If it is a large-scale battle like the Battle of Yunnan, it is okay to say that the imperial court needs to transfer people from various military offices,
But this kind of large-scale battle does not happen once in a few years, so the government soldiers often have nothing to do, and they still eat the government's salary for nothing.
If it develops further down, it will be a vicious circle like that of the Song Dynasty.
Raising troops instead of using them will cause redundant troops, and then drag down the country's finances alive.
So Lao Zhu's situation is very embarrassing. In order to guard against the Beiyuan people, he has to raise soldiers, but he still can't use them. Isn't this just throwing money in for nothing?
And if Liu Xiu's post station method can be implemented, the government soldiers can choose to take jobs to earn money, and the government will get profits from the commission. Not only will they not be sucked by the government soldiers, but they will also earn money from the government soldiers!
wonderful!
It is wonderful!
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyelids twitched wildly, and it suddenly occurred to him that after the Kongyin case was released, the Liu family was under house arrest in Yingtian Mansion, and they earned a few cartloads of money before leaving!
Who is this to reason with!
The strong never complain about the environment! !
"Keep talking!" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes glowed red, motioning Liu Xiu to continue talking.
"Second, this is a policy that benefits the people."
Zhu Yuanzhang said, "We understand this, but what about the third one?"
"Third," Liu Xiu paused, then glanced at the refugee team again, "this can solve the employment problem."
"Employment issues?"
Although Lao Zhu heard this word for the first time, he instantly understood what it meant.
Let these refugees find employment? !
In Lao Zhu's view, the best people are those who farm the land, and the people don't farm the land to get a job. Isn't this Ming Dynasty messed up? !
Chapter 240 People without land are hidden dangers
Lao Zhu's thinking is very simple and direct.
A good farmer is one who plows the land with peace of mind,
Those who have permanent property have perseverance. The most important industry is real estate. In Huaxia's concept, nothing fancy is as good as a piece of arable land!
Farmers do not cultivate land, not only has no place to collect national taxes, but also is prone to street tricks. Ancient street tricks are completely different from modern ones.
To put it nicely, it is called a ranger, but to put it badly, it is a bandit, which is purely a factor of social instability.
When Zhu Yuanzhang was still called Zhu Chongba, he was a tenant farmer for the landlord's family.
Although he hates landlords, he also knows that without this piece of land, his family will only suffer worse.
So after the establishment of Ming Dynasty, Lao Zhu has always regarded agriculture as the foundation of the country!
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly and said, "Employment? Farmers don't farm well? Go to employment? Isn't the country in chaos?!"
Xu Da was also puzzled. Looking at Liu Xiu, he didn't know what his son-in-law meant.
What he understands is that his son-in-law wants a large number of people to do business, but the way of business is after all a strange and obscene path, and the production of a large number of businessmen will only disturb the order of the country.
This is also the problem that Zhu Yuanzhang has been worried about, so he spared no effort to attack businessmen!
However, Zhu Yuanzhang made a fatal mistake. Most of the businessmen he attacked were private businessmen, but Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards them was very ambiguous.
Didn't say yes, didn't say no,
After the Hongwu Dynasty, this trend was out of control. The big families with official backgrounds frantically annexed land and small businessmen, and gradually became the giants of the national economy.
These families with a large amount of resources even affected the development of the government, concealing a large amount of land and population, causing the imperial court's finances to collapse rapidly.
And Zhang Juzheng's reform of the tax system is also a last resort. After all, it is still a temporary solution, not the root cause.
After the Wanli Year, the Ming Dynasty was in decline, out of control.
Liu Xiu said, "Your Majesty, the people in Wudi are different from those in other places. The water network in Wudi is densely covered, and there is not so much arable land. The vast arable land of Shangyan.”
Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and said nothing.
Liu Xiu continued, "However, the population of Wu is several times or even ten times that of Yan. One area is large and sparsely populated, and the other area is more populated and less populated. Naturally, they cannot be compared."
"People in Wudi want to farm, but there is no land to grow. The limited arable land is in the hands of merchants and high officials. If you want to be a tenant farmer in Wudi, you have to queue up."
"If the people have no land, they also have no livelihood. Most of the people who have nowhere to go can only become pirates. This is the fundamental reason why the pirates in Wudi have been banned repeatedly."
"Your Majesty, you have sent troops to eradicate the pirates many times. At that time, they were all killed, but after a while, the pirates sprung up again like mushrooms after rain. This is treating the symptoms but not the root cause."
"If the livelihood of the common people is not resolved, the common people will become a steady stream of pirates' reserve army!"
"Hiss!!!" Xu Da gasped uncontrollably.
Liu Xiu almost pointed at Lao Zhu's nose to criticize him. In Liu Xiu's mouth, Lao Zhu's credit for exterminating pirates turned into a foolish way to treat the symptoms but not the root cause!
Let me ask, who else in the world would dare to question Lao Zhu like that? !
maybe there was,
But it should be two or three years old now.
Old Zhu's face turned ashen when he heard this, he paused for a while and then turned to look at Xu Da, Xu Da bowed down in panic,
"Liu Xiu said something but didn't mean it, please don't blame him, Your Majesty."
Lao Zhu looked at Xu Da for a while, then burst out laughing,
"Hahahahaha, Tiande, look at him! He dared to say that we did something wrong! But what he said made us speechless!"
"Hahahaha! Good! Good! Liu Xiu, you are fine!"
Zhu Yuanzhang paused, rubbed his hands and said, "We're still thinking too much. According to what you said, it doesn't necessarily have to be business. We can move the people of Wu to Yan."
"As long as we move to Yandi, we will give the policy to the land, and the opening of China and France as you said will be implemented in the next year, I am not afraid that they will not want to go to Yandi."
"It is a policy that benefits the country by emphasizing agriculture and consolidating the foundation."
Liu Xiu heard the words and secretly admired him. He just pointed out the problem, and Lao Zhu came up with the solution in a few words, and history has indeed developed in this way.
With the vision of the ancients, Lao Zhu just looked forward and saw things one or two hundred years later.
It's no wonder that this kind of foresight was able to emerge abruptly among the heroes at the end of the Yuan Dynasty!
Wisdom is more important than strength,
Lao Zhu has great wisdom!
Zhu Yuanzhang is right, not only good, it can be said that he directly gave the optimal solution,
But Lao Zhu's historical vision is not as good as Liu Xiu's after all. Zhu Yuanzhang looks backward from the present, while Liu Xiu looks forward from the future.
When manpower was exhausted, Liu Xiu, as a latecomer, knew all the development of Daming's history in his heart,
Liu Xiu shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, you are still getting closer."
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, we live such an old age,
No one has ever told us that our eye sockets are so close!
Old Zhu said unconvinced, "Then tell me, what is wrong with what we said?"
Liu Xiu said, "If the way you think of is to manage this area of Daming, it will be fine."
"But now Daming's strategy of expanding its borders outward has been launched. Wa Island is also the territory of Daming. In the future, there will be more land and more people. Not all other places have a large amount of cultivated land like the Central Plains. Wait until Then, what should we do?"
"Let's not count the people of the conquered land as Daming people, but if the population of Daming increases sharply, will His Majesty's method still work?"
"At that time, the problem of too many people and too little land will still be unresolved, and the people without land will only be more dangerous. Why not take precautions and build a business system right now, and find other ways to make a living besides farming .”
"That's the way to go!"
Liu Xiu's words were just and logical, and the logic was clear, and Lao Zhu was already convinced by seven or eight points.
Now the registered population of Ming Dynasty in Hongwu Dynasty is 400 million, that is 4000 million population.
What if, as Liu Xiu said, the population exceeds 2000 million, or 3000 million?
The cultivated land in the Huaxia region is constant. After a large population growth, there will inevitably be a large number of unemployed people.
What should we do by then?
Also use the method of migration? !
impossible!The arable land in Yandi is also limited!
Thinking of this, Lao Zhu could only say bluntly,
"The population can't increase so fast..."
Liu Xiu shook her head, "No, Your Majesty, do you remember the clan finances I mentioned at court that day?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked when he heard the words,
How could he forget this? !
How many princes and grandchildren are there?
Ten or twenty years later, there will be so many people!
What's more, it's based on the entire Daming people? !
There are 400 million people, how many people will it grow to after ten or twenty years? !
That's a scary number.
Chapter 241: One Thousand Years One Emperor!
The normal thought is,
The larger the population, the higher the national tax.
In fact, there is an upper limit, and the upper limit is the amount of cultivated land.
Daming is now considered a newly established country, with uneven population distribution and a large amount of land that has not been developed.
If every piece of arable land in the territory of the Ming Dynasty was cultivated, the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty would reach its limit!
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