Chapter 613: Not without far-sightedness

There is an essential difference between the colonists of European countries and Chen Xie, the "colonist". The former is for immediate interests, while the latter is for future interests. You cannot say that European colonists are short-sighted because of this. Some things may not be invisible, but they cannot solve them. The reason is very simple. The country is too small and the population is too small. This is almost a common problem for European countries.

Take the later Britain as an example. The world overlord is very awesome. But Britain can only solve the problems at sea. If you go a little deeper into the mainland, Britain will have to catch it. The American War of Independence across the Atlantic has exposed the weakness of Britain. This is the sorrow of a small country. The world's number one power is the most powerful, because of its own defects, it will become a messing stick by reality. It will make a trick to use the smallest price to exchange for the greatest victory. You can't say that his idea is wrong, but in fact, this idea is a wise choice at any time.

Chen Xie also achieved the minimum price for the greatest benefit, but his purpose in coming to Nanyang was different. Others came to live temporarily, and he brought people to settle permanently, so he had no intention of leaving again. In this way, some contradictions were irreconcilable. Relying on the population advantage of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Xie was able to occupy this land permanently, which was something that Europeans could not do. The Dutch even failed to treat the Lanfang Republic at one time. After all, it was the sorrow of a small country, and a country with a large population did not have this trouble. After the Ming Dynasty experienced a series of famines and civil wars, the population had sharp declines. Even so, there was a population of more than one billion.

There are too many people, and there are too few people. The current Ming Cabinet faces the trouble of sparse population in the northwest provinces. From the second to sixteenth years of Chongzhen, a total of fourteen years of war, from the initial small thieves to the hundreds of thousands or even millions that later swept the Central Plains, causing a sharp decline in the population north of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty.

How to solve this problem? Faced with the report from the governors of various provinces, the cabinet had to tell the emperor, and then everyone held a meeting to study it together.

Is there a solution? Yes! At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the population was much smaller than that now. After the Jingnan Dynasty, a large number of population shortages also appeared in various provinces in northern China. How did Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di solve it? It’s very simple, immigration.

They are also immigrants. The current immigrants are different from those in the past. Whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Di, they first have an efficient ruling team, secondly, have the right to concentrate financial resources to do things, and finally a relatively honest government environment.

Zhu Youjian didn't have these three things. He wanted to do it, but unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty political arena had been slacking and dispersing for more than a hundred years, and it was not a matter of day and night to re-enabling it. There is also the problem of corruption. The censors from all walks of life used to actively impeach local officials. Now it is not the case. Basically, you can't see the censors impeach local officials. What's the real situation in the local area? In fact, everyone here is very clear. Take relief to the victims as an example. If the money is not out of the capital, it will be 30% less. If the capital is like this, let alone the following? The money allocated will eventually be 10% of the victims, which is to do things more seriously. 30% can be done. Even if the local people meet Hai Rui again, this is why the Dengzhou camp was frequently impeached by the censors in Henan and Jiangbei. If you don't leave, how can we be greedy?

Now this problem must be solved in the end. Zhu Youjian could only sigh silently. This is a rhythm that requires a lot of money but may not be able to handle the matter properly. Since that is the case, it is better to just do it. Thinking of it, his face was sunk and said: "You can follow Taizu and Chengzu's old tricks. From Jiangxi, Huguang and other places, immigrate to the north. The Ministry of Revenue prepares the money, and the cabinet plans to write a note. Jinyiwei and the East Factory are responsible for supervision, but there are officials who cannot be honest and take it down directly and exiled to the army." This is very favorable for everyone. In the past, they were killed and killed! They didn't even mention corruption, just say that you would do the matter well for me.

The emperor made some concessions, which was not enough. Yang Tinglin stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue has no money to allocate." What does it mean? The Ministry of Revenue has no money, really no money? It really has no money. I have been fighting in the past few years, and the money spent like flowing water. Even if there is a customs and commercial tax input, relief requires money, and war requires money, so don't spend too quickly.

If you really want to squeeze and grit your teeth, the Ministry of Revenue can take out some money. But the Foreign Court cannot abuse itself, but instead let the emperor live a prosperous life. Therefore, even if the Foreign Court has money, the Emperor will have to pay some blood. Moreover, there is no money now, and every money has a place to go. If anyone is missing, he has to compete with the Ministry of Revenue.

Zhu Youjian's mood immediately became extremely bad. Is it easy to save some money? He immediately said with a stern face: "My new army is in ruins. The cavalry guarding the capital is also the expenses allocated by my internal treasury. I am already very considerate of the Ministry of Revenue, why can't the Ministry of Revenue understand me?"

At this time, Yang Tinglin had to speak for the interests of the officials in the world, and he had to bite the bullet and face the angry Zhu Youjian answered: "Your Majesty, what I call is not a family matter. The world is your Majesty's world." This is definitely politically correct. All the kings and the kings and ministers in the world are the kings. This is a truth known to everyone in the world. At this time, it is no problem to say it. Besides, if there are so many officials in the world, who are willing to pay for the affairs of the court, they can only make things difficult for the emperor.

Zhu Youjian knew that he had to pay the money, but he felt very unhappy. He gritted his teeth and decided not to give them face today. He stood up and said, "Then let the governors of the provinces think of their own, and I can't make money." He suppressed his anger, and Zhu Youjian left, and this time the court debate ended unhappy.

When he returned to the harem, Zhu Youjian saw Emperor Zhou greeting him later, and his face became even worse. The outer court had nothing to do, and the harem was not calm. His father-in-law Zhou Kui recently wanted to do business on the sea and could not invest in the royal fleet, so he made a fuss elsewhere. He wanted to buy a ship to build a fleet by himself, but he went too late. The orders for several shipyards that could build sea ships were scheduled for two years.

Zhou Kui had no choice but to come and ask Queen Zhou to come forward to ask the emperor. At least he could run a boat from the royal fleet to transport him, otherwise he would be cut off when he saw others earning a lot of money! Especially those families of cabinet ministers, who were obviously slower than him, could be lined up in front, and the shipyard even temporarily opened a dock to build ships for them.

Zhou Kui's people came back from Shandong and Huating. After reporting this, the old guy had a bad idea and sent his nephew Zhou Duo to the palace. This matter could not be hidden from Zhu Youjian. It was said that he did not come in as soon as he wanted to come in, but the banner he used was to give the queen some local specialties from his hometown. You have a big reason to stop him. The queen is the lord of the harem, and not everyone dares to stop him.

Queen Zhou has no good idea, her biological father, no matter how bad it is, there is no reason not to help. Besides, there are very few women who don’t go to their parents’ home. But if you want Queen Zhou to send messages to Chen Xie, it is a taboo. What do you want to do in the harem to make friends with foreign ministers? I had to tell the emperor that it would be difficult for her not to say that she would have a good life, and the family would continue to make trouble.

"I have seen Your Majesty!" Queen Zhou said, "Zhu Youjian was in a bad mood and had a calm face. Anger burst out in an instant: "The foreign court did not let me live a good life. Can you not let me live a good life when I return to the harem? Tell Zhou Kui that if you use his bad things to disturb the peace of the harem, I can't deal with him or his relatives?" Zhu Youjian was almost roaring, and his face was wrong when he told Queen Zhou that she couldn't control her tears.

"I am guilty, Your Majesty, please calm down!" There was only this. Empress Zhou quickly knelt down and spoke. In fact, it was not a big deal. The key was that the timing was wrong, and when Zhu Youjian was angry.

"Hmph!" He snorted heavily, and Zhu Youjian went to Concubine Tian's place. Empress Zhou knelt in place and waited until Zhu Youjian's back disappeared before getting up. She felt sad and distressed. Thinking about calling a eunuch beside her, she said, "Go and send a message to the governor Zhou Kui. Even if I can't take care of his affairs, I will send someone to me. Don't say that I'm not merciful when I beat it out."

As a result, Queen Zhou was also anxious, what was this called?

Speaking of which, Empress Zhou is such an indescribable person. Don’t mention the foresight, I’m just staring at the small peasant who is focused on one acre of three-part land in my family, and there is a brick next door to move back home. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the queen was not very well-off, and the reason for doing this was because she was worried about the harem's interference in politics. In fact, this phenomenon was very serious in the Wanli Dynasty and was not avoided at all.

Speaking of which, this is really a system issue.

The immigration matter was dragged down. Zhu Youjian either had no money or was unwilling to spend this money and take out the money. Most of the money would be embezzled. But he could only count on the people below to deal with this matter. At this time, he remembered Chen Xie's benefits. Why are officials under Chen Xie not greedy? Or he dare not embezzle. So, are there any officials in the world who are not greedy? There may be, but there are absolutely few.

The next morning, Yang Tinglin came out to talk about this matter again. It would be fine if he didn't say it. He should let everyone see it. I'll take care of this matter. Zhu Youjian was mentally prepared and pretended to be deaf and dumb on the dragon throne. Anyway, this matter is still very far away. There is a shortage of population in various places and has little to do with the capital. There is no need for the officials below to die with the emperor for this matter.

Since things are not easy to handle, let's just drag it off. Anyway, Zhu Youjian made up his mind that this money must not be given so simply. Once this opening is opened, he will be thinking about the little money in his inner treasury in the future. In the past few years, relying on Chen Xie, Zhu Youjian saved up a property with more than 3 million taels of silver. His life in the harem was much better. Concubine Tian wanted to buy some jewelry and other things and could take out the money. The clothes on her body also saw new ones. Well, this clothes were all made by Zhu Myo. Queen Zhou and others wanted to do it, but Zhu Youjian still didn't agree. Silk materials are so expensive! (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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