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Zhao Han didn't hate this phenomenon either, he just said: "There are too few Han people in Luzon, so let's take it slowly in the future."

In another 20 years, when the Han people in Luzon have multiplied more, we can start to deal with this matter.At that time, the situation of the acres of land will be thoroughly checked-the land that has not been registered with the government will be directly nationalized.For the land entrusted in the name of others, whose name is registered by the government, the land will be awarded according to the field book.

After all, it belongs to a colony, and Tian Zheng cannot be the same as the local government, which will greatly hinder the development of the colony.

However, it is also necessary to restrict land mergers. Each person can own at most [-] mu of land, and a family of ten can own at most [-] mu of land.If there are more than ten people, the family will be separated.More than [-] mu of land will not be confiscated by force, but the tax will be increased step by step.

If not restricted, two consequences will result:

First, the land mergers in the colonies were serious, and many overseas big families emerged, and in the end they were even able to control the place, and the colonial officials were not taken seriously.Until, the colonial independence movement broke out!

Second, if land annexation is not suppressed, then the big landlords in the colony will not first think about how to develop, but how to annex the land of their compatriots.After all, it is easier and safer to annex land from Han compatriots than to claim land from native barbarians.In this way, there will be a large number of landless peasants in the colonies!The peasants were forced to revolt, and the governor was able to suppress it, which benefited the big landlords, and the people were at odds with the court.If the governor can't suppress it, then the colonial uprising will succeed, and it will be the big landlords who will benefit.The big landlords will guide public opinion, pour dirty water on the court, and then take the opportunity to seize the fruits of the uprising, and the big landlords will become the actual rulers of the colony after independence.

Zheng Guozhong began to report on his work:

"In the first year of my tenure in Luzon, mainly the Han people registered and settled down to confirm the ownership of the land. The Spaniards left a lot of land, and every Han people can get the land. Even some indigenous people who have done meritorious service can also share To part of the land. In the first year, there was no income, and the military expenses of the [-] Datong troops stationed in Luzon had to be borne by the imperial court."

"In the second year, the land tax and commercial tax had a surplus, especially the port tariffs received a lot. The military expenses of the Datong Army and the salaries of Luzon officials can already be borne by themselves."

"In the third year, the tax revenue became more, and the minister began to organize the expansion of the port and began to increase the number of schools in Luzon."

"In the fourth year, the minister began to organize manpower to build roads and encourage landlords to dig water canals. In that year, 1 taels of tax silver was sent to the court."

"In the fifth year, there were quite a lot of spontaneous immigrants from Fujian. These Fujian immigrants had household registrations in their hometowns and temporary household registrations in Luzon. I suggested that two counties should be added and the indigenous people in the vicinity should be educated. The governor's office allocated silver taels, Hired scholars to teach indigenous children to read, and hired Han farmers to teach indigenous farming techniques. At that time, 3 taels of tax money were sent to the imperial court."

"In the sixth year, all the Pampanga people around Manila gave up Christianity and converted to Mazu. So far, more than 2000 Pampanga people have learned simple Chinese and registered as Han Chinese with the government. The imperial court sent 11 taels of tax silver."

"In the seventh year, I dispatched the Datong Army stationed in Luzon and sent [-] troops to help the Ifugao people in the northern part of Luzon Island to fight. Six Ifugao tribes supported the government and agreed to the government to establish schools in their tribes. These The Ifugao people know how to open up terraced fields and water conservancy irrigation, and the rice yield is extremely high. In addition, there are three tribes in central Luzon. Because they have been in contact with the Han people for hundreds of years, they are close to the Han people and have learned to grow grain. Many aborigines can even speak Hokkien, and all three tribes are governed by the government."

"This year, I brought back 24 taels of tax silver, and many special products from Luzon. There are pearls, tortoiseshell, spices, corals, etc."

Such a big Luzon Island, after seven years of governance, only brought back a total of 39 taels of silver.

Compared to the Spanish colonial government, it's a bit too little to be honest.

Fortunately, it has doubled year by year. In the seventh year alone, there are as many as 24 taels of tax, and it will definitely increase in the future.Moreover, officials at all levels in Luzon, the Datong Army stationed in Luzon, their salaries and military salaries are borne by Luzon themselves, and there is no need for blood transfusions from the court.

In addition, Zheng Guozhong's governance of the colony is obviously different from that of Spain.

Whether it is for the natives of Luzon or the Han people in Luzon, the Spanish governor is crazily exploiting. As long as he has not been squeezed to death, he will continue to squeeze to death!

And what about Zheng Guozhong?

Most of the time, they are building ports, building roads, building water conservancy, promoting enlightenment, and disseminating farming techniques... The relationship between the government and the aborigines has obviously improved greatly.There is no need to guard against the natives all day long, and there is no need to fight every now and then, and military expenditure is far lower than that of Spain.

The schools built by Spain in Luzon were all missionaries who came forward and led the army to lay down a piece.The missionaries became the largest landowners there, captured the aborigines as slaves, and then built schools in the village.And when Zheng Guozhong built schools, he built them directly in the indigenous tribes and hired scholars to be teachers in the indigenous tribes.

Zheng Guozhong did not intend to colonize at all, but regarded the aborigines of Luzon Island as ethnic minorities in the Yunnan-Guizhou area, and completely treated the colonies as native land to govern!

This is the traditional way of thinking of Chinese officials. It has been ingrained in the bones and has been integrated into the blood. It is difficult to change it.

Zheng Guozhong cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have a request."

Zhao Han said, "But it's okay to talk about it."

Zheng Guozhong said: "The children of the leaders of the Luzon indigenous tribes who are friendly to the government can study at Jinling University for free. Moreover, the cost of travel and the expenses during the study period are all borne by the Luzon government. Once the children of these tribal leaders meet After seeing the prosperity of the Celestial Dynasty, one must admire the Celestial Dynasty even more. I feel that the natives of Lu Song are no different from the natives of Yunnan and Guizhou, as long as they do not discriminate and oppress, they are all reasonable."

"According to what Qing said, this matter is feasible," Zhao Han asked, "The tribal leaders in Luzon, are they willing to send their children to Nanjing? Do they think they are hostages?"

Zheng Guozhong said: "No. The minister has made an agreement with the leaders of the ministries, and they trust the court."

Zhao Han asked, "Are the natives of Luzon so easy to talk to?"

Zheng Guozhong said: "There are also people who are hard to talk about. In the past seven years, the Luzon Datong Army has only been dispatched once. In that expedition, several tribes were wiped out, more than a thousand people were killed, and more than 2800 people were captured. All the prisoners were captured and sold to the Han people. Landlords are tenants (actually serfs)."

That's right, this is like a colony, Zheng Guozhong is not a corrupt Confucian.

Zheng Guozhong also said: "The chief soldier of Lu Song, Tie Hong, his eldest son has finished his middle school courses. There is no entrance examination in Lu Song, and there is even only one middle school. Tie Hong asked his son to be sent to Jinling University to study."

Tie Hong is that black buddy who has been thrown to Luzon to lead the army for several years.

Zhao Han nodded and said: "That should be the case. I will pass the decree to the officials of the Ministry of Rites. In the future, there will be no places for entrance examinations, not only in overseas territories, but also in the Northern Protectorate. All civil and military officials who work in those places, as long as they are above the seventh rank , can recommend a child to study directly in a university in each province."

Zhao Han asked: "How many Han people are there in Lu Song now?"

Zheng Guozhong replied: "There are more than 6 Luzon household registrations (Han people over the age of 3, including the indigenous spouses of Han people). There are more than 12 Han Chinese who hold domestic household registration but have settled in Luzon for a long time, and have voluntarily registered with the government. In addition, there are more than 5 aborigines who have learned Chinese, changed their Chinese names, and have naturalized as Han people.”

Such a small population is still too small.

Luzon's taxation is not based on land tax, but commercial tax and customs duty are the real big ones.

Luzon is an experimental field. The tax money that is shipped back to the imperial court every year is now redefined: the royal family takes [-]%, [-]% is managed by the Ministry of Finance, and the remaining [-]% is thrown to other ministries and yamen.

Anyway, all can get money, the royal family has money, and the ministries also have money.

In order to make more money, the emperor and ministers will work together to create more colonies in the future.

In the first three to five years, the ministers of the DPRK and China were not very concerned about Lu Song.

When Luzon's tax money was sent to 11 taels a year, the ministers finally took it seriously.

I also heard that Luzon's tax money will double this year compared to last year.Good guy, all the ministries and institutes directly sent officials at the rank of minister to go outside Nanjing to warmly welcome Zheng Guozhong back to Beijing.

If Luzon's annual tax silver exceeds 100 million taels, it is estimated that all ministers will come forward to greet them in person.

Chapter 798 [Contribute a tribute]

Zhao Han picked up a document sent by Zheng Guozhong and asked, "Where did you get these statistical data?"

Zheng Guozhong replied: "The data before the Datong Army occupied Manila came from the Philippine Governor's Palace in Spain."

"Why does the trade volume fluctuate, and the disparity is so large?" Zhao Han asked.

The entire document records the trade volume of the former Spanish Philippines and the current Chinese Luzon.

Zheng Guozhong explained: "When Spain ruled Luzon in the past, the main trading partners were Han merchants. Every time there were too many Chinese goods, the Spanish governor either raised tariffs, or raised the head tax of Han people in Luzon, or simply slaughtered Luzon. Han people, robbing Chinese merchant ships. After doing this, the trade volume will inevitably plummet, and then gradually recover. After the recovery of prosperity, then do it again, and then plummet again.”

Is the Spanish Governor insane?

Heck, there's too much trade, too much tariffs.No, you have to raise taxes, you have to massacre the Han Chinese, and you have to suppress the tax revenue of the Philippines!

"The governor of Spain thinks money is too hot?" Zhao Han asked suspiciously.

Zheng Guozhong explained: "Once the trade flourishes, there will be more Han people in Luzon. In order to collect more taxes, the Spaniards will increase the commercial tax and the head tax of the Han people. The Han people will be angry and will revolt many times. The Spaniards can only engage in Massacre. After the massacre, although trade tax revenue plummeted, local officials in Spain were able to rob countless goods from it.”

Well, Zhao Han understands.

The Spanish colonial officials saw the prosperity of business and the increase of Han Chinese, so they tried to raise taxes to make more money.

After driving the Han people back, they took the opportunity to engage in massacres.

The massacre led to a decline in tax revenue, and the loss was the income of the Spanish royal family.Colonial officials, on the other hand, took advantage of the opportunity to rob. Officials and missionaries made a lot of money, and as soon as their terms were up, they returned home and left the mess to the next colonial government.

The peak of trade between China (Ming) and the Philippines (Philippines) was in the 40th year of Wanli.Then it fell all the way, the trade volume was cut in half, and then continued to cut in half.During the reign of Chongzhen, it finally recovered to half of that of the 40th year of Wanli, and Spain carried out massacres in Luzon again, so the trade volume was cut in half and then cut in half.

Zheng Guozhong said: "Nowadays, Luzon's trade volume with Spain has barely recovered to the end of the Wanli period. Many Han merchants are still afraid of the massacre, and they are unwilling to trade with Spain. However, other European countries have continued to increase their trade in Luzon, especially The Netherlands rose the fastest. After the Netherlands lost southern Taiwan, the trade between Japan and the Netherlands sometimes chose to stop in Luzon, which by the way increased the trade volume of Luzon.”

The Netherlands traded with Japan and chose to stop in Luzon for supplies, and only charged port berthing fees.However, if there are many berthings, trade will gradually arise. For example, the Netherlands will buy more and more tobacco from Luzon.

Zhao Han asked: "Compared to the Spanish period, has Luzon's tariffs on Han merchants been reduced?"

Zheng Guozhong said: "Take cotton cloth as an example. It has dropped from 6% to 5%. Han merchants are happy."

When Spain first occupied Luzon, the cotton cloth tariff was only 2%.

After the volume of trade increased, the governor of the Spanish Philippines said: "Businessmen from other countries only charge 2% in tariffs, but Han people should charge 3%."

It was obvious that they discriminated against the Han people, and the Han merchants were furious, saying that they would never come to Luzon to do business again.The trade was deserted for a while, and it was time to do business, and the Han merchants accepted the tariff.All the way up, and finally rose to 6%, Han merchants still can only accept it.

Zhao Han asked again: "Is there any change in Spain in the Philippines?"

The current "Philippines" does not include Luzon Island, but specifically refers to the large and small islands in the south of Luzon Island.

Zheng Guozhong said: "Indigenous uprisings occur every year in the islands of the Philippines. The Spanish governor is too busy to quell the chaos, so he doesn't care about our troubles. On those islands, there are also Han settlers who are gradually migrating to Luzon Island. Every year, one or two Thousands of Han people migrated from the islands ruled by Spain to Luzon Island. According to the information provided by the Han people who migrated, Spain is getting worse and worse. After the soldiers are killed, the replenishment speed is very slow. No more rebuilding, Spain has fewer and fewer ships. The latest one was built more than ten years ago."

Zhao Han was very pleased: "This is great."

Zheng Guozhong quickly vaccinated: "Your Majesty, I feel that Luzon should not continue to develop southward. It is best to hand over those large and small islands to Spain to rule. If our country snatches it and drives Spain away, it will be the same as Spain. The trade with America is over, and the trade with America (America) is gone, and America’s gold and silver can’t be lost.”

No matter how much Spain declines, it is still the overlord of the Americas, firmly controlling the Pacific waterways.

It is true that Spain cannot be driven out of the Philippines. Once Spain is driven out, it will mean that the trade from America to Asia will be cut off.

Zhao Han nodded and said, "That's true. Wait until our navy has the energy to go to America someday, and then consider the matter of driving Spain out of the Philippines."

After talking about the business, Zheng Guozhong said: "Your Majesty, when I returned to Beijing this time, many Luzon native chiefs offered treasures to His Majesty one after another. Although those treasures...although they are a bit crude, they are also the wishes of the Luzon natives."

Zhao Han asked, "Where is the tribute?"

Zheng Guozhong said: "It has been handed over to the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites should hand it over to the Supervisor of Rituals."

Zhao Han ordered: "Just bring it."

A few ten minutes later, the tributes of the Luzon native chiefs were brought over by the female officer and the guards.

There are two big boxes, some of which are really simple.

There is even a bamboo carving, which is carved with bamboo roots. It is exquisitely made, but the craftsmanship is relatively ordinary, and similar ones can be bought on the streets of Nanjing.

"What kind of knife is this?" Zhao Han picked up a knife and asked.

Zheng Guozhong said: "I don't know its name, but I only know that it is a machete made by a tribe. It is used to cut off the heads of prisoners of war during sacrifices."

It's a bit like a machete with a dog's leg, and it's a bit like a woodcutter in some provinces of China.However, it is more carefully made. The handle is made of buffalo horn and inlaid with silver ornaments.

Continuing to pick and choose, Zhao Han suddenly said: "Hey, this ax is very strange."

Zheng Guozhong explained: "This is the Kalinga axe, which is a special weapon for the Kalinga chief."

The shape of this thing is extremely exaggerated, not like a practical weapon, but more like a heroic weapon in a video game, a VIP weapon that can only be owned after recharging.Its function is more similar to a scepter, which is used to show the majesty of the chief.

In addition to weapons, there are more so-called treasures.

"This is for you." Zhao Han picked up a pair of tortoiseshell bracelets.

Li Xiangjun was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"

The most common ones are pearl necklaces, and the concubines in the harem can almost give one by hand.

Zhao Han can fully understand that the emperors of all dynasties are enthusiastic about the coming of all nations, and can even understand why they gave more gifts in return.It's all the wishes of a small country and a small family. How can the monarch of the Central Dynasty not be more generous?

Of course, this kind of behavior cannot become a system, otherwise it will change completely.

Zhao Han said: "Decree to the cabinet, in the future, when tax money is brought back from overseas territories every year, you can bring three indigenous chiefs with you. They must be the most obedient tribes, chiefs or chiefs' children. Bring them to Nanjing to have a look. It will cost the royal family Give money. This is a reward for the loyal and obedient tribes, let them appreciate the prosperity of China!"

Not only to appreciate the prosperity of China, these indigenous chiefs, after returning to their hometowns, must brag about their knowledge in China.The wider the story spread, the stronger the aboriginal yearning for China, and the more envious other tribes would be of these rewarded chiefs.

Zheng Guozhong said: "On Luzon Island, the most important people to appease and recruit are those tribes who can build terraced fields. Luzon Island is as mountainous as Yunnan and Guizhou, and terraced field technology is particularly important. Moreover, although some of these terraced field tribes still retain They follow the tradition of headhunting, but they are relatively docile and talkative, and it is easier to accept Chinese culture.”

"It's true for farming tribes," said Zhao Han. "Let the Hanlin Academy make up a story. Since they can build terraced fields, they say that their ancestors came from Yunnan and Guizhou, and they were one family thousands of years ago. In schools in Luzon, they also We must teach the children this way, and guide those children to change their Chinese names and Chinese surnames."

The terraced fields of Luzon Island not only exist in the later Ifugao Province, but also in other surrounding provinces.

For example, Baguio City, which is rich in gold, has many terraced fields.Today, the aborigines around Baguio are already in contact with the Han people. Unfortunately, several large gold mines have not been discovered yet—near the Baguio gold mine, there are also silver mines and copper mines.Moreover, the scenery is beautiful, the seasons are like spring, and the climate is pleasant. It is simply a treasure land.

After waving Zheng Guozhong to step down, Zhao Han began to arrange the recipients of the tribute.

Not only will it be given to concubines and princes and daughters in the harem, but some ministers in the court will also receive rewards.

I also specially picked two pieces and gave them to my sister and sister.

Zheng Sen has been promoted to be the director of Shandong, so Zhao Zhenfang will naturally go to Shandong with her husband, and let the staff of the post office send her there after the spring.

After Zheng Guozhong resigned as the governor of Luzon, he temporarily rested in Nanjing.The imperial court is discussing the reform of the chief envoy. In the future, each province will have two right chief envoys, and Zheng Guozhong's next position will be the right chief envoy.

Luzon Island sounds big, but the areas that can be actually controlled today are the west, northwest, and southwest coasts, which are located in the territory of only a few counties in the country.Therefore, Zheng Guozhong still needs experience, and it is very suitable to be the right minister.

The new governor of Luzon has already arrived in Manila, and his name is Zhang Huangyan.

Carefully selecting the two most beautiful pearl necklaces, Zhao Han returned to the harem after get off work and called sisters Fei Rulan and Fei Rumei.

"Come and take a look, this is sent by the chief of Luzon." Zhao Han said with a smile.

In fact, it is not very expensive, but the emperor gave it to them, and the sisters were very happy, and immediately put it on their chests and twirled it around.

Fei Rumei said: "After the beginning of spring, it looks better when worn. These days, it's so cold that it's almost like a ball."

Zhao Han said: "It's really cold, how cold is it in the north?"

Fei Rulan said: "I heard that the price of furs in Nanjing has risen a lot, and rich people are buying furs. Cotton jackets don't look good, but furs are more popular."

Zhao Han looked to the northeast: "The three major furs, sable, sea otter, and lynx, are all available in the Northeast. If you want to wear furs, you must hold the Northeast firmly in your hands!"

Chapter 799 [Feminists]