Chapter 897: Seeking the Country

Now, everyone understands that His Majesty's country has been stabilized, and after the rebellion is quelled, His Majesty's prestige will be unshakable, not to mention that His Majesty is strong and not young, and he may sit firmly on this royal chair for decades to come.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, such a son of heaven, it means that all courtiers must figure out His Majesty's preferences and understand His Majesty's thoughts, which is the so-called good at the top and effective at the bottom.

So on the surface, it was just a delegation of hundreds of people headed by King Zhao to go to Jibei.

In fact, almost all the ministers already have an idea in their hearts, if they are still black-eyed at this time, they have just heard of a place called Jibei, how will their status be stable in this court in the future?

Therefore, everyone has already had an idea, after returning home today, it is necessary to try their best to let their children join this visiting group, even if they can't get in, then they have to find a way to send people to Jibei, and what they have seen and heard there, as well as the wind and grass in Jibei, must be reported in time.

Some people even faintly feel that Jibei will be related to everyone's future.

The king of Chu has a thin waist, and he is bound to starve to death in the palace.

After Chen Kaizhi said that, he got up and said slowly to everyone.

"Okay, it's not early, please go back, Uncle Zhaohuang, Chen Qing's family, you stay."

After everyone shouted long live, they came out, and at this time, they were much more cautious than before, and they had a new understanding of this Son of Heaven. This Son of Heaven is not an ordinary person, and he must not be taken lightly.

But Chen Yishou and Zhao Wang stayed.

Chen Kaizhi first got up, helped the Empress Dowager Mu, and ordered someone to send the Empress Dowager Mu back to the dormitory to rest before returning to the palace.

Chen Zhenjing immediately wanted to salute Chen Kaizhi.

Chen Kaizhi waved his hand at him, signaling that he didn't have to be polite, there were no outsiders at this time.

"The matter of Jibei, do you know why I mentioned it today?"

Chen Zhenjing was silent for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "The minister thinks that His Majesty is coercing Yu Wei in Guanzhong this time......"

"Not bad." Chen Kaizhi smiled, and there was also a smile in his clear eyes.

"But do you know, why did I let Uncle Zhao Huang go to Jibei?"

Chen Zhenjing was silent, he couldn't answer this answer, and he didn't think of any reason, so he could only shake his head at Chen Kaizhi.

Chen Kaizhi smiled bitterly and said: "Da Chen has been five hundred years, five hundred years, from the beginning of the world, to the peak of prosperity, halfway, has also experienced many rebellions, but also a few times of Zhongxing, has experienced turmoil, and there have been many times of ups and downs, but now, although it is still a peaceful country, but doesn't Uncle Zhao feel that this Da Chen is already seriously ill?" ”

Chen Zhenjing was thoughtful, and then nodded emphatically, agreeing.

Chen Yishou also agreed very much, and said to Chen Kaizhi: "Your Majesty is right, and now, it is no longer the same as before, just say that over the years, a queen mother, just hiding behind her back, has caused such a major evil result, not only that, over the years, how many turbulences have the court experienced, and how many civil uprisings, the minister thinks that Your Majesty is right, Da Chen, has been seriously ill." ”

Chen Kaizhi put his hands behind his back, and a pair of clear eyes looked straight at the carved beams and pillars in the distance, and couldn't help but feel deeply.

"Five hundred years ago, when Taizu first set the world, because the war had just ended, the population of Dachen was less than one million, but now, just one Guanzhong, there are millions of households, and the people in my Dachen have reached 7.33 million households, compared with Taizu's time, the population has increased tenfold, not only that, many families, as well as many powerful people in the world, have hidden the population, in order to avoid the collection of grain taxes, otherwise, the population will be more."

"At the beginning, as long as Emperor Taizu Gao encouraged the people to reclaim the famine, he could feed many people, so that the grain production increased year by year, and finally entered the prosperous era. But now, in the past two hundred years, well, starting from Emperor Wen two hundred years ago, when the population was registered, there were more than 5 million households, but the grain produced by these more than 5 million households is equivalent to the population of nearly 10 million households today, terrible, the population is constantly increasing, but the grain has never increased, why? Because the land that should be reclaimed has already been reclaimed, and no matter how much the population increases, it cannot increase the land, and then the grain production cannot be increased. ”

"In recent years, the court has been disordered, the local pride and strength have risen up by taking advantage of the situation, the food has not increased, and the population has increased dramatically at the same time, but the annexation of land has never stopped, and now, the court has encouraged it, but it can barely keep people from starving to death, but once it encounters a huge famine, what will happen?"

Chen Kaizhi's eyes looked sharply at Chen Yishou and Chen Zhenjing: "You are all people who have read history books, if there is a huge famine, you will naturally understand, this means that people who are crazy from hunger will try their best to wander around at first, drag their families with their mouths, and become homeless, a large number of homeless people, they will try their best to eat everything they can eat, and once they are about to starve to death, they will not hesitate to eat people, and they will not hesitate to attack all the people who can make them hungry. Can they not be starved and especially brave mantises? ”

Chen Kaizhi's eyes became deeper and deeper, and his complexion became very heavy, and he sighed deeply.

"Now, Da Chen is in this dry firewood, this dry firewood has been accumulated for many years, fortunately, thanks to God's blessing, over the years, although there are occasionally some small disasters, but there are no major disasters, but ...... Does Da Chen have to rely on God's face to maintain this country? ”

Chen Kaizhi's face turned cold, and he said word by word towards Chen Yishou and King Zhao.

"Da Chen is no better than other countries. The Northern Yan people fought all the year round, and the Hu people and the Japanese invaders, their population growth was far less than that of Da Chen, and they even tried their best to compete with the Hu people for land and reluctantly resettle the population; And the Chu people have been encroaching on the south for a hundred years, for the sake of the land, they went all the way south, restored the old Jiaozhi County in the Han Dynasty, not only that, a few years ago, but also occupied the city of Zhan, where it is said to be a new land of fish and rice, a large number of Chu soldiers and civilians, migrated south, resettled. Even the Shu people are the same. ”

Chen Zhenjing and Chen Yishou seemed to frown deeply when they heard this, they didn't think about it, but they were already worried.

Other countries can find ways to solve these problems, because all the countries in the world, except for Da Chen, are located in all corners of the world, and their borders are Donghu and Xihu, and they are Annan and Champa people, and they have been expanding for many years.

In this process, although the blood continued to be shed, at the same time, because of this, the population did not increase as rapidly as Dachen, and the gradual expansion of the territory also caused them to increase a lot of newly cultivated land.

Chen Kaizhi's eyes narrowed slightly, and in this eye, a sharp edge suddenly swept over, and he said solemnly: "I understand, I may be able to sit firmly for decades, but I know even better, although this Taiping Emperor can sit for decades, but after a hundred years, everything may be turned into ashes, and the hungry and homeless will burn everything now, if it is today, regardless of this, then everything will be in vain." ”

Chen Yishou's body was shocked, and he echoed: "Lao Chen, I am also deeply worried about this, so over the years, Lao Chen believes that the way to deal with it is to try his best to fight Haoqiang and curb land annexation. ”

Chen Kaizhi smiled bitterly and shook his head, disagreeing.

"This can only cure the root cause, but not the root cause, Da Chen's land is limited after all, so ...... We must try to take a new path, so that more people who have nothing to do and no land to reclaim can be resettled. ”

Chen Yishou was stunned for a moment, obviously a little incomprehensible, and asked with a confused face: "Resettlement of displaced people?" ”

Chen Kaizhi nodded lightly and said to Chen Yishou and King Zhao.

"Therefore, if you want to develop industry and commerce, there is too much population, and there is not enough land, and it is clear that one person can plant ten acres of land, but let two people go to farm, and as a result, both of them cannot eat and clothe themselves, how can this be? So why not do everything we can to attract people to business? ”

"It's just ......" Chen Yishou's face changed, and he couldn't help but say: "But Your Majesty, if this is the case, I am afraid that it will hurt the peasants, and it will be ...... then."

Chen Kaizhi smiled: "Actually, I also know that this is a desperate road, once the people have entered and exited, there will inevitably be a large number of young people entering the city, and in this way, it will lead to an increase in the labor cost of the countryside, and it will be opposed by many scholars." ”

Chen Zhenjing pondered, pondered for a moment, and then nodded heavily.

"Your Majesty is right, now the hired peasants, is the landlord of three or seven points, the family has land, to the hired farmers to cultivate, the family accounts for seventy percent, and the hired farmers account for thirty percent, in fact, in the early years of Taizu, because there is barren land everywhere, the people would rather reclaim their own land than to cultivate for the family, in order to attract hired farmers, the family has to set the land rent at six or four points, and the family only gets four points of grain, but these years, as Your Majesty said, the hired farmers are overcrowded, and the land is limited, so the rent has increased year after year, in some places, Even to the point where the clan has monopolized eighty percent. Once His Majesty settles out a large number of young people, the rent will surely plummet, and the price of the land will probably be lost, and then ......"

Chen Kaizhi said coldly: "At that time, dissatisfaction will breed, but if it remains the same, sooner or later it will die, if it changes, maybe there is still hope for the revival of the world, I am the father of the world, if I don't find a way out for the people of the world, of course, I can be greedy for temporary pleasure, but if so, can my conscience be at ease?" Not to mention saying sorry for the ancestors and ancestors, what to say about the society, what I believe is that the greater the power, the greater the responsibility, I am the Son of Heaven, so I have to overcome all obstacles. ”

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