Because of the feng shui problem, there was too much opposition, so the palace affairs bureau only laid water pipes in the Wenhua Hall and the Chunhe Palace according to the instructions of His Royal Highness the Prince.

The first tall water tower was built in the palace.

The pressure of the water is transported to each pool by the water pipe, and the faucet that protrudes next to the pool only needs to be twisted to bring water out, which has become one of the new things in the capital.

The attendants and ladies of the court, as well as the rest of the staff, were very happy, and the appearance of the water pipe eased their workload.

The clerk's office sent the cabinet to sort out the notes as usual, and the big and small things from all over the country were transmitted to the capital, and the thousands of letters were not read, and a new round of notes was sent to the imperial court.

In the past, when Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, he would personally approve these recitals, Zhu Gaochi did not have so much energy, and he couldn't do what Zhu Yuanzhang could do, so he let go of the cabinet like history, and only a small number of important recitals would be personally approved by Zhu Gaochi, and the general recitals Zhu Gaochi would review them.

At the top of the list is a request for the split of the Ministry of Labor and Civilian Cooperation.

Zhu Gaochi picked it up and opened it.

The handwriting is neat, like a printed matter, which is pleasing to the eye.

"It seems that the complete split of the railway engineering department has given a lot of people ideas." Zhu Gaochi muttered a few words to himself.

There are no eunuchs in the Wenhua Palace, there are guards outside the palace gate, and there are female officials and female waiters and some of the wrestlers needed for heavy work.

Labor and the economy determine the status of people, both men and women.

A large number of women participated in the workforce and became an important labor force in small families, and the status of women in the family also rose significantly, which is an inevitable phenomenon, just as hunting replaced gathering as the main source of food for tribes in ancient times, and the status of men rose to the highest level.

"Please come here."

Zhu Gaochi decided to discuss with Jian Yi. History has a concise meaning of the good plan involving talents, then more from the righteousness, today's ministers have their own outstanding advantages, the ministry of righteousness for the court is the clearest.

Soon after, Jian Yi rushed to the Wenhua Palace.

Hearing the prince's question, Jian Yi said respectfully: "The Ministry of Workers' and People's Union should indeed be split. ”

Zhu Gaochi showed an inquiring gaze.

Jian Yi said slowly: "The original purpose of the Ministry of Workers' and People's Union was to ensure the implementation of social resource distribution and stabilize the rights and interests of workers. Over the years, with the increase of affairs, especially the registration of the common people's population for the distribution of border land and tuntian, the functions are too huge, not only the staff of the yamen is bloated, but also the handling of affairs is ineffective, and it is more advantageous after splitting. ”

Zhu Gaochi understood.

It seems that the development of the Ministry of Workers' and People's Union over the years has reached the point where it must be separated.

With the expansion of Daming land, there is a large amount of rich land for the people to cultivate, as well as the development of the Daming Industrial Bureau and various private commercial banks, the non-agricultural population has risen sharply, and the proportion has reached a new high.

But the non-farm population is inferior to the agricultural population.

Although the agricultural population depends on the weather for food, it is generally stable, and the commercial banks, especially the non-governmental commercial banks, and even the well-known large commercial banks are likely to go bankrupt and close down, not to mention the large and small non-governmental commercial banks.

Therefore, the workers are not as stable as the peasants' occupations and have an unstable nature, which also leads people to prefer to go to the Daming Industrial Bureau, although some factories are shrinking more and more under the impact of private commercial banks, but they will also be transferred again.

In a good situation, there is no crisis of bankruptcy in the Daming Industry Bureau on the whole.

Therefore, the Ministry of Workers' and People's Union has launched a business where people who have no work can go to the Ministry of Workers' and People's Union to register, and these people registered in the Ministry of Workers' and People's Union will finally be arranged by the Daming Industry Bureau.

Some joined various factories, and some were allocated to the newly expanded land, and the acres of reclaimed land belonged to their own families, and the tax exemption and preferential treatment policy was implemented for three or five years.

This is also the origin of Zhu Gaochi's change of mind and the Daming Industry Bureau to lead the development of overseas children.

In order to avoid the establishment of a new yamen and increase the expenses of the imperial court, the business was assigned to the Ministry of Workers' and People's Union, and relying on the business of the Ministry of Workers' and People's Union itself, there was no need to pay more.

However, Zhu Gaochi underestimated the instability of the non-agricultural population in the Ming Dynasty.

Because the population of Daming has increased too fast, the traditional social history period Chinese can give birth, and even reach the highest in the world There is one Chinese in two people, to the current great development of all walks of life, nutrition absorption and medical progress, although the pace of progress is still small, but there is already an essential difference.

In the past, one or two children of three or five children in a family always died young, but now many military and large families use maids, and there are even a dozen children in a family, and the death rate has even decreased.

Coupled with the absorption of the people of the newly expanded land, although the threshold for absorption is very high, but the number is there, for many reasons, the population of the Ming Dynasty has grown by leaps and bounds, according to the new statistics, in the eighteenth year of Yongle, the population of the Ming Dynasty has reached about 167.15 million people.

Compared with more than 139,292,000 people in Yongle in 12 years, the population has increased by one-fifth in six years.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaochi was a little curious, so he asked: "Don't mention the Ming mainland, what is the proportion of the Ming population in overseas places, does Aiqing know?" ”

Zhu Gaochi asked casually, and did not have expectations, after all, Jian Yi is just a secretary of the ministry, and Yu Xin, the original secretary of the household department, is a person with a good memory, and the current household secretary has a good job, but his memory is not as good as the original household book.

Jian Yi answered.

"The population of the Ming Dynasty in the seven western provinces is estimated to be more than 5 million, there are about 200,000 in Duogandusi and Wusi Zangdusi, there are more than 500,000 in Senan Province, there are about 600,000 in Saibei and Nuergandusi, there are more than 200,000 in Bonidusi, and more than 400,000 in Zhuzidusi."

After listening to Jian Yi's reply, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but show an admiring gaze.

Because of the perennial wars and instability in the seven western provinces, the population of the seven western provinces was far less rapid than that of the historical disintegration of the Timurid Khanate, which was divided after Timur's death, and the various ministries fought all year round, which not only led to the decline of local civilization, but also greatly reduced the economy and population.

It is really amazing that this region, which has been rich since ancient times and controlled the main trade routes between the east and the west, is still barren and full of gunsmoke in later generations, and it cannot keep up with the development of the times.

It's different now.

With the replenishment of a large number of Ming population, it not only brought peace to the local area, but also brought great development and Chinese civilization.

This is inseparable from Zhu Di's contributions.

The boundless and special complex terrain of the seven western provinces, if it weren't for the foundation laid by Zhu Di's two personal expeditions, the officials behind would not be so easy to govern, and just one instability would be enough for a headache.

Private trading houses only focus on profits, they make a fortune overseas but do not want to take root overseas, even sailors do not want to stay.

The sailors of the West were the poorest group, willing to stay and cultivate in the face of new land. The sailors of the Ming Dynasty were different, their wages were high, and the stability of the trade voyage in the South Seas was not a big risk, so they had already bought a building in their hometown, and when they had saved enough money, they would only return to their roots.

Therefore, the Ministry of Workers' and People's Union registered the population without livelihood, that is, the unemployed, which is equivalent to the existence of a lower economic status than the Ming sailors, and these people are the main force of the Ming Dynasty's overseas reclamation.

This is what the great man said about the combination of national conditions.

In the thirties of the twentieth century, signing a friendly trade agreement with the eagles was a traitor.

Then in the thirties of the twenty-first century, whoever can conclude a friendly trade agreement with the eagles is a hero.

In the same way, when competing, others swim across the river because they are low, so they need to learn swimming skills, so tall people only need to pick up a stick to rely on their height to cross the river, so why waste time.

With the same method, why overtake the person who ran first.

Zhu Gaochi believes that as long as the development of the Ming Dynasty does not regress, even without the promotion of the Ming Industry Bureau, the population will slowly develop in overseas places, but it will take not just decades, but hundreds of years.

But in a few hundred years, the economy of overseas places will inevitably recover, and the local population will also increase, which is not conducive to the increase in the proportion of the population of the Ming Dynasty.

The Northern Song Dynasty can achieve that one of the two people in the world is Chinese, so the Daming built by itself must be at least three people, and two people are Daming, isn't it?

Year-on-year is the most objective.

Why are Chinese confident? The national population is the first in the world, and the proportion of population is high, who can not be confident, what's wrong with Lao Tzu being poor, but there are many Lao Tzu.

Not to mention that the Northern Song Dynasty not only has the largest proportion of population, but is also the richest country in the world.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaochi asked Jian Yi.

"Although the departments are split, in fact, the situation of the six departments is also similar, what does Aiqing think of such a phenomenon?"

The prince asked this, indicating that he had agreed to split the Ministry of Labor and People's Union, as for asking about the six departments, Jian Yi had an answer in his heart, but Jian Yi did not change color, and answered as usual.

"The social division of labor in the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more subdivided, with the increase in the non-agricultural population, the stability of agriculture, although the increase is more, in fact, it is conducive to the development of the economy, and it is also a means of economic circulation."

"But there are more and more departments, and the important departments are not even lighter than the six ministries, and in terms of functions and rights, although they are placed under the six ministries, they actually perform their own duties, for example, although the Ministry of Railway Engineering belongs to the Ministry of Industry, but the Ministry of Industry does not have a deep influence on the Ministry of Railway Engineering."

"In the face of such a phenomenon, the importance of the cabinet has become more and more prominent, so in recent years, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has strengthened the reform of the cabinet, which shows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has long been obscure, and the Prince is Shengming."

Jian Yi is justified in slapping the sycophants.

Zhu Gaochi originally listened to it with relish, but he didn't expect that in the end, Jianyi came to say that the prince was wise, and Zhu Gaochi, who couldn't be caught off guard, was still nodding, and when he reacted, he couldn't cry or laugh, so he could only helplessly nod his finger with his finger.

Jian Yi smiled but did not speak.

The cabinet was supplemented by one and two auxiliaries, and the number of cabinet ministers was uncertain, and now there was only one decree to announce the will of the world to form a charter, and it has become a general trend that the cabinet is about to take charge of the imperial court.

Combined with the several adjustments and reforms made by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince over the years, there is a high probability that it will take shape in the next two years.

Zhu Gaochi didn't continue to say more, and joked a few words with Jianyi, and after Jianyi left the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Gaochi came to the pavilion for a walk, with a shy stomach, and he could control it slightly when he was young, but the genes of the body are like this, drinking water can be fat, since he was over forty years old, his body has become fat day by day.

is like a thin man, obviously so thin, he often exercises on weekdays, but he even has high blood pressure.

Opposite the main hall of the Wenhua Hall is the place of the cabinet office, with pavilions and pavilions, and exquisite gardens.

The guards standing guard remained motionless.

"There's going to be a war."

Zhu Gaochi sighed.

According to historical records, Zhu Di still has two or three years to live, Zhu Gaochi doesn't know how to persuade Zhu Di, could it be that Zhu Di, you still have two years to live, so keep it in the palace.

With Zhu Gaochi's understanding of Zhu Di, if Zhu Di knew that his life span was only two years, let alone a person who was sitting and waiting for death, his willingness to be pro-conscripted would only be more firm.

Considering Zhu Di's thoughts, as well as the situation of the Zhuzi Dusi, and even the situation of the Wa State and the Dog Slave State, a country with a population of nearly 10 million is no weaker than Timur, and the effect of Zhu Di's personal conquest is stronger than anyone else.

Zhu Di personally marched, with Zhu Gaoxu by his side, Zhu Di slept peacefully.

There is also Zhu Di's personal expedition, Zhu Gaochi is more relieved and does not think that there will be an accident.

This is still the status quo of the Japanese country for decades, otherwise the Ming Dynasty is facing a country with a population of 10 million people hanging overseas.

Thinking of Zhu Di's lifespan, I couldn't help but think of myself.

Who can not be afraid of death.

Even after living for two lifetimes, Zhu Gaochi is still a little secretly sad.

"It's just our size." Zhu Gaochi couldn't help patting his big belly, "I don't know if future generations will laugh at us, we will weaken our reputation for nothing." ”

Ma Dingguo stood motionless on the high platform.

The Beijing camp implements a rotation system, only the Feng Yong Army and the Loyal Brave Army, the two pro-armies personally given by Emperor Taizu will not participate in the rotation, but these two battalions will be drawn every time the Beijing camp goes out, so the combat effectiveness of these two battalions has always been very high, and it is also one of the highest status of the Beijing camp.

Although Ma Dingguo is a native of Sichuan, he was stationed in Shandong in his early years, and later transferred to Goryeo, and now he is transferred to Jingying, and Ma Dingguo, who is already 27 years old, has been promoted from Wu Chang to captain.

When he returns to other regions after serving in the Beijing battalion in the past few years, he will be promoted again.

He stayed in the post of sentry for ten years, and at the age of forty he retired with the rank of deputy general, and was either assigned to work in the interior, most of them as the inspection department or other yamen, and became a small leader, or he obtained a large area of land in the border land and lived the life of a landlord, and the road of his life was clear and clear.

Ma Dingguo, who was born in an ordinary peasant family, is very satisfied, and he is serious and responsible, which is a portrayal of many grassroots military attaches in the Ming Dynasty.

Today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is extremely lonely.

Ma Dingguo's eyes were full of worry.

Hanging swallow pictures in every house, which is spontaneous by the people.

When Ma Dingguo was a soldier in Goryeo, he married a young lady from a local two-class family, and the girl did not have the rough skin to work on her hands, and the fine skin and tender flesh were white and flawless, Ma Dingguo liked it very much.

took his daughter-in-law back to Sichuan and came to the capital again.

The Beijing camp has temporary housing for soldiers from other places.

This was a system that Emperor Taizu had, but at that time it was provided to officials, and now it has been extended to all civil and military personnel who come to the capital for business, and when people leave the capital with the change of position, the housing provided by the imperial court must also be returned so that it can be provided to the next person.

But how long this system can last, the smart Ma Dingguo finds it difficult.

Because his neighbor has long left the capital, but the house has not been returned to the imperial court, since the neighbor can do this, Ma Dingguo will not return, this is a house in the capital, it is a bastard not to take advantage of it.

However, this did not prevent Ma Dingguo from hanging a swallow picture in his temporary home.

His children grew up under the swallow figure.

In the future, he will inevitably be a great warrior of the Ming Dynasty, respectable, supportive of his family, and passed on from generation to generation.

Everything is so beautiful in Daming now, it looks as prosperous as a fire, Ma Dingguo never thought that there would be a problem in Daming on the day when there was a problem, and there was no problem that could affect Daming.

Gripping the weapon in his hand, Ma Dingguo was calm. (End of chapter)