It was the height of summer, and the verdant green trees covered the imperial palace in the center of the Kyoto Division, and after several years of renovation, the current imperial palace has begun to show its prototype. The palace's well-manicured gardens are full of butterflies and bees, and it's a vibrant scene.

In the garden of the palace, on the stone path of the leafy garden, Zhu Mingzhong, as the emperor, was pacing slowly. He was dressed in loose clothes, and although he seemed calm, he seemed a little distraught, and even because of the hot weather, his mood became more and more restless.

It's been three years!

Three years ago, he ascended the throne and became the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, with the year name Xingqian.

Although this era name has a good metaphor, it is destined to flourish. But what kind of situation did he face when he ascended the throne?

It is facing a devastated country, which has lost 80% of its population due to nearly two decades of war, and there are also various problems within the country.

As a latecomer, he has been trying to change the country in his own way.

Abolishing the imperial examination and revitalizing practical learning, he tried to rewrite the future within the scope of his ability. Of course, what is more important is the transformation of social studies into elementary schools, county schools into secondary schools, coupled with the high schools of government schools and the universityization of academies, Zhu Mingzhong established the education system of the 17th century in a unique way, and it is difficult to predict what kind of fruits this system will produce, but it is certain that the future is bound to develop very differently from the future he is familiar with.

And for this "big difference", he even chose to recuperate, instead of chasing the poor man with Yu Yong, of course, the reason why he did not chase the poor man was because he had other plans for the poor man.

Stabilize and develop, and then accumulate strength and knock the opponent down with one punch!

This is Zhu Mingzhong's choice, and it is also the need of reality, and it is the best choice.

However, is the Ming Dynasty internally stable now?

On the surface, there is stability, but in fact there is an undercurrent surging.

The impact of the abolition of the imperial examination on the world will not dissipate in a short time. Moreover, Li Dingguo has not yet entered the center, which means that the country is still divided. However, Zhu Mingzhong's hope for the ultimate goal of "making the country rich and the army strong, and the people rich and the country strong" is still far away.

On the other hand, the development of the South Seas and the Northeast has not brought the expected economic benefits, but the overseas colonization is like a bottomless pool, sucking local resources. After all, after the repeated massacres of the Liukou and the Qing captives, the current population of the Ming Dynasty is only more than 38 million people, even after the "spread into the mu", the hidden Ding from all over the country has poured out, and the population is only more than 40 million. The sparse population compared to the abundant land in the country makes people have little incentive to migrate on their own.

Because of this, exile was at the heart of the Ming Dynasty, the purpose of which was to encourage people to emigrate overseas. Even now that begging is now prohibited, and beggars are exiled to the Northeast and South Seas, it is for this reason.

As for the "official mountains and seas", which are now called the "head of bad government", the mountains, forests, rivers and rivers of the world are all collected by the officials, and the people who privately cultivate land and cut down the land for thousands of miles are also artificially caused by the "shortage of arable land", and then prompt the people to emigrate overseas or to the northeast.

However, as an advocate of this maladministration, Zhu Mingzhong knew very well that from the day the imperial examination was abolished, in the Ming Dynasty, in the prefectures, counties, and villages of the Ming Dynasty, dissatisfaction with him was like smoke rising with the wind, filling all corners of the Ming Dynasty.

How many scholars are there in the world who are dissatisfied with the abolition of the imperial examination and the eight forces of the imperial court? After all, under the guidance of the ideology of "prosperous times", the common people who cannot reclaim land at will will be dissatisfied in the face of the wasteland and mountains controlled by the government, and the exile brought about by private reclamation and illegal logging will inevitably arouse the anger of the people.

When the time comes, what to do?

At this time, a figure appeared in front of him again, and whenever Zhu Mingzhong encountered a problem, this figure would appear. He is the Chongzhen Emperor who hanged himself on the coal mountain.

Chongzhen can't be regarded as a faint king, but why can he only hang himself in the coal mountain in the end?

Every time at this time, Zhu Mingzhong will think of him, think of this nominal father, and the reason why he will think of him is because he knows that it is a warning to him, and Chongzhen's experience warns him that what it means to fail is not only the future of the country, but also that he may repeat the mistakes of the past.

It is precisely because of this that when he does everything, he will repeatedly consider it, thinking that it is indeed beneficial to the people, but even so, the maladministration of "Guanshan Hai" is still firmly promoted by him, because he needs to use this "maladministration" to force the people to take the initiative to leave their homeland and go to the Northeast and Nanyang.

If this is not the case, then in the future, we will inevitably face the problem of China's vast territory and dense population, and it will not be easy to solve this problem in a short time. Moreover, some people have always made irresponsible remarks about "Guanshan Hai" among the people, accusing it of maladministration.

"Sometimes, it's time to give them a taste of the literal hell."

Zhu Mingzhong said to himself.

Although the text prison overthrew the enslavement of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it had a purpose, that is, to make the text prison no longer destroy Chinese culture and make China conservative and ignorant, but it did not prevent Zhu Mingzhong from envying the Manchu emperor to tame those so-called scholars through the text prison, so that they only dared to speak about fish and insects and evidence, and did not dare to speak lightly.

Of course, even if he was envious, he would not do this, after all, he knew what kind of disaster the literary prison would bring, what kind of heavy damage it would bring to this nation, and it would make this nation go to conservative ignorance.

A soft sound of footsteps came from behind him. He turned to see that it was the Queen.

"Concubines, see Your Majesty."

Zheng Ling, who was wearing a pale Confucian skirt, respectfully asked for a salute, she was not wearing a gorgeous palace dress, only the phoenix pattern on the Confucian skirt, reminding people that she was the head of the harem.

"No courtesy."

Zhu Mingzhong smiled and put away his troubled mood. He almost never brings his mood to the harem, for him, the harem is his home, and when he returns home, he has to leave everything behind, but, it's easy to say, but it's hard to sit up.

"Your Majesty, what are you bothering about?"

As the queen, Zheng Ling rarely asks about things outside the palace, even the affairs of the Zheng family - last year, an official impeached Zheng Kezang, the king of Shaomin, for Zheng Jing and his nursing mother to have an adultery, although it caused a storm at the time, and finally His Majesty decreed the abolition of Zheng Kezang's throne, and Zheng Cong, the second son of the eldest brother, took the title, Zheng Ling did not express any opinion.

The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, this is the ancestral precept of the Ming Dynasty.

"It's not for the nonsense of those stupid scholars again."

Zheng Ling smiled, the stupid scholars in her mouth were naturally those so-called "scholars", the so-called nonsense, and naturally some articles they occasionally published in the newspaper.

"If that's the case, simply, exile them all to the South Seas or the Northeast, the concubine heard that there is a place called Kuye Island on the side of the Heishui Governor's Palace, it must be bitter, bitter also means, thinking that it is even more bitter and cold than the northeast, Your Majesty might as well leave them there."

The Heishui Governor's Mansion is the Primorsky Region of Russia in later generations, and as for the "Kuye Island", it is actually Kuye Island. Zhu Mingzhong listened to what the queen said, first laughed, and then said.

"Queen, you can't talk nonsense, I have tried every possible way to send people to those places in the past few years, and your sentence of "suffering" is not equivalent to dismantling my platform. Besides, it is called "Kuwu Island", not Kuya Island. It is called Kuwu Island because of the presence of Kuwu Yi on the island. ”

"Then let them go there and accompany the Kuwuyi!"

Zheng Ling snorted, and then said.

"When they get to the place, let them see if the eight-strand article is useful, or if the practical study article is useful."

"I'm afraid they don't want to go, in the past few years, the prisons in the world have long been vacated, unless they are guilty of capital crimes, they will be sentenced to exile, if not, I am afraid that there will be no Chinese people on Kuwu Island."

Zhu Mingzhong shook his head, even if it was a prison that vacated the world, how many people could be exiled?

"Then it's not up to them whether they want to or not, the clan can go overseas to study abroad, why don't they go?"

Zheng Ling's words made Zhu Mingzhong look back at her, and then said seriously.

"You've heard it all?"

"Well, there should be more than one King Gui."

Zhu Mingzhong nodded, and then said helplessly.

"It's just King Gui, how can you convince the world, and ...... when the time comes"

Even if it is his own son, I am afraid that he will also have to "divide the land", of course, Zhu Mingzhong will not say anything about the foreign land, he knows very well that there are many areas in the world that are suitable for colonization, which are far richer than the Central Plains, and there is no problem at all in separating his descendants there.

"Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and the vassal king is the country, which is the emperor's ancestral teaching, and Your Majesty cannot violate it."

Surprisingly, Zheng Ling did not object to the feudal land, not only did not object, but also expressed understanding, of course, this is also because the vassal king is the most beneficial for her, because her son is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

"Actually......"

Opening his mouth, Zhu Mingzhong originally wanted to say that he didn't care about the ancestral system at all, but deep in his heart, a voice told him, maybe, this is the solution to the problem, many things should be sparse and not blocked, and dividing the feudal domains to make them build a state in Yidi may be a kind of guidance, after all, not all the vassal kings advocate practical learning, if they have a group of scholars to follow when they are in the country, they can naturally reduce the pressure on this side.

But at what cost?

Zhu Mingzhong frowned slightly, the price of sealing the country is splitting, even if it is to divide them outside of China, it also means that the future colonial empire is actually divided.

Is it at the cost of a divided empire?

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