From the time Zhu Biao said that "there is nothing to learn from in the annals of history", Zhu Su guessed that Lao Zhu would inevitably ask himself.

After all, although there is nowhere to learn from the "annals", there may be a way to learn from the "future generations".

From the dialogue between Zhu Biao and Lao Zhu, it is concluded that the biggest problem facing Daming today is the problem of labor. In fact, this problem has existed since Lao Zhu established the Ming Dynasty. After a hundred years of raging Yuan Court and decades of war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Chinese people suffered huge casualties, and in some places there was not a single person in ten.

The remains are piled up into mounds, the inhabitants are few, and some state capitals are "barren for a long time" and "have not been able to collect taxes for many years", and the existing population is no longer enough to support the operation of the new dynasty yamen...... This is the mess that the Ming Dynasty faced at the beginning of its establishment.

Faced with this problem, Lao Zhu's solution was to relocate the people, from Shanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places where the population still had enough to live, to various places with few people. Then he guided these people to open up the land, encourage the people to have children, encourage agriculture, and suppress industry and commerce, and adopted various policies to recuperate in China.

Now it is only more than ten years from the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the number of people in various places is still not abundant, but the golden opportunity has appeared, expanding the land, building ships, sailing to Fengmingzhou, enclosing land to build pastures, all affairs can not be delayed, and the shortage of labor is getting bigger and bigger.

However, in the face of such a problem, although Zhu Su knows some of the history of later generations, for a while, where can he directly find a way to deal with the symptoms? Previously, the Ming Dynasty relied on the many captives obtained from the expedition, and lured the Japanese and Goryeo people to come to the Ming Dynasty to farm the land, so that many affairs could barely be supported. But this is an expedient measure after all, and if you continue to let the business of the city develop, something will inevitably happen. Tang Shengzong and Lu Zhongheng's hoarding of slaves in the suburbs of Beijing is a wake-up call.

"Dad, Erchen thinks that no matter what, he can't let the business of the city continue to develop like this without restrictions." Zhu Su pondered. "People with a heart such as Lu and Tang are only one of the disasters, and these slaves themselves are also a big disaster."

"They were trafficked to the mainland of our Ming Dynasty, they did not understand the language, and they were treated poorly, and they must have grievances in their hearts. If there are many of them, they will be a force that can overturn the place. ”

This is proven by history, these slaves who were trafficked to the Ming Dynasty, few of them can be treated well by the Ming people, and they are not even regarded as human beings.

If there is a disturbance, it is okay to kill the master and escape, in case there is a figure similar to the leader of the uprising, it will not be a disaster?

"There is a Byzantine Empire to the west of Timur, which our country called 'Great Qin' in the old days, and it was a glorious power like the Han Dynasty in China in the past. Slaves prevailed in this country, and the people bought a slave as if they were buying goods, and even built a place to teach slaves to fight to the death with each other for the nobles to watch and have fun. ”

"Because most of the affairs are handled by slaves, the nobles and people of Daqin are becoming more and more arrogant and lascivious, and the country is vain. Later, there was a slave named Spartacus, who gathered slaves to rebel against the Great Qin State, which was a great disaster, and it was delayed for ten years. I, the Ming Dynasty and the Great Qin, are both big countries, and we should take this incident as a lesson. ”

Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao listened very seriously, and Zhu Biao said: "I don't want this to happen in other frontiers...... It seems that I am not the only one whose Chinese story can warn the world. ”

"What the eldest brother said is very true." Zhu Su nodded. Therefore, the retainers thought that it was not advisable to allow slaves to buy and sell freely, and that this thing must be forbidden in the human market. For example, Yingzhou, Goryeo and other people who come here voluntarily can work for me in the Ming Dynasty. As for the prisoners captured in the war...... How about setting up a special division to make the prisoners build bridges and pave roads, and build rivers and canals? ”

"On weekdays, these affairs are the conscription of the common people...... Wouldn't it be good government to organize these captives to atone for their sins by their labor, and to save the people from servitude? ”

"What's more, labor is the most capable of transforming people, so that while they can be reformed through labor, they can also order people to indoctrinate the captives to educate them in China...... Among them, those who have succeeded in transformation can be incorporated into our Ming army, or for our Ming people. Tang Taizong once said: 'Since ancient times, China has been noble and cheap, and I love it as one', my father is not inferior to Taizong, but I know that I can't influence these foreign races and make my Ming more help? ”

Zhu Biao's eyes lit up slightly, and he glanced at Lao Zhu. Old Zhu pondered for a moment, and nodded: "Well, this method is good." ”

"Labor reform...... That's a good word. We know that most of the slaves who committed crimes were also deceived by the leader, and they didn't know anything. Since we have incorporated the grassland into our territory, as long as these people are well transformed, we are not unable to accept it. ”

"Boss, this is a good government, you go and sum up with the courtiers in the cabinet, and promulgate it as soon as possible...... In short, the city of people can never stay. "Old Zhu Dao. All cities in the south of the Yangtze River now have human markets, if there are people everywhere hoarding slaves for trouble, the land of the Ming Dynasty will be full of smoke.

"Yes." Zhu Biao got up to answer the order, and then looked at Zhu Su with approving eyes: "Fifth brother, this method is the right way of Huanghuang, and there is no future trouble." ”

"Well, it is also a good strategy to attract people from other countries to work in my Ming Dynasty." Queen Ma also said that he has a pure and good nature, and Zhu Su's suggestions simply couldn't be more in line with his heart. "If there is still a shortage of mouths, then there is only a recuperation for the people to multiply...... In short, no matter what, we can no longer use people as goods and do such dangerous things. ”

"We know. Indeed, this matter should be dealt with sooner rather than later, lest it bring harm to the children and grandchildren. "Old Zhu Dao." Well, this matter can be regarded as eyebrow-raising, as for who helped Lu Tang and the others to buy prisoners, etc., they will wait for interrogation before making plans. ”

"There is another matter, do you have any suggestions on how to control the disasters of the generals who lead troops outside the territory?"

This...... Zhu Su's face was embarrassed. In this era, communication is very inconvenient, not to mention extraterritorial, even to deliver letters back and forth between Yingtianfu and Suzhou City, it often takes more than ten or twenty days. Under such conditions, it is tantamount to a fantasy to control a feudal country thousands of miles away.

But if this is the case, Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao will definitely not be satisfied. Therefore, Zhu Su thought about it for a long time, and finally spoke: "Father, in fact, the sons and daughters think that this matter is extremely difficult to prevent and put an end to it, and all we can do is to ensure that the Ming Dynasty is always the strongest in the world." ”

"In fact, when they go to other regions, they also have to rely on my Daming and many other trade supports, like Tang Shengzong and Lu Zhongheng, who think that they can be at ease when they run to Fengmingzhou, they are definitely just fools...... Without the help of a big country behind them, they went to that reckless land just to be monkeys. ”

"I really don't know who in......stigated such foolish behavior," Zhu Su said. Before he finished speaking, he saw Lao Zhu's personal guard Erhu suddenly come to Lao Zhu's side in a hurry, and then said something to Lao Zhu in his ear.

Lao Zhu's face instantly became gloomy.

(End of chapter)