Xia Yuan Ji jaw first road,

"Your Majesty, the northern state capital is rich in resources, and the mountains and rivers are vast In recent years, His Royal Highness the Holy Sun has advocated opening up the mountains and accumulating servals.

In addition to farming, the people can make a living by themselves, so these disaster victims who migrated to the north naturally recovered very quickly, and most of them were even better off than they had lived in the south. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was clear, then he shook his head and smiled,

"Let's look at you, compared to us, you have to listen to the words of the eldest grandson, isn't this all the law of our eldest grandson?"

Xia Yuanji was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly saluted respectfully,

"Your Majesty! Wechen don't dare!

Weichen is also the finance of the Ming Dynasty, and he does not dare to have the slightest difference, and under the comparison, he just finds the best way to do it. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, patted Xia Yuanji on the shoulder, and said,

"Xiao Xia, don't be too nervous, let's praise you, it's right to listen to our eldest grandson,

We're old, and now we have to teach our grandchildren to do a lot of things, so we know what to do. ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, his voice was a little sad, worried about Zhu Xiongying, who was far away in the north,

Hearing this, Xia Yuanji said respectfully,

"Your Majesty's words are serious, Your Majesty is in the year of fighting...."

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand and signaled that Xia Yuanji didn't have to say any more, and then glanced at Xia Yuanji meaningfully,

Laughed

"Xiao Xia, you are also at the age of marrying a wife and having children,

When you get old later, you will know, there is a grandson who can manage you, and it will be called beautiful in your old age.

Now, you've only come there in your life, and there are so many things you don't understand. ”

Xia Yuanji showed a half-understanding, he was thinking about national affairs, and he still thought too little about his own family affairs.

Lao Zhu was silent for a moment, thought for a while,

Since the opening of civilization in the Central Plains, the north has always been rich and the south poor, but this situation has changed greatly since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

The war in the north continued, the blow to the economy was extremely heavy, and after the Song and Yuan dynasties, the south developed rapidly, and the economy quickly surpassed the north, which also made the people of the Ming Dynasty rush into the south.

This extreme phenomenon has made the north unsettled.

However, the natural resources and cultivated land area of the Central Plains are far better in the north than in the south.

After such a deliberate tone by the imperial court, it can be said that it was a coincidence, after the southern disaster victims entered the northern state capital, on the contrary, there were fewer monks and more porridge, and they lived better.

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice,

"Governing the country, governing the country, what is the governance, is nothing more than scheduling,

Where to adjust this year's rice and next year's salt, these are the things. ”

Xia Yuanji's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he couldn't help but echo,

"What Your Majesty said is very true."

Lao Zhu's weakness is that he has never been able to make money, but in the area of resource scheduling, he is still very particular.

As Zhu Yuanzhang said, what the emperors of all dynasties have done is nothing more than resource scheduling.

how to distribute resources between officials and the common people, and how to distribute resources between Gyeonggi and the local government,

How to distribute resources between the royal family and foreign ministers, and how to allocate resources between the North and the South......

If the resources are scheduled, you can be called a Ming Jun.

Like those kings who have lost their country, they are all wanton and extravagant, or the vast majority of economic resources are in the hands of a very small number of people.

Take the Western Middle Ages, for example, the slave-owning aristocracy controlled a large amount of the economy.

At that time, there was no industrial production, and most of the economic forms were nothing more than arable land, small family workshops, and simple commercial exchanges.

The slave-owning aristocracy relied on exploitation and obtained immeasurable wealth,

But they can't put their wealth into capitalist reproduction, that is, they have money but they don't have a place to spend it.

Therefore, the slave owners and aristocrats who had heads and faces in the Western Middle Ages held feasts every day, and they were richer than luxury.

In fact, they ate enough food a day to feed hundreds of thousands of slaves, but they would rather waste this wealth and throw it away than give it to their slaves.

Putting aside the concept of morality, from the perspective of resource scheduling alone, such a large amount of wealth and resources are wasted.

Similar to this situation is the Wei and Jin dynasties, the wind of fighting for wealth is also extremely prosperous, and even the Sima royal family has ended up fighting for wealth, which is also the top era of the family.

The Middle Ages in the West and the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties in the East have the same luxury, and they are also the same dark and chaotic,

Zhu Yuanzhang said a little bit in a single sentence, revealing the true meaning of the dynasty cycle a little,

Wealth needs someone to deliberately manage it, and in the Central Plains, the emperor and the bureaucracy around the emperor are to do this well.

If the resources are allocated, it is a prosperous era, and if the resources are not allocated well, it is a troubled era, in the final analysis, it is as simple as that.

Seeing that Xia Yuanji listened, Lao Zhu showed a satisfied look on his face, and he didn't say too much about this matter.

Then he changed the conversation, his tone was much more relaxed, and he began to chatter with Xia Yuanji, and asked,

"By the way, Xiao Xia, I heard that you are going to take your mother to the capital, do you take it now?"

Xia Yuanji's face showed a rare relief, and he nodded hurriedly and said,

"Your Majesty, Weichen has brought his mother to the capital."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "That's right, you didn't want the mansion we gave you before, so where did you get your mother?" ”

Xia Yuanji was slightly shy, and said,

"Wechen's money in the past few years has been given to the family, but my mother has secretly saved all the money, and five years have passed, and this money has become a lot of money.

Weichen took the money to buy a small courtyard in Beijing, and lived with his mother in Xicheng on weekdays. ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he frowned and said dissatisfied,

"Just a small courtyard, how can it be enough for the Ming Sanpin officials to live?! Such! Let's arrange a big one for you! ”

If it were another official, Zhu Yuanzhang would be eager to take a tape measure to measure whose house was bigger and see who had too much money.

But when he came to Xia Yuanji, Zhu Yuanzhang did the opposite, for fear that Xia Yuanji's material living conditions would not be good.

Xia Yuanji hurriedly waved his hand and said,

"Your Majesty, this is not necessary, it's just the mother and Weichen, it's enough to live in the yard, it's too big and it's a waste."

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Xia Yuanji's words did not seem to be fake, but what he said sincerely, so he nodded, and looked at Xia Yuanji's gaze, unable to hide his appreciation.

In order to manage the country's money well, the necessary condition for qualified household officials is that they are principled and frugal.

If the bottom line is too vague, the distinction between state property and private property will gradually blur over time, and corruption will occur.

Xia Yuanji did a good job in this regard, so Zhu Yuanzhang trusted Xia Yuanji so much and let him be a household waiter for five years.

There is no doubt that the official position of the head of the household department was also prepared for him.

And today, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered another shining point of Xia Yuanji,

That is filial piety.