Ming Dynasty: He was ordered to give lectures in prison, but Lao Zhu eavesdropped and made people nu

Chapter 369: The prosperous age unique to the Ming Dynasty

Zhu Xiang's eyes widened in shock.

He asked in confusion: "Sir, if there are not enough people to cultivate the land, we can maintain a certain grain output by planting extensively and harvesting lightly."

"But this is definitely different from intensive farming. How can it not affect taxation?"

As for the issue of official corruption raised by Lin Che, Zhu Fang felt that it was a complete fantasy.

The number of people farming is simply impossible to change these people's evil intentions.

Maybe after the food production decreases, the people who stay in their hometowns to farm will be forced to work harder.

Use their sweat to make up for the reduced food supply.

"I have told you so many times that you should pay more attention to matters other than military matters."

"When considering a problem, don't always dwell on it."

Lin Che was left speechless by Zhu Xi's rhetorical question.

He tapped the table lightly with his index finger and said, "I'm afraid I haven't said it before? There is a great connection between curbing corrupt officials at the bottom and the problem of chemical fertilizers changing the social structure."

"The most important point is to return from intensive farming to extensive farming."

"With the help of chemical fertilizers, food production will not be reduced much."

As long as land output remains unchanged, more people will enter factories and immigrate.

The people who stayed in the countryside to farm became even more precious.

Zhu Xi showed an expression of sudden realization.

He said excitedly: "Sir, I understand, although the land and carrying capacity in the world are limited."

"But if the number of common people is lower than the upper limit of acres, then there will be a situation where there are too many people but too little land."

"If the landlords and gentry want to farm, they have to work with the remaining people, instead of like now, where the people beg the landlords to be tenants."

There is no need for Lin Che to explain in detail, after chemical fertilizers were popularized among the people.

How the social structure in rural areas has changed.

Based on Lin Che's previous courses, Zhu Xi had already promoted the idea that after the promotion of chemical fertilizers, the people's lives would probably not be much better than they are now.

After all, the greed of the landowners and gentry is obvious to all.

But the only benefit is after using chemical fertilizers.

No longer need to serve the crops day and night like you serve your biological father.

You will get a good harvest.

In this way, as Lin Che said, more people can be sent to factories and immigrated overseas.

"What I said is right, you kid, don't just focus your brain on military affairs, you can figure out many problems."

Lin Che heard Zhu Xi's analysis and gave a very high evaluation.

He coughed and said, "As you said, only the common people have a way to ensure that they do not starve to death other than farming."

"Only in this way can we have the right to bargain with the landlords and gentry, instead of just being at the mercy of others."

"And if the officials at the bottom had not lost their jobs because of tax collection, they would not have exploited the people too much."

"Otherwise, people would just drop their picks into factories or join the immigration ranks."

"Then no one will be cultivating the fields of these gentlemen. Then they will be the unlucky ones."

Lin Che knew very well that in the feudal era, he wanted lower-level officials not to collude with the gentry and landlords to bully the people.

Basically, it's just the local people's strong martial arts that keep these bugs from daring to act rashly.

Beyond that, want to curb fucking greed.

The only way to go is to increase people's choices and reduce land use.

After all, in the early years when many troubled times were settled.

Because there were fewer people and more land, the gentry and landlords had to ask tenants to farm their fields.

Otherwise, they have obtained the land through deception and abduction for generations.

It will become a wasteland without people.

Due to the scarcity of labor, the status of tenant farmers was improved in a short period of time. Some people can eat at the same table as landlords and squires.

This is also one of the proofs that many people boast that landowners are good people.

Unfortunately, this harmonious situation could not last long.

After the population increased, the countryside once again had more people and less land.

They will become tenants again and beg the landlord to farm the land.

Now Lin Che proposed to work in a factory, which was a good idea for immigration.

It is to forcibly advance the good life that the people will live after the troubled times are calmed down by hundreds of years, and then reappear in the countryside.

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In the secret room next door.

After Prince Zhu Biao silently wrote down Lin Che's words, he couldn't help but sigh: "Mr. Lin, you always see things so thoroughly."

"We, the gentry and landlords of the Ming Dynasty, have almost unlimited desire for land."

"So whether it's through reporting or sending the captain's office to inspect and supervise the lower-level officials, they can't completely solve the problem of people being oppressed."

"Only by proactively reducing the number of people farming, so that the Ming Dynasty will once again have fewer people and more land, there will be no need for the court to worry about it, and the people's lives will be better on their own."

Faced with this alternative strategy.

Zhu Yuanzhang finally fully understood the importance of the factory to the Ming Dynasty as Lin Che had preached before.

If we could build factories such as textiles, fertilizers, and sugar factories all over the Ming Dynasty.

Develop countless colonies overseas with fertile land and rich products...

The attitude of the gentry in the world towards the people will inevitably undergo a 180-degree change.

Ming Dynasty will also become a paradise where everyone can live and work in peace and contentment.

Entering into a prosperous age that was not experienced even in the Han and Tang Dynasties and belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that there was still a long way to go to achieve this goal.

However, he has made up his mind to at least see the beginning of such a prosperous age in his lifetime.

So he told Zhu Biao: "In the land of Henan, we must pay close attention to the matter of the common people."

"Try to take advantage of the drought to move as many people as possible out."

"Mr. Lin has given us a path to a prosperous dynasty, but where we can really go depends on the efforts of you and my father and son. Do you understand?"

Zhu Biao was also very confident at this time.

Naturally, he agreed to Zhu Yuanzhang's order without compromise.

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Let’s talk about the other side.

After Lin Che summarized the topics of factories and immigration, she excitedly raised the issue of the naval fleet.

"You know, although our Ming Dynasty used a large number of ships in the Poyang Lake water battle."

"But it does not mean that these ships are suitable for sea navigation."

"If the huge flaws are not corrected, the colonization of the New World may become nothing more than an empty talk."

Zhu Xiang was still thinking about whether to stay in Yingtian Mansion.

Let’s conduct a small-scale immigration to test whether people’s lives will get better.

Unexpectedly, Lin Che suddenly asked this thundering question.

Although Zhu Xi believed that the Ming Navy was invincible in the world.

After incorporating the fleets of Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen and Qian Yuan, the Ming Dynasty's navy was now unprecedentedly powerful.

But Lin Che suddenly discovered that the Ming fleet had flaws, which seriously affected colonial affairs.

Although Zhu Xi didn't really believe it in his heart.

But he still quickly calmed down and asked: "Sir, what is the problem with our Ming Navy?"

(End of this chapter)