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Chapter 221 Wonderful immigration skills

Xu Guangqi, Sun Chengzong, and Bi Ziyan, the three confidantes, all disapproved of the emperor's behavior of wholesale official hats. This kind of behavior is absolutely unacceptable.

Although Yang Reform was a bit regretful, he still decided to listen to his confidants.Perhaps, I thought too simply.

However, Bi Ziyan was obviously more able to figure out what he wanted than the two emperor teachers. After thinking about it, he said: "I want to report to Your Majesty, I have something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Speak, there is nothing you cannot say." Yang Reformed.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty will give those who go to assist in disaster relief an official position, or an official rank. This will indeed help increase the enthusiasm of everyone involved in disaster relief. Since it is inconvenient to give official ranks due to the history of the Guozijian, why don't Your Majesty start from this year's New Division Scholars?" How about assigning a group of people here to help organize disaster relief? So, Your Majesty, there is no problem with giving official positions.” Bi Ziyan gave the emperor an idea to let Jinshi be disaster relief officials. In this way, the disaster relief officials Then you can have official products, there is no problem with this.

Yang Reform's eyes also brightened, looked at Bi Ziyan, and said: "Well, Bi Aiqing, what you said makes sense. What do the two masters think?"

Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong looked at each other.

Xu Guangqi said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I think this method is acceptable."

"Your Majesty, I also think this is the law." Sun Chengzong did not object to this matter.

"Since it's okay, let's see what grade or official position should be given?"

Xu Guangqi thought for a while, and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, all the time, Jinshi's background has been added to various ministries, starting from the principal, the principal is the sixth rank, and the outside is usually the county magistrate, the seventh rank." Xu Guangqi did not directly answer what to give Instead of position and official rank, it gave a choice for reference. This is what you need to pay attention to when you are a minister. Everything is up to you, so the emperor is afraid that he will have opinions on you.

"Principal? Sixth rank? County magistrate, seventh rank? There are more than 300 new Jinshi this year, that is to say, the lowest, will be the seventh rank?" Yang Reform thinks that being a Jinshi is really NB!As soon as he came out, he was at least a cadre at the director level, and a slightly better one was a cadre at the deputy department level. No wonder in ancient times, everything was low-grade, and only high-level studies were good. If I had a little hope, I would not give up the way of the imperial examination. what!

"...Reporting to Your Majesty, yes, Your Majesty has more than 300 Enke this year, and generally the lowest is a county magistrate of the seventh rank." Xu Guangqi affirmed.

"Let's just be the seventh rank. If that's the case, then give them all the positions of the seventh rank. Master Xu, look, how many people are needed for this?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, just like the emigration during the Hongwu period of my dynasty, set up a Sinong Department, and His Majesty will send imperial envoys to oversee the overall immigration situation. However, the situation is different now from that of the past. There are a large number of people migrating now, and time is urgent. Therefore, I suggest, Your Majesty can set up a Sino-Agricultural Bureau in the disaster-stricken county, and set up a chief immigration officer of the Sino-Agricultural Bureau to specialize in immigration. There are several immigration officers. Each immigration officer will lead a group of people to migrate, and be responsible for contacting and protecting immigrants along the way. After some calculations, Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang and other counties involved in immigration may not be less than two hundred, and the number of people needed is very large..." Speaking of this, Xu Guangqi realized that his plan might be really huge. , All of a sudden, one or two hundred seventh-rank chief officials were wholesaled, and I don’t know how many immigration officers who assisted immigration. This... Well, I don’t know whether Daming’s officialdom likes me or hates me.

"Master Xu said that in the past, an official led a group of people to emigrate? Is that so?" Yang Reform was the first to hear that ancient immigrants did this, and he was very interested in it.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, if the immigration is voluntary, then the imperial court only needs to send one official to take charge of the leadership. This official is responsible for the immigration process and contacting various places along the way to preserve the immigrants. If you encounter people who are unwilling to relocate, it will be more difficult. Except for the officials in charge, you need to use the garrison of the guard to force the relocation. This is more troublesome. However, this relocation is fully supported by His Majesty , It’s another year of famine, and the place to relocate is a land of fish and rice, so it shouldn’t be too difficult, I believe, as long as we communicate with the victims, it shouldn’t be a problem.” Xu Guangqi explained.

"Oh! So that's the case, I understand. By the way, how did the leader of the immigration team solve the problem?" Yang Reform's current plan is to use the Jinshi students who are still studying in the Jinshi class, and it may be necessary to use one at a time. Two hundred Jinshi serve as immigration officers, and then one or two thousand supervisors are sent to assist. I don't know how they did it before.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, although the number of immigrants in the Hongwu period was said to be one million, the time span was relatively large, and it took decades. Therefore, it is not like today's time is tight, and hundreds of immigration officers are needed at once. At that time, how many It is not necessary to send some relatively noble court officials, or to use some local officials who are idle at home, to be in charge, as it is now, with a large number and urgent time." Xu Guangqi explained again.

"Oh! So it is like this. I understand."

Yang Reform nodded. It is very necessary to use the previous immigration policy and immigration method. After all, this is the closest to the facts and the most conducive to implementation.However, there is also a gap between the previous method and the current situation, and it is impossible to be exactly the same.

"Master Xu continued." Yang Reform waved his hand, so Xu Guangqi continued.

"...Your Majesty, I believe that each prefecture's and county's Agricultural Bureau can assign several officers and clerks to assist in immigration affairs, and the immigration officer can assign several officers to assist the immigration officer in immigration. These officers and clerks can be supervised by the Imperial College Take the place, or let the local students take the place." Xu Guangqi said here, stopped again, and looked at the emperor.

Yang Reform listened very carefully, and analyzed it carefully, asking: "These immigrants basically only went to the county, right? Didn't they go deep into the township or village?" Yang Reform found that the lowest level of administrative capacity in the Ming Dynasty was the county. Now, Xu Guangqi's immigration plan is only arranged at the county level.

Xu Guangqi was astonished!Deep into the countryside?This... the emperor's imagination is really too rich.I originally thought that it would be a luxury to set up agricultural bureaus in every county affected by the disaster, but now the emperor actually asked himself why he didn't go deep into the countryside?This... It's hard to imagine how many people will be involved.

Yang Reform just said something casually. Seeing Xu Guangqi's astonished expression, he knew that what he said might be too "ignorant", and said, "Go on, go on."

In astonishment, Xu Guangqi continued to explain his plan.

"...Your Majesty, in addition to these, you also need the cooperation of the guards in various places to escort and escort them along the way, to prevent riots during the immigration process, or to be robbed of money by thieves. You should pay attention to this... However, it is now for disaster relief. You don’t need to be afraid that immigrants will riot, you just need to defend against thieves and robbers...” Xu Guangqi explained the method of immigration and the points that need attention.

Through Xu Guangqi's continuous analysis and explanation, the immigration project of the Ming Dynasty, where millions of people migrated thousands of miles, gradually became clear.Yang Reform couldn't help but tapped his fingers on the table, thinking deeply.

It took a long time for Yang Reform to recover from this deep thought.

"Well, very good. I have some understanding of this immigration work, but I still want to ask, how does Master Xu plan to arrange this money work?" Yang Reform asked again.

Xu Guangqi thought for a long time, and said: "My Majesty, in terms of money, what I plan to do is to immigrate to the designated place and give [-]% to it. After the embankment around the lake is completed, it will be distributed to the fields and the rest will be given. Only in this way can the immigration be guaranteed." After the land is successfully cultivated, if you have money to buy farm tools and seeds, you can live on.” Xu Guangqi explained.

Yang Reform calculated that although Xu Guangqi himself was trustworthy, it did not mean that he could trust others. For this, he should use his own "convention" and send an accounting team to be responsible for the verification and supervision of money.

"Master Xu, is there a countermeasure for the distribution and supervision of this money?" Yang Reform asked again.

"This... Your Majesty, I plan to invite a group of clerks from the Ministry of Households, accountants, to take care of money." Xu Guangqi said this question, and his heart tightened. This is tens of millions of dollars in and out!Although I said that I would transfer some people from the Ministry of Household Affairs, it may not be enough, the money is too much.

"How about this? I will send a group of middle officials who are good at arithmetic and understand accounting to assist Master Xu in checking and monitoring the money. Of course, Master Xu has the final say on how to use the money. The middle officials I send will not interfere with Master Xu. Those who handle affairs, they are only responsible for checking accounts and managing accounts." For the use of his own money, let eunuchs supervise the accounts. This is not the first time Yang Reform has done this. If there are few eunuchs, he will only send one or two eunuchs, and if there are many, he will send a group of eunuchs , anyway, the supervision of money, I will not let go no matter what, earn some money by myself, it is not allowed!
Xu Guangqi didn't say anything, and agreed: "I obey, Your Majesty." It is certain that the emperor cared about the use of this money, after all, it was tens of millions of taels of silver.

After talking about a question, Yang Reform continued to tap on the table with his hands, and continued to think deeply. The issue of immigration had to be cautious.

"Master Xu, how is the purchase and mobilization of grain handled and prepared? How is the grain transported?" Yang Reform asked again.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, in terms of mobilizing grain, except for buying a part, most of it is still relying on the mobilization from various places in the south of the Yangtze River. The tax increase previously negotiated directly collected the grain and stored it together with the original grain in the major warehouses in the south of the Yangtze River. To transport the grain, directly Starting from various warehouses,... to transport grain, I intend to hire a group of merchant ships, I will build some of the ships again, and then use a large number of immigrants to help transport grain by myself, and station along the river in difficult and dangerous areas, so that the ships can pass quickly , transported to disaster-stricken areas such as Henan and Shaanxi, and then the relief of these immigrants was gathered at the starting point, and most of them were set up near the river. In this way, even if some victims do not know where to eat or where to survive , You only need to go down the river, and you can always find the relief point set up by the government. Once you find the relief point, you can eat on the spot, receive relief, or immediately transport it to the south... The minister's plan is to use the waterway for the whole process, Food comes by water, and immigrants go by water, so that it is convenient for immigrants to move quickly, and it is also convenient for food to be transported nearby. I don't plan to travel long distances to transport food to various states and counties for distribution, or only transport a small part. This can maximize savings Food..." Xu Guangqi explained.

"Papa..." After listening to Xu Guangqi's detailed plan, Yang Reform felt that Xu Guangqi is quite talented, and he actually set up the relief point by the river instead of land. , transporting people can save the greatest extent, what's more, the victims only need to go down the river, and they can always find relief points. This design, I have to say, is very clever. In this way, the difficulty of immigrant mobilization can be solved to the greatest extent. Question, since you have come to the immigration point, it means that you 'agree' to emigrate. This is much better than forced immigration. If it is a normal year, it may be difficult to let others immigrate, but if it is a catastrophe In [-], the imperial court provided relief and was responsible for planting fields for you. As long as you go down the river, you will not be hungry, and you will be able to have fields. This, I have to say, is a very clever skill.This is definitely much more ingenious than using the army to force immigrants. When people have no food and can't survive, there is a way to survive. I believe most people will choose to go down the river.

What's more, the Ming Dynasty was a farming civilization, and the common people were farming. The first thing in farming is to have water, and if there is water, there must be ditches, ditches must be connected to streams, streams must be connected to rivers, And rivers must be connected to big rivers. In this way, Shaanxi and Henan are scattered to various places, and the people and farmers in the corners of the mountains are connected to the relief points of the imperial court through the rivers. This design, I have to say, is very Absolutely, very ingenious.It saves manpower and material resources to the greatest extent.

"Okay, okay, okay... I understand, this is good, according to Master Xu's idea, that is to say, all immigrants only need to go down the river, and they can always find a relief place? And once they reach the relief point , this immigration is much simpler, right? Master Xu,...hehehe...why didn't you mention this method earlier? If you said it earlier, I'm afraid I wouldn't be so worried and depressed, hehehe... Hahaha……"

Yang Reform has been entangled and thinking about the issue of disaster relief and immigration, making himself very dull, with a sad face and a bad mood all day long.Now being disturbed by Xu Guangqi's ingenious immigration plan, this person is quite cheerful and laughs.It turns out that the seemingly troublesome and cumbersome disaster relief immigrants can be so simple and ingenious.If according to Xu Guangqi's design, the immigrant would save a lot of trouble!

Xu Guangqi stood there with a calm face, not complacent, as if this ingenious idea was not worth mentioning at all.In fact, Xu Guangqi was a little proud of himself. He deliberately left this question for later to play the role of a trump card. If he had worked out such a long-term disaster relief plan and there was no bright spot, he might as well go back to his hometown and take care of his grandson.

After hearing Xu Guangqi's plan, Sun Chengzong was also overwhelmed by the ingenuity and cleverness of this plan. This idea is indeed brilliant, and he couldn't help but immediately praised: "Your Majesty, it's not that I praised Zixian. This idea is indeed brilliant. It’s really ingenious, that is, to maximize the disaster relief, and to use boats to quickly pick up the refugees and go down the river to the south. Sun Chengzong didn't praise others easily, but Xu Guangqi's idea today was really amazing. If he didn't praise him a few times, he would be sorry for himself.

As soon as Xu Guangqi came up with this wonderful idea, the light in the Wenhua Palace became brighter, and the oppressive atmosphere was swept away, and the emotions of the monarch and his subjects became much happier.

Bi Ziyan also couldn't help admiring him. Sure enough, Jiang is old and spicy. This Xu Guangqi is called a master by the emperor. It seems that the name is worthy of the name!This Xu Guangqi is a role model for him to learn from!Also a few words of praise.

"I want to report to Your Majesty, Xu Shaobao's idea is really indescribable. It's brilliant. As far as I know, transporting grain along the river consumes the least amount of food. When the grain is transported from the south to Kaifeng, it consumes less than one stone out of five. In Xi'an, it consumes more than two stones. If it is still transported by land to the Shaanxi border, there will be only one stone or even a few buckets left. If all the relief is along the river, then the food consumed will be very small. It is much easier than transporting it to every county. If the common people have nothing to eat, they will definitely go down the river. It is easy to understand and easy to do. In this way, immigration will become easier, and it is far better than forcing people to emigrate. There are many..., Xu Shaobao is a great talent, the minister is not as good as..." Bi Ziyan praised Xu Guangqi in a high-profile manner.

After Xu Guangqi's idea came out, the Wenhua Palace was filled with relaxation and joy.Immigration, the heavy burden on the monarch and his ministers, has eased a lot.

"Indeed, Master Xu is a great talent, a great talent! This, I have to reward Master Xu. This one has to be promoted..." Yang Reform is about to be promoted. If such a big thing is not rewarded, it is really unreasonable, but I can't think of it for a while. From now on, what kind of official should be promoted.

"No way, no way, Your Majesty, this is all a matter of duty, how can you dare to ask for a promotion..." Xu Guangqi insisted on declining.

Yang Reform is very helpless. After being in the Ming Dynasty for so long, he still only knows a little bit about the affairs of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, I don't know much about the official system, ranks, rules, etc., so I can only arrest Wang Chengen for emergency.

When Wang Chengen saw the emperor waving to him, he immediately approached the emperor. Yang Reform waved again, and Wang Chengen moved closer. Yang Reform asked in a low voice: "Big companion, look, what kind of official should be added now."

That Khan Wang Chengen, the emperor also asked himself this kind of thing, and it was too difficult for himself, so he whispered extremely difficultly: "Your Majesty, it is really difficult for slaves to speak up about this matter! This slave is an eunuch, so such a big matter, slaves How dare you say it?" Wang Chengen begged.

"It's okay, you whisper it, others don't know." Yang Reform said in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)