Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2137 Flower dispute (forty-five)

   Before Xilinjueluo Ebao served as the governor of Fujian, it was Funihan who served as the governor of Fujian.

   It was he who was later transferred to Shandong and was keen to participate in the search and trial of the Soul Calling Case.

Due to climate problems, it is generally believed that crops with low water and heat requirements such as wheat are grown in northern China, while crops with high water and heat requirements such as rice are grown in the south, especially in Guangdong, where double-cropping rice can be grown within a year. The population size accelerates the consumption of meters. During the Shunzhi period, Guangdong produced an average of more than 4 million stone of rice a year, but the population was more than 3.2 million. According to the average grain consumption of 3.3 kilograms of rice per person per year, more than 4 million stone of rice was only enough for the province's needs for half a year. Fujian, which has less arable land and cannot produce double-cropping rice, is supported.

Although Zhejiang and Jiangxi are rich in rice, the price of food there is higher than that of Fujian and Guangdong, which lack rice. This is mainly because of the rampant smuggling of rice in Luzon and Batavia, coupled with population pressure, and the use of some land for land use. Growing hemp, cotton and mulberry, supply and consumption are only a delicate balance.

   Even Fujian itself grows tobacco, sugar and other commercial crops to the Yangtze River Delta, and then buys some silk fabrics from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Taiwan, and Taiwan then ships rice to Fujian.

   However, this food source is a drop in the bucket for Fujian, and it is necessary to open up a further source of rice to attack, so Chen Hongmou, the governor of Fujian during the Qianlong period, suggested the introduction of Siamese rice to solve the rice shortage problem in Fujian.

   Since that time, Qianlong has been promoting the cultivation of sweet potatoes. In terms of the sages of the frontier during the Qianlong period, Yin Jishan and Chen Hongmou were undoubtedly. Siamese rice is cheap, and it is a big granary in Southeast Asia. The East India Company and the Dutch also buy rice there.

   Kangxi years coincided with a severe drought, he immediately opened the customs, allowing duty-free import of Siamese rice.

  Chinese merchant ships need ceramics as ballast. After unloading in Siam and other places, they load rice as ballast. This is a very profitable business. There are however two problems. One is the fear of food falling into the hands of pirates, and the other is that the king of Siam believed in Buddhism and had a gentle temperament. Many sailors were unwilling to return to China after arriving in Siam, and settled directly there, which violated the laws of the Qing Dynasty - prohibiting immigration.

  Emperor Shunzhi advocated emigration to the Northeast, but prohibited immigration to Taiwan. In Yongzheng, he advocated emigration to Guangxi, but population movement was not so easy to control. Fortunately, when I want to go abroad to Siam, I can only take the sea route. The land route is not open, and the jungle is dense. It is very inconvenient to travel with my family, especially women with small feet.

   Controlling the grain ships to Siam basically controlled the immigration problem, so Yongzheng ordered the suspension of continuing to transport rice from Siam. But this policy lasted only a few years, and it was forced to suspend because of severe famine in Guangdong and Fujian.

   At this time, the population of Guangdong was still increasing. In the second year of Yongzheng, it was 4.2 million, and it was still increasing. In the face of such a huge food shortage, the emperor had to order incentives to import rice. At first, rice was used as a tribute. Although the captains were not as good as tribute ambassadors, they would still give rewards, such as 10 horses of silk and satin. Later, it became tax-free, and later, it was given to the top. If you transport more than 6,000 shi, you can be the total, and if you transport more than 10,000 shi, you will be rewarded by the governor as appropriate.

  After the outbreak of the Qing-Myanmar War, Burma invaded Siam. In the following 10 years, the food shortage in Siam was very serious, and the war interrupted food production. Even after Zheng Xin unified Siam, he was still in constant war with the separatist forces in other places. Not only was Siam unable to export rice, it couldn't even have enough of itself. The price of rice soared and it became a luxury item. Tree roots and bamboo shoots became the staple food of the locals.

  The year Lin Yuhua risked his death to report, that is, in the 45th year of Qianlong’s reign, there was a severe drought in Fujian. There were almost no grains of grain, and neighboring provinces were unable to provide support, and the price of rice also soared.

A 10% reduction in grain production would double the price of grain. At that time, the price of rice was already more than 3,000 yuan per stone. At this time, the warehouse should have been opened for food relief. Changping warehouses to prepare for shortages.

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty established a granary for the purpose of releasing grain for relief when the famine occurred. However, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the local officials did not open the granary, which caused a huge peasant uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Don.

It is difficult to say whether Lin Yuhua did this because of his loyalty to the Manchu Qing Dynasty or because of the common people. limit. Lin Yuhua also did something later. At that time, the two famous families in Fujian, the Lin family and the Xue family, had a large-scale fight over the water to irrigate their farmland. During the whole case, including the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, all received bribes, resulting in large-scale wrongful convictions, and 18 people were sentenced to death.

At that time, the system of discussing crimes proposed by He Zhongtang had already been implemented, but the key was that if these 18 people were rich and powerful, how could they be framed by others? Lin Yuhua made several large lanterns at the Lantern Festival that year. The limericks of the corrupt officials who handled the case were mirrored on it, and the police officer became angry and sent troops to break up the lantern festival. Three days later, he found someone to falsely accuse Lin Yuhua, and finally he was exiled from WLMQ.

  When the year is good, the Siamese bosses also want to bring some sumac over, so people can’t just think about eating.

  The owner of Xiamen also thinks that Siam's wood is good and can build big boats.

   In the year of disaster, we will release food for disaster relief.

   But what if all the grain in the granary was sold and replaced with silver, and the spoils were divided by the big rats?

   And as long as there is a system of donating food, you can get the top wearing, there is room for manipulation, and what is on the book may not be real. It’s like taking empty pay. On the surface, there are 1,000 young and strong soldiers, but in fact there are only 500 old, weak, sick and disabled. Usually, you can’t feel it, and you will find out when you really need to use soldiers.

   It is understandable why the Chief Envoy would issue that absurd decree to close the position during the disaster year.

  The Qing-Myanmar War must go on, only then can the Qing Empire liberate Siam from Burma's control and continue to provide rice, otherwise Burma will have the initiative in rice.

Xilin Gioruo Ebao wrote a letter to stop the war and stop losses, and was demoted by Qianlong to replace Funihan. He didn't stay there for long. Anyway, when he got the recommendation letter from Xilin Gioruo's family and returned to Fujian, the governor had already changed. He became E Ning, who was demoted from Hubei.

   Juren soon regretted why he had to leave the capital. He did not get the post of a subordinate official, and Aning did not say that he would take him back, so his first imperial examination ended sadly.

   There is no doubt that he is jealous of Heshen. No matter how bad things happen in life, it is difficult to keep his balance when he sees others full of gold and jade.

   It was very difficult to get back up from the blow, and his parents died one after another, so that people couldn't help but wonder, why did all the bad things happen to him?

   Is there a total amount of luck, some people are lucky, but God will deduct it from others?

  Others are those who have been in the rain for a long time, meet old friends in a foreign land, spend candle nights in the bridal chamber, and inscribe on the golden list.

   He encountered a long drought, lost his parents as a teenager, had no bridal chamber candles, and no gold medal title.

  How will he introduce himself to Heshen? He Zhongtang, do you still remember the imperial examination in the Wuzi year when you were named Luosunshan? I'm with you once.

  The emperor called himself a "widow", so he called himself a "scumbag". "Fate can do nothing, but my elders make me contemptible." The contemptible is not despicable.

   (end of this chapter)