amaotonovel Chapter 782 Those who are not from my race must have different hearts.
Chapter 782 Those who are not from my race must have different hearts.
Yang Shaofeng smiled meaningfully and said, "Your Highness, why don't you guess which aspects might be feasible?"
Zhu Biao frowned slightly and said, "Bring in those people from the vassal states who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty?"
Zhu Biao shook his head after only glancing at Yang Shaofeng.
By examining the death data and expenditure data of laborers in Dengzhou Prefecture, it is easy to draw a conclusion.
Those laborers from the vassal states weren't even considered human in her brother-in-law's eyes.
Perhaps they are not even as valuable as the large livestock in the Ningyang County Livestock Farm.
After all, the large animals on the farm need to eat an egg from time to time to supplement their nutrition.
Besides, our ancestors had already taught us a lesson: "Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts." My brother-in-law would never be so foolish as to import large numbers of young men from vassal states.
Yang Shaofeng was also taken aback by Zhu Biao's wildly imaginative ideas.
There are far too many precedents for this practice of bringing in foreigners.
The "Silly Thief Eagle" did it back then, and the result was the prevalence of zero-yuan purchases along with all sorts of bizarre and chaotic phenomena.
The Gallic rooster did the same thing back then, and the result was that a perfectly good Gallic rooster was turned into a black chicken.
Even excluding these two typical cases, there is still the lesson left by that idiot fourth brother.
For example, that fool Zhu Laosi took in a tribe in Liaodong because he was soft-hearted.
The results of it?
For example, "Among the barbarian tribes that the Ming Dynasty treated, the Jianzhou Jurchens received the most generous treatment. The Qing Dynasty completely concealed this fact, and it is not found in Qing historical records. Although it is mentioned in Ming historical records, the Qing Dynasty's compilation of the History of Ming Dynasty was determined to completely omit it."
Then, the tribe that was taken in by the fourth prince later raised an army under the pretext of the so-called "Seven Grievances". The Ming Dynasty, which was already plagued by natural disasters and man-made calamities, had to divert a considerable amount of its troops to pacify Liaodong.
As a result, Liaodong was not pacified, and the Ming Dynasty spent countless amounts of money and grain on it. The more it tried to quell the rebellion, the more chaotic things became. In the end, Gou Chengzi entered the capital, and the unlucky Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself on Coal Hill.
Then, the Little Badgers, under the pretext of avenging Emperor Chongzhen, entered the pass and carried out a frenzied massacre in places such as Zhao Prefecture, southern Hebei, Tongguan, Yangzhou, Jiading, Kunshan, Jiaxing, Jiangyin, Changshu, Jinhua, Nanchang, Xiangtan, Nanxiong, Fenzhou, Datong, Guangzhou, and Chaozhou.
Sichuan was subjected to a long-term massacre for more than a decade, with no fewer than five million victims. Then the blame was shifted to Zhang Xianzhong, and an absurd figure of six hundred million people was fabricated.
Yes, Zhang Xianzhong massacred 600 million people in Sichuan.
Although the total population of the entire Ming Dynasty at that time should not have exceeded 300 million, Zhang Xianzhong was able to massacre more than 600 million people in Sichuan alone.
Nobody knew what happened, and nobody dared to ask.
Anyway, such an absurd thing was blatantly recorded in the History of Ming.
Then another group of people jumped out and said, "The Qing dynasty's revision of the Ming dynasty's history has been largely embellished, but not tampered with or slandered."
Just as Yang Shaofeng was pondering this in his mind, Zhu Biao suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said, "I've got it!"
“Since it is impossible for my brother-in-law to bring in young men from the vassal states, and it is obvious that it takes time for the people to get married and have children, the only way to accelerate the population growth is to let the people get married more wives and then have more children.”
“It is obviously unrealistic to marry multiple wives, after all, there is the law of the Ming Dynasty to prove it.”
"However, the practice of taking concubines was prevalent among the common people and could not be eradicated despite repeated prohibitions."
"It is said that it is better to guide than to block."
"So, my brother-in-law's idea is to bring in more young women from the vassal states and then have them marry into the Ming Dynasty as concubines."
Zhu Biao stared intently at Yang Shaofeng and asked, "Is there anything wrong or inaccurate in what I said this time?"
As soon as Zhu Biao finished speaking, Yang Shaofeng burst into laughter.
That's right, absolutely right.
If you marry a wife, you can only have one child a year. Even if you have children every year, you can only have about twenty children in your lifetime.
However, if you marry a wife and then take a concubine, that number can double.
Although population growth certainly cannot be calculated in this way, because no family can have a child every year, let alone have children continuously for a lifetime.
However, having one more concubine means having one more child, which is a very simple truth.
Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen were both from respectable scholarly backgrounds, but the books they read were all annotated classics, and their minds were full of useless ideas about "benevolence and righteousness" and "repaying evil with good."
If you really want to count, Lao Li and Lao Liu both belong to the remnants of the Guliang School.
Yang Shaofeng is different.
Yang Shaofeng was reading the genuine "Lunyu" (a collection of ancient Chinese texts), and his mind was filled with theories such as the distinction between Chinese and barbarians and repaying injustice with justice, in addition to the idea that "food and sex are human nature." He was a true successor of the Gongyang School of thought.
Benevolence, righteousness, and morality?
Although Yang Shaofeng also had some, it wasn't much. It wasn't enough to support the common people of the Ming Dynasty, so where would he find any extra to distribute to the vassal states and barbarians?
Yang Shaofeng grinned, gave Zhu Biao a thumbs-up, and praised, "Your Highness is wise; that's exactly what I was thinking."
"If we bring in 100,000 more women from the feudal domains this year, we can have 100,000 more children next year."
“There might even be other ways.”
"For example, taking another princess as a concubine can result in receiving a few more acres of land."
"There isn't enough land in the Central Plains to go around, but there's plenty of land to go around in the grasslands and Liaodong."
"Even if things don't go well, we can ask the Duke of Wei and the Duke of E to come up with a solution."
"We shouldn't be worried about a few acres of land."
Zhu Biao nodded directly.
Both Duke Xu Da of Wei and Duke Chang Yuchun of E were very capable fighters. For them, seizing a few plots of land to cultivate was a piece of cake.
The only problem is that there are too many women brought in from the vassal states, so we have to find another way to disperse them to various parts of the Ming Dynasty. We can't let them be too scattered, but we also can't let them be too concentrated.
Forget it, let the Duke of Han and the Marquis of Chengyi worry about this.
I am merely a minor prince, incapable of contemplating such complex matters.
Yang Shaofeng continued, "Besides that, there is another, even faster way."
Zhu Biao was slightly taken aback and asked, "Is there an even faster one?"
Yang Shaofeng hummed in agreement and said, "Does Your Highness still remember the decree issued by the court last year, which stipulates that Mongolians and Semu people who reside in China are allowed to marry Chinese families, but are not allowed to marry within their own kind. Those who violate this decree will have both the man and woman confiscated and enslaved by the government."
Zhu Biao nodded directly.
This ban was a complementary measure to the ban on "wearing foreign clothes, speaking foreign languages, and using foreign names" issued in the first year of the Hongwu reign. It was intended to help the Semu people and Mongols integrate into the Ming Dynasty as quickly as possible.
But what does this ban have to do with an even faster-growing population?
Zhu Biao frowned slightly, and after a moment's thought, he exclaimed in surprise, "Miao, Yi, Dong, Yao!"
"My brother-in-law has his eye on them!"
"If planned properly, even the conversion of native chieftains to centrally appointed officials can be accomplished at the same time!"