my days with tyrants

Chapter 211 Daming New Economic Experimental Zone
negotiation……

Then it can only be negotiated.

In fact, everyone understood that this situation was not caused by Yang Feng himself.

Their supreme commander also has a share.

The emperor's grandson also has a share!

In this case, everyone is still entangled, it is nothing more than acting with others.

So in the end, through the work of Ambassador Yang, the people in Shanxi also agreed. This is also very reasonable. Last time, the main participants were Taiyuan Prefecture and Pingyang Prefecture. In fact, several prefectures and counties in Pingyang Prefecture did not participate due to various reasons. .And Zezhou Luzhou also has Datong Mansion, which is also considered Shanxi, and none of these participated. Even if Datong Mansion is not counted, more than a quarter of the remaining Shanxi population did not participate in the election.

There are also military households who are not involved.

Since public opinion is needed, all citizens should participate.

Eventually a new round of the General Assembly was confirmed.

The emperor himself is very satisfied with this, and thinks that this method has also set an example for dealing with some things in the future. First, it does not need to kill people, and second, it does not need to waste money and food, and peacefully resolve disputes.

Enough to set an example for generations to come.

Of course, it will take some time for these capitals to gather in Kaifeng.

And they also have conditions, such as the previous equalization of land and exemption of grain, such as the distribution of land for military households, these are the real key issues, especially the issue of land distribution for military households later, which involves the national policy of Ming Dynasty.However, Yang Feng had been lobbying Zhu Yuanzhang to revise the military household system, and he simply asked Liu Jie to pass on some records of the corruption of the military household system in the late Ming Dynasty, and let the emperor grandson show it to him.Lao Zhu was also a little shaken at first. In the final analysis, the reason why he maintained the military household system was to reduce the burden on the people, but if the financial burden is not heavy on the people, it is not impossible to modify it.

But the price is that the generals are dissatisfied, after all, this will affect their interests.

But only dissatisfied.

After all, they also have their own fields, their own salaries, and they are all in business.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not prohibit military households from doing business. It was very common for military households to do business in the early Ming Dynasty, and there was no separate business registration at that time. Both civilian households and military households could do business, so it was very common for generals to do business.

The rest of the land equalization is very simple. In fact, His Majesty the Emperor is also very happy to take this opportunity to divide the land of the big landlords in Shanxi. This incident made His Majesty the Emperor also see that the big landlords in Shanxi still have certain strength. This must be cracked down on. Now that the people want to divide their land, they will no longer listen to them, so they will be forced to divide their land.

Let's see what you do next.

Grain exemption is indeed difficult, but after all, Shanxi only has 200 million shi a year, which is only equivalent to one-fifteenth of Ming Dynasty's annual income. If Yang Feng can pass economic reforms to make Shanxi's industrial and commercial tax revenue exceed this figure, it is acceptable .

Moreover, Shanxi's taxes and food are mainly supplied to the garrison on the Datong line, as long as Yang Feng can guarantee to solve this problem.

Questions for other provinces to follow suit...

Let's take a look at the reforms in Shanxi first!

If Shanxi can develop industry and commerce through Yang Feng's economic reforms...

That can be promoted!

His Majesty the Emperor collects taxes to collect food. Even if industry and commerce develops, he still buys food to pay taxes. Food security will not be affected, but it will force merchants to open up wasteland.After all, if it is true that buying grain and paying taxes will inevitably lead to an increase in grain prices during the tax payment period, then for businessmen, instead of buying grain and paying taxes, it is better to open up wasteland and grow grain and pay taxes.

As for the manpower needed to open up wasteland, that involves another issue.

You can use slaves!
Yang Feng had already done this in Huining.

Of course, it was not Yang Feng who did it. In fact, the development of Huining was managed by the green slaves. She had already introduced this advanced model. The reclamation team, but currently it is dominated by women.

Those land reclamation team members were originally surrounded by women who were either Japanese women or North Koreans, and there was no problem of adaptation.

These women are capable.

In fact, this plan is Yang Feng and the emperor's grandson trying to set up an economic experiment zone in Shanxi. Yang Feng did not do it himself. Zhu Yunxi has always wanted to experiment with the New Economic Policy, but his grandfather strictly forbids him to do it in Jiangnan.Zhu Yuanzhang is very strict about the agricultural areas in the south of the Yangtze River, and even regards them as the bottom line. No matter what he does, he cannot move the grain production areas. Zhili, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, including Huguang, this area cannot be moved by him. This is the foundation of Ming Dynasty's food security.

So we can only develop in Shanxi.

After all, doing this requires the locality to be self-sufficient in food.

Food self-sufficiency is the prerequisite for industrial and commercial development.

If there is not enough food to eat, what a waste of development!
The second is to have industrial and commercial traditions.

Shanxi is the most suitable.

From the beginning to the end, Yang Feng was not messing around, he notified Zhu Yunxi of every step he took.

Of course, it may not have time to wait for his consent and the way of action is completely autonomous, but this is an exchange. After all, Zhu Yunxi wants him to solve the Zhou and Jin vassals, and he can solve these two dangerous uncles for the emperor, but what will he do? , That doesn't need the emperor's grandson to care about it.

Beijing.

Yang Feng stood at Longjiang Pass, looking at the new warships on the river for sea trials...

Of course he doesn't have to be in Kaifeng all the time.

At that time, the altar was still being built there, including changing the Zhou Palace into a Song Temple, and Zhu Yuanzhang added a Song Xianzong to Han Lin'er...

Of course, don't over-associate.

Xian belongs to a very good posthumous title. It is only after the Cao family made a start that people think of it, but this posthumous title itself is excellent. So far, the Dragon and Phoenix regime has been clearly recognized. It is the continuation of the Song Dynasty. It can be called the Later Song Dynasty in history. , the Northern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Later Song Dynasty came down in one continuous line, similar to the Later Han Dynasty.Similarly, the ministers of the Dragon and Phoenix regime were also recognized, including Zhu Yuanzhang's own Song Yitong Sansi, Jiangnan Daoxingtai Zuo Prime Minister, Wu Guogong, and even the later Wu Wang.Liu Futong, Mao Gui, Mr. Guan and others, as well as Zhu Yuanzhang's father-in-law Guo Zixing, all served as Song officials. Although his father-in-law had already been made King Chuyang of the Ming Dynasty, at least he was still the Marshal of the Song Dynasty when he died.

In short, these people were put together in this Song Temple to worship.

Including other emperors of the Song Dynasty.

Anyway, King Zhou's mansion is very big, the main hall is for the emperor and the side hall is for the officials.

If you can find the bones, build another tomb. If you can’t find it, you can count it as a tomb. For Mr. Guan, if you can’t even find the clothes, you can erect a monument, and set up a guard for the Song Temple in Kaifeng, and also guard the Song Mausoleum in Gongyi.

Give enough face.

So now it's time to tell God.

As for the river god, of course he returned to his Yellow River, but before he left, he also made a suggestion to the Ming Emperor, which is to rebuild the old road of the Yellow River North and divert the water of the Yellow River back to the north. Population, let the Yellow River flow north to prosper Hebei.At the same time, it will reduce the maintenance pressure of the Yellow River, and also prevent the Nanliu from continuing to block the Huai River estuary, resulting in the flooding of the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River, and even Hongze Lake will continue to rise. Even the river god warned that in a few years, the Hongze Lake Levee may have to be repaired To prevent the lake from submerging Huaiyang.And even if it is repaired, it is useless. In the future, as the Yellow River silt continues to accumulate at the Qingkou, the embankment will have to be raised or even rebuilt every few decades.

Of course, he was just making suggestions.

Whether to adopt it is a matter for the Ming emperor, after all, this project is too big.

However, some people did try to do this in the Ming Dynasty. During the Chenghua period, a minister proposed diverting the Yellow River into the Wei for water transportation, but it was rejected. At that time, the capital was in Beiping, and Hebei had long been densely populated. Once the breach occurs, it will be the capital of Daming that will be flooded.

But these problems do not exist at this time.

The entire Hebei Jiapingjin currently only has a population of 200 million.

It is easy to give way to a river.

The only problem is that the embankment needs to be repaired, so this is a big project, but if it starts now, it can still be completed in more than ten years.

"Ambassador, this old man has lived for so long, this is the first time I hear that you can be an ally with the people."

Liu Sanwu stood beside Yang Feng and said.

"Then you should be glad that you have lived so long to see such a grand event."

Yang Feng said.

"So, where does the way of monarch and minister exist?"

Old man Liu said very calmly.

"The people are more important than the emperor. This is what your Confucians say. Since the people are the most important, is there any problem with respecting public opinion? As for the way of the monarch and his ministers, I remember that if the ruler is not upright, the ministers will vote for other countries. If the country is not upright, the people will attack it." Is that what your Confucians say?
Then what is the way of your monarchs and ministers? "

Yang Feng said.

Old man Liu smiled without saying a word.

In fact, this situation is beneficial to them, which is why these civil servants do not make trouble.

The previous elections in the various capitals of Shanxi were nothing more than brain twitches of the elders and sages, mainly because they were afraid of taking responsibility afterwards. In fact, under normal circumstances, as long as the results of such elections are either them or the people they support, it is impossible for them to appear before That's the case for pushing some thorns out.

That is to say, in the future, if such a major matter is really selected by the local government to discuss it, it must be the elders and sages who control the situation.

That is, gentlemen.

This is a good thing.

It's just that Yang Feng caught him off guard this time, but it won't be like this in the future.

In fact, gentrification has already begun in the capital elections in Zezhou and other places.

And what they were striving for before was nothing more than fighting for power from the imperial power. Now that Yang Feng has come up with this set, they can just use public opinion to fight for power, and of course they cannot object.Even if Yang Feng created it, so he couldn't openly support or even criticize it, but he wanted to sit aside and reap the benefits.

"Liu Gong, I heard that you are the chief examiner of this subject?"

Yang Feng said with a sudden smile.

The new imperial examination has to be completed after the new year, but the main exam has already been set.

"Exactly."

Old man Liu nodded.

"Then I wish you can choose some more talents for His Majesty."

Yang Feng said.

So it's time to start the North and South list.

Although the situation has changed now, it should be very possible for the old man to come up with the Nanbang again.

Teach the northern civil servants a lesson!

This time, when I come to Gong, it will be revealed what role these northern civil servants played. Old man Liu and the others are very clear. These northern civil servants have obviously pledged their allegiance to the emperor grandson. In this way, the northern and southern civil servants are actually at odds. If there is this opportunity, don’t teach them a lesson. Strange!What's more, as long as there is a break in one subject of the civil servants in the north, the civil servants in the south will have hundreds of more official positions, which will form a huge advantage. Anyway, old man Liu is already over [-] this year, so he doesn't care about accidents.

He was above all laws except treason, treason, and murder.

And this is no longer a question of the crown prince.

It's a battle between the North and the South.

The factional disputes within Confucianism are even more serious than the disputes between the crown princes. After all, the disputes between the crown princes can change the family. At worst, they will no longer support Zhu Yunqi and instead support the emperor's grandson.

But the North-South dispute will not work.

You can't move to the north, can you?
The contempt of the southern civil servants towards the northern civil servants is deeply rooted. One is that they were the first to follow Zhu Yuanzhang. In their view, the northern civil servants are considered conquered in a sense. Second, the northern civil servants are indeed inferior in Confucianism. It's been a long time, and it's good to be able to understand Chinese and Chinese. We can't expect them to have much knowledge.

three...

Of course it is orthodox.

After all, after the Jingkang change in the Great Song Dynasty, I traveled south in all my clothes, and those who stayed in the north were all scumbags.

This question of orthodoxy is one of principle.

So it's not surprising that they came up with a Nanbang.

Liu Sanwu didn't care. They continued to look at the new warship in front of them. This was the first new warship built under the supervision of King Yan, and it was an ocean-going ship prepared to go to America.According to the standards of the Ming Dynasty, it is a three-thousand-material sea-going ship. The ship type is of course a British-style Galen ship. The keel is made of iron wood, and most of the other parts are made of lychee wood and camphor wood. The rudder is made of black wood.

It can be said that all of them are the top shipbuilding wood.

Fortunately, it was the early Ming Dynasty, and there was still no shortage of these timbers.

Especially if Annan is defeated in the future, there will be no shortage of iron wood and the like.

In fact, Yang Feng wanted Zhu Di to use golden nanmu to build a boat. After all, at this time, golden nanmu had not been repaired by him in the palace, and there were still a lot of them in Sichuan. This thing should be used to build ships, and Tang Dynasty used it. Pass.Such a golden nanmu battleship, as the ship of King Yan of the Ming Dynasty, has an absolute high-end atmosphere. Although Zhu Di did not go to America in person, the effect of riding such a battleship as his envoy is the same.

And in the future, it can be specially used to inspect those overseas dependent countries, so that they can feel the power of God.

"My lord, there are still some problems with these people operating the boat."

Yang Feng looked at Zhu Di who was walking over and said.

The new warships are soft sails, which require long-term training.

"Ambassador, don't worry about the boat for now, the emperor's grandson hastened to five hundred miles, and I want you to return to Kaifeng as soon as possible."

Ma He said with a smile.

"Uh, what happened again, I haven't been back for three days!"

Yang Feng said.

"I heard that someone from Zezhou got into a fight because of the election, and even used firearms, killing more than a dozen people. The emperor said that since you are the middleman, you have to deal with it at this time. .”

Ma He said.

"Ambassador, it seems that these troublemakers are still stubborn!"

Liu Sanwu said.

"It's also called Wude is abundant!"

Yang Feng said.

This kind of thing is not uncommon, and it is even planned by him. After all, his purpose of doing these things is not to let those elders and sages control the people. He has already spread the importance of electing the capital.The emergence of armed fighting is a good thing, which means that the common people have really taken it seriously and have begun to learn to use force to protect their own interests.

(End of this chapter)