"Why do you have to suffer the people?"

Zhu Gaochi sat slumped in the chair, his mouth was wide open, his breathing was a little rapid, and his chest was up and down with mountains of fat.

Before coming to listen to Jiang Xinghuo's lecture, Zhu Di told him that he must have been greatly shocked, because both Zhu Di himself and the black-clothed prime minister Dao Yan were severely shocked by Jiang Xinghuo's resourcefulness and insight.

However, at that time, Zhu Gaochi felt that his father's words were exaggerated.

Jiang Xinghuo's talent, just by listening to it for a short time, Zhu Gaochi thought that it must be a great talent.

But this was not enough to shock him, because Zhu Gaochi had seen too many literati talents.

Even if Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong, the future ministers of the country, are not as good as Jiang Xinghuo, they are just inferior, not very different.

But as Jiang Xinghuo peeled off the cocoon, according to the "three elements of productivity", he sorted out that "land determines taxation, proportion determines tax base, and tax base determines life expectancy".

Then, according to these three decisions, Zhu Gaochi was completely moved after putting forward empathy from the perspective of yeoman farmers.

And with the sentence "Formulating policies should be anxious about what the people are anxious about, and think about what the people think", Zhu Gaochi was even more excited, and this sentence made him want to immediately adopt it as his lifelong motto.

After all...... He is the future Emperor of the Great Ming Renzong!

The historical pen is like iron, and the word "benevolence" is not a lie.

By the time Jiang Xinghuo proposed to formulate a land and tax solution for the three factors of forced labor, grain, cattle and seeds, in Zhu Gaochi's heart, Jiang Xinghuo's talent had far surpassed Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong.

Jiang Xinghuo, on the other hand, further dight, found out the essence of conscription, which is that the project of maintaining social and public services requires group labor, and conscription is an economic account.

In the end, when Jiang Xinghuo's roar of "why suffer the people" came out.

Zhu Gaochi was completely shocked, and then suddenly realized.

Since it is an economic account, why can it only be solved by "suffering the people"?

One answer,

An ultimate answer,

Through a layer of window paper,

It was placed in front of Zhu Gaochi.

inside the walls.

"Mr. Jiang, Mr. Cao, sit down."

Zhu Gaoxu saw that the two were holding each other, and hurriedly persuaded him.

No one paid any attention to him.

Zhu Gaoxu was also stubborn, and when he stood up, he was a whole head taller than the two of them, and then the nine-foot giant man pressed the two of them to the ground like a carrot.

Li Jinglong's temper also came up, and he twisted his neck and asked.

"Don't suffer the people? What do you say?! ”

At this time, Li Jinglong was no longer just acting for Zhu Di.

It's that he's really angry, guilty, and wants to know the answer.

Everyone has a secret in their hearts.

Everyone has their own nightmare when they dream back at midnight.

For example, as mentioned by Zhu Gaochi just now, Zhu Yuanzhang's portrait is to Zhu Di.

Another example...... An unknown teenager under the city of Texas who was trampled to death by Li Jinglong, who was in a panic.

It was a young fisherman who had just been recruited as his own soldiers after the defeat, and was originally begging for a living on Jishui.

Li Jinglong no longer remembers what the boy's name was, but only remembered the fishing song he sang when the boy was bored, which was ridiculous and extremely ugly.

On the other side, Jiang Xinghuo was pressed by the bearded Zhu Gaoxu, like a wounded beast, and it took a long time to breathe before he returned to normal, and his eyes were still bloodshot.

Thankfully, he finally calmed down not so thoroughly.

"Ho... Whew..."

Jiang Xinghuo took a few big breaths, wiped his face, and said briefly.

"Conscription, to put it bluntly, means that the cost of hiring people to do things by the local government is higher than that of recruiting yeoman farmers without compensation!"

"But in this world, all free things, fate has secretly marked the price!"

"The "Theory of National Fortune" I talked about clearly tells you that gratuitous forced labor is harming the national fortune and shortening the life span of the dynasty!"

"Bang!"

In the secret room, Zhu Gaochi bounced up in an unimaginable posture of Zhu Di, and the wide chair he had specially brought fell to the ground.

And Zhu Di, while supporting his son, was a little depressed.

All the free stuff, fate has secretly marked the price code!

Unpaid conscription is to shorten the life of the dynasty!

These two extremely short and incisive words made Zhu Di's mind lose for a while.

Zhu Gaochi glanced at Zhu Di, and was silent for a moment before saying, "Father, Jiang Xinghuo is right, things in this world will not be free of price forever. ”

Zhu Di closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head.

"I don't deny that Jiang Xinghuo is very right, of course, we must take a long-term view and plan for the future - but now, boss, you and I must ensure the stability of the Ming Dynasty. Unpaid forced labor cannot be abolished, otherwise even if you go to the West, you will not be able to earn back this money. ”

"We have to change, we can't wait any longer, we can't leave our children and grandchildren with this unsolvable mess."

"I know what you mean." Zhu Di caged his hands and sighed, "No matter what, I am willing to support, but not now...... I asked you if the country has any money, whether it can move the capital to Beiping, and whether it can repair the Yongle Grand Ceremony, didn't you say the same? ”

"—not now."

"Erchen knows." Zhu Gaochi nodded and continued, "My father is a smart person, and he doesn't need to be elaborated by his sons, but he ......"

Zhu Gaochi paused, and then, he raised his head and looked at Zhu Didao.

"My father wants to be the first emperor of the ages who surpasses the Tang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, and if he wants to go far away from the Han and Tang Dynasties, then he can't seek a lifetime without seeking eternity."

"If you don't seek one life, how can you seek eternity?" Zhu Di frowned and sighed, "It's not that I don't want to cancel the unpaid conscription, but if it is canceled, the Ming Dynasty will be chaotic." ”

Zhu Gaochi said calmly.

"Father is wrong."

"Why?" Zhu Di stretched his brows instead.

Zhu Gaochi said seriously: "Father, the son thought of Jiang Xinghuo's answer...... Today, the Ming Dynasty can seek a lifetime, and it can also seek eternity. ”

"What is Jiang Xinghuo's answer?"

Outside the wall, Jiang Xinghuo, who had completely calmed down, continued in his tone full of reason.

"If the economic benefits of the state to recruit yeoman farmers without compensation are smaller than the economic benefits of the new policy, then the state will naturally choose the new policy."

"What's more, the state is not a business, and it is necessary to consider not only economic interests, but also social interests."

"And my countermeasures, not only in terms of economic interests, can get the state to abolish the unpaid conscription of yeoman farmers for forced labor; In terms of social interests, it can also make the people more stable and steady. ”

Without waiting for the two to ask, Jiang Xinghuo said bluntly.

"So my countermeasure is to spread the labor into the acre!"

"That is to say, the money required by the state for conscription every year is converted and distributed to every acre of land in the country, and everyone is equal to both landlords and yeoman farmers, and is collected as part of the tax!"

"From now on, you can cancel the conscription forever!"