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Chapter 220 Super Project

Xu Guangqi proposed to build fields in the lake and move all the people in Shaanxi to Dongting Lake, Taihu Lake, and Poyang Lake, theoretically, it is quite ideal. Unfortunately, immigration has never been an easy task.

I don’t know how complicated the people, things and things involved are. Yang Jing came from the 21st century with very developed information. He also saw the immigration of the Three Gorges. It is never simple to know that the immigration matter is. As I thought about it, I was fascinated. Who should I send to preside over it? How much is the immigration fee? Who organizes it? How to mobilize? How to implement it? How to prevent embezzlement? How to prevent drifting? How to prevent riots? How to prevent epidemic prevention and hygiene? This series of difficulties made Yang Jing feel very stressed.

The court officials were also talking about this proposal. The emperor sat on the throne in a daze, and the ministers were discussing it below. The ministers have learned their lessons now. Seeing the emperor in a daze, they did not say anything to the emperor like before, but to talk to the emperor with their colleagues. They all know that talking to the emperor at this time is useless. It is not sure that you have been drooling for a long time, but the emperor is still asking you "What, what?"

Xu Guangqi stood there calmly.

Yang Jing pondered for a long time and pressed it down with his hands. The ministers below cooperated very well and consciously stopped talking. The hall suddenly became quiet. They all looked at the emperor and saw what the emperor said.

"Master Xu, this immigration is a good thing, but I also expected that there are many difficulties. Master Xu has a budget for this matter? Just how much does it cost? Who will preside over this matter? This project is huge and it must not be completed by a few people. I am afraid that many people will have to assist you from the side. Master Xu, do these have plans?" Yang Jing thought for a long time and was really irritated by these troubles. So, let's ask Xu Guangqi to see what Xu Guangqi said.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think that the cost of immigration is to say in terms of the number of immigrants. If it is an immigrant, if it is a million, it is afraid that there will be at least 200,000 households, and each household will place 20 taels of silver for the immigrants. This is 4 million taels of silver. I have to bear the burden of transporting them from Shaanxi to Dongting Lake in Huguang and other places. This freight is probably not expensive. This part is with the transportation of relief grains. When I go, I deliver grains and pick up people when I come back. This can save a lot of money... However, this must be a considerable fee. I have to organize immigration to reclaim the lakes.

It requires food supply and costs, which is another investment. In addition, even if you start immigrating immediately and building land this year, it is impossible to cultivate this year. I am afraid there is no income this year. Therefore, I am afraid that I have to persist until next spring. I am afraid that I will need another sum of money. The imperial court organized immigration and migration to maintain order by using local garrison troops to maintain order, and requires cooperation between various prefectures and counties. The cost is even more huge. After these items, 200,000 immigrants and a million people are afraid that the cost will be between millions and tens of millions of taels..." Xu Guangqi calculated the cost roughly.

A million people, tens of millions of taels of silver, made the ministers in the hall exclaim, the annual income of the Ming Dynasty was only three million, and you had to use tens of millions of taels of silver to immigrate, which would be enough for the court to drink a pot... The court would not eat or drink for three years before it could be paid.

Ten million taels of silver? Yang Jing had a headache. There was not much left in his own treasury. Many of the silver he promised in the second half of the year had not yet been settled. Now, it was another ten million taels. This really cost his own life! The title of the emperor of salary is indeed not simple, and most people can't bear it! For example, the unlucky Chongzhen in history.

"Ministry of Revenue? How much money does the Ministry of Revenue have?" Yang Jing understood that this immigration was obviously a big killer to prevent the outbreak of peasant uprisings. He had to pay for money, and even if he had no money, he had to pay for it. Yang Jing began to calculate his own family background.

The Minister of Revenue came forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue still has nearly one million taels of silver." When the Minister of Revenue answered the question, his voice was quite loud and he was very confident. A few days ago, mice could run away from the Ministry of Revenue warehouse, but now there are millions of silver. I have to say that the year is a good year! No, Your Majesty can make money!

The ministers first heard that the Ministry of Revenue still had one million taels of silver when they were in trouble. They were all very excited, but compared with the money from the immigrant, less than 10% of the money, the situation was in an instant.

"Only one million? It's a far cry!" Yang Jing lamented in his heart. It is indeed a good way to build land around the lake. In theory, it can completely eliminate the peasant uprising in Shaanxi. However, let alone the implementation, the cost of immigration alone is really expensive. He has the will but lacks strength.

The Minister of Revenue may have remembered something, and his face suddenly turned red, and he reported: "Your Majesty, nearly half of these silver needs to be released into the treasury. Most of these are the silver donated by the Imperial College..." The Ministry of Revenue said here, his face turned red and his head lowered. When the emperor was in charge of the Imperial College, he agreed to give half to the Ministry of Revenue and the half to the emperor. Although he has collected nearly one million yuan in silver, he needs to share half to the emperor. If the 500,000 yuan is usually a huge sum, but compared with the current immigration funds, it is nothing, and he can't even get it.

Yang Jing was speechless. What should I do? Apart from silence, there is no good way. He couldn't change this money just by saying it.

"By the way, the Ministry of Revenue, did you have tax hikes before? When will the tax increase be reached?" Yang Jing remembered that there was a big deal, that was tax hikes, and at that time, there was expected to be income of four or five million taels of silver.

The Minister of Revenue replied: "Report to Your Majesty, the summer harvest has not even begun, and there is no way to talk about the autumn harvest. I am afraid that this summer harvest will not start in at least July and August. I am afraid that this autumn harvest will not be collected until next year..."

After listening to the explanation of Shangshu Shan of the Ministry of Revenue, Yang Jing's heart was cold again, it was not powerful! The summer harvest had not even begun, but he relied on this money to make a fortune.

However, this is not completely useless. The full amount of funds and start-up funds are different concepts. They all require millions or even tens of millions. However, this startup cannot be so much. This money can be regarded as follow-up funds. Thinking of this, Yang Jing's cold heart warmed up again.

Yang Jing nodded, so the money obtained from the tax increase was not too late, and it would be easy to arrive.

"I remember there is still a lot of money, what is it?" Yang Jing remembered there is still a lot of money, but for a moment, his mind was too messy and I really couldn't remember what it was.

The Minister of Revenue said: "Report to Your Majesty, it's a salt class. The salt merchants exchanged five million taels for a year of suspension of salt class." The Minister of Revenue said this, his expression was strange. He didn't see that the emperor got tens of millions of taels of silver after a few moves. This emperor is really not an ordinary person! He looked young and had no hair on his mouth, but he was too cruel to take action. As soon as he took action, he would ask the salt merchants to buy salt class for one year. Otherwise, he would threaten it with the suspension of salt administration. If the salt administration was stopped, wouldn't the officials and forces who rely on salt to make food have no food? Therefore, this forces the bureaucrats who eat salt administration and the power to overwhelm the salt merchants and let the salt merchants pay the money according to the emperor's wishes. These people who rely on the salt administration to make food are naturally the emperor's thugs. This is a skillful way to kill people with a knife.

"Oh, salt class? I remembered it." Yang Jing forgot temporarily. He has been too busy and too chaotic these days. Yang Jing nodded and did not make too much comments on this matter. A year later, he was when he was chopping up the salt merchant himself. Now there is no need to talk about this.

The Minister of Revenue continued: "Report to Your Majesty, this income is only 3 million taels to be counted as the relief bank. One million is to build warships, and one million is still the one million, which will be returned to Your Majesty." The Minister of Revenue explained the purpose of the money in detail.

"Three million? I know, calculate, how much money can the Ministry of Revenue be mobilized now?" Yang Jing calculated roughly. The sum of these money was several million taels. Perhaps, starting the immigration project is enough, not enough, and it will take a year or two to repay it. I think of some solutions myself and I can repay it.

The Minister of Revenue quickly calculated and said, "Report to Your Majesty, there are 500,000 taels of silver in the treasury, four or five million taels of land tax, and three million taels of salt. Together, eight million taels are strange." Calculated the huge sum of eight million in a row, the Minister of Revenue's spirit has significantly improved by a certain level. This is nearly ten million taels of silver! It is all under his control.

"Eight million taels? Well, Master Xu, is eight million taels enough?" Xu Guangqi said that it would take several million, nearly ten million taels of silver. Now the amount is almost the same, Yang Jinghui asked Xu Guangqi if it is enough.

Xu Guangqi was still expressionless and calm, as if the eight million taels were not silver at all, but a pile of stones, and said, "Report to Your Majesty, it is enough to start. This immigration cannot be completed in a day or two. I guess it is probably about the same to save some money." Xu Guangqi thought for a while and felt that it was not easy for the emperor to raise the eight million taels. Even if he was still a little different from what he planned, he really couldn't open this point. The eight million taels of silver were already several times more than the year. If he was not satisfied, what would others think of him?

When Yang Jie saw that Xu Guangqi had enough, the immigration costs had been raised almost enough, he felt relieved. This immigration was a magic weapon to completely solve the peasant uprising in Shaanxi. This is more powerful than the relief of the cauldron. That is to say, if all the peasant uprisings are moved out, how can you revolt? Even if it is an uprising, the harm is far from great. What's more, as long as the Chinese people still have a way to survive, they will never take the dead end of rebellion. Now with relief, they can still be relocated. I believe that there will not be many people who will embark on the road of rebellion. Yang Jie is so self-comfortable, so what is left is how to carry out this immigration project and how to let the people know that the emperor has not abandoned them yet.

Just when Yang Jing was thinking about this, Xu Guangqi said again: "Your Majesty, although there are more than 8 million theoretically, now, what you can actually do is probably less than one million! The rest has not been collected yet." Xu Guangqi poured a basin of cold water, and Yang Jing was shocked again and his whole body trembled.

Yes! This tax increase will not start to be stored in July and August at the earliest, and it will be next year at the latest. I am afraid that this salt class will not be paid immediately, but I am afraid that it will be intermittent. Sell some salt and pay some salt classes. The salt merchants will never kindly pay themselves five million taels at one time, and may even regret not paying them bankruptcy.

Yang Jing pointed his gaze at Xu Guangqi again and said, "This...yes! Master Xu, this is still a number on paper. This... the immigration project is about to start, and money is needed immediately. What should I do?" Yang Jing was also stunned. The immigration project was about to start, but the money was still on paper. What could it be?

Yang Jing began to think about his own treasury again. If he used the treasury to pay Xu Guangqi first and asked him to start the immigration project, he didn't know if he could take it down. After all, he didn't have much money to use now. Even the reserve silver had to rely on those princes to make money and free up the silver to start the immigration project for Xu Guangqi, and he was afraid that he would not catch it! A headache.

"Your Majesty, I think that immigration matter has a huge relationship. You can think about it for a while and make a long-term plan. It is better to postpone this matter. After the situation in all aspects is summarized, it is not too late to consider this issue." Xu Guangqi actually proposed to postpone this matter for a long time.

Yang Jing was a little surprised. How could Xu Guangqi make such a suggestion? The faster the immigration project is, the better, why are you still thinking about it? However, after looking at Xu Guangqi's eyes, it seemed to be calm and calm. Although Yang Jing had doubts, he still followed Xu Guangqi's intentions. Perhaps, Xu Guangqi had any other situation and didn't tell him.

The ministers below also joined in the fun. The migration of the population involves a million people and tens of millions of dollars. This is definitely not a matter of words, and it can be decided in one or two hours. This really requires long-term planning.

"Report to your Majesty, I think this matter must be discussed for a long time. It involves the migration of millions of people for thousands of miles and involves tens of millions of dollars. We must be cautious and careful."

"Your Majesty, I also think that this matter is too important and cannot be decided in a short while, and there is no good solution in a short while. Please ask Your Majesty to postpone this matter and think about it for a while. Otherwise, if you make a mistake, you will be involved in the whole situation and regret it at that time."

"Report to Your Majesty, I also feel that this matter should not be concluded in a hurry. I have to consider it more and think carefully about all aspects..."

All the ministers felt that this matter was too sudden and they were not prepared at all. Immigration was indeed of great importance, it was involved in a wide range, and more importantly, what is the use of this matter and what benefits it has, or what can you get from tens of millions of dollars? This has to be carefully considered and carefully considered. Those who should be intercepted may be intercepted.

In the case of public speaking, immigration needs to be suspended, the immigration matter has been suspended. Yang Jingwei is preparing to ask Xu Guangqi why it needs to be suspended?

In the court, everyone had their own ulterior motives. The emperor didn't know why his confidant had to be suspended. Xu Guangqi was very calm and did not say anything. Many court officials were planning to insert their own people into it. This major event that was related to the direction of history in the late Ming Dynasty was suspended with the unanimous agreement of the monarch and ministers.
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