Chapter 315: Proposal for Immigrants to Build Purple Island
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Everyone was happy after hearing this, and Xu Shu said, "My king, the hearts of these surrendered soldiers have been settled, I Wang Yingming!"
Sun Quan smiled and said, "There is nothing wise, but what he said is just to fulfill his words. But there are still few women arrested now, so for the time being, only some people can fulfill their wishes, but this will give everyone confidence, and confidence is the most important thing."
Then he talked about the specific distribution method, and Sun Quan said to Zhang Zhao: "Teacher, the cabinet has to find some people. There are about 100,000 households in total and arrange to immigrate to the islands of Japan. We can tell them that the first is to replace the land ten times, how many they have here, and we allocate them ten times in the new place; the second is to tell everyone that there are gold and silver mines on Zhuzi Island, and then everyone will go to hunt for gold. The gold and silver mines that are found in their own hands are allowed to mine for one year."
When Gu Yong heard this, he immediately retorted: "My king, this is not possible. Gold, silver, minerals, salt, iron, etc. are all state-owned. How can the people open it on their own? This will be messy."
Sun Quan asked, "Yuansang, let me ask you, if the people mine these gold and silver mines, we will first collect taxes. Secondly, after they have gold and silver, they still have to replace them. Now everyone recognizes gold and silver coins. In the end, they have to exchange gold and silver coins to the bank. Besides, after the people have money, it is definitely impossible for them to keep them at home all the time. Now our market is relatively prosperous, and money will still be spent. As long as the money is spent on the market, the tax department can collect taxes once every extra transaction. This is called transaction tax. We have this one, which is equivalent to the income of the government."
Pang Tong understood after hearing this and said, "My king, this means that the more transactions we have in the market, the higher the income of the treasury will be. We have to keep bringing the money from the treasury into the market and circulating it. In the process of recovering expenditures, the money from the treasury will become more and more."
Zhou Yu said, "My king, then we can't spend all the money. We spend money every time we go to war and do things. We still need to have reserves."
Sun Quan said: "This is natural. First, we have banks now, and there is usually a lot of money in the bank's vault. If it is appropriately suitable for conquest, you can borrow money from the bank first; second, we are constantly minting coins, so we naturally don't need to worry about not using coins. Of course, we still need to have some reserves, but mainly materials, such as military rations and weapons."
Gu Yong was also in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and said, "My king, now our country is in the territory of Wu, with a small population and a sparse land. If we immigrate now, no one will cultivate many of the land in our country. Although there are still some people from the north who will flee into our counties, there are very few."
Zhang Zhao also said: "My king, yes, this population problem is still serious. We do not have enough staff. In this way, after immigrating, the income of our counties will also be affected."
Sun Quan thought for a while and said, "This matter is a few ways. The first is to move all the people in the mountainous areas out, and then let the local garrisons clean up, move all the people in the mountainous areas out, and move directly to Zhuzidao. Many people hid in the deep mountains and forests to avoid the taxes and wars of the government. Life in the deep mountains and forests will be very miserable. If you don't want to move, you will directly immigrate by force."
Gu Yong agreed with this method very much and said, "My king, this method is naturally good, but now the population in the mountainous areas is very small, and after we conquer Shanyue, there are probably not many people. Tens of thousands of households on the Zidao can still be resettled. If we want to set up a county, the population may not be enough."
Zhou Yu said, "Yuansang, don't worry about this. There is also a person from our Navy who has already assigned land on the island and has rewarded four women for no one. In this way, it is also a large population. Besides, they have land and their families and children there, and then they will take their parents and brothers over."
Pang Tong also said: "In fact, we can also allow private merchant ships to go with us. We will announce the route directly, so that many people will migrate themselves, and it will also save the government a lot of things."
Sun Quan thought for a while and said, "The cabinet issued an order to the local governments that people who voluntarily immigrated should not be blocked, otherwise the local governments would definitely block them for political achievements."
Zhang Zhao responded and said, "My king, are there any other ways? Didn't you say there are several ways?"
Sun Quan smiled and said, "Teacher, then do you think there is any other way?"
Zhang Zhao pretended to be contemplated and said, "My king, is it because I am trying to inspire the people of Cao Wei and Shu Han?"
Everyone laughed at him. After everyone laughed, Sun Quan said, "It seems that everyone has learned to talk nonsense now! The second method is naturally to promote these in other ways, such as Cao Wei and Shu Han. Although there are high-yield crops, income still depends on many factors. As long as we promote the benefits of building Zidao, people will naturally go there."
After hearing this, Yu Fan said, "My king, we can focus on Hanzhong. In the past, Zhang Lu was extremely relaxed to the people. Liu Bei will now recruit soldiers and grain in Hanzhong. In this way, there will definitely be unstable people. As long as we encourage them, we can stimulate a large number of people."
Pang Tong suddenly said, "My king, I have a suggestion!"
"Oh, what kind of good advice is it? It's rare to see you make suggestions to me so proactively. I think you're a bit wasting your country's wages." Sun Quan said with a smile.
Pang Tong ignored Sun Quan's joke and said, "My king once asked Gan Ning to quietly form a team near Xiangyang. We can also form the same team in Hanzhong or Shu Kingdom, arrange people to organize the people to fight against Liu Bei, and let them fall into endless internal struggles. Then it will be easy if we attack Shu Han again."
Sun Quan thought it was OK. If some of the equalization policies of later generations were taken out, and some guerrilla wars were carried out, and if the countryside surrounded the city, Zhuge Liang might not be able to be destroyed. However, in this way, it is necessary to ensure that the land of Shu Han will not be too dilapidated due to the war. Otherwise, the national strength of China will be lost in the end, but if it is not destroyed or established.
{This chapter is over}
Chapter completed!