Qiming 1158

Chapter 1341 Eternal Master?
In the middle and late August of the eighth year of Hongwu, Su Yonglin left Hangzhou and led the army to attack again, and launched an attack to the south of Hangzhou Prefecture.

In September, the main force of Su Yonglin's troops entered Fujian Road. In the mountainous area of ​​Fujian, the Ming army encountered resistance from a large number of local clan lords. They got the news early and quickly united to try to resist the Ming army's attack.

It was here that the Ming army encountered relatively fierce resistance, and the intensity of resistance far exceeded that of Hangzhou.

However, such a scale and intensity of resistance can only make the Ming army more determined to strike.

At the same time, in August and September, Zhang Yuejing and Zhao Yucheng's subordinates also carried out violent military operations in Guangnan West Road and Guangnan East Road, and launched military operations against the local official forces of the Song state. An extremely violent dimensionality reduction attack.

With the successive victories of the Ming army on the battlefield, the industrial and commercial population in the cities captured by the Ming army, that is, the citizens, began to return to the countryside on a large scale to cultivate fields and start a family.

Take Hangzhou as an example.

In August of the eighth year of Hongwu, Hangzhou still had a permanent population of 70.

By October of the eighth year of Hongwu, there were only 55 people left in Hangzhou.

In the past three months, 15 people have left Hangzhou City, and an average of 5 people have left Hangzhou City every month.

The Hangzhou government handled these matters extremely efficiently. With the coordination of government organizations at all levels and the Renaissance Society, they helped a large number of citizens return to rural areas and become agricultural populations.

At the same time, the Jiangnan state-run economy under the control of the Ministry of Finance has also come into play.

Take Hangzhou as an example. The silk weaving, porcelain and other handicraft workshops originally set up in Hangzhou by the Southern Song government were controlled by the Ming state capital. Thirteen days after Su Yonglin arrived in Hangzhou City, the relevant handicraft workshops resumed production, adopting a brand-new Ming state. management mode.

In addition to silk, porcelain and other industries, Ming state-owned factories such as wine, ironware, and civilian cloth have also started one after another, all of which have adopted a new Ming state management and production model.

In addition to the large-scale handicraft production controlled by the state-owned factories of the Ming Dynasty, some state-owned shops were also operating, such as salt, rice grain, wine, tea and other shops also quickly resumed operations.

In addition to the state-run economy, the lively commercial streets that originally belonged to Hangzhou residents have also begun to recover.

More than ten years ago, the four major commercial streets in Hangzhou, which were lively and comparable to modern super commercial streets, have reappeared in the four commercial streets of Hangzhou who have started business. .

The Hangzhou government has extended the well-implemented interest-free or low-interest loan policy for small and micro merchants in major cities of the Ming Dynasty to the city of Hangzhou to help small merchants and hawkers resume their operations.

As a result, small merchants got the preferential commercial tax reduction policy of the Ming Dynasty, and also obtained interest-free and low-interest loans, and were able to revive their businesses and resume operations in a very short period of time.

With the start of the factory and the opening of shops in the commercial street, Hangzhou City has regained its fireworks and popularity.

Of course, this time, Hangzhou City will not be able to return to its original commercial scale.

Because Hangzhou's population is indeed small, it cannot support such a large commercial scale.

Except for those who really have skills, jobs and ideas, they continue to stay in Hangzhou and engage in various occupations. Many people who want to continue to be farmers still go home to be farmers, and do not want to continue to work hard in Hangzhou.

It's not that they didn't know the internal treatment of the state-owned workshop managed by the Ming Dynasty. The state-owned workshop and some shops offered very good treatment, hoping to recruit a large number of workers and shop assistants from Hangzhou citizens.

But they are obviously more willing to own a piece of land and be farmers than to be workers and shop assistants.

They were forced to come to the city. The life of oppression, exploitation and high-intensity labor in the city has become their nightmare. They always want to go back to the past.

The Hangzhou government predicts that the population of Hangzhou City will eventually be maintained at a scale of 25 to 30, which is very good. The most extreme estimate is that the total population of Hangzhou City will drop to the lowest point of about 20 within five years, and then Slowly recover over time.

It will take more than 70 years to recover to the scale of around 15.

The 20 people who were able to stay in Hangzhou before and after this wave of population return are pure and real industrial and commercial population, industrial workers and self-employed households who can really gain a foothold in the city.

Although their existence cannot restore the prosperity of Hangzhou City to its population of 70, their existence will inject real vitality into Hangzhou City.

This is not the kind of "prosperity" that shrinks by nearly two-thirds at one stroke, and it is not a commercial prosperity that exists specifically to serve the high-ranking masters.

Through the Ming state's state-owned industrial and commercial system and agricultural rehabilitation policy represented by a new production management model, the Ming state's rule was centered on Hangzhou and gradually radiated to the surrounding areas.

With the continuation of military offensives and land revolutions, Ming rule in this region gradually began to gain a firm footing.

The land in the south of the Yangtze River still brought a lot of trouble to the Ming army. The large number of landlords and gentry did not have time to escape, and they were unwilling to accept the mandatory redemption policy of the Ming state, so they chose armed resistance and had a showdown with the Ming army. male and female.

They want the Ming army to realize who is the eternal master of this land.

Not Emperor Zhao Song, but us, tyrannical!
We have lived here for generations, and we have been the masters of this land for generations, enjoying supreme privileges. Now you, Emperor Su, say what you say?Don't ask if we will answer or not?
Tell you, do not agree!
The tyrants made their own strongest voices.

But they seem to have forgotten that a few years ago, the tyrants in the north also issued a similar strongest voice of the era to the Ming government.

They also want the Ming government to know who is the real owner of the land.

Then they became pendants fluttering in the wind on the southeast branch, became a beautiful landscape, and then became a historical term.

The specialty of the landlords is to organize grassroots organizations. Once, in the face of the infringement of the imperial power, they formed a group to fight against it, preserved their family property, and made the imperial power no less than the county seat.

But in the face of the Revival Society with more advanced concepts and stronger organization, they were undoubtedly beaten.

Militaryly, they were crushed into scum by the Ming army, and they were hoisted up and beaten by the Renaissance Society in terms of organizational strength. Their failure is beyond doubt.

What once happened on the land of the north happened again on the land of Jiangnan. The social network on which the tyrants in Jiangnan, more deeply rooted than the northern tyrants, depended for their survival was shattered by social revolution and land reform.

Because he was deeply aware that the power of Jiangnan tyrants was stronger than that of Jiangbei tyrants, Su Yonglin repeatedly emphasized that he asked the revival organization to be more clear about the truth-revolution is not a dinner party.

Make me violent.

Make me fierce.

Make me restless!

Use the most succinct and thorough way to carry out the most resolute liquidation of the feudal remnants of stereotypes and bad habits, completely liquidate all the evils that have existed in ancient times, uproot them, and burn them to ashes!
Su Yonglin personally participated in a series of land reform activities. As an ordinary Renaissance member, he personally participated in leading the peasants to fight against them. With his skillful speech skills, he called on the peasants to wage a resolute struggle against those who oppressed them.

In the face of the counterattacks of the landlords, Su Yonglin also commanded the army to give them a resolute and thorough blow.

Daming, never compromise!
(End of this chapter)