The morale of the nine sides had been exhausted for a long time.
Following Yang Yiqing's massacre of over ten thousand Tartar soldiers and the capture of twenty thousand young men, the victory was announced.
After this battle, the long-weakened Jiubian Town picked up the long-lost glory of the Ming army.
The Tartars had more than 400,000 troops, while the Wala had 300,000.
These 30,000 people weren't able to hurt his bones.
Yang Yiqing knew that the remnants of Great Ming and Northern Yuan would sooner or later have a war that would destroy the country.
Now, both sides were testing each other's bottom line.
However, things were not over yet.
Yang Yiqing knelt down in the direction of the Forbidden City and shouted,""I, Yang Yiqing, will accept my punishment first!"
With that, he stood up fiercely.
"Push the Tartars up the city wall!”
Batches of Tartar soldiers were pushed into the Datong Prefecture Pool by the Ming army with panic in their eyes.
"Today, we will sacrifice our dead brothers.”
"Slash!"
Batches of Tartars 'heads were chopped off by the Ming army like rubber balls.
What did he mean by not killing captives and giving preferential treatment to captives?
Before Yang Yiqing managed the nine borders, he was a censor of the Left Qian Capital and a civil official.
The civil officials of the Ming Dynasty had the most backbone, the most in history.
But the civil officials of Great Ming also had a bit more of a scholarly air in their bones.
Before he came to Jiubian, Yang Yiqing had always abided by the Han people's etiquette and morality. He thought that it was only right and proper not to kill captives.
However, after going through the nine sides, he saw his brothers fall in front of him one by one.
His worldview collapsed.
To hell with not killing captives!
Today, I, Yang Yiqing, know my mistake and still want to commit it. I'll risk being impeached by the censor and being removed from the post of governor. I'll make these people pay with blood!
In less than four hours in the morning, in less than four hours in the future, more than 15,000 fresh Tartars were beheaded.
Blood dyed the city of Datong Prefecture red.
To pay tribute to those brothers who sacrificed themselves for the sake of protecting the territory of the Han people, but did not receive any military compensation!
There were still five thousand Tartars that Yang Yiqing did not kill.
Yang Yiqing treated these 5,000 people as slaves. They were whipped by the Ming army and thrown into the fortifications of the city.
If I, Yang Yiqing, can still defend Da Tong, then in the future, you Tartars and Wala will become my slaves!
On the horse path.
The scouts sent out from Datong Prefecture rode fast horses and rushed over the Great Wall.
The Great Wall was a project that had gathered the wisdom of their ancestors for more than 2,000 years.
In Great Ming, its effect was displayed to the extreme.
It was paved with bricks and stones, not only could it be used to spread military information, but it could also speed up the march.
Because of the Great Wall, the nine military strongholds on the nine sides didn't have to brave the swamps, sandstorms, and other obstacles to reinforce the battlefield as quickly as possible.
The greatness of the Great Wall was not only for defense, but also for military counterattack and reinforcements!
At the same time, Yang Yiqing also began to invest in the military budget.
Batches of military silver were distributed by Yang Yiqing to the various strategic towns on the nine borders.
He knew that the commanders there were all looking forward to this batch of military funds!
……
North Zhili.
Forbidden City.
Yangxin Palace Hall.
Zhu Youtang left Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian.
At this moment, the three of them were a little terrified.
The more they thought about it, the more they realized something.
During the Chenghua period, they could have tried to mediate the situation.
However, in the Hongzhi Dynasty, if he dared to be a peacemaker in the future, he would not be far from retirement.
A third-grade assistant minister of the Ministry of War, Zhu Youtang, did not even go through the recommendation of the six departments of the cabinet. With a word, he transferred him to the Annam Wilderness.
Qian Gang was arbitrary!
Liu Jian was trembling with fear. Half of his butt was pressed against the armchair, and he lowered his head without saying a word.
Bean-sized beads of sweat slowly appeared on his forehead. He didn't bother to wipe them off and was listening to the divine grace.
Zhu Youtang did not mention Liu Jian's performance just now.
Using both power and grace, using too much force was as bad as not being enough.
Zhu Youtang had mastered these imperial weighing techniques.
Among the three cabinet ministers of the Hongzhi Dynasty, Youming was considered the strongest.
There were not many internal conflicts, and all his energy was focused on strengthening the country.
Just now, Zhu Youtang only knocked Liu Jian.
"Zhen has a few memorials here, you can take them to the cabinet.”
Zhu Youtang threw the accumulated memorials about the elimination of the vassal to Liu Jian.
Liu Jian opened it in fear and trepidation.
At first glance, he was overjoyed.
The root of the Ming Dynasty's exhaustion was not greed. There were officials who were greedy in every dynasty.
This kind of thing was the easiest to manage. As long as the emperor was tough enough, there would not be corrupt officials in the dynasty.
Zhu Youtang had already done this to the extreme.
All the cabinet officials were clear about the source of Ming Dynasty's exhaustion, but no one dared to mention it.
That was the increasing number of vassal kings and imperial clans over the years.
The vassal kings who had followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world, the meritorious people who had followed Zhu Di to seek the throne…their descendants had already reached hundreds of thousands in the Hongzhi Dynasty.
However, because the land did not need to be paid taxes, the annexation of land had increased over the years, and these people who did not care about production were gnawing at this riddled Ming Dynasty.
The cabinet had long wanted to scrape the bones to cure the poison, but without the emperor's intention, no one dared to easily make a move.
At this moment, the Third Cabinet Elder raised his head slightly and looked at the expressionless young emperor.
They felt their hearts pounding like never before.
He seemed to understand Tian Zi's meaning.
"Your Majesty, this…" The three of them hurriedly replied respectfully.
Zhu Youtang's words were concise and comprehensive.”
"The royal family of the vassal king is in my dynasty and cannot continue to develop.”
The three of them did not have time to answer.
Zhu Youtang rubbed his eyebrows and said,"The number of vassal clans can be reduced, but what about the tax evasion of the land in the world?"”
"Zhen confiscated fifteen million taels, and in just one day, the national treasury was emptied.”
"My three beloved ministers, think about it. Give me a list of methods to control taxes.”
Investigating corruption could only solve a temporary emergency. Ming Dynasty's finances wanted to have a long history.
It would still require years of continuous tax revenue.
Obviously, Tian Zi wanted to reform the tax system.
Zhu Youtang knew that they didn't have the great wisdom of Zhang Juzheng, so he gave them a hint,""In the past, taxes were collected according to the number of men. Give me a list of policies and see how to collect taxes based on the area of the land.”
At this point, Zhu Youtang did not say anything more.
For many things, he only needed to give a general direction. The details needed to be perfected and the cabinet needed to vote for it.
Otherwise, if Zhu Youtang had to do everything himself, what was the use of raising this group of people?
Even so, Zhu Youtang's short sentence had already made the eyes of the three cabinet elders shine like never before.
Taxes were levied according to the number of people, changing it to…taxes were levied according to the land!
After the Third Pavilion Elder left Yangxin Palace Hall, the three of them looked at each other in shock and exclaimed at the same time.
"The wisdom of my emperor…my emperor is wise!!!”
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