King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Chapter 145 Lao Zhu is shocked! Just go back and kill them all?
anyway.

Zhu Tan couldn't forgive a promiscuous wife and daughter who caused so many military families to be ruined!
Zhu Tan turned around.

He said indifferently: "Yin Shao, summon the best executioner from Yanzhou for me! You must cut this bastard's body with 3,600 knives! If you miss one more knives, I won't obey!"

Yin Shao nodded and accepted the order.

Behind Zhu Tan. .
When Zhao Nian heard this, he screamed again and again!
"Your Highness, how could you break your promise? Your Highness! Your Highness! You can't do that."

While shouting, his whole body struggled violently.

Zhu Tan stood still when he shouted.

Suddenly smiled.

"Zhao Nian, you place too high a value on my reputation! I am not qualified to forgive you for the military families you have framed!"

talking.

Zhu Tan turned his head and walked out of the dungeon.

Only when going on an expedition, the state will provide certain subsidies and logistical support to soldiers.

In addition to more than 100 people, they are the core of the force raised by Zhao Nian of Qianhu, responsible for suppressing all resistance in Qianhu.

Definitely not applicable to Ming Dynasty.

Recruiting soldiers usually requires the supply of salary and silver. Although silver was expensive in the early Ming Dynasty, at least one soldier needed one tael of silver!
Next is training, ordnance, horses, and logistics. If these costs are totaled, each soldier consumes at least five to six taels of silver per month!

Recruitment is different.

From ancient times to the present.

The ancients said: Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger!
And the harm caused by these corrupt officials is more cruel than a tiger eating a human!

After all, tigers can only eat people at most, but they will not insult, squeeze, or exploit people like this!

The remaining people have either become insensitive tenants, being squeezed by Zhao Nian day and night.

After all, these soldiers don't need anything to distract them except training and fighting all day long.

The government military system is based on local units and is responsible for local military organization and defense tasks.

This kind of military system has too many drawbacks and will definitely collapse in the later stage.

The consequences of this approach are self-evident.

In a backward feudal era, even in the heyday of a dynasty, the phenomenon of official corruption was very serious.

The soldiers recruited by the recruitment system are all professional soldiers, and it is actually the best way to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army.

Guard soldiers do not need extra money from the state to support them.

Take a big breath of fresh air.

Or, they are simply people hired by Zhao Nian from elsewhere, who can do nothing but cultivate the land!
The entire Yanzhou Zuowei Qianhu Office is finished!
Zhu Tan frowned for a long time.

Behind him, Chen Huowei's surprised voice came.

It is extremely easy for local separatist regimes to emerge.

But now, he suddenly discovered that this was not the case at all.

soon.

but.

"Hey! Why did you pee, you bastard? You coward!"

But the shortcomings of the recruitment system are also obvious, that is, it is too expensive!

However, then I thought about it.

The air he breathed out no longer smelled like scum, and he felt much more comfortable.

The recruitment system is to form an army by recruiting soldiers.

They are the government army system, the recruitment system, the guard system, the conscription system, the world army system, the army-peasant integration system, the all-people-military system, and so on.

The well-known ones include Qi Jiguang's Qi Jiajun and Li Chengliang's Liaodong Cavalry.

Once, he naively believed that officials in the early years of Hongwu were still qualified, and that corruption would only become serious in the last years of a dynasty.

There are roughly several types of Chinese military systems.

Maybe it’s time to report the situation of Qianhu Office to Lao Zhu and tell him that it must be reformed!

Therefore, for now, since the guardsmen can maintain good combat effectiveness, the most suitable military system for the imperial court is the guardhouse system.

Zhu Tan also knew how the thousands of guardsmen were gathered together.

Zhu Tan shook his head again.

In fact, when the Ming Dynasty's garrison system collapsed, the imperial court mainly relied on the recruitment system to conquer wars in the north and south and suppress peasant uprisings.

These are ordinary soldiers. If you add cavalry, heavy armored infantry, and the firearms battalion that Zhu Tan imagined, a single soldier may cost ten taels of silver!

For the first time, Zhu Tan regretted that he had stopped Lao Zhu and prevented Guo Huan's case from expanding.

At the same time, because the national finance can guarantee the food, wages and equipment for the recruitment system, soldiers have no worries and have greater combat effectiveness.

For example, military households must serve as soldiers for generations. With the development of society, the phenomenon of emphasizing civility over military affairs has become more and more serious. It has become the mainstream social understanding that good men should not be soldiers.

The ruin of military households has become an inevitable result.

At the same time, although military households were allocated 50 acres of land, as the population of military households increased, 50 acres of land was not enough to support more and more people. By then, military households would have no other choice but to flee.

Coupled with the fact that military officers are becoming more and more corrupt, for example, if a bastard like Qian Hu Zhao Nian appears, the lives of military households will become even more difficult.

Either the military discipline will be weakened and they will become farmers and tenants with the same fighting ability as ordinary people.

Or they simply fled, and the land they originally owned for military camps was occupied by local officers.

It can only be said that the health center system is still feasible as a temporary measure, but as the country develops, it must be reformed.

It is a pity that Zhu Yuanzhang, as the founding king of the country, had too great influence on later generations.

The mess left by Wei will be almost impossible to clean up in later generations. There are still people who argue that the ancestral method is immutable, but it has not changed.

In the end, we can only tinker with the garrison system and come up with a nondescript military recruitment system.

The combat effectiveness of the national army is no longer a problem for the time being.

But a large number of armies have also unknowingly become private armies of some people.

For example, Zuo Liangyu's private army and Wu Sangui's Guan Ning cavalry.
Zhu Tan thought of this.

Decided to stick to the old routine.

You implement your policies and I carry out my reforms!
The court has no money, but I have it!
As long as those Fujian merchants sell the salt from Changlu Salt Farm, they will have a steady stream of money in the future!

Simultaneously.

Now Zhutan also has Qingzhou as its outlet to the sea!

The sea environment in the north of Qingzhou is average. Although it is adjacent to Laizhou Bay, it is difficult to build a large port.

All the good ports are in Laizhou. (Yantai and Qingdao today)
However, there are still good ports in the south of Qingzhou.

That's sunshine!
At the same time, Anton Guard was also assigned to Zhu Tan's jurisdiction.

In the future, Zhu Tan plans to build the Anton Guard into the most powerful navy in the Far East.

Anyway, once you have an outlet to the sea, you can do trade as you please, and money won’t come as you please?

If it doesn't work, Zhu Tan remembers that there are many silver mines in Japan next door.
You can help them mine it first!
In short, whether it is smuggling or robbery, Zhu Tan is confident that Yanzhou and Qingzhou will develop in a short time!

In this case, the military service system established by Weisuo to save money should not exist in King Lu Fan.

You can be more generous, implement a recruitment system, and create a truly strong army!

Now that I have an idea in my mind.

Zhu Tan decided to rebuild King Lu's guard, starting with rectifying the Yanzhou left guard!
The next morning.

Yanzhou left guard.

Contrary to what many people think, the Ming Dynasty's guardhouse was not a military camp.

In fact, even though Yanzhou is only a thousand-household settlement, each military household has as few as three people and as many as a dozen people, so the entire thousand-household settlement has a population of five to six thousand!

The entire health center is a small town.

at this time.

It was just dawn, and the square in the center of the health center was already crowded with people!
On weekdays.

This is used to announce important events.

And this time.

In the center of the square.

A huge wooden frame was erected.

The person tied to the shelf was none other than Zhao Nian.

Yin Shao is very efficient.

It only took half a day to find the most outstanding executioner from Yanzhou City.

Under normal circumstances, Lingchi was only used as a punishment for rebellion and rebellion.

That’s why it’s called capital punishment.

This was indeed how Ming Dynasty was implemented in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

But after major cases such as the Kongyin case and the Hu Weiyong case, coupled with Zhu Yuanzhang's ruthlessness towards illegal officials.

Lingchi punishment has become commonplace, and it is not uncommon for people to be punished for corruption. After all, according to Lao Zhu's logic.

As an official of the Ming Dynasty, you were corrupt and harmed the people. When the time came, the people revolted. If we look to the bottom of it, corrupt officials were the reason in the first place!

Therefore, corruption is also rebellion.

There is nothing wrong with imposing capital punishment.

This results in a jailed prisoner appearing every now and then across the country.

Where there is demand there is supply.

This also allowed talents from all over the country to carry out punishments such as Lingchi.
at this time.

As the sky gradually brightened, Zhao Nian was tied to the wooden pillar in the center. His body was shaking involuntarily, and his pale face was full of fear.

Zhu Tan stood at the scene with his hands behind his hands.

Yin Shao couldn't help but admire him and said: "Your Highness, I never imagined that you dared to look at Ling Chi! This punishment is so harsh! I'm afraid I will have to run away later! I can't stand it!"

Zhu Tan frowned and said, "I am just here to feel the atmosphere."

What a joke.

Yin Shao said it as if he dared to look at it!
at this time.

The atmosphere in the venue became increasingly solemn and solemn.

suddenly.

Some people in the crowd burst into tears.

"Dad! Open your eyes and take a look! In this world, evil will be punished!"

The words fell.

There was a cry from the people around!
Yesterday, Zhu Tan had ordered people to start disposing of Zhao Nian's property.

All lands that should be returned will be returned, and no accomplices that should be captured will be retained.

At the same time, all Zhao Nian's property was confiscated.

The amount also surprised Zhu Tan slightly.

Not counting those fields, Zhao Nian's family property alone was worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!
This is just one thousand households!

Zhu Tan was also speechless.

Lao Zhu’s policy of hiding wealth among the people was implemented very well, right?

These people are so rich!
It takes just a few years for a thousand households to amass so much wealth!

In the entire Ming Dynasty, a huge country, the court only had nearly ten million taels of silver to mobilize!

What is this thing called?
Ming Dynasty’s finances really should be reformed!
soon.

The prison officer's face was solemn and he drank clearly.

Loud voice.

"The left guard of Yanzhou, Zhao Nian of a thousand households, privately occupied the fields of military households, bent the law for personal gain, committed lawlessness alone, committed heinous crimes, deceived the emperor and misled the people, and was actually a great thief of the country! The time has come this morning, so we can execute it quickly!
To stabilize the court's laws and regulations, and to appease the aspirations of the people!
May the heavens and gods protect the Ming Dynasty, enforce justice forever, eradicate evil and evil, and make the Ming Dynasty peaceful and prosperous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment! "

The words fell.

Zhu Tan said to Yin Shao: "Let's go!" He saw the executioner taking out a knife and approaching him.

The scenes that follow are too bloody and not suitable for children.

It’s better not to read it.
They both turned their backs at the same time.

at this time.

The executioner held a sharp blade that shone with cold light and walked slowly towards Zhao Nian. This blade has been stained with the blood of countless lives, and now it will continue to fulfill its mission.

The executioner first carefully cut off Zhao Nian's tongue with a knife, and then quickly and accurately cut off his vocal cords. These two cuts were designed to ensure that Zhao Nian could not make any sound during the subsequent incarnation.

At this moment, Zhao Nian's pain reached the extreme, and his body struggled violently on the wooden pillar. Despite this, he could only make a dull and silent hum.

With two knives going down.

Suddenly a burst of cheers broke out from the crowd.

The cheers were mixed with cries!

"The sky has eyes!"

Someone shouted.

Followed by.

The first steps seem to be going well.

The executioner began to cut without mercy, and the blade cut across Zhao Nian's flesh, making a "swishing" sound.

Starting from the chest, strips of skin as thin as cicada wings were peeled off, and blood continued to gush out. Next to the executioner, an apprentice was constantly sprinkling hemostatic medicine on these wounds.

Otherwise, it is estimated that Zhao Nian would have died from excessive blood loss after being cut several hundred times.

As the execution progressed, the executioner systematically cut every inch of muscle and skin along the arms and legs. Every time the blade touched the flesh, the prisoner's body would twitch uncontrollably. Zhao Nian's body struggled wildly, and the fear in his eyes instantly escalated to unbelievable panic.

But all he made was a dull and feeble choking sound.

Although he could no longer speak, the distorted expression on his face and his feeble struggle clearly showed the tremendous pain he was suffering!
Every piece of meat was cut off by the executioner and thrown into the crowd of people.

People will rush to pick them up.

"Damn Zhao Qianhu! He finally got his retribution! I want to take the meat back and eat it to satisfy my hatred!"

In fact.

All the people have this idea in their hearts!

Zhao Nian was cut off for three days and three nights, and the people also stayed here for three days and three nights.

Until Zhao Nian finally revealed a large area of ​​white bones on his body.

The executioner finally put a knife on his throat and ended his life.

And the people also dispersed while crying loudly.

Yanzhou.

Prince Lu's Mansion.

The first thing Zhu Tan did after returning was to order Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Anton Guard to self-examine the number of sergeants and the situation of military camps!

If the number of military camps is wrong, too many military households have fled, and there are problems, they will all be held accountable!
Yanzhou and Qingzhou have a total of 18,000 guard sergeants.

Plus Anton Wei's 6,000 people.

Zhu Tan was also a little surprised by the final inspection results.

All health centers have problems to one degree or another!

Now we have captured all the commanders of Yanzhou Guard, Qingzhou Guard and Anton Guard!

To make matters worse, their deputy commander also has a problem!
At present, it seems that with so many health centers, they are almost leaderless!

Yingtian.

Forbidden City.

Xuanzheng Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the report in his hand and frowned.

"Bastards! A bunch of bastards! These guardhouses are so corrupt!

Yanzhou Guard and Qingzhou Guard were only established for five years, and Anton Guard was only established for two years!
Everything went wrong!

If it weren’t for Lao Shi’s investigation, we wouldn’t know yet! "

Zhu Biao couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.

After all, my father is not as generous as he said!
Although he spoke generously, he gave all the power in Yanzhou and Qingzhou to his tenth brother.

But secretly, Jin Yiwei's capable power almost penetrated these two places!
Now it can be said that everything the tenth brother does is transparent in the eyes of his father!
Therefore, there was a problem with the Lu Wangfan's guard station, and it was reported to Yingtian so quickly.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "It seems that we have been paying attention to the officialdom, but we have forgotten the guards!
There have been so many problems within such a short period of time since the establishment of King Lu's vassal, wouldn't the guards all over the country become even more corrupt! "

talking.

Zhu Yuanzhang put his hands behind his back.

He walked around the hall a little anxiously.

Zhu Biao saw this and knew that this was a sign that his father was about to go crazy.

For several major cases in the past, my father also paced back and forth for a long time before decisively ordering them to be dealt with.

"Father, the guard station involves war! It is different from dealing with officials.
The report from Jinyiwei was also seen by the younger brother. Although the tenth brother was astute and discovered the problem, he was now riding a tiger with difficulty!

If all the commanders of these guard posts are dealt with according to the law and punished according to the law, then the entire King Lu Domain will have no one available to command these soldiers!

But if they are not dealt with, there is no way to answer the imperial decree!

What's more, if we don't deal with them, the prestige of the tenth brother will be damaged."

Zhu Biao finally couldn't help but remind him softly.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands a little anxiously and said, "We know!"

After all, he was born as the emperor immediately, and Zhu Yuanzhang still had a very clear understanding of military affairs.

If local officials have problems, they will be executed.

Even if a common man is brought in to sit in this official position, it will not affect the normal operation of the government.

After all, the operation of the entire government mainly relies on local officials to do things.

As long as there are no problems with these professionals, the normal operation of the government can be guaranteed, and it doesn't matter who is killed.

But health centers are different.

If all the military posts in the Ming Dynasty were like those of King Lu, they would all have problems.

At that time, not only the commander and deputy commander will be held accountable, but also the officers who received the benefits below will also be held accountable!
According to the Ming Dynasty's standard of death for embezzlement of 60 taels, I am afraid that none of these people will be spared.

At that time, wouldn't all the guards in the world lose their officers in an instant?

Commanding an army is not like being an official, anyone can do it!

Those who can be promoted to the rank of commander must either have the ability to lead soldiers or be the backbone of the army's combat power!

Killing these people is tantamount to destroying the Great Wall.

By then, the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty's army will be greatly reduced.

What's more, if so many sergeants lose control, I'm afraid the world will be in chaos!

After thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands helplessly.

"Order Tanghe to lead the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion to inspect the guard posts around Yingtian and Fengyang! Anyone who finds any problems will be severely punished!
The world is so big, we can only ensure that there is no trouble around the capital! "

Zhu Biao smiled slightly.

It would be great for my father to think this way.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao and couldn't help but ask: "Prince, if you were Lao Shi now, how should you deal with this matter?"

Zhu Biao gave a bitter smile and said: "We can only tolerate it! Strictly reprimand these people, or even demote them and retain them! We can't really kill them all, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed.

"That's right! Even if it were us, this would be the only way! There is no solution at all!"

Zhu Biao smiled and said: "I guess the tenth brother will do the same after weighing it all!"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head.

"We're not sure about this! After all, Lao Shi can do things without leaving any trace! Even if he does something amazing, it may not be impossible!"

Zhu Biao smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be better if the tenth brother had a better way?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "I don't know if there is a better way!
But this guy always makes us nervous when he does things!
Every time we see him doing something, we always think about this sentence! "

Zhu Biao couldn't help but asked curiously: "What are you talking about?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said resentfully: "If I give you Huaiyou's common clothes, how can the world do anything better than me?"

Zhu Biao was stunned.

Then reacted.

I couldn't help but burst out laughing!
What the father meant by these words was that he was an ordinary citizen in Huaiyou, and it was a stroke of luck that he won the world.

The subtext is that if you can get so much, you have already won, and there will be no regrets if you lose it again.

But putting it here is interesting.

It clearly means that the things Zhu Tan does often make Lao Zhu feel that he may lose the world!

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed helplessly and said: "That's all, a child who is too honest will not become talented!
We want to see how far Lao Shi can grow in the end! "

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly and said: "The guard station is not a trivial matter. Father, it is better to be cautious!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "We will let Peking and Nanzhili pay close attention to things in Shandong!

What's more, we have a lot of Jinyi guards assigned to us now! If there is really a problem, they will also make a smart decision to help a bunch of old men! "

Zhu Biao laughed and said: "Maybe we are all unfounded! Maybe the tenth brother may not really punish these guards commanders!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with some anticipation: "We really hope that he can kill all these commanders! Then he will find a new way to run the army!
When the time comes, we can also learn from Lao Shi! hehe."

Zhu Biao then laughed and said, "If my father says this, I would be willing to look forward to it!"

Yanzhou.

execution ground.

at this time.

Dozens of shelves were erected in turn.

There are people hanging on every shelf!
At this time, their clothes were removed, and their faces were full of panic!

The people of Yanzhou Prefecture have been notified.

The commanders of the guards in King Lu's domain were wiped out!

They were all sent to the execution ground!
All were sentenced to death!

the other side.

Jinyiwei's spies are working hard and are on their way to Yingtian!
King Lu is crazy!

He actually ignored the stability of all the guards in King Lu's domain and executed all the commanders, deputy envoys, and even lower-level officers to death!
the other side.

Prince Lu's Mansion.

Wuding Hou Guo Ying was like an ant on a hot pot, scurrying around anxiously in front of Zhu Tan!
"Tan'er! These commanders prevent you from killing them! If you kill them, who will lead the soldiers in the guard station?"

While talking.

Guo Ying couldn't help complaining: "Okay, even if you kill all the commanders, you still have to stay as deputy commander, right?
Kill the deputy envoy too!
There must be a few Qianhu under the deputy envoy left, right?
Although they don't have the ability to control the health center, they can at least help you maintain order! In the end, you almost killed even thousands of households!
What do you want to do? Do you want the ground in Yanzhou and Qingzhou to become a mess? "

Zhu Tan smiled and said, "Uncle is worried that those guards have lost control?"

Guo Ying frowned and said, "Of course! Although these sergeants seem to be honest farmers, in fact, what they usually do is just farming!

But they are not just farmers! Military household, military household!

They must be soldiers first, and then common people!

If you kill all the leaders like this, won't you cause chaos in the world? How reckless! "

Hearing this, Zhu Tan smiled slightly and said, "Uncle, you don't have to worry about the guardsmen revolting! I have already dismissed them all!"

"What!?"

Hearing this, Guo Ying couldn't help but scream!

(End of this chapter)