Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 63 How to free Ming Dynasty from its fate?
Three hundred years?
Dynastic Periodic Law?
After hearing this answer, Zhu Yuanzhang was about to continue questioning, but the yin and yang Qihai had disappeared without a trace.

The opening of the Yin Yang Qi Sea this time will undoubtedly bring huge rewards to Ming Dynasty.

In addition to obtaining information about the enemy "Qing Dynasty", they also obtained a large number of radio stations and high-yield crop seeds. The only problem was the secret of the dynasty cycle law.

But the disappearance of Yin Yang Qi Hai still made Zhu Yuanzhang feel a little uncomfortable as if there was something stuck in his throat.

Looking at the military ministers around him, Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"What's going on with the periodic law of the three-hundred-year dynasty? You are all great scholars who have read poetry and books. Please give us the answer."

"This"

Several military ministers pondered for a moment.

Wang Jing was the first to say: "If we don't count the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, starting from the Qin and Han dynasties, the fifteenth year of the Qin Dynasty, the two hundredth year of the Western Han Dynasty, the fifteenth year of the New Year, the two hundredth year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the one hundred and fiftyth year of the Jin Dynasty, and the fortyth year of the Sui Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty lasted for three hundred years, and the two Song Dynasties combined were worth three hundred years. The Yuan Dynasty lasted less than one hundred years, and the dynasty would have ended in three hundred years."

"Then why does this dynasty cycle law limit the number of dynasties to three hundred years? You have always been knowledgeable and talented, think about it carefully."

Wang Jing was of course knowledgeable. He was very smart when he was young, read a lot of books, and had extraordinary literary talent. His articles were profound and powerful, and captured the essence of ancient literary styles. He was the leader of the ancient literary school in the Ming Dynasty literary circle at this time, and was praised as "Succeeding from Qu Song Dynasty at the top, and joining Ban Ma at the bottom."

In the twelfth year of Hongwu's reign, Zhu Yuanzhang recruited him as the day officer of the Hanlin Academy, attending court with his class. Later, he was promoted to the hearing officer on the night shift. He was then sent to other places and recalled to the capital to serve as the minister of military aircraft. In a short time, He climbed to this position in six years, and has always been around Zhu Yuanzhang. It can be said that he is a trusted civil servant promoted by Zhu Yuanzhang.

But being knowledgeable and literary does not mean being quick-witted. It would be really difficult for Wang Jing to figure out the so-called "three-hundred-year dynasty cycle law" for a while.

Seeing Wang Jing sweating on his forehead in the cold wind of early spring, Dong Lun, who had been thinking for a while next to him, quickly said: "I believe that the so-called dynasty cycle law cannot be separated from the relationship between people and earth."

Starting from the contradiction between man and earth, Dong Lun gave a conjecture about why the dynasty's lifespan was only three hundred years in just a few words regarding the law of dynastic cycles.

Almost all dynasties in the past dynasties experienced a sharp decline in population due to wars when they were founded, and everything was in a state of waste waiting to be revitalized. The founding monarch at that time was destined to be a great man if he was able to conquer the country, and he was bound to live a prosperous life with the people. The population began to gradually recover, and the recovery When two or three generations reach their peak, the prosperous age appears.
Then after a long period of annexation, the rich had endless fields and the poor had no place to stand. When the total population reached the limit of the land's food production, unrest would inevitably break out. Famine, uprising, rebellion, invasion of nomadic tribes, etc., would overthrow the existing system. In the dynasty, the population dropped sharply again to adapt to the land's food production.

But just these simple words, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was deeply touched.

To put it bluntly, the contradiction between man and land means that there are too many people and too little land to eat, so everyone wants to rise up and rebel. It is such a simple truth and there is nothing difficult to understand.

But the truth is the truth. When Zhu Yuanzhang recalled that his family was starved to death when he was a child, he went around begging for food with stars in his eyes, then joined the army to fight and ascended the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and finally established the entire process of restoring the population and economy of the Ming Dynasty, he realized When this truth runs through my life, I have a subtle sense of fate.

It turns out that although he is great, under the "law of dynasty cycle" mentioned by Da Sun, he is just a part of it.

And history is repeating itself round after round.

This is the reason why the people of Qin have no time to mourn for themselves, so that future generations will mourn for them; for future generations to mourn without taking note of it will also cause future generations to mourn for future generations again.

So, what can you do?

Can I save Ming Dynasty from the fate of the dynasty cycle?

When the brilliant secret appeared before his eyes without any obstruction, Zhu Yuanzhang felt extremely powerless.

He is the emperor, but he is also just a mortal.

Facing the vast torrent of history, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what he could do to prevent Ming from stepping into the vortex that he was bound to enter. Maybe he could do nothing.

But if he does nothing, will he still be the same Zhu Yuanzhang?

"Father, don't worry. Now that Ming Dynasty has the seeds of these high-yielding crops, the people will not have enough to eat."

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang had a worried look on his face, Zhu Biao, who was two steps behind him, comforted him in a low voice.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't speak, just shook his head.

Zhu Biao has never been a farmer, and he doesn't understand many things. Having seeds of high-yielding crops can only ensure that people will not die of hunger in disaster years, but it cannot control the growth of the population. In fact, the more people eat, the faster the population grows. The sooner.

Because for farmers, labor is also an important resource for agricultural production.

When ordinary people see that the food produced in the fields can feed a family, or even more than enough, they will definitely consider having children to provide more labor for the family. These laborers will be able to help in a few years after they are born, and can go to the fields in more than ten years. The more labor force there is, the higher the status of the family in the village will be. As long as they can afford it, the more children they have, the more money they will earn.

Therefore, high-yielding crops can solve the problem of the Little Ice Age, but they cannot solve the problem of dynastic periodicity.

"How do you think this dynasty cycle law should be solved?"

This question caused everyone to think deeply.

Many people have thought that, in this way, the reason why the Song Dynasty was able to survive for so long was inseparable from the continuous invasion of foreign tribes. The Khitan, Jurchens, and Mongols were similar to the invasion of foreign tribes that cut flesh one by one, and the constant wars and chaos caused The contradiction between man and land in the Song Dynasty was continuously alleviated. Under a combination of circumstances, it helped the ruling class of the Song Dynasty to stand firmly and not perish due to the internal peasant uprising.

But for the Ming Dynasty, the dynasty cycle law obviously cannot be solved by constant invasion by foreign tribes. After all, the Ming Dynasty is not the iron-blooded Song Dynasty. Since the Yanyun Sixteen States have been recovered, there is no reason to secede them again.

The Ming Dynasty still has its backbone. Unless you kill the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Sixteen States of Yanyun will never be taken away by foreigners.

Moreover, even though the Song Dynasty relied on external pressure to stabilize the internal situation, it still failed to escape the fate of the three-hundred-year dynasty cycle.

Therefore, this road is obviously unworkable.

So, how can the Ming Dynasty get rid of the fate of the dynasty periodic law?

"When I go back and think about it, I will write a statement for us in three days."

Knowing that these people couldn't figure it out for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed the anxiety in his heart and ordered.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong: "The Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army will now start preparing for the war in Liaodong. After the ice and snow melt, attack Nahachu and wipe out the Jurchens!"

"To what extent will the annihilation be carried out?" Li Wenzhong asked carefully.

"Destroy its nest and destroy its species."

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