People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 473: Give money to every citizen!

There are actually some signs of this happening now.

For example, in Beiping Prefecture, the people were willing to participate.

Isn't it because the common people got involved that people are standing up for Zhu Di and others?

Isn’t it because the people also know that such good days must be protected by their own hands?

We must all work together to drive away the nomadic people.

The reason why they were willing to take out the surplus food in their homes to give to the soldiers.

I want the soldiers to have enough food and warm clothes so that they can fill their stomachs before fighting the nomadic peoples.

Because they all knew that they and the nomadic peoples were irreconcilable.

If we allow those foreign Tartars to enter the Central Plains, we will be the ones who suffer the most.

So the common people joined in.

After Zhu Di and his soldiers won the war, the people were happy too.

It was as if I had won a great victory.

Why are they like this?

In fact, since ancient times, no matter which war it was, especially the war to the north.

The local people have to bear very severe taxation.

They were very reluctant to let the court go to war.

Because once a war breaks out, they are the ones who suffer.

Even if the battlefield is near your home, you may be involved in it and end up with an unknown fate.

But this time, contrary to the norm, the people actually supported Zhu Di and his men to fight.

He even took out his own food and gave it to the soldiers.

There were even many ordinary people who spontaneously formed transport teams to transport food and fodder to the north.

Why is that?
It’s because these people show some signs of awakening.

They knew that if the Ming army lost, they would suffer as well.

Instead of doing that, it is better to take the initiative and help.

Of course, the most important reason is the reform and changes.

Let their lives become better and better, and they cherish such days more and more.

Ordinary people don’t know what is going on.

I don’t know why I would cherish such a good day.

I couldn't explain why I was so proud.

But Chen Han could help them explain.

Because people's lives have improved.

They hope that the soldiers can protect their good days well.

Even hope that the Ming warriors can win.

Their sense of participation lies in the fact that they sent a lot of food and fodder to the Ming Dynasty's soldiers.

Their sense of participation lies in the fact that they personally witnessed the value of the Ming Dynasty in going on expeditions.

Even their sense of participation came from the fact that they personally transported food and supplies to the front line.

They helped the Ming Dynasty's soldiers win the war, and they felt that they had contributed to the victory.

That's the sense of participation.

This is national pride.

This is the small cornerstone of national awakening.

So Chen Han actually always had an idea.

That is not only to encourage the soldiers who won a great victory this time.

We should also encourage the ordinary people who are participating in this battle.

It is not necessary to give them a monetary reward.

All you need to do is inform the local people when rewarding the soldiers in Beiping Prefecture.

Your support is the main reason for the victory of this operation.

In this case, these ordinary people are not just expressing their grievances against the soldiers in action.

It's not just when they encounter the imperial envoy who goes to Beiping to investigate them, they block the city gate and throw rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at the imperial envoy.

Then you might really feel that, oh, it turns out that we are also responsible for the victory of this war.

And those imperial envoys who are investigating actually don't believe us and they will be angry.

But when the court gives them justice, they will be even more proud.

The sense of participation and identity is the real source of pride for the people.

When the court agreed with what they did.

When the imperial court rewarded them for their national awakening.

In the future, ordinary people will be more willing to participate in such wars.

They would be more willing to support Ming's war.

Why is national awakening often easier during natural disasters, man-made disasters or wars?

This is because when major historical events occur, people’s psychological changes are the greatest.

It was like a war, seeing the foreign Tartars in the north slaughtering Han people.

The Han people will feel angry from the bottom of their hearts.

Because they can put themselves in the shoes of the Han people themselves.

They will put themselves in the situation and feel that they might be the next to be killed.

If we don't unite, we will be the ones who die.

In this situation, everyone will instinctively move closer together.

Once they get closer, it means that everyone's national consciousness is slowly awakening.

You and I are from the same nationality, so I instinctively trust you.

I trust you, and we can work together.

After Chen Han finished speaking.

Crown Prince Zhu Biao and Old Zhu were both stunned.

Zhu Yuanzhang said again, "If you let the people become nationalistic, won't they want to overthrow our Zhu family's rule?"

Chen Han said firmly: "There is still a distance between national awakening and overthrowing the emperor and the court.

This is a very long process. If we really wait until that time, I think the emperor of the Zhu family will also have national awakening.

They also feel that it is the right thing to do to govern the world together with the common people.

They will think differently then than we do now.

You two may not be able to accept it, but maybe your descendants can.

At that time, our Ming Dynasty will be more concerned about the four directions, and at that time, even if our Zhu family does not become the emperor, we will still become the most dazzling pearl that radiates light."

Chen Han painted a rosy picture for the old man, and the old man actually understood it in his heart.

Chen Han is just talking nonsense.

By then I wouldn't be able to see it anyway.

And precisely because he knew he couldn't see it, he didn't take it seriously.

He even said jokingly: "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, we can't control so much now.

If it is true as you said, that national awakening is the only way to achieve real long-term stability and the court can continue for thousands of years, then I think it is possible.

This is better than changing dynasties, fighting wars year after year, and letting the people suffer year after year.

Although the emperor of our Zhu family may not be able to sit on the throne for thousands of years, he must be able to make the lives of the people of the world better and better.

The people will certainly be grateful to the old writer.

That would be better than what you said, that the imperial court would be destroyed and the descendants of the Zhu family would be turned into pigs and sheep and slaughtered. "

Zhu Yuanzhang paid more attention to this point because he heard Chen Han say it.

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty were extremely cruel to the Ming royal family.

A large number of royal family members were killed, and a large number of Zhu family members were treated like pigs and sheep. In the end, they had to change their names to escape.

If that is really the fate, it would be better to let the Ming Dynasty continue.

Even if the people and the nation finally awaken and want to govern the world together with the people, the Zhu family may still be able to have a good end and avoid being slaughtered.

Ordinary people might even turn around and be grateful to the Ming Dynasty of the Zhu family for providing them with a long-term stable environment.

Even Crown Prince Zhu Biao said: "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, this is so true.

If there had been no reform and the people had no national awakening, more than two hundred years later, when the Qing Dynasty invaded and destroyed the Ming Dynasty, all the descendants of the Zhu family would have been slaughtered.

It seems worse than that fate, that thousands of years later, the Zhu family will not be emperors, but will be remembered by the people. "

It would be best if both father and son have this awareness.

They also thought very clearly.

In the end, the descendants of the Ming Dynasty were killed entirely by the Qing people, with heavy casualties.

It would be better for the common people to be grateful to the Zhu family in the end.

Even if he cannot become emperor in the end, I believe the people will treat the Zhu family well.

This is better than bearing a bad reputation.

After thinking it through, Zhu Yuanzhang and Crown Prince Zhu Biao both supported Chen Han's reforms.

Go deeper, until everyone can awaken.

In fact, the ultimate goal of Chen Han’s reforms is to reform education.

Let the common people understand the pride of the Han people.

At the same time, it will allow the people to have a new understanding of their own identity.

Let the people know.

It turns out that the imperial court is not just the court of those literati and officials.

The court is still the court of us common people.

Since the court is the court of us the people.

We should have the right to speak.

By then, the real reform and change will have achieved its goal.

By that time, the Ming court will become truly powerful.

Chen Han felt quite relieved when he thought that the Ming Dynasty would be able to develop as he had envisioned.

Then the Crown Prince Zhu Biao asked, "What do you think of this memorial from the Minister of Rites?"

Chen Han immediately replied, "If he is just complaining and has no other actions, then just treat him as farting.

We also need to see whether the memorials submitted by others are as he said.

If others can see the benefits of the current reforms in Beiping Prefecture, this picture will be a good example.

We have seen the role of reform in the military.

We saw that His Royal Highness Prince of Yan and his men were able to wipe out hundreds of millions of foreign Tartars with the loss of just a few dozen people.

Then let's just not take it seriously and let him go.

After all, we have to allow different voices and not have one person speak the final word.

But if he still jumps up and down and continues to stir up trouble, he can’t be kept here.”

After staying in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, Chen Han was also infected with some murderous spirit.

They understand that some people do not deserve sympathy.

Just like this Minister of Rites.

Although they clearly see the benefits of reform, they still want to slander and smear for their own selfish reasons.

Chen Han will never be lenient towards those who are unwilling to speak fairly and impartially.

After all, the era he lived in was the Ming Dynasty, not the era he was in.

The environment will change many people, including himself.

After seeing Chen Han's performance, Zhu Yuanzhang and his son didn't say anything.

Then he showed Chen Han the remaining memorial compiled by the imperial envoy.

"It is just as you said. Except for the Minister of Rites, all the other people's memorials stated that the people in Beiping Prefecture are living a better life due to the reforms and changes.

Due to the convenience of transportation, the grain shipped from the south is cheaper in the north, and the people live quite comfortably.

Especially for this battle, the people voluntarily took out their own money and food to support the soldiers in the Northern Expedition.

They even spontaneously organized transport teams to transport food and fodder to the north.

After listening to what you just said about national awakening, I feel that there is something of this flavor.”

Crown Prince Zhu Biao said.

Chen Han was still satisfied with the result.

"Look, look, I told you, not everyone is as stubborn as this Minister of Rites. Not everyone talks nonsense like that.

He thought he was the only smart man, and he thought he was the only one who saw through the problem of so-called reforms and changes, which could be well implemented in the early stages but could not be implemented in the later stages.

He thought he was the only one awake and everyone else was drunk.

But I didn't expect that everyone's eyes were so sharp.

Everyone knows this guy is just talking nonsense."

Chen Han is very happy now.

It was especially hard to believe when I saw other civil servants being covered in rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs by the common people even when they entered the city.

But he was still willing to talk about fairness, which made him have a slightly better impression of civil servants.

It seems that there are people among the civil servants who are willing to tell the truth.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, it looks like we have won after all.

Just as you said, Your Highness, if the imperial envoys can tell us through their investigation how good Beiping is now and how good the army led by Zhu Di is, it will be more convincing than what Zhu Di and his men say themselves.

Now that these reports have come out, they will be made public immediately, and the people will know that the officers and soldiers in Beiping Prefecture actually have such a deep friendship with the people.

The common people actually support the war so much.

In this way, all civil and military officials will see that everything has become so good because of the reform.

So they should shut up."

The prince laughed and said, "It's not that simple. Even if the civil officials saw such a memorial.

They will still find all kinds of things to discredit the reform.

Having said that, you still need to hurry up and implement your so-called national awakening policy.

Let more ordinary people know that the people in Beiping Prefecture actually support the Northern Expedition so much.

You even have to let the people know that even if there is a war, even if the territory is expanded, the world after the expansion will belong to us, the Han people.

Just like you said, we need to make people feel involved.

We must let the people know that they can be just as proud after the Ming Dynasty expands.

You're not even talking about making them proud.

I have an idea. Since we have so much gold and silver now, why not give some money to every citizen?

We now have a total of 300 million taels of silver and tens of millions of taels of gold.

The value of Baochao today is equal to that when it was first issued.

One string of treasure notes could be exchanged for one or two hundred pieces of silver.

If there is good news from the south this time, I would like to take this opportunity to announce it to the world together with the good news from the north.

At the same time, it was published in newspapers to celebrate and to thank the people for paying taxes to support the Northern Expedition and the Southern Expedition.

Give each of the common people ten taels of silver as a reward.

This silver came from the treasure banknotes.

We can print a large number of banknotes.

Because even if we printed these banknotes, we could fill this gap with the spoils looted from Indochina and from the Japanese devils.

Chen Han, what do you think? "

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(End of this chapter)