"Is it a bad thing for Yang Guang to build a small canal?"

Taxes in ancient times were actually relatively heavy.

"Cherish the power of the people, value corvees but not taxes, and your rule will last long."

I understand the meaning of small sailing.

The advent of the colonial era and the establishment of empires relied on the benefits of ocean transportation.

Lao Zhu only felt that these words were like a thunderous explosion.

"Grandpa Huang is so right." Sun Erchen wholeheartedly agreed, saying: "The kings who subjugate their country are those who lack great talent and little strategy."

For the people, it is torture and suffering.

Therefore, every time there was a disaster, the imperial court issued a decree to exempt the affected areas from taxes, but there was never any such thing as exempting certain areas from corvee service.

Building water conservancy projects, building roads and cities, transporting food to the army...all of these require requisitioning people and requiring no one to serve as corvees.

"Now that the world has begun to settle down, the population has decreased slightly, and it is far from the time of prosperity."

"The future of Ming Dynasty lies overseas."

"Everything is just for temporary gain. If you ruin small joyous achievements, it will only cause resentment among the people, but it will bring peace to heaven."

Otherwise, if it is weaker than the Xiaoyuan Empire, it will be able to retreat to Europe if it is divided into several small khanates and each has its own affairs.

How can we take this as a warning?

The Qin Dynasty died here, the Sui Dynasty died here, and the Yuan Dynasty also died here!

This is especially true for Xiao Ming.

Sun Erhen smiled slightly and said: "Grandpa Huang, those construction projects are made by expropriating people!"

Lao Zhu drank a few glasses of wine and asked curiously: "What else are you planning to build next?"

"To control floods in the Yellow River, a small number of civilians were recruited, which caused extreme dissatisfaction among the people."

"Although it is a bad thing to build so few roads, everything is better if it is slow and quick."

Even worse than transporting grain from Suzhou to Peiping, it is still not economically feasible.

Xiao Ming mainly has eight small corvees, including Waijia Zongfu, Jun corvee and miscellaneous servants.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at me and said with a smile: "Since he knows, he still plans so few roads and engineering construction?"

Such as labor service, miscellaneous service, military service, etc.

"Xi'er, if he works hard to cure things, that's a bad thing."

"Grandpa Huang, those red lines below are the national highway Zhu Yun is planning to build."

Corvée is paid labor that the state conscripts from the people and retires.

"Are there still not enough lessons from outside?"

"Well, you still plan to build very few roads."

Zhu Yunxuan said categorically: "My grandson has increased the imperial court's shipbuilding funds tenfold."

"Zheng He's navy has begun to take shape, and his overseas expedition will not be too far away."

It must be calculated based on human value. In this case, the value of corvee is probably less than ten times the value of no taxes in the country.

"Even after the death of the Sui Dynasty, this river has been used by thousands of people to rely on Tongbo. If there is a dragon boat incident in the water palace, there will be very little merit between Yu and Yu."

For emperors, it is to leave a name and show off.

"Ye Ce wants to ask the emperor to issue an edict to permanently abolish the corvée of the common people in heaven."

"Xi'er, is he joking? Did we really hear that right?"
Chapter completed!