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Chapter 389 Banners and People's Livelihood

Yinzhen thought about it before and after, he was already clear. Although Kangxi always said that he was to rectify the banner, in fact, planning the livelihood of the Eight Banners was his main purpose. However, the livelihood of the Eight Banners was not so easy to solve. Without institutional reform, it would be impossible to solve the livelihood of the Eight Banners. However, the Eight Banners system also involved the fundamental rule of the Qing Dynasty. How could Kangxi allow him to innovate? Even if allowed, how big could the reform be? Search the latest updates.

Although the banner people are supported by the state, not all the banner people have money and food to obtain when they are born. Except for the hereditary royal family, ordinary banner people can only receive preferential treatment if they wear armor to serve. However, the Eight Banners soldiers have a fixed quota, while the population of the Eight Banners is growing, which creates a serious problem. Often, only one of the five or even seven or eight people can receive salary with armor, while the others have become idle surplus.

Although the Eight Banners soldiers' salary is much richer than the Green Camp, such as the Eight Banners vanguards in the capital, the personal army and the guards, the monthly salary is 4 taels of silver and three taels of cavalry, all of which are twenty-four stones of rice per year. The monthly salary of infantry soldiers is one tael and five cents, and the annual salary is twelve stones of rice. There is a little less outside the country, but the family members are given more grain (called "Ding Grain") and horse and fodder (called "Ma Qian"). The specific quantity depends on the grade of the soldiers.

But it is not counted for a family with a large family of people with money and food. The monthly salary of the Eight Banners soldiers also needs to be prepared, such as equipment, sheds, and horses. These things must be prepared by the bannerman. In addition, the salary must be engraved layer by layer according to the rules. Therefore, the Eight Banners soldiers have the saying that the Eight Banners soldiers are "poor but poor".

Of course, in addition to wearing armor and receiving wages, the Eight Banners' people can also count Ding's land as the old system. During the Shunzhi Dynasty, the imperial court allocated 30 acres of land per Ding. However, since the eighth year of Kangxi, the enclosure of land was completely abolished, the source of the banner was cut off, and the Eight Banners' people have grown rapidly in recent years. The number of Ding's land granted is actually unable to be implemented.

In order to firmly control the Eight Banners army, the imperial court has strict management of the banner people. Apart from practicing martial arts, the banner people are not allowed to engage in any other industry. In this way, ordinary banner people can only rely on one person’s food and salary to live. The prices in the capital are not low. Once natural disasters occur, prices will increase and it will be difficult to survive.

Song Zhu and Wang Zhu, including Kangxi, said that the bannermen advocated luxury and abused them, and even advocated clothing, drinking and gambling, and even became more and more difficult to survive and gradually became poor. This was just a superficial phenomenon. In fact, the root cause of the banner people's livelihood was that the bannermen had been working for a long time, and they developed the bad habit of being lazy and loathing, and they were used to enjoying money and food, because they knew that the court would not watch them starve to death no matter what.

If you want to solve the livelihood of the banner people from the root, you must break the iron rice bowl of the banner people. But could Kangxi agree? This is directly related to the Eight Banners Army Preparation System of the Qing Dynasty - the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.

Seeing Yinzhen silent for a long time, Kangxi couldn't help but feel quite surprised. He had never seen the Sisi of Laos be silent for so long. Did he feel that this job was tricky? Or did he complain about it? He pondered a little, and then he slowly said: "Reorganizing the flag affairs and planning the livelihood of the Eight Banners is not a one-day effort. You must make a long-term plan, and you don't need to be in a hurry."

Upon hearing this, Yinzhen did not dare to remain silent anymore and said, "Emperor Ahma, rectifying the flag affairs and planning the livelihood of the Eight Banners is too much involved and involves a wide range of issues. Now, expeditions to Europe, America, and Australia to immigrate to the South China Sea, consolidate the South China Sea, and expand the navy are all urgent tasks. My sons are worried that they have no time to withdraw."

Is Lao Sioux worried about being trapped in the capital? Kangxi smiled slightly and said, "I said, don't rush for a while. We must make plans for Australia to immigrate to the South China Sea, expand the navy and rectify the flag business. The livelihoods of the Eight Banners are not in conflict. Many aspects are intertwined. It is proposed at this time to facilitate your unified planning.

I also know that Tianjin, Shanghai, Manila, Garoba, and even Australia are all uneasy. I don’t care about you in the capital. In recent years, I still have the energy. It is good for you to go to the local area to experience more, understand the sufferings of the people, and understand the local shortcomings. However, court experience is what you lack the most. It is also for this to take charge of rectification of the flag and plan the livelihood of the Eight Banners."

After hearing these words, Yinzhen felt aroused. Kangxi made a clear statement to treat him as the crown prince. He hurriedly knelt down and said, "Emperor, the livelihood of the people of the flag is related to the foundation of the country. My sons should do their best to plan properly, thinking that the Emperor's worries will be shared."

"Yeah." Kangxi said slightly: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh food. You must proceed step by step and follow the trend. Do not act too quickly. As the saying goes, haste will not lead to success. The flag and people are the foundation of the country. Not only are they very restrained, but they also have many restrictions. After only twenty years of peace, they will be defeated. This is really heartbreaking. This matter should not be delayed. If it cannot be resolved in my hands, it will inevitably be delayed for decades. At that time, it will definitely be a major stubborn disease of the court.

You have a long-term vision, outstanding talent, and good at innovation. If you have me in charge of your position, you can just let it go. I have no money to sell the shares of the Ocean Trade Fleet. If you have what you need, just open your mouth."

Kangxi really saved the more than 10 million taels of silver to plan the livelihood of the people? Yinzhen didn't know what to say immediately. After pondering for a moment, he said: "Emperor, this silver may be injected into the "Four Great Hengs" for low-interest loans. Many clan relatives want to vigorously develop overseas bans, and they are short of money at hand. Even if one cent of interest is released, more than one million taels will be earned every year, which is better than putting it in the national treasury.

When planning the livelihood of the people of the banner, there is no rush. With a proper method, my son can raise tens of millions of taels of silver anytime and anywhere, he will definitely not worry the Emperor Ama."

Hearing this, Kangxi couldn't help but smile. The Fourteenth Old Man never forgot to make money at all times, but this matter was fine. The expansion of the scale of the clans could also solve the livelihoods of many bannermen. It was a killing two birds with one stone. He nodded and said, "Okay, this matter depends on you." As he said that, he picked up the tea cup and sipped tea.

After Yinzhen got up and sat down, he said, "Emperor Ama, the general who sent troops to Europe, my son has a suggestion. Please ask the Emperor Ama to consider it."

"Yeah?" Kangxi was happy. After thinking about this for a day, he couldn't choose a person he liked. He asked, "Who is it?"

"Not only one person." Yinzhen said in a whisper: "Fang Bao suggested to his son yesterday to form an envoy to go to Europe with the army, so that the candidates for leading troops can be solved."

Establishing an envoy? Kangxi immediately realized that he selected outstanding candidates from all aspects and went to Europe to make their respective divisions and their responsibilities. This method was simple but extremely practical. In this way, it would be much easier to choose this candidate. He couldn't help but smile and said, "This method is feasible, can there be specific candidates?"

Yinzhen didn't know what conditions the fourth brother would offer, so where did he confirm the candidate. He said immediately: "I don't know if the emperor will agree with this method, so he has not considered the specific candidate yet."

"This method is feasible. If you have only half a year to prepare for the expedition to Europe, you must decide this candidate early." Kangxi said in contemplation.

Yinzhen stood up and knelt down and said, "My son respects the order."

Zhang Mingliang, the second-class guard of the Prince of Heng Mansion, was so busy that he was busy all morning that he had condemned people to go to the "Tan Ji Mud Furnace" to get a few new stoves out, and asked clearly how to use them. Then he went to the bustling streets in the capital to raise the stove and offer a reward.

Zhang Mingliang is also unlucky. In recent years, Yinzhen has been promoted from Beizi to Prince. Everyone has been promoted to a higher level with Yinzhen and his guards from the palace. Only in the 49th year of Kangxi, Zhang Mingliang was negligent when he accompanied the concubine Zhang Mengjiao shopping in the 49th year of Kangxi. He was frightened by Nian Gengyao, and was punished by Yinzhen to serve as the prince's mansion. In the past two years, seeing all his colleagues being promoted, he had not even met Yinzhen several times, let alone promoted him to the position of the royal palace.

Dachun was quite nostalgic. Seeing that Yinzhen was very concerned about the matter of the stove, he handed the job over to Zhang Mingliang, giving him the opportunity to sway in front of Yinzhen. Zhang Mingliang naturally cherished this rare opportunity and ran around to watch it, fearing that there would be some mistakes.

After the new honeycomb coal stove was ignited on the streets of Beijing, it immediately attracted countless idle people to watch. Everyone was curious and regarded it as new. However, when the news of Yinzhen's heavy reward was posted, it immediately attracted a large number of people to watch.

The people in the Prince Xun Mansion were still afraid that others would not be able to read, so they shouted loudly: "The Fourteenth Master asked two questions. First, why is the hot-mill coal firepower much more than the coal stove we usually use? Second, why can this small fire door cover adjust the firepower? Each question is rewarded with 500 taels of silver. If you know, come quickly. After passing this village, there will be no store."

Five hundred taels of silver are not small amounts. As soon as the reward was released, it immediately spread to ten, and ten hundred. The entire capital immediately became very interested in this honeycomb coal stove. There were countless viewers coming to hear the news. After hearing that the 14th prince offered a reward, many officials and royal family members came to watch. Later, even the missionaries in the capital were alarmed.

Although there are countless onlookers, no one dared to reveal the list. Although some people guessed that the principle of the fire door cover is the same as the bellows blower, no one could clearly explain the reason.

The honeycomb coal was replaced one after another, and the onlookers also changed one after another. This new honeycomb coal stove immediately spread throughout the capital, but no one dared to report the list and receive the reward.

After hearing the rumors, Tan Caijun, the shopkeeper of the "Tan Ji Ni Fu", learned that the young prince who came to his shop was the current fourteenth son of the emperor. He was immediately excited and upset. Now in the capital, who doesn't know that the Fourteenth Master is a great god of wealth, Zheng Shichang, the shopkeeper of the "Four Great Evergreen", was following the Four Great Evergreen Master at the time. Only then could the "Four Great Evergreen" achieve its current glory, but he missed the opportunity in vain.

Maybe there is still a chance to meet him. Tan Caijun secretly encouraged himself and asked the craftsmen to speed up the work, he hurried out to contact other stove shops. Only by completing the customized stove by the Fourteenth Master in time and beautifully, he would have the opportunity to see the Fourteenth Master again.

The 14th Master's heavy reward soon became a hot topic in the capital, which naturally attracted the attention of all kinds of people. Miscellaneous studies, math guru, and craftsmen from the Ministry of Works were extremely excited about this reward. This reward means that the 14th Master attaches great importance to miscellaneous studies and has a deep understanding of miscellaneous studies. People who do not understand these will not be able to raise such questions.

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