Hearing Zhu Zhanji's doubts, Chen Kan smiled slightly and said, "Daming is indeed a prosperous age now. ”

Hearing this, the Zhu brothers couldn't help frowning.

Chen Kan continued: "My Ming soldiers are sharp and invincible, and wherever the army passes, the four Yi are not invincible, which is the extreme prosperity of martial arts. ”

Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanji glanced at each other, their eyes full of doubt.

"Your Majesty's edict ordered the Confucian scholars of the world to revise the Yongle Canon, and all the books of the book since the deed of history are collected by a hundred schools, as for astronomy, geography, yin and yang, medical divination, monks, and the words of skills, they are compiled into one book. It can be called the first strange book in ancient times, and this is the extreme prosperity of cultural governance. ”

Chen Kan opened his mouth slowly and logically, listing the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty in front of the two.

Then he watched with interest the changes in Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanji's faces.

The two were stunned for a moment, Zhu Zhanji was thoughtful, and Zhu Zhanji was enlightened.

can be cultivated by Zhu Di as the heir of the next generation, and Zhu Zhanji's political wisdom is naturally not covered.

He could easily hear the meaning of Chen Kan's words.

The Ming Dynasty is now a prosperous era, and the cultural and martial arts are far better than the prosperous era of the previous dynasty.

But there is also a difference between the prosperous era and the prosperous era, and the difference lies in whose prosperous age it is.

The Ming Dynasty's soldiers were sharp, and the culture was prosperous, which was the prosperous era of the emperor and the Manchu Dynasty, and even the history books.

But this is not the prosperity of the people.

What is the prosperity of the people?

During the reign of Emperor Taizong Wen of the Han Dynasty, he advised agriculture and mulberry and abolished agricultural taxes.

It was the first year of Zhenguan, 12 people, and three years of surplus grain from households.

It was when Renzong was in his prime, the world was peaceful, and the people returned to their own business.

To sum it up, it's just four words - eat your stomach!

As long as you can eat your stomach, for the people, it will be a real prosperous age.

Eat a full stomach, these four words, for future generations, seem to be only the most basic requirements.

But in the Ming Dynasty, this is the highest standard for judging the prosperous era.

Under what circumstances can the people be fed?

First of all, the society should be stable, there should be no wars, there should be no rebellion, and the peasant households can farm in peace.

The second is the conscience of the officials and rulers, the people can pay taxes, but the rulers cannot extort tyranny.

It's a very simple requirement, but throughout the entire history of China, there are very few dynasties that can achieve this achievement.

At least Daming is still a long way from this requirement now.

The three masters and apprentices were silent for a moment, and Zhu Zhanji suddenly raised his head and asked, "Teacher, the disciple has a question, I am very knowledgeable, and the people are even more industrious and kind, why is there always not enough food to eat?" ”

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's question, Chen Kan couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

Then he shook his head and said, "To be honest, this question is also very curious for the teacher. ”

Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Don't you even know?" ”

"Being a teacher is not a jack of all trades, how can you know everything?"

Chen Kan replied angrily, and then stopped and said: "This question, you can keep it for yourself in the future and study it slowly, if you can find out the answer, remember to tell me." ”

After speaking, Chen Kan walked slowly towards the carriage with his hands behind his back.

In order to educate his disciples, Chen Kan only ate the same food as them last night and this morning.

Now he's hungry.

Of course, since it is to educate others, Chen Kan still knows such a small thing as leading by example.

Therefore, he didn't go back to the carriage to steal food, but just wanted to take a nap.

Chen Kan left, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhan Yan glanced at each other, and their expressions suddenly became gloomy.

The convoy continued to rush until Jingdezhen, where the meals of the Zhu brothers and Chen Kan were no different from ordinary people.

Da Zhu and Xiao Zhu also rejected from the beginning, to the acceptance later, and then to reflection.

After all, Chen Kan's purpose of taking them out of Beijing had basically been achieved, so after arriving in Jingdezhen, Chen Kan waved his hand and restored the food quota for the two.

Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of the Ming Dynasty, more than 60% of the porcelain of the entire Ming Dynasty comes from here.

Since the opening of maritime trade during the Yongle period, the Ming Dynasty has changed the practice of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce in the previous dynasty, and began to re-examine the gains and losses brought by commercial behavior to the Ming Dynasty.

One of the most obvious changes is naturally the imperial court, and now the major coastal port cities have basically set up municipal parking divisions, and the new commercial tax law has gradually begun to be implemented.

Secondly, the change in the origin of these goods is also obvious.

More and more people are starting to rely on their crafts to eat, and the efficiency and quality of goods produced are getting higher and higher.

As far as Chen Kan knows, the handicraft industry in many places has gradually developed an assembly-line working model.

The convoy entered Jingdezhen, Jinghai Houfu, as one of the commercial giants of the Ming Dynasty, naturally has industries and mansions in Jingdezhen, Chang Ning and Yun Niang took their subordinates to the mansion to settle first.

Chen Kan took Da Zhu and Xiao Zhu straight to the Imperial Ware Factory.

In the second year of Hongwu, Grandpa Tai established a large government-run handmade porcelain factory in the south of Zhushan in Jingdezhen - Imperial Ware Factory, which was also the first large-scale porcelain production site for the royal family in history.

The porcelain fired by the Imperial Ware Factory generally has only two functions, one is to pay tribute to the palace as the daily use of the nobles in the palace, and the other is to be registered by the Imperial Ware Factory as a return gift to the small country that came to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute.

But now, with the increasing prosperity of Daming's commerce, the existence of this imperial ware factory is a bit of a chicken rib.

It occupies the best porcelain clay production area in Jingdezhen, but there are still only a few pieces of porcelain produced every year.

And because the Imperial Ware Factory is an official kiln, porcelain cannot be sold to the outside world, which leads to the Imperial Ware Factory not only has no revenue every year, but the state also has to allocate a sum of money to support them.

In Chen Kan's view, the existence of the Imperial Ware Factory is a pure waste of resources.

Not to mention the difference between official kilns and private kilns, at present, the porcelain made by many private kilns can be completely thrown off a few streets of the imperial ware factory in terms of exquisiteness.

Therefore, Chen Kan brought Da Zhu and Xiao Zhu to the Imperial Ware Factory, and what he had to do was very simple, that is, resource redistribution.

The resources occupied by the Imperial Ware Factory will be distributed to the hands of the people in the form of public bidding.

As for the official kiln of the Imperial Ware Factory, it will continue to be retained.

It's just that they now need to compete with the folk kilns.

No competition, no progress, in any era this is an eternal truth.

The managers of the Imperial Ware Factory are all eunuchs, and with Zhu Zhanji, the master, present, these eunuchs are reluctant, and there is no reason to stop them.

Therefore, Chen Kan basically dismantled the Imperial Ware Factory into three parts without much effort.

The official kiln went to the private kiln to compete, but it was still the royal kiln.

The official office was cancelled and replaced by the palace directly, but the money and food of the official office were still allocated, and how the eunuchs used it was their business.

The most important thing is the porcelain clay production area, Chen Kan only reserved a small piece of high-quality production area for them, and the rest was handed over to the local government for discretionary distribution.

When all these things were done, Chen Kan realized that they had been in Jingdezhen for a full ten years.

"Teacher, the industrial restructuring of Jingdezhen has basically been completed, and my brother and I predict that with the redistribution of these resources of the Imperial Ware Factory, the output of porcelain in my people will increase by at least ......% year-on-year next year."

Zhu Zhanji held a small notebook, talking to Chen Kan while writing and drawing on paper.

"In addition, the matter of the local government's withholding of taxes, the disciple has already written an excerpt......"

Chen Kan was lying on the rocking chair, listening to Zhu Zhanji constantly buzzing in his ears like a fly, and his face couldn't help but show a touch of impatience.

didn't get Chen Kan's response, Zhu Zhanji was not annoyed, and after saying what he had to say, he threw away the charcoal in his hand and ran to another rocking chair to lie down.

A few minutes after Chen Kan was stable, Zhu Zhanyan ran into the small courtyard again.

"Teacher, teacher, there is news from the Imperial Ware Factory, Wang En, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Ware Factory, has cut himself off from the Imperial Ware Factory today, and he is still shouting before he dies He is sorry for the first emperor."

Zhu Zhanji trotted into the yard, and after a long time, he found Chen Kan and Zhu Zhanji lying on the recliner without raising their heads, and couldn't help but stop their mouths.

Chen Kan pointed to another recliner and gestured, "Lie down and feel your senior brother's political consciousness." ”

Zhu Zhanyan was stunned for a moment, lay down obediently, and asked: "Big brother, we have clearly promised not to pursue anything in the Imperial Ware Factory, why did Wang En's old dog commit suicide?" ”

Zhu Zhanji turned over, and said with a smile: "We don't kill him, but it doesn't mean that he can live, the emperor's grandfather allocates so much money to the Imperial Ware Factory every year, there must always be a reasonable place to go, Wang En is not dead, the one who dies is the other people of the Imperial Ware Factory......"

Zhu Zhanji's speech speed was very slow, and there was no logic in what he said, and he had a feeling of thinking of something and saying something.

Fortunately, what Zhu Zhanji is best at is induction, although Zhu Zhanji's words are wild, he still summed up the truth from Zhu Zhanji's tirade.

Abandon the car and protect the handsome!

Eunuchs are royal slaves, but eunuchs are also human beings, as long as they are human beings, then interests are indispensable.

Don't look at it as just a small imperial factory, Chen Kan split it up with a word.

If you really want to investigate it seriously, I am afraid that the people who want Zhulian will be able to line up from Jingdezhen to Jingshi.

So, Zhu Zhanyan also showed an expression of indifference on his face, and began to bask in the sun peacefully.

Politics is such a thing as too nerve-wracking, and he's not good at it.

I sunbathed comfortably in the afternoon, ate some big fish and meat in the evening, and the time soon came to the next day.

Now that things in Jingdezhen are done, it's time to continue on the road.

The convoy continued to set off, Chen Kan held Fengyang in his arms, and controlled the horses under his command to walk slowly.

The side curtains of the carriage were lifted, revealing Chang Ning's delicate face.

"Husband, let's just go to Longhu Mountain, is it considered to be self-defeating?"

Hearing Chang Ning's worry, Chen Kan couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

The two gates of Buddhism were placed together by Zhu Di, and he had to sell the hidden land and population to the imperial court at a very low price.

Theoretically speaking, the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism should now be regarded as antagonistic relations with the imperial court.

But there are no absolutes, not to mention that Chen Kan and Zhu Di have already spoken first, he went to Zhu Gaochi as a tool, and Zhu Di helped him solve the trouble of being entangled in religion.

So Chen Kan really didn't have anything to worry about, and immediately said with relief: "Don't worry, we're just going to worship, not to make trouble." ”