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Chapter 218 Super Project
Xu Guangqi's idea of ​​reclaiming land from the lake and relocating the common people in Shaanxi to places like Dongting Lake, Taihu Lake, and Poyang Lake is theoretically an ideal state. Unfortunately, this emigration has never been an easy task.

The people, things, and things involved in this are not known how complicated it is. Yang Reform comes from the 21st century, where information is very developed. He can be regarded as an immigrant who has seen the Three Gorges.After thinking about it, I became fascinated, who should be sent to host this?How much does immigration cost?Who organizes it?How to mobilize?How to do it?How to prevent corruption?How to prevent drift?How to prevent riots?Epidemic prevention and hygiene?This series of problems made Yang Reform feel a lot of pressure.

The courtiers also talked about this proposal.The emperor sat on the throne in a daze, and the officials discussed below.The ministers have learned to behave now. Seeing the emperor in a daze, they don’t talk to the emperor like before, but discuss with their colleagues. They all know that talking to the emperor at this time is useless. Maybe you spent a long time Drooling, the emperor is still asking you "what, what?"

Xu Guangqi stood there calmly.

Yang Reform pondered for a long time, then pressed the pressure with his hands, the ministers below also cooperated, and consciously stopped talking, and the hall suddenly fell silent.They all looked at the emperor to see what the emperor had to say.

"Master Xu, this emigration is a good thing. However, it is expected to be difficult. Does Master Xu have a budget for this matter? How much will it cost? Who will preside over this matter? This is a huge project, and it must not be a few people If it can be completed, I am afraid that many people will be needed to help, Master Xu, do you have a plan for these?" Yang Reform thought for a long time, and was really irritated by these troublesome things, so he should ask Xu Guangqi, look at Xu Guangqi how to say.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that the cost of immigration depends on the number of immigrants. If there are millions of immigrants, I am afraid that there will be at least 20 households. Each household will give 20 taels of resettlement silver, which is 400 million taels. For the money, I have to bear the responsibility of transporting them from Shaanxi to Huguang Dongting Lake and other places. I am afraid that the freight is not cheap. , can save a lot of money... However, this must be a lot of money, and resettlement must be organized to reclamate the lake, which requires food supplies and costs, which is another sum. In addition, even if the immigration starts this year It is impossible to start farming this year. I am afraid that there will be no income this year. Therefore, I am afraid that I will have to persist until next spring. I am afraid that it will cost another sum of money. The imperial court needs to use the garrisons of various guards to maintain order. , requires the cooperation of various states and counties, and the cost is even greater. After calculating these items, 20 households will be immigrated, with a population of one million. I am afraid that the cost will be between several million to tens of millions..." Xu Guangqi roughly calculated Check out the cost.

A population of one million, ten million taels of silver, this number made the ministers in the hall exclaim, the annual revenue of the Ming Dynasty is only 300 million, you have to take 1000 million taels of silver to immigrate, enough for the court to drink a pot . ... The imperial court had to go without food or drink for three years before they could afford it.

1000 million taels of silver?Yang Reform has a headache. There is not much money left in his internal money, and the much money promised in the second half of the year has not yet been paid. Now, it is another 1000 million taels. This is really killing him!The title of Emperor Xun is really not simple, and ordinary people can't afford it!For example, the unlucky Chongzhen in history.

"The household department? How much money does the household department still have?" Yang Reform understands that this immigrant is obviously a big killer to prevent the outbreak of the peasant uprising. family property.

Hubu Shangshu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Hubu still has nearly a million taels of silver." When Hubu Shangshu answered the question, his voice was quite loud and confident. A few days ago, this household All the warehouses in the department can still run rats, and now there are millions of silver. It has to be said that this year is a good year!No, it is His Majesty who can make money!
The ministers were very excited when they heard that the Ministry of Household Affairs still had a million taels of silver when they were in the middle of nowhere. However, comparing this silver with that of the immigrant, it was less than [-]%, and they were instantly cold.

"Only a million? That's a huge difference!" Yang Reform lamented in his heart. It is indeed a good way to reclaim land by enclosing the lake. In theory, it can completely prevent the peasant uprising in Shaanxi. The cost is really expensive, and I have enough energy but not enough energy.

The Minister of the Ministry of Households may have thought of something, his face suddenly turned red, and he reported again: "Your Majesty, nearly half of the money needs to be transferred to the internal funds, and most of it is the money donated by the Imperial College... ..." When the householder said this, his face turned red and his head lowered.When the emperor was running the Guozijian to make donations, it was agreed that half would go to the household department and the other half would go to the emperor. Although nearly a million silver has been collected now, half of it needs to be given to the emperor.If the 50 was in normal times, it would still be a huge sum of money, but compared with today's immigration funds, it is nothing, and it is not even a start.

Yang Reform is speechless, what should we do?Apart from being silent, there is no good way. He can't change the money just by saying it.

"By the way, the Ministry of Household Affairs, didn't there be a tax increase before? When will the tax increase come?" Yang Reform remembered that there was a big problem, that is, the tax increase. At that time, it was estimated that there would be 500 million taels of silver. income.

The Minister of the Household Department replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the summer harvest has not yet started, and the autumn harvest is even more out of the question. The summer harvest will not be put into storage until at least July and August, and the autumn harvest will not be harvested until next year. ..."

After hearing Hubushan Shangshu's explanation, Yang Reform's heart became cold again, it's not enough!The summer harvest hasn't even started yet, but he is relying on this money to cook.

However, this is not completely useless. The full amount of funds and start-up funds are different concepts. They all need several million, or even tens of millions. However, this start-up does not require that much. Follow-up funds are fine. Thinking of this, Yang Reform's half-cold heart warmed up again.

Yang Reform nodded. In this way, the money from the tax increase is not too late, and it will arrive soon.

"I remember that there is still a large sum of money, what is it?" Yang Reform remembered that there was also a large sum of money, but for a while, his mind was too confused and he really couldn't remember what it was.

The Minister of the Ministry of Finance said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, it is the salt class. The salt merchants exchanged 500 million taels for the suspension of the salt class for one year." The next time he made a move, he got tens of millions of taels of silver. This emperor is really not an ordinary person!Looking at his young age, he doesn't have any hair on his mouth, but this move is a bit ruthless. Once he makes a move, he will ask the salt merchants to buy a year's salt course for 500 million taels, otherwise, he will have to suspend the salt policy. Threat, if the salt government is stopped, the officials who rely on the salt monopoly to eat, and the power, won't they lose their food?Therefore, this forced those bureaucrats who lived on the salt government to suppress those salt merchants, and let those salt merchants pay money according to the emperor's wishes. These people who depended on the salt government for food were naturally the emperor's thugs.This hand borrowed a knife to kill people very skillfully.

"Oh, the salt class? I remembered." Yang Reform temporarily forgot. These days, he is too busy and too chaotic.Yang Reform nodded, not to make too many comments on this matter. After a year, it will be time to kill the salt merchants. There is no need to talk about this now.

The Minister of the Ministry of Finance continued: "Reporting to Your Majesty, only 300 million taels of this income will be counted into the relief bank, and 100 million will be used to build warships, and the remaining 100 million will belong to Your Majesty." The purpose of the money was explained in detail.

"300 million? I know, do the math, how much money can be transferred by the Ministry of Households now?" Yang Reform roughly calculated, and the sum of these funds is several million taels. Maybe, to start the immigration project, Enough, not enough, it will take a year or so, if you think of a way, you can pay it.

The Minister of the Household Department quickly calculated, and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there are 50 taels of treasury silver, 500 million taels of additional land tax, and 300 million taels of salt tax. Together, 800 million taels is strange." Calculated With a huge sum of 800 million taels of silver, the spirit of the Minister of the Household Department has obviously improved to a higher level. This is nearly ten million taels of silver!All under their own control.

"800 million taels? Well, Master Xu, is 800 million taels enough?" Xu Guangqi said that it would take several million taels, nearly ten million taels.Now that the amount is almost the same, Yang Reform asked Xu Guangqi if it was enough.

Xu Guangqi was still expressionless and very calm, as if the 800 million taels were not silver at all, but a pile of stones, and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the start is enough, and this immigration cannot be completed in a day or two. I'm afraid it's almost the same." Xu Guangqi thought for a while, and felt that it was not easy to raise the 800 million taels for the emperor. Well, the more than 800 million taels of silver is already several times the annual income. If he is not satisfied, what will others think of him?
Seeing that Xu Guangqi said that enough was enough, Yang Reform felt relieved when he had almost raised the cost of immigration. This immigration is the magic weapon to completely solve the peasant uprising in Shaanxi. The peasant uprising has all moved out, how can you still revolt?Even if it is an uprising, the harm is far from great.What's more, as long as the common people in China still have a way to survive, they will never embark on the dead end of rebellion. Now that there is relief, they can still be relocated. Presumably, there will not be many ordinary people who will embark on the road of rebellion. Comfort, then, the rest is how to carry out this immigration project, how to let the common people know that the emperor has not abandoned them.

Just when Yang Reform was thinking about this, Xu Guangqi said again: "Your Majesty, although it is said that there are more than 800 million in theory, but now, the actual amount that can be obtained is probably less than one million! The remaining , haven’t collected it yet.” Xu Guangqi poured a basin of cold water down, and Yang Reform was shocked again, trembling all over.

Yes!This tax increase will start to be put into the warehouse in July and August at the earliest, and it will not be until next year at the latest. I am afraid that the salt tax will not be paid immediately, or it will be intermittent, selling some salt, paying some salt tax, salt. Merchants will never be kind enough to pay themselves 500 million taels at once, and they may even regret not paying themselves the money.

Yang Reform turned his staring gaze at Xu Guangqi again, and said, "This... yes! Master Xu, this is still a number on paper. This... the immigrant project is about to start, and money will be needed immediately. How is this so?" Okay?" Yang Reform was also in a daze, the immigration project was about to start, but the money was still on paper, so what the hell could it be?
Yang Reform began to think about his internal money again. If he used his internal money to pay Xu Guangqi first to start the immigration project, he wondered if he could afford it. After doing the math, he didn't have much money at his disposal now. , Even the reserve silver has to be relied on by those lords to fight the autumn breeze, freeing up the silver to start the immigration project for Xu Guangqi, I am afraid that I may not be able to catch it!Headache.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that the matter of immigration is very important. You can think about it for a longer period of time. It is better to postpone this matter. It will not be too late to consider this issue after all aspects of the situation are summarized." thing.

Yang Reform was a little surprised. How could Xu Guangqi make such a suggestion?The sooner the immigration project is started, the better. How can we take a long-term plan? However, looking at Xu Guangqi's eyes, he seems to be very calm and calm. Although Yang Reform has doubts, he still obeys Xu Guangqi's intention. What situation did not tell myself.

The ministers below also joined in the fun.The matter of population migration involves millions of people and tens of millions of dollars. This is by no means a matter of a few words, which can be decided within an hour or two. It really needs a long-term plan.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that this matter really needs to be discussed in a long-term manner. It involves the migration of millions of people for thousands of miles and tens of millions of dollars. We must be cautious and careful."

"I want to report to Your Majesty, I also think that this matter is too important to be decided in a short time, and it is definitely not a good solution in a short time. I also ask Your Majesty to postpone this matter and think about it for a while." , otherwise, once you make a mistake, it will involve the whole situation, and when the time comes, you will regret it."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I also feel that this matter should not be drawn to a hasty conclusion. This needs to be considered more carefully, and all aspects must be carefully considered..."

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All the ministers felt that this incident was too sudden, and they were not prepared for it at all. The matter of immigration is indeed of great importance, it does involve a lot of things, and more importantly, what is the use and benefit of this matter to them , or in other words, what can I get out of these tens of millions of silver?This needs to be carefully considered and carefully considered. The Cypriots who are supposed to be Cypriots can be detained, and they may be detained.

When everyone agrees that immigration needs to be postponed, the matter of immigration has been postponed. Yang Reform is going to ask Xu Guangqi why it needs to be postponed.
In the court, everyone had their own ulterior motives. The emperor didn't know why his confidants had to suspend. Xu Guangqi was very calm and didn't say anything, while many courtiers were planning how to insert their own people in.This major event related to the historical trend of the late Ming Dynasty was suspended with the unanimous consent of the monarch and his ministers.

"Since the matter of immigration and population migration has been postponed, what should be next?" Yang Reform sat on the throne, full of doubts in his heart. There are still things to do today, and this early court cannot end.

The ministers all had a good memory, and they all remembered what Xu Guangqi said about the disaster relief, but they only said half of it, and the other half they didn't say, so they all turned their attention to Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi came out and said, "Your Majesty, apart from the policy of emigration, I have other policies such as drought resistance, tax exemption, and recruitment that I did not mention."

Xu Guangqi's relief plan for the north is really huge. Just one immigrant can be regarded as a super project. Besides this plan, there are other plans. Yang Reform feels that the time has come to test himself. The time has come for the ruling ability of the DPRK.

"Master Xu, let's explain one by one." Yang Reform was a little worried, how should such a huge plan be implemented?Who should be sent to carry it out?
"As ordered, Your Majesty, my minister's anti-drought strategy includes building water conservancy and planting drought-resistant crops." Xu Guangqi replied.

The people in the court could also hear that Xu Guangqi, the emperor's master, had a very huge plan and involved a wide range of areas. They all held their breath to see what the emperor's master had to say.

"...the construction of water conservancy is part of recruitment and work-for-relief. I plan to build a batch of dams, courtyard ponds, and wells in Shaanxi and other places that are easy to build and cost little to strengthen irrigation in Shaanxi and other places. Drought-resistant crops are sweet potatoes, corn and other crops with strong drought resistance and high yields. This, I already have good varieties, and I just need to promote them. Therefore, it is necessary to recruit a group of people to build some water conservancy and promote drought-resistant crops. , This is also related to work-for-relief..." Xu Guangqi explained his plan again.

After Xu Guangqi finished speaking, the courtiers began to discuss again. The thing Xu Guangqi planned was really huge. How many people and how much money would it take?The canal, the Yellow River to transport grain to Shaanxi, the organization of migrant workers stationed along the river banks to assist in shipping, the relocation of the population to enclose the lake, the promotion of crops, and the construction of water conservancy, this plan is quite huge.Huge to the point of breathtaking.

Yang Reform also fell into deep thought, all of these are good, but how to implement this?Who will organize it?This is really a test of my own administrative ability, a test of the administrative ability of the Ming Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)