The head of the craftsman and the ordinary craftsmen behind him immediately made a move, bent over, and said: "The villain and others will listen to the king's teachings, and they will definitely work hard in the future to make canned food that satisfies the king." ”

Zhu Ao looked at their attitude, and liked it very much, he, like Zhu Yuanzhang, just liked this kind of old-fashioned and hard-working people, and for those who didn't do anything, sat with their hands high all day long, blindly compared, and always stared at the faults of those who worked, he hated it very much, and said with a smile: "It's not to make canned food that satisfies the widow, but to make canned food that satisfies the Ming soldiers." ”

"Yes, yes, yes. The villain and others will follow the instructions of the king and make canned food that satisfies the Ming soldiers. "The head of the carpenter lost no time in patting the horse.

It's so comfortable. Zhu Ao's heart is happy, no wonder so many people like to be officials, they can be good people when they get benefits, why not? He stretched his waist and yawned, "Okay, that's all for today." The widow is also tired, and it is time to go back to the palace to rest. ”

After that, he didn't wait for the head of the craftsman to answer, took his hands, took his personal guards and eunuchs, and went straight back to the palace of the great king of Hami.

At night, Zhu Ao called Di Linaza to bed, not only to covet her beauty, but also to discuss important things with her.

Zhu Ao lived in the original room of King Nahuli of Hami, this room was the largest and most comfortable, but I was afraid that after Concubine Duan came, she would see all this and feel sad.

Sure enough, after Di Lina came to Zhu Ao's dormitory surrounded by all the maids, her expression really changed, and she became involuntarily sad, but when she saw Zhu Ao sitting on the seat, she still changed her expression in a second, changed her face with a forced smile, walked to Zhu Ao, Ying Ying knelt down, bowed her head and said: "The concubine greets the king, the king is a thousand years old, a thousand years old." ”

Zhu Ao has lived for two lives, how can she not see her thoughts, stretched out his hand to help her, and said with a smile: "Concubine Ai, please get up." Come, come to the widow. ”

Di Linaza knew that the king wanted to comfort herself, smiled sweetly, slowly raised her head, opened her lips lightly, revealed a few snow-white teeth, and spit out a few words crisply, "Concubine Xie Wang favored." Then, kneeling on the ground, the right leg took a lunge forward, and with a slight force, he slowly stood up supporting his whole body.

Zhu Ao waved his hand very casually at the maids behind Di Linazha, signaling them all to retreat. The maids did not reply, but all folded their hands on their waists and bent over, and then quietly withdrew slowly, and closed the door by the way.

Zhu Ao smiled slightly and hooked her hand to Di Linazha, motioning for her to sit next to him. Di Linaza smiled slightly, her bright eyes were full of honey, she slowly walked to Zhu Ao, sat down slowly, lowered her head, and said, "Thank you, King." ”

Zhu Ao held her white left hand and said softly: "The widow saw that you had a sad look on your face just now, but did the environment here touch your mood?" ”

The sorrow on Di Linazha's face was a little heavier, and she bit her lip lightly, and said: "After all, this is the place where the concubine grew up, thinking of the changes in the family, how can I be at peace in my heart?" ”

Zhu Ao patted her on the back, then took her in his arms and comforted: "The widow knows your heart knot, and the widow asks you, do you want revenge?" ”

Dilinazha's big beautiful eyes suddenly radiated a fine light, and the expression on her face became serious, as if a layer of frost had been hung, just like the scene when she was alone guarding Turpan City, and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to do something to the Uighurs?" ”

Zhu Ao nodded heavily, changed his previous teasing expression, and said in a very serious tone: "Yes, now that the arquebus has been made, and the canned food can be mass-produced, just wait for the number of cavalry to be enough." The widows had already thought that next year, that is, the thirtieth year of Hongwu, they would attack on two fronts and destroy the Uighurs and Warat at the same time. ”

Seeing her husband's ambitious appearance, Di Linazha's heart burst in an instant, and she felt so worshipful, and at the same time, she was also happy that she could avenge her father, and said with a resolute face: "The concubine wishes Your Majesty great ambitions!" When attacking the Uighurs, please bring your concubines, and the concubines will cut off the heads of the black firefighters with their own hands! ”

Zhu Ao looked at Di Linazha's bright eyes that released scorching flames, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the widow will definitely recruit you to fight with the army." The queen and the others don't understand military affairs, and they didn't bring anyone with them when they rescued you last time, not to mention how lonely it was at night. When the time comes to conquer the Hugurs again this time, you won't be able to think about it. So that the widow can clean up the black firefighters by day, and clean you up at night. ”

"The king hates it, so he knows how to bully his concubines." Di Linaza originally thought that Zhu Ao would be like her, saying a bunch of impassioned and bold words, but she didn't expect to be molested again, and she couldn't help but say coquettishly.

The two spent another wonderful night in this laughter.

The next day, Zhu Ao took Di Linaza back to the capital Hami, he didn't have to go to the early court today, and he didn't go back to see the queen and concubine, but went straight to Lan Youcheng's room.

It's not enough for the prince to return to Beijing with Concubine Duan, but after he came back, he took her to Hami, obviously a little partial to her taste, which made Lan Youcheng's heart sour, and he thought he was going to fall out of favor. This time, when I saw Zhu Ao coming to her as soon as she came back, I didn't mention how happy I was, so I immediately jumped up and down to Zhu Ao, knelt at his feet, and said happily: "The concubine greets the prince, the prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old." ”

Zhu Ao liked this lively elf very much, helped her up and said with a smile: "Flat, how are you doing?" ”

Lan Youcheng slowly stood up with Zhu Ao's support, then grabbed Zhu Ao's arm, slowly helped him to the table and sat down, made him a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "What else?" The concubine had nothing else to do, so she had to look forward to the arrival of the prince every day. How did the prince remember that the concubine was here today? ”

Zhu Ao knew that this ghost elf would be coquettish with him, so he glanced at her and said, "Can't the widow come to see his concubine?" Besides, there is something else for the widow to come to you. ”

Lan Youcheng snorted and muttered, "The concubine knows that the prince has something else, otherwise she would have forgotten about the concubine." ”

How to say this. It's really hard to guess a woman's thoughts, Zhu Ao took her little hand and smiled: "Okay." The widow is here to see Concubine Xian today, and by the way, I will talk about something else. ”

This kind of perfunctory words basically can't hide from any woman, let alone a smart person like Lan Youcheng, pouted, and said with a cute face: "The prince wants to ask about the money and grain accounts." The concubine has been prepared for the prince. With that, he turned around, took the key from a small drawer, and then walked over to a delicate cabinet, and gently opened the lock, and took out the accounts.

Zhu Ao looked at this busy shadow, and his heart was very comfortable, and said: "You don't need to take the grain and grass first, the widow only wants to know how much money the widow has in his hand now?" ”

Lan Youcheng was stunned for a moment, then put down an account, only took a thick account book, and said: "This is the general ledger of gold and silver in the prince's inner treasury, and the prince's inner treasury has a total of more than two seven million six hundred and eighty-nine thousand taels of silver. If you add the silver deposit in the national treasury, it can reach more than 10 million taels. ”

Yes, the money has not been slow in the past few years, and the widow should be regarded as the richest vassal king. Zhu Ao couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, the feeling of having money is cool, and with money, the next grand blueprint will have the possibility of implementation.

Zhu Ao happily kissed Lan Youcheng's little face fiercely, and said with a smile: "You are really a widow's virtuous helper, you take care of the widow's money bag in an orderly manner, with so much money, what the widow wants to do can be done." ”

After many years of husband and wife, Lan Youcheng is basically immune to Zhu Ao's intimate behavior, but when he heard Zhu Ao praising himself, he was still very happy in his heart, and said with a smile: "What does the prince want to do again?" Isn't it another move from the past to the present? ”

Zhu Ao snorted very proudly and said with a smile: "Isn't the widow's move from the ancient shimmering gold? ”

In the early middle of the next day, Zhu Ao proposed the establishment of a social insurance system covering the whole country, he was in the Ming Dynasty, belonged to the ancient agricultural civilization, the productivity was not developed, and could not achieve the social welfare covering all fields in the Western countries of later generations, and only did the two most important areas of life welfare - pension and medical care.

The issue of old-age care is the most concerned issue of the Chinese since ancient times, the ancients talked about raising children to prevent old age, so to give birth to sons, in addition to passing on the lineage, is to wait for themselves when they are old and unable to work, someone can take care of themselves, so as not to starve to death on the streets.

However, although China has produced so many filial sons, since ancient times, there have been many unfilial sons, so it is unreliable to expect a son, and it is necessary to have a few more, even if this is not filial, there are other things to count on.

Zhu Ao now wants to completely solve the pension problem of the population of Suguo, with so much money, this is not a matter, he decided that in the future, the adult citizens of Suguo will each pay ten yuan of pension insurance and five yuan of medical insurance to the state every month.

When the citizens of the country reach the age of 55, the state will give them a pension to ensure that they can spend their old age in peace and no longer have to worry about the source of livelihood in their old age.

The role of medical insurance is even more obvious, since ancient times, there are too many examples of poverty due to illness, after entering the 21st century, there are still such problems in our country, let alone in the Ming Dynasty, where the productive forces are not developed. Under normal circumstances,If there is a serious illness in the family,,It is likely to cause the family to sell their houses and land.,Can't get by.,Isn't this a situation when many of the protagonists who cross just go back?

This situation is the last thing Zhu Ao likes to see, although his salary is not high in later generations, but when he sees crowdfunding in the circle of friends, he will still donate a little money and contribute his modest efforts.

And now, he is the king of a country, and he runs the country so richly, and has the ability and responsibility to let his people live a better life, so that the people will want, and he believes that if he does this, the people of Su will be happy to defend him for him, because another monarch may not be so good.

Zhu Ao's two systems once again subverted the worldview of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military ministers, who were full of poetry and books, familiar with thousands of years of Chinese history, and never knew that the country could be governed in this way.

However, as always, this kind of advanced thing will always be right, and the first to stand up is Hu Cao's judgment book Ji Junyong. Ji Jun stood up and came out of class, made a gesture at Zhu Ao, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks this move is inappropriate, please think twice." ”

Zhu Ao had long expected that there would be opposition, so he was not surprised, to be honest, he still wanted to hear what this group of people thought in his heart, because although his insight was advanced, he did not dare to guarantee that his own things would be suitable for the Ming Dynasty, so it was necessary to listen to the views of the opposition, so that he would know where the risks of doing this were.

If he insists on going his own way according to his own subjective ideas, it is good if he succeeds, but if he fails, won't he become the next Wang Mang? smiled: "Hu Cao's judgment thinks that there is nothing wrong with this move, but it doesn't hurt. ”

Ji Junyong was encouraged, and his confidence was even stronger, and he made another gesture and said: "Back to the king, the king's move is a benevolent government, and it is really done by Mingjun, but why does the king ask the people for money?" The king can follow the example of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty to distribute free grain and rice to the elders in the country, which will definitely gain the hearts of the people for the king. ”

Zhu Ao smiled slightly, and explained very patiently: "The widow's move is different from Emperor Wen of Han's distribution of grain and rice, Emperor Wen of Han only distributes grain and rice to people in the country who are eighty years old or over seventy years old, and the widow can't remember clearly, and it is all one-time. However, you should know that it is rare for people to live for seventy years, how many people can live to that age? Once a person is over the age of fifty-five, it is difficult to work in the fields, and at this time, if there are no filial children and grandchildren, it is very difficult to live without the support of the state. How many days can you eat with only the grain and rice distributed by the emperor at one time? ”

"Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty is suspected of being famous, and he used a small amount of grain and rice to exchange for the reputation of a virtuous monarch. The widow would not imitate him. The widow established a system in which all the citizens of our country, regardless of their male or female or origin, paid ten cents a month when they reached the age of fifty-five, and when they reached the age of fifty-five, the state would not cut off their food rations, but would support them for the rest of their lives, so that they would have no worries. ”

Ji Jun was stunned for a moment when Zhu Ao said, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty is a famous virtuous monarch in history, and he is an example for the kings of all dynasties to learn and self-proclaim, but he didn't expect that in the eyes of this king, he would become a slippery person who can only give small favors, took a breath, and looked back at his colleagues in the court for a week, before he relieved himself and said: "Since the king intends to implement benevolent government, it is not beautiful to ask the people for money, they may think that the king is raising taxes in disguise, which is easy to damage the name of the king's benevolence." ”

I have to say that Ji Junyong's opinion still has a certain amount of truth, the implementation of this measure, no matter how hard to explain to the people, a considerable number of them still will not believe it, they will think that the king is raising taxes in disguise, you say that after the age of fifty-five, we will be raised for free? How can we believe? Who knows that decades later, when we are fifty-five years old, you still remember this sentence when we ask you for money?

And these people will surely go around promoting their opinions to prove that they are smart.

It's a lot of trouble. But then again, in addition to being a king, you must not only have advanced knowledge, but also have the courage to execute, and there is no one that will be supported by all the people, and this is also taken into account, and that is also taken into account, and in the end I am afraid that nothing will be done.

Zhu Ao sneered, and then changed his face to Ji Junyong with a pleasant expression and said: "Hu Cao, you are in charge of the country's finances, you should know that the widow does not have so much money to provide for the whole people for free pension. ”

He also has his own abacus in his heart, if the Su country is compared to an enterprise, then everyone in the country is his employees, and the appropriate improvement of the welfare of employees will help improve their enthusiasm for work, but if the welfare is too much, resulting in the financial difficulties of the enterprise, there is no more money to develop is not a good thing.

In the final analysis, the purpose of Zhu Ao's implementation of the social insurance system is to buy people's hearts, solve their worries, and make them more grateful to Dade and work hard for the country. What Zhu Ao wants is actually for them to defend the country with the mentality of defending their own interests.

However, as he said before when Zhu Yuanzhang was right with the prelude, in these years, it is never those who win the hearts of the people who win the hearts of the people win the world, but those who win the world win the hearts of the people. After all, the feudal society is all fought down, and others will listen to you if you win, and if you lose, who will listen to you? Looking for death?

The common people don't care who is the emperor, whether the emperor is Zhu Yuanzhang or Chen Youliang makes no difference to them, whoever becomes the emperor will not promote them to be big officials, they don't know the emperor, they just want to live their own small life in peace and stability, whoever has the ability to come up, who comes up, we are also obedient to the people, and we will not rebel.

Therefore, it is very unreliable and dangerous to rely on them as the backbone to defend one's country. How many people did Meng Yuan kill during the invasion, and they didn't fight the country? The rest of the living people don't obediently bow down to orders? Even if there are some civil rebels who oppose it, what is the effect? Their forces are too scattered, and the resources they have at their disposal are too few, even if they are loyal and courageous, all of them are Yue Feiwen Tianxiang, and they will inevitably fail.

To be an emperor, the most important thing is to control the resources of the whole country, mainly the three large resources of the country's money, food, soldiers and horses, and population. This is also the most important reason why Liu Bang can defeat again and again, and finally counterattack Xiang Yu. Because he was lucky, he occupied Guanzhong, that is, the territory of Qin, which was the richest territory at that time, and had the reputation of being ten times richer in the world; In addition, he has Xiao He, Xiao He has been an official of the Qin Dynasty, and he is very familiar with the operation mode of the state apparatus of the Qin Dynasty, to put it bluntly, he knows how to organize the manpower and material resources of the whole country to fight against strong enemies, which is the basis of Liu Bang's success and the basis for Xiao He to be listed as the first hero.

Similarly, Li Shanchang also played this role, Zhu Yuanzhang once personally said: "We originally only had a few thousand people, struggling to survive in the cracks of the heroes, and after getting Li Shanchang, we crossed the river together and settled in Nanjing." Then, relying on Li Shanchang's organizational ability, in one or two years, he trained hundreds of thousands of soldiers and began to fight in the east and west. And Li Shanchang stayed in the country *** to give grain and grass equipment has never been lacking, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is Xiao He of me. "So, if you were Zhu Yuanzhang, who would you designate as the number one hero, without the hundreds of thousands of troops organized by Li Shanchang with the help of Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, these people would be able to show their might? No matter how powerful they are, they can take a few thousand people to defeat Chen Youliang's 600,000 army? Joke!

It should be noted that Li Shanchang's method of organizing the army is not the kind that often appears in history books, as soon as the warehouse is opened and the grain is released, the people in the vicinity will all rush over, eat the grain and then thank Zhu Yuanzhang for his kindness, and then decide to fight the world with Zhu Yuanzhang. All these are blind.

The normal style of painting is that as soon as you open the warehouse to release grain, the people in the vicinity will come and move grain from you to your home, whether it is food or not. Those who have no food are moved back to make ends meet, and those who have food are brought back to store in case of emergency.

When they have all your food, they close the door of their house and start living their own little life. What? Fighting with you? You better find someone else to do such a dangerous thing, we still have wives and children to support.

Li Shanchang knew their psychology very well, so he implemented the village grain policy as soon as he came up, that is, each family was only allowed to leave enough rations to survive, and all the rest were handed over to Zhu Yuanzhang to raise the army. This is the "accumulation of grain". With food, everything is easy to do, there are too many people who can't eat enough in the troubled times, put up a recruitment flag, you have your own food eaters, you have a lot of food in your hands, are you afraid that no one will give you a soldier?

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang's army was more and more, and the village grain was not enough to eat, so he began to tuntian and let the army grow its own grain to eat, which was the predecessor of the guard system.

Li Shanchang's method of recruiting troops for Zhu Yuanzhang is not to use benevolence to influence the people, buy the hearts of the people, and let them spontaneously rise up as soldiers to defend the fruits of victory, as said in the history books, but a very practical trick that has been handed down since ancient times - to catch strong men. No one wants to be sent to death as a soldier, so they can only catch strong men.

To put it bluntly, the armor protection system is working, you must send three people to join the army, you decide, if you can't take it, then only you, the first leader, try to ask. At this time, Captain A will force his subordinates to become soldiers, and generally adopt the method of drawing lots, and whoever catches them will consider himself unlucky.

Zhu Ao, who is familiar with history, naturally knows this, so he buys the hearts of the people, in the final analysis, in order to increase the enthusiasm of the people to work for the country, not to rely on the people to defend the country, this point must be clear, if it is reversed, it will put the cart before the horse, and make the mistake that Li Mi once made.