Although it was just a temporary sacrifice, after a whole set of tedious procedures were completed, it was already in the middle of the Youshi period, and the sky had turned gray.

After listening to Zhu Youdong's memorial speech, many officials in Nanjing had somewhat strange expressions.

No one cares about the literary style of this memorial text. The Zhu family emperor always likes to speak in vernacular. In the past, Grandpa Taizu served as an obedient citizen of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty for decades, and Grandpa Cheng stayed in the north for too long. Both of them were contaminated.

This is the intonation used by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty when they hard-translated Mongolian into Chinese. Even if the imperial edict was issued in vernacular, the intonation is really uncomfortable to read. In comparison, the memorial text for Taisun is already quite good.

Got it!

What everyone cares about is the content!

His Royal Highness Taisun did not hesitate to report to Taizu in his memorial text that the country has big problems now! He also unabashedly showed his determination to correct and solve these problems! This is what everyone is concerned about.

For a monarch, it is very particular about when to say what kind of words.

When he was in Beijing, Zhu Youdong mostly immersed himself in work. He only fought back a little when he couldn't stand the beating. But in Nanjing, you are already the number one person in Jinling, so you must express your ambitions openly.

and opinions. Only in this way can anyone be willing to follow him. Only in the south can His Highness Taisun use his tactics.

What? You said you want to keep a low profile? Come on, there is more than one traveler in this plane! And the other travelers are all enemies!

After dragging his tired body back to the Nanjing Palace, Zhu Youdong issued an order that night: at 12:00 tomorrow, Nanjing's three major guards will lead the way, and he will go to Houhu for inspection.

The so-called Hou Lake is Xuanwu Lake. For more than a thousand years, since Sun Quan established the capital, it has suffered many man-made transformations because it is related to the security of a country's capital. And because Nanjing is often the scene of confrontation between the north and the south of China.

The capital of the Southern Dynasties, and before Lao Zhu Hengkong was born, the south had never won in the confrontation between the north and the south of China. Therefore, during the unification, Nanjing was often the conquered party. As the royal lake of the conquered party, the conqueror would naturally not win.

Stay tuned. Xuanwu Lake was even drained by Wang Anshi in history and turned into fertile farmland for the common people... In short, this is a lake full of disasters.

After Lao Zhu founded the People's Republic of China in Nanjing, Xuanwu Lake was located due north of the Ming Palace. For the safety of the palace, Lao Zhu built a wall around Xuanwu Lake and also cut off part of its water source. The entire lake was

The natural landscape was suddenly lost. The water area of ​​Xuanwu Lake in the Ming Dynasty was mostly smaller than that of the Three Kingdoms, and the entire lake was enclosed by walls, completely losing all the artistic conception of ancient Chinese landscapes.

Therefore, Zhu Youdong went to Houhu not to enjoy the scenery there.

In the Ming Dynasty, from the 14th year of Hongwu to the first year of Hongguang in the Southern Ming Dynasty, this was the place where the national household registration files of the Ming Dynasty were stored. This is the purpose of Zhu Youdong coming here.

On the sixth day of February, Chenshi. Wang Kun, Liu Maoxun, Xu Honggang, Cao Huachun, Wang Chengen, Zhang Shize, Li Shizhong, Li Chunzhong, Liu Zhaosun, Zhang Yicheng, Xu Guangqi, Zhao Shizhen, Yang Tingyun, Li Zhizao, Cao Sanxi and others all arrived at Taipingmen on the edge of Houhu Lake on time.

Waiting. After Zhu Youdong arrived, Xu Honggang gave the order, and the ferry that had been prepared loaded everyone in an orderly manner and started heading towards the small islands in the middle of the lake.

In the gentle water flow, Zhu Youdong stood up in the cockpit: "Zhang Shize and Li Chunzhong, what do you think of the scenery of Houhu?"

Zhang Shize stood up and said, "Grandson, to be honest, it's not good."

"Well, I feel bad too."

Hearing that His Highness Taisun claimed to be alone and not my queen, everyone here knew that Taisun's intention today was definitely not simple, and they all stood up one after another.

"More than 1,800 years ago, Taizu of the Han Dynasty, who was only Peigong, rushed into Xianyang City. At that time, since Peigong, his generals and even soldiers at all levels were all shocked by the various jewelry in the Xianyang Palace.

Extremely. After a short period of confusion, these guys began to move a large number of things and even people from the palace to their military camps. And Pei Gong stayed directly in the Xianyang Palace that night."

The six-year-old child stood in the center of the cabin and talked. Zhang Shize and others naturally sat down again: In more than two years, Taisun has rarely spoken at length like this. But once he starts, there must be something important.

There are things to talk about. More importantly, it is a few reminders for their companion reading.

"Among this group of rustics who were confused by the sudden sight of royal wealth, only Xiao Xiangguo remained calm. While everyone was looting all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry, he led his bodyguards to

The Qin State's Prime Minister's Palace and Yushi Dafu's Palace. Then organize honest and reliable people to move all the household registration books, maps, laws, etc. from the two palaces..."

If Xu Honggang and others regarded Zhu Youdong as a child at first. After hearing this, the two-ranked Jinshi who had read poetry and books already knew what Taisun would say next.

really……

"Next, of course, King Xiang entered Xianyang, held the Hongmen Banquet, and divided the world. Pei Gong was named the King of Han, and his fiefdom was in Hanzhong. Not only that, King Xiang also enfeoffed Zhang Han and other three Qin generals Wang Guanzhong, completely blocking it.

The way the King of Han went north.

Hahaha, you can imagine. At this time, there is no need to say more about the frustration in King Han's heart. It is said that King Han had once considered taking advantage of the fact that before he went to Hanzhong and the morale of his troops was still there, he simply raised his troops to fight King Xiang on the spot.

"

"Well……"

"Haha, Zhang Shize, what do you want to say?"

"Your Highness, I forgive you. What I want to say is that at that time, King Xiang was at the height of his power. If the King of Han wanted to fight King Xiang, wouldn't he use an egg against a stone?"

"Yes, but the King of Han thought at the time that Emperor Yi had said well that the first to enter Guanzhong would be the king. As a result, I was the first to enter Guanzhong, and you could just come back and pick up the ready-made ones. He even drove me to that nook in Hanzhong.

.If I go, I don’t know how many of my subordinates who see no hope will run away. Rather than die in distress later, it’s better to die in a vigorous battle.”

"But the King of Han did not do this after all."

"Yes, because Xiao Xiangguo persuaded him. Xiao Xiangguo said, Your Majesty, I have obtained the most powerful weapon in the world. We will definitely win in the future. There is no need to rush now."

"Your Highness, the most powerful weapon is the slip that Xiao Xiangguo brought out from the palace of the Prime Minister of Qin and the imperial censor's palace?"

"Haha, yes. These letters are not simple. Xiao Xiangguo said that we have all the household registration information in the country. How many people and fields are there in each place? How many grains can be produced by which family?

How much is the tax? These household registration materials are all written clearly. With this set of information, the whole world is at our fingertips. Xiao Xiangguo also said that judging from the household registration information, the population of Hanzhong is not large, but it

Bashu in the south has a large population and rich products! With this set of household registration information, we can continuously collect a large amount of money and grain and countless soldiers!"

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Youdong continued: "The subsequent four-year conflict between Chu and Han also proved what Xiao Xiangguo said. The King of Han was defeated countless times by King Xiang on the battlefield, but each time he was defeated, it would not take long.

Then the whole army can return. And what about King Xiang? Haha, he lost the household registration information of the Qin State, and he didn’t know how many people there were in his own fiefdom, and how much output he had. How could he go back and forth with the King of Han? So, the King of Han

He suffered repeated defeats, but he became stronger as he fought. King Xiang won consecutive battles, but in the end he was weak... At the battle of Gaixia, the Han Dynasty became the king of the world!"

"That's it!" Wang Cheng'en, Zhang Shize, Li Shizhong, Li Chunzhong, Liu Zhaosun and others all clapped their thighs neatly: "When I read "Historical Records", I felt strange, how come King Xiang suddenly lost after winning. And

The King of Han could recover after being defeated so many times, but King Xiang was defeated once and was doomed? It turns out that household registration is so important."

"So, the subsequent dynasties, whether it was the Han, Wei, Jin, Sui, Tang, or Song Dynasties, all attached great importance to the revision and maintenance of household registration information across the country." After taking a gentle breath, Zhu Youdong said solemnly: "A country

, needs emperors and ministers to govern, and warriors to protect. But! Where does the money and food to support the royal family, ministers, and warriors come from? Of course it comes from the common people. How to come from the common people? It depends on the household registration!"

"Your Highness said it well!"

"Your Highness, I am inexplicably excited! Your Highness can realize the importance of household registration at such a young age. As the Minister of Household Affairs, I feel extremely gratified."

"Haha," Zhu Youdong smiled slightly, and motioned for everyone to continue sitting down: "After Yashan, Meng Yuan took over the Central Plains. Their understanding of the importance of household registration is insufficient."

"Hey! Those Tatars are so vulgar, how can they understand the essence of running a country!"

"Well, it's a good idea to recruit a grandson." Zhu Youdong raised a finger: "When Kublai Khan was alive, there was a Hongyi man who came to Hangzhou as Marco Polo. He recorded this in his travel notes

A passage: 'There is a piece of white paper posted at the door of every house, which states how many people are in the family, their gender and age. If someone in the family dies or a new baby is born, the parents of the family will comment on the person at the door.

A blank piece of paper to make changes to.'"

Speaking of this, Zhu Youdong smiled contemptuously and said: "Speaking of it, barbarians are barbarians after all. When Marco Polo wrote this passage, he was full of surprise and admiration. But such a scene, if the Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties,

The petty officials of any dynasty in the Song Dynasty would probably be furious if they saw this: How dare you do this in household registration management? Then whether the country can control the real situation in the country depends entirely on the consciousness of the people?! And during the Kublai Khan period

, it can be regarded as the period when the national power of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty was at its peak. How will the national power of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty be in the future? Do you still need to guess?"

"Hahahahaha~~Barbarians are just barbarians after all."

"Haha. Although the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties messed up like this, it made it impossible to fully mobilize the national strength when the country was in trouble. As a result, we encountered a lot less resistance when we raised troops against Taizu. However, when the Tang Dynasty succeeded the Sui Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty succeeded the Zhou Dynasty,

Being able to obtain complete and detailed household registration information across the country is different. After the founding of this dynasty, the biggest headache for Emperor Taizu was that Meng Yuan did not have detailed and authentic household registration information at all!"
Chapter completed!