During the World Summit, factory guards came to report that small-scale rebellions broke out in Jiangnan, Henan, Huguang, Guizhou and other places.
According to preliminary information, the rebellions in all regions were not led by the common people, but by local worms who could not bear the pain of corruption and almost invariably chose this moment to initiate rebellion.
Zhu Cixi had long been accustomed to rebellions. Even after the southern and northern wars and the peace of the world, local rebellions continued to emerge in endlessly.
Emperor Haojing had a way to greatly reduce the rebellion of the people, but for the moths, the ordinary methods would not work, because the moths had the power in their hands.
If you have power, you can be greedy. If you don't let them be greedy, they will be dissatisfied.
It's fine at ordinary times, but the more critical the moment, the more desperate he will be.
For example, right now...
Regulations, warnings, reports and other measures cannot stop the moths from making money. This is their nature.
Zhu Cixi could only adopt the method of diverting the tiger away from the mountain, which was to significantly reduce the size of the garrison in various places.
At the same time, the chief generals of the garrison were replaced by meritorious ministers or their own students and people who had attended military schools.
This move can increase the general's loyalty to the emperor and the court, and also reduce the possibility of being dragged down by moths.
According to the latest imperial decree, the garrison in each provincial capital shall not exceed the size of a mixed brigade, which is a maximum of 5,000 troops.
The number of troops stationed in second-tier cities shall not exceed 1,000, while the number of troops stationed in third-tier cities is only 500.
This means that unless they join forces many times to form a group, the size of a single rebel army cannot be three to five thousand people.
The provincial capital is where the governor's office is located, and it is basically impossible for the governor to participate in the rebellion.
It does not rule out the possibility that he thinks his level is not high enough and plans to become king on his own.
But from the time when Zhu Cihong supervised the country until now, not a single governor dared to go against the imperial court.
Generally, officials at the prefect, prefecture, and county levels would initiate rebellions, but those who rose to the rank of governor would be more honest.
The governor is a feudal official. His salary and benefits are equal to those of a minister, and his power is greater than that of a minister.
Those who can become governors are naturally not fools, but smart people.
Especially after learning about the Holy Emperor's new order, everyone had concerns in their hearts.
After the start of industrialization in the Ming Dynasty, as factory buildings rose from the ground, the original city became much more cramped.
Moreover, the land close to the city is much cheaper than in the city, but the location is not much different, so it is regarded as the best choice by many factory bosses.
The factories were located outside the city, but many of the workers lived in the city.
After the factory receives a large number of orders, it will need to work two or even three shifts.
Emperor Haojing followed the reports from various places and announced that except for a few places in the Ming Dynasty, the city gates would not be closed after nightfall.
Leaving the city gates open may bring danger, but that's relative.
After the rogue bandits are gone, the garrison troops everywhere are eager for the thieves to be stupid enough to take them to their homes!
There are machine guns and mini-machine guns on the city head, there are electric lights, there are large steel horse-repelling stakes at the city gate, and there are temporary fire points set up, so there is no fear of the thieves' attack.
Ordinary vehicles are required to stop for inspection before entering the city. Pedestrians only need to show their ID cards to enter and leave the city at night.
Generally speaking, it is enough to have one platoon of troops on duty at a city gate.
In any place, if the city gate is suddenly closed, something must have happened.
Zhu Cixiang did not retain many troops in his hometown. However, including the reserve troops, they were all veterans who had fought in the east, west, north, and south.
In addition to going into the mountains to encircle and suppress the rebels, the local garrison does not need to march long distances, and veterans with poor physical strength can continue to stay in the army to earn a living.
What Emperor Haojing valued was the combat experience of these veterans. Those who thought they could only serve as soldiers were unwilling to change careers.
As long as you have not committed any serious crime, you can apply to stay in the army until you retire at the age of forty-five, by which time you will have basically saved enough money to be a wife.
Retirement does not mean being completely discharged from the army, but turning into a railway soldier to make a living in the local area. It is just that you can't choose the place and have to obey the assignment.
Even so, the vast majority of veterans who are almost fifty years old will readily accept it.
The task of the railway soldiers is to maintain the railway roadbed and rails in peacetime and to protect the safety of the sections they are responsible for in wartime.
Because the railway soldiers are basically veterans, Emperor Haojing treated the railway troops very well.
Generally, there are two days off every week. If you work night shift, you can get one day off after the previous day.
There are planes in the sky, tanks and heavy artillery on the ground, supplemented by cavalry equipped with hybrid war horses.
Even if a certain rebellious worm is the reincarnation of Xiang Yu, Liu Xiu, or Huang Chao, Zhu Cixiang is confident that he will be killed directly!
Since the other party had launched a multi-threaded rebellion for him, Zhu Cixiang followed his lead and came here to attack with multiple threads.
Thanks to the existence of railways and ironclads, borers in the north and coastal areas no longer dare to stink.
This Jiangnan rebellion was limited to the Xuancheng area.
Waiting for the counter-rebellion army to join forces, the rebels will either kneel down and surrender, or run away into the mountains.
Resistance in Pingcheng is a dead end. Under the heavy bombardment, they have no chance of winning.
In fact, we can’t wait until then. Generally speaking, under heavy pressure, traitors will appear within the rebels...
Using traitors to deal with traitors has always been Emperor Haojing's specialty!
Some of the borers who had been captured alive and sent to Beidu were quite confident.
He said it categorically: If officials don't make a living, how can Min make a living?
The current meaning is that only by feeding them first can they be merciful and let the people under their knees live!
Emperor Haojing was not angry either. He just asked these people, "There must be a real number for feeding, right?"
You can't ask for one hundred thousand silver coins and he wants one million silver coins, right?
How about asking the local magistrates, magistrates, and county magistrates to negotiate a reasonable price for corruption?
A county magistrate can earn 100,000 silver coins per year, a prefectural magistrate can double that, and a magistrate can earn up to 500,000 silver coins.
It is also necessary to carry out a weighted balance based on the local economic development status, so that officials in poor places cannot suffer!
What’s more, what if someone crosses the line and takes money they shouldn’t?
The local economy is developing rapidly. Do you need to give your parents a big red envelope?
These are very difficult questions!
Be determined not to be careless~!
Of course, this is not the end!
In the same errand, some people said that others made one hundred thousand silver coins a year, which was too much, so they would be satisfied if they made fifty thousand silver coins!
Some even said bluntly that their family was not short of money and they were not interested in yellow or white things.
Once you serve as an official and bring benefits to one party, you want to gain a good reputation in your lifetime!
Even if it costs ten or twenty thousand silver coins a year, it will be fine!
The moths cursed loudly when they heard this. This is simply vicious competition!
The world is so big, but there are such shameless people!
It's really abominable!
Such content is by no means a fabrication, but there are real local wealthy gentry who failed to pass the exam and applied for such a method to become officials.
As long as the court agrees, he will donate 20,000 silver coins at a time, and then donate 10,000 silver coins every year during his tenure.
During his tenure, he will not receive any salary or items stipulated by the court.
In the eyes of the moths, this move is more Hai Rui than Hai Rui!
There is no way for yourself to survive at all!
Some people's plan is to write down the experience of being an official and an upright official in the family tree of their ancestral hall, so that they can be remembered and respected by future generations.
Of course you can do this if you are not short of money, and the act is very kind and touching.
This is the highest state of being an official, like the self-worth pyramid created by Uncle Ma!
In some individual areas, Emperor Haojing had agreed to appoint such officials.
On the one hand, the worms have to be paid a salary, and the worms have to get another share for themselves.
On the one hand, he does not need the court to pay him a salary, and he will also donate a share.
Of course Emperor Haojing would choose to use the latter. The harm between the two is almost the same, but the latter is more economical!
This is the initial stage of local consortiumization. It has sprouted, and Zhu Cixiang can thrive by pouring some water on it.
In the future, various places will be completely conglomerated and enter the capital era. This is an inevitable trend that cannot be stopped.
Zhu Cixiang does not intend to crack down on the budding capital, and he will not stay in his hometown in the future anyway.
As long as your mining and manufacturing are not affected at this stage, you can do whatever you want in the future!
Specifically, Zhu Cixiang has only one grand strategy.
That is to work hard to make money first, and then run away with the money...
The eldest son has lived up to his expectations and has achieved success in Australia.
Zhu Xiangtang, who is 35 years old, came to Australia five or six years ago. He did not come alone, but brought a large family, including scientists, military and engineering teams.
Also following him to Australia was his fourth brother Zhu Xiangcheng. This guy had liked building blockhouses since he was a child. When he became an adult, his father sent him to study civil engineering at the Academy of Sciences.
Coming to Australia with orders to dismantle the Great Dividing Range is a professional match...
Zhu Xiangcheng was born to the Kou Baimen and was considered a standard concubine. He posed no threat to Zhu Xiangtang whose biological mother was the Queen Xue Wanqing.
What's more, these two brothers have been working together in the Academy of Sciences, and among many brothers, they have a relatively good relationship.
Not only the two of them, but also Emperor Thirteen, Sixteen, Twenty, Twenty-nine, Thirty-five, Forty-two, Fifty-one, Sixty-six, Seventy-four, Eighty-eight, Ninety-nine... …
The two brothers brought a total of twenty-two followers, almost all of them descended from the eldest son and the fourth son.
There is no way, my biological father is too good at marrying a wife.
Went to two warm-up games and bought six dancing girls.
The Empress Dowager wholesaled thirty-three pieces for the first time, doubled the amount for the second time, and finally did not double the amount for the third time.
A total of one hundred and sixty-five aunts gave birth to two hundred and eight boys.
Adults either went to the Northland or were in the Southland.
Those who stay in the country are either greedy like the third child Zhu Xiang, or they are underage or studying in the academy of sciences or university.
The second son, Zhu Xiangzhen, was previously stationed in the Western Regions. After a few years, he found it boring. Then he applied to his father to go to the North, nominally to join Zhang Huangyan and learn some skills.
Not only him, but also the nine princes from the second son's lineage will be able to lead troops in the future, and they will be a force that cannot be ignored.
Zhu Xiangzhen was born to the Crown Princess Liu Xier, and had an outgoing personality, which was completely different from the honest and gentle Zhu Xiangtang.
If Zhu Xiangtang is like Zhu Biao, Zhu Xiangzhen is like Zhu Di.
The third prince, Zhu Xiangzai, did not take sides, but temporarily stayed on the lap of a fat uncle, eating, drinking and having fun all day long.
Since his mother Dong Xiaowan has always been favored, it is no problem for him and his brothers to live happily.
The fifth son, Zhu Xiangsu, was born to Bian Yujing. He liked fishing when he was a child. When he grew up, he bought a boat and went fishing in the sea.
Because Bian Yujing and Dong Xiaowan have an irreconcilable relationship, Zhu Xiangsu and his third brother Zhu Xiang are quite compatible.
One is good at catching, the other is delicious, it is simply the relationship between the upstream and downstream supply chains...
The sixth son, Zhu Xiangbao, was the son of Li Xiangjun. He did even better without relying on his uncle and brothers.
Because of his interest in making newspaper clippings, he directly hooked up with the consort Gong Yonggu and his former assistant Fang Yizhi.
These two would-be teachers did not impose strict requirements on them because of their concubine status and relatively low ranking.
First of all, the emperor is very powerful. In a short period of one or two hundred years, all the rest will stop thinking about inheriting the throne.
Secondly, the eldest son was favored by the emperor. Although he was not the prince, he was still the first choice to inherit the throne.
Finally, even if the heir to the throne is not the eldest son, during special periods, the emperor's uncle will supervise the country.
In fact, in special times, especially when the eldest son is unable to succeed, the third son Zhu Xiang, who is lazy and lazy, is the best choice to succeed.
The biggest characteristic of this prince is that he is delicious and lustful, but if he is restrained, this is not a big problem.
This son inherited one of the advantages of a fat uncle, that is, he is as good as water and follows good deeds like water.
It seems stupid and stupid, but in fact it is just the opposite!
Nowadays, the foundation of the Ming Empire is so great that as long as the emperor doesn't mess around, he will be the global hegemon within a thousand years.
Although the second son Zhu Xiangzhen has become the commander of the army, he has no impressive record to convince everyone.
At his age, Emperor Haojing had already defeated the Donglu braided army several times, beating the enemy to pieces.
The ministers do not object to the war, but only if they can win the war and gain enough benefits.
Militant methods will cause everyone to resist, which is a typical behavior of a prodigal.
If I had to find a template, it would be Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty...
Ever since the emperor's eldest son Zhu Xiangtang went to Australia, the officials had basically guessed the emperor's intentions.
In view of this special mission, most of the emperor's eldest son will be responsible for governing Australia in the future.
Although Australia is nominally managed by the imperial court, it will become a fief for the eldest son of the emperor, not a fief.
The prerequisite for this is that the eldest son of the emperor has the ability and patience to complete the task assigned by the emperor. This task is no small and extremely arduous.
In ancient times, there was a foolish old man who moved mountains, but now there is an emperor's eldest son who blows up mountains!
This ridge is no ordinary mountain ridge, it is more than five thousand miles long and three hundred miles wide at its narrowest point!
Zhu Xiangtang and his fourth brother Zhu Xiangcheng had seen the movies and photos taken about the Great Dividing Range before setting off.
Although I was mentally prepared on the way, when I arrived in eastern Australia and went deeper into the interior, I was still shocked by the magnificence of the Great Dividing Range.
This is the place with the highest altitude in mainland Australia. The highest point is more than 2,000 meters above sea level. A building as high as 100 feet in height suddenly appeared in Beidu City, which is a land of low buildings!
Zhu Xiangtang is a polymath who knows a little bit about everything, but he is not proficient in it.
Zhu Xiangcheng is just the opposite of his brother. He majors in civil engineering at the Academy of Sciences.
After discussing with their brothers, the two decided not to start construction for the first year, but to just watch.
There is not enough time to go around the Great Dividing Range comprehensively, so we can only visit key places on the spot.
See where the elevation is highest, where the width is narrowest, and where the terrain is suitable for engineering work.
Although the exploration team of the Academy of Sciences has already inspected it, Zhu Xiangtang still decided to see it first so that he could have an idea.
This decision was actually approved by his father, because it would be embarrassing to suddenly find that other places are more suitable for excavation a year and a half after the construction started...
After understanding the general situation of the Great Dividing Range, the "Brothers of Bombing the Ridge" decided to postpone major surgery based on the advice of experts from the Academy of Sciences, and instead first dug several canals through the Great Dividing Range.
If the climate on the east side of the Great Dividing Range is equivalent to that in the south of the Yangtze River, then the climate on the west side of the ridge is similar to the northwest, even worse than the northwest region of the Ming Dynasty itself.
This is also the main reason why a certain father sent a bunch of princes to work on the project. As long as the Great Dividing Range remains intact for one day, less than one-seventh of the entire Australia will be suitable for farming and grazing.
With a large number of construction machinery, it is much easier to dig a canal than to directly blow up a mountain.
It would also be cheaper because the canal would not be required to be accessible to large ships upfront.
If the Great Dividing Range is regarded as a big fish waiting to be fished, the start of the canal project is equivalent to changing the knife...
The twenty-four brothers are divided into eight groups, with three people in each group commanding an engineering team.
Depending on the excavation distance, the number of engineering teams ranges from 5,000 to 10,000.
In order to speed up the progress and reduce the cost of excavation, the method of excavation in sections was adopted instead of just excavation at the starting point.
Based on one mile of land being dug per year, the shortest canal could be completed in one year.
The longest one will also be completed within two years, by which time water diversion from east to west will be realized.
Even for blasting ridges and moving earth, the engineering team still needs enough water.
People need to drink water, and steam engines also need to drink water.
The total cost of digging the canal and blowing up the Great Dividing Range was covered by two local gold and copper mines in Australia.
The two mines store a total of more than 1,200 tons of gold, more than 600 tons of silver, and more than 4 million tons of copper.
The total amount of precious metals equivalent to silver coins amounts to 13.4 billion. Even if the cost is factored out, it can reach at least 50 to 7 billion silver coins, which is enough to cover all the initial expenses of this large project.
In the later stage, three more gold mines with a total reserve of 600 tons can be mined, and this money can be used to build infrastructure in the western region of the Great Dividing Range.
In short, Zhu Xiangtang can fully rely on local Australian products to achieve self-reliance and complete this arduous task.
In the first five years of construction, excluding the court's investment, Emperor Haojing provided 20 million silver coins to his eldest son every year.
He will be solely responsible for how he spends it. If the project fails, he will bear the consequences!
Emperor Haojing was able to give Zhu Xiangtang free space because he knew that his eldest son was kind-hearted and considerate of his subordinates, and would not let the coolies bleed and sweat and end up making no money.
Before Zhu Xiangtang divided the brothers into groups, he also said that any brother who dared to enrich his own pocket could leave early. He could not keep his own worms here.
When they see their eldest brother speaking out, the younger brothers will naturally be wary. It would be a small matter to go back, but it would be a big deal if they would be scolded by their father after they return.
More importantly, once he violates the rules, it means that he will be kicked out of the big brother's team, which means that all the previous efforts have been in vain.
Before they came, their mothers told them that after coming to Australia, their elder brothers would be like their fathers and they would be obedient.
The eldest son of the emperor is not only an extension of his father's will, but also the face of the queen.
Who dares to go out and act wild? Are you not planning to go back?
