1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 90 Jinyiwei ([-])

To understand why Yazhou's poor economic situation was seriously affected by the local land acquisition, we must first understand what social phenomenon the land acquisition in the late Ming Dynasty was.

The influence of land annexation in the late Ming Dynasty on the social situation at that time was also an important subject studied by many scholars in later generations.The general view is that the serious land acquisition led to the loss of land by a large number of farmers, which gradually intensified the social class contradictions at that time.And because the self-cultivator was the main bearer of the state tax and corvée at that time, after losing the property on which land depended for survival, the government's fiscal revenue was greatly reduced.In addition, the landlord class, which held a large amount of land resources, became stronger and stronger, which also formed a certain threat to the feudal centralization and affected the stability of the society.Among the peasants who lost their land in large numbers, in addition to some of the tenant farmers who turned into landlords, there are also many people who have become refugees who are fleeing from the famine and begging for food. When these people encounter social unrest, they often play the role of powder keg that blows up a little—refugees Between the rogue and the rogue, it's really just a word difference.

In this process, in addition to the landlords and gentry, there are also a large number of privileged classes such as princes, dukes and relatives who frantically annexed the land. With a piece of imperial order, they can grandiosely collect the land of countless people into their own names.During the Wanli period, Ming Shenzong Zhu Yijun once granted 200 million mu of land to King Fu, who was feudal in Henan, so that the cultivated land in Henan was almost covered by him alone. Later, the land in Henan was not enough, and part of the land was allocated from Shandong and Huguang to King Fu.During the Tianqi period, Mingxi Zong Zhu Youxiao ordered the allocation of farmland to King Gui, King Hui, King Rui, and Princess Suiping and Ningguo, ranging from hundreds of thousands of acres to 300 million acres.At that time, the cultivation of cultivated land was very limited, so naturally some states and counties were in a dilemma of having no land to allocate, and even ordered the local people to share the short land rent, which was sometimes called "landless rent". out of level.

At that time, there was also a victim of land annexation, that is, the military system of Weisuo.As a guard army in the form of a construction corps, in the late Ming Dynasty, it has gradually changed from an army to a professional peasant and amateur soldier, and a large amount of land in the military colony has also been embezzled by local military leaders and princes, and the military households in the colony have gradually Become a serf of these people, and the situation is even more miserable than that of the tenant farmer who rented the land of the landlord.Therefore, in the late Ming Dynasty, there were a large number of escaping from the army, resulting in a serious empty situation in the army, and the combat effectiveness also dropped to an unbearable level.It is not without reason that the Executive Committee has positioned the strength of the Weisuo army as the five scumbags from a long time ago.

It is recorded in the Records of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty that among the cultivated land in the country at that time, only the land occupied by the royal family and the officials and gentry that did not pay grain had already exceeded half of the total cultivated land area. The empire lost a lot of taxes, causing the entire land In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the national finance was always in a very bleak situation.After Chongzhen came to power, the annual revenue of the treasury was not even as good as that of the salt merchants in Yangzhou.It is self-evident that such a country can resist internal and external troubles, natural and man-made disasters when the officials are rich and the people are poor, and the gentry is rich and the country is poor.

The fundamental reason for this situation lies in the private ownership of land in the feudal system.The essence of the natural economic form of a feudal society is the agricultural economy. Every feudal dynasty is based on maintaining the agricultural economy, so the land has naturally become a symbol of the personal wealth of the feudal society, whether it is bureaucrats, landlords or ordinary people. Treat the land as the only investment object.And this gives the rich and powerful enough motivation to continue to annex land. This trend cannot be stopped by the court issuing a few decrees or modifying some tax systems. The only way to change this situation is to start from the root. change land ownership.

The office in Yazhou is very clear about the changes in the local situation, and cannot watch Yazhou's economic situation drop rapidly due to land acquisitions.This is not only considering that Yazhou is the largest and most important source of commodity dumping and manpower for the Chuan Group at present, maintaining social stability and economic prosperity here is of great significance to the Chuan Group, but also the Yazhou Office is also worried that once the security situation here deteriorates, it will To attract external attention or even military intervention.For the Executive Committee, it is obviously not a good thing for the Ming court to pay too much attention to this place in Yazhou at the time of laying the foundation.

But now everyone knows that the root cause of Yazhou's current situation is land ownership, and it is quite difficult to change this matter.The Executive Committee can implement public ownership of land on a large scale near the Victory Harbor Base Camp because the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, no one can manage it, and the Executive Committee has enough authority in the local control.However, it is obviously unfeasible for the office in Yazhou to imitate the Executive Committee to implement this method in Yazhou. The problem is not how much it will cost to bring the land near Yazhou into the name of the Executive Committee, but the existence of public ownership of land. In itself, it is the enemy of all the official and gentry classes, and the few people stationed in Yaban obviously do not have the strength to make enemies on such a large scale.

A relatively simple and feasible solution in the short term is to introduce jobless and proletarian vagabonds from Yazhou into the areas under the administration of the Executive Committee on a large scale, so that these people can have a stable livelihood.In this way, the evacuation of potentially dangerous people can indeed effectively reduce the pressure on Yazhou's security, and at the same time, it can also take care of the base camp's demand for manpower.From this point of view, it is undoubtedly a very good move for He Xi to let the dental merchants recruit immigrants for a long time.

But the problem now is that no one knows what the official attitude of Yazhou will be towards the public relocation of the population within their jurisdiction. Maybe the officials will be very grateful to the public for making them less troublesome, but also It's hard to say whether anyone will jump out and question this approach.You must know that the number of current and former officials in this place is astonishing, and the density is even close to the two cities of Beijing and Nanjing. The proportion of smart people is definitely not low. Maybe someone will see through the "sinister intentions of the people". ".

Everyone discussed it for a long time, but still couldn't come up with a verdict.In the end, Malico came up with a compromise idea. In the future, the immigration affairs should be avoided by the people stationed in the cliff as much as possible, but by "An Fuxing" or "Furuifeng", and the immigration office in the cliff should be handled as much as possible. A little less influence.

Although the idea was settled, the next day in the polder market, the office of the office in the cliff still came out in full force. I planned to see the situation of the servant market with my own eyes, confirm the scale of immigration that may be achieved in the future, and at the same time, I would like to discuss some of the immigrants that will appear. Prepare for problems early, so you don't have to be in a hurry.When the recruitment of the servant market side has formed a set of standardized routines, it can be handed over to local commercial firms and tooth shops to operate.

The polder market outside the south gate of Yazhou is held twice a month. The people nearby will take the opportunity of the polder to buy some daily necessities, and the unemployed who are looking for a livelihood will also come to the polder on this day. on the market.After the work group arrived at the polder market, Zhang Guang went to the tooth merchant yesterday and threw two coins to him.As expected, having money is easy to do. The dental dealer immediately followed Zhang Guang's request and gathered together several little girls in the servant market who were going to sell themselves as maids, and let them choose.

The place for this maid was originally prepared for Zhao Xiaoruo, and the big men naturally walked aside as if nothing had happened to show their integrity, and let Zhao Xiaoruo choose slowly there alone.There are not many options, and it is not difficult for Zhao Xiaoruo to choose.

Unexpectedly, another group of people suddenly appeared at this time, all of them were all dressed in soap-colored straight robes, wearing black gauze hats, and carrying a two-foot-long single-knife around their waists.The headed man pointed at the little girls and said, "Leave all of them!"

The man shouted, all the people on the work team turned their heads, Zhang Guang walked over without making a sound, and blocked Zhao Xiaoruo behind him.The tooth merchant walked over tremblingly, bowed and said, "Master Gong, what do you want to tell me?"

Mu Xiabai and Feng Annan, who originally wanted to go forward to the theory, immediately froze. They were not afraid of these officials who were equipped with cold weapons. These seemingly dazzling guys were just live targets in front of MK23, but they didn't understand the situation at the moment. Before the situation is over, don't rashly provoke trouble.

The official officer called Master Gong glanced at the dental merchant, and his voice seemed to come from his nose: "Master Hundred Households of Qiongzhou House has moved to a new house, and I want to choose some girls who can serve others. After the deed is done, go back and send people to the yamen."

After the man finished speaking, his eyes turned like knives on the faces of everyone in the work group. He didn't seem to see any heresy before he left with the team.

The dentist said apologetically with a sad face: "My lords, you have also seen it, I'm sorry, I'll return the money to you now."

Qiu Yuanqi said: "These people are officials of the state government? They act so domineering..."

"I'm afraid it's not the official post." He Xi sighed and said, "The official post is not going to cross the industry to flatter a hundred households in Qiongzhou Prefecture. If I guess correctly, most of these people are Jinyiwei stationed in Yazhou. "

The tooth merchant nodded and said, "This gentleman is right, the one just now was Mr. Gong Qi of Jinyiwei."

Qiu Yuan stunned and said, "Isn't the symbol of Jinyiwei a flying fish suit with an embroidered spring knife?"

"Flying fish suits, bullfighting suits, and unicorn suits can only be worn by senior officials in Jinyiwei. Shrimp soldiers and crabs will not be treated like that." He Xi squinted at Jinyiwei who was far away and said, "The head of Qiongzhou Prefecture is just a hundred people. Hu? It seems that the imperial court is really at ease with this place in Hainan."

(End of this chapter)