Chapter 22: May the Flag Fly Forever (Final Chapter)
In the 28th year of Dahua, in the new census, the total population of the Chinese Dynasty exceeded 300 million, reaching 340 million. When the news came, the first assistant Yan Shishu couldn't help but stroking his hands and laughing in the cabinet, and Yan Quan's face was full of joy when he heard it.
This population growth rate is already quite fast. Such an increase in population is also due to the imperial court's policy of encouraging childbirth, greatly improving medical conditions, and stabilizing the situation.
Not only that, the people at this time are not rich, but at least they have achieved food and clothing, and they can have a little money to spare.
The status of the common people has also been greatly improved.
The education of the children, as well as the support of the imperial court.
In this case, everyone naturally has enough enthusiasm to have a baby, so the population has skyrocketed, and there is such a situation.
However, although there has been a certain increase in population in places such as the southern continent, the local population is still quite small, and even though it has adopted a different land policy from other regions, expanding the land that people are allowed to own, it still seems quite empty, and many places are still occupied by a large number of wild animals.
After seeing it, Tobe Shangshu was heartbroken!
"It's a waste that such a large piece of land is vacant, it's a huge waste!"
He took the map in his hand and slammed it on the table:
"So much open land, if you plant cotton or rice...... The tax revenue collected, as well as the development of business, can provide at least tens of millions of income every year! We have been vacant for so many years...... Lost hundreds of millions! ”
"If we don't make use of it, what face will we have to face Your Majesty and the court?"
The household officials trembled in front of their chief, and in a short time a letter was sent from the household department and handed over to the cabinet to listen to.
Naturally, it was granted.
So the imperial court once again began the great migration.
This migration span is very long, and it is expected that the duration will be about 30 years, and the number of people who have migrated will also be a large number.
Fortunately, the policy given by the imperial court is quite favorable, and there are still many people who are willing to go.
In the thirtieth year of Dahua, Yan Shishu retired, and Mu Tianyang took over his position and became the first assistant of the cabinet.
In the thirty-first year of Dahua, Dahua is a product of the former military governor's mansion Zuo Du Governor, Chengguo Gong Yan Cheng Fang Xu, the emperor is sad, for which he dropped out of the dynasty for three days, and he said "Wu Ning", and was posthumously crowned as the king.
In the 35th year of Dahua, the Ministry of Industry announced the basic completion of the line between the prefectures and cities, and the whole country was jubilant, and the Ministry of Industry also announced the next goal, which will extend the railway to various counties.
If successful, it will completely change the transportation conditions of the empire.
The project was as large and expensive as it had been to connect the cities before, so some ministers opposed it, but the project was supported by the emperor and the first assistant, and it was carried out smoothly.
At the same time, there is also a draft charter for the construction of Dahua Highway, which is planned to be renovated on the basis of Daming official road, and the material is naturally an object named "cement" developed by the Tiangong Institute some time ago.
"If you want to be rich, build roads first."
Under the propaganda of the Dahua Imperial Court, this concept gradually took root in the hearts of the people.
In the thirty-eighth year of Dahua, Dahua was the first product of the Chinese military governor's mansion, the left governor, Xu Guogong Qu Yuan Juxue, the emperor dropped out of the dynasty, and said that he was "loyal to the military", and was posthumously crowned as the king.
In the 40 years of Dahua, the number of factories in the Chinese Dynasty has reached more than one million, and this number is still increasing at a very high rate every year.
The first to benefit were the businessmen with a keen sense of smell, followed by the landlords who took the initiative to open factories. Under the propaganda of the imperial court, they bought a steam engine, opened a factory, and made a lot of money.
Later, with the promulgation of Dahua's new land policy, the landlords lost their land, so they can't sit back and eat empty, right? Seeing the landlords who were the first to eat meat, they couldn't wait, so they threw themselves into it.
In addition, after the establishment of the Hua Dynasty, the importance of industry and commerce, the status of merchants has been improved, and the imperial court has support, more and more factories have been opened in Dahua in recent years, and a large number of industrial products are born every day.
The importance of land is also decreasing year by year in this situation. At least for now, many people choose to use their money for investment rather than buying land, and of course, in this regard, the official land restrictions of the imperial court also play a big role.
Commerce, too, is extremely prosperous. After a series of agreements were signed, the Chinese Dynasty's commodities continued to flow out and grabbed huge profits, and if there were "Fortune 500 companies in the world" at this time, then the Chinese Dynasty would not have to take over most of them.
Forty-five years of Dahua.
On this day, it was the founding day of the Hua Dynasty, and on this day forty-five years ago, Yan Quan proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing and officially announced the establishment of the Dahua Dynasty.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, he had already come to Dahua's forty-five years.
When he became emperor, the twenty-year-old young man in the prime of life had become a sixty-five-year-old man at this time.
Forty-five years have passed, countless heroes in the founding period of the People's Republic of China, dozens of princes and uncles, have grown old, and many have become names in the history books, leaving only the high tombs, princes and princes, turned their heads and emptied.
The years passed.
At night, the people were celebrating. At this time, the city of Nanjing was as bright as day, and the lights of thousands of homes illuminated every corner of the capital, like a city that never sleeps. Countless fireworks were released and exploded in the air, and the brilliant fireworks were as brilliant as this prosperous era.
Yan Quan stood on the roof of the palace and looked at the prosperous scene.
He smiled and sighed under his breath:
"What a great river and mountain......"
"How can you not be nostalgic ......"
tightened the dragon robe on his body, only to feel that his body was getting colder and colder.
He knew his days were numbered.
The emperor of Dahua gently closed his eyes at this time, his lips moved, and he muttered:
"Ancestor, bless your children and grandchildren......"
……
Almost at the same time, a certain village in Nanzhili.
At this time, the whole village was brightly lit, and although it was late at night, the village was still as lively as daytime, celebrating the first days of the dynasty.
A young man wearing a costume printed with the words "Changle Newspaper", holding a small notebook and pencil in his hand, was standing in front of an old man, and said with anticipation:
"Uncle, according to the people in the village, your early experience is very rich, can you tell me about it?"
"I'm ......"
The old man squinted his eyes, when he was old, he liked to reminisce about the past, and he was happy to share his past. The memories of the past flowed back in front of him, and he seemed to smell the smell of gunpowder again.
"When I was twenty-three years old, I met Gao Yingxiang attacking Nanzhili, and was absorbed into the army by the Ming army at that time, which was eleven years......"
After the old man returned to his hometown, he quickly obtained his identity certificate and title deed because of his good behavior.
This amount of land, coupled with the fact that the taxes were not heavy, made the old man's income extremely good during that time, not only successfully supported himself, but also paid off the arrears, married a daughter-in-law, and gave birth to two children.
He finally lived the life of his dreams and returned to the field.
In the past few decades, even his grandchildren have been born, and both sons have a stable source of income.
A son plows. Half of his land is planted with grain, and the other half is cotton, which is now the choice of most people, in addition to planting some traditional cotton, black tree and other cash crops, there are also people who grow crops imported from foreign countries.
There are many kinds of things that the old man has heard of, such as tomatoes, peanuts and so on, and these foreign crops are also quite popular with the people of Dahua.
I heard that further south, there are people who grow a crop called "rubber".
In addition, the agricultural taxes of the Hua Dynasty were also low, and his life was very prosperous.
The other works in a factory and earns quite well.
Time flies by, and he is gradually reaching the time of retirement......
The old man finished telling his story, but the young man was so immersed in the story that he still did not come back to his senses.
In the old man's narration, a picture of history slowly unfolds in front of the young man. He is no longer the heroic perspective in the history books, but from the perspective of an ordinary person, he witnessed the turbulent years.
When he finally returned to reality, he found that the old man had diverted his attention because he had been silent for a long time.
A civilian version of a hot air balloon crossed the sky, and a banner hung between the two hot air balloons read, "Warmly celebrate the 45th anniversary of the founding of Dahua."
In the midst of the fireworks, the smiles of the people are so bright.
A huge stage stands in the middle of the village, and the actors on it are performing hard.
The old man saw it clearly, it was "The Legend of the Heroes and Martyrs of the Ming Dynasty", and it was "Burning Poyang" that was staged at this time.
Seeing the white-robed Confucian general waving a fan, setting off a gust of wind, plunging countless ships on the opposite side into a raging fire, the old man couldn't help but applaud with everyone, although his face was not as excited as the others, his face turned red and shouted loudly, but his eyes also revealed excitement.
This clip, in fact, he has seen it countless times.
Looking at it at this time, I just feel the joyful and lively atmosphere, nothing more.
"Are you happy now?"
The young man took advantage of the climax to pass, and everyone was quiet again, and when they were quietly watching the performance, they seized the time to ask.
"Happiness? Of course I'm happy! ”
The old man grinned with a few teeth:
"I have a happy family now, and my children and grandchildren are around my knees, can I be happy?"
"Then I would like to ask if you have experienced the years of great changes, seen the panic and displacement in the past, and faced with the current situation?"
The young man smiled and groaned, took the pen and paper in his hand, and carefully prepared the record.
"What do you want to say......
The old man thought for a moment, raised his head, and looked at the big flag fluttering in the sky. In the light, the word "Hua" exudes a brilliant golden light.
"May this flag fly forever......"
(End of chapter)