Chapter 90 Jin Yiwei (1)

To understand why the poor economic situation in Yazhou was seriously affected by local land annexation, we must first understand what kind of social phenomenon land annexation in the late Ming Dynasty was.

The impact of land annexation in the late Ming Dynasty on the social situation at that time was also an important topic studied by many scholars in later generations. The general view is that serious land annexation caused a large number of farmers to lose their land, which gradually made the social class contradictions at that time gradually

The situation intensified. Since farmers were the main bearers of national taxes and corvees at that time, after losing land, the property on which survival was based, the government's fiscal revenue was also significantly reduced. In addition, the landlord class, which held large amounts of land resources, became increasingly powerful.

It also posed a certain threat to feudal centralization and affected social stability. Among the large number of farmers who lost their land, in addition to some tenant farmers who became landlords, many others became refugees who fled everywhere to beg for food. And these people have been

When encountering social unrest, they often act as a tinderbox that explodes at the slightest sign - there is really only a one-word difference between refugees and bandits.

In this process, in addition to the landlords and gentry, there were also a large number of privileged classes such as princes and relatives who were frantically annexing land. With a piece of imperial order, they could openly transfer the land of countless people to their own names. During the Wanli period,

Zhu Yijun, Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty, once granted two million acres of land to King Fu of Henan, a feudal vassal, so that he could almost cover all the cultivated land in Henan. Later, when the land in Henan was not enough, some land was allocated from Shandong and Huguang to King Fu. During the Tianqi period, Ming Xi Zong

Zhu Youxiao ordered the land allocated to King Gui, King Hui, King Rui and the two princesses of Suiping and Ning, ranging from hundreds of thousands of acres to three million acres. At that time, the cultivation of cultivated land was very limited, so naturally there would be some

When prefectures and counties were in the dilemma of having no land to allocate, they actually ordered the local people to share the empty land rent, which was called "landless rent" at the time. This can be regarded as a pattern and a level.

There was another victim of land annexation at that time, which was the garrison army system. As the garrison army existed in the form of a construction corps, in the late Ming Dynasty, it had gradually transformed from an army into a professional peasant and amateur soldier, and a large amount of land in military villages was also used by local governments.

The military chiefs and princes and relatives embezzled the land, and the military households who were stationed in the fields gradually became serfs of these people. The situation was even more miserable than that of the tenant farmers who rented the land from the landlords. Therefore, there were a large number of deserters in the guard army in the late Ming Dynasty.

, resulting in a serious shortage of vacancies in the army, and the combat effectiveness has also dropped to an appalling level. The Executive Committee has long positioned the strength of the Weisuo Army as fighting against the fifth scum, and this is not unreasonable.

It is recorded in "Records of Ming Shenzong" that among the cultivated land in the country at that time, only the land that was not paid for grain by the royal family and officials and gentry accounted for more than half of the total cultivated land area. The empire lost a large amount of tax revenue, causing the entire

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the national finances were always in a very bleak situation. After Chongzhen came to power, the annual revenue of the national treasury was even lower than that of Yangzhou's salt merchants. The officials were rich but the people were poor, and the gentry was rich but the country was poor. Such a country was facing internal worries.

It goes without saying how much resistance one can have in times of external invasion, natural disasters and man-made disasters.

The fundamental reason for this situation lies in the private ownership of land in the feudal system. The natural economic form of feudal society is essentially the agricultural economy. Any feudal dynasty is based on maintaining the agricultural economy, so land naturally becomes

The symbol of personal wealth in feudal society, whether it is bureaucrats, landlords or ordinary people, all regard land as the only investment object. This gives the rich and powerful enough motivation to continue to annex land. This trend is not the result of the imperial court

It can be stopped by issuing a few decrees or amending some tax systems. The only way to change this situation is to fundamentally change the land ownership system.

The attitude of the Office in Yazhou towards the changes in the local situation is very clear. It cannot just watch Yazhou's economic situation decline rapidly due to land annexation. This is not only considering that Yazhou is currently the largest and most important commodity dumping place and source of manpower for Chuanchuan Group.

Maintaining social stability and economic prosperity here is of great significance to the Chuanchuan Group, and the Cliff Office is also worried that once the security situation here deteriorates, it will attract external attention and even military intervention. For the Executive Committee, laying the foundation at this time

It was obviously not a good thing for the Ming court to pay too much attention to Yazhou.

But now everyone knows that the root cause of Yazhou's current situation is the land ownership system, and it is very difficult to change this. The reason why the Executive Committee can implement public land ownership on a large scale near the Victory Port base camp is because of that

The local mountains are high and the emperor is far away, no one will or can control it, and the executive committee has sufficient authority to control the local area. But the Yazhou Office wants to imitate the executive committee and implement this method in Yazhou.

It is not feasible. The problem is not how much money it will cost to get the name of the Land Revenue Executive Committee near Yazhou, but the very existence of public land ownership is an enemy of all the officials and gentry.

People obviously don't have the strength to make enemies on such a large scale.

A relatively simple and feasible way in the short term is to introduce the unemployed and propertyless homeless people of Yazhou into the areas under the jurisdiction of the Executive Committee on a large scale, so that these people can have a stable livelihood. This way of evacuating potentially dangerous people can indeed effectively reduce the number of people who are in danger.

The pressure of public security in Xiaoya Prefecture can also take care of the base camp's demand for manpower. From this perspective, it is undoubtedly a good move for He Xi to let the dental dealer recruit immigrants for a long time.

But the problem now is that no one knows what Yazhou official attitude will be towards the Chuanzhong openly carrying out population migration within their jurisdiction. Perhaps the officials will be very grateful to the Chuanzhong for saving them a lot of trouble, but they also

It's hard to say whether anyone will jump out and question this approach. You must know that the number of current and former officials in this place is astonishing, and its density is even close to that of Beijing and Nanjing. The proportion of smart people among them is definitely not low.

Maybe someone will see through the "evil intentions" of Chuan Chuan.

Everyone discussed for a long time, but still couldn't come up with a final decision. In the end, Maliko came up with a compromise idea. In the future, people from the Cliff Office will not be involved in immigration matters, but they will be contacted by "Anfuxing" or "Furuifeng".

"Go and do it, and try to reduce the influence of the cliff-based office as much as possible.

Although the idea was finalized, the next day in Wei City, the Residential Office still came out in full force, intending to see with their own eyes the situation of the servant market, to confirm the possible scale of immigration in the future, and at the same time to understand some of the problems that would arise during the immigration.

Prepare for the problem in advance to avoid being in a hurry. Once the recruitment of workers in the servant market has formed a standardized routine, it can be handed over to local commercial banks and dental shops.

The Wei market outside the southern gate of Yazhou is held twice a month. People nearby will take advantage of the Wei market to buy some daily necessities, and the unemployed who are looking for a livelihood will also gather at the Wei market on this day.

After the working group arrived at Wei City, Zhang Guang went to find the tooth dealer who came out yesterday and directly threw two coins to him. As expected, it is easier to do things if you have money. The tooth dealer immediately followed Zhang Guang's instructions.

He requested that several little girls in the servant market who were preparing to sell themselves as maids be gathered together and let them make a selection.

The place for this maid was originally reserved for Zhao Xiaoruo. Naturally, the several grown men walked aside as if nothing had happened to show their integrity, leaving Zhao Xiaoruo to choose slowly by himself. There were not many options, and Zhao Xiaoruo would not be able to pick one.

It was difficult, so I chose a girl that I liked, and after asking about my family situation, I was ready to make a decision.

Unexpectedly, another group of people suddenly came at this time. They were all dressed in soap-colored straight clothes, wearing black gauze hats, and carrying a two-foot-long single sword on their waists. The leader pointed at these little girls and said: "These few girls."

Leave them all behind!”

As soon as the man shouted, several people in the working group all turned their heads. Zhang Guang walked over without saying a word and blocked Zhao Xiaoruo behind him. The tooth merchant walked over cautiously, bowed and said: "

Master Gong, do you have any instructions?"

Mu Xiabai and Feng Anan, who originally wanted to come forward to argue, immediately froze. They were not afraid of these officers equipped with cold weapons. These seemingly arrogant guys were just living targets in front of MK23, but before they understood the situation, they

Before the situation, it is better not to cause trouble rashly.

The official who was called Mr. Gong glanced at the tooth merchant and said in a voice that sounded like it was coming from his nose: "The hundreds of households in Qiongzhou Prefecture are moving to their new homes and want to choose some girls who can serve others. Quickly send these people

Once the deed has been completed, send the person back to the Yamen."

After the man finished speaking, his eyes turned like knives around the faces of the working group. It seemed that he didn't see any heresy, and then he led the team away.

The tooth dealer said apologetically with a sad face: "Masters, you have also seen it. I am sorry, I will return your money to you."

Qiu Yuanqi said: "These people are official servants of the state government? They act so overbearingly..."

"I'm afraid it's not official officials." He Xi sighed and said: "Official officials are not going to go across industries to flatter a hundred households in Qiongzhou Prefecture. If I guessed correctly, this group of people is probably the Jin Yiwei stationed in Yazhou.

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The tooth dealer nodded and said: "This master is right, that person just now was Mr. Gong Qi of the Imperial Guard."

Qiu Yuan said in astonishment: "Isn't the symbol of Jinyiwei an embroidered spring knife on the flying fish suit?"

"Feiyu uniforms, bullfighting uniforms, and unicorn uniforms can only be worn by senior officials in Jinyiwei. Soldiers and generals don't get that kind of treatment." He Xi squinted at the Jinyiwei who was walking away and said, "The leader of Qiongzhou Prefecture is just a hundred people.

Hu? It seems that the imperial court is really relieved about Hainan."
Chapter completed!