This time when He Xi came here, he was a little nervous.
After all, it is relatively difficult to formulate a reform plan for the Ming Dynasty. Although He Xi has a cross-generational vision, he has no experience in such work. There are many things that I don’t know where to start. Being summoned at this moment is like a
Students who have not completed their homework are suddenly called by the teacher.
And this teacher is also very strict. You can imagine the anxiety inside.
However, He Xi did not expect that the first thing Zhu Yuanzhang asked was not about He Xi's new policy, but about yesterday's Linjiang Immortal.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "You didn't write the song yesterday, right?"
"Your Majesty is wise." He Xi said: "I really do not have such talent. This is the work of Yang Shen in his later years during the Jiajing Dynasty."
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment and said: "It was Yang Shen who shouted: 'The country has been raising scholars for a hundred and fifty years, and today is the day of death for righteousness.'"
He Xi said: "Exactly."
Zhu Yuanzhang studied the booklet on the history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties that He Xi gave him very deeply. He had studied almost all the names mentioned above. When talking about the Jiajing Dynasty, he cannot but talk about the great etiquette.
When talking about Zuo Shunmen, we cannot fail to talk about Yang Shen.
Thinking of these, Zhu Yuanzhang was even more determined in his choice. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. Why make himself unhappy for a group of descendants that he wants to strangle to death and never see.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Are there any good poems in future generations?"
He Xi thought for a while and said, "There are a few poems by the Ming Dynasty, Yu Qian's lime chants, Wumei Village's Yuanyuan Qu, etc. Among the Qing people, there was Nalan Rongruo who was particularly popular, and then there was Mr. Mao
It’s poetry.”
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care too much about poetry. He just saw that He Xi was a little nervous, so he chatted a few irrelevant words to ease He Xi's mood. Just mentioning Mr. Mao, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately paid attention.
After all, in the next six hundred years, Mr. Mao was the only one who caught Zhu Yuanzhang’s eyes and ears. The rest are mediocre and insignificant.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, even that perfect man was not worth mentioning, let alone fighting. Zhu Yuanzhang also had some problems understanding the military development of later generations in terms of fighting, but how to balance the relationship between direct lineage and collateral lineage?
How can someone who can't even defeat a tiger in Shanghai be compared with Zhu?
Therefore, pay special attention to Mr. Mao’s stuff.
When He Xi mentioned this, he immediately became interested and said, "Oh, come and listen."
He Xi immediately wrote Mr. Mao's masterpiece. Naturally it was "Qin Yuan Chun-Snow".
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this poem, thought about it over and over, sighed, and said, "I'm not as good as me." He put it aside and said, "You have been adding beauty to your sleeves lately. Do you have any thoughts on it?"
He Xi looked a little embarrassed. She deliberately didn't think about it. The so-called red sleeves that add fragrance to the red sleeves were Zhu Yuanzhang's daughter. She didn't think about the father-in-law content in this sentence. She said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there is a point.
"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Tell me and listen."
He Xi said: "I think that if we want to change the face of the Ming Dynasty, we must start from four aspects. I call it the four modernizations."
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused when he heard this word. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang still knew relatively little about later generations. He didn't know where He Xi copied it from.
For He Xi, there was nothing he could do. Formulating policies for a country was such a big deal, and He Xi had no experience. Naturally, he copied it from later generations. However, He Xi just borrowed a name.
As soon as it was said.
He Xi seemed to have more confidence and said: "The first one is military modernization."
"The Ming Dynasty's army is invincible, and there was no need to make major changes. There are only hidden dangers in the guard system, and there are also problems among the founding heroes. These two problems must be solved, otherwise after decades of operation, a war will destroy it.
"
"Military modernization has three main points. The first field army and the field troops. Downgrade the guard army to the field soldiers, select the best from the world's armies, and form a large army directly controlled by your majesty. Strengthening your majesty's control over the Ming army will also
Weaken the influence of noble families on the military."
"Second, establish a general staff system. Run the army scientifically and weaken the generals' ability to control deployment."
"Third, establish a system of military supervision and decentralize the military supervision to hundreds of households. From top to bottom, every army must obey the orders from the top, and each army must not be allowed to act without authorization, so as to completely solve the problem of the army possibly walking alone.
Hidden danger.”
These contents are also the result of He Xi's repeated thinking.
This may not be of much use to the development of the Ming Dynasty. But in fact, it is the foundation of the development of the Ming Dynasty. That is political stability.
Many things in the Hongwu Dynasty can be explained by political instability.
In the new dynasty, all forces wanted to take a bigger bite. The founding nobles felt that they were shareholders of the Ming Dynasty and wanted to share more. However, Zhu Yuanzhang could not tolerate these nobles violating his own laws, but he could not recognize them.
They are quite powerful and should be given favorable treatment.
But if Zhu Yuanzhang focused on the power struggle in the Ming Dynasty, nothing would be done without a stable political environment.
However, completing these three reforms and selecting the field army from the garrison army is actually a measure to weaken the local area, weaken the nobles, and strengthen the court. Not to mention the remaining two, which is to completely let the military power be used by the court.
If this pattern is formed, the veterans can be preserved, and a relative balance between civil and military forces can be achieved.
Zhu Yuanzhang could see He Xi's intention at a glance. But he still couldn't understand some of it, so he said: "This staff system is to strengthen the power of the army. It assigns the responsibilities of the army to the things that the general needs to be responsible for. For example, when the general goes on an expedition,
There are marching staff, logistics staff, intelligence staff, combat staff, etc."
"That is, the general only needs to choose one of the plans from the staff."
"In this way, the general's control over the army can be limited."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "How can an army like this be able to fight a war? The most taboo thing in the army is to order people to go out too much."
He Xi said: "Your Majesty, you misunderstood. In the army, the commander-in-chief is still the most respected. Only the commander-in-chief can give orders. He just divides the work very finely. In wartime, the commander-in-chief does not have to listen to the advice of the staff. But it must be recorded in the record.
.Find out who is who and who is wrong afterwards.”
"I know that if your Majesty, Wei Guogong is as talented as a general, there is no need for such a system. But for those mediocre generals, a staff system may be needed. This system may limit the performance of geniuses, but it also improves the performance of mediocre people.
level. The most important thing is not to prepare soldiers as generals."
Zhu Yuanzhang understood immediately and thought to himself: "If there was this system, the Tumu Fortress Incident probably would not have happened. At least some idiots would not have given idiotic orders."
And now the Ming Dynasty is already the most powerful country in the world. In many wars, it actually needs a lot of brilliant performances by geniuses. What is needed is undefeat. Undefeat does not mean winning the battle. As long as the consumption is not too great.
I can keep fighting.
No country in the world can compare with the current Ming Dynasty.
While this system eliminates internal troubles, it will not reduce combat effectiveness too much. It is indeed a good strategy.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "What's going on with the supervisory army? The greatest disaster of the military system is the supervisory army. Reset the supervisory army and set it to the level of one hundred households. This------"
Zhu Yuanzhang used troops and rarely had to supervise the army. It was not because Zhu Yuanzhang trusted generals at all levels. Now Zhu Yuanzhang generally appoints the deputy generals of the commander-in-chief to be responsible for supervising the army. The control of his front line is carried out through personnel power.
Usually when sending troops, Zhu Yuanzhang would send his trusted generals to join the expedition and hold important positions.
The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang did this was that the supervisory army was too bad in history. The eunuch supervisory army in the Tang Dynasty almost ruined the Tang Dynasty. The soldiers complained a lot.
Zhu Yuanzhang used this method of control because he wanted to punish him.
He Xi said: "Actually, this kind of military supervision is a copycat of the government system of the new dynasties of later generations. It was pioneered by Mr. Mao. Only when the army is under control at the most critical moment can we achieve peace and prosperity."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he remembered that he had taken a very detailed look at Mr. Mao's life as a comparison for himself. Zhu Yuanzhang said, "What is this supervisor going to do?"
He Xi said: "As the deputy general of the commander-in-chief, he is responsible for the morale of the army and recording merits. He is directly under the jurisdiction of the superior government. He is on the same level as the commander-in-chief. The specific regulations need to be formulated in detail. I am just an idea now and it has not been completed yet."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Not bad."
Although Zhu Yuanzhang said it was good, he had already rejected He Xi's so-called military modernization idea.
Because He Xi didn't understand at all how difficult it was to use the sword in the military. Even someone as powerful as Zhu Yuanzhang would not dare to make big moves easily. In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, if he really wanted to do what He Xi wanted,
, at least three or five nobles must be killed.
Without killing people, this thing cannot be done.
The most fundamental political struggle is military struggle.
The military is a major event for the country. If one cannot handle it, war will spread and the world will be in chaos.
Perhaps this matter will be done in the future, but definitely not now. At least Zhu Yuanzhang has not made the preparations yet, let alone that a war is imminent.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Let's talk about other things."
He Xi was a little confused by Zhu Yuanzhang's feedback. Then he took a deep breath and said: "Your Majesty, the second step is financial modernization. I know that Your Majesty thinks about the people and delegates a large number of government functions to the people. But in my opinion, this is the most undesirable
.”
"I just want to ask: Is this grain chief an official or an official? Or a citizen?"
After hearing He Xi's question, Zhu Yuanzhang did not fall into deep thought for a moment.
Is the grain chief an official? Of course not. The grain chief has no salary at all. Is the grain chief an official? No, because the grain chief does not have any restrictions on officials from the court. Is the grain chief a citizen? Of course not. Although the grain chief does not have
Official position, not official, but does it have power?
