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Chapter 553
early june.

The weather is already hot.

Yang Reform still has to pay attention to the war in Liaodong every day, still has to personally handle the intelligence of all parties, still corrects the "homework" of various places, and supervises the progress of various places. It sounds like there are more things than before, but in reality, it is not It's not very busy, except for going to court, I can spare a lot of free time every day.

Wenhua Hall.

Today is not the day of the early court, but the ministers also have important matters to report, but they need to go to the Wenhua Palace to work. Yang Reform arrived at the Wenhua Palace early. Yang Reform planned to deal with the matter, so he went to see his scientific research Results go.

In the Wenhua Palace, discussions are underway.

"Your Majesty, according to the situation reported from various places, this year's disaster situation has gradually become clearer. The drought situation is as expected by His Majesty. Almost all the northern provinces are on the list of reduced production. Only a few states and counties have experienced large-scale crop failures. .” Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, reported today’s important situation.

Bi Ziyan reported, while the other ministers stood in awe. This fact proved the power of the emperor. He could know the size of the disaster in advance and what kind of disaster he would suffer in advance. If it was all guesswork, everyone would I don't really believe it. Nowadays, the emperor has a legend taught by a god. In the hearts of these important officials in the court, it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Although they don't say it, and the emperor doesn't mention it anymore, everyone always has it in their hearts. Associating these things with that divine man, the emperor in everyone's minds became even more mysterious.

"Oh, is that so? It's time to come!" Yang Reform responded, feeling that there was no major disaster this year according to historical records, but, according to the climate of the Little Ice River in the late Ming Dynasty, it was basically abnormal. In the Chongzhen Dynasty, only one or two years can be considered a good year. Therefore, Yang Reform made a bold judgment. The situation gradually summed up, and the situation finally became clear. I guessed right, history is still going according to history, I can change many things, but I have no ability to change the climate in history.

"His Majesty Quan Nai, Shengming, prepared the disaster relief carriages in advance. Today's stagecoaches are basically in place in the north, and disaster relief is already under way. Just as His Majesty expected, many people live on the edge of poverty once production is reduced. The population can only go to other places to make a living, the same land obviously cannot support the same number of people, the people in the world are starving for food, and the carriage of His Majesty Quan Nai's rescue is really at the right time." Bi Ziyan and It was serious, and said in an extremely fortunate tone.

"Hey... it's good if we can catch up. What about the public carriage?" Yang Reform asked again. In fact, according to the homework submitted by Liu Mao, Yang Reform also knew how far he had advanced, but it was also necessary to push forward. This matter was mentioned in the Wenhua Palace, and knowing it doesn’t mean everyone knows it. Speaking of it in the Wenhua Palace means acknowledging a lot of things.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the public carriage, I heard that it has been advanced to the provincial capitals of the provinces, and some places suitable for four-wheeled carriages have been advanced to the state capitals. However, there is still a long way to go before it is fully rolled out. I think , we should step up efforts to advance, fortunately, there are not many places where there will be no crops this year, and there may not be many places that need to use public carriages, so there is still time..." Liu Yanyuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, came out and replied.

"Oh, that's good. I will supervise the carriage yard and Liu Mao as soon as possible." Yang Reform said.

"...By the way, the Ministry of Household Affairs has statistics. Are there more people who want to work, or more people who want to emigrate?" Yang Reform asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, there are all of them. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Household Affairs, most of the immigrants are from relatively poor places such as Shaanxi, while most of the immigrants from places like Shandong just want to find a place to work and survive for a while. Besides, there are not as many people who want to immigrate as there are in Shaanxi..." Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Household Department, replied.

"This is also expected." Yang Reform responded.

"Returning to Your Majesty, it is true that the land in Shaanxi is too barren, and they live in hardship almost every year. I guess they are also afraid of poverty. Therefore, many people have taken advantage of the east wind of His Majesty's great emigration to the south. Live in a land of fish and rice. I heard that there are two or three crops a year in the south, and they are happy to immigrate. Many people are also afraid that they will miss the east wind of His Majesty’s immigration. Therefore, there are many immigrants, and people from the whole village often come together. I made an appointment to immigrate, and it is said to be mighty... But Shandong, Shanxi and other places are different. Although their life is hard, it is not too bad. Going to other places, so there are many people who want to work, and there are also people who want to immigrate, but not as many as in Shaanxi." Bi Ziyan explained in detail the current situation of immigrants from various places.

"It's not easy for the common people to live!...acridine... I'm not worried about the matter of immigration, which is handled by Master Xu. I'm worried. Those people who don't want to emigrate and just want to work for a while, the Ministry of Household Affairs Is there an estimate? How much? I am worried that there will not be enough places for these people to work. If there are not enough places for these people to work, these people will inevitably become beggars, or steal, do some illegal things, or be starved Die..." Yang Reform said again.

"Returning to Your Majesty, this is still difficult to estimate. There are so many people in Gyeonggi, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan and other places... I thought that it would not be less than a million. Your Majesty's worry is indeed justified. For a while It may be difficult to find jobs for so many people, I suggest that Your Majesty should build more workshops, or start some work-for-relief business to accommodate so many people." Bi Ziyan said .

"Oh, I have also been expanding the workshops to accommodate more people to work, but it is limited after all. The Qing family said that there are at least a million people who need to find a job to live, and the capacity of the workshop is also limited! Ladies and gentlemen Let’s discuss it.” Yang Reform said in a dilemma, saying this matter today can be regarded as justifying many things, such as the role of factories, which have always been discriminated against and suppressed. Although the emperor now leads everyone to set up factories and make money, but The reputation of the factory is still not good, and it is not on the stage. Now it is associated with disaster relief, which can be regarded as raising the status of the factory. It also regards entering the factory as an important means of disaster relief for a country, which is regarded as elevating the political status of industry and commerce. Come up, although this matter seems boring, but it is necessary to reform and promote industrialization. This matter is also an indispensable step.

The emperor asked everyone to discuss, and all the ministers also started to discuss. Everyone present almost owned stocks, almost made money from stocks, and their attitudes towards the factory were also very subtle.

There are those who object, after all, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen have the lowest status. This has been a tradition for thousands of years, but now the emperor is too powerful. Not to mention the Liulizhai, he has opened up a lot of places. Those who want to oppose think of their own Those stocks, those businesses that I run, and some people who want to object, but they can’t speak up. The emperor is not so easy to fool. If the emperor suddenly talks about things in his own family and the stocks he bought, That would be embarrassing. Some people wanted to object, but they couldn't open their mouths. They could only remain silent.

There are also those who agree, such as Bi Ziyan, who now strongly supports the emperor to set up a factory. He now has a great reputation in the Ming Dynasty. The silver exceeded the total annual income of the imperial court, and thus became famous all over the world. Therefore, he fully supported the establishment of factories, and was also very "envious". Yan was so envious that he "salivated" all day long, but unfortunately, no one was willing to pay taxes voluntarily except those under the emperor's control or related firms and factories. It was impossible for him to learn from the emperor.I have also been playing with the emperor's idea, wanting to share some soup from the emperor.

"Your Majesty, since there is such a big gap, I think it's better to use labor as relief, recruit victims to repair bridges, repair roads, or dredge rivers. In this way, it will surely accommodate the needs of millions of people for work." Han Jian found an opportunity and said that he can now see that the division of labor between the emperor and the ministers of the cabinet has become more and more obvious. The emperor handed over the relevant memorials directly to them. The emperor basically did not intervene, and his actual power was actually the greatest. The rest did not have a clear division of labor like the above two, but there was also a clear division of labor between each of them. There is still a difference. When it comes to Han Yu, there is only one personnel, which is still vaguely in his hands. But in this regard, the emperor is more strict and manages more. His real power is the same as that of Sun and Xu. In comparison, the difference is not 01:30, and his treatment is better than that of Zhang Ruitu. Zhang Ruitu is a guy who specializes in chores. He basically doesn't get anything in his hands. He cares about everything, but he cares about everything. No, Han Yu heard about the emperor's involvement in ditches and streets a few days ago, and guessed that the emperor probably wanted to build roads and streets, so he wanted to take this matter into his hands. Well, the amount of money passed by is not a small number, but the real power in his hand has increased greatly.

"Oh, what the Qing family said makes sense." Yang Reform nodded, agreeing, but did not make any comments.I just want everyone to continue talking.

The ministers present each said a little more. There are two attitudes towards finding jobs for more people. One is to use work as a substitute for relief, represented by Han Yu, and the other is to set up factories. With Bi Ziyan as the main force.

After listening for a long time, Yang Reform felt that enough was enough, so he pressed his hand to silence everyone.Seeing that the emperor was about to speak, all the ministers stopped and looked at the emperor.

"I have benefited a lot from listening to the discussions of your lords. Workshops and work-for-relief each have their own advantages. Now that four-wheeled carriages are being popularized on a large scale, many official roads really need to be repaired. It is indeed much cheaper to build roads, repair bridges, and dredge rivers for relief. However, the factory also has the benefits of a factory. Once a disaster victim enters the factory, not only does it not cost money to support the person, but the person can get paid through labor. In addition to being able to support yourself, you can also have a surplus. Not only can you support your family, but you can also live a better life. I have always believed that ordinary people should be able to support their own families in addition to supporting themselves. The better it is, therefore, what I mean is that these people are inclined to enter the factory..." Yang Reform expressed his meaning.

That is, although work-for-relief can obtain a lot of free labor, in fact, it does not help industrialization. In addition to factories and workers, industrialization needs a very large consumption base. This consumption base also needs to be The corresponding consumption capacity, if it is only blindly substituting work for relief, just to feed those people, those people obviously cannot provide any consumption capacity except for barely surviving, which is basically of no great importance to commerce and industry. The promotion effect, the meaning of Yang’s reform, is to give wages to those who do things, and use money to promote the further development of commerce and industry to achieve a virtuous circle. Of course, if everything is done in a business model, road construction and dredging of rivers need to The silver you want is not ordinary.

Cultivating the working class and cultivating the base of consumer industrial products and commodities is also an important topic at present.

Everyone looked at the emperor, the emperor's mind was really different, others only thought about how to spend less money, but the emperor thought about how to spend more money, facing the emperor's attitude, many People are confused and can only look at the emperor with strange eyes in a daze.

"...However, it is obviously impossible for the factory to fully absorb these people, so let these people enter the factory first, and the local governments should provide convenience to those who want to work, and should not make things difficult. If the rest can't accommodate, they will replace them with workers. Relief, to build roads, dredging rivers, etc., can also give some wages appropriately, although the relief is based on work, but I also want my people to have a good life." Yang Reform set the tone.

"Report to Your Majesty, but in this way, a lot of money will be needed for relief by work!" Han Yu was surprised by the emperor's thoughts, and reminded that the money for relief by work is really the emperor's money. There is no place to spend too much, the emperor earns fame, but he never lets go.

"Hehehe, the Qing family is right. Therefore, what I mean is to stuff as much as possible into the factory. The factory is good for the victims, the factory itself, and the court. It is a win-win for everyone. Like, no matter what, you still have to invest money in it, it’s just a question of how much, since you still have to invest money in it, you might as well invest a little more, and give my people a thought, so that everyone can be motivated and have a hard work You're so strong!" Yang Reform said with a smile.

The ministers couldn't understand what the emperor meant, so they could only say that the emperor was a benevolent person. In this catastrophe year, not only food, but also silver flowers. When the Ming Dynasty came to the Chongzhen Dynasty, it changed. It's not one or two!

After giving the factory an explanation and setting a major tone for this year's disaster relief in the north, Yang Reform's goal today can be regarded as achieved, and then he talked about another matter.

"I want to know, what do you guys think of all kinds of cow and horse manure on the street? I heard from Liu Mao that when things are dry this day, the cow and horse manure that is all over the street will be in everyone's mouth again." Yang Reform asked suddenly.

When the emperor said this, the ministers were embarrassed, how could they talk about it in the hall, it was really a disgrace.Those who live in Beijing have also experienced the weather in Beijing. It is not nonsense to say that they eat cow and horse dung.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the weather in the capital has always been like this. Could it be that Your Majesty intends to solve this problem?" Shi Fenglai replied and tried to ask.

"What I mean, do you guys have a solution? It's not good to always be like this. It's very easy to get seasonal epidemics. I also heard that many people will go to the street for convenience? After dry things and waterlogging this day, it is more likely to cause seasonal epidemics. It is best I also think of a way to solve it. When I am the emperor, there should be a new atmosphere in the world, and we must not just let it go..." Yang Reform also said another thing, that is, the problem of hygiene. This problem does not seem to be a big one. The demise of the Ming Dynasty had a great relationship. The 17-year plague in Chongzhen caused such a large city of Beijing to be unable to resist for a day. Among them, the plague has a great relationship.

All the ministers looked at the emperor unanimously. The emperor's thinking was always different from that of ordinary people.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, considering the taste of livestock in the west city, there will be a period of time every year when they come to the inner city. To solve this problem, the only way to solve this problem is to ban livestock from walking in the city. However, this is obviously not possible. There are so many things every year. What if we don’t use the animals?” An official said with a smothered smile, the smell of animals in Xicheng refers to the smell of manure, which means that Xicheng is the center where animals gather, and the taste of animals there is better than that of other places. It is extraordinarily strong, and whenever the westerly wind blows, the taste of this animal will blow all over the city.

"Your Majesty, I think that since you can't stop it, you might as well teach people to clean it more frequently. As long as you clean it in time, this can be solved." Shi Fenglai immediately suggested, that is, to ask someone to clean it.

Just as he was talking, a eunuch came in, although he was in a hurry, but with a happy face, he reported: "Your Majesty, urgent report from Liaodong!"

"Oh, what's the matter?" Yang Reform, who was dealing with health problems, asked hastily. The urgent report from Liaodong didn't know what happened in Liaodong. Judging by the eunuch's face, it shouldn't be a bad thing.

"Return to Your Majesty, the governor of Liaodong made an urgent report, saying that some of the Eastern captives who besieged Songshan Fort have withdrawn, and the chieftain Huang Taiji has entered the east..." The eunuch said happily. This is really a great event. Songshan Fort was finally saved.

"Okay!" Yang Reform heard the news, and immediately called out, the strategy has already produced results, and the strategy is gradually developing to the side that is beneficial to him.

The ministers congratulated each other upon hearing this news. This news is really good news. Now that the Eastern Prisoners have withdrawn, the pressure on Songshan Fort must be greatly reduced, and there is no danger of being breached. The rescue of Songshan Fort will win the emperor again. After a while, in this year's war with Donglu, the Ming Dynasty's chances of winning are even greater.

(End of this chapter)