"Xiao Binghe..." Zhu Jianshen shook his head blankly, "What is that?"
"It's... the climate cycle." Li Qing said, "It will happen every few hundred years. The specific time... I'm not sure, but from the looks of it, the Little Glacier is coming soon."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but think of discussing the fate of the Ming Dynasty with Yao Guangxiao.
I have to say that the old monk is really awesome and his strategic vision is very advanced.
Even if Li Qing tried his best, he still could not change the development pattern of the dynasty. However, with his efforts, he created many small trends for the Ming Dynasty.
If it is operated properly, it may not be able to change the general trend.
Heaven, earth, people.
In the latter two, Li Qing made a lot of changes, but he was really unable to change the factor of 'heaven' and could only passively accept it.
Following Yao Guangxiao's original argument, Li Qing explained the impact of Xiao Glacier.
Zhu Jianshen's expression was unprecedentedly solemn. Before this, he had never raised the climate to the level of the survival of the Ming Dynasty. But after hearing Li Qing's words, he had to re-examine...
However, this kind of thing cannot be changed by human beings.
Zhu Jian thought deeply for a long time and asked, "Sir, do you have a way to break the situation?"
"Plunder and develop." Li Qing said.
"Be more specific."
Li Qing smiled bitterly and said: "My different attitudes towards Japan, North Korea, etc. are just to resist the influence of this extreme climate."
Zhu Jian was silent for a moment and asked: "How serious will the extreme cold weather that Mr. mentioned be?"
"It's hard to say!" Li Qing shook his head and sighed, "I've never experienced it, so how can I know the specific situation, but it shouldn't be serious enough to starve people all over the place."
Li Qing said: "This kind of celestial phenomenon has happened more than once in history, and the Central Plains dynasties can pass it down every time. And today in the Ming Dynasty, there are high-yielding crops such as Yongle beans and Xuande potatoes, which may not be able to break the curse."
Zhu Jianshen knitted his eyebrows and said in a low voice: "But none of the previous dynasties has as large a population as the Ming Dynasty. At this stage, the population of the Ming Dynasty is nearly 10 million and 30 million, which is nearly twice that of the previous dynasties. The advantage of high-yielding crops... It’s very limited.”
Li Qing was silent.
After a long while, he asked: "What is the current population exactly?"
Zhu Jianshen said awkwardly: "I can't tell you the specific number at the moment. Let's do this. I'll ask the Ministry of Finance to sort it out later."
Li Qing added: "It would be best to count the population of the Chenghua Dynasty, or even the Ming Dynasty, and show them to me."
"This..." Zhu Jianshen was a little embarrassed, "I'm afraid this is a bit troublesome, and it's difficult to be precise."
"You don't need to be too precise, just have something close to it." Li Qing said, "What I look at is the trend, not the specific amount."
"Yes, OK." Zhu Jianshen nodded slowly, frowned and asked, "Besides plundering and developing, is there any other way?"
Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Zhu Jianshen was worried and extremely uneasy.
Li Qing said tentatively: "What do you think...of colonization?"
"What is colonization?"
"You always know that Hongwu is driving away, right?"
Zhu Jianshen understood instantly and said in surprise: "You mean to drive the people away to overseas countries?"
"how?"
"Not at all." Zhu Jianshen said angrily: "Sir, such a low-level strategy should not come from you."
Li Qing did not refute, but he was unwilling to give in. "Why don't you give it a try? This is the only way besides the above two points."
"No need to try, it's impossible." Zhu Jianshen said flatly, "The people will not agree, and the overseas countries will not agree. It is true that the Ming Dynasty is powerful and the Ming army has unparalleled combat power, but sir, you should know that once you do that, the vassal countries will We will resist to the death;
Yes, you can win, but the effort and reward will be seriously out of proportion! "
After taking a breath, Zhu Jianshen said: "Ten thousand steps back, even if it succeeds, the people agree, the overseas countries also agree, and everyone calmly accepts the court's arrangements, obeys the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and is even willing to become a part of the Ming Dynasty, but So what?"
"How do you rule across the ocean?" Zhu Jianshen asked: "Furthermore, since we are a part of the Ming Dynasty, should the Ming Dynasty take care of it and only take benefits from it, regardless of whether it lives or lives? Will the people who immigrated to the Ming Dynasty do it? Being liquidated?
The people have been bullied. Do I, the emperor, want to seek justice for them?
Don't you know, sir, that the cost of going to sea to fight is very high? "
A series of rhetorical questions left Li Qing speechless.
Zhu Jian sighed deeply: "Doing this will either drag the Ming Dynasty into the quagmire of war, or add burdens to the Ming Dynasty. In fact, this matter is not feasible at all. It will be blocked in the first step, leaving the people to leave the place where their ancestors have lived for generations." Hometown, and still going to overseas barbarian lands... isn't this a sure way to force people to rebel?"
Li Qing was speechless and remained silent for a long time before saying, "What if it radiates to the grassland?"
"This..." Zhu Jian was deep in thought for a long time before he said: "Baoyuan has been in control of the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years and has still made contributions. If Xiangbei... is indeed feasible;
However, it is still not feasible to let people immigrate there. " Zhu Jianshen said, "We have to let them come over and let them move closer to Ming Dynasty. "
As he spoke, Zhu Jianshen said with a wry smile: "There are parts of the grassland that can be cultivated, but this is very limited. In fact, the grassland can only be used for grazing. Farmers are allowed to farm on the grassland. There are no such conditions."
Li Qing also smiled bitterly: "Then there are only the two methods above."
After a pause, "However, it is still necessary to radiate northward. As I expected, the situation in the grassland has changed. At least some of them have a fixed foothold, right?"
Zhu Jianshen was surprised: "You know all this?"
"Nonsense, this is my handiwork, do I know?" Li Qing briefly talked about the original deployment with He Zhong on the grassland.
"I see." Zhu Jianshen suddenly realized, nodded and said: "According to this development trend, it will not be difficult to include the grassland into the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the future, but it will take time..."
"By the way, sir, what are your future plans?"
Li Qing shrugged, "What else can we do, attract more small countries to join in and form an economic system for better circulation."
Zhu Jianshen nodded lightly: "This is a good idea. I think this is the optimal solution. Blind expansion will have no benefits except indigestion. On the contrary, it is this kind of cooperation led by Ming Dynasty that is the best way to take advantage of the situation." The strategy is not one of Ming's own, so it doesn't matter if he can be bullied."
Li Qing rolled his eyes and said, "You are trying to catch all the money, and you must not do this."
"That……?"
“We must fish from the lake sustainably.”
Zhu Jianshen: "...Mr. is good or bad."
After a pause, he added: "I like it very much."
Li Qing: "..."
After talking about other things for a while, Zhu Jianshen stood up and said, "Sir, you have been busy for so long. It is not easy for you to come back and have a good rest."
He took out the key from his arms and said, "Just stay here. I will tell you later that I won't let those servants come to clean it. You can live in peace."
Enjoy your life, eat delicious food, and have fun... In the barbarian land overseas, I think Mr. Lai has suffered a lot. "
Li Qing took the key and said with a smile: "I haven't suffered any serious consequences. Where can I suffer? But having said that, overseas is not as good as the Ming Dynasty, especially in terms of food, it is far worse!"
Seeing that he accepted, Zhu Jianshen relaxed slightly and said with a smile: "Okay, I will come to you to chat when I have nothing to do from now on."
"Um."
"Um?"
"...The Emperor is walking slowly?"
"Yes." Zhu Jianshen was satisfied. He took two steps, then stopped and asked, "Don't you want to send me a gift?"
"..." Li Qing said lightly: "Your guard commander saw me last time, so it's better not to show up."
"It's been several years, and I haven't brought the guard commander here." Zhu Jianshen said, "Besides, I will come here often in the future, and you are staying here, how can you maintain absolute confidentiality?"
"That's true." Li Qing nodded slightly, "But I have to have a reason to live here, right?"
"That's easy to say," Zhu Jianshen said with a smile, "You are a personal soldier of Li Hong, the chief military officer of the Jiangnan Navy. You were assigned by him to come to the capital to report to me about the navy."
Li Qing scratched his head and said, "Okay then."
"So...send it to me." Zhu Jianshen said with a proud face.
"No," Li Qing pouted, "Don't forget, you opened the lock from the outside when you came in."
Zhu Jianshen: -_-|| "If I don't care, you have to send me away. I am the king and you are the minister. As the saying goes: the king lets the minister die..."
"Okay, okay, I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you." Li Qing was also drunk, and he was only two steps away, so he couldn't afford to break it off.
"That's pretty much it."
Zhu Jianshen was satisfied, "Let's go."
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"Little bastard, you ran away again..."
"Shh~" the young man quickly made a silence gesture, "Father, please keep your voice down, I was almost captured just now."
He pointed at the burly man not far away and said softly: "Father, what do you think the young master is from this morning?"
The middle-aged man looked in the direction his son pointed, and saw dozens of strong men with tall builds, solemn expressions, and a faint aura of murder. Although they were wearing common people's clothes, they did not look like ordinary servants of wealthy families.
It's more like... eating from the official family.
"Don't worry about me. Go back with your father." The middle-aged man said solemnly, "My husband said that if you don't apologize to him, he won't teach you."
The young man curled his lips and said, "If you don't want to teach me, I won't teach you. I don't want to learn from him yet."
"You..." The middle-aged man was angry and raised his hand to grab his ear. Unexpectedly, the young man was on guard and easily dodged, "Hehe... I can't catch him."
"Treason!"
The middle-aged man shouted angrily: "If you continue to be naughty, I will break your legs."
This loud shout immediately alerted the Ouchi guards, and the guard commander said solemnly: "You two, come here."
The young man shrunk his neck, and the middle-aged man lost his previous arrogance and smiled dryly and handed over his hands: "I'm sorry for the naughty dog."
After that, he took his son and left.
The commander of the guards raised his eyebrows. He had just seen the young man sneaking around here, but he was too young, so he didn't think about it elsewhere. Now that he saw another one coming, he became more suspicious: "Come here." gōΠb.ōγg
"Let's go, father," the young man said calmly, "It's broad daylight, the sky is clear, what should we fear at the feet of the emperor?"
Saying that, he moved forward calmly.
The middle-aged man has a big head. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the capital. His little Hanlin editor is really not enough to read.
However, his son has passed away, how can he ignore it.
He had no choice but to bite the bullet and keep up, secretly thinking about what to say... After taking only two steps, he saw the young master walking out of the door, and he was relieved.
Although he had only spoken a few words before, it was not difficult to tell that this young master was very talkative.
However, when he saw a dark-faced and bearded middle-aged man about his own age next to the young master, he was stunned.
