Thinking of those vast and ownerless lands, Zhao Pu was jealous.

In China, because of the lack of land, the peasants revolted and rioted everywhere, which can be described as a mess, and every two or three hundred years there was a change of dynasty. And every time there is chaos, there is not one in ten, close to hundreds of millions of people, and after fighting hard, only a few million remain.

Many emperors and ministers tried to carry out land reform, suppress land annexation, and reduce the number of displaced people, but they all failed.

At this time, Europe was at war with other countries, fighting endlessly, and oppressed by the Holy See, and it has been in dire straits, and the population of Europe at this time has not exceeded 10 million, and the most important thing is that Europe lacks materials, no iron, no food, and is extremely miserable.

Europe had to fight through war, constantly fighting, reducing the number of people and relieving population pressure.

Compared with the suffering of China and the sorrow of Europe, the people of the Americas are much happier.

In the Americas, there is a large amount of arable land, and there are high-yield crops such as corn and potatoes. Here, there will be no famine at all, there will be no peasant revolt, just because the land here is too fertile, as long as it is carefully cultivated, there is no worry about not having enough to eat.

The people of the Americas are so happy and comfortable.

But it is precisely because it is too comfortable and the society is too stable, after thousands of years, it is still in the initial stage of primitive society and slave society, and the national defense force is too weak and is easily extinct.

And the Americas are too far away, across the Pacific Ocean, and with the navigation technology of this era, it is too difficult.

Australia and Southeast Asia are relatively close. Can be better developed

During the era of European colonization, 400 million Indians were exterminated with naked killing. burning, killing and looting, which was criticized by later generations.

The Song Dynasty could not adopt such colonial methods, which was difficult for Confucian-instilled scholars to accept, but they could adopt a softer and softer means.

Mass murder is not necessary. Mass looting is not necessary.

It can be indoctrinated, fundamentally transformed with Confucianism, and become a part of the Han people.

Civilization and enlightenment. New ways of farming, replacing old ways of farming, new customs instead of old ones, brought those indigenous people out of their primitive state.

Downplay inter-ethnic hatred. into a harmonious whole. Not a short-term development, but a long-term occupation.

For the various ethnic groups in the colony, they will be divided and disintegrated, each will break down and weaken the strong nation, and the stubborn ones will be completely eliminated.

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A month later, news came from Hubei.

Zhong Xiang rebelled, was completely exterminated, and the Dongting Lake Water Village was burned down. The number of exiles captured reached 300,000, and the number implicated was even higher.

It seems to be huge. The imposing rebellion was completely extinguished in less than two months after the army was dispatched.

If you calculate the time of marching, the whole campaign time is even shorter.

The officers and soldiers who put down the rebellion were also rewarded and rewarded. In other areas, some scattered rebellions of displaced people were also quelled.

The court Huo Huo sword light showed a hideous side!

Subsequently, some young officials such as Shi Hao and Wan Qiyu were transferred to the capital, and Yu Yunwen, who was originally a military general, became a civilian official.

Later, some of the old ministers were pushed out of the cabinet and placed in some unimportant positions, or to the officials.

The old and the new are changing, and the power is changing.

Some people are nervous, some people are looking for a new backstage, and there are countless people who have changed the face of the court.

And Zhao Pu didn't care about these.

These are small things, not worth caring too much about!

These days, Zhao Pu is obsessed with formulating a colonial policy, constantly adding and deleting, from a plan to a program.

At this time, the newspapers were also hype-ups, propagandists about the wealth of overseas, and the focus was on telling how much rich land there was, how much production was, and most importantly, most importantly, most of them were ownerless. Feel free to get it.

For several months in a row, it was reported that there was rich land overseas, and there was constant bombardment of public opinion and constant hype, including some false information.

With the hype of public opinion, the entire Hangzhou, and even the nearby prefectures and counties, were shaken, and some small people were also shocked.

The land south of the Yangtze River itself is relatively open, and there are many ships that sail overseas, bring back boats of rare treasures from overseas, and then sell a lot of money.

It's just that there are a lot of risks overseas, and when a storm hits, the fleet will be subverted, and if you are not careful, you will lose your car.

If you don't have the guts, don't even think about going overseas.

And if you don't have money, you don't have capital, and you don't want to go overseas.

When it comes to making a fortune overseas, the only people who have benefits are those big officials and big businessmen, and the ordinary people who are promoted to fight cannot get any benefits at all.

However, with the bombardment of the words "terra nullius", "fertile land", and "harvest comparable to the finest fields", people were shocked at once.

At this time, the contradiction between man and land in Jiangnan was extremely tense.

With the development of land annexation, more than two-thirds of the peasants became tenants of the government or landlords, a much higher proportion than in the Northern Song Dynasty. They are exploited by heavy land rents and live in great hardship.

Taxes were onerous, and peasants had to pay heavy taxes to the government. In order to meet the needs of the war, temporary miscellaneous taxes and miscellaneous taxes of various names also came one after another, and the people were miserable. The scholars spent all their days drinking and extravagant, and the exploitation of the people became even more cruel. In addition to the old two taxes and body money that were levied according to the rules, many additional miscellaneous taxes in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty also became fixed taxes, and many new items were added.

In the newspapers, it was reported that the tax exemption for three years would only have three tiers of tax for five years, and the tax would stabilize at three tiers after that.

The tax rate was so low that it attracted a large number of landless people, or those who were subjected to harsh exploitation.

All of a sudden, a huge wave was set off among the people at the bottom.

This is also one of Zhao Pu's plans.

In the Song Dynasty, it was too difficult to fight local tyrants and divide the land; It's too difficult to reduce rent and taxes.

Even if Zhao Pu withstands the pressure and carries out some land policies that are beneficial to the poor people, they will be distorted and changed by the lower-level officials, and good policies will become bad policies.

Therefore, instead of changing the land policy, we should use the laws of the market to adjust the land policy.

At this time, the peasants' taxes were high, and a large reason was that there were many people and little land, and they were in a seller's market; If a part of the people were to emigrate overseas, the population of the interior would be reduced, and the number of people who could cultivate the land would decrease, and the landlords would have to lower the land rent to attract the people.

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At this time, in a mansion, Li Gang's face was declining, and his mood was extremely bad.

Today's emperor is considered a holy monarch, even if he doesn't look good, he will not kill and slash, nor will he be demoted and exiled, at most he will be transferred, like a bodhisattva.

At this moment, Li Gang did not have the position of prime minister, but got the position of a prince, which can be regarded as compensation!

It's a pity that the emperor has no heirs, so naturally there is no prince, the so-called prince is in name only!

At this moment, Li Gang is retired!

It's just that thinking about what the emperor said when he summoned him not long ago, Li Gang understood. He couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the emperor, and he seemed a bit wasteful, so he could only abdicate and give way to the shrewd and capable juniors.

It's just that there is a vague unwillingness in my heart.

The Kingdom of Jin is not destroyed yet, how can he retire!

"Meet the Master!"

At this time, a scholar dressed as a teenager greeted Dao, and this person was Yu Yunwen.

Li Gang retreated, but Yu Yunwen got up.

Before, Yu Yunwen was a fourth-rank military general, but at this time, he was a fifth-rank civil official, and it seemed that his official position had been reduced.

However, from Wu Zhuanwen, his status in the emperor's heart has been invisibly improved a lot.

The official rank is not important, the important thing is that Jane is in the emperor's heart.

Most of the officials who have been promoted recently from many years ago are foreigners and belong to the firing line. Most of the old ministers are no longer good, and let these young ministers replace them, more to make up for the vacancies.

And this is the emperor's henchman, from the fierce battle in Xiangyang, to now more than five years, from a small person to a new star.

"Father Bin, how have you been!" Li Gang asked kindly.

"Thank you, Master, care!" Yu Yunwen said.

Then, when the table was set, the dishes were served, the wine was served, and the cups were changed, Li Gangkai began to ask trivial things, as if a senior was caring for the junior.

And Yu Yunwen also responded skillfully, and the atmosphere was very warm.

"Your Majesty, have you made up your mind to expand overseas?" Li Gang asked.

Yu Yunwen said: "Expanding overseas and fatal expansion has been a century-old national policy of our dynasty. Unless the Great Song Dynasty perishes, this policy will continue to be implemented! (To be continued......)