Chapter 523 Hosting
Wang Jingqi's three strategies cannot be said to be bad. In fact, Zhu Yicheng also had similar considerations. When I immigrated to Xinming, the court must not use strong power on ordinary people, but can only use benefits to tempt them.
This benefit is naturally divided into several places. One is of course the new Ming Dynasty that Zhu Yicheng had previously promoted by Wang Jingqi. In addition, he went to the dock with the emperor's honor to welcome the return of the long-distance fleet today, which caused a sensation. From this point of view, Zhu Yicheng's initial goal has been achieved.
But this is far from enough. This benefit is not just a verbal statement, but a real thing. Zhu Yicheng also thought about this. He planned to show off the things that Pan Mengyuan brought back, and when everyone saw the wealth of Xinming. If you don’t say anything else, just a mountain of gold and silver will probably tempt many people to Xinming. The best thing is of course the dog-headed gold brought back by Pan Mengyuan.
Zhu Yicheng believes that as long as the dog-headed gold is shining out, all this will be true. The wealth is moving. Who can remain calm in front of gold and silver?
This is one point, and in addition, Wang Jingqi mentioned that he was tempted by other interests, such as land and settlement expenses. What Chinese people value most is land. To put it bluntly, the change of dynasties in Chinese history is the cycle of deterioration of land annexation. Whenever a dynasty reaches its end, it is often when land annexation has reached its peak. If any natural disasters and man-made disasters occur during this period, then the dynasty will basically end.
Let’s not talk about the others, but only the situation in the previous Ming Dynasty. Some of the destruction of the previous Ming Dynasty said that it was caused by bandits, some of the destruction of party struggles, and some of the destruction of the small ice river... But no matter which reason is, in the final analysis, it is due to land annexation.
A large amount of land and wealth are concentrated in the hands of a small number of people, and most of the people do not even have the ability to own their own land. In addition, the various reasons mentioned above have erupted, causing the people to lose their basic survival ability, thus causing war.
To put it more closely, there were other factors in Zhu Yicheng's rise back then, but the severe drought in Jiangnan was also an inducement. It is precisely because of this that the people's resentment towards the Qing court became increasingly greater, so the Simingshan Uprising first and Yuan Qi rebelled. Then Zhu Yicheng took this opportunity to stand out and thus achieved his current foundation.
From these aspects, using land to lure ordinary people, even the refugees mentioned by Wang Jingqi is indeed a good idea. Although the Ming Dynasty will spend a lot of money on this, the money will be worth it. When the Xinming gradually develops in the future, what it can bring to the Ming Dynasty will be things that cannot be measured at all.
The strategy of filling Xinming with sinners is also good. This is just the difference between exile for thousands of miles and exile for thousands of miles. However, the last one is to send prisoners to Xinming, which is what Zhu Yicheng hesitated the most. Although these prisoners are already under prisoners, the number of these people is quite large. Most of them are now in a state of "labor transformation", but some are still in prison.
There is no big problem with these people in China. After all, the population base of the Han people is here, coupled with the powerful force of the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Yicheng's series of methods, I am not afraid that they will have a chance to make a fortune.
But once Xinming is sent, the situation is different. Who can guarantee that these people will not make trouble after sending them? Don’t think that labor reform can be omnipotent, let alone think that these people can completely change themselves over time.
People like Mu Zhongming are just a few. Most of them surrender on the surface, but have their hearts really changed? Not to mention this era, in the later generations where Zhu Yicheng lived, the Qing Dynasty had been dead for more than a hundred years. Some people are still proud of their identity as Manchu, and even have braids and yellow robes in a big way. In broad daylight, they are summoning the soul of the Qing Dynasty, who is already lying in the coffin, who is rotten in a coffin.
Zhu Yicheng didn't want this situation to happen in the future of his Ming Dynasty. Once a large number of prisoners were sent to Xinming, the possibility of this situation increased, which Zhu Yicheng would definitely not want to see.
In response to this, Zhu Yicheng decided to leave the prisoner aside. Even if he had this plan in the future, he had to wait until Xinming's population base reached a certain level. At the same time, the transportation of these people could only be carried out on a small scale and the proportion was strictly controlled. In addition, the people should also pay attention to their situation. Once there are bad signs, they must be extinguished as soon as possible.
Regarding the specific candidates responsible for immigration, Zhu Yicheng decided to leave it to Wang Jingqi. Although Wang Jingqi is a literati, he is not a nerd who is stupid in studying. He has been practicing publicity for many years. Moreover, Wang Jingqi can be said to be the one who understands what Zhu Yicheng thinks the most among the ministers. Choosing him as the leader is also a very suitable choice.
When Wang Jingqi learned that Zhu Yicheng had handed over this matter to him, he was so happy that his heart suddenly blossomed. This was a reuse of Zhu Yicheng for him. As long as this matter is done well, his future will definitely be broad.
You should know that the Military Minister of the Military Affairs Office has a term of office. While determining the military system, Zhu Yicheng specially set up the term of office of the Military Affairs Office to avoid sitting in the military affairs office for more than ten or twenty years, or even dying of old age.
The Minister of Military Affairs has a high position and power. Although it is not famous, it is actually true. His intelligence is similar to the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, but it is more inclined to the emperor's adviser. Although it is actually not very large in terms of the limitation of rights, the implementation of the system and actual operation will change. In fact, the cabinet was not like it later from the beginning. The situation of the Ming Dynasty's establishment of the cabinet was not much different from the current Military Affairs Office. Therefore, over time, the power of the Minister of Military Affairs will become greater and greater. Zhu Yi became the one who avoided this situation and specially set up the term of the Minister of Military Affairs.
He is once every four years, and he is re-elected twice at most, which is eight years. Everyone in the court knows this well, just like Wang Jingqi. He thinks that if he can do this properly, he can also join the military aircraft and become the military aircraft minister in the future.
After receiving the mission, Wang Jingqi was very moved. A few days later, an exhibition that caused a sensation in the entire Ming Dynasty was released in Nanjing City. This exhibition not only introduced Xinming, but also displayed some of Xinming's specialties, resources, etc. The most eye-catching one of them is of course the piece of dog-headed gold. When the dog-headed gold was displayed in front of everyone, everyone who saw it felt dry mouth and widened their eyes. In addition to excitement, excitement was also greed and yearning.
Just a few days after the exhibition was held, hundreds of thousands of Ming people flocked to him. At the same time, the court's policy on encouraging people to go to Xinming was quickly promulgated. In just one day, thousands of people signed up. Although there were not many honest people among these people, most of them were just adventurers who planned to dig gold and dig silver in Xinming, intending to fight for it. However, this result had already made Wang Jingqi very satisfied. At the same time, he continued to increase publicity on this, and with other means, the number began to rise.
Chapter completed!