There are many things that will embarrass Prince Fujun Zhu. The most troublesome thing among them is not money and food, but a scourge called capitalism!

No one now knows that this evil thing has actually been released from the cage by Zhu Cihong. Even the instigator, Zhu Cihong, did not realize what he had done?

Oh, by the way, the germ of capitalism actually appeared a long time ago. You can see the silk and cotton handicraft factories that widely exist in Nanjing, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Songjiang in the southeast, as well as the ironware factories that appeared in Foshan, Guangdong.

It became a symbol of the emergence of capitalism.

However, this kind of germination has developed very slowly in China, and the small-scale peasant economy has always occupied a dominant position, even if Zhu Cixiang launched a series of operations in the southeast, such as opening the Salt Merchant Bank and the Maritime Merchant Bank; such as opening up Shanghai, Ningbo, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, and Dengzhou to five

Export and trading ports; such as communicating with the Dutch and Portuguese colonists, promoting the Ming Dynasty to enter the Age of Discovery, etc., etc., did not really touch the small peasant economy ruled by the privileges of the gentry, which trapped the budding capitalism of the Ming Dynasty!

The reason is simple. When Nanming, with a population of more than 100 million, begins to embark on the evil path of capitalism, the demand for agricultural products and the absorption of rural labor will grow at an extremely fast rate.

In other words, the efficiency of agricultural production in Nanming must be greatly improved! Only in this way can more agricultural products be produced with less labor force, enough to satisfy handicraft (industrial) production and the urban population.

And once Nanming society enters the evil primary stage of capitalism, the population will maintain rapid growth for a long time!

Now it is tens of millions, but in the future it is very likely to be 200 million, 300 million, or even more!

In order to provide enough food for such a large population, and at the same time provide enough raw materials for the huge factory handicraft system, Nanming's agriculture must enter the capitalist stage!

Even if Nanming, under the leadership of Zhu Cixang, could acquire some rice-rich colonies overseas, it would still have to use capitalist methods to develop them and set up capitalist farms in order to provide enough primary products for the domestic market.

Otherwise, they are just some feudal fiefs with low production efficiency. How much rice can we expect them to produce? Moreover, developing on the land of Sui Chenla (Mekong River Plain) or Siam requires a large amount of capital investment and high-level management.

.How could the feudal lords have so much capital? How could they manage overseas farms?

Being a feudal lord relied on their skills in killing people and did not come to power through farming. Can they be allowed to set up farms?

Therefore, in order to turn the rich land of Nanyang into the granary of the Ming Dynasty, many agricultural capitalists of the Ming Dynasty still need to go to Nanyang to set up farms!

But if there were not a large number of capitalist farms in the Ming Dynasty, where would the agricultural capitalists in Southeast Asia come from?

According to the research of later historians, the first batch of agricultural capitalists in the Ming Dynasty appeared in the four prefectures of Hanyang, Jingzhou, Chengtian and De'an in Hubei Province in the 19th year of Chongzhen.

And their appearance was actually promoted by the joint efforts of Li Zicheng and Zhu Cixiang!

Li Zicheng's attack on the four prefectures of Jingzhou, Chengtian, De'an and Hanyang, as well as the implementation of land equalization in the four prefectures of Jingzhou, Chengtian, De'an and Hanyang, as well as the previous land enclosure and land transfer in Xiangyang and Yuanyang two prefectures

, all suffered heavy blows, and can even be said to have destroyed the rule of the gentry class in these villages.

When the midsummer of the 19th year of Chongzhen arrived, there were no gentry landlords in most areas of Hubei.

Of course, Li Zicheng only destroyed the rule of the gentry class that supported the Ming Dynasty in rural Hubei. He did not release the tiger of capitalism from its cage, but replaced it with a stronger cage, that is, a giant that turned over and enclosed the land.

Follow the old battalion!

As long as time is given, they will grow into military aristocrats, replace the original gentry class, and become resolute defenders of the small peasant economy!

However, Zhu Cihong and his new army to overcome difficulties did not allow Li Zicheng's "cage" to take shape before it completely collapsed.

However, Zhu Cixiang did not intend to restore the old order, so before he left Wuchang and returned to Nanjing, he launched a "redemption-style land reform" plan for Hubei's aftermath.

The details of this plan were drawn up a few days before Zhu Cixiang left Wuchang, and were posted on notice boards at various gates in Wuchang City the day after Zhu Cixiang left.

Contrary to Zhu Cixi's own expectations, this "redemption-style land reform plan" will bring the man-eating monster of capitalism to the rich rural areas of Hubei. And once this monster gains a foothold in Hubei's rural areas, it will soon rely on

Capitalism is about to sweep through the southeastern rural areas with its own high efficiency!

The pier outside Hanyang Gate has finally gained some popularity. It is not that there are many grain ships coming along the Yangtze River and the Han River, but a large number of warships coming from Xiaowuchang downstream, and they are densely moored outside the Hanyang Gate pier.

On the river.

These warships placed the hopes of many gentry and profiteers who were exiled in Wuchang. Therefore, every morning, as soon as the Hanyang Gate opened, many gentry and profiteers like refugees would come out to see if they wanted to see if the fleet had set off.

Only in the west of Xiangyang Prefecture and Jingzhou Prefecture can the rule of local tyrants and evil gentry in Hubei be restored!

But this morning, when Yao Daqiao and Ye Jiaxin came out of Hanyang Gate, they saw a scene that surprised them.

Not many people crowded on the Hanyang Gate Pier to ask questions to the soldiers on duty. Everyone gathered around the newly erected signboard outside Hanyang Gate, talking about it, and from time to time some people burst into tears.

What's going on?

Doesn’t the Crown Prince plan to send troops to regain the land of Jingxiang?

Yao Daqiao and Ye Jiaxin were both startled, looked at each other, and then quickly walked to the outside of the notice board.

There were so many people here that it was impossible to squeeze in. But this was not a problem for Yao Daqiao. He had extensive contacts and soon found a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar squatting on the roadside and crying. He was carrying a kitchen knife last time.

Peng Ziqin, a De'an scholar who wanted to "kill Li Zicheng".

He is much slimmer than last winter, and his face is ashen. One look shows that he is malnourished. From last winter to now, most of the Hubei gentry and profiteers who have been exiled in Wuchang are eating "relief porridge" to survive. If you still have some on hand,

Those with assets, like Yao Daqiao, can still live a good life.

But Peng Ziqin almost escaped with two fists. He had nothing, and the whole family could only eat porridge. They were all so hungry that their eyes glowed green. When he was so hungry that he couldn't help it, he even thought about selling it.

I lost two young wives, but in the end I still couldn't be cruel and had to starve together as a family!

However, even when they were about to starve to death, Peng Daju and most of the scholars and scholars gathered in Wuchang City still refused to accept Zhu Cixiang's "Wuchang Botian Replacement Plan." Peng Daju still had three to four thousand acres in his hands.

The deed to De'an's farmland! If he could get it back, why would he let it go as a big landowner?

So Peng Ziqin and a group of Hubei gentry with some respect have been playing rogue with Zhu Cixiang these days. Sometimes they go to the Confucius Temple to cry, sometimes they go to the Taimiao Temple (Wuhan is now Jiangdu, of course there is the Taimiao Temple), and sometimes they cry outside the Wuchang Palace.

After crying and crying, I really stopped crying about the "land replacement plan" and replaced it with a grain compensation plan. Depending on the fatness of the land, the grain supplement will be from two to four stones per acre, and it will also be provided in Jingzhou, Xiangyang, Dezhou, etc.

After Ansan Prefecture was recovered, it was paid in five years. Of course, these grains were not provided by the Ming Dynasty. The Hubei farmers who were allocated land paid more, and the landlords received less, and they were divided into official and military fields.

, the farmers in Yintian also have to pay for grain redemption!

Peng Ziqin's family has 3,400 to 500 acres of land, most of which is dry land (he is from De'an, and the land there is poor in Huguang), but there is still no problem in getting compensation of 7,000 shi of white rice. Even if it is divided

After five years of payment, you can get more than a thousand stones a year. Compared with the previous "land exchange plan", it is a bit more. However, 90% of the net worth is still lost. At the same time, Peng Ziqin will still lose his reputation as a scholar.

The household registration will also be moved to Wuchang, and he, his son, and wife will not be able to buy property in De'an Prefecture for life.

So he felt sad and cried outside the notice board. But when he told Yao Daqiao the compensation plan given by Zhu Cixiang, the profiteer suddenly laughed loudly.
Chapter completed!