436. The Folk and the Lord
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Chengtianfu was the highest administrative body in Taiwan set up after Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan, and at that time it only governed two counties, Tianxing and Wannian. In the Zheng Jing era, due to the loss of the Great 6 base area, the power of Zheng Fan completely retreated to Taiwan, so in order to resettle a large number of middle and senior generals of Zheng Fan who came to Taiwan, not only Tianxing and Wannian counties were upgraded to states, but also further added three administrative divisions, including the Penghu Pacification Division, the South Road Pacification Division and the North Road Pacification Division.
Although the administrative regions were upgraded and increased, because the Qing court's policy of moving the five provinces to the sea cut off the possibility of the people in the six coastal areas from escaping from Taiwan, in the first ten years of the Zheng Jing era, despite the efforts of Chen Yonghua, who was in charge of government affairs, the population base of Dongning could only be maintained at about 100,000 for a long time, and the area of reclamation in each prefecture and each pacification department was also limited and could not be further expanded. It was not that Zheng Kezhang persuaded Zheng Jing to take advantage of the rebellion of the three feudatories and the return of Zheng's army to the Great Division6 to plunder the population from Fujian, Qiongzhou and other places as much as possible, and Zheng Fan simply could not accumulate the necessary manpower and material resources to sweep half of the country in the future.
Although after Zheng Jun successfully recovered southern China, Dongning's population once again showed a net outflow, but at this time, the registered population of Chengtianfu had swelled to more than 400,000, and the county-level administrative districts had also expanded from the original five to eight counties including Tianxing, Wannian, Fengshan, Zhuluo, Pingtung, Chiayi, Changhua, and Tamsui, and four pacification divisions including Penghu, Northeast, Southeast, and Hualien.
"In the third year of Wuding, according to the will of the king, the ministers carried out a land clearance of the counties and divisions under the jurisdiction of Chengtianfu, and at that time, according to statistics, there were 512,112 acres and 9 acres of sugarcane fields in Dongning." Yin Zanglan, who was standing behind Zheng Kezang, reported carefully. "In addition, there are another 271,105 acres and 4 acres and 2 cents of taxable land under the names of the various societies in Shufan, and the two are added together, and the Chengtian Mansion is currently under reclamation."
Because Dongning is located in the subtropics, at the end of the year, there are still green rice growing in the grain fields of Daozuo, but because a considerable number of men were incorporated into the Zheng army to fight the big 6, the growth of those crops in the fields that only rely on women and children and the old and weak seems to be somewhat uneven.
Perhaps noticing where Zheng Kezang's gaze lingered, Zang Lan added: "Although there is a lot of land reclamation area in Dongning at present, according to the king's decree on the tax exemption of meritorious people, the income of the two endowments of Chengtianfu is actually not much."
According to Zang Lan's explanation, today's Dongning takes the export of sugar as the main source of profit, but according to Zheng Fan's tax sharing policy, Chengtianfu actually does not get a lot of income from it, so that after the widespread implementation of the government to the countryside, Chengtianfu is one of the areas that need central financial subsidies.
"In addition, the shipyards, iron smelting yards and cement yards under the Ministry of Water and the Ministry of Industry have been relocated out of Dongning, which has also had a certain impact on local finances." Zang Lan's report was obviously mixed with complaints, which was also normal, although Dongning was the future eastern capital planned by Zheng Kezang, but with Wuchang becoming the ruling center of Zheng Fan, the decline of Chengtianfu was unstoppable. "In addition, the Sailor Academy has a monopoly on the production of kun skin, whalebone, and whale oil candles in Keelung, which is not beneficial to the local economy."
"What Qing means, Lone knows." Zheng Kezhang swept away Zang Lan, who was chattering a little, and he also had some sympathy for the difficulties of this Fu Yin, the so-called sinful and heinous attached to Guo Jingshi, although Chengtianfu is not the capital of Daxia in the future, but as the eastern capital of the noblelord's fiefdom, Zang Lan's life is obviously very difficult. "It's really inappropriate for the Sailor Academy to use the whaling fleet for profit, and the orphan club arranged for the Internal Affairs Department to take over." Looking at Zang Lan, who was a little disappointed, Zheng Kezhang smiled. "After the manager takes over, the commercial tax that should be paid will never be missing."
"The king." Zheng Kezang's words are not finished, and Zang Lan can't help but praise them. "O King Shengming!"
"Alright, alright, there is no need to say more about these flattering words." Zheng Kezhang shook his head and interrupted Zang Lan's words. "By the way, after Gu ordered the Kunlun slaves in Dongning to be cleaned up, how was the local labor shortage solved?"
"Back to the king, now all the kings, the estates of the lords and the dignitaries mainly use labor from Korea." Zang Lan's words flickered a little. "As far as the minister knows, there are nearly 110,000 fresh slaves in the entire Dongning right now."
Zheng Kezhang did not use Kunlun slaves mainly because of their inappropriate cost performance, and of course he did not rule out the consideration of mixed-race issues, but the dignitaries used Koreans because they were cheap. The Korean Civil War, which has not yet been decided, has created a large number of refugees, and these refugees who are waiting to be fed can be obtained almost exclusively at the freight rate, and the South Korean officials, who admired Chung's snort, also turned a blind eye to Chung's plundering of the Korean population in order to relieve the financial pressure, thus causing the proliferation of Korean serfs in Dongnyeong. In this regard, Zheng Kezang, as the initiator, was taken aback, and had no choice but to smile bitterly.
Smiling bitterly for a long time, Zheng Kezhang explained to Zang Lan with a solemn face: "After weighing it for a long time, it was decided to maintain the old system in the future and give the land to the princes, but the land is not divided, although the land received by the Zonggui does not pay the national tax and the imperial grain, but it needs to be supervised by the prefecture and county, so the Qing and others sent people to visit at that time, so as not to make the Zonggui oppress (serfs) too much." ”
Zheng Kezang's words involved the national policy of the Great Xia Dynasty, which had not yet been made public, so the flattered Zang Lan felt great pressure at the same time, so he turned over and knelt down and said loudly: "The minister obeys the order, just in case the nobles are not satisfied."
"Treat it alone with the law of the Huang Huang country." Zheng Kezhang smiled evilly. "It's very difficult to reward this domain, but it's easy to lose it."
The creepy Zang Lan didn't dare to say more, stood up after knocking, and at this time he heard Zheng Kezhang take care of his side and said: "Inform the Nanyang Naval Division and the Military Department that the Longxiang Army stationed in Dongning shall not be transferred except for the timely transfer of defense, so as to protect Anping and the tomb of the former king at all times. ”
Zheng Keshuang, who was beside Zheng Kezang, frowned and was a little disapproving: "Brother Wang, are you worried about those fresh slaves making trouble?" ”
"There are raw slaves outside, and fresh slaves inside, how can you not worry about loneliness." Zheng Kezhang shook his head at Zheng Keshuang. "Maybe Qin She, you think Lone is making a big fuss, but in the future, people will grow and slaves will grow, and Lone will have to take precautions!"
Zheng Kezhang said it strictly, and Zheng Keshuang was also skeptical, but compared with the Xiannu rebellion that might occur in the future, Zheng Keshuang was obviously more concerned about the Great Xia national policy that Zheng Kezhang just said, so he hesitated for a long time and asked tentatively: "What Brother Wang just said will inherit the policy of granting land to the lords of this domain in the future, I don't know how many fiefs the courtier can get at that time." ”
Zheng Kezang's gaze stayed on the face of Zheng Keshuang, who seemed to be greedy, for a while, and suddenly laughed: "Qin She just heard it wrong, fiefdoms are impossible, Zhuangzi can give a few more." ”
If it weren't for Zheng Kezang figuring out that Zheng Keshuang would have passed the word to Zheng Ming, Zheng Cong and others, how could Zheng Kezhang deliberately show his tone, so when Zheng Keshuang, who was knowledgeable, finally asked Zheng Kezhang according to Zheng Kezang's intention, Zheng Kezhang was naturally happy to push the boat.
"The lord doesn't need to tell Qin She in detail, the prince part, in the future, there will be a prince, a county prince, a county prince, a county duke, a county marquis, a county marquis, a county marquis, a county uncle, a county uncle, a county son, a county son, a county man, and other twelve-order princes." Zheng Kezhang walked in the ridge with his hands behind his back, Zheng Keshuang followed step by step, but Zang Lan and the others did not follow with interest, so as not to accidentally listen to something they shouldn't have heard. "The prince and clan relatives do not have to be crowned kings, and the highest meritorious person with a foreign surname does not necessarily stop at the national prince."
Zheng Keshuang thought for a while and interjected: "Brother Wang, this seems to be the system of the former Song Dynasty, and a meritorious person with a foreign surname can be crowned as the king of the county." ”
"Yes, it's the Song system." Zheng Kezhang has never underestimated Zheng Keshuang, so the surveillance of the faction has never been less. "However, unlike the Song system, the Song Dynasty gave the title of Lu, and the Great Xia gave a number of estates that did not accept the land endowment." Zheng Kezang said. "In addition, the clan title will implement the Tui En system, such as Qin She, if you receive the title of the duke, a hundred years later, (the prince) Yundong will be the prince of the county, and Yunnan and your other concubines will receive the county marquis together; When the son of Yundong is the lord, he will be demoted to the county duke, and the rest of Yundong's concubines will be subject to the county marquis; And their sons in Yunnan will also be demoted to county marquis when they inherit the title, and their concubines in Yunnan will receive the title of county earl at that time. ”
"And so on, each generation will be demoted to inheritance, until the sixth generation, at this time, no matter how old or young you are, all branches will be removed from the jade plate, which can be regarded as a relegation." Zheng Kezhang looked at Zheng Keshuang, whose face changed slightly, and smiled. "Reducing to the rank of a vassal means that there is no qualification to inherit the throne, which is all false, and the advantage is that in the future, the titles of each branch will be fixed and the titles of meritorious heroes will no longer be degraded. Of course, this is limited to the sons of the lord, and the rest of the heirs are awarded the title equivalent to the lowest rank after obtaining the meritorious qualification. ”
"Tueen?" Zheng Keshuang pondered for a while. "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's policy, so to speak, what does Brother Wang mean that the Zhuangtian that he will receive in the future will also be distributed to the princes?"
"Exactly." Zheng Kezhang nodded. "The situation of the Ming Dynasty clan cannot but be taken as a warning." Zheng Kezhang added. "Of course, I don't take the law of raising a clan like a pig in the former Ming An, I think that the children of the clan can be officials, can be in the army, can do business, and after being demoted to the status of a minister, they can do whatever they want, without any constraints."
"Brother Wang is generous." Zheng Ke praised insincerely, and then asked. "It's just this meritorious qualification?"
Zheng Kezhang smiled at the moment and didn't answer, but said almost perfunctorily: "You will understand when the national law comes out, which is also the reason why the children of the clan can't help the army to join the army." ”
Looking at Zheng Keshuang racking his brains, Zheng Kezhang was quite satisfied, and then he turned around and summoned Zang Lan and others who were waiting in the distance: "Back then, the first king had been promoted to Tianxing, Wannian and two counties to states, and at the beginning of Lone's succession, it was reduced to a county because of the small number of households, and now the household registration is full, Lone naturally does not dare to disobey the wishes of the first king, from now on, the two counties will be re-upgraded to Sanzhou."
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