Comprehensive martial arts: Summon the thunder and lightning general, I will rule the world

Before the Southern Song Dynasty annexed Dali and the Jin Dynasty, the population data was 20 million households.

Remember, this is a household!
In Zhu Houzhao's opinion, there would be no problem in multiplying this number several times.

In terms of population, the State of Song did have a large population, and no wonder there were so many countries.

Treat the two Song dynasties as fat meat.

Not to mention the Southern Song Dynasty, even the Northern Song Dynasty in this world had a population of 50 to 60 million at its peak, but constant wars caused the population to continue to decline.

The damage to ordinary civilians is indeed enormous.

Tieshui really thought so before, and Zhu Houzhao also thinks so now.

Zhu Houzhao was bound to occupy the Southern Song Dynasty, and the sooner he occupied it, the better.

But if he went to the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao would have to demonstrate his greatness.

Zhu Houzhao had no good face towards the literati, officials, gentry and landlords of the Southern Song Dynasty. If these people had no problems, he would keep them and kill them when problems arose in the future.

If there is any problem, all nine clans will be harvested immediately.

Ever since all the bastards in the Ming Dynasty were gone, no one dared to directly jump out to oppose Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao said that he had not executed the entire nine clans for a year or two.

Even Zhu Houzhao himself felt that he was too kind.

If you don't often do the task of exterminating nine generations of a clan, you will most likely forget how to do it.

Zhu Houzhao said that he now misses the original feeling a little.

That's killing nine clans!
If nothing happened, even Zhu Houzhao would not have killed the entire clan for no reason!!
Zhu Houzhao was quite a rule-abiding person, but of course the prerequisite was that the other party also followed the rules. If the other party did not follow the rules, Zhu Houzhao would simply overturn the table and quit.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao was destined to kill many people and win the hearts of the common people. He also had to develop many industries in the Southern Song Dynasty.

For example, salt production. The Ming Dynasty's salt production technology is now ahead of other countries in the Zongwu Continent by at least three eras!
For example, wool...

The industrial system is still not perfect!
By the way, how did the Rabbit family improve its industrial system?
It seems that there are many enemies involved?
Once Zhu Houzhao's plan succeeded, the people of the Southern Song Dynasty would be supported, the common people would live a good life, and the lives of the herdsmen would also improve, and naturally no one would want to rebel.

As for Zhao Kuangyin and Kublai Khan, who are they?
The demands of ordinary people at the bottom are actually very simple. They don’t need a very high status, as long as they can have enough food and drink.

The Ming Dynasty has almost achieved this, so the next step is to consider how to make these people live a good life.

Later, Zhu Houzhao would also help other areas of the Ming Dynasty to live a good life. After all, after confiscating the property of those scholars and officials, he would have the resources to build these places, right?
I just don't know, when the scholars and officials see the Ming army marching straight in, will they choose to resist?
Or they can choose to flee to other countries. To be honest, if they choose to flee to the Tang Dynasty at this time, it will be the best choice for these people.

After all, Zhao Kuangyin could not be a match for Zhu Houzhao. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that.

If Zhao Kuangyin was really that powerful, he wouldn't have been beaten to 300,000 men by Kublai Khan!
When facing Kublai Khan, Zhao Kuangyin also suffered heavy casualties. Even a famous general like Yang Ye was killed because of Zhao Kuangyin's incompetence. Six of Yang Ye's sons died because of Zhao Kuangyin.

This is simply...

I don't know what to say.

In any case, in Zhu Houzhao's opinion, Zhao Kuangyin was not much better than his grandfather or great-grandfather.

Yes, it is the Ming Dynasty God of War Zhu Qizhen!
These two are almost on the same level!
Of course, this is only in the field of leading troops to fight. If it is considered as civil governance, Zhu Qizhen is still a little worse than Zhao Kuangyin. After all, Zhu Qizhen turned the Ming Dynasty from an increasingly powerful empire into a decadent existence!!
In Zhu Houzhao's opinion, the most prodigal son in the Ming Dynasty was Zhu Qizhen.

Compared with Zhu Qizhen, the Wanli and others who came after him were still far inferior.

Perhaps some people will brag about the three great expeditions of the Wanli Emperor, thinking that this also proves how great the Emperor was. However, it was also during Wanli's reign that the Ming Dynasty truly entered its twilight years.

Of course, Zhu Youjian’s short-lived father, Zhu Changluo, was probably only emperor for more than a month, but this guy also had problems with his brain.

This guy is also a huge spendthrift, for example, he scrapped the mining tax and stuff.

On the surface, these policies seem to be good policies.

But who is happy?
It's the officials, the literati! It's the landlord class. For the common people, this is of no benefit at all.

However, the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty was reduced a lot.

Based on what Zhu Houzhao knew about the environment in the late Ming Dynasty, he only needed to do the opposite of what the Donglin Party and the literati said.

As long as the proposal does not satisfy their wishes, it is truly beneficial to the royal family, the people, and the Ming Dynasty!
At least that's what Zhu Houzhao thought. Without a system, Zhu Houzhao actually didn't know how to deal with these officials, gentry and landlords.

Don't think that you are the emperor, and that once you say something, it cannot be taken back, and that everyone needs to listen to you.

Anyway, Zhu Houzhao didn't believe such words.

Once the emperor shows that he is not cooperating with them, these civil servants who have no moral integrity or bottom line will dare to replace the emperor directly.

Poisoning the emperor to death was a very normal thing for civil officials in the Ming Dynasty.

As long as you disobey, you may be poisoned or drowned, which is also the fate of many Ming Dynasty emperors.

Anyway, in the Ming Dynasty, as an emperor, you just need to rule the country and hand over power to these literati.

To some extent, the lack of moral integrity among the literati in the late Ming Dynasty was definitely the worst in all dynasties.

Even in the Southern Ming Dynasty, these guys were still fighting among themselves, but the Southern Song Dynasty existed for more than a hundred years.

Even facing the Yuan Dynasty, they could still hold on for decades.

In that era, the Southern Song Dynasty was definitely the country that lasted the longest.

It can be said that at that time, who would not have a headache when encountering Mongolia?
The Mongols were truly powerful at their peak, and the Southern Song Dynasty was indeed not good at military affairs.

But in terms of economy, the Southern Song Dynasty was indeed very powerful. Sometimes, even Zhu Houzhao didn't know how to complain about those literati.

Well, having said that, these are all things Zhao Kuangyin will need to face later. If necessary, Zhu Houzhao can even kill Zhao Kuangyin at this time.

At the beginning, Zhu Houzhao was also prepared to kill him.

If Zhao Kuangyin had not chosen to send a large army to encircle Kublai Khan's army at that time, Zhu Houzhao would have killed Zhao Kuangyin without hesitation and then dealt with Kublai Khan's army.

But Zhao Kuangyin made the right choice, which was enough to allow Zhao Kuangyin to live longer. (End of this chapter)