Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 905: Restructuring of the Beijing Camp (1)

Zhu Youxiao was not at all surprised by the Japanese invasion, rebellion, examination boycott and military mutiny that occurred in Zhejiang and Fujian. For a long time, the Yangtze River area and the areas to its south had been in a peaceful situation most of the time. With the gradual development of the southeast, it was inevitable that the groups in this land would accumulate a strong foundation.

There are no thousand-year dynasties in this world, but there are thousand-year families, and hundreds of years are even more common. Perhaps some will wither or even die during this period, but new ones will also come in. The key is that they have a large amount of resources, which allows them to reproduce quickly.

In Zhu Youxiao's eyes, this is similar to the existence of a clan. They are dependent on the dynasty and hide in the local area to ensure the inheritance and continuation of the family.

However, although this piece of land is huge, it is also limited. Every extra point they grab, the lower class will have one less point, which will then be fed back to the ruling class, resulting in huge financial problems.

But the problem is that people will not care about other things when it comes to these troubles. This country is not theirs. They just want to ensure that their own interests are not damaged. Even if the country they are in is no longer viable and needs to change hands or change, it is nothing more than selective investment. In addition to ensuring the foundation in troubled times, they will then seek greater breakthroughs!
Qianqing Palace.

Dong Nuan Pavilion.

"There are always some people who believe that as long as certain places become chaotic to a certain extent, the people in the chaotic areas will be incited, and then cause greater unrest, which will force the court to make concessions and force me to make concessions."

Zhu Youxiao looked grimly at the officials in the Military Affairs Council in the palace, "But they have forgotten one thing. Since I ascended the throne, no matter how dangerous the situation was, I have never thought of retreating!"

"In Liaodong, the Jianlu are rampant and are committing crimes. They want to invade Liaodong through war and then establish a separate regime in Liaodong to dominate the country. But what is the result?"

"In Shandong, the traitor Xu was so bold that he wanted to use the evil cult of the White Lotus Sect to start a rebellion in Qi and Lu, causing great damage to the Ming Dynasty. But what was the result?"

"In the southwest, the two rebels She and An were ambitious and tried to start a rebellion in Sichuan and Guizhou, and then bring chaos to the entire southwest. During this period, a large number of rebels responded, but what was the result?"

The atmosphere in the hall was somewhat subtle.

Chen Shiqi, Zhang Guowei and others showed different expressions.

indeed.

Since the emperor ascended the throne, the country has faced many internal and external troubles, all of which have caused great shock and impact. However, under such turmoil, the rule of the country has not been greatly affected at all.

"Not to mention what happened before and after this. I won't mention the major cases, the disasters that occurred, and the reforms of some bad policies. How many things happened before and after this?"

Zhu Youxiao continued, "Even so, I did not choose to give in. Now, Zhejiang and Fujian continue to have problems. I don't know whether it is because not enough people have been arrested in Zhejiang and Fujian, or some people outside Zhejiang and Fujian feel that the court's actions in the southeast have seriously threatened their so-called interests, and then fanned the flames in Zhejiang and Fujian."

"When Qian Qianyi first met with Your Majesty, he expressed his various concerns to me, but my attitude was simply this: if they continue to act recklessly, I will wash the southeast with blood!"

Some people's hands began to tremble slightly.

This has come true.

Lu Xiangsheng, Qi Jin, Fang Zhenghua, Shen Tingyang, Cui Chengxiu and others who were sent by the emperor to various places in the southeast arrested and killed countless people within their respective areas of responsibility. One month before New Year's Day, Yuan Shizhen chose to take the lead in implementing salt reform in Southern Zhili amid this turmoil, which led to a group of opponents being arrested by the Salt Tax Beijing Police Corps.

There are unspoken rules in the Ming Dynasty.

When it comes to large-scale arrests or executions, the news will only spread locally, but there will be no news elsewhere. Even if it reaches the central government, it will only be spread in a small range. This is to avoid causing unnecessary impact.

But doing so does not mean that fewer people will be arrested or killed.

"Since there have been mutinies in Zhejiang and Fujian, let's hand it over to Qi Jin in Zhejiang and Xiong Wencan in Fujian. Based on the actual situation of suppressing the Japanese and the rebellion, we will dispatch a group of elite troops to suppress them."

Looking at the people with different expressions, Zhu Youxiao said calmly: "In addition, please send an imperial edict to the southeastern provinces in the name of the Military Affairs Council. If this kind of phenomenon still occurs in various places and further aggravates the turmoil in the southeast, then I don't mind sending the army in Beijing to suppress it!!" "Your Highness obeys your order!!"

Chen Shiqi, Zhang Guowei and his entourage hurriedly bowed and greeted them.

But their hearts were extremely uneasy.

They did not have much objection to letting Qi Jin and Xiong Wencan handle the mutiny. After all, during the period of suppressing the Japanese pirates and the rebellion, the number of troops under their command increased significantly. This was all expanded under the guidance of the Military Affairs Council. For this purpose, several batches of graduates from the Royal Military Academy were sent to the two places to take up corresponding military positions.

However, this imperial edict was specifically aimed at the southeastern provinces. It was obviously a warning to the people there that if they still dared to resist, the court would not mind wiping everything out, and at worst, it would just have to govern from scratch.

This is no longer just a simple deterrent.

But it is completely clear.

If you dare to jump around again, let’s fight each other.

"Let's take care of these things first."

While everyone was thinking about this, Zhu Youxiao said coldly: "Tomorrow, we will hold a court meeting in Wuying Palace to discuss the reform of the Beijing camp. All the officials involved will come to participate."

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Chen Shiqi, Zhang Guowei and others showed complicated expressions.

This step is finally coming.

It's just that this happened two years faster than expected.

The reform of the Beijing Camp is an important symbol of the military reform in the Ming Dynasty. This step must be taken. Once the reform is successful, it will be gradually implemented in other parts of the Ming Dynasty, and then the past model will be completely changed.

The moment I left the East Warm Pavilion, a gust of cold wind blew over me.

The wind blew on the officials in the Military Affairs Council, making them all shiver.

"Why are there always some people who are so overconfident that they think what they do will definitely cause unrest in the local area, and even use it to threaten the court?"

Chen Shiqi felt somewhat disappointed, and said to Zhang Guowei who was traveling with him, "The current situation in the southeast is caused by these people. If they hadn't done that, perhaps the situation would not have developed this way."

“Human beings are never satisfied.”

Zhang Guowei sighed: "After getting something, they want more. Once they have this greed, it is difficult to ask them to give up their interests."

"Let's go, we have a lot to do tomorrow."

Chen Shiqi exclaimed softly and quickened his pace.

Snow fell silently at this time. In the wind and snow, the scarlet robes worn by Chen Shiqi, Zhang Guowei and others seemed so dazzling. This seemed to be silently telling us what would happen in the southeast next. However, such a thing was something that many people wanted to avoid, but it was secretly sabotaged by some people...

(End of this chapter)