Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 109 Amazing stuff!
After the Longevity Festival, it entered November, and Yingtian Mansion began to become cold.

It just snowed last night, and the palace servants in the palace were clearing the snow with brooms.

As the saying goes, auspicious snow heralds a good year.

But for the Ming Dynasty in this period, it seems that it is not the same thing.

Because it means that winter is coming.

The cold not only makes it impossible to carry out agricultural activities, but also makes the people have to try their best to resist.

A horse-drawn carriage slowly drove out of the palace...

……

The carriage did not stop in the city, but went directly outside the city.

Originally, Zhu Xiongying wanted to take the old man straight to Zhuangzi in Jubao Mountain, but the old man changed his course temporarily.

He also wanted to take Zhu Xiongying to see something.

It was a small town outside Yingtian City, Jiangning Town.

All the way is covered with white snow, this piece of world has become a white world.

The crops in the fields have been harvested, and there is a vast expanse.

At first glance, the world wrapped in silver light looks like a beautiful picture scroll.

It's just that there is a vitality missing in this beautiful picture scroll.

The wilderness is boundless, but there is no human habitation.

The carriage traveled all the way, leaving two deep marks on the snowy road.

The carriage stopped in front of a village. From the road marker at the entrance of the village, we could tell that this village was called Stone Village.

The two got out of the car here. The snow in the village was not cleared, and there were some sparse footprints on it.

Zhu Xiongying supported the old man and walked carefully to the village.

The village is very quiet, except for the occasional barking of dogs.

From time to time, a few children could be seen playing. When the children saw two well-dressed strangers, their eyes averted a little, and then they hurried away.

Zhu Xiongying couldn't help sighing softly: "What a rural scenery in the snow."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said nothing, and continued to take Zhu Xiongying to the village.

Finally, in front of a big house, I saw the figures of adults.

The house is deep and deep, and you can tell it is a big family at a glance.

The snow in front of the gate was swept clean, but from the traces on it, it could be seen that people often entered and exited the gate.

The grandfather and grandson stopped here and watched for a while.

From time to time, villagers who were tightly wrapped in coarse cloth and rags came out of the house. They seemed to be holding something in their arms, but their expressions were a bit sad and confused.

Zhu Xiongying couldn't help stopping an old man and asked, "Old man, what are you doing?"

The old man raised his head and looked Zhu Xiongying up and down, and a look of disgust flashed in his eyes. Without saying anything, he bypassed Zhu Xiongying and walked slowly away.

Zhu Xiongying looked at the crooked back, a little speechless.

But at this time, a young man who came out of the courtyard on his heels said, "Your nobleman, are you from the city?"

Zhu Xiongying turned his head and saw a thin young man with his hands in his sleeves looking at him, so he nodded with a smile.

The man asked with some vigilance: "Are you an official?"

Zhu Xiongying shook his head, and said, "No, I'm from another place. I passed by here, so I came in to have a look!"

"Oh!"

The man let out a oh.

Zhu Xiongying asked: "By the way, I see that many people in the village are running to Zhou's house. Is there something going on at Zhou's house?"

"Humph!"

The man snorted softly, and squinted at Zhu Xiongying: "You really don't know?"

Zhu Xiongying shook his head.

The man said: "You guys from rich families think that the crops in the fields are grown by themselves. It's normal not to know!"

Zhu Xiongying smiled awkwardly but politely.

The man saw that Zhu Xiongying was quite talkative, so he couldn't help but open up the chatter box, and said with a bit of sarcasm on his face: "If there is something really wrong with their Zhou family! Let me tell you the truth, we are here to collect wages! "

Zhu Xiongying suddenly understood, and said, "Are you all tenants of the Zhou family?"

The man nodded and said with a wry smile: "It's difficult to get a few dollars all year round! This year's winter, the whole family will have to tighten their belts again!"

Zhu Xiongying frowned slightly when he heard the words, and said: "Didn't the imperial court give you some land? Why do you want to be tenants for others?"

"Ah--"

The man smiled wryly, and said, "Do you think we think so? Three years ago, our village was hit by a disaster, and the grain in the fields was simply not enough for the winter. We had no choice but to borrow grain from the Zhou family!"

As he said that, the man glanced at Zhu Xiongying, "Do you know what nine outs and thirteen returns are?"

"I don't know!"

Before Zhu Xiongying could speak, the man continued: "It's just that we pressed the land deed and borrowed ten shi from him, but he only gave us nine shi, and next year, we will pay him back thirteen shi!"

"We know that he wants to cheat us, but we have no choice. We can't just watch our family starve to death, so we can only borrow it!"

"But in the second year, in a good year, there was not much grain left in the field. Where can I find thirteen shi grains to return to him?"

"So we can only transfer all the land title deeds to his Zhou family to pay off the debt. The family has no land. Do you think we have other ways to survive besides being a tenant for his Zhou family?"

After hearing the man's words, Zhu Xiongying couldn't help but thump in his heart.

Yes!

A farmer with no economic foundation, if he encounters some natural disasters and man-made disasters, he really has no other choice but to sell the land he lives on.

"Hey, life is hard!"

The man let out a long sigh: "You guys from rich families won't understand!"

After all, the man picked up the bag of rice he just got from the landlord Zhou's family and walked home. The family is still waiting for this rice to be put into the pot!

Following a few complaints with the young son-in-law made him feel a little more relaxed...

Looking at the man's back, Zhu Xiongying clenched his fists.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang came over, looked at Zhu Xiongying and said, "Dasun, do you know why we oppose war and expansion?"

"Once the war breaks out, the people's taxes will inevitably be increased, which will only make more and more people lose their land."

"There are also various natural disasters every year, this is what we are most afraid of!"

"Every natural disaster and man-made disaster means that more and more people have to borrow money from the landlords and gentry, and it also means that the land and title deeds in their hands will be robbed by these landlords and gentry!"

"The poor get poorer, the rich get richer!"

"But we have no choice. What we can do is to reduce the taxes of the people as much as possible, so that as many people as possible can keep their own land."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were deep, and he sighed softly: "We have also worked for the landlord's house, we know how difficult it is!"

"So after we conquered the world, we thought about distributing the land to farmers, but in the end, the problem of land annexation repeated itself."

"We have almost searched through the history books, and all dynasties and dynasties are helpless to deal with this problem!"

"Da Sun, you told us to fight out before, but is it really okay to fight out?"

"Look at Meng Yuan, how wide the territory is, but it's only a hundred years, and they perished!"

As you said quietly, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiongying and said, "Your proposal this time to obtain food and silver from neighboring countries is very good! Really good!"

"The problems we can't solve, we hope you can solve them in your generation!"

"While we still have a few more years to live, let's help you check it out, so you can do it with confidence! Do you understand?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiongying nodded heavily.

It is conceivable that there are still many such scenes in various places in Ming Dynasty, but under the old man's rule, this era is still called the Hongwu prosperous age!
Why?

Because it is already a rare thing for the common people to be able to eat a mouthful of food. If the emperor is in power or in times of war, there may even be a situation where people change their food, so if they are full, it will be a prosperous age!
You must know that even in the period of the Republic of China, there were still many people who did not have enough to eat.

Zhu Xiongying came from later ages, he has never experienced the age when he could sell everything for a full mouthful of food, he didn't know that when people were hungry to a certain extent, they would be given to animals.

But he saw the tip of the iceberg today. He knew that in this era, many people's requirements are really low. They just want to eat a full meal, and they are already very satisfied.

Even for many people, even this most basic and simple wish has not been realized.

Zhu Xiongying suddenly felt that he had thought about a lot, but there were many things, which were far from being as simple as they seemed.

It's like advocating aggression.

The problem of aggression is definitely not as simple as it seems.

Sometimes it is not difficult to take down a small country, but all aspects involved are not as simple as imagined.

If we want to fundamentally change this era, there are still many issues that need to be considered.

In the final analysis, if you want to promote the development of a society, productivity is always the first element.

The old man braved the heavy snow to bring him to see these, just to let him know that the things he saw on the memorabilia are far from being true when he understands them deeply, and many problems are not as simple as he thought.

You must think clearly about what you can do and what you cannot do, because as an emperor, one decision can affect thousands of people.

"Dasun, don't you want something to show grandpa? Let's go!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Well, the grandson understands!"

Zhu Xiongying nodded and helped Zhu Yuanzhang to walk back.

At this time, the sky began to snow again, and the sky and the earth gradually became a vast expanse of whiteness. The old and the young walked slowly in the snow.

The backs of the two supporting each other gradually drifted away in the white snow, gradually turning into two black spots.

It's like a scene in a Chinese painting.

It's so natural, but it also seems to have a feeling of compassion for the world in it.

Zhu Xiongying supported the old man and walked firmly. Now he can't wait to take the old man to the Zhuangzi in Jubaoshan, and wants to tell the old man that he has a magical thing in his hand, which may change the current problem of people's lack of food. ...

(End of this chapter)