Chapter 59 People's Livelihood Policy

"Please speak with a good friend, nephew." Pei Xuan picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said.

At this moment, Zhang Cheng, Zhang Fan and Yuan Huan walked in. Zhou Yu hurriedly called them to sit down and said to Pei Xuan: "Mr. Pei, these ideas are not my opinion alone, but they discussed with the three of them for several days before they came up with a rough plan."

After drinking a big sip of tea, Zhou Yu slowly said: "In recent years, not only Juchao, but also the people across the country have lived a hard life. I think the first thing to solve is the people's livelihood problem. People's livelihood problems can be divided into water conservancy, planting, military farming, commerce, public security, education and other aspects."

"In terms of water conservancy, Juchao has many rivers, mostly connected to Chaohu Lake. After years of war, water conservancy facilities have been in disrepair, which is an important reason that affects grain output. After autumn, the water level has dropped. I want to organize the people to dredge rivers, build embankments, and establish water gates. We can take the method of easy first and then difficult to gradually build water conservancy facilities and build Juchao into a large granary. Moreover, with the development of agriculture, the population will naturally increase. For example, Nanyang's irrigation system is developed, and the people will have household registration increased every year. Now there are 50,000 households and more than 2 million people."

"As for the personnel and expenses involved in water conservancy projects, all people who participate in water conservancy projects will have free food and accommodation, and they can also reduce and exempt land taxes based on their workload, or get a certain amount of compensation. I plan to build a new large papermaking workshop in Juchao, and use the profits of the papermaking workshop to pay for the expenses for the construction of water conservancy."

Pei Xuan nodded and his eyes opened slightly.

"In terms of planting, according to my observation, the people in Juchao area mainly plant wheat and corn. With the soil quality and irrigation convenience here, we encourage everyone to plant rice. Nowadays, many areas in the north have begun to plant rice, with high yields, but only one season of rice is planted every year. Here, we can plant two seasons, harvest wheat in spring and summer, plant rice after harvesting, and harvest rice in autumn. After harvesting, we can also plant crops such as sweet potatoes. After harvesting, we can plant wheat. In this way, make full use of the land and the overall yield has been greatly improved."

"The problem now is that most people are displaced and go far away, so they must be allowed to come back. There are still a large number of refugees wandering in various counties and counties, and they have no fixed place to live. My idea is to take back the unowned fields, tentatively as official fields, recruit people who leave their hometowns and refugees from other places, and the county government provides rice seeds, iron plows, sickles and other planting tools, and are responsible for guiding their planting process. After receiving the food, both sides will divide the food into 55, half of them will be handed over to the county government, and half of the farmers will leave it for their own use. In this case, I estimate that in the short term, a large number of refugees will pour into the nest. The population is the foundation and is very important for our long-term development."

"Rice seeds, iron plows, sickles, etc. are temporarily funded by our Zhou family and will be repaid after the grain is harvested. We can also provide a certain number of plowing oxen for free for farmers, but we agreed to ask them to raise them well and return them in one year."

"As for the land occupied by local landlords and powerful people, this requires a detailed investigation before making a conclusion. If it is indeed a forced occupation, it will be reclaimed and fairly traded. However, the taxes for landlords and powerful people must be levied based on the actual number of land acres. Logically, as a local official, it must be determined by the expressions of these local landlords and powerful people. But Zhou Yu, I, don't believe in this evil. If you don't obey, you must think of it to remove it." Zhou Yu made a cutting gesture with his hands.

Pei Xuan nodded, his eyes widened.

"Military farming is also related to planting. When the local fertile fields are still in large quantities, I plan to expand my staff. Currently, it is 800, and then recruit 4,200 from refugees to form a number of 5,000. In addition to training and fighting on weekdays, there is another important task for these 5,000 troops to farm. I will allocate the wasteland around their camp to them, and they will be responsible for planting wheat, rice and other crops, and require that the grain they harvest not only meets their daily needs, but also provides a considerable portion for combat purposes."

"As for the newly recruited 4,200 troops, some of the armor and weapons, I find a way to provide them, and the other part comes from the war. Seizing the enemy's equipment and weapons to arm themselves. Using war to support war is our best way to develop."

"Our naval army stationed on the island of Wushan Island in Chaohu Lake should increase the work of fishing aquatic products in addition to training and combat, and all the fishing income should be used to make military expenditures."

Pei Xuan nodded vigorously, his eyes widening even wider.

"In terms of business, since ancient times, we have taken the path of focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce, merchants and handicraftsmen have no social status. Those who enrich the people take agriculture and sericulture as the basis, and travel as the end; all craftsmen use use as the basis, and clever decoration as the end; merchants use currency as the basis, and sell strange things as the end. What we need to do is to improve the social status of industry and business as the basis."

"In the contemporary era, the main implementation of the private sector of salt and iron was implemented. Emperor Guangwu replaced the monopoly system with the tax system, and then the tax system was mainly implemented. Unlike the previous dynasty, the salt tax became a special tax, and the sales of salt were placed by the envoys to supervise the sale of salt. The salt officials belonged to the county and county and were only responsible for the collection of salt tax. My idea was to encourage mining first. According to investigations, there was iron ore in Woniu Mountain in the south of the city, and there were already merchants mining privately. We can issue a decree that all merchants who mined in Juchao were exempted from paying the first year's mining tax, and the mining tax for the second year was halved."

"Secondly, regarding the salt tax, Juchao is the only way to transport salt to the Central Plains region, I plan to set up a market for trading sea salt in Hengjiang, and encourage salt merchants from all over the country to come here to transport sea salt from the southeastern sea through water and sell it to salt merchants in the Central Plains. Both parties will get their own benefits, and we can also increase the income from salt tax."

"Handcraft industry is even more important. Since ancient times, social progress has been the progress of various technologies. Cai Lun invented paper, accelerated the exchange and integration of various cultures, and also accelerated the progress of society. Zhang Heng made the first houfeng seismometer in the world that can predict earthquakes, which gave people a better understanding of earthquakes. The "Taichu Calendar" formulated by Luo Xiahong and others for the first time put the twenty-four solar terms into the calendar, giving people a deep understanding of the laws of natural replacement; Zhang Zhongjing was respected as the "Medical Saint" for "Treatise on Febrile Diseases", and treated countless patients in the world; the improvement of salt cooking technology increased the yield of salt... and so on, it can prove that it is very important to promote technological progress, including handicrafts."

"In order to encourage the development of handicrafts, those engaged in handicrafts can register in the county government office, and the county government office staff can confirm it. If a handicraftsman who is skilled in technology can enjoy the preferential treatment of half the tax. Especially for craftsmen in iron smelting, copper smelting, and papermaking industries, they will be given priority to register."

Pei Xuan's mouth opened slightly and his breathing was a little rapid.

"In terms of public security, in this chaotic era, in order to maintain the stable environment in Juchao, there must be a strong army, which can attack and retreat and defend, and protect the country and the people. There were hundreds of soldiers in the county yamen, which lacked training and lacked weapons and equipment. It was planned to be reorganized into a city gate garrison, which was specifically responsible for guarding the city gate and maintaining public security in the city, and the county magistrate Wu Zong was still responsible for the responsibility of the county magistrate Wu Zong."

"The Flying Dragon Army is the elite of our army, and good steel must be used on the blade. At the critical moment of the key battle, it is the moment when they show their skills. After the eight hundred card swordsmanship is expanded to 5,000 people, it can be named the trap camp. The important task of expelling thieves in the territory is on them. As a navy army, the Jinfan Army can be used as a surprise weapon."

"In three months, all the twelve thieves in Juchao will be wiped out. This is Xiang Tie's mission and cannot be changed."

"Sun Ziyun, knowing yourself and your enemy, will never be defeated. We must investigate the situation of the enemy clearly. We only have more than 100 horses on hand, and we are ready to select 100 quick and flexible men to form a reconnaissance force. I ask them to be very familiar with every tree and every tree in the village, and the detective intelligence is fast and fast."

"Sun Xia from Yefushan, Shu County is a Yellow Turban thief. He occupied the mountain and became the king and committed many evil deeds. It is said that he saw that the remnants of the Yellow Turban thieves from all over the country were in a state of resurgence. After I wiped out the twelve thieves in Juchao, I will ask Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang, and directly sent troops to destroy Sun Xia, the evil thief."

Pei Xuan grew up with his mouth in surprise.

"Education is also a very important thing. Our Chinese nation has always attached importance to education. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a situation where a hundred flowers bloomed and a hundred schools of thought, such as the various schools of thought, and a hundred schools of thought contend. The way of Confucius and Mencius was also highly praised. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, Doctor Dong Zhongshu recommended Confucianism to Emperor Wu and summarized it into the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, namely: the king is the subjective subject, the father is the son, and the husband is the wife's rule. The five Constant Virtues are: benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and trustworthiness. Confucianism attaches importance to subjective willpower, pays attention to integrity, morality, self-control, striving for determination, and emphasizing people's social responsibility and historical mission."

"However, Confucianism also has its shortcomings. It suppresses and stifles people's natural desires and has a negative impact. We must also treat it differently."

"Talents and career development requires a large number of talents. Today's talent mechanism is an inspection system, where local officials are inspected at any time in their jurisdiction, select talents and recommend them to superiors or central governments, and then appoint official positions after trial assessment. This has its advantages and many disadvantages, such as many knowledgeable people often lose opportunities because of their poor backgrounds."

"I want to set up a study academy in Juchao. The school funding is my personal expense, mainly recruiting teenagers aged ten to sixteen. In addition to the regular "Book of Songs", "Spring and Autumn Analects", "The Analects of Confucius", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "Records of the Grand Historian", we also need to study "Han Shu", "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", "Huangdi Neijing" and other books, and we must cultivate them into comprehensive talents."

"The outstanding students in the academy are admitted to the county government staff according to the merits." At this point, Zhou Yu thought to himself: This is a civil servant with a regular staffing in later generations, absolutely a golden collar.

"At the same time, in order to make up for the shortcomings of the inspection system and attract more talents, I plan to set up a recruitment hall to recruit those who are not well-known in the world, both civil and military, and those with good skills are also recruited. Talents, what we lack the most now is talents."

Pei Xuan suddenly stood up, bowed to the ground, and said tremblingly: "Nephew, your idea is far beyond my imagination. It is both bold and fresh. If it can be implemented, the effect will definitely be very good. But the wood is so beautiful that it will be destroyed by the wind in the forest. I am worried..."

Zhou Yu replied: "I already know that Mr. Pei is worried that at least Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang, supports me. He made a clear statement that I would let go of my work in Juchao. Our Zhou family still has some friends in the court, so please don't worry too much."

"Oh, if that's the best, that's the best." Pei Xuan said.

"Mr. Pei is respected in Juchao. I want to ask Princess Pei to host the upcoming academy. I wonder if you can help me?" Zhou Yu asked carefully.

"That... it's great. I didn't expect that my old bone could still exert some of my remaining energy. Haha..." Pei Xuan laughed.
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