After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 407 I want to go to war again
"Mr. Qin's high-yield hybrid rice has not yet been researched, so we can only obtain grain from overseas places that are rich in grain to stabilize the grain price in Ming Dynasty." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Now Daming's silk industry and perfume industry have made a lot of money."

"It is fully capable of buying food from overseas."

"And then stock up."

He raised his eyes to look at the ministers and asked, "How much grain do I have in Daming Taicang at present?"

"There are 50 shi!" Da Sinong replied.

"It's so little?" Zhu Yuanzhang felt uneasy when he heard that there was less food in storage.He used to be afraid of hunger, so he attached great importance to food storage, but five years later, the food storage was still insufficient.

"Your Majesty, although the Ming Dynasty has been founded for five years and the weather has improved, natural disasters have continued year after year." Da Si Nong said, "Moreover, the output of rice, wheat, millet and other five grains in all parts of the country is low, which is completely lower than No potatoes."

"However, I believe that when the potato harvest is bumper in the coming year, the grain reserves in Taicang will increase."

"Buy a large amount of grain from overseas and store it!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Food is the foundation of everything."

"I obey the order!" Da Si Nong said.

"In the final analysis, there are too few places in my Ming Dynasty that are rich in rice." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, "Only Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huguang and other places are rich in rice."

"Isn't Liaodong a vast area with vast plains? Why isn't such a good place rich in food?"

"Your Majesty, the Liaodong region is too cold to grow rice." Yang Xiandao, "Moreover, the place is sparsely populated, and the people basically live by hunting instead of farming."

"There are a lot of wild mushrooms, silly roe deer, and fish in the Liaodong area. Fewer people can eat these things."

"We can't let this place of Liaodong go to waste!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Intensify efforts to develop the Liaodong area. If there are no crops suitable for Liaodong, let the farmers from all over the world cultivate them."

"As for the sparse population, the densely populated places in the Central Plains are like immigrants from Liaodong."

"Your Majesty, the climate in the Central Plains is suitable and the life is rich. Who wants to go to a place as bitter and cold as Liaodong?" Li Shan said long.

"Exile those criminals to reclaim wasteland." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Besides, isn't there no war in Ming Dynasty for the time being? Let Ding Dexin lead 50 soldiers to garrison land in Liaodong and open up wasteland."

"Those who are willing to go, give them good treatment."

"In addition, isn't the Koryo province, the Fusang Kingdom, currently our territory? Move the young women from Koryo, Fusang, to Liaodong to help the soldiers who reclaim the wasteland and encourage them to marry and have children."

"Then move the people from the Central Plains to Koryo, the Fusang Kingdom."

"Let the people in these places be independent of each other."

"According to the order!"

"In addition, we must vigorously encourage the people to have children. The Ming Dynasty only had [-] million people, which is still too small." Zhu Yuanzhang said again, "The population will have more children, and then they can also migrate to Liaodong."

"Your Majesty, there is no need to encourage childbearing. The common people of the Ming Dynasty like childbirth the most. Because the concept of family and the concept of four generations living under the same roof are deeply rooted in the hearts of every common people." Wang Guangyang said, "As long as their lives are decent, they will actively reproduce.”

"I don't know if the emperor found out, but in just five years, the number of people in Daming increased from 3000 million to [-] million."

"Of course, all this is due to the emperor's policy of benefiting the people."

"Let the people dare to live and afford to live."

"Currently, every household in Ming Dynasty basically has five or six children. If there were not too many premature deaths, there would be more children."

"Let the doctors of Jixia Academy increase their efforts to cultivate some Qihuang sages, and then go deep into the people to reduce the premature death rate." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "My Ming Dynasty was originally based on Dao, and the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic was originally the foundation of Huang Lao's study. book."

"Let every private school offer courses on the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classics."

"Observe the decree." Liu Bowen said, "After I returned to Jixia Academy, I immediately urged the farmers and doctors to handle this matter. But now the folk private schools in Ming Dynasty have been studying "Huangdi Neijing" since childhood."

"This is a good thing!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Don't worry that there will be too many people studying the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic, and there will not be enough patients in the future."

"The so-called learning is endless. The knowledge recorded in the "Huangdi Neijing" is not only about curing diseases and saving people, but the most important thing is keeping in good health. If the whole country learns about Huangdi's Canon, the life expectancy of the people of Ming Dynasty will be greatly improved."

"At present, there are very few old people in my Ming Dynasty, and four or five-year-old children account for the vast majority of the population." Hubu Shangshu Ru Taisu said.

"Great!" Zhu Yuanzhang said happily, "There are more children in the country, and the hope of Ming is great."

"My Ming Dynasty is really a vigorous dynasty!"

"Mr. Qin said that children are the flowers of the imperial court. When these children grow up and bloom, my Daming will surely bloom with a hundred flowers, flourishing and attracting bees and butterflies."

"The entire Ming Dynasty is full of future and hope."

"Not those dynasties that are getting old and aging seriously."

"Hearing what the emperor said, the future of the Ming Dynasty is really bright." All the officials said after hearing the words.If Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't reminded them, they would never have paid attention to the issue of aging and rejuvenation.

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"Just reclaiming Liaodong is not enough." Zhu Yuanzhang said after thinking for a while, "Because it will take at least ten years to achieve results in reclaiming wasteland."

"Your majesty is wise, reclaiming wasteland is too time-consuming, and it can't quench your thirst at a distance." Yang Xian said.

"Besides, buying grain from overseas is too expensive." Zhu Yuanzhang said again.

"Your majesty is wise." Yang Xian began to sing the double reeds with Zhu Yuanzhang, and said, "I have just cleaned up Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty, and I need money to rebuild, to build a country based on Tao, and to distribute money to the people..."

"Encouraging farmers to research crops suitable for Liaodong requires money, and popularizing the study of "Huangdi Neijing" requires money..."

"There are so many places that need money, and the silver deposits in the Ming treasury are obviously not enough."

"At present, the main source of income for the Ming treasury is domestic commercial tax and overseas commercial tax, the export of silk, porcelain, and perfume overseas, as well as the gold and silver brought back from the Fusang Kingdom."

"If you spend a lot of money to buy food overseas, the treasury may not be able to make ends meet."

"In this case, what should we do?"

"All the ministers, tell me, what should I do?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the ministers inquiringly.

"My Majesty, the tone is to buy grain from overseas places. It is better to occupy those places that are rich in grain. We, the Ming Dynasty, will allocate it uniformly." Li Shanchang also saw that the emperor wanted to fight again, and said along the way.

(End of this chapter)