I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 351: Training new troops!Continue to dismantle the old army!
After the Jin Dynasty incident, the court gradually became calm.

Zhu Yunxuan also began to restore the vitality of the court as much as possible, ensuring the stability of the current situation while constantly increasing the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

Enhance the potential of Ming Dynasty and hide wealth among the people.

For three months in a row, Zhu Yunzhen did not carry out any major actions, so the time came to mid-July.

The hot summer is over.

The weather is starting to get cooler, with several cold rains falling in succession, and the autumn air is crisp.

It made Zhu Yunxuan feel like he was alive again.

The entire Ming Dynasty was shrouded in extreme weather. When it was hot, it was really hot.

This summer, I don’t know how many places suffered from drought.

Especially in Shaanxi, long before the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong was fertile soil and the most important production base in the world.

The Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, and Tang Dynasty all relied on this to achieve their hegemony!

But since the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong has lost its previous strength. Instead, the land south of the Yangtze River has replaced Guanzhong as the largest grain production base.

This is also an important reason why Lao Zhu, who was born in the south, was able to win the world.

You know, among the unified dynasties, Lao Zhu is the only king who founded the country from the south!
Although this is inseparable from Lao Zhu's ability, it is also related to climate change.

Years of drought have continued and water and soil have disappeared. The Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province has suffered from disasters for several consecutive years and can only transfer food from other places.

In the future, the reason why Li Zicheng was able to establish Dashun had a lot to do with the environment in Shaanxi.

Even in the prosperous Ming Dynasty, Shaanxi suffered from disasters year after year, and the people's lives were not satisfactory.

At that time, Chongzhen was naturally in dire straits.

I can't live at all!

If you are not a bandit, what else should you be?
To rebel or not to rebel is nothing more than a question of when to die!Even if you rebel, you may live longer!
Therefore, Zhu Yunxuan has been urging local governments to build water conservancy projects this summer.

The reason why Zhu Yunzhen gave them the power to issue debts was to allow them to build water conservancy projects, and Zhu Yunzhen regarded the requirement of building water conservancy projects as an assessment of officials.

Inspired by Wusha Mao, all local officials naturally took action actively.

Water conservancy projects were overhauled in various places.

But there are many problems. Just as Zhu Yunzhen dealt with it, many places used debts for other purposes instead of building water conservancy projects after issuing debts.

Or perhaps too much debt has been issued, exceeding the local repayment capacity.

Some even put the money directly into their own pockets!
There are simply endless incidents like this.

Zhu Yunzhen spent more than half of the time just sending people to various places to arrest people!

But even so, Zhu Yunxuan still wanted to continue building water conservancy projects, because only ensuring harvests despite droughts and floods was the key to liberating the people from the fields!
In fact, the Ming Dynasty did not need so many farmers to grow food.

The root of the problem is that grain production is too low, and often in three years, only one year of the harvest is normal, and the remaining two years have more or less failed harvests.

It is even possible that there will be no harvest!

However, building water conservancy projects is still a long-term solution.

Zhu Yunzhen now has a huge demand for labor, so three months later, Zhu Yunzhen realized that the time was right, and started a new round of measures to dismantle the old army and train the new army!

So Zhu Yunzhen called Lan Yu, Feng Sheng, and Fu Youde.

The inquiry asked: "I plan to dismantle another 20 old troops and train [-] new troops at the same time."

"What do you guys think?"

The ministers of the Military Affairs Department are mainly composed of these three people. In the past, there was an additional Xu Huizu, but now Xu Huizu, like Zheng He, is far away overseas.

From Army to Navy.

Naturally, it is impossible to appear in the palace again.

Several people couldn't help being shocked when they heard that Zhu Yunxuan planned to continue to dismantle the old army.

look at each other.

Feng Sheng immediately persuaded: "Your Highness, the Ming Dynasty has a vast territory. If the army is too small, I am afraid that it will not be able to deter those who are interested!"

"Before, the loss of 20 old troops was not a big problem for the Ming Dynasty." "But now that there are 20 less old troops, I am afraid it will affect the original stability of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Your Highness, please think twice!"

Lan Yu and Fu Youde also have hidden worries.

But Zhu Yunzhen said: "I know there are difficulties here."

"But now that Ming Dynasty has built national highways everywhere, the previous arrangements for guard troops are, to be honest, outdated."

"The Ming Dynasty's defense strength actually has some surplus."

"It's just that the locations of various health stations need to be changed."

"And you are all veteran generals. You should be able to come up with a complete solution if you are familiar with military matters."

Zhu Yunxuan's meaning is very simple.

This matter must be feasible, there is no need to discuss, you just need to come up with a suitable plan.

It's just that Zhu Yunzhen's attitude this time is not so tough.

If there really is no suitable plan, Zhu Yunxian can also choose to postpone it.

"This..." Fu Youde pondered for a moment, and then said: "Your Highness, is the combat strength of the 20 new troops comparable to the [-] old troops in the past?"

To be honest, even now.

The combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty's new army is a mystery in the eyes of many generals.

Even Lan Yu, who had led the new army, was the same.

So far, no one knows the upper limit of the combat power of the Ming Dynasty's new army!

Zhu Yunzhen said directly without thinking: "The combat strength of an ordinary new army is approximately equivalent to between 20 and [-]."

"But now the new army's firearms have been updated, and the Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau has made new breakthroughs."

"As long as these firearms are updated, the combat power will far exceed 20!"

The increase in range represents a huge improvement in combat effectiveness!

The range that might have originally been only about 100 meters or even 50 meters has now suddenly expanded to 300 meters or even 500 meters away!

How can the combat effectiveness of the new army not increase?

After hearing this, Fu Youde was silent for a long time, and then said: "Your Highness, I may be able to come up with a way to help your Highness replace these 20 old troops."

"It's just that your Highness needs to be patient."

"Don't be impatient."

Fu Youde's words immediately made Zhu Yunzhen's eyes light up.

Since the last anxious lesson, Zhu Yunzhen has set his sights on the more distant long-term.

How old are you?
There is no need to rush for results, just take your time!

"Patience? All I have is patience."

"However, you have to come up with a more complete method, otherwise the old army will be dismantled and the chaos of the last labor camp will not happen again!"

Fu Youde quickly assured.

Said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will naturally discuss it with other generals."

"Your Highness, please just wait for the good news!"

Zhu Yunxuan glanced at Fu Youde in confusion, wondering what kind of medicine this guy was selling in his gourd.

But since he said there is a way.

So why not believe him once?
When the new army is strengthened, the old army of not only 20, but also 50 can be completely disbanded by then!
The Ming Dynasty's army did not need so many people at all.

The navy, as well as high precision, are the development direction of the Ming Dynasty's army.

The Ming Dynasty's army only needed to defend the border.

(End of this chapter)