Zheng Sen's statement made Fang Yizhi and Gu Jiang silent for a while, and after a while, Gu Jiang said: "Judging from the various historical materials we can see at present, the division of the Zhou Dynasty is indeed very similar to what Damu said. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but now to continue to implement such a 'way of the first king', but it is extremely difficult, almost impossible. To the north, after crossing the Great Wall, not to mention that we are now unable to fight those northern gizzards, and even if we can take them, their land will not be able to grow food and feed more people. To the south, it is also quite inconvenient. Since the Zhou Dynasty, although it is no longer feudal, Jiangnan and Lingnan have gradually opened up. It's just that now the south is also a farming family, and the population is not small. There is no land in the world that can be divided like the Zhou Dynasty. ”

"There is still such land in the world." Zheng Sen said, "To the south, there are thousands of islands, many of which are no less than those of Dayuan. Of course, the largest islands, such as Luzon and Java, all have native nations or those Tessies. However, the Tessians also occupy a limited position on these islands, only a few ports. And they have a huge weakness compared to us. ”

"What weakness?" Gu Jiang asked.

"There are too few people." Zheng Sen replied indifferently, "Taixi's side is different from us, they don't actually have a state of 'no idle fields in the four seas'. Over the years, there has been a plague at both ends in three days. When a great plague breaks out, if it is not done well, it can kill tens of millions of people. They are now coming to Asia mainly to make money. Didn't care about immigration. Now the entire Taixi people in Nanyang combined, I am afraid that there are only 10,000 people. It's really better than immigrants, they can't compare to us. If the land cannot grow, even if the harvest year can barely carry these populations, in the years of famine, it will not be able to bear it at all. Therefore, in the long run, if we want the country to have long-term peace and stability, we must constantly open up new territories. Territory large enough to carry immigrants. ”

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened the border, but he was criticized by later historians." Gu Jiang said.

"Emperor Wu opened the side, but what he opened out was land that was not suitable for farming, so there would naturally be problems." Zheng Sen replied disappreciatively.

"If it's just an open-border immigration, why does it have to be feudal?" Gu Jiang asked again.

"Because the sky is high and the emperor is far away," Zheng Sen said with a smile, "the military and political orders cannot be timely. And there are many military coups in the open area, and someone must have the power to make decisions. And if this person has such the power to make decisions on military and political finances, isn't this a prince or what? Moreover, no matter what kind of system, as long as it can make the people of China profitable, it is a good system. ”

Although Zheng Sen was not too satisfied with Zheng Sen's interpretation of benevolence, righteousness and morality as the best way to increase competitiveness, Gu Jiang and Fang Yizhi had to admit that this was at least a feasible way to explain it.

So Zheng Sen took the opportunity to propose that the two could help him make an explanation for "The Origin of Species".

"Lest those fools do their own thing, and do harm to others. It's just that the kid is only a shallow learner when he comes, and he doesn't have much time to do it on his own, I'm afraid it's very difficult. I wonder if the two gentlemen would be willing to help the kid make a commentary on this book. ”

Gu Jiang listened, thought for a while, and said, "This book really needs a solution. It's just that this book is so grand, and it can't be explained in a small way. The research and analysis of ancient and modern historical materials are very labor-intensive, and it is not a day's work. Can Da Mu wait? ”

Zheng Sen listened and said with a smile: "This is the principle of nature, how can you wait?" Besides, the two gentlemen still have a career, and they can't be delayed. This explanation is not in a hurry. ”

"If you compare it to the explanation of this book, karma is nothing." Gu Jiang said with a smile, "There are many people in the world who have raised their careers, and there are many people who have died and disappeared. But for the explanation of this book, it will have the name of thousands of generations. ”

"Da Mu, now that we have arrived at Dayuan, I want to see your ship, and Ning Ren also wants to take a walk and see how you govern the place. Do you think it's okay? Fang Yizhi said suddenly.

"Of course you can. There is a shipyard on the north side of the North Port that specializes in whaling ships, so Mr. Miyuki can go and see it casually. If I'm not afraid of seasickness, I can also arrange for Mr. Miyuki to take a boat to watch the whaling. As for Mr. Ningren—" Zheng Sen hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Although there are fewer grasses on this island now, it is not completely absent. Moreover, there are many diseases in the mountains and forests. If Mr. wants to go to the countryside and into the mountains and forests, he must be followed by the army, and every move must be arranged by the soldiers who protect him. I don't know if the sir can agree? ”

"That's not a problem. The guest is as he pleases, and naturally listens to Damu's arrangement. Gu Jiang replied.

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A few days later, Fang Yizhi returned from watching the whaling, returned to the hotel, and just sat down, he heard the sound of a carriage outside, and when he looked up, he saw Gu Jiang coming back from outside.

"Ning Ren, why did you get so dark?" Fang Yizhi looked at Gu Jiang's tanned face and smiled.

"You're not the same." Gu Jiang said as he sat down next to Fang Yizhi and said, "I don't know if I don't see it, it turns out that there is still such a way of governing places in the world." ”

"What? What's new you're seeing? Fang Yizhi asked.

"If I tell you that someone is in charge of the place, and with an order, even the farmers in a remote village can immediately respond to the call, like an arm, do you believe it or not?" Gu Jiang didn't answer, but asked.

"How can this be done? Don't? Fang Yizhi asked.

"That's how the big guys under Oki rule." Gu Jiang said.

"How did he do that?" Fang Yizhi asked again.

"If you tell you that there is a big boss, with an order, you can command a small guy, like an arm, do you believe it or not?" Gu Jiang asked again.

"Isn't that natural? You don't learn well, but you go to learn the appetite of the big wooden hanger. Fang Yizhi scolded with a smile.

"The peasants under Damu are no longer farmers, but have become merchants." Gu Jiang said.

"What do you mean?"

"First of all, the villages on Dayuan Island are all mixed surnames, and there are almost no big clans. This is also natural, they were originally outcasts, and the wandering clan had long since dispersed. The person in charge of the village is called the village chief, but the village chief is not like the patriarch or the chief, but like the shopkeeper of a storefront. They are responsible for taking the farmers to grow what makes money. What do the farmers on Ogen Island grow the most? Not rice, not wheat or any grain, but sugar cane, which is used to make sugar. These peasants sold their sugar cane for silver, which they used to buy food to eat. Secretly, we have not never seen this kind of thing, for example, some vegetable farmers near Nanjing. But is there an island where hundreds of thousands of people are like this? ”

"How could they be?" Fang Yizhi's eyes widened.

"They used to grow food, too. I also asked some farmers, and they all said that the original homeless people who came here were all men, and there was a great shortage of women on this island. Well, it's those raw flowers that come out of the grass! ”

"A woman who grabbed a life?" Fang Yizhi was more and more surprised.

Later, Da Mu went to Nanyang and bought a lot of Nanyang women back. It's just that the Damu family can't give them for nothing, so let them spend money to buy it. How much money can I make from growing food? Damu taught them to grow sugar cane, and when he harvested the sugar cane, he sold it to Damu, and he would have money to buy a woman. So he made sugar from this sugar cane, and sold it to merchants and merchants in various places, and when he had earned money, he bought it into pig iron weapons and sold them to the countries of the South Seas, and then bought women from there. Nanyang mother-in-law is stupid and doesn't know how to weave, so the clothes worn by those farmers are all bought, and few of them make their own. This requires money, plus buying whale oil, whale meat costs money. These farmers found that after planting sugar cane and buying it, they could still have a lot left over even after deducting the food ration money, and as a result, they became more and more reluctant to grow grain. It's all become a kind of money-making thing. ”

"But what does that have to do with what you said earlier?" Fang Yizhi didn't understand yet.

"Why doesn't it matter? The price of sugar and grain fluctuates every year, as does other medicinal herbs. If these people want to make money, they have to keep their eyes open to these, and they have to keep in touch with Oki's subordinates all the time. Let's put it this way, Damu is the big shopkeeper, and these villages are small traders who specialize in supplying the big shopkeeper. They are already merchants and not farmers. Therefore, it is as convenient for Damu to command them as it is for the big shopkeeper to command the junior two of the running hall. Even what and how much to plant in each village each year, the big trees can be decided in a word. ”

"I see. ...... like this," Fang Yizhi said, he was suddenly stunned.

"What's wrong?" Gu Jiang asked.

"Ning Ren, look at this Dayuan Island, it is completely the world of Damu and their family. There is land, hundreds of thousands of people, and they can command like an arm, and they have money -- I estimate that the money that the Damu family can move at any time will not be less than that of the imperial court. In addition, the water army of the Damu family has always been invincible in the world, even the Taixi people can't compare. Now they have land, people, money, and soldiers, and they don't need to rely on the imperial court, isn't this a feudal town that has escaped? Fang Yizhi said suddenly.

Hearing this, Gu Jiang was also stunned, and then smiled bitterly and said, "I think it's more like toast." No, no, Damu's land was not the land of the Ming Dynasty. It's a bit like a bearded man claiming the throne overseas. Or, in addition to the absence of the canonization of the Son of Heaven, is it very much like the princes of the Zhou Dynasty? No wonder Da Mu desperately praised the feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty, it turned out that there was this reason. ”

"It seems so." Fang Yizhi said, "But this is not a bad thing, and it is even beneficial to Daming." As long as the Zheng family doesn't think anything wrong, then overseas colonization is by no means a bad thing for the Ming Dynasty. ”