Chapter 173 Ouyang Lun can also write storybooks! ! (Please subscribe!!)
Listening to Ouyang Lun telling him how to rebel in an extremely skillful manner, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had already successfully rebelled, was very knowledgeable! When he first rebelled, it would have been easier to seize the country if he had met Ouyang Lun.
But Zhu Yuanzhang soon figured out other meanings. Although Ouyang Lun kept saying that he did not support the rebellion and that he himself would not rebel, why did he seem to be looking forward to rebellion in his words? You, Ouyang Lun, are our son-in-law and the chief envoy of Northern Zhili in the Ming Dynasty!
It doesn't matter if you are not loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Now you are planning for a "businessman". Your butt is too crooked, right?
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang is still muttering in his heart. After all, there are only three of him/Ouyang Lun/Queen Ma in this pavilion. No one will believe these words.
Otherwise, kill Ouyang Lun directly?
This can be regarded as removing a scourge for Ming Dynasty.
After thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang rejected this idea again. He was able to successfully capture Hu Weiyong, and through the Hu Weiyong case, he purged many officials in the court, mainly because Hu Weiyong sought death himself. You must know that Hu Weiyong's crimes are not only colluding with Dongying and forming a party for personal gain. With these two items, plus the impeachment of hundreds of officials, Hu Weiyong's culpability was too numerous to describe, so it was hard to overstate how he dealt with Hu Weiyong, but Ouyang Lun was different.
Now Ouyang Lun is no longer a small county magistrate at the beginning, but a high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty. Although his rank is not as good as that of Hu Weiyong, his reputation is not inferior to that of Hu Weiyong, and Ouyang Lun has now become an emerging force in the court. If the core figure of the force takes action against Ouyang Lun without having conclusive evidence about Ouyang Lun, it will inevitably cause great resistance.
Besides, he also invested a lot in Ouyang Lun. If Ouyang Lun disappears, then his investment will basically be in vain, and he will not want the generous dividends.
After overall analysis, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that even though Ouyang Lun had just said a lot of rebellious words, he still did not want to kill Ouyang Lun. Even if Ouyang Lun really rebelled, he would probably give Ouyang Lun more opportunities.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang had successfully rebelled, he was still interested in the overseas islands Ouyang Lun just mentioned.
"Rebellion matters are up to you. We will not rebel in a short time!" Zhu Yuanzhang said casually and continued to ask: "What is the situation overseas? Why are those islands ownerless?!"
"Tsk, tsk." Ouyang Lun smiled, "Uncle Ma, you say you won't rebel, but you are very honest in your heart!"
"The ocean is very large, occupying more than [-]% of the entire earth. In addition to the continent where the Ming Dynasty is located, there are other continents. The continent is not the focus today. I will tell you later when I have the opportunity. In addition to the continent, there are also other continents. There will be many islands. The small island is just an island reef above the water and cannot be inhabited at all. The area of the large island is comparable to the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Even Dongying Island, which we have colonized, is in a medium position in the entire sea area. .”
"Tell me the important point!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily.
"Uncle Ma, don't be anxious! You are also an elderly person. Being anxious can easily lead to anger and high blood pressure. There is no need." Ouyang Lun continued: "If the entire earth is compared to a village, except for In addition to the villager Daming, there are many other villagers, including Dongying, who was just defeated by us. Overall, today's Daming belongs to the villagers who got rich first."
"Other villagers in the global village are not yet rich, and even live the most primitive life. With their own abilities, there is no way to utilize these islands. If Daming can land on these islands and develop and manage them, in the future There will be more colonies like Dongying, to put it more bluntly, to recruit younger brothers."
Ouyang Lun's explanation was very straightforward, and Zhu Yuanzhang also understood it clearly. In his opinion, it was to go to the sea to expand territory!
What moved Zhu Yuanzhang the most was what Ouyang Lun said, "There will be more colonies like Dongying." Since Dongying became a colony of the Ming Dynasty, the battle compensation alone can collect 50 taels per month. After one year, That’s 600 million, which is almost as much as half of the Ming Dynasty’s tax revenue in the past!
Doubling the colonies means that war reparations will also double, and Ming's colonial income will also double.
This business can be done!
Once the problem of Dongying is solved, the Ming Dynasty Navy will not have too many worries. It can completely embark on a long voyage and choose to colonize when it sees islands and so on.
In this way, the Ming Dynasty Navy would not be idle when it had a mission. The key was to create profits. Zhu Yuanzhang had no reason to refuse this.
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was about to nod in agreement, Ouyang Lun's voice sounded again, "Uncle Ma, don't worry. Although Emperor Zhu said that the Ming Dynasty would be passed down for generations to come, that was just wishful thinking on his part. The ending of the Ming Dynasty was similar to that of other dynasties. , will also die."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was really not happy at all.
You guy can't speak, but you actually cursed the Ming Dynasty to die!
"Hmph, you are just talking nonsense, how can you be sure that the Ming Dynasty will fall?" Zhu Yuanzhang said proudly: "My Ming Dynasty loves the people and cracks down on corrupt officials. In addition, I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, also sealed his sons to the frontiers as fortress kings. , guarding the border for the Ming Dynasty for generations, and with the guard system, the Ming court can maintain the army at a very low cost. With these two points alone, the Ming Dynasty can continue to inherit it and will never perish!"
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Ouyang Lun laughed directly.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "Why are you laughing? Is there something wrong with what we said?"
"Uncle Ma, Uncle Ma, I really don't know whether to praise you or scold you." Ouyang Lun smiled, "The 'vassal system' and 'guardian system' you mentioned are indeed effective so far. But have you ever thought about whether these two systems will change over time, and what problems will arise?"
"Humph, it's unfounded worries. We don't believe anything will go wrong." Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly.
"Then let me first tell you about the 'vassal system'. Emperor Zhu implemented a formal land enfeoffment, which allowed the vassal kings to have certain ruling rights in the local area. This enfeoffment system weakened the centralization of power. The intensity had a negative impact on the imperial court's rule, and even laid the foundation for the feudal king's rebellion." Ouyang Lun said slowly.
"The vassals of the Ming Dynasty are all brothers, how could they rebel?" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head in denial.
"Don't say that I didn't predict what I said. If we don't believe it, just wait. But Uncle Ma, you have to take good care of yourself, otherwise you may not be able to see it." Ouyang Lun continued: "The vassal system still has drawbacks, Zhu The emperor not only named his own son a prince, but also named his son's son a county king, and the county king's son was made a general of the country, and then general of the country/general of the auxiliary country, etc., even if he is in the sixth server. Being a lieutenant of Fengguo means that anyone who is your descendant, Zhu Yuanzhang, will have a title."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and sneered: "Isn't it a joke that the children of the royal family don't have titles? What's the problem with this?"
Ouyang Lun shook his head helplessly, "It is indeed no problem for the children of the royal family to have titles, but the salaries for these titles are all issued by the court. There are few people in the royal family now, and they don't consume much money. After more than a hundred years of reproduction, suppose you are twenty Each son has an average of five sons, and one generation is born every 15 years. Each person in each generation also has five sons, so how many people will the Ming royal family have in about seven generations?"
"How many people can there be?" Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care, "Is it possible that they can defeat such a big Ming Dynasty?"
"It's at least 1506 million people. The lowest annual salary of Fengguo Lieutenant is [-] shi, which is [-] million shi." Ouyang Lun said slowly.
What! Two hundred million stones! Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little dizzy. How could there be so many! Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's dumbfounded look, Ouyang Lun spread his hands and said, "I'm still undercalculating. If the time goes back further, I can't even calculate how much it will be."
"The number of people will increase sharply in the later period. In addition, there will be a Little Ice Age and abnormal climate, resulting in poor harvests. The court will have to support these idle royal children, causing the Ming Dynasty's fiscal deficit to increase year by year. Do you think it will survive?"
"This is the enfeoffment of vassals and the guard system that Emperor Zhu is proud of."
"Stop, stop talking!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands repeatedly to signal Ouyang Lun not to talk any disadvantages of enfeoffment alone made Zhu Yuanzhang a little unable to bear it. Ouyang Lun's remarks were so shocking that Zhu Yuanzhang had never noticed them in the past.
Huhu——
Zhu Yuanzhang took two consecutive breaths and then said: "Your remarks are too shocking, but even if the problem you mentioned really exists, the future monarchs of the Ming Dynasty will definitely deal with it in time and solve it!"
"I will definitely not let the situation you mentioned happen!"
Ouyang Lun patted Zhu Yuanzhang on the shoulder, "Uncle Ma, I know you won't believe it. In fact, I don't believe it either. Because of this, when the real situation really came, everyone was dumbfounded. What is this called? This is Schrödinger’s cat, and as long as I don’t open the box, I can’t determine whether the cat is dead or alive.”
Zhu Yuanzhang: "."
"But this actually has nothing to do with the two of us, or even Emperor Zhu. After all, it will be hundreds of years later. Emperor Zhu will probably have been reincarnated many times by then." Ouyang Lun said with a smile. .
"I still suggest that you go out to sea together. The risk of rebellion is too high now. It is better to gather a team of people, occupy an island and become a king. Of course, as long as you are thick-skinned enough, you can also proclaim yourself the Great Emperor or something."
"Having said so much, my mouth is dry. Let me drink some water first!" Ouyang Lun picked up the tea cup he was sitting on and drank it all in one gulp.
But Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma looked at each other. What Ouyang Lun just said had a great impact on them, completely subverting their cognition.
Unlike Zhu Yuanzhang's complicated look at Ouyang Lun, Empress Ma's look at Ouyang Lun was full of appreciation and satisfaction. It was truly a gift from God to have such a son-in-law.
"Master Ouyang, how are you and your wife doing lately?"
"Auntie, don't call me Lord Ouyang. Just call me Xiaolun, or just call me by my name." Ouyang Lun likes Aunt Ma very much. She has a gentleness about her and her eyes are full of wisdom.
"Okay, then I will call you Xiaolun from now on." Queen Ma smiled and nodded, "You haven't answered my question yet."
"Back to my aunt, my wife and I are living very well. She likes to read the story books I wrote, and I like to write story books for her. I will probably read the story books with some of her close friends again." Ouyang Ren smiled.
"Oh? I wonder what the script is?"
"There are many, such as the domineering prince fell in love with me/this pond was taken over by him/descendants of the sun, etc."
"????!!"
Queen Ma was dumbfounded, and so was Zhu Yuanzhang.
What the hell are they?
However, Empress Ma still asked: "Xiao Lun, I usually have nothing to do at home. I wonder if you can show me these words."
Ouyang Lun shook his head, "Aunt, the words I wrote to my wife may not be suitable for you, but if you really want to read them, I have other story books, such as The Woman in Charge/The Legend of Zhen Huan/The Golden Branch and the Jade Princess/Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace etc."
"Okay, that's all." Queen Ma nodded.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard these names, he felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say it out loud.
"Ouyang Lun, we have finished asking the questions we want to ask, you can talk about that big project!" Zhu Yuanzhang quickly changed the subject.
Ouyang Lun smiled, then fetched something covered with red cloth from someone, and opened it in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma.
Under the red cloth is a bowl of bright oil.
"This is... oil?"
Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised. He picked up the oil bowl and looked at it, "This oil is so fragrant/bright! How on earth is it made?"
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's surprised look, Ouyang Lun smiled and explained: "This is called rapeseed oil, which is a type of vegetable oil. It is very good for cooking."
"Oil is very important to the people, but oil is expensive, and usually only the rich and nobles can afford it. However, I found a crop called rapeseed, which can be used to extract oil in large quantities, and I have improved oil-extracting tools, which can Plenty of supply!”
“The final product is what you see.”
Empress Ma was a person who loved cooking. When she heard that it was oil, she immediately took the oil bowl from Zhu Yuanzhang, smelled it first, then dipped some in it to taste, and said quickly: "This is definitely the best oil! "
"The oil in the palace is either lard/butter/peanut oil. This is the first time I've seen this kind of oil."
"If it can be popularized on a large scale, it will definitely make people's lives better!"
"Xiao Lun, you not only discovered rapeseed, but also bought oil extraction tools. What a genius!"
Queen Ma was not stingy with her praise.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the oil in front of him and suddenly said: "This is the big project you mentioned!!"
Ouyang Lun nodded, "Yes, the Ming Dynasty is developing better and better, but it is still difficult for the people to eat food with oil and water. Rapeseed can be grown in large quantities and produce a large amount of oil."
(End of this chapter)