The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 448: Ming Imperial Army
Although the princes often interacted with their father when they were young, their father also gave them many lessons personally.

Therefore, the princes also knew that although their father’s authority had reached the peak in history, he had always advocated leniency in etiquette.

Daily and verbal etiquette is very casual, and there is no need to follow too many rules when meeting each other in daily life.

However, the issue of atomic weapons was still too sensitive. The princes thought about it for a long time but still did not dare to ask.

He just asked his father about some details regarding the specific business operations.

The meeting between father and son lasted until noon. Zhu Jianxuan arranged for his sons to have lunch with him in the palace before letting them leave the palace to make preparations.

After waiting for the prince's enthronement procedures to be completed and receiving the new imperial edict, they set off back to America to organize their own American development company.

Zhu Jianxuan turned around and instructed the Privy Council and the General Staff of the Imperial Guards to formulate a new experimental task.

Choose a relatively desolate island in the Mediterranean or Atlantic Ocean near Europe or Africa and organize an atomic bomb airdrop explosion experiment.

The royal families, vassal monarchs, nobles, politicians and celebrities from Europe and Africa were summoned to watch the ceremony.

The best way to use nuclear weapons is not to use them in formal wars, but to publicize them around the world as much as possible.

The control of nuclear weapons themselves must be highly strict and confidential, but the experiments themselves and their results must be announced publicly so that everyone knows about it.

The existence of nuclear weapons will make all dynamic groups, large and small, in all places and major industries at home and abroad content with the status quo and cooperate with the court's policies.

This is the best outcome for the Ming royal family and court.

The Imperial Guards Commandery was a new Commandery established by Zhu Jianxuan. It was independent of the original Commandery system and was directly governed and commanded by the emperor.

The traditional military governorships of the Ming Dynasty were divided by regions, and each military governorship had its own area of ​​responsibility. For example, the Military Governorship of America was in charge of the military garrisons in America.

At the same time, within the traditional military governor's office of the Ming Dynasty, three military branches, namely navy, air force and army, were usually established.

The Duzhihuishisi and Weisuo systems under the Metropolitan Governor's Office were similar to modern military regions, but were in charge of basic construction.

The naval, army and air force divisions are similar to service commands, but are responsible for exercises and operations.

The Imperial Guards Governorate does not have its own jurisdiction, or rather, the entire world belongs to the jurisdiction of the Imperial Guards Governorate.

There were no naval, army or air force organizations within the Imperial Guards' Governorate.

Instead, there is a Forbidden Army Headquarters at the same level as the Governor's Office, under which are the Forbidden Army General Staff, Forbidden Army Equipment Department, Forbidden Army Logistics Department, and Forbidden Army Supervisory Department.

It seems that the Imperial Guards are more like the military headquarters of Zhu Jianxuan's previous life, rather than the traditional military governor's office of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the Imperial Guards Commandery also had a complete Commandery framework, and its subordinate regular organization also adopted a framework similar to that of the military garrisons, and directly used the names of the Ming Dynasty's imperial guards.

Including Jinwu Guard, Yulin Guard, Huben Guard, Wuxiang Guard, etc.

The soldiers and officers of the garrisons under the Imperial Guards' Commandery were elites selected from other regular troops, and their salaries were at least half as high as those of ordinary troops.

The families of soldiers and officers were all incorporated into the garrison system and lived together in a centralized location, just like the military garrisons.

The garrisons directly provided free housing, all of which were independent courtyards in the suburbs of the capital.

They were still allocated a piece of land, but they no longer needed to cultivate it themselves. Instead, the guards organized a company to manage the business centrally and distributed dividends directly to all families.

At the same time, each soldier's family has two places, and can directly arrange for their relatives to work in the factories under the Royal Consortium.

There are three places for officers of the rank of centurion and above, four places for officers of the rank of thousand households and above, and five places for officers of the rank of commander and above.

However, the methods of selecting and supervising officials within the Imperial Guards and its subordinate garrisons were adjusted with reference to conventional local bureaucratic institutions and modern military systems.

Different guards adopted the system of floating officials, and personnel from a guard station could not serve as officials in the guard station.

All officials are tested every three years and will be transferred after serving two terms. In special circumstances, they can be re-elected three or four times with the emperor's approval.

At the same time, at the guard level under the Imperial Guards' Governor's Office, the five powers of finance, personnel, military affairs, justice, and supervision were separated, and five officers of the same level were appointed to be in charge.

The four aspects of finance, personnel, justice and supervision are all under the jurisdiction of corresponding military officers and departments.

The military officers of the Imperial Guards are only responsible for basic military training.

For example, soldiers' physical training, basic formation and obedience training, the use of conventional weapons, and cross-country marching.

All matters involving the use of nuclear weapons and requiring collective mobilization of the military are classified as exercises or directly as actual combat projects, and are not the responsibility of the officers of the garrison.

Like ordinary military garrisons, all officers and soldiers under the Imperial Guards' Governor's Office also belong to the military organization under the Imperial Guards' Headquarters.

All exercises and combat missions are carried out within the framework of the Imperial Guard Command, using the army, division, brigade, regiment, battalion, company and platoon system.

The General Staff of the Imperial Guards Headquarters was composed of experienced young officers selected by the emperor to study special tactics that only the Imperial Guards could participate in.

All nuclear weapons-related experiments and actual combat missions were organized personally by the emperor.

Let the staff department under the Imperial Guards Headquarters cooperate with the Privy Council to discuss and formulate specific plans for experiments or operations.

After the plan was approved by the emperor, he personally selected senior military officers from each military governor's office to be in charge of command, and selected troops under the Imperial Guards Headquarters to carry out the plan.

At the same time, in addition to daily basic military training, all relatively formal exercises and actual combat missions of the Imperial Guard Command must be completed in coordination with other services.

In other words, the regular military governor's navy, army and air force would be responsible for transporting the imperial guards' personnel and weapons and equipment to their destination.

Nuclear weapons must also be delivered to designated targets by naval and air force vehicles.

During this process, the Imperial Guards were responsible for managing the nuclear weapon fuses and warheads, and were responsible for merging the fuses and warheads and then detonating them according to the emperor's orders.

The emperor issued planning orders such as organizing attacks and training through the navy and air force, and issued control instructions such as merging the fuse with the projectile and detonating it through the imperial guard system.

Nuclear weapons themselves are too important, so Zhu Jianxuan can only design the most complex control process possible to avoid any potential risks and uncontrollable situations.

This time, Zhu Jianxuan arranged an experiment, which was to select a division of the imperial guards and send it to Europe with the navy.

After Zhu Jianxuan arranged the experimental task, he called the Ministry of Rites and asked them to send a notice to the American elites and summon them to the palace for an audience the day after tomorrow morning.

When the elites in America received the notice, they were all nervous, excited and terrified.

Some of them had already seen Zhu Jianxuan, the Ming Emperor, but after this visit, their impression of the Ming Emperor changed.

In the past, Zhu Jianxuan was a world conqueror with extremely powerful authority.

Since it is a conquest, it means victory has been achieved in the war and all other enemies have been defeated, but it does not mean that all enemies have surrendered.

Europeans often use the term conqueror. In their traditional understanding, conquerors usually do not last long.

Although they had admired Zhu Jianxuan very much before, this admiration had not undergone any qualitative change, and they still regarded him as a monarch who controlled great power.

With a slight resistance towards foreign monarchs or even powerful enemies.

Now their perception of Zhu Jianxuan has changed to that of the world ruler, meaning that the world belongs to him.

I have completely surrendered from the bottom of my heart, and I no longer even have the slightest hostility in my heart.

On the day of the formal summons, Zhu Jianxuan did not take his seat in the main hall of the new palace, but chose a more convenient side hall.

The American elites had no objection to this. After meeting, they prostrated themselves on the ground and shouted "Long live the emperor". They took the initiative to perform the highest Ming Dynasty worship ceremony of 540 kowtows. After the ceremony, they all lay on the ground and dared not get up.

Zhu Jianxuan was quite satisfied with their reaction. After watching them salute, he waited for a few seconds before saying slowly:
"Be flat."

Everyone thanked him in unison and then carefully got up.

After standing up, he just stood there obediently, with his head down, not daring to make any small movements, and even tried to slow down his breathing as much as possible.

Zhu Jianxuan looked around the audience and directly said something that these people might be more concerned about:
“On your way here this time, you visited Ming’s uranium mines, radiation laboratories, atomic weapons test sites in Australia, and the uranium enrichment plant in Jizhou.

"You all know the power of atomic weapons, but you don't have to worry about it.

"Unless you intend to usurp power and rebel, and prepare to establish independence, these weapons will not be a threat to you.

"As long as you always stick with the Ming Dynasty, cooperate with the Ming Dynasty to maintain the stability of the American order and accelerate the development and construction of the American continent.

"Including these powerful weapons, all the armed forces of the Ming Dynasty are the most powerful guarantee for your power, status, and assets."

The American elites below thought to themselves, of course we know this.

But truth is truth, and reality is reality.

They now truly have no thoughts of rebellion at all, and they no longer dare to show the thoughts of separatism that they once had.

However, it is impossible for anyone to be without selfishness.

People will instinctively use the various rules of their environment to seek personal gain for themselves and their families.

Therefore, it is impossible to elaborate on the standard of "being of one mind with the Ming Dynasty".

The gap between being absolutely selfless and trying to gain as much benefit as possible for oneself is really too big.

How much room there is depends on the intentions of those in power at the top and how much room they allow themselves to make profits.

The key is that this meaning may change, and the space may expand or shrink.

If the current Emperor of the Ming Dynasty wants, he can make the simplest adjustments at any time and find a reason to deal with any one of them.

So even if they didn't dare to rebel, even if they were willing to cooperate, they were still worried and uneasy in their hearts.

Many people are lamenting in their hearts, wondering when this era will end.

At the same time, these people realized that Zhu Jianxuan's voice was still loud and full of energy. He was 55 years old this year and had not shown any obvious signs of aging.

Considering the current speed of medical development, more and more elderly people can live to be eighty or even over ninety years old.

If Zhu Jianxuan lived another 30 years, his generation would continue to live in fear.

But no one can change this.

After hearing what Zhu Jianxuan said, everyone instinctively bowed and responded:
"Your Majesty's instructions are to be followed."

Zhu Jianxuan was quite satisfied and continued to make basic arrangements for them:
“In the next period of time, the Ministry of Rites will arrange personnel to take you to visit various places in the Ming Dynasty.

“After that, I will let you go sightseeing around the place on your own.

"Three months later, return to Shuntianfu, and the immigration company will arrange a ship to take you back to America."

Once again, the American elites bowed and accepted the order.

Zhu Jianxuan stood up and left the hall, and everyone continued to bow and wait for Zhu Jianxuan to leave.

Then the ceremonial officer announced the end of the pilgrimage and everyone left.

The American elites left the palace carefully and continued to walk out of the palace gate carefully.

After getting some distance away from the palace gate, he dared to let out a sigh of relief, then hurriedly took the car back to his residence.

Next, it was the mixed feeling of the tour.

Visit the richest places in Ming Dynasty, visit the largest factory districts, and visit the largest urban clusters.

Collectively witness the prosperity and wealth of the Ming Dynasty.

America's elites came from America, a continent that was still in its early stages of development.

Most of America is still a wild place, and even the rural areas are considered wealthy.

America is considered a wealthy place if there are people there, and places like New York are exceptions.

And in the Ming Dynasty, the thing that was least lacking was population.

In any rural area, you can see groups of people everywhere, and there are almost no desolate places. This is something that is not found in mainland Europe.

There are several cities like New York in the Ming Dynasty, and they are all larger than New York.

In their view, many places are no longer cities, or rather, entire regions and provinces have become cities.

This is true for the Bohai Rim region of the Ming Dynasty, the Grand Canal Central Plains main stream area, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the Pearl River Delta region.

In addition to the extremely large built-up area, there are also a large number of miraculous engineering facilities.

There are huge bridges across the Yangtze River, there are Grand Canals that divert water for thousands of kilometers, and there are long railways and highways.

The most terrifying is the Sanjiangze Lake in the northeast, the world's largest artificial freshwater lake.

In the past, they thought that the Qinglong Lake Dam, Laohe Dam, and river channel canal were engineering miracles.

However, compared with the North-to-South Water Diversion Project for the Sanjiangze Lake, all of them can only be regarded as small projects.

Moreover, those projects in North America were also organized by the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty is now working on an even more exaggerated project, which is to build a canal from the Mongolian Plateau to the Mediterranean Sea.

The overflowing population, boundless cities and industrial facilities, and huge engineering facilities have brought the prosperity of this empire to an unprecedented level.

No empire in history can compare with it.

And so far, this empire has shown no signs of decline.

Everyone knows that as long as Emperor Tiangong is still alive, the order of the empire will not be disrupted.

Unless Emperor Tiangong himself starts to mess around, but that seems unlikely.

The American elites traveled together around the Ming Dynasty for a month, and were then released to visit and tour on their own for a month.

Some people followed the group on the tour for a short while and then looked forward to returning to America as soon as possible to cooperate in handling several major reforms in America and avoid any confrontational behavior.

Some people no longer want to go back. Compared with the Ming Dynasty, America is really just a countryside.

(End of this chapter)