Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 521 Recruitment (2)

Ignoring Han Yu who stood with his head bowed, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Bi Ziyan and asked, "Bi Qing, what do you think of what I just said?"

As the Minister of Finance of Ming Dynasty, Bi Ziyan's financial management ability is beyond doubt. At least the current state treasury is not like before, where part of the expenditure of food and wages has to be demolished to make up for the west.

"I feel that this discussion can be done, and we must do it."

Bi Ziyan stepped forward and said with a serious expression: "Taking advantage of the current stable situation, in the name of rectifying water conservancy, widening river channels, building reservoirs, and renovating Chidao, we will gather refugees from Shanxi, Zhili, and Shandong. It's all good.

Although the imperial court has to pay a sum of food expenses, if this matter can be done well, the benefits to the imperial court and the locality will be immeasurable. "

Ok?
The cabinet ministers Han Yu, Wen Tiren, and Zhou Yanru all looked at Bi Ziyan with puzzled expressions.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the imperial court can take this opportunity to closely link the disaster relief offices in the three places with the previously established Yellow River, Canal, Yongding River and other river CPPCC offices."

Bi Ziyan continued: "For a long time, the resettlement of refugees has troubled the imperial court, and the size of refugees varies from place to place, and there is no way to verify them.

Most of these refugees are bankrupt groups with no land under their names and no way of life in their place of origin, so they are forced to choose to live in exile with their families.

But if they want to properly settle these refugees, the imperial court and the local government can't afford so much land, so they can only let it go in the end.

If some places where the refugees gathered were not hit by a disaster, it would be fine, and there would still be some way to survive, but if there was a disaster, there would be no way to survive, and a rebellion would arise.

Like when the rebellion of bandits in Shanxi and Shaanxi was serious before, it didn't mean that Shanxi and Shanxi suffered disasters for many years. Although the imperial court also allocated food and salaries for disaster relief, it was of no avail in the end.

Therefore, when the disaster relief offices in the three places gather the refugees from the prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction, they will complete the registration and make a list, and monitor their various projects. Join the river workers. "

After all, he is the Minister of Finance of Ming Dynasty.

After listening to Ziyan's speech, Emperor Chongzhen felt emotional in his heart.

He really didn't expect to ask the river political associations to manage the yamen, absorb some honest and responsible refugees, and organize them into the river engineering team to be responsible for the repair and consolidation of the river administration in various places.

Speaking of which, the Disaster Relief Office and the He Zhengxie Yamen are complementary existences. Although they are different administrative offices, what they do is to alleviate the disaster situation under the rule of Ming Dynasty.

It's just that compared with the river political association's office, this disaster relief office is in charge of more complicated tasks, and it also shoulders the important attribute of cultivating talents.

"What Bi Qing said was something I hadn't thought of before."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "Through this recruitment, we can effectively solve the maladministration of refugees in Shanxi, Zhili, and Shandong.

It can also enrich the yamen of the CPPCC and the river engineering teams under its jurisdiction to effectively repair and consolidate major rivers such as the Yellow River, Yongding River, and canals.

If this is the case, Bi Qing should draft the decree issued in the name of the Disaster Relief Office and submit it to the imperial court as soon as possible. "

"Your Majesty, I have one more word to say."

Hearing this, Bi Ziyan cupped his hands and said, "Other things are easy to talk about, but the allocation of food and wages, I feel that I should discuss it carefully."

Ok?
Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly.

Bi Ziyan continued: "My minister thinks that the imperial court should not ask the national treasury and internal funds to bear all the benefits for the country and the people in Shanxi, Zhili, and Shandong on such a large scale.

Part of it should be allocated from the national treasury, part should be allocated from internal funds, and part should be raised by the local government, which should be handed over to the disaster relief agencies in the three places for deployment.

The gentry and goodness in the above-mentioned places should donate a sum of money or grain for water conservancy, widening rivers, building reservoirs, and repairing roads.

After all, doing these things well is not only beneficial to the court and the local government, but also to them, but this share still needs to be discussed. "

Emperor Chongzhen laughed, and Bi Ziyan, the treasurer of the Ming Dynasty, surprised him again and again.

indeed.

If things like rectifying water conservancy and chi roads can be done well in Shanxi, Zhili, and Shandong, then the gentry and landlords and other groups in various places will also benefit.

After all, Daming at this stage is still dominated by land production. Whether it is drought or flood, the final impact is on land production.

Among the many groups under the Ming Dynasty, who owns the most land?
Isn't it the gentry, big and small landlords and other groups?
However, Emperor Chongzhen did not expect extravagantly. These most self-interested groups would willingly pay money and donate food. After all, this was undoubtedly cutting their flesh.

Even if the trouble is not good, it will be pitted on the people everywhere.

"You can try to do this."

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and said, "However, we can't use the name of the local government to ask them to find those gentry, good-hearted, etc. to donate money and food.

The Disaster Relief Offices in the three places can send out a group of officials to directly negotiate with An Xie and Liang Shan on the matter in water conservancy repairs, chi road repairs and other places.

How to adjust the specific share, Bi Qing will work hard to form a charter as soon as possible, and submit it to the imperial court together. If there is no objection after the imperial examination, it will be published everywhere.

Do you have any objections to this? "

With that said, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Han Yu, Wen Tiren and the others.

The Son of Heaven has talked about this point, Han Yu, Wen Tiren and the others, even if they have some thoughts in their hearts, they will not say any more.

"The minister has no objection."

Under the gaze of Emperor Chongzhen, Han Yu and the others hurriedly bowed to each other.

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Since that's the case, let the ministers prove it."

"I'm waiting to retire."

Looking at the people who left, Emperor Chongzhen showed a smile on his face. If this matter can be done well, then a group of bankrupt groups can be preliminarily grasped.

In addition to the groups that will be diverted to the yamen of the Political Consultative Conference in various rivers, it is feared that there will be a considerable number of out-of-work groups in Shanxi, Zhili, and Shandong.

When they, under the overall planning of the local disaster relief agency, have done a good job of rectifying water conservancy, widening river channels, building reservoirs, and repairing roads, they will be able to take advantage of the opportunity to build a number of government-run factories in various places.

The matter of government-run factories is currently in the territory of Beizhili. It can be regarded as clarified, and corresponding experience has been found out. Emperor Chongzhen intends to expand this scale.

Shanxi is rich in coal, iron ore and other mineral resources. Will it be possible to build a batch of government-run factories such as coal plants, coal washing plants, and smelters? Like Shandong, which is surrounded by the sea on three sides. A number of government-run factories such as smelters, textile factories, and shipyards were prepared to be built.

If this matter can be done well, the productivity of Ming Dynasty can be greatly improved, which will bring great help to the revitalization of the private economy.

(End of this chapter)