A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 868 Mobilization
The land to be conquered in the future will be at least tens of millions of square kilometers and will require a large population. In fact, even if domestic demand is to be developed, a large population will be required.

Some examples show that population is the foundation of a country's industry, and if the population is less than 100 million, there is no possibility of an industrial revolution.With a population of less than 1000 million, there is no possibility of a second industrial revolution.With a population of less than [-] million, there is no possibility of a third industrial revolution.

And for future development, with the finer division of labor, more talents will be needed, and of course more people will be needed.

In the future, human beings will rush out of the solar system. Wang Dou estimates that there will be no population of tens of billions, so don't talk about it.

At this time, the fertility of the Han people was very good. It is normal for a family to have seven or eight children, but the premature death rate is too high. Just like Wang Dou's family, his mother Zhong gave birth to no less than six children, but died so young that only Wang was left. Fight an only son.

There are also various diseases that afflict the people at this time, especially women, so it is necessary to develop female doctors and train gynecologists.

Wang Dou wrote on it: "A female medical department was set up during the scientific examination, and the rank and treatment of female medical officers were equal to that of male medical officers. Every county must set up a female medical center to treat women only. In order to avoid material disputes, men are not allowed."

Wang Dou also wrote: "Infant drowning is strictly prohibited, and those who violate it will be punished as homicide, and the local security chief and township chief will be punished."

He added: "For infant drowning, both parents are guilty, and all children under their knees will be confiscated and brought up by the state."

Looking at the possible future population of the Protectorate Mansions in various places, Wang Dou frowned slightly. Even though he had thought of a lot of measures and measures, it was still too small compared to the population he needed in his heart.

People in the West have a relatively light idea of ​​the difficulty of leaving their homeland, but their colonies are often trapped by the small population of their own countries, so it is difficult to develop.The Central Plains has a large population, but it is limited by the idea that it is difficult to leave the homeland. The golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as their own doghouses.

However, if the population of a place is less than one level, it is often difficult to form a stable social atmosphere, which makes the local people have a sense of rooting and it is difficult to stabilize the place.For example, if a county only has a population of more than [-], the county will often die out slowly.

He set his sights on the vassal king, and wrote: "All vassal states are forbidden to enfeoff land in Shenzhou, and the clans of all vassal kings can go to the country of the capital to protect the mansion. Allow him to recruit his own population and troops to attack it. The fiefdom depends on the size of the county, five thousand Square kilometers only. Those who take the initiative can get a [-]% discount for turning over the central government tax.”

Wang Dou wrote: "Anyone who dares to resist will be exiled to the territory of each capital. In addition, the Ministry of Intelligence can secretly instigate some vassal kings to rebel. For prefectures and counties, half of the population will be exiled to the Duhufu."

Wang Dou wrote calmly, to solve the population problem, he carefully looked at the strategy of attacking and plundering the guard houses of each capital.In the Western Expedition, all the countries along the way, the high-level and middle-level tribes, destroyed all their books, intellectuals, and wiped out all traces of their culture, this is no problem.

But Nan slightly...

He thought for a while, and rewritten: "Tianzhu has a special culture, and the class has not changed for thousands of years. You can come to it with the posture of Bai Brahmin and Bai Kshatrili, and don't move the interests of its high-level people. The vassal kings can also be exiled here."

After he carefully considered the future development of the various capitals, talents will become very important and precious, even old intellectuals will be very sought-after.

He thought for a while and wrote: "You can hoard a large number of criminal officials and old literati, and buy them at auction. The starting price is [-] silver dollars for scholars. [-] silver dollars for juren. Jinshi, price negotiable. Wholesale starts from [-] people Price, [-]% off."

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After confirming all the affairs of the Duhufu, Wang Dou reviewed the internal affairs. As for the salary of the officers and men, he originally planned to share his family with his mother, but after careful consideration, he decided to cancel it all.

Fu, which began with the Shang Yang reform in the Qin Dynasty, is also a term for head tax and labor service. In Ming Dynasty, it was called household registration, salt, banknote and silver, and the labor service attached to Dingkou.Taxes and labor are inevitable for life. Even if the government sometimes exempts taxes in disaster years, it will not exempt taxes.

Even if you have no land and you become a refugee, the government may not levy your taxes, but your taxes still cannot escape.

There are also servants accompanying it.

In the Ming Dynasty, the number of servants was very frequent, the service money was very complicated, and the people suffered unspeakably.

This is also why Li Chuang's slogan of "do not work as a errand, do not pay for food" is so deceptive.

In the Qing Dynasty, it was proposed to share the income per mu, but it was only a share. The poll tax and labor burden were still there, but part of it was borne by the landlords and gentry, and some taxes were combined.

Wang Dou believes that it is better to end this kind of small silver system and labor service system. There have been a large number of hidden lands in all dynasties.However, there are a large number of hermits in each generation, which is the scourge of poll tax and labor.

A large number of hidden households is extremely unfavorable to national planning, because it is difficult to propose development goals without knowing the specific population size, which is extremely unfavorable to economic development.

Exemption of poll tax and labor labor may be detrimental to the government at first glance, because no common people will come out to work for free, and the money and food expenditures for various projects will be greatly increased. However, in the long run, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Moreover, if the system is well designed, the money spent by the government will eventually return to the government.

Because although hired workers spend money, workers need to eat, drink, spend, and entertain, which will drive the development of a large-scale tertiary industry and strengthen domestic demand.

This increase in domestic demand will naturally return part of it to the government in the form of tax revenue, which is just a circle, and it also promotes the economic cycle and enhances economic vitality.

Hiring workers can also lead to large-scale employment. The coup that has been tried and tested by various countries in later generations, if labor is imposed, it will increase the instability on a large scale.

The most famous example is the "Mo Daoshi man with one eye, inciting rebellion in the Yellow River" during the Yuan Zhizheng period. This is forced labor.If all the peasants paid enough wages to make a living, it would be a foreign rule, and those who secretly spread rumors might be picked out by the peasants and torn to pieces because their jobs were ruined.

People in later generations are looking forward to infrastructure construction, hoping to build bridges and repair roads in their hometown. It is best to pass any high-speed high-speed rail, but if this kind of infrastructure construction is used on a large scale to send people to work in Baigan, Yang Guang is the best example.

Wang Dou concentrated for a long time, and finally wrote: "On the land tax, all miscellaneous taxes and fire consumption will be exempted. Taxes and labors will be exempted!"

Wang Dou wrote this sentence, which means that under his rule in the future, the tax and service system that has been implemented for thousands of years since the Qin Dynasty will end in his hands.

Just this short sentence will cause earth-shattering waves in the future.

Just this short sentence, Wang Dou will be famous in history, and the history books will be passed down by thousands of people, but if it is not done well, it is also possible...

If Wang Dou does this, as far as the people are concerned, no matter the gentry or ordinary people, they will naturally support it with both hands and feet, because this is an earth-shattering benevolent government.

Needless to say, ordinary people have been suffering from taxation and labor for a long time. Even some gentry and aristocrats may have a family of hundreds of people. This money is gone.

Therefore, the exemption of tax and labor at the time of introduction must have received rave reviews from the people, while the opposition came from the government.

Because this means that fiscal expenditures will increase on a large scale, and people must be hired for everything. What should some poor local governments do if they have no money?If there is no money and the people cannot be recruited, the necessary projects cannot be started.

In the past dynasties, taxes and duties were at most light and thin, because in an agricultural society, the tax revenue was roughly the same, and even decreased with the longevity of the dynasty. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, the highest tax revenue was still in the period of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

The government has no money and has to do things, so it is impossible to prevent the people from working for nothing.

Wang Dou has his own means of earning money, which is enough to pay for future construction costs, but it cannot be done across the board, and must be done according to the region and step by step.

When Wang Dou wrote this short sentence, his expression was calm and his writing was very flat, but he knew that there would be great disturbances in the future.

In fact, Wang Dou thought of many ways to deal with the problem of hidden households, but he found that none of them worked.

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Next, Wang Dou reviewed and revised a few items, such as technical schools, the training of mathematics talents, the subjects of scientific examinations, the establishment of customs, and so on.

The last one he read was about the Industrial Revolution.

"The premise of the industrial revolution is the agricultural revolution. Only when the people have enough food and clothing and have more surplus materials will there be exchange demand and a huge market. In order to meet the huge market demand, production-oriented businessmen must increase productivity and produce massive Commodities continue to meet the needs of the people. When the demand for commodities cannot meet the needs of the people, production-oriented businessmen must improve equipment and develop higher technologies, and the industrial revolution was born."

"So the premise is the agricultural revolution. If there is not enough food and rice, and the people suffer from hunger and cold, even if the industry is forced to develop and produce goods, if the purchasing power of the people is insufficient, it will only lead to overproduction and an economic crisis. The essence of the economic crisis is that the people have no money and domestic demand is weak..."

Wang Dou’s note wrote: “Businessmen are greedy in nature, and they would rather dump goods into rivers than lower prices when there is excess production. Therefore, the only way to solve the economic crisis is not to rely on the conscience of businessmen, but to boost the Domestic demand will bulge the pockets of the people, and they will have enough money to buy goods.”

Wang Dou wrote: "The only factor that determines the fate of commodities is the market. There are two types of markets: the internal market and the external market. In order to avoid excessive economic fluctuations, we should not rely too much on the external market. The development of domestic demand should be the first priority."

He wrote: "So the first five-year plan should focus on farmland water conservancy and infrastructure construction. After five years, hunger and cold will be basically eradicated. The per capita annual national income will be about [-] to [-] silver dollars, and the gross national product will reach..."

"After the second five-year plan, strong domestic demand, coupled with the vast market for external conquest of land, will make the industrial revolution possible."

Wang Dou leaned back on the chair and thought for a long time. He took a final puff of cigarette, extinguished the butt of the cigarette in the vat, closed the book, and put it in the drawer.

The sound of footsteps was the soft voice of Zhong Tiaoyang, the head of the guard battalion: "General."

Wang Dou said, "Is everyone here?"

Zhong Tiaoyang said: "Regardless of academic or military positions, all of them are waiting in the lobby."

Wang Dou took a breath: "Then let's go."

"It's time to start," he said.

They walked out of the public house, and in the corridor outside were guard battalion soldiers with three steps and one post, and five steps and one sentry. They were all wearing fish-scale iron armor and stood motionless. They only looked at Wang Dou with incomparable reverence when he came over.

They entered the meeting hall, when Wang Dou turned around the screen, he saw the hall was full of figures, civil servants and military generals of the Protectorate's Mansion, gathered together.They spoke softly, their voices were mixed, and it seemed that various emotions were spreading inside.

When Wang Dou's figure appeared, they all looked over, their eyes were full of excitement, excitement, and nervousness, and many of them even blushed.

Wang Dou walked towards them with a smile, and everyone surrounded them, and they said excitedly, "General."

"General."

"General."

They called, and their voices grew louder until they seemed to merge into one humming sound.

Wang Dou looked at them with a smile, and said softly, "Are you all ready?"

Zhang Gui roared: "General, everything is ready."

Wen Fangliang said: "General, everything is ready."

Han Chaodao: "General, preparations have already been made."

Everyone said: "General, everything is ready."

A smile bloomed on his face. At this moment, Wang Dou was in a trance. Finally, it was the day.

He took a deep breath and said, "Then, let's issue a mobilization order, the general mobilization of the whole people!"

(End of this chapter)