Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 364
Leaving home and migrating thousands of miles.

For Emperor Zhu who lives in the picturesque Jiangbei Palace, this is just a matter of lip service.

But for the officials and immigrants below, carelessness can be fatal.

Emperor Zhu didn't care if a few people died on the road.

Anyway, it was not his family members who died, and as for the war after arriving in the place-it doesn't matter, Daming has guns and cannons.

Isn't it just a little native?

Guns kill casually.

But for those who have experienced this population migration first-hand.

Migrating thousands of miles is indeed not a particularly pleasant experience. For most people, it is a painful experience.

Jinshan Governor's Mansion, about 100 miles inland from the mouth of Jinshan River.

It's a wild place here.

The torrential rain slammed down like a knife.

Lightning and thunder rolled among the dark clouds.

Not far away, you can also see the electric light hanging down from the sky.

In such an environment, the immigrants in the brigade are walking forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Li Zhongyi was among the crowd, the muddy road had covered his official boots with yellow mud, and his red robe official uniform was soaked in muddy water.

There is a wooden stick in his hand, a musket on his shoulder, and a bayonet on his waist.

Just in this weather.

This gun is basically useless.

At the same time.

The garrison of a company in the Jinshan Governor's Mansion was responsible for escorting this group of immigrants to their destination.

On both sides of the road, the soldiers of the Ming army held spears and sabers one by one, staring fiercely at the surroundings, as if they were ready to charge at any time.

Here is the edge of Jinshan Estuary.

And this team of immigrants is new, with more than 500 people.

This large group of immigrants will be stationed on a valley plain, a little far from Jinshan City.

The reason for having a kolkhoz there is that iron and coal mines were found there!

The iron ore and coal mines next to the estuary have unproven reserves.

But if Jinshan Governor's Mansion starts a steel industry here.

That is undoubtedly good enough for the Jinshan Governor's Mansion to gain a foothold here.

therefore.

This collective farm is not so much a farm as it is a military household guard.

Now Jinshan Governor's Mansion is ready to invite bids in Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Recruit steel companies to settle in.

And before that.

This area must be firmly controlled.

And Li Zhongyi, who was a garrison officer, ended up with this drudgery and took people there to build a village.

That place is really not peaceful,
Native Americans were fierce.

If you are not careful, you may lose your life there.

But Li Zhongyi couldn't help it either.

He originally thought that he would be able to go back after a visit, but now... he has been seconded to Jinshan Governor's Mansion as an official.

In the future, I don't know how many unlucky people will be like him.

"Hurry up, get out of here before dark!"

Li Zhongyi said loudly.

It's just that under the heavy rain, not many people could hear his voice clearly.

Jinshan Governor's Mansion is pouring rain.

The Jiangbei Palace in Zhongdu was also shrouded in heavy rain.

Today, Emperor Zhu did not go to Qinzheng Palace to deal with government affairs, but enjoyed the autumn rain with several concubines on the pavilion of Sun Moon Lake.

"Zhao and Jin are both big families in North Korea. On the surface, they don't dare to oppose the emperor's will to grade the land, but they are definitely not happy in their hearts. They must have two hearts. If they find an opportunity, I'm afraid."

Empress Luo Fangmei said with a frown, her tone a little dignified.

Compared with Emperor Zhu.

Empress Luo is really a queen with the demeanor of a "traditional queen".

Keep the harem in order, and at the same time fulfill the responsibility to the princes and princesses.

Now she is concerned about North Korea's affairs because the fourteenth prince will be the king of Joseon in the future, so as the nominal mother of the fourteenth prince, she should care about it.

Zhu Daohua is not worried about this.

He said with a smile: "After my reforms, the wealthy households of the two classes in North Korea will decline. If you are an honest courtier, you can still preserve your wealth. If you have any other intentions, then you are looking for death!"

Of course Zhu Daohua was also concerned about his son's future.

The land reform in North Korea was to take back the power from the North Korean Yangban.

The feudal forces in Ming Dynasty must be cleaned up, and of course the outdated feudal forces in North Korea must also be cleaned up.

Unlike China, the essence of North Korea's feudal system is gentry dictatorship.

The so-called imperial examinations are just a fig leaf used to cover up the rule of the gentry.

The imperial examinations in North Korea are divided into three categories: civil examinations, military examinations, and miscellaneous subjects.

Among them, only two classes of households can participate in the civil and military imperial examinations, and ordinary people can only participate in miscellaneous subjects. Even if they pass the examination, they have no future.

The civil and military imperial examinations are also respected by the civil and military imperial examinations, and the titles are also copied from China, such as students, candidates, and Jinshi.

And it is easier to take the imperial examination than in China, because North Korea has far more Jinshi admissions than China.

However, winning a Jinshi does not mean that there is a good future. The key is to rely on reincarnation. If you vote in a wealthy family like the Andong Kim family and the Fengyang Zhao family, you will basically win the exam three times. After the exam, you will be guaranteed to be a high official. .

The trickiness in it is naturally self-evident...

Therefore, the "bourgeois revolution" line designed by Emperor Zhu for North Korea was to completely wipe out the forces of the two wealthy families.

Take away their privileges!
Divide their land!
Deprive them of power where they rule the people!

However, while suppressing North Korea's two giants, North Korea's imperial examination system must still be retained.

Moreover, it is necessary to refer to the current Ming Dynasty imperial examination rules for reform.

The three-subject system will no longer be implemented, and students will be officials—the future Korean Kingdom will also need a large number of local grassroots officials to directly manage the people, rather than the disguised lordship system that entrusts the people and land to the gentry for management.

"In addition, select a few officials from the two classes who have defected to the Ui government of North Korea, and let Jian'er accept their daughter as a concubine. In the future, let them be Jian'er's right-hand man in North Korea."

Politics of this age.

Marriage is of course a big part of it.

Most of the literati in North Korea came from Yangban, but not all Yangban were wealthy families.

There are also a lot of Mo settled down.

So these people are relatively easy to control.

"My lord, Li Shangdian, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

on the second day.

Zhu Daohua met with a North Korean official.

His name is Li Shangdian, and he is said to be a talented Korean poet.

Now he is speaking very fluent Nanjing Mandarin, advising the emperor.

Li Shangdian is also from the second class of Joseon. He is from the Li family of Lixing. His ancestors were envoys sent to Korea by the Song Dynasty and settled in North Korea more than 400 years ago.

In fact, many high-ranking families in North Korea have a relatively close relationship with China.

Even if the relationship is not close, they will find a way to get a little relationship with Handi.

In addition, in North Korea, Chinese characters are used for both official document delivery and imperial examinations.

Therefore, the civil servants in North Korea actually have a very high level of Chinese and Chinese.

Li Shangdian was the music foreman who was paid tribute to Zhu Daohua by King Li Zong of Joseon.

In fact, in today's terms, he is a director in charge of directing song and dance programs.

In fact, Emperor Zhu was not very interested in Korean singing and dancing.

But occasionally, I will accompany the concubines to watch the dances choreographed by the Korean people who are good at singing and dancing.

Li Shangdian didn't even know how lucky he was to be able to meet with Emperor Zhu alone.

"Is that your daughter?"

Emperor Zhu pointed to the little girl in Concubine Li's arms.

"what is her name?"

"Back to the emperor, the daughter's name is Li Yuzhen"

Emperor Zhu nodded, and then looked at Empress Luo who was sitting on the other side.

After all, it was for the prince to marry, so of course the queen had to come and have a look.

Queen Luo was not too satisfied.

She looked at Li Yuzhen for a while, this small appearance was not only 01:30 worse than the daughters of Emperor Zhu.

But that's not surprising.

This Li Shangdian is also plain-looking, and he is not from a wealthy family, so he probably won't be able to marry any good-looking wife.

If this can give birth to a beauty, it might not be a genetic mutation.

"Be a side concubine for Jian'er." Empress Luo seemed to be reluctant to let an unattractive woman be the concubine of the Fourteenth Prince of Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Zhu nodded, looked at Li Shangdian who had come to understand, and said: "The Joseon King Li Yi has no heirs, and the rest of the Joseon royal family has no virtue. The king of North Korea also wants your daughter to be the concubine of the fourteenth prince, you are willing."

"Yes, I can't ask for it."

Li Shangdian showed joy and hurriedly kowtowed.

He also knew that the fourteenth prince was going to be the king of Joseon.

His own daughter became the side concubine of the King of Joseon, so the Li family is a relative.

"Then let her be educated in the palace, Li Shangdian, you are now my in-laws, what do you think about the Korean affairs?"

Li Shangdian probably didn't expect that Emperor Zhu would ask himself these things, so he had to think for a long time before he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I think that if the fourteenth prince is the king of Joseon, the Donghak Party may support him. The branch of the Li dynasty is king."

"Really? Li Chao ruled Korea for more than [-] years, but still has the appeal?"

"It doesn't have much appeal, after all, it's not a lineage of ten thousand generations." Li Shangdian said, "And North Korea has always been a minister of China, and His Majesty is the king of China. He has a righteous name for being the king of North Korea."

Zhu Daohua nodded.

This statement is of course reasonable.

At least.

Starting from the Confucian concept of righteousness and fame.

Their king of the Li Dynasty was originally canonized by Zhu Yuanzhang. He was a courtier and vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, not the king of an independent country.Emperor Zhu's abolition of the king of the Li Dynasty was equivalent to cutting the vassal, and he did not abolish the King of Korea, but only replaced the Li Dynasty with the Zhu Dynasty.Of course, the emperor's replacement of the king of the vassal state is in line with his status, and the scholars and bureaucrats in North Korea have nothing to say.

"As far as I know, the goal of the Donghak Party is to abolish the privileges of the two classes of wealthy families, punish corrupt officials, and divide North Korea equally..."

"So their target is the two classes of wealthy households?"

Li Shangdian said with a wry smile that he himself was also a member of the second class, although he was an unregistered one—of course, this was before Emperor Zhu announced that his daughter would be the side concubine of North Korea.

"North Korea has a very large number of yangban households, accounting for more than [-]% of the total population of North Korea. Most of them are frustrated yangban households without power and power, and they don't have much land property."

"In this way, the reforms I promulgated are missed, and I will also get the support of the frustrated two classes?"

"Exactly!"

Li Shangdian said.

"If the emperor announces the equal distribution of land in all parts of North Korea, cancels the privileges of the two classes, and then sets the time for the imperial examination, most of the Donghak party will disperse on their own, and the remaining bandits will be wiped out in one fell swoop."

"It doesn't matter if they disperse or not. It's easy for me to take them down." Emperor Zhu said with a wave of his hand.

"Speaking of which, the idea of ​​dividing the land equally is quite popular in North Korea. The Donghak Party can gather millions of people with this slogan."

Hearing this question, Li Shangdian's face became tangled.

"Your Majesty, North Korea is a small country and its people are weak. It seems that they all regard China as their father and imitate the Celestial Dynasty in everything, but this is to divide the land equally."

"The Celestial Dynasty has its own national conditions, and the policy of dividing North Korea's land equally does not apply to the Celestial Dynasty."

Li Shangdian said in his heart: What is applicable and not applicable? You are not distressed when you separate people's land, but you can divide your own.
Seeing Li Shangdian was silent.

Emperor Zhu smiled and said: "The population distribution of the Celestial Dynasty is uneven, and most of them are concentrated in the Han area. The rest of the Northeast, Mongolia, Western Regions, East Siberia, and Nanyang Islands are all sparsely populated. There is still a lot of land in Han, so the Celestial Dynasty has land to distribute to the poor, and the per capita arable land in Han is about three acres. If the land is equalized and the farmers who get the land, who is willing to go outside the Guan, and go to Nanyang?"

There are also many lands in the Ming Dynasty.

According to estimates from the Ministry of Agriculture.

South of the Outer Xing'an Mountains.

Including the vast plains of the Heilongjiang River Basin and the Songhua River Basin, about 6.5 million mu of land can be reclaimed. There is also a plain with large rivers flowing outside the Outer Xing'an Mountains.

Although the climate is colder.

But it's only cold in winter, and summer and autumn are similar to those in Heilongjiang. It's also a rare black land, and you can grow a bunch of wheat.

Also in Nanyang.

Later generations of Java Island can feed hundreds of millions of people!
There is plenty of rain and a lot of fertile volcanic mud.

The rice yield is astonishingly high, and at least three rice crops can be grown a year.

Nearly [-] million mu of fertile land can be reclaimed in the Western Regions and Monan Mobei Mongolia!
Not the New World.

The Ming Dynasty expanded the fields around it.

If it is reclaimed, it will be more than the entire Han land combined!
And that's not even counting Australia and the New World.

Large-scale emigration has greatly eased the pressure of domestic population growth and at the same time reduced the requirement for food.

Thus.

A problem arose that the original Chinese could not imagine—there is too much food, what should I do?
There is really a lot of food.

The output of 24 billion mu of arable land must be greater than 12 billion mu, and in addition to the 24 billion mu of arable land, there are no less than this number of pastures producing beef and mutton, so the food supply is likely to turn from shortage to severe surplus.

So now in Han, unless like Li Zhongren, engage in intensive farms.

Like the previous farming model of small households, there is not much room for survival.

The price of food is too low, and it will lose money if it is grown!

The expansion of the Ming Empire brought a large number of collectively operated capitalist farms. The grain produced by these farms severely impacted the Han market, causing a large number of small farmers to go bankrupt and enter the city, or go to new lands far away.

This also led to the agricultural production in the Han area to embark on a land-intensive capitalist production model.

Therefore, it is impossible for the Ming Empire to divide the land equally, nor is it possible to suppress land mergers.

Emperor Zhu even encouraged and promoted this process.

Liberate a large number of people from refined agricultural production and let them become workers and colonists.

But North Korea attached to Ming Dynasty.

Of course, it can be developed slowly by dividing the land equally.

It doesn't matter if we embark on the road of industrialization later, anyway, no imperialists dare to attack North Korea.

And after the industrialization process of Ming Dynasty is basically over, capital will inevitably flow into North Korea.

In the future, North Korea will also become a region under the Ming Empire system to undertake industrial division of labor, thereby completing industrial transformation.

However, North Korea's path is bound to be different from that of Daming.

(End of this chapter)