The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

"A big river has wide waves."

"The wind blows the grain and the fragrance of flowers on both sides."

"My family lives on the shore."

The students wore black silk scarves to pay homage to the murdered workers. A dozen workers were brutally murdered, which quickly shocked the local area and shocked the whole country through newspapers.

The new song compiled by Jinzhou singers has become the most popular song in Ming Dynasty, and students in every school can sing it.

The children wiped their tears and wondered who started singing the song.

Baojing Prefecture Xuanwei Division, Shiyedong Division, Pingchadong Division, Emirate Yang Xuanfu Division, Rongxi Sesame Ziping Division, large and small chieftains affiliated with Chongqing Prefecture were summoned immediately.

Officials interrogated them to find out who was behind the attack.

After many rounds of understanding and visits, most of the blame points at Rabbit Hole Li Chengguang.

Li Chengguang is a Han name. He inherited the system left by Taizu and granted autonomy to various ministries. Over the years, with the development of social productivity and the improvement of the people's economic level, not only the power of the royal family has been suppressed, but also the chieftains of various ministries. been affected.

Many tribes left the mountains to join the factories, and these people took away more young people. People wanted to live a better life.

Beijing.

Because of the tense situation in Siam, its civil war was about to break out. The ministers discussed whether the king of Siam would have an advantage or the rebels in the south would have an advantage if a war broke out in Siam.

They want to support the Siamese royal family, but they don't want the Siamese royal family to gain too much advantage. Finally, they are worried about what will happen if the Siamese royal family loses if the support is not strong enough.

At that time, Ming Dynasty would need to end it personally. In the face of doubling the manpower and material resources, it was a failure calculated by the imperial court. This responsibility would become a stain on the ministers.

"I think the new forces must be more powerful than the old forces in terms of force, otherwise how can they stand out from the old forces." Zhu Gaochi said with certainty.

Porondaraja of Siam and Ramaraja, the king of Siam, can be seen from their names that they actually belong to the same clan. Porondaraja is also a descendant of the royal family, but he is a side descendant of many generations.

There is no history to draw from, but Zhu Gaochi relied on his own experience and believed that without the support of the Ming Dynasty, Polondoraja could probably defeat the Siamese royal family, or at least severely damage Siam's vitality.

This does not meet the interests of Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty needs Siam, where the situation is stabilized as soon as possible, so that the Ming Dynasty can smoothly start railway construction, instead of waiting for several years, or even more than ten years, in Siam, then the Ming Dynasty's large railway plan in Nanyang will be far away.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's opinion supported Yang Shiqi, and Yang Shiqi's proposal to send part of the Ming army into Siam to help the Siamese royal family defeat the rebels as soon as possible was approved.

Sudden.

The Minister of War sent urgent military information. There was rebellion by chieftains in the southeast area of ​​Chongqing Prefecture in Sichuan.

Zhu Gaochi finished reading the brochure and sent it to the ministers with an expressionless face.

Everyone's expressions were complicated.

Zhu Gaochi thought of the law.

The laws enacted by the Ming Dynasty, as well as the laws on the protection of private property in the Song Dynasty, are not things that appear out of thin air, but are the result of social needs, which reflect the progress of civilization.

For example, the core of property law in the Song Dynasty was who owns what belongs to whom.

This principle was easy to understand in the Ming Dynasty, but in later generations, people believed that it should be this way, and it was natural and justified.

But in a society that has just transitioned from primitive tribes to private ownership, ownership is very vague, and it does not mean who owns something. Whatever you have, give it to me to use. Many people think so, and they don’t think there is anything wrong. They even get into fierce fights over it.

Thoughts determine action.

Through this incident in Chongqing Mansion, Zhu Gaochi saw the social principles behind it.

It is very simple to solve such problems. As the economy develops and the economy becomes rich, people's needs will change, and their thoughts will also change. It has become people's consensus to follow the trend of the times and know how to protect their own things.

But to solve economic problems, stability is needed.

This is one of the reasons why Zhu Gaochi is reluctant to intervene in the internal governance of various chieftains. He has done a good job himself, but the effect is very slow. If he does not do it well, it will waste people and money, and may also lead to war.

However, many things do not follow Zhu Gaochi's will.

The inevitable development of things.

The mainland of the Ming Dynasty was too rich, but the mountainous areas were too poor. Those people in the mountains could not survive, and they had no idea who owned what was whose. So going out to the mountains to rob was an inevitable behavior.

In general mountainous areas, the Ming government had already begun to take the lead in immigration, moving people to wealthy lands, improving their lives, and integrating them into the social resource distribution system of the Ming Dynasty.

But this is not possible in many places, because there are chieftains there, and the actions of the Ming government have violated their fundamental interests.

The chieftains had no culture and no writing.

Those chieftains who studied Chinese civilization were very enlightened in comparison. They not only integrated into the Chinese civilization, but also brought a better life to the people of the tribe. They were selfless in nature, excluding private desires, of course.

For example, Lijiang Toast in Yunnan.

Lijiang can become a wealthy area in Yunnan. In the early Ming Dynasty, the local chieftains welcomed the arrival of the Ming Dynasty. For hundreds of years, not only did the local culture flourish, but it also had the largest library in Yunnan.

Together with Xu Xiake in the late Ming Dynasty, he wrote a large number of written records about Lijiang. Because the king of Lijiang opened up, it promoted the integration of local civilization and brought a stable and peaceful life to the people.

But there are enlightened people and there are selfish people.

Just like in later generations, the great disciples were not allowed to have the power to liberate the serfs.

The problem was not a big one. The Ming Dynasty was so powerful that no chieftain dared to refuse openly. Over the years, although there were political battles in private, harmony was generally maintained, and all regions achieved unprecedented success.

If there is no change, dozens of provinces in the Ming Dynasty will progress together, reach new heights, and become the most civilized place.

Turning the table over won't work.

After flipping the table, Daming could only fight back.

Zhu Di went to Zhancheng, accompanied by Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Neng, and Zhang Fu. The Yongjun and Zhongyong troops from the Beijing camp also went south to defend the emperor and protect Zhu Di's safety. Some old generals withered, and some of the grown generals were scattered. To the seven western provinces, Korea, Nanyang and other territories.

Suddenly, Zhu Gaochi discovered that Ming Dynasty was somewhat "hollowed out."

It does not mean that there is no army in the Ming Dynasty, but that there are no generals that I know deeply. Over the years, in order to maintain a tacit understanding with Zhu Di, I have had too little contact with the army. Zhu Gaochi has not had much contact with many new generation generals.

The problem of trust in military generals is not big, the main problem is the lack of understanding of the generals' abilities. What Zhu Gaochi wanted was not a general who could defeat the chieftain, but a general who could take into account the overall situation.

The founding merits of the country are gone.

Chen Heng, Fang Kuan, Zhang Yu, Chen Xian, Xu Zhong, and Xu Li, many of the historical heroes of the Jingnan War, have also withered away. Chen Gui is seriously ill and bedridden, Guo Liang is too old, and Qiu Fu has a hot temper and is not suitable to be the coach.

Old General Gu Cheng also complained of illness. According to the news reported to the court by his family, he was not expected to survive this year.

Even Wang Zhen died.

Zhang Xin, Qiu Fu, Wang Cong, Zheng Xiang, Pingan, Li Yuan, Wang Zhong, Sheng Yong, Tie Xuan.

Zhu Gaochi thought about names one after another. These people either did not have the ability to lead an army alone, or they were generals who could not be easily mobilized. They needed to guard the local area.

In the end, Zhu Gaochi finally let go and chose to be recommended by the Ministry of War.

Not long after, after discussions with the Ministry of War, a batch of lists were selected. Zhu Gaochi saw familiar names, including generals from the Western Regions Province in Yili, Zhao An, Jiang Gui, Ren Li, etc.

Sometimes, everything that happens has a context.

Through today's events, Zhu Gaochi had to lament what happened in history.

The seven western provinces are the areas where the Ming Dynasty has the most extensive military use, the longest span, and the most complex current situation. Over the years, a group of young and powerful generals have grown up in the army in this border area.

Compared with domestic generals, they are indeed better in military ability.

Unconsciously, the overall quality of senior generals in the seven western provinces has exceeded the overall domestic level. If Zhang Fu and Zhu Neng pass away, there will be no senior talents in the country who can compete with the military quality of the seven western provinces.

By the same token, in the Battle of Jingnan in history, why were the generals from the Peking faction better than those from the mainland?

It's not because they have good genes and eat a lot, but because the environment formed over a long period of time in Beiping, as the frontier gateway of the Ming Dynasty, has forged a group of generals with superior talents.

Did Zhu Di know about the decline of the Peiping clique and the situation of the domestic army generals? Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but become suspicious.

After Jin Zhong's death, the affairs of the Ministry of War were handed over to Qi Tai.

"I heard that you met Grandpa Huang in Xincheng when he was here?" Zhu Gaochi asked curiously.

"Return to His Majesty the Crown Prince."

"I had the idea of ​​becoming an official. Fortunately, I met Emperor Taizu. After Emperor Taizu's teachings, I understood the justice of the country and put the people first, so I put aside my selfish thoughts and returned to the court."

Qitai is also old.

Qitai, who is in his fifties, not only has many wrinkles on his face, but his beard is also white.

"Thankfully Grandpa Huang kept you." Zhu Gaochi said with a smile.

The prince's recognition of him made Qitai's old face reveal a happy smile.

"The Ming Dynasty developed rapidly, but it also encountered many problems. These days, I have thought a lot. Could it be that the rebellion caused by the Chongqing chieftains was also due to the decline in the overall quality of the army generals in the mainland, which gave Li Chengguang the confidence?"

Qitai did not answer in time.

The Ming Dynasty dispatched too many elites to the border areas. Not only outstanding generals, but also outstanding military children took root in the border areas in batches. Although it promoted the migration of the Ming Dynasty's population, it did also lead to the outflow of talents.

The harsher environment in the border areas makes people stick together and forge ahead even more.

On the contrary, in China, although civilization is prosperous, the style of writing is indeed not as good as that of the border areas in some aspects, especially in terms of barbarism and physique. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince proposed that civilization should be spiritual and barbaric in body. If you have been to the border areas, you will find that the people in the border areas are This is what the earth looks like.

Seeing Qitai's expression, Zhu Gaochi sighed inwardly.

The harmony of the three generations is praised by people all over the world.

In order to ensure the harmony of the three generations, Zhu Gaochi changed his style of doing things in Peiping. At that time, Zhu Di was young, he was young, and there was a threat from the capital, so Zhu Gaochi had deep contact with the army, and Zhu Di acquiesced.

But things are not what they used to be. Even if Zhu Di did not have such thoughts, Zhu Gaochi could not create a basis for Zhu Di to worry, so he had not had much contact with the army for many years, and the decades of war were indeed fought by Zhu Di himself.

Social division of labor and cooperation represent the height of civilization development. The division of labor and cooperation between Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Di also maximize their advantages, but everything has its pros and cons.

Meticulous division of labor can also be seen as a decline in individual comprehensive ability.

Zhu Gaochi's unfamiliarity with the army has become Zhu Gaochi's biggest shortcoming after more than 20 years. He actually doesn't know which general to arrange to go to Chongqing to meet his requirements.

So did Qitai find out? It seemed like he knew.

However, Zhu Gaochi also understood Qitai's concerns.

There are some things he can't say.

"Who does the Ministry of War think will be the leader in countering the rebellion?" Zhu Gaochi asked.

"Zhao An."

Qitai did not hesitate.

"Zhao An."

Zhu Gaochi read this name.

Didao, a native of Shaanxi Province, was implicated and banished to Ganzhou. Later, he was promoted to Tao Baihu due to his meritorious service. He was ordered to station at Jiayuguan Pass, and went on an expedition to the Western Regions to recover Hami. He also made great efforts to control the territory. He accompanied Zhu Di on the expedition against Tamerlane and led an army as an envoy to Uzang. Relying on military merit, he rose through the ranks and is now the commander-in-chief of Weilu Mu.

Although Zhu Gaochi didn't know this person, he knew his reputation in history, and the person recommended by the Ministry of War was not bad.

But this represents a matter of great impact, and the Ministry of War has been extended its military power.

Zhu Gaochi had no objection. Stabilizing the chieftain according to his wishes was an urgent matter at the moment. There was no time to delay it any longer. The longer it was delayed, the greater the harm would be.

Soon, the Ministry of War of the imperial court sent a message, instructing Zhao An, the commander-in-chief of Lu Mu, to go south to quell the rebellion, and the Ministry of War sent several officials to convey the request of His Royal Highness.

The mother city of Veru.

"I accept the decree."

Zhao An respectfully accepted the order, and was reminded by several officials from the Ministry of War. After learning the Crown Prince's intentions, he didn't say much. Apart from taking dozens of his own soldiers, he left by train that day.

The decisiveness and simplicity of leaving left several officials in disbelief.

There had to be some planning. We couldn't just walk on the front foot and Verumu on the back foot changed again. However, several officials soon discovered the reason. Verumu was too calm.

The general soldier left, and except for some people discussing it, it seemed as if nothing had happened. People continued to live their lives, and the business in the market was not affected.

The three good generals in the west are well-deserved.

Not only are there no more horse thieves in the area, all the ministries are back together, even if Zhao An leaves, there will be no disturbances, no one will cause trouble with the strong soldiers and generals, and the military camp will be stable.

Zhao An took his own soldiers and arrived in Shaanxi via Jiayuguan, and then went all the way to Sichuan.

Generals from all walks of life were summoned in Sichuan, the king's order was taken out, and several military orders were issued.

All ministries strictly guarded the checkpoints and strengthened local inspections to prevent night snacks. Then they inspected the granaries. After the order, they mobilized elite soldiers from all walks of life and arrived in Wulong in three groups. After reviewing the army in Wulong, they saw the true and false status of the soldiers. Finally, He only brought three battalions, that is, nine thousand soldiers and horses.

The nine thousand soldiers and horses did not move, but first summoned the Xuan Comfort Envoys and Xuan Fu Envoys from various ministries. Under Zhao An's supervision, more than a dozen Xuan Comfort Envoys and Xuan Fu Envoys came to Zhao An's tent.

Zhao An saw that everyone had arrived and there was no shortage of people before he decided to send troops. At this time, two months had passed and no battle had been fought.

However, in Zhao An's tent, the local map was filled with flags. In addition to what he learned from the various propaganda envoys and xuanfu envoys, there was also terrain and news that the local soldiers came back from.

Before people could react, Zhao An suddenly ordered the troops to dispatch.

The boat that had been prepared long ago sailed down the Pingcha River and arrived at the Rabbit Hole through Pingcha Cave. Pingcha Cave Secretary Xuanweishang looked at the mountains behind him and was a little unable to react.

We were still in Wulong the day before yesterday, but today the army marched to the rabbit hole?

Cannon blasted the mountain.

The native soldiers serve as guides, grenades clear the way, and the firecrackers advance in the open area.

Li Chengguang knew that the Ming army would come to retaliate against him, but he had been waiting for a long time. Just when he relaxed, the Ming army suddenly appeared and defeated his thirteen villages. Before he could send reinforcements, news came that one village after another had been breached. .

It only took the Ming army five days to attack the outside of the main stronghold, and it would take five days to walk.

Unlike other generals who worry about whether firearms will cause soldiers to slack off, Zhao An's thinking in combat is that firepower is king, firepower clears the way, and there are no conditions to create conditions.

It is as motionless as a mountain, aggressive as fire, slow as a forest, and as fast as the wind.

Know thyself, ever-victorious.

In the process of preparing for various things, he paralyzed the opponent, and then did not give the opponent time to react. He captured the thief first and captured the king, hitting the snake seven inches away.

In only half a day, under the destruction of the Ming army's artillery fire, the rabbit hole was reduced to ashes, and Li Chengguang was wiped out effortlessly.

It was too late for Li Guangcheng to escape, let alone the people in the village.

Li Guangcheng, who has been powerful for decades, was like a joke under the attack of the Ming army, showing the chieftains what it means to be thunderous and unstoppable, what it means to block a car with a mantis' arm, and what it means to hit an egg against a stone.

The chieftains were stunned.

They thought about many situations, considered the advantages and disadvantages of the Ming army, geographical constraints, etc., but the result was the result. The Ming army won too simply, and Li Guangcheng did not even cause any casualties to the Ming army.

Under the huge gap, all the Xuanfu Department and Xuanfu Envoys became more respectful. Everyone's complaints for many days disappeared, and no one dared to show dissatisfaction in front of Zhao An.

No one dared to show their anger at being urged by Zhao An and being threatened in various ways.

The preparations took two months, and the war took less than ten days. Zhao An took only more than three months from the time he went south to put down the rebels cleanly.

After the court received the good news, the first reaction was disbelief, the second reaction was confusion, and the third reaction was disbelief.

Although Li Guangcheng's strength is not strong, he has great terrain advantages.

The Ministry of War was even prepared for a long war. It took a year to prepare, but the preparations were in vain. However, the officials of the Ministry of War quickly became excited. After all, Zhao An was selected by the Ministry of War, which proved the ability of the Ministry of War.

When the court was shocked and ready to praise Zhao An, Zhao An did something unprepared.

On the grounds of violating military discipline, secretly joining rebels, and conspiring to rebel, he killed five messengers and destroyed their strongholds. However, he did not go on a killing spree. Except for the tribe leader, the rest of the people He was restored to freedom.

"There are no slaves in the Ming Dynasty, and there are no slaves in the Xuanwei and Xuanfu departments in the interior."

Zhao An understands very well.

The choices made by the people of Weelumu, not to mention the Xuanwei Division in the interior, have closer ties with the people in the interior. The reality did satisfy Zhao An, and he released the command knife from his waist.

People from various villages left the mountains in droves and were recruited by various trading houses. They needed manpower.

The world outside the mountains is so beautiful and beautiful, and the people have long been envious of it.

Of course, Zhao An is a very decisive person. He doesn't like to be sloppy in doing things, and he doesn't like to leave hidden dangers. His murderous nature left the court speechless.

The reputation of this murderous god who guarded the west spread from the seven western provinces to the interior.

If Zhu Di was in the capital, he would couldn't help but shake his head.

Zhao An was the young general who followed him in the Western Expedition. This young general was very capable of fighting and even more capable of killing. He fought from Tashkent to the Syr Darya River, then to Samarkand, from Samarkand to Bukhara, and to the north. Go to Yulong Jiechi and fight south to Mashhad.

This is also the reason why Zhu Di did not leave Zhao An in the seven western provinces. People were too afraid of Zhao An.

However, due to Zhu Di's favoritism, many deeds were not reported back to the country. The Ministry of War only saw Zhao An's achievements, but not his style of doing things.

Zhao An's style of doing things quickly aroused dissatisfaction among the court ministers.

However, Zhao An's method of pulling and beating to win over local people and eliminate local leaders was indeed effective. Not only did it not cause local riots, but it brought peace to the local area and the people lived a better life.

Because according to the regulations of the imperial court, the Xuanweisi and Xuanfu envoys in the mainland belong to the Ming Dynasty.

Since it belongs to the Ming Dynasty, it is a system that incorporates the resource allocation model. It was just that it was blocked by the leaders in the past, but now it has lost its hindrance, and there is no sorrow for the common people.

Which common people will be unhappy because they can get money? Only capitalists will be unhappy. Of course, there are some people who can't even tell their own positions, and Zhao An doesn't know how to use them.

After half a year, local officials reported to the court that they could change the situation.

After investigation, the Workers' and Civilian Union Department, the Research Department and other departments also gave their approval and believed that the local people should live a better life, unless the imperial court did not recognize their Ming Dynasty citizenship.

Since they all belong to the common people of Ming Dynasty, they should be protected by the Ministry of Workers' and Civilian Union.

Simultaneously.

Large trading houses across Goryeo heard the news and began to recruit workers. As the refugee situation in Goryeo became more and more complicated, the trading houses needed more workers from the Ming Dynasty to maintain their own stability.

The Ming Dynasty Commercial Bank actually preferred to use eunuchs to manage affairs, but the domestic regulations were strict, so the next best thing was to recruit people from within the country.

It was already difficult to recruit people domestically, but now that there are hundreds of thousands more people, the commercial banks will not let this cake go, otherwise they will be overtaken by the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau again.

"Come to our Heshengchang, work for three years and get a wife, and work for ten years and get a house."

"Come to our Demao Trading Company and you will be paid one yuan and eighty cents a month."

The people regained their freedom and became fragrant steamed buns. They were at a loss for a while.

Zhao An was impeached too much by the censors and returned to the capital to accept accountability.

Zhu Gaochi ignored Zhao An, but pondered over the changes in the Ming Dynasty in recent years and whether the development of Confucianism had met the due height of the Ming Dynasty's current social progress.

If the chaos ten years ago only stayed among the people, then in recent years, it also includes the issue of the Ming Dynasty territory, with many different voices and some new issues. (End of chapter)