Wanli 1592

Chapter 1163 The Pressured Central Government

The new dynasty was first established, and the war continued, and the officials of the Manchu dynasty felt a lot of pressure.

Not only the local officials who are responsible for local young men and food dispatch are exhausted, but the central officials are also exhausted. On the one hand, there are decrees from the emperor to be responsible, and on the other hand, they are also responsible for providing basic protection for the army. Many military supplies need to be transported from the capital battlefield.

The officials were so tired that they were still fighting during the Chinese New Year. The emperor took pity on the officials for being too tired and gave them a day off. They had a reunion dinner together on New Year’s Eve. They were allowed a day off on the first day of the first lunar month, and then started on the second day of the first lunar month. office.

Because the army is still marching and fighting.

The soldiers gave up the opportunity to reunite with their families at the cost of their lives to fight the rebellion for the country, and officials such as you can't be lazy, and you have to take the sacrifices of the soldiers in your heart.

Xiao Ruxun made such a stern statement.

Officials did not dare to disobey the emperor's order, so they could only honestly come to work and work overtime.

The officials of the Great Qin Empire were not dissatisfied with their holidays.

Because Emperor Xiao of the Qin Dynasty carefully inspected the holiday systems of the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and found that the Song Dynasty was too loose. If you really count, an official can take a vacation for one-third of a year, while the Ming Dynasty is too strict. Strictly speaking, only a few days a year are holidays.

The vacation system of these two dynasties is not desirable, so Xiao Ruxun formulated a new law for officials to rest and bathe, first restored the law of resting for one day every ten days, and then stipulated the law for holidays and holidays on this basis .

Go to work on New Year’s Eve, but don’t need to work overtime at night. From the first day of the first lunar month, five days off for the Spring Festival, one day off for the Lantern Festival, two days off for the Cold Food Festival and Qingming Festival, one day off for the Shangsi Festival, one day off for the Dragon Boat Festival, and one day off for the Qixi Festival , Three days off for the Mid-Autumn Festival, one day off for the Double Ninth Festival, Winter Clothes Festival and Laba Festival, one day off for the Winter Solstice, and one day off for the emperor's birthday.

These holidays can be taken consecutively or alternately when they meet holidays, it all depends on how the emperor arranges. After all, there is more than one month of rest in a year. This kind of rest is much easier for officials than in the previous Ming Dynasty. So no complaints.

During these holidays, the emperor would also organize special banquets or celebrations to reward the people and officials. All in all, their lives were better than those in the previous Ming Dynasty.

But all of this must have a premise, that is, there will be no catastrophe and military use. Once there is a catastrophe and military use, the emperor personally stipulates that even his own birthday will not be celebrated, and the holiday will be ignored, and he will come back to work honestly.

This is the case now, this war has been going on for the entire first month, and the officials have worked hard for more than an entire first month. They have been preparing for this war since October, and the major festivals starting in October are not only for the emperor. There is no big celebration during the festival, and even the folks have been affected and have not turned into a big celebration.

But for Daqin, everyone has no complaints.

For the officials, after winning the battle, the emperor will naturally compensate with a bigger celebration and more rewards. Everyone knows that. For the common people, they can also get a one-year exemption for sending food and grass to support the frontline war for the Great Qin. Why not do preferential tax policies?
During the Chinese New Year, you can live every year, but one year is not a big deal, but a year of tax exemption is a great benefit, maybe you can live a good life with three full meals, and you can save money for the next year. Plant more seed grains and reserve grains.

Daqin exempted a lot of exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes, and expressly prohibited further additions. Local governments are not allowed to increase tax items. Only the central government has this power. Instead, these taxes are added to merchants, and heavy taxes are imposed on merchants to increase fiscal revenue and relieve peasants. burden.

The people in the three southeastern provinces were the first to benefit from this policy. Their burdens were greatly reduced and their living conditions were significantly improved. They are grateful to the Great Qin Emperor. The people in the three southeastern provinces also contributed the most to this expedition.

Now that the battle is over and they have won a big victory, they can cheer.

It was the third day of February when Xiao Ruxun received the news. The people in the capital had just spontaneously organized a sacrifice activity for the dragon to raise its head on the second day of February. This year's sacrifice was not organized by the government. They also somewhat understand.

On February [-], people in both urban and rural areas offer sacrifices to gods related to agriculture, praying for good weather and a good harvest in the coming year. This is a very symbolic festival, and the government should actually respond, such as sending people to organize and so on.

However, this year, the government did not send anyone to organize the spring plowing meeting, but directly under the leadership of Zhang Zhihe, Minister of Agriculture who was separated from the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Led by Zhang Zhihe, officials from the Ministry of Agriculture scattered in all directions to conduct inspections throughout Northern Zhili to estimate the agricultural harvest in the north.

Spring plowing is a major event. According to the practice of the previous dynasty, at the beginning of spring, the emperor and the prince need to go to the fields to cultivate the fields in person, and the queen needs to raise silkworms and reel silk in person. The royal family sets an example and prays for a good harvest in the coming year. No matter how absurd the emperor is, he will not absent.

Naturally, Xiao Ruxun couldn't be absent. Since last year, although he never sent anyone to organize sacrifices, he still took Zhenbang and Yingying to the Huangzhuang farmland outside the capital to cultivate the land for half a day, and asked Caiyun to lead the palace maids to raise silkworms in person. Set an example for the people of the world, and show that the country's emphasis on agriculture will not change.

Unlike the previous emperors who pushed farm tools back and forth four times for a show, Xiao Ruxun asked Zhenbang and Yingying to follow him to do farm work for half a day, plowing the land, sowing seeds, and not being allowed to take a rest for a moment until the three mu of land was cultivated.

The emperor took the lead in farming, and the civil and military officials and their families did not dare to show off. One tenth of the arable land in Huangzhuang was handed over to the civil and military officials and their families for farming and sowing.

Of course, Xiao Ruxun was also aware of the effect, so after they were exhausted, Xiao Ruxun would send the eunuchs who managed the royal farm to reorganize the land.

The establishment of Huangzhuang was not for profit, but to supply a certain amount of vegetables and fruits to the royal family and reduce the burden of tribute to the royal family from various places.

When Xiao Ruxun moved to various places, he knew how labor-intensive it was to supply the emperor with local tributes. It required a lot of manpower to spend on this matter, because the tributes offered must be perfect, and sometimes even the families of the people would be ruined.

So after ascending to the throne, Xiao Ruxun ordered the abolition of the names of two-thirds of the local offerings, and only kept some local specialties that must be offered, such as tea, silk, porcelain, and other things that the capital cannot produce.

More insignificant things were simply abolished, or only one-tenth or one-twentieth of the supply was kept, as long as the royal family had enough.

In order to enrich the supplies in the palace, the Huangzhuang and Xungui Manor that Xiao Ruxun took from the Ming clan and Ming Xungui became the main supply places, and eunuchs were sent to manage them, eunuchs cultivated the land, planted fruits and vegetables, etc. Planted crops.

A large amount of land in the local area is used to grow food, and it is still not enough to support people, let alone non-staple foods such as fruits and vegetables. Only after the grain output increases greatly, people may use some land to grow more. Non-staple food.

At present, the royal family can't cause people to have no food for their own selfish desires, so these Huangzhuang can be used to play their due role.

It just so happened that the court didn’t need so many maids and servants, so Xiao Ruxun made a rule that the servants and maids who just came in would be sent to the Huangzhuang to farm or raise silkworms and reel silk for the use of the court. Then transferred to the palace service.

The little palace ladies can be released when they reach the age of 23, but the servants are not, they have to stay in the palace for the rest of their lives.

Sometimes the palace does not need so many servants to serve, and it would be a waste of food and money to keep them, but without the roots of descendants below, it is impossible to put them in the folk, but there must be a place to go.

Then the Huangzhuang and mines in various places are the best places to go. There is a lot of land in the Huangzhuang that can be cultivated, which is specially supplied to the royal family. Sending servants to the Huangzhuang to cultivate the fields can reduce the burden on the people and save the royal family.

In addition, Xiao Ruxun also nationalized all existing iron ore, copper mines and other metal mines, and prohibited private mining. Royal Mine.

There are some large mineral deposits that Xiao Ruxun remembers deeply, and he also specially marked them for the prospecting team to focus on exploring.

It turns out that the mines of Emperor Wanli and the local powerful mines were all nationalized. The best managers were these servants, the emperor's domestic slaves.

It's not that he is greedy for money. The emperor is rich in the world in name, holds absolute power in name, only he has the final say in name, and he controls the life and death of everyone in name. clear.

But there is only one thing that is true, the number one person in the world who is short of money and will always be short of money and will never be short of money is the emperor himself.

Rewards during festivals and disaster relief in various names are real big bucks, so Xiao Ruxun quickly understood the meaning of the emperor's internal money.

All kinds of rewards, rewards of various names, and all expenses within the palace, all go to the internal funds instead of the treasury, so the more you earn, the more you spend.

It is indeed very important for the emperor to retain the internal funds and property, otherwise the money bag will be choked, and life will be really difficult.

In order to prevent the royal family slaves from going out to oppress the local area, Xiao Ruxun also gave the local central investigation department the power to control the chief eunuchs. Once found to be corrupt and illegally oppressing the local benevolence or depriving subordinates of their due salary and food, they would be escorted to Beijing immediately.

Beheaded, nothing else.

Xiao Ruxun knew the needs of these eunuchs.

Without the root of children and grandchildren, there is a great lack of enjoyment, and there is no hope in life. The only enjoyment is to spend money on food, and there is no need to leave it to future generations. If you have money, you must spend it and enjoy yourself in time. Therefore, for the royal family, Eunuchs are the best house slaves.

They definitely hope that the dynasty will survive and give them shelter. If the dynasty is gone, these parasites will also be gone.

For their own sake, they will serve the emperor more loyally than the ministers, especially those who can be mixed into the positions of local mines and farm managers, and this is even more clear.

The emperor didn't treat them badly, he gave them what they should, and those who went out to do things in the palace got more than those who did things in the palace, and it was a rotation system. There was no sending them to work in other places after being punished, but a serious job rotation system.

The workers are changed every year, and the managers are changed every three years. They can also be transferred to the capital to serve at any time.

Putting the remaining labor force in the palace to use, not supporting idlers, and at the same time promoting the flow of personnel, preventing the eunuchs and old ladies in the palace from forming a community of interests to deceive the upper and lower, so that the flow of water can not be corrupted.

And doing so can also train a group of capable house slaves, train a group of house slaves who are good at managing personnel and assets, and better handle the property of the royal family. Xiao Ruxun does not need to spend a lot of energy on these things, and can Fully deal with state affairs.

The royal family's money bags are revitalized, the emperor has money in his hands, and has no dependence on the treasury, so the binding force on the officials will be stronger, and the face will be saved. If you can't even send out red envelopes, what kind of emperor is that?
Civil and military officials have nothing to say about this, even if they have something to say, they naturally dare not say it.

The emperor is currently vigorously consolidating the imperial power, and various tricks are emerging one after another. He firmly holds power in his hands, acts vigorously and decisively without hesitation, and has extremely high demands on officials. Under such a high-pressure state, officials are also forced to move forward at the same pace as the emperor. , otherwise it is very likely that he will be left behind, and he will not even be able to eat the ninth-class banquet.

Although Daqin has only been established for one year, the new atmosphere and new trends have been clearly revealed, and the officials are awe-inspiring.

Now, the news of the great victory in the Battle of Bozhou, which was regarded as the battle for the founding of the country, was sent back to the capital. Until the emperor is about to attack the southwest.

The emperor must carry out the land reform in the southwest with the power of great victory, and completely control the southwest.

While feeling elated, they also sensed a busier future to come.

The pressure on the central government is really great.

Most of them didn't know that Xiao Ruxun had the idea of ​​large-scale immigration to fill the Southwest. They only knew that the emperor would definitely not let go of the things held by the chieftains in the Southwest.

Killing Yang Yinglong, who has the strongest military strength, will greatly boost the will of the emperor and the military to fight. I am afraid that the war will not end in a short time.

But the Qin Dynasty was established for one year, and the family background was not strong enough, and there were still many places that needed food and money. The only things the emperor could use were the reserves of Luzon and Burma.

Until now, many officials have only seen the significance of the emperor's management of the two "wild lands" of Burma and Luzon. After a little development for three or four years, it is equivalent to gaining the productivity of the two provinces again.

A large amount of grain entered the Yangtze River by sea ships and was directly transported to the Bozhou battlefield, which relieved the pressure on several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the previous Liaodong crisis, a large part of the food was supported by Burma and Luzon. The food production in these places is really powerful, and it can be used as a blood transfusion to the mainland of the Great Qin Dynasty. Therefore, it is too much to build a powerful navy to control the two places. important.

(End of this chapter)