Chapter 2: Daming is too poor!

Zhu Cha was overjoyed and finally arrived!

He is not unfamiliar with the system and quickly accepted it calmly.

A transparent virtual interface appeared before his eyes, visible only to himself.

At the top, there is the system name: Great Empire System.

This system will assist Zhu Cha in establishing a strong and prosperous empire!

The Great Empire system allows users to accumulate experience points by checking in, completing tasks, and exchanging them for items in the mall.

The mall is still gray and has not officially opened, but Zhu Cha can see that there are many products inside, such as common refined salt, chicken essence, oyster sauce, etc. in later generations, which can be easily exchanged.

You can also exchange various materials, such as asphalt, wood, stone, and so on.

You can also exchange for soldiers, horses, food, and supplies. With 10 experience points, you can exchange for a loyal soldier, which is not too cost-effective!

If he holds a million strong soldiers, not to mention the Ming Dynasty, he can conquer the whole world!

In addition, there are various blueprints in the mall, and the first one that caught Zhu Cha's eye was the highway blueprint!

Good boy, can we still build highways in ancient times?!

Zhu Zhan was ecstatic in his heart.

If Da Ming really gets on the highway, the benefits to Da Ming are indescribable!

As a descendant, he is well aware of the meaning behind the phrase 'to become rich, first build roads'!

Once Daming has a well connected highway, it will be a huge mess!

It can enable the currently struggling Ming Dynasty to quickly restore its national strength and become a prosperous country!

Now, the Ming Dynasty has expelled the Mongol Yuan, the world is at peace, Zhu Yuanzhang is working hard to govern, the people are recuperating, and the Ming Dynasty has regained some national strength, but it is still too poor!

Throughout the more than two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, the people did not have a few days of comfortable life. Apart from being unlucky and plagued by natural disasters, another reason was that the Ming Dynasty was too poor, resulting in an empty treasury. When faced with major events, they often couldn't come up with money.

If we count the poorest dynasties of all time, it is undoubtedly the Ming Dynasty.

Generally speaking, at the beginning of the founding of each dynasty, there is usually a period of population growth and significant increase in tax revenue, followed by a period of peaceful prosperity.

The emperors who succeeded to the throne were also able to squander their wealth with the support of their ancestors' savings, or engage in large-scale construction projects, such as Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, or expand outward, such as Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Gaozong of Tang, and Emperor Qianlong. Of course, this also involved the Northern Song emperors who started to eat and drink for themselves.

Overall, without the rise of powerful foreign tribes that led to a surge in military spending, such as the Liao and Jin dynasties in the Northern Song dynasty, or internal rebellions like the Yellow Turban and An Lushan rebellions, the government's financial revenue could basically sustain expenses. Not to mention wealth and prosperity, it would not be a problem to seek basic necessities.

But the Ming Dynasty became an exception. Upon closer inspection of the Ming Dynasty, except for the uprising of Yan King Zhu Di, everything else was considered minor skirmishes. But in this Ming Dynasty, the entire country's finances have been struggling to support since the middle period. Even though military spending is not huge and the salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty are already the lowest in history, the court still often cannot pay salaries and often replaces them with discounts.

Don't understand folding colors? For example, the court provides officials with pepper, spices, and the like as a substitute for salary!

What is this concept?

This is equivalent to future generations, where factories are about to go bankrupt and bosses use goods as wages for their employees!

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhan's mind couldn't help but recall a brainwashing song about the closure of XX leather factory.

He couldn't help but shake his head secretly. Da Ming, Da Ming, you have a good hand, but you're playing poorly!

Of course, there were also many drawbacks such as heavy farming and suppression of commerce, prohibition of the sea, and the lowest salary of ten thousand stones for the descendants of the Zhu family, which led to the accumulation of poverty and weakness in the Ming Dynasty.

But now, Zhu Cha can't control those things. If he wants to implement national policies, he doesn't have the same skills yet.

But with the system of the Great Empire in place, it is not impossible to save the country with curves and make the Ming Dynasty prosperous and strong!

Ding! Great Empire system, trigger the first mission

Task details: Host, please join the clan as soon as possible

Task reward: 10000 experience points! Complete set of technical data and drawings for highways! Mall open

Huo!

The rewards are rich enough!

The mall can be opened directly, and you can also obtain a complete set of technical information and drawings for the highway.

10000 experience points, but you can exchange a lot of things in the mall.

1 experience point can be exchanged for 100 pounds of chicken essence!

1 experience point can also be exchanged for asphalt needed for 10 kilometers of highways!

If all of it is used to exchange for asphalt, 10000 experience points would be enough to repair 100000 kilometers of roads!

Upon seeing the reward, Zhu Cha couldn't help but feel overjoyed. He then carefully evaluated the task and was taken aback?

If we follow the historical trend, it will take him three years before he can establish his fiefdom in Qingzhou and officially become the King of Qi.

But the system requires him to become a vassal as soon as possible!

No wonder the rewards are so generous. It turns out that the task is difficult!

Zhu Yuanzhang is the the final say of governing the vassals. How can he control the vassals if he wants to.

According to the original historical trajectory, he would not be able to become a vassal until three years later, but now he obviously cannot wait that long!

But on second thought, Zhu Zhan also felt relieved. In the court, I am insignificant and unable to do anything. Moreover, there are many people in the capital, and even if I make some shocking moves with the help of the system, it may not only be ineffective but also cause trouble.

Whether it is the Crown Prince Zhu Biao's party or the Fourth Brother Zhu Di's party, they will never sit idly by and watch themselves grow bigger.

After all, there are still some differences between this Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty in my impression. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang is not as ugly as I imagined. For example, the Crown Prince Zhu Biao has a swollen body. For example, Liu Ji and Liu Bowen were appointed as teachers by him and saved, and they are still alive now. For example, the eldest brother Zhu Biao has already been appointed as the Crown Prince, and there is still a dispute over the Crown Prince in the court···

The court is a place of right and wrong. Zhu Zhan followed behind to listen, and I don't know how many people he had seen rolling down the ground!

Zhu Yuanzhang's killing spirit is too strong!

Although I can't kill myself, it's definitely more comfortable to go to my own fiefdom!

Ying Tianfu, this hellish place, is very oppressive!

But how can I leave the court and become a vassal in Qi?

Zhu Zhan grinned and shook his head repeatedly.

The swaying of Zhu Zhan's head at the end caught the attention of Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting high on the dragon throne.

What, Lao Qi, do you have something to say

Now, above the court, there is a discussion on the issue of the empty national treasury. Now that the Ming Dynasty has been established, although Zhu Yuanzhang has been recuperating in recent years, he feels that the speed of his national strength recovery has been much slower compared to other dynasties.

If there is any war or natural disaster, this small amount of wealth is simply not enough.

The courtiers put forward various suggestions, but they were based on the principle of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce.

Cheap Dad clicked on him, and Zhu Cha's eyes rolled. With a plan in mind, he took the opportunity to leave the court and become a vassal in Qi!

Zhu Cha gathered his mind and stepped out!

Father, I have something to report

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a slight uproar in the court, and everyone turned their heads to look at the Seventh Prince behind them who had not yet fully bloomed.

The Seventh Prince rarely speaks up, and the ministers couldn't help but find it interesting. They wanted to see what good suggestions the Seventh Prince could put forward in the court.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang also burst into laughter and said, "Great, our seventh son also knows how to share the burden for me

The courtiers burst into laughter.

The Crown Prince Zhu Biao and the Fourth Prince Zhu Di couldn't help but look sideways at the unremarkable Seventh Brother behind them.

Everyone's gaze was focused on Zhu Cha, and only Zhu Cha spoke slowly.

My son believes that there are two feasible strategies to quickly make me prosperous in the Ming Dynasty

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