Han Shizu

Chapter 1859 The real pride
Emperor Liu used to be self-effacing and tried hard to put on a peaceful appearance, but he was actually a very proud person in his bones. He had a vision that transcended the times, and he also had the wisdom to understand people's hearts. He changed the direction of the whole world forever. , established a huge empire of unprecedented centralization.

With Emperor Liu's always introverted and serious attitude, he showed arrogance and arrogance from time to time, at least as an autocratic emperor, Emperor Liu's achievements were unprecedented, and it would be difficult for him to come again.

It's just that with the growth of age and the twilight years, Emperor Liu's mentality is constantly changing.Reform and innovation, centralization of power, unification of the world, and expeditions to the north and south, these things that Emperor Liu has been proud of for decades, are now insignificant in his opinion. After all, going back thousands of years, there are still so many people who have achieved these Several emperors.

After more than 20 years in Taiping, Emperor Liu discovered that the only thing he could really be proud of was overseas colonization.It's not about showing prestige outside the territory. In Emperor Liu's view, this is an attempt to break the stereotype of Chinese history, a way to vent internal conflicts.

Although the current big Han and the empire cannot get rid of some feudal and backward frameworks, the living space of the common people has been greatly expanded, and they have a certain degree of personal freedom.

For ordinary people, if they cannot bear the heavy burden and oppression in the country, there are other ways out, and there are many choices, such as moving to the border and going to sea.As long as you are brave enough and dare to take risks, there are countless land resources around the Han people that can be used by the people of the Han people, especially the vast Nanyang region. Although it is a large area of ​​wildness and the environment is harsh, most of them are high-quality resources. It is underdeveloped, and with the concentration and technology of the Han people in agriculture, as long as people go, there will be no worries about no results.

As for the various influences and restrictions of local forces on ordinary people, it is inevitable, but it is also unrealistic to achieve complete control under the policy environment of the big man.

The imperial court has always supported and persisted in immigrating to the border and colonizing overseas, and has long regarded immigration as one of the important indicators for the promotion and evaluation of chief officials in various places, and it has been written into the ancestral system.

That's right, Emperor Liu still couldn't bear the urge to establish the ancestral system. Although he was a little worried that these rules he made would become the "righteousness" of the self-proclaimed, Emperor Liu still did it. At least in his opinion, these rules he made The rules are all for the long-term stability and continued existence of the empire.

The original intention of Emperor Liu to establish the ancestral system was, of course, to limit future generations from messing around. From the perspective of thousands of years beyond the times, he was qualified and confident to do this.

Moreover, many of these items are to maintain the pioneering and enterprising spirit of the Han officials and the people. For this advancement, a stubborn and conservative measure has to be adopted. Sometimes the reality is so contradictory.

Regarding immigration and development, it is even more colorful. Northeast, Monan, Gaochang, Anxi, and Annan are all key development areas for a century-old plan.

Under such a background, the bureaucrats in various parts of the Han Dynasty naturally responded enthusiastically. When it comes to promotion assessment and official titles, the bureaucrats of the Han Dynasty are naturally extraordinarily dedicated.

Of course, it's not about letting him do anything, otherwise, in order to complete the task and make a glamorous result, he can think of any non-absurd and bad methods, and he can do anything that has no bottom line.

Therefore, Emperor Liu continued to impose restrictions and put a curse on his bureaucrats.In view of the lessons learned from the Yulin Rebellion, there is a basic principle for government immigration, that is, voluntary and not coercive. If an official uses power to bully others in order to fail to achieve his goal, he can report to the higher-level government. Once verified, severe punishment will be imposed.And if a "mass" incident such as the Yulin Rebellion occurs due to immigration, the officials involved will not be lightly forgiven.

At the same time, the destinations of immigrants are also strictly regulated. Anton, Anxi, and Annan are the first batch, Gaochang, Monan and other fringe areas are the second batch, and the rest are the last.

All immigrants organized by the government must have detailed records to ensure the management and control of the immigrants. The number of immigrants and the performance assessment will be counted by each region and submitted to the imperial court for comparison and assessment between the two parties.For this process, the imperial court will also send missions from time to time to supervise and inspect.

As for overseas immigration, so far, it is still dominated by voluntary actions by the people, and it has not yet reached the point where the government has come forward to organize them.In terms of immigration, real borders are still the most important consideration in the current policy.

However, it is conceivable that after the new tax reform is completely completed, the big man will usher in another wave of terrifying population, which cannot be stopped.Perhaps, at that time, alleviating population pressure will become the main purpose of immigration.

The state-owned tide is raging, but it is beggar-thy-neighbor. This is the way Emperor Liu can think of, to provide more choices for the people of the Han Dynasty, and to give the Han Empire more possibilities.Fortunately, this world is big enough for big men to travel around.

Therefore, although the imperial court has been in the past [-] years, it has not organized large-scale and compulsory migration of the population.However, under the guidance of this relatively moderate policy, in recent years, the big man has made considerable achievements in terms of immigration. Forced evictions have increased several times.

Of course, among them, I have to praise the performance of those bureaucrats. For a good political performance and for the future of promotion, they have to find ways to actively promote it.

Simple and rude policies dare not be used indiscriminately, but there are other methods, and many local governments choose to induce them.Many areas with poor land and large population have chosen to take part of the tax left to subsidize the people who are willing to move to the frontier.

Therefore, for many people who are willing to travel to the frontier, they already have their first income from the moment they submit their applications.When arriving at the destination, the production materials such as land, seeds, and farming tools are generally fully prepared. In some places, even the houses for living are considered, and a certain subsidy is given, and the livelihood rations during the reclamation period will also not be less. .

In order to emigrate, the imperial court also specially allocated a sum of money for special purposes. The amount of this sum had reached as much as 24 million guan in the 300th year of Kaibao, which was not a small amount.

I have to mention that in order to support the development of Anton, the imperial court allocated 100 million guan a year. This money gradually got on track with the development of Anton, and it stopped due to some obscure reasons.But it is not difficult to see from it that Emperor Liu favored the development of the Andong region, the stability of the northeast frontier defense, and his eldest son Liu Xu.

On the other hand, the Department of Propaganda and Consolation is also fully mobilizing, vigorously publicizing, and targeting the advantages of each immigration area for publicity, which has indeed achieved considerable results.

In recent years, in the Han area, there have been many such phenomena. The government sent officials to the countryside to publicize the imperial court's immigration policy and the local government's immigration preferential treatment one by one.

Not once, not for a year, but over the years, there are always tempting people.After all, even Anton was described in the brochure produced by the Xuanwei Department as a fertile field thousands of miles away, a treasure land where animals, plants and mineral resources can be obtained for anyone, except that it is a bit cold, and has no shortcomings
With the large-scale tax reform carried out by the court, once it is completed, the social environment will change, coupled with policy-driven, a new wave of immigration will break out predictably.

In the past, although many government governments did a good job in promotion assessment and promoted immigration, they did not form a comprehensive agreement.Considering other interests, bureaucrats are actually unwilling to do things like immigration that waste energy and money.

Under the two-tax system, the government’s financial income mainly comes from people. The larger the population, the more tax can be collected, and the less it can be distributed to individuals. The burden on the people under the rule will be relatively lightened. It will also be smaller.

Bureaucrats everywhere, to the people under their rule, can basically be regarded as chickens kept in cages, able to harvest and lay eggs sustainably.

But the situation is different now. Population has long ceased to be the standard for performance evaluation, and the basis for tax calculation and tax payment rules have also been changed.Land is quantitative, and no matter how many people there are, it will be difficult to affect the collection of regular taxes.

In this way, it is obviously not cost-effective for the government to maintain a large population.Feeding so many people is, after all, a waste of food. When disasters occur, relief and tax cuts are required. No matter how you look at it, it is a loss.

The poorer the place, the more so.Yu Guan, whether it is official career or interest considerations, has the motivation to do it; Yu Min, with the support of the imperial government policy, has direct benefits, and has no other disadvantages except that he needs to leave his hometown and bear the risk of border security. This is a Win-win result.

If we talk about risk, people have embarked on a journey of risk since birth
Of course, once the wave of immigration forms, it will not be so friendly to the domestic landlords. After all, they also need a lot of manpower to cultivate and manage a large amount of land.

As for the lack of labor that may be caused by immigration, it will also be replenished as the population explodes again. It is difficult for the big man to worry about the lack of population.

On the other hand, it can also limit the exploitation of the domestic landlords. Once they do too much, people can run away and emigrate in a fair manner. If they are driven away, what is the use of keeping the land.
(End of this chapter)