Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 101 Zhu Yuanzhang's Expedition

When young Zhu Di returned from the Yongle Dynasty, it was already past 11 o'clock in the evening.

He went upstairs to sleep and saw Zhu Yunfeng sitting in front of the computer with his eyes as wide as bells, silently looking up information.

"How's it going?"

Zhu Di leaned over and took a quick look, and saw that he was reading a very long research report.

Zhu Yunfeng looked a little haggard and said, "Not very good."

"How to say?"

Zhu Di placed the Tesla coil in his hand on the table beside him.

"I thought the problem was too simple."

Zhu Yunfeng scratched his head: "A political system is very complex. The logic of power operation and the structure of the political system. From top to bottom, the entire system must follow rules, and we must also try our best to prevent and reduce the overflow of power, rampant corruption, lack of framework and other problems. It is not something that can be figured out in a snap."

"Then what are you looking at?"

"This is Professor Zhou Lian'an's study of social relations during the Chinese imperial period. It talks about the concepts of "gentry self-government", "official-civilian society" and "official-civilian cooperation."

"and then?"

"After in-depth research, we found that grassroots governance during the Ming and Qing dynasties was administrative outsourcing, which greatly reduced governance costs and investment burdens for feudal society. In fact, both the East and the West chose to do so in ancient times. In the West, governance costs were transferred from missionaries to the king, from the king to the feudal nobles, and from the nobles to the lower-level small feudal lords, with each level outsourced. In the East, before the Tang and Song dynasties, the court handed over governance to aristocratic families, and after the Tang and Song dynasties, it was handed over to local gentry, clans, and landlords."

Zhu Yunfeng looked at the information and said, "So from ancient times to the present, whether in China or the West, the imperial power has never actually gone to the countryside. This situation did not last until the 18th century when Britain completed the Industrial Revolution and the outsourcing system was officially transformed into a national institution. Whether it was taxation or grassroots governance, Britain had financing and conscription capabilities that all its competitors could not match, thus ushering in an era of the empire on which the sun never set."

Zhu Di opened his eyes wide and said, "I know Britain. It's just a small island, not much different from our Hunan Province. With such a small land area, it can dominate the world. If the Ming Dynasty also accomplished this feat, wouldn't it be..."

"Yes, just as you thought. If the Ming Dynasty could also complete the process of bringing the imperial power to the countryside and strengthen grassroots control, let alone dominate the world, from the Ming Dynasty to the 21st century, it should have flown to Mars long ago."

Zhu Yunfeng shook his head and said, "But the size gap between the Ming Dynasty and Britain is so huge that it is quite difficult to achieve the same changes as Britain. The most basic thing is to have sufficient food and then quickly develop industrialization. It may take at least ten or twenty years to accumulate. Sure enough, I thought the problem was too simple. We still have to proceed step by step and start from other directions."

"Then take your time."

Zhu Di yawned and said, "I'm going to sleep."

After saying that, he went back to the room.

There are exactly three bedrooms on the second floor of Zhu Yunfeng’s house. The living room is at the front of the second floor, and there is a balcony outside.

On the left is a toilet, with a bedroom on each side. On the right is the master bedroom, which has its own toilet. Opposite the master bedroom is also a balcony, which is connected to the balcony of the living room.

Zhu Yunfeng lived in the master bedroom, Ji He lived in a guest bedroom, and Zhu Di lived in another guest bedroom. At this time, Ji He's room was already filled with snoring.

Seeing that both of them went to bed, Zhu Yunfeng opened a spreadsheet and began to create a new power structure for the Ming Dynasty.

During this process, he even studied the political system of the Qing Dynasty.

The political system of the Qing Dynasty can be said to be the pinnacle of feudal society. The Qing emperors had considerable power and held the Grand Council, which almost gave them maximum ruling power.

You should know that in ancient history, the Song Dynasty ranked first with more than 400 uprisings, the Ming Dynasty ranked second, and the Qing Dynasty ranked third.

However, if we look at the quality and intensity of the uprising, the Qing Dynasty is definitely first.

Because most of the uprisings during the Song and Ming dynasties could only be considered small-scale uprisings. If they affected a county, it would be considered a big deal. The larger ones would at most affect a few prefectures.

In contrast, the scale and quality of the uprisings in the Qing Dynasty were extremely large.

Not only were there the White Lotus Rebellion and the Taiping Rebellion that swept across the country, but there was also the Guiyou Rebellion in which the imperial palace of the Forbidden City was stormed.

If various small-scale uprisings in the late Qing Dynasty are also counted, the uprisings in the Qing Dynasty are undoubtedly the first in both quantity and quality.

However, under such severe circumstances, during the more than 200 years of Qing Dynasty history, the Manchu royal family firmly controlled political power. They not only quelled internal and external troubles, but also rarely saw the imperial power fall into the hands of others.

For this purpose, Zhu Yunfeng found "Political Gains and Losses in History: Qing Dynasty" and although the author is quite controversial, his research in this area is still very fruitful.

After reading it, I found that it has no research value.

Because the political system of the Qing Dynasty was very special, the imperial power was supported by the Manchus. The overall approach was to maintain a military alliance through the Manchus and Mongols, and a political and economic alliance through the Manchus and the Han.

In the entire political system, the existence of the Manchus maintained the balance among the Han, Manchu and Mongolian ethnic groups.

Therefore, the political position is very stable.

Under the condition of political stability, even if there were a large number of uprisings and they were large in scale, they were still able to be suppressed, thus maintaining the regime for so many years.

Just look at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was a political alliance between the Manchus and the Han people. The four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty were all Han people, and they worked hard to consolidate the Manchu rule.

However, the Ming Dynasty lacked such a group to support the royal family in maintaining balance, and it was impossible to introduce enemies like Mongolia to form a military alliance. Therefore, the political system of the Qing Dynasty has almost no reference value.

"It seems that I can only do research on the official group. The first step is to design and adjust the official system so that I can come up with a relatively mature political system."

Zhu Yunfeng was busy collecting knowledge on the Internet, and he stuffed any designs he thought were useful into his designs.

soon.

By the next morning.

Ji He woke up and came out of the room, preparing to go down the mountain to the company. Seeing Zhu Yunfeng still there, he asked curiously, "Why aren't you sleeping yet? Are you going to the company today?"

"I'm so bored."

Zhu Yunfeng stretched and said, "Money comes too easily. We have become multimillionaires in just half a year. We have to find something to do."

"It's really because Elder Yuan fed you too much, and you are so full that you feel stuffed."

Ji He curled his lips and said, "If you have money, go to Huabei, go to Changsha, and find young models in the club. If you don't have much, go to ancient times, there are many brothels, wouldn't it be wonderful to listen to music in the brothels?"

"Damn, have some ambition, okay?"

Zhu Yunfeng said disdainfully: "Think about it, we will go to other Ming Dynasty periods in the future, such as Tumubao, the late Ming Dynasty, and the Southern Ming Dynasty. How interesting it is. Then we can take Old Zhu there to kill everyone. Now don't we have to live in fear and develop?"

Ji He was a little confused and said, "The question is, since you have money now, why do you have to do it yourself? Can't you spend some money and find a history professor online and ask them to do it for you?"

"I'll blanch it."

Zhu Yunfeng shuddered and said, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"Who made you so stubborn?"

Ji He went into the bathroom, washed up, and then went out to work at the company.

Yunfeng Company is now developing in full swing.

Although we don’t know where so many orders come from, the fields and factories are working every day.

In the second half of the year, Yunfeng Company will have to rent another 15,000 acres of land, for a total of 20,000 acres.

They also have to open various breeding farms and metal processing plants. Zou Ting, the deputy general manager, is extremely busy, and Ji He, the general manager, just goes to the company to punch in for work every day.

Only the boss Zhu Yunfeng was like a street urchin, acting like a hands-off boss.

Although he went there every day, he basically just inspected everywhere, looked around and left, and he didn't really take care of anything.

Ugh.

A factory with orders will never have to worry about development.

After Ji He reminded him, Zhu Yunfeng immediately went to Bihu and Weibo to find users who were certified as professors of the history department of a certain university. He disguised himself as a political commentator and said that he was very interested in the development of the Ming Dynasty's political system. He was willing to pay and hoped that the other party could help design a political system suitable for the Ming Dynasty. He was also willing to pay a deposit of 5000 yuan. If the proposal was adopted, he would pay 3 to 5 yuan.

This price is not low. Even if you find a professor from a major college through an institution to tutor you on an article in a core academic journal, the price is about the same.

Moreover, for professional history professors, the difficulty is definitely lower than publishing academic journal articles.

After sending the message he went to sleep.

When I woke up, it was already the next afternoon.

At this time, Ji He had not returned yet, and Zhu Di had no idea where he had gone, so the house was empty.

He went to Bihu to check the messages and found that most of the people were interested. He then added their contact information, left their email address, and paid the deposit.

Many professors told him to wait for news, and he would receive an email tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at the latest.

'Done. '

Zhu Yunfeng looked at the professors' replies and felt happy.

really.

There is nothing in this world that can't be solved with money.

I was poor for too long.

He even forgot that he is now barely considered a wealthy man, and has joined the class of wealthy people with a monthly income of more than 200 million.

Just when I was thinking about playing some games since I had nothing to do today, Pipi started yelling. Zhu Di came up from the stairwell and shouted, "Fengzi."

"Ok?"

Zhu Yunfeng asked in surprise: "Old Four, where have you been?"

"Let's go to Daming to eat. You haven't even gotten up yet. I'm starving."

"Okay, I have nothing to do today, so I'll help you score."

"Who said it's okay?"

Zhu Di stood at the stairs and waved to him: "Hurry up, father is going to the war."

"So fast?"

Zhu Yunfeng was surprised.

Ever since the news came out that Zhu Yuanzhang was planning to march north to Mongolia, he had also made some preparations.

You certainly can’t get a gun, but you can get pure granular black powder.

So he gave the formula to Zhu Biao, and planned to open a metal processing plant in the second half of the year to purchase a large amount of aluminum powder and magnesium powder to conduct black powder experiments.

When the time comes, prepare some grenades for Lao Zhu and bring them over. I guarantee you will beat the Mongols into a pulp.

In addition, there are flashlights, medicines, marching rations and the like.

He had used dozens of accounts before, placed orders in dozens of stores, and purchased in batches to prevent large-scale purchases from affecting the stores. He had to go to Africa to fight, and is still on the way.

Zhu Di said, "The Northern Yuan Taiwei Nairbuhua led thousands of people to attack Yongping and killed General Liu Guang. In addition, Kaiyuan Wang Nahachu attacked Liaodong and killed and looted thousands of defending troops. Together with his previous harassment, the total loss was nearly 30,000 people, which made my father very angry. In addition, the Tuohuochi, Aizu, Wanzhebuhua and other tribes in the northwest also made unusual movements, which were quite similar to Liang Wang Bazhala Walmi in Yunnan. The intention of attacking our Ming Dynasty from all sides is obvious. My father originally planned to wait for another two months until the army had sufficient food before going out, but now it is probably too late."

"I have so many things on the way, can't it wait a few days?"

Zhu Yunfeng scratched his head.

The speed of modern logistics is still very fast. He purchased goods in batches, several tons at a time. In total he bought more than 100 tons of goods. After entering the warehouse, they were loaded onto conveyor belts and could be delivered in one day.

"We can't wait any longer. Father told you to send it over later. Let's go. We're ready to leave."

Zhu Di pulled him and ran away.

Soon the two returned to the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu period.

It was mid-June, the sun was high in the sky and the sun was shining brightly.

It was a little cooler in the afternoon. After coming out of the Qianqing Palace Square, Zhu Di took him directly out of the Xi'an Gate and, followed by many guards, went straight to the military camp in the northwest of Nanjing City.

At this moment, countless soldiers inside and outside the military camp are setting out one after another. Starting from this morning, Zhu Yuanzhang has assembled an army of 100,000 and divided them into groups to set out.

Zhu Yunfeng was still sleeping at that time. In the afternoon, almost everyone had left, leaving only the rear army led by Zhu Yuanzhang himself.

The commander-in-chief's tent in the camp had been dismantled. Zhu Yuanzhang, wearing clothes suitable for riding, was standing on the parade ground, surrounded by Zhu Biao and several generals, urging the soldiers to set off.

There will be guards holding umbrellas beside him and the emperor's carriage accompanying him. When it is almost time, he will cross the Yangtze River accompanied by the army and reach Puzikou on the other side.

"Father!"

"uncle!"

Zhu Di and Zhu Yunfeng hurried over.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the two of them, then looked at Zhu Yunfeng and asked, "Have you slept enough?"

Zhu Yunfeng complained: "That's just for your sake."

"Why blame me for something that happened to me yourself?"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, signaling everyone around to move away. Then he put his hands behind his back and walked forward slowly, saying, "I'm afraid the Mongols are going to make a big move this time. We intercepted a secret letter that sent Zala Walmi to the northwest. They plan to attack the southwest and northwest of Ming at the same time next month. And I suspect it's not just that. Duoerbuhua and Nahachu have repeatedly harassed the north, causing us heavy losses. They will definitely not miss this opportunity."

"This has caused wars all over our borders, and we are unable to take care of ourselves."

Zhu Di analyzed.

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "So I plan to defeat them one by one, first destroy the weakest Tuohuochi, then go south to conquer Yunnan, deal with Bazala Walmi, Nahachu is the strongest, we have to take it slow, let Xu Da hold it first."

"What about Naier not spending money?"

"He plays guerrilla warfare, always harassing our border counties, and runs away as soon as reinforcements arrive. He is not easy to catch."

"You know everything about guerrilla warfare?"

Zhu Yunfeng was shocked.

I didn't teach him the dragon-slaying technique, so how did Lao Zhu know about it?
"You still have the nerve to say that."

Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes at him and said, "It's in those stupid animations."

"Well, I didn't expect you to actually go and see that thing."

"Come with me."

Old Zhu suddenly said.

"What are you going to do? Go to war?"

Zhu Yunfeng was stunned for a moment, then immediately said, "No, I won't go even if you kill me."

"You are like a flower in a greenhouse, unable to experience the cruelty of the battlefield."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not force him, glanced at him and said: "To be honest, you modern people are all like this."

"Who would want to understand this if they don't understand it? Peace doesn't come easy."

Zhu Yunfeng shook his head repeatedly: "You should bear all these cruelties. Do you want the people of Ming Dynasty to experience such cruelties in the future?"

"Oh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, then he said without any rebuttal: "That's right, I am now working hard for the peace of Ming Dynasty, I hope you will work hard too."

"Do not worry."

Zhu Yunfeng patted his chest and said, "I said that when you come back, everything will be full of vitality and flourish."

"hope so."

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the troops were almost ready, so he looked at Zhu Biao and Zhu Di and said, "You two brothers, support each other well. The Ming Dynasty will be handed over to you. And the allocation of food and grass cannot be interrupted."

"rest assured!"

Zhu Biao responded, "A lot of military rations will be delivered from Yunfeng, and summer grain from all over the country will be collected soon. I will transfer the grain and fodder to Shaanxi soon."

"it is good."

Zhu Yuanzhang walked to the carriage and said to them, "I'm leaving now. I hope that when I come back, the Ming Dynasty will be different."

After saying that, he got on the carriage, and the carriage slowly moved away. Soldiers from the surrounding army rushed in like a tide, surrounded the carriage, and headed towards the outside of the camp.

The three men stood where they were, while the guards protecting them stood a little further away.

Looking at the back of Old Zhu leaving, Zhu Biao sighed: "Father's battle has deviated from the original history. I hope everything goes well."

"Don't worry, the old man is in good health, and I also gave him a medicine box. Basically, unless it is a terminal illness, ordinary diseases will definitely not be fatal."

Zhu Yunfeng said a consoling word, then changed the subject: "By the way, how is your new policy going?"

"Father has given his permission and it will be officially implemented tomorrow."

"That's a good feeling."

Zhu Yunfeng said with a smile: "Let's see how you do. I will implement the new policy in Yongle Dynasty and make a comparison. If you don't do as well as others, you will be embarrassed."

Zhu Biao also smiled and said, "It's okay. Only by learning can we make progress. If he does well there, why wouldn't it be a problem for me to learn from him?"

Zhu Di scratched his head.

They seemed to include themselves in their words.

But it seems like he didn’t bring it.

It's really amazing to feel like there is another me in this world.

(End of this chapter)