Chapter 1709 Why do people in Daming live their current lives?
"What's the benefit?"
"My husband, I think you should go out more and see the lives of people in Hong Kong and Ming Dynasty, and then see the lives of local people. If you have the opportunity in the future, you can also see the lives of people in other European countries.
Life."
"I think you will understand what good this is for me, Daming."
He looked at Tang Bohu, but he was only a girl. If he were a man, he would definitely be better at governing the country than the Tang Bohu in front of him.
"Go out more?"
After Tang Bohu heard this, he became even more confused.
But soon, he took He and changed into casual clothes and walked out of the Governor's Mansion, ready to go shopping in Hong Kong.
The entire Hong Kong is divided into two parts. One is the core area where the Ming Dynasty people live, also called the wealthy area. The people living here are basically the Ming Dynasty people plus a few well-known local people.
The other area is the area where locals live, also called the slum area. The two areas are clearly distinct. The rich area is clean and tidy, with spacious roads, beautiful houses, and every household is grand.
The slums here are relatively dirtier and worse. Although many houses are newly built, there is a huge gap between them and the wealthy areas where Ming people live.
Tang Bohu and He walked through the streets of the wealthy area. The place was prosperous and lively. From time to time, one could see Ming men bringing their families, a few European women and a group of children out to play.
"Ms. sir, look at the life of the Ming people here."
"As long as we Ming people come here, everyone is a superior person. Not only can we get a large piece of land for free here, but we can also get immigration subsidies. We can live extremely comfortable in both work and life, and our income
Needless to say, wealth and wealth.”
"Look at these people, each one has a crooked shape, but the women following them are all very beautiful, and they are all native Europeans, and they may be just one of the many concubines, some of them are
She's not even a concubine, she's just a slave."
"Look at how clean, tidy and beautiful the houses and streets here are. The locals in the slums just across the street are far worse in comparison..."
"The roads are not wide enough, and they are not clean enough. The houses are not as good as here. Look at the people everywhere. Everyone is envious of the Ming Dynasty people."
"Why can we Ming people live such a life, but they can only live a poor life?"
He pointed at everything in front of him and asked Tang Bohu.
"That's because we Ming people are more diligent and smarter, so we can live the life we live now."
Tang Bohu thought for a while and replied.
“Can you live a good life by being diligent and smart?”
He smiled and shook his head and said, "Didn't I, a Ming Dynasty man, not be diligent in the past?"
"Aren't we, Ming people, smart in the past?"
"But even though we are the land of plenty in Suyang, ordinary people still live extremely hard lives. The poor people don't even have enough to eat, let alone almost every Ming Dynasty man can have three wives and four concubines like now.
"
"Is this something that hard work and intelligence can change?"
"If you look at every place in Hong Kong, as long as it is dirty work or hard work, Hong Kong locals are not doing any of it. Aren't they industrious?"
He asked rhetorically.
When Tang Bohu heard this, he couldn't help but think deeply.
If you think about it carefully, Ming Dynasty has indeed undergone earth-shaking changes in these years, especially for ordinary Ming Dynasty people at the bottom.
In the past, we didn't even have enough to eat, and life was tight. Farmers worked hard and diligently all year round, and it was difficult for them to take the lead in feeding their families.
Now, a large number of people from Ming Dynasty are pouring overseas and immigrating outside the customs.
You can easily get a large amount of land as a reward, and even in many vassal states and colonies, as long as you immigrate there, you will be given a few free slaves to help you farm the land.
Suddenly the people of Ming Dynasty had an easier time.
Even ordinary people can live the life of a rich man, with no worries about food and clothing. Coupled with the import of a large number of slaves, everyone can buy a lot of slaves to work for themselves, give birth to children and so on.
"Yeah, why?"
Valley setting
Tang Bohu asked with a frown.
"Why?"
"It's very simple, because now the Ming Dynasty mainly engages in plundering, plundering land to give to its own people, plundering people to use as slaves to cultivate the fields, and plundering women to use as concubines and slaves for its own people."
"You can't get rich by working hard!"
"The only way to truly get rich is to own huge land and huge wealth. It is only through plundering from the outside that our Ming Dynasty is now prosperous."
He replied firmly.
"But what's the difference between this and a robber?"
“Didn’t my Ming Dynasty become a country of robbers?”
After Tang Bohu heard this, he also said anxiously.
"Of course there is a difference. The so-called benevolence, righteousness and morality are for our own people. When dealing with foreign countries, we should focus on national interests and abandon the so-called benevolence, righteousness and morality."
"Our Ming Dynasty has become stronger, so we can obtain the fertile land in Liaodong outside the Pass, the Western Regions, and the rivers. The grain produced by us Ming people cannot be eaten in several years."
"Our Ming Dynasty is strong, so we can make the grasslands, Central Asia, and the northwest our pastures, and let the nomadic tribes herd cattle and sheep for us."
"Our Ming Dynasty is powerful, so we can get several provinces in Nanyang, the Golden Continent and Australia. We have vast fertile land and endless grasslands, which can be distributed to our people in large quantities for free."
"Without this huge land, in Suzhou's case, a family of eight would only have less than 2 acres of land. How many kilograms of rice could be produced on these 2 acres of land in a year, even if they were exhausted?"
"But with the vast land, hard work really makes sense. If you work hard, you can cultivate 100 acres, 200 acres, or even thousands of acres of land. The food you can get in a year is a hundred times or a thousand times that of before. Naturally,
The son will be rich."
"Precisely because our Ming Dynasty became stronger and could plunder foreign countries, the Japanese, Siam, Malacca, Ottoman Empire, and England are still compensating us a large amount of silver every year."
"Only when the imperial court has money can it support a large number of immigrants, reduce taxes, and even eliminate corvee service."
"In the past, our Ming Dynasty paid attention to benevolence, righteousness and morality, but it was the people at the bottom of our Ming Dynasty who suffered. Scholars are superior to others. They are not diligent in all aspects of their lives and do not distinguish between grains and grains. Of course they will not understand the hardships of the people at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty."
"You talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, govern the country with benevolence and righteousness, and use virtue to convince the barbarians from all over the world. How can they truly understand the hardships of the people?"
"Liu Gongcai is a true genius of the ages. Although he is a scholar, he truly understands the hardships of the common people. He also understands that what can truly make the common people rich is not hard work, but the acquisition of more land and more wealth. Only in this way can people be made rich.
If the people live a good life and make the country strong, they will not be bullied. Only in this way, when we, the Ming Dynasty, tell people about benevolence, justice and morality, will they be willing to listen to you."
He sighed as she spoke. She also read the newspaper every day. The more she read, the more she felt that many of the things said in the newspaper were reasonable and real sayings of wisdom. The so-called Confucian mantras were simply nonsense.
"This~"
After Tang Bohu heard this, he was so shocked that he could not calm down for a long time.
"Why did Mr. Liu ask you to support the Japanese pirates?"
"These Japanese pirates plundered in Europe, and they sold the captured slaves to us Ming people. These slaves became an important labor force in our overseas colonies and vassal states of Ming Dynasty. They cultivated the land and built roads and houses for us Ming people."
"These women have become the concubines of our Ming people, breeding our descendants, washing and cooking for us Ming people."
"Without these female slaves, we don't know how many people in the Ming Dynasty would not even be able to marry a wife, let alone pass on the incense and reproduce their descendants."
"If there were no Japanese pirates plundering Europe, how much industry would Hong Kong have lost?"
"The slave trade, weapons trade, and food trade all require a large number of people and produce a large amount of benefits and wealth."
"The Japanese did the dirty work, but the biggest beneficiaries were us Ming people. They could also suppress the development of European countries, making them weaker and no longer a threat to our Ming Dynasty."
"This is why Mr. Liu supports the Japanese pirates, because in the final analysis, this is for the fundamental interests of our Ming Dynasty, for our Ming Dynasty to prosper, and for our Ming Dynasty people to have many heirs."
He looked at Tang Bohu and couldn't help but speak again.
Having said this, if Tang Bohu still doesn't understand and is still stuck to the things and concepts mentioned by Confucianism, then there really won't be much of a future.
If you can't do it well, Liu Jin will soon find someone else to do it. There are many people who understand the reason.
"Mr. Sir, your official position is getting bigger and bigger. You will definitely have to consider these things in the future, but you must clearly understand that the interests of the Ming Empire are the core interests. The so-called benevolence, righteousness and morality are only for us, the Ming Dynasty!
