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Volume 4 Empire Dongsheng Chapter 37 Migration

.Looking at Shi Runzhang who was sleeping soundly, a guard said angrily: "Huang Si, please notify the Jinyiwei and check this person's crime of escaping the army?"

"Forget it, no one can do anything wrong. He has repented for thirty years. This punishment is enough," Wang Fu shook his head and said.

Although Shi Runzhang was born in a military household, he had only passed the exam for a child. Strictly speaking, it was not a fleeing army. His tragedy was not a personal recovery, but a problem with the Ming Dynasty at that time. Otherwise, how could hundreds of thousands of people dare to rise up and rebel against the Ming Dynasty alone? If it weren't for him, it would have swept the entire China in the end. Moreover, it had been thirty years, and it would be meaningless to pursue it. "It's a good deal." The guard who suggested to the emperor said angrily.

The recovery of Chenyang is another happy thing for most people in the capital. Although the Emperor's triumphant victory at the beginning of the year, Manchus was no longer a problem, after all, Manchus had been misfortune for more than 30 years. Even the capital of Daming was occupied by him for five years. The whole Jiangnan was once panicked. Now Manchus are like dogs that are ruined. The people suddenly feel proud. When the emperor and his party came out of the restaurant, firecrackers sounded one after another on the street. The place where the government posted the proclamation was crowded. The literate scholars read out the words on the proclamation, and every time they read it, there were bursts of cheers, and many people were directly outside the bookstore where the publication was published. The waiting publication was released, according to the previous rules, The imperial court has achieved such a great victory. The Di Daily will be published in detail the next day. Many people are not satisfied with reading the notice. They want to see the Di Daily at the first time before they can come outside the bookstore to wait. Of course, most people will not come in person. Most people will send a servant to guard it. There are laughter on the streets and occasionally there are crying. However, the crying is mostly full of joy and tears. Six years ago, the whole north fell, and many northern Han people fled south. With the recovery of the north, some northerners began to return home. However, there are still many northerners in the capital. They have taken root in the capital and are unwilling to return, or they are still scared of the threats of the Manchus. I want to wait for a moment. Now the Ming Dynasty has recovered Chenyang, and their doubts have disappeared. If the weather had not changed at this time I'm afraid a wave of returning home will soon start. This is of course something the court is happy to see. There are few lands in the south of the Yangtze River, but there are many lands in the north. When I first came back, the emperor had issued an edict to encourage Han people to move north. Any Han people who are willing to move north. Regardless of whether they are from the north or not, the court can give 15 acres of cultivated land to middle-aged men and 10 acres of cultivated land for women, girls and children. The tax will be exempted within three years. The government can also eliminate the owed seeds and oxen. Although it can only be cultivated for one season. However, as long as it is all opened, even wasteland will be enough to support a **. What's more, now it is mostly cooked land, which is only temporarily abandoned for several years. With the cultivation of a few years, the yield of cooked land will only increase. This is for the Han who originally borrowed from the north. It is quite attractive to people. More than half of them have returned to their hometown, which has restored some vitality to the north. However, it is not very attractive to the Han people who were originally southern. Although most people in the south have less than ten acres of land, many people have to support their families and have to rent landlords and bear high rents and taxes. However, they are worried that the people will make a comeback. Even some pure tenants who have completely no land are unwilling to immigrate, so the results are very little. If the Han people who originally migrated south in the north only relocated, the north will not be able to restore vitality, and the most important thing is that it will not be able to relieve the population pressure in the south. At that time, the next step of rent reduction is quite unfavorable, and Wang Fu must find a way to solve it.

The fastest solution is of course to be forced to relocate by the court like in the early Ming Dynasty. Forcibly relocated, it will undoubtedly cause resentment from some people who do not want to immigrate, although this resentment will not be calmed down in a few years. Wang Fu is unwilling to deal with it so simply. This is just the last method. It is best to attract the Han people from the south to take the initiative to migrate. The recovery of Chenyang is undoubtedly an opportunity. Whether it is the Han people from the north or the Han people from the south, at least the security concerns are eliminated. The court's policies should be quite attractive to some tenants who have no land or little land in the south. The key is that the north is about to enter winter now and it is not suitable for immigration, otherwise it will be You can start the work in the court. When you return to the palace, Wang Fu immediately asked the officials who were responsible for the compilation of the divine newspaper and asked them to publish detailed news about the recovery of Chenyang in the divine newspaper tomorrow to focus on promoting various preferential policies and benefits of immigration to the north. The official in charge of the divine newspaper was a Jinshi from the fifth year of Tianqi, named Yu Huang, from Shaoxing. He was once a scholar. He was transferred to Nanjing during the Chongzhen period. He was slaughtered for more than ten years. In middle age, these officials who were originally considered demoted to Nanjing were shaken. When Yu Huang went to take charge of the divine newspaper, many of his colleagues were sympathetic to Yu Huang. Originally, the divine newspaper was only responsible for copying. Some imperial decrees and military affairs were sent to officials from all over the country, but there was nothing to do. However, Yu Huang himself happily took office. He admired the various propaganda made by the emperor before, and saw the opportunity for the development of the dibao. Over the years, the influence of the dibao has become increasingly greater. First, it changed from the original irregular issuance to a fixed issuance every five days, five eight times is four days, three days, and finally it was set to two days. Sometimes when encountering special events, it was issued when it was released. If it were not for the dibao issuance date, it would be issued for three consecutive days. The audience of the dibao is not limited to government officials at all levels, except for the government officials. Ordinary people can also buy it, which has expanded the audience by thousands of times, although limited to literacy and financial resources. The issuance of Dibao cannot be expanded so much, but Dibao has expanded from the initial thousands of copies to more than 200,000 copies. Once something is published on it, the impact can be expanded to the whole country in a few days. Now there is no need for the imperial court funds. Dibao can still make a profit after deducting various costs. Because of the proper publicity of Dibao several times, it has made contributions to the victory of the front line. Yu Huang has also been promoted several times. Now he is a third-rank official of the imperial court. Many people are envious of Yu Huang.

Influenced by the diary newspaper, some businessmen also saw the opportunity to start newspapers in the style of diary newspapers and publish some news that the people like, but they achieved results. However, the Jiangnan newspaper, which currently has the largest circulation, has only more than 20,000 copies, which is far from comparable to the influence of diary newspapers. For newspapers issued by merchants, many ministers in the court once filed a letter asking the emperor to order the decoration. The effect of the diary newspapers is. Many officials keenly feel the impact of newspapers on people's hearts, and of course they will not be assured that such things are placed in the hands of merchants. In the eyes of the ministers, these comments are natural, but the emperor is pressured by the emperor, and only requires that if the people publish a newspaper, they must apply to the court. The remarks in the newspapers must not attack the court. Only then did several newspapers survive. , Hearing the emperor's order, Yu Huang immediately thought of the leader's meeting and responded: "I am obeying the order." Although the court's preferential policies for northern immigration have been published in the newspaper, it has been half a year now, and many people are about to forget it. Now, when the Chenyang is recovering, it will undoubtedly achieve better results. Shi Runzhang woke up again and it was time for the restaurant to be blown up at night. He was woken up by his friend. Seeing that the tables and chairs in the restaurant were empty, Shi Runzhang shook his head and remembered the afternoon incident. He was shocked. He even said the secret that he had hidden for thirty years in a daze. However, he was relieved immediately. The two sides just met with lotus water, and maybe there would be no chance to meet again in their lifetime. So what if they said it.

If he knew that the person he was talking to was Emperor Ming in the afternoon, I wonder if he would be scared to death. When he returned home, Shi Runzhang, who had let go of his mind, seemed to be full of energy. Even the servants at home could feel that he was severely complained by his wife and should not have gone home so late. If, in the past, Shi Runzhao would have refuted a few words. This time, Shi Runzhang kept responding to his wife's complaints, which almost made Shi think that his father-in-law had changed.

The next day, Shi Runzhang also sent his servants to buy the official newspaper issued by the court as soon as possible. After reading the news that the Ming army recovered Chenyang several times, his eyes turned to other news. When he saw the court's preferential policies for northern immigration, he suddenly moved and an unstoppable thought arose. Go home and go back to Shenyang, "You are crazy, you are fine, Jiangnan is not waiting, what are you doing in Chenyang?" When he understood this idea, his wife's face was incredible. Shi was from Jiangnan, even though she knew that she was a father. The former hometown was in Shenyang, but the Shi family was already a big family in Nanjing. If they went to Chenyang, those stores would probably have to sell them and give up everything from Jiangnan to Chenyang. In Shi's opinion, it was really crazy. Not only Shi's objection, but Shi Runzhang's sons even strongly opposed it. His sons grew up in Jiangnan, so of course they were unwilling to go to the north, let alone Chenyang, which had just been recovered. Helplessly, Shi Runzhang was determined. Even if the whole family opposed it, it was useless. With Shi Runzhang's insistence, the Shi family had to prepare for moving north.

The Shi family has a great business and it is not a short time to move. Moreover, it is winter now. He knows the coldness in the north and will definitely not be able to leave until spring. During this period, he needs to cash out various shops and fields, choose servants who are willing to go to the north with him, prepare cars, horses and various supplies. The news that the Shi family is moving to the north spread, and everyone who has something to do with the Shi family felt incredible. However, many grain merchants were secretly happy. After leaving the Shi family, they not only lost one competitor, but also could take advantage of the opportunity to lower the price to buy various shops of the Shi family and expand their business.

The Shi family's shops and fields are cashed out at an extremely fast speed, which disappoints some people."
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