Chapter 259 What a progress!

Author: Mrmumumuah

Chapter 259 What a progress!

"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.

Examined 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 expedition to the East, his understanding of sociology and politics had changed significantly from that of the historical Kant.

Especially in politics.

People will change with the environment.

It is different from the utopia of those utopian socialists in Europe.

This is obviously a plan with room for practical operation.

The 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 with 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.

However, the restored 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 was actually a common practice among countries in this era, and with the powerful military power of the Ming Empire, they were able to do this.

The emergence of this collective farm plan shocked Kant.

There is no doubt about it.

Plans such as collective labor, profit sharing, voting autonomy, and unified purchasing and marketing are truly 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 landlord.

The pressure 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 in 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 obviously a dictatorial emperor, but why is he always thinking about exploitation and class? These things 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 really legendary. Maybe there are many people in the West, no, all over the world who want to know about your past. Maybe I can write a biography for you.

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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]."

First half of 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 main religion, 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. An old guy like Ji Yun, who is already in his seventies, just slaps his ass and goes back to his hometown. Dong Gao, who is in his prime, is of course unwilling to leave officialdom like this.

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Moreover, now that the Qing Dynasty has surrendered, and even the emperor has become a submissive king, the Han ministers under them naturally have no reason to be isolated ministers 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 showed an interested look 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 relying on the strength 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 to draw the attention of Tsarist Russia and not 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 wants 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 on a long-term basis by the imperial court.
To be continued...