Chapter 71: Reward

He Xi thought about it. During the period, Ai Aidi conveyed Li Wenzhong's thoughts.

Zhu Yuanzhang heard this and snorted coldly. said: "It is naturally possible to send the southern rebellion to Liaodong. However, you don't have to worry about Goryeo's affairs. The problem of population always has to be solved. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed in his heart: "Li Wenzhong is not old yet, his heart is already old." ”

People who can achieve great things in troubled times. Not only have the heart of a bodhisattva, but also have thunder means, and when it is time to be ruthless, you must be ruthless. You can't be merciful.

Coming out of the troubled times, it is easy to form two situations.

The first is that too many dead people have been seen. On the contrary, his heart is getting softer and softer, and he can't see the dead anymore.

The second situation is that there are too many dead people to see. On the contrary, they are less and less concerned about the dead. In order to achieve great things, I don't care how many people die.

And Li Wenzhong is probably the former. Zhu Yuanzhang may not be the latter.

Of course, he has compassion, but when it is critical, he can do it. No matter who it is, for the sake of the great cause, you can drink together in a golden cup, and you will not spare each other. What's more, people outside the district. In fact, when Zhu Yuanzhang heard He Xi talk about the affairs of the later generations, he had already made up his mind to take action against Goryeo.

It's not that Zhu Yuanzhang has any thoughts about Goryeo, but if he wants to attack Japan, he must go to Goryeo.

That's something that can't be changed.

How can you attack Japan without going through Goryeo? Even if it is an attack from sea, it is the most suitable for Goryeo. Since this is the case, Zhu Yuanzhang will not allow Goryeo to get out of control. Now it's just a matter of showing your intentions in advance.

He Xi didn't dare to talk much about this matter. Immediately said: "Population problem, but there is one thing that can be done?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What's the matter? ”

He Xi said: "It is the prevention and control of infectious diseases, mainly smallpox, as well as schistosomiasis and other diseases. Before I left Jingshi, I had already explained these to Divine Doctor Dai, but I don't know what Divine Doctor Dai is doing now. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Don't be idle during your time in Beijing. Keep an eye on this one thing. This is a major matter related to the foundation of the country. ”

He Xi said: "The minister understands. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to inadvertently put forward another thing. said: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has been a land clearance, this time the clearing is just to make the people their own land, for taxation. And today there is no major trouble. I'm ready to clear the acres again. ”

"What do you think should be done?"

A lot of people who don't understand. Maybe I don't know that the political resistance is great. But the technical problem is even greater.

With a slight movement of the officials' pen, they can send out a few acres, or even dozens of acres, which can make the poor rich rich and the rich poor. In short, up and down is just a thought. What's more, it's hard to check. When later generations look at it on the satellite, they can see the greasy things. In this day and age, non-natives are not aware.

Whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang's Qingzhang or the Qingzhang of later generations. In essence, it is the consolidation of taxes, not the consolidation of land.

It can be seen from the amount of land in the Ming and Qing dynasties. On the whole, the total amount of land in the Ming and Qing dynasties was not large. But by the time of the Republic of China, science and technology developed. With the addition of airplanes and other technologies to the survey, China's land has suddenly increased by 30%. Where were these three percent before? Needless to say.

And at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, what was the most important thing for Zhu Yuanzhang? It is a stable regime. It is to determine the rule. Instead of making everything clear. Therefore, he recognized everything that came up below. Because only when the number of acres of these acres of land is recognized, can the tax to be paid be determined.

However, at that time, in order to fight in order to raise soldiers. And so on and so forth. There are many, many compromises.

This is no longer the case. Zhu Yuanzhang is going to clean up these old accounts.

In fact, in history, Zhu Yuanzhang also did such a thing, that is, to send prisoners to clear the acres of fields on a large scale. It's a pity that there are still not enough Ming officials, and the prisoners that Zhu Yuanzhang has high hopes for can only send one person from one county.

Not locals. What can it do. The magistrate can only be asked not to deceive too much. Coupled with Zhu Yuanzhang's high-pressure policy. The people below didn't dare to make it too bad.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's Qingzhang action is still the most efficient in the entire Ming Dynasty. As for the Qing court, people directly used the data of the Wanli period.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who just knows history, doesn't think that his Qingzhang action is very successful.

This is also related to Zhu Yuanzhang's political philosophy. Zhu Yuanzhang's political philosophy is equality. The burden of the world will be evenly distributed to every person and every acre of land. Because Zhu Yuanzhang has seen the troubled times of the Yuan Dynasty, the local rich people, but the court has no money. And the people were taxed, which made the world boil.

And share the burden of the court on everyone, and each will not bear too much.

And without increasing the burden on the people, there is a lot more tax out of thin air. How could Zhu Yuanzhang not grasp it.

He Xi was silent for a moment and said, "There is a word in the later life, called marginal utility. That is, the energy invested in certain things is not always proportional to the output. The further you go, the more effort you put into it, and the less you output. There are even negative effects. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "This is what I know. I just want to know, is there anything you can do. ”

Of course Zhu Yuanzhang knew. Who are those hidden acres? Except for a few because of the geographical remoteness. In the corner where even the servants don't want to go. Most of the hidden fields were dignitaries. A lot of things seem to be technical. But is it actually a technical issue?

He Xi said: "Your Majesty doesn't have a spaceship. The land can be surveyed from the sky. Draw a bird's-eye view. Compare with the mapped map. I dare not say that it is exactly the same, there is no error. But the error is certainly small. And the manpower required will not be too much, and these spacecraft surveying and mapping can be completely disconnected from the locality. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang listened, slapped his forehead with his palm, and said: "If you don't say it, I have forgotten about this matter." Or make it convenient for you to be around. ”

The hot air balloon was still very novel at the beginning, but after a long time, it was just a moving watchtower. Even windy weather simply can't be lifted into the air. While useful, there are also a lot of limitations. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care much.

Just as a novelty weapon.

Now that I think about it, there is such a role.

These things can only be reminded of by He Xi.

At one time, Zhu Yuanzhang had the idea of letting He Xi be by his side as a minister of the guard. However, Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it and gave up. He had high hopes for He Xi. If you have been around, I am afraid that you will inevitably repeat the mistakes of Fang Xiaoru and others.

In history, many of the ministers of Emperor Jianwen were selected by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang looks at the list, he can probably understand his thinking at that time, and hopes that Zhu Yunwen can be benevolent and benevolent. Calm down. It's just that I didn't expect that these scholars had no local experience at all. It's made like this.

Therefore, now Zhu Yuanzhang has learned a lesson. After thinking about it for a moment, let He Xi experience it outside for a few years.

No, this year is running outside, up and down the stakes. Even the knowledge of the means of forming gangs has grown a lot.

Zhu Yuanzhang finally said: "Tell Ye Wang that he is a veteran, and I can trust him." It's just that although there have been many victories in the Liaodong War, it is too small. However, when there are soldiers in the East China Sea, let him stay with him. I don't hesitate to reward my uncle. ”

"You know what?"

He Xi suddenly understood that Zhu Yuanzhang's words actually tacitly acquiesced in Ye Wang's closeness to He Xi. This is both a good thing and a bad thing for He Xi. The good thing is that He Xi has a little foundation in the army. But the bad thing is that if something goes wrong with Ye Wang in the future, Zhu Yuanzhang will ask He Xi is question.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know that the people below had formed gangs. But as the great man said, there is no party in the party, there is no imperial thought, there is no faction in the faction, and there are all kinds of strangeness. This was especially the case in ancient times, when Zhu Yuanzhang was a person. It is impossible for him to dock with six ministers, three ministers and nine ministers, dozens of nobles, and hundreds of veterans with records at the same time.

Private huddles are not only reality, but also Zhu Yuanzhang's needs. He needs these factions to help him maintain his rule.

However, this is still the biggest reward for He Xi. He Xi said; "I understand."