The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 628
Although the Jianlu have been defeated one after another, they still occupy a large area of ​​land north of the Yangtze River and outside the Great Wall, and their strength is still strong.

Especially the provinces in Jiangbei are "windfalls" for Jianlu from outside the pass.If they find themselves in a disadvantageous situation, they will not hesitate to squeeze out the last trace of manpower and material resources from these places.Even if it was all scorched, they wouldn't feel distressed at all-at worst, returning to their hometown in Liaodong would be like coming to the Central Plains to carry out a robbery.

According to Beizhen's recent intelligence, Dorgon is indeed searching for all the forces that can be mobilized in Jiangbei, and is preparing to launch a desperate counterattack against Daming.

Zhu Linming is very clear that this must not be taken lightly!In Chinese history, conquests from north to south have a very high success rate, but in the southern region, the Northern Expedition has only one victory when Zhu Yuanzhang expelled Yuan Jianming. This also has a deep objective law.

For example, it is very easy to obtain war horses in the north; the flat terrain in the north is conducive to mobilizing troops and transporting food; northerners are taller than southerners and their folk customs are more sturdy, etc.Even northerners can easily adapt to the warm climate in the south, while southerners are less resistant to cold, resulting in a decline in combat effectiveness due to wind and snow, and serious non-combat attrition.

Therefore, after the Ming army regained the land in the Yangtze River Basin and began to march northward to the Yellow River Basin, the difficulties they faced would be several times greater than before.

Therefore, Zhu Linming's most important task right now is to consolidate the foundation of Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, get rid of all kinds of long-standing abuses, promote the New Deal and industrialization, and make Ming Dynasty completely crush the Qing Dynasty in military power, technology, economy, logistics and other fields.Then the Northern Expedition with absolute superiority was completed in one battle.

After all, the war was fought on the land of Ming Dynasty, and once it fell into a stalemate, a large number of casualties and displaced people were all Han Chinese.

In addition, as a person of later generations, his vision is far more than just regaining his homeland.If we only focus on the three acres of land near East Asia, the Western powers will come with giant ships and cannons in more than 200 years, leaving a serious disaster for the Chinese nation.He has already secretly made up his mind to leave a prosperous world that is at the top of the world to future generations!The first step is to eliminate the disadvantages and introduce the new, and to improve the foundation of Daming.

Zhu Linmi walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and first took a general look at the various places. It was really carved beams and painted buildings, golden tiles and jade walls, and all kinds of utensils are the most expensive and refined, and even the placement is extremely elegant.Although Dongnuan Pavilion has not been fully restored, the living conditions here are much better than those in Yingtian Mansion. The emperor is the emperor after all!
As he walked, he planned all aspects of Ming Dynasty's affairs in his mind. Although he was in power before, he would inevitably be constrained by the courtiers. Now that the imperial power is in his hands, many things that were impossible or difficult to implement before can already be implemented.

The first thing is to reform the government.Daming officials have a bloated structure, a lot of redundant staff, low efficiency, and severe corruption for hundreds of years, all of which he will rectify immediately.

Moreover, while reforming the administration of officials, a large number of talented scholars can be placed in the imperial court, changing the situation in which "literary arts students" have always been in power in the Ming Dynasty.In addition, courtiers who were born in imperial examinations and those who were born in Gezhi can also form mutual constraints, which is of great benefit to consolidating his rule.

Second only to bureaucratic reform is tax reform.The absurd tax system is also a cancer on Daming's body - the poorer people pay more taxes, but the rich don't pay taxes!If things go on like this, not only will the country's finances become more and more depleted, but it will also cause the people at the bottom to rebel violently when they have no livelihood.

After these two items, there are agricultural reform, land reform, household registration reform, industrial and commercial reform, economic and financial reform, and many other issues, all of which are urgent matters that have a great impact on national power.

Fortunately, Zhu Linmi has already designed the content of innovation in the "Development Outline", and now only needs to consider how to carry it out step by step.

Before he could finish the details of the implementation of the reform of the bureaucracy, he was overwhelmed by the mountain of congratulations from the courtiers.

He looked through the first few copies and found that the contents were roughly the same, nothing more than flattering him and showing his loyalty by the way, so he simply handed over the hundreds of congratulatory forms to Feng Kang for processing.

Zhu Linmi had just freed her hand, and within a moment, the supervisor of Shangshan came to report, saying that the banquet was ready.

On the day when the new emperor ascended the throne, he wanted to hold a big banquet, so he invited his ministers. This is also one of the ceremonies that cannot be escaped.He had no choice but to put down the work at hand, and took Ma Wensheng and other eunuchs and maids to Qianqing Palace.

After this banquet, he went to the Tai Chi Hall of the West Palace to greet his mother, the new Empress Dowager, and then there was a simple ceremony of handing over the seal.

By the time all the enthronement work was done, the sky was already getting dark.When Zhu Linming returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, she saw a memorial sent by the cabinet on the case.

He thought that the efficiency of the work was quite high, so he went to open it to take a look, but almost spat out a mouthful of old blood—it was actually a memorial for the construction of a mausoleum for him!

bad habits!This bad habit is really bad.Zhu Linming knew that this was a matter that the emperors of all dynasties paid great attention to, but where is the time to be busy with it now?Moreover, this was a waste of money and people, and he was still thinking about whether he could just make do with some emperor from the previous dynasty.

He threw the memorial aside, first wrote a secret order and sent it to Luo Mingshou, then ordered Ma Wensheng to serve a cup of strong tea, and began to draw up a pen to plan the details of future reforms.

It wasn't until he was ugly that he remembered that there were important arrangements for tomorrow, so he moved his tired joints and went to sleep in Xinuang Pavilion.

The next day, Zhu Linmi first received Huang Daozhou's letter of resignation, saying that she was too old to bear the burdensome court affairs, so please resign and return to Fujing to retire.

Huang Daozhou could see clearly that he, the chief assistant of the cabinet and minister of officials, was put aside at the grand ceremony yesterday, and Yang Tinglin announced the personnel changes in the court. This is the meaning of the emperor's reuse of Yang Tinglin.Wouldn't it be too ignorant if he still lingered.

In fact, Zhu Linmei still has a good impression of this loyal veteran of the Ming Dynasty, and Huang Daozhou had a lot of support when he was training in Longnan.But Mr. Huang Ge is also an out-and-out rotten Confucian, with conservative ideas and limited abilities. It is difficult for him to continue to lead the cabinet to help his reforms, and even hinder him in many places.For example, the Fujian Party resisted moving the capital a while ago, and Huang Daozhou, because he is from Fujing, tolerated them, which is the bad habit of the old Ming officials.

Although Yang Tinglin is also an old-fashioned official, he is relatively receptive to new things. He has read the "Outline for Development" before, and he generally agrees.

At the same time, Zhu Linmi had fought with this person in Jiangxi, and she had contributed to her role as the assistant king and ascension to the throne of God, so she could be regarded as her direct descendant.After all, the old-fashioned officials in the DPRK and China still have a lot of power, and it is necessary to use Yang Tinglin's popularity and political means to restrain these people.

So he specifically praised Yang Tinglin, just to show his attitude to the court——Yang Gebu will be the core of the cabinet in the future.It's just that he didn't expect Huang Daozhou to be so upright, so he immediately resigned from office.

(End of this chapter)