After staying in the grassland for more than two months, watching the migration of various tribes in the north begin to proceed in an orderly manner, and the construction of the three households in Moting is also in full swing, Zhu Yunwen then set off to return to Beijing.

"With an efficient cabinet and a clear separation system between military and government, whether there is an emperor in Nanjing or not, it will not hinder the normal operation of state affairs, so I have time to take you around the north, south, west and east with peace of mind."

The comfortable and wide Tianzi was enough to sit down Zhu Yunwen's family of seven or eight people, and the Jianwen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty looked at the scenery along the way, and proudly showed off to several of his daughters-in-law.

Enlarging the power of the cabinet can indeed free up the emperor's space, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the cabinet will inevitably steal the imperial power in the administration of the government and weaken the emperor's control over the country.

The emperors of all dynasties have an almost pathological possessiveness of power, and Zhu Yunwen is no exception, but he did not choose to study like his grandfather, and he even held three court meetings a day, and even the sesame trivial matters at the county level had to be determined by the sacred heart.

He gave the cabinet power, but infinitely magnified his image as an emperor in the eyes of the world, and the success of the god-making movement made him not even the slightest threat to his imperial power even if he delegated personnel appointments and imperial examinations to the cabinet.

Their hands can't reach out to the army, and they only rely on one mouth, what kind of coup can they carry out?

In the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, there are several eye-catching walled walls, but there are portraits of Zhu Yunwen, the emperor and the slogan that is very powerful: "The army is the Ming National Defense Army, and the soldiers are the soldiers of the people." ’

Strengthening the concept of home and country in the hearts of the military will greatly avoid the threat of becoming a private army, and the soldiers who occupy the vast majority of the army will not be deceived by a few rhetorical words of the ambitious party.

Shoufu, Shoufu, Yang Shiqi, who is above 10,000 people under one person, can't get rid of this auxiliary word after all, and the cabinet is also an auxiliary minister, and he is an assistant to Zhu Yunwen, the emperor, to govern the country.

Although the difference between the first assistant of the cabinet and the prime minister of the cabinet is only two words, the meaning is very different. The former is an imperial dictatorship, and the latter is a constitutional system.

At present, the dictatorship of the monarchy of the Ming Dynasty has even reached the point of fanaticism, for example, as the right senator of the General Political Division, Xu Buji, the top sycophant of the Ming Dynasty, once made a statement to Zhu Yunwen last year, hoping to be able to sort out and collect some of the whip and point-to-point remarks that Zhu Yunwen said on weekdays, and make a collection of emperor's thoughts, so that the scholars of the world can study the ideology and spirit in depth.

But this Xu Buji is not relenting, he has been engaging in tandem in private, planning to come to a collective book, so as to shoot a dragon fart, if it weren't for Zhu Yunwen going north to cruise the grassland this time, I'm afraid it would really come out, think about it, it's not bad.

It can be seen that between the Ming Dynasty and the opposition at this time, even if Zhu Yunwen is playing happily every day, he doesn't have to worry about the embarrassing situation of Nanjing setting up another court when he returns to Beijing, and wants to overthrow the emperor? None of the six cabinet ministries have any of them.

As soon as he thought that he would be able to wander around the world in the future and appreciate the beautiful environment of pure nature in the zero industrial era, Zhu Yunwen felt that he was in a good mood.

The Chinese army circled Beiping to the south and marched along the South Beijing Road, which had begun construction a few years earlier and took two years to build. Pick the corner of the car window, and you can clearly see the golden wheat waves on both sides of this national highway.

"Hebei has finally recovered some vitality over the years, but it is far from enough."

Looking at it, Zhu Yunwen sighed again: "At present, the most important thing for me is to quickly restore the livelihood of the people in the north, otherwise the imbalance between the north and the south will be too serious."

The land of Hebei, since the end of the Tang Dynasty fell into the hands of foreign races, five dynasties and ten countries have fought for nearly 500 years. ”

There are more than 60 million people in Daming, but there are only more than 10 million people in the north, such as Zhili, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Henan, and Fujian in the south. These seven provinces alone have more than 40 million, not including Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan and Liangguang.

"Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, in the past 36 years, several provinces in Hebei have finally quadrupled from more than one million households to four million households today, and the results are still gratifying."

Ma Enhui said with relief: "As long as the wind and rain are smooth, the country and the people are safe, and the recovery of people's livelihood is always very fast, and Your Majesty does not need to worry too much." ”

"Ugh."

Zhu Yunwen sighed, and said hatefully: "It has been hundreds of miles since Beiping went south, and the county seat along the way is dilapidated, and there are only a few villages outside the city. ”

With a bang, Zhu Yunwen slapped his palm on the several cases beside him.

Mongolia destroyed gold and slaughtered dozens of cities in Hebei; The expedition to Western Xia was thousands of miles wide along the road, attacking Sichuan, and there were only more than 10,000 households left in the whole province of Sichuan!

So much so that after Kublai Khan established the country, he had to move to Hubei and Sichuan.

A hundred years of the Yuan Dynasty sat down, the reproduction of Dingkou in this land of Hebei is still slow and pitiful, thanks to Kublai Khan to Zhang Hongfan for Boyan, this big traitor at least has a bit of humanity, after the destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty, there is rarely a slaughter of the city, and the Han people in the south of the Yangtze River have survived.

In the first year of the dragon and phoenix, the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River were divided, and they were essentially separated from the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. In the first year of Hongwu's Northern Expedition, the situation of one year unified the north and the south, and cleared the emperor.

This gave the people of Hebei a chance to recuperate.

"In the past few years, the imperial court has been implementing a deficit economy, and the results are still huge."

Zhu Yunwen had the heart to tell Zhu Wenkui, who was sitting honestly on the side, and took the initiative to talk about state affairs.

"Although the treasury and the treasury have been unable to make ends meet for the past two years, the country is poor and the people are rich, and a large amount of wealth has been transferred from the treasury to the hands of the people, so that a large number of poor peasants, who are generally underclothed and hungry, can be fed and clothed, and stimulate their fertility and breeding.

Coupled with the development of commerce and trade, this time Moting and Pingping, it is expected that in a few years, Beiping, a military town, will become the first prosperous city in the north, after all, he is close to Pingjin, close to North Korea, plus the north-south Beijing Road and the Grand Canal.

Once Beiping becomes prosperous, merchants will flock to it and provide a large number of jobs, and Hebei will gradually become a hot land, attracting more people and craftsmen who can only mix food and clothing in the south to go north.

Everything will slowly get better. ”

Zhu Yunwen chattered a lot more, mainly to analyze the cabinet's policies for Zhu Wenkui, and no matter how much the little guy could understand, in short, it was a cramming teaching.

"What books have you been reading lately?"

After talking about the national policy, Zhu Yunwen diverted the topic and asked Zhu Wenkui.

"Back to my father, my sons are reading the history of the twenty-first during this time."

Twenty-one History?

Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, and asked with interest: "How do you think of reading history books, history books are boring and boring." ”

Zhu Wenkui replied honestly: "Although the history books are boring and boring, there is a way to know the rise and fall by taking history as a mirror, and watching the politics of the past dynasties, I have a lot of insights." ”

"There is a chance."

Zhu Yunwen only felt relieved, stretched out his hand and rubbed Zhu Wenkui's head, and praised: "That's right, taking history as a mirror can know the rise and fall, since this is the case, I will test you, if you become an emperor in the future, how should you govern." ”

The atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became serious, and several daughters-in-law looked at Zhu Wenkui, and at the same time secretly aimed at Zhu Yunwen.

No one thought that the young and energetic Zhu Yunwen would not hesitate to take the school entrance examination for his son.

"Lightly pay for the meager endowment and rest with the people."

Zhu Wenkui replied cautiously and said his thoughts: "The sons and ministers look at the politics of the past dynasties, the Han Dynasty is prosperous and strong, and the Tang Chengzhen is prosperous. ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Yun shook his head and guided step by step: "It makes sense, the Jianwen praised by the people of the world once reached the Han and Tang Dynasties, but in fact, it inherited the remnants of the Hongwu world, and it was not my work. Then I ask you again, do you know why you can create a prosperous world by taking care of the meager endowment and resting with the people? ”

"Because under the light and meager endowment, the people's power can gradually be revived, the people are fed and clothed, and the descendants will be extended, and the more fields will be cultivated, and the more fields will be more, and the grain taxes will be more.

Zhu Yunwen laughed: "Haha, you can." ”

Suppressing his laughter, he nodded in approval, and continued to ask: "What about the national policy after lightly dismissing the meager endowment and resting with the people?" ”

Zhu Wenkui blinked his eyes a few times, thought for a moment and shook his head lightly: "Erchen is dull and doesn't know what." ”

"You can see the appearance of this first layer, and I'm already satisfied."

A seven-year-old child can understand that the benevolent government of cultivation and recuperation can enhance national strength, and Zhu Yunwen is very satisfied with this.

"It's not easy for you to know the importance of benevolent government by looking at history, and then you need to put down the history books and teach you the rest."

Zhu Wenkui immediately knelt down respectfully: "Ask for the teachings of the emperor." ”

"You and I, father and son, don't be polite."

Pulling up Wen Kui, Zhu Yunwen earnestly taught: "The so-called benevolent government of lightly dispensing with the meager endowment and resting with the people, why can dynasties for thousands of years use this method to enhance national strength?" It is because there were few people and more land at the beginning of the dynasty.

The country's national strength has not yet reached saturation, so it needs a large number of Dingkou people to enrich the territory and cultivate the land, and if the taxes and forced labor are not reduced, the people will not be able to give birth.

Once the people can be fed and clothed, the reproduction speed of Dingkou will naturally be greatly improved, and the more people there are, the more fertile land, and the national strength will be prosperous. The more prosperous the national strength, the richer the people; The richer the people, the more mouthful; The more mouths, the more fields, and then the stronger the country. This is a virtuous circle.

And when the national power of a dynasty reaches its peak, it is precisely when the dynasty begins to perish, and the prosperity is the end of the world. ”

The daughters-in-law and children in the carriage were all puzzled, and Zhu Wenkui first asked: "If it is a prosperous era, how can it be the end of the world?" ”

"Because the country is already full."

Zhu Yunwen explained to the little guy: "It's like a water tank, if it's full, it will overflow, if it's full, there is nowhere to overflow, the more water in it, the more water in it, the more the water tank will burst."

A dynasty is rich and powerful because of benevolent government, and the population multiplies rapidly, but the amount of land is limited, and without land, how can the new people live?

More and more people need to eat, and if there is no food to eat, there will be conflicts.

At this time, it is necessary to transfer the contradiction.

You only see that the rule of Wenjing created a magnificent era of the Han Dynasty, so you can understand why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought with the Xiongnu. In addition to no longer being close to each other for the sake of backbone, the domestic contradictions of the Han Dynasty have begun to appear, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty needs a channel to transfer contradictions, and foreign war and expansion are the most appropriate way.

After decades of fighting, the Han was exhausted, and countless people tightened their necks and belts to support this big battle. In the end, this national battle ended with the victory of our Han people, and we not only gained thousands of miles of horse farms, but also killed countless people. This is the situation where Han Wu died and Zhaoxuan Zhongxing. ”

Zhu Wenkui's mouth opened wide in surprise, this was the first time he had heard this kind of explanation, and he felt like a fantasy.

"Benevolence is both good and bad."

Zhu Yunwen said with a smile: "Tyranny is both bad and good, and you have to look at many things comprehensively." Tang Youzhenguan's rule, Shenlong's rule, and Kaiyuan's rule can be said to have reached the peak of national strength, and there are already tens of thousands of people in Dingkou alone, not to mention countless remote villages hidden in the fields, and those high-ranking officials and nobles' family servants?

So when it reached this height, the Tang Dynasty was no longer able to become strong, he had to expand, he had to fight, and he had to die!

However, Li Longji, the emperor, did not see the contradictions that had emerged, and chose to be content with pleasure and the status quo. If it weren't for the countless casualties in the Anshi Rebellion, it would not take a hundred years for the Tang Dynasty to multiply to 20,000, and when such a number of people had no food to eat, the Tang Dynasty would only die faster. ”

Guoheng is destroyed by weakness, and Han is dyed by strength.

Zhu Yunwen didn't know where this argument came from.

At the end of the same dynasty, what is the difference between the Han, Tang and Ming dynasties?

The most glorious thing about the Han Dynasty is that he did not let the aliens steal the land at the end of his life, which is what the Tang and Ming dynasties should learn from.

The Huangchao Rebellion and King Chuang's rebellion were all due to the large population, coupled with the division of the Tang Dynasty's gate valves, and the Ming Dynasty's clan relatives raised pigs.

"If you want to be an emperor, you don't need to learn how to govern, because your great-grandfather, Emperor Gao, and I have already laid a good foundation for you."

Zhu Yunwen said solemnly: "What you should really learn is to carefully observe and pay attention to the upcoming national contradictions, because once the prosperous era comes, the contradictions will be intensified, and the land will be limited and the wealth will be limited." ”

The most prominent feature of the prosperous era is: the huge gap between the rich and the poor that has gradually been widened!

Zhu Yunwen has alleviated this speed by paying grain to the gentry and abolishing the annual salary of the clan relatives, but this is far from enough.

In later generations, the nationalization of land also led to the disparity between the rich and the poor and the emergence of severe class antagonism along with the course of society.

Hate the rich, hate the official.

This is human nature, and it is an inevitable phenomenon.

These things are too obscure for Zhu Wenkui at the moment, he only feels that he can hear it in a fog, and he doesn't know where to answer at all, so he has to listen to Zhu Yunwen continue honestly.

"The Ming monarchs and holy lords of the past dynasties are not ignorant, but they are powerless to break the situation in the game, the reason is that when they found out that when they found out that the prosperous era, the country had already given birth to too many big landlords and gate valves, and these powerful forces were entangled, enough to resist the imperial power, making these ambitious emperors powerless.

The Sui Dynasty was too easy to win the country, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, the Guanlong aristocratic group had already taken shape, and he was not a country established on a ruin, and Yang Jian could not leave a relaxed environment for Emperor Yang of Sui to act at will like Taizu.

Han and Tang, including our Ming Dynasty, were all established in ruins, Han has no relics of the Six Kingdoms, Tang has no Eight Pillar Kingdoms, and my Ming Dynasty is even more honorable and dead.

At present, there is no one who can compete with the common people for profit, and there will be no contradictions without the conflict of interests. Therefore, in the next few decades, the development of people's power will be very rapid.

Fifty or one hundred years later, the mouth will reach tens of thousands, and everywhere you look, the people in every city can be side by side, and at that time, it will be the biggest crisis of our Ming Dynasty. ”

The heyday, that is, the last days.

Zhu Wenkui was frightened by this biggest crisis, and hurriedly asked: "In this case, why break the situation?" ”

"Only the people are safe inside, and there is a way to expand the territory."

Zhu Yunwen said in a condensed voice: "Internally, you have to listen to the demands of the people who occupy the largest number of contradictions and realize them. Externally, waging wars will turn internal contradictions into disasters for foreign races, and drive the landlords and powerful classes in the country to contribute money and efforts to reward and pay the salaries of the common people for enlisting in the army and to manufacture more advanced armaments, so that they can unite with one gun to the outside world.

Through the war, the people were able to live in peace and survive with profits, and the powerful and powerful profits filled their pockets, and then willingly supported the imperial court to continue to launch foreign expansion, as long as the expansion did not stop for a day, the domestic contradictions would not break out for a day.

If you have the power of all the nations in the world and support me in the Ming Dynasty, you can open the foundation of an immortal dynasty for all generations. ”

"Productivity determines superstructure and development."

Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Wenkui and said in a deep voice: "Therefore, we must pay attention to craftsmen, and we must pay attention to craftsmen."

The expansion of the cavalry is too slow, and the conquest of long knives and bows is also too slow, once the speed of expansion cannot catch up with the speed of domestic development, then it will inevitably cause severe contradictions to intensify, only craftsmen can help me to alleviate the pace of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise, you must make up for it by other means. ”

"By what means?"

"If you don't want to lose the country, you must constantly compromise with the people, give them the power to demand everything, and suppress and deprive the powerful and nobles of their power."

External expansion is the idea of capital, and internal concession is the idea of republicanism.

To the left or to the right, it depends on how Zhu Yunwen's successor will grasp it in the future.

Emperor Taizu and Zhu Yunwen will leave an incomparably solid foundation for the third generation of leaders of the Ming Dynasty.