"Woo-"

"Jingle Bell ......"

In July, the Qi migration wave showed no signs of abating, but on the contrary, the ranks grew stronger.

The port of Longjiang in Nanzhili was almost "occupied" by Qi immigrants who arrived one after another for three years, and people from all over the country arrived here every day, and then were relocated one after another within a dozen days.

The number of steamships in the Ming Dynasty has reached 500, and 300 of them are specially used to relocate the people of Qi.

For a dynasty, an emperor, and a powerful class, except when natural disasters are rife, the common people are an asset at other times.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, although the Qi State relocated nearly one-fortieth of the population of the Ming Dynasty, no one stood up against it.

In order to send him away, the elite class remained silent, and the emperor and the crown prince, who directly lost their benefits, added fuel to the fire.

Three hundred steamships plus nearly two thousand cargo ships on the waterway, such a scale makes the ports of Qi need to accept thousands of immigrants from the Ming Dynasty every day.

From North Asia to South Asia, the Han footprints were all along the coast, and almost every ship brought a new village to the Qi country.

The arrival of immigrants has fully unleashed the huge official system of Qi State.

Xia Yunyi rushed back to Xijing on July 26, and Princess Qi's ship would arrive in Xijing on the first day of August.

The officials of Qi attached great importance to this matter, so after Xia Yunyi rushed back to Xijing City, he hurriedly held a meeting on the matter of immigrants and Princess Qi.

The venue of the meeting was still in the Changshi Mansion, because the king of Qi had not arrived in Qi, so the court meeting had to be held until he arrived.

The small Changshi Mansion was crowded with officials, and in the hall covering an area of half an acre, there were at least no less than 200 officials of the fifth grade or above.

Xia Yunyi sat in the first place, facing the huge team of officials below and said:

"Let's talk about state affairs first, and then discuss the arrival of the mothers."

"At present, the master of Tianjin Shipyard has arrived at Xijing Shipyard, which means that Xijing Shipyard needs to increase investment, and in five years it must reach the scale of 30 steamships per year."

"Our country is surrounded by the sea, so coastal defense is the most important."

"As for the matter of the navy, I have already talked to the Liaodong Marquis of the Governor's Mansion, and there is no need to discuss this matter."

"The main thing that needs to be paid attention to is migration and industry, as well as resettlement."

"Thousands of migrants have arrived almost every day since the beginning of the year, and their arrivals represent a market town, a few villages."

"The situation of my Qi country is well known."

"Although there are 25 prefectures and 150 counties in name, in fact there are only 20 prefectures and 46 counties."

"Based on reality, this year's wave of immigrants may be the most important boost to the development of our country."

"Thanks to the mutual assistance of the country and the DPRK, there are more than 5.24 million people in our country so far, and on the eve of the New Year's Day, it can even exceed 6 million."

"After 12 years, the development of Qi is particularly difficult, so for the immigrants who come, it is necessary to follow the most beneficial means to carry out it."

"There are so many immigrants that the policy of relocating tractors has to be revised."

"My suggestion is to reinstate the policy of one for three households, and replace those with horses and cattle if there are not enough tractors."

"As for the export of grain, since we are responsible for the grain of the three countries of West Levia and Franco, my proposal is to export the grain and then distribute the bison meat into jerky, without affecting the livelihood of its own citizens."

"It's going to be hard, but it's only going to be hard for two years, and in two years we'll have more than 50 million acres of arable land."

Xia Yunyi quickly finished talking about the solution policy of the three problems, which made the officials below nod their heads.

Implement first, summarize the problem and then appeal...... This is the old tradition of the Qi country.

However, when too many officials immigrated from the Ming Dynasty, some of the traditions of the Qi State were also being challenged.

Right now, for example, an official has raised new questions about Xia Yunyi's words.

"Xia Changshi, you only talked about the problems of the people, but the most serious food problem in my country is the problem of the people."

"At present, there are 2.98 million registered households in China, nearly 16 million people."

"Even if they are of the same standard as the people, they still need to eat 40 million stone grains every year."

"At present, China produces 62 million stone of grain every year, and more than 23 million people and labor reformers need to eat 60 million stone at the lowest standard, and only 2 million stone can be exported."

"Therefore, it is not only the people who need to save food rations, but also the local people."

After the official finished speaking, many officials in the hall nodded their heads in agreement.

In this regard, Xia Yunyi also said without concealment:

"That's what I'm going to say next......"

He glanced at the officials, and then said, "Of the 39 million arable land in the country, 7 million are newly cultivated. ”

"The yield of using them to grow wheat and rice is not high, and even if chemical fertilizers are used, the yield is only eight or nine buckets per mu."

"Therefore, I am ready to plant it on sweet potatoes, potatoes and other crops."

"Judging from past experience, if the 7 million acres of newly cultivated land are divided into two halves to plant these crops, the grain that can be produced is about 23 million stones."

"These outputs will be used as supplementary food to replace one-third of the natives' food rations, saving about 18 million stone grains."

"In this way, the grain that our country can export is 20 million stones."

"At the moment when the situation in Europe is volatile, and in the case of maintaining the geopolitical situation, we need to stabilize the prices of the European countries we support according to the situation."

"Right now, in addition to the Franc machine, we also need to stabilize the prices of the two countries, so that they can compete with the Franc machine."

"Therefore, the 20,000,000 stone grain was sold in four batches, 10,000,000 stone of Francis, 5,000,000 stone of the Sylvia Domain, and 2,500,000 stone each of Franca and Hellia."

Xia Yunyi said the usefulness of Qi after saving food, but some officials raised new questions:

"Do the three kingdoms of Tangjihuai in West Levia need so much food?"

"Yes!" Xia Yunyi nodded without thinking:

"Judging from the information obtained by the dynasty, the citizens of the three countries have reached 700,000, and they still have 3 million Kunlun slaves."

"Although the land of the three countries is affected by rainforests, at least half of the food rations can be replenished."

"The five million stone grains we sent this time are basically their reserve rations for the next two years."

"This trade is very important, it can be exchanged for 3 million taels of foreign trade income, and 30,000 tractors can be purchased from the country."

"In addition, the grain sold to França and Hellia can also be exchanged for 3.7 million taels for 37,000 tractors."

"These two incomes, together with the surplus from the mining in our Qi country, can almost purchase more than 90,000 tractors."

"If I can, I even hope to borrow from Daming Bank to purchase 100,000 tractors."

Xia Yunyi was very helpless, Daming's industrial capacity soared too fast, theoretically Qi could buy one-third of Daming's industrial products, but in fact, Qi couldn't take out so much silver.

Therefore, the quota of 100,000 units will not be used up at all.

When Xia Yunyi said this, Bi Zongqi, the dean of the Hanlin Academy of Qi State and the eldest son of Bi Maokang, also bowed his hand and said:

"Xia Changshi, Xia Guan thinks that our Qi country should independently develop His Royal Highness's subject, if we can solve the problem of the internal combustion engine, use oil and ethanol to drive the internal combustion engine, and increase the thermal efficiency to 30%, then one tractor in our country can be compared to two or three in the dynasty."

"A farmer only needs an internal combustion engine tractor to easily cultivate five or six hundred acres of arable land in a month's spring ploughing season."

"In addition, as long as the armament technology can keep up, those 100,000 troops are enough to sweep away the millions of heroes of other countries."

Bi Zongqi put the matter of science and technology on the table for the first time, and in this regard, Xia Yunyi also nodded and said:

"His Royal Highness has already explained the affairs of the Hanlin Academy, and science and technology are the primary productive forces."

"Therefore, the investment of the national dynasty in the Hanlin Academy this year is 1.5 million taels."

Xia Yunyi's words made many officials stunned.

It is necessary to know that 1.5 million taels is almost one-tenth of the income of Qi State.

Of course, this is only half of the investment of the Daming Armaments Institute, but it is enough to show that Qi attaches great importance to science and technology.

With less than one-tenth of the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, one-half of the R&D expenses of the Ming Dynasty were invested, which is a country like Qi with very low governance costs and no need to maintain a huge army to play.

Qi only needs 100,000 troops to be able to do a good job in national defense and public security, but the Ming Dynasty needs 650,000 troops and more than 800,000 military servants, soldiers and horses.

Qi's military expenditure and public security expenditure were only 2 million, while that of the Ming Dynasty was 15 million, plus 12 million public security investment.

These accounted for one-third of the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue, but only accounted for one-seventh of the Qi State, which is a natural geographical advantage.

"About the mother......

Xia Yunyi talked about Yuan Xi's concubines, and at the same time said:

"His Royal Highness the King of Qi's personal request is that the main source of the palace of the King of Qi is limited to 1% of the net profit of the King of Qi's shop......"

“1％？！”

Hearing Xia Yunyi's words, no matter how calm the officials were, they couldn't sit still.

This is not because Wangdian has a lot of income, but because Wangdian has too little income.

In the past twenty-third half of the Apocalypse, Wangdian's net profit was only 620,000 taels, and 1% was 6,200 taels.

What is this money for? Even the size of the Qi Palace, it would take at least 3,000 people to operate.

According to the wages of the Qi country, 3,000 people need at least 30,000 taels a year, and if you count food and drink, you can't stop without 50,000 taels.

This is not counting the maintenance costs of the Qi Palace, otherwise it would be difficult to stop without 100,000 taels.

Originally, in the discussion of officials, King Qi's internal money should have at least one million taels of income per year, but now Zhu Youzhen's self-demand has broken their minds.

"That's all, that's really too low, what kind of face do you and I have to be officials......"

One official uttered the words, drawing a nod of approval from everyone.

After all, under the situation of 3,000 taels of first-class officials, King Qi, as the lord of a country, only took more than 6,000 taels of silver, which is inevitably ......

For a while, the officials didn't know what to say, and even Xia Yunyi just sighed:

"I still need to discuss this matter with His Highness, in any case, the income of the treasury must maintain the basic expenses of the palace."

Xia Yunyi's words made all the officials agree, and his next words were also approved by everyone.

"The amount of internal money in the palace of Qi this year is mainly 500,000 taels for the time being, and this silver will be borne by the Mining Division."

"Yes......"

For a mining division with an annual income of tens of millions of taels, 500,000 taels is not much.

If there are more, then they can also let the Yingzhou labor camp speed up the mining.

"That's it, let's all disperse."

Seeing that after saying this, Xia Yunyi waved his hand, and more than 200 officials got up and left one after another, and Xia Yunyi himself walked to the study.

After a short period of contemplation, Xia Yunyi picked up the pen on the pen holder and wrote down to Zhu Youzhen about the income of the internal money.

[The minister thinks that the net profit of the emperor store is indeed considerable in the long run, but it is not enough at the moment. 】

[It is better to calculate it with ten wen per store in each domestic shop, or ten wen per mu of land. 】

[Or 500,000 taels of silver from the household, an increase of 1% per year......]

"Huh...... This Xia Yunyi, I'm not in a hurry, he is in a hurry. ”

On the tenth day of the ninth month, in the laughter of Zhu Youzhen, Xia Yunyi's letter was delivered to Zhu Youzhen, and Zhu Youzhen just felt funny.

Yuan Xi and the concubines stayed in the palace of Qi, and the Mining Division also allocated 500,000 taels as internal income, and Zhu Youzhen had already known the news through the carrier pigeon in advance.

Regarding Xia Yunyi's proposal, Zhu Youzhen, who was sitting in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, couldn't cry or laugh, and Wang Chengen next to him also persuaded:

"Your Highness, 1% is indeed too little, even if it is the imperial store of the dynasty, 1% is only more than 300,000 taels."

"Wangdian is ten years of development, and it can't catch up with the footsteps of Huangdian, if it is really according to what you said, then I am afraid that the palace will have to eat grain."

"Huh...... You guys. Zhu Youzhen shook his head with a smile and said:

"If this palace room is according to the specifications I drew at the beginning, it can be maintained for at most a thousand taels of silver, but he Jin Xuan has increased and increased on the original basis."

"Now the palace is big, but I can't afford to raise it, tell me...... Does this sound like a word? ”

Zhu Youzhen said, and at the same time said:

"Besides, I dare to set 1% for a reason."

"At present, I wear many hats, some positions cannot be abolished, only the national dynasty is a servant, and I have to receive more than 100,000 taels every year, which is more than enough to support the palace."

"Therefore, tell Xia Yunyi not to worry about the affairs of the palace, just calculate it according to 1% of the royal store!"

Zhu Youzhen made his own assertions, and at the same time said to Wang Chengen:

"The fleet is about to be arranged, and I will set off on the winter solstice, only two months away."

"The slave is already arranged, but it's just ......"

Wang Chengen first responded, and then hesitated to speak:

"Recently, people from all over the country have come to the capital Qi Wangfu to cry, and they are all kneeling and begging His Highness not to surrender to the domain, His Royal Highness ......"

"Alright." Hearing Wang Chengen's words, Zhu Youzhen raised his hand to stop his words.

The people didn't want him to go, and Zhu Youzhen knew very well what the reason was.

It's just that the situation is here, and it is not good for anyone for him to continue to stay in Daming.

"What's going on over there with Brother Ran, is it okay to handle it?"

Zhu Youzhen changed the topic, and although Wang Chengen, who heard the words, was helpless, he could only answer:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has the assistance of many good ministers, and he is naturally doing a good job."

"It's just that all this is all thanks to the fact that His Royal Highness is still here, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was also worried that after His Highness left, the ministers would not be like Yanshan back then, and would disobey his will."

"Yang Feng Yin is definitely violated...... Zhu Youzhen said without thinking:

"How? How? These can only be done by himself, and he can't rely on me all the time. ”

"Tell Brother Ran, just let it go, don't look ahead, as long as he knows that his new policy is beneficial to the people!"

Since Zhu Youzhen has decided to let go, he naturally won't take care of Zhu Ciran all the time like a nanny.

People always have to grow, and Zhu Ciran is no exception.

"It's me, I seem to be a little sorry for Brother Hong."

Zhu Youzhen's face was a little bitter, and Wang Chengen wanted to stop talking when he saw this.

In fact, he also thinks that what His Highness said is good.

King Qi may have explained to the court, the emperor, the people, and his nephew, but he is always indebted to his family.

Zhu Youzhen was in a hurry to go to Qi State, not only because he had to leave, but also because he wanted to make up for his debt to his family.

It's just that for Zhu Cizhi and others, who are still young. He still has a chance to make up for it, but Zhu Youzhen has no chance to make up for Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cixuan, and Zhu Cijiong, who still need to be left in Daming when they grow up.

Born in the emperor's family, he couldn't help anyone at all.

They need to be responsible not only for themselves, but also for the country and the family.

This is true not only of them, but also of many county kings of other feudal kingdoms.

With the news that Zhu Youzhen was leaving, many feudal states also had to face many changes......

"Is Zhu Youzhen really willing to have so much power?"

Almost when Zhu Youzhen felt guilty, in a grand palace thousands of miles away, Zhu Qiqi sighed very embarrassed.

In the five-zhang palace, in addition to him sitting on the main seat, there are also five brothers such as Zhu Yujian who passed on information.

The five brothers, Zhu Yujian, who was already the son of the Tang State Eunuch, couldn't help but sigh a little when they saw this news.

They couldn't believe that Zhu Youzhen actually said that he would let go of power, and he would leave if he wanted to.

Although they all know that Qi is developing well, the problem is that Qi is not as good as Da Ming after all.

Such a gap is simply impossible for ordinary people.

The temptation of power is not something that anyone can resist.

Zhu Youzhen is in Daming, then he is still the king of Qi who said a word and all countries were shocked.

But if he went to the Qi Kingdom, then he was just a more powerful vassal king.

It's easy to go, but it's not easy to come back, to come back and continue to maintain the power you once had.

People go to tea and people and people die are idioms used to describe this situation.

Don't look at Zhu Youzhen is still the king of Qi who shocks all countries, but as soon as he leaves, his political achievements and political status in Daming will soon be replaced.

Even if he comes back in a few days, months, it will not be possible to return to his former position.

It's hard to start a business, but it's easy to lose.

"With Zhu Youzhen's departure, there will be no one in the DPRK who can always trust us."

Zhu Yuyun's face was embarrassed, and Zhu Yulu next to him also echoed: "Not only that, I'm afraid it's hard for the vassal kings to trust other people." ”

"Although the emperor has not changed, and the vassals also trust the emperor, the person in charge has changed after all."

Zhu Yulu's words made everyone nod, but only Zhu Yujian remained silent.

and Zhu Qiqi, who was the king of Tang, saw that Zhu Yujian did not speak, and also asked tentatively:

"Jian'er, you see Zhu Youzhen going, do we have to do something?"

Zhu Qijian led the topic to Zhu Yujian, and Zhu Yujian also came back to his senses, looking at the news in his hand with a complicated expression:

"I really didn't expect that he would give up so much power, and I am afraid that he will be called the second saint with Duke Zhou in the future."

"As for us, I'm afraid we won't be able to return to the relaxed situation when Zhu Youzhen was in power."

"Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Ciran can be lenient with Zhu Youzhen, but not necessarily for us."

"What we have to do now is to take sides, but I have no heirs, and you don't have a young son, father."

"My brother is too old, and sending him to Daming may make people think that my Tang Fan has bad intentions."

"It's best for you to have a copy of the surgery by your own hands, and I will personally send it to the capital to express the attitude of Tang Fan in front of the prince."

"Will it be dangerous?" Zhu Qiqi was a little worried.

"No, Zhu Ciran won't be so stupid, even if he is stupid, Zhu Youxiao is not stupid!"

Zhu Yujian is very confident, after all, although the ability shown by Zhu Youxiao's father and son is not as good as Zhu Youjian, he is still a middle-aged person, so he will not do such a stupid thing.

"As long as there are no problems with the Ming Dynasty, the trade relations between the three kingdoms of Western Kunlun and the Qi State will not change."

Zhu Yujian referred to their Three Kingdoms as Western Kunlun.

This title is not in circulation in the world, and it can be seen that they have prepared to create the jurisprudence of Han Chinese and Levias in the country to make their rule more stable.

"Brother Gong, you go to the Kunlun Domains in person, and let the Princes go to the Southern Kunlun Supervision Envoy together and ask for a pilgrimage together."

"Yes!"

Zhu Yujian made arrangements, he was very calm, and he was obviously prepared for Zhu Youzhen's appointment to the domain.

As for Zhu Yuyi and others, they quickly did as he wanted, and took action against the countries of Kunlun.

It wasn't just them who took action, but also the small Western feudal clans who got the news earlier.

Although the old Zhou king Zhu Suqin is no longer there, Zhu Gongqi and his heirs are very capable, and the Zhou State is also the largest country in the small Western domains.

When he realized that Zhu Youzhen was going to become a vassal domain, Zhu Gongyu sent his heirs to travel to the vassals early to persuade them to make a pilgrimage together.

Compared with the Levian domains, the small Western vassals were much more compliant in the face of the Ming Dynasty due to the huge pressure from the Mughal north.

Even if he is the first thorn in the little West, Zhu Changxun, who compares himself to the Holy Monarch of the Ages every day, can't help but be in a hurry because of his envious and jealous eldest nephew leaving.

At this time, fortunately, Zhu Yousong went to the battlefield and governed Fuguo for more than ten years, so as not to let Fuguo miss the pilgrimage.

Otherwise, with Zhu Changxun's bullying of Zhu Changluo, Fuguo is probably the first vassal state to be taken after Zhu Youxiao took power.

However, I have to say that Zhu Youzhen has trained a lot of talents for the feudal clans, so that they will not be like the late Ming Dynasty, and they don't know how to deal with things when they encounter them.

It's just that the impact of Zhu Youzhen's departure is not just that, but the more important place is still in Daming......

(End of chapter)