"Daming now has five or six children per family, and the total number of children is close to 10,000, but it is far from enough." Zhu Yuanzhang continued, "We must continue to encourage them to have children. ”

The total population of Daming is now 200 million, and children account for 100 million, close to 50 percent, which is a terrifying ratio.

When these children grow up, it will be a huge 'vein'.

This point, with the vision of Zhu Yuanzhang and the ministers, and the limitations of the times in which they lived, they could not see it at all.

However, they can still realize that this group of people will grow up to be young and strong laborers, and the more labor force and more people involved in production, the court will be rich and strong.

Therefore, all dynasties have introduced a series of policies to encourage the people to have more children.

Some are fines for not getting married when they reach the age, and some are directly issued by the government.

However, all dynasties did not know that the basis for the people to be willing to have a large number of children was a stable life.

Now the Ming Dynasty has achieved a prosperous life for the people, so the population of children has skyrocketed instantly.

"It's up to you to do it."

"Yes." The Guangxi provincial official said.

……

"The emperor ......" At this time, Erhu came to Zhu Yuanzhang's side and whispered a few words in his ear.

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression suddenly froze when he heard this: he laughed angrily: "Qingliu County Commander Zhang Ning is so bold, he dares to secretly scold us for being the Dog Emperor?" ”

When the ministers heard this, they were all over the place, and they were suddenly silent.

They were all stunned, in the Ming Dynasty, there were officials who were so arrogant?

It's simply unheard of.

They didn't even dare to scold the emperor in their dreams.

"If Zhang Ning only scolds us behind his back, we won't do anything to him, after all, there are more scholars in the world who scold us." Zhu Yuanzhang continued, "But the damnable thing is that half a month has passed since the imperial court's money policy was promulgated, and he still hasn't done it. ”

"Let the people complain and suffer. The people wanted to report on their heads, but all of them were stopped by the servants he sent and secretly executed. ”

"To openly oppose the Ming Dynasty's Taoism is simply an unforgivable sin."

"He also said that the people of the world are untouchables, and he is a superior man. Emperor Zhu's hand can't control his remote county, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away. What else do you say that the untouchables in the world are our parents, and we want to maintain them so much? ”

"Hey, hey!"

"He is right, our father and mother had no land, no surplus food at home, and several people starved to death, they are indeed the lowest pariahs."

"Let's let him see, our emperor, is not far from him."

"Obey the order, put Zhang Ning Lingchi to death, and punish his nine clans!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's punishment of corrupt officials has never been soft.

The laws he made were the strictest in all dynasties.

"Yes!"

When the ministers heard this, they mourned for Zhang Ning and his family.

"Your Majesty, in the Ming Dynasty, there are still many local officials like Zhang Ning." Erhu said, "He is not alone, according to the survey, basically every province, there are many people like him." ”

"Why is a black sheep like Zhang Ning always killing endlessly?" Zhu Yuanzhang lamented when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, because Da Ming is too big." Liu Bowen stepped forward and said, "The crops grown in a crop field are inevitably mixed. The larger the crops, the more barnyard grass there is, which is unavoidable. ”

"We don't think you have the point yet." After Zhu Yuanzhang was trained by Qin Yu, his ideological insight and vision were much higher than those of the ministers, and he said, "We think that in the final analysis, it is still the poison of Confucianism. ”

"Confucianism divides people into three, six, nine and so on, and the concept of making people superior and inferior has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people for thousands of years."

"Let everyone in the world feel that it is a matter of course to become a master after becoming an official. After ten years of fame, you should be a master. I never think about the feelings of those people. ”

"The essence of being a human being is to oppress and be oppressed."

"Isn't there an old saying in the market, only when you suffer hardship can you become a master."

"Just imagine, if the idea of freedom and equality is popular in China for thousands of years, and now the Ming Dynasty is popular, there are still so many people who regard themselves as superior people and others as untouchables?"

"The emperor's analysis is profound!" When the ministers heard this, they suddenly realized.

They all said:

"Sure enough, it's all poisoned by Confucianism."

This idea is indeed infinitely harmful. Thinking is a scourge for everything, not just a little bit. ”

"Although it has now been eliminated, its poison is still there, deeply rooted."

"What we are practicing now is to establish a country with Taoism and establish a natural society." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Natural society is like a natural ecology. ”

"And the ecology of nature is not oppressive."

"Your Majesty, here, the minister has the courage to ask." At this time, Liu Bowen said, "To establish a country with Taoism is to establish the natural world, and in the natural world, is it oppression for wolves to eat sheep?" Does a tiger eat a rabbit count as oppression? ”

In a word, Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Can't answer.

After thinking for a long time, he said: "This is a profound philosophical question, and no one has ever raised it before. ”

"It is estimated that it contains a higher and deeper idea of establishing a country with Taoism."

"You deserve a commendable reward for asking such a question. Prove that you are already thinking about it, and you are building a country with Taoism at a higher level. We can't answer such a question, so we can only find time to consult Mr. Qin. ”

"But we can be sure of one thing."

"After the wolf eats the sheep and the tiger eats the rabbit, it will never be complacent. Others, on the other hand, take pride in plundering other people's lives and oppressing others. ”

"Okay, let's put this issue aside for a while, and continue to talk about the Ming Dynasty, there will be so many black sheep like Zhang Ning for a living."

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has just implemented equality and freedom, and its thoughts have not been long in the hearts of the people." Yang Xiandao, "The minister thinks that if this kind of thinking can be implemented for one or two hundred years, the concept of wanting to be a master will gradually emerge from the memory of people in the world." ”

"By that time, there will be more than half the black sheep."

"If you want to completely get rid of the poison of one thought, it is not a matter of one generation or two generations."

"It's going to take a hundred or two hundred years, it's too long." Zhu Yuanzhang obviously didn't want to wait that long, if a good idea took effect too slowly, he was not happy, he wanted to see the results immediately.

"Now the subjects of the Ming Dynasty are like fish that have just been fished out of the stinky ditch of Confucianism."

"Although I have changed to the clear pond of the country of Yidao, some fish still have a lot of mud and sand in the stomachs of the smelly ditch, feces and other filthy things, if they are allowed to spit out, over time, even the clear pond will be polluted."