According to the idea of Chen Yue and others, it was not as simple as expelling the Manchus and exterminating the thieves, but he wanted to completely reorganize the various systems of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty is the emperor and the scholars share the world, in fact, the power is in the hands of the scholars.

Different from previous dynasties, there were clans, relatives, and eunuchs in all dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, the clan was raised like pigs and had no power at all; The emperors of the Ming Dynasty were all married to commoners, regardless of whether they were queens or concubines, they were all daughters of small families, and their relatives could not do anything at all;

Speaking of eunuchs, it seems that eunuchs like Liu Zhen and Wei Zhongxian are flying and domineering, but in fact, the power of the eunuchs comes from the emperor and they are dependent on the emperor, even if Wei Zhongxian is so powerful, Chongzhen, who has just ascended the throne, has to hand over his power in a word.

Because the civil officials colluded and persecuted too much, the emperor had to rely on the eunuchs and civil officials to fight for power, so the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were completely different from the eunuchs of the Han and Tang dynasties who often abolished the Son of Heaven.

In the Ming Dynasty, only civil officials really hold power, this is the case in the court, and even more so in the countryside. Not to mention that the officials of the prefectures and counties are all civil officials, and the gentry are the masters of the country and the people listen to the gentry more than the government. Those who enter are officials, and those who retreat are gentry, and the officials and gentry are one, firmly controlling the entire Ming Dynasty.

The gentry firmly hold the power, not to mention, but also control most of the land wealth in the world, the entire Ming Dynasty seventy percent of the land is in the hands of the gentry, and they do not pay any taxes, most of the business in the world is also in the hands of the gentry, and the court does not collect any commercial taxes at all.

The wealth of Jiangnan is the most abundant in the world, and there are many people with 100,000 family assets, and there are also many people with millions of family assets, but ordinary people are still extremely poor, and most of the people in the north can't even survive. The imperial treasury was impoverished, and the annual treasury income could not even support hundreds of thousands of troops.

The people are poor, the court is poor, and the rich are only those gentry, which is the fact of the Ming Dynasty now.

Therefore, if this system is not changed, no matter how strong Chen Yue's martial arts are, he can eliminate the Manchu Tartars. But without the Manchu Tartars, the Mongols, and the Western colonizers, he could at most let the Ming Dynasty support for a few more decades, and in the end he still couldn't avoid the end of destruction.

Therefore, what Chen Yue has to do is to cut the gentry, cancel all kinds of privileges of the gentry, and then cancel the way of selecting officials by taking the imperial examination.

Of course, what Chen Yue wants to do is to be the enemy of the gentry in the world, and the resistance is too great, even with Chen Yue's current position of power, he does not dare to easily expose his purpose, so he can only implement it silently. For example, Jiangxi, the base camp of the Qi Dynasty, still had to accept the Fuzhou and county officials appointed by the imperial court, and the head of the township and village appointed by Chen Yue could only exist as a military attaché, and was not an official official recognized by the imperial court.

Because the time has not been in place before, and now, with Chen Yue's defeat of the Eight Banners and the imminent recovery of Beijing, the time has finally come.

First, because of the work of destroying the Qing Dynasty, Chen Yue's prestige was unparalleled for a while, and he controlled the most elite and largest army in the world, and no one could suppress it.

Moreover, the north first experienced the rebellion of the Shun thieves, and then experienced the rule of the Manchu Qing for two or three years, and the power of the gentry was weakened to the limit, almost a power vacuum, and they could be freely swayed in this newly recovered land according to Chen Yue's will.

The first step to do is to send troops to occupy all the prefectures and counties directly under the northeast of Shandong, and then implement all military management, and the officials of the prefectures and counties are all filled by officers. These officers may not be able to read the Four Books and the Five Classics, but there is absolutely no problem with rough writing and ink.

For example, if a battalion is in charge of two or three thousand soldiers in a battalion, and can arrange the affairs of the battalion in an orderly manner, how can it not be a county commander?

A general banner can manage fifty subordinates, and with them marching and training, it is natural to manage a village.

In addition, there is no problem with the baggage officers, ordnance officers, and town control officers in charge of grain logistics in the battalion, who are responsible for the money, grain, engineering, and justice of a county.

It's really not good, and you can also absorb the officials in the original county, who are all professionals who are proficient in business.

Therefore, Chen Yue decided to send an army to recover Lubei and the prefectures and counties of Beizhili, and then began to form a local government, which is a huge project, but it is not without experience, after all, he experienced it once when he was in Jiangxi.

Of course, when Jiangxi, he only set up a two-level organization in the countryside, and he did not dare to reach out to Chen Yue, a government and county official. And now appointing an officer as the prefect of the county will inevitably cause fear in the imperial court. However, Chen Yue will deal with it first in the form of temporary assignment of military management during wartime.

"Lord Wang, there is a problem now," Gu Junen frowned and said, "Shandong has 6 prefectures, 15 prefectures and 89 counties, and Beizhili has 9 prefectures, 19 prefectures and 72 counties, each prefecture and county has troops stationed in it, and there are too many troops to be sent. Although we have a large number of troops, the impact on combat effectiveness is also very great if we can draw out so many troops, so we still have to fight against the Manchu Tartars and completely destroy them. ”

Chen Yue said: "Fight a large-scale battle with the Manchu Tartars to capture Beijing and expel the Manchus completely, and then we will go all out to carry out this matter."

There is no need to be afraid of dispersed troops, and new troops can be recruited and trained from all over the country, and it only takes half a year to a year, and it will not be a problem to train another 200,000 troops. “

"Lord Wang, don't we send troops to Liaodong and sweep the caves of the Mantar Plough Court?" Shan Minglei couldn't help asking.

Sending troops to Liaodong, capturing Shenyang, returning Liaodong and the land of the vast desert in northern Liaobei to the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and completely destroying the Manchus, what a huge feat, this temptation is not something that everyone can resist.

"It was only a matter of time before the Manchu Tartars were completely wiped out, not only the Manchus, but also the Mongols. But the premise is to do a good job in the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty, now we have not yet hit Beijing, the imperial court is no longer able to supply the army's food and salary, if it hits the bitter cold land of Liaodong, the battle line has been stretched for thousands of miles, how can the imperial court have the ability to supply food!

Completely exterminating the Manchu Tartars is easy to say, but how difficult it is to achieve! Chen Yue couldn't help but sigh.

War has never been as simple as confrontation between the two armies, and it is more about logistics and organization, not to mention that Chen Yue's infantry relies heavily on logistics.

"To recover Beijing, 100,000 troops are enough, and the task of the remaining army is to recover the various prefectures and counties in the northeast of Shandong Province to form local governments, and Brother Ming Lei is still in charge of the affairs of Shandong, and Brother Jun En is in charge of the affairs of the North Zhili.

Let's first get the two provinces of Shandong, the northeast of Shandong, let's first get the two provinces of Shandong, and then expand this model to other provinces! “

"Yes, Lord Wang!" Gu Junen and Shan Minglei listened respectfully.