The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 635: How destructive are smart people?
Qing Dynasty Yongzheng Period
Yongzheng turned the Buddhist beads in his hand and said calmly:
"Five points, four points are all due to Zhang Juzheng's contribution."

Hongli couldn't help laughing out loud.

Yongzheng glanced at him, and Hongli put away the tooth.

"Khan Ama...Ming Shenzong...did do something."

Looking at Hongli who was frowning, Yongzheng snorted.

"He might as well not do it."

"The pursuit of arrogance makes the subordinates lose heart and become disunited."

"They are also worried that power will fall into someone else's hands, and they will not tolerate criticism."

"In his later years, the government was almost in a state of semi-paralysis."

"The greed for money and accumulation has severely damaged the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty."

"I see that you have some signs of this now."

Hongli looked at the suspicious Yongzheng in astonishment and said excitedly:

"Me? Him!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Yongzheng looked him up and down, then turned his head and continued to look at the sky.

"It's impossible. You'll know when you see it."

Hongli was so angry that his chest felt tight.

He gritted his teeth and swore secretly!
My future self!
You have to cheer up!
The man from the Aisin-Gioro family!
Can't lose face!
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[Diplomatic Strategy: The diplomatic strategy during Wanli's reign was "practicality first, peace first". 】

【Introduced goods from Portugal, Malaysia, Indonesia and other places, relaxed the maritime ban policy, and encouraged private trade. 】

【Open to the spread of Western religion and knowledge. 】

[Sent envoys to various Western countries and established formal diplomatic relations with Spain, Portugal, Russia, Britain and other countries.]

[For the first time, the Central Plains Empire began to take the initiative to understand Western countries. ]

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{Firearms in the early Wanli period were the best in the world.}
{At that time, the central government had the Military Equipment Bureau and the Arms Bureau, and there were arsenals in Liaodong, Sichuan, and Guangdong, with strong R&D and production capabilities and a huge production scale.}
{For example, the Ming Dynasty set up a cannon factory in Dengzhou and imported and produced European red cannons. The Portuguese craftsmen from Macau were shocked when they arrived and even exclaimed that there was nothing like it in Europe.}
{Conventional firearms used in modern warfare—naval mines, hand grenades, machine guns—all had their prototypes in the Ming Dynasty. As long as the advanced firearms introduced from abroad caught the Ming Dynasty's eye, they would be better than the original.}
{The bird gun, the Rumi gun, the Portuguese gun, the red cannon, all have stronger killing power than the original. In the words of the Spanish missionary Mendoza, they are better and more powerful than what we (Spain) make! }

{Then until Zhang Juzheng passed away and Emperor Wanli took power, the story began to be exaggerated...}
{As the financial crisis intensified in the middle and late Wanli period, the military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty was cut again and again, the production of firearms dropped sharply, and the quality was also poor.}
{The firearms issued by the Military Equipment Bureau were so crudely made that some armies would first sell the firearms issued by the court, and then use the money to hire craftsmen to make their own.}
{According to historical records, Nurhaci commanded calmly, defeated the larger Ming army with a smaller force, and defeated the "elite" Ming army, which had an absolute advantage in manpower and equipment}
{But the result was that the Ming Dynasty was just trying to prepare for the exam at the last minute, and was finally given a blow by Nurhaci.}
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Ming Dynasty Jiajing Period
Zhu Houcong, who was worried about eating six eight-treasure steamed buns, three bowls of mushroom lantern soup, two servings of lychee pork, and one serving of steamed lamb, suddenly had his eyes light up!
"That's right! Firearms!"

Zhu Houcong is confident that he can dominate the world on his own!
But what about the future?

Wiped his mouth.

Zhu Houcong took a big step forward!
The elders of my Ming Dynasty!

Your emperor has something to ask of you!

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Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
Kangxi looked at the sky and his face was not very good.

Although they always say that they are invincible.

But my family knows their own affairs.

The reason why the Ming army was able to make the East Asian continent tremble was because of its powerful firearms.

With equipment such as muskets, falconets, and crouching tiger cannons, they swept through the battlefield like a whirlwind!

A typical example is the war against Japan, where 200,000 elite Japanese troops were bombarded all the way from land to sea.

Such a domineering fighting style and brilliant record also earned the Ming army a shining title.

Heavenly soldiers!

If it weren't for Wanli's negligence in government affairs, the Ming officials would have been corrupt.

If Taizu had not realized that the Ming Dynasty’s advantage in firearms had already disappeared.

He would not raise the flag to rebel against the Ming Dynasty in his later years.

After the Battle of Sarhu, they lured many deserters from the Ming army who were firearms soldiers to come over, and used sable furs to exchange for saltpeter and sulfur in large quantities for a long time in order to develop firearms.

This is why during the Liaoshen Campaign, the Eight Banners musketeers of the Qing Dynasty, who were skilled in archery, used firearms chariots as cover and charged and fired at the same time.

Finally... the red cannon appeared!

Kangxi recalled the earth-shaking sound of cannons.

My hands clenched involuntarily.

As long as we have these cannons, no matter how many elite Eight Banners we have, they will not be enough!

"It's the time and the fate." Kangxi looked at the sky.

If Wanli had woken up earlier, the Ming Dynasty's "heavenly soldiers" would still be there, and Yuan Keli and Zhu Zaiyu would have joined forces.

It is still unknown who will win.

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[Promote the Mongolization policy, including the establishment of Mongol earls and increasing rewards for the Mongols. ]

【The three great expeditions of Wanli established the Ming Dynasty's dominance. 】

[But after the Battle of Sarhu, the countries in East Asia began to covet the Ming Dynasty. ]

[Evaluation B level, three points]

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Great Sui.

Yang Jian suddenly said:
"You say he is a tyrant?"

Dugu Jialuo replied without even raising her head:

“Sometimes smart people are dumber than mediocre people.”

Yang Jian nodded, but sighed again.

"If Zhang Juzheng had lived another ten years, perhaps Wanli's temper would have been tempered."

Dugu Jialuo sneered:
"That's great, then you'll be turned into a tyrant."

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[People's livelihood and economy: divided into two stages, the people's livelihood in the early Wanli period was really good. 】

【The economy has been vigorously developed, the treasury has been enriched, the national strength has been strengthened, and the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment. 】

[A family of five spent two or three coins a day on a large meal of fish and meat, which was about three hundred coins. At a time when silver was flowing in rapidly and prices were rising, the food purchased with this amount of silver was already extremely rich.]

[“The water is blocked by boats, and the land is filled with carriages and horses. Merchants are engaged in trade in all kinds of goods, and pearls, jade, ivory, rhinoceros horns, and gold and large shells from the south are sold. Dwarfs and eagles are in the mouths of the various vassal states, and they are both numerous and wealthy.”]

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Ming dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath.

"bring it on!"

"We're ready!"

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[But in the middle and late Wanli period, it can be summed up in one sentence: "The people were in poverty and the financial resources were exhausted, which led to endless chaos."]

[In fact, the main source is only one, Wanli's extravagant spending. All subsequent chain reactions originated from this. ]

Wanli's extravagance was manifested in many aspects, the main of which was the increasing expenditure on food, the demand for gold, jewels, various materials and daily necessities, and the expenses for various ceremonies.

[Weaving, firing and construction were carried out frequently, far exceeding the "warp system". ]

[In addition, the number of craftsmen and eunuchs employed was very large.]

[At the end of the Jiajing reign, the Guanglu Temple, which was in charge of the emperor's food, spent 170,000 taels of silver per year.]

[In the first two or three years after Wanli ascended the throne, the annual expenditure was further reduced to "130,000 or 140,000 yuan."]

【However, after Wanli took power, the expenses of the Guanglu Temple "increased to 260,000 to 270,000 yuan per year."】

In December of the 1602nd year of the Wanli reign (), Wang Shousu, the Minister of Imperial Households, reported that the "Temple Treasury was exhausted," and Wanli ordered to "borrow taels of silver from the Ministry of Revenue and taels of silver from the Imperial Household Department."

In May of the 1609th year of the Wanli reign (), Han Guangyou, who was in charge of inspecting the Guanglu Temple, reported that "from November of last year to now, the amount owed has reached yuan."

[In the 1611th year of the Wanli reign (), the annual expenditure had reached more than taels.]

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Ming Dynasty Yongle Period
Zhu Di looked at the sky with a blank expression.

"Wanli took power in the tenth year..."

"Nearly thirty years, seven million taels are gone..."

“This is just eating…”

There are also various things such as clothing, housing, transportation, fighting, rewards, etc.

These things don't just appear out of thin air.

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(End of this chapter)