Chapter 287: Quickly stabilize the situation
This rebellion in Jiangdu came and went quickly.
Several major leaders were killed or surrendered, and the Praetorian Guard was quickly reorganized into three Praetorian Guards: the Dragon Guard, the Tiger Guard, and the Eagle Guard. Lu Wenlong commanded the Dragon Guard, and the Ming Future Protector commanded the Tiger Guard, and as for the Eagle Guard, Ming Jian appointed his eldest grandson Yang Qi as the commander.
All three of them are loyal to themselves and will never rebel.
Of course, Yu Wenhua and Sima Deji's family members and cronies were all killed. Although the other generals pardoned the capital crimes, they were also reprimanded and expelled from Jiangdu.
Because the Ming Sword crossed over in time, the royal family, relatives, and harem were all safe and sound, but they were frightened. Otherwise, I'm afraid they will be miserable.
After Jiangdu calmed down, order in the court was restored, and Ming Jian didn't have time to visit his relatives, but immediately started the court meeting.
Yang Guang, the emperor, is actually full of controversy in history, some say that he is a faint monarch, some say that he is not a faint monarch, say that he is a faint monarch, in fact, he still has a lot of political achievements, including the implementation of the imperial examination system, the appointment of talents, and the construction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
Of course, Yang Guang also has many debatable points, killing his father and killing his brother, greedy for enjoyment, suspicious of ministers, and reckless in military force.
This has made many people resentful of him.
Now the current situation for the Great Sui, it is obvious that it has reached the stage of life and death, the world is in chaos, the people are panicking, if you want to revive the dynasty and set the world, you must adhere to what the previous two crossing planes did.
First of all, we must issue an edict to regain people's hearts. Only by admitting mistakes will the army firmly lean towards the court, and the people will re-accept the court.
Second, it is necessary to reduce taxes, abolish forced labor, and take in refugees. This is the fundamental national policy, the people are an important foundation of the country, only when they are stable, the imperial court can have the opportunity to reorganize the army and eliminate the rebels from all sides of the world.
Ming Jian immediately went to the court and issued an edict against himself.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have experienced this turmoil, and I have realized that I have done a lot of things wrong. Although I am the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and if the Son of Heaven makes a mistake, he must also admit his mistake. Therefore, I will now issue an edict to confess my mistakes to the world! In addition, in order for me to remember the lesson, and also to warn future generations, I will now take fifty court rods for myself, come on, and execute them! ”
After Ming Jian finished speaking, he took off his shirt and lay on a stool.
"Your Majesty, no! Your Majesty's Ninety-Five, how can you be punished by this puppet? ”
Yu Shiji said that Yu Shiji was a big traitor, specializing in flattering the emperor, and he also had his share in bewitching the emperor to go to Jiangnan.
However, at this time, Ming Jian focused on stabilizing people's hearts and did not let him leave the court.
Another minister, Feng Deyi, also said: "Your Majesty just has a heart, and now that Your Majesty is over half a hundred years old, how can you be punished like this?" ”
"Your Majesty must not harm your body, now that the situation has just stabilized, if Your Majesty makes a mistake, the Great Sui River is in danger!"
Pei Ju also said.
The ministers all advised Ming Jian to give up punishing himself.
Ming Jian shouted: "No one is allowed to admonish, otherwise they will be expelled from the court." Execute! ”
The two dragon guard sergeants came up with the court staff in their hands and began to hit Ming Jian's ass, but they didn't dare to do their best, Rao was so, Ming Jian was also beaten by the fifty court staff, and his ass blossomed, and he was out of breath.
Everyone was so moved that they knelt on the ground and prayed to heaven, hoping that the fifty-year-old emperor would survive.
In fact, Ming Jian has a bottom in his heart, these fifty court canes are played leisurely, and he himself knows how to play five birds, as long as he practices at the time, he can recover from his injuries quickly.
"Your Majesty, the execution is over!"
The two sergeants hurriedly spoke, and immediately a royal doctor ran over and gave Ming Jian medicine.
Ming Jian stood up with grinned teeth and said: "I brought disaster upon myself today, only then did I remember the advice of those loyal ministers and good generals in the past, and now above the court, all Aiqing must be loyal ministers and virtuous ministers, whoever wants to be a traitorous minister and a minister, will be killed!" ”
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
The ministers immediately cheered, but the traitors and ministers began to beat drums in their hearts.
Ming Jian said again: "Demolish the Jiangdu Palace, sell the money, immediately reorganize the armament, I will kill and return to the Central Plains!" In addition, it is announced to the world that the area controlled by the imperial court is exempt from agricultural taxes! ”
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
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After this [farce], the Great Sui Dynasty quickly ran again, and the Son of Heaven invited himself to the court staff, this news shocked the entire Jiangnan, and the people were full of respect for the Son of Heaven.
The demolition of the Jiangdu Imperial Palace soon raised three million taels of silver, which was immediately used to purchase food and armaments.
In terms of armaments, Ming Jian immediately invented the Pu knife and the Mo knife, organized the Jiangdu blacksmiths to make them day and night, and soon created a lot of weapons. Equipped with the three guards, the entire combat effectiveness has increased several times at once, making the soldiers rejoice one by one.
The bow and crossbow of the Great Song Dynasty technology was also invented immediately by the Ming Jian, and tens of thousands of strong bows and crossbows were produced, equipped with three guards. After the experiment, the long range made the soldiers more confident.
The exemption from forced labor and agricultural taxes made the people of Jiangdu applaud one after another and became loyal to the imperial court. Although it was blocked in Jiangdu, there was still a large area of the entire Jiangnan under the control of the imperial court, so the population ruled was at least one million, and if the population of the eastern capital Luoyang was added, the Sui Dynasty could now rule two million people. Other places were not controlled by the imperial court, such as Dou Jiande, Du Fuwei, Li Yuan, etc.
Ming Jian took the opportunity to recruit troops, and in just one month, he recruited 30,000 pro-strong.
Ming Jian personally trained them, awarded them the Five Fowl Opera, and at the same time taught them the methods of group combat, and even taught them the formations obtained from the previous two planes.
After less than a month of training, this unit, which was turned into the [Liberation Army] by the Ming Sword, has improved its combat effectiveness rapidly, and it is already capable of competing with any army today.
Coupled with the three guards of the Praetorian Guard, Ming Jian has 60,000 horses, this is the capital for him to compete for the world!
In addition to these 60,000 horses, Ming Jian transferred 1,000 people from the Praetorian Guard to form the Jinyi Guard, which was responsible for intelligence work and surveillance officials.
The two crossing planes, Ming Jian is already familiar with Jinyiwei, and he controls it very well. not only cultivated their diehards, but also taught them five fowl operas and some modern police knowledge.
The Jinyi Guard soon began to work, and was sent to various places to start working.
At the same time as the military training, Ming Jian did open a royal shopping mall in Jiangnan, which was a tried and tested way, he invented daily necessities such as soap, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, etc., and began to sell them in the Jiangnan area, so as to raise financial funds for the imperial court.
Commercial tax is also carried out in strict accordance with the tax system of modern society, and this time Mingjian directly levies two types of value-added tax and income tax.
Tax collection is suitable for ministers such as Yu Shiji, Feng Deyi, and Pei Ju, and Ming Jian sent them all out to serve as tax officials in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River. are good at calculating, then go and collect taxes, according to the system, and they are not afraid of random collection.
After the whole tax system was put into operation, a large amount of revenue was quickly collected for the imperial court, so that the expenditure of the army was strongly guaranteed.
After half a year of repairing in Jiangdu, Ming Jian began to make his first military action, that is, to attack the rebels of the rebel army in Jiangnan. The first target, he aimed at Du Fuwei, who was entrenched in Jianghuai.