Chu Ze, who was in a hurry in the morning and didn't have time to have breakfast, didn't think much about it after hearing Lao Zhu's invitation.
He immediately started eating the sesame seed cakes in his hands.
But when he heard Lao Zhu asked him to help deal with the refugees in Shandong.
Chu Ze immediately spat out the sesame seeds in his mouth.
Eating this sesame seed cake makes your mouth somewhat hot, okay?
"Your Majesty, you are not making things difficult for me. Do you think I look like someone who can solve this problem?"
After a long time, Chu Ze finally regained his composure.
The corner of his mouth twitched as he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting opposite, eating sesame seed cakes and staring at him with a smile.
In addition to helplessness, Chu Ze's eyes were more speechless.
"Why did you mention the Shandong refugees in the court? Don't you know how to handle this?"
"Let's not talk about Zhu Yunwen, this useless snack, but Yongle. Didn't you say that the fourth child is Emperor Yongle? He didn't solve this matter?"
"If the fourth child can't solve it, forget about his son. He has only been in power for a few months. Then his grandson, the Hexagon Warrior, should be able to handle it, right?"
"Tell us the methods they use, and we'll just use them when the time comes."
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Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's almost natural words, Chu Ze just silently pulled the sesame seed cakes that he had accidentally sprayed on the table to the ground.
Then he put the sesame seed cake in his hand into his mouth again.
After taking a bite calmly, he spoke silently.
"Your Majesty, you should know that our land of China has a very long history, which is very scary."
"From Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to the era of my existence, we generally call it five thousand years."
"Not to mention that I am just an ordinary person. Even if I were a genius and had a photographic memory, I would not be able to remember so many things!"
"Also, I seem to remember that you didn't solve the problem of refugees at all later on."
"This matter has been accumulated for a long time."
"As for how to deal with it, I have no idea."
After hearing Chu Ze's words, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still smiling, gradually turned cold.
He looked at Chu Ze, who was eating sesame seed cakes silently, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper for a while.
"You mean, what happened in Shandong has been going on for hundreds of years?"
"Well, it's almost the same. If you want to ask for specific data, I still know some. For example, during the Ming Dynasty, there were hundreds of uprisings."
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Zhu Yuanzhang, who was also eating sesame cakes, originally felt that the sesame cakes in his mouth were quite delicious.
But suddenly I heard Chu Ze mention that time in the Ming Dynasty, when uprisings occurred hundreds of times.
He suddenly felt that the sesame seed cake in his mouth was as tasteless as chewing wax.
"Look at it from the perspective of future generations, is it really impossible to resettle these refugees?"
"Uh, by the way, Your Majesty, were you eavesdropping in the main hall just now?"
"Why do you ask so suddenly?"
"How else would you know that I mentioned the Shandong refugees in the court?"
"Yes, we eavesdropped, what happened? No! It's the first time for Biao'er to personally preside over government affairs. Let's help check it. If there is something that is not done well or is not done in place, we will do it. So I can give him some advice. What’s going on? Do you have any advice? If you have any, tell me!”
"Don't dare, don't dare!"
"Don't you dare? Just because you don't dare?"
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Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang who was staring straight at him, Chu Ze coughed slightly in embarrassment.
What happened...
Chu Ze really didn't have any objections to Zhu Yuanzhang's eavesdropping.
He just mentioned it casually.
Anyway, Lao Zhu eavesdropped not just once or twice.
He has long been used to it.
It's just that for this kind of thing, it's better not to continue to get involved with an unreasonable person like him.
"Your Majesty, as for the refugees in Shandong, I really can't give you any advice. After all, I'm not a genius, but the one thing I can say is."
"Some problems are actually problems of the nature of society."
"As far as I know, Shandong is mostly located in plains, and in that area, in addition to farmers and merchants, there are also some unique horse households. These people are responsible for raising horses for the court."
"But one of the serious problems with the existence of these horse households is that if they raise horses to death, not only will they not get any income from raising horses, but they will have to pay for the court's losses out of their own pockets. .”
"For ordinary people, not to mention having food and money at home, it is very rare to be able to ensure that the whole family has food and clothing without worries throughout the year."
"The existence of this kind of mahu is a burden to the people."
"Think about it, people are still subject to birth, old age, illness and death, even if they die accidentally, let alone cattle and horses?"
"If you are a horse owner and your horse dies unexpectedly, will your family be wiped out?"
"Under such circumstances, if they don't become refugees, what else can they do?"
"As for farmers, who are located around the Grand Canal, at least more than 100,000 laborers are assigned to labor every year."
"Many people may even die from exhaustion due to this hard work. In addition, the weather is unpredictable, and people do not have food stored in their homes, so their ability to adapt is poor."
"Once a major disaster occurs, these people have almost no choice but to wait for death."
"Your Majesty, this is not a problem that I can solve, but some problems are unsolvable from beginning to end."
"Because they were wrong from the beginning."
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't really want to hear these great principles told by Chu Ze, nor did he like it very much.
Because even after hearing it, he didn't know how to deal with it.
He may understand the reasoning, but this is not what he wants.
What he wants is a solution.
"We don't want to hear these things about right and wrong now. We just want to know, will there be no such things in your future generations?"
"Don't tell us that there will be no disasters or famines in future generations, and there will be no need for corvee service or anything like that!"
"He will always have similar situations, right? Just tell me, how will your future generations deal with these similar things?"
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's increasingly impatient tone, Zhu Ping, who was eating the cake silently at the side, couldn't help but slow down the movements of his hands.
He has to be careful when breathing now.
He was afraid of accidentally attracting his father's attention.
Chu Ze looked at Zhu Yuanzhang who was a little angry.
He took a sip of tea silently, swallowed the dry cake, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang in a helpless tone.
"Your Majesty, I'm really not trying to fool our future generations. There really is no such thing as a famine problem."
"As for corvee, there is no such thing. Even prisoners in prison are paid for their work."
"There is a saying in our future generations, technology is the primary productive force!"
"To cultivate an acre of land now, you need one cow, one person, and a set of farm tools, and it takes only half a day to work, right?"
"In our future generations, if it is a plain area, a cultivator that cultivates hundreds or thousands of acres in a day will be considered lazy."
“There’s a whole irrigation system for irrigation.”
“There are special pesticides to control pests.”
"The drought is so severe that it can even produce artificial rainfall."
"There are also special harvesting machines for harvesting. One machine can support hundreds of people. The key is to keep working without getting tired."
"For corvee work and so on, you need to dig mountains and have excavators and loaders."
"You have to transport things, you have trains, you have trucks and so on."
"Horse riding, in our time, was an activity for the rich. Breeding horses was extremely rare."
"Your Majesty, I have always advocated the development of technology, but my personal strength is indeed limited."
"But based on what I have achieved so far, one incubator can greatly increase the number of poultry."
"The flintlock gun increases the number of enemies killed. The assembly line production model increases production efficiency."
"There are some things that we cannot explain clearly because of the generation gap between us."
Looking at the helpless Chu Ze, Zhu Yuanzhang could only silently pick up the sesame seed cake in his hand and bite it one after another.
Although he didn't understand what Chu Ze was talking about.
But there is one thing Zhu Yuanzhang can be sure of.
That is hundreds of years later, and it should be completely different from their current era.
Many problems that seem to be unsolvable today will not be problems at all in future generations, but will become common sense.
However, those are things for the future, and what needs to be dealt with now must still be found.
"Is it possible that there is nothing you can do?"
"Well, I really have no choice. The main reason is that I don't understand these things. My opinion is that it is better for you to find professional people to do professional things. If you encounter any problems during this process, I will definitely be able to help. help."
"By the way, how about you give it a try, cancel the corvee and reduce the agricultural tax, and change it to mainly collect business tax or something?"
"And what I'm doing now, look at Old Five Zhou King's side. Although it's just a city, it can still be regarded as an experimental area."
"Why don't you try to find some solution over there?"
"By the way, there is another thing I have wanted to say a long time ago, which is that state-owned enterprises, salt and iron, can be government-run. In fact, some other things can also be government-run."
"But it cannot be said that it is a direct monopoly and does not leave any way for the people."
"You try to encourage business, and then shift the focus of taxation to business, so as to ensure that more food grown at home can be retained."
"If the people have enough food left in their homes to survive for three to five years, then there won't always be famine disasters."
"In my humble opinion, you can handle it yourself. I am not good at running a country. I don't have the ability."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Chu Ze who didn't rush into the big man at all, and he could only shake his head silently.
Originally, he thought that Chu Ze would be able to handle the matter when Chu Ze mentioned the Shandong refugees.
Now it seems that he took it for granted after all.
"We won't ask you about governing the country. Since you can't govern the country, what about governing people?"
"Huh? Your Majesty, who do you want to cure? Let's agree first, I don't know how to cure people. I won't be responsible if you kill them!"
(End of chapter)
