Emperor Chongzhen has actually been paying attention to the situation in Nanyang.

Liu Xiang finally wanted to unite all forces to fight against the Ming Dynasty. This was actually what Emperor Chongzhen was willing to see, and it was also the result of the instructions he gave to Nanyang.

If the Ming Dynasty was not strong enough, then if all forces united to deal with the Ming Dynasty, this situation would be something that the Ming Dynasty would not want to see. But now, just the local forces in Southeast Asia, with the strength of the Ming Dynasty, they really don’t like it.

Just like a game played by Emperor Chongzhen in later generations, when the characters were still very weak, they could only lead a few monsters to kill them when they entered the Bloody Monastery. But after the characters became stronger, they all led all the monsters in the Bloody Monastery and then killed them together, which is the so-called wave of flow.

For the natives in Nanyang, Emperor Chongzhen also meant this, otherwise, it would be too troublesome.

However, for the moment, there is also a problem, that is, the Ming Dynasty expanded too quickly.

In just about two years, three vassal kings have been enfeoffed, and the fourth vassal king will be out soon. Emperor Chongzhen did not want them to just rule the local natives when they were enfeoffed. At least, the Ming people also had to take some of them there. In this way, they can maintain the same clan and origin as their mother country and be one. In other words, the enfeoffed vassal kings can assimilate the local natives to the same as the Ming people, but they cannot be assimilated by the natives. And this requires at least one thing: the population of the Ming people cannot be too small.

Of course, there are many means of assimilation, but no matter what, the composition of the population base is still crucial.

These are just four vassal kings. If all the vassal kings in China are enfeoffed, how many Ming people will take them out?

Another point is that the Liaodong, North Korea, grassland and other places in the Ming Dynasty were all vast and sparsely populated, and a large population was needed to enrich them.

Emperor Chongzhen had issued an order to encourage childbirth! A considerable portion of the tax money from the court should be taken out to subsidize families with more children. In addition, funds should be invested in the development of various vaccines. Before this, research on related disciplines of chemical biology should be invested, and before this, scientific and technological knowledge should be promoted... and so on. All of this actually requires money.

Previously, Emperor Chongzhen called poor at the meeting of the royal family of the vassal kings. It was not because he was pretentious or because he found a reason to collect money from the vassal kings. It was because he really lacked money!

Nowadays, the registered population of the Ming Dynasty is only more than 60 million, and at least more than twice the population. It is not registered with the government, which is the so-called hidden household. Effective management of the existing population is also a way. Moreover, this is also related to the issue of tax evasion and money.

If we were to say that before, at least before the development of the Internet, there was actually no special good way to manage populations. Especially in this ancient times, the problem of hidden households was a problem that existed in all dynasties and could not be eliminated.

However, for Emperor Chongzhen, solving the problem of hidden households was an achieveable goal. Of course, there were naturally difficulties and he needed to work hard.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about this and took a look at the achievement value in the lower left corner of the chat group system, and there is still a achievement value of more than 1,000. This achievement value is still too little. So, let's make more money first!

However, there was a problem that had to be solved first. So he called out in his mind: "System, I want to upgrade a system function, is that OK?"

The long-lost system assistant was awakened: "This system is a chat group system. If the host wants to increase functions other than the capabilities of this system, I'm sorry, I can't do anything. Of course, if it's within the capabilities of this system, the new added function needs to consume achievement value."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he thought it was OK, so he quickly replied: "System, the new function I asked for is very simple. It is that members in the main chat area will forget the content of the chat after they complete the chat. I believe this system can do it? It's not a lot of functions like kicking out a group. You have said before that kicking out a group can erase memories!"

"The host has a good memory. This system can indeed implement this function, but it requires 5 million achievement values. Does the host need to add this function?"

"System, confirm!" Emperor Chongzhen was filled with joy when he heard this. Not to mention five million, even if he had a achievement worth ten million, he would agree without hesitation, because there was nothing else, once this function was released, he could easily monopolize the right to disseminate information and implement the cause of making money.

Emperor Chongzhen just agreed in his heart that the five million achievement value disappeared instantly. After a few seconds, the system prompted him: "Host, this function has been upgraded."

Although the system produces the quality, the matter is of great importance, and Emperor Chongzhen still needs to verify it. So he immediately chatted with Wen Tiren privately and said, "Wen Qing first reads the chat content in the main chat group, or says something, then exits the chat group, and then joins the group. I have something to ask you!"

Wen Tiren was a little confused when he heard this. He didn't know what the emperor meant to ask him to do this. But since the emperor came here, he had no choice but to do so.

However, when he left the chat group, he immediately discovered something was wrong. He should have followed the emperor's will and said in the main chat group, but why did he have no impression of it? He only remembered what the emperor told him to do? Did he forget to leave a message in the main chat group? Logically speaking, it shouldn't be that he has always followed the holy will. It is impossible for him to not do anything like this kind of small things he ordered!

With this doubt in his heart, Wen Tiren re-entered the chat group. Before he could speak, Emperor Chongzhen sent a private chat: "Wen Qingke still remembers whether he had left a message in the main chat group?"

Wen Tiren heard it strangely, so he immediately told him about the situation he encountered.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but laugh. Sure enough, the quality of the system is guaranteed! The main chat group will be erased and the memory will not affect other chats such as private chats. Since that's the case, then start making money!

Thinking of this, he spoke in the temporary group of Wenhua Palace and said, "I have decided to reorganize the post station system, propose it separately from the Ministry of War, establish the Ministry of Transport, and rank alongside the six major departments!"

Originally, it was decided to separate the Ministry of Science and Technology, but it had to wait until the Science and Technology Clearing Office made political achievements before it became independent. Now that I have a new idea, the Ministry of Transportation has become independent first.

Hearing this, the officials in the group were shocked. Wen Tiren knew that this matter must have something to do with what the emperor asked him to do just now, so he immediately asked: "Your Majesty, why has the post station become so important?"

You should know that if the post station becomes the Ministry of Transport and is on par with other departments, there will be an additional second-rank Shangshu. Since ancient times, the Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Rites, Ministry of War, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Works will be broken.

"Your Majesty, I have objections!" Minister of War Shen Yongmao immediately opposed, "The post station is not very important to the Ming Dynasty. Why should one be installed?"

Since Emperor Chongzhen made a lot of achievements in the southern tour, he added all the main officials to the chat group. Therefore, it is not much different for him to hold a meeting in the chat group system than in the Wenhua Hall.

Of course, if you insist on saying the difference, there must be some. Virtuality is definitely not as formal as reality. There are also the expressions, expressions, actions, etc. of the on-site personnel. Even if they hold a video conference, it is not as good as those on-site. However, because this conference involves a chat group, Emperor Chongzhen discussed it in the temporary group.

Emperor Chongzhen could imagine that when he heard Shen Yongmao's words, and others probably thought that the same was true.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen immediately explained: "Since ancient times, there is a saying that you should build a road before you want to be rich! I have vowed that all my people should live a prosperous life. Therefore, this road must be built first and taken seriously. This is one of them!"

Hearing this, all the knowledgeable ministers were stunned. This sentence was said since ancient times? Why have you never heard of it?

So, Shen Yongmao immediately replied: "Your Majesty, I don't know when this sentence was said to be built on the road if you want to be rich. I am really ignorant and have never heard of it. I also asked Your Majesty to answer my doubts. How can I see that if you want to be rich, I will build on the road if you want to be rich?"

"I'm going to discuss it!" Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Revenue, also had doubts and said. After all, it was related to the major plan of making money, and he was very concerned. The other ministers didn't say anything, just listened quietly.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw their words, he was stunned. Isn’t the saying that if you want to be rich, you have to build roads first since ancient times? They even have to explain what is so easy to understand and well-known things to them.

He didn't know that this sentence was not something that has existed since ancient times. At least in ancient times, he didn't have a deep understanding of this sentence.

In the original history, the saying that if you want to be rich, you should build roads first was proposed in the early days of reform and opening up, that is, in the 1980s.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally didn't know it, thinking it had existed since ancient times. Therefore, he skipped Shen Yongmao's first question and said directly: "Don't you know such a simple truth?"

When he heard this, the knowledgeable senior officials of the Ming Dynasty in the temporary group were immediately puzzled. Unexpectedly, they were despised by a young man in his twenties in terms of their knowledge. But thinking about it, it seems that the emperor does have this qualification, at least he has proved that no matter it is cement, steam engine, hot air balloon, etc., or scientific and technological knowledge, they are not something he can think of.

Thinking of this, Wen Tiren immediately replied: "Your Majesty also asks you to give me some advice."

If the other party is not the emperor, they may be embarrassed to ask for advice like this. After all, they are the highest officials of the Ming Dynasty, and it is a bit embarrassing to ask others like this! But now they are facing the emperor, so it is nothing. Can the emperor be an ordinary person? Therefore, other ministers followed up and asked the emperor to answer their questions. This is also a way to show their learning side in front of the emperor.

Of course, there is one person who is an exception, Min Hongxue. At this time, he was still in charge of Meng Mi. When he was the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, he organized a road construction to suppress the rebellion. He had a lot of understanding of the impact of inconvenience in transportation.

Although at that time, he was mainly to suppress the rebellion, he was not a fool. Based on his actual example, if you think about it a little more, you will definitely understand what the emperor said more than others.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that they were so studious, so he had to explain to them in detail: "They should all come from places with better transportation and are not very impressed by the roads! I will just give a brief example, for example, is the transportation between Sichuan and the Central Plains inconvenient?"

"Xichuan's specialties are just considered to have steam engines, and the output has increased significantly. However, if the road is not good and cannot be transported, so what if the output is large? If it cannot be transported outside, even if many people outside want to buy it, it will be useless, right?"

"Also, even if it can be shipped out, the transportation cost is very high because the road is inconvenient. In this way, the cost of only one or two silver dollars in the place of origin is only a cost of three or four liang, or even higher when you go outside. Do you think the sales of this thing will be high?"

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Emperor Chongzhen expressed his opinions one by one, and everyone else in the group was watching. They could easily understand the examples of Sichuan. After all, there is a saying that has been around since ancient times. The road to Shu is difficult, and it is more difficult than going up to the sky! It is really difficult to transport things from Sichuan!

In fact, after Emperor Chongzhen said these words about transportation, these senior officials of the Ming Dynasty basically understood the emperor's meaning. After all, they were not stupid, but they just did not think about this issue seriously.

Or, in their eyes, although economic development is important, it cannot be more important than politics. Even more so, the economic development they considered was more of the wealthy families, rather than all the people of the Ming Dynasty believed by Emperor Chongzhen. Different positions and thoughts were also different.

"I would like to give another example. Now that the vassal states are newly built, there are a lot of demands for various commodities. However, the vassal states are in the south of the Ming Dynasty. If they are not near the sea, transportation will be very inconvenient. This will also affect the circulation of commodity goods, and will also have a great hindering effect on promoting the development of the Ming Dynasty's economy and the prosperity of the vassal states!"

Emperor Chongzhen explained many examples to them in one breath, from the fact that the resource advantages of various places cannot be effectively transformed into economic advantages due to transportation problems, the productivity cannot be monetized, and the inconvenience of transportation leads to excessive commodity costs, etc. All of them give examples. I believe that as long as you are not a fool, you should be able to understand the importance of road construction.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen finally said: "If you want to be rich, you must first build a road. In this way, you all think that if I want to make the people of the Ming Dynasty rich, should I build this road, and whether it should be built, should I raise it to the most important position to talk about the issue of road construction?"

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