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- "Yes, you must first make peace with yourself before fighting outside. What my father-in-law said is the right thing to do." Zhao Hao nodded and persuaded without giving up:
"But father-in-law, times have changed. Some things are different. In the past, due to technical reasons, people could only move on land, work on expeditions, and devote all their national strength. But now the world's navigation technology has made great progress. The ocean has become a road, and the world is close to each other. People can realize expeditions at a lower cost. The Europeans have already taken the lead, colonizing all over the world, relying on technological differences, conquering vast areas with very few troops and very low costs. The region has leveraged extremely high interests! And the overseas profits have fed back their rapid domestic progress. If we don¡¯t catch up quickly, we will fall behind completely.¡±
"And I can't catch up step by step. Time waits for me, father-in-law!" At the end of the sentence, Mr. Zhao was about to shout.
¡°As a father, I have thought carefully about it over the past few years. The world is indeed different, and some concepts should change. For example, those who immigrate overseas are ¡®abandoning the king¡¯s ideals¡¯, which is somewhat out of date.¡±
Zhang Juzheng was unmoved and skillfully installed the briar nodule pipe. This has become his signature move when thinking.
Zhao Hao quickly picked up the lighter and lit it for Zhang Juzheng. Bu Gu took a slow breath, closed his eyes slightly and enjoyed it for a moment, then said:
"Because the biggest problem in our Ming Dynasty now is the contradiction between land and population. Land annexation is serious, the rich are connected to each other, but the common people have no place to stand on. I am planning to start a nationwide clearing of acres of land after the autumn harvest, and get accurate After obtaining the data, we started to crack down on mergers. In fact, clearing the land itself is the best crackdown on mergers."
"But for the population problem, my father really doesn't have much to do. Last year, my father ordered someone to randomly send the yellow book of a county to Beijing and review it personally." Zhang Juzheng bit his pipe and frowned. The loving father said:
"That's the yellow book of Xinghua County, Yangzhou Prefecture, the hometown of former Li Shoufu. There are 3,700 households. What's shocking is that the age of each household head is over 100 years old, and there are even 150 households. For an old man who is more than ten years old, what a land of longevity this is, what a blessing it is!"
"It's a pity that when he said this, Mr. Zhang had a murderous look on his face, and there was no hint of joy when he mentioned the auspiciousness.
"Then what is the secret of longevity in Xinghua County? Just four words, just made up!" Zhang Juzheng suddenly raised his voice and said angrily:
"I asked a few of my trusted students to do a simple survey, and the results were shocking! In Funing Prefecture, Fujian, a place with such a developed economy, the number of household registrations has actually decreased by two-thirds compared to the beginning of the country!"
As he spoke, he glanced at Zhao Hao coldly and said: "And your Yingtian Mansion, the household registration has been reduced to one-fifth. What exactly is your Jiangnan Group busy with? Have you kidnapped all the people overseas?"
"Father-in-law is wronged. Various statistics from the Jiangnan Group show that Yingtian Mansion's population has a net inflow, with an increase of more than 10% every year." Mr. Zhao quickly called up Tianqu and said: "As for the records in the yellow book, the Jiangnan Group You have always obeyed the law, how dare you interfere with government affairs?"
"Huh, I know you didn't do it, otherwise how could you still be sitting here?" Zhang Juzheng sneered and said, "It's nothing more than a trick to hide the population and avoid taxes and servitude. If the Ming Dynasty was still like the early Republic of China, with only 60 million people, How could it be as difficult as it is now? Judging from the situation in more than a dozen counties, the population has generally increased four to five times in two hundred years. In other words, the current population of the Ming Dynasty must have exceeded 200 million. "
"My father-in-law is wise." Zhao Hao nodded in agreement. According to Jiangnan Group's research results, it was almost 250 million.
"Too little land and too many people are the root cause of the Ming Dynasty's disease!" Zhang Juzheng took a puff from his pipe and said: "It is too dangerous for so many people to have no land. The pressure is too great, and there is no room to move if you want to do anything. What if? If we can move some people overseas to at least offset the annual population growth, then the situation may get better."
"What my father-in-law said is so right!" Zhao Hao couldn't help but applaud: "A population that cannot be fed is a disaster, and a population that has nowhere to go is wealth. Just like Nan Ju and Bei Zhi, these people are burdensome in the country, as long as there is an organization The immigrants to Southeast Asia and America are the seeds sown by our Chinese nation. Given time, they will surely grow into dense forests. Then the land under the forest will always be the land of the Han Dynasty; everything illuminated by the sun and moon will be the celestial dynasty! Qianqiu, the benefit lies in all generations!"
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? He clapped his hands towards Zhang Juzheng and said: "My father-in-law can expand the territory without spending money on the military! The eagle is flying thousands of miles, but the treasury is growing day by day! There are no good prime ministers in ancient times! He can be said to be the best prime minister in the history!"
This flattery made Zhang Juzheng feel so comfortable that he couldn't hide his lust. After a while, he snorted and said: "I am not a prime minister"
"Yes, yes"??. "Zhao Hao nodded quickly. The chief minister is indeed not the prime minister. Strictly speaking, he is just the emperor's chief secret
Who would have thought that Zhang Juzheng would change the subject and say:
"It's a photo shoot!"
"Uh" Zhao Hao almost choked to death.
"Okay, you don't need to persuade me any more." Zhang Juzheng gave the hand holding the pipe a heavy pause and ended the topic: "As I said before, Daming's illness is too serious. He must first nourish his heart, unblock his meridians, and regulate his roots. Rushing to take Shiquan tonic will only make the condition worse. Therefore, as agreed before, overseas matters will be handled by your group first. When the domestic problems are solved, the court will decide according to the situation. Do you want to take over?"
After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "As for the pace of immigration being larger, I think it should be limited to no more than two million per year!"
"My father-in-law really cares about his children" Mr. Zhao couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Immigration and pioneering is not exile overseas. The group does not have the ability to accommodate so many people in a short period of time."
"Then work harder and work harder!" Zhang Juzheng said decisively: "I will give you three years, starting from the eighth year of Wanli, if you cannot move out two million people every year, I will take back the monopoly on maritime trade! "
"Oh, let's do it" Mr. Zhao accepted this arduous task with a sad face.
"But father-in-law, if this happens, we will have to recruit people all over the country, and the government offices in various places"
"I have issued an order for my father, and all local governments must cooperate with you unconditionally. But there is one thing, you cannot cause trouble. If there is trouble, you are the only one to ask!" Zhang Juzheng said solemnly.
"Understood." Zhao Hao nodded reluctantly.
Seeing that he agreed, Zhang Juzheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and bit his pipe with much less force.
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As the saying goes, ¡®What¡¯s your honey is his arsenic¡¯.
In the eyes of Mr. Zhao, who implemented the "Century Immigration Plan", the most valuable thing about the Ming Dynasty was its endless population.
However, for Mr. Zhang, who is determined to reform and strive to win over the world, these people are an ever-increasing hidden danger and burden.
Why two million people?
Zhang Xianggong has some calculations in mind. If the real population of the Ming Dynasty is 245 million, it can be deduced that the annual growth rate is about 7% per thousand. Therefore, the current annual net increase in population should be no less than 1.7 million and no more than 1.7 million. 2 million people.
"Don't underestimate these two million people. Since there is no land to distribute, these are new refugees for the imperial court!" And it continues to increase every year
It¡¯s okay to say that in normal times, but if we really encounter a calamity year, the world will definitely be in chaos.
In fact, the central government of the Ming Dynasty has been incompetent for many years. In the event of famine, local governments can only rely on the gentry to mobilize relief. Of the annual income of the imperial court, 45% were from border town food and salary, 150% from camp and guard officers and soldiers' salaries, 30% from vassal salaries, and 10% from internal government supplies. After meeting these urgent needs, there will be nothing left.
Therefore, in the first year of Wanli, the imperial court could not even pay officials' salaries. How is it possible to still expect the imperial court to provide disaster relief?
Do you think that Emperor Daojun fasted and prayed all day long, just to bless himself with a long life? He also begged his empire to avoid a nationwide disaster. That's really a waste.
Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty has not yet been exhausted, and there have been no major disasters that have hit the country in recent years. This gave Zhang Xianggong time to reform.
Now, under the pressure of Mr. Zhang to pass the imperial examination, the imperial court finally has a surplus, but it is still very fragile in the face of disasters.
Why did Mr. Zhang become superstitious about auspiciousness? Is it really just a loss of morality, just to flatter the superiors and bully the subordinates? No, actually I am also scared.
After taking charge of the family, I realized that if I want to survive in the Ming Dynasty, I really have to rely on God¡¯s blessing!
Mr. Zhang prays every day that the world will have good weather and no disasters, so he is particularly fascinated by auspiciousness.
Speaking of auspiciousness, Mr. Zhao quickly asked his father-in-law to move to the front yard and said that Xiao Jing and the others found a giant turtle overseas and thought it should be a good sign, so they brought it back to his father-in-law.
"But there are many kinds of turtles, each with its own strengths. I don't know which one it is. I have to tell my father-in-law to decide." If it's auspicious, it's good. If not, just stew it to replenish your father-in-law's health.
As soon as Zhang Juzheng heard about it, he was interested and immediately stood up and said to go and have a look.
Weng and his son-in-law came to the front yard and stood in front of the magnificent sedan chair.
Zhao Hao nodded, and Cai Ming opened the sedan curtain. The elephant turtle, which was larger than an adult, revealed its head.
"Holy shit, a turtle is so big?!" Zhang Juzheng was shocked. How had he ever seen such a big turtle?
"How come you have come all the way to see your father-in-law off?" Zhao Hao asked with a smile, "Can your father-in-law tell which one it is?"
Zhang Juzheng looked at the elephant turtle carefully and said slowly:
"An ancient book says that there are ten types of turtles, namely divine turtles, spiritual turtles, photographed turtles, precious turtles, literary turtles, tortoises, mountain turtles, lake turtles, water turtles, and fire turtles. One foot long is considered very big. This turtle I'm afraid it will be seven or eight feet long"
As he spoke, he showed an excited expression and said: "Moreover, it ascends to the heaven of Dharma and descends to the earth. There are mountains of Dharma on its back, and the cloud patterns are intertwined to form a series of stars, so it must be a five-thousand-year-old tortoise!" (note) Please visit our website: www.hlnovel.com)? Zhao Hao asked with a smile: "Father-in-law, can you tell which one it is?" "
Zhang Juzheng looked at the elephant turtle carefully and said slowly:
"An ancient book says that there are ten types of turtles, namely divine turtles, spiritual turtles, photographed turtles, precious turtles, literary turtles, tortoises, mountain turtles, lake turtles, water turtles, and fire turtles. One foot long is considered very big. This turtle I'm afraid it will be seven or eight feet long"
As he spoke, he showed an excited expression and said: "Moreover, it ascends to the heaven of Dharma and descends to the earth. There are mountains of Dharma on its back, and the cloud patterns are intertwined to form a series of stars, so it must be a five-thousand-year-old tortoise!" (note) Please visit our website: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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