"Yes, we must first calm the country when fighting foreign countries. My father-in-law said the truth." Zhao Hao nodded and persuaded without giving up:

"But my father-in-law, the times have changed. Some things are different. In the past, due to technical reasons, people could only move on land, work hard to expedition, and devote all their national strength. But now the world's navigation technology has made great progress, the oceans are changing, and the world is close to each other. People can achieve expeditions at a lower cost. Europeans have taken the lead. The world's colonization has conquered the vast areas with very few troops and extremely low costs with extremely high costs! And overseas profits have also feeded back to their rapid progress in China. If we don't catch up, we will be completely behind."

"And I can't catch up with one step, I can't catch up with every step, I'm not waiting for it, my father-in-law!" At the end of the day, Mr. Zhao was about to shout.

"I have thought about it carefully over the years that the world is indeed different, and some ideas should be changed. For example, those who move overseas are "abandoning the kingdom", which is a bit out of place."

Zhang Juzheng was unmoved and skillfully installed the heather wood root tumor pipe, which had become his signature action when he was thinking.

Zhao Hao quickly picked up the lighter and fired it to Zhang Juzheng. Bugu took a sip and closed his eyes slightly to enjoy for a moment. Fang said:

"Because the biggest problem in our Ming Dynasty is the contradiction between land and population. Land annexation is serious, and the rich are bound to the fields, but the generals have no place to stand. After the autumn harvest, I will start to clear the fields and acres nationwide. After obtaining the accurate data, I will start to crack down on the merger. In fact, clearing the fields and acres itself is the best blow to the merger."

"But there are really not many ways to do population issues for the father. Last year, I ordered people to send the yellow book of a county to Beijing and review it in person." Zhang Juzheng bit his pipe, frowned, and said with a kind fatherly manner:

"That is the Huang Ce of Xinghua County, Yangzhou Prefecture, the hometown of his former Shoufu Li. There are 3,700 families in total. What is shocking is that the age of each head of the household is over 100 years old, and there are even an elderly person in his fifties. What kind of longevity is this? It is a great auspicious place!"

Unfortunately, when he said this, Mr. Zhang looked murderous and did not mention the joy of auspicious times.

"So what is the secret to the longevity of Xinghua County? Just rely on four words to make up!" Zhang Juzheng suddenly raised his tone and said angrily:

"I asked a few trustworthy students to briefly touch the test, and the result was shocking! Funing Prefecture, Fujian, in such an economically developed place, the number of household registrations has decreased by two-thirds compared to the beginning of the country!"

As he said that, he glanced at Zhao Hao coldly and said, "And your Yingtian Mansion has reduced your household registration to one-fifth. What is your Jiangnan Group busy with? Did you take everyone overseas?"

"My father-in-law is wronged. The statistics of Jiangnan Group show that Yingtianfu has a net inflow of population, with an annual increase of more than 10%. " Mr. Zhao quickly called out to the sky and said, "As for the records in the yellow book, Jiangnan Group has always been committed to the public and law-abiding, how dare you interfere in the affairs of the government?"

"Hmph, I know it wasn't you who did it, otherwise you could still sit here?" Zhang Juzheng sneered: "It's just a trick of concealing the population and evading taxes and service. If the Ming Dynasty was still like the beginning of the country, with a population of only 60 million, wouldn't it be as difficult as it is now? Just judging from the situation of more than a dozen counties that were surveyed, the population has generally increased by four to five times in two hundred years. In other words, the population of the Ming Dynasty must have exceeded 200 million."

"Father-in-law is wise." Zhao Hao nodded in agreement. According to the results of the investigation by Jiangnan Group, it is almost 250 million.

"There are too few land and too many people, which is the root of the disease of the Ming Dynasty!" Zhang Juzheng took a pipe and said, "It is too dangerous for so many people to have no land. The pressure is too great, and there is no room for maneuver to do something. If some people can be moved overseas, at least offset the annual population growth, so that the situation will be possible."

"My father-in-law is right!" Zhao Hao couldn't help but applaud: "The population that cannot be raised is a disaster, and the population that has a place to go is wealth. Just like oranges in the south and tangerines in the north, these people are burdensome in the country. As long as organized immigrants go to Southeast Asia and America, they are the seeds sowed by our Chinese nation. In time, they will inevitably grow into dense forests. Then the land under the forest will always be the land of the Han Dynasty; the sun and the moon shine are all the heavenly dynasty! The achievements are for thousands of years and the benefits are for generations!"

As he said that, he bowed to Zhang Juzheng and said, "Father-in-law can expand his territory without spending military resources! The eagle is rising thousands of miles away but the national treasury is growing day by day! No wise ministers have ever been able to reach them! They can be said to be the first prime minister in the ages!"

This flattery made Zhang Juzheng feel comfortable and unable to hide his lust. After a while, he snorted, "I am not the face..."

"Yes, yes." Zhao Hao nodded quickly. The chief minister was indeed not the prime minister. Strictly speaking, it was just the emperor's secret...

Unexpectedly, Zhang Juzheng changed his mind:

"This is to capture!"

"Uh..." Zhao Hao almost choked to death.

"Okay, you don't have to persuade you anymore." Zhang Juzheng held the pipe and paused heavily, ending the topic: "The same sentence, Daming is too serious. You must first nourish the heart and open the meridians and treat the root cause. If you rashly give it a complete replenishment, it will cause deficiency and not be supplemented, which will worsen the condition. So according to the previous agreement, your group will first mess with overseas affairs, and wait until the domestic problems are solved, the court will decide whether to take over depending on the situation."

After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "As for immigration, it can be bigger, I think it will be limited to no more than two million per year!"

"My father-in-law really respects the child..." Mr. Zhao couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Immigration and pioneering the territory is not exile overseas. The group does not have the ability to accommodate so many people in a short period of time."

"Then try harder and work harder!" Zhang Juzheng said decisively: "I will give you three years. Since the eighth year of Wanli, two million people will not be removed every year, so I will take back the monopoly of maritime trade!"

"Oh, let's do it..." Mr. Zhao took on this arduous task with a 'sentence'.

"But my father-in-law, in this way, he will have to recruit people across the country, from all over the country..."

"I will give you a warrant for my father, and governments in various places must cooperate with you unconditionally. But there is one thing that cannot cause trouble. If you are in trouble, you will ask!" Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice.

"I understand." Zhao Hao nodded reluctantly.

Seeing that he agreed, Zhang Juzheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the force of biting the pipe became much lighter.

As the saying goes, "Your honey is the arsenic of others."

In the eyes of Mr. Zhao, who is implementing the "Centenary Immigration Plan", the most valuable thing in the Ming Dynasty is this endless population.

However, among Zhang Xianggong, who is determined to reform and strive to win over the sky, these populations are increasing hidden dangers and burdens.

Why two million people?

Xianggong Zhang was concerned that if the real population of the Ming Dynasty was 240 to 50 million, the annual growth rate could be reversed at about 7/1000. Therefore, the current net population increase should not be less than 1.7 million or no more than 2 million.

Don’t underestimate these two million people. When there is no land to allocate, this is a new refugee for the court! And it continues to increase every year...

It’s easy to say that if you really encounter a major disaster, the world will inevitably be in chaos.

In fact, the central government of the Ming Dynasty had been disabled for many years, and when encountering famine, it could only rely on local governments to mobilize gentry relief. Among the annual income of the imperial court, the food and salary of border towns accounted for 45% of the salary of the soldiers in the camp and guards accounted for 15% of the salary of the clan, the salaries of the vassals accounted for 30%, and the supply and use of the inner government accounted for 10%. After coping with these urgent needs, nothing left.

So in the first year of Wanli, the court could not even pay the salaries of officials. How could it be possible to rely on the court to provide disaster relief?

Do you think Emperor Daojun was busy praying for rituals all day, just to bless him with his life? He also asked his empire not to have a nationwide disaster. That would be a pity.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty has not yet been exhausted, and there has been no major disaster that has suffered across the country in recent years, which has given Zhang Xianggong time to reform.

Now, under the urging of Zhang Xianggong's success in the examination, the court finally had a surplus, but it was still very fragile in the face of disasters.

Why did Xianggong Zhang begin to believe in auspiciousness? It was really just a moral decline. Is it bullying the superiors and the subordinates? No, I was actually scared.

After becoming a family, I realized that if the Ming Dynasty wanted to survive, it really depends on God's blessing!

Zhang Xianggong prays every day that the world will be in good weather and no disasters, so he is particularly fascinated by auspiciousness.

Speaking of Xiangrui, Mr. Zhao quickly asked his father-in-law to move to the front yard, saying that Xiaojing and the others found a giant turtle overseas, thinking it should be a good omen, so they brought it back to offer it to their father-in-law.

But there are many kinds of turtles, each with its own strengths. I don’t know which one it is, but my father-in-law still has to be killed. If the auspiciousness is naturally good, if not, I will stew it and replenish my father-in-law.

When Zhang Juzheng heard about it, he immediately got up and said he would go and take a look.

The father-in-law and son-in-law came to the front yard and stood in front of the magnificent sedan chair.

Zhao Hao nodded, and Cai Ming lifted the curtain of the sedan chair. The big elephant tortoise, which was bigger than an adult, exposed its head.

"Fuck, is the son of a turtle so big?!" Zhang Juzheng was shocked. He had never seen such a big turtle?

"Why would you come from afar to send your father-in-law to see him?" Zhao Hao asked with a smile: "Can your father-in-law tell which one it is?"

Zhang Juzheng looked at the big elephant turtle carefully and said slowly:

"The ancient book is divided into ten kinds of turtles, namely divine turtles, spiritual turtles, turtles, treasure turtles, literary turtles, turtles, mountain turtles, marble turtles, water turtles, and fire turtles. One foot long is considered to be very big. This turtle is probably seven or eight feet long..."
Chapter completed!