Emperor Chongzhen said with a grudge: "You are all adults, why are you still like a child? Choice? Do you think you still need to choose this kind of problem?"

Looking at Zhu Ciyang, who was a little confused, Emperor Chongzhen said, "Where do you think about the problem from? You are the crown prince and the next Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Do you tell me that you want to choose?

I tell you that as long as it is beneficial to you, you should choose all, not one of them! This is the emperor!"

Zhu Cilang bowed to the teachings and received the teachings, no wonder his father was able to achieve such achievements. With this shameless spirit alone, few people probably can match it!

Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Countries and nations like Japan are surrendering to the strong in their bones. As long as the Ming Dynasty is strong enough, they will kneel down honestly. Otherwise, they will be the first to jump out and make trouble.

Therefore, when it is useful, use it, insert a large number of people in Japan and secretly control Japan, and throw all the blame to Japan.

When Japan is useless, we will deal with it quickly. My Ming Dynasty will naturally follow the will of heaven, punish the people and punish the crimes, and always stand on the great, bright and correct dry shore.

This is the most correct method, not a single method, do you understand?

In addition, what are the problems with the recent Ming Dynasty? What can you see from the recent memorials?"

Seeing that Zhu Cilang was still a little confused, Emperor Chongzhen pointed to the memorial on the table and said, "Please take these memorials and then talk to me again."

Zhu Cixuan honestly picked up the memorial on the table and read it slowly. He was stunned and said, "Father, is the population increase in the Ming Dynasty accelerating?"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Yes, you should know the reason for the accelerated population growth, right? What are the consequences? Have you ever thought about it?"

Zhu Cilang carefully said: "The reason for the accelerated population growth rate is that my sons think it should be caused by the stability of the overall environment in the Ming Dynasty, the increase in grain production, and the increase in private wealth.

As for the consequences, it is likely that the land is not distributed enough. If this continues, problems will easily arise?"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded: "The increase in population is a good thing, but there are prone to problems in land distribution.

Fortunately, the newly added population is not too large, but in another ten or twenty years, the population will increase in multiples. Where can I find so much land to allocate them?

Don’t tell me that there is a lot of land there on Penglaizhou, but first of all, you have to think about the population of the Ming Dynasty. If everyone wants land, no matter how much land there is, it is not enough to divide it. Even if the whole world is destroyed, it may not be enough.

Then the problem is, how should the prince solve it in this situation?"

When Emperor Chongzhen mentioned the word "Crown Prince", Zhu Cilang understood in his heart that this was also one of his own exams, but it was just a little easier.

After considering for a while, Zhu Cilang said: "According to the opinions of his sons, it is better to guide the people out and make some people give up farming and turn from farming into labor, businessmen, soldiers, and soldiers.

When a large number of people changed from farmers to workers, merchants, soldiers, and soldiers, they no longer needed land, and the problem of insufficient land distribution will naturally be solved part of it."

Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "But what should we do if these transformed people want to go back to farm again? Or what should we do if the remaining people don't want to farm anymore?"

Zhu Cilang was immediately confused.

Ordinary people become scholars, workers, merchants, and soldiers and then want to go back to farm, or the remaining people don’t want to farm anymore. No matter which of these two may come out, it will be a fatal problem.

The former is that the court and local governments will once again face the problem of insufficient land cultivation, while the latter is that the whole world is facing the problem of insufficient food.

Seeing that Zhu Cilang was a little confused, Emperor Chongzhen did not care much about himself. He just laughed twice before instructing: "You go back and discuss with the people in your mansion first to see if there is any good solution.

Don't worry, this matter is far from being burned, and at least you will have ten or twenty years left for you, so don't worry before this."

Emperor Chongzhen, who was smiling on his face, had actually been criticized countless times in his heart.

On the surface, this question was a homework thrown to Zhu Cilang, but in fact Emperor Chongzhen himself did not know what the answer to this question was!

Others may not know it, but Emperor Chongzhen saw it clearly than anyone else.

The current situation in the Ming Dynasty was that the people began to become richer, and the total amount of wealth increased accordingly. The pressure on people's lives was small, and there were not enough entertainment programs, giving birth to children became a popular thing among the people.

Especially since the third year of Chongzhen, the government has subsidized children and also provided subsidies for children's education, so the people naturally dared to have a happy and bold childbirth.

In other words, since the population has gradually increased since the three years since Chongzhen, one of them has become fully grown, and these people will continue to create the next generation...

In another twenty or thirty years, the population of the Ming Dynasty is likely to rise sharply from more than 200 million to about 300 million.

How many people can the entire earth accommodate?

Judging from the total population of later generations, 500 million should be no problem. However, the premise for accommodating 5000 million people in later generations is that later generations have sufficient advanced production technology, and both land and food can support so many people.

Does the Ming Dynasty have such advanced production technology?

Obviously, no, even less than one-tenth of those technologies in later generations, it is obviously unrealistic to feed so many people with just one hybrid grain and high-yield crop.

As for family planning and other things, Emperor Chongzhen never thought about it.

Theoretically, the population limit of the Ming Dynasty should be around one billion, plus the territory of Tsarist Russia, and the territory of Europa, which is probably like this.

The problem here is that if you want to support so many people, a large number of people will inevitably be bound to the land, otherwise there will be insufficient food.

The consequence of not enough food, the changes in the dynasty over thousands of years have proved everything...

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen also had a headache for these messy problems.

In contrast, the remaining problems such as corruption in the administration of officials seem insignificant.

In fact, whether it is ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, problems such as corruption in the administration of officials are not difficult to manage, and with the existence of Shenmingting, it is not difficult to manage them.

After a long headache, Emperor Chongzhen simply left this problem behind.

Just like what I said to Prince Zhu Cixuan just now, there is still time, at least one or two decades, so you can take it slowly without being too anxious.

It is not too long or too short for ten years. It is probably enough for the cabinet and Zhongji Palace to come up with some solutions.

Emperor Chongzhen once again turned his attention to Ottoman Türkiye.

This time, the Ottoman Turkey has been in trouble for eight lifetimes. There is a Mughal Empire in the east that is eager to divert domestic conflicts. There is a lackey of the Great Ming Dynasty name, the Holy Roman Empire, the Daming Dynasty, stationed in the south. The Suez Canal Squadron under the Ming South China Sea Fleet, and the Tsarist Russia is about to go crazy.

All four families are enough for one table of mahjong!

However, Ottoman Türkiye is definitely not a good person.

The Ottoman Turkish Sultan Mohammed IV, who was almost killed by Ozelangbu, was born in Chongzhen in the 15th year and succeeded to the throne in the 21st year. He was only six years old when he just succeeded to the throne. The government affairs were successively presided over by his grandmother and mother.

In the eight years since Mohamed IV had just ascended to the position of Sudan, the entire Ottoman Turkey's political system was rampant and there were constant rebellions everywhere, but it was said that the entire Ottoman Türkiye had begun to go downhill.

Of course, there was absolutely no secret effort from the Ming Empire here, and the Jinyiwei was definitely not disturbing the wind and rain in it. Emperor Chongzhen dared to swear with Huang Taiji's life.

Just last year, in the 28th year of Chongzhen, Mohamed Koplulu, who served as Prime Minister of Ottoman Turkey, executed about 10,000 people in just one year.

More than 10,000 corrupt officials, illegal soldiers and conspiring traitors.

At this time, Mohammed IV, who was just fourteen years old, showed the talents that a monarch should have.

In addition to strongly supporting Kop Lulu's ruthless rectification, he also successfully directed the military and the people's gaze to the Mughal Empire that had assassinated himself before.

On the one hand, Prime Minister Kop Lulu vigorously rectified corruption, so that the living conditions of the people in the Ottoman country can be improved, and on the other hand, it guided the attention of the people and the army toward war.

It can be said that the conflicts in Ottoman Turkey were basically transferred to the outside world by Mohammed IV and Kop Lulu.

This kind of slutty operation once made Emperor Chongzhen think that Muhammad IV was also a time traveler.

Unfortunately, God still prefers the Ming Dynasty after all. Only Emperor Chongzhen appeared on this plane, and Muhammad IV was not a time traveler.

If we talk about evidence, it is the harem of Muhammad IV.

Muhammad IV was the sultan of Ottoman Türkiye. If converted into the Ming system, it would probably be equivalent to the existence of Emperor Chongzhen.

The Ottoman Turks sultans had harems, and there were more than one or two beauties in the harem, and there were always hundreds of dozens of beauties. In addition to those palace maids, it was almost easy for thousands of people to do so.

Muhammad IV is no exception. Although he is only fourteen years old now, he already understands what he should understand, and he also accepts the beauties who have contributed to the ministers and nobles.

However, just like the harem of the Emperor of Central Plains, the beauties in the harem need to be served by others, because it is impossible for these beauties to cultivate the land and weave cloth themselves, right?

Otherwise, who is still in the mood to serve the Sultan? If the Sultan returns to the harem, he will have to face the beauties in the harem thinking about how to farm and get clothes. How can he provide the Sultan with a pleasant harem environment for physical and mental health?

Therefore, these beauties in the harem must be served by someone so that they can serve the Sultan wholeheartedly and allow the Sultan to focus more on the government.

The key is that the people who serve those beautiful women in the harem of Muhammad IV.

In the harem of the Emperor of Central Plains, those who serve the beauties were all eunuchs, which also led to the uniqueness of the castration technology of the Central Plains, and many vassal states could not learn well.

The Ottoman Türkiye, who also thought of the castration technology, obviously had no talent in this technology, and it was often unclearly castrated.

There are many beauties, and there is only one Sudan who is responsible for sowing. The people who cannot evenly serve the rain and dew are castrated and cannot be completely castrated. It is not difficult to guess what will happen in the harem.

Just like the Central Plains emperors' habit of eating alone, the Ottoman Turkish Sultans also like to eat more and eat more, and also like to eat alone.

In order to prevent themselves from being green, the Ottoman Turkish sultans came up with a slutty operation that no one could have imagined in the harem who used to serve those beauties were all black!

Because the Sultans discovered that once the beauties and black people in the harem become pregnant, the chance of giving birth to black children will be very high.

If it is a Turk who is not castrated, there is basically no way to judge, but if it is a black man, it will be completely different. After all, as long as you take a look at the child born, you can basically know whether you have been green.

Such a magical operation appeared in the harem of Ottoman Turks in an open manner, while Mohammed IV inherited this operation completely without any changes.

This is a real deal. Even if there is no other evidence to prove it, Emperor Chongzhen dared to promise that this guy could not be a time traveler.

Because the old drivers from later generations came here, they were afraid they were not even at ease with the use of eunuchs. After all, there was a precedent for Mi Qing, a prodigal woman.

Emperor Chongzhen simply reduced the number of harems, only pursuing quality rather than quantity. Although there were more than ten, compared with the Muhammad IV, who often had hundreds of beauties, Emperor Chongzhen's harems were obviously insufficient.

But Muhammad IV used black people as slaves in the harem with peace of mind, without even the slightest change, and did not even care whether the black people were castrated.

However, this issue cannot conceal the precociousness of the young guy, Muhammad IV, in political precociousness and military vision.

In fact, if Ozerangbu had A-Yi and others secretly provided their efforts, the Ming Empire was also deliberately and powerlessly pulling the fight, but I was afraid that Mughal would really not be able to confront Mohammed IV.

After all, Mughal was a bit harsh in the Ming Dynasty before, and his strength has declined much compared to the period of Shah Jahan.
Chapter completed!