Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 945, the core is to have more children
"Finally, let's talk about the centralization of resources. The so-called centralization of resources refers to the resources that the imperial court can control."

Liu Jin looked at the crowd and continued to speak.

"Although gold and silver are very important to the court and the country, they only represent wealth. As far as they are concerned, they can't be eaten or drunk, so they don't have much effect."

"And things like food, which usually seem inconspicuous, are the things that really work. Once there is a famine, the role of food can be revealed."

"There are other things like food, such as coal. Coal can be used for heating. Once a cold disaster occurs, coal can be quickly allocated for disaster relief."

"Another example is steel. Steel can be used to make weapons and equipment, tools for production, and bridges, roads, etc."

"In addition, there are resources such as cotton, cloth, and salt. These resources are important materials related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, but most of them are not in the hands of the court and the country, but in the hands of merchants and commercial firms."

"The so-called centralization of resources is a bit similar to the large granary built by the imperial court. It is usually used to store food, and it can be used to relieve the victims in case of famine."

"But it's just a very rudimentary, very rudimentary kind of centralization of resources."

"To truly centralize resources, the imperial court and the country should control a large number of various resources, such as food, cloth, steel, cement, salt, horses, and so on."

"There are a lot of resources in hand, which can be used as soon as the need arises."

"In terms of grain, if the imperial court has a large amount of grain in its hands, when the price of grain rises too fast, the imperial court can sell a large amount of grain to stabilize the price of grain."

"When the price of grain is too low and the price of grain hurts farmers, the imperial court can buy a large amount of grain to stabilize the price of grain and protect farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain."

"And the many warehouses established by the imperial court now, the grain in these warehouses is only the tax grain collected from various places, not the grain hoarded by the imperial court. It is not the mastery of resources, but only a kind of tax."

After Liu Jin finished speaking in one breath, he could take a breather.

In fact, to put it simply, with the development of the Ming Dynasty into the capitalist era and the colonial era, the Ming Dynasty’s way of managing the country can no longer be as extensive as before, but should gradually change to the later generations of national management. , more fine-grained management is required.

Only by managing the country in all aspects, from macro-control to micro-control, can we adapt to the needs of the times.

"Hmm~"

Everyone listened carefully, and thought carefully while listening. After listening, everyone nodded their heads one after another, and had to admire from the bottom of their hearts.

If you want them to talk about how to govern the country and how to centralize power, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and Zhong Zhong, all civil servants, estimate that they want to govern the country with benevolence, justice and morality, and rule the world with filial piety. There is no practical content.

But Liu Jin was able to explain in a very systematic and detailed way how to centralize power, the benefits and functions of centralization, etc., and he spoke clearly and clearly, making it clear at once how to do it.

No matter how big the territory of Ming Dynasty is, no matter how large the population is, no matter how many tribes it manages, etc., as long as it is operated according to Liu Jin's method, there will be no problem. The whole country can be firmly controlled, and it will always be under the governance of the emperor Down.

"Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books!"

Emperor Hongzhi also let out a long sigh. He had never known so clearly how to govern a country and how to govern a country well.

The Confucian classics and history books I read since I was a child, the art of emperors, the way of governing the country, etc., are not as clear and thorough as what Liu Jin said. The key is that it is more easy to understand.

Emperor Hongzhi was actually a little panicked at the beginning. The territory of Ming Dynasty was too big. The original two capitals and thirteen provinces had already made Emperor Hongzhi busy and prematurely aged. The current territory is dozens of times the original. Emperor Hongzhi didn't know how to manage the many newly incorporated tribes.

It's all right now, he has a plan in mind, just grasp the core.

"Your Majesty has won the prize~"

Liu Jin replied with a smile.

Then Liu Jin thought for a while and said: "Actually, the problems we are facing in Ming Dynasty now, the main core problem is actually the problem of people."

"Oh, keep talking~"

Seeing that Liu Jin still had something to say, Hongzhi immediately perked up, pricked up his ears, and listened carefully.

"Studying the history of our China, we can know that as long as our Han people go, the place will naturally gradually become my hometown of China."

"And those places where our Han people are rare, even if they can be brought under the rule of our Central Plains Dynasty for a while, they will eventually be lost after a long time."

"Now the territory under our Ming Dynasty's jurisdiction, Liaodong and Grassland in the north, the Liaodong area is better. Our Han people have accounted for the vast majority, but on the grassland, our Han people are still rare, and the majority are still grassland people."

"In the Western Regions, although the imperial court immigrated a million people, but here in the Western Regions, we still have no advantage in the proportion of Han people, and the total number is even far lower than the local tribal population in the Western Regions."

"In Nanyang, the local population of Cochin and Xianglin provinces is still very large, and the number of Han people is small. There is nothing in a short period of time, but over time, problems are still prone to problems."

"In the Golden Continent, the descendants of Yin and Shang have a large population, and the folk customs are strong, and our Han people are even rarer. Therefore, although this Golden Continent is the land of our Ming Dynasty in name, we have only mastered some coastal colonial strongholds. There is no real control over the Golden Continent."

"The core of all this is that we Han people are too few!"

"That's why I think that if the imperial court wants to continue to rule such a vast territory, it must vigorously encourage childbirth, and encourage us Han people to have children."

Liu Jin thought about it and said.

Regarding this point, it is also the conclusion drawn by many scholars in later generations. There are people who have everything, and only oneself is the most reliable, because they share the same blood, common culture, and common values ​​with themselves.

"Do you think this is inappropriate? Since they are all the sons of the emperor, it is only encouraging the Han people to give birth. Is it unfair to other tribes living in our Daming?"

He Zhong thought for a while and expressed different opinions.

This encouragement of childbirth is nothing new. All dynasties have encouraged childbirth, and even rewarded childbirth. Every generation of emperors and dynasties attaches great importance to this matter.

It is precisely because of this emphasis that China has been able to last for thousands of years. Even though it has suffered waves of disasters, it has always been able to recover quickly, because since ancient times, everyone has understood the truth that there are people who have everything. , while no one, then nothing.

"Isn't it fair?"

"I think it's fair."

"These tribes are now willing to submit to me, Ming Dynasty, and to serve the emperor not because they are of one mind with us, but because they were conquered by our powerful force of Ming Dynasty, and they fear us, so they have no choice but to submit to us. "

"But once they are given a chance, they will immediately fight us again, and even plot against our fertile land in China. Are such things rare in history?"

"I think that Ming Dynasty should conduct a thorough census to find out how many people there are in Ming Dynasty, how many men and women there are, how many people are old and young, how many Han people there are, and how many foreigners there are."

"After thoroughly figuring out the population of my Ming Dynasty, the imperial court should formulate a policy to divide the people of my Ming Dynasty in detail. The Han people should be at the highest level, and then those who have been educated and wholeheartedly toward Ming Dynasty, and ours. Although the Han people have different bloodlines, they have a common alien race in culture and ideology.”

"Then there are those who already have a Chinese surname, take a Chinese name, and can speak the Ming language; and then there are those who are unwilling to change their Chinese surnames or Chinese names, and are still stubborn."

"The establishment of such a policy is also to distinguish between concubine and concubine and treat them differently. Different levels can also be promoted to each other. This can promote the people of those tribes in the Ming Dynasty to study our Han culture."

"As long as they learn the culture of the Han family and have been educated by rites, they will naturally share the same language, characters and thoughts with us. Only then can they be regarded as our own people."

"If you don't treat these tribes differently and treat these tribes with so-called fairness, it will be the same as what has happened time and time again in history."

"Wait for these big and small tribes to grow stronger, and when my Central Plains Dynasty is weak, they will immediately raise their butcher knives against us again."

"This is not just a conflict of interests, but more importantly, it is because there is no common language, common writing, common customs and ideas between us and them. That is also a clear distinction, after all, we are not a family."

Liu Jin laughed immediately, submitting to you is just submitting to you, it does not mean that they will not rebel in the future, you treat them as your own, but they never treat you as a family.

Liu Jin firmly believed in the views put forward by many scholars in later generations. Only the ideological and cultural identity is the strongest. The territory of Ming Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more tribes are joining. If such a concept is established, the future It must be a big loss.

Those who are not of our race must have different hearts, this is an iron law that has been verified by the blood of countless people in ancient and modern times.

Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others nodded in agreement after listening.

　What do you think?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)