Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 597

Zhu Youjian's words stunned the officials in the palace, and then everyone realized instantly that Hou Xun had forgotten about the case of attacking officials.

The emperor had long wanted to vigorously rectify the south of the Yangtze River. This vicious incident of attacking and killing court officials just gave the emperor the most legitimate reason. This time, he did not know how many rich and powerful families would be involved, and eventually ended up with their families ruined.

Although the emperor decreed to abolish the Nanjing small imperial court in the early stage and moved many Nanjing officials north to Beijing. During this period, many officials from the north were successively placed in Jiangnan, but these measures did not hurt the foundation of Jiangnan interest groups.

Over the past 200 years, many officials and gentry and their descendants, no matter they are in office or have left their posts and returned home, still firmly control the huge wealth of this most prosperous and prosperous place in Ming Dynasty, and stand by when the country of Daming is in danger. After it has stabilized completely, the emperor will settle accounts after autumn.

Regarding the emperor's ideas and practices, all the officials in the palace were basically happy to see their success.

Now, none of the important court officials, including the cabinet ministers, is a member of the Donglin Party, and they have no major personal interests in Jiangnan. Of course, the emperor's practice of cleaning up the Jiangnan Group will not arouse great opposition.

Anyone with a normal IQ knows very well that the case of attacking and killing court officials must have been instigated by some people whose interests have been harmed.

Those greedy people misjudged the current situation, thinking that the current emperor, like those previous emperors who cherished their reputation and did not want to leave a bad name in the history, would eventually adopt a tolerant attitude towards their various methods. The handling is the same as before, compromised in the quarrel.

But this time they miscalculated.

What he has done in the past few years has been very similar to that of Taizu and Taizong. He acted decisively and used ruthless means.

"The matter of calming the people and appeasing the people will be discussed here. What I will say next is related to the government and the army. You can speak out if you have any suggestions."

Since he hadn't received the report on Jinyiwei's related matters, Zhu Youjian didn't know how much he could gain this time, so he just mentioned it from the side and then changed the topic.

According to Zhu Youjian's private speculation and estimation, this time he is about to make another big fortune. He has already ordered Gong Fanwu to take the elite forces of Sihai Trading Company to Songjiang Mansion to receive the final fruits of victory. I am going to take the opportunity to start implementing the plan for the gentry to pay food in one package.

"In view of the fact that the elite officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are conquering the northeast and northwest, and these two directions are both bitter and cold places, it is the top priority to focus on improving the logistics support of the officers and soldiers while strengthening their military equipment.

First of all, the governments of Northwest Gansu, Ningxia and other places should vigorously promote cotton planting after they are self-sufficient in food.The Ministry of War should set up military supply offices in Gansu, Ningxia, and the northern borders of Shaanxi to purchase the daily supplies needed by the officers and soldiers. The enemy is engaged. "

In Zhu Youjian's perception, the Northwest region is also one of China's cotton-producing areas in later generations. As long as the local government comes forward and organizes manpower and material resources to invest in it, it will take a few years for the military cotton clothes and bedding needed by the Northwest officers and troops to be sold. Most of them can be settled locally, which saves the huge cost of long-distance transportation from the capital thousands of miles away.

The reason why this time the Military Supplies Office was set up for external procurement, rather than the imperial court directly opening workshops, is that Zhu Youjian wanted to enable local merchants to open workshops and hire local people to work to make money, so as to drive the development of related industries and promote local A way of thinking about economic vitality.

As long as the measures are taken properly and the local government pays attention to it, the impoverished Northwest region will also benefit greatly from it in a few years.

According to Zhu Youjian's vision, the clothes, hats, shoes, socks, bedding, etc. worn by the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had to be replaced every two years. The sum of this expenditure alone was an astonishing figure.

Take the Northwest Army led by Cao Wenzhao as an example. The entire Northwest army now has nearly 2 horses, excluding ordnance. Boots, two pairs of winter cotton boots, two pairs of cotton gloves, cotton earmuffs, two pairs of spring and autumn single socks, two pairs of winter cotton socks, one spring and autumn thin bedding, and one winter thick bedding.

The 1 Northern Expeditionary Army led by Ma Xianglin and the more than [-] defenders in the Northeast also need the same military supplies. The most important means to drive local economic development.

"The Ministry of War must keep in mind that when purchasing military supplies, it is necessary to check whether the items are qualified, and not to pass them off as good ones. I will send factory guards to inspect them. If this is found, the perpetrators will be beheaded on the spot!"

After explaining how to operate, Zhu Youjian emphasized the advantages and disadvantages. Yang Sichang, who was in charge of the Ministry of War, saluted and took his seat.

Since Zhu Youjian's decree did not involve changing the supply of armaments, it did not arouse the opposition of the ministers. As long as the imperial court stopped the rationing of weapons, food and salaries, it would be impossible for the Ming Dynasty to see the phenomenon of separatist regimes reappear.

Now the military inspection department has also made a major breakthrough in the improvement and manufacture of flintlocks. The misfire rate of flintlocks has dropped to a little over [-]%, and the style of the flintlocks is closer to the rifles of later generations.This kind of firecracker with a thick butt can make the soldiers feel more comfortable and confident when shooting. After some of them were distributed to the Beijing camp for trial use, they were widely praised by the soldiers.

The Military Supervision has now stopped the production of traditional matchlock firearms, and is fully engaged in the production of new flintlock firearms. The monthly production has reached [-] rods, and the speed is still being further improved.

Soldiers in the fifth battalion of the Beijing Camp have already been equipped with new-style flintlock guns, which greatly shortened the time it took to compare them with traditional gunfire guns in the school field.Calculated according to the time system of later generations, gunners can basically achieve a speed of two rounds per minute, which is several times faster than the speed of two rounds in three minutes for arquebus shooting, which greatly improves the combat efficiency of the army, and no longer fears The effect of rainy weather on firecrackers.

Zhu Youjian has decreed that the Beijing camp will stop receiving new guns after it is equipped with [-] rods. The new guns produced by the Military Weapons Supervision will be allocated to the Northeast, Zhengbei, and Northwest armies in units of every [-] rods. After all these front-line troops have been refitted, the rest of the officers and soldiers will start to receive equipment.

As for the equipment of other military supplies, the same steps are taken. Everything is focused on the front line, and even the Beijing camp has to give way.

"My dear friends, since the founding of the Taizu and the enfeoffment of the feudal vassals, there have been more than a million clans and vassals in the Ming Dynasty, and the number of people who eat Lumi every year is also very alarming. This is a crux of the matter that people with insight are worried about.

The former king of Zhou asked himself to reduce half of the acres he owned, and he really set an example for the clans all over the world. However, it has been more than two years now, and no one from the other twenty relatives has responded to his righteous act. This move chills me. endlessly.

Feeling that the land occupied by the vassals does not pay any taxes, but enjoys the injustice of the world, I intend to reduce the permanent employment enjoyed by the vassals, and completely abolish the restriction that the vassal kings are not allowed to leave the fiefdom without authorization. I don’t know what you think ? "

　Thanks to SHAJIA, Egg Cake Robber for the reward.

　　
　
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