Chapter 37 The First Five-Year Plan has expired
After conveying the general’s military order, Vice Admiral He Cheng looked a little ugly. He asked the general to allow the navy to dock. The order was somewhat disapproving.
According to the Ming Dynasty’s military law, after the naval forces docked, the army would be responsible for their food, accommodation and supplies.
Now, my group of people are still living in thatched hut, so there is extra space for these pirates.
Jin Hu did not explain, just looked at the deep-draft ship and sighed.
The giant boat was moored on the offshore sea. Soon, many sampans were lowered from the ship. The sampans were filled with people. The people on them rowed the oars vigorously. After a while, they came close to the boat. Arrived.
The first person to jump off the sampan was a captain. He was stunned when he saw the colonel rank on He Cheng's shoulder, and then his eyes fell on Jin Hu, who was wearing military casual clothes.
He hurriedly tidied up his military appearance, hurriedly ran to Jin Hu and knelt down on one knee: "Liu Tingjian, captain of the ninth squadron of the second fleet of the Ming Dynasty and the third transport team of the Haifeng, Pass the general."
Jin Hu glanced at Liu Ting and said: "What is on the ship?"
Liu Ting shouted: "Labor!"
Jin Hu said coldly: "Someone remembers that the Ming army was not allowed to participate in slave trafficking. Captain Liu, are you knowing the law and breaking the law?"
Liu Ting said quickly: "The general doesn't know something, these people They are not slaves, they are laborers who are destined to mine saltpeter in Ryukyu. There is insufficient water and food on the ship. When I saw the general appearing in Liaodong, I wanted to ask the general for some water and food to prevent these workers from dying at sea. "
Jin Hu frowned and said: "Don't you ever count drinking water and food when transporting laborers?"
Liu Ting smiled bitterly and said: "North Koreans only need to see the Ming Dynasty ships in Recruit workers and squeeze them onto the ship desperately..."
Jin Hu's pupils shrank and whispered: "The situation on the Korean island is not good?"
Liu Ting He nodded and said: "Hell on earth..."
He Cheng asked in confusion: "Didn't you say that there are not many people in North Korea anymore?"
Liu Ting looked at him again After seeing the ceremony, He Cheng said: "The slaves took away all the things they could take away. The Japanese pirates who refused to leave also captured most of the strong laborers among them. Most of the rest were old people who no one wanted. Weak women and children.
In the past winter..."
Liu Ting stopped talking at this point.
"Why don't you say anything?" Jin Hu asked.
Liu Ting pointed to his warship and said: "The supervisor on the ship has issued a hush order."
He Chengdao: "Since there are only old, weak, women and children left here, why are you still dragging them? Go to Ryukyu to dig saltpeter?"
Liu Ting said with a smile: "The main reason is that they want to live. Ryukyu has a lot of food, wild fruits, and fish in the sea..."
This was just a simple contact. Jin Hu provided Liu Ting withTwo hundred bags of grain, three hundred kilograms of dried meat, and a bag of spirits were given to Liu Ting when he was leaving, which made Liu Ting overjoyed.
He couldn't stay longer on land, so he took the sampan back after getting the things. However, when the sampan came over, it brought two beautiful North Korean women to Jin Hu.
Jin Hu did not refuse, but He Cheng frowned again.
"North Korea is basically finished after experiencing this disaster."
This is what Liu Ting left behind when he left.
Jin Hu felt deeply about this sentence. When he was in the southwest, such scenes were very common, and many of them were concocted by him himself.
Since the rise of the Ming Dynasty, its own powerful destructive power has caused the surrounding countries that have not yet developed a sound society to fall apart in an instant. If the Ming Dynasty only completed a new society on its own land, It’s just transformation.
Unfortunately, Yun Zhao's eyes never only fell on China. His eyes were always fixed on the globe in his big study.
He is very dissatisfied with the current social situation in Asia. The Ming Dynasty has stood at the pinnacle of civilization, but around him, there are still many ethnic groups who are basically in primitive societies.
The cost of transforming these ethnic groups was too high, and there might not be a good result. Therefore, he adopted a laissez-faire attitude and prioritized everything based on Ming's needs.
From this point of view, Jin Hu believes that Yun Zhao is a tyrant comparable to Genghis Khan.
The Ming Dynasty is rapidly moving towards prosperity.
He recovered faster than any other new dynasty. In just five years, the people of Ming Dynasty not only achieved self-sufficiency in food production, but even had a surplus.
In the past five years, the Lantian Dynasty, like other new dynasties, adopted an attitude of frivolous corvee and low taxation towards the people.
However, the Lantian Dynasty’s income did not suffer any loss due to this.
The reason for this is well understood by many knowledgeable people in the Ming Dynasty. Yunzhao just passed on the domestic losses to surrounding countries.
The Ming Dynasty is too big, with too many people. When 160 million people need to have their taxes reduced, and the income of the country cannot be reduced, then the situation faced by the surrounding countries will be that of extinction. .
So far, Jin Hu has not seen any intention of Yun Zhao letting go of the surrounding ethnic groups.
In the southwest, too many people have participated in the resistance to the tyranny of the Ming Dynasty.
Unfortunately, these resistance forces were too weak, and their bravery and resistance seemed insignificant in front of the powerful Ming army.
Now, the people's livelihood in the Ming Dynasty has been on track, and the people in the Ming Dynasty have restored their production and homes. So, at this time, should the emperor consider relaxing the oppression of foreign races? Woolen cloth?
Otherwise, if exploitation continues in the long run, it willThere are very serious consequences.
Wuzang is over, Mongolia is over, Jiannu is over, Korea is over, Annan is over, and the Western Regions will soon be over after Xia Wanchun, a young man with a heart as hard as stone, has gone. It's over. If Jin Hu hadn't expected it, the Japanese country would be completely over in less than ten years.
Jin Hu believes that Ming’s powerful army can completely destroy any of his neighbors or enemies. However, the consequences of doing so are very troublesome. Once Ming’s power in these places is weakened, resistance will It appears like a prairie fire.
When they all united, Jin Hu didn't think it was a good thing for the Lantian Empire.
The gap in military force has never been the reason for the failure of the rebels. Back then, the Wu soldiers of Daze Township only had wooden sticks and forks in their hands, and they ended the Qin Dynasty.
Jin Hu thought for a long time at the beach, and finally took up his pen to advise the emperor, hoping that the emperor could reduce the oppression of surrounding ethnic groups and shine the radiance of Ming Emperor's kindness on everyone.
Yun Zhao is very satisfied with the five-year financial report outlook of China submitted by Ambassador Kuzang.
It was just the rural production process investigation report submitted by Zhang Guozhu, who also served as the chief agricultural officer, that made Yunzhao very dissatisfied.
In his opinion, the rural conditions in the Ming Dynasty are still not good, slash-and-burn farming still exists, low productivity is still common, and the contradiction between land output and human input is also common.
What dissatisfied Yun Zhao most was that the farmers in the Ming Dynasty were not as willing to change their living conditions as he imagined.
Obviously they can go to less populated areas and use livestock to cultivate more land and obtain more profits, but they are unwilling to leave their overcrowded hometowns and would rather cultivate a small part of the farmland to make ends meet.
If everyone is unwilling to leave their hometown, then what is the use of the army taking so much land?
"Increase the support for the people who voluntarily go to the reclamation areas, and increase the publicity of the most dazzling stars among the people in the reclamation areas. I hope the people of Ming Dynasty can understand that if they stay in their hometown, they will only be poor for the rest of their lives. If they leave In their hometown, they can achieve a prosperous life in a short period of time.
In addition, officials and merchants are allowed to obtain more than one thousand acres of land in the reclamation area, and they are allowed to dispose of the food produced in the reclamation area. They freely grow cash crops on the land in the reclamation area."
After Zhang Guozhu received the document issued by Yun Zhao, he quickly came to the big study room without stopping for a moment, held up the document and said to Yun Zhao: "Your Majesty, are you trying to bring trouble to our Ming Dynasty?"
Yun Zhao looked at Zhang Guozhu and said, "Is there any problem?"
Zhang Guozhu swallowed a mouthful of water and said: "A thousand The restriction on acres of land cannot be relaxed. If it is relaxed, merchants in the Ming Dynasty will invest all their money in farmland. This is a good thing they have been coveting for a long time.
Once all the money falls.On the farmland, then the commerce and industry that have just flourished in our Ming Dynasty will be greatly affected. I think that as our country has become self-sufficient in food, we should give priority to the development of commerce and industry.
As far as the current world situation is concerned, commerce and industry are the main driving forces for social development. We cannot lose the big for the small. "
Yun Zhao shook his head and said: "Before the great prosperity of food appeared, the development of commerce and industry would have no motivation to continue to move forward. After all, many things can only be achieved when people have enough food and clothing. It can only be enjoyed next time.
Nowadays, we have too much free land and people live too concentratedly. Now we have not seen the disadvantages of too much population and the city cannot bear it. When the Ming Dynasty has a city with a population of more than one million, After that, you will find that business and industry will naturally flourish.
However, this must have a prerequisite, that is, agricultural products are already extremely rich. ”
Zhang Guozhu shook his head resolutely and said: “Your Majesty, I advocate convening a congress. We need to discuss this issue carefully. I am very worried that once this policy is promulgated, it will change our current situation in Ming Dynasty.” stable condition.
Yun Zhao nodded and said: "It is agreed to be held. It just so happens that our last five-year plan has come to a conclusion. It is necessary for us to review the next five-year plan and whether we should still follow the old plan." The trajectory continues. ”
Zhang Guozhu said: “What His Majesty said is that we have worked hard for five years, and it is indeed time to take a correct look at the results of the past five years. Your Majesty, is the National People's Congress still scheduled to be held in October this time?
Yun Zhao looked at Zhang Guozhu and said with a smile: "You must have been waiting for this day for a long time, right?" "
Zhang Guozhu nodded solemnly and said: "This is what makes our Lantian Dynasty different. I hope that the representatives this time will not be as stupid as the representatives five years ago. ”