Zhu Youxiao knew that although Fang Congzhe was one of the smartest people of this era.
But limited by the times, he cannot, like himself, see situations that seem impossible in this era, but will become a reality in the future.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao understood Fang Congzhe's doubts and made it clear.
"First of all, there is a clear purpose. I will not hesitate to use thunderbolt means to implement the New Deal. In fact, its purpose is not to 'rob the rich and give to the poor', but to make our Ming Dynasty strong and the people rich!"
“What does it mean to make a country strong and its people rich?”
"There will be no war outside, no refugees inside, and the world will be peaceful for a long time!"
"But the saying that the country is strong and the people are prosperous does not mean that this is enough. After the country becomes strong, it will become even stronger! After destroying the Donglu, other foreign troubles must be eliminated, and even the true unification of the world can be achieved!"
"Wealth of the people does not mean that the refugees disappear. We must also ensure that in the future, everyone in the Ming Dynasty will not be hungry or cold. In the end, they will even be able to eat minced meat and even read and write. Their mentality and spirit will also be rich!"
Can everyone eat minced meat every meal or even read a book?
Fang Congzhe was shocked after hearing this. He did not expect that his Majesty would have such ambitions.
I'm afraid this won't be accomplished even if all the dignitaries and gentry in the world are killed.
When did His Majesty have such unrealistic ambitions?
Who taught His Majesty to have such empty ambitions!
Now the only official lecturer at the Jingyan is Xu Guangqi. Could it be that Xu Guangqi taught it?
This Xu Guangqi! Is this asking His Majesty to follow the path of Wang Mang? !
When Fang Congzhe thought of this, he wanted to teach Xu Guangqi a lesson right now.
But now, Fang Congzhe knew that he had to advise His Majesty on this matter. After all, it was related to the future destiny of His Majesty the Emperor and himself, the Emperor's cronies.
In Fang Congzhe's view, it would be the best achievement to properly crack down on the powerful, create a prosperous age with strict discipline, a prosperous country and a prosperous people like Yongle, and revive the Ming Dynasty!
And it is simply impossible to make Ming Dynasty richer!
It's not that Fang Congzhe really doesn't want to do this.
As the chief minister of the empire, he will now look at issues from a non-class standpoint.
But because Fang Congzhe knew that the world's food and meat were limited, and even if the emperor, officials and people were all equally wealthy, it would not be enough.
Therefore, Fang Congzhe had to say: "Your Majesty! In my opinion, since ancient times, if the people did not starve to death or expose their corpses to the wilderness, it would be considered a prosperous dynasty. If we really want everyone to eat minced meat every day and be able to read and write, This is really a difficult thing to do!
Therefore, even Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and even the great emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty did not dare to have such ambitions. Your Majesty's wisdom is naturally far ahead of the previous dynasties, but it is still difficult to achieve this. , After all, the money in the world is limited, even if the land is equalized and the wealth is equalized, it will be difficult, because to achieve this, it is not just about personnel, but actually it is destiny! Therefore, please consider this carefully. "
Fang Congzhe knelt on the ground as he spoke, becoming a little nervous.
He was worried that the young and energetic Emperor would be furious and punish him.
Zhu Youxiao was not angry, and said very calmly: "You don't need to remind me about this! I know that even if you and I, the first assistant, farm the fields ourselves, and everyone in the world works on farming and raising livestock, it will be difficult for everyone to eat meat every day. , it is impossible to let everyone study now. If one person studies, the whole family will have one less strong laborer, and more rations will have to be spent to support him. Even if I let social schools teach children to study for free, many people will not let their children go. Studying will reduce the number of workers in the family!"
Fang Congzhe breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that His Majesty understood.
Zhu Youxiao continued: "But that doesn't mean we don't dare to think like this!"
Why think about something that can't happen?
Fang Congzhe was a little confused, but he couldn't ask directly, so he had to continue: "Please give me your Majesty's instructions!"
Zhu Youxiao said patiently: "Furthermore, I believe that as long as you and I, the monarchs and ministers, work hard in this direction, this day will come! I am the emperor, and my destiny is mine, and only by laying out this way can I be regarded as complying with the destiny. If Otherwise, destiny will have nothing to do with me!
You just said that to achieve prosperity for everyone, it depends not only on human resources, but also on destiny. This sentence is correct.
If we want everyone to be rich, we must not only rely on personnel, but also rely on me as an emperor. Even one generation of emperors may not be enough, but several or even a dozen generations of emperors are needed. This requires us to start thinking this way in advance, and then plan accordingly. Layout, they thought that I just wanted to take advantage of them and realize the Ming Dynasty and ZTE rule, but in fact, I just wanted to create greater wealth! To create greater wealth, we can only first gather greater power so that everyone, whether it is the powerful gentry or the common people, must obey my orders. "
Fang Congzhe understood what Zhu Youxiao meant, and thought to himself that as long as His Majesty does not think of relying on his own generation to achieve such ambitions, otherwise he may really force the whole world to rebel.
But Fang Congzhe is still a little worried that the emperor who really wants to teach future generations will really continue to do so.
Fang Congzhe is not really opposed to making the people of the Ming Dynasty getting richer and richer, but he is worried that if future generations of kings continue to do this, they can only continue to attack the powerful gentry. But the key is that according to the actual situation, even if future generations of kings kill all the meat eaters , even if you work in the fields yourself and don’t get a salary, it is impossible to achieve a situation where everyone is rich.
Therefore, Fang Congzhe had no choice but to ask again: "Your Majesty, I dare to ask, if this continues, will it still be necessary to equalize land and wealth, leaving no wealthy family in our Ming Dynasty?"
"No! Many of the world's dignitaries and gentry support the imperial court. I don't really regard them as enemies. After all, I am the emperor. I will not become a bandit unless I have to. Therefore, my original intention is not to kill them. Kill them all, even my original intention is to hope that they can be more talented and bold! To open up new territories!
After Longwan, the court has been shut down, and they can go out to earn more money and food to come back!
But they disappointed me very much. Not to mention opening up new territories, they were even afraid of spending money to defend Liaodong!
They also made a lot of money through smuggling, but they ended up either burying it in the soil or using it to annex fields and bribe officials. In other words, after they got rich, they didn't think about how to use the money to make more money outside. They only look at the few acres of land in the hands of the common people and the little tax revenue from the court. They wish they could swallow up all the money and food given to the court. They are so silent that they can make a fortune!
In a word, they now, firstly, have no regard for me as the king and have forgotten the way of loyalty to the king; secondly, they are short-sighted, just because the people and the court in the country are easy to bully and deceive, and they are blindly thinking about taking advantage of the people and the court, and even Helping the foreign enemy to benefit the people and the court, I wish I could help the foreign enemy pull a trick to change the dynasty, so that I could follow the dragon!
If they only look at me as a king and have the Ming Dynasty in their hearts, they are ruthless externally and try their best to amass wealth. Internally, they only need to distribute a small amount of their external profits to the court and the people of the world, even if they are ten times or even a hundred times richer than they are now. , I won’t do anything to them! They will even be encouraged to seek profits from others!
But now they have no intention of letting me share the profits with them, and they even want to undermine me. And I am the world, and if they do this, they will only destroy the world!
Therefore, I can only eliminate these powerful people who do not care about me, support new powerful people who are loyal to me and have more foresight, and let these new powerful people benefit the world with me! "
Fang Congzhe understood what Zhu Youxiao meant.
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