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The river reflected the shadow of Kou Baimen, and Haobai's wrist touched the bun from time to time, and Zhu Youzhen could see that she was a little cramped and uneasy.

Kou Baimen really didn't know what to say, she just wanted to open up a topic to get to know the emperor in front of her.

Why did this emperor, who looked like a short beard under his chin and eyes like water between his eyebrows, suddenly defeat the Qing army after moving south, and created 600,000 elites in one hand, and many soldiers who she admired every day were willing to be his soldiers.

Kou Baimen is very good, but he also knows that the emperor Zhu Youzhen in front of him has created a lot of big cases at the same time, Qian Qianyi is so loud that the great talent in Jiangnan was beheaded by him, followed by Wang Duo and Zhang Shenyan, and now they have just strangled thousands of scholars from the Duanxue Society, and they are secretly called butchers by today's people.

Because of this, Kou Baimen was a little scared, she didn't know if the topic she had just unintentionally brought up was a little presumptuous.

"Your Majesty forgives me, Wechen and Wechen don't mean to question Your Majesty, Wechen doesn't dare, Wechen is just, just."

"It's just that I don't know how to talk about it", Zhu Youzhen took Kou Baimen's words, he could see that Kou Baimen's jade face was flushed, he must have been frightened by himself, he couldn't help but look at himself reflected on the water, although he was eyebrow-raising, he was not fierce.

"This is also in the Ming Dynasty, allowed to talk about state affairs, and even skimmed some books are concerned about state affairs as their own responsibility, it seems that it is not enough to show their differences, although I said that the punishment is a little strict, but it is not forbidden for ordinary people to talk about politics, you don't have to be afraid, ask me face to face and also say behind my back that I am strong, talking about politics is a good thing, and it is also the difference between the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu, but just don't be used by some villains, you have to have your own thinking."

Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly at Kou Baimen as he spoke, and took a sip of tea: "The tea is good." ”

Kou Baimen was very surprised, surprised that the emperor in front of him spoke very kindly, smiled very sincerely, there was no slightest hint between the words, the thinking seemed to be very clear, but there was a sense of mystery, as if she could see the place she couldn't see, under the resolute eyes, even if she Kou Baimen had seen countless famous dignitaries, she couldn't help but be fascinated by it.

As long as people focus on one thing, there is something moving, Kou Baimen's eyes when he looked at Zhu Youzhen at this time were also like this, she always felt that the emperor in front of her, who could make countless heads fall to the ground with a wave of his hand, was focusing on something, otherwise he would not have exhausted the wealth of Jiangnan but did not repair the palace or the emperor's mausoleum, and smashed the money and fortune on the army and the people.

"Your Majesty's praise", Kou Baimen smiled, and let the snowflakes fall on the purple clay pot, which melted with the heat.

"You just asked me why I came out of the Forbidden City to come here to talk to the common people of the military branches, but you don't know that from these ordinary people, you can only know the future crisis of my Ming Dynasty, be prepared for danger in times of peace, it is not a simple four words, it is also difficult to implement, I can tell you what I have gained these days."

Zhu Youzhen was interested for a while, thinking that Kou Baimen had no clan and no interest group behind the Jianghu people, so he started talking: "From the tone of the people, I know that in recent years, the yield per mu of both wheat and rice has dropped by half a percent, and at the same time, the price of grain has risen by one percent, do you know what this means?" ”

Kou Baimen was a little stunned, she hadn't paid attention to these, and she didn't know what these had to do with the great politics of the court.

"It means inflation, you may not know what inflation is, but you should know that today's Ming Dynasty is open to the sea on all sides, the prosperity of commerce far exceeds Longwan, silver flows into my Ming Dynasty like flowing water, and then increase the appearance of weaving workshops and other workshops, changing rice to mulberry, changing fields to workshops will inevitably cause a decline in grain production, and silver is cheap and expensive, do you think this will be a good thing?"

Zhu Youzhen has indeed been paying attention to the economic changes of the Ming Dynasty, the financial system has always been the worst system of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the most fundamental reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty, although he has increased the commercial tax, it does not mean that the financial and economic problems of the Ming Dynasty can really be solved after the commercial tax is added, because the Ming Dynasty is still an empire dominated by agriculture and farming, and the main economic industry of the empire is agriculture.

It is equivalent to that Zhu Youzhen now controls commercial wealth by increasing commercial taxes, but in fact only controls 20% of the empire's wealth.

The remaining 70 percent or so is still produced in the fields.

A few percent are still in Zheng's hands.

It was mainly agriculture, and who owned the most land meant who had the most imperial wealth.

Kou Baimen instinctively shook his head: "Silver can't be eaten, grain can be eaten, silver is cheap, food is expensive, naturally it's not a good thing, then the people will not be able to eat food, they will starve to death if they can't afford to eat food, and there will be turmoil." ”

"It's not just that the people can't afford to eat food, but I can't afford to raise soldiers, these hundreds of thousands of troops, these hundreds of thousands of officials, hundreds of thousands of students, and people engaged in commerce and handicrafts, they all need to eat, and if food is expensive, the cost of the imperial court is high;

During the Hongwu period, there were more than 4.7 million stones of rice and wheat in the summer tax, and more than 24.72 million stones of rice in the autumn grain; In the Wanli years, more than 4,650,000 stones of rice and wheat, and more than 22 million stones of rice, in the 20th year of Chongzhen, the household department spent a total of 30 million silver dollars to buy 13 million stone rice, according to the exchange rate of silver dollars and silver, according to the price of grain during the Apocalypse, these 30 million silver dollars could have bought 16 million stones of rice, which is a total of 3 million stones! The population is increasing year by year, but the amount of grain collected is declining year by year, and in the long run, the imperial court will not be able to use the existing taxes to support the army and the people, and in the event of a major disaster, there will be no food to give. ”

As soon as Zhu Youzhen said this, Kou Baimen also frowned: "According to Your Majesty's words, it seems to be quite scary, but food is expensive, and the people will not grow more food by themselves, so they can buy it at a good price, and they should increase their income." ”

"If you think about whose hands most of the land in the world is, and the price of this grain has risen, who is the real one who increases the profits."

Zhu Youzhen looked at Kou Baimen as he spoke, and Kou Baimen said casually: "The vassal king, the gentry, and Your Majesty, as well as these guards. ”

Kou Baimen couldn't help but open his mouth wide after speaking.

"That's right, the land is not in their hands, the most important thing is the gentry and the vassal kings, every time the grain rises, they get an extra profit, and the land annexation is accelerated, the landless people will increase by one percent, the landless people will be more, the fewer people who farm, the grain output will be less, and the price of grain will be more expensive."

As soon as Zhu Youzhen said this, Kou Baimen realized that there were so many things that could be seen from the price of grain, but behind the superficial wealth of Jiangnan, there was such a big crisis, and it was no wonder that His Majesty had been fighting against the Shilin, desperately receiving the confiscated land to the Huangzhuang and distributing it to the displaced people, but only giving the displaced people the right to use but not the right to buy them, in order to let more land in the hands of the common people.

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