Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 253 Immigration to Overseas

Great Song is short of money and food!If there is no shortage of money and food, he, Li Buqi, can't play with a bunch of old foxes no matter how much he thinks, let alone he is not the kind of person who has more thoughts.However, the lack of money and food in the Song Dynasty forced the emperor and Wen Yanbo to not ignore their suggestions, and some measures had to be implemented even if they disagreed.

After Wen Yanbo and the others complained to the emperor, the emperor agreed to call Li Buqi to ask Li Buqi what he could do to solve the current problem.In fact, this dynasty has never done immigration, and there is no knowledgeable about immigration.

Li Buqi was called to the Chongzheng Hall, and after hearing Wen Yanbo talk about the current predicament of the court, he said: "Mr. Wen, although I have arranged for the police department to do some investigations, it is all based on sufficient money and food. On the basis of step-by-step operations, tens of thousands of people have suddenly immigrated, and there is no money and food, and it is difficult for a low-ranking official to cook without rice. But I don’t know where the ministers plan to resettle these people?”

Pang Ji said: "The old man and others are worried about this matter. Since the police department has done an investigation, where do you think it is suitable?"

Li Buqi said: "Before I ordered the police department to conduct some preliminary investigations on Jinghu North Road, Jinghu South Road, and Guangnan Road. Most of the places there are sparsely populated, and some areas do have places for immigrants. But This time, it is the people of Hebei that want to emigrate. They have traveled thousands of miles and are not used to the humid weather in the south. If they immigrate directly, many people will die of illness soon if they are not familiar with the place. If they have enough money and food, they can slowly adapt to it for two years. , but there is no money and food, and I don’t know how many people will die just walking this way. Such immigration not only does not benefit the people, but harms them. Moreover, large-scale immigration will inevitably conflict with the local indigenous barbarians.”

As soon as he heard that there might be a conflict, Wen Yanbo immediately said: "At this time, there must be no further conflicts, and this is absolutely impossible."

Li Buqi smiled and said, "The imperial court has no money and food, and no idle land to house these people. Suddenly, I can't think about it."

What Li Buqi said was the truth, but from the point of view of the emperor and the chief ministers, it was really an unsolvable problem.So the hall fell into silence for a moment.Seeing that there was no result in the discussion, Zhao Zhen was also troubled, so he asked everyone to retreat.But Li Buqi said suddenly: "If the method of recruiting Xiangjun and emigrating doesn't work, there is another way to try."

Zhao Zhen hurriedly asked: "What's the way, let's talk about it."

Li Buqi said: "Nowadays, sea merchants come and go to Beihai Island every year, and have begun to establish villages and towns there, catch seals and whales, and reclaim fields, but there is a shortage of manpower, so they can be transported to Beihai Island from the population of Liao Guolong. If it is required that sea merchants must come from Hebei Recruiting people to go to sea does not reduce the number of people who need relief from the court? And the cost of emigrating overseas does not have to be borne by the court. It’s just that the profits of the maritime merchants are robbed, so it takes a lot of talking.”

Wen Yanbo, Pang Ji and the others all glanced thoughtfully at Li Buqi, thinking about Li Buqi's intentions in their hearts.Everyone knows that Li Buqi is the general backstage of the Eastern Front Maritime Merchants. What is his purpose for doing this?They wouldn't be naive enough to think that Li Buqi was just trying to share the court's worries, and spitting out the meat in his mouth must be beneficial.

Li Buqi didn't care about the thoughts of the Zaizhi, as if he had been inspired by himself and suddenly came up with some ideas, he said excitedly: "Even if only [-] people can be moved there, the imperial court can also set up officials to govern. In order to transform the barbarians, the local natives can just send people to educate them and make them become citizens of the Great Song Dynasty."

Before Wen Yanbo and Pang Ji figured out the pros and cons of immigrating overseas, Zhao Zhen, who was dumbfounded by reading, said: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate. The wild overseas land is thousands of miles away from the Song Dynasty. I can't bear to send it there."

Li Buqi's face turned into buns, so he had to explain patiently: "Your Majesty, it is true that Beihai is a barren land, but the undeveloped areas of Jinghu and Guangnan are also barren lands. Go to the sea from Dengzhou It is four to five thousand miles to Beihai Island, and two to three thousand miles from the lower reaches of the Yellow River to Jingxiang. Said Beihai is far away, but it is only fifty steps or a hundred steps. It’s just that going to Beihai requires a sea route, but Beihai Island is very important to the people of Hebei. It can be said that the climate is pleasant, and there is no miasma in Jingxiang and Guangnan, but it is an easier place to live.”

"Is that so?" Wen Yanbo's eyes flickered, and his heart immediately began to tend to immigrate to Hokkaido.This financial pressure really made him miserable. If he could resettle tens of thousands of people without spending money, that would be great. Even if Li Buqi could benefit from it, it wouldn't matter.It's just that he has to protect himself and not let the officials impeach him into a sieve.

The officials don't care whether the court has money and food, or whether there is a place to house these people, but as long as Wen Yanbo dares to send these people out to sea, he will definitely be impeached as a prime minister for harming the people of the Song Dynasty.As for the fact that these people were not resettled and were washed away by the flood, it would be another piece of evidence to impeach the prime minister, and it was not their fault.Therefore, Wen Yanbo needed some reasons to stop the mouth of the speaker.

Li Buqi said: "That's right. I think Mr. Lai doesn't know much about the situation on Beihai Island, so you can call a sea merchant who has been to Beihai Island to inquire."

Pang Ji asked: "But such a long journey, I am afraid that tens of thousands of people cannot be removed in one or two years."

Li Buqi said: "The Yellow River has just changed its course, and it will not break through again within three years. Therefore, it is okay to take it slowly. You can also immigrate a few batches first. If there is a problem, stop it immediately. Maybe the court will If there is a surplus in money and food, they can emigrate to other places.”

Pang Ji was thinking about it in his heart, and turned around a lot of thoughts.Wen Yanbo has been the prime minister for several years. According to the emperor's temperament, it's time to change the prime minister. It's just that it's inconvenient to change during the war. There is a [-]% chance of peace. In all likelihood, Wen Yanbo will be dismissed. registered.So he has to worry about things in the next few years, and that is to worry about himself.

Judging from the current situation, it is impossible for the imperial court to have a surplus of money and food in two or three years. It would be good to make up for the holes in this war.There is still no money to immigrate, so from the perspective of saving money, the pressure to immigrate to Beihai Island is the least.He quickly weighed the pros and cons, and found that among the methods he could think of, Li Buqi's method was the most feasible, but it was also the method that faced the most pressure from the officials.

Gao Ruona will not be the prime minister for the time being, but he cares more about his reputation. Seeing that Wen Yanbo and Pang Ji were silent, he protested, "I think this method is not feasible. The common people are different from the sea merchants who seek profit, they just want to live and live. That's all. Letting them wander thousands of miles in the sea is really unbearable and detrimental to His Majesty's benevolence. I think we should plan carefully and arrange these people properly."

Seeing that neither the emperor nor Wen Yanbo and Pang Ji had spoken, Li Buqi asked Gao Ruona, "Then is there a good way for Gao to participate in politics?"

Gao Ruona did not show weakness, and said to the emperor: "I invite all the ministers to discuss this matter, there must be a good strategy."

Li Buqi smiled inwardly, and stopped talking.

Zhao Zhen saw that Gao Ruona was occupying the righteousness, and he must not be able to argue for a result. He was even more worried that Gan Gang's arbitrariness would attract the noise of the officials, so he said: "In this case, I will order the ministers to discuss this matter. Listen to it and you will know it. Wait until it's over." As a result, it will be implemented as soon as possible.”

Li Buqi immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

When San Ya returned home, he asked Yao Gang if he was there.Not long after, Yao Gang arrived at Li Buqi's study, and Li Buqi said, "Brother Yao, today His Majesty ordered all the ministers to discuss the diversion of the Yellow River and how to resettle the people who may be affected by the disaster downstream. I don't know how long this discussion will take." For a long time, the trade winds will blow up in a month or two, and we don't have time to wait for them to come up with something to discuss. Can you have any way to get people to voluntarily emigrate overseas?"

Yao Gang laughed and said, "That's easy. We just need to publicize that the Yellow River will be diverted. The people will panic when they know about it, and then we will announce that the imperial court has no money or food to settle them down. There are many diseases in the south, and people will have to fend for themselves. At this time As long as we use the method we discussed to recruit people to go to sea, and explain the situation of Beihai Island better, it will definitely attract people to go to sea. The key is to carefully separate the relationship between the officials and this matter."

Li Buqi said: "Okay, then Zixiao will have to worry about this matter. Just don't be able to publicize the diversion of the Yellow River. Also, you only catch the boss on this matter. When the military training school starts, you will still be the teacher. In the future, these students will definitely be the pillars of the country, and I don’t feel relieved to let others teach them.”

Yao Gang asked in surprise, "If we don't send people to spread the word, how will the people know?"

Li Buqi said with a smile: "Such a big event must have many people who want to seek benefits from it, and they will publicize it for us."

(End of this chapter)