Chapter 221: The First Fat Shortage of the Chongzhen Dynasty

In the face of Xu Guangqi's huge and complicated disaster relief plan, Yang Reform was both loving and afraid, and loving these hands was the magic weapon to completely solve the peasant rebellion, and he was afraid that such a difficult action would kill the old state machine at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

The plans are all good, but unfortunately, it is doubtful whether they can be carried out.

“…… Your Majesty, in addition to building water conservancy and promoting drought-resistant crops, the minister also has the content of exempting taxes. Although Xu Guangqi's words set off a monstrous wave in the hearts of the monarchs and ministers, however, above the court, it was very quiet, and only Xu Guangqi calmly narrated.

"This, which ones?" Yang asked Gengai.

"In terms of tax exemption, it is relatively simple, and after the previous disaster, the only difference is that now it involves the issue of immigration, this immigration, some taxes and taxes, are falling on these people who need to immigrate, once immigrated, this tax may need to be recalculated, may be unclear, so, the minister thinks, this involves the tax problem of immigrants, it is best to be one-size-fits-all, all immigrants, do not care about the tax problem, after the re-encirclement of the lake and the land, re-pay the tax in the local area, Completely decouple from the original place, so that the immigration will be smoother......" Xu Guangqi explained his plan.

Yang Gai sighed in his heart, it is really super complicated, there are indeed some taxes that are bound to people in ancient times, if this immigrant, it will indeed lead to changes in the tax situation of the original place where the immigrants moved out, this is indeed worth noting, otherwise, the immigrants are afraid that there will be chaos. After all, this government has the right to use many people for free labor every year, and once these people move out, this free labor will be gone, alas...... It's complicated! Yang couldn't stop lamenting, why is this state affair so difficult?

"Well, what Master Xu said I understand, this is also a noteworthy place. Anything else? ”

"Your Majesty, the general plan drawn up by the minister is like this, and the rest, the details, the minister is not too cumbersome, the minister is only sparse and shallow, and the plan drawn up is not necessarily foolproof, please correct Your Majesty......" Xu Guangqi finally came to an humble ending.

Yang Reform entangled Xu Guangqi's super disaster relief plan, and he has long felt that this plan is high and cannot be looked up to, and there is still the ability to say one or two deficiencies to this plan, and the human, material, and financial resources involved in this plan Yang Reform has not yet had a spectrum, and he has pointed out the shortcomings? Yang Gai felt that this was too difficult for himself. The only thing that can be said and pointed out is that Xu Guangqi did not communicate with himself in advance, and he is very passive now.

"Well, very good, Master Xu's plan is quite timely and powerful, and it is indeed a rare good plan, all of you, let's talk about it." Yang reformed and gave this opportunity to the ministers to see what the ministers had to say.

The court also began to talk about it, and the things Xu Guangqi said were indeed far beyond the imagination of many people, and after the amazement, they all began to discuss the gains and losses of this plan.

Shoufu was the first to come out to support Xu Guangqi, since he decided to join the emperor, then simply, thoroughly.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." Shi Fenglai was the first to come out.

"Just say anything." Yang Reform is now eager for someone to put forward some suggestions or something.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Xu Shaobao's response methods are indeed imaginative, giving people a feeling of a glimpse, however, this careful taste, the minister feels that this is not Xu Shaobao's reading ability, in order to be in the limelight, in order to be a blockbuster and come up with a strange method, the minister thought about it carefully, and found that this Xu Shaobao's response method, many of them are the wisdom of the predecessors for today's use, such as this immigration, I have a precedent for immigration before, this, suddenly heard that the need to immigrate millions, the cost of tens of millions, the minister also felt very abrupt, but after thinking about it, this is indeed the only way to solve the continuous natural disasters in Shaanxi, Your Majesty, the minister fully supports Your Majesty to do this law......"

As soon as Shi Fenglai came up, he tried his best to say good things about Xu Guangqi's plan.

Yang Gai nodded, he also thinks so, this immigration is obviously more direct and powerful than any disaster relief method, only by moving people out, this peasant rebellion can be completely quelled, otherwise, any disaster relief method is to stop the boiling soup, and treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

"Shi Aiqing is reasonable, it is indeed this truth, and I agree with it." Yang Gengai nodded and said a few good words from Shi Fenglai, and at the same time made up his mind that he must implement this immigration plan, and if it doesn't work, he must go to it, and if there are no conditions, he must create conditions.

However, there are also people who have different opinions.

One minister stepped forward and disagreed.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a different opinion, although the minister also thinks that this immigration is indeed a good thing, can completely solve the problem of natural disasters, but, this cost tens of millions of taels of silver, for the current dynasty, the amount is too huge, want me to expedition to Korea, use hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to fight in Korea, after several years, the cost is not less than 10 million, has caused considerable pressure on the imperial court, now this immigration than the cost of aiding the DPRK to resist the Japanese, more huge, the minister is afraid that the impact on the government is immeasurable! Your Majesty, please think twice about this matter...... "The minister also expressed his worries, this 10 million taels is really too huge, even more huge than the military affairs such as resisting Japanese aggression and aiding Korea, and it costs more silver, which can no longer be described as a burden on the imperial court.

"Well, what this Qing family said is reasonable, this immigration will definitely have a profound impact on our dynasty, and the cost is indeed very large, but didn't I scrape together more than eight million taels of silver? These eight million taels of silver are all additional income, and the original income does not have much to do with it, although it costs a lot, but I think it is worth it, well, this matter, I have already said before, suspend the study, then, the matter of immigration, let's not consider it for the time being, ladies and gentlemen, let's talk about the rest. "Yang Reform is a staunch immigrant faction, he will never give up immigration, 10 million taels is not enough, then 20 million taels, he is standing at the gate of the Palace Museum to collect tickets and continue to do this immigration work, anyway, in a word, to let the peasant uprising that caused the fall of the Ming Dynasty completely extinguish, so that he can live in peace.

When the courtiers saw that the emperor had made up their minds on the matter, they stopped arguing and began to talk about other issues.

"Your Majesty, the minister is very much in favor of Xu Shaobao's strategy, but there are also some worries, and I don't know whether to say it or not." Here comes another one who gave advice.

"Say, say something, don't hide it."

"Yes, Your Majesty, although the minister agrees with these strategies, the minister also wants to ask, how to implement such a huge and complicated plan, and who will carry it out? This involves the use of tens of millions of taels of silver, how to supervise it? This, Your Majesty, can you consider it......" The minister pointed out the core problem of Xu Guangqi's super plan. Who is responsible?

Who is responsible? Yang Reform can only look up to the sky and sigh, he, the emperor, does not leave home, and the farthest has only been to the city wall of Yanjing City, if he wants to let himself manage this matter, he is afraid that he will be very painful and will make a mess of this matter, so who will manage it?

Xu Guangqi? Theoretically, he is the best person in charge and the initiator of this plan, but Yang Gai is reluctant to let this right-hand man go out, if Xu Guangqi is busy with this matter, then who is responsible for this affairs in the court? Xu Guangqi is his helper in internal affairs, if he goes to immigrate, he will definitely go out of Beijing, to Shaanxi, to the south, then in the DPRK, who will help him? At present, I don't have a person to respect and rely on.

Sun Chengzong is even more impossible, this is a military helper, and the training of the new army is currently at a critical juncture, and it is even more impossible to jump ship to implement this super plan.

Bi self-strict? This guy, many of his actions, such as replacing silver with silver tickets, such as issuing silver coins and issuing paper money, all require the cooperation of the household, and there is no reliable "own person" in the household.

Other? Yang Reform either can't believe it, or he doesn't know much, and then some people's "historical achievements" are very bad, and Yang Reform is even more afraid to send such people to do this.

"This Aiqing, what I'm worried about is exactly what I'm worried about, I don't have a definite candidate for the time being, this, let's talk about it later, don't mention it for the time being......"

The emperor's words made the ministers below secretly happy in their hearts, and they were all eager to try, all of them knew that this immigrant Qincha must be a super fat poor man with all the power and control of countless financial resources, and when he saw that the emperor said that there was no exact candidate, they were all amazed in their hearts, and they were ready to do activities to see if they could do this errand. This is estimated to be the first fat difference in the Chongzhen Dynasty.

The courtiers below, knowing that the emperor does not have a definite candidate in charge of immigration, look at the emperor's eyes have become different, the tone of this speech, has also become different, at the beginning, there are a few opposed, dissenting opinions, hope that the emperor will be more cautious, now all have become singing praises, into saying good things, into pleasing the emperor, all know, immigration matter, if the court has no money, you can also oppose and oppose, after all, no money is not possible, but, Now that the emperor has saved nearly 10 million taels of silver, there is no shortage of money, this immigration has become a matter of ten out of ten, and this errand has become the first fat shortage of the Chongzhen Dynasty.

The ministers discussed the issue of disaster relief for a while, but it was all leftovers, and there was no high value.

The thoughts of the courtiers, the emperor does not understand, however, Yang Reform is not without his own ideas, Yang Reform's idea is to go back to sleep by himself, search for this famous figure in the late Ming Dynasty, look at the "historical achievements" of these people, and then among several "historical achievements" more reliable candidates, pick one, if the courtiers know that the emperor is so intended, I am afraid that they will all fall through the glasses and shout that it is unfair.

Therefore, Yang Gengai shouted a pause.

The emperor suspended the question of candidates, and the attitude of the courtiers towards the emperor was called an intimacy, and that was called flattery. They all hope that they can make a good impression on the emperor and get this good errand.

This migration is one of the biggest issues involved in the disaster relief programme, and this issue has been suspended, and there is little point in discussing other relief schemes. Yang Reform listened to it for a while, felt that there was no gain, and decided to wrap it up, and looked, today's morning dynasty is about to become the noon dynasty, and his own matter of recovering the right to mint coins has no shadow, this, you have to do it quickly!

Yang reform's hand pressed, and the ministers were very well-behaved and quieted down, now, the first fat difference of the Chongzhen Dynasty is about to be released, this, it all depends on the emperor's meaning, so the words of the current emperor still have to be listened to, but also listened carefully, in case that little bit annoys the emperor, or gives the emperor a bad influence, this Chongzhen Dynasty is the first fat shortage, I am afraid that it will go to others.

The atmosphere above the entire court has changed rapidly, and everyone has become a good baby.

"This disaster relief matter is too involved, and I have no clue for a while, so let's talk about it for the time being, and then make a decision after thinking about it clearly." This disaster relief project is really a super project, and it is impossible to make a decision in just a few hours, and this has to be repeatedly brewed and considered before specific measures can be introduced.

The ministers are silent, this matter is indeed very important, and it really needs to be discussed in the long run, and only after this long-term discussion can there be time for activities.

Xu Guangqi came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although this specific detail or plan still needs to be discussed, is it ahead of time to raise food in Jiangnan?" The minister thought that he would send people to Jiangnan first and start collecting grain? Let the states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River start raising food? Let the states and counties along the river start preparing to mobilize manpower on standby? Once the specific plan and people are selected, it can also save a lot of time? What does Your Majesty think? ”

"What Master Xu said is reasonable, no matter who is in charge of this disaster relief, it is necessary to raise food, and it should be advanced, then, according to what Master Xu said, I will give an order, raise food first, and let the states and counties along the river start to prepare, once the plan is decided, you can respond immediately, and you will not be at a loss." Yang reformed in favor of Xu Guangqi's proposal.

Yang Reform decided on this matter, and seeing that no one came out to say something, he felt that this was finally the time to do the matter of coinage, and today's brain was really chaotic. After I was busy with this, there were still a lot of puzzles to ask Xu Guangqi, this super huge plan, I didn't discuss it with myself in advance, and through my anger, I made myself very passive now, I let my descendants find a trust on the coinage right, and bring out the matter of recovering the coinage right, but I didn't let Xu Guangqi find a trust to give this disaster relief in advance! This Xu Guangqi is too ignorant, Yang Reform complained about Xu Guangqi again, and he had to ask Xu Guangqi about it, what the hell is going on, even if it is very important to provide disaster relief in advance, but he shouldn't discuss it with himself!

"That Qing family, do you still have something to do?" Yang Reform now only wants to finish the matter of the coinage right quickly, and then ask Xu Guangqi what is going on and see how Xu Guangqi explains.

Sure enough, Yang Reform's words were falling, and someone stood up behind him and was about to do something, Yang Reform looked at it, he was standing behind, this may be what Xu Guangqi and they were looking for.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to play."

Yang Reform was very happy, this was finally the matter of coinage, so he said: "Well, very good, what does the Qing family have to play?" ”

"Your Majesty, regarding the settlement of immigration and the resettlement of the people, the minister also has a plan for His Majesty's selection." The minister, who was standing in the back, spoke.

Yang Reform wondered, this doesn't seem to be a matter of coinage! Didn't it mean that the coinage was so difficult at the beginning that I had just ascended the throne and changed the yuan, and I needed to issue new money? Why did you talk about immigration again? This, too, is too far. However, Yang Gengai still asked the minister to continue: "Oh? Then let's talk about it, what is the policy? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since Your Majesty is going to relocate and resettle the victims, why don't Your Majesty open more fields?" The minister said.

Yu Tian? What is it? Yang Reform is puzzled, this is still a bit of an obstacle to communicate with the ancients!

"Yu Tian? What is Yutian? Yang Reform, a historical novice, is ashamed to ask again.

The ministers were not embarrassed to laugh at the emperor, this emperor stayed in the Forbidden City all day, I am afraid that he had never even seen what Tian looked like, let alone Yu Tian, the ministers could understand the emperor's distress very well. They just held back their hearts and smiled.

The minister explained with a serious face: "Returning to Your Majesty, Yutian is the silt washed by the river, which is introduced into the field by digging water to make the soil fertile, which is called silt field. ”

Listening to this official's explanation, Yang Gai understood that when he was a child, he heard the old man say that in winter, digging out the silt in the river as fertilizer can increase the yield of farmland, so it turned out to be like this!

"Well, I understand, the Qing family continued." Yang Gai gave this minister an encouraging look.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there are millions of people who need to be relocated and resettled, and the minister thinks that it is better to move to the south thousands of miles away, so it is better to settle in the north nearby, so that it will save effort and money. …… The minister thought that the Yellow River, Jing River and other rivers with a lot of sediment were excavated by the method of water excavation, and the embankments were opened to flush the barren beaches and wastelands, so that fertile land would be formed, and many people could be resettled nearby, although they were not as good as Xu Shaobao's millions of immigrants, but there was no problem with tens of thousands of immigrants. "The minister seems to be confident.

"Open the Yellow River and Jing River embankments? Oki Yuda? Yang reform's head is chaotic, messy, keep recalling what is going on in the Yellow River in the depths of his mind, remember, the history book of the Yellow River Middle School said, it is the river on the ground, the river is much higher than the two banks, the reason is that the Yellow River has too much sediment, years of sediment, the riverbed is getting higher and higher, the dam is getting higher and higher, and it is also called the river on the ground, as soon as the dam is dug ......, obviously, the water in the river will rush to both banks.

"This Qing family, I understand what you mean, can you tell me more specifically? Is there a solution? Yang asked reform.

"Back to Your Majesty, the Yellow River and the Jing River have always been irrigated in the field, and I have always had it, and it has never stopped, what the minister means is that Your Majesty only needs to send people to organize the victims of Shaanxi to come, everything has a rule to follow, it is simple and easy to do, Your Majesty only needs to send more people, find more places that can break the embankment, and there will be countless fertile fields, if the scale is large enough, it will not be a problem to settle tens of thousands of people."

(To be continued)