I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 435 Immigration Strategy ([-])

"Let's arrange the imperial examination in this way, but it must be stated in the edict that this policy is only temporarily implemented and not permanent. Otherwise, it will be extremely unfair to the local scholars in Guizhou."

"Sir, you understand!"

Seeing that the matter was over, Zhu Youxiao breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at the cabinet members present.

"The imperial examination matter has been settled. If you have any other opinions on Zhu Xieyuan's question book, please speak up and discuss it in person."

Liu Yishen and others shook their heads when they heard this and expressed no objection.

The suggestions in Zhu Xieyuan's memorial were originally formulated based on the actual situation in Guizhou, and many measures were implemented in Bozhou and proved to be effective.

So after reading it, they only had objections to the imperial examination quota.

The content is just like the quarrel between Zhu Guozhen and Shen Guan just now. Some people think that the number of quotas should be increased more, while others think that the number of quotas should be increased smaller.

But the emperor also came up with his own method, which perfectly solved this problem, and their problems naturally disappeared.

Zhu Youxiao took Zhu Xieyuan's question book and patted it gently in his hand while looking around at everyone to see their reactions.

Seeing that everyone shook their heads to express no more, Zhu Youxiao nodded expressionlessly, then stood up slowly, looked at everyone and said:
"Since you all have no problems, it means that Zhu Xieyuan's "Six Strategies for Governing Guizhou" does have merit. When the time comes, the cabinet will use his inscription as the inscription, draft an edict and send it to Guizhou."

When Liu Yishui saw the emperor opening his mouth to confirm the matter, he immediately bowed his head and said yes. However, just as he was about to bow, the emperor waved his hand and refused, indicating that he still had something to say.

Liu Yishui was stunned when he saw this, but Zhu Youxiao did not pause after waving his hand, but said solemnly:
"It's just that before I send this question book to the Ministry of Finance, I actually have a question, and I would like all of you to answer it for me today."

When everyone saw the emperor saying this, they immediately understood that there was something in his words.I am afraid that the previous topics are not all introductions, so they all bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, please tell me. I will tell you everything I know."

"In Zhu Xieyuan's 'Six Strategies for Governing Guizhou', it is necessary to build new prefectures and counties, set up guard posts to carry out farming, and also build new cities, roads, and post stations, etc. These things are complicated, but none of them require manpower.

Therefore, I would like to ask all of you, dear friends, where did you recruit the people for the field and where did you send the soldiers for the garrison?

Where did the labor come from to build roads, inns, etc.Is it enough to just integrate the local Miao people in Shuixi into a unified household?We still have to recruit from Guiyang and other places. "

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was slightly stunned, and Shen Guan was even more confused. Zhu Xieyuan had already made it very clear in the title book. Why did the emperor ask questions knowingly?

The Chief Secretary of Guizhou wanted to integrate the Miao villages in Shuixi and Shuidong into all households, so the people in Tuntian and others naturally came mainly from the local people.

When Shen Guan saw this, he wanted to reply, but he suddenly realized something was wrong.

Since the emperor has asked this question, it is natural that he cannot rely solely on the local people in Shuixi. He may not already have the answer in his heart.

But what exactly was the emperor's answer? Shen Guan couldn't help but start thinking about it.

But at this moment, Ye Xianggao was the first to stand up. "What your Majesty said is true. The local Miao people in Shuixi don't like farming. In addition, the government troops have just pacified Shuixi. If we continue to rely on them, we are afraid that there will be chaos.

Although Guiyang is the seat of the Chief Secretary of Guizhou, it is also sparsely populated, and its own population is particularly insufficient. It is probably even more inappropriate to recruit people from there to farm in the west of the water. Wei Chen has an idea, but I don't know if it is appropriate. "

When Zhu Youxiao saw what he said, he knew that Ye Xiang Gaoding had guessed what he was thinking, so he followed his words and said:
"I love you, but it's okay to talk about it."

"Your Majesty, last year there was a severe drought in Liaodong, Shandong, and the Huaihe River. The land was bare for thousands of miles and there were many refugees. This year there is another severe drought in Liaodong. Therefore, most of the people in the capital this year are victims fleeing famine in Shandong. Thanks to your majesty, you have allocated millions from internal funds. The two provided relief to the victims.

In addition, there are many places to employ people in the Gyeonggi area, and the imperial court has imposed a sea ban, which has given many victims a livelihood.Liaodong Dusi also recruited victims to work on farmland, providing work in exchange for relief, saving the people from the fire and water, and thus minimizing the losses. "

When Shen Guan heard what Ye Xianggao said, he secretly thought that this Ye Xianggao was really powerful, he actually knew what the emperor was going to do so quickly.Ye Xianggao paused and then said:

"But even so, natural disasters can't be avoided by human power. There are still many refugees in Shandong and other places. Many people are hoping that God will open their eyes in the coming year and there will be good weather so that the people can have a way to survive.

But I feel that instead of doing this, it is better for the court to find another way for the victims to survive.That is to learn how to recruit disaster victims to go to Liaodong to farm, and recruit disaster victims to go to Guizhou, especially to Shuixi and other places for farming. "

Zhu Youxiao nodded repeatedly listening to Ye Xianggao's words. Ye Xianggao said exactly what he thought, which was to immigrate to Daxing, Guizhou.

In the past two years, there have only been natural disasters in Shandong, Liaodong and other places. In six years, there will be a large-scale and continuous drought in the entire north.

At that time, even a mountain of gold and silver was not enough to provide relief, so Zhu Youxiao always attached great importance to the issue of farmland immigration.

I read many online novels in my previous life, and they all said that encouraging people to immigrate to Southeast Asia in the late Ming Dynasty and immigrating to the New World could solve the refugee problem.

But after Zhu Youxiao traveled through time, he found that these ideas of immigrating overseas were nonsense and completely unreliable.

Not to mention how many ships are needed for immigration and whether they can be built, it is still unknown whether the people are willing to board the ships and go to unknown places.

In Zhu Youxiao's view, among these immigration ideas, only immigrating to Taiwan may be slightly feasible in the short term, and the others must be done gradually and slowly.

So he had to turn his attention to the territory of the Ming Dynasty. At this time, he was surprised to find that the Ming Dynasty still had large areas for development, such as Liaodong, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, etc.

Especially in southwestern places such as Guizhou, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the land is not as barren as imagined. More importantly, it is located in the south. Even during the Little Ice Age, the weather in the south was at least warmer than the north, and there were fewer disasters. Therefore, it is an excellent place to attract refugees.

Especially since it is within the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the cost of migration for refugees is low, and they themselves will not be so resistant. The price/performance ratio is much higher than that of colonizing overseas.

Now there are crops such as corn and sweet potatoes, which are very suitable for farming in the southwest and solve crop problems.

Most of the refugees are Han Chinese. Moving to the southwest can not only alleviate the contradictions in the north and solve the problem of too many people and too little land, but also consolidate the imperial rule in the southwest. It can be said that it kills multiple birds with one stone, so why not do it.

(End of this chapter)