"Those who cannot teach have inconsistent ambitions, make many choices and changes, and have no perseverance." [Lu Shi Chun Qiu·False Disciple]
"Recently, the news in Guandong is generally fine. Since Huang Wan was deposed, the imperial court has increasingly intensified its efforts in checking household registration. Many households have been re-checked and registered. According to the will of the country, they moved from other places to other places and rested there.
All the refugees who are living and living will be reorganized into local household registrations, and they no longer need to be forcibly moved back to their place of origin as in the past. This saves a lot of unnecessary expenses." General Shi Weijian of the Hussars held the case file and reported in detail.
The status of policy implementation: "The most important thing now is the spring plowing season. According to my subordinates' opinion, if we want to measure the world's fields, we might as well wait until after spring plowing."
"Hmm." Dong Cheng responded casually. He sat upright with authority, flipping through the letters on the desk, and suddenly asked with interest: "Where do those Li Shu people who live in other places prefer to live?"
Wei Jian thought for a while and then replied softly: "In recent years, the Central Plains, Hebei and other places have been troubled, while Jiangdong, Jingzhou and Chu are stable. Therefore, people in the north often flee to the south, even to Jiaozhou and other places, especially Jiangdong, Jingzhou and other places."
For the most part." He paused and then said: "This time, because the country issued an edict not to allow relocation and to establish households on the spot, compared with the northern states, the number of households in Jing, Yang and other states is smaller than in the past.
Instead of decreasing, the number has increased, to no less than a hundred thousand households."
"In the past, the Li people were living in various places. Why did the imperial court repeatedly issue edicts to supervise the local people to obey the orders and force the people to return to their hometowns?" Dong Cheng asked doubtfully. He remembered that when the emperor wrote this edict, there was no one in the court.
Few people objected, but since the only three remaining people in Chengming Palace did not express any objection, the matter did not encounter any obstacles: "For example, if some people came to Jiangdong from Qingzhou to escape famine and bandits, and the imperial court ordered them to return to their hometowns, it would be in vain.
The extravagant expenditures in the process have stirred up the people's minds, which have finally settled down. I don't see any benefit from this, and it is enough to make it a long-term strategy."
"Dong Gong Ruijian." Wei Ji put down the case file in his hand and asked without answering: "I dare to ask Dong Gong, why didn't Sikong Zhaogong object when the country was about to issue this decree?"
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"He has always been loyal to me, so why should I care about his decisions?" Dong Cheng waved his sleeves and said arrogantly.
Wei Jian smiled, without comment, and then continued the topic: "The Northland has been hit by great chaos many times, the people have been displaced, and the fields are barren. Even if a powerful family has a manor with countless acres, if they can't recruit anyone to cultivate it, what will happen?"
What's the use of fields? What's more, there are many fields but few people. For example, goods in the east and west markets are expensive when goods are scarce, and cheap when there are many. In the past, the rents of grains from the powerful and tenants were only five-tenths, but now in Hebei,
Who hasn’t repeatedly reduced rents to recruit people to cultivate crops?”
"You mean, because Hebei and the Central Plains have less tenants to farm, and it's difficult to run the business, you want the court-ordered Li Shu to return to their hometowns?" Dong Cheng finally solved the doubts that had lingered in his mind for a long time,
He had seen many displaced people being forced to return home by the local government because the famine in their hometown had passed. It turned out that the reason was: "The common people are poor and have no land or house after being forced back to their place of origin.
Become a tenant..."
Wei Jian did not answer this question clearly, but asked again: "So, Mr. Dong must know the reason why Mr. Zhao has a powerful family but does not object to this matter, right?"
"He is from Yizhou, so he is taking advantage, and he can accede to his superiors' wishes. How can he initiate opposition and drive back the refugees who have settled in his hometown?" Dong Chengju inferred everything and clearly understood the reason behind it.
Driven by interests, most of the people who opposed this matter in the court were scholars from Hebei, Central Plains and other places, but scholars from Yizhou, Yangzhou and other places firmly expressed their support, and at an extremely fast speed they moved the people who had settled there
The refugees in the north were included in the household registration and changed from outsiders to locals.
The large-scale migration of northern refugees has brought sufficient labor and advanced production technology to the south, promoting the development of the southern economy. From the perspective of the emperor's descendants, the refugees who have now migrated to the south must quickly settle there.
, quickly integrate into the local living environment. Not only that, in the future, various measures will be taken to move the landless or landless people in the north to the south. On the one hand, it will alleviate the pressure on man and land in the north, and on the other hand, it will improve the north
Land prices, food prices and the living environment of the people can also speed up the development of the south.
There are also two opposing forces, one in the south and one in the north. This momentum is still in its infancy at the moment, and even Wei Jian, who is around Dong Cheng, has not noticed it.
Dong Cheng was undoubtedly very satisfied with Wei Ji's performance. He was from a high-ranking family in Hedong, but he had already fallen into decline and even had a disgraceful past. In addition to being smart, he also had a correct stance and often explained things to Dong Cheng in simple and in-depth terms.
The secret among the big families, one time Dong Cheng specifically brought up the salt policy in Hedong to test, but the other party actually supported the salt policy in every possible way, and even put forward many suggestions for improvement. These suggestions were reported to the emperor in the name of Dong Cheng.
Received an unexpected award.
After Dong Feng, Hu Miao and others took up their respective posts, Dong Cheng gradually began to rely on Wei Zhi. Even Du Zhi, who was recommended by Dong Feng and was of the same clan as Du Ji, the governor of Hedong, was far inferior to him.
"When the people from the north settle in the south and never return, then we can measure the newly cultivated fields in the south, which is what the title is supposed to mean. Also, it will be convenient to measure the old fields..." Wei Julue
Said with ease.
Dong Cheng didn't know what kind of "convenience" the other party was talking about. In his opinion, this matter still faced a lot of resistance. It was definitely not something that could be done easily. How could it be called "convenience"?
"I just heard that those who moved to other places, apart from the common people, were also powerful gentry in the countryside." Wei Jian changed the topic and said casually: "Some of them changed their names, and some of them had family members who knew each other.
The Caihe clan is very pitiful."
Dong Cheng glanced at the other party and said involuntarily: "If peace is orderly, fortunes are unpredictable. Who wouldn't be pitiful in troubled times?"
"Wei Wei." Wei Jian promised, and then continued: "Those scholar-bureaucrats' families are weak and they are far away from home. Now if the imperial court allows them to settle in the country and not return to their hometown, then they will not be allowed to live in that county.
It will be difficult to become an official in the county election. After two generations, how will it be different from the common people?" As he spoke, he glanced at Dong Cheng secretly and said half-admonishingly: "If anyone can help him, protect him in Weiwei.
Among those wandering scholars, who would not be grateful for their service?"
Ordinary people who were displaced by the great turmoil lost their property, while the powerful landlords lost more of their social status and family power. The down-and-out scholar-bureaucrats who were living in foreign lands lost their family rights and family status, even if
Due to the policy, they lost their local citizenship, but it was not easy to get the chance to be elected in the rural elections from local powerful people. Therefore, after the Taiping, they urgently needed to return to their hometown. Only by returning to their hometown can they get back their own fields and houses.
, reputation, and various resources. This is also the reason, but Wei Qiang is biased and reserved and did not point it out clearly.
"Since you are already homeless, what's the use of helping?" Dong Cheng thought of Hu Miao, Dong Feng and several other cronies. They were all ordinary powerful people. It was because of their weak power and lack of reputation that they were able to join him. Wei Jian joined Dong Cheng's command because the Hedong Wei family participated in the rebellion and had a disgraceful past. It was always easier to use such a powerful and down-to-earth scholar than those from other big families, and he was actually attracted to it. , but he said: "Even if the national edict is issued, I cannot disobey it."
"How dare I ask Mr. Dong to disobey my order?" Wei Jian immediately expressed fear and left the table to bow: "It's just that there is a discussion among the people now, which can facilitate this matter."