Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 647

"Woooo-"

"Jingle Bell……"

In July, not only did Qi's immigrant tide show no signs of abating, but the ranks even grew stronger.

The Longjiang port in Nanzhili was almost "occupied" by immigrants from Qi who arrived one after another for three years. People from all over the country arrived here every day, and then they were relocated within ten days.

The number of steamships in Daming has reached [-], and [-] of them are specially used to migrate the people of Qi.

For a dynasty, emperor, and powerful class, except when natural disasters prevail, the people are an asset at other times.

But in the Ming Dynasty, even though the Qi State moved away nearly one-fortieth of the population of the Ming Dynasty, no one stood up to oppose it.

In order to send him away, the powerful class kept silent, and the emperor and prince, who directly lost their interests, even added fuel to the flames.

Three hundred steamships plus nearly two thousand cargo ships on the waterway, with such a scale, every port in Qi needs to accept thousands of immigrants from Ming Dynasty every day.

From North America to South America, the Han people have traveled all over the coast, and almost every ship can bring a new village to Qi.

The arrival of immigrants has fully released Qi's huge official system.

Xia Yunyi rushed back to Xijing City on July 26, and Princess Qi's boat will arrive in Xijing City on the first day of August.

Officials of the Qi State attached great importance to this matter, so after Xia Yunyi rushed back to Xijing City, he hurriedly held a meeting on the matter of the immigrants and Princess Qi.

The location of the meeting was still in Changshi Mansion, because King Qi had not arrived in Qi State, so the court meeting had to be held until he arrived.

The not-so-big Changshi Mansion was crowded with officials, and there were at least two hundred officials of the fifth rank or above in the meeting hall covering an area of ​​half an acre.

Xia Yunyi sat at the first place, facing the huge team of officials below, he said:

"Let's talk about state affairs first, and then discuss the arrival of the empress and the others."

"Right now, the masters of Tianjin Shipyard have arrived at Xijing Shipyard, which means that Xijing Shipyard needs to increase investment, and must reach the scale of annual production of [-] steam ships in five years."

"My country of Qi is surrounded by seas, so coastal defense is the most important thing."

"As for the matter of the navy, I have already talked with the Marquis of Liaodong in the Governor's Mansion, so there is no need to discuss this matter again."

"It's mainly immigration and industry and resettlement that need attention."

"Thousands of immigrants have arrived almost every day since this year, and their arrival represents a market town and several villages."

"The situation in our country of Qi is known to all of you."

"Although there are 25 prefectures and 150 counties in name, there are actually only 46 prefectures and [-] counties."

"Based on reality, this year's immigration wave may be the most important boost to the development of our country."

"It's all thanks to the help of the country and the court. So far, there are more than 520 million people in Qi State. On the eve of the Zhengdan Festival, the number can even exceed 600 million."

"After 12 years, the development of Qi State is not easy. Therefore, for the immigrants who arrive, they must come in the most beneficial way."

"The current migration volume is so high that the policy of relocating tractors must be revised."

"My suggestion is to restore the policy of three households, one household, and if there is not enough tractors, we can replace them with draft horses and cattle."

"As for the issue of grain export, since our country needs to bear the grain of the three countries of West Leviathan and Franjima, my suggestion is to export the grain and then make the bison jerky and distribute it without affecting the lives of the people in the country. .”

"It will be very hard, but it will only be hard work for two years. After two years, our arable land will exceed 5000 million mu."

Xia Yunyi quickly finished talking about the policy to solve the three problems, which made the officials below nod their heads.

Execute first, then appeal after summing up the problem... This is the old tradition of Qi State.

However, when too many officials immigrated from Ming Dynasty, some traditions of Qi State were also experiencing challenges.

For example, right now, an official asked a new question about Xia Yunyi's words.

"Xia Changshi, you only talked about the problems of the people, but the most serious food problem in our country is the problem of the native people."

"At present, there are 290 million households registered in our country, nearly 600 million people."

"Even if they have the same standard as the nationals, they still need to eat 4000 million stones of grain every year."

"Our country currently produces 200 million shi of grain annually, and more than 300 million ordinary people and reformed laborers need to eat 6000 million shi at the lowest standard, and can only export 200 million shi."

"Therefore, it is not only the nationals who need to save food rations, but also the natives."

After the official said his opinion, many officials in the hall nodded and agreed.

Regarding this, Xia Yunyi said without concealment:

"That's what I'm going to say next..."

He glanced at the officials, and then said, "Of the 900 million arable land in the country, 700 million are newly reclaimed land."

"Using them to grow wheat and rice yields are not high, and even if chemical fertilizers are used, the yield is only eight or nine buckets per mu."

"So, I'm going to plant it on sweet potatoes, potatoes and other crops."

"Based on past experience, if the 700 million mu of newly reclaimed land is divided into two halves to plant these crops, the grain that can be produced is about 300 million shi."

"These outputs will be used as supplementary food to replace one-third of the rations of the natives, saving about 800 million stones of grain."

"In this way, the grains saved in our country and the grains that can be exported are 2000 million shi."

"The current situation in Europe is turbulent. While maintaining the geopolitical situation, we need to stabilize prices in the European countries we support according to the situation."

"Right now, in addition to Frangji, we also need to stabilize the prices of Frangza and Anelia, so that they can compete with Frangji."

"Therefore, the 2000 million shi grains were divided into four batches for sale, 1000 million shi for Frangji, 500 million shi for the San Francisco of West Levi, and 250 million shi for Frangza and Anelia."

Xia Yunyi explained the usefulness of saving food in Qi State, but some officials raised new questions:

"Do the three kingdoms of Tangjihuai in West Livia need so much food?"

"Need!" Xia Yunyi nodded without thinking:
"Judging from the news obtained by Guochao, the number of nationals of the Three Kingdoms has reached 70, and they also have 300 million Kunlun slaves."

"Although the land in the three countries is affected by the rainforest, at least half of the rations can be supplied."

"The 500 million shi of grain we sent over this time is basically their reserve rations for the next two years."

"This trade is very important. It can be exchanged for 300 million taels of foreign trade income and purchase [-] tractors from Guochao."

"In addition, the grain sold to Franza and Anelia can also be exchanged for 370 million taels, and [-] tractors can be purchased."

"These two incomes, together with the surplus from mining in Qi State, can almost buy more than [-] tractors."

"If possible, I even hope to get a loan from Daming Bank to purchase [-] tractors."

Xia Yunyi was very helpless. Daming's industrial production capacity soared too fast. In theory, Qi could buy one-third of Daming's industrial products, but in reality, Qi couldn't afford that much money.

Therefore, the quota of [-] units cannot be used up.

When Xia Yunyi said this, Bi Maokang's eldest son, Bi Zongqi, the dean of the Imperial Academy of Qi State, also cupped his hands and said:

"Xia Changshi, the lower official thinks that our state of Qi should independently research and develop His Highness's subject. If we can solve the problem of internal combustion engines, use oil and ethanol to drive internal combustion engines, and increase the thermal efficiency to 30%, then a tractor in our country , comparable to two or three of Guochao’s.”

"A farmer only needs a tractor with an internal combustion engine, and can easily cultivate five or six hundred acres of arable land in one month's spring plowing season."

"In addition, as long as the armament technology can keep up, the one hundred thousand troops are enough to sweep away millions of troops in other countries."

Bi Zongqi put technology matters on the table for the first time, and Xia Yunyi also nodded and said:

"His Royal Highness has already explained the affairs of the Imperial Academy. Technology is the primary productive force."

"Therefore, this year, the imperial court invested 150 million taels in the Imperial Academy."

Xia Yunyi's words made many officials speechless.

It needs to be known that 150 million taels is almost one-tenth of Qi's income.

Of course, this is only half of the investment of the Ming Military Academy, but it is enough to show that Qi State attaches great importance to science and technology.

With less than one-tenth of the national power of Ming Dynasty, one-half of Ming's research and development costs are invested, which means that a country like Qi's governance cost is extremely low, and it does not need to maintain a huge army.

Qi State only needs 65 troops to do national defense and public security work well, but Ming Dynasty needs 80 troops and more than [-] government servants and soldiers and horses.

Qi's military and public security expenditures are only 200 million, while Daming's is 500 million, plus 200 million for public security.

These accounts for one-third of Ming's fiscal revenue, but only one-seventh of Qi's. This is a natural geographical advantage.

"About the Empress and the others..."

Xia Yunyi talked about Yuan Xibin and the others, and at the same time said:
"His Royal Highness Qi's personal request is that the main source of money in the Qi Palace is limited to 1% of the net profit of the Qi King's store..."

"1%?!"

Hearing Xia Yunyi's words, no matter how calm the officials were, they couldn't sit still.

This is not because Wangdian earns more, but because Wangdian earns too little.

In the first half of the past Tianqi 23, the net profit of Wangdian was only 62 taels, and 1% was 200 taels.

What is this money enough for?Even the scale of the Qi Palace requires at least 3000 people to operate.

In terms of wages in Qi State, 3000 people need a salary of at least 3 taels a year, including food and drink, and it is impossible to afford 5 taels.

This is not counting the maintenance cost of Qi Palace, otherwise it would be difficult to stop without 10 taels.

Originally, in the discussion of officials, King Qi's internal funds should have an annual income of at least 100 million taels, but now Zhu Youjian's self-demand broke their thinking.

"That's all, that's really too low, what face do you and I have as officials..."

When an official said this, everyone nodded in approval.

After all, in the situation where the salary of first-rank officials is 3000 for two years, the king of Qi, who is the lord of the country, only gets more than 6000 taels of silver, which is unavoidable...

For a moment, the officials didn't know what to say, even Xia Yunyi just sighed:
"I still need to discuss this matter with His Highness. In any case, the income from the internal funds must maintain the basic expenses of the palace."

Xia Yunyi's words made all the officials agree, and his next words were also approved by everyone.

"This year, the amount of internal funds of the Qi Palace is mainly 50 taels for the time being, and this money will be borne by the mining department."

"Yes……"

Wailang, a member of the mining department, bowed to him. For a mining department with an annual income of tens of millions of taels, 50 taels is not too much.

If there are more, then they can also let the labor camp workers in Yingzhou speed up the mining speed.

"That's it, let's go."

Seeing that the matter was finished, Xia Yunyi waved his hands, and more than 200 officials got up and left after seeing this, and Xia Yunyi himself went to the study.

After a short period of contemplation, Xia Yunyi picked up the pen on the pen holder, and wrote down about the internal money income to Zhu Youjian.

[The minister believes that the net profit of Huangdian is indeed impressive in the long run, but it is not enough right now. 】

[It’s better to use ten renminbi per store in various domestic stores, or ten renminbi per mu of land to count. 】

[Alternatively, 50 taels of silver from the household department will be counted, and an increase of [-]% will be added every year...]

"Hehe... I'm not in a hurry with this Xia Yunyi, but he is in a hurry instead."

On the tenth day of September, amidst Zhu Youjian's laughter, Xia Yunyi's letter was delivered to Zhu Youjian, and Zhu Youjian just thought it was funny.

Yuan Xipin and the others moved into the Qi Palace, and the Mining Department also allocated 50 taels as internal income. Zhu Youjian had already known this news through pigeons in advance.

Regarding Xia Yunyi's proposal, Zhu Youjian, who was sitting in the five-army governor's mansion, couldn't laugh or cry, and Wang Chengen, who was next to him, also persuaded:

"Your Highness, 1% is indeed too little. Even in the imperial store of Guochao, 1% is only three 10,000+ taels."

"Even if the Wangdian has been developing for ten years, it still can't catch up with the footsteps of the Huangdian. If what you said is true, then I'm afraid the palace will have to live without money."

"Hehe...you guys." Zhu Youjian shook his head with a smile and said:
"If this palace room is according to the specifications I drew at the beginning, it can be maintained for at most 1000 taels of silver, but Jin Xuan has increased and increased on the original basis."

"Now the palace is big, but I can't afford it anymore. Tell me...is this reasonable?"

Zhu Youjian said, and at the same time said:
"Besides, I'm sure 1 percent makes sense."

"Right now, I hold several positions, and some positions cannot be dismissed. I only receive 10,000+ taels a year for the imperial salary, which is more than enough to support the palace."

"Therefore, tell Xia Yunyi not to worry about the matter of the palace, just use 1% of the Wangdian to calculate it!"

Zhu Youjian made his own claim, and at the same time said to Wang Chengen:

"The fleet is about to be arranged. I will set off on the winter solstice, and it is only two months away."

"Slaves are already making arrangements, but..."

Wang Chengen responded first, then hesitantly opened his mouth and bowed:

"Recently, people from all over the world have come to the Qi Palace in the capital to cry and beg His Highness not to be a vassal, Your Highness..."

"Okay." Hearing Wang Chengen's words, Zhu Youjian raised his hand to stop him.

The people don't want him to go, Zhu Youjian is very clear about the reason.

It's just that, given the current situation, it's not good for anyone if he continues to stay in Daming.

"What's going on with Brother Ran, is it okay to deal with it?"

Zhu Youjian changed the subject. Although Wang Chengen was helpless after hearing the words, he could only answer:
"His Royal Highness has many good ministers to assist, so it is naturally good."

"It's just that all of this is entirely dependent on His Highness's existence. Even His Highness the Crown Prince was worried that after His Highness left, whether the officials would obey his will as Yan Shan did back then."

"There will definitely be obedience and injustice..." Zhu Youjian said without hesitation:
"How to do it? How to do it? Only he can figure it out by himself, and it is impossible to rely on me all the time."

"Tell Brother Ran, just let it go, don't look forward to the future, as long as he knows that his new policy is beneficial to the people!"

Since Zhu Youjian has decided to let go, he will naturally not take care of Zhu Ciran like a nanny.

People always grow up, and Zhu Ciran is no exception.

"It's me, I seem to feel a little sorry for Brother Hong."

A bit of bitterness appeared on Zhu Youjian's face, and Wang Chengen hesitated to speak when he saw this.

In fact, he also felt that what His Royal Highness said was right.

Maybe King Qi has an account to the court, the emperor, the people, and his nephew, but he is always in debt to the family.

Zhu Youjian was anxious to go to Qi State, not only because he had to go, but also because he wanted to make up for his debt to his family.

However, for the young Zhu Cizhao and others.He still has a chance to make up, but Zhu Youjian has no chance to make up for Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cixuan, and Zhu Cijiong who need to be left in Daming after they grow up.

Born in the emperor's family, everything can't be controlled.

They not only need to be responsible for themselves, but also for the country and the country, family and family.

Not only them, but also many county kings in other vassal states.

With the news of Zhu Youjian's departure, many vassal states have to face many changes...

"Zhu Youjian is really willing to give up so much power?"

Almost when Zhu Youjian felt guilty, in a grand palace thousands of miles away, Zhu Qiqi sighed in embarrassment.

In the five-zhang-high palace, apart from him sitting on the main seat, there were also Zhu Yujian and other five brothers who delivered the information.

The five brothers, even Zhu Yujian, who is already the eldest son of Tang Guojian, couldn't help feeling a little bit sad when he saw this news.

They couldn't believe that Zhu Youjian actually delegated power when he said that he would delegate power, and he would leave as soon as he said he wanted to.

Although they all know that Qi State is developing well, the problem is that Qi State is still not as good as Daming.

Such a gap is impossible for ordinary people to appear.

The temptation of power, not everyone can resist.

Zhu Youjian was in Daming, so he was still the king of Qi who shook all nations with his words.

But if he goes to Qi, then he is just a more powerful vassal.

It's easy to leave, but it's not easy to come back and continue to maintain the power you once had.

People take tea cool and people die political rest are idioms used to describe this situation.

Even though Zhu Youjian is still the mighty king of Qi, once he leaves, his political achievements and status in Daming will soon be replaced by others.

Even if he comes back in a few days or months, it is impossible to return to his former position.

Starting a business is hard, but losing a fortune is easy.

"With Zhu Youjian gone, there will be no one in the court who can always trust us."

Zhu Yukai showed a look of embarrassment, and Zhu Yukai who was beside him also echoed: "Not only that, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the vassal kings to trust other people."

"Although the emperor has not changed, and the vassals also trust the emperor, the person in charge has changed after all."

Zhu Yukai's words made everyone nod, only Zhu Yujian remained silent.

And Zhu Qiqi, who is the king of Tang, saw that Zhu Yujian was silent, so he also tentatively asked:

"Jian'er, look at Zhu Youjian's departure, what should we do?"

Zhu Qiqi brought the topic to Zhu Yujian, and Zhu Yujian also came back to his senses, looking at the message in his hand with a complicated expression:
"I really didn't expect that he could give up such a great power. I am afraid that he will be called the second sage with Zhou Gong in the future."

"As for us, I'm afraid we won't be able to return to the relaxed situation when Zhu Youjian was in power."

"Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Ciran can be lenient to Zhu Youjian, but not necessarily to us."

"What we have to do right now is to stand in line, but I have no heirs, and you, father, have no young sons either."

"Brother Zi is too old, sending him to Daming may make people think that I, Tang Fan, have evil intentions."

"It's best for you, father, to operate a copy yourself, and I will send it to the capital in person, and express Tang Fan's attitude in front of the prince."

"Will it be dangerous?" Zhu Qiqi was a little worried.

"No, Zhu Ciran is not that stupid, even if he is stupid, Zhu Youxiao is not stupid either!"

Zhu Yujian is very confident. After all, although the abilities shown by Zhu Youxiao and his son are not as flattering as Zhu Youjian, they are still considered average, so they won't do such stupid things.

"As long as there are no problems in Ming Dynasty, the trade relationship between the three countries of West Kunlun and Qi will not change."

Zhu Yujian called the three kingdoms West Kunlun.

This title is not circulated in the world. It can be seen that they are already preparing to create the jurisprudence of the Han and Levi in ​​the country, so as to make their rule more stable.

"Brother E, you go to the Kunlun feudal clans in person, and let the feudal clans go to the southern Kunlun supervisory envoy Si Shangshu to ask for a pilgrimage together."

"Yes!"

Zhu Yujian made the arrangement, he was very calm, and he was obviously prepared for Zhu Youjian's affairs.

As for Zhu Yu'e and others, they quickly followed his instructions and acted against the countries in Kunlun.

It wasn't just them who acted, but also the feudal vassals of the Little West who got the news earlier.

Among the feudal vassals of the Little West, Zhou Fan has the most prestige. Although the old king of Zhou, Zhu Suqin, is no longer there, Zhu Gongyi and his heirs are very capable.

When he realized that Zhu Youjian was about to take over the vassal, Zhu Gongyou sent his heirs to travel around the vassals early, persuading them to make a pilgrimage together.

Compared with the feudal clans of Leviia, the feudal clans of Little Western Ocean seemed to be a lot more obedient when facing the Ming Dynasty due to the huge pressure from the Mughals in the north.

Even if Xiao Xiyang is the number one thorn, Zhu Changxun, who compares himself to the ancient sage every day, can't help being flustered because his envious and jealous eldest nephew left.

At this time, fortunately, Zhu Yousong had been on the battlefield and governed Fuguo for more than ten years, so that Fuguo would not miss the pilgrimage.

Otherwise, based on Zhu Changxun's bullying of Zhu Changluo, Fuguo might be the first vassal state where Zhu Youxiao was taken to power after he came to power.

I have to say that Zhu Youjian has trained a lot of talents for the feudal clans, so that they will not be like the late Ming Dynasty, who don't know how to deal with things.

However, the impact of Zhu Youjian's departure is not limited to this point, the more important place is still in Daming...

(End of this chapter)