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Now that the salt merchants were mentioned, Zhao Han asked, "How about the Jiangsu salt industry?"

Yu Shiqin, head of the Jiangsu Industrial and Commercial Department, said: "There are more and more salt factories, and the two methods of frying and drying are used together. The salt is dried on sunny days, and the salt is boiled on rainy days. The salt that is farther from the sea is also boiled. The salt pot is replaced by a plate. The salt pot is not easy to burn out, and it can be fired in rotation day and night, and the output is larger. One pot can produce [-] catties of salt!"

This is a technical improvement.

The salt pot method is a technique of boiling salt that emerged in Shandong in the last years of Wanli.Not only the salt cooking utensils have changed, but also the salt cooking process has been slightly changed.

The benefit brought by the privatization of saltworks is that merchants spontaneously adopt new technologies.

As for the disadvantages, industry monopoly, government-business collusion, and worker exploitation... well, these disadvantages also exist when there is no privatization.

The technological innovation of the Lianghuai Salt Field has led to a rapid drop in the cost of salt production.The government has issued many licenses for selling salt, and no longer use salt to attract sales.With a two-pronged approach, the price of salt dropped rapidly, and there was even no market for private salt.

Illegal salt is also profitable, but the cost of crime is too high, and there are too many people who report (low-level officials like to report and make meritorious deeds), so few people take risks anymore.

Today, the retail price of salt produced in Lianghuai River and Huaihe River to Jiangxi is only 4 Wen a catty, which is close to the lowest point of the salt price in the Ming Dynasty. For 7-14 texts.As for the Chongzhen period in history, there were about 3 essays in the early stage, and it rose to more than 9 essays in the last year.

Just looking at the price of salt, you can know that after Zhang Juzheng's reform, the price of goods in Daming has become very low.

And the civil affairs under Zhao Han's rule, in terms of salt alone, is already comparable to Zhang Juzheng's reform.Moreover, the overall income of the people under Zhao Han's rule was higher than that of the Wanli Dynasty.

Zhao Han suddenly had an impression of Yu Shiqin: "Are you from Nanchang Juren?"

Yu Shiqin said happily: "Your Majesty manages a lot of things every day, and even remembers the life of this minister. This minister is terrified and very honored!"

Zhao Han said with a smile: "I still remember, back then, when a group of you raised talents, you captured Jiangxi General Soldier Yang Jiamo alive and went to join him."

"Your Majesty practiced benevolent government at the beginning of the incident, and people of insight naturally came to vote." Yu Shiqin said flatteringly.

Zhao Han asked, "Are there any salt merchants who treat their workers harshly?"

Yu Shiqin replied: "There are trade unions in every salt factory, and there is a salt workers' federation in every county. Moreover, there are more and more salt factories, and the factory owners are desperately recruiting workers. How dare they easily offend the salt workers? Stopping production for a few days is unbearable loss."

"That's good." Zhao Han nodded.

We must also remain vigilant against trade unions, not to give them too much power, and to formulate laws to suppress them.Otherwise, a new class of union leaders would form, threatening to extort factory owners from above and using workers as tools for profit.

The next day, Zhao Han's royal fleet set off.

A large number of people in Yangzhou City and nearby came to both sides of the canal after hearing the news.When the fleet passed by, the former military households, Caomin, tenant farmers, domestic slaves... knelt and kowtowed one after another, and the black and white people knelt everywhere on both sides of the canal.

"His Majesty the Emperor, long live long live long live!"

This is the real Shanhu Long live, no one organizes the series, all from the heart.

Chapter 432 [The treatment of the Kong family]

When Zhao Han returned to Nanjing, all the troops on the front line, including the commanders, military judges, and mission officers, had finally sent all the meritorious documents jointly formulated.

After discussion by the Ministry of War, the resolution is as follows——

Annihilating Duoduo's army and arriving in Shandong to determine the battle situation, Zhang Tieniu's department should be credited with the first contribution.

They raided Liaodong, broke through several cities, attacked outside Shenyang, and plundered tens of thousands of people from the Tartars' lair. The contribution of Hu Dinggui's department ranks second.

Huang Yao's tribe, who captured most of Sichuan and captured the false emperor (king of Shu), ranks third in military merit.

When Zhao Han proclaimed himself emperor, he didn't offer a lot of rewards, but now he has to show it anyway.

Zhang Tieniu was granted the title of Marquis of Yizhou, Hu Dinggui was given the title of Marquis of Haizhou, Fei Ruhe was given the title of Marquis of Jining, and Huang Yao was given the title of Marquis of Chengdu.

For the division commanders of the remaining divisions, all those who have served as division commanders for more than two years have been conferred titles, and all those who have served as division commanders for less than two years have been conferred titles.

These titles are all hereditary titles.

In addition, Fei Ruhe, Zhang Tieniu, Hu Dinggui, and Huang Yao each received fifty acres of land.Each member of his family owns land, and the upper limit is increased by [-] mu, subject to the above-mentioned land, and limited to ten people.

Zhao Han had established a cap on land production very early on, and each person could only have a maximum of [-] acres of farmland, which would be [-] acres if converted into farmland and farmland.

Take Fei Ruhe as an example. If his family has ten household registrations, the total land property limit is 1200 mu (shangtian)!

At this time, the upper limit of land property is useless, but it will be useful in a few decades.

Those who do meritorious deeds can continue to be rewarded, and sooner or later there will be hundreds of thousands of acres in the family.The government will relocate some farmers in the area as appropriate, and the land will be vacated for reward recipients.The farmers who have been relocated must also be compensated, and they can get more land when they go to the north. At the same time, they will also donate farm cattle—normally, they will be loaned to farm cattle.

Hey, it's just that it's not easy to recruit tenants, because everyone in the countryside has land.

During the busy farming season, farmers don't have much spare time to cultivate other families' land except for their own fields.At that time, no matter how much land you get, you have to discuss it with the tenants. Who would like to charge a higher rent?

The contradiction between land and population will not appear until at least 50 years later, because the north needs a large number of people to immigrate there!

Nowadays, whenever the population density of a county is too high, the government organizes people to migrate out.Counties, towns, and villages have achieved that every family has land and everyone has land, and pure tenant farmers have completely disappeared from the south.

Guangzhou and Fujian provinces, the main places of immigration are Qiongzhou (Hainan) and Taiwan respectively.

The criminals moved to the raw land to open up, and the good people moved to the familiar land to cultivate.The so-called Shudi refers to the land next to Shufan, where the aborigines have a high degree of Sinicization, and the climate and environment are not very bad.

In the past few years, more than [-] people have moved to Qiongzhou Prefecture in the mainland of Guangdong, and the development of Hainan Island is getting higher and higher.

As for Taiwan, the main place of immigration is the northern part of the island.Zheng Zhilong moved tens of thousands of people there, and Zhao Han moved tens of thousands of people and thousands of bandits there.There are very few Spaniards in the chicken coop (Keelung), and the next step is to immigrate to the chicken coop.

The Spaniards in Taiwan were not driven away by force, but Spain was shrinking its colonies.

Portugal's successful independence from Spain, coupled with the aggressiveness of the Netherlands, Spain was overwhelmed.Historically, because Spain evacuated too many people, the chicken coop would be taken by the Netherlands in a few years.

Except for the commanders of the divisions who were rewarded, the rest of the soldiers were also rewarded.

In particular, the soldiers who died in battle, including those who died of the plague, could receive a pension, and each of them would be given five acres of land.Children enjoy extra points in examinations, and in the future, the children of martyrs will be given priority in the recruitment of officials.

The surrendered generals and rebels who have done meritorious service are also rewarded with land, and they can divide the land as usual, but these lands are all rewarded in Shandong and Henan.

Two civil servants were also granted the title of Marquis, and Pang Chunlai was given the title of Marquis of Guangning because his hometown was in Guangningwei, Liaodong.Li Banghua was granted the title of Marquis of Jishui, and he also took his hometown as the title.

Xu Ying made a great contribution to the arrangement and meticulous work, and was named Qian Shanbo.

Fei Chun's hard work in raising and transporting grain and grass is also due to his hard work, Feng Guangxin Bo.

In the entire Datong court, there is no duke for the time being, let alone a prince.The world has not yet been unified, and the rewards will be gradually raised, how will the rewards be rewarded after reaching the top at one time?

The Datong military system, taking advantage of this award, also refined the system again.

Soldiers are divided into three ranks: lower pawns, mid-pawns, and top pawns.

Generals are divided into four grades, and each grade is also divided into upper, middle and lower grades: sergeant, lieutenant, colonel, and general.

These are all military ranks, and future salaries will also be received according to the rank of the military rank.

The ordinary soldiers who died this time were all posthumously awarded as superior soldiers, and their pensions were also received according to the standards of superior soldiers.Zhao Han is not short of money, but now he is only short of food, so it doesn't matter if he gives more pensions.

Fei Ruhe, Zhang Tieniu, Hu Dinggui, and Huang Yao were awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and the commanders of the remaining divisions were major generals.

The entire Datong Army has the distinction of military rank, military position and honorary title.

Salaries are received according to military ranks, and actual power is divided according to military positions.The honorary titles continued with the Ming Dynasty, such as Captain Zhaoxin, General Wuyi, General Dingguo, Huaiyuan Two Armies, General Longhu, and the highest rank was General Xuanwei of the first rank.

In ancient times, there were many methods of awarding rewards, and there were very few cases where there was no reward.

Even though Fei Ruhe has been promoted to general, there are still a bunch of honorary titles waiting, which are densely packed general ranks.After being promoted to the top Xuanwei general, there are still a lot of additional official titles, such as Sangong, Sangu, Zhuguo and so on.

Although it's useless, it's all honorary titles, but all kinds of honors are awesome.

Moreover, regardless of Sangong and Sangu, they are empty titles without any power.But when the emperor goes to court, Sangong and Sangu can stand at the front!

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cabinet.

Tian Younian asked, "Your Majesty, should the construction of the Forbidden City in Nanjing begin?"

Li Banghua also said: "The Forbidden City should indeed be built."

Pang Chunlai said: "The majestic emperor is still living in the official office of the former Ming ministers, which is indeed detrimental to the dignity of the country."

The three unanimously requested the construction of the Forbidden City because the plague in the north was too severe, and not many people in Beijing must have died, and the northern Zhili also needed to be immigrated one after another.Therefore, it is unrealistic to move the capital to Beijing in the future, and it is impossible to change the capital to Nanjing.

Zhao Han thought about it carefully: "We can start preparations for the construction of the Forbidden City in Nanjing. But corvée should not be recruited. I said exempt corvée, so I will definitely not break my promise. The cabinet made a decision, and the Ministry of Industry took the lead to contract the project to private construction companies. The Ministry of Industry must strictly supervise and revoke the license of the trading company if it finds subcontractors, those who cut corners, and those who collude with the government and businessmen. Those who deserve to be beheaded will be decapitated, those who should be exiled, and those who should be ransacked. Even if they ransacked their homes and exiled, they saved their lives Yes, business is not allowed within three generations."

At this time, the preparations will start next year at the earliest, and the food crisis should have been alleviated by then.

After the construction of the Forbidden City was decided, the scene was a little cold, because the three cabinet ministers wanted to say one more thing.

Finally, it was Pang Chunlai who said, "The Confucian family in Qufu, can you spare me for the time being?"

Zhao Han asked with a smile: "Did the county magistrate of Qufu find out something?"

Li Banghua said: "It is nothing more than the crimes committed by the Zhang family in Longhushan, but the Kong family in Qufu has done more. Moreover, there is a pillar in the main hall of the Confucius Mansion, all of which are carved with dragons... It is extremely presumptuous."

Zhao Han shook his head: "The Kong family in Qufu is really not afraid of death. The emperor of Ming Dynasty is really lenient."

Under normal circumstances, folk buildings are over-the-top, nothing more than cornices, colors, etc., but the Confucian family directly used dragon pillars.

The Kong family in Qufu usurped, and there are two most outrageous ones: the use of dragon pillars, enshrining the titles awarded by the Yuan Dynasty, and resolutely not using the titles given by the Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Han asked, "You all want to intercede with the Kong family?"

Li Banghua said: "After all, he is a descendant of Confucius."

Zhao Han sneered and said, "If Confucius was alive, knew his descendants, and ignored the benevolence and righteousness pursued by Confucianism, what would Confucius think and do? Surrendering to the puppet Qing Dynasty is unrighteous, and it is inhumane to harm the people. Why do you have the face to claim to be the descendants of Confucius? Since they are not qualified to be the descendants of Confucius, they will be punished according to the law! Anyone with a murder case in their hands will be beheaded, and those who instigate and condone will also be beheaded!"

The three of them looked at each other in blank dismay, and the instigator and connivance were also beheaded, so how many of the Kong family elders would survive?

Zhao Han also said: "If the people in Qufu change their surname to Kong, they should be ordered to restore their original surname."

Giving surnames is very common. Many people with the surname Kong in Qufu are descendants of the Kong family slaves.

Zhao Han thought for a while, then continued: "If in Qufu, more than [-]% of a village has the surname Kong, all the excess will be ordered to relocate to neighboring counties. Anyway, there are many people in Shandong and little land, and wherever you go, you will be farming. There is no need for people with the same surname. People get together."

This is forcing the surname Kong to change his surname!

Just as the lower-level imperial clan in Ming Dynasty couldn’t get enough to eat, the lower-level Confucian family in Qufu also belonged to the exploited.

A large number of Kong's children have long been reduced to domestic slaves and tenants.

Moreover, those high-level members of the Kong family have the family law enforcement power.As long as your surname is Kong, they can enforce the family law, even if you kill them casually, the government will not ask.

It was too violent, and the emperor had to be reported to deal with it. The magistrates did not dare to arrest the Kong family.

That being the case, why should the emperor be alarmed when only a few people died?

Zhao Han laughed suddenly: "Confucius, Confucius and Mencius, the descendants of Confucius are like this, and so are the descendants of Mencius, so we should follow this method. The descendants of Mencius will also be severely investigated and dealt with!"

Well, it doesn't matter if you don't intercede, the three of them pleaded with the Kong family and brought the Meng family into it.

Zhao Han continued: "The title of Lord Yansheng will be retained, and the chief sect of Nankong will immediately move to Qufu to succeed Lord Yansheng. From now on, only one hundred acres of land can be reserved for the Confucian Temple in Qufu. Duke Yansheng All the privileges of the Confucian family are abolished, and they can only receive salaries according to their grades. The Confucian family must pay for sacrifices to the Confucian Temple and several major academies. The family is not allowed to enforce the family law, and must be handed over to the court for trial. If you dare to use the family law privately, you will be punished as treason!"

Chapter 433 [Punishing Holes]

Shandong, Qufu.

With the support of his son, Kong Yinzhi leaned on his crutches and roared, "Stop it, that's the Confucian temple offering sacrifices to the fields!"

No one paid any attention to it, and the cadres of the household department of the county government led the peasant association to continue measuring the land.

There are a large number of people standing nearby, most of whom are surnamed Kong.Either the surname was given by the Kong family, or the bottom of the Kong family, they all came to watch the fun.

After a while, thousands of people with sticks came.

This is the elder of each clan of the Kong family in Qufu. He brought his own slaves and incited the clansmen to organize Zhangtian.

"Go back and tell the county magistrate!" The household officer shouted.

The work of Qingtian stopped until Mao Qiling, the county magistrate, came to the scene, and Yan Yingyuan, the magistrate of the county, rushed over after hearing the news.In addition, Ma Jinzhong, who was suppressing bandits nearby, also rushed there with a thousand young men.

Mao Qiling asked: "Why did the old man prevent the land from being measured?"

Kong Yinzhi said: "This is the sacrifice field of the Confucius Temple. How can it be divided?"

Mao Qiling said: "Even if there are any objections, the old man should come to the county government to report to the officials. Why do you bring people to obstruct the government from doing things?"

"The old man begged to see the county lord, but the county lord has never been seen!" Kong Yinzhi said angrily.

Mao Qiling suddenly realized: "Oh, I'm really sorry. The county has just arrived in the jurisdiction, and the business is really busy, so I haven't had time to meet the old man."

Kong Yinzhi cupped his hands and said: "Please take back the order of the county lord, and keep the Confucian temple to worship the land."

Mao Qiling sighed: "Old man, this is really not up to the county to decide. The division of households and fields is a policy formulated by His Majesty."

Kong Yinzhi said: "Shandong has experienced wars, natural disasters, and plagues. There are few people and a lot of land, and there are no one to cultivate the land everywhere. Even if the county lords want to divide the fields and settle down, they can also divide those unowned fields. Why do we have to divide them?" Go to the Confucian Temple to sacrifice to the fields!"

Mao Qiling explained: "Old man, the Zhang family in Longhu Mountain has also divided their fields. The Datong court can't treat one more favorably than another."

"The Zhang family in Longhushan, Taoist ears, how can they be compared with the descendants of Confucian saints?" Kong Yinzhi said disdainfully.

Mao Qiling smiled and said: "The old man's words are wrong. The Zhang family in Longhushan and the Confucian family in Qufu are all rich and powerful families that have been passed down from generation to generation. Why do we have to compete with each other?" Mao Qiling said to the officials, " Dividing one is a share, and dividing two is also a share, quickly measure and divide the Confucian temple sacrifice field!"