met free Chapter 999: More savings mean more aircraft carriers, more aircraft carriers mean more savings?
Chapter 999: More savings mean more aircraft carriers, more aircraft carriers mean more savings?
Yang Shaofeng failed math in his college entrance exam.
However, Yang Shaofeng guessed that Lao Deng's math scores might be even worse than his own.
Otherwise, Old Deng wouldn't have made such a boast.
As a dutiful son-in-law, Yang Shaofeng couldn't bear to see his father-in-law dig his own grave, so he kindly reminded him: "Father-in-law, the population is constantly growing, and the need for land will only increase. If everyone gets their share of land, there will eventually be a day when there isn't enough land to go around."
As Yang Shaofeng finished speaking, Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen couldn't help but exchange a glance before looking away.
Having a son-in-law like Yang the Madman, who is always trying to scheme against his father-in-law, is a blessing for those who rise to power.
Emperor Zhu unconsciously turned his head to look at the enormous "Map of the Ming Dynasty" in the Qianqing Palace.
Although this map is not perfect, the land marked as belonging to the Ming Dynasty is still very limited.
However, Shandong and Liaodong on the map are sparsely populated, and many places can even be described as deserted.
With so much vacant land, even if the Ming Dynasty only had tens of millions of people, it should be enough to distribute.
Of course, if the number of people exceeds the limit by a large margin, such as 300 million, 400 million or even more, then there might not be enough land to go around.
The problem is, when the Ming Dynasty had 300 million or even 400 million people, how could our Ming Dynasty possibly lack land?
My son-in-law is a bit dim-witted!
Emperor Zhu looked at Yang Shaofeng with a mocking expression and said, "My dear son-in-law, do you think it's possible that after the population of the Ming Dynasty grows to 100 million, our Ming Dynasty will inexplicably gain several more provincial administrations?"
"We just don't understand, what's with this talk of not having enough land to distribute?"
"What's the point of all this trouble trying to reform the military system and the garrison system?"
"With more land, people can have more children."
"With more people, we can reclaim more land from the provincial administration."
"You don't understand such a simple truth?"
Li Shanchang stroked his beard and said, "From the heavens to the earth, all are subjects of the Han?"
"Your Highness, please rest assured."
"Wherever rivers flow and the sun and moon shine, all is part of the Great Ming territory."
Xu Da and Chang Yuchun immediately perked up.
In particular, Li Shanchang's line, "From the heavens to the earth, all are subjects of the Han," greatly excited Xu Da and Chang Yuchun.
Xu Da laughed and said, "Here's what we'll do: Your Highness, give me those students from the Dengzhou Military Academy, and transfer the Ningyang Thousand-Household Garrison to the Grand Commander's Office. I'll get you back a territory the size of Liaodong within a year!"
Chang Yuchun glanced at Xu Da and slowly raised a finger: "Half. I, Old Chang, only need half the manpower. Add another 100,000 troops, and we will completely take back Annam and Burma within a year."
Emperor Zhu stared blankly at Xu Da, then blankly at Chang Yuchun.
How did these two idiots manage to build such a formidable reputation?
Could it be that Wang Baobao's reputation is undeserved?
Otherwise, why would those two idiots have one proposed to buy out both Ningyang Thousand Household Garrison and Dengzhou Military Academy, and the other voluntarily lower the price?
Also, the principal of Dengzhou Military Academy is our Biao'er!
You two idiots want to take people from the Dengzhou Military Academy, did you even ask for Biao'er's opinion?
As for Ningyang Thousand-Household Office?
That was the seed for our reform of the Ming Dynasty's military system. If you two idiots take it away, what will happen to our reform of the military system?
Emperor Zhu glared at Xu Da and Chang Yuchun with a look of disgust, then turned to Yang Shaofeng with a smile and said, "My dear son-in-law, don't listen to their nonsense."
"We'll just say one thing: if there are more people, we'll add more provincial administration offices; if there are more provincial administration offices, we'll add more people. We'll never lack land."
"Go ahead and say what you've got to say."
Yang Shaofeng felt inexplicably that Lao Deng's words sounded somewhat familiar.
Does saving money lead to more aircraft carriers, and having more aircraft carriers lead to more savings?
Tsk.
No wonder the foolish eagle said that the rabbit wanted to adopt the Ming Dynasty model and make other countries kowtow and pay tribute to it.
It's no wonder that the great powers all missed the Qing Dynasty.
After all, there was no treaty that the Qing Dynasty dared not sign, nor any barbarian that the Ming Dynasty dared not beat. In the tenth year of Chongzhen's reign, the Ming Dynasty, which was on the verge of complete collapse, still beat up Dai Ying in Guangdong, and Dai Ying had to pay the Ming Dynasty 2,800 taels of silver in compensation.
To be fair, the amount of reparations demanded by the Ming Dynasty was not large, and the naval battle itself was also relatively unknown.
However, as the famous decadent writer Tang Yuanqi said: Without comparison, there is no harm.
Even the dying Ming Dynasty managed to force Dai Ying to pay reparations.
As for Dai Qing... he really is a damn sure thing, no matter how far away, he will compensate!
Yang Shaofeng forcefully pulled his increasingly erratic thoughts back onto the right track, then cupped his hands to Emperor Zhu and said, "Since Father-in-law is not worried about the land, then I will continue with the matter of the garrison soldiers leaving the army."
After a slight pause, Yang Shaofeng looked at Emperor Zhu and asked, "May I ask, Father-in-law, what kind of garrison do you desire? Is it a garrison like the Lingshan Garrison led by Xiang Fei, or a garrison like the Ningyang Thousand-Household Garrison?"
Emperor Zhu replied without hesitation, "Of course, it's Ningyang Thousand-Household Garrison!"
As for Xiang Fei?
That guy is a complete scoundrel among commanders!
It is an indelible stain on the military system of the Ming Dynasty's garrison system!
Yang Shaofeng continued, "The reason why Father-in-law wants a garrison like the Ningyang Thousand-Household Garrison, in my guess, is because Father-in-law saw that the soldiers of the Ningyang Thousand-Household Garrison would help the people of Ningyang County harvest wheat and carry water, and the people of Ningyang County would treat the soldiers of the Thousand-Household Garrison as if they were their own nephews and nieces."
Emperor Zhu nodded unconsciously, and even Xu Da and Chang Yuchun showed a hint of envy on their faces.
As mentioned before, it was precisely because of the relationship between the soldiers of Ningyang Thousand Household Garrison and the people of Ningyang County that Ningyang Thousand Household Garrison had an almost inexhaustible supply of soldiers.
Moreover, the soldiers of Ningyang Thousand Household Garrison are completely able to obey orders and prohibitions—this alone is enough to make all generals who lead troops into battle extremely envious!
Yang Shaofeng glanced at Emperor Zhu, then at Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, and said, "The existing garrisons could actually accomplish these things without difficulty."
"For example, when the Duke of E led his troops through Ningyang County, the army did not harm the local people in the slightest. The people of Ningyang County praised them, saying that the Ming army was disciplined, a mighty and righteous army."
A rare blush appeared on the faces of Xu Da and Chang Yuchun.
Is it really not as good as the people say?
Yeah, we still need to enforce military discipline when we get back.
Yang Shaofeng suddenly changed the subject and continued, "To put it bluntly, the reason why many garrisons have failed to be as close as family to the people is not because they are incapable, but because no one is leading them to do so."
"Even if military discipline is strictly enforced, it is only strictly enforced military discipline."
"The common people don't know how good the Ming army is."
"The sergeants don't have the concept of the military and the people being one family."
Xu Da and Chang Yuchun's expressions immediately froze.