"Why do I say that Your Majesty chose the right time, earlier would be incompetent, and later would be too late? There are three reasons.
First, in response to major disasters, I made statistics when I was idle at home. In the 260 years of the Ming Dynasty, there have been nearly a thousand natural disasters, an average of four per year.
Especially in the past 50 years, there have been six or seven disasters every year. Last year's major disasters in Shaanxi affected dozens of counties. Although it rained several times since the beginning of spring, it was still dry.
It is estimated that drought is very likely to occur this year, and it is expected that surrounding Shanxi, Henan and other places will also be affected. With such a large area, it is unrealistic to rely solely on the court to provide disaster relief.
Qin Tianjian must have told His Majesty this conjecture, so His Majesty has funded the construction of reservoirs, established the Daming Agricultural Research Institute, and made every effort to promote high-yielding potatoes and sweet potatoes.
But these are new crops. Do you think the gentry and wealthy businessmen will grow them? Therefore, His Majesty can only use the incident at Prince Qin's Mansion in Shaanxi to clear the cultivated land and distribute it to the people.
As long as the people have land in their hands, they can more or less produce some food. Coupled with the government's disaster relief, the people have hope that they will have a way to survive, and civil unrest will be avoided or reduced.
The two thousand hectares of farmland His Majesty has reserved are probably reserved for the upcoming potato harvest. "
Fuck!
This was the only voice in Chongzhen's heart after listening to Yuan Keli's analysis.
It's so awesome. After analyzing it based only on historical records, there may be a major disaster next.
Then guess the purpose of his series of arrangements.
The mind is really scary.
"The second point is to prevent rebellion. Why was there a civil uprising in Baishui last year? There were more than twenty civil uprising teams in surrounding states and counties?
It’s not that there’s nothing to eat, the court didn’t provide disaster relief, and the officials put pressure on them.
But the small reserves of the imperial court cannot cope with the catastrophe of tens of millions of people. If the people have no land and civil unrest breaks out,
Then check the feudal lords, gentry and wealthy merchants. In order to protect themselves, they may provide money, food and shelter to the uprising team.
These people have nothing else. They have a lot of money and food. With huge financial support, plus the people who have no way to survive, it is very easy to form a team. This is the most terrifying thing.
Now the imperial court has quelled last year's civil uprising with lightning speed, and now it has given arable land and prepared seeds.
Even if the drought continues this year, there will always be a harvest, and with the food prepared by the court, we can survive safely.
At this time, even if the vassal kings and gentry wanted to incite the people to rebel, they would not follow them. This was public opinion.
Think about it, His Majesty's punishment for the gentry and wealthy merchants who concealed their cultivated land, why did they only want grain, but not money or cultivated land? "
"The third aspect is to unite public opinion, and those who win the hearts and minds of the people will win the world. The people will be rich and the country will be strong. Only when the people are rich can the country be strong and internally stable. This is the most important thing.
Even if the feudal lords, gentry and wealthy businessmen are not killed this time, as long as public opinion is gathered, it will be enough and we will be able to deal with everything in the future. "
This time, not only did Chongzhen fuck him in his heart, but Du Yinxi and others also fucked him.
They only know that people can survive if they have farmland.
But I didn't understand the meaning behind it, and why issuing this action at this time would overturn the Ming Dynasty's edict.
Now listening to Yuan Keli's explanation, I understood it instantly.
I was shocked beyond measure by the emperor's step-by-step and steady approach, as well as his judgment and calculation of the future situation.
"Mr. Yuan Ge, what if some wealthy merchants, gentry and the vassal king cause trouble along the way and this reform is forced to terminate?"
Yuan Keli looked at the confused Cao Bianjiao and shook his head: "Do you think His Majesty is gambling? No, you are wrong. Your Majesty has the ability to calm down.
The Ming Dynasty has more than two million troops, but the only ones who can fight are the sergeants from the nine borders and eleven towns. In other words, only those from Liaodong are the most capable.
But things are different now. The generals of the two border towns of Xuanfu and Datong were appointed by His Majesty and supported by a lot of money. Now they are probably reorganized. Their combat power is not as good as that of Liaodong. They are definitely among the top three in the Nine Borders. ,
With the hereditary power of Taiyuan General Soldier, the imperial decree, and the promotion of Marquis Zhongzhen, these three towns are firmly under His Majesty's control.
In addition to the nine guards of the Forbidden Army, the White Guards, the Four Tengxiang Guards, the Warrior Battalion, the Shaanxi Suppression Army, and... the Beijing Camp and the Tianxiong Army being formed,
To put it bluntly, even if the Liaodong army rebels, the British can stop it if they sit in Shanhaiguan.
With such an army, if the gentry, wealthy merchants and feudal lords rebel, then ask them if they have prepared enough coffins.
If this edict was issued last year, would the few troops in His Majesty's hands be able to suppress those who are ready to move? That could really be subverted by the gentry and wealthy businessmen. "
After everyone was reminded by Yuan Keli, they realized it in an instant.
They only realized now that His Majesty already controls so many troops.
There are about 200,000 people on the three sides of Xuanfu, and the Shaanxi suppression army and white pole soldiers combined are about 25,000 people.
They didn't know exactly how many people there were in the Nine Guards of the Forbidden Army and the Four Guards in Tengxiang, but they were still recruiting troops. Conservatively, there should be 200,000 people.
And there is also the ace among aces like the Warrior Camp. Judging from the announced recruitment conditions, one will definitely be equal to ten in the end.
A rough calculation shows that His Majesty has nearly half a million troops under his control, and their combat power is still among the best.
A lot of money, a lot of food, hundreds of thousands of elite troops,
The six cabinet ministers and ministers were all personally selected by the emperor, and with the support of tens of millions of people,
If this kind of gathering of power can be overturned by the vassal kings and gentry, then the death of the Ming Dynasty will really be God's will.
Everyone thought about Yuan Keli's analysis, and their hearts were full of admiration.
Du Yinxi thought he was smart and had an overall view, but at this moment he was also deeply impressed.
But Yuan Keli was wondering in his heart, after the First Emperor unified, why did he recruit all the troops from the world and cast twelve golden figures? Was it just for that nursery rhyme?
The real purpose is to prevent others from seizing power by force.
His Majesty's approach of taking over the world's cultivated land and returning it to the people and rallying public opinion is much smarter than what the First Emperor did.
He had been thinking about it for several months since he received the order to sell farmland. After connecting the emperor's actions in series, he finally understood the emperor's intention.
It is enough to see the vision and foresight of this young new emperor.
Although it has just begun, when the news reaches the ears of the major vassal princes, gentry and wealthy businessmen outside Xi'an and Fengxiang, the public opinion will be completely formed.
Now he is full of energy. In three or four years, he will be able to compete with Jian Nu, and even beat Jian Nu back to his hometown.
When the time comes, he will definitely write a letter requesting to lead an army to sweep away Jiannu.
Chongzhen stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes full of sighs. After half a year, he had so much capital in his hands, and he could finally breathe a little easier.
First he looked to the southeast, then to the northeast, with a hint of amusement on his lips.
He wanted to know how the major vassal kings, gentry, wealthy merchants, and Jiannu would react when they heard the news.
His broadsword was already thirsty.
