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"Of course, this Jin Yiwei is quite capable. This is a big credit."

"It can be seen that after the establishment of the dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang drew on the experience of the early Han Dynasty and implemented a policy of light taxes and low taxes, and recuperation."

"Careful planning and diligent work for the benefit of the people of the world enabled the common people living in the early Ming Dynasty to live a happy and healthy life after the devastation of war."

“In the early Ming Dynasty after a long period of war, in view of the social reality of drastic population decline, Zhu Yuanzhang implemented the policy of immigrating to farmland, that is, moving some residents from highly populated areas to sparsely populated areas. The state also distributed free cattle and seeds to immigrants. "

"It is stipulated that those who grow mulberry, cotton and hemp will only start to pay taxes in the fourth year. Through a series of policies to support and protect farmers, the people's enthusiasm for production has been greatly mobilized."

"Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to agricultural infrastructure such as water conservancy and provided necessary assistance for normal agricultural production."

"In terms of taxation, not only agriculture is lightly taxed, but business also implements a tax policy of [-]% to [-]%. For vendors, there is no tax exemption."

"Vigorously implement military villages and merchant villages. The so-called military villages mean that soldiers also engage in agricultural production to be self-sufficient. The so-called merchant villages mean that merchants transport grain to supply the army."

"Merchants used this to obtain the right to operate salt and other special substances. It was too far for merchants to transport grain from the inland to the border areas, so they hired people to farm in the border areas. Military and commercial villages successfully reduced the burden on the country and the people. .”

"Zhu Yuanzhang also established a social relief system."

"Like the disaster relief system, when disasters such as floods and droughts occur across the country, not only are taxes exempted for that year, but warehouses are opened for disaster relief."

"There is also a poor relief system, which directly sets up a nursing home to take in those who have no livelihood and provide them with food and other supplies on a monthly basis."

"If poor families cannot bury the deceased, the government will sponsor the cemetery and funeral expenses."

"Elderly people who are over eighty years old will be given titles and pension benefits by the state."

"In terms of legislation, more efforts should be made to "protect the poor and suppress the rich." If poor families sell their children, the government will pay for them. At the same time, they will arrange for the rich to take them as tenants, and encourage the rich to lend rice to the poor. The country will prevent the rich from becoming slaves. bear interest.”

“When grain prices rise, the state opens warehouses and sells rice at a fair price to stabilize rice prices, and distributes stipends to officials at all levels in advance to keep rice prices down.”

“After the hungry people who went out returned to their hometowns, the government would provide them with daily rations, and the state would run public projects to resettle the displaced people…”

"In short, by formulating and implementing a series of policies, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly stabilized society and people's hearts, restored and promoted the development of agriculture and the economy, and the Ming Dynasty was able to stride forward on the road to prosperity and well-being."

"Because Ming Taizu has experienced it, I want to hold an umbrella for everyone."

"Agriculture is prominent in helping the people, so there is a certain reason for this Jinyiwei."

"This is also the contribution of Ming Taizu, who established the supervisory agency and the secret service Jinyiwei."

"The supervisory agency is used to deal with officials, while the Jinyiwei is responsible for guards and the like. The Jinyiwei can arrest people at will and is not restricted by the law at all."

"Which dynasty has no corrupt officials? Isn't this protecting the people?" ""

"Internally, Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to consolidate the Zhu family's empire, instituted the enfeoffment system and enfeoffed 24 sons and 1 grandson."

"Among the kings who were sent to all parts of the country, the northern ones were more powerful, especially the northern kings of Yan Zhu Di and Ning Wang Zhu Quan."

"As a system, Jin Yiwei is still being used for reference and learning by countries around the world hundreds of years later. The CIA, National Security Bureau, etc. in some countries today actually have some shadow of the Jin Yiwei designed by Zhu Yuanzhang. From this, This shows the necessity of this system for the state apparatus that has developed to a certain stage.”

"The Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty actually played a positive role in the country most of the time. Although the Jinyiwei had a bad reputation, they were only sometimes used by bad people to carry out political struggles such as attacking dissidents."

"Politically, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted extremely tough measures."

"The improvement and innovation of the political system were carried out by forceful means. On the one hand, this improvement was certainly intended to further strengthen the imperial power and stabilize the political power structure."

"But subjectively and objectively, it also improved the feudal system to a certain or even considerable extent, promoted the progress of the political system, and even laid a solid foundation for its qualitative leap into modernity."

"In order to overcome a series of shortcomings in the Yuan Dynasty, including people's difficult livelihood, high government corruption, huge oppression of the people, loose central authority, and lack of resolute implementation of policies, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted a series of measures to strengthen imperial power, centralize power, and reform the political system."

"On the one hand, Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the powerful prime minister in the central government's organizational structure and established palace bachelors to assist the emperor in handling government affairs."

"This is the prototype of the cabinet system in the Ming Dynasty. The cabinet system was basically formed by the time of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty."

"After that, the power gradually became stronger. For example, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, the cabinet was given the power to draft the votes of the bachelors, and during the reign of Emperor Xianzong, the chief assistant of the cabinet was formed."

"In short, through the efforts of several generations of emperors in the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet system became increasingly perfect and mature. Later, it was learned by people from other countries, and eventually formed the cabinet system and prime minister system in the modern sense."

"A certain small Japanese country that completely copied the Ming Dynasty's cabinet system hundreds of years ago is still practicing a very typical cabinet system of governance even today."

"On the other hand, Zhu Yuanzhang also decomposed the powers of local governments at all levels. For example, the power of provincial-level local governments was divided into three newly established departments: the Department of Administrative Affairs, the Department of Prosecution and Prosecution, and the Department of Capital Command. The three powers of administration, judiciary, and military, and these three institutions with equal status do not have jurisdiction over each other, and are all individually responsible to the central government.”

"In terms of the military, Zhu Yuanzhang divided the central governor's office into five governor's offices: left, center, right, front and rear."

"The Fifth Military Governor's Office is responsible for the management and training of the country's military forces, while the power to mobilize troops is controlled by the Ministry of War."

"At the local level, a complete set of guard system and military household system have been established."

"Zhu Yuanzhang firmly controlled military power in the hands of the emperor by establishing this series of military systems. As a result, the Ming Dynasty's army maintained strong centripetal force and combat effectiveness from beginning to end."

“The military systems of today’s modern countries can also be traced back to the excellence of the Ming Dynasty’s military system.”

"The greatest achievement must be that after many years of arduous battles, he defeated the heroes, ended the rule of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, unified the country, established a new and powerful country, and restored the long-lost political power of the Han nation within the traditional national territory. "