The second reason for choosing Xu Da is that he is very loyal, only loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang and not biased towards the Huaixi Party. In addition, because he didn't read much, Zhu Yuanzhang estimated that he couldn't understand Qin Yu's imperial technique, and it was impossible to pose a threat to the old Zhu family after learning it.

Soon, the three of them walked to the ridge of a farmland.

Leeks are planted in the field, and their growth is extremely average.

"Mr. Qin, when we went back yesterday, we suddenly thought of a historical question again, and we couldn't figure it out after racking our brains, so we couldn't sleep for half a night, can you go to great lengths to answer it for us?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Another question of history? Still can't sleep for half a night?

Qin Yu frowned when he heard this.

This village chief Huang has reached this point of not doing his job, and he is a little crazy! Can't you get down to business? What you should be concerned about now is the growth of the crops in the field, not history that has nothing to do with you at all!

It's like a playful student who delays his normal studies because of his mobile phone.

This problem was pointed out to him yesterday, and he still did not change, but became more and more addicted.

It's hopeless.

In contrast, it seems that the patriarch of Lujia Village cares more about the villagers and cares about agriculture.

It's no wonder that in his teacher's dormitory just now, the villagers didn't seem to be very enthusiastic about him, but they respected the patriarch very much, and anyone with a discerning eye could see it. The eyes of the masses were indeed bright.

Playing tricks all day long, it's no wonder that his prestige among the villagers is not high.

However, the other party is a village chief and an adult, and it is difficult for him to say anything as a foreign volunteer teacher. If you say too much, it seems that the tube is too wide. Forget it, if he doesn't do his job, he will naturally be questioned by township cadres, and it has nothing to do with him.

Although he was a little impatient, he still said, "What kind of historical problem?" ”

"We were thinking yesterday, Liu Bang was born as a pavilion chief and didn't have much background after establishing the Han Dynasty, what did he use to build the Han Dynasty? To put it simply, where did he get the money to do the construction? Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "Money is the foundation of a dynasty, and money is everything." ”

Does the affairs of the Han Dynasty have anything to do with you? Qin Yu wanted to complain in his heart.

However, he still answered him seriously: "Liu Bang had a family background in the early days of the establishment of the Han Dynasty, and he let Xiao He, a good master of internal affairs, operate in the rich land of Hanzhong for many years and accumulate a lot of wealth. However, the family wealth accumulated by Xiao He was still not enough for him to create a prosperous era, but it could lay a solid foundation for the later emperors, so his subsequent reign of Wenjing was a prosperous era. ”

"To put it simply, although the emergence of the prosperous era in ancient times is related to the Ming Dynasty, it is not actually the most fundamental reason. The fundamental reason for the prosperity is that there is enough money and the development of social productive forces. The economic base is the ultimate force of social development, and the economic base determines the superstructure. So even if Liu Bang is not Liu Heng and Liu Qi as emperors after that, if someone else is the emperor, as long as he doesn't mess around, he will still have a prosperous world. ”

Isn't the monarch the root cause of the prosperous age?

The fundamental reason for the prosperity is the development of productive forces? Is it money?

Qin Yu's words once again broadened Zhu Yuanzhang's horizons.

"The question that bothers you is mainly how to get money in the early days of the dynasty, right?" Qin Yu went to the point.

"Yes, that's the problem." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Then don't take the Han Dynasty as an example, take the Ming Dynasty as an example, because the Ming Dynasty is more extreme than the Han Dynasty." Qin Yu said, "Zhu Yuanzhang started as a farmer and didn't have any family background. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty was poorer than the early Han Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang was more self-made than Liu Bang. The early Ming Dynasty was more short of money than the early Han Dynasty, and the early Ming Dynasty was used as an example to illustrate the problem. ”

Take the Ming Dynasty as an example? Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, isn't it the early Ming Dynasty?

One bite of Zhu Yuanzhang, he is not afraid of killing his head? Xu Da was also a little stunned, you must know that the current Zhu Yuanzhang is no longer the previous superior, he already has the majesty of the emperor, and the killing is extremely decisive.

couldn't help but worry about Qin Yu, but when he swept his gaze to Zhu Yuanzhang, he found that he didn't show any signs of anger.

"Take it, please tell us how Zhu Yuanzhang can get money." Zhu Yuanzhang respectfully asked Qin Yu for advice, which surprised Xu Da even more.

"At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was actually a bit of family background, but not much, those family backgrounds were all snatched by Zhu Yuanzhang from all walks of life, warlords, and the Yuan Dynasty court when he was raising righteousness. However, he established the Northern Expedition of Xu Da to destroy the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty in response to Tianfu, and the little family money he had robbed before was estimated to have been used up long ago. So he didn't have the money to do construction, and there was no Hongwu prosperous era. ”

"As for how he should make money, the solution is actually very simple."

Very simple? I racked my brains and didn't know how to make money, but he actually said it was simple?

"What's the easy way?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait.

"Fight the local tyrants and divide the fields." Qin Yu said, "Give all the fields to the peasants as their personal property." ”

"What is a local tyrant?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"The local tyrants are those landlords, gentry, that is, clan families." Qin Yu said, "Don't underestimate the life-saving ability of the family clan, don't think that they have just experienced the war and have no money in the family." ”

"When Zhu Yuanzhang and various warlords were competing for the world, those family clans had already arranged a retreat. They have long hidden their money and food, they already have a lot of money, isn't it easy to hide something? When the world is stable, they will pretend to be poor at first so as not to be worried by the court, and then when the society develops and the court no longer cares about their money, they will take out the money, or buy officials or buy land, and then continue to be their nobles. ”

"So although there has been a war and a change of dynasty, the impact on the clan family is actually very small. Only a very small number of those who are involved in the warlord struggle and try to bet on it will be affected. ”

"Remember, at all times, it is only ordinary people who suffer."

"So in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, it was not that there was no money, but that the landlords and old wealthy families were concentrated."

"Damn!" Zhu Yuanzhang heard a murderous intent in his eyes: These landlords and old fortunes are all good at home, and after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, they all ate coarse tea and light rice, pretending to be very poor, and hid us all.

If it weren't for Mr. Qin's words, we would have thought they really had no money.

"But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't see this because of the limitations of his thoughts, and he didn't look for the landlord to bleed, so he was very poor in the early Ming Dynasty." Qin Yu continued, "Even if the salary he paid to the court officials was the lowest in history, and he himself lived frugally by cracking down on corruption, he still did not create a prosperous era. Hehe, reducing the salaries of officials is frugal for themselves, and the pattern is small. ”