I am the king of the dead

Fu Jian liked an article very much and asked Mencius to meet King Xiang of Liang.

King Liang Xiang asked Mencius, how can we make a survey of this chaotic world?

Mencius said: If you are one, you will rule the world.

King Liang Xiang asked again: How can we unify?

Mencius said: Those who are not addicted to killing can be one.

During the conquest years of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, massacres of cities were as common as everyday food, and all kinds of people were used as military rations emerged in endlessly.

But Fu Jian fought all his life and never slaughtered a city or a place.

Fu Jian, the former king of the Qin Dynasty, was indeed a model of a benevolent monarch. In the end, because of the word benevolence, Yao Chang, a Qiang man whom he forgave, killed this benevolent monarch in the end.

Hu Wei is discussing with His Majesty the great speculation of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, which is Fu Jian's speculation.

"Your Majesty, the emergence of the Fubing system in the end is the transformation of the means of labor that His Majesty said, and finally established the heyday of the Tang Dynasty."

The speculation of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties has been going on for more than [-] years, and it is really from the beginning to the point. I am afraid that it will not be enough to talk about next year's Mid-Autumn Festival.

Hu Shangshu didn't intend to disturb His Majesty to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with the family in Tai'an Palace, so he chose to make a long story short.

Originally, the heyday of the Tang Dynasty should have blossomed in the hands of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, but it is a pity that Yang Guang's dream of recalling Jiangnan is good.

The establishment of the Sui Dynasty was the result of 400 years of great speculation in the Central Plains Dynasty. During these 400 years, the local centrifugal force was completely bankrupt.

Changes in the means of production lead to changes in the relations of production.

Yang Guang just does nothing. With the achievements of 400 years of great speculation, he can also be a perfect man through the ages, but it is a pity that he finally became one of the ten philosophers of Wangmiao.

Hu Wei hesitated for a moment, his eyes became sharper and he said: "Your Majesty, in fact, during the orthodox years, the population was not prosperous."

"I have completed part of the Universal Chronicle, and I have read many local chronicles. The population aged 20 to 30 is less than half of the population born in Xuande ten years old, that is, the population aged 20 to [-]."

"Cheng Ding, who was less than 15 years old during the Zhengtong period."

Zhu Qiyu suddenly widened his eyes, frowned and said: "What the hell?!"

Since the degree was bypassed, Zhu Qiyu requested that the population be counted by age.

15岁以下，15岁到30岁，30岁到40岁，40岁以上等计数。

It will take a few more years to complete the Huanyu Tongzhi, especially the matter of population verification, which is the most important thing in the Ming Dynasty's examination.

As a result, Hu Wei told him that the population did not increase but decreased during the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty, which made Zhu Qiyu's eyes widen.

Hu Wei hesitated and asked: "Your Majesty Li Xian wrote a letter requesting the abolition of the Tartar officials and the Tartar army, but King Jili refused."

Of course Zhu Qiyu knew about this old incident.

During the earth-shattering changes in Tumubao, Wu Kezhong, Marquis of Gongshun, and Wu Keqin, the governor, were Tatar officials of the Ming Dynasty. The Tatar cavalry led by them went to Yaoerling to resist the enemy.

Zhu Qiyu was a little doubtful at the time, was it because these Tatar officials led the Tatar army and refused to fight hard, so they made a surprise change in the civil fortress?

After Yu Qian finished the battle of the capital, Zhu Qiyu inspected the border defense, and Zhu Qiyu also specifically told Yu Qian to go to Yaoerling to have a look.

Corpses don't lie, the Tatar cavalry was wiped out.

Wu Kezhong, Hou Gongshun, a Hu Ren, injured his leg and was kicked off his horse, but he dragged half of his body and continued to shoot arrows. In the end, he was stabbed to death with all the arrows.

Wu Kezhong and Wu Keqin died in Yaoerling, and the governor Wu Keqin died of dozens of wounds.

Zhu Qiyu has studied the ins and outs of the battle of Tumu Fort many times. During the retreat, the Ming army suddenly turned around, and King Jili suddenly stopped for a decisive battle, which was the main reason for the tragedy of Tumu Fort.

The sudden change in Tumubao had nothing to do with the Tatar officials. Zhu Qiyu did not embarrass Wu Kezhong and Wu Keqin's descendants after being investigated by Yu Qian.

But when Hu Yi mentioned this matter, Zhu Qiyu frowned. Could it be that Li Xian was talking empty talk?

Or was it that there were too many Tatar troops and officials at that time, which aroused criticism from the court?

Hu Wei brought a half-edited Universal Annals from the Imperial Academy and handed it to His Majesty.

"Ding is less than half, the country has no ding and no soldiers to send?" Zhu Qiyu finished reading this half of the Huanyu Tongzhi, which is the part of Jiangsu Province.

Just as Hu Wei said, with less than half of the strong men, Daming has no adults to use.

Zhu Qiyu frowned and said: "But I see that's not the case. I didn't see a shortage of manpower in the battle of the capital, the battle of Hetao, the suppression of the Nanya rebellion, and the construction of the navy."

"Especially in the Hetao area, there are still people who go spontaneously."

"There are still more than 30 Miao people in Huguang hiding in the mountains and refusing to come out. I have no good way to solve it so far. I can only use the farm method to solve the problem little by little."

"The conflict between people and land is in front of me. Doesn't this mean that the population of Daming is too large to let go?"

Zhu Qiyu asked a lot of questions. After such a long time, he always wanted people and things, and he didn't feel the crisis of human beings at all.

But numbers are cold.

The old god Hu Wei was smiling inexplicably. He didn't speak, but watched the autumn wind blowing the fallen leaves and falling to the ground.

He believed that His Majesty the wise could figure this out.

Zhu Qiyu finally came to his senses, threw half of the Huanyu Tongzhi in his hand on Hu Mei, and said with a sneer: "Good you Hu Mei! I almost fell for the big trick of you, an old fox!"

"Ouch!" Hu Wei hurriedly took the half of Huanyu Tongzhi.

Hu Mi played a trick on Zhu Qiyu.

The frame of reference he mentioned at the beginning was the Xuande period.

It didn't say that there were no human conflicts in Ming Dynasty, nor did it say that the population of Ming Dynasty was small, but it was just talking about the terrifying impact brought about by the Order of Winter in the orthodox years.

Since the six ministers joined Wenyuan Pavilion, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Imperial Academy some time ago to discuss the gains and losses of government orders, there have been great changes.

Hu Yan said with a full smile: "Your Majesty, this is the common way of literati, and it is taken out of context, Xiao Daoer."

Isn't half of the Universal Annals taken out of context?

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while and said: "But this issue is still worth discussing. To make the people happy to have children, you have to spend real money to make them feel that life is getting better, otherwise it is useless to say more. "

"It's the two words you said, hope."

Chapter 517 The One who Assassins the Widow

"Your Majesty is Daming's future and hope." Hu Wei said with great conviction.

"When I was young, Emperor Wen sent my ministers to patrol the region. I took a boat from Sichuan to Jingzhou."

"The Three Gorges is seven hundred miles long and narrow, with mountains on both sides of the river without interruption; the mountains and mountains cover the sky and the sun; if it is not at noon and midnight, the sun cannot be seen at all."

"But once you pass the Wu Gorge, you will suddenly feel enlightened!"

"The general trend has been achieved, it is unstoppable, and it is a matter of course."

"Da Ming has already passed the Winter Prelude, and I feel it, all this is happening now."

Zhu Qiyu stood up, shook his head and said, "If your words are heard by the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, if you are not impeached as a slanderer, you will cause endless harm?"

Hu Min said nonchalantly: "If you know I've sinned against you, how can you say nothing?"

"It's a big deal, let's talk about it again, how can I be afraid of them?"

"Then Hu Shangshu thinks, what should I do? Where is the road to Daming?" Zhu Qiyu asked playfully.

Hu Wei immediately smelled the hook. He bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is wise, wise and self-contained. He has a strategy in his chest, and he can advance and retreat in his actions. Your ministers and assistants are right and left. How dare you speak? Where is the way?"

Zhu Qiyu knew that with his little fishing skills, it was still too difficult to catch Laohu, and he was in the air force without exception.

He stood up, stomped his feet and said, "There are no roads in the world. When there are many people walking, it becomes a road."

"Where is the road? The road is under your feet."

Zhu Qiyu walked towards Chaoyang Gate, the sky was getting dark gradually, and the slightly golden full moon was slowly rising, hanging above the deep blue sky, and the setting sun was setting, reflecting each other into brilliance.

The clear and jade-like full moon, through the autumn dead branches and flagpoles on the Tonghui River, sprinkled a layer of silver-white moonlight like silk on the river.

Zhu Qiyu is going back to Tai'an Palace.

In the current Ming Dynasty, when the productivity is not enough to change the production relations and the material base, the superstructure cannot be changed. In the current Ming Dynasty, the imperial system is the most applicable system.

This is Zhu Qiyu's understanding of Hu Wei's sentence: The emperor is the future and hope of the Ming Dynasty.

He didn't know if his understanding was correct, but as the emperor, he had to find a way out for the Ming Dynasty.

Where is the way out?

The way out for Ming Dynasty lies in the sea with no boundaries.

Even Huo Huo, who has been orthodox for 14 years, the population of Ming Dynasty is still expanding, and the expansion to this land can no longer accommodate so many people.

The world is vast.

The way out for the Ming Dynasty lies in the court of the Ming Dynasty.

While making the cake bigger, it is essential to talk about distribution. How to distribute the fruits of social labor is the responsibility that the court should fulfill.

In order to prevent classes with conflicting interests from destroying themselves and society in meaningless struggles, the state emerged.

The court should adjust the contradictions of the various classes and distribute the interests of the various classes. This is also one of the etiquette laws, and it is also one of the sources of national power.

Zhu Qiyu wants to talk about distribution internally, and he never denies the importance of distribution. When talking about opening up the sea externally, he never denies the importance of making a bigger cake.

The cake needs to be bigger and the distribution should be done well.

Otherwise, the cake would be for nothing, just like the seven voyages to the West during the Yongle period, after the sea routes were completely opened up, and the fruit was usurped by others.Zhu Qiyu is in the open sea, whether it is Mizhou, Yuegang, Songjiang, Ningbo Shipyard, or Nanya's Longjiang Shipyard, Songjiang Shipyard, Ryukyu, he is serious about opening the sea and making a big cake.

But how difficult is it to make a good distribution?

This is also the reason why he, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, hated Confucianism.

Confucianism has constructed a whole set of rhetoric system of "ashamed of talking about profit", the core of which is to compete with the people for profit.

And put the emperor and the world in this system.

But what about outside this system?

The Romans also built their own system, but the barbarians outside the Romans' system don't care how many you have.

The Germanic, the Viking, the Gaul, the Ansa, the Ottoman, all had a little more babies all the time.

Occupy your Roman land, occupy your Roman camp, then occupy your Roman city, finally occupy your Roman woman, and finally destroy Rome.

"Li Binyan should be returning to Beijing tomorrow." Zhu Qiyu took two steps and said suddenly.

Hu Jin hurriedly took two steps and asked, "Go back to Beijing to be an official? Or do you want to go back to the Shipping Department of Songjiang City?"

Zhu Qiyu didn't say a word, just walked forward and let Hu Yan guess by himself.

Hu Wei hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I think it's better to let Li Binyan stay in Songjiang Mansion. If Li Binyan leaves Nanya, Li Xian will be alone in Nanya!"

"Furthermore, the Songjiang Shipping Department was established by Jingtai four years ago, and it has only been around for a year now. Vientiane is being renewed. The Songjiang Shipping Department has just gained some momentum. It is a critical time."

"Besides, Li Binyan is responsible for everything in Ryukyu. If he is easily transferred, wouldn't it mean that Ryukyu's good situation will have to start all over again?"

Hu Wei's speech was very long, and Hu Wei had vividly demonstrated many methods of literati before.

For example, Hu Wei recommended He Zhang, who had impeached him for his immorality, and returned to Beijing to serve as the censor of the right capital and the chief of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Chen Yi planned to go to Jilong Island, but to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Chen Yi found that he was really powerless.

That is a bottomless pool of muddy water, the sooner he gets out of it, Chen Yi can live a few more years.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate is even more terrifying than Jilong Island in the barren land.

"It's just going back to Beijing to report on my work." Zhu Qiyu looked at Hu Min's eager expression, and stopped being a secret.

Even if Li Binyan returns to Beijing to report on his duties normally, the Holy Family also needs to be updated. If the Emperor is never seen, the great Holy Family will also disappear.

The emperor is too busy.

Li Shimin once made a screen with the names, positions and merits and demerits of officials written on it. Because Li Shimin is as diligent as Li Shimin, he can't remember so many officials, so he can only look up at the screen when he meets.

Li Binyan never knew his face in front of His Majesty, but worked hard in the local area. The more he worked, the faster he died when the holy family was away.

"Oh, that's how it is." Hu Wei's face was relieved now, he recommended He Zhang to be the censor of the right capital, and to be in charge of the affairs of the court. Those masters in the court knew it all too well, and His Majesty also agreed.

If Li Binyan is transferred back again, the masters will immediately take action upon hearing the news and impeach him as an unethical minister.

Without the emperor's blessing, he would die no better than Xie Jin.

But obviously His Majesty does not intend to break his promise.

This is the absolute advantage of the emperor in the struggle between imperial power and subject power.

Because as an emperor, you can break your promise, but if the minister makes a slight mistake, it will be lost forever.