Bi Ziyan said "yes", and said with a smile to Zhu Youxiao: "It is also because of this that we can pass on the huge losses caused by the drought in Shaanxi for five consecutive years and the locust plague that has ravaged the north to the foreign countries, otherwise even if the treasury is abundant, it will not be able to support such a big disaster at the same time, and still maintain so many troops to expand the border in the north." ”"This is true, according to the ministers stationed in Korea and the Wa State, Annan Ministers, now North Korea and the Wa State, Annam are all starving all over the wilderness, every day there are people outside the country because of hunger, originally their country is smooth, not as frequent as my Ming Dynasty, but because of its large amount of grain into my Ming Dynasty, so often not enough food, plus to buy my Ming Dynasty exports of luxury goods and enjoy a more luxurious life, its domestic meat eaters are more serious, so, people's livelihood is more difficult.But if we don't do this, it will be my people who will starve, and the incident will happen in my Ming Dynasty. ”Zhu Xieyuan followed and said.Liu Hongxun also said: "This is also the will of heaven, if the will of heaven is like this, you can only suffer the foreigners." ”"Not only do you have to suffer from the people, but you also have to suffer from the feudal lords, and you should also let them bear some pressure to govern the country, and don't just think about taking benefits from the Celestial Empire."
Zhu Youxiao said at this time, and said: "But as long as they are loyal enough to the Celestial Empire, the Celestial Empire still has to guarantee their power, and the only one who can overthrow them is me, and the rest have no right to decide!"
”"Wait for you to understand!"
Bi Ziyan and other auxiliary ministers said a word at this time."
At present, the Japanese domestic part is divided into the shogunate faction and the shogunate faction, the current emperor is on the side of the shogunate faction, is the niece of Tokugawa Iemitsu, and the emperor Taishang is on the side of the shogunate faction, because he is dissatisfied with the arbitrary power of the Tokugawa shogunate, he angrily gave the position of emperor to his daughter, and then, which of the two parties is more willing to seek benefits for my Ming dynasty, he will support whom, but there is no need to force the other party into a desperate situation."
Zhu Youxiao continued to talk about the arrangements for the Japanese state, and then said: "As for North Korea, according to the Jinyi Wei report, its domestic scholars are very dissatisfied with the current foreign hegemony strategy of our Ming Dynasty, and even advocate that we no longer recognize our Ming Dynasty as the suzerain, which must be cracked down, and find a way to go to North Korea to provoke one side of the forces to take the initiative to start an incident, and then it will also be in a state of division, only if they split, it will be beneficial to our Ming Dynasty!"
”"I respectfully follow His Majesty's instructions."
Bi Ziyan waited for a reply.And Zhu Youxiao continued: "Let's talk about internal affairs, the outside and overseas garrison immigrants need the mainland to be able to provide a large number of manpower, and as the territory of my Ming Dynasty becomes wider and wider, the area that can be controlled is also wider and wider, and more people are needed, especially the number of Han people, because we need the number of Han people to occupy the main area in a certain area." ”As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao got up and said to Bi Ziyan and other auxiliary ministers: "So, you preside over the court meeting and discuss how to increase the population of the empire next, and some old etiquette laws must be changed, such as encouraging widows to observe festivals, such as etiquette laws such as encouraging widows to observe festivals, must be overturned!"
”"What Your Majesty said is that now the imperial court does need to have a larger number of Han people, and the Ministry of Rites must have a new commentary on the etiquette law, and cannot overemphasize the observance of widows, in addition, it must encourage childbirth, and now the imperial court has earned a lot of foreign benefits from the outside world, in addition to disaster relief, military support, education, etc., there is still a surplus, it is better to provide subsidies, and give praise and subsidies to families with a certain number of children, from encouraging chastity to encouraging the birth of children."
Bi Ziyan replied."
This is true, where there are many children, whether male or female, in more than five people, the government funds to build a 'glorious archway' for them, for the people, more children and heirs, is to contribute to the community!
And those who drown infants, increase the punishment, and intentionally kill, once verified, be sentenced to beheading!
”Zhu Youxiao commanded."
Yes!""
In addition, isn't there a lot of displaced people in the Japanese country, North Korea and other places, presumably there are many women who sell their heads, and there are many women who are specially selected by the department to buy clean girls, who are raised by the imperial court, and then organized a blind date by the Ministry of Rites and the Department of Education, and arranges an official wife for those who apply for a wife, which is equivalent to the state issuing women."
Zhu Youxiao continued."
Yes!"
…… In fact, the number of Han Chinese has been increasing in the current Ming Dynasty.First, after the popularization of potatoes and sweet potato grains, coupled with the imperial court's method of transferring disasters abroad and having them bear the cost, the probability of starvation was greatly reduced.Second, after the ban on the establishment of places such as green houses and the ban on the abandonment of female babies, the number of women giving birth to children has increased significantly.The third is the improvement of the living standards of the people of the Ming Dynasty, which is also the main reason, the military households that were poor and no one married in the past are now because of the abolition of the guard system, and become workers and their income has increased, so they can marry daughters-in-law, and more and more people are willing to have children.But now the Ming Dynasty is constantly opening up, and the investment in various large-scale projects is also increasing, so even if the population increases significantly, there is still a great need for population.What's more, the current increase in the population is basically still children and teenagers, and it is still not enough to really use the young and strong.This has also led to a problem in the current Ming Dynasty, the problem is that the population fault of all ages is relatively serious, and the young and strong who can be used are insufficient, while the number of children who need to provide education has increased substantially, so the cost of education is very high, and the speed of foreign development has to be limited because of the lack of young and strong."
Stop the martyr of chastity?
Say this is not in line with the theory of heaven and man?
Not conducive to the prosperity of the heirs?!
”When the Ministry of Rites published such a proclamation in the "Di Bao" and made a corresponding analysis in the "Huangming Pao", the proclamation that widows were no longer encouraged to observe festivals still caused an uproar inside and outside the government and the opposition.For Cheng Zhu Lixue's faithful followers, this is unacceptable to them.At this time, Sun Qifeng, a master of science, sat up from the official hat chair in great surprise after reading the content of such a notice, and his close friend Li Yu said: "This is simply unreasonable!
When, widows' observance of festivals became unencouraged, which is simply contrary to the Three Principles and Five Constants!
”"The princes of the court and the central government are really crazy to increase the population of the Han family, and their doing so is undoubtedly to cut off the opportunity for some scholars to rely on chaste women to maintain the status of the lintel and the township!"
Li Yu also said."
It's not a break, isn't it okay to have a few more children to shine on the lintel?"
At this time, Liu Yuanlu, who is also a believer in science, came and said, "Now it seems that I, Liu, have to add another archway for the clan and take a concubine, so that the children can prosper!"
”Like Liu Yuanlu, Daming's next marriage and concubines became a common practice, for no other reason, all in order to make the children of the family prosperous and get a "glorious archway".As a result, the Ming Dynasty has undoubtedly entered a period of more explosive population, which undoubtedly adds a greater cost to the civilian education that the Ming Dynasty is now promoting.Zhu Youxiao asked Bi Ziyan and others to figure out how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, so that the imperial court could have more money and be able to cope with the sharp increase in education costs in the future.Bi Ziyan said to Zhu Youxiao after the court discussion: "Your Majesty, the ministers have no other way, saying that the domestic commercial tax is already very high, and it is no longer appropriate to add commercial tax, although the land tax is low, but even if it is added to the highest in history, it is only a drop in the bucket, and it is easy to suffer ordinary self-cultivated farmers; Therefore, in order not to suffer my Ming children, in the end, there is only one way, then I can only suffer again!
Increase customs duties at three places in Manraka, Haojing, and Goa!
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