Yuan Huang opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't say it.

After being silent for a while, he asked with some difficulty, "Then what is your foundation?" ”

"Killing the peasants who seized the land by the gentry is my foundation, and the officials who led the peasants to kill the gentry and seize the land, as well as the army that rebelled with me, are the tools I use to rule the world."

Xiao Ruxun clapped his hands: "The largest number of people in the world are farmers, if the farmers know that I led them to seize the land, so that they don't have to worry about losing the land from now on, they will become my most loyal supporters, and more than ninety percent of the people in the world are my foundation, then what will my dynasty look like?" ”

Yuan Huang's eyes widened, completely unable to believe what he had heard.

It took him a moment to react.

But he couldn't understand it at all, and he didn't know what Xiao Ruxun was talking about, which seemed to be something completely unimaginable.

Let the people be the foundation?

"But...... But if they are illiterate and uneducated, how can they rule the world? If you eradicate the gentry in such a way, who will help you govern the world? The person you have in your hands now will die one day, and what will happen after that? Don't you open the imperial examination? ”

Xiao Ruxun shook his head.

"Yuan Gong, of course I can think of things you can think of, I use land reform to cultivate a group of officials loyal to me, and first establish and run local governments in the existing places that I can directly control, and other provinces will of course take their time one by one, and it is impossible to achieve it overnight.

I will train my officials on the one hand, and at the same time go to those places to carry out land reform, one province at a time, take my time, first garrison the army, master the local defense, and then do it, if you want to rebel, you can do it, just save me from pulling them out one by one, and directly put on the hat of rebellion and punish the three tribes, which is very easy.

The three southeastern provinces are the places where the gentry are the most powerful, and none of them can resist me, let alone the gentry in other places? During this period, I will use the scholars who are willing to serve me to set up and run the local government.

Then, with the establishment of the township-level government, I will open several primary schools in each township, so that the children of local farmers can enroll in reading and literacy, master knowledge, become knowledgeable and literate people, and eventually become the preparation of officials. ”

Yuan Huang was really surprised.

"Let the children of the farmers go to school?"

"Yes, this is my ultimate goal, just to get rid of the gentry by means of killing, for a while, but if it happens again, what will I do? I can't guarantee that my children and grandchildren will not be deceived by some people with ulterior motives.

Therefore, I want to popularize education once and for all, popularize education to all the people, I want to make reading and literacy no longer a privilege, no longer a thing that only a few people can enjoy, I want to popularize education, so that the people can also read, can also be literate, and can pass the examination to become an official. ”

"This ...... How is this possible? ”

Yuan Huang was very surprised: "How much investment does it take to educate a child to read, Ji Xin, do you know?" ”

"I know, I also know that it is not easy for farmers to survive, and it is basically impossible to have money to send their children to school, so I decided to pay for it, first set up this institution in the three southeastern provinces, and then appropriately reduce some taxes, and then introduce those very high-yield crops that we grow in Myanmar.

Potatoes and maize, as well as sweet potatoes, will be introduced to the interior to promote them, increase food production, further reduce the burden on farmers, and if I announce that the children who are willing to go to school can take care of one meal, each family is willing to let at least one child go to school.

Then take your time like this, first the three southeastern provinces and the north Zhili, and then gradually advance to the interior, I want to use my life to lay the foundation of universal education, at least so that every township has a primary school, every child can be literate, as for the rest I dare not boast of Haikou, I can only hand it over to future generations. ”

"Where's the money? Where does the money come from? The primary school you are talking about, you want books, you want literate gentlemen, you need food money, there are not many people, but thousands of people, how much does it have to be? Do you have that much money? ”

"Yes!"

Facing Yuan Huang's questioning, Xiao Ruxun snapped his fingers: "Yuan Gong, don't believe it, I'm really, really very rich now, and the wealth of those gentry in the three southeastern provinces who were raided by me is now all mine."

I won't say how many there are, so as not to be frightened, but if it is only the first step in popularizing education in the three southeastern provinces and North Zhili, there is no problem, and the wool is out of the sheep, which can be regarded as making up for these hard-working people who have been exploited for more than ten generations.

And don't forget, Yuan Gong, why did I send someone to the Europa continent? Why should I master Luzon? I've already decided to do business with the Europa, and Chen Xie and Chen Long are staying there to take care of it.

Doing business with the countries of France and Genoa in Europa, they need our silk, porcelain and tea and iron pots and spices, and we need their real money.

Why is the Ming Dynasty so poor and so short of money, there are also reasons why the commercial tax does not come up, smuggling in the southeast has become a trend, but the imperial court can not collect much commercial tax, and a large part of the income of the former Song Dynasty court is commercial tax, which reached seventy percent at most.

Therefore, although the former Song Dynasty lost the north of the Huai River, it can still survive and confront the Jin people, and it can still support the Mongols for so many years, why, there is money! Commercial taxes are the most profitable, our products are so rich, and the Europa people want it so much, can't we do business with them to make money?

A few million taels of silver back and forth, the income of the Ming treasury for a year! Allow people to go to Nanyang, go to Japan, go to Korea to do business, I collect commercial taxes, without those gentry who rob me for taxes, merchants and farmers pay taxes directly to me, how many merchants and farmers are there in the Ming Dynasty? How much tax do I get? I'll be richer.

It is my greatest wish to use this money to build roads, cities, schools, and popularize education, so that every child can read and write, so that reading is no longer a privilege, and it is no longer something that only a few people can do. ”

"You...... You really ......."

Yuan Huang didn't know what to say anymore.

Is this something that a man who was a military commander should think? Is this something that a person who has come from a military commander can think of?

Open the wisdom of the people, the thing that the sages of the pre-Qin Dynasty longed for.

But to become a reality in the hands of a military general?

"So, the Ming Dynasty is really sitting on the golden mountain to ask for food, can't open source, can't throttle, and is forced to die of poverty, how can I not do it to them? How could I not be ruthless? If I don't kill them, if I don't get rid of them, even if I establish a new dynasty, it will only be the beginning of the next cycle.

I live to suppress them, but what if I die? Grandpa was very confident in his rules back then, but what was the result? It was he who personally planted the root cause of the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the most powerful imperial gentry in history, not only rich, but also educated, seized taxes, but also had to pay money, and monopolized the right to speak, the crime is monstrous! ”

Xiao Ruxun sighed, got up from his seat, walked to Yuan Huang's side and patted Yuan Huang on the shoulder.

"Yuan Gong, you really don't blame me for hiding from you, if you don't uproot these people, even if there is no me, the Ming Dynasty will die in the hands of others, this is a dead end, you say, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, can he kill his own foundation ruthlessly?

I'm different, I won't take them as my foundation, they won't be the person I need, they don't agree with my philosophy and methods, and letting them be officials is to make myself unhappy. ”

After speaking, Xiao Ruxun turned his head and looked at Yuan Huang who was sitting.

"Of course, I think so, I'm not sure if things will develop like this, I can only cross the river by feeling the stones, Yuan Gong, if you really look at me, you don't have to be an administrator in the imperial court, you go to teach!

How do you think of using your knowledge to teach in your hometown, teaching the children there to read and learn words, learn arithmetic, and master these basic skills. ”