Mu Zhiqing raised her head again and said, "Your Highness, but if only such a little grain is levied, won't the imperial court tax be reduced a lot, and the grain of the official warehouse will be insufficient." ”

Zhu Linmiao waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't worry, the fertile land is under the jurisdiction of the Huangzhuang, but it will not be like those squires who are hollowed out to evade taxes, and there is no gap for the gentry to be exempt from paying grain, so the taxes and official food will only be more, not less." ”

He snapped his fingers and said, "During the Wanli period, there were nearly 10 million tons of land registered in the Ming Dynasty, and if each mu of land can be paid according to ten to fifteen catties, it will be enough for the whole country to consume." But in the middle and late stages of Chongzhen, although there were natural disasters in which year there was enough food to eat, tax evasion and evasion were also important.

"This is not counting a large number of concealed fields, I estimate that the Ming Dynasty really measured the acres of land clearly, more than 15 million."

He said excitedly, and continued, "As long as the acres of land are sorted out and the grain and rice are collected truthfully, the grain of the Ming Dynasty is definitely enough to eat." On top of this, potatoes and sweet potatoes were promoted, supplemented by water conservancy, so that the grain produced by one family can feed two or three households. At that time, a large number of people will be free, that is, there will be a basis for the implementation of industrialization. ”

"Industrialization" Mu Zhiqing tilted her head and asked, "What is this?"

Zhu Linmiao thought about it for a while, but found that it was really not easy to explain it clearly, so he had to give an example, "In the past, as long as you can manage your stomach all day, you have completed all the tasks." The Ming Dynasty is all about farming.

"But if a country wants to be strong, how can it be able to produce food by farming alone, as long as it is enough to eat, otherwise no matter how much grain is piled up, it will not be as good as a piece of exquisite furniture or a carriage in the house of another person.

"Do you think, if the people of one country have only grain and rice at home, and the other country has a chariot for each of them in addition to grain, which of the two countries is richer and stronger?"

Mu Zhiqing nodded and said, "Naturally, it's the latter." ”

"That's it." Zhu Linmiao continued, "Not only the carriage, but also comfortable clothes, bright lights, durable farm tools, etc., if ordinary Li people have these things, the Ming Dynasty is extremely strong, but how to make everyone have these things?"

Mu Zhiqing shook her head, "I think, ordinary people can't buy so many things even if they save for a lifetime." ”

"It's not difficult to say," Zhu Linmiao said with a hearty smile, "If the entire Ming Dynasty can only use half of the population to farm, it can meet the needs of the world, and the other half of the people work as miners, tailors, craftsmen, etc., it is easy to make enough utensils for every household." If there are more things, the price will not be so expensive.

"If you can't use it, you can sell it to the Yi people in exchange for silver, and then use the silver to buy their grain and minerals."

Mu Zhiqing's eyes lit up, "If you can achieve the situation that Your Highness said, Da Ming will be a hundred times richer and stronger than now."

Zhu Linmiao nodded and said, "That's true." Industrialization began when handicraft production became the main task of the world.

At that time, not only the court and the people were extremely rich, but also the craftsmen had a lot of experience in making utensils, and the skills of the Ming Dynasty in producing various items would be far more sophisticated and effective than others.

"At the beginning, the reason why Hongyi's cannons were so sharp was because a large number of small countries in Europa had been fighting each other for more than a hundred years, and they could only keep making cannons for war.

"If the Ming Dynasty can start industrialization, whether it is clothing, household goods, farm tools, or guns, cannons, cars, and boats, our output will be much higher than that of the Yi people, and the degree of sophistication will be greatly exceeded."

"By the way," he added, "after the development of industrialization, a large number of fertilizers and pesticides can be produced, and the fields will be fed back to cultivation, and food will not be a problem, so as to free up more people for industrial production, and eventually form a virtuous circle." ”

"Chemical fertilizers and pesticides" Mu Zhiqing only felt that a door to a novel world had been pushed open.

Zhu Linmiao couldn't behave too "uncertain prophet", so he had to say vaguely, "These are just some of my ideas, derived from some chemical knowledge I saw before." ”

He quickly diverted the topic, "If you want industrialization to develop rapidly, you need all kinds of talents to guide craftsmen, explore new process methods, and design more elaborate utensils and structures."

"If you want to cultivate talents, you must vigorously develop education. First, to promote the education of ordinary people, teach everyone to read and write, and children with good qualifications will be paid by the imperial court to go to school for free for three to five years, and then select the outstanding ones to enter the Gezhi University for further study.

"The second is to vigorously develop the institutions and laboratories of Zhizhi and improve the status of students who have learned and excelled, and I plan to choose the opportunity to start the imperial examination, so that these people can enter the court as officials.

"Industrialization will be able to advance rapidly if the propagation of the equipment is excellent, and the patent department will ensure that these innovative people have no worries about food and clothing."

Although Mu Zhiqing did not fully understand everything Zhu Linmiao said, she understood that His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King had great ambitions in his heart, and he was determined to change the law and become stronger, and create an immortal cause for the Ming Dynasty

She only felt a burst of excitement, glad that she was able to participate in this great cause, but she didn't know what she could do to contribute to His Highness.

She tried to calm herself down, sorted out the great cause of His Highness's "law change", and soon realized that the foundation of this industrialization actually lies in the ability to produce enough food.

In terms of increasing grain production, in addition to promoting high-yield potatoes and sweet potatoes, the most important thing is the "Huangzhuang contract system".

After thinking about it, she found that it was not easy for the contract of the Huangzhuang to be carried out smoothly, so she looked at Zhu Linmiao and said, "Your Highness, if you want to carry out changes, you must first collect the land and return it to the Huangzhuang." But this land is the foundation of the interests of the world, if the Huangzhuang collects the land and attracts a large number of people to cultivate it, it will inevitably touch the interests of the gentry and the powerful, and they will definitely find ways to restrain it. ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded, "I also took this section into consideration, so I acted in the name of the Son of Heaven in order to reduce resistance." ”

Mu Zhiqing said, "The name of the Son of Heaven can indeed calm some people, but Xiaoxiao also has many tricks behind it, but it can't be prevented. ”

Zhu Linmiao knew that what she said was true, and that the Jianyu relied on a large number of killings to frighten the Jiangnan gentry, which was able to break the land annexation at the end of the Ming Dynasty and restore some vitality to the economy in the early Qing Dynasty. But he couldn't use a knife against the gentry.

He looked at Mu Zhiqing with a smile and said, "Since you say so, you must have a good way."

Zhiqing didn't have any plans, but she thought that she had seen in the classics that the way to govern the country since ancient times was the art of checks and balances. Your Highness wants to carry out a great change in a hundred years, and it will inevitably be hindered by the old examples, and Your Highness will gather new forces to check and balance, and you can use your strength in the middle, so that you can allocate thousands of pounds in four or two. ”

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