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Part One Chapter 1500 The Western Socialist Camp

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    When Kusumoto Takako's call came to the Forbidden City, Zhu Guoxiong was holding an imperial meeting.  ¡ª¡ªHe and the cabinet already knew about the British Revolution.  But what he has to consider now is not just the aftermath of the British Empire.

    Since the beginning of the World War, the most physically and mentally exhausted people on the side of the Great Chinese Empire are probably Emperor Xuanwu of the Ming Dynasty and Pan Zuyin, the Prime Minister of the Left in the Ming Dynasty.  One of them is the supreme leader of the entire empire, responsible for the rise and fall of the country; the other is the leader of the responsible cabinet and the steward of the entire empire.  The two of them must keep one eye on the front line and the world situation, and the other eye must be firmly focused on the country.

    There are problems everywhere, including military, diplomatic, political, people's livelihood, and the affairs of the Greater China Empire.  When a country is as big as the Ming Dynasty and the Great China Empire, it naturally has too many problems to count.

    And as the responsible prime minister, Pan Zuyin, the burdens on his shoulders are getting heavier and heavier.  After two years of fighting, the Ming Dynasty's chief assistant's beard and hair were mostly gray, and his face looked a bit tired.

    Although the war is coming to an end now, it is still a complete victory.  But the burden on the shoulders of Pan Zuyin and the Emperor of Heaven on the throne has not lightened at all.  The expansion of the empire's territory is a huge wealth that can be left to future generations, but it is not easy for rulers to manage such a large country.

    The four provinces of Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, and Beizhili in the Ming Dynasty have not received a few drops of rain since the beginning of this year. Large areas of land are dry and barren, and there is no harvest at all.  Tens of millions of people were affected in the four provinces!  After a severe drought, locusts will most likely take flight.  No one knows how much land and population will be affected.

    And revolutions broke out one after another in the United States and Britain!  This is for Ming Dynasty, which has already won the war.  Actually it's not good news.  The revolution meant that the two countries defeated by the Ming were "liquidated and reorganized."  Moreover, the revolution taking place now is not a simple republican revolution.  It is a social revolution launched by socialists and anarchists!

    Pan Zuyin, who graduated from Jishi University and is well versed in Western politics, economics, and law, certainly knows how much change and shock this social revolution will bring to the social and political forms of the United States and Britain. He also knows that once this kind of revolution spreads, it will  How much chaos will it bring to the entire white world, how much of a threat will it bring to the Great Chinese Empire - he knows the word "world revolution". Once social revolution sweeps the West, it is very likely to create an extremely huge  The Western socialist camp

    and.  He was also deeply worried about when this social revolutionary trend would spread to the Greater China Empire in the future

    "Pan Qing."

    "I'm here."

    It was only at the imperial meeting that Pan Zuyin hid his worries deeply. What was revealed was that he was the chief minister of the cabinet who was calm and well-prepared.

    The Emperor of Heaven on the throne also had the same expression. He seemed to have never cared about the red tide that was sweeping across Europe and the United States. "The four provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan have been experiencing severe drought for several months, and there is no hope for the autumn harvest. Today there is another flood in the four provinces."  I wonder if Pan Qing has read the memorial requesting the imperial court to provide disaster relief?"

    Zhu Guoxiong first mentioned the drought in the four provinces.  The scale of this drought is very large, almost the largest in 20 years - this major drought in history will last until 1879. In the memorial of Zeng Guoquan, the governor of Shanxi in the Qing Dynasty, he left the words "Thousands of miles of red land. Shantong River"  There are records such as "the tree dies and the soil is scorched" and "if the wheat is not harvested in summer and autumn, the bark and grass roots are all eaten, and the father and son eat each other, there is a 10% chance of death."

    But for the current Ming Dynasty court, such a catastrophe is not a problem at all, and is even a good thing.

    Pan Zuyin said: "Since the Renaissance, disaster relief has mostly used the method of immigration. Every household of wealthy farmers in the four provinces has accumulated millet for several years. There is no need for the court to provide relief. They only need to be exempted from the land tax in the first year of Xuanwu. However, for poor farmers in small households,  It is difficult to maintain a meager farm of more than ten acres, but now it is just a good time to subsidize Sichuan capital and help them immigrate. "

    After more than two decades of continuous policies to encourage immigration and urbanization, the population distribution of the Ming Dynasty has undergone tremendous changes.  Although the total population is close to 600 million, the population of the 18 provinces in Han Dynasty is less than 410 million, of which more than 130 million people live in cities or towns.  The urbanization rate in Han Dynasty is close to 32%.

    The other 190 million citizens of the Ming Dynasty moved to six provinces in the Northeast, four provinces in Lanfang, two provinces in Jiaozhou, five provinces in the Western Region (Northern Xinjiang, Southern Xinjiang, Qihe, Qinghai, and Tibet), six provinces in northern and southern Mongolia, and Siberia,  They went to Straits Province, Hawaii Province and other places, and some also lived in other Chinese countries outside the Ming Dynasty.

    Among them, the six northeastern provinces have the largest population. As of the 29th year of the liberation, the population has exceeded 90 million, followed by the six provinces of Lanfang and Jiaozhou.?The population also exceeds 35 million.  The six provinces of northern and southern Mongolia have a combined population of about 18 million, the five provinces of the Western Region have a combined population of more than 17 million, and the combined population of Siberia, Straits Provinces and Hawaii exceeds 5 million.

    In addition, there are nearly 25 million Ming citizens living in other countries of Greater China outside the Ming Dynasty.  Citizens of Greater China have always had the right to move freely, and their nationality can also be converted if certain conditions are met.  However, changing nationality involves corresponding rights and obligations, such as land distribution and military service.  As a result, there are many Ming citizens who are engaged in industry, commerce or as teachers living in the countries of Greater China as expatriates - not everyone is willing to undertake military service for free land and housing, and not every country in Greater China is willing to do so.  The country has so much rich land that can be distributed.  In addition, the millions of Ming citizens currently living in Australia and the original Nanyang Islands have not changed their nationality.

    Under the dual effects of continuous population migration and urbanization, the per capita cultivated land area of ??farmers in the Han Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty has also increased a lot compared with 30 years ago, reaching about 4.3 acres per capita.  Therefore, the standards for poor and lower-middle peasants have also been raised accordingly.  In the four provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan where the population density is relatively low, a rural household of five people with no more than 15 acres of land is considered a poor farmer.  Those who own between 15 acres and 50 acres of land are considered middle farmers.  Those who own 50 to 100 acres of land are considered rich farmers.  Those with more than 100 acres of land are farmers.  As for the traditional landowners who made profits by leasing their land and the tenant farmers who rented small plots of land to make a living, they have almost disappeared.

    However, having more arable land per capita does not mean that farmers in the Ming Dynasty lived a happy life.  Due to the large-scale development of agriculture and animal husbandry in Northeast China, the Western Regions, Mongolia, Jiaozhou, Siam, Borneo, and even Donghua and Xihua and the rise of "hundred-acre farms" in Han Dynasty, grain prices in Han Dynasty during the Ming Dynasty have been at low levels, and they have been rising from time to time.  There's a natural disaster.  For small farmers with small business scale, poor ability to resist risks, and high costs, it is only a matter of time before they go bankrupt and lose their land. To some extent, this is a negative consequence of Zhu Jishi's aggressive expansion policy!

    The emergence of the Great Chinese Empire caused the small-scale peasant economies of Han Dynasty, Korea and Japan to directly face fierce competition from large farms and ranches in the New World, Indochina, Northeastern Ming Dynasty, Mongolia, Central Asia and Siberia.  Moreover, the governments of the Ming Dynasty, Japan and Korea did not adopt any policies to support small farmers, but instead encouraged concentrated land management.  This further aggravates the difficulties of small farmers.  Behind every natural disaster are the tears of countless small farmers, and this drought in the four provinces is no exception.  The policy adopted by the Ming Dynasty court was still to "help them immigrate."

    "Pan Qing, the population in the Northeast, Western Regions, Lanfang, Jiaozhou and other places is becoming increasingly dense, which is no longer what it was 30 years ago." Emperor Zhu Guoxiong of the Ming Dynasty said and frowned again, "Is there still fertile land to accommodate immigrants? If they are allowed to  Traveling across the ocean, I'm afraid you won't be able to adapt to the climate, right?"

    There are medicines to treat acclimatization, and Wanxoujie with the addition of H-Latin is specifically designed to treat acclimatization.  However, there is no cure for the huge population growth in Donghua, North China and Nanhua!  Now that the war in North America has basically subsided, the territory of the Donghua Kingdom has basically been determined.  Various data about Donghua's land and resources were also sent to Zhu Guoxiong's desk The area of ??arable land alone is no less than the land of Ming, Han and Northeast China combined!  And more arable land means more people that can be fed!  Although Zhu Guoxiong did not eliminate Donghua's idea of ??taking over the North American territory, it did not mean that he did not want to restrict Donghua's development.

    "We can help the victims of the four provinces immigrate to South China, North China and the Xia Kingdom in Nanyang to prevent them from staying in the country and causing trouble." Of course Pan Zuyin knew Zhu Guoxiong's thoughts and immediately said.  "The number of Chinese in South China, North China, and Nanyang countries is too small to suppress the barbarians. Immigration must be accelerated to make them the land of China forever. In the future, all disaster victims and poor households in the country can be encouraged to immigrate to South China,  Prisoners and criminals from Northern China and Nanyang countries can also be exiled to Southern China and Northern China.¡±

    "That's okay" Zhu Guoxiong thought for a moment and nodded.  What needs to be contained now is Donghua, and the other countries in Greater China will not pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty.

    Pan Zuyin then said: "Your Majesty, there is news from Europe that a revolution has occurred in London. King Edward VII of England and important members of the royal family and cabinet have left London and taken refuge at sea."

    "Oh, I understand." Zhu Guoxiong's brows still did not open, "First it was the United States, and now it is the United Kingdom. Who is next?"

    "It's probably Russia!" Pan Zuyin said, "The results of the Russian Duma election have been announced. The Russian Socialist Party and the Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party won a big victorythese two parties and the People's Popular Party are actually one! And they both shouted during the Duma election  The slogan was to confiscate the land of the landlords, implement state ownership of the land, and use it free of charge by the communes!¡±

    "Confiscating land Russia may be in catastrophe this time!" Zhu Guoxiong shook his head, "The United States and the United Kingdom will probably adopt the same national policy, right? The United States, Britain, and Russia are now on the same page."? Moreover, these socialist revolutionary parties adhere to internationalism, which may affect the Greater China Empire in the future. We, China, need to be cautious.  "(To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!
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