Xu Guangqi's proposal to enclose the lake and create farmland to move the common people of Shaanxi to Dongting Lake, Taihu Lake, Poyang Lake, etc., is theoretically quite an ideal state, but unfortunately, this immigration has never been an easy task.

I don't know how complicated the people, things, and things involved in this are, Yang Reform comes from the 21 st century, when information is very developed, and he can be regarded as having seen the immigrants of the Three Gorges, and knowing about this immigration is by no means simple. Thinking about it, I fell into a trance, who should be sent to preside over this? How much does immigration cost? Who organizes? How to mobilize? How does it work? How can corruption be prevented? How to prevent drifting? How to prevent riots? Epidemic prevention and hygiene? This series of problems made Yang feel very stressed.

The courtiers also had a lot of discussion about this proposal. The emperor sat on the throne in a daze, and the ministers discussed below. The ministers are now also learning to be obedient, seeing the emperor in a daze, not like before, he said to the emperor, but discussed with his colleagues, and they all knew that it was useless to talk to the emperor at this time, maybe you spent a long day of saliva, and the emperor was still asking you, "What, what?" ”

Xu Guangqi stood there calmly.

Yang Gai pondered for a long time, pressed it with his hand, and the ministers below were also very cooperative, and consciously stopped talking, and the hall suddenly quieted down. They all looked at the emperor and saw what the emperor said.

"Master Xu, this immigration is a good thing, but it is also expected to be difficult, Master Xu has a budget for this matter? How much does it cost? Who's going to preside over this? This project is huge, it must not be completed by a few people, I am afraid that many people will have to assist from the side, Master Xu, these have plans? Yang Gengai thought about it for a long time, and was really irritated by these troublesome things, so he still asked Xu Guangqi and saw what Xu Guangqi said.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the cost of immigration, in terms of the number of immigrants, if it is a million immigrants, I am afraid that there are at least 200,000 households, and each household will give 20 taels of silver to the immigrants, which is 4 million taels of silver, and they have to bear the burden of transporting them from Shaanxi to Huguang, Dongting Lake and other places,...... However, this must also be a lot of money, and you have to organize immigrants to reclaim the lake, which requires food supply, you need to spend, this is another sum, in addition, even if you start to immigrate immediately this year, start to build fields, it is impossible to cultivate this year, I am afraid that there will be no income this year, so I am afraid that I will have to persist until next spring, this is afraid that it will take another amount of money, and the imperial court needs to use the garrisons of various health stations to maintain order, and it needs to cooperate between various states and counties, which is even more huge, and these items are counted, and there are 200,000 immigrants, millions of people, I'm afraid that the cost will be between millions and tens of millions of taels......" Xu Guangqi roughly calculated the cost.

Millions of people, 10 million taels of silver, this number, so that the ministers in the hall all exclaimed, the Ming Dynasty's annual income, only three million, you have to take 10 million taels of silver to immigrate, enough for the court to drink a pot. …… The imperial court did not eat or drink for three years before it could be supplied.

Ten million taels of silver? Yang Reform has a headache, there is not much silver left in his own pocket, and the lot of silver promised in the second half of the year has not yet been settled, and now, it is 10 million taels, this is really his own life! The name of this emperor is really not simple, and ordinary people can't afford it! For example, the unlucky Chongzhen in history.

"Tobe? How much money is there in the household today? Yang reformed to understand that this immigration was obviously a big killer to prevent the outbreak of the peasant uprising, and if he had money, he had to go up, and if he didn't have money, he had to go up, so Yang Gengai began to calculate his own family background.

Hubu Shangshu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Hubu still has nearly one million taels of silver now. When the household department Shangshu answered the question, the voice was quite loud, and he was also very confident, a few days ago, the warehouse of the household department could still run mice, and now, there are millions of silver, which has to be said, this year is good! No, Your Majesty will make money!

The ministers first heard that the household department actually had a million taels of silver at this time of scarcity, and they were all very excited, but compared with the money of the immigrants, it was less than one percent, and it was instantly cold.

"Only a million? It's a long way off! Yang Gengai lamented in his heart, this encirclement of the lake to create farmland, is indeed a good way, theoretically, it can completely put an end to the peasant uprising in Shaanxi, but not to mention the implementation, the cost of this immigration alone is really expensive, and he has more than enough strength but not enough strength.

Hubu Shangshu may have remembered something, his face suddenly turned red, and he reported: "Your Majesty, nearly half of this silver needs to be solved into the internal treasury, and most of this is the silver donated by the Guozijian...... "The household department said this, his face was extremely red, and his head belt was lowered. When the emperor was engaged in the donation of the country, he discussed it, half of it was given to the household, and half was given to the emperor, although now it has received nearly one million silver, but it needs to be divided into half to the emperor. If this 500,000 yuan is a huge amount of money in normal times, but compared with today's immigration money, it is nothing, and it can't even be done.

Yang Reform is speechless, what should I do? There is no good way to do it except silence, and he can't just say that this silver can be changed.

"By the way, the Ministry of Households, didn't there be a tax increase before? When will this tax increase arrive? "Yang Reform remembered that there was a big head, that is, the tax increase, and at that time it was expected that there would be an income of four or five million taels of silver.

Hubu Shangshu replied: "Back to Your Majesty, this summer harvest has not yet begun, and the autumn harvest is impossible to talk about, this summer harvest is afraid that it will not start to be stored until at least July and August, and this autumn harvest will not be harvested until next year......

After listening to the explanation of Tobe Shan Shangshu, Yang Reform's heart was half cold again, and he didn't give it any strength! The summer harvest has not yet begun, but he relies on this money to get into the pot.

However, this is not completely useless, this full capital and start-up capital are different concepts, all need to be millions, or even tens of millions, however, this start-up, it is not so much, this money can be regarded as follow-up funds, thinking of this, Yang Reform's heart was half cold, and it warmed up again.

Yang Reform nodded, in this way, the money obtained from the tax increase is not too late, and it will be in good time.

"I remember there's a big sum of money, what's it?" Yang Gengai remembered that there was still a lot of money, but for a while, his brain was too messy, and he really couldn't remember what it was.

Hubu Shangshu said: "Back to Your Majesty, it is a salt class, and the salt merchants exchanged five million taels for a one-year suspension of the salt class. When Hubu Shangshu said this, his expression was weird, I didn't see that this emperor made a few moves, and he got tens of millions of taels of silver, this emperor is really not an ordinary person! Looking at his young age, his mouth has no hair, but this time, he is also a little ruthless, as soon as he makes a move, he will ask the salt merchants to buy five million taels of silver for a year's salt class, otherwise, he will threaten to stop the salt administration, if the salt administration is stopped, this official who relies on the salt monopoly to eat, the power, isn't it a guy who has no food? Therefore, this forced those bureaucrats and forces who ate the salt government to suppress those salt merchants, and let those salt merchants pay the silver according to the emperor's wishes, and these people who relied on the salt government to eat were naturally the emperor's thugs. This hand borrowed a knife to kill people very skillfully.

"Oh, salt class? I remembered. "Yang reform, that is a temporary surname, these days, it is too busy, it is too chaotic. Yang Gengai nodded, don't make too much comments on this matter, a year later, it will be the time to cut salt by yourself, and now there is no need to talk about this.

Hubu Shangshu continued: "Back to Your Majesty, only three million taels of this income will be counted into the relief money, one million will be used to build warships, and one million will go to Your Majesty. The head of the household explained the purpose of the money in detail.

"Three million? I know, calculate, how much money does the household department have now that can be transferred? "Yang Reform roughly calculated, these several items of money add up, there are millions of taels, perhaps, to start the immigration project, enough, not enough, there will be a year and a half, think of some way, you can pay it over.

Hubu Shangshu quickly calculated it and said: "Back to Your Majesty, there are 500,000 taels of treasury silver, four or five million taels of additional field tax, and three million taels of salt tax. "Calculated the huge amount of eight million even silver, the spirit of this household Shangshu has obviously improved a notch, this is nearly ten million taels of silver! It's all at your own disposal.

"Eight million taels? Well, Master Xu, is eight million taels enough? Xu Guangqi said that it would take millions of dollars, nearly 10 million taels of silver. Now that the amount is about the same, Yang Gengai asked Xu Guangqi if it was enough.

Xu Guangqi was still expressionless, very calm, as if the eight million taels were not silver at all, but a pile of stones, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the start is enough, this immigration is not something that can be completed in a day or two, it is estimated that saving a little bit, I am afraid it will be about the same." Xu Guangqi thought about it for a while, and felt that it was not easy for the eight million taels of emperors to raise it, even if it was still far from his plan, but he really couldn't open this mouth, the more than eight million taels of silver was already several times the income, if he was not satisfied, what would others think of him?

Yang Gengai saw that Xu Guangqi said enough, the cost of immigration was almost raised, and his heart relaxed, this immigration is the magic weapon to completely solve the peasant uprising in Shaanxi, this is more powerful than the relief, the bottom of the kettle is drawn, that is to say, the people who revolted in this peasant uprising have been moved out, how can you still revolt? Even if it is an uprising, the harm is far from great. What's more, as long as the Chinese people still have a way to live, they will never embark on the desperate road of rebellion, now there is relief, and they can also migrate, presumably, there will not be many people who will embark on the road of rebellion, Yang Reform is so self-consoling, then, the rest is how to implement this immigration project, how to let the people know that their emperor has not abandoned them.

Just when Yang Reform was thinking about this, Xu Guangqi said again: "Your Majesty, although it is said that there are more than eight million in theory, but now, I am afraid that the actual amount that can be obtained is less than one million!" The rest has not yet been collected. Xu Guangqi splashed a basin of cold water, and Yang Reform was another agitator, trembling all over.

Oh, yes! This tax increase, as early as July and August to start storage, at the latest to next year, this salt class, I am afraid that it will not be handed over immediately, I am afraid that it is also intermittent, sell some salt, pay some salt class, salt merchants will never be kind enough to pay themselves five million taels at a time, and may even regret not paying themselves silver.

Yang Gengai turned his gaze into nothingness, and then aimed at Xu Guangqi, and said, "This ...... Oh, yes! Master Xu, this is still a number on paper, this ...... The immigration project is about to start, and the silver is needed immediately, how is this good? Yang Reform was also stunned, this immigration project is about to start, but the money is still on paper, maybe what kind of demon moth will come out?

Yang Reform calculated his own internal funds again, if he used his internal funds to pay Xu Guangqi first, let him start the immigration project, I don't know if he can bear it, do the math, now, he can not use much money, even this reserve silver, you have to rely on those princes to fight the autumn wind, free up the silver for Xu Guangqi to start the immigration project, I am afraid that I will not be able to catch it! Headache.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the matter of immigration is very important, and it is better to think about it for a while and consider it in the long run, so it is better to postpone this matter and wait for the situation in all aspects to be summarized, and then it is not too late to consider this issue." Xu Guangqi actually proposed to postpone this matter in the long run.

Yang Reform was a little surprised, how could Xu Guangqi make such a suggestion? This is the start of the immigration project, the sooner the better, how can you still think about it in the long run, however, looking at Xu Guangqi's eyes, it seems to be calm and composed, although Yang Reform has doubts, but he still obeys Xu Guangqi's meaning, perhaps, Xu Guangqi still has something to tell himself.

The ministers below also joined in the fun. The matter of migrating the population, involving millions of people and tens of millions of dollars, is by no means something that can be decided in a few words and in an hour or two, and this really has to be considered in the long run.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter really has to be considered in the long run, which involves millions of people moving thousands of miles, involving tens of millions of dollars, we must be cautious, we must be careful."

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that this matter is too important, and it is definitely not something that can be decided in a moment and a half, and it is definitely not a good solution in a moment and a half, and I also ask Your Majesty to suspend this matter and think about it for a while, otherwise, once you make a mistake, it will involve the whole situation, and when the time comes, you will regret it."

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that this matter should not be rushed to conclusions, this needs to be considered a lot, and all aspects must be carefully considered......"

…… All the ministers felt that this matter was too sudden, and they were not prepared at all, the matter of immigration was indeed very important, it was indeed a vast number of people, and more importantly, what was the use of this matter for themselves, what benefits did they have, or rather, what could they get out of these tens of millions of silver? We have to think about this carefully, and we have to think about it seriously, and the Cypriots who should be retained may have to be intercepted.

In the case of public opinion, immigration needs to be suspended, and the matter of immigration is suspended, Yang Reform is ready to ask Xu Guangqi, why does it need to be suspended?

Above the court, everyone has their own ghosts, the emperor doesn't know why his henchmen want to hold off, Xu Guangqi is very calm, and he didn't say anything, while many courtiers are planning how to put their own people in. This major event, which was related to the historical trend of the late Ming Dynasty, was suspended with the unanimous consent of the monarch and ministers.

"Since this immigration and the matter of moving people has been postponed, what should be next?" Yang Gai sat on the throne, his heart was full of doubts, there is something to do today, and this early dynasty cannot end.

The ministers all remembered their surnames very well, and they all remembered what Xu Guangqi said about disaster relief, only half of them were said, and half of them were not said, and they all focused on Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi came out and said: "Your Majesty, in addition to this immigration policy, the minister also has drought resistance, tax exemption, recruitment and other policies. ”

Xu Guangqi's northern relief plan is really huge, just an immigrant, it can already be regarded as a super project, in addition to this plan, there is also a plan, Yang Reform feels that the time has come to test himself, the time to test the ruling ability of the Ming Dynasty, has come.

"Master Xu will explain them one by one." Yang Reform is a little worried, how to implement such a huge plan? Who should be sent to carry it out?

"Obey orders, Your Majesty, the minister's drought-fighting strategies include building water conservancy and planting drought-resistant crops." Xu Guangqi replied.

The people in the court also heard that Xu Guangqi, the emperor's plan, was very huge and wide-ranging, so they all held their breath to see what the emperor had to say.

“…… The construction of water conservancy is included with recruitment, part of the cash-for-work relief, and the minister intends to build a number of river dams, yards, and wells that are easy to build and do not cost much in Shaanxi and other places, so as to strengthen the irrigation capacity of Shaanxi and other places; Drought-resistant crops are planted sweet potatoes, corn and other crops with strong drought resistance and high yields, and this is a good seed that has only been promoted, so it is necessary to recruit a group of people to build some water conservancy and promote drought-resistant crops, which is also related to cash-for-work......" Xu Guangqi said his plan again.

After Xu Guangqi finished speaking, the courtiers began to discuss again, this thing planned by Xu Guangqi is really huge, how many people and how much silver does this cost? The plan of transporting grain from the Yellow River to Shaanxi, organizing migrant workers to be stationed on both sides of the river to assist in shipping transportation, relocating people to encircling lakes, promoting crops, and building water conservancy projects is quite huge. It's so big that it's breathtaking.

Yang Reform also fell into deep thought, all of this is good, but how to implement this? Who is going to organize? This is really a test of your administrative ability, and it is a test of the administrative ability of the Ming Dynasty!

(To be continued)