Chapter 509 Conversation with the old governor
"The new policy in Yunnan has been completely rolled out. I am going to ask the court to approve it and send officials from all over the country to inspect it on the spot. All officials can see, touch, understand, and take it with them. Then go back and implement it in their own place. You can no longer follow my detours." This is Zhao Xing's plan and the experience of later generations.
"This method is good, so that the policy will not appear. However, when it is implemented, everyone will read the good scriptures incorrectly. Don't show the sadness of Wang Anshi's reform. From the perspective of later generations, Wang Anshi's reforms are actually correct, but they are just being wronged by the executed person. It's really a pity."
"The old man thinks how should we implement the implementation of Guizhou and Sichuan?"
In the battle of Chuxiong, Zhang Shenyan led his troops to the forefront. According to Zhuge Liang's explanation afterwards, he came to help Zhao Xing deal with the chieftain and stabilize the situation.
Anyway, there was a major reversal at that time, no one knew what he thought at first, let him say it. But afterwards, the new policy was implemented vigorously in Yunnan, and he did not object. However, in Sichuan and Guizhou, he had been slow to move. Even if the emperor issued several orders, there was no effect, which made Zhao Xing scratch his head.
"It's not that I didn't implement the new policy in those two places, I really dare not. Sichuan is now ravaged by chieftains, countless families and wealthy families have been destroyed, and countless people have been massacred. There are countless ownerless land everywhere, and officials are even short of them. How can I implement it? There is also Guizhou, which has poor mountains and bad waters, poor land, and many ethnic minorities. At this time, I can't stabilize the situation, how can I dare to stab this hornet's nest?"
What Zhang Shenyan said is also true, but it is also somewhat improper.
Sichuan suffered the most serious damage. A large amount of land was idle, so Zhang Shenyan took them all in his hands to reward the soldiers who followed him to fight north and south. This is a good thing.
But the problem is that the arrogant soldiers and generals who were placed were unwilling to get money out any more, and as an old boss, he could not force his subordinates.
Guizhou is like he said, it is really poor and bad water. The so-called land is basically a crack in the crack of stones. It is a piece of bowl that can only grow one or two crops. How to collect it? In addition, most of them are ethnic minorities, which are so-called barbarians. If you don’t collect it, they will have to rebel. If you collect it, then you won’t rebel even more? In that way, it will add fuel to the fire of the rebellion that has not yet been quelled.
Another point is that the new policy implemented in Yunnan looks prosperous and vigorous, and everyone welcomes it with both hands, but in reality it is not exactly the case.
Although Zhao Xingdi worked together to pay food, there was no foundation for the gentry and clans on the surface; the land was still theirs, and they could still live a life of free and prosperous life.
However, this is not the case. First of all, the tenants have to take out two cents of silver as national taxes and one cent of money for service, which is a waste of three cents.
What was the original rent paid by the tenants? The agreement was 80% mature. However, this is a new policy that is implemented. Only three cents of silver are paid for the land in the hands of farmers. So why should I pay you 80% of the income?
The tenants' mentality is unbalanced, so there are constant rents everywhere. If you do not lower the land rent, the tenants will no longer rent the original land and instead rent the land in the hands of the people. The people are happy to sit at home, collect 50% of the harvest, pay it to the country, and can enjoy a little bit of it.
However, the Quan Yunnan Provincial Administrator and Zhao Xing turned a blind eye to the rent riots in various places. Every time they were really a big fuss, they played the scene where the police always appeared in the end. After such a fuss, the landlords had to reduce the rent to half.
This is a great thing for the country and the people. Whether it is land or not, there will be some stars in the past year. Everyone can have a full meal, have a slight surplus, and then buy some things. This will improve life while driving the development of business. Now it is very obvious that the vendors who walk around the streets are running more attentively, and their smiles are brighter. The patriotic donations submitted to Jinyiwei in various places are becoming more and more.
For example, now, Zhao Xing carefully selected 3,000 men in Yunnan to supplement the Jinyiwei, and the Beizhen Fushi Department once again filled the staff. The patriotic donations collected by the Yunnan Jinyiwei alone completed the equipment, money and grain expenses of these soldiers, and also had a surplus.
This is a good phenomenon, but it has made the landlords suffer. So they feel quite unbalanced, so landlords rebelled everywhere, and rebellions were endless.
If these phenomena occur in Sichuan and Guizhou, which are still in the war zone, then Zhang Shenyan will be in great danger. There is a fire in front and a storm behind. Even if Zhang Shenyan has great power, he still can't take care of himself.
This is different from the original situation. Zhang Shenyan was leading troops to suppress bandits in front, and at least the gentry and family in various places supported him. Even when the imperial court was short of military pay and food, he could still raise funds among the gentry or borrow money in business. Now if we borrow money, we would like to borrow money, and everyone said one thing: our money and food have been handed over to the country and we have no money.
"It seems that everything has an adaptation process, and there are still some opposing people, and it still needs to mobilize a large number of people to suppress the opponent's arrogance."
Now Zhao Xing will mobilize the masses to bring up the magic weapon, and he will use it easily, and will talk about it on any occasion.
As a result, he didn't know that it was precisely because of his actions that all the gentry were very annoyed to him. In the feudal era, what was emphasized was that the gentry was arrogant. When officials were called parents, the people were children, and children were to be filial to their parents and respectful to their parents. You are not filial to your parents and even go against your parents. This is disobedience, how can you be so great?
When an official is appointed, he is called Mu Shou. What does it mean? Sheep. Officials are shepherds, and the people are sheep, and animals. They should be taken away and must not resist. As a result, you stand here and teach your children to disobey and teach your sheep to resist. Do you think people can not bother you?
"The key to solving the problem of Yunnan and Guizhou is to destroy the senators. In this way, even those who want to resist will have no support." Then he said to Zhang Shenyan: "I will leave my soldiers here, let them actively train and prepare for the war. Then I will return to Beijing to preside over this year's imperial examination. After this year's Jinshi came out, I will put them all in Sichuan and Guizhou, improve the official structure of these two places, and then do my best to help you suppress the bandits."
After hearing what Zhao Xing said, Zhang Shenyan grinned. This was Zhao Xin blatantly explaining to him: "I have understood, you have ulterior motives, I already understand that you are raising a thief. Go up to you, I will."
Chapter completed!