Feng Yunshan said directly and domineeringly: "If anyone is unwilling to obey my will, you can bring it up now, and I will rearrange your position, and it is a big deal that I will reappoint the governor, or directly promote one of the seven prefects of the special zone." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 After speaking, Feng Yunshan turned his head and looked around, everyone retracted their heads, just kidding, the emperor was already a little angry, who would dare to touch this moldy head? Unless you really don't want to do it.

But these people present, especially the Manchu Qing ministers, in Feng Yunshan's words, no matter whether he wants to do things for the people, realize his self-worth, or greedy for fame and fortune or even get promoted and rich, anyway, no matter what the purpose is, there is one thing, that is, he wants to be an official under Feng Yunshan, and he also wants to be a big official. Otherwise, they would not risk ruining their reputation and surrender to the Empire. With this alone, Feng Yunshan could let them do anything. What's more, the people summoned today are basically all carefully analyzed and compared by Feng Yunshan, and it should be said that most of them are people who serve the people and the country.

Only the audience was taken aback by Feng Yunshan's words, and after a few consecutive pops, they fell to their knees on the ground one after another, and shouted unevenly: "Your Majesty is angry, the sin of the ministers!" Naturally, Weichen obeyed His Majesty's will and made every effort to mobilize and encourage the merchant gentry to build factories, introduce Western machinery, and set up industries. ”

Seeing everyone like this, Feng Yunshan was overjoyed and said: "Such a great goodness! Zhong Aiqing is flat! I have my own arrangements for the establishment of factories, and Zhong Aiqing only needs to ensure that his rule is consistent with the empire and escort the road to the establishment of industry. Actually, I don't blame Yuan Aiqing and Mao Aiqing, I know that you are also thinking about the empire. In fact, I have already considered a question, and I will discuss it with you today. Feng Yunshan paused, "Do you know why since the Qin Dynasty, all dynasties can only exist for more than 200 years, and after this time, there will inevitably be a peasant uprising and end the rule of the dynasty?" ”

Seeing everyone looking at each other, Feng Yunshan directly asked and answered: "Land annexation!" I believe that in addition to the invasion of foreign enemies, the succession of dynasties and dynasties was caused by land annexation. Most of the dynasties that perished due to foreign invasions were due to rebellions and unstable rule, and in the final analysis, it was caused by land annexation. ”

"I have analyzed and counted the dynasties since the Qin Dynasty, and found a pattern: at the beginning of the rise of each dynasty, it is generally the beginning of war, the founding king of the dynasty is more virtuous, and the people under his rule have a small population, and the land is barren, so they will distribute land to the displaced people and commoners, forming a large group of yeoman farmers, and by collecting taxes on these yeoman peasant classes, the country will become stronger and stronger. At the same time, due to the virtuous monarchs in the early and middle dynasties, the court expenses were small, and the burden on the people was light, so that the people lived a good life, resulting in a large increase in the number of people. For example, Li Tang had a population of 15 million in the early days of its establishment, which increased to 19 million during the Zhenguan period of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, 30 million during the Shenlong period of Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty, and finally 53 million during the Tianbao period of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Another example is the Zhu Ming Dynasty, with a population of more than 50 million in the early years, and reached 150 million in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. It is precisely because of this large increase in population that the land is constantly being thinned by the increasing population, resulting in a continuous decrease in per capita land production. However, the expenses of the imperial court gradually increased, causing an increase in the burden on the peasants, which eventually led to the bankruptcy of a large number of yeoman farmers. Zhong Aiqing should also know that as long as the people go bankrupt, the only valuable thing in their hands is the land, and they sell their own land to tide over the difficulties, and they have become tenants and tenants from homesteaders. Not only that, for example, in the Ming Dynasty, not only did bankrupt peasants sell their land to landlords, but non-bankrupt peasants would also attach their land to bureaucratic gentry or people with tax exemption privileges from meritorious backgrounds, and become de facto tenants. In the event of a natural disaster or accident, a large number of tenants will be unable to fill their stomachs and become displaced people who will grab grain, thus prompting the peasants to revolt. ”

"Of course, in my opinion, the situation of 'the rich have no land, and the poor have no place to stand' has occurred in all dynasties. Land annexation may not soon lead to a peasant uprising, but a natural disaster or external war after land annexation will inevitably lead to the formation of a large group of displaced people, and then a peasant uprising will break out at any time. In the Manchu Dynasty, especially in recent decades, hundreds of people from all over the country have become large and small, hundreds of rebellions have continued, and even if they do not perish in my hands, they will also fall in the hands of others. There is no other reason, the land annexation is too serious. In addition, the population of the whole of China is now as high as 400 million, if the land is still allowed to maintain the status quo or even continue to be annexed, I am afraid that my country will not grow! ”

Feng Yunshan said his worries about land annexation in one breath and looked at everyone.

Liu Changyou, the governor of Hubei, has been in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture, and has governed Guilin for a period of time, so he has a deep understanding of land annexation, and now he said: "The land annexation mentioned by Your Majesty has exposed the most important root cause of the change of dynasties in the past dynasties!" The social structure of yeoman farmers in the past dynasties, the greatest wealth, is land! The world is bustling, all for profit, and land is the most important wealth. But whoever has some silver taels, always find a way to exchange it for good land. The biggest cause of widespread corruption, including officials of the imperial court, is also the annexation of land. The county magistrate wants to be greedy for hundreds or thousands of acres, the prefect and the Taoist want to be greedy for thousands of acres, and when they reach the governor and the governor, they want to be greedy for tens of thousands of acres and 100,000 acres, and the prince and others, even hundreds of thousands of acres, no matter how much land in this world can satisfy their greed. The issue of land annexation must be resolved, otherwise, our Chinese empire will also follow the old path of the former Ming and former Qing dynasties. ”

Only an old man of the empire, Liu Changyou, who is Feng Yunshan's confidant, dares to say such a thing.

Zhou Shengkun, the governor of Zhili, said bluntly: "Your Majesty, if it is decided today, simply arrest all the original Manchu local officials and squires, confiscate all their land and property and confiscate it into the imperial treasury, and then Your Majesty will take it out and distribute it to those landless people, which not only solves the problem of land annexation, but also wins the hearts of the people." ”

Zhou Shengkun's words made everyone next to him gasp, not to mention, now that the captive army has mastered the world, if you want to do this, although the difficulty and resistance are great, it is not impossible.

Several Manchu ministers all changed their faces greatly, and they looked at Feng Yunshan with blank eyes. They are also members of the Manchu magistrates mentioned by Zhou Shengkun, if the empire really does this, even if they are let go, they will not be able to be officials anymore, and they will not have that face.

Liu Changyou stopped with a face: "Absolutely not!" Your Majesty, now that the empire is newly settled, everything is not very stable. What's more, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not completely destroyed, and there were still forces in Liaodong, and there were a small number of remnants in various places. These local officials and regimental training who returned to the empire were deeply rooted in the local area and had strong power, and they still slowly tried to do so by means of moderation, and they must not be forcibly confiscated and forced to break with the empire. ”

Li Hongzhang, the governor of Jiangsu, spoke for the first time: "Your Majesty, Weichen also thinks that you must not make a move on the local squires and officials. His Majesty had previously issued a proclamation that the vast number of squire officials had complied with the call and submitted to the Empire, but now although the local squires and Manchu officials had all submitted to the Empire, the foundation of the Empire was not firmly established, and they could not go back on their word and cause changes. Moreover, Your Majesty, there is always a way to annex land, and although it cannot be completely solved, it can always alleviate the impact. ”

Seeing Feng Yunshan nodded, Li Hongzhang continued: "Weichen thinks that vigorously introducing and developing Western industries can guide the landless tenants and other common people to divert excess labor to the workshops, so as to alleviate the contradiction of landlessness and lack of land; At the same time, if the wealthy and wealthy gentry poured their silver into the new factories and workshops, they could reduce their favor for land and further reduce the degree of land annexation at the source. ”