Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2045, Daming has the ability to deal with all problems

"Your Majesty, it seems that what Liu Gong said is still based on facts. If the scene of the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty or the end of the Tang Dynasty really appears, then our Ming Dynasty will enter a troubled time."

After reading the Korean text, he also said worriedly.

People have always paid attention to history, and what they pay attention to is the change of dynasties, the division of separatist regimes, foreign invasions, emperors and generals, etc. Few people say they pay attention to the climate.

Only in later generations, with people's understanding of nature getting deeper and deeper, and climatology becoming a science, will relevant scholars really study the ancient climate and some of the major impacts brought about by the climate.

In fact, the change of some dynasties in history must actually mean that the government is not good enough, and it is also inseparable from the climate.

Like in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, the formation and development of feudal towns actually had a certain relationship with the climate. First of all, the extremely extreme climate change led to very unstable agricultural production.

Coupled with the annexation of land, the conflict between people and land is sharp. If the common people can't survive, there will be wars everywhere. Naturally, if there is a peasant uprising, it will be suppressed, and these border town officials and generals must be reused.

After a long period of time, it is easy to form a situation of separatism in the feudal town, and in the end it will be too big to lose. Coupled with the small ice age, it will naturally collapse completely and change dynasties.

It can be said that in later generations, research in various aspects has been relatively in-depth. Some looked at a dynasty change from an economic point of view, and the focus was on the Ming Dynasty.

The demise of the Ming Dynasty was related to the natural climate, but it was also inseparable from the economy.

The Ming Dynasty in history was first of all financial collapse, resulting in the court having no money to do things at all.

Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty’s finances have had huge problems. Such a huge empire can’t collect tax money. The tax money is only two to three million taels a year and the tax money is less and less. It is simply not enough to support this huge empire.

There is no money, no money for disaster relief, no money for army building, and no money to increase the salaries of officials, etc. The result is that the external enemies cannot be defeated, and they are retreating steadily. How many Jurchens are there?
Even if one could fight ten against one, it would not be a problem at all, but in the end the Ming Dynasty was replaced by Mi Qing, why?
Because those soldiers in the frontier army have never received the respect and equal treatment they deserve. How can they fight when they don't have enough food and clothing, and their weapons and equipment are not good enough?

The internal disaster victims were raging everywhere, but they could not be suppressed. Every time the army was mobilized, it was a traumatic thing for the Ming Dynasty, because it could not produce money and food.

The salaries and benefits of officials are very low, but the officials have two mouths, and they can't eat enough to be an official. Naturally, the people below don't want to have a good life, so these officials will wantonly annex land, take bribes, and collude with officials and businessmen. Nothing more than ordinary things.

Therefore, the money from the imperial court will be even less received, and the tax will become less and less, and the situation will continue to be a vicious circle.

Throughout the history of the middle and late Ming Dynasty, as long as the emperor can receive and get the money, he can still do something. Like Jiajing and Wanli, if they don’t have money, they will find a way to get money.

After getting the money, they can still do some things, such as the three major expeditions of Wanli, sweeping up the Liaodong Jurchen, supporting North Korea to defeat the Japanese pirates, and sweeping up the Japanese invaders along the southeast coast.

These all illustrate the importance of money. Without money, even the emperor and the court can't do anything.

Of course, these are the experts and scholars of later generations who analyzed history from many aspects, and the climate is also a reason for everyone's analysis.

In ancient times, agriculture was the mainstay. In an agricultural society, the influence of climate was very large.

In a year with good weather and good weather, basically nothing will happen, but once there are various disasters, natural and man-made disasters will follow one after another, and the whole society will be in turmoil.

"Your Majesty, although it's still hard to believe this, I think you should make some preparations. If you're not afraid of the eventuality, you should be afraid of [-]."

"If you make more preparations, it is best if there is no disaster. If there is any disaster, you can be prepared."

Zhong Fan stood up and said.

If it is really like in history that there are successive droughts and various natural disasters emerge in endlessly and wreak havoc year after year, then for the entire Ming Dynasty, this means that it will enter a turbulent and eventful autumn.

So if you are prepared, you can just in case.

"Your Majesty, I think Mr. Liu is still worrying a little too much. Who can say anything about this kind of thing?"

"I still feel that there is no need to spend so much manpower, material resources and financial resources to do these things. With the current prosperity of our Ming Dynasty, even if there is any disaster, it can be easily stabilized."

"In the past, there were droughts and floods in places almost every year. In the [-]th year of Hongzhi, there was a severe drought in Henan, and the entire Henan Province had no crops."

"However, there are no problems, because my Daming now has several large granaries that produce grain, and the grain produced in one year is enough for my Daming people to eat for ten years."

"In addition, there are basically railways in all parts of Ming Dynasty, trains, and roads have spread all over the place. Even if there is a disaster in one place, other places can quickly mobilize food to support it."

"Instead of spending a lot of effort to build this early warning and prevention mechanism, it is better to build more railways and roads. Convenient transportation is better than anything else."

Yang Tinghe stood up and said that as a native of Sichuan, he enjoys the convenience of railways, and he has a special liking for railway construction. He thinks it is better to build more railways and roads than to spend a lot of effort on messy things.

As long as the roads are clear, it only takes one day to transport grain from Liaodong to Guannei, and it only takes two days at most to transport grain from Hezhong area to Guannei.

Moreover, the train transportation capacity is strong, and the food that can be pulled by one train at a time is enough to feed millions of people for a period of time.

What's more, Daming now has convenient roads, and the transportation capacity of large trucks is extremely powerful. River and sea transportation are also very convenient, and the speed of material mobilization is far from what it used to be.

"Hmm~"

Yang Tinghe's words were also nodded and approved by everyone, even Emperor Hongzhi thought it was very reasonable.

All kinds of disasters occur in Ming Dynasty every year, whether it is drought in the north, floods in the south, or locust plagues, plagues and so on.

But it has been very stable over the years without any problems.

Even if there are droughts in several provinces, the problem of crop failure is not a big problem, and the price of grain is still stable, because there is a large amount of grain imported from outside the customs, and the trains pull the grain over, and all problems are solved.

"Your Majesty, I also think that there is no need to spend so much trouble and spend a lot of money on it."

"I think that even if we establish an early warning and prevention mechanism, it can be the same as the granaries of the imperial court. At most, we can build more granaries in the major railway transportation hubs, and store more food. If there is any disaster, Sending food from these places can quickly stabilize."

Yang Yiqing made a statement after thinking about it.

Although it is said that the situation in various places is similar to that in history, and maybe it will really enter the Little Ice Age, but judging from the current situation of Ming Dynasty.

Liu Jin was indeed a little too worried this time.

Daming's grain output is sufficient, the reserves are sufficient, and the transportation is very convenient, so what are you afraid of?
Even if there are no crops in several provinces, even if there is no grain production for a year or two, it is not a big problem. Daming can easily get over it.

"Perhaps Liu Jin is really worried too much."

After listening to what they said, Emperor Hongzhi also felt that it made sense in his heart. Did Liu Jin really go too far?

Looking at the current situation in Daming, it seems that there is really no need to worry about any problems. If you want money and food, the key is that the transportation is very convenient, and the number of people engaged in agriculture is much smaller than before, and the proportion is also much smaller. .

A large number of people are engaged in industry and service, and the proportion is increasing, while the number of people engaged in agriculture is decreasing.

"Could it be that Lao Liu is really worried too much?"

Zhu Houzhao thought about it in his heart, and thought carefully about the current situation of Daming. He really didn't need to worry about anything, and all kinds of corresponding systems were already perfect.

Daming itself had quite a few granaries dedicated to hoarding grain, which were used for disaster relief at critical moments.

"Your Majesty, you might as well take a look at the situation in recent years before making a decision. Based on the current situation of our Ming Dynasty, even if there are large-scale famines in a few years in a row, there is no need to worry too much, and it is enough to deal with it."

"If the past few years are really the same as what Liu Gong said, the court can pay attention to this matter and strengthen some preparations in related aspects. If there are no problems, there is no need to worry too much."

Mao Ji also spoke.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi thought about it carefully and nodded in agreement. Although the situation and judgment Liu Jin said were still based on evidence, Daming is not what it used to be, and it is completely capable of coping with it.

(End of this chapter)