Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

"Reporting to Your Majesty, except for a few major projects, most of the small projects in other places have been completed, and the people have been properly resettled."

"The focus of this inspection by the minister and the left servant of the household department is to inspect this matter."

The emperor was silent, but his eyes were fixed on a number at the end of the file.

That is to say, the number of people in the severely disaster-stricken areas exceeded the limit of land carrying capacity and could not be self-sufficient, and could only rely on relief from the imperial court.

The emperor remembered that from the very beginning, the imperial court counted nearly ten million.

And this number has now dropped to less than 300 million.

It has been several years of disaster relief, and the available policies and measures have already been implemented. It can be said that this number has dropped to the limit.

No matter how severe the natural disaster is in the future, this number will inevitably increase slowly.

But now, most of the common people represented by this number are gathered into work-for-relief.

However, there is always an end to the project, and there is still no hope of the end of the disaster.

"Liaodong lacks people, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the production of cold-resistant crops is also good..."

The Son of Heaven spoke quietly, halfway through the words, but stopped abruptly.

Hong Chengchou shrunk and recruited hundreds of thousands of people to carry out the project. It was already as difficult as heaven, and now it can be maintained almost entirely by the emperor's authority.

Since ancient times, there is no big project that is not to squeeze the people's power, but these big projects led by the emperor put the protection of the people's power in the first place.

Civil servants, military generals, Jinyiwei, Dongchang, the inner court firm, and the emperor used almost all the power they could use.

Maintained with the power of the whole country, the inspection departments at all levels have a small inspection every three days, and a big inspection every ten days...

Migrating with such treatment...

For disaster relief projects, the common people just gather in one place, establish a good system, and investigate steadily, and the difficulties can be solved slowly.

Can be relocated... how many millions of people migrate?Or the migration of thousands of miles?

Hong Chengchou didn't dare to think...

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Chapter 618 Han Culture

"how?"

The Son of Heaven raised his brows, although his voice was flat, but the faint questioning meaning between the words made Hong Chengchou's heart tremble.

He really wanted to say that this matter has nothing to do with him as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, but the disaster relief project is his job, and the disaster relief is in charge of things for the cabinet ministers, and he is in charge...

But in this matter, based on how much the emperor loves the people, if he is a little careless, he will cause a lot of trouble!

After a short silence, Hong Chengchou had no choice but to bite the bullet and say:

"His Majesty……"

"I think that the world has just been settled and the people's hearts are unstable. If the imperial court organizes a large-scale relocation of the people, there may be chaos..."

The emperor frowned, and tapped his fingers on the table unconsciously. There was a question, which was very realistic and clear.

That is the carrying capacity of the land, which has a limit.

And the carrying capacity of the land under natural disasters will be further weakened by natural disasters.

Today there are millions of people who cannot support themselves and rely on the imperial government for relief.

In time, the natural disasters will become more serious, the people will prosper, and the population will increase again. Provinces such as Shaanxi and Shandong, which have been plagued by disasters for a long time, will be overwhelmed sooner or later.

But if you want to compare the land carrying limits of the northern provinces, the land of Liao Province is completely sparsely populated.

And after several years of development with huge amounts of money and material resources, except for the cold weather that is still a constraint, in other respects, the Northeast Plain in later generations is already quite a scene.

And the most important thing is that today's Liao Province is too big. With Shanhaifu as the boundary, it goes directly to the so-called Far East of later generations. Strictly speaking, if all the tribes who sweep away the vast ice sheet, they will all border on Tsarist Russia !

In history, the treaty signed between the Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia, if the territory was agreed, refers to the current border between Liao Province and Tsarist Russia.

Such a vast area, when the Hou Jin was pacified, had a population of only a few hundred thousand, and most of them were confined to the vicinity of Shanhaifu.

Although in recent years, the imperial court has formulated various policies, and even directly positioned Liao Province as the place of distribution, with the intention of increasing the population of Liao Province.

But with all the waste waiting to be done, the people under the new order of Daheng obviously don't have much demand for leaving their homes.

After all, everyone has land, if they can't survive, and there is relief from the court, who would like to leave their hometown.

However, the population of Liao Province is too small, which naturally means that the rule of Liao Province is extremely unstable, and the instability of Liao Province directly leads to the rule of North Korea. Even after so many years, it is still a mess that cannot make ends meet.

Obviously, whether it is for the rule of the border territories, or to solve the problems of the victims of natural disasters in various provinces.

Migration is one of the inevitable national policies.

Moreover, in the Daheng border area, it is not only Liao Province that has few Korean Han people.

Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi in the southwest, Tibet in the northwest, and the Hetao Plain.

Only when there are more and more Han people in the borderlands, then Daheng's dominance over the borderlands and its influence on the regions outside the borderlands will become stronger and stronger!

And these are difficult to rely on the spontaneous migration of the people. After all, there is only one possibility for the spontaneous migration of the people.

That is... in the local area, it is impossible to survive.

And at this point, it means that the ruling order of the imperial court has almost deteriorated.

Otherwise, the situation would not have evolved to this point.

Subtle knocking sounded rhythmically in the hall, and Hong Chengchou's heart could not help but tremble with the knocking of the emperor.

"The repair project of the Wei River is coming to an end. We can try to relocate the people of the Wei River Basin Project to Liao Province."

The Son of Heaven spoke out slowly, every word and every sentence seemed to be deliberated for a long time: "This policy can be discussed and implemented by the civil and military officials of the court."

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou also breathed a sigh of relief, and handed it over to the court for discussion, that is to say, he only needs to make suggestions, specific regulations, and even implementation, at least not all fall on him.

Before Hong Chengchou was completely relieved, the emperor said again: "Natural disasters continue and become more and more severe day by day. After all, the imperial court's relief is not a long-term strategy. Moreover, the border is empty and the land is sparsely populated. Therefore, the strategy of migration should be Long-term national policy."

Hong Chengchou shrank, and just let go of his heart, he immediately brought it up again. As a temporary measure, he suggested that it would not be a problem to leave. After all, he was the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the people's migration was always led by the Ministry of Households.

But if we talk about long-term national policy, there must be someone who will lead for a long time, and he proposes this policy, and he is in a high position...

At this moment, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but think too much, the emperor's proposal has always been tolerated, even if he doesn't want to, there is no possibility of vetoing it.

Hong Chengchou got up and bowed to the emperor: "I understand."

"Long-distance migration, there are bound to be casualties. Aiqing can handle things with peace of mind."

The emperor put down the dossier, stood up, seemed to be pointing, and said another sentence.

"I understand."

Hong Chengchou was determined, and quickly responded.

The emperor waved his hand, and Hong Chengchou also resigned.

The Son of Heaven stood still for a moment, then turned around slowly, and his gaze was once again fixed on the Daheng map.

Looking at ancient and modern times, it is very realistic that the size of the territory of the Han land changes with the reproduction of the Han people.

That is to say, when the land of one's own has reached the limit of carrying capacity, the Han people who cannot survive will inevitably start to migrate to the surrounding areas.

Thousands of years, little by little, have created the vast territory of today.

Of course, in history, such as when the Han and Tang Dynasties were strong, the territory was expanded, and the territory was far beyond the current Han territory.

But with the decline of the dynasty, the developed land will soon collapse, and eventually return to the territory where the Han people lived, passed on from generation to generation, and slowly expanded to all directions from generation to generation.

Obviously, it is not too difficult for Daheng, whose military strength is at its peak and is still marching towards a higher peak, to expand its territory.

The difficulty is how to permanently turn the opened up territory into Han soil.

Just like Liao Province and North Korea, if Liao Province is strong, then North Korea must be, but Liao Province is vast and sparsely populated, and it seems to be beyond the reach of North Korea. If it is not for the strong navy and developed shipping, it will be a natural thing to bring North Korea under the rule. big trouble.

Population, or in other words, Han people, Han civilization, is the root cause of permanent territory.

At this point in his thoughts, the emperor couldn't help but shake his head. On the one hand, it was the terrifying load brought by the population under natural disasters, and on the other hand, it was the scarcity of Han people in the borderlands.

The land of Liao Province is still good, with a vast land and few people, and after these years of massive investment, there is already a foundation for development.

However, in the border areas of several southwestern provinces, the terrain is rugged and dangerous, and the development is too difficult, and if it is not developed, it will be difficult to support too many people.

And most of these people are chieftains.

In order to assimilate a place, a forced ruling order and assimilation policy are necessary, but the number of Han people is undoubtedly the key point for the success of assimilation.

There are fewer Han people, and the rule is unstable, and they may be assimilated by the chieftain.

"If you want to get rich, build roads first..."

This famous saying of later generations also resurfaced in the mind of the emperor.

The emperor let out a long breath, looking at the road system on the southwestern border on the map, there was a faint light in his eyes.

The same is true of the current imperial court's policy towards the southwestern border.

The root of the existence of chieftains is due to the complex terrain and rugged terrain of the border provinces.

This makes transportation inconvenient and communication difficult.

It also makes the central government weak.

To open mountains and build roads is to use the most crude and simple way to connect the border and the rich lands. In this way, naturally, the advantages of the chieftain and the few people are gradually worn away.

With policy support, the frontiers will develop and prosper. In this way, the surrounding vassal states can be radiated to the greatest extent.

Culture is subtly influenced, and then the intelligence system is used to win over and divide, while Daheng's military is the fundamental deterrent.

After more than ten years like this, it may not be difficult to annex them without bloodshed.

"Another point……"

The emperor muttered to himself, and the light in his eyes became brighter.

How to control or even destroy a country without bloodshed?

"The dollar system?"

The corner of the emperor's mouth raised slightly. The world has been unified for more than a year. It seems that the time has come for this big killer...

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Chapter 619 Quick Success

The court meeting the next day.

Like every court meeting in the past, before dawn, all civil and military officials gathered outside the palace gate. With the ringing of the bell, all officials entered the palace in an orderly manner, and another court meeting opened.

Since the fourth year of Zhaowu, the Daheng Iron Cavalry went south to quell the hypocrisy and unify the world, the existence of the court, as if with the restoration of the order of the world, has rapidly faded from its previous embarrassing position and gradually restored its undoubted central position .

What the emperor has always believed in is the reciprocity of rights and obligations. Therefore, now that the central position of the court has been confirmed, rights have been expanded, and the prototype of a big government has taken shape, but with it comes more and more huge obligations.

And this obligation, under the authority of the Son of Heaven, is already an unquestionable mission, not to mention disobedience, even if it is just laziness, it is also extremely severe punishment.

In the pre-Ming Dynasty, the civil servants and gentry who had been free and unrestrained for nearly 200 years, after they had completely torn skins with the emperor, the so-called free and easy tolerance was completely gone forever.

Resisting again and again, in return, the emperor directly lifted the table with a thunderous blow, and people's heads rolled.

Up to now, the wanton waving of the butcher's knife seems to have directly shattered the comfort of the literati and gentry for hundreds of years. Under the new order, another historical cycle has begun. At least in the Zhaowu Dynasty, the literati and gentry have to start working like cows and horses .

The same is true for the civil and military officials in the court.

The ever-increasing power brings about endless political affairs that are waiting to be done.

Under the strong pressure of the emperor, the court has become an unprecedented high-efficiency machine, formulating policies, implementing policies, implementing policies, and supervising policies.

In this machine, no one can stop, and no one can slack off, from the emperor to the junior officials.

After nearly an hour of the court meeting, after a few normalized topics ranging from the government-academia system, to the taxation system, to the disaster situation, and the situation of the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, etc., it is the military and political affairs of a country, such as the grassland, the situation in the southwest and northwest , the situation in the sea and the border, the construction of the Shibo Department, and so on.

After all this is agreed upon, it is the routine work reports of the various ministries of the court. It is not until this point is over that a court meeting is coming to an end.

In the past, the court meeting was just a routine discussion, but in today's Daheng, it seems to have become a complete military and political center, a decision-making center.

And just when the court meeting was coming to an end, Hong Chengchou's performance immediately set off another wave in the court meeting that was about to end.

Civil and military officials each expressed their views and played one after another.

The procrastinating behavior of the court in the past seems to have disappeared in the court of the Zhaowu Dynasty. If a proposal is made, then it will be discussed whether it is feasible or not. , after the emperor's review, it will be implemented after passing.

As for the proposal of relocating the disaster victims to Liao Province, in fact, as early as the third year of Zhaowu's taxation in Liao Province shocked the court, officials often proposed this proposal. Regarding the constitutional plan for this proposal, the Ministry of Household Affairs has long drawn up many letters. .

However, in the past, this resolution has been shelved due to the domestic situation.