Digging a hole to bury yourself is the best portrayal.
But now he couldn't keep silent. After thinking about it again and again, he knelt on the ground and answered Zhu Biao with tears in his eyes.
"My lord, don't you dare not try your best!"
"Hahaha, okay, I'm relieved to have my beloved help me!" Zhu Biao smiled and helped Han Du up from the ground and sat down.
Han Du had a smile on his face, but felt numb in his heart. He was really possessed by an evil spirit today, and that was why he said these words to Zhu Biao. Now that he is fine, he can dig a hole and bury himself. Solving the problem of food and clothing, there are so many things here and there
Easy? How many years did future generations have to work hard to achieve it under such conditions?
No, what I just said was too full. Now I have to find a way to change it.
Han Du's mind was racing, and he suddenly thought of a way, "If you want the people to have enough food and clothing, what regulations does your Highness have?"
Zhu Biao was stunned after hearing Han Du's words, "Articles?" He had never thought about this thing. He didn't even have the articles of association. Isn't this matter just a castle in the air? He just thought about it?
Zhu Biao suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "My feelings were ups and downs just now, and they were all in vain." But just because he didn't have it, it didn't mean that Han Du didn't have it. Since he brought it up, maybe he really had it?
"I haven't thought about this carefully yet. Do you have any drafts? If so, let me know."
Han Du shook his head, "I don't have any details, but I have an immature idea. Maybe I can tell His Highness."
Zhu Biao smiled and nodded slightly, looking at Han Du as if he was all ears.
So Han Du continued: "I looked at the history books and found that in some short and special years, the people were still able to have enough food and clothing."
"Oh? When? I am also familiar with the classics and history, but why have I never seen it before?" Zhu Biao asked in surprise. Zhu Biao was very talented and had an excellent collection of classics and history. Every time he was taught by a great scholar, he was impressed by his rich knowledge.
Marvel.
'It's not that you haven't seen it, it's that you haven't noticed it. If you hadn't experienced a certain forum and a certain tempering, you wouldn't know it. I haven't seen them holding a magnifying glass and constantly reading on thick history books.
If you explore history from various tricky angles, you won't even notice it.' Han Du thought speechlessly.
After sorting out his thoughts, Han Du continued: "Yes. In the decades after the founding of each dynasty, the people's lives were actually the best, although they may not necessarily be able to have enough food and clothing.
, but it’s not much different.”
Zhu Biao thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed what Han Du said. The life of the people was not bad at the beginning of each dynasty, and the same is true for the Ming Dynasty. If the life of the people now is extremely difficult
If so, let alone the father issuing treasures, even if the father holds real money and silver, he may not be able to have the food and supplies to conquer the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
Moreover, decades after the founding of each dynasty, there will be a scene of prosperity. This indirectly shows that the people's lives before that were actually pretty good, at least not worse than during the prosperity, otherwise it would be impossible to support them.
A scene of prosperity.
Zhu Biao nodded, feeling that what Han Du said was reasonable, and suddenly sighed and said: "It's a pity that they all declined later. In the later stages of every dynasty, corrupt officials were rampant, and there were frequent foolish kings. How could the world not be in decline? My father, the emperor, deeply
Feeling the harm caused by corrupt officials to the world, he enacted severe punishments and laws; he also taught me to be compassionate and loving, and to be an emperor, in order to hope that I would become a wise king."
Han Du moistened his throat and said, "Your Highness is naturally a wise king. But I believe that the decline of the world has little to do with a wise king or a faint king."
Isn't Chongzhen a wise king? Although he is not as wise as Lao Zhu, Chongzhen got up earlier than the chickens and went to bed later than the chickens. In terms of diligence, he even worked harder than Lao Zhu. Although his political methods are not as good as Lao Zhu, they are better than those in history.
There are many steadfast kings in the world.
But as a result, the Ming Dynasty was not dead.
To be honest, the demise of a dynasty really has little to do with the wise king and the cowardly king.
So what if he is a foolish emperor? With the power of the world, it is enough to support one person. At the peak of the Ming Dynasty, the population was almost 10 million. Even if each person gave the emperor ten cents a year, that would be enough to support 10 million taels of silver.
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But during the Chongzhen period, how much was the annual income of the imperial court? Just two million taels.
If Chongzhen had an income of 10 million taels per year at that time, there would be no need for wild boar skins. Let alone entering the customs, whether the old nest can be kept depends on Chongzhen's face.
When Zhu Biao heard Han Du's argument that went against common sense, he frowned and said in confusion: "It is a well-known fact that a wise king will prosper a country and a faint king will destroy it. Why does Aiqing say that the rise and fall of a dynasty has nothing to do with whether the emperor is wise or not? Then you
What do you think it’s related to?”
Seeing that Zhu Biao seemed unconvinced, Han Du stopped covering up and said bluntly: "It has something to do with the land."
Zhu Biao's expression changed, "Land?" This was another place he had not thought of.
"It's the land. The old dynasty fell and the new dynasty was established. In this process, there will always be wars, and the wars will last for more than ten years, or even decades. I wonder if His Highness has discovered that when the old dynasty fell, the people
Often people do not have land, and even if they do, it is only a very small amount, which is not enough to support the whole family. But after the war, the first thing is the sharp decrease in population, death in battle, disease, famine,
Displacement, everything is reducing the population."
"The population has greatly reduced, and the demand for food has naturally decreased. Coupled with the establishment of the new dynasty, land will inevitably be redistributed. Just like the Ming Dynasty, the emperor once issued an order to encourage private reclamation. All land that was reclaimed
It belongs to the person concerned. One family can cultivate thirty or forty acres of land, and on average each person has seven or eight acres of land. As long as the people work harder, the land will be more than enough to support them."
"But why do the people have no land at the end of every dynasty? There are no tiles above and no ground below."
"Why?" Zhu Biao asked eagerly. He seemed to feel that Han Du was telling something extremely important, something that no one had explored for thousands of years, and a dynasty that had only had a national destiny for two or three hundred years since the Han Dynasty.
The curse broken.
"There are two reasons. One is land annexation. In the early days, the people had land in their hands, but after all, they were small families with small families, and their ability to withstand natural disasters and man-made disasters was extremely poor. Although the people also knew that the land in their hands was precious, they sold it
There will be no more, but they will always sell the land in their hands for various reasons, such as serious illness, etc. No matter what time it is, almost all dignitaries are frantically acquiring land."
"Why is this happening?" Zhu Biao sweated on his forehead when he heard this, and he was eager to know the answer. Because he found that the current Ming Dynasty is just like what Han Du said. High-ranking officials are indeed constantly acquiring land, even if Han Du
Didn’t he also buy a few barren mountains?
In the past, Zhu Biao was unaware of this, thinking that it had been like this since ancient times, and there was nothing strange about it. But today Han Du told him that land annexation was one of the reasons for the decline of the dynasty, and he could not take it lightly.
Han Du said without hesitation: "Because land has huge profits. Lu Buwei said it well, business has three times the profit, and land has ten times the profit. I dare to ask Your Highness, in the face of ten times the profit, how can those high-ranking officials not flock to it?"
"If the skin is gone, how can the hair be attached?" Zhu Biao roared angrily, "Don't they know the harm to the world? They enjoy everything the court gives, but they want to do such things that are harmful to the court.
?”
Han Du saw that Zhu Biao was angry and knew that he was very angry. In the hearts of those high-ranking officials and nobles, who would not care about the interests of their own family before the country? They would only care about the interests of their own family and not the interests of the country.
?
Seeing that Zhu Biao's anger had calmed down a little, Han Du continued: "Your Highness, they really don't know. And even if they knew, they would do this. The benefits are too great for them to ignore. And people
They are all lucky, and they always think that they will be the luckiest ones. It is like the sky is covered with arrows. They clearly know that under the rain of arrows, people and animals will die. But when they really face it
, and always think that he will be the one who survives.”
Zhu Biao looked miserable. This was indeed an unsolvable problem. He muttered to himself in a daze: "Is there no way out?"
Han Du shook his head, "There is no good solution. I only have some immature suggestions."
"My dear, please tell me quickly." Zhu Biao suddenly became hopeful despite his disappointment.
It’s better to have some suggestions than no clue. Although this kind of problem has existed in all dynasties in the past, no one has ever thought about it deeply.
Now Zhu Biao can only rely on Han Du. When Han Du told his father about the pros and cons of Baobao for the first time, he found that Han Du could think what others didn't think and think what others didn't think. If it was said that in his own
Among the people he knew, who was most likely to solve this problem? The first person Zhu Biao thought of was Han Du.
Han Du raised a finger and said, "First, use severe penalties to prohibit land annexation. But this can only be done by the emperor, because His Majesty is the founder of the country and has enough prestige to overwhelm everything. In fact, His Highness can also do it.
I’ll try my best, but the effect will probably not be as good as the emperor’s.”
Zhu Biao nodded after hearing this. This is indeed a feasible method. As for Han Du saying that he would do it, it would not be as effective as his father. He did not care about Han Du saying that he was not as good as his father. Because in Zhu Biao's heart, he
I think so too. My father, who was clothed in commoner clothes, raised troops and fought hundreds of battles to establish the world. Let alone him, it is unprecedented to read the history books.