Zhu Youjian's words are actually not just for North Korea, but for rebuilding a feudal system that can ensure the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty...
There is no way, Zhu Youjian is not the Zhu Cihong whose soul comes from the 21st century. Zhu Cixiang was actually a capitalist, so he ran the country as a company, stressing efficiency in everything and focusing on economic interests. Under his rule, Ming Dynasty completed the agricultural revolution, completed the progress of handicraft industry to factory handicraft industry, and accumulated strength in education, scientific research and finance for the industrial revolution.
Although he did not force the Ming Dynasty into the industrial era. But the foundation has been laid, the road has been paved, and the direction is very clear.
Zhu Youjian was originally a feudal emperor in the 17th century. After being trained by his son for more than 50 years, although he learned a lot of skills, his thinking has not changed... He is still an old feudal!
However, his son's teachings greatly broadened his horizons and made him realize the great flaws of the Ming Dynasty's feudal system.
The Ming Dynasty was of course feudal, but like the feudalism of all countries, the Ming Dynasty was not 100% feudal - 100% feudalism did not exist because no monarch could maintain his rule without direct territory. If you have no land, no population, and no taxes, then you are no longer a "proletariat". How can you be a king?
The territories directly under the monarch are basically managed by bureaucrats. Even if those bureaucrats are vassals themselves, or small nobles who own small territories, or hereditary officials with a hereditary salary, they cannot be regarded as the monarchs of the land they manage.
Therefore, feudalism was originally parallel to bureaucracy, and the Ming Dynasty was certainly no exception. In the Ming Dynasty, there were also territories (population) managed by floating officials and territories (population) managed by hereditary officers or chieftains. At the same time, there were also territories jointly managed by floating officials, worldly officials and chieftains in the Ming Dynasty... In short, the Ming Dynasty There were many ambiguities in the feudal system from the beginning, and a strict feudal system was not established.
But the Ming Dynasty definitely had considerable feudal elements. For example, Qin Liangyu, the heroine of Shizhu, and Mu Tianbo, the chief soldier of Yunnan children, are typical feudal lords.
After the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Di began to implement the vassal ban, which caused the originally chaotic feudal system of the Ming Dynasty to begin to collapse.
The feudal system is usually used to support the feudal army...conferring land and population to feudal lords or small nobles in exchange for their military service is the essence of feudalism, which is feudal land ownership!
The chaos and collapse of the Ming Dynasty's feudal system naturally led to the rapid decline of the Ming Dynasty's feudal army after the Battle of Jingnan.
Now that Zhu Youjian has rebuilt the Ming Dynasty's military force, he must of course consider how to maintain it for a long time.
The approach taken by Zhu Cixiang in his previous life was to establish an elite officer training system and a professional soldier training system at the same time, and let the two restrain each other.
Zhu Youjian felt that these two systems were still not very reliable, so he wanted to rebuild a feudal military aristocracy system - the N generations of the Northern Army who were encircled by Zhu Cihong in Nanjing in his previous life were not feudal aristocrats, because they only had titles and salaries (large Some people don't even have titles), no land and no population. They are actually just a group of military bureaucrats from aristocratic families.
However, Zhu Youjian could not turn the officers who were loyal to him into such aristocratic officers, because he could not manage Northern Zhili into Southern Zhili under Zhu Cixang... So all he could provide to the heroes were small A fiefdom and a population of hundreds or thousands of households, or a small piece of land linked to military service.
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Wansheng Hall, Xinuang Pavilion.
"This year is the ninth year of Chongzhen! I inherited the great unification in the seventh year of Tianqi. It has been nearly 10 years... 10 years as king, and I have finally managed a situation of ZTE. Although Liaodong is not peaceful, the slaves and thieves Before it was destroyed, North Korea was invaded by Japanese pirates again. But our Ming Dynasty already had strong troops. Not only did it annex Mongolia, but it also regained Luzon in the South Sea. It was regarded as spreading military force on the sea and showing its power in foreign lands! So what I have to consider now is how to make it more powerful. Will the Ming Dynasty last another two or three hundred years?"
The one who was talking eloquently was, of course, Zhu Youjian, the leader of the Ming Dynasty and ZTE.
He has been back in Beijing for almost half a month now, and this morning he just received a memorial from the Tianjin Shipping Department - Anthony Van Diemen, Hans Putsmann and Zheng Zhihu were on board respectively. Three medium-sized armed Galen ships loaded with rice arrived at the Dagukou Pier. After they arrived at the dock, Hans Putsmann and Zheng Zhihu immediately asked the Tianjin Shipping Department to forward the memorial to Zhu Youjian in Beijing.
So Zhu Youjian now knows about the great victory in Luzon and also knows that a lot was captured in this battle.
But what he values now is not gold and silver treasures, nor business profits, but land, population, and food. With these three things, Zhu Youjian can start his new feudalism.
Therefore, at today's Xinuang Pavilion hearing (that is, a small dynasty), Zhu Youjian raised the issue of long-term peace and stability.
"Does Long Live Lord want to use feudal methods to make the country last longer?"
Yuanfu Bi Ziyan understood Zhu Youjian's thoughts, but he still had doubts about "new feudalism" and always felt that it was an unstable factor.
Bi Ziyan paused and said, "The former Emperor Wu of Jin probably thought the same way, right?"
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "The Western Jin Dynasty is a world of powerful families, and Wubao is divided... It is actually right to enfeoff. Without enfeoffing the clan, how can the world's powerful families be controlled by official posts alone? But he should not choose a fool. Be the crown prince. The nephew of the emperor is very smart and has little courage. If he is well cultivated, he will be a wise king in the future, not comparable to Emperor Hui and Jianwen of Jin. Moreover, I will not abuse the title like Emperor Wu of Jin, let alone treat the exiled The land managed by officials was sealed off.
The main thing that I plan to grant to the scholars is the population... The main thing that I plan to grant to the meritorious officials is the population. The population of the Ming Dynasty is as high as 200 million. Even if 20 million are used to seal it, it will not cause any serious harm.
What I want to discuss with you today is to issue a "Ming Rites and Covenant Law" to make covenants for the king and his ministers, for the clan and the vassal, and for the king, vassal ministers and the common people. "
Of course, Zhu Youjian is not Sima Yan. Sima Yan's world was usurped, while Zhu Youjian's world was fundamentally defeated, and he himself is also very capable of fighting. Therefore, since he became emperor, the population and land controlled by the imperial court have actually increased significantly!
Moreover, the relationship between Ming Dynasty and foreign vassals was becoming closer. After a while, they will become closer and even become relatives.
In addition, now Zhu Youjian's plate is not only from the Ming Dynasty, but also from the Mongol Khan! So what he wants to bring out is not only "Ming Rites and Laws", but also its Mongolian version.
Therefore, we must discuss it carefully in order to come up with the best plan.
Cifu Wen Tiren asked: "Long live my lord, you said before that the reconstruction of rituals and music started in Korea, so does this "Ming Rites and Laws" also start in Korea?"
"Of course..." Zhu Youjian said, "Without this treaty, the whole country of Korea would be a piece of scattered sand and cannot be integrated. Li Xin's more than 10,000 soldiers and horses alone are not enough to pacify the Eight Paths."
Sun Chuanting, who served as the Minister of War, considered and asked: "Then the other vassal states of the Ming Dynasty should abide by this "Ming Rites and Laws"?"
"Of course we have to defend it!" Zhu Youjian said, "If you don't want to defend it, don't become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty!"
In Zhu Youjian's view, although there were many vassal states in the Ming Dynasty, the suzerain-vassal relationship was loose. When it was beneficial, they were all vassal states. When it was not beneficial, they did not recognize the Ming Dynasty. It’s okay not to have such a vassal state!
After saying "no more", you can still send troops to beat him up!
"Then what happens if a foreign vassal does not abide by the rules?" Hong Chengchou frowned and asked, "Will the imperial court send troops to attack?"
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "The vassal states of the Ming Dynasty are not easily chosen... I have to cut down the vassal states first, and then establish some vassal states that I can really control."
Of course these vassal states are all close to the vassal! How come I can't give orders when I'm here, Zhu Youjian?
