Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite NextPage

Chapter 244: The Return of Zheng He(1/4)

From counting the organization and personnel of the Seventh Army to the data in Fang Shiyu’s hands, the full organization of 100 guards of the Central Army has 460,000 people.

The local army had a total of 73 guards and 340,000 people!

Border Guards, 80,000 people!

The internal armed forces are not counted for the time being.

The Navy Navy, because Lan Yu has not returned, it is difficult to count.

There are more than 410,000 constables in the public safety prison room.

Just talking about the Central Army, local army, border guards, and public safety punishment and arresting houses, the Ming Dynasty raised nearly 1.3 million people who could go to the battlefield.

If it were counted as the Shanghai Army, I was afraid that this number would exceed 1.4 million.

Such a huge scale is indeed an invisible super pressure for the court.

Fang Shiyu chose to disarmament. According to his plan, the Central Army was changed to a 75 guards, with a total of 350,000 soldiers!

Local military and guards were dismissed and the number of people was reduced to 210,000.

Public safety punishment and arrest rooms can add some quotas to supplement the manpower problem. After all, according to the military pay of the Ming Dynasty, a central soldier can support four local soldiers and twelve constables.

Since the restructuring of Hongwu in the 22nd year of Hongwu, the combat effectiveness of the Central Army has always maintained its highest level, relying on countless money and food to be poured into it.

The first five-year plan includes local economic development plans, expanding the economic system of Tai'an Prefecture, and building four main roads and more than a thousand branches of all sizes, with Tai'an Prefecture as the center.

Among them, Tai'an Prefecture connects Guangzhou Guards to be regarded as the official road of Beijing-Guangzhou Guards. Tai'an Prefecture connects Jianzhou Guards to be regarded as the official road of Beijing-Liaoning. Tai'an Prefecture connects Zhangye, it is regarded as the official road of Beijing-Ganzhou Guards.

The capital connects Hanzhong and is regarded as the official road of Beijing and Shu.

On these four main roads, dense official roads are scattered to communicate with prefectures and counties along the road. In non-war times, the official roads are open all year round.

Merchants are allowed to pass without obstacles.

Regarding the official road construction and the passage of merchants, Fang Shiyu immediately thought of collecting tolls, and then the chief assistant Yang Yu broke this idea.

According to Yang Yu and Jing Qing's words, charging tolls was too harsh. The court's commercial tax was already extremely high. 50 million guan of treasure money were invested every year to maintain the passage of official roads, and the commercial taxes obtained were huge.

Of course, this does not discourage Fang Shiyu's enthusiasm. After all, the official socialist ritual also costs a fee. But what Xie Jin said made Fang Shiyu really interrupt this idea.

Xie Jin said: "How can we ensure that the merchants go up and down from where they go? If he finds a place halfway and goes down, not only will he not maintain the official road, but he will destroy it wantonly."

"It will cause great trouble to the maintenance of the official road."

Since then, Fang Shiyu approved Yang Yu’s rebuttal to him. As Xie Jin said, the Ming Dynasty did not have the ability to cultivate the official road in heaven, so that they could not leave the official road without going to the designated intersection.

According to the plan, the official roads are all about bypassing mountain roads as much as possible, and the profits have been maximized.

This is also the reason why the official roads in Beijing and Shu were only built to Hanzhong. The roads in Shu were difficult and difficult to reach the blue sky. The Ming Dynasty really did not have the ability to build an eight-square-wide main road in Shu.

Even if you have this ability, it is useless, it costs a lot, and the profit is not good. Since Hanzhong was divided from Bashu and not under the jurisdiction of Bashu, Bashu? This place has no ability to rebel.

Bashu in Hanzhong is the country of Tianfu that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Without Bashu in Hanzhong, it is a dead end. The imperial army comes and goes freely and guards Hanzhong. Even if there are millions of troops in Shu, it is difficult to leave Sichuan and Shu.

The importance of Hanzhong to Shu is self-evident.

The four main roads were funded by the imperial court, and the remaining roads were built by local officials using the finances intercepted by the county, thus achieving the effect of multi-faceted construction.

Although they will cultivate themselves, in order to achieve political achievements, everyone can be promoted and make money. After all, their salary follows political achievements.

If you complete a part of the five-year plan every year, you can get a high salary. Finally, you can get a allowance for the five-year plan hard work award and a one-year salary.

Of course, in addition to road construction, the Ministry of War, Ministry of Revenue, and Ministry of Justice have their own tasks.

The cabinet general led the state affairs. After the Ministry of War was castrated, Fang Shiyu took away the power of military transfer and became a department that only cared for logistics during the war.

As for when they were idle, they were mainly responsible for the staffing amount of the Seventh Army Governor's Office and thoroughly checking whether there was a problem of empty salary.

Fang Shiyu still had a very presence in this move. From then on, the Ministry of War had no right to transfer military power, so they lost the ability to seize military power.

Civil officials do not have the ability to seize military power, so they can only focus on internal affairs, accumulate political achievements, return to their hometown, and be named a non-hereditary count as the highest honor of civil officials.

Of course, the reputation of the Grand Tutor, the Grand Tutor, the Grand Marshal, and the Three Dukes is not low.

Although the Ministry of War has no right to transfer troops, the Ministry of War still occupies the head of the Seventh Army Governor's Office. As long as I find out that you have an empty salary, I can be imprisoned. If it is finally verified that it is true, you have an empty salary.

Sorry, wait for death!

The Ministry of War became an inspection of whether the troops were sufficient and the function of wartime logistics. It seemed that the Ministry of War's power was castrated, but Fang Shiyu gave greater power.

However, this power is very large in the eyes of the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Seventh Army. From the perspective of the emperor, the power to mobilize military forces and the power to inspect military forces are completely different concepts. The former Ministry of War had the ability to mobilize troops, but did not have the ability to command troops.

But they can seize military power, but now they can't grasp military power anymore. The military guards in various places are tortured by them. This is just a good thing for Fang Shiyu.

Although it is not guaranteed to completely eliminate the problem of empty salary, it can also greatly guarantee the amount of the army and combat effectiveness. Of course, the Guoan Inspection Jinyiwei also has to check whether the military camp is full, what, where did the military camp go, whether it can be found, and whether it is fake.

The Ministry of War can check the Central Army, the local army, the internal armed forces, the border guards, and the navy, but he really can't check the Jinyiwei.

Only the emperor and commander know about the personnel establishment of the Jinyiwei. If the commander uses routines, because the Jinyiwei is the personal army of the emperor and is not affiliated with any department, even the commander of the Jinyiwei is not an amazing person at all.

The emperor wanted to kill the commander, so he just needed to find an Jinyiwei who he thought he could trust for a period of time and be charged with treason and could be killed at any time.

The Jinyiwei is the most special and dangerous.

The five-year plan also includes private schools, community schools, and government schools, including traditional Chinese medicine, women's colleges, technical colleges, and a small number of national colleges (Chinese studies are Confucianism).

Among them, the faculty of the National Academy is relatively easy to handle. When there is nothing wrong, the six ministers and court officials can go to inspect and give a lesson. The Ming Dynasty was not short of those who read the books of sages.

However, the Technical College can only find craftsmen from the Firearm Manufacturing Bureau, train craftsmen to read and read at a designated location, and then ask them to teach in various places.

Although it is difficult, there is no way out.

Only the Women's College really made Fang Shiyu's brain-breaking thoughts. In the end, there was no way to force the daughter of the official family to enroll and select talents from it as the first batch of faculty.

Even Fang Shiyu's forced orders were difficult for these officials to accept, but Fang Shiyu could not hold his neck with a knife, let alone kill people.

It's really not worth it to turn the table over for this matter.

Yang Yu gave the method that if a daughter at home does not enroll in a scholar, he will be regarded as a violation of the law, a crime will be increased, and a official will be demoted to one level as a punishment. If he resists his daughter's enrollment, he will be regarded as disrespectful to the court's laws and eliminated fame.

If this series of punches continues, it will solve the problems of the Women's College.

However, the enrollment rate of the women's college is still pitifully low! Very pitiful.

The last five-year plan is that the Ming Dynasty will build four wardrobes in Liaodong, and wait until the remnants of the border guards in the future, and increase efforts to reclaim Liaodong to supply food in Tai'an!

......

The fourth year of Taishi, on the first day of March.

Nanjing City.

Royal Palace.

Fang Shiyu was kneeling beside the soft collapse in the Ganqing Palace. Looking at the dying old man in front of him, Fabin was already gray and his hair was not in time to take care of it, and he looked much messy. After swallowing his saliva, tears shone with tears in the corners of Fang Shiyu's eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang reached out and touched Fang Shiyu's face. He smiled and said, "Boy Fang, don't cry. I am old and I am seventy-two years old this year. People will die after all!"

"You are now the regent minister and are not in the capital. You run from Tai'an to Yingtian. What should you do if something goes wrong?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said weakly, his wrinkled hands touching Fang Shiyu's face, as if a knife was pulling. Years of farming and holding a knife made Zhu Yuanzhang's hands full of calluses when they were old.

"Old Zhu, no, no!" Tears burst out from Fang Shiyu's eyes. This was the most terrifying tyrant in the eyes of officials all over the world.

In Fang Shiyu's eyes, he was so kind and kind.

"Boy Fang, you have done a good job. I have seen the changes over the years. I don't have to worry about you with you in the Ming Dynasty."

"If you want to scold future generations for me, you must not forget your roots. Don't let them think that they are superior to others when they are born and ignore their lives."

"I have failed to do some things well. The prince violates the law and the people, so you should encourage him."

"After I die, I will be buried in Xiaoling Mausoleum, blocking the tomb chamber, all the female family members, whether to bury them with their own burials, you will decide whether to do so. Let me rest, as if I have seen the girl Xiuying!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang said that, the jade Ruyi in his hand fell to the ground. With a click, the jade Ruyi fell to pieces, and accompanied by Fang Shiyu's heart, it also fell to pieces.

"Old Zhu!"

Fang Shiyu roared and tears flowed.

Chen Di lowered his head and sighed in the hall of the Ganqing Palace, and ordered the little eunuch to ring the dragon seed. He walked forward alone, followed by him, Yang Yu, the chief assistant of the dynasty, and Jingqing, knelt in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's body and cried bitterly!

On the first day of the third month of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Empire, passed away with the emperor. The city of Nanjing was covered with white cloth and the grand carriage was set up. After the burial, the coffin of Emperor Daxing was placed outside the Taihe Gate.

All the officials in Nanjing, princes, princesses, and concubines, return to their residence to fast for seven days. Officials at all levels of the court and ministers of the department must stay and fast in the collective rest area within the yamen.

During this period, it is not allowed to leave the palace.

A group of idle officials, only honorary officials, gathered at the Meridian Gate to fast and stay overnight.

During the fasting period, the whole country was informed of the fences and barriers. From the beginning of the great emperor, mourning and marriage activities were prohibited. In the military and civilians in Beijing, they would pick their crowns, tassels, and wear plain white clothes within twenty-seven days.

Within one month, no marriage is allowed, and no fun is allowed within a hundred days.

Slaughter is not allowed within forty-nine days, and prayers and sacrifices are not allowed in any situation within twenty-seven days. Before mourning is removed, the document ticket is intended to be printed with a blue pen and the document rules are in blue ink.

From the day of the mourning in the capital, the bells of each temple must be ringed 30,000 times.

Twelve etiquette is always so dull. In addition, the court will also send imperial edicts to the vassal states.

For example, after receiving the imperial edict from the Ming Dynasty, North Korea arrived at the Yangtze River within three days, then landed, rushed to Yingtian, and worshiped in front of the Lingshu of Emperor Daxing.

After Zhu Yuanzhang passed away, the entire Nanjing city was covered with blue sky and white sun, but it seemed to be blocked by a dark cloud. Everyone was in a state of silence, and everything was so uncomfortable.
To be continued...
Prev Index    Favorite NextPage