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Chapter 856, this is a good thing

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    In the study of Emperor Hongzhi in the Qianqing Palace of the Imperial Palace in the capital, Emperor Hongzhi was discussing with several ministers the matter of consolidating Ming Dynasty¡¯s rule in the Western Regions and the Hezhong region.

    "Your Majesty, if we want long-term stable rule in the Western Region and Hezhong region, immigration is indispensable. I think one million immigrants may not be enough."

    "The fertile Hezhong area alone is enough to support tens of millions of people. The entire Western Region is vast, and we have very few Han people. We still need a large number of immigrants to enrich the Western Region and the Hezhong area."

    Li Dongyang is the minister responsible for the affairs of the Western Regions. What he is most concerned about now is the issue of immigrants from the Western Regions. The imperial court's order has been issued to the three provinces of Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan. The three provinces are now organizing immigrants to the Western Regions in an orderly manner.

    For this matter, Li Dongyang has been very busy recently.

    In this era, large-scale immigration is not an easy task. Food and accommodation for immigrants are still a small matter. The real big thing is how quickly the immigrants take root and grow after they move there.

    The Western Region and the Hezhong area are far away from the Central Plains. There are many tribes here and the people are strong. There are too many things to consider.

    This is completely different from immigrating to Liaodong.

    The Liaodong area is actually very close to Beizhili and can be reached by boat. This is extremely convenient for the transportation of people and materials. More importantly, the Jurchens in the Liaodong area were almost wiped out by the Ming army.  The grassland became the grassland province of the Ming Dynasty again.

    It can be said that the Liaodong region is very stable and safe. As long as the immigrants can solve the problem of food and accommodation, they can settle down in Liaodong after a year of reclaiming land and growing food.

    The situation in the Western Regions is more complicated. Although the Ming army pursued an iron-blooded policy in the Western Regions and the Hezhong region and wiped out many tribes, large and small, the Western Regions and the Hezhong region are still surrounded by wolves, and there are many large and small tribes inside.  Various tribes.

    ¡°These all pose a threat to immigrants.

    Of course, these are all trivial matters. The Ming Dynasty¡¯s 200,000 troops were stationed in the Western Regions and the Hezhong area, which was enough to suppress everything easily. The real difficulty is that the Western Regions and the Hezhong area are too vast, but there are very few Han people here. The Liaodong area used to be  There are also hundreds of thousands of Han citizens who have certain basic conditions.

    "Mr. Li, we must not continue large-scale immigration from the three provinces of Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi."

    As soon as Li Dongyang finished speaking, Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, couldn't help but say.

    "Why is this?"

    Li Dongyang asked a little strangely. He insisted on relocating people from the Central Plains area to overseas. This was a national policy formulated a few years ago. In the Central Plains area, there is less land and more people. The natural environment is fragile. Whenever there is a disaster, there will be starvation and disaster.  The phenomenon of eating one's own child and causing wars to spread.

    In recent years, through immigration, a large number of people from these three provinces have moved to other places, which has gradually eased the contradiction between man and land in the Central Plains. The effect is very obvious and the role is great.

    "Your Majesty, gentlemen~"

    "This is a memorial from Henan that I just received. There are not many people in Henan Province who can move out."

    Liu Jian took out a memorial that had just arrived from Henan and said anxiously.

    ¡°There are not many people left in Henan Province who can move out?¡±

    When Emperor Hongzhi, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others heard this, they immediately became confused.

    "If I remember correctly, Henan Province has probably moved one million people out of the country."

    Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and said, some of the immigrants organized by the government moved to Liaodong and some to Nanyang. The total number was only about one million. The situation in Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces was similar.

    "Your Majesty, among the immigrants organized by our imperial government, the number of people who moved to Liaodong is 300,000, and the number of people who moved to Nanyang provinces totals about 700,000. A total of one million people have moved out of Henan."

    "But this is only the scale of out-migration organized by our court. The scale and number of people's spontaneous out-migration are several times this number!"

    "According to Henan Chief Envoy Gao Bin, people from all over Henan were extremely reluctant to immigrate at first. It was difficult to leave their homeland, and many people were unwilling to move to other places."

    "But since the immigrants from Liaodong and Nanyang gradually sent news back, everyone knows that after the prosperity of life in Liaodong and Nanyang, a large number of immigrants have spontaneously migrated to Liaodong and Nanyang throughout Henan."

    ?sp; Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs Ji Zhong also followed up and said that Liaodong is developing rapidly, and the tax revenue in the first few months of this year has increased very sharply.

    "But here in Henan, all ten rooms are already empty!"

    After listening to this, Liu Jian said helplessly, "Although this is true, there is no one in Henan anymore. What should we do?"

    "This is not a good thing anyway!"

    "Mr. Liu, of course this is a good thing."

    "Take the Lin County that Mr. Liu just mentioned as an example. As far as I know, Lin County is the poorest place in Henan. Lin County is very drought-prone, with nine droughts in ten years and severe droughts in consecutive years. Let alone growing food.  Sometimes even the water a person drinks is precious.¡±

    "The people in Lin County are very poor. They can't even drink water when they stay here in Lin County. But after moving to Liaodong, they not only have their own fertile land, but also live a prosperous life. Do you think this is a good thing?"

    "Places like Lin County are actually no longer suitable for survival. The environment is too harsh. Living in a place like Lin County, no matter how hard you work, is useless, because hard work is not enough to feed yourself, and you can't even drink water.  , in such a place, all the people should be moved to places with better environment."

    "The people who spontaneously migrated out are all poor people in Henan. In Henan, they can only farm land for landlords. And because there are so many people and so little land, they often rent very little land, and the exploitation by landlords is very serious.  "

    "But by migrating to Liaodong and Nanyang, they can not only own their own land, but the environment in these places is good. They can rely on their own hands to have food and clothing, and live a prosperous life. This is why there are large-scale spontaneous migrations to  The reason for going to Liaodong and Nanyang."

    "Mr. Liu, do you think this is a good thing?"

    "Does it mean that it is a good thing that they must be allowed to live in Henan where they are crowded with people, oppressed by people, endured exploitation and oppression by landlords, and work so hard that they don't even have enough to eat?"

    Li Dongyang's words go straight to the essence of this matter. In the final analysis, it is because he has moved out and can live an easier and better life. He can have enough food and clothing, but he can't even eat enough when he stays in Henan.  Naturally, as the man walked to higher ground, the water flowed to the lower ground.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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