Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

When the two internal and external needs overlapped, Zhu Yunhuan suddenly felt that the confusion in his mind was gradually becoming clear.

"So... now it's clear."

"First, let the Ming Dynasty strengthen internally and initially meet the conditions for going out to sea. Then, we can implement the policy of 'developing internally and promoting trade externally.' With these two approaches, the snowball will begin to roll."

Zhu Yunhuan nodded with a faint smile on his face.

He took a deep breath and stretched.

Then he focused his attention on the rice paper with the words "Three Elements of Productivity" written on it.

Just as Jiang Li silently noted down.

There are only three main points on it, and Zhu Yunhuan did not have enough time to think about the details of this matter carefully.

Now that the coronation ceremony has ended, the time for Zhu Yuanzhang's burial has been decided, there is a certain amount of glass in stock, and the sweet potato vines are growing well, Zhu Yunhuan finally has time to calm down and think about this matter seriously.

He clenched the needle in his hand and fell into deep thought.

The three elements of productivity were proposed by the famous teacher Ma: laborers, means of labor, and objects of labor.

Speaking of which.

We have to thank the university’s mechanism of compulsory study of Mr. Ma’s theories.

Zhu Yunhuan was a person who tended to pursue perfection in his previous life, so even though he was not very interested in this kind of thing at the time, in order to get a weighted average score, he still studied this course seriously instead of memorizing it by rote to get 60 points.

But later, as he studied seriously.

Only then did I realize it.

Teacher Ma is really fucking awesome.

After a pause, Zhu Yunhuan withdrew his thoughts that had drifted to the 21st century, and picked up the pen on the rice paper where he had previously written the outline.

Under the line [1. Workers] are written the words [creators and users of material elements]. This is Teacher Ma’s definition.

In fact, to put it in terms that people can understand, it means: those who work and those who consume.

In other words.

We need to increase the population.

This era is not like the 21st century, when having a baby requires a lot of considerations. At this time, almost everyone has the idea of ​​"continuing the family line" imprinted in their minds.

The question is whether this child can be raised up.

The biggest limitation on population size is food.

Fortunately, Zhu Yunhuan had made a clever move ten years ago, asking Ma Sanbao to keep an eye out for high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes. He was also lucky enough to actually find a few sweet potato vines!

As long as you can successfully grow sweet potatoes, there is no need to worry about this.

When the conditions are ripe, we can go to America and bring back other high-yield foods such as potatoes and corn. By then, the population will surely explode.

Zhu Yunhuan subconsciously looked towards the backyard of the Qianqing Palace and a smile appeared on his face.

Then he lowered his head.

Wrote [sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn...]

"Then comes this second point."

"Means of production: the sum of all material resources that influence and change the object of labor..." Zhu Yunhuan muttered as he recalled, and at the same time, he wrote down these contents in the blank space below the second point.

This can be summed up in one sentence: production tools!

Zhu Yunhuan wrote the four words "Industrial Revolution" below without any thought, with vigorous and powerful strokes.

Just like his surging emotions at the moment.

The advent of the Industrial Revolution marked a turning point in the history of this world, directly changing the backward production methods and ushering in an era where machines replaced manual labor!

Britain was the first to start. Through the rapid development of domestic handicrafts, overseas trade and colonial rule, it accumulated abundant capital and created an empire on which the sun never set in the second half of the 18th century.

It also laid the foundation for Europe to plunder the world. Historically, China suffered from backward development more than 500 years later.