Chapter 202: Methodical

"Of the 5.4 million people, the most convenient ones are the 200,000 selected bandit followers captured in Zhuxian Town. The remaining 5.2 million, 300,000 households and 1.8 million people are When the intruders first entered Kaifeng, the people from surrounding counties and towns fled into Kaifeng. If the resettlement of this group of people is done according to the Lord's wishes, there are still some difficulties."

Zheng Yunzhi sat upright and nodded slightly when he heard this: "Most of the people who fled into Kaifeng City when the thieves fled to Kaifeng wanted to go back to their place of origin."

"Your Excellency is wise." The man at the head said: "This is contrary to the lord's intention of balanced resettlement. If these people are allowed to return to their original places, some places will have more people and some places will have less people. It will be difficult to achieve balanced resettlement. And The degree of land development is closely related to the population. Only when the population distribution is balanced can the land development efficiency reach the highest level. If the population is unbalanced, the efficiency will be low and the development will be uneven."

"Take coercive measures." Zheng Yunzhi waved his hand: "With an average of twenty acres of land per capita, what else can you be dissatisfied with? You have to go back to your place of origin and fight for those few acres of thin land? Move with emotion, teach with reason, and intimidate with force. , this matter is not difficult to handle.”

"Yes, sir."

He also said: "The remaining 650,000 households and 3.4 million people are all the original residents of Kaifeng. Among them, only 250,000 households and 1.2 million people are engaged in farming, and the remaining 400,000 households are 220,000. None of the 100,000 people are farmers. Most of them are unwilling to work on the land and work as craftsmen, porters, traders, or as servants, servants, maids, etc. for large families. Their proportion is too large, which is not conducive to the recovery of people's livelihood in Kaifeng at this stage."

Zheng Yunzhi said: "Everything needs to be prospered, but agriculture is the foundation. Farming is not prosperous, and everything is in vain. Of the 5.4 million people, 2.2 million are not engaged in farming, which means that 3.2 million people are raising two children." 1.2 million people is too much of a burden. We need to reduce this number to 1 million. This is not the time when Zhu Ming was at his peak, and Henan was in the hands of the lord, and it was also separated from other places, unable to complement each other, and could only carry out internal industries Adjustment is the only way to ensure nothing goes wrong.”

Having said this, Zheng Yunzhi thought for a moment and said: "First, we will resettle the first two parts of Dingkou. If the Dingkou is not engaged in farming, we will use incentives to lure them. Aren't they unwilling to farm but more willing to work? Then hire them to farm and provide That's the salary. First cultivate the land, and then slowly map it out."

Said: "As long as they get down to the ground, everything will be easy to talk about."

Zheng Yunzhi's eyes flashed.

"Yes, sir."

After dismissing the officials from the Department of Residential Affairs and the Department of Agriculture, Liu Yiqian, the director of the Department of Commercial Affairs, walked in again.

"grown ups."

Zheng Yunzhi waved her hand: "Sit."

There are five departments under the Zhou Mu Yamen. The two departments of household and agricultural affairs have no sex ministers for the time being, and Zheng Yunzhi is in charge. The Department of Commercial Affairs, the Department of Mochi Affairs and the Department of Taxation had vergers, and the verger of the Commercial Affairs Department was Liu Yiqian.

"Your Excellency, the reorganization of the Chamber of Commerce has been finalized." Liu Yiqian said.

The reorganization of the Chamber of Commerce was a decree issued by Zheng Yunzhi. The existence of the Chamber of Commerce has its drawbacks - for example, the existence of various trading houses in Kaifeng even hindered Ying Yi's rule. But the Chamber of Commerce also has its own necessity.

It has a strong supporting role in official macroeconomic regulation. Such as stabilizing prices.

It can also integrate resources from all walks of life in an orderly manner. As long as it is properly supervised and hazards are eliminated, business efficiency can be greatly improved.

More importantly, it can provide great convenience in terms of taxation.

Without the Chamber of Commerce, all walks of life would be too scattered and it would be inconvenient to collect taxes. If there are chambers of commerce that govern various industries, they can collect merchant information and data through the chambers of commerce to achieve tax convenience.

This reorganization of the Chamber of Commerce is to form a unique cross-industry business organization under official guidance. Depending on the industry, branches are established under the chamber of commerce, headed by the president of the branch. The branch president of each branch will exist as a deacon of the chamber of commerce and be responsible to the officially designated president of the chamber of commerce.

For the time being, the president of the Chamber of Commerce is concurrently served by Liu Yiqian, the director of the Department of Commerce.

Among many industries, grain, salt, iron, copper, gold, and silver will all be taken into government ownership. It is operated by personnel directly appointed, assigned and recruited by the Commercial Affairs Department. In other industries, branch presidents are jointly elected by merchants in the industry.

Liu Yiqian has been busy with this matter for a while, and now it is finally completed.

Zheng Yunzhi selected some more questions, and after questioning, he no longer had any doubts, and said: "The significance of the existence of the Chamber of Commerce is to facilitate the regulation of private commercial activities and tax convenience. As the Secretary of the Department of Commerce and the President of the Chamber of Commerce, you have no doubts about the Chamber of Commerce." Supervision must not be sloppy.”

Liu Yiqian said: "Please rest assured, sir."

Zheng Yunzhi nodded: "In addition, as for the code of conduct of the Chamber of Commerce, your Commercial Affairs Department will first come up with some regulations for temporary use. After the Royal Law Yamen completes the legislation on commercial affairs, we will act in accordance with the law."

"yes."

After Liu Yiqian retreated, Taxation Department Zhao Huaizhun came in again.

"grown ups."

When Zheng Yunzhi saw him, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Brother Hanshan, please sit down."

Zhao Huaizhun was the same age as Zheng Yunzhi, and they had known each other before, so there was no need to be so serious.

Zhao Huaizhun said with a smile: "Your Excellency is my boss now, and there must be no less rules."

Then he said seriously: "The Taxation Department is fully operational. The local tax framework in Kaifeng has been established, and the construction of lower-level institutions in various places is still being followed up. It is expected that before September comes, the tax issues in the entire Henan, except for the three prefectures in Hebei, will be solved On Tracks."

Zheng Yunzhi smiled and said: "I know Brother Hanshan's ability. But I don't know if there are any problems in it."

Zhao Huaizhun said: "The problem is not difficult, it just lies in the recruitment of tax collectors. According to the Lord's wishes, tax collectors are the top priority, and the majority of them are retired soldiers. But how many retired soldiers are there now? There are not enough people."

Zheng Yunzhi understood and said with a smile: "First recruit good and young people from the public. Such a problem also exists in the Law Enforcement Department under the Imperial Law Department, and there are not enough people."

Zhao Huaizhun said with a smile: "At the beginning of the great cause, there is a shortage of manpower in all aspects. It is indeed a helpless thing. Fortunately, the Humanity List reflects the merits. Although there are few people, they are all full of energy."

Zhao Huaizhun reported to leave, and Zheng Huai arrived again.

As the person in charge of military logistics, Uncle Huai was also very busy during this time. Thanks to the feedback from the true spirit, otherwise, given his age, he might not be able to withstand such a torment.

"master."

Uncle Huai bowed.

Zheng Yunzhi said hurriedly: "Uncle Huai, there is no need to be polite. He is not a master or servant at the moment."

Uncle Huai said: "But it's also up and down."

Then he smiled and said: "Army from all walks of life attacked the city and captured the land, and descended on Henan overnight, but the food, grass and military pay cannot be left behind. I wonder if you have prepared food, grass and military pay for this month?"

Zheng Yunzhi knew it well and said with a smile: "It will be ready in advance. Uncle Huai can just go to the Human Resources Department to make the handover."

Uncle Huai bowed and left.

This is absolutely the case. When Ying Yi ignored military affairs in the Crescent Valley, the whole of Henan was like a brand-new machine that was well-springed. Everything was going on in an orderly manner, becoming more and more orderly and reasonable, and the vitality contained in it was like a new machine. A plump seed caught in the rain begins to take root and sprout.