The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 505: Zhu Yuanzhang made ministers uncomfortable
Zhu Yuanzhang's question made Zhu Gaochi fall into deep thought.

Why should we develop spiritual civilization?

Is it possible that one of the means to achieve the construction of spiritual civilization is to fill society with various activities?

Zhu Gaochi thought of the United States.

Millions of people gave up their votes, while their votes were bought with millions of dollars; elections were despised by many and bought by a few.

Just like corruption in Britain, it pervades the entire society and cannot be stopped despite all efforts. It cannot be banned in overseas colonies. Spending money to buy officials has become the rule.

How can people of different identities and classes form a common identity?

Zhu Gaochi read an article by a foreign scholar and thought it was very reasonable.

Church halls and pioneer caravans, school grounds and stagecoaches, campgrounds and outdoor banquets, baseball diamonds and hot dog stands…

It is these rich and ever-proliferating public spaces that drive people’s consciousness.

Therefore, it is not the legal provisions that can lead to the construction of spiritual civilization, but the participation of all people.

How can all the people participate?
social activity.

Because this is determined by human nature.

In a society with more prosperous social activities, people are more confident and tolerant, and have initiative and resistance.

on the contrary.

Society becomes more boring and numb.

So don’t underestimate parties, banquets, outings, sports activities, events, school playgrounds, squares, gardens, socializing...

These places and people's communication methods contain the development of human spiritual civilization.

The same is true.

It is precisely because ancient China had developed communication methods, activities and events.

Mountain climbing, outings, clubs, gatherings, schools, community fires, ancestor worship, ancestral halls... The degree of participation of the whole people is the only way to have a developed civilization in ancient times.

Civilization is never a certain aspect, but is complementary to each other, closely intertwined, and encompasses all aspects.

More to understand.

The core of the development of human civilization is the continuous exchange of information between people.

People gather together.

Even an ordinary chat may seem like a trivial behavior, but it contains the essence of society.

Zhu Gaochi did not answer Zhu Yuanzhang in this way, because he understood that the essence of Zhu Yuanzhang's worries was actually extravagance and waste.

The collision of agricultural society concepts and industrial society concepts.

The spark of thought between people in the 50s and people in the 90s.

"If people have wages and don't use them for consumption, how can merchants sell goods? If merchants can't sell goods, they won't have money to pay people wages."

"Then not only will workers not be able to consume, they won't even have wages."

Zhu Gaochi's brief words stunned Zhu Yuanzhang.

He felt wrong.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's appearance, Zhu Gaochi thought of his grandfather.

When I was young.

Grandpa is very simple.

During the summer of my childhood, I grew up in the countryside.

So Zhu Gaochi knew how to deal with the old man and said with a smile: "In the past, people concentrated on the land and relied on workshops and handicrafts to make goods."

"Mineral resources are expensive and production costs are high, and farmers cannot afford them. Therefore, frugality is advocated. We need to save everything and save everything."

“But now, manpower has been liberated from the land and concentrated in industry and mining. With the development of technology, mineral resources are getting cheaper and cheaper, and the scale of factories has ultimately led to cheap mineral resources, low production costs, and affordable prices for farmers and workers. .”

“Then the more goods farmers and workers buy, the more merchants can hire workers, and more farmers become workers, which in turn promotes the increase in per capita acres of land, increases farmers’ income, and finally increases consumption capacity. "

It's like returning to Peking.

Zhu Gaochi would often encounter Zhu Di who couldn't understand him, and he was back in class again.

Zhu Yuanzhang is not a stubborn person.

People who cannot listen to other people's opinions cannot reach the level of Zhu Yuanzhang.

It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang's vision has exceeded that of most people in the Ming Dynasty, so he has the habit of reasoning with others.

Now that he heard another set of theories, Zhu Yuanzhang began to think deeply, thinking along Zhu Gaochi's train of thought.

"There is no upper limit to industrial development. If such a virtuous cycle is formed, social productivity will continue to make breakthroughs."

"This is the essential difference between agricultural society and industrial society. In agricultural society, land productivity is limited, so social productivity has an upper limit, and the upper limit is not high."

"That can't be wasted."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head.

"Of course, waste cannot be promoted, but hosting events is not a waste, and it is also a way to stimulate consumption."

Zhu Gaochi finished explaining the truth, and then followed the old man's words.

really.

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression became lighter.

The younger generation can listen to his opinions and make him feel that he is taken seriously, which will naturally make him feel comfortable.

Commonly known as coaxing old children.

After coaxing the old child, Zhu Gaochi asked Li Daoxin.

Li Daoxin respectfully told where the saint had been these days, whether it was pleasant or unpleasant.

Zhu Gaochi nodded.

"Grandpa Huang is getting older. Although he likes to move around, he must be careful not to get too tired. You are all close to Grandpa Huang. Grandpa Huang trusts you, and I trust you too."

Li Daoxin was very happy when he heard the emperor's grandson's words. With the emperor's grandson's guarantee, he had no worries.

"Please rest assured, His Majesty the Emperor, your subordinates will take good care of the saint."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

The eldest grandson had a ruthless attitude of killing anyone who stood in his way, and he was still wondering whether he would live a miserable life in his later years.The founding monarch of North Korea, Ri Sung-gye, was rebelled by his descendants. I heard that life was not going well this year.

Of course Zhu Yuanzhang also had concerns in this regard.

At present, it seems that he does not need to worry about this aspect.

Sudden.

Jin Zhong, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Yu Xin, the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, and Xie Jin of the Cabinet and others came to the Wenhua Hall.

They brought news about Zhu Di.

However, everyone did not expect that the saint was there, and they quickly saluted Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands and did not take the initiative to ask.

The attitude of being unconcerned with matters that had nothing to do with them made the ministers understand who they needed to be responsible to.

Zhu Gaochi was also very pleased.

Fortunately, his grandfather was Zhu Yuanzhang.

If it was Kangxi, he could only seize the title of the Nine Dragons, but he could not be trampled to death, and he could not stand out too much and make Kangxi feel threatened. Internal friction would have to kill him first.

The Qing Dynasty is the Qing Dynasty.

Such internal friction can actually become the object of praise.

moment.

After reading Zhu Di's letters, Zhu Gaochi already understood where Zhu Di's ambitions lay.

He wanted to follow Timur's route and annex Timur's sphere of influence, and now he wanted to strengthen production in Yilibaoli.

Zhu Gaochi could not accept all of Zhu Di's plans.

Zhu Gaochi knows the current world situation well and knows what the current world looks like better than anyone else.

present.

The most powerful country in the world is undoubtedly Ming Dynasty, even without the industries he developed.

Next came the Timurid Empire.

Zhu Gaochi did not want Zhu Di to fight against the Timur Empire because of its strength.

But it’s not necessary these years.

The Timurid Empire is suppressing the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire is currently at a disadvantage and is in a state of fragmentation.

But six years later, Timur died, and the Timur empire he established soon fell apart. That was the best time.

Otherwise, the invasion of Timur's empire now would undoubtedly involve letting Timur in West Asia lead the army back.

It also gave the Ottoman Empire a good opportunity to recover.

After Timur's death, the Timur Empire fell into a short-term internal strife, giving Osman a chance to stand up again.

It became the second largest country in the world 20 years later, and the European countries were trembling under the pressure.

Now let the second child and the third child fight to the death, and the Ming fisherman will benefit.

The second largest territory was the Golden Horde, and the third was the Timurid Empire.

But the land of the Golden Horde is barren, and it is not within Zhu Gaochi's plan at this stage. It will be easy first and then difficult, first good and then bad.

The Ming Dynasty had the largest population, and the Bahmani Sultanate had the second largest population.

The Bahmani Sultanate is not in Zhu Gaochi's eyes, and Japan, the third most populous country, has now become the "blood transfusion bag" of the Ming Dynasty.

Keep this balance.

Don't break it.

Zhu Gaochi doesn't want Zhu Di to do what I do.

The figure of the Ming army appeared in Anqian. Even if Timur did not invade his sphere of influence, he would not dare to stay in West Asia and would inevitably lead the army to retreat.

Although there is confidence in defeating Timur, the time and resources that can be consumed, as well as post-war immigration and reconstruction, will not require more than ten or twenty years of effort.

Having spent so much time in Timur's empire, Zhu Gaochi didn't want to shout to the sky that he was given 500 years when he was old.

The original owner only lived 48 years old.

Zhu Gaochi didn't want to gamble on whether he could survive 25 years in the future.

"Hami and Yilibaoli have plans to immigrate 50 people. The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War are now starting to count the population and absorb people who want to migrate from the poor."

"Just absorbing the poor is not enough, you also need elites. How to make the elites willing to go to Yili and Hami? In terms of policy, you can discuss a charter."

Hami and Yili hung the map inside on the wall.

"Open up the territory and expand the territory."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

The atmosphere in the hall became weird.

Jin Zhong, the Minister of War, was quite normal. After all, when he came to the capital, the saint was no longer in charge, so he didn't understand.

Although most of the remaining officials were promoted by Zhu Di, they were also courtiers.

These veterans who were familiar with Zhu Yuanzhang almost couldn't recognize the saint in front of them.

The ministers were not used to the kind-hearted Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang also noticed the strange atmosphere among the ministers. He felt a little embarrassed and coughed twice with a straight face.

Hearing the majestic cough, the ministers breathed a sigh of relief.

Such a familiar voice is indeed that of a saint.

Zhu Gaochi was speechless and wanted to laugh.

Could it be that he is used to Zhu Yuanzhang's PUA?
Very likely.

Zhu Yuanzhang liked to preach, and coupled with his harshness, officials in the early Ming Dynasty did have a "poorer" life than officials in other unified dynasties.

Zhu Gaochi was a little worried.

His next plan will probably disappoint Zhu Yuanzhang.

The emperor's grandson singled out the emperor and the crown prince.

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