Why the Ming Dynasty perished, there are different opinions.

Some people say it's because of natural disasters, some people say it's because of man-made disasters;

Some people say that it is a good thing done by the civil official group, and some people say that it is the eunuchs who cause it;

Some people say that Houjin is too strong, and some people say that Daming is too weak;

Some people say that the apocalypse must be responsible, and some people say that Chongzhen must take the blame.

Some people even say that the death of the Ming Dynasty began with orthodoxy, Jiajing, and Wanli......

In fact, feudal dynasties all have their commonalities, and most of the demise of a feudal dynasty has a common reason, that is, land annexation.

This is the case in many feudal dynasties, the later it is, the more serious the land annexation becomes, and the later it is, the more the land is concentrated in the hands of a few, and the peasants, who really make up the majority of the population, tend to slowly lose the land they depend on for survival, resulting in famine, turmoil, and the dynasty will also perish.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty went to extinction, in the final analysis, is also because of land annexation, most of the land in the world has been annexed, the peasants have no way to live, only rebellion, it is the peasant uprisings one after another that consume the last bit of national strength of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will appear so vulnerable.

When it comes to the land annexation of the Ming Dynasty, the most ferocious is these royal relatives, they may have become idle and at a loss because they have been deprived of too much power, so that they are extremely greedy for material, money, land, etc., which can be scooped up, can let them enjoy the glory, and the things they want are extremely greedy.

Their greed is quite terrifying, enough to be described as insatiable, no matter how much land they annex, they can't satisfy their appetite, no matter how much money they make, they don't feel enough, as if they were born to annex land and oppress the people.

In short, a prince will not be less than 10,000 hectares, and a county king will not be less than 1,000 hectares, like the Fu King and King Lu of the Wanli Dynasty, as soon as they became a domain, it was tens of thousands of hectares of arable land, and they were still desperately merging, desperately annexing, and never knowing to be satisfied.

The Ming Dynasty only had a total of eight or nine million hectares of cultivated land, and there were more than 60 princes in the Ming Dynasty, and the county kings swelled to thousands in the end, and the amount of land they annexed can be imagined.

Take the Henan Zhou Wangfu lineage as an example, there are more than 70 county kings derived from its descendants, so that Runan, Shunyang, Xin'an, Yongning, Ruyang, Zhenping, Yiyang, Suiping, Fengqiu, Luoshan, Neixiang, Yincheng, Yuanwu, Yanling, Heyin, Xiangcheng, Yiyang, Yingchuan, Yiyang, Ruyin, Linru, Shenqiu, Shangluo, Luyang, Lintuan, etc.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the most serious land annexation of Henan cultivated land is almost eighty percent in the hands of the royal family, and Shanxi is almost seventy percent of the cultivated land in the hands of the royal family, other such as Shaanxi, Huguang, Sichuan, Shandong and other places, the land annexed by the royal family is more than six or seven percent, less than four or five percent, that is to say, these royal relatives alone occupy most of the world's arable land, and there are other princes and nobles, as well as civil official groups, as well as eunuchs and other power classes are crazy to annex land, how can the common people live, It's strange if you don't rebel!

Now, Jiajing is not aware of this, and King Jin is even less aware of this, but Yang Cong is very clear that most of the reason why the Ming Dynasty fell was because these royal clansmen were too crazy to annex land.

They are insatiable and bring about their own destruction!

These moths, who don't know whether they are alive or dead, have annexed so much land and taken it to be buried?

The more Yang Cong thought about it, the more angry he became, but he repeatedly told himself that he couldn't be impulsive, he couldn't be impulsive.

Impulsiveness is the devil, and the impulsive person is likely to become the devil, and the calm person can surrender the devil.

He can't do anything to these royal relatives at this time, if he is impulsive, not only will it not help, but he may also mess up the Yang family's salt business in Shanxi, wouldn't that be lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot!

He forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said calmly: "Lord Zhou, do you think these two or three thousand acres of land can bring much income in a year, do you Jin Wangfu really care about this money?" ”

Zhou Feng still said unhurriedly: "Two or three thousand acres of land have at least more than a thousand taels of income, not enough, enough to feed dozens of people, a lot." ”

Nima, isn't this the money, look at you who are greedy?

Yang Cong said with a little disdain: "It's just more than a thousand taels, there's no need to be so popular, right?" ”

His disdain is not pretending, but really disdainful, a dignified prince, for the benefit of more than a thousand taels, he feels ashamed.

When Zhou Feng saw Yang Cong's expression, his face became a little ugly.

This kid is really crazy, he dares to despise our Jin Wangfu so much.

He suppressed the anger in his heart, and fought back lightly: "More than a thousand taels is also money, if you give it to someone else, it will be gone." ”

Nima, greedy for money, right, I'll let you be greedy.

Yang Cong suddenly waved his hand and said boldly: "Forget it, we won't talk about this matter of more than a thousand taels, let's talk about a big business." ”

Big business?

When Zhou Feng heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, what does this kid mean?

He asked cautiously, "Lord Yang, what does this big business mean?" ”

Yang Cong stared at him and said word by word: "It's very simple, I rent 100,000 mu of land from your Jin Wangfu, and I pay 100,000 taels of rent a year, what do you think?" ”

Yes!

Isn't this kid crazy, 100,000 acres of land, planing expenses, it would be good to earn 50,000 taels a year, he actually paid 100,000 taels!

He was a little incredulous: "Is this true? ”

Of course Yang Cong is not crazy, 100,000 acres of land, 100,000 taels of rent, on the surface it is a loss, but it saves me I don't know how much trouble, at least, the annual salt introduction of Taiyuan Town is not to worry much, Jin Wangfu for this 100,000 taels of rent a year, no matter how much it drops, it is impossible to go against himself.

Moreover, he didn't lose much, because grain procurement and transportation are costly, and it may be higher than the price of the grain itself, that is to say, his father may spend more than 100,000 taels to buy 100,000 stone grain, and he will directly give 100,000 taels to the Jin Wangfu, and it will be done once and for all, how cool.

He nodded solemnly and said, "Of course it's true, as long as you are willing to rent and the contract is signed, we will pay the money immediately, and we can pay you the rent for next year for one year." ”

When Zhou Feng heard this, he couldn't help but say excitedly: "Okay, I'll go back and ask our prince, I believe that our prince will definitely agree, Lord Yang, you just wait for the good news." ”

Yang Cong nodded lightly, and then smiled: "There is another word, please ask Lord Zhou to bring it to His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Chen Dan, that old guy is afraid that he can't do me, so he tricks you Jin Wangfu to make a move, don't be used as a gun!" ”

This!

Zhou Feng thought about it carefully, they were really used as guns.

For more than a thousand taels, offending the emperor's nurse and aunt, isn't this sick!

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