"Nonsense."

"Father, son, let people take down this kid."

Zhu Biao's face was pale, and he got up and was about to leave the secret room.

"No hurry!"

"I would like to hear how this madman analyzes the disadvantages of our Ming national policy."

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand to stop Zhu Biao, and made a 'shhh' gesture, signaling to listen down.

Next door, the conversation between Lin Che and Zhu Fan continued.

Zhu Fan pondered and meditated, but still couldn't understand the meaning of Lin Che's words.

Awkwardly poured a glass of wine, held it in his hand, bowed and said:

"If you can't understand what Mr. means, please make it clear."

In the palace hall, Song Lian and other scholars taught the princes about current affairs, although they also dabbled in national policies.

But they are all praises of national policy.

The explanation of the Confucians, the national policy of the Ming Dynasty made the politics clear, the people benefited, and the dynasty was consolidated.

It's as evil as Lin Che said.

Although, Zhu Fan deeply admired Lin Che's knowledge.

But Lin Che's denial of the three major national policies of the Hongwu Dynasty, Zhu Fan disagreed with it from the bottom of his heart.

With a 'tsh', Lin Che spit out the chicken bones in his mouth, wiped the greasy on his mouth, and glanced at Zhu Fan:

"Then let's analyze it for you one by one, otherwise you will think that I am eating and drinking with you."

"Let's talk about recuperation first."

"The Ming Dynasty was founded, a hundred wastes are waiting to be revived, and they urgently need to recuperate, although the emperor has formulated a policy of recuperation, what can he actually do?"

Speaking of which.

Lin Che dipped his fingers in some wine and drew a map on the table.

Pointing to the map with chopsticks, it is quite a bit of a pointer:

"The Ming Dynasty cleared the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the north, attacked Annan and Jiaozhi in the south, fought against the King of Liang in the southwest, and used troops against Zhang Shicheng's old department and the Japanese in the southeast along the coast of Fujian..."

"The Ming Dynasty seems to be politically harmonious, but in fact, there are constant wars around it, and there are internal and external troubles."

Glancing at Zhu Fan who was concentrating, Lin Che continued: "The war will inevitably cost the people and money. ”

"Wars are fought for money, grain and grass."

"And where does this grain and grass come from, it is not pulled out of the farmers' mouths."

"Compared with the previous dynasty, although the taxes of the Ming Dynasty have been reduced a lot, a large amount of land is in the hands of landlords and noble officials, and the life of the common people is still very hard."

"The emperor's so-called recuperation, for the common people, is just for them to take a breath."

Zhu Fan frowned slightly.

As a prince, most of the knowledge learned in the university hall is a subset of classics and history, Confucian classics.

For this knowledge involving the low-level peasants, the princes simply did not have access to it.

Those great Confucians in the university hall also do not pay attention to the inculcation of this knowledge.

However, he did know something about the surrounding wars that Lin Che said.

In particular, the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty have been constantly invading the north, threatening the Ming Dynasty at all times.

If these hidden dangers are not eliminated, the Ming Dynasty will never be at peace.

This time, he was angry with his father, and it was also related to the crusade against the remnants of the Northern Yuan.

Zhu Fan took a deep breath and organized the wording:

"The emperor's use of troops against the Northern Yuan Dynasty and the King of Liang in Yunnan is because of these remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, attacking and threatening the safety of our Ming border."

"If you don't send troops to clean up, the Ming Dynasty and the people of Li will not be at peace."

Glancing at Zhu Zhang, who was unconvinced, Lin Che poured a glass of wine and wrote lightly:

"You only see the surface, but you don't grasp the substance."

"The imperial court's use of troops against the Northern Yuan and Liang kings is certainly to consolidate the country and maintain the safety of the frontier."

"The words go back to what I just said, the essence of war is money and food."

"Where does the money and food come from? Not yet a farmer. ”

Lin Che paused, took a bite of food, and continued:

"Cao Wei of the Three Kingdoms implemented a military camp, soldiers fought in wartime, and soldiers cultivated like ordinary people in peacetime."

"This can not only ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, but also ensure the supply of grain and grass for the army."

"The military cantonment system has even lightened the burden on the peasants and minimized the harm of war."

"Cao Wei is adjacent to Xiongnu Xianbei in the north, Qiang Tuguhun in the west, and Wu Shu in the south to compete for the Central Plains, and the environment can be described as extremely bad."

"The reason why the great unification of the Western Jin Dynasty was finally established was that Cao Wei really did the war with the army, rather than the people."

Seeing that Zhu Fan looked like he didn't understand, Lin Che paused for a moment and continued:

"Although our dynasty promulgated a system of recuperation and recuperation, it did not let the people feel the benefits brought by the system."

"The people still need to hand over most of the grain they grow, and the rest is just enough to survive."

"Once there is a famine year, what is the difference between the result and the late period of the previous Yuan Dynasty?"

Here, Zhu Fan didn't react, but Zhu Yuanzhang next door was shocked.

Unexpectedly, Lin Che, a madman, actually pierced the strategy planned in his heart.

Not bad.

The Ming Dynasty was established only a few years ago, and soldiers were used every year.

In particular, the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty threatened the Jiangshan Sheji, and more than half of the annual taxes of the Ming Dynasty were used for conquest.

The basis of taxation in the Ming Dynasty is in agriculture and in the peasants.

As Mad Sheng said, although the imperial court formulated a system of rest and recuperation, the common people did not get much benefit in the implementation.

Zhu Yuanzhang also noticed this, and he looked through history to find a solution.

In the end, it was decided to follow Cao Wei and implement the military tun.

This matter is still being planned, and even the crown prince Zhu Biao doesn't know.

I didn't expect a crazy student to see the drawbacks of Daming so thoroughly.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and suppressed the throbbing in his heart.

His eyes were glued to the wall, waiting for Lin Che to continue lecturing.

……

Zhu Fan went through Lin Che's words in his mind, and he realized something.

Lin Che spoke very thoroughly.

It will cost a lot of money and food to use troops next year, and where the money and food come from is not from the common people.

Fight every year, pay food every year.

Where can the people still have a good life, let alone rest and recuperate.

Zhu Fan stood up and poured a glass of wine for Lin Che and himself, and then said:

"Sir, according to what you mean, the implementation of military cantonment in the imperial court can solve the problem of the burden on the peasants, and the common people will be able to recuperate?"

However, Lin Che shook his head:

"Definitely! You only see the surface of the problem, but you don't grasp the substance. ”

Zhu Fan was a little confused for a while.

You've been talking about Juntun for a long time, but that's not the essence of the problem?

Scratching his head, Zhu Fan asked in confusion:

"Sir... What is the essence of the so-called problem? ”

The old Zhu father and son next door were equally curious.

Lin Che looked at Zhu Fan with a confused face, and said lightly:

"The people of the Hongwu Dynasty are poor, in addition to using troops every year, there is a bigger reason, which can also be said to be fatal."

"In the fifth year of Hongwu, the imperial court issued a decree: The family of Shilu is equal to the noble and lowly people, and those who tend to serve in the service will also be the affairs of the common people... From now on, the family of the officials in the hundred divisions, those who have land, in addition to the rent tax, will be exempted from forced labor. ”

"The decree stipulates that all officials in the imperial court may be exempted from forced labor and taxes, and not only those who hold officials, but also the gentry enjoy this privilege."

"Later, even the students and students' homes were exempted from two people from errand service indoors, in addition to themselves."

"In this way, the incumbent officials, gentry, and students evaded taxes and were exempted from forced labor."

"The obligation to finish the grain and work as an errand falls entirely on the peasants."

"The peasants not only paid their own taxes and servitude, but also took on the share of the bureaucrats and gentry."

Lin Che took a sip of wine lightly, and his tone was quiet:

"The peasants are bitter!"

After a pause, he continued:

"The bureaucratic gentry enjoyed privileges, but the burden on the peasants became heavier and heavier.

"They had to sell their land to these people and rent it from them for farming."

"As a result, land annexation has intensified."

"A large amount of land fell into the hands of the bureaucratic gentry who did not have to pay taxes, and a large number of peasants were transformed from yeoman farmers into tenant farmers."

"The more land is concentrated, the less land the peasants have, the heavier the taxes and apportionments, and the more difficult life becomes."

"Therefore, I said that the root cause of the peasants' hardship did not lie in the war, nor could it be solved by the implementation of military cantonments."

"Rather, it was the privileges granted by the imperial court to the bureaucracy and gentry, which led to serious land annexation and the loss of land for the peasants."

"Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat."

"The people of the world are water, the Ming Dynasty is the boat, once the boat loses the bearing of water, it will surely capsize."

"The Ming Dynasty is in danger!"