Ancestors, please don't crawl out again.

Chapter 15 The Fifteenth Palm The people who should be killed but haven't been killed are everywhere

After dealing with the surrendered soldiers, Yang Feng immediately returned to the palace and rebuilt the Ming Dynasty court. The method was of course very simple.

Just re-establish the position of prime minister.

The King of Qi was appointed as the Prime Minister.

However, the King of Qi is not a minister of the Ming Dynasty. He is only here to help as a guest. But his title of King of Qi cannot be empty...

Of course, Shandong cannot be assigned to him.

So, just give America to him.

America was the State of Qi and the territory of King Han Xin of Qi. Although it had no jurisdiction over the Ming Dynasty, it still respected the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty as the emperor.

This would also satisfy his vanity, after all, he still cared a lot about himself as the King of Qi.

The Prince of Qi was then appointed Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty. This Prime Minister, like the Prime Minister of the past, oversaw the Cabinet, while the six ministers of the six ministries also served as Grand Secretaries, forming a seven-member Cabinet that was directly responsible to the Emperor. The remaining offices of the Censorate, the Supreme Court, and the Ministry of Public Security, while not part of the Cabinet, were directly responsible to the Emperor. Among the lesser officials, the Minister of Rites, the Minister of the Imperial Household, the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Imperial Household, and the Imperial College were all attached to the Six Ministries.

As for the Zhanshi Mansion alone, we should actually leave it alone for now, after all, there is no crown prince.

Emperor Taizu Gao certainly did not have time to give birth to a crown prince, so he would choose one from the royal family to succeed him after he passed away.

As for which one to choose, we have to wait until the royal family gathers together. In fact, there is no other choice except the King of Tang.

As for the officials who made up the imperial court...

There are only twenty-eight old ministers left, so there is no one to choose from.

Just pick a few people at random. It's just a makeshift team. The most important thing is to let Han Xin do what they want to do.

First, military service is tied to land. Anyone who owns land must serve in the army. Those who own less than 100 mu of land will be enlisted as soldiers, those who own more than 100 mu will be enlisted as soldiers, and those who own more than 200 mu will be enlisted as soldiers. Either their own sons or adopted sons will be sent to the battlefield.

Of course, adopted sons definitely have the right of inheritance.

As for the military households who cultivated land registered in the Wei Kingdom, just distribute the land to them directly.

Including the previously confiscated land of nobles and nobles were also directly distributed to those who cultivated it, and the royal land was also directly distributed to those who cultivated it.

Then these people have to serve as soldiers.

Tenants and craftsmen do not have to be employed, and there is no prohibition if they wish to be employed.

If you make merit, you will be given land.

If you kill one enemy, you will be given one hundred acres. If you kill ten, you will be given one thousand acres. It’s just hard to say where.

In short, if you want to own land in the future, you must have military merit. Simply put, if a person has money and wants to buy land, they must have military merit. You can't buy it with silver, even if the other party agrees to sell it. Military merit is required to complete the transaction. Otherwise, it won't count. If the other party takes the silver and doesn't give you the land, you deserve it, and the court will not intervene. Of course, military merit doesn't necessarily require beheading. Donating silver and grain to the court for military expenses also counts. Similarly, if a craftsman creates useful military equipment, it also counts as military merit. But if you want to own land, you must have military merit.

Second, agricultural taxes were changed back to grain instead of silver. In those days, grain was the most important thing. We had to build high walls and store up grain.

Zhu Yuanzhang's approach was not due to his limitations as a farmer, but rather because as someone who had experienced famine, he had a longer-term vision than his descendants who had grown up in luxury.

Food is the basis of everything.

The Ming Dynasty fell because its principle of putting food first was destroyed.

The financial crisis in the late Ming Dynasty did not require a change in tax collection to silver, but rather a need to restore the grain collection to the level of their ancestors.

Zhu Yuanzhang collected 33 million shi of grain a year, and Wanli collected 22 million shi a year. Facts have proved that Zhu Yuanzhang had already known that only 33 million shi of grain was needed to maintain the empire nearly 300 years ago. If Chongzhen had 33 million shi of grain a year, his empire would not perish. He piled the grain in front of the hungry people, and the latter would kneel down and shout "Long live the emperor". But after collecting the grain in silver, he only had silver that he could not eat, which made it convenient for corrupt officials and local tyrants.

When he had no money left, he had no choice but to hang himself.

So Yang Feng had to go back to the old ways and collect grain again.

Royal retro!

Restore the classical imperialism of the Qin and Han dynasties!
Of course, the imperial examination system still needs to exist. The imperial examination system has been proven to be ineffective. It is just that the content of the examination needs to be reformed. This is a detail repair.

……

"Emperor Taizu Gao, there are priorities. Now that the country has not been restored, why rush into reforms? Moreover, these reforms need to be made with caution."

Gao Hongtu, who was still the Minister of Revenue but concurrently served as the Grand Secretary, looked at the reforms that Taizu and the King of Qi had come up with in less than an hour, and he could be said to be very worried.

Once the imperial edict of reform was issued, there was no need to expect officials and gentry from all over the country to recognize Emperor Taizu Gao.

They were all well aware that this Emperor Taizu Gao was a fake. They were all intelligent people, so they weren't so ignorant as to not understand this. They didn't know what he was, but he was definitely not Emperor Taizu Gao. The latter was buried beneath the hill of earth at the Xiaoling Mausoleum, unable to crawl out. But they were willing to believe it was real, because he truly had saved the Ming Dynasty. And it wasn't just them; they believed that officials and gentry everywhere were also willing to believe he was real.

No one wants to become a slave of a foreign race.

Our Qing Dynasty has never been a good thing, and they all know this. Yangzhou has proved that our Qing Dynasty is still the same Qing Dynasty.

Surrendering out of fear of death is one thing, but having a clear understanding of the Qing Dynasty is another.

Therefore, the emergence of Emperor Taizu Gao saved the Ming Dynasty, saved Jiangnan, and saved the officials and gentry in various parts of Jiangnan who were in panic.

But... he can't do that!
If he does this, he can only be a monster.

It was impossible for those local officials and gentry to accept these things.

"This is an imperial decree. You are to obey, not question it. Announce it to the world immediately, and urge all places to send those royal family members here quickly."

Yang Feng said.

What he wanted was for the local officials and gentry to refuse to recognize him, and then he could kill all these bastards.

Although he was indeed here to complete the mission, he didn't mind playing with them in the process.
After all, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were countless people who should have been killed but were not.

Gao Hongtu and Jie Xuelong looked at each other with sad faces, but there was nothing they could do. The only thing they could do was to hope that the officials and gentry from all over the country could be more rational.

There is no way out through confrontation.

This is not Emperor Taizu Gao. Emperor Taizu Gao had no magic and could not summon divine punishment, but this person can really summon divine punishment.

They could only persuade their colleagues as much as possible while issuing the imperial decree.

But there is little hope.

In short, at this moment, they are already very aware of what will happen next.

"The rest is up to you. I will leave as soon as I complete the ritual of the artifact. You will need to handle the rest on your own. But are you sure you have what it takes to deal with a war in this era?"

After they left, Yang Feng said to Han Xin.

"If all areas south of the Yangtze River were like Nanjing before, there would be no need for firearms or cavalry. Just using poles as flags and wood as weapons would be enough to sweep across the land."

Han Xin said with a smile.

I have to say that his judgment was very accurate.

Although he has been studying these days, including Qi Jiguang's military books, other military books, and even military encyclopedias such as Wubeizhi, he certainly does not recognize regular script. In fact, he may not even recognize official script. He can ask others to read it, but it is impossible for him to truly complete the transformation in such a short time. We can trust his ability to grasp the overall situation on the battlefield, but his tactical level is far behind that of this era.

"I'll teach you a set of skills. Although I don't understand it, I can only give you a general idea. You have to figure out the details yourself."

Yang Feng said.

"please say."

Han Xin said.

"It's simple. In the age of firearms, warfare was all about firepower projection. But projection can be effective or ineffective. What really matters is the effective one.

So you can completely discard these military books. Qi Jiguang's tactics, while effective, require a large number of soldiers who have been trained for a long time, even for many years. His Qi Family Army was indeed invincible, but they were all veterans and elite soldiers. We don't have elite soldiers, we only have young and strong men. But our young and strong men have something that other armies don't have: fearlessness and strong will. So what you need to do is teach them to use firearms, and then, facing the enemy's bullets or arrows, or even cannonballs, stand ten steps away from the enemy and shoot their bullets in the enemy's face.

In fact, the Jiannu were invincible in a similar way, except that they used bows and arrows. Their tactic was to use shield carts for protection, approach to a distance of ten steps, and then shoot arrows in the enemy's face.

The Ming army was defeated again and again by their guns.

In addition, the matchlock gun is a bit outdated. Now the flintlock gun has begun to appear in the West, and we can also manufacture it.

Technically, it’s not a problem at all.”

Yang Feng said.

"Are you not afraid that Xin will eventually seize the Zhu family's kingdom?"

Han Xin said with a smile.

"Seize, seize at will. I can tell you that among the descendants of the Zhu family, only one is considered to be satisfactory. The others are more stupid than the other. In history, their response after the fall of Nanjing can make one's blood pressure soar. If you are not careful, you can easily have a cerebral hemorrhage and die of anger. The next outstanding person will be three hundred years later.

So I can say that as for this kingdom, if you wish to support it, then support it; if you do not wish to support it, then take it, as long as it does not fall into the hands of foreigners."

Yang Feng said.

He doesn't care about the life or death of the Zhu family!
Han Xin's political level was indeed poor.

But who should he be compared with? Compared with Xiao He and Zhang Liang, he is indeed not as good, but compared with those precious things of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he is already strong.

He has a kind of beauty that is not contaminated by Confucianism.

Even when collaborating with the bandits, the Ming nobles still treated them as if they were human, finding ways to exploit them. Han Xin wouldn't have had this problem. The Ming nobles would have done everything they could to protect their property and surrender to the Qing when necessary, but Han Xin wouldn't have hesitated to bring the bandits to their throats. The late Ming didn't need a genius, just a capable leader who wasn't tainted by Confucianism, knew who was more useful, who was their foundation, and who had a stable base.

that's enough.

Of course, you have to be able to swim.

And Yang Feng has already given his base to Han Xin.

He is good at fighting and has not been contaminated by Confucianism.

(End of this chapter)