Ming Dynasty: Every day, Zhu Yuanzhang is in trouble

After some thought, Prince Zhu Biao looked increasingly shocked.

It also seems more and more unbelievable.

Because after some thinking, he suddenly discovered that what his second brother-in-law said was actually true!

There is really no dynasty that has lasted more than three hundred years!

Needless to say, the Qin Dynasty unified the world.

It's just a second death.

As for the Han Dynasty that replaced Qin, it took four hundred years before and after.

But in fact, it can no longer be regarded as a dynasty.

Because between the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a new dynasty established by Wang Mang.

The Han Dynasty can be said to have been destroyed by Wang Mang.

The Eastern Han Dynasty established by Emperor Guangwu later was a complete re-establishment of the country.

Experienced breaking the order and reopening again.

Although he still bears the name of Han, he is also a descendant of Han Gaozu.

However, there is already a huge difference...

It goes without saying much about the dynasties of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

None of them are complete, and the country is not long.

As for the Sui Dynasty that followed, it was also destroyed in two generations.

The Tang Dynasty lasted for a long time, but if you count it, it only lasted 289 years from its establishment to its demise.

As for the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms whose soldiers were the Caotou Kings, there is no need to mention them at all...

During the Song Dynasty, the combined number of the Southern Song Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty exceeded 300.

However, the Northern Song Dynasty lost its country, and the Southern Song Dynasty lingered on.

There are gaps in the middle and it cannot be considered complete.

As for the next Yuan Dynasty...it won't happen for a hundred years...

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Biao looked shocked.

This was a direction that he had never thought about before.

Just now, he felt that his second brother-in-law said that the two hundred and seventy-five years of the Western Zhou Dynasty were not short.

I also felt that what my brother-in-law said was a bit hard to accept.

Are you talking nonsense?
But now... under the guidance of the second brother-in-law, I calculated the existence time of each dynasty.

It turned out to be exactly what the second brother-in-law said.

In real terms, there really is no dynasty that lasts more than three hundred years! !
The Western Zhou Dynasty passed through twelve emperors and lasted for 275 years, which is extremely rare.

Only the Han and Tang Dynasties can be compared slightly.

This...Zhu Biao didn't know what to say for a moment.

He knows a lot about history books.

But I have never thought about it in this direction.

Today, suddenly, I learned such news from my second brother-in-law. For him, he really didn't know what to say.

I just felt extremely shocked in my heart.

It's like discovering some great secret.

As the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Biao naturally wanted to inherit the Ming Dynasty for a long time.

Let’s continue the empire that our father has conquered as far as possible.

As a result, now, it was suddenly discovered that no dynasty lasted more than three hundred years.

Does this...does it mean that my Ming Dynasty will be like this in the future?

This sudden discovery made Zhu Biao not know how to describe his mood for a moment.

If this is really the case, it seems that I am really what my second brother-in-law said.

There is no need to get too entangled. Ming Dynasty implemented external enfeoffment, which led to the later period when the princes grew stronger and attacked the mainland of Ming Dynasty.

This overthrew the Ming royal family.

After all, there are only a limited number of unified dynasties that have been inherited for nearly two hundred years.

If my Ming Dynasty could really be passed down for such a long time, it would be destroyed.

On the contrary, it has surpassed most dynasties.

This truth is somewhat cruel.

Even people like Prince Zhu Biao felt a little unbearable for a while.

“Second brother-in-law, why is this happening?
Why is there no dynasty for more than three hundred years? "

Prince Zhu Biao, after waiting for a while, looked at Mei Yin and asked.

There was some urgency in the voice, and some confusion.

If we say, not every dynasty can reach three hundred years.

He can understand and accept this.

But now, after getting inspiration from my second brother-in-law, I thought about it carefully and discovered that no dynasty can surpass three hundred years!
This really made him feel extremely incomprehensible.

While I couldn't understand it, I was somewhat nervous and even a little scared.

Could this thing be a magic spell?

Invisible, intangible, but real.

Before that, I and others should ignore it...

Zhu Biao couldn't understand this question.

So I pinned my hopes on Mei Yin, my second brother-in-law.

Looking forward to getting a good explanation from my second brother-in-law.

It was the second brother-in-law who said this. I think he knew the reason.

Mei Yin said: "This matter can be called the law of the dynasty.

It can also be understood as a reincarnation.

Every three hundred years or so, there is a reincarnation.

Of course, this is what a well-done dynasty will do.

Those dynasties that do not do well may even disappear within a generation or two.

Far from reaching this limit.

As for why such a situation occurs...

There is a certain reason for this.

The most fundamental thing is actually the issue of distribution.

To put it more bluntly, who owns the land?

who enjoy the produce of the land. "

Who owns the land?

After hearing what Mei Yin said, Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment.

He obviously did not expect that his second brother-in-law would say such words at this time.

To be honest, after learning from Mei Yin, his second brother-in-law, that the dynasty had been reincarnated for about three hundred years, which was completely ignored by himself and others, Prince Zhu Biao was actually quite frightened.

And I also feel that the reasons for such things must be particularly complicated.

Particularly profound.

Even Zhu Biao wondered for a moment whether there were some gods or some mysterious power.

Influence, don't let the dynasty spread for too long.

But now, after listening to what my second brother-in-law said,

The reason was actually attributed to the most common land.

This is really a huge surprise.

This was a place that he had never thought of before.

Isn't this too simple and unpretentious?

Mei Yin looked at her uncle and could understand what he was thinking without opening his mouth.

Immediately he said: "Brother, this can really be attributed to a land issue.

Brother, think about it, those unified dynasties that have existed for a long time will generally go through several stages.

First, there was the very promising founding monarch, who broke through the siege and rebuilt the world.

Build a kingdom.

At this time, the dynasty generally has strong troops and strong horses, and everything is prosperous.

After settling down, a period of rapid development began.

After decades of development, national strength will reach a peak period.

There are some glorious times that are commendable.

After a period of prosperity, it will decline.

If you are lucky, some ZTE Lords may appear again.

But this so-called ZTE has fallen far behind its previous heyday.

After this period of resurgence, the dynasty will continue to become corrupt.

As we go deeper step by step, various problems continue to increase.

People's livelihood is in ruins, the court hall is full of smoke, and all kinds of struggles for power and profit are endless.

So that in the back, people were in dire straits, natural and man-made disasters continued, and there were people everywhere who could not survive.

Until someone shouted loudly, countless people stood up.

Princes and generals, I would rather be kind!
Falling into the chaos of the last years of the dynasty.

After a few years, even decades, or hundreds of years of turmoil, a new king and a new kingdom will emerge.

Toward unity again.

Then start a new reincarnation..."

After hearing what Mei Yin said, Prince Zhu Biao began to think again.

His expression looked very shocked.

Because he discovered that this matter was really what his second brother-in-law said.

Thinking about the unified dynasties he knew, they would go through such a process just as his second brother-in-law said.

This was something that he knew before, but didn't think about it in depth.

Now that my second brother-in-law reminded me of this, I went to see it again and found that it was really like this!
That means that my own Ming Dynasty is very likely to fall into such a reincarnation in the future?
It will also be like the dynasties of the Han and Tang dynasties, which experienced prosperity, began to decline, and then declined again after the ZTE.

In the end, there was total defeat and chaos reappeared.

The people are in dire straits, and corpses litter the fields.

Replaced by a new dynasty?

When he thought of this, Prince Zhu Biao became even more frightened.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has just founded the country, I have already thought about the fate of my Ming Dynasty in the future? !

This thing... is really too unimaginable!

The key is that after this thought appeared in his mind, he was very convinced that what he was thinking was not a big problem.

Nine times out of ten, things are just as they thought.

If you are a Ming Dynasty, you will develop as you want.

And it was after thinking about this that Zhu Biao became even more confused.

"Second brother-in-law, this...what is going on?

Are these all caused by the land? "

Zhu Biao is a very smart person and easy to learn.

Was he taught by many famous people very early on?

He is also particularly willing to work hard to learn.

The reason why Zhu Biao was so loved by Zhu Yuanzhang was not just because he was the eldest son.

Zhu Biao himself is also a very good person, and he also plays a very important role in it.

But now, Zhu Biao was frightened and confused.

The things that Mei Yin, the second brother-in-law, said made me confused.

Mei Yin said: "Brother, in my opinion, these things can actually be attributed to the issue of land status.

After the last years of the dynasty, there will be a series of natural and man-made disasters, battlefield killings, and many people will die in the war.

In the event of plague, famine, etc., the population will suffer a huge decline.

The bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no cock crowing for thousands of miles.

When the new dynasty was established, the people experienced troubled times and the population was extremely small.

Relatively speaking, there is a lot of land.

There is no conflict at all between man and land.

In a state of less people and more land.

Under such circumstances, as long as the founding monarch does not act recklessly and provides some policies for recuperation and recuperation.

Then the people's lives will be good.

The entire country will also see a prosperous scene.

When the living environment is stable and the people's lives are tolerable, the population will recover and develop rapidly.

The country will gradually reach a prosperous age.

At the same time, the land is still the same, and the quantity has not changed much.

But there was a huge increase in population.

Between humans and land, a state of saturation will gradually be reached.

After reaching saturation, the population will continue to increase in the future.

But there is still so much land.

The land transferred to each person will become less and less.

Under such circumstances, many people will not have enough to eat.

In this life, what many people do is nothing more than to pursue food and clothing and a place to live, nothing more.

If these are not met, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

This is especially true when even people are too hungry to survive.

Of course, the land problem has become serious. In addition to population increase, there will be many other reasons that will cause the contradiction between man and land to continue to increase.

For example, dignitaries and powerful landowners are frantically annexing land through various means.

Get a lot of land under their name.

Many people in the order have no land.

The rich have vast fields, while the poor have no place to stand.

Under such circumstances, this problem will naturally become more prominent and acute.

This process will be greatly shortened...

For example, in the Northern Song Dynasty, the government did not inhibit land annexation.

They even encouraged dignitaries to annex land.

Taizu of the Song Dynasty released his military power with a glass of wine, exchanging wealth and honor for military power in the hands of generals, thus avoiding the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

An important consequence of this is that the Song Dynasty, which was inherently deficient, had an extremely serious problem of land annexation.

Therefore, the Northern Song Dynasty only lasted for more than a hundred years, and it had already lost half of its country.

He fled in panic.

Later in the Southern Song Dynasty, life was always miserable...

As the population increases, the limited land is concentrated in the hands of a few people, leaving countless people without enough to eat.

Many people will starve to death and cannot survive.

Someone will rise up.

Stand up against the court.

When more and more people oppose it, even the imperial court will eventually be unable to withstand it.

After this series of killings, many orders will be broken and have to be overthrown.

Many dignitaries also died in the war.

Reshuffle.

Too many people died in war and chaos.

The contradiction between man and land has once again seen a great relaxation.

Then, history took a new turn.

Once again, run according to the previous rules.

A dynasty established by capable rulers can go through this great cycle again.

If the ruler is unreliable, it will not take long before he will go through such a reincarnation in advance...

The core of this matter does not have so many twists and turns. To put it bluntly, the land is actually not enough, there are too many people, and it cannot support so many people.

As a result, more and more people cannot survive.

That’s why so many problems arise…”

Mei Yin is here, trying his best to explain the historical laws of the dynasty to Zhu Biao, his uncle, in his own way.

This is related to the matter of the feudal king's external seal.

If you don't explain it to him clearly, it won't be that easy if you want to push Ming Dynasty to take this very critical step to the outside world.

Neither Prince Zhu Biao nor Zhu Yuanzhang are easy to persuade.

Is that so?

Is that so? !
Regarding the reasons for the rise and fall of the dynasty, Prince Zhu Biao has heard countless reasons.

For example, common treacherous ministers harmed the country, foreign relatives monopolized power, the harem interfered with politics, the emperor was immoral, etc.

All kinds of things sound reasonable.

Indeed, there is such a reason.

Similar things have happened before.

However, Zhu Biao had never heard of such a novel reason for land conflict.

The key is that after listening to what his second brother-in-law said, he didn't think that his second brother-in-law was alarmist and talking nonsense.

On the contrary, I felt that what my second brother-in-law said was very reasonable.

The fundamental reasons for the rise and fall of dynasties can really be summarized in the word land.

While his heart was shaking, Zhu Biao also didn't know what to say.

This thing is really a bit too shocking.

It was something he had never considered or heard anyone say before.

But after thinking about it carefully, I found that the land issue seems to be the core issue.

Foreign relatives monopolize power, the harem interferes with politics, powerful ministers harm the country, treacherous ministers are in power, natural and man-made disasters, and many other aspects.

These are all superficial reasons.

The fundamental reason is that there are too many people and too little land. Land annexation has made many people unable to survive.

That's it!

When the country is strong, the court is effective, the land annexation is not serious, the people have surplus food in their hands, and their lives are not bad, even if some disasters do occur.

Countries are also capable of resisting these risks.

There will be no particularly big man-made disasters caused by natural disasters!
When a natural disaster occurs in such a period, although it will be more uncomfortable, it can still be overcome.

But the same thing happened when land annexation was serious, when the court and many people had little money.

Things that were not serious in the first place will turn into obstacles that are difficult to overcome!

Triggering countless human tragedies...

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao felt his mind shaking violently.

I just felt that what my second brother-in-law said was shocking!

Today's harvest is far beyond my imagination!
Originally, I came here to find my second brother-in-law, just to ask for a way to properly deal with the feudal king.

But when he came to his second brother-in-law and asked, he got an answer that was far beyond what he expected.

The second brother-in-law gave more.

Not only did he tell himself a way to solve the problem, such as the feudal king Waifeng.

During the discussion, such an explanation was also given.

Let yourself understand the fundamental reasons for the rise and fall of dynasties!
The harvest is really huge!

With such a shock, Zhu Biao couldn't help but bring these things into his own life.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that my mind was shaking so much.

Even a little scared!
The reason for this is because Zhu Biao realized that according to what his second brother-in-law said, he himself would not be able to escape from this trap at all!

Even though he was Ming Dynasty, the monarch was wise and promising, and later, he used various methods to suppress land annexation as much as possible.

Prolong the land annexation process as much as possible.

But eventually, as time continues to develop, land will definitely be concentrated in the hands of a few people.

As a result, there are more and more people, but the land that truly belongs to the people is getting less and less...

Zhu Biao is not a naive person.

He knew that countless people had a particularly strong obsession with land.

With enthusiasm beyond imagination.

Many people, after becoming powerful, will find ways to buy land.

It seems that if you don’t buy land, your money will have nowhere to put it.

My own Ming Dynasty, even from my father, made national policies to suppress land annexation.

That can only slow down the process, but cannot prevent it from happening.

I'm afraid that the Ming Dynasty can only be the same as the Han and Tang Dynasties.

It has existed for more than two hundred years.

I'm afraid I won't be able to break through this vicious circle of three hundred years.

Even if a breakthrough can be made, it will not take many years...

This made Zhu Biao feel a little heavy for a moment.

It's not pleasant at all.

After all, he was the founding prince of the Ming Dynasty, which was only established eight years ago.

Both his father and himself wanted to make the Ming Dynasty vibrant and pass it on.

As a result, now, I suddenly discovered that no matter how hard I and others tried, the Ming Dynasty could not avoid its demise. It was not much different from the previous dynasties.

It won't take long, at most it will be gone in more than two hundred years.

It would be weird if you were in a good mood.

He thought hard and wanted to find some solutions.

Avoid this matter as much as possible.

But no matter how much I think about it, I can't think of any good solution.

If only this problem could be solved so easily.

That's impossible, so many years have passed from the beginning to now.

No dynasty can break through.

"Second brother-in-law, do you have any good solution to this matter?"

After Zhu Biao was silent for a while, he looked at Mei Yin and asked.

After asking this question, his eyes were burning with anticipation.

This problem was too novel and too heavy. Zhu Biao really couldn't figure it out in a short time. He even felt that even if he thought about it for a long time, he wouldn't be able to come up with a good solution...

This question was raised by my second brother-in-law.

Maybe the second brother-in-law will have some solutions.

After all, my second brother-in-law has never been the kind of person to kill or bury someone.

Generally speaking, as long as he raises a question, he can usually give a solution to the problem.

If this is a problem, not even the second brother-in-law can solve it.

Zhu Biao felt that even if he asked others, it would be of no use.

The second brother-in-law couldn't solve it, and neither could the others.

Because before this, so many people he had come into contact with were all top figures in the Ming Dynasty.

They are all the best in their own Ming Dynasty.

But they can't even see the core problem, let alone let them come up with a solution.

Mei Yin heard this and said: "This problem is actually relatively simple to solve."

What the hell?
Hearing Mei Yin's words, Zhu Biao's eyes couldn't help but widen.

what's the situation?
Is this called simplicity?
Is this question... really simple?

This is obviously a huge problem that is difficult to solve, right?
How come it becomes easy when you get to your second brother-in-law?

Surprised, but also very surprised.

He knew that his second brother-in-law would definitely find a way!
Mei Yin said: "Brother, if we really talk about this matter.

It's really not too difficult.

Since the most fundamental reason is that there are too many people and too little land.

Then we can think of a way to keep increasing the land of Ming Dynasty, right?
As long as the land of Ming Dynasty continues to increase, the contradiction of more people and less land can be avoided.

Is it possible to solve this problem very well? "

After hearing Mei Yin's words, Prince Zhu Biao was slightly stunned.

For a moment, I didn't know how to express my feelings.
This... my second brother-in-law's answer was really unexpected and too tough.

But when I think about it carefully, it seems...it makes sense.

If the land is not enough, add more land.

He went forward to assassinate someone, worried that the noise he made would be too loud and others would hear him.
Just kill everyone so that no one will hear anything. It's almost the same thing...

While feeling shocked, I also felt full of surprise.

Zhu Biao thought about it more carefully, but he felt that his second brother-in-law's method really felt like simplicity.

Get to the heart of the matter.

Although simple, it even sounds a bit ridiculous when you first listen to it.

But it makes sense.

"So... we still have to carry out the external seal of the vassal king.

Work hard to develop overseas lands.

Turn more and more places outside into the land of my Ming Dynasty? "

Zhu Biao was shocked, swallowed his saliva, looked at Mei Yin and said such words.

Mei Yin nodded vigorously when he heard this.

"Yes, brother! That's what it means!
Of course, there is actually another solution to this matter.

The core of the matter can be understood not only from the land, but also from the wealth.

Land is the most important wealth in this era.

It is also a universal wealth.

That’s why I used land before.

And attribute land to the foundation of this world.

In fact, in addition to these, we can also rise to the deepest essence.

In fact, it is a matter of wealth distribution.

People all need land.

Why do they need land?
Because land is needed to grow food and feed livestock.

In this way, they can get money and food to live and support their families.

If I, the Ming Dynasty, could use some methods to enable many people to make a living without using the land, not to mention how good their lives would be, at least they would be able to survive.

It can give people something to eat.

In fact, it is the same and can greatly extend the life of the dynasty.

For example, places such as Suzhou and Songjiang in the south of the Yangtze River.

The land occupied by those common people is much less than that of common people in other places.

But why do people in Suzhou, Songjiang and other Jiangnan areas, on the whole, live a more prosperous life than people in other places?

The big reason for this is because those places have developed handicraft industries and a lot of business.

Many people can live without the land.

Choose to work in a factory, or do some related things to earn wages.

Earn more money than operating on land.

All for survival, digging in the soil for food, and managing the land for three meals a day.

The same goes for working for others.

Even after a year, the harvest is more than the harvest from the land.

Can this also be said that doing business and doing work can be regarded as acres and acres of fertile land?
Therefore, in order to prolong the Ming Dynasty as much as possible, in addition to continuously expanding outwards, seeking more and more new lands.

It can also be developed internally.

Duoduo has developed this kind of invisible and alternative land.

As long as more and more people can find a way to support their families.

Regardless of whether it is doing business or working for others.

Or just busy in the fields.

As long as they can have something to eat, there won't be much trouble.

Even some people would still rebel under such circumstances.

Then this rebellion will definitely not be too serious.

The vast majority of the people, as long as they can survive, will not let go of their good lives to do such stupid things.

I would rather be a dog in prosperous times than a person in troubled times! "

Industry and commerce can also be regarded as different fields, and they are also fertile fields for producing food?
Can many people obtain food and clothing and survive by cultivating these fields? !
What Mei Yin said once again shocked Prince Zhu Biao!

For a moment, it seemed that there was thunder in my mind, and it suddenly exploded!

What Mei Yin, his second brother-in-law, said once again exceeded his imagination!

The first time he heard it, Zhu Biao subconsciously felt that what his second brother-in-law said was really far-fetched.

It’s too deviant!
There is a huge difference between people's perceptions and ordinary people's perceptions!
However, if you think about it more carefully, you will find that there is indeed a lot of truth in what the second brother-in-law said.

Since we are expanding externally, the ultimate purpose of acquiring land is to enable people to use the land to grow food, fodder, feed livestock, and obtain money and food to support themselves and their families.

Then, those businessmen and other people who work in workshops and sell things through commerce.

That is also getting money and food to support yourself and your family through your own work.

In this regard, there is actually no essential difference.

Why can't it be regarded as "special" land?
Suzhou, Songjiang and other places are indeed what my second brother-in-law said.

Overall it is wealthier than other places.

Also, there are also many people working in Jingdezhen.

Those people who generally live a much better life than those who dig in the soil and rely on farming.

Since in the future, due to the continuous increase in people and the annexation of land, the real land owned by each person will become less.

Many people even have no land.

If we develop more businesses and workshops for making things, can we also give those who have no land a good and special piece of land?

For them to work, earn money, and support their families.

Zhu Biao was transferred to Song Lian and others for a long time and transmitted many Confucian thoughts.

The understanding of industry and commerce has always been characteristic of this era.

The status of a businessman is at the bottom.

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce!
Moreover, from a long time ago, the country's main idea has been to focus on agriculture and suppress business.

Consider agriculture stable.

And most businessmen are treacherous.

Large population flow is also not conducive to social development.

He instinctively felt that there was something wrong with what his second brother-in-law said, and it was fallacy.

But...but after thinking about it carefully, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that things were really just like what my second brother-in-law said.

In addition to developing outward and seeking land, you can also develop commerce.

Let those who do not have real land work and give them a different kind of land...

The inherent Confucian concepts that I have been taught for a long time formed a fierce collision with what Mei Yin said.

Zhu Biao didn't know what to choose for a while.

Mei Yin paid attention to her uncle's reaction.

I saw Zhu Biao's wavering, and he hesitated and struggled to resolve the entanglement in his heart.

I knew immediately that the heat I wanted had basically arrived.

But because of the traditional thinking, it is too stubborn.

It is difficult to break it in a short time, and it is too difficult to change a person's mind.

That's why my uncle is in this situation.

However, Mei Yin was not surprised by this.

There are also corresponding solutions.

He knew that this time was the most critical!
He needs a final word!
Decide this!

Then he looked at Zhu Biao and spoke again... (End of chapter)