"Someone has said that human needs are divided into five levels. The first level is physiological needs, that is, breathing, water, food, sleep, etc.
This is a necessary condition for survival, which is what I just said about having enough food, water and clothing.
Why do you feel hungry and cold and want to steal? It’s because you can’t meet the needs of survival. Otherwise, according to the Ming Law, the punishment for theft is corporal punishment for the first two times and hanging for the third time.
If not for survival, who would take such a big risk to steal?
Let’s go too far, let’s talk about the second level, which is safety needs. After physiological needs are met, safety needs will be met in every possible way.
For example, personal safety, physical health, property safety, family safety, etc.
After we meet the physiological needs of the people and then meet the security needs, where will they have time to plot rebellion?
At this time, even if someone wants to plot rebellion, they should ask other people if they are willing to destroy this hard-won peace.
Without the court's intervention, the people's anger can kill the rebels. "
Everyone was thoughtful and seemed to understand something, but they didn't seem to understand anything.
It is true that what Chongzhen said is too profound.
"Your Majesty, even if this happens, what if..."
"That's just one aspect!"
Chongzhen interrupted Zhou Yuji's doubts and continued: "Do you still remember what I told you in the field a few days ago that even if the world is clear, we can't just let go of Nanshan, but must be more intensified?
This is the deterrence of force, not only to prevent unknown foreign enemies from invading, but also to deter the internal people.
With elite soldiers and advanced weapons, are you afraid of a hasty mob? "
"The third aspect... forget it, if I talk too much, you won't understand it for a while. You just need to remember that the wisdom of young people will make the country wise, the richness of young people will make the country rich, and the strength of young people will make the country strong."
Everyone was speechless when they heard what Chongzhen said.
Their curiosity was all aroused, but nothing happened, which made them extremely uncomfortable.
Outside the bell tower, Yuan Keli, who had returned from doing business, was shocked. Cao Bianjiao and Zhou Yuji were military generals and could not understand the emperor's words for a while.
Although Du Yinxi is smart, he has little experience, his thinking is restricted, and he cannot think clearly.
But he has experienced four dynasties, ups and downs in the officialdom for decades, and he can see the reasons clearly.
Especially after he read the contents of the first five-year plan given to him by the cabinet after the New Year, it is easier to understand Chongzhen's words now.
It is nothing more than the spontaneous protection of the people, the strong deterrence of the military, education and ideological guidance, all three aspects are carried out simultaneously.
Especially the last one mentioned that a strong youth will make a country strong. He estimated that after the first five-year plan is completed, the focus of the second five-year plan will be education.
Children are guided from an early age to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and taught that peace and prosperity are hard-won, and so on.
When this generation grows old and their children become adults and become the cornerstone of the entire Ming Dynasty, they will not even think about plotting rebellion after being educated since childhood.
Emperors throughout history have tried to conspire to control the people, but this new emperor disdains doing so.
"Although Your Majesty is young, there are countless gaps in his belly. His foresight and foresight are really the blessing of our great Ming Dynasty!"
Yuan Keli sighed in his heart, and then walked towards Chongzhen and others: "Listening to His Majesty's words is worth more than half a lifetime of experience."
After speaking, he looked at Du Yinxi and others: "The country is strong, the people are prosperous, everything is prosperous, people and families are prosperous, and rebellion is only a minority after all.
As long as the imperial court is strong enough, then you have nothing to fear and working hard to develop yourself is the last word! "
Chongzhen smiled and said nothing. Without such top-level design and planning and the power he currently controls, would he dare to be so presumptuous?
It is estimated that the emperors of all dynasties have done the same thing and ruled in a cage.
Everyone nodded, but Yuan Keli asked curiously: "Your Majesty, you just mentioned five demands, what are the last three?"
“In order, they are social needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization needs!”
Seeing that everyone was a little confused, Chongzhen smiled secretly.
Maslow's five needs, let alone the Ming Dynasty, even in later generations, only a very small number of people can reach the fifth level.
In this era of the Ming Dynasty, due to various constraints, it would be good to complete the third one.
"Okay, let's put this topic aside for now. You have time to think about it by yourself. Now let's get down to business!"
Chongzhen interrupted everyone's contemplation and looked at Yuan Keli: "Yuan Aiqing, tell me your judgment on the sale of farmland. How much can it probably be sold for?"
Yuan Keli pondered for a moment, then looked condescendingly at the cheering people in the city: "I thought we could all sell out."
"So optimistic?"
"Your Majesty, this is not optimism, it is a fact. People can be fooled for a while, but they will never be fooled forever. This account is easy to calculate.
Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. People are so poor that they still worry about what will happen in a few decades?
Moreover, I have sent some people to pretend to be merchants and wait for them to perform in various counties. It should start now! "
"acting?"
Chongzhen suddenly became interested and asked curiously: "Tell me more about it!"
"Your Majesty, if you have time, would you please go to Chang'an County to watch a show?"
Xi'an City, Chang'an County.
It was only more than twenty miles away from the city of Xi'an, so Chongzhen left the two hundred warrior battalion three or four miles outside the city.
He and Yuan Keli rode in a shabby-looking carriage and entered the county town in a low-key manner accompanied by a group of martial arts scholars.
After the carriage drove through the city for a while, it stopped at a corner of the street.
In a shop on the middle street, several voices of yelling and smashing things attracted people who were in a hurry and had tangled expressions on their faces.
"Smash it, smash it for me!"
"Boom...boom..."
"I'm so angry..."
Amid everyone's curiosity, a middle-aged man rushed out of the store angrily.
Someone in the crowd recognized the middle-aged man and said loudly: "Shopkeeper Li, what's going on? You just bought this store a few years ago and it's being renovated. Why did you say it was smashed?"
"What should I say? Hey..."
Shopkeeper Li sighed: "My store is going to open a grain mill, right? But now, hey..."
Shopkeeper Li said a word and sighed, which made the already troubled people feel even more depressed.
But the person who had just spoken out was not ready to let shopkeeper Li go, and continued to ask: "This is a good thing. Now there is a big disaster in Shaanxi. It can be expected that there will be a shortage of rice for a long time in the future. You have the channels to sell it. Big profit!"
"What a waste of money!"
Shopkeeper Li suddenly exposed: "Let me ask you, did the imperial court just issue an edict to sell farmland? Is it payment in installments, planting first and then paying it back?"
"That's right, but aren't everyone hesitating? Besides, what does this matter have to do with your opening of a rice farm?"
"It's a big deal. If you buy farmland in this way, people's families will no longer be short of food. Who will I sell the food from my rice mill to?
They wanted to sell it to me, but I couldn't sell it even after I took it. The acquisition, storage, transportation, etc. would consume at least 30% to 50%.
I won't do it if you lose money and yell at others! "
