Chapter 1 Spring of the fourth year of Longwu
In the fourth year of Longwu, spring.
The Ming Dynasty was reunited. The haze of war has finally dissipated.
In the autumn of the third year of Longwu, Nanjing was destroyed. Emperor Longwu took control of Nanjing. Throughout the second half of the year, the work of cleaning up the southern provinces began.
He Xi made a bold move and directly divided southern Zhili into two provinces and one capital.
The two provinces are Jianghuai and Anhui.
The reason is not Jiangsu, but Jianghuai. It's because of the different positioning.
First of all, it is necessary to determine why Southern Zhili should be separated. It's because of problems at the core of Ming Dynasty. The reason why Southern Zhili is Southern Zhili is because the core of the Ming Dynasty is Nanjing.
In order to defend Nanjing, we must strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches. The Nanjing court needed a fundamental foundation, even if something happened elsewhere. The imperial court also had the ability to suppress it.
The basic base of Nanjing is Southern Zhili.
Southern Zhili is not only a large territory, but also has four prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, accounting for 30% of the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang raised troops from Lianghuai. He also regarded the Lianghuai River as a good source of troops, with soldiers and food.
Today, the future of the world will be centered on Beijing. Then the role of Nanzhili will not work. It even has the opposite effect.
Today, Beijing’s basic market is Hebei, Liaodong, and Monan. The steel and grain from Hebei and Liaodong, as well as the war horses from Monan, are the basic base of the Communist Party.
However, such a large territory in Southern Zhili has caused an imbalance to the central government.
Therefore, Southern Zhili must be divided.
There can't be such a big province.
But why not Jiangsu, but Jianghuai.
In fact, according to He Xi's original intention. He Xi is also preparing to imitate the Qing court's treatment in history. But Yang Shiqi gave an objection.
Yang Shiqi’s opinion is simple.
That is the Jiangnan area, the prosperous area of Ming Dynasty. The development of heavy industry is limited by resource endowments. But this does not mean that there are restrictions on the development of other industries.
When it comes to making money alone, light industry is actually more profitable than heavy industry.
Don't look, the Jiangnan area seems to be in a mess now. But in the foreseeable future, Jiangnan is already a land of wealth.
The Ming court was in the north, and it was very likely that it would lose control of the wealthy land south of the Yangtze River.
Therefore, when dealing with the division of administrative divisions in Southern Zhili, there is an issue to consider. That is what our thoughts are on the industrial development of the South.
He Xi understood immediately.
Following Yang Shiqi's idea, Nanjing was expanded. From Nanjing to the estuary of the Yangtze River, all the way is included in Nanjing.
Anyway, Nanjing, as the capital, has never had certain rules on the size of its directly governed areas.
All sizes are acceptable.
The four prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River were divided into two, one part was placed directly under the jurisdiction of Nanjing, and the other part was directly assigned to the Zhejiang region.
The reason for this is also simple.
In terms of the overall hardware environment of Ming Dynasty and the development of industry. Most places are unreachable. For a long time to come, even if the industrialized production model spreads. But industrial development will still gather in a certain place. This is due to cost.
In Beijing, a Beijing industrial belt is to be formed, probably connecting the capital city to Liaodong along the railway. This area is focused on heavy industry. Nanjing develops light industry along the Yangtze River.
In many cases, the imperial court can seize the big ones and let go of the small ones. If they catch the big ones, it will naturally be the two capitals.
It is estimated that in the future, the tax revenue of the two capitals will be half that of the Ming Dynasty.
No matter what happens in the future, the imperial court will pay close attention to the two capitals. The two capitals are not out of control. The overall situation cannot be turned around.
Adhering to the idea of establishing Nanjing Industrial Base. There is a tilt in division. Jiangsu naturally became Jianghuai, Xuzhou, Fengyang, Huai'an and Yangzhou as one province. Luzhou, Anqing, Ningguo, Huizhou and Chizhou are one province, and the latter is naturally Anhui.
However, it is different from Anhui Province in history.
Nanjing Yingtianfu is basically a small province.
And He Xi is facing the future
A lot of thought was also put into the structure of Laiying Tianfu. It completely copies the Beijing structure. Let Tie Xuan come to answer Tianfu Yin.
It was also officially confirmed that Yingtian Fuyin and Shuntian Fuyin were the leaders of the border officials. Therefore, local officials are the best. And Tie Hyun's future is also well planned.
He got things done in Yingtian Mansion. In the future, he will directly enter the cabinet. As a bachelor. Even if not, they will be listed as ministers of the most important ministries.
Such a big movement is not only a reflection on the future, but also a consideration of reality. .
One of them is the cleanup of Nanjing City.
Zhu Yunwen served as Emperor Jianwen for four years.
There are also die-hard loyalists in Nanjing. Not to mention, He Xi did not want to use these old Nanjing ministers in the future center of the Ming Dynasty. Just thinking, He Xi also wants to leave a place for his own people.
Of course, He Xi wants to move the capital in the future.
But He Xi also knew very well that he must spend a few years in Nanjing. After everyone in the world is convinced, we can talk about other things.
Therefore, Nanjing must be the capital in the next few years.
He Xi must also use his own people.
This raises a question: what should these officials in Nanjing do?
D. When these people entered the city, they showed no resistance. He honestly recognized Emperor Longwu as the orthodox one. You can't take down all these people.
Not only them, many surrenders in the world are watching.
Now there is a way.
Two new provinces were established at once, one with its capital in Anqing and one with Fengyang. According to He Xi's new policy, a province needs several senior officials. In addition, during the Civil War, provincial capitals in many places had to be rebuilt. All the central ministers of the Nanjing imperial court were sent out at once.
The future fate of these ministers can be imagined.
For example, Xia Yuanji. He was also from the Imperial College, but the problem was that when he was in the Imperial College, He Xi was no longer in the capital. He even lost control of the Imperial College. Xia Yuanji became the Minister of Household Affairs during the Jianwen Dynasty. He was Qi De's right-hand man and a capable financial manager. So a lot of fiscal policy didn't succeed. But Xia Yuanji also worked hard to support frontline military supplies and was also a very capable person.
Historically, after he defected to King Yan, he became an important minister of the country.
But now, he can only be demoted to the position of governor of Jianghuai.
If there are no accidents, he will have been serving as governor for many years. In the future, he will only get a false title and not be promoted to his official position. Maybe he will be able to become the governor of Nanyang, the governor of East Asia, and become the governor of Shuntian in his old age. His political future in this life will be over.
This was after he had been promoted all the way without making any mistakes. Once something goes wrong.
Don’t mention things in the future.
These old Nanjing ministers probably all have such a future.
In addition, Guangdong and Guangxi were also pacified.
This is what the title should mean.
I didn’t think that the Guangdong and Guangxi regions could resist the imperial court alone.
At this time, the Privy Council also made a new arrangement.
That's the abatement clinic. More than 300 guard posts were reduced to more than 120. And established the Forbidden Army with a total strength of 1.2 million.
A military and horse division was also established, and the military and horse division's material resources could be dispatched by local officials.
There are about 10,000 to 20,000 people in a province.
Of course, this varies from province to province. Some provinces are large and have a large population, so they have more, and some provinces have less.
The two capitals of the Ming Dynasty are Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Liaodong, Korea, Jianghuai, Anhui, Huguang, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Fujian. There are two capitals and nineteen provinces in total, plus the troops sent to the East and the West.
There were about three hundred thousand people.
Thus, the total military strength of the Ming Dynasty was formed. Thirty-six armies. In addition, there are a number of troops directly under the central government and the two major naval systems of Beiyang and Nanyang. As a forbidden army, a total of 1.2 million. There are a total of 300,000 soldiers and horses in various places. Including the guard army, the number is about 600,000.
A total of more than 2.3 million.
Of course, this is still
A master plan has been given, and it will take several years to implement this preparation.
It also requires countless personnel arrangements and conflicts.
This reorganization is a major reshuffle of old and new forces. After this reshuffle, the Weisuo system and the influence left by various noble families during the Hongwu period will be gone.
The Longwu era is truly coming in the future.
In addition, there is another important thing that has to be done for the Longwu Dynasty, and that is to confirm the legitimacy of the Longwu Dynasty.
It’s not just about writing a few sentences in an article. If you want to convince the world, you have to do a lot of things.
