Daming: I have a showdown, my father-in-law is the emperor

Chapter 245 Questions and Answers
"Okay, these are the construction plans for the capital. That's basically it for now."

As soon as Chen Fan finished speaking, the following fell into a heated discussion.

Everyone couldn't hold back the heated discussion.

Just because Chen Fan didn't finish explaining, everyone couldn't interrupt.

Now, all ministers can open up to the discussion.

"This plan is good, but I don't know if I can see this prosperous scene in my lifetime!"

Li Banghua was deeply moved, and a trace of regret flashed in his cloudy eyes.

If we really want to build the capital according to the national teacher's plan, the capital must be more prosperous than the legendary palace in the sky!
And he is already fifty-six this year, and it is very likely that he will not be able to see the bustling scene of the capital.

Such a large-scale construction will take decades to complete, at least.

As for what the Imperial Master said, to complete the construction of the capital within ten years, Li Banghua absolutely disagreed.

Sitting next to Li Banghua, Li Yizhi, the Minister of Rites, consoled him:

"What do we think about so much? If we can participate in it, this life is not in vain. If we think about this opportunity to build a prosperous world, this is the only time in thousands of years. We can seize this opportunity. I don't know how many ancestors and sages we have to envy , our name will last forever. Besides, even if our generation can’t see the grand scene after the completion of the capital’s construction, our descendants can!”

Li Banghua thought about it carefully, and it definitely made sense.

I don’t know how many sages and saints from our ancestors took it as their mission to make the people live and work in peace and contentment.

But since the beginning of recorded history, this ambition has never been realized.

From this we can see how difficult it is to let the common people live and work in peace and contentment without worrying about food and clothing.

But now, in Daming, in their generation, it is very possible to realize this long-cherished wish.

Let the people all over the world live and work in peace and contentment, without having to suffer from natural disasters and man-made disasters.

And they are very fortunate to be able to participate in the construction of this prosperous age.

As the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet, he will be an important figure leading this prosperous era, and his name will be remembered forever.

As a literati, it is their lifelong pursuit to be famous forever.

Now, this opportunity is right in front of us, and Li Banghua should firmly grasp it.

Thinking about it this way, what else could he be dissatisfied with!

Whether he could see the final bustling scene of the capital was no longer important to Li Banghua.

It is enough that he can lead this process.

"My little grandson can live in such a prosperous world, and I am satisfied."

Speaking of the grandson at home, Pei Yuanqing was relieved.

He may not see this prosperous age coming, but it doesn't matter, when his grandson grows up, he can enjoy a modern life, and that's enough.

Just when everyone was discussing, Chongzhen spoke up.

In an instant, everyone immediately fell silent.

"This capital city plan is very attractive, and even I can't wait to realize it immediately. But my brother wants to move 5000 million Ming people to live in the capital city. I'm afraid it won't be easy."

Seeing that Chen Fan was a little confused, Chongzhen continued to explain:
"What I don't know, my dear brother, is that the people of the Ming Dynasty have a deep-seated attachment to their hometown. Unless life and death are at stake, the people are unwilling to leave their homeland even to the death."

Just like in the Ming Dynasty, natural and man-made disasters occurred from time to time, making it difficult for the people to survive.

When the famine was severe, the common people had no choice but to leave their hometown with the whole family and travel thousands of miles to escape the famine.

But once the disaster situation improves, these ordinary people who are far away from their homeland will bring all their belongings and return to their hometown from thousands of miles away.

Because the hometown is their root.

Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, they will go home without hesitation.

It can be seen from this that it is no joke that the common people's homeland is hard to leave.

Therefore, Chongzhen was not optimistic about Xiandi's plan to move 5000 million people into the capital.

However, if you don't like it, you don't like it, but Chongzhen is not worried at all about whether the younger brother can achieve this goal.

Chongzhen has great confidence in his younger brother.

Since Xiandi proposed this large-scale population migration plan, then Xiandi must have a countermeasure.

Chongzhen raised this question just out of curiosity about how the virtuous brother would deal with the difficulty of leaving the common people's homeland.

Chen Fan smiled lightly, with a confident expression on his face.

Chongzhen's worries were not a problem to Chen Fan at all.

"Does Your Majesty know why the common people are unwilling to leave their hometowns? Even if they die, they will die in their hometowns, and will the fallen leaves return to their roots?"

Without waiting for Chongzhen to respond, Chen Fan continued to ask and answer by himself:

"Because when everyone encounters war and famine, they have to flee to other places to survive. But even if they travel thousands of miles to a different place, how many of them can settle down in a different place? The vast majority of people want to settle down in a different place, which is very difficult. It’s difficult, almost impossible. They have nothing and how can they afford to settle in a different place.”

"Therefore, if you can't survive anyway, it's better to go back to your hometown and return to your roots. At least your hometown is a place they are familiar with, and there are several acres of Susukida they have."

"Your Majesty probably rarely hears of ordinary people leaving their hometowns, settling down in other places, and abandoning everything to return to their hometowns after their careers are successful, right?"

"So, as long as they can have a better life in another place, who would want to go back to their poor hometown to suffer?"

"And these people in their hometowns don't have enough to eat, don't wear warm clothes, don't live well, and have no place to treat their illnesses, so they can only wait to die. This is not bad, but once there is a drought and the crops fail, then they can only wait. Starved to death."

"Now, in the capital, the most prosperous city in Ming Dynasty, I have prepared a stable home for them. Let them live a happy life from now on, and they don't have to go out to flee famine. There are spacious and bright high-rise buildings for them to live in. There are endless rice to fill their stomachs, jobs that cost two taels of silver a month, and the best medical resources to improve their life expectancy.”

"Let me ask, for these ordinary people, this is simply a fairy-like day. Move them from the impoverished countryside to the prosperous capital, so that they can reach the sky in one step and enjoy a modern and convenient life. Why do they disagree?"

"It is no exaggeration to say that as long as I tell them these welfare conditions, they will only wish to grow two pairs of wings and fly to the capital immediately, and they will not think about their poor hometown."

As soon as Chen Fan's words came out, everyone immediately agreed.

Getting everyone to nod in agreement.

Many of the ministers present are from well-off families and belong to powerful families in their hometowns. Luxurious houses are standard equipment.

Even so, after seeing the National Master's capital plan, they had no nostalgia for their hometown and just wanted to settle down in the capital.

Even, Pei Yuanqing has secretly made up his mind to move all the people from his hometown to the capital.

(End of this chapter)