Chapter 450

Just from Kuang Ye's words, we can see how optimistic he is about mercenaries and how helpless he is about the Nanming army.

Mercenaries protected Yang Chendong out of Gaozhou City. But the sixth young master didn't go back to the carriage at once, but followed the cold front. If you can get closer to the army, you will do more. After all, the army is the foundation of a country. If they are not even in their own hands, the so-called regime is just a joke.

Seeing Yang Chendong walking in the team like a cloud, light and breeze, the people around him were not so relaxed. In particular, Luo Po, the head of the second Lengfeng regiment, was very careful, that is, the 95 style they carried had opened the insurance and made a picture of dealing with all wars at any time.

Feeling everyone's tension, Yang Chendong smiled and showed a very confident look. "There's no need to be nervous. As long as Kuang Ye is there, these Nanming troops won't and dare not be enemies with us. Now their biggest enemy is the rebels of the minwang series."

Yang Chendong, who has always been without omission, made such a statement, and the surrounding cold front naturally relaxed a lot. But at the same time, some smart people also heard the different meaning of these words. For example, Hu mang asked the question in his heart, "young master, so they won't be enemies with us now, but they will be enemies in the future, won't they?"

When Hu mang asked this question, the cold front officers near Yang Chendong pricked their ears one by one. Obviously, this is also what they are very concerned about.

"Good." Yang Chendong nodded affirmatively without asking Hu mang to wait more, "But it's not that they want to be enemies with us, but that we want to be enemies with them. Although the Ming Dynasty is still prosperous, some policies are indeed unpopular. We all know the truth that water can carry a boat and capsize a boat. If we don't reform, we won't do it, and others will replace it."

Yang Chendong's words are not alarmist. Although it is said that the Daming of this period in history has only entered the middle stage, and then gradually weakened, too many changes have taken place because of his emergence. For example, the division of Daming between the north and the south is the most obvious difference.

A powerful country is suddenly divided into two halves. Both military strength and economic foundation will be seriously hit. In addition, the national policy that has been rotten to the root will be haunted. I'm afraid that even if he doesn't do it, the Ming Dynasty won't last as long as in history.

Yang Chendong's statement that there is a problem with the national policy refers to the policy of emphasizing agriculture and restraining commerce. Although this has always been the case in ancient China, he believes that agriculture is the foundation of the country and that all labor forces should engage in agriculture from production and can't engage in industry and Commerce. The so-called more people engaged in industry and commerce, less people engaged in agriculture. It seems to be very reasonable. Even because of this argument, the previous one The population of all dynasties was not very large.

It's hard to say because the monarchs in history can't see the benefits of more people. Did only the Taizu say that more people are powerful and more people are easy to do things?

Of course not. With a large population, everything should be more convenient, especially the recruitment of soldiers. Both personnel and quality will be greatly improved. But why does everyone know that few Dynasties will really implement it? Even when the country is stable, they will relax the training of the army and even the expansion of personnel? So that they are facing the country When the family is in crisis, there is not even a decent army, so that they lose again and again, lose power and everything?

Naturally, all this is not that they can't see it, but that it is limited by the environment. The most important point is the food problem.

With so much land, there is a limit to food. Once the population increases, food will certainly not be enough to eat, which is the most important reason hindering their development.

For example, in the more than 100 years from the reign of Kangxi to the reign of Qianlong, the price of rice in Jiangnan increased fourfold, and the price of farmland increased tenfold. For those poor people who have no money to eat meat, rice is their rigid demand. The problem is, what if they can't afford rice? If they can't even feed themselves, how can they have more children and create more population ？

Fortunately, there were still sweet potatoes in the Qing Dynasty. Although it had a single taste and low nutritional value, it could still fill the stomach. Therefore, some people joked that the prosperous age of KangQian and Qianlong was called the prosperous age of sweet potatoes, which is also reasonable.

Therefore, after all this, land has become the foundation of the country. How to let the people have more land, so that they can have plenty of food and clothing. When they are rich, the natural country will be rich and strong. This is what people call Tibet rich people.

However, many people don't understand this truth. On the contrary, a privileged class will appear soon after the establishment of a dynasty. What this privilege shows is that they will own a large area of land in a very short time. At the beginning, it may be nothing, but with the continuous development, they will naturally embezzle more people's land to protect their own interests Power and enjoying the luxury of living above, we have to compete with the people for profits.

Just like Yang Chendong, after he was granted the title of Zhongdan Gong, he also owned his own legal land, which was as much as 5000 mu. Although the Ming Dynasty divided the north and the south, in order to disgust Zhuqi Town, Dai Zong Qi Yu deliberately got the land to Jianning in the south, which made the enfeoffment impossible.

But not all people are so frightened by the emperor as Yang Chendong. More dignitaries assigned to the land have actually benefited. Where do these benefits come from? Of course, we can only invade the powerless ordinary people.

In this way, the original stable life of many people has been broken. They have changed from their identity of owning land to tenants, that is, to rent the land of rich people. Over time, life will become more and more difficult. In order to live, what kind of thoughts will appear and arise.

Just imagine, when a person even has problems in life, what sense of responsibility and national honor do you point to him?

Once a person like this has a war, he will be glad if he doesn't turn against you. What else can he talk about making them work for you?

More importantly, the farming of these privileged classes is tax-free, which is tantamount to a complete waste of the country's best land. If it goes on like this, how can it not die and be attacked in the long run?

This is what Yang Chendong said about the national policy of the Ming Dynasty. If such a national policy is not changed, even if the Qing Dynasty does not appear later, it will also be replaced by other forces.

Then again, is there a way to solve it?

Of course, as people often say, as long as you are willing to use your brain, there are always more ways than difficulties.

At least in the face of the current situation, Yang Chendong has a way to solve the problem, that is, walking with multiple legs.

If a country wants to develop, be strong and stand on the top of the world, it is absolutely impossible to walk on one leg. It must have diversified development.

This means that we need not only agriculture, but also industry. Once the country is strong and the people are rich, everyone can live a carefree life at that time. Who will want to rebel. Even if someone has such a mind and wants to bewitch others, someone should dare to promise. Live a good life, but if you take risks, you may even lose your head. How many people will agree?

In particular, Yang Chendong introduced potatoes. The emergence of food with high yield and full stomach is equivalent to fundamentally solving the problem. Then, as long as we weaken the land in the hands of the powerful, let the people have it again, and guide these powers to develop light industry, handicraft industry and heavy industry, we can also be rich. This is how you are, how I am, and how everyone is.

Like Yang Chendong himself, he is developing with this idea.

A variety of factories have been opened in chixian City, and the distant land around has been developed in a large area and planted with a variety of crops. With the warm temperature there, many crops are two or even three seasons a year.

With food, work and money, good days will come naturally. On the rise, it becomes how to ensure that their victory fruits will not be embezzled by others, and naturally more people take the initiative to join the army.

Like these cold fronts, the sense of honor is on the one hand, but more importantly, they have to protect their fruits of labor and protect their homes. In order to achieve this goal, they will really work hard, which is far different from the concept of paying soldiers in the Ming army.

The road is right and the foundation is ready. With the help of advanced weapons hundreds of years higher than the modern world, I really can't think of anyone who will be their opponent. This also created the legend of the invincible cold front.

Thinking so far, when Yang Chendong's eyes looked ahead, they were already full of hope and desire. When he comes back from this life, he is destined to take the Han people to the peak of the world.

No one can stop!

What happened in Gaozhou mansion was soon watched by the first series of spies of King Min who had been staring here. After the news came out, the prepared lobbyist, Chen Tian, who could speak and distinguish, went straight to Gaozhou mansion.

At the same time, the secret letter written by Kuang Ye was also sent to Nanjing city and to Yingzong Zhuqi town.

Kuang ye even persuaded Yang Chendong. More importantly, his opponent came with a divine assist. Jiaozhi sent someone to assassinate Yang Chendong's wife and concubine, which forced Zhongdan not to do anything.