: "Big companion, look, what kind of official should be added now." ”
Wang Chengen's Khan, the emperor also asked himself about this kind of thing, it was too difficult for himself, and he whispered with great difficulty: "Your Majesty, this matter, the slave is really not easy to speak!" The slave and the maid are eunuchs, how dare the slave and the maid say such a big thing? Wang Chengen pleaded.
"It's okay, you whisper, others don't know." Yang Reform whispered.
(To be continued)