In the main hall of the Chu Palace, Zhao Wenduan sat on the throne, while Xue Bing and Gongsun Lan stood on both sides.
Below are all the wealthy households in Jiujiang City, with Wang Wan, the chief minister of the cabinet, and Zhang Juzheng, the future cabinet minister, sitting on both sides.
Even though most of these people were nobles of Chu State before, they had never experienced a banquet of this level.
"Everyone also knows that I have a Heavenly Gate that can connect to other worlds. Last month, millions of people were added to Qin, and they were brought here through the Heavenly Gate!" Zhao Wen's voice was high, like a god looking down on the world.
In front of the original nobles of Chu State, he is now the Emperor of Qin, instead of the previous King of Jiujiang.
A month later, this matter had already spread throughout the world. Naturally, the people in the palace knew about it, and everyone in the palace kept saying flattering words.
"This time the Tianmen Meeting will be held in the Chu region, nearly 10 to 20 million people will come at one time. If we only rely on the officials of the Chu region to settle so many people, we will have enough food, but we will definitely not have enough manpower and cultivated land!"
There are only a few million people in the entire Chu Territory. His Majesty said that ten to twenty million people must be resettled. All the rich households in Jiujiang were immediately stunned. There were so many people, not to mention Chu Territory officials. Even if they all lost their money, they would not be able to survive.
Settled down.
There was confusion in his eyes as he looked upward, not understanding what His Majesty meant at all.
"The imperial edict has been issued to all counties and counties, and the counties will naturally do their best to resettle them. However, the counties and counties are short of manpower after all, and I promised that all those who come to Da Qin will be given a hundred acres of land for each household!" Zhao Wen said this with a look in his eyes.
He looked down nervously, wanting to see if the Chu nobles could understand what he meant.
Zhang Juzheng's expression did not change, and his eyes also looked over.
He knew what His Majesty meant as soon as he heard it. He wanted the fields of these wealthy households. If this matter had been done in the Ming Dynasty, a man who competed with the people for profit would have been able to curse the emperor to death and even leave a huge stigma in history.
We can know from history that Qin's laws were extremely strict, so once the First Emperor died, the second generation of Qin Dynasty died. Of course, the second emperor did not have the prestige of the First Emperor, and the military had too many arrogant soldiers, plus there was another
Zhao Gao is among them, but it is enough to show that the people of the Six Kingdoms did not return to the Qin Dynasty.
"My three families are willing to dedicate all their farms to His Majesty to accommodate the people!"
As soon as Zhao Wen finished speaking, Qu, Jing, and Zhao immediately stood up, bowed, and spoke loudly.
The three heads of the family already know that His Majesty has granted them the title of Marquis of Guannei in the court, and they are now nobles of the Qin Empire.
Even the daughter sent a message back. As a relative of the royal family, she must not compete with the people for profit and ruin the reputation of the royal family. Originally, these three farms were planned to be distributed to the family branches, but now that His Majesty needs it, His Majesty's affairs are naturally more important.
Compared with pleasing His Majesty, family branches can be put aside for now!
Looking at the three family heads, the other wealthy households in Jiujiang suddenly understood that regardless of whether it was enough or not, at least they had to show their attitude. As for some fields, various caravans had already made a lot of money in the south, and they would just cultivate them in the future.
At the same time, he stood up and said loudly: "We originally dedicated our farm to Your Majesty to accommodate the people!"
"Okay, I know that you are all the virtuous people of the country!" Zhao Wen laughed and praised: "But it is not necessary to donate. How much is the land worth? After the resettlement is completed, you can just report the number. I am not short of money to the point of taking advantage of my officials.
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Under the reclamation order, the number of fields in the homes of aristocratic and wealthy households in various places doubled, and many even increased tenfold. Now in Da Qin, it is obvious that there are more people and less land, and the fields are not valuable at all.
This time in Lu Xiaofeng's world, Zhao Wen not only got the wealth of King Pingnan and Twelve Links, but also all the wealth of all the martial arts sects in the south. After returning, he had to find a new warehouse, with so much money in hand
, how could you be willing to take advantage of this?
He raised his hand and pointed forward lightly, and a bunch of large boxes appeared in the main hall, filled with all kinds of gold and silver jewelry. Zhao Wen looked at the three heads of the family, Qu, Jing, and Zhao, and said, "I'll help you, the three heads of state, to arrange them."
After that, distribute the money according to the number of fields. If it’s not enough, just let me know!”
In the past, only the father of the queen would be called the head of the state. Now that Zhao Wen calls himself this, the three heads of the family, Qu, Jing, and Zhao, were overjoyed. They secretly praised their daughter for marrying well, but they already agreed loudly.
The wealthy people in the palace also smiled bitterly. They had no chance to curry favor with His Majesty. However, people with some ability and status in Da Qin now know that His Majesty can travel to different worlds and even exempt himself from the land tax in the world.
I'm afraid I can get as much gold, silver and jewelry as I want, so I won't be short of money. It's just a daydream to try to curry favor with His Majesty in this way. I also bowed and thanked you at the same time.
"Each household has a hundred acres of land, and how many people can be accommodated in each farm. I will report it to the county guard later. After the people come, I will take it myself. All expenses are the same as the land price. I will pay as much as I spend. I will pay for it later in the country.
Get it from your husband!"
This is Zhao Wen's biggest purpose. Relying on Chu officials, it is absolutely impossible to accommodate so many people.
But these noble families from the Chu Kingdom had sufficient mobilization capabilities.
In the reclamation order, these people were the ones who reclaimed the most land, ranging from tens of thousands of acres to hundreds of thousands of acres in each family. Because of the large number of high-yielding seeds, the grains were piled up like mountains.
Tens of thousands of acres of land is enough to house hundreds of households and thousands of people, and hundreds of thousands of acres of land can house thousands of households and tens of thousands of people. Without the help of counties and counties, just these wealthy households can house millions of people at a time.
Go down.
The Chu Territory is the area with the greatest local power among the Seven Kingdoms. In the name of supporting and relocating the people, all the land in the hands of the wealthy households in the Chu Territory is dispersed at once, and the original power of the Chu Territory is broken up. This is to kill three birds with one stone.
Early on the next morning, in an open place outside Jiujiang City, all the senior officials of Jiujiang County stood ready and looked ahead. Not far away were the former Chu nobles with eyes full of expectation.
Although everyone said that His Majesty now has a heavenly door in his hand that can travel to different worlds, after all, no one has seen it. Now that he has the opportunity to see it, his heart is naturally filled with excitement.
As for the need to give away the fields and contribute to resettlement, anyway, it is the servants below who have to do it, and it is not necessary for me to do the errands myself. As for the fields, Daqin does not prohibit the reclamation of land, so at most it can be found a place to cultivate it afterwards.
A small door flew out of Zhao Wen's hand and grew larger and larger in the air, finally reaching over a thousand meters and standing directly in front of him. At the same time, a small seal flew out from his waist and hung directly above the door.
As soon as the Tianmen opened, countless people swarmed out from inside, and were lifted aside by the Jin Yiwei in the blink of an eye. In the distance, whether they were Chu officials or Chu rich households, they all looked excited and looked in the direction of Zhao Wen, as if they were looking at Zhao Wen.
He was like a god, shouting loudly to be enslaved at home.
These people have now decided that no matter what, they must do the things arranged by His Majesty this time. Not only must they try their best to arrange as many places as possible, but they must also arrange them well so that His Majesty knows their loyalty to him. Countless legends of serving immortals and gods keep appearing in their minds.
Among them, the eyes of the rich people in Chu were already red!
Opposite the Tianmen, Shang Wanjin Yiwei stood on both sides of the door, their auras extremely violent, their eyes looking around like lightning.
Thousands of extremely powerful people, plus thousands of first-class peak powerhouses, such a powerful force is simply unheard of. Just by lightly sensing the breath, all the forces that were planning to test suddenly fell silent, quietly watching from a distance. This has never been seen before.