"Sichuan was originally a country of abundance, and when Fei Aiqing entered Sichuan last year, I did have some expectations. Although my Ming Dynasty has a territory of thousands of miles, there are not many places like Shu Land, but unfortunately there are floods first, and then droughts. ”

When it comes to this piece, Zhu Houzhao is also somewhat sad, "In the Tang Dynasty, Sichuan was more known as Yang Yi Yi and Yi, but when it came to my Ming Dynasty, Sichuan's annual tax burden was only about 1 million stones. ”

This level is basically an order of magnitude with Fujian, which is a province full of hills and mountains.

At that time, Yizhou was Shudi, which was one of the most prosperous places in the world. By the time of the Song Dynasty, it was also full of rice fields and mulberry hemp, and the population was more than 13 million.

"Fei Aiqing thinks, how can Sichuan prosper?"

Fei Hongyu reported, "At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Sichuan was poisoned by soldiers, ten rooms and nine emptiness, the population decreased sharply, and Emperor Taizu also immigrated to Sichuan, but today, the number of people in Sichuan is only three million, which is particularly rare compared to the important financial and tax areas. ”

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Nanzhili all had a population of tens of millions. There are three million people in a country of abundance, which is really a little less.

Zhu Houzhao took his hands, he was thinking that maybe it had something to do with the fact that the center of gravity of the Ming Dynasty was in the north. For more than 200 years, the biggest threat has been the ethnic minorities in the north.

Moreover, such a thing as immigration is not very acceptable to Chinese who have relocated to the land. Even if you really accept it psychologically, how can Sichuan be so far away?

The people with land don't want to go, and the people without land probably won't be able to go there.

However, the natural endowment of the Sichuan region is indeed excellent.

Zhu Houzhao had an idea in his heart that in his lifetime, he would definitely change the face of Sichuan.

In fact, if there was no human intervention, this situation would have lasted until the end of the Ming Dynasty, but it was difficult to recover a little vitality, and when Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, the population dropped sharply again.

So basically in the Ming and Qing dynasties, Sichuan didn't catch its breath.

But even so, according to the tax data of 'per mu', Sichuan has always been higher than the average level of Daming, and to put it bluntly, the conditions here are good.

If there are too many people, sometimes it will cause contradictions and tensions between people and the earth, but if there are few people, it will also be depressed. Especially in the era when there was no large-scale machine production, there was a shortage of people, that is, there was a shortage of labor.

"The imperial court has to have a plan for the upper level." Zhu Houzhao had such a thought in his heart, "On the one hand, there are many displaced people, and on the other hand, there is a lack of population. Regional isolation and inconvenient transportation make it difficult to communicate with each other, and if they are allowed to develop, it is difficult to achieve results just by going with the flow. ”

At this time, the displaced people who were relatively close to Sichuan were in Jingxiang. Because there are too many 'princes' in Huguang.

"Your Majesty. However, the cost of immigrating into Sichuan is very large, and the rations of the displaced people are also issued with cattle breeds and farm tools after entering Sichuan, and at the beginning of the reclamation, it is difficult to collect taxes. ”

Zhu Houzhao is not afraid of this.

Attached to the complex is the millions of acres of arable land and grassland in the Hetao Plain. Having land as a 'profit' for the war makes sense and improves the security situation.

It's the same in Sichuan.

In fact, he was speculating that perhaps it was because of the huge cost of this work, and the Ming generation was not in a better financial situation than in the future, so he couldn't do it. Everyone lives together, and it's good to be able to get by, so how can you have any money left over to take care of others.

"Fei Aiqing, when I listed the complex as a national policy, I said, if it doesn't work in one year, we will do it in three years, and if it doesn't work in three years, we will do it in five years, and if it doesn't work in five years, then ten years! If you are not afraid of difficulties, you are afraid of people doing them. The same is true of this matter, it is difficult for the treasury to complete it all at once, so it will be carried out in several years. ”

Zhu Houzhao had an idea, as if he had found a target, "But this matter has to be coordinated by the cabinet, where there are many displaced people, we will persuade the people wherever they are." Three waves a year, a wave of 100,000, in five years to more than 1 million people. If you go far, you will be self-defeating, and if you climb high, you will be inferior, we monarchs and ministers, we should not be in such a hurry, right? ”

"Your Majesty has this patience, and the minister naturally has this patience. Read the books of the sages and seek the affairs of the world. is to do this one big thing for the rest of his life, and the minister will die without regrets! ”

"Well, by the way, you don't want to bring a magistrate into Beijing, what about others?"

Fei Hongxin said just right, "Back to Your Majesty, this person is already waiting outside the palace." ”

"Then let him in."

Gu Renyi entered the boundary of Beizhili at the beginning of February, and entered the Beijing Division at the end of February.

Zhu Houzhao looked at it and thought he was sick.

"Weichen Yibin Zhixian Gu Renyi, see Your Majesty!"

"Let's be flat." Zhu Houzhao sat back on the dragon chair and waved his sleeves, "I will accept the work report of the officials of the feudal territory this year, and some of them will not meet alone, but will recommend one or two good ministers for me. Fei Aiqing is the champion, who has been trained in the Hanlin Academy and the East Palace, and has participated in the revision of the "Records of Xianzong". In a word, even if I don't believe you, I will believe him. Therefore, you have to work hard, not only to repay the country's kindness, but also to live up to the importance of your boss. ”

When the emperor said something, Fei Hong listened to it very well. Gu Renyi also felt a passion in her heart, two people and four pairs of eyes were looking at him, and then thinking about the beliefs in her heart and the truth she had learned from reading, her mind became firmer.

"The minister obeys the hadith. Dare to fight, please be alone! ”

Fei Hong's eyelids were constricted, and he didn't see any movement, but in fact, he came up with the idea.

Zhu Houzhao was slightly surprised, and he tried to find the answer from Fei Hong's face but was unsuccessful.

But thinking of the person who Gu Renyi mentioned in the song, and the atmosphere at this time......

He still ordered, "Liu Jin, tell the people outside to stay a hundred steps away from the Qianqing Palace, and no one is allowed to approach during the period." Oh, you and Jin Gui stay. Gu Renyi, these two are my henchmen, you can say whatever you have to say, after all, these few people will hear it, if the news leaks, it will be easy to check. ”

The corners of Liu Jin's mouth trembled slightly, and the emperor spoke really sharply. At the same time, looking at this small magistrate, I am also a little resentful, in case you accidentally leak the news, then our family is not unlucky?

But this is just the thought in my heart, and I don't dare to confide a word.

After a while, the environment was right.

Gu Renyi took out a piece of music from the cuffs and put it on the top of the country's head, "What the minister played today is the Huangzhuang and the Guanzhuang!" ”

Zhu Houzhao frowned, "Gu Renyi, you have to think about it." You are a county in Sichuan. ”

"The minister is the magistrate of Sichuan, but he is also the courtier of His Majesty. Since he is a minister of His Majesty, if the minister hears about it and does not play it, it is disloyal! Punish also! ”

Zhu Houzhao's heart was slightly shocked, this guy is really an upright character. Although he is thin, he seems to have a force.

He glanced at Liu Jin, and this guy went to get Song Shu over.

After that, Gu Renyi continued to say: "The minister entered the north with the team more than a month ago, and the hungry people for hundreds of miles were seen with their own eyes, but the imperial court has been implementing civil herdsmen for several years, why is the people's livelihood still so difficult?" When the ministers went to the township, they realized that the harm was in the farmland. In the last years of Xianzong, Li Min, the head of the household department, once played: Jingi Fuhuangzhuang is more than 12,800 hectares of land, and Xunqi and Zhongguanzhuang are 33,100 hectares of land. Gyeonggi no Tian Mitseong was occupied. Twenty years ago, twenty years later, how can it not be more intense? ”

Moreover, the Huangzhuang Guanzhuang is not only huge in scale, but also can be called fierce. Those who cultivate the Huangzhuang are tenant farmers, one is a tenant farmer, and they are not allowed to leave the country for generations, and the ministers check the tax of the village and eight cents of silver, which is three times that of the people's land. Guy cultivated the farmland, and had to pay both the state tax and the village tax. One field and two taxes are unbearable. ”

"There is also the official school of Zhuangtian, which gathers the group of small schools. Or called the head of the village, or for the companion. They occupy the land, collect the property, defile the women, and those who resist are falsely accused! The official school is in charge, and the whole family is terrified! ”

"In the past, it was said that there were many people and herdsmen, but the ministers looked at it far less than Zhuangtian. The world is for the people, and there is no one like Huangzhuang and Xunqi, Zhongguan Zhuangtian! Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven takes the world as his home, and uses the Huangzhuang as his home? ”

After saying the above words, Gu Renyi took off his official hat and put it in front of him, touched the bottom with his head, and burst into tears: "The ministers braved the power of heaven and died, but His Majesty left a deep holy will, and did not lose today's opportunity and forgot to change the will of the Yuan, then the people are very fortunate and the sect is very fortunate!" ”

When he said this, Liu Jin had already begun to sweat halfway through his words. Jin Guiji's hand couldn't help but exert himself.

There are ministers in the world!

After finishing speaking, the entire Qianqing Palace was silent.

Gu Renyi bowed his head, Liu Jin and Jin Gui bowed their heads, and even Fei Hong bowed his head.

They did not dare to think about how the emperor would react.

Huangzhuang, this is the fault of the heavenly family and the imperial court!

In fact, Zhu Houzhao was carefully watching the performance, and Gu Renyi said a simple summary, but the details were still on paper.

More than half a month ago, he summoned the governor of Suncheon, and what he learned at that time was completely different from what he is now. He was not sure whether the government was expropriating and expropriating, because the people and herdsmen would indeed release some of the social contradictions. But he also knew that what Gu Renyi said was not false at all.

The common people were forced to rebel, and it could not be for a single reason.

Zhuangtian ......

This is the second mountain in the Gyeonggi region that weighs on the heads of the people.

But this matter involved land annexation, and it was involved in the honorable relatives, the lieutenant officials, and the local magistrates.

In modern terms, this is the whole of the exploiting class pressing on the heads of the common people. And at the top, he is the emperor!

That's why I have the only request for this......

Zhu Hou glanced at Fei Hong, which should be his credit.

Smack.

The emperor put down the song, and then the footsteps sounded, and he walked to the door of the hall step by step, his eyes looking into the distance.

"This matter, you are not allowed to leave this palace. Otherwise, don't blame me for not remembering the old love! ”

Fei Hong, Liu Jin, and Jin Gui all knelt down in a hurry, "The minister (slave) obeys the order!" ”

Then the emperor turned around and laughed out loud, "Fei Aiqing, your recommendation is a bit interesting. That's all for today, take it back with you. ”

"Your Majesty!" Gu Renyi turned around and knelt over,

He didn't get the answer he wanted, and he certainly wouldn't be satisfied.

But Zhu Houzhao interrupted him and said seriously: "I have written down all your words." Listen to me and go back first. ”

Gu Renyi was about to say more, but Fei Hong stepped forward and grabbed him, "You want to resist the decree?!" ”

You can't be stupid at this time, with such a recital, the emperor doesn't want your life, and lets you go back, which has the answer in itself!

"Minister, minister retire."

"Yes."

Looking at their departing backs, Zhu Houzhao was silent for a long time. He already had a plan in mind. However, this matter is very involved, and it must be planned.

"Is there anyone else behind?"

Jin Gui replied: "Your Majesty, Wei Ningbo also handed over the note before. ”

"It came at the right time. Declare! ”

(End of chapter)