Prince Gong has made up his mind to fight back against Zai Chun today. The selection of the queen and opposition to industrialization are just appetizers. There are other big fish in the conspiracy of the Sixth Japanese.
Baojun, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is also a veteran of three dynasties. He is conscientious in everything he does and has a very upright character!
When Emperor Xianfeng fled to Jehol to avoid the British and French forces, he once ordered Baojun to withdraw 200,000 taels of silver from his household to repair the Chengde Summer Resort!
This Baojun also had a stubborn temper and refused to obey the imperial edict. He also directly advised the emperor that the country was in crisis and the finances were tight and he had no spare money to build any palaces. He refused to obey the imperial edict!
Emperor Xianfeng was so angry that he wanted to be thrown into prison, but this crime was really not nice to hear. You, the emperor, are still building a palace during the national crisis?
In the end, Emperor Xianfeng came to find fault with the accusation of the British and French allied forces robbing three mountains, and he was reprimanded and demoted! Of course, not long after, the emperor felt that he had gone too far and reinstated Bao Yunguan.
It was precisely because of this incident that Baojun gained a good reputation in the court. After Emperor Tongzhi ascended the throne, the empress dowagers of the two palaces promoted Baojun to the position of Minister of Household Affairs and Minister of Military Affairs.
Today, Baojun came out at Guiziliu's signal. After saluting Emperor Tongzhi, he asked, "Your Majesty! Zhe Zichen from the steel factory has already seen it, but there are a few questions..."
"In the data in the plan just now, there are only the equipment purchase, labor training, hiring of foreign engineers and the capital plan for building the factory!"
"What about the land purchase price for these five hundred hectares of land? What about the settlement expenses for tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians? But there is no mention at all. How much money does your Majesty need?"
Zai Chun said nonchalantly, "This is not simple. Both sides of the Qinghe River are our Manchu Eight Banner Zhuangzi, and several of them are imperial villages!"
"Since it is my own property, there is no need to pay so much attention! I will not ask for compensation from the court. All the land in the Imperial Manor is mine!"
"The rest of the palace ministers only own one-third of the land. They have eaten the hard-core crops of the Qing Dynasty for more than two hundred years. Do they have no intention at all?"
"Your Majesty's village will be given to me without any compensation! You must also serve the court!"
"As for the other nobles below the prince, their conditions may be a little worse. I will exchange them with land from other places on a one-for-one basis..."
"In the end, I still get the big win!"
Zai Chun thought that such an answer must be clear to everyone, but unexpectedly Bao Jun shook his head: "It's difficult... it's difficult... Your Majesty, you just count the land, what about these more than 40,000 people?" How to arrange it?"
"Replacement? What kind of resettlement? This is the Imperial Mansion. If it's not the same in a different place, you can do whatever you need to do? What's the matter...you still want me to pay them money?"
Bao Jun said with a bitter face, "Your Majesty! Although the farmers in this imperial village and the prince's village are all slaves, but... but I'm afraid it's not right to force them away from the fields so hard!"
"You have harmed His Majesty's holy name!"
At this time, the young fifth master Yi Pei, who had always been carefree, also said seriously, "Your Majesty! You really need to think about this... Since ancient times, people have never been unstable. The people in the capital are already well-informed and have many channels for information. It is precisely A place where public opinion easily spreads!”
"It's easy to refute the rumors made by the middle and low-level people in the court, but if the people at the bottom of the village say bad things, everyone in the world will just listen and believe them! Your reputation is important!"
"Besides, it's hard to leave your homeland. Long live you may not understand those crops with mud legs and poles. They really refuse to move, even if you ask them to move!"
As soon as these ordinary people were mentioned, all the ministers nodded, "That's right! They can't understand the affairs of the imperial court, let alone the affairs of the world!"
"They don't understand Long Live Lord's new policy at all. They only care about the benefits in their jobs!"
"There is another big question. This special zone has relocated the people. Should the graves be moved? This is a lot of money... Even though these people are usually quite respectful, why don't you try to move their ancestral graves? "
Zai Chun really made things simple. People in a farming civilization are very dependent on land. Losing land means that people can rebel!
Although those places were all royal estates, logically speaking, they were all slaves, and the status of slaves should be lower than that of tenants!
But the fact is that this is not the case. In fact, the status of slaves is higher than that of free people. The emperor or the nobles of the palace can plunder the property of ordinary tenants and bully men and women without punishment. However, you have to be kinder to your own slaves. Some!
Not only can't you bully, but you also have to be able to win over him. Even if you want to punish the slave slave and take his life, you have to be fully responsible for the crime!
When Emperor Yongzheng seized the throne, he killed several servants because they were disloyal to him and passed secrets to other elder brothers. They had committed the serious crime of disloyalty and could only be executed!
In the final analysis, this question still depends on the Eight Banners system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The Eight Banners system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was actually a military alliance that tolerated slavery!
This system has a very primitive and barbaric style. While retaining slavery, it also retains a certain democratic consensus system in the ancient tribal system!
Because it is a military alliance, the master often needs slaves to work hard! How can you make your slave work wholeheartedly?
On the battlefield, how can a slave be willing to block his master's sword and carry his body out of the sea of blood? This requires using kindness to win over you in peacetime. Without kindness, you will not have a loyal private soldier system!
If the 500 hectares of land on both sides of the Qinghe River are inhabited by ordinary Han tenants, then you are welcome to grab it openly!
You can burn, kill, and loot as you like. The tragedy of tens of thousands of people was not a huge event for the Qing Dynasty!
But the people living on both sides of the Qinghe River are Manchu manors, and 80% of the people here are bannermen!
This is not going to be easy! If Zaichun's plan is really implemented, what will so many people within the Eight Banners think of Emperor Tongzhi?
Once you put on the label of being mean, ungrateful, and not worth taking refuge in, you will never be able to take it off in this life!
Zai Chun was stunned for a moment, "So according to Aiqing's opinion, how much will the relocation cost?"
Baojun calculated in his mind, "There are more than 40,000 people, 500 hectares of land, houses, tools and livestock...even including the relocation of ancestral graves. Without one million, I'm afraid it won't be possible!"
one million! There was a sudden murmur of discussion in Dongnuan Pavilion: "The average head of a person is twenty-five taels of silver? Oh, this money is not too much, but where does the imperial court have so much money now!"
Zai Chun gritted his teeth and thought, "Even if it costs an extra million, things must be done!"
Baojun suddenly raised his head and looked at Emperor Tongzhi, "Your Majesty! I would like to ask you a second question. The cost of relocation of one million people, as well as the more than four million yuan of factory construction costs mentioned in the previous brochure..."
"Where will we spend this much money?"
