Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, the ministers outside the Supreme Harmony Gate hurriedly lowered their heads and looked at their toes.
At this time, whoever colluded with the wealthy merchants would be the enemy of the emperor. The emperor before him was really killing people like flies, not caring who they were.
What position do you have? Is it important or not?
It seemed that in his eyes, the Zhu family was the most important, followed by the commoners, the army, the scholars, the officials, and the merchants.
The commoners here were collectively referred to as all walks of life.
During the Hongwu reign, the officials were the lowest.
For details, please see the Ming Dynasty's seven ministers chronology Hongwu column. After the abolition of the Ministry of Central Affairs, for more than ten years, the six main officials were not complete.
"If any of you have done anything illegal, we will remember it. Go back and tell those local officials who rely on you.”
"The household registration is done in three years, five years, and every year. If there is anyone who dares to fill in the form randomly and fill their own pockets, don't say that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't warn you!”
"Your hands and feet are clean. Don't wait until the Embroidered Uniform Guards arrive at home before you start to admit your mistakes.”
After Zhu Yuanzhang said that, he didn't say anything else. Last year's land reform was vigorous. Many governments in the Han Dynasty had already completely transferred the land to the imperial manor.
Only the Yunnan-Guizhou region remained stubborn. There were too many chieftains there, and massacres would not have any good effect. Instead, it would really incite a civil revolt.
In other words, the land that Zhu Yuanzhang took from the imperial manor was only a few military bases north of the Great Wall and a few military bases outside the Liaoxi Corridor.
The fields north of the Yangtze River, south of the Great Wall, and the Huangzhuang fields in the south were mostly concentrated in the Jiangnan area. When it came to the Southwest area, it was really powerless.
"Dismissed!"
Zhu Biao reminded and quickly caught up with Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Imperial Father, is it really okay to continue like this? With the high taxes, 30% of the world's annual output and various taxes went into the national treasury.。。”
Zhu Biao couldn't understand.
Why did the old man suddenly change his attitude after Zhu Xiongying left? He personally set up and broke many of the systems he had set up in the past.
The most important one was that in the 22nd year of Hongwu, the Ming court issued an order to the world that the officers of the Guard Office and the General Flag would be transferred every three years.
They also reduced the army by 800,000 soldiers and recruited another 500,000 soldiers. These 500,000 soldiers would serve for five years and receive the court's salary.
They trained according to Zhu Xiongying's training records.
Most importantly, Zhu Yuanzhang mobilized a large number of craftsmen and almost exhausted all his strength to improve his skills and overcome difficulties to produce a new weapon.
This thing was called a flintlock in the training records.
Unfortunately, even with Zhu Yuanzhang's strength, the development of flintlock guns was still fraught with difficulties in more than a year.
Inside the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the first flintlock gun of the Ming Dynasty that was hung on the wall as a holy weapon. Strictly speaking, this thing could only be considered a pistol.
It was a little longer than a pistol, but it was far from the standard of a flintlock.
"Biao Er, do you think Big Ming is strong enough?”Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward and took the flintlock gun. There were no bullets in the gun. The old man had to hold it in his hand and touch it every day.
Zhu Biao said," Father, you have the power to drive out the Tartar Krupp and restore China. The Yuan Empire, which was insufferably arrogant a hundred years ago, has been defeated in front of our army. Its military strength is extremely bleak.”
"Great Ming has more than 60 million people and 8.6 million registered households. As the land is distributed, the hidden population in various places will also surface.”
"Big Ming will only become stronger and stronger.”
Zhu Biao said confidently.
"However, Big Ming can be even stronger. This thing has ten bullets in one magazine. The speed of changing magazines can even reach the blink of an eye for well-trained soldiers.”
"It can continuously fire three magazines and thirty bullets. It only needs fifteen minutes to cool down.”
"If one day, someone holds a firearm with a magazine of fifty bullets, a firearm that doesn't need to cool down for fifteen minutes or even an hour.”
"Big Ming, how do we compete with him?"
There was nothing wrong with what Zhu Yuanzhang said, but it had to be said that he was really worrying for nothing. The overall economic strength of the current Western Ox Continent was not even as strong as the six regions of Jiangnan.
As for the so-called military strength, the level of warships, the level of firearms, and the Ming army that was fully equipped with firearms, beating them up was a dimensional attack.
They had not even figured out the arquebus yet. Who knew how long it would take for them to be fully equipped? When the Ming Dynasty was in the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, the arquebus was already a common firearm.
When the Ming army fought against the nomadic cavalry, firearms would be involved in any battle between the two sides.
And often, firearms would help the Ming army gain military merits.
"Father, it can't be." Zhu Biao hesitated.。。”
"There's nothing that I can't do. That brat wrote a sentence on the last page of the Military Training Record. "Take a look for yourself," Zhu Yuanzhang threw the training record to Zhu Biao.
This small notebook was passed around in their hands like waste paper, but in the entire Great Ming Dynasty, no fourth person had seen it, let alone read it.
Simply put, this military training record didn't just include how to train soldiers. It also included political and military information, and even a few words to teach people how to rebel.
It was commonly known as the Dragon Slaying Technique.
"The new heavy-duty fixed-point heavy machine gun can fire more than a thousand bullets in a quarter of an hour. If the bullets pass through the body, if the injured are not treated, at least 80 out of 100 people will die.”
"If our dynasty had this divine item, we would be able to roam the northern frontier, singing and dancing, and there would be no more trouble in the north.”
Zhu Biao read it word by word. However, the amount of information seemed to be a little too much.
In a quarter of an hour, more than a thousand bullets passed through the body, almost to the point of death. On the battlefield, if you lost your arms and legs, you would not be able to live without a stab.
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