The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Local affairs in all directions of the Ming Dynasty were reported to the court by officials from various places, and finally some fell into the hands of Zhu Gaochi. According to the officials' memorials, Zhu Gaochi understood the current Ming Dynasty.

The situation in the seven western provinces. Over the years, Mashhad has become the most borderland area to the west of the Ming Dynasty, which is also one of the most important military areas of the Ming Dynasty. With the migration of military forces, the local area has become the gateway to the Ming Dynasty, guarding Mulu in the rear. , Samarkand and other places.

Between Jiang Gui and Ren Li, two generals who grew up in the Western Regions, who can serve as the governor of Mashhad has become a dispute that has yet to be resolved.

Although the seven western provinces have governors, there are several governors and some general soldiers below. Initially, due to the needs of the situation in the seven western provinces, many military privileges were given. Now the privileges in the rear are gradually withdrawn, except for Marsh. Governor Harder still retained many rights.

The final result is that Mulu serves as the second line of defense, and areas such as Samarkand return to their native land, forming the same three-division system as the mainland. This not only stabilizes the regional situation, but also promotes local economic development. This is because the Ming Dynasty people Increased local share.

Because there were millions of people in the Ming Dynasty, more than half of whom were military households, which played a decisive role in the stability of the Ming Dynasty's local rule.

More than half of the military households can provide tens of thousands of troops at most. With the remote military service system and the troops drawn from the mainland, no force can resist the current military strength of the seven western provinces.

But there are always dissatisfied forces, either because of interests, situational needs, or cultural demands. However, the area is generally calm because the Ming Dynasty is powerful.

The seven western provinces are the military regions with the most extensive military use, the most wars, and the longest span of time. The combat effectiveness of the army has undoubtedly developed rapidly, and it is already no less powerful than the Beijing camp.

This can be proven by the fact that several famous generals came from the seven western provinces.

"Ren Li will serve as the Grand Governor of Samarkand, Huo Zhen will serve as the Governor of Mulu, and Jiang Gui will be transferred to Goryeo." Zhu Gaochi ended the debate in the Ministry of War and made a final decision.

The ministers had no opinion.

The three generals in the west were separated and more integrated into the military system of the mainland, which was good for Ming Dynasty.

Then there is the situation in Nanyang and the return of Yunnan and Guizhou.

This is an inevitable development trend, even if the local officials are very vocal in their opposition.

In the development of Western society in later generations, sociology has become an eye-catching subject, and even the development of later generations has been based on Western sociology and reformed based on its own situation.

Among them, regarding the development of society, Marx and the views of the German philosopher Georg Hegel, who was deeply influenced by him, put forward the evolutionary process of social development.

Hunting - nomadism, herding - agricultural society - the evolutionary process of modern industrial and commercial society.

So the chieftain system in Yunnan and Guizhou is undoubtedly backward.

The people of Yunnan and Guizhou belong to the Ming Dynasty, both in terms of culture and system. As Yunnan and Guizhou are no longer border areas and the economy expands, it is urgent to change their native land and return to their hometown. Otherwise, it will not be conducive to the Ming Dynasty's rule in Southeast Asia.

As for the key figure Mu Sheng, his attitude is also very important.

Mu Sheng, who returned to the capital specifically from Yunnan, met with Zhu Gaochi and said seriously in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince: "I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty. I have no selfish motives. As long as the court needs it, I will definitely comply."

Zhu Gaochi showed a satisfied look.

The Mu family played a key role in Yunnan. Even if many of the children of the Mu family were incompetent in the later period and did evil in the local area, the advantages generally outweighed the disadvantages. But now the Ming Dynasty does not need the Mu family. The rights of all nobles are being reduced, and the Mu family is certainly no exception.

Noble houses could use slaves either.

The rights of the United Workers' and Civilian Ministry are greater than those of individuals.

Even the servants of the top noble Xu Mansion have been disbanded and are using servants. At most, they use some maids from Goryeo and Japan in violation of regulations.

After receiving the praise of His Highness the Crown Prince, Mu Sheng returned to Yunnan and cooperated with the local officials to reform the land and return it to the local people.

at this time.

The Ming Dynasty's tens of thousands of troops in the Xuanwei Division of Myanmar, as well as several Xuanwei Divisions on the border with Yunnan, have penetrated deeply into the land of the Xuanwei Division of Myanmar and are expanding and plundering. Affected, many chieftains in western Yunnan are also ready to take action.

"Reforming local chieftains to local officials is an important political and social reform. It aims to transform the chieftain system into a exiled official system, further strengthen the central government's management of local areas, and more importantly, bring benefits to the people."

Mu Sheng's prestige was very high in Yunnan, and he attracted batches of local officials to convey the imperial court's will.

The local officials were surprised to find that Mu Sheng had no objection at all. They need to know that the Mu family is like a local emperor. Are they willing to give up this overwhelming wealth?

Mu Sheng's attitude was very firm, leaving no room for the local officials to fantasize. Some of the local officials who returned disappointed were helpless, some were willing to accept it, and many more were unable to accept it.

The existence of native officials is similar to that of slave owners. His rights are unlimited and he does not have Confucian ideas. Therefore, the areas ruled by native officials implement a serf system.

Serfs farmed the land for generations, were subordinate to local officials, were exploited and enslaved by them, and lived a serf-like life.

In the seventh year of Yongle.

In the Guizhou area, Wei Wanmu, a village chief, came to the court and took over the forty-seven villages under Chen's control. Not all obeyed him. For example, in the seventh year of Xuande's reign, the leader here had become Li Ying.

Years of fighting severely damaged the vitality of the local area, and even Li Ying died. The Ming Dynasty began to install local officials in the local area and implemented a system of both local officials and local officials.

Now the biggest local leader is Li Gui.

He had just defeated a village leader, holding a young girl in his arms, drinking with satisfaction, and rewarded several girls who jumped out to his men. This is what local officials always do.

Promote several leaders from the brave young men in the tribe, and then reward them with girls and houses to encourage them to work hard, but they need to be guarded against, so the position of the native officials with many sons is the most stable. Of course, there are also sons who kill me.

"Are you an official of the Ming Dynasty?"

Li Gui looked at the officials who came to question him with contempt.

Ming Dynasty officials did not speak.

He is not stupid. The local official in front of him obviously does not take the court system seriously. He is facing off against the opponent, and the end is probably to be beheaded. The Ming Dynasty did not follow the example of the Han Dynasty. The envoys of the Han Dynasty were afraid that foreign kings would not kill them. He played tricks and cynicism. If the other king couldn't control his temper, he would be beheaded by the Han army who came to retaliate.

This is also caused by the different situations between the Ming and Han Dynasties.

The Han Dynasty was a big family, but there were no aristocratic families in the Ming Dynasty. Since there was no family inheritance from the Han Dynasty, there was no need to pay attention to that.

Li Gui laughed when he saw that the other party was very knowledgeable. He felt that he was so proud that even the officials of the Ming Dynasty did not dare to disobey him. In order to show his power, Li Gui specially brought the officials of the Ming Dynasty to see him. The village.

In the water prison, dozens of shackled prisoners were soaked to death. The urine and feces mixed with sewage all year round made the place smell so bad that the officials of the Ming Dynasty almost couldn't breathe.

Seeing the appearance of Ming Dynasty officials, Li Gui looked down upon them even more. "What crime did they commit?" Ming Dynasty officials couldn't bear to ask when they saw Li Gui's private prison.

"They are all people who disobey me. Anyone who disobeys me will end up like this." Li Gui also emphasized: "It's still light here, so no one dares to disobey me."

Ming Dynasty officials stopped talking.

Only those in power who lack a sense of security need to use extremely cruel methods to intimidate people into obeying them. Therefore, the punishment within the bandits is very cruel, with various criminal laws.

Torture has existed since ancient times, but since the Han Dynasty, torture has been reduced and benevolence emphasized. In the Song Dynasty, it reached a new level of civilization. I didn't expect to see it again in this small place.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty endured the contempt in their hearts and conveyed the imperial decree. They did not care whether the other party complied with it or not. After completing the task, they left. They just made a serious note in the official document reported to the superior.

The attitude of Ming Dynasty officials made Li Guizhi very satisfied, and he even felt that the Ming Dynasty was nothing more than this.

Li Gui in the mountains was unaware of the changes outside.

The mountains are Li Gui's backbone.

The official has ten thousand soldiers, and I have ten thousand mountains. Relying on the rolling mountains, Li Gui was never afraid of the officers and soldiers. When there were too many, he would take his people to hide in the mountains. When there were few, he would ambush the officers and soldiers. This was their ancient tradition.

"There is no other way to deal with such thieves but to carry out a long-term siege and let them die without food."

"It is necessary to report to the imperial court and ask for the allocation of grain and grass for the long-term use of the army."

"We also need steady generals and patience."

At last.

The imperial court mobilized tens of thousands of troops, plus local troops, and began to encircle and suppress some local officials who disobeyed the imperial will. The local officials chose to escape as always and played hide and seek with the officers and soldiers.

But this time it was different. The officers and soldiers were stationed in dangerous areas, setting up traffic jams on important traffic roads, etc., and did not go deep into the mountainous areas to look for the rebels.

One month, two months, three months and half a year later, the officers and soldiers showed no sign of retreating. Many local officials became uneasy. Many people saw something wrong with their actions that were different from their ancestors.

More and more chieftains could no longer hold on because of food. The largest scale was when more than a dozen native officials jointly attacked the Ming army.

The Ming army defeated the soldiers with only grenades.

They couldn't defeat them on a large scale, and they couldn't get close to them on a small scale. The chieftains tried their best to break through the encirclement of the Ming army. They would die if they left the mountain. However, the Ming army entered the mountain in small groups from time to time to search, otherwise the chieftains would get food.

Countless supplies pass through the railway, and only a few train drivers can transport them to Guizhou.

There was a bumper grain harvest in Cochin. Under the governance of the Ming Dynasty, Siam's northern and southern governors had a bumper harvest this year. The local people couldn't eat it all, so they sent a large amount back to the country.

The production of various types of drinks has begun, and more and more famous wines are brewed and sold everywhere.

The Ming army has no shortage of food, there is so much food that they can't eat it all, and the cost of transportation is so low that the Ming army has no worries. The most important thing is that the Ming army can fight and win no matter how big or small the battle is. Therefore, the Ming army encircles and suppresses them. Only then can the policy be maintained in the long term.

Otherwise, the army cannot win the battle, and no matter how much supplies it supplies, it will be useless.

Li Gui's face lost the original arrogance, and the so-called Hundred Thousand Mountains became his prison. The difference was that the Ming army treated the people preferentially, and more and more news spread into the mountains.

Later generations of the Eagle Army went to Afghanistan only for their own interests. In the end, they even abandoned the comprador class who served them. However, the Ming army was different. The people of Yunnan and Guizhou belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

This alone is a huge difference.

The people in the mainland are living a peaceful and prosperous life, which makes the people in the mountainous areas envious. Li Gui's military force has been threatened, and his repeated failures have made his prestige lower and lower. More people are no longer afraid of him, even if He had the most vicious attitude every time.

In March of the 17th year of Yongle, when spring was warm and flowers were blooming, Li Gui's men rebelled and killed Li Gui. The remaining people came out of the mountains and chose to surrender to the Ming army. The Ming army strictly tried those who surrendered.

They were carefully distinguished which ones were the common people who were being held hostage, which ones were the thieves who were working for the tiger, etc. It was precisely because of the harshness of the Ming army that many leaders were unwilling to surrender, otherwise the war would have been over long ago.

In any case, after more than a year of siege and suppression, Yunnan-Guizhou's policy of reforming the country and returning it to the countryside has generally been advanced, and as more and more rebels have been eliminated, the resistance has become insignificant.

By the summer of the 17th year of Yongle, there was no movement. The Ming army began to retreat in turns, ending nearly two years of war and consuming huge amounts of supplies.

“How can we become rich with so many people living in the mountains?”

In the Ming Dynasty, even the Yellow River Flood Area gave up governance and moved the population to richer lands, let alone mountainous areas. Zhang Lian, an official from the Ministry of Industry at that time, was specifically responsible for Yunnan and Guizhou.

In his forties, he no longer had the high spirits of his youth, and he said to everyone with a smile.

Bonidu Division is short of people, and Nanyang is short of people.

There are large areas of plains there, which are suitable for farming, with high yields, rich products, and good climate. Following the footsteps of the Ming people, large areas of the plains were developed by the Ming people and became cultivated land.

Those areas in the deep mountains and old forests where snakes and insects were infested were not favored by the people of the Ming Dynasty.

After the officials' dictation, many people embarked on the journey with hesitation. They saw railways and trains for the first time, and high-rise buildings for the first time. The world outside turned out to be like this.

Due to the long-term war, Myanmar's Xuanwei Division has a declining population and a ruined economy, and is in urgent need of population replenishment to restore local production. However, Yunnan and Guizhou have returned to their native land, and a large number of people have come down from the mountains.

The government provided cattle and farm tools, grain seeds, clothing, rations, salt and other materials. Under the leadership of officials from various departments, the local area was reclaimed in the form of wells. With a climate and soil with three crops a year, and a stable social environment, the area was quickly restored. production and brought remuneration to the government.

In just one or two years, food in many areas can already be supplied to the mainland. This is completely different from the results in the seven western provinces. Many areas in the seven western provinces still need food supplies from the mainland.

The construction of the Nanyang Railway has increased the demand for ore, and even Korea's mineral output cannot satisfy it.

Either expand the production of inland minerals or find nearby mining areas.

The new continent discovered outside the southern sea area of ​​​​Bonidus many years ago has come back into people's sight. It is said that there are extremely rich mineral resources and an incredible number of open-pit mines.

In the past, people did not pay attention to the transportation capacity of ships, but now even the coal mines of Goryeo have become indispensable to the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the New World close to Bonidus.

The businessmen took action first. (End of chapter)