The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 678 Treating symptoms and root causes (for subscription)
Even if the gap between rich and poor in this era is exaggerated, this figure also has great reference value.

It can be reflected that the height and physical fitness of the people of Ming Dynasty in this era are the highest in the world!

Uh...Except for Nico!
Ni Ge's brain is completely replaced by a bug of physical fitness, which is really incomparable.

"In terms of the amount of arable land, the amount of arable land in my Ming Dynasty has increased by more than [-] times compared to last year, and the specific figure has reached..."

After listening to Liao Juncheng's narration, Zhu Hongyu nodded in satisfaction.

"well done!"

However, among the figures compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, what Zhu Hongyu really cares most about is the increase in cultivated land.

The reason why it can grow more than twenty times a year is also because Daming regained the entire southeast.

And more importantly, the smooth progress of the work of Qingzhang Tianmu!

In the entire southeast, a large number of hidden fields were counted out by the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The number of these hidden fields hidden for tax evasion is probably more than three times the number of acres in the imperial court fish scale book.

It can be seen how much land has been hidden among the people of Ming Dynasty!

So many fields do not pay taxes, and a large amount of taxes are placed on a small number of self-cultivating farmers.

It's no wonder that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were constant refugees and peasant uprisings one after another!
As the matter of Qingzhang Tianmu was continuously implemented, Daming's control over the local area was also visible to the naked eye.

Zhu Hongyu continued.

"Although it's done well, I don't think it's enough!"

"The work of clearing Zhang's fields will continue. I want to find out how many fields I have in Daming."

"How many fields have been abandoned, and how many fields have been used for other purposes!"

"Agriculture is the foundation of the country!"

"At any time, we must pay enough attention to agriculture!"

"For the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, in addition to doing its best to ensure agricultural production in its daily work, it is most important to find out the conditions of the fields under the Ming Dynasty."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Hongyu indicated that Liao Juncheng could take a seat.

After Liao Juncheng, the head of the household registration department of Daming also stood up and began to report to Zhu Hongyu.

"Your Majesty, in this year, my household registration department has also achieved a lot of success!"

"After the investigation of Dingkou, the abolition of humble registration, the abolition of household registration restrictions, and the promulgation of the prohibition that Chinese people are not allowed to be slaves, the household registration department will need to conduct a new census and household registration registration."

"According to the results of this year's work, we know that our Ming Dynasty has a population of more than [-] million, of which the young and middle-aged population accounts for about [-]%."

"And among the young and middle-aged population, males account for almost [-]%!"

"..."

This is the sequelae of successive years of war.

The population structure has been greatly adjusted in the war!

Those who can survive are basically young and strong, and for the same young and strong, the probability of a man's survival must be greater than that of a woman.

In the prosperous age, being able to be a lady is preferred!
Once in troubled times, no one cares about life and death.

So, despite the fact that the population of Daming is not as large as that of the previous Ming, the population structure is mostly young and strong men.

To a certain extent, there is no lack of labor as imagined!
The only problem may be that men account for a large proportion of the population. Such a population structure will cause a large number of young and strong men to be unable to marry wives, which will further lead to a series of social problems.

The problem is tricky, but not without solutions.

Encourage the people of Ming Dynasty to have more daughters, and the court rewards a certain amount of money and food or gives a certain amount of tax exemption for giving birth to a daughter.

Use this administrative method to balance the ratio of men to women!
This is a cure-all solution.

But I'm afraid I won't see results in a short time!
But it's okay, besides, Zhu Hongyu still has a way to cure the symptoms.

That is to launch a foreign war, to plunder the school-age women from other countries and send them back as wives to their own people.

It doesn't sound like a good thing to say, but it definitely works!
For example, what about small days, what about Vietnam, what about Myanmar... but they are all pretty good goals!

Of course, North Korea's women are also good, the only problem may be that North Korea is a good son of Daming, and his reputation for doing it directly is not very good.

Well, you have to find a plausible reason!

After all, China is not the group of barbarians in the West. They can do it directly for the sake of profit, even if they don't even bother to find excuses.

But China can't!
China is a country of etiquette, not a barbarian. Throughout the ages, we have always paid attention to a righteous name in doing things!
Well, we need to find a good reason before doing it!

After the Minister of Household Registration sat down, the Minister of Construction stood up and reported on his work.

"Your Majesty, our Ministry of Construction launched 450 six large-scale construction projects last year."

"Including the renovation of official roads, the repair of water conservancy facilities, the construction of local city defenses, the construction of frontier military fortresses, the dredging of canals, the construction of port city wharves, and the construction of railways, etc."

During this year, the various tasks of the Ministry of Construction are also very busy.

Every large-scale construction project needs to be approved by the Ministry of Construction, make a budget, and then send people to supervise the work and review the quality of the project...

All require a large number of manpower input!

Among these large-scale construction projects, what Zhu Hongyu cares most about is the construction plan of the railway.

Because Zhu Hongyu understands better than anyone else that after the invention of the steam engine, transportation changes will happen sooner or later.

Railways and steamships will surely replace the existing means of transportation.

In order to expand the railway network on a large scale in the future, it is very necessary to start building a railway now to accumulate technology and experience.

Therefore, Zhu Hongyu is quite concerned about the construction of the only railway in Daming.

Ask for specifics from time to time!
After the Minister of Construction sat down, Zhu Hongyu looked at Wang An, the head of the Daming Royal Research Institute.

Wang An stood up and said.

"Report to Your Majesty, the research institute has also made certain research successes this year..."

Wang An stood up to report on the work. At present, the most important envy of the institute is the various application technologies of steam engines, the research and exploration of electric machinery, and the research and development of internal combustion engines.

At present, the research and development of steam engines has achieved certain success, and steam locomotives have completed corresponding tests and can be put into small-scale production.

Various mechanical theories driven by steam engines emerge in endlessly, and real objects are also being produced continuously!

Even a large steam unit was tested once on board!
In terms of applied research on electricity, the Institute has managed the stable transportation of electricity, and has also produced different products such as electric lights and telegraphs.

Already has a preliminary practical value!
But unfortunately, the development of internal combustion engines is still at the paper stage.

The research institute has only recently figured out the theory of the internal combustion engine and drawn the design drawings.

(End of this chapter)