Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 856
After the suzerain made the decision to change land and move to Taiwan, Wang Yan himself took the lead in exchanging his fiefdom in Huguang to Taiwan, and gave priority to doubling the lands that had been initially developed, such as officials, to Tang and Lu. They didn't want to help Wang Yan lead the rhythm, so they didn't express their views on this.

After Wang Yan's policy came out, no one responded, embarrassing the Chu Party cabinet.

Not only that, even the refugees in the shantytowns in Jiangbei didn't give him the face of the regency. There were riots and they refused to go to Taiwan by boat.

The faction of the Chu Party, because of participating in the Nanyang trade, gained a lot of benefits, and their ideas have changed. They are not particularly opposed to going to sea. Even going to Nanyang is not a big deal, but for other regions, especially refugees fleeing from the north In other words, going to Nanyang or Taiwan is no different from going to death.

The Chinese have relocated their land and lived in the center of the world, called the Central Plains. What is Taiwan, a barren land, not even a place where prisoners are exiled, and if you go there, can you come back alive?

In Nanjing City, the policy of relocating the vassal and resettling refugees to Taiwan has been issued for a month, and the Dutch envoys have all arrived in Nanjing, but there is still no progress.

At present, there are still more than 20 pro-vassals in the Ming Dynasty. Except for Chu and Guangxi, which changed their territories to Taiwan, other pro-vassals such as Tang, Lu, Guangxi, Yu, Xiang, Deng, Zhou, Yi, and Liao did not go to the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites. To deal with the matter of land exchange, these princes and county kings did not take the lead, and the tens of thousands of clans below naturally did not move.

The Ming Dynasty must get rid of the burden of the imperial clan. This is a consensus reached by people with a little foresight. Even if Tang and Lu are in power, they will reform the clan, but they are not the ones in charge of this reform. , The two immediately got together again.

In Chu Palace, Wang Yan was pacing in the study room, with a few confidantes sitting beside him.

"Your Highness, what is the attitude of King Tang and King Lu?" Wang Fuzhi asked.

Wang Yan stopped and pursed his lips, "Gu talked with them for a while, and they also knew that the matter of Zong and vassal had to be dealt with, but they didn't intend to help persuade the clan. These two highnesses, don't let Gu get in your way. It’s not bad if it’s black hands, who will help us.”

"This is obviously something that benefits the world, but why is it so difficult to do?" Gu Yanwu frowned.

Every dynasty faces various problems. Don't those in power know where the problems are?Presumably they know it, but it is difficult to change it, the atmosphere is like this, and they don't want to cut their flesh.

"Difficult, this matter has to be done!" Wang Yan clenched his fist slightly, then turned to look at Gu Yanwu and said, "How is the discussion with the Dutch at the Lifan Academy of the Ministry of Rites?"

"I'm going to report to Your Highness!" The official of the Ministry of Rites is Gu Yuanjing, a subordinate of Tang Fan. It was inconvenient for Wang Yan to instruct him, so he put Gu Yanwu in the Ministry of Rites as the left servant. Hearing Wang Yan's question, he hurriedly replied: "This time the Dutch People, very disciplined, the conditions we put forward, the Dutch did not raise any objections, and the agreement has been signed."

After Gu Yanwu finished speaking, he thought for a while and added: "Your Highness, now that the Dutch have withdrawn from Taiwan, the imperial court still needs to send people to Taiwan as soon as possible. Support refugees for another half a year!"

Originally, Yangzhou could be attacked in the second half of the year, but since the end of last year, there have been refugees fleeing from the north. Now the number of refugees in Jiangbei is close to one million. Until the recent summer harvest, the number of people fleeing famine has decreased, and these refugees have consumed The court's large amount of food, cloth, tents and other resources delayed the court's preparations for war.

Wang Fuzhi heard what Gu Yanwu said, and explained: "The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials are already doing this, but the refugees are more resistant to going to Taiwan. At that time, the Ministry of War may need to intervene to complete the resettlement."

"The situation is so serious?" Wang Yan was slightly taken aback for asking the Ministry of War to intervene, and then his face darkened.

Wang Fuzhi nodded, and said sadly: "The Ministry of Households has lost the boat, but the refugees are unwilling to board the boat, and conflicts broke out."

"Is King Lu among them?" Wang Yan asked suddenly.

Jiangbei is the territory of the Zhejiang Clan. The resettlement of refugees actually required the cooperation of the Ministry of Military Affairs. Naturally, Wang Yan wondered if someone had tripped him up and deliberately incited the refugees, making his decision to resettle refugees impossible to implement.

Wang Fuzhi couldn't come up with this, and Yu Taichu who was sitting at the end got up and said, "Return to Your Highness, according to Jin Yiwei's investigation in Jiangbei, there is no sign of Lu Wang's faction participating. Zhang Mingzhen also sent troops to help the officials of the household department to stabilize order. The refusal of Jiangbei refugees to board the ship should be spontaneous, but the clans in Nanjing City have been gathering frequently recently, and it seems that they intend to oppose His Highness's decree to move the feudal clan to Taiwan!"

After hearing this, Wang Yan couldn't help pondering slightly, waved for Yu Taichu to sit down, and then walked back to his seat.

If the two kings of Tang and Lu didn't intervene, and without their shadows involved, the matter would be much easier. How could a group of powerless clans beat him? The key thing for him was to worry about the nearly one million refugees.

Wang Yanzheng lowered his body, glanced at several people, and then ordered: "It is best not to send out troops to resettle the refugees. These refugees are emotionally unstable. If there is a conflict, it is not good to stir up civil uprisings."

Wang Yan looked at Wang Fuzhi and said, "What are those refugees thinking in their minds? Officials from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Household Affairs need to know more about it. Do the work of a prestigious village elder and don't behave too roughly."

"Your Highness, these refugees have all escaped from the north. The impression of the imperial court is that they are still in the Chongzhen period, and they don't trust the imperial court very much. The officials in charge of resettlement have talked about it, but the refugees do not believe it. They think Taiwan is barren and cannot live. , The imperial court despises them as a burden, and wants to exile them to the island, and let them perish on their own."

Wang Yan couldn't help leaning forward. Some of them understood the problem, and at the same time realized the seriousness of the problem. First, the refugees Niantu. They don't even know where Taiwan is, and the refugees don't trust the imperial court. If someone with a heart instigates it, maybe Li Zicheng will be brought out for him.

"This situation is very dangerous!" Wang Yan became serious. "Tell the resettlement officials that they must treat it with caution. Furthermore, they must strictly guard against instigation by others to avoid riots."

"The lower officials will order that the resettlement officials be cautious." Wang Fuzhi saluted and said: "However, the resettlement matter cannot be delayed any longer. First, the Ministry of Households consumes too much money. Second, refugees cannot be resettled for a long time, which is likely to cause turmoil. .The lower official suggested that if necessary, the army should be used.”

Several people in the hall were discussing one after another, saying that they could not speak, and the use of troops would easily intensify the conflict between the government and the people. This is really a difficult problem.

Gu Yanwu said a few words to Chen Bangyan who was next to him, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, I think that the clan should go to the island first, since the clan has gone, the worries of the refugees will definitely be dispelled!"

Wang Yanzheng frowned, thinking about the solution, hearing what he said, his eyes lit up, if the clan went to the island, if the refugees still refused to follow the arrangements, they would be really a bunch of troublemakers.

"That's right! It's less risky to force the clan to move to Taiwan first than to force the common people." Wang Fuzhi agreed.

The clan has enjoyed more than 270 years of blessings, and the people below have long been dissatisfied. Since the Jiajing period, the civil official group has called for the reform of the clan and vassals. Why should they be favored after they were born? We have studied hard for decades, and our salary is linked to the family. I can't keep them.

Civil officials mainly want to change, and the anger of the people is even greater. The clan occupies a large area of ​​land among the people and lives a life of extravagance and lust. Li Zicheng killed King Fu, which is also a manifestation of the accumulation of social contradictions.

Wang Yan nodded. Compared with nearly a million refugees, the tens of thousands of clans are indeed easier to deal with. "Isn't the clan unwilling to move to Taiwan? Let the Ministry of Households issue an order that they have to go to the Ministry of Households to change the land deed within half a month. Otherwise, the title deed will be invalidated, and the imperial court will no longer reseal it in the future.”

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