The Chinese envoys set sail from the port of Shanghai in the winter of the 10th year of the Republic of China.

Eleventh Spring.

The report of the peaceful rebellion in Quang Nam Province was finally sent to Zhao Han.

"There are more than 60,000 thieves in Hanoi, Nghe An, and Thanh Hoa, most of whom are peasants who have been instigated by the Yue gentry," Song Yingxing, the first assistant of Datong, was reading a report on the situation in Quang Nam Province, "There are more than 500 officials sent by the imperial court to Quang Nam. It seems to be a huge number, but in fact it is difficult to govern the villages and towns, and the countryside is still in the hands of the gentry. ”

"More than 100 peasant associations have been established in Quang Nam province. On the basis of the peasant associations, more than 80 peasant brigades were formed. However, the influence of the Yue gentry was too great, and more than 80 Guangnan peasant brigades, which were supposed to be used by the imperial court, participated in the riot. ”

"The local scholars of Quang Nam are mostly from the families of the Yue gentry. They conspired to spread rumors everywhere, and the benevolent government of His Majesty was distorted into tyranny by them. The peasants of Quang Nam did not know what to do, so they rebelled in confusion. ”

"The Yue gentry still want to clear themselves and only plot in secret. The leaders are those Guangnan heroes, ruffians, and bandits......"

"In this battle, more than 6,000 thieves were killed and more than 30,000 thieves were captured. The rest of the thieves all scattered and fled, and a few fled into the mountains. Our officers and men were killed in 19 people, 16 were seriously wounded, and more than 300 were slightly wounded. 87 people died of the disease, and more than 1,200 people were cured. Casualties due to the weather are much higher than on the battlefield, and this is a specially selected cool weather. ”

In addition, the grassroots officials sent by the imperial court were brutally killed by thieves 27 people. One of the mayors of the town did not retreat in time, and was cut off by thieves, and hung on a tree and bled to death for two days. There is also a magistrate, due to the rebellion of the Yue police in the city, the whole family of six died tragically, and none of them survived......"

"The gentry of the Yue nationality, 36 ethnic groups were raided, a total of more than 2,700 people. After the raid, there was a shortage of low-level officials, and the countryside of Quang Nam fell into chaos. The imperial court decree can only be sent down to the county seat, and the officials have to go to the countryside to urge the taxation. Most of these tax collectors are also unreliable, and often take the opportunity to exploit the people, and the people of Guangnan have more and more misunderstandings of the imperial court......"

Zhao Han listened carefully to the specific situation, and then looked at the various handling opinions of the cabinet and the ten ministries.

In front of the important ministers of the cabinet, he approved them one by one.

"Where is Nanqi? Why did more than 30,000 Yue captives migrate there to cultivate? Zhao Han wondered.

Xiao Huan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, stepped forward and pointed to a place and said: "Nanqi is the land of Chenla (Cambodia), where there are mostly river beaches and swamps. According to Sun Buzheng (Sun Chuanting) in Quang Nam Province, Nanqi has been inhabited by Han Chinese, and even built a port town, called 'Ha Xian Town'. There are also Yue refugees and scoundrels, who were moved here by the Ruan clan to reclaim, and King Zhenla did not dare to say anything. Sun Buzheng suggested that half of these captive Vietnamese rebels should be relocated to Nanqi to reclaim the wasteland on the river beach and handed over to the Han there for management. Also, send a mission to help the Han people in Nanqi form a militia, preferably with schools. ”

Zhao Han looked at it fixedly, and was speechless for a moment.

The so-called land of Nanqi is the seaward area of the Mekong Delta. And Hexian Town, which was inhabited by overseas Han people, is actually at the mouth of the Mekong River - many of the Han people in Hexian Town fled to the sea in the Ming Dynasty. There are also some Han Chinese merchants who settled there to do business, specializing in buying Cambodian local products.

The lower reaches of the Mekong River are full of mangroves and barren beaches, which have not been cultivated at all, so although the Cambodian king is unhappy, he has been turning a blind eye and not bothering to care. Even, the official gentry and aristocrats of Cambodia are still doing business with the Han merchants in Ha Tien Town, and they are happy to see the Han people getting together.

After thinking carefully, Zhao Han said: "If half of the Yue captives are exiled, I'm afraid that the Han people in Nanqi will not be able to suppress it. In this way, only 3,000 Yue captives were exiled, and they were allowed to go to Nanqi to reclaim the famine to atone for their sins, and integrate with the local Han people as soon as possible. The remaining Yue captives were exiled to Taiwan for 2,000 and distributed to various counties in Taiwan. Five hundred were exiled to Malacca, and one thousand were exiled to Palembang. The rest all migrated to the mountainous areas of Yunnan and Guangxi. The vacated land in Guangnan was divided into fields and settled by migrated peasants from Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangdong. So fertile arable land, since they don't cherish it, let the Han people go over to cultivate it! ”

The monarchs and ministers of the Datong court were clearly eyeing the Mekong Delta. When the Han Chinese and Vietnamese exiles there merge, a large area of land will definitely be reclaimed, and then they will be able to play the trick of overseas immigrants donating land. If you take Nguyen and Nam Phan in Vietnam, you will have the entire coastal area in your pocket, which is almost equivalent to Vietnam a few hundred years later.

As for the lack of grassroots officials in Guangnan Province, the suggestion of the Ministry of Officials was to promote all the Yue people in Guangxi who were literate and hyphenated to become officials.

The Yue people in Guangxi later belonged to one of the 56 ethnic groups (Jing). At this time, thousands of people have been bred in Guangxi, and a group of officials have been selected before, and it is estimated that there are very few remaining who can read and write.

Now I can't manage so much, I look smart and smart, even if I can't read, I will be promoted exceptionally. They can speak both Chinese and Vietnamese, and are best suited to serve as low-level officials, at least more reassuring than the native gentry.

Zhao Han quickly approved the resolution of the ministry, and then he was a little hesitant, how to deal with the more than 2,700 Yue gentry?

The suggestion of the Criminal Department is to kill one and set an example, and all adult men should be killed to prevent further chaos in Quang Nam Province!

Zhao Han doesn't like to kill people unless he has to.

It's not that Emperor Zhao is merciful, but that he thinks it's too wasteful. He replied: "Screen out the most vicious people, correct the Fa on the spot, and the rest can live." Men over the age of 16 are charged to Yunnan and Guangxi for mining. Woman over 16 years old, immigrating to the North. There are more men and fewer women in the north, and there is a shortage of female marriages. Children under the age of 16 migrate north with their mothers. ”

After thinking about it, Zhao Han added another stroke: "No matter whether you are a man or a woman, no matter your age, if you want to immigrate to a bitter cold place, you can ensure family reunion and move to the Songhua River basin in Northeast China!" ”

The imperial court wanted to build the Heilongjiang capital division, and there was a serious shortage of people in the Songhua River valley. The Yue gentry immigrated to the past, and those who were unfamiliar with the land must have been better governed than the Mongols there.

"Your Majesty is merciful!"

The ministers shouted.

is indeed merciful, adding this sentence, many Vietnamese gentry can escape the fate of mining, and they can also avoid the fate of their wives being separated. As for whether it will freeze to death, it depends on luck, anyway, the government will try to settle it properly.

This time, the 36 ethnic groups in Vietnam were raided in one go, although only the main members of the big tribes were arrested, and the side branches were not moved, but Vietnam should be able to stop.

Among them, there are many who have caught the wrong ones, and perhaps some big clans really did not participate in the rebellion. But who really knows? Being a big clan is the original sin, and the rebellion may not be involved, but it is certainly enough to exploit the people.

Next, let's assimilate slowly, maybe it will take several generations.

……

The ministers retreated, and Xu Ying was invited in by the female official.

"Come with me." Zhao Han put down the brush, got up and walked out of the hall.

Xu Ying followed behind and went to the Imperial Garden together.

Zhao Han said as he walked, "How is the teacher's body?" ”

Xu Ying replied with a smile: "Although Liaodong is bitter cold and not a place to retire, as soon as my husband returns to his hometown, many problems will be cured without medicine, and he is more energetic than when he lived in Nanjing." The gentleman also found a clan brother, although the clan brother also had no children and no daughters, and the family had long been separated, but they were finally reunited. The gentleman spent his days wandering with his brothers, and occasionally gathered the soldiers who protected him together to give lectures to them in his yard. ”

"That's fine." Zhao Han was also happy.

Xu Ying continued: "The people in the neighborhood heard that the Taishi taught in person at home, so it was convenient to send their children to audit on holidays. The gentleman did not refuse to come, and hired two cooks to cook for the children. ”

Zhao Han said with emotion: "Mr. has worked hard all his life, and it is time to enjoy the blessings." However, I heard that Mr. Meng Yan (Li Banghua) is not comfortable after retirement. ”

"What's wrong?" Xu Ying asked curiously.

Zhao Han sighed: "Alas, Mr. Meng Dian is used to being busy, and he can't be idle at all." A few days ago, I received news that Mr. Meng Dian was seriously ill in bed, and the doctor said that I was afraid that he would not survive this winter. I have sent pedestrians and famous doctors to Jishui to see Mr. Meng Yan, and wish him a long life. ”

This is purely a "retirement disease", when I work on the job, I am in good spirits, and when I retire, everything will come out.

"It's a pity." Xu Ying echoed, in fact, he didn't have much friendship with Li Banghua.

After a while, Zhao Han suddenly said: "You go to Jiangsu to be a political envoy, the businessmen there are getting more and more noisy." Salt affairs, as well as commercial taxes, check it fiercely, and I will let the Inspectorate fully cooperate. ”

Xu Ying immediately had a serious expression: "The inspectorate can't check it, and you still have to select a political envoy to sit in the town?" ”

Zhao Han said: "The Inspectorate will definitely be able to investigate, but the intertwined relationship needs to be sorted out slowly." Jiangsu's business is flourishing, and there is more collusion between officials and businessmen, and it needs to be ruthlessly governed for several years, not just a few officials. ”

Jiangsu is the fastest-growing province, with the largest industry and commerce in the country, and its population is also growing wildly.

In another ten years, Jiangsu's population is likely to rank first in the country.

Zhao Han thought for a while and said: "Tian Zheng in Jiangsu seems to have signs of a big problem. ”

"What's wrong with Tian Zheng?" Xu Ying frowned.

Zhao Han said: "Although the imperial court has worked hard to provide relief for disasters, it is inevitable that there will be people who cannot be taken care of. There are so many peasants, some of whom owe huge debts for business, and some of whom are impoverished by a serious illness. There are even those who participate in gambling and lose their money. I've heard that underground casinos in Jiangsu have popped up again. There are always some rich businessmen and tycoons, colluding with local ruffians and hooligans, and setting up a game to trick good families into gambling. If you lose all your family property and can't afford to pay off your gambling debts, you can only mortgage your family's property. ”

Xu Ying said: "Our dynasty prohibits land transactions, and the land property can only be inherited, not transferred casually, so how can it be used to repay gambling debts?" ”

Zhao Han sneered: "There are policies and countermeasures, which are nothing more than the skin and bones." The buying and selling of land and property are all hidden from the government. The poor sell the fields (the right to use) to the rich, and the bones (ownership) are kept for themselves. On closer inspection, it's not illegal because they don't really buy or sell land. ”

On the Jiangsu side, especially in the Susong Changhu area, a weakened and deformed version of the "enclosure movement" is brewing.

Due to the rapid development of Jiangsu's textile industry, cotton and other raw materials are not available. Through various means, businessmen tried to control as much land as possible, and planted patches of cash crops for themselves.

This kind of land control does not require the actual possession of the land, only the control of the types of crops grown on the land. For example, cotton, for example, mulberry trees.

It was useless for the imperial court to use taxes to regulate and control, and the taxes on cotton fields and mulberry fields were already very high, but they still couldn't stop the peasants from changing rice to mulberry and rice to cotton. The imperial court did not dare to really levy taxes to the death, because ordinary peasants could not bear it, and the real profits were made by the merchants.

The grain planting area in the south of the Yangtze River has fallen to a very dangerous figure.

Zhao Han said: "If you go to govern Jiangxi, you will do three things well. Clean up Jiangsu's salt affairs, clean up Jiangsu's commercial taxes, and curb the trend of changing rice to mulberry! As for what corrupt officials are arrested, as long as you put up a battle, the Inspectorate will give you a hand. It's really not good, kill a few wealthy businessmen. If my brother-in-law doesn't know how to do it, he can kill them all together! ”

"Yes!" Xu Ying was upright.

Xu Ying's black-clothed guard was previously represented by his deputy.

Now that Xu Ying has officially stepped down, the black guards will also be regularized, and the administrative level is similar to that of the Inspectorate. Too lazy to think about the name, Zhao Han planned to change the name to "National Security Yuan".

Neither the Inspectorate nor the National Security Yuan have the right to arrest, but at critical times, they can bypass the cabinet and be directly responsible to the emperor.

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