Nanming: I can build wonders

At the door of the imperial study, old eunuch Li is on duty.

He was in charge of receiving the memorials handed in by the Council, and put them away if there was no urgency.

If it is urgent, I will take it to Zhu Kezang for instructions.

"Eunuch Li, here is a more important memorandum just formulated by the Council of Political Affairs!"

Hearing the words, old eunuch Li didn't pay too much attention to it, he didn't even raise his head, and said perfunctorily.

"Well, I see, you put it there first!"

All of them are said to be important documents.

Now Zhu Kezang is playing with the prince and the eldest princess in the imperial garden. It's family fun and it's not easy to disturb.

"Li Gong, this... this is personally ordered by the Prime Minister..."

Seeing this situation, the official's face was full of embarrassment, and he hesitated.

It's not easy for him to say that it is an integration plan between government and gentry, after all, it is still a secret.

Prime Minister Chen Yonghua personally ordered it, and it may indeed be an important thing.

Old eunuch Li took over the memorial document that recorded the detailed rules for the integration of officials and gentry to pay grain from his hand, ready to see what was going on.

Seeing that Li Taijiu had already taken over the memorial, the official couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately said respectfully: "Then Eunuch Li, the younger one will not bother you, and the younger one will leave now."

He couldn't help but be disrespectful, this is the old eunuch who lived and died with Zhu Kezang, don't offend anyone if you offend him.

If he makes a small report to Zhu Kezang, he will suffer.

After the little official finished speaking, he quickly left the imperial study without stopping.

The old eunuch Li watched his leaving back, shook his head imperceptibly, and opened the memorial document immediately.

In an instant, the pupils of old eunuch Li shrank suddenly!

His face was full of horror, as if he had seen something incredible.

He thought it was because his eyes were dazzled, and then he read the content recorded in the memorandum back and forth several times before confirming that he was not mistaken.

Old eunuch Li sighed, this appointment was another bloodbath.

He was going to take this memorial and go to the Imperial Garden to meet Zhu Kezang.

……

In the imperial garden, Zhu Kezang is playing Go with the prince Zhu Yiming while teaching him.

Zhu Yiming is not young anymore, it's time to instill in him some ideas of governing the country, after all, he is his heir.

Hearing a click, Zhu Kezang dropped the black chess in his hand onto the board, and said slowly.

"Ming'er, I'm here to test you today. What do you think is the most important thing for a common man to pay attention to?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yiming's face suddenly revealed a thoughtful look. He seriously suspected that his father could not beat him at Go, and came to interfere with him with foreign tricks!

But he still thought about it seriously.

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Yiming replied: "Father, my son thinks that money is the most important thing. If you have money, you can buy food, if you have money, you can buy machines for farming, if you have money, you can read and write, and change your life."

Zhu Yiming is only seven years old, yet he has this cognition, which is a bit beyond Zhu Kezang's expectation, and he is worthy of his kind.

Zhu Kezang said solemnly: "Many people have different answers to this question.

In the dynasty before the new Ming Dynasty, there were two things that ran through thousands of years and dominated the rise and fall of the dynasty.

They are land and technology.

Only with land can we grow food and feed our families.

And every technological breakthrough will change an era.

It is likely to cause the rise and fall and demise of a court. "

Zhu Yiming nodded with a half understanding.

It doesn't matter, it is enough to plant a seed in the mind of the young prince and remember the importance of land and technology.

As long as he understands this thing, he can grasp the essence of the matter and will not be fooled by civil servants.

He smiled again and said: "Father knows that you don't understand very well, and Father combined examples to help you understand these things."

In fact, the new Ming Dynasty is an example, relying on advanced weapons and troops to crush the Qing Dynasty.

"Ming'er, you have started studying history recently, do you know why the Warring States period was a major change in history?"

"That's because the smelting technology has made a breakthrough, and ironware has begun to be equipped on a large scale.

Iron weapons are tougher and sharper than bronze weapons.

Iron farm tools can enable a family to have the strength to reclaim wasteland.

With the advancement of formal smelting technology, a single family can cultivate the land, and the common people escaped from the shackles of the nobility one after another, became self-cultivated farmers, and went to wasteland to reclaim land.

Owner farmers hold the land and can feed a large number of children.

They protect their own interests.

The sons of the yeoman join the army enthusiastically. These people are more obedient to the command and can form a far stronger army than the private army of the nobles.

Various countries changed their methods one after another to adapt to the changes brought about by homesteaders and iron tools.

The seven countries of Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, and Qin seized the opportunity, successfully reformed and became the seven heroes of the Warring States Period.

With the decline of the nobles' private army, the enfeoffment system was also replaced by the county system.

Among them, Qin's reform was the most thorough, and the national policy of plowing and fighting could greatly mobilize the self-cultivating farmers, and he finally unified the world. "

Zhu Yiming's eyes widened. The angle Zhu Kezang described was something he had never been in contact with.

Zhu Kezang continued to babble, from bamboo slips to papermaking, and from papermaking to printing.

"In the era of bamboo slips, it was the aristocrats who had the right to speak, and in the age of papermaking it was the aristocratic families who had the right to speak."

"The advent of printing has made books very cheap, and the descendants of small landlords can also read and write. A large amount of land is controlled by small landlords. They call themselves Tianshelang in the dynasty and Tianzitang in the evening."

"They are the gentry, and the gentry don't care who rules the country, they only care about their own interests!"

"Ming'er, why do dynasties generally last only 300 years? It's because of the land. After the land has been annexed, what will the common people do?"

Zhu Yiming showed a look of sudden realization: "Father, if I were a commoner, I would also rise up, because it is unfair!"

"It's like the royal father is very kind to the royal sister, but not so kind to me, and I will feel unfair."

The witty prince took the opportunity to remind his father Zhu Kezang to pay attention to fairness, and a bowl of water is fair.

"You brat, don't interrupt!"

It's no wonder that at the age of seven or eight, dogs hate people, and the rebellious period has come.

"It was because of the land that the country died in the former Ming Dynasty, so Father will try to alleviate the land problem as much as possible before you take over."

Zhu Yiming nodded, the father is good, he solved all the problems.

"However, Ming'er, you have to keep in mind that the steam engine-based technology of the new Ming Dynasty will change the entire world and China. In the future, merchants will also replace the gentry and become the most important force in this country."

Zhu Kezang's words completely overturned the Confucian education received by Prince Zhu Yiming.

It is said that scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are the most humble?

"Ming'er, you have to remember that you can borrow the power of merchants, but you can't let them do whatever they want. If merchants are not controlled, it will also lead to the subjugation of the country."

"Father, I will definitely remember your teaching today!"

(End of this chapter)