Chapter 0397 Heads into Beijing to deter Mongolian envoys!
During this time, Zhang Haogu was not around.
However, overall, Ming Dynasty's reforms were implemented in an orderly manner.
All the hereditary inheritance, all the commanders, thousands households, and hundreds of households were all abolished, and all the former military households were also abolished.
Now the Ming Dynasty has begun a new round of reforms for the military. Now the court is not short of money. Now Zhang Haogu's plan is to establish a professional military system.
All the former guard land was merged into the farm.
At the same time, it also gives these military households two new choices. First, you can choose to continue serving as a soldier. After becoming a soldier, you can enjoy the "Law on the Protection of Status and Rights of Soldiers of the Ming Dynasty". Second, you can choose to be honest.
When you are a farmer, similarly, as long as you are on a farm, you can receive education, and your children can also receive education. However, the benefits and treatment provided are definitely not as good as those of being a soldier.
Serving as a soldier is no longer limited to military households, but anyone can become a soldier.
Fundamentally, Zhang Haogu still wants to establish a brand new idea - serving as a soldier is the most glorious thing.
Of course, there are many restrictions on becoming a soldier now. First, you must be over 18 years old and under 35 years old. Second, you must not have any criminal record.
Moreover, this standard will gradually increase. For example, if you want to join the army in the future, you will need to be literate and have a strong enough physique.
As for the promotion method, there are also many assessments. For the time being, it is still based on military merit. These commanders, thousands or hundreds of households, will all be promoted based on military merit.
At present, it is the people of the New Army who have military merits. Naturally, they can only be temporarily replaced by the people of the New Army.
Whether it is the three major camps in the capital or the three major camps in Nanjing.
As long as they are well trained, their combat effectiveness will naturally be no less than that of the new army.
The only problem is that the current production speed and maintenance speed of weapons are far behind the development of the army. They are still cold weapons for the time being. However, according to Zhang Haogu's idea, flintlock muskets are arranged uniformly.
If possible, breech-loading guns can still be produced.
The main reason for a breech-loaded gun is to consider the sealing problem at the end of the barrel. The gunpowder gas will be removed. If the projectile, primer, and propellant are integrated into one, the power of the breech-loaded gun will be even greater.
Now that Zhu Youxiao's steam engine has been built, the sealing problem is not insurmountable, so is it possible to try it?
Anyway, the mission Zhang Haogu has been thrown away, and the steam engine will also solve part of the productivity problem, so a major arms change has become inevitable.
However, Zhang Haogu still hopes that Zhu Youxiao will quickly improve the steam engine. When the steam engine can be used on a large scale, the production speed of weapons will naturally be greatly accelerated.
Weaving looms, machine tools, water conservancy projects, etc. can all be used.
During this period, not much happened in the capital.
It’s just that the Mongolian envoy Hardanbaatar has arrived in the capital.
Today's Great Khan of Mongolia is Lin Dan Khan. Lin Dan Khan tried to restore the unity of Mongolia and rebuild Genghis Khan's hegemony. At the same time, he faced the threat of the emerging Jurchen tribe.
Therefore, Lin Danhan's thinking was also very clear. He adopted the policy of uniting with the Ming Dynasty to resist the Jin Dynasty, and sought to control other Mongolian tribes internally. Moreover, he followed the principle of "reconciling the internal affairs before fighting foreigners", giving priority to the unification of Mongolia and avoiding conflicts with
Hou Jin's head-to-head confrontation.
However, Lin Danhan's idea is wonderful, but whether his personal ability can support his ambition is another matter.
After Hardanbaat'er came to the Ming Dynasty, his attitude was also extremely arrogant, and naturally he was not welcomed by others.
In particular, the failure of the Battle of Guangning two years after the Apocalypse made Lin Dan Khan despise the Ming Dynasty. However, now that Nurhachi died in the battle, and the 30,000 Jurchen army was completely wiped out, Lin Dan Khan arranged this.
Danbaat'er came to Daming to discuss a joint fight against the Jin Dynasty.
In addition, Lin Danhan also wanted to do some business with Ming Dynasty, such as buying some tea and so on. At the same time, he also hoped that Ming Dynasty would isolate himself from doing business with other Mongolian tribes and master the trade with Ming Dynasty.
He mastered economic weapons to deal with other Mongol tribes.
However, this Hardanbaatar's attitude is too arrogant. It is true that grandma does not love his uncle.
At this time, Zhu Youxiao had also officially received Zhang Haogu's letter.
In comparison to Zhang Haogu's memorial, Zhu Youxiao believed in Zhang Haogu's private message to him. Official things were only official things. When sending private messages, Zhang Haogu's content tended to be more colloquial.
At the same time, there is also Zhang Haogu’s analysis of the situation in Liaodong.
All in all, Zhang Haogu wanted a lot of things this time. He hoped that the imperial court could set up a special arsenal in western Liaoning to produce various weapons, especially the factory for producing barbed wire, and arrange it directly in western Liaoning to protect the farm.
By protecting the farmland, even if the Jurchens come in to rob it, they can be sure that they won't be able to grab anything.
At the same time, Wang Liao is still planning to immigrate to the west, hoping that the imperial court will come up with some tax reduction policies.
Although the natural disasters caused by the Little Ice Age in the next few years are definitely not a small number.
However, after all, the western part of Liaoning is still vast and sparsely populated. As long as immigrants come here, there will still be some harvest.
In addition, it is to build the Ming Dynasty Bank and establish centralized rural construction and urban construction.
Now that Liaoxi is under the control of the Ming Dynasty, it must become prosperous.
These plans still need to be discussed carefully by a group of people from the Internal Affairs Department. However, Zhu Youxiao felt that it was okay. Now that the Ming Dynasty had finally conquered Liaoxi, naturally it could not let the Jurchens continue to take it back.
In addition, the heads will be sent to the capital soon.
At the same time, Zhang Haogu also made comments on Lin Dan Khan’s special envoy.
In a simple sentence, we want to give Lin Dan Khan all the support except help. In short, we want to support you spiritually.
When he saw this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but become happy.
Now that the Ming Dynasty is in the critical period of armament reform, it is impossible and will never raise weapons at this time. The best way is to let Lin Danhan rush forward to fight with the Jurchens.
By the time Lin Dan Khan is almost dead, our new army will have been trained. At that time, we can directly fight the Jurchens. As for Lin Dan Khan, it will be easy to pack up.
"Where is the special envoy of Linda Khan, Hardan Battelle, now?"
Zhu Youxiao put down the letter in his hand and looked at Eunuch Wei and asked casually. Eunuch Wei on the other side smiled humbly: "Your Majesty, Hardan Battle is in Jinyiwei Prison now!"
"What?" Zhu Youxiao had a weird expression on his face: "How did you end up in Jinyiwei Prison?"
Eunuch Wei smiled politely and said: "It seems that he went out to eat without paying, and thought he was a Mongolian envoy. In the end, he was caught by Zhao Tiejun and captured by the Jin Yiwei!"
"Let Zhao Tiejun release him first. It just so happens that the heads of these Jurchens are also going to be sent to the capital. Let's give this special envoy Lin Danhan a good deterrent and let him know what the prestige of our Ming Dynasty is!"
