Chapter 859: Land Conflict and Pressure Relief Valve
Seeing the confusion on his son's face, Zhu Hongyu said.
"It's good if you understand."
"If you can't do it right now, it doesn't matter. Father can still help you carry it."
"As long as you continue to learn and improve, sooner or later you will be able to handle the changes in the court."
"At that time, it will be the day when you inherit the throne."
When Zhu Caikun heard this, he bowed down with fear on his face.
"I don't dare!"
"My father is in good health. He will live a long life and rule the world. How can my son and ministers dare to overstep his bounds?"
Zhu Hongyu was not angry when he heard this, he just laughed.
"They say long live the emperor, but how can we really say long live the emperor?"
"Everyone is going to die, it's just a matter of time or later. This is the way of heaven, this is the rule, and it is something that cannot be changed."
"Since ancient times, too many people have not been able to see this clearly. They have been meaninglessly pursuing immortality, and how many troubles have been caused?"
"But who in this world can truly live forever?"
"Qin Emperor, Han Wu, Tang Taizong, these kings who were wise and powerful in their early years, all began to make trouble in their later years."
"Father doesn't want me to be like this!"
"My father is already in his forties this year. Even though he is in good health, he is gradually feeling weak in energy. Sooner or later, this world will be left to you."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Caikun bowed down again.
"Father is wise."
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly, and then continued to deal with government affairs.
As if he remembered something, Zhu Caikun asked again.
"Father, you want to carry out the policy of enfeoffment in the New World and enfeoff the nobles of the clan to the New World. Is this true?"
The last time Zhu Hongyu expressed his intention to enfeoff, there were many people present, so it was impossible to hide the news.
Zhu Caikun naturally received the news.
So, he took the initiative to ask.
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and said.
"Yes."
"The New World is too big for the imperial court to actually control. It would be almost impossible to control the New World across an ocean."
"And the rich natural resources in the New World are something the imperial court is reluctant to part with."
"So, I thought, why not entrust them out."
"Even if the countries in the New World rebel in the future, across the ocean, they will not be able to threaten the Ming Dynasty. At most, the New World will become independent."
"And more importantly, in this case, the meat will always rot in the pot."
"I want to turn the New World into a completely Han country."
After thinking for a moment, Zhu Hongyu continued.
“None of the dynasties and dynasties have been able to overcome this hurdle of three hundred years.”
"In the former Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, and in the later Han Dynasty, there was the Yellow Turban Rebellion. In other words, the world was stable for more than two hundred years."
"And by the time of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, it was just a country of more than 200 years."
"After that came the Song Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty had the shame of Jingkang, and the Southern Song Dynasty suffered the country's subjugation under the iron heel of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty."
"Facts have proved that no dynasty can survive the three hundred years."
"This is true even for the Ming Dynasty. Counting from the founding of the country by Grandfather Taizu to the time when the Jiashen Disaster broke out and the world fell, it only lasted two hundred and seventy-six years."
"Although today's father has restored his country, the current Ming Dynasty cannot be regarded as the same thing as the previous Ming Dynasty."
"Do you know why this happens?"
Although the three-hundred-year dynasty cycle law belongs to street stall literature.
But this periodic law is quite accurate.
History has proven time and again that no feudal dynasty can survive the three hundred years.
Unless the country is re-founded.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Caikun fell into deep thought.
Obviously, Zhu Hongyu's question went too far, and his teachers would not talk about such a question to the crown prince.
Zhu Hongyu smiled slightly and continued to speak.
"To put it bluntly, it boils down to just four words: the land issue."
"In the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China in all dynasties, without exception, the land was vast and sparsely populated, there were almost no land annexations, and social conflicts were eliminated."
"People have a lot of land per person, and they can support themselves and their families by growing whatever they want."
"What is this called? This is called the prosperous dynasty!"
"This is also the case in the Ming Dynasty. Decades of war have severely damaged the population, a large amount of land has been abandoned, and the per capita amount of land is very high."
"Coupled with the development of industry and commerce, it has attracted a large number of external resources and provided a large number of jobs."
"It also greatly alleviated social conflicts, so the Ming Dynasty is now a prosperous age."
"Even if I don't do anything, the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty can last for decades."
"And when the prosperous age developed and the population increased, we reached the middle of the dynasty."
"At this time, the dynasty actually showed great shortcomings, including land annexation, a widening gap between the rich and the poor, and a backlog of social conflicts."
"The interior of the country is like an oil barrel that is almost full but is still being filled with oil."
"As long as there is a little spark, it will explode!"
"At this time, if a capable minister steps forward to carry out reforms and extend the life of the dynasty, the dynasty can persist for a while longer and not collapse."
"But if not, the change of dynasties will come soon."
When Zhu Caikun heard this, the expression on his face froze.
The words "Zhang Juzheng's Reform" came to his mind.
Zhu Hongyu continued.
"But even if there are reforms by capable ministers, they can only extend the life of the dynasty, but cannot change the general trend."
"Unable to change the status quo of land annexation, a dynasty will continue to collapse."
"And the most fundamental reason why there is chaos in the world is land annexation."
"The most basic means of production are concentrated in the hands of a few people, and most people are completely reduced to tenants who don't have enough to eat."
"And the imperial court's tax policy gave too many benefits to those large households that controlled the land, passing a large amount of taxes onto the heads of ordinary people, which further aggravated the situation of land annexation."
"People who lost their land either became tenants or became refugees without food and clothing. The social contradictions have accumulated to a terrifying level."
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When Zhu Caikun heard this, his face was full of hesitation and he asked.
"Father, is there no solution to land annexation?"
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly.
"No, at least, my father doesn't have it. Even if he had, he wouldn't be able to do it."
It is very simple to solve the problem of land annexation, that is to nationalize all the land and then distribute it equally.
Fundamentally eliminate the landlord class!
However, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to do such a thing.
Because the current ruling class of the Ming Dynasty, and the army that Zhu Hongyu relied on to maintain imperial power, were all landlords.
If Zhu Hongyu engages in the operation of nationalizing land, it is no different from destroying his own foundation.
By then, Ming Dynasty may not just be in chaos.
"Of course, although it cannot be completely solved, there are still ways to alleviate it."
Zhu Caikun suddenly realized and said.
"New World!"
Zhu Hongyu nodded.
"That's right!"
"The New World has a vast territory, rich resources, and fertile land."
"If we can capture the New World and fully develop it, I dare not say that there will be more, but I can still guarantee that the Ming Dynasty will have no worries for five hundred years."
"To put it bluntly, the New World is a pressure relief valve for the future Ming Dynasty."
"A large number of landless refugees can be immigrated to alleviate the social conflicts in the Ming Dynasty."
"Fix the local social contradictions of the Ming Dynasty on a more balanced red line."
"Make sure to leave a way for those people who cannot survive, leaving a way to survive other than rebellion."
"To put it bluntly, it means emigration!"
"My son, do you understand what your father means?"
After Zhu Caikun heard this, he thought deeply again.
He had to admit that what Zhu Hongyu told him today was something he had never thought of before.
"Father is wise!"
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and continued.
"You should also study more while handling government affairs in the future."
"But you can't just study hard. Instead, you must learn to see the essence through phenomena and figure out the essence of things clearly."
"That's the key!"
"Okay, please step aside and continue reporting to the cabinet tomorrow."
After saying this, Zhu Hongyu signaled to Zhu Caikun that he could retreat.
And he went to the harem.
It is worth mentioning that some time ago, the ambassador of the Ottoman Empire sent him three triplets of Persian cats as a gift for his 40th birthday.
Zhu Hongyu did not refuse and accepted it directly.
The Ottomans are located in the Middle East and are mostly mixed races, so there are many beauties.
The three Persian cats all have outstanding looks, and the triplets are a big plus.
Therefore, Zhu Hongyu has been a little happy and reluctant to think about Shu recently.
After all, they were triplets, more exciting than twins.
Who can resist the temptation of triplets?
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Japan, Edo.
Tokugawa Ieki ordered many senior officials of the shogunate to be summoned and prepared to discuss sending troops to recapture Shimonoseki.
Tokugawa Ieki realized that if he wanted to rectify the internal affairs, he would return power to the shogunate.
So the first thing to do is to regain Xiaguan and pull out the nails that the Manchus planted on Honshu Island.
After ensuring the security of Honshu Island, he could start to attack the daimyo and then carry out reforms and centralization of power.
"I am very satisfied that you all can come!"
"Next, I am going to announce a major event that is related to the life and death of our country, Japan."
"First of all, it's about Xiaguan."
"It has been many years since the fall of Xiaguan, and a large number of Japanese people have suffered under the rule of the Qing Dynasty."
"Looking forward to Master Wang's rescue day and night!"
"As the ruler of Japan, I, the Tokugawa family, naturally cannot sit idly by and ignore this!"
"That's why I decided to send troops to conquer the Qing Dynasty."
"Recover Xiaguan!"
After hearing this, everyone in the main hall shouted loudly.
"Send troops to conquer the Qing Dynasty and regain Xiaguan!"
"Send troops to conquer the Qing Dynasty and regain Xiaguan!"
"Send troops to conquer the Qing Dynasty and regain Xiaguan!"
"Long live the Tokugawa clan, long live Japan!"
I don’t know who started it first, but the slogan changed quietly.