Europe is not Australia and the Americas, the latter two places are still in the age of barbarism, there is no civilization at all, but European civilization is about to reach the transition period, and even more than a hundred years later, the Industrial Revolution will be the first to break out in Britain, thus creating an extremely powerful empire on which the sun never sets!

In later generations, the Anglo-French coalition army relied on strong ships and artillery to open the door of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, relying on powerful and advanced firearms and the ignorance and backwardness of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Zhu Houwei knew Yang Yiqing's purpose in asking these inconsequential questions, so he asked with a smile: "Yang Aiqing wants to ask me, how many people are going to emigrate this time?"

Yang Yiqing nodded and said, "But the homeland is hard to leave, if there are not too many people willing to go overseas, does Your Majesty plan to forcibly emigrate?"

Zhu Houwei said curiously: "Yang Aiqing thinks so?"

Yang Yiqing was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, isn't it, if it is said that it is a catastrophe and the people have become homeless, at this time, when it comes to migration, maybe the resistance encountered will not be too great, but the Jiajing Dynasty is different.

Who doesn't know that Emperor Jiajing loves the people like a son, and his life will get better and better, since he can survive, then why stay away from his homeland, you must know that the outside world is good, but after all, it can't compare to his hometown.

"Yang Aiqing used to be in charge of the household department, do you know how many hidden households there are in the Ming Dynasty?"

Yang Yiqing chuckled in his heart, he knew that the emperor sent Jinyi Wei to investigate the land and hidden households, but it was not easy to find out, and now that the emperor asked, did he already have an answer?

"The minister would like to hear about it." Yang Yiqing sighed, he really didn't know how many Ming hermits there were, but he knew that there would definitely be no less, but even if he knew, he couldn't say it clearly, the involvement was too big, if he answered honestly, I was afraid that he would offend the wealthy gentry all over the world!

"In the sixth year of Zhengde, there were about 18.42 million households in the Ming Dynasty, with a population of more than 57 million." Zhu Houwei sneered: "However, I have checked the world, as of now, the population of the Ming Dynasty is no less than 134 million, if the world is clear, even if the population of the Ming Dynasty is not 20,000, it will definitely not be much worse!"

Yang Yiqing broke out in a cold sweat, he didn't know if the figure the emperor said was accurate, but he knew that it was impossible for the emperor to speak in vain!

The household registration system of the Ming Dynasty records the hukou according to the population that pays taxes, and to put it simply, the population that does not pay taxes is not counted in the household register at all!

But in fact, there are not many privileged classes that really enjoy not paying taxes, that is, clans, nobles, gentry and meritorious scholars, these groups are exempt from taxation, how many can this? At best, it's only a few hundred thousand.

So what is a hidden household? To put it bluntly, it is the commoners who are attached to these classes, for example, the scholars who have a reputation will accept the land donation of the commoners, and the commoners who donate the land will naturally not need to pay taxes, which is one of the hidden households.

There are also miscellaneous servants, servants, householders, etc., in the gentry's household, and these hermits are also not required to pay taxes, how many of these people are there? It must be hundreds of times more than the tax-free class!

For example, the descendants of a noble family, the population of the lineage is only a dozen, and there are hundreds of them who can serve and protect them, and this is only the lineage, and there are a huge number of branches.

In addition to these privileged classes, there is also a large tax-exempt group called the guards and military households, and the millions of guards and their families belong to the tuntian, and the tuntian itself is self-sufficient, and these millions of people are also exempt from paying taxes.

Therefore, the tens of millions of people recorded in the household register must be inaccurate, in Yang Yiqing's estimate, the population of the Ming Dynasty is about 10,000, but the Son of Heaven said 20,000, which is really appalling.

"The purpose of my inventory of hidden households is not to rectify the people who shelter hidden households, I want to know how many people there are in the Ming Dynasty, so I know in my heart!" Zhu Houwei snorted coldly: "The people choose to be slaves to the powerful because it is difficult to survive, so they are willing to be slaves, while those who donate land choose to evade taxes because they can't afford to pay the harsh taxes of the local government, to put it bluntly, they are still trying to survive."

So I don't blame them, but now it's different, I need a large population to colonize, and these populations are the foundation of Brother Wang's rule in a foreign land! Now that Brother Wang is about to set out, I am determined! ”

Several important ministers have straight waists, and they all know that the main event is coming.

"I invite Brother Wang to go overseas to the West, but all the land captured is owned by Brother Wang, not a fiefdom, but a real dynasty Sheji, a country of brothers in the Ming Dynasty, and give Brother Wang the emperor of war, the first emperor of the new dynasty!

The edict decrees the world that I will emigrate 10 million overseas! But all the people who are willing to leave their homeland and go overseas to build their homes, whether they are registered or not, can go to the government to register for the record, and the local government will apply for funds from local banks according to the five taels of silver per person and the settlement fee, which will be distributed according to the capitation! ”

All the ministers gasped!

Ten million people! It's really a big deal, and five taels per person is even more terrifying, and a fluttering sentence is 50 million taels of silver!

Now the ministers no longer know whether to say that the emperor is rich or a loser......

Throughout the ages, the emperors of all dynasties have had a person who can earn money like Emperor Jiajing, but there has never been a person who does not treat silver as silver as Emperor Jiajing.

Extravagantly? Spending a lot of money? That's all an insult to Emperor Jiajing's speed of spending money!

Yang Yiqing thought about the financial embarrassment of Daming a few years ago, and now he wants to cry bitterly, this loser, if 50 million taels of silver are spent on Daming, how good it is......

Isn't there gold and silver everywhere overseas? In the colonial past, it was enough to grab it from the barbarians, and each person was given two taels, or each household was given five taels, so how much expenditure would have to be saved?

But forget it, as long as the emperor does not take silver from the treasury, then it is easy to say anything......

What's more, now the treasury is not so abundant, to build cities, to repair official roads, to repair tombs, inner treasury, this and that, there are more places to spend silver, the emperor is not only to lose, but also to defeat the treasury......

By the way, Xiuling......

Now the tomb of Emperor Zhengde is being explored, and now it seems that it is not needed, and the tomb of Emperor Zhengde has directly become the tomb of Emperor Jiajing......

"Inform the local government that anyone who dares to take control of the immigration policy and those who are corrupt and corrupt will be severely punished!

Inform the powerful gentry that if anyone prevents the people from going overseas, the magnates will take the title, and the gentry will lose their fame, and their families will all migrate overseas! ”

Several ministers were dumbfounded, this hand was too ruthless.

The emperor wants to emigrate, and the main thing must be a hidden household, so those wealthy gentry who have hidden households will definitely be unwilling, and they will definitely do everything possible to stop it, but now that this article is out, who would dare!

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