Chapter 168 Colonization can solve the internal contradictions that continue to grow in the Ming Dynasty

This is a simple question, and after listening to it, Zhu Fan thought there was a trap in it.

But in the face of Lin Che's inquiring eyes, he still replied carefully:

"In my Daming, if there is a river passing through two villages."

"During the irrigation season, someone will inevitably dig a canal, which will lead to a fight among the whole village."

"Two countries compete for water, and there will be wars as well."

Lin Che nodded.

gave Zhu Fan a positive look.

"That's right, if the Yangtze River and the Yellow River of my Ming Dynasty are controlled by others."

"Even if you drive out the barbarians, don't think about anything revival."

"Water resources are controlled by others, and when you meet a weak emperor, you may have to pay other countries New Year's coins in exchange for water resources."

i.e. Egypt and the Sultanate on the Black Continent.

It is also a country with a long history and a glorious period.

But they have been fighting for a long time over water issues.

So much so that too much national power has been consumed in this regard.

In the end, they all fell into ruin.

The Ming Dynasty, which has the Yangtze River and the Yellow River and the Pearl River, has never been troubled in terms of water resources.

More often than not, they are thinking about how to deal with floods.

Lin Che took a sip of wine and confirmed that Zhu Fan understood what he was talking about.

He continued:

"It's not just water, it's also minerals."

"Because my Ming Dynasty has a vast land, it is rich in various resources, except for gold and silver, because the mining time is too long, resulting in the surface of the mines that are easy to exploit are on the verge of depletion, causing the problem of silver shortage."

"There is no risk of being controlled by others in other areas of minerals."

Zhu Fan heard the words gold and silver.

The color of joy can't help but jump up the eyebrows.

Although the Ming Dynasty lacks this aspect, there is no shortage of Japanese slaves!

Thanks to Mr. Lin for drawing the map of gold and silver.

When Lin Che saw Zhu Zhang, he suddenly became inexplicably happy.

Although he felt that this kid was a little strange, he didn't ask much.

Instead, he continued to teach, saying:

"Because of the size of my country, there is diversity in the climate and topography."

"Basically, most of the world's topography and climate can be found similar on the map of the Ming Dynasty."

"If the Ming Dynasty can build a powerful naval warship and go overseas to expand its territory, my people will be able to adapt to the overseas environment."

The biggest problem of overseas colonization is the casualties caused by the lack of adaptation to the soil and water.

This proportion is higher than that of those who were killed by the local aborigines.

However, Daming does not have this problem.

No matter where the territory is opened, as long as you find out where the Ming Dynasty corresponds to the climate.

Then, the immigration from the Central Plains is arranged.

Because the proportion of deaths due to water and soil adaptation will be much lower than that of Europa barbarian disorderly migration.

For the first time, Zhu Fan clearly realized that there were so many benefits to the vast territory.

This matter was in his previous understanding.

The land of Daming is sparsely populated, the population is large, there are many soldiers who can be mobilized in war, and there are many taxes paid on weekdays.

Mountains and rivers and things like that.

It's as if it were a matter of course that it had to appear in Daming.

After Lin Che's profound explanation.

Only then did Zhu Fan realize that there was something that could be taken for granted.

Every inch of the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty is now land.

It is the survival place that the ancestors of the Chinese dynasties used blood to seize for future generations.

That's it.

Zhu Fan seemed to have figured out something important.

He considered his choice of words and cautiously asked Lin Che:

"Sir, I think I understand what you mean by giving me this lesson."

"Is it that the ancestors of China have taken the land that can make people live in the vicinity into their own hands."

"We, the younger generations, should inherit the pioneering spirit of our ancestors, rely on navigation to fight for more living space for the people of the Ming Dynasty, and in the New World you mentioned, there are other places suitable for survival."

Today, the population of Daming is about 60 million.

For the feudal dynasty, which was still in the small peasant economy and the high-yield crops had not yet been promoted.

The population is actually a bit too large.

This is also the reason why there are more and more people who are sold into slavery today.

After all, the total amount of land is fixed.

This means that the greater the population of the Ming Dynasty, the less land each person can get.

Although he can promote intensive cultivation to Daming.

However, there is a limit to what can be achieved by intensive farming.

There are too few acres of land under his name, and no matter how much sweat he sprinkles in the field, it is just enough to fill his stomach.

When encountering a small illness or disaster, there is no ability to resist risks at all.

Zhu Fan heard his father lament the difficulties of people's livelihood before.

There was only one thought in mind.

That is, in the year of famine, killing a few landlords and rich households who were unkind to the rich.

Distribute their food crops to the poor and help them survive the disaster year together.

But at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang asked rhetorically, what should he do if the disasters continue and the rich are killed?

Zhu Fan was speechless at the time, racking his brains and not coming up with an answer.

However, after listening to Lin Che's class on the importance of mountains and rivers today.

On the contrary, he thought of a solution to the problem of the continuous growth of the population and the lack of land distribution.

That is, the pioneering colonization that Lin Che talked about.

Only in this way can the poor people of the Ming Dynasty be made poor.

It is not that in a disaster year, it will end up a tragic end of selling children and daughters to survive.

"Your kid's understanding is rising!"

Lin Che put down the chicken leg in his hand and glanced at Zhu Fan unexpectedly.

From the mountains and rivers of China, we can think of using colonial development to solve the problem of population growth.

This kid's thinking ability has indeed made great progress.

If the Ming Dynasty can carry out orderly colonization and continue to export population.

The internal contradictions caused by the average resources are too small, and they will be eliminated invisibly.

After complimenting Zhu Zhang, Lin Che continued to lecture:

"In today's world, the only way to do this is to continue to open up and grab more resource wealth, more minerals and land."

"I, the people of China, can gain a greater living space."

"The truth of this is already realized by the Wa Kingdom."

"Their own country has a narrow territory and poor property, and if they want to survive, they will come to my Ming Dynasty to rob and plunder."

Due to the small size of the Wakos, they were a nuisance to the Ming Dynasty.

Although it has caused a lot of trouble to the ordinary people along the coast.

But in the eyes of the imperial court, the danger is similar to that of the bandits who occupy the mountains and are kings everywhere.

In addition, the horizon is limited by the times.

Almost all the civil and military forces of the Ming and Manchu dynasties did not realize that the plundering of the Japanese was also part of the colonization.

The barbarians of Europa, who did this on the American continent.

They first used robbery and slowly bleed the natives.

When the time comes, they will defeat the tribes they are targeting, seize their lands, and enslave their people.

The biggest difference between the Japanese slaves and those Europa barbarians.

It's just that they don't have the ability to gain a firm foothold in Daming by force.

(End of chapter)