1890 King of Southeast Asia

October, the golden month of October, describes the harvest season.

In the south, the third crop of rice in Southeast Asia has begun to be harvested, and corn in Java Island has also begun to be harvested.

In the north, peanuts and sorghum in China are also in the final harvest period.

Liu Yiming also ushered in the long-awaited harvest season.

"A total of 617 officials voluntarily handed over their illegal gains, and a total of 32 million taels of silver were obtained, equivalent to about 23 million yuan."

"There are also various foreign currencies, deposits, bonds, stocks, etc., which are calculated to be discounted at about 50 million yuan." Xu Hui looked at the list with a red face and read it to Liu Yiming in a show-off manner.

"Wait, more than 600 officials seized 73 million? Someone was involved in it, right?!" Liu Yiming stood up when he heard the amount.

"It's not a house search, it's a voluntary handover." Xu Hui said on the side.

"That's because they treat us... and Sun Zaizhi as children. A clean prefect can earn 100,000 silver dollars in three years. I don't believe there are many honest officials among them." Liu Yiming said with gritted teeth.

This money is related to the next series of plans. He expects to copy out 400 to 500 million, which is a relatively peaceful way.

If he really wants to do it directly, 10 billion is not impossible.

"There are more than 200 prefects alone, and there are also Taotai, governors, and ministers above. No matter how you count, it shouldn't be just this little."

"This group of dishonest people." Liu Yiming put his hands behind his back, took a breath, and his eyes were fierce.

This is not the time in history when the Qing Empire abdicated with dignity and Yuan Gongbao was in charge.

The revolutionary army defeated the Qing Empire with hard power. The little emperor has been secretly imprisoned, and the Qing Empire has completely become history.

There is no need to give up the liquidation of officials and nobles because of various so-called "interpersonal relationships" and "stability and peace".

As for the promises made before? Yes, if you hadn't committed any crime, we wouldn't have done anything to you.

Now, explain, how did you get this big house, land, antiques, silk, etc. with such a small salary a year, even if you didn't eat or drink.

"The bulk of it is on the land. More than 7,000 farms were seized, totaling 5 million mu of fertile land, and more than 1,600 forests. These are worth more than 100 million yuan."

"There are also a large number of cultural relics, jewelry, etc., the value is difficult to calculate, but the market price is also tens of millions." Xu Hui said hurriedly.

"Only 4 million mu? Are you sure it's right?" Liu Yiming frowned.

This data is too little, much less than he thought.

"Mangui is still being tortured and counted, and the statistics have not been completed yet, so there are only so many." Xu Hui saw Liu Yiming frowning, and knew that the two had made a misunderstanding.

Xu Hui got ordinary officials, who didn't have many sins. Liu Yiming was thinking of the group of nobles who had accumulated for more than 200 years.

The gold and silver may not be clear, but the land is definitely more than this.

Apart from other things, the lands of those princes outside the Great Wall and in the grasslands are calculated in li, not mu. Many of the lands around the capital inside the Great Wall also belong to them.

"What about the royal property?" Liu Yiming nodded in understanding.

"First, the palace. The palace is basically intact, but the jade seals of the emperors of the Qing Empire were not found. There are so many, but none of them are found. It is said that they were taken away by the young emperor, but the young emperor did not have them either." Xu Hui smiled again.

"No? What did Korqin say?" Liu Yiming frowned and asked casually.

"They don't know either. It should not be fake. There is no use for keeping this thing." Xu Hui shrugged and said nonchalantly.

It's not a jade seal passed down from generation to generation. As for various seals, especially those of the Qing Empire, they are known for their huge number and are not valuable. After all, they are not antiques at the moment.

Xu Hui is not worried at all about selling them when they are valuable in the future.

This thing was taken out by the little emperor. Only the remnants of the Qing Empire can get it. Come on, prove that you are not a remnant. Prove the source of the thing.

"Okay, continue." Liu Yiming looked at Xu Hui's excited look and said.

"In the palace, there are about two million pieces of various collections of utensils, calligraphy and paintings. It's a pity that they can't be sold, otherwise there would be no money!" Xu Hui said with some complexity.

"No more?" Liu Yiming asked.

"No more, the inner treasury, the national treasury, are all empty. The Qing Empire has been exhausted for a long time. Oh, there is more." Xu Hui took out another piece of paper.

"This is a brief report on the imperial farms. The Qing Empire has large-scale imperial farms, which are mainly distributed in the capital, Zhili, the three provinces, and the Central Plains provinces. There are also scattered distributions in other provinces."

"There are a total of 1,270 imperial farms, with about 10 million acres of fertile land, and 2 million acres in the capital alone."

"In addition, there are banner properties. More than half of the land around the capital is banner property, and these must also be recovered."

"Many banner fields have been sold. The exact number is unknown, but it is estimated that there are no less than 15 million acres of banner fields remaining across the country."

"Except for the imperial palace, the total price of various real estates is between 700 million and 1.1 billion yuan, but it is difficult for various land stores to realize large-scale cash." After Xu Hui finished speaking, he looked at Liu Yiming.

"How much money can be dug out from Mangui?" Liu Yiming thought silently and nodded.

These data are different from his previous assumptions, but it is not a big problem.

For example, he estimated that the banner fields and imperial farms, adding up to 10 million acres would be good. After all, the Eight Banners children are notorious for spending money, and they have already sold what they can sell.

And it was not just sold once. During the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties, there were examples of using the silver in the inner treasury to help the bannermen redeem the land they had sold.

It was not a small-scale deal, but a deal of millions of acres.

I don’t know how the inner treasury could have so much money when the Ministry of Revenue only had an annual income of tens of millions of taels.

“We have 100 million in cash as a base. We already have 50 to 60 million in cash. There are also many Han scholars who have committed many crimes. We have to start with them.” Xu Hui said without hesitation.

“Full of crimes” refers to those Han scholars who are uncooperative, have not handed over their illegal gains, and are wealthy.

These people have some characteristics, such as “farming and reading pass down the family”, which means that there have been many generations of officials in the family.

They have a huge influence in the local area, that is, their family’s fields occupy half of a county or even a prefecture, and they may have a lot of thugs in their hands.

The first thing the county magistrate does when he takes office is to visit the homes of these famous families.

As for Mangui, there is nothing to explain.

"That means at least 300 million can be dug out... not much, but 100 million can be used as war reserve." Liu Yiming looked at Xu Hui.

300 million in cash, really not much.

This is the accumulation of most of the high-level families in this empire for more than 200 years, 300 million is really very little.

Heshen's family property alone is 800 to 1.1 billion taels of silver, but it is also total assets, not cash flow.

The Qing Empire is a feudal empire, and the cash flow is relatively small. It is understandable, don't they still have so many real estates?

"Just take one third? In this way, Sun Zaizhi may be in trouble." Xu Hui said in embarrassment.

This money is mainly used to build China. Government construction, infrastructure construction, industrial construction, etc. are all waiting for this start-up capital.

"Hasn't Yuan Gongbao left yet? Let him help Sun Zaizhi deal with the land and other properties. Relying on these real estates, it is enough to start."

"The Qing Empire is not without money. There is a lot of money lying among the people, but it is not circulated at all, and it is even buried underground for many years."

"Don't they like land? Give them a chance. Anyway, land will soon be worthless." Liu Yiming said.

Why is land valuable? Because it is the most important means of production in the agricultural era.

From the perspective of the entire country, if you control the farmland, you control the food and control the country, so every dynasty will spend a huge price to check the land.

From a personal perspective, if you control enough land and rent it out, you can get a lot of income without any labor.

All this is based on the premise that agricultural society is valuable.

The dimensionality reduction attack of industrial society on agricultural society is all-round, such as food.

In agricultural society, even if the rotation farming method is adopted, the annual output of one acre of land is difficult to exceed 400 kilograms (rice).

In industrial society, rice seeds can be scientifically screened to select high-yield rice seeds. Even if there are no such seeds, the use of chemical fertilizers can easily double the yield per mu of rice, just by planting them densely.

Considering that rotation farming requires twice the land, the agricultural output of industrial society is conservatively four times that of agricultural society.

In fact, with the use of chemical fertilizers and the improvement of seeds, it is not an exaggeration to increase it tenfold.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the wheat yield was 100 to 300 kilograms per mu, and the latter could only be achieved in fertile and superior fields when the weather was good.

In the industrial age, even in the south, the per mu yield of wheat exceeded 800 kilograms, and in the north it was about 1,100 kilograms.

Not to mention rice. Thank you.

The industrial age is an all-round crushing of the agricultural age, and Liu Yiming does not intend to keep ordinary farmland in his hands.

Farms are needed, but they are just construction corps.

As for food, after the promotion of mechanized agriculture, the food produced in Southeast Asia is enough to feed an additional 100 million people.

Liu Yiming will let those people who cling to the land stubbornly know that the output of the land is no longer guaranteed in drought and flood.

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Of course, this will hurt ordinary farmers, but Liu Yiming can't do anything about it.

Liu Yiming needs to transfer the population to industrial production, and agriculture will be mainly mechanized farms, and large-scale farm production models will be adopted, so as to maximize the use of manpower.

And with the Chinese people's love for the land and fear of hunger, especially those tenants and refugees, it is difficult for them to give up the land and invest in industry.

Liu Yiming does not have such a strong appeal to call on people to invest in industrial production, and can only use market means to drive people over.

This scene has been staged in history, and many people call it the pain of the times. I don't know how much blood and tears are contained in these simple words.

However, it is not this decision that is wrong. Without this pain, maybe everyone can't fill their stomachs.

It's different now. In the post-industrial era, the added value of basic industries is very low, but at this moment, the added value of primary industries can still be seen.

In addition, the war in Europe will accelerate this pace. Liu Yiming has decided that if the war does not break out in 1915, he will go down and detonate this bomb.

Because he needed the wealth accumulated in Europe to accelerate the construction of China.

The 100 million yuan was what he used to prepare for war, but not in Europe, but... Japan.