Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 731 Finale (1)

The turmoil in the outer court was still going on, and people were saying all kinds of things, but Zhu Youxiao ignored them all and stayed in the Qianqing Palace doing what interested him.

In fact, for the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, they are not afraid of a strong emperor, a murderous emperor, a warmongering emperor, or a troublesome emperor... What they are really afraid of is that the emperor hides in the Qianqing Palace and does not show up. This is equivalent to losing the opportunity to get close to the emperor, and then being unable to guess his intentions!

The Jiajing Emperor and the Wanli Emperor have received mixed reviews in history, and the most criticized thing about them is that they did not attend court to govern the country.

However, those who are truly familiar with the Ming system all know that not attending court to govern the country is actually a suspension of the meaningless regular court sessions. After all, military and national affairs have never been finalized in regular court sessions!

Time was too precious to Zhu Youxiao. Since he ascended the throne, he had basically never held regular court meetings. If you really counted them, you could probably count them on one hand. Only when there was any major military or national event would he summon the relevant civil and military officials and hold court meetings in front of the emperor to make things clear. This was the real reason.

"The suppression of the Jianlu rebellion in Liaodong is affected by certain factors. It is impossible to gather a large number of troops to launch an offensive in a short period of time, but the Military Affairs Council cannot relax because of this!"

Qianqing Palace.

Dong Nuan Pavilion.

Zhu Youxiao stood with his hands behind his back, staring at the map in front of him, frowning slightly and saying, "Through the previous summary and sorting, it is not difficult to see that there are still many shortcomings to be made up in Liaodong."

"The construction and development of the military horse farm, the improvement of the various roads in Liaodong, the construction and expansion of Liaodong military warehouses, the construction and development of Liaodong military industry... these are all things that need to be closely watched. The suppression of the rebellion in Liaodong, including the subsequent pan-Northeast strategy, cannot rely on the central government for everything. The losses during this period are too great, and if things go on like this, the financial pressure on the central government will be too great."

"Not to mention that while filling these gaps, Liaodong still has many policies to implement. Liaodong is preparing to build a provincial administration commissioner's office, Liaodong will withdraw its garrisons and set up prefectures, counties and districts, Liaodong's state-owned farms will be finalized and implemented, Jilin and Heilongjiang provincial governors will be prepared to build, Liaodong's border defense system will be restructured, and Liaodong will implement unified planning and marketing... Now that these policies have been clarified, they must be implemented without compromise."

"How to balance these things? The Military Affairs Council cannot be a bystander. It must be the initiator, decision maker, advocate, and supervisor. These must be coordinated with the Liaodong Governor's Office and the Liaodong Governor's Office. And this is only the Liaodong side. There is much more to do at the central level."

Wei Guangxu, Zhang Kentang, He Tengjiao, Lu Xiangsheng, Shen Tingyang and other ministers of the Military Affairs Council listened to what the emperor said with serious expressions.

Behind them, there were more than a dozen people writing furiously.

Northern Zhili promoted the development of intensive handicraft manufacturing, which brought enormous changes to the Ming Dynasty. Among them, there were many things that seemed small but had a huge impact.

For example, the mass production of paper.

For example, the mass production of pencils.

Even pens made an appearance.

The improved products mentioned above have been widely used in the Shaofu, Junwuyuan and other departments, which has brought great convenience to the recording and archiving of various documents and files.

The continuous improvement of productivity is for greater convenience. If this principle is violated, Zhu Youxiao really does not know what the significance of improving productivity is.

Nostalgia is okay.

You can't be conservative!

All that Zhu Youxiao did was based on the premise of maintaining the civilization of China, but the key is to explore new paths from the inherited civilization. "Also, it is necessary to clearly define all kinds of new equipment, and give priority to supplying them to Liaodong, provided that they meet the batches of equipment required by the various departments under the jurisdiction of the Central Government."

After saying this, Zhu Youxiao slowly turned around and looked at Wei Guangxu and the others and said, "We need to try to increase the production of new equipment such as telescopes, engineer shovels, triangular bayonets, self-ringing clocks, portable pocket watches, etc. You have seen the military intelligence reports submitted by the Liaodong Governor's Office. Wars are fought with equipment and weapons, and they are paid with human lives. How many warriors in my Ming Dynasty dare to squander like this?"

"Your Majesty, this may be difficult to handle."

Shen Tingyang looked embarrassed, and bowed to Zhu Youxiao and said, "It's not that I am deliberately shirking my responsibility. Among the various new equipment, the telescope is easier to deal with. We can just increase the scale of the special colored glaze."

"But equipment like the engineer shovel and the triangular bayonet require special iron materials. Ordinary wrought iron and pig iron will not work. The production of this kind of special iron materials is limited. If you want to increase production, you have to transfer some funds."

"The special iron materials needed for Hongwu-style flintlock rifles and Hongwu-style light, medium and heavy artillery are also in extremely short supply. Without them, the quality of the guns and artillery produced will be greatly reduced..."

It's hard to do things.

Listening to Shen Tingyang's truthful report, Zhu Youxiao sighed in his heart. The current situation and difficulties he was facing were not only the high military expenditures, but also the development of various supporting industries and the shortage of corresponding industry talents. These were not something that could be accumulated in just a few years.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

As soon as Shen Tingyang finished speaking, Lu Xiangsheng stepped forward and bowed, saying, "I'm afraid it will be difficult to increase North Korea's military equipment quota in a short period of time."

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"what happened?"

Zhu Youxiao frowned.

"The Korean royal court can no longer provide the gold and silver to support the various armaments and military supplies for the troops aiding Korea," Lu Xiangsheng said truthfully.

"From helping Korea fight the invaders to suppressing the usurpers, the remnants of the Jianlu who invaded Korea have been defeated and retreated from the Korean mainland, fleeing back to Nurgan through the Kuandian forts. The usurpers led by Li Jong are wreaking havoc in the Korean mainland."

"The Korean royal court has spent more than 8 million taels of gold and silver, and then purchased various military equipment and military supplies from our Ming Dynasty. The Korean prince has submitted several memorials, begging..."

It's just over 8 million taels of gold and silver, and you're already complaining?

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly in his heart. It was true that the vassal state of Korea was poor, but it was not so poor to this extent!

"Then order the aiding Korean troops to stop the offensive."

Zhu Youxiao said in a cold tone: "It is true that the Ming Dynasty is the suzerain of Korea, but the Ming Dynasty also has many problems to solve. Asking them to pay gold and silver to purchase various necessities from our dynasty is already a grace from our dynasty. If they can't pay, the Ming Dynasty will not send troops to interfere in this war to suppress the usurpation!"

Zhu Youxiao had clearly planned to take advantage of the rebellion in Korea to obtain various resources under its rule. One purpose was to promote the development of intensive manual manufacturing industry, one was to drive the development and management of Liaodong, one was to continuously develop the shipbuilding and shipping industries, and one was to turn Korea into a supplier of raw materials and a dumping ground for goods!
None of these established core plans and deployments can be shaken. The battle in Korea is not about how long Li Jong and his men want to persist, but how long the Ming Dynasty wants to fight in Korea.

Zhu Youxiao needs this enclave of Korea to relieve the pressure on the central government of the Ming Dynasty and to drive the development of the local areas of the Ming Dynasty. When all that should be squeezed has been squeezed, it will be time to reap the Korean royal family and the Korean prominent families and aristocrats. After this plan is accomplished, the Ming Dynasty will control the entire territory of Korea!
Korea under the collective farm is what the Ming Dynasty needs most. As for when to build the Korean Administration Commission, we have to wait until the pan-Northeast region of the Ming Dynasty can truly develop! !
(End of this chapter)