Chapter 175: Why don't we try it first?
"You're good, and I'm happy with what you're saying."
"What about the others? Do anyone else have other ideas? ”
Xu Xianchun felt a little depressed, he knew very well in his heart that although Zhu Youxiao was satisfied with his statement, this was just Zhu Youxiao's reluctance to chill the heart of such a cronie as him.
He understood that his answer did not actually go to Zhu Youxiao's heart.
Zhu Youxiao pointed to Lu Xiangsheng in front of him and asked, "What about Lu Aiqing, what do you think?" What do you think the purpose of this artillery is? ”
Lu Mingyue also felt a lot of pressure, After all, these colleagues around her actually thought that what Xu Xianchun said just now should mean to Zhu Youxiao.
But Zhu Youxiao obviously used his actual behavior to tell them what is called the unpredictable heart of the monarch and what is the mind of the emperor, don't guess.
But Lu Mingyue didn't have a good idea for a while, he thought for a while, and finally decided to just follow the true thoughts in his heart.
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the reason why our Ming Dynasty wants to forge these cannons is because we Ming need enough force to be able to threaten the surrounding barbarians so that they don't dare to harass our Ming Dynasty."
"Only in this way will my people of the Ming Dynasty not have to maintain a large number of troops on the border, and they will be burdened with extremely high taxes, and the people will be able to live and work in peace and contentment."
Zhu Youxiao nodded, this is also the true thought of Lu Xiangsheng and other readers.
For them, in fact, His Majesty may not be the most important, but the people of the world may be more important.
As long as they have powerful artillery and strong force, then they will be able to hold their own one-third of an acre of land, not let the surrounding barbarians be presumptuous, and let the people live and work in peace and contentment.
Therefore, people like Lu Xiangsheng are actually different from Xu Xianchun, Tian Ergeng, Wang Tiqian, Qin Liangyu, Yang Qicong, and others.
After Lu Xiangsheng said these words, he was also a little hesitant, he understood that what he said was not necessarily to Zhu Youxiao's appetite.
But Zhu Youxiao smiled when he saw his somewhat nervous expression.
"What you said is also very good, and I also hope that my people in the Ming Dynasty can live and work in peace and contentment."
Lu Xiangsheng breathed a sigh of relief, but they also heard some clues from Zhu Youxiao's words just now.
Although his words were also agreed by Zhu Youxiao, this was not Zhu Youxiao's true thoughts.
They all looked at Zhu Youxiao expectantly, wanting to hear what Zhu Youxiao had to say.
I saw Zhu Youxiao looking at their expectant eyes, and he didn't hide anything.
His gaze looked into the distance, as if he could see the ends of the earth.
"If I think according to my thoughts, then I will say that the so-called artillery is used to measure the square inch of my Ming land."
"Knowing where our artillery can shoot, that is the land of our Ming Dynasty, in terms of our current land of the Ming Dynasty, this whole world, it is not the king's land and the shore, it is not the king's minister, it is a bit excessive."
"I'm afraid that no one will listen to my orders when I leave the Great Wall, and this really hurts me."
"Have you ever thought that there is another reason why the people of our Ming Dynasty are poor now, that is, after so many years of development, there are more and more people in our Ming Dynasty."
"But there are more and more people, then each of them will have less and less land, and if the wind and rain are good in peacetime, then there will be nothing."
"But what? If there is a disaster and the land is reduced, the land will not be able to support the population that it should have carried. ”
"If the people don't have enough land, they can only become homeless."
"Now that we have powerful weapons, a group of capable generals like you, and an army that can fight well, then we can go east, west, north, and even south."
"We can conquer the lands where there are few people and emigrate our people there."
"In this way, our Ming artillery has brought our Ming artillery, the people of the land have the land to live in, and our Ming Dynasty has brought civilization and education to the barbarians."
"Isn't that wonderful?"
Zhu Youxiao's tirade has finally come to an end.
The generals of the Ming army present were all deeply shocked, and they couldn't say that all of them were completely convinced by Zhu Youxiao's statement.
However, it did have a great impact on their original thoughts.
Zhu Youxiao's remarks can be said to have opened the door to a new world for them.
They have never thought of solving domestic contradictions, and they can solve them in such a way, yes, there is no longer enough land in their country.
Especially in the south, although the land is very fertile, but the population is also very large, they originally thought about themselves, and there was no way to conjure up apprentices out of thin air.
But Zhu Youxiao now tells them that they can conjure land out of thin air.
What if your own land is not enough, that is to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty, take some land from others, and use it for your own people.
Yes, it is true that there are frequent disasters in the country, which have led to a large-scale reduction in food production, but they also know that land disasters are serious in some places and relatively less serious in others.
After they expanded the territory of the Ming Dynasty, there was always some land that could continue to be cultivated.
This is just one benefit, there is another benefit, that is, the people who have lost their land, after they become exiles, are likely to join the rebel army, which has a great impact on the army and finances of the Ming Dynasty.
But if you immigrate them to the newly expanded land, it will not be easy for them to make trouble, after all, they have their own land and hope, and they can continue to live.
Since the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty has not to say for the time being, it is not a Han dynasty, but in terms of the eyes of the generals of the Song and Ming dynasties, it has gradually become short-sighted.
They are more just staring at their own acres and three parts of land, even if it is a war with the outside world, most of them do not take actual control as the standard.
But Zhu Youxiao reminded them, why can't they take actual control as the standard, although the Qin Dynasty can do it, the Han Dynasty can do it, and even the Three Kingdoms Era can do it, and the Tang Dynasty can do it, so why can't they do it in the Ming Dynasty?
They now have the strength to lead all the small nations around, they have the most advanced weapons, and they even have the largest armies.
They may be able to truly restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
Zhu Youxiao saw that the generals had fallen into deep thought, and he was already quite satisfied.
He couldn't ask for a complete reversal of their values just by his own words.
At the same time, the Chahar Ministry was caught in a great dispute.