Gou in Daming, I was overheard by Zhu Yuanzhang

Zhu Yunxi's heart stopped, he gnawed on the leg of lamb again, and took another sip of Maotai.

Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised. Is there anything wrong with such an arrangement?

The third grandson actually denied it outright, and he was so wrong?
Instead of going around with the third grandson, ask him directly.

"Yunxi, do you think it's wrong to persuade farmers? There are too few five people and five drums?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Don't give us sloppy eyes. We can see from your eyes that you are very disdainful of your second brother's arrangement. , don’t take it seriously, and even think it’s wrong.”

"Isn't it true that Lao Zhu is so powerful? He is really perceptive."

"Could it be that my acting skills have declined?"

"Do you want to study "The Actor's Self-cultivation"?"

"Do you want to tell Lao Zhu the truth about this matter?"

"Well, let's be honest."

"Last time I said that Dante imprisoned the pope in the eighth hell, which made Lao Zhu very upset and almost made him go berserk."

"It's different this time. After all, it's not Lao Zhu's fault, but Zhu Yunqiu's stupid arrangement."

"This way it won't be a strong stimulus to Lao Zhu."

"If you don't tell the truth, the severe drought in the north and the central plains will kill people. This is no joke."

"There are currently 6500 million people in the Ming Dynasty, of which 6175 million are civilian households and 325 million are military households."

"The central plains and the north, that is, Beiping, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, and Shaanxi, have a population of 1755 million, accounting for 27% of the country."

"If the crops fail, the impact on Daming will be too great."

"Grandpa, let's not talk about the first one, let me talk about the second one. What kind of persuasion to farmers is doing nothing." Zhu Yunxi said.

When Xu Huaijin and Mao Yi heard this, Zhu Yunxi was talking nonsense again!

Strengthening the persuasion organizations in the countryside is a method Zhu Yuanzhang came up with himself!

Zhu Yunxi actually directly denied it, where do you want His Majesty to save face?
Isn't it wrong to persuade farmers?
It is useless to persuade farmers!

"Yunxi, according to what you said, why don't you farm at all, and just go into business!" Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly annoyed.

"Grandpa, that's not what I mean. Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and we must never forget it. We can divide the economy into three types. Agriculture is the primary industry. Handicrafts are all kinds of workshops, mines, etc. are the second. Industry. Shops, commerce, merchants are the tertiary industry. Any industry is indispensable.”

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang turn pale, and the third grandson still knew what was right and what was wrong.

"To improve agricultural efficiency and increase food production, it is not enough to let farmers devote themselves to the fields."

Zhu Yunxie said: "Actually, in today's villages, there is no need to persuade the farmers at all. The farmers will work from dawn to dusk to tend the crops! If you have money to buy drums, it would be more beneficial to send a few more sets of farm tools to the countryside."

"As far as the current situation is concerned, our agriculture is far from developed. If farmers don't work hard all year round, they will not be able to feed their families after paying their grain!"

"Those landless peasants who do work for the landlord don't need the imperial court to send someone to supervise them, the landlord will do it naturally."

"Grandpa, go to the countryside to see how many idlers there are?"

"There are only two situations in which rural land is abandoned."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang had a feeling that San Sun was probably right.

"One situation is that the soldiers are in turmoil, and farmers only care about avoiding the war, so how can they care about farming?"

"Another situation is that agriculture is highly developed and there is a surplus labor force, but at this time the secondary and tertiary industries have not yet developed and cannot provide non-agricultural jobs."

"Or the policy does not allow farmers to move freely, and they cannot transfer to the secondary industry or the tertiary industry!"

"This has caused some farmers to have nothing to do, and this is why they need to persuade farmers."

"However, the current agricultural production in our Ming Dynasty is still at a primitive and low-level stage, and there is no surplus labor force."

"Are there idlers? Of course there are, but such idlers are not real farmers. They are landowners and squires or their servants."

"Therefore, what my second brother is doing with a few people, to put it bluntly, is purely a great achievement, a political achievement project, to please you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was so denied, but he was not angry.

Because what Sansun said makes sense!Why didn't we think of it before?

When we were young, there were a lot of idlers in the countryside. It was because of the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Some religious sects came to the villages to develop, and some bandits came to the villages to rob people. No one was in the mood to farm.

Now that Daming has stabilized, everyone sees hope. It stands to reason that there are really not many idlers in the countryside.

"Grandpa, without investigation, you have no right to speak. Since you established Daming, have you rarely gone to the countryside?"

Zhu Yunxi's words made Zhu Yuanzhang silent, yes, we have also been to the countryside, but we are all in Yingtianfu.

"Even if you have been there, it was planned in advance by the ministers. I am afraid that everyone standing in the field is arranged, and what they say is trained in advance."

"Grandpa, two years ago I didn't take the waterway, but rode through the countryside on horseback. I didn't see a single idler along the way!"

"Grandpa, do you still remember the Luo Tianhu family who came to the capital to beat Dengwen Drum? They didn't even have a half-grown child idle, they were all working in the fields!"

"So, what kind of five people and five drums are going on? This is pure formalism and bureaucracy!"

"This kind of style is unacceptable."

Zhu Yuanzhang considered himself the person who knew the countryside best and had the most sympathy for the peasants. He couldn't help but blush when he heard this.

We are farmers, born in rural areas, but we still don’t understand these things, have we forgotten our roots?

"Also, manpower is sometimes exhausted. If one person works for twelve hours a day without sleep and rest, how many more acres of wasteland can be reclaimed and how many acres of land can be hoeed?"

"Old Zhu came up with something to persuade the peasants, beat the drum every day at five o'clock, trying to squeeze the peasants ruthlessly!"

"What's the difference between Lao Zhu and Zhou Paipi? Isn't this a night of chicken crowing?"

"Black-hearted boss, five plus two, white plus black, 996!"

The muscles on Zhu Yuanzhang's face trembled, we are not angry, we are not angry!
"So, if you want to harvest more grain, don't make a fuss about farmers' labor time! Focus on reforming farming methods, improving agricultural machinery, and improving grain seeds."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Yunxi, you are right. However, reforming farming methods, improving agricultural machinery, and improving grain seeds is not a one-year or two-year effort. Far water cannot quench near thirst."

"Grandpa, without long-term considerations, there must be short-term worries. First determine the general development direction, and then solve specific problems."

"There is a severe drought in the north and the Central Plains. Prepare for disaster relief in advance. You can only do it but not say it. The court's statement like this is tantamount to announcing that the harvest of autumn grain is a foregone conclusion."

"The imperial court must prepare for the worst, but at the same time it must try its best to recover the losses! Why do I feel that you are all ready to give up?!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard it, he immediately understood, yes, it is just a drought just now, and the crops have not died of drought!

I used to be a farmer myself, how could I even forget about this?

"Grandpa, I suggest that all prefectures and counties start production and save themselves immediately! Use all forces to dig wells, divert water, and irrigate!"

"Since the food has been planted and the seedlings have grown, we can't let them burn."

"The imperial court allocated funds for well drilling and water diversion! As long as there is a little hope, we must persist! There will definitely be rain!"

"At the same time, mobilize all personnel to go into battle to do a good job in the basic construction of farmland water conservancy, especially to prepare for drainage."

"Because severe drought and severe flood are twin brothers. After severe drought, there must be severe flood, and after severe flood, there must be severe drought. This is the law."

"Therefore, we can't make it so that we don't die from drought, and finally die from waterlogging!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help admiring: "Yunxi, well said, well said!"