Chapter 540: Polemics
At this time, the weather in Zhejiang has warmed up, and the new policy has begun to advance, although all kinds of benefits, but there are still discordant voices.
Hangzhou Wang Governor obediently accompanied Xu Qian at this time, and watched Lord Xu eat tea, his heart was a little anxious.
Who doesn't know that the New Deal has received widespread support in Zhejiang, and there are too many people to support it, and it is impossible to count, but right now, there are some noises.
Noise is inevitable, but the New Deal is different from other things, with noise, there may be people who deliberately amplify it, and it may eventually cause unforeseen consequences.
"My lord, there are some small squires at the moment, and there are many complaints, not to complain about adults, but now the countryside also needs manpower, but most of the laborers have gone into the city, either to work, or to serve as laborers, foot power, the countryside is already ten rooms and nine empty, although now the grain is exempted, but in order to retain people, many people have to spend a lot of money to retain some young and strong, as a result, the exemption of taxes is not much good for those rich households who have land and land, but cheaper tenants."
In reality, there are contradictions everywhere, by no means to say that all the contradictions will disappear if the grain is exempted, the same is true of the new deal, many people at the beginning, everyone is happy, but when it is really implemented, many contradictions are exposed, the big landlords do not say, they are now planting mulberry fields, they are wishing that the workshops in Ningbo will start as much as possible, and they also wish that the sea route appeasement will make the division do their best to transport a large number of silk and porcelain out, only by increasing the demand for textiles, their future raw silk, in order to earn higher profits.
For ordinary small households, they are mostly self-cultivated farmers, so naturally they don't need to ask for any helpers, and after the grain field is tax-free, their own one-third of an acre of land is enough to be self-sufficient, and it is impossible to starve themselves. During the slack time, they can even go to the neighborhood to do some odd jobs, and the income is not only doubled compared to before, not only will they not starve, but they also have a little more living money in their hands, and these people are also very grateful to the new policy.
It is a landless tenant, because there are more choices, if there is not enough to eat. Simply take your family to Ningbo, or go to Fuli County, now everywhere in Zhejiang, there is a shortage of manpower, as long as you are willing to work hard. Definitely will not lack your food and drink.
But the worst thing is the small landlords, these small landlords often have fields ranging from 100 to 1,000 acres, let them plant mulberry, the investment is really huge, the tax is too high, and the government adopts a pre-tax, that is, you have to plant mulberry. You have to pay taxes before planting, which cuts off the possibility of them planting mulberry, so let's grow grain, and it's good to calculate. Isn't growing grain tax-free now? But the problem is that for them, the production of grain has increased too much, and the biggest of them is the problem of manpower. Now Zhejiang is hesitant to lack manpower, of course, it is to absorb a large number of displaced people. But it also made a lot of tenants began to flow to the prefecture and county, to keep these people to farm for you, it is no longer possible to be like before, so that you can starve to death, since this is the case, then the only way is to provide preferential treatment, but no matter how good you are, may not be as rich as the merchants and the government, many people are outside, can get one or two thousand dollars a month, although it is hard, but compared to the tenants, but I don't know how many times better, in this way, the small landlords only have two choices, either to see the land is barren, or to increase the chips, Continuously improve the treatment, especially in Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, the rent has been pressed to the lowest, this part of the landlords, inevitably dissatisfied, but they did not blame Xu Qian, but the complaints were put on the new deal.
These people are often the backbone of the countryside, and they occupy a pivotal role in the Shilin Qing Discussion.
As soon as these people complained, the effect was immediate, and other provinces came to Zhejiang with envy, jealousy and hatred, and many governors couldn't sleep well at night, which was natural, for the sake of such a little political achievement, in order to show that they loved the people like a son, and spent a lot of effort to repair the county school and the river embankment, and finally thought it was complete, who knew that the people in the southern provinces of the Yangtze River were open, and the Shilin usually had nothing to do, and there was no wind to roll up a three-foot wave, and now with a handle, these Futai people have long dreamed of a headache.
And now, just because some people have complained, the provinces have begun to criticize and write, behind these people, there may not be no shadow on the face of the provincial officials, their purpose is naturally to reduce their own pressure by criticizing Zhejiang's new policy.
Not to mention, the effect is really there, many people do not believe that pie will fall from the sky, naturally join the ranks of this controversy, Zhejiang, naturally fight back, but there are also people who waver and question the new deal, this kind of debate, although it has not yet appeared, but Wang Zhifu is worried that it is very likely to shake the foundation of the new deal in the future.
But where the law is changed and the new policy is urgently needed, what is urgently needed is the unswerving support of the top, and the support of the bottom, these two points are indispensable, the palace and the court have not expressed their position so far, they do not express their position, it may be variable at any time, Wang Zhifu is now regarded as Xu Futai's sworn friend, since there is a plan to follow Xu to Taiwan all the way to the black, naturally, I have to remind Lord Futai to pay attention.
Xu Qian drank tea slowly, and said: "The new deal can't be exhaustive, and it is impossible for everyone to take advantage of it, these small landlords and squires are known to the officials, they can't afford to make any waves, it's just that they have suffered some losses, and they just screamed twice, but I heard that Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong are also criticizing the new deal, right?" These people, I'm afraid, are not simple. ”
Wang Zhifu smiled bitterly and said: "The problem is here, this is not groundless, there must be someone behind it, what the lower officials are worried about is that these backers are not simple, after all, Zhejiang's new policy has set a precedent, and adults should be careful." ”
At the same time, sitting here to eat tea, there are some officials in Zhejiang, the political envoy Zhao Ming came later, he pondered for a moment: "The old man heard that the governor of Jiangxi seems to have personally come forward to criticize, and he also reported a Zhixin newspaper in Jiangxi, personally wrote, talking about our Zhejiang affairs, this is clearly to argue with us, I heard that this Jiangxi governor is the in-laws of the Hubu Shangshu, but he suddenly spoke, not necessarily not adhering to the meaning of the Hubu Shangshu. ”
Xu Qian sneered: "It doesn't matter who he is, the new deal can't be abolished, the gossip outside the outside world has its own Ming Bao to clarify, you just work well." ”
Wu Tixue shook his head and said: "Just please be careful, it is common for secret arrows to hurt people, this Jiangxi governor's meaning, the old man sees that he is eager to report a counterattack, as long as he fights back, this matter will definitely be known to everyone, once people talk about the good or bad of the new deal, it is easy for people to misunderstand." ”
Xu Qian was also very annoyed with the governor of Jiangxi, you said that you are far away in Jiangxi, and I am in Zhejiang, everyone does not interfere with river water, you are not far away to bring your old face here to do something, the political envoy Zhao Ming's words are reasonable, even if the governor of Jiangxi is dissatisfied with himself, it is impossible to tear his face and jump out to argue, the only possibility is that this old guy must have had some discussions with some people in the court.
There are many people in the court who want to destroy the new policy, but there are many, Xu Qian squinted his eyes and nodded: "This matter, the official has his own disposal, you can rest assured that for those damaged little squires, each prefecture and county will draw up a charter, see if you can think of a way to reduce some losses, they, after all, are the cornerstone of the imperial court, and the government is always indispensable for their assistance." ”
Zhao Ming saw that Xu Futai's face was a little unsightly, and immediately smiled: "Actually, this is just a verbal battle, and there is nothing serious, but I heard that the projects in various places have eyebrows, especially in Jiaxing and Hangzhou Erfu, many river sections of the project are almost the same, usually a year, two or three years can not do good things, and now it can be done in less than half a year, which is also a great achievement." ”
As he was talking, Wang Gen, a friend of the governor's yamen, stepped in and said with a solemn face: "Futai, let's see the news from Jiangxi." ”
Everyone's eyes were on the past, but they saw Wang Gen coming with a newspaper, Xu Qian took it, and opened it to take a look, but it was not Ming Pao, but the new knowledge newspaper, the layout of this new knowledge newspaper is completely different from the Ming Pao, it is a bit of the rules of the newspaper, Xu Qian picked it up and looked at the front page of the chapter, but it was the governor of Jiangxi himself who wrote it, and it was a chapter that directly criticized the new policy.
The two braids that the chapter grasped, one is to build the Wang School is a good thing, but why teach miscellaneous studies, the second, is the problem of a large number of tenants entering the city, saying: all dynasties, heavy agriculture and light business, farmers, the root of the country also, willing to seek the end, once the food is insufficient, then famine everywhere, starvation thousands of miles, in the name of the new deal and chasing the smell, is unwise, disregard for the people's livelihood, is said to be unkind, although the new deal is tax-free, but so hurt the peasants, and Zhejiang is the imperial court grain land, if there is no grain, the foundation of the community does not exist, the so-called industry and commerce, three religions and nine streams, There must be no hair......
In this chapter, the words are very sharp, and the base is to open the bow left and right, and I can't wait to slap Xu Qian directly, and I can't wait to point at Xu Qian's nose and scold.
Wang Gen explained: "This newspaper is brought by the merchant in Jiangxi, the old man wants to be fresh, just come and see, who knows that this chapter is so sharp, this is clear, it is the scolding is the new deal in Zhejiang, although the new newspaper is not famous now, but now that the governor of Jiangxi has written, his chapter will definitely be copied, sooner or later it will be boiling, my lord, you should immediately find a way out, if you are indifferent, I am afraid that ...... When the time comes, it will make adults lose ground. ”
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Today, my friend got married, ate a lot of wine, dizzy, barely finished a chapter, I really want to sleep now, so what, I can only make up for it two more today, and I'll make up for it next month, okay?