Chapter 43: Hope for peace in the world
Dingguo will finally pass.
When the dust settled in Nanjing, even He Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
The congress is He Xi’s major reform of China’s traditional political structure. Sometimes He Xi doesn’t know whether it’s right or not. After all, there is a very magical law in history, that is, whenever people think they have figured something out. Things will develop in a different direction.
He Xi dare not say that the system he established has been perfect, but it is the best he can do.
The entire system is enough to maintain an industrial system.
What I hope for most today is nothing else but peace in the world.
After all, there's no other issue overall, all that's left is execution. There is no problem with the big framework, it’s just waiting to be implemented bit by bit, especially in the next few years. It is a huge project to reform the entire local government of Ming Dynasty.
This project is so big that all He Xi's preparations are for this one thing.
He didn't want to be distracted by other things.
As long as he can do these things in peace, he can complete the industrial transformation of the Ming Dynasty. He was thankful.
It's just that sometimes, the more you fear something, the more it will come.
In the fifth year of Longwu's reign, a matter came to He Xi's desk. The reform that was in full swing encountered problems.
This problem is the Annan problem that He Xi had long anticipated. Annan Chen has been ignored by the people below, not just in a day or two. Usurping the throne will happen sooner or later.
It's just a matter of time.
But the question is, why did it suddenly happen at this time? It's a very problematic thing.
The neglected Lord Annan sent people to the Ming Dynasty to ask for help, but the people who asked for help were killed in Guangdong in front of the Ming Dynasty officials.
It was the first time that the news spread.
Not only newspapers in Guangdong but also newspapers in Beijing reported this incident at almost the same time, which made He Xi feel that there was something fishy behind it.
Without He Xi's arrangement, Yao Guangxiao had already figured out this matter.
Reported to He Xilai.
He Xi said: "Tell me, what is going on?"
Yao Guangxiao said calmly: "Things have been mixed up for several years, and the first thing is the matter in Guangdong. Where in the world has the most remnants of Jianwen, not overseas but Guangdong. Of course, the remnants of Jianwen are in the past. Now Your Excellency has been heavy-handed in Guangdong. It has blocked the way of many people, so they will naturally fight back."
He Xi naturally knew that Guangdong and Guangxi were the places with the most remnants of Jianwen.
Perhaps this is not accurate.
Without him, with the deepening of He Xi's reform, from the central to the local governments, there will be more and more remnants of Jianwen.
It's nothing more than some people whose interests have been harmed, holding Jianwen's sign to cause trouble.
As for why there are the most Jianwen remnants in Guangdong.
The reason is also very simple, that is, Guangdong is most affected by the new law.
During the Hongwu Dynasty, Guangdong was far away, and many policies in Nanjing were not implemented very well. After all, the previous Central Plains dynasties did not pay much attention to Guangdong, which was too remote.
Even during the Hongwu Dynasty, Guangxi was valued more than Guangdong. No other Guangxi can connect to Hunan. It is an important transportation artery connecting the north and the south, not to mention that Guangxi Tusi is not stable. From time to time there is a need to fight.
But this is not the case in Guangdong. Even Guangdong was not conquered by the Ming Dynasty. It was He Zhen, the general of the Yuan Dynasty, who surrendered Guangdong and was granted the title of Dongguan Bo.
In this way, Guangdong, like some places in the south, did not suffer much damage during the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
This preserved many of the old production orders left over from the Yuan Dynasty. Before that, the Jiangnan area, in terms of preparations, the Four Prefectures of Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places attracted the attention of the Nanjing court.
He was also hit hard. Not to mention, Ding Xian’s previous cleaning.
The so-called South, its
In fact, it’s just these places, plus Fujian and Guangdong. At this time, although Huguang has some background, it is far from being familiar with Huguang. The world is sufficient.
There are a lot of toasts in there that need to be fought. Economically it is not developed.
These places were suppressed, and Fujian was the beneficiary of opening up the sea. A large number of Fujian people were in Nanyang, and even went to the East and even the West. Let Mandarin not be popular overseas at all, but Fujian dialect.
In this case, the local tycoons in Fujian are more interested in overseas interests than the little land in Fujian.
The local tycoons in Fujian want to recruit children from their hometown and go out with them to work. In this way, they are not too opposed to the New Deal.
But Guangdong is different. Most local resources in Guangdong are not very good, and the Pearl River Delta is better. However, the geographical location here is remote, and the orders of the central court are not implemented very well here.
In addition, He Xi had given comfort to other places at the Dingguo Conference, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Bailudong, and Fuzhou. But Guangdong was ignored. and Huguang.
However, Huguang cannot cause trouble, and there are more and more Jianwen remnants in Guangdong.
He Xi snorted coldly and said, "What's the point of using such a method?"
"It's useless." Yao Guangxiao said: "They just want to divert attention so that you don't focus on them and just hide it. As for spreading it all over the world in the past few days, they are not able to do it. There are many people involved, you should know who they are.”
He Xi said: "Some people can't hold it any longer."
He Xi naturally knows who it is?
The first is the military.
He Xi naturally knows the importance of the army. No matter what the situation, the army must be stable. The latest to complete reform and reorganization is the military. Now the army has already followed He Xi's arrangements. The full establishment system means that some local reforms have not kept up and the decommissioning system has not been completed.
After all, the retirement system seems to be a military system, but it is actually a social reform.
Without a conscription system, there would be no retirement system, and without a post-retirement management system, retirement would be meaningless.
Without the conscription and retirement system, there would be no continuous follow-up force, and the Ming Dynasty's army would most likely become a disposable army.
In fact, He Xi is not prepared to fight until the overall reform is completed.
But the generals in the army could not hold back. Especially last year, King Yan made great progress in the Western Regions.
After the Dingguo meeting was held, King Yan returned to the Western Regions. After being silent for more than a month, he completed a feat and captured Yili in one fell swoop before winter came.
His war for hegemony with Timur advanced hundreds of miles westward.
Judging from the map, Timur has reached the point of no return. Central Asia seems vast, but there are actually not many places with abundant water and grass, it is just a basin.
That was Timur's core territory. If he retreated again, King Yan would come to the city.
Therefore, this year and next will be the day of decisive battle between King Yan and Timur. Once King Yan wins, he will replace Timur's position in Central Asia, and his influence can spread to India and the Mediterranean coast.
It goes without saying if it fails.
However, everyone in the Privy Council felt that King Yan would not be defeated.
After all, there are generational differences in the weapons of the two sides, not to mention the generational differences in the military. King Yan could buy enough weapons in Ming Dynasty with money, which could even be said to be endless.
King Yan himself was also a general. In this case, it is weird that it can still fail.
In this way, the regiment of imperial troops that assisted King Yan in attacking had great achievements. King Yan would naturally be rewarded, and the court would not treat them badly.
After all, the King of Yan rewarded him, but the imperial court did not reward him. In the future, the imperial troops in other towns would not listen to the imperial court. This is the big problem.
Of course, the troops rewarded by King Yan will be withdrawn in an organized manner and other troops will be sent over. This is as it should be.
But no matter what, it stimulated the enthusiasm of the Ming army.
Enthusiasm for achievement.
Not to mention, He Xi had promised to conquer the South at the Dingguo meeting.
Of course, the expedition to the south at that time was just from Yunnan to attack Burma. In fact, this battle has already started last year. He Xi would naturally not break his promise.
However, He Xi limited the scale.
There are many reasons, the most important ones being a few. The first is the logistical issue. The roads in Yunnan and Guizhou cannot guarantee the passage of large armies at all. Coupled with the logistics needs of the firearms force, they are not comparable to those in the cold weapon era.
He Xi gathered his troops and calculated it.
It is difficult to maintain an army on the front line in a fighting state for a long time. Therefore, only two regiments of forbidden troops were used on the front line, and the others were local garrison troops.
This is the most economical way to play.
Second, it’s because of Myanmar’s topography, climate, and environment. He Xi also felt that large-scale operations should not be launched.
If we say that fighting Burma is like a decisive battle between the north and the south, it can be settled in a big battle. He Xi gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, that is, he made up his mind.
That's just a handful of things.
But this is not the case. Myanmar is a vast country with sparsely populated areas and dense jungles.
If you want to hide people inside, it will be difficult to find foreign troops.
And because of the climate, it is not a good thing for the northern army to stay here for a long time. Don't mention anything else, just talking about the epidemic is enough to kill people.
Not to mention, Myanmar seems to be a whole, but in fact it is divided into separate countries. It is difficult to unite and even fight a big battle. In this case, the best way is also the most economical way, nothing else. It is a battle of conquest.
Conquer, conquer, and endow. Conquer means beating the opponent to surrender and sending tribute.
This was also a common fighting method during the Spring and Autumn Period. Both sides have no heirs, and if they are defeated, they only need to surrender, give money, or something else. If one wins, they will be let go.
This is not because they are pedantic, but because of the economic conditions at the time.
