Zhu Chen turned around, looked at those homeless people and said, "I'll give you silver, go buy some things to feed everyone's stomachs first, and then start work, and the best part of the people will stay." ”

Hearing that they could fill their stomachs, hundreds of homeless people burst out into cheers, and one by one they rushed to kneel in front of Zhu Chen, and they were about to kowtow.

Zhu Chen took out some silver and selected a few people to buy food.

In a short time, a large pile of food was transported to the outskirts of the city, to hundreds of displaced people.

These homeless people are very well-behaved and cautious, obviously they are drooling and cooing, but Zhu Chen didn't speak, and no one dared to take the initiative to eat.

Zhu Chen looked at those steamed buns, cakes, as well as porridge and pickles in the cauldron, and shouted, "You guys eat it." ”

As soon as Zhu Chen finished speaking, those homeless people suddenly rushed over like crazy and divided up the food.

Then, after they were all full, they consciously picked up the hoe and went to help Zhu Chen reclaim.

One by one, they are scrambling to get to work.

They were like a whirlwind of clouds, and in a few moments they were hot, and the shouts of the ground came out, showing their vitality after they had eaten.

No one is lazy, they are all obediently and desperately helping Zhu Chen.

Zhu Chen stood on the shore, watching hundreds of people working hard and gratefully for him, and at the same time he was happy in his heart, he suddenly sighed for no reason.

He thinks that human life is greater than the sky, but in this era, human life is just like a mustard, and a bite of food can make them die for themselves.

Even if he is hungry and skinny now, he is sweating in the field.

This is just Ying Tianfu, how many such displaced people are there in various states and places?

And it is still the Ming Dynasty founded by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, if it is placed in troubled times, they may not even be as good as ants, right?

Human life, how can it be worthless than ants!!

This damn world is really bad.

Zhu Chen clenched his hands and muttered: "Although this era is prosperous, there are still people starving to death, there are still horse bandits in rebellion, and there are still officials forcing the people to rebel, sooner or later, if I enter politics, I will overturn this chaotic era and re-erect a new world for all the people!" ”

Zhu Chen muttered, and suddenly a voice came from behind him: "Stinky boy, what are you talking about?" ”

It's a familiar voice, it's the old man......

Zhu Chen turned his head and looked, it was really an old man.

"Old man, how do you know I'm here?" Zhu Chen was puzzled.

Zhu Di walked over and smiled: "Ying Tianfu has a lot of eyeliner, I don't know where you are?" You got these homeless people from outside the city, right? ”

With such an explanation, Zhu Chen was relieved, yes, the old man is a person in power, and it is normal to have eyeliner in Yingtianfu.

Zhu Chen nodded and said: "Yes, they are dying of hunger, I invited them to plough the land, I just need to let them have a full meal, which is convenient for me and saves them." ”

Zhu Di smiled: "While earning the silver, he saved people at the same time, he is a good brain." ”

Zhu Chen sighed: "So what, in this era, one meal can buy their lives." ”

Zhu Di's eyes froze: "Then what do you think." ”

Zhu Chen glanced at the old man and said firmly: "I hope that Daming can be stronger, Yongle Shengshi will be stronger, the people of Daming should not be as cheap as livestock, they are also human beings, they are living people." ”

Zhu Di was slightly stunned, and then sighed, with some helplessness on his face.

"I didn't know they were human too."

"If it weren't for the Ming Taizu overthrowing Meng Yuan, the orthodoxy of the Han nationality would have been extinct, and the people under the rule of foreign races would have been even more miserable.

"It's too urgent, there's no good fruit to eat."

When the Ming Dynasty was not yet founded, the people in the troubled times were even more miserable than this, and over the years, thanks to the prince's great efforts in people's livelihood and economy, and even Zhu Di's military funds were used to build roads and bridges for the people, otherwise the people would be even worse than this.

said that it was a prosperous era of Yongle, but Zhu Di knew in his heart that this was the scenery on the surface, and there were still ordinary people who couldn't eat behind the scenes.

Zhu Chen also knew this truth very well, and said: "I know that governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, and everything is not in a hurry." ”

After a pause, Zhu Chen said: "However, at the moment, I have a way to change the current shortcomings of Daming." ”

The disadvantages of Daming?

Zhu Di was interested and teased: "Then you can talk about it." ”

Zhu Chen said in a deep voice: "The current drawbacks of Daming lie in not opening the sea ban and in lowering commercial taxes. ”

During the Hongwu period, a sea ban was ordered, and now although Zheng He went to the West, it can be used for agriculture, and commercial ships are still not allowed to do business and trade overseas.

Emperor Hongwu's holy decree announced that he was not allowed to go to the sea, so this ban was banned for decades.

At first, it was to prevent the Japanese invaders, but now it has become a disadvantage of the Ming Dynasty, resulting in the inability of overseas culture to enter, the inability to trade in the interior, and the things produced in the Ming Dynasty can basically only be self-sufficient, and cannot be sold abroad.

Once the sea ban is opened, it will make Daming more prosperous and open up a new export industry.

As for the commercial tax, the commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty was very low, but the agricultural tax was very high, so the big tax collectors of the Ming Dynasty were not rich businessmen and gentry, but old farmers.

And this drawback has continued from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty, resulting in Emperor Chongzhen directly running out of money at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and he can't even afford military spending, and he is homeless everywhere, but the eight major Jin merchants in Shanxi have '100 million' taels of silver!

The common people are all poor and dead, and they are desperately collecting taxes from him, but those rich businessmen only need to pay a little.

In other words, rich people, you don't extort, extort the peasants for ten or eight dollars?

Zhu Chen directly pointed out the mistake, not only did not make Zhu Di unhappy, but made Zhu Di feel quite relieved, Taisun is indeed as wise as a torch, and he can see the most intuitive problem of Daming at a glance.

The sea ban is indeed a wrong choice.

After Zheng He went to the West, he spread the Han culture overseas, the name of the Yongle Emperor was powerful and powerful, and all kinds of rare treasures were transported into the Ming Dynasty, which were the benefits of opening the sea.

"You kid, you see the problem very thoroughly." Zhu Di said with a smile.

Zhu Chen was surprised: "Old man, do you also think that the sea ban should be opened?" ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Opening the sea ban is indeed good for the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Chen's eyes lit up, as long as the old man approves, then this matter will be easy to do, he looked at the old man and said: "Old man, since you also support the opening of the sea, why don't you suggest to the above to raise the commercial tax and open the sea ban?" ”

Zhu Di shook his head: "No." ”

Zhu Chen was stunned for a moment, a little stunned: "Why not?" ”

Zhu Di sighed with emotion: "This is the rule of the great grandfather, not allowed to go to the sea, the law of the ancestors is immutable, even the emperor of the dynasty does not dare to risk the disapproval of the world, once the sea is opened, it is against the admonition of the ancestors, and there will be chaos." ”

Zhu Chen looked at the homeless people who pouted their butts and worked hard, and sneered: "Is it because it was the idea of the great grandfather, so it can't be modified?" ”