"Your Majesty the Emperor, your plan for agricultural collectivization"
Kant frowned and looked thoughtful.
"It seems to be slightly similar to those socialist plans, but it is also very different."
"Collective labor, collective management, public ownership of land, and public ownership of some means of production do have some shadow of socialism. But in essence, these collective farms should be improvements in private ownership."
In Beidu City.
Mr. Kant, the famous otaku in history, has now traveled to many cities and rural areas in China.
It examines the Eastern social form that is very different from Western society.
At the same time, after returning to Beidu City.
Emperor Zhu actually came up with a "Pilot Plan for Collectivized Farms."
Mr. Kant was astonished when he saw this thing.
Too advanced, too progressive.
At this time, after Kant's three-year investigation in the East, his understanding of sociology and politics had changed significantly from that of the historical Kant.
Especially in politics.
People will change according to the environment.
It is different from the Utopia of those utopian socialists in Europe.
This is obviously a plan with room for practical operation.
Ming Dynasty is now an agricultural country. In such a huge country with a population of 40 million, agriculture is related to the survival of the country.
And in Kant’s investigation.
The countryside of the Ming Dynasty was almost in ruins, with a huge population and very little land per capita!
Coupled with the high degree of land concentration, the Ming Empire, which may have the largest military power in the world, was actually a hungry country.
Except for a few places such as the Pearl River Estuary, Yangtze River Estuary, Lanfang and Strait Free City.
Other areas were filled with hungry sharecroppers.
Moreover, these sharecroppers made the mistake of feeding themselves on sweet potato leaves and tubers, which are extremely high-yielding crops.
So in the north of Ming Dynasty.
There are malnourished people everywhere.
If this hungry empire continues to be "involved" like this.
Waiting for Zhu Daohua, the founding emperor, to pass away.
Then his empire is likely to fall into chaos, split, or even die.
But the Restoration Emperor seemed to be aware of the problems in his empire.
The method he chose was to transfer conflicts: transfer domestic conflicts to foreign countries, and use foreign lands to feed his huge subjects.
This is actually a common practice among countries in this era, and with the powerful military power of the Ming Empire, they can also do this.
The emergence of this collective farm plan shocked Kant.
no doubt.
The plans of collective labor, profit sharing, voting autonomy, unified purchasing and marketing, etc. are really genius.
This almost directly eliminated the rentier class like landlords, and the state directly connected with farmers.
"There are still rentier classes, such as the "bureaucrats" at all levels of the Northeast Development Corporation." Zhu Daohua said with a sigh.
Eliminating exploitation is just a beautiful idea.
But under current production conditions, this is obviously an impossible utopia.
Cut off the landowner.
The burden on farmers is institutions like the Northeast Development Corporation.
No matter whether this organization is called a unified marketing agency or some other company.
"But it is obvious that the living conditions of the farmers in the collective farms under your rule will be greatly improved. This is actually a great progress. And it is inevitable that there are various classes in a country. Didn't you once Did you say that the state is a tool of class rule?" Kant laughed.
Zhu Daohua's expression changed and he said: "The price for the improvement of the living conditions of my subjects is likely to be the deterioration of the living conditions of some indigenous people and people from the enemy countries of the Ming Dynasty. This seems to be unsolvable. Unless one day the social wealth is extremely great Abundant, all rentier and exploiting classes have been eliminated.”
Kant looked at the emperor of the Ming Empire.
He really didn't expect it.
This is clearly a dictatorial emperor, but why is he so full of thoughts about exploitation and class that seem to be harmful to his rule?
The thoughts of this Eastern Emperor.
It’s really a contradiction.
He wrote down what Zhu Daohua said in his notebook.
Then a smile appeared on his face: "Your Majesty the Emperor, your experience is too legendary. Maybe in the West, no, there are many people around the world who want to know about your past. Maybe I can write a biography for you. "
Zhu Daohua waved his hand: "It's too early to talk about this now. But if Mr. Kant wants to write it, just write it."
"Why don't the name of the biography be called [The First Half of the Life of the Guangfu Emperor]."
The first half of your life?
Why does this sound so unlucky?
"It's better to change the name. This name is not very auspicious."
Zhu Daohua said.
Kant was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted.
This is probably the influence of some Chinese folk Taoist beliefs.
Kant didn't understand this either, but he respected it.
According to the national policy of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will be a believer in the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. This is a political need, and it is also the "ancestral family law" of the Ming Dynasty. This is what Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated. Confucianism is the mainstay, and the three religions are used together.
Just when Zhu Daohua was discussing the progressive significance of "collective farms" with Kant.
Gu Song and Luo Fangbo are hosting a banquet for Dong Gao, a former Qing military official who was later marginalized by Qianlong.
"Brother Yalun should have been of great use. At least the courage to pacify the northern provinces should have fallen on Brother Yalun's shoulders. But now it seems that the emperor has other uses."
Dong Gao didn't care much either.
Dong Gao, who is only fifty-three years old this year, is naturally not like Liu Yong and Ji Yun, who are already in their seventies. .
And now that the Qing Dynasty has surrendered, and even the emperor has become a submissive king, the Han officials under them naturally have no reason to be isolated officials of the Qing Dynasty.
He smiled and said: "The emperor already said in Beidu that he has another important role. I guess it has something to do with the expedition to the west."
Gu Song smiled and said, "Yes, the emperor has indeed arranged an important task!"
"Oh?" Dong Gao had a look of interest on his face.
Luo Fangbo said: "Brother Yalun, the emperor wants to use troops against Tsarist Russia. The main force is to conquer the westward camp. The goal is to attack Irkutsk and give Tsarist Russia a warning and a lesson. This is the result of drinking from the sea of horses!"
"The Expedition to the West attack Irkutsk?" Dong Gao frowned and thought, "I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it just by relying on the power of the Expedition to the West."
"Whether it can be conquered and when will be conquered, let's not say for the moment. The key is to light a fire in Irkutsk and draw the attention of Tsarist Russia. We can't let them do bad things in the east of Congo!"
"Northeast?" Dong Gao was stunned, "What's going on in the Northeast?"
"Establish collective farms! The emperor is going to move the victims of the Central Plains disaster to the northeast to work in the fields." Gu Song said.
Dong Gao nodded, he had also heard about this.
This was a method introduced by the imperial court in order to alleviate the contradiction between the large number of people and the small amount of land in the mainland.
Specific terms were not announced.
But the general principle is certain.
A Northeast Development Corporation will be established first.
Responsible for providing seeds, cattle and other production materials to obtain the exclusive right to purchase agricultural products for ten years.
The land was leased to farmers by the court on a long-term basis.
One hundred and fifty households formed a collective farm to farm collectively and share the profits. They were also equipped with muskets and were always ready for battle.
This kind of "armed immigration" is similar to the military household in the guard station.
But no military service is required.
Just need to defend your home.
Dong Gao made a plan and came,
One hundred and fifty farmers.
There were at least one hundred and fifty strong men.
One hundred and fifty guns.
Facing the threat of the indigenous savages from the Liao region who had few firearms, it was enough to protect themselves.
As long as Tsarist Russia does not have large troops in the northeast, the collective farms can quickly expand in the vast northern Liaoning.
In addition, Lebao's actions in the Western Regions also made the court worry that the former Eight Banners would defect to Lebao, so they simply dragged them all to fight against Tsarist Russia.
It seems that letting him lead the westward marching battalion to threaten Irkutsk is a plan for the imperial court to kill two birds with one stone.
"Immigration to the border area will benefit the present and future generations. However, such a large-scale immigration will cost a lot of money. Does the imperial court have so much money?"
Luo Fangbo stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The court has no money, but the emperor has money. The Ministry of Finance has calculated the accounts. If there are an average of five people per household, including resettlement fees, travel expenses, rations, seeds, farm tools, muskets, and cattle Waiting for all kinds of things, it will cost about 30 Ming Yuan. In the early stage, one million households will be moved, which will be 30 million Ming Yuan. The court will provide 10 million, and the remaining 20 million will be provided by the emperor."
(End of chapter)
