The preparations for the enthronement ceremony include the sacrifices needed for the ceremony, preparations for the military parade, the construction of the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth, and the re-sacrifice of the Xiaoling Mausoleum...
Corresponding plans have also been made, as long as Zhu Hongyu approves.
However, the Ming Dynasty's local governance, such as the clearing of land and the inventory of Dingkou, did not go so smoothly.
Zhu Hongyu could clearly sense that someone was deceiving him.
Someone is delaying the implementation of Ming Dynasty's policies!
Although there is no concrete evidence, if something cannot be done, it cannot be faked.
“What is going on with local government affairs?”
"Who are these people who are hindering the implementation of my Ming Dynasty policy?!"
Zhu Hongyu asked with a dark face.
Zhang Huangyan stood up and said.
"Reporting to your highness, Tianmu and Dingkou are the biggest bad debts in the world, and countless people are involved in them."
"If His Highness wants to clear out the Dingkou and clear out the land, he can only carry it out with forceful means!"
Zhang Huangyan has a very clear understanding of the landlords and gentry in Jiangnan. To put it bluntly, they are a group of people who bully the weak and fear the strong.
If Zhu Hongyu makes concessions, they will only push further.
But if Zhu Hongyu becomes stronger, they can only cooperate obediently.
How many people dare to bet with their necks that Zhu Hongyu's knife is not sharp enough?
Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while, nodded and said.
"Send the order!"
"Order the local government to immediately start the investigation of Dingkou and the related work of clearing the land of the father-in-law!"
"If local officials delay, they will be dismissed from office immediately and will never be used again!"
"My Ming Dynasty has never been short of people who want to wear official hats!"
"If a large local gentry obstructs the implementation of our Ming Dynasty decrees and confiscates their homes, their descendants will not be allowed to take part in the imperial examinations for three generations!"
This order can be said to be the toughest Zhu Hongyu has ever dealt with local officials and the local gentry since the beginning of the Northern Expedition.
If you can't do it, then don't do it!
If you don't cooperate with me, your descendants will never be able to take the imperial examination and become officials!
Now only three generations of descendants are not allowed to take the imperial examination and become officials!
If you push me too hard, the fifth and tenth generations are not impossible!
If Zhu Hongyu is really pushed into a hurry, it is not impossible for him to bite the bullet and put the place under military control.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Huangyan and Wang Ruxian clasped their fists and accepted the order.
"Your Highness is wise, I will obey your orders!"
Zhu Hongyu added.
"The preparations for the imperial examination must be speeded up. When the vacancies become available, they will be filled by new candidates for the imperial examination."
The Ming Dynasty will soon hold the imperial examination, and Zhu Hongyu is really not afraid that no one will become an official.
Zhu Hongyu attaches great importance to the inventory of Dingkou and the clearing of land.
Because many of his local governance policies could only be launched after the Ming Dynasty was able to control the local area by clearing the Dingkou and clearing the land.
His eyes were on Wang Ruxian and Zhang Huangyan in front of him and he glanced around.
Then, Zhu Hongyu spoke out about several policies that he had been planning for a long time, and planned to let them help with his advice.
"I am going to abolish the household registration restrictions set by Emperor Taizu, abolish military households, craftsmen households, Le households, salt households, and low-income households, so that scholars, peasants, industry and merchants can be treated equally, and from now on all the people of Ming Dynasty will be registered uniformly.
For the people!"
"Do you think it's feasible?"
In Zhu Hongyu's opinion, Zhu Yuanzhang's practice of classifying people's occupations based on their registration is extremely sick.
Does Lao Zhu really think that if the future of a person is determined, the Ming Dynasty can be passed down for thousands of years?
Nonsense, isn’t it!
Rebellion will happen anyway!
Lao Zhu's household registration system has no other function except to restrain people's nature and restrict social development.
There are many aspects that Zhu Hongyu wants to reform, and household registration reform is only the first step.
But it is also the most important step!
Only when the household registration is straightened out can the subsequent reforms have the basis to proceed smoothly.
Zhang Huangyan and Wang Ruxian looked at each other, clasped their fists again and said.
"Your Highness, Holy Ming!"
Zhu Hongyu just nodded and said.
"The cabinet will polish Gu's policy and prepare to issue it in the form of an imperial edict!"
"After Gu ascends the throne, he will officially spread throughout the world!"
The two agreed.
At this time, Zhou Tianxu ordered someone to ask for a meeting outside.
Zhu Hongyu agreed easily.
Not long after, Zhou Tianxu walked in from outside and saluted Zhu Hongyu.
"The general has met His Highness!"
Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while and then asked.
"What's the matter with you coming to see me?"
Zhou Tianxu said with his fists clasped.
"Your Highness, this is news from the north. The Qing court and Wu Sangui have already fought against each other in Tongguan!"
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Tongguan!
As an important thoroughfare in and out of Guanzhong, Tongguan has enjoyed a great reputation throughout the ages.
Even in the late Ming Dynasty, Tongguan still had great strategic value.
It was near Tongguan that Li Zicheng defeated Sun Chuanting, who came from the east of Tongguan, and annihilated the last elite force in the Ming Dynasty that had the power to fight in the field.
After that, Li Zicheng never encountered any decent resistance during his eastern expedition.
Tongguan is the gateway to Guanzhong. If the Qing army wants to enter Guanzhong, Tongguan cannot be bypassed no matter what.
And Wu Sangui could not leave Tongguan alone and let the Qing army march straight into Guanzhong.
Therefore, the Tongguan War between the Qing court and Wu Sangui broke out naturally!
Obai stood outside Tongguan, looking at the huge Guancheng towering between heaven and earth, his eyes slightly narrowed.
Behind him was a large, dark mass of Qing troops.
Flags and banners stand tall, and at a glance you can see people and horses touching the sky, and you can't see the edge at all.
There are eight banners, green camps, swords and spears like forests, and armors like rain.
The ratio of infantry to cavalry among the Qing troops outside Tongguan City reached an astonishing three-to-one ratio.
In other words, the proportion of cavalry in the Qing army at this time reached an astonishing quarter.
One out of every four Qing troops was a cavalryman!
And those around Ao Bai were all Eight Banners Chongbu wearing cotton armor.
Cotton armor of various colors gathered together to form a large sea tide.
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At the same time, on the wall of Tongguan!
Wu Sangui was also looking at the battlefield from a distance.
Looking at the large banner that represented Obai's identity, his calves subconsciously clenched.
"How many troops are there in the invading bandits?"
Wu Sangui asked Wu Guogui beside him.
Wu Guogui said.
"Reporting to the Emperor, according to statistics, the number of troops invading the Qing Dynasty this time is about 50,000."
"Among them, there are nearly ten thousand Eight Banners soldiers!"
These 50,000 people gathered almost all the soldiers of the Qing court in Henan and Shanxi provinces, and even the local garrison troops were exhausted.
Regardless of whether they are elite or not, as long as they are soldiers and can carry a sword, they will be recruited by our Qing Dynasty.
When Wu Sangui heard this, his pupils shrank.
He was selectively deaf and could only hear the four-character keyword "near Wanba Banner".