Chapter 773: The Ming Empire Reborn from the Flames (Part II)

No one remembers how many years the Ming Empire has not shown such vigorous vitality, and the current Ming Dynasty is as powerful as when it was born. :。 Smiling began to appear on the numb faces of the common people, and the black smoke puffing from the towering chimneys of the factory represented the rebirth of this ancient empire!

In any case, all aspects of the area under the jurisdiction of the imperial court have begun to improve significantly. The people who have benefited from it have gradually come to believe that the future of the empire will be better.

Originally, the wheel of Chinese millennium history faced a new turn, and the cultural changes and social transformation called out a critical point in time, and the seventeenth year of Chongzhen passed in the noise. In the noisy sound of firecrackers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, the Ming Empire ushered in the 'spring' day of the eighteenth year of Chongzhen.

Because of large-scale industrialization, because of the war, the abandoned fields were recultivated in large quantities, because of the use of advanced tools to reclaim new fields, and so on. These new changes have allowed a large number of idle people to find a way to fill their stomachs. Displaced people and beggars also had a new way out.

The floating population who had lost their source of livelihood was properly resettled, and the officials who had deceived the good and feared the evil became more timid than rabbits under the intimidation of Jinyiwei, and began to perform their duties honestly. The law and order situation in society as a whole has been greatly improved. Even the dirty garbage on the streets is now being cleaned up.

After most of the people had settled down, it would be difficult for the peasant army to stir them up again.

After having a field, a shelter, a stable source of livelihood, a family property, and a pot and jar. Who is industrious and simple, and who expects to live a small life with a hot kang head for their wives and children, who will carry their heads to do rebellion? !

On the contrary, once the peasant army that likes to destroy and plunder, even if it can defeat the official army and come here again. Then these people will definitely rise up and resist! Because they are no longer poor ghosts who have nothing. They need to protect everything they have that they have hard-earned at this time!

The Ming Empire has encircled and suppressed the peasant army for so many years, and I don't know how many peasant troops it has killed, but the result is that those peasant armies are more and more suppressed. The more you suppress, the stronger you are! Later, he even broke through the Jingshi! The most fundamental reason is that the imperial court does not have the support of ordinary people!

There are as many harsh taxes as cattle 'hair'. plus the looting of the greedy officials who are three feet high. The vast majority of ordinary people have lost all their possessions. What can't a person with nothing do when he is instigated?

Before there was a weapon to destroy 'sex', it lost the support of ordinary people, who made up the vast majority of the population. No matter how strong your army is, it will inevitably fall apart!

Fortunately, the appearance of Gao Yang will fall with 'desire', and the Ming Empire, which is about to collapse, will be forcibly dragged back from the edge of the cliff.

A series of powerful measures injected a dose of strength into the dying empire, and the whole empire began to develop for the better.

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During the Ming Dynasty, there were only three major festivals throughout the year. That is, the 'spring' festival, the winter solstice and the emperor's birthday. In addition, in addition to New Year's Day, Lantern Festival, Zhongyuan (the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar), etc., there are only more than 50 days of vacation every year.

However, when he was in Yingzong, because the opposition was too 'fierce', the imperial court deliberately increased the winter vacation. The holiday period around the Spring Festival lasts for a month.

At this time, coupled with Gao Yang's strong initiative, the canceled ten-month cultivation system was restored. So that the Ming Empire has the most basic vacation system. The workers in the factories enjoyed the same vacation treatment as the officials in this era, but they had to be assigned a large number of on-duty personnel. After all, people can rest, but machines can't stop.

One more day of rotation of the machines in the factory will give you a chance to stay ahead of the countries of the world in the embryonic state of technology. Lay the most solid foundation for the Ming Empire to dominate the world in the future.

After all, the first industrial revolution in Europe would not begin until a hundred years later, and there was no shadow of Jenny's spinning machine and Watt's steam engine. And as long as the Ming Empire can seize this precious time, it will vigorously develop. Those Europeans who don't bathe will never have a chance to touch the entire planet again.

After the end of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, which was lit up all night without curfew for three consecutive days and was lively and noisy all night, the 'spring' day of the eighteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Empire quietly arrived.

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In the recruit training camp outside the city, there were bursts of gunfire and slogans chanted in unison. More than 10,000 recruits are rigorously 'drilled' by cyborg warriors in this huge camp.

These recruits are all strong and strong, and they are all typical northern men. Of course, there are some new recruits who are thinner and weaker, but these recruits also have their own skills. It's not martial arts. It's just that I've read some books. The quality of the soldiers is not known how many times stronger than the Ming army in previous years, which were similar to those beggars and bandits.

It is different from the ordinary Ming army's training of three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, which is basically nothing. Recruits after passing a medical examination and entering the training camp. At least one hundred and eighty days of rigorous training similar to that of modern time and space.

Physical training, military discipline training, cultural training. The recruits repeat these things every day.

In the morning, before dawn, the bugle sounded, and the recruits hurriedly got up 'bed', dressed up, and went to the sink with their toiletries to wash quickly. After that, we had to rush out of the barracks to assemble, and then it was time for the morning run.

By the time the recruits finished their panting steps, the sky had gradually brightened, and it was time for breakfast.

After breakfast, it's time for morning ''. The training of early 'drills' is not complicated, it is just some standing postures. Walking in a queue or something. But this simple training can make all the difference.

After lunch at 12 p.m., there will be a two-hour lunch break, and the recruits can take advantage of this opportunity to take a nap and rest.

In the afternoon, there was technical and tactical training. It is mainly 'shooting' training and tactical coordination training. There is also the maintenance of weapons and equipment, the use of personal belongings, and so on.

On average, each recruit consumes more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition while training in the barracks. Draw the rifling of two muskets. For the new army of the Ming Dynasty, which adopted the strategy of 'elite' soldiers, these 'elite' sergeants were completely piled up with silver.

Except for a very small number of talented 'marksmen', the vast majority of sergeants' 'shooting' levels are fed with bullets. Special soldiers, such as artillery, will only select suitable personnel for training after they arrive in each unit. Recruits are trained here in all basic 'sexual' training subjects.

Dinner is also followed by a two-hour break, followed by an evening cultural training.

The main content is to teach the recruits to read and write, and to have the most basic discernment skills. In addition, some simple mathematics, Gewu and other knowledge will be taught. There is also the study of military discipline.

Of course, there will be no shortage of education in loyalty to the monarch and patriotism. At the very least, let the recruits know that they are fighting with their heads for the sake of their little family and everyone's family.

After 10 p.m., the lights are blown out. All were to return to their barracks before the trumpet sounded to rest. Otherwise, they will be confined.

During the six-month training period, the people employed will repeat these things day after day. Whether it's windy, rainy or scorching, no one can be absent. Until the end of the recruit training and being selected by various units. Those who were not picked out of the same group would be incorporated into the local garrison. The rest of the people who did not meet the army's requirements were sent back to their villages after receiving a sum of money to train the militia during the slack time.

This kind of training is so strict that it is too tiring and difficult for most of the recruits who can't even tell the difference between their left and right feet! But from the beginning of its establishment to the present, not a single recruit has offered to quit on his own initiative!

The main reason why the recruits were willing to endure this brutal training was that the treatment among the recruits was very good, ridiculously good.

The breakfast in the boot camp is all 'meat' soup and big white steamed buns, so that you can eat until your stomach rises. At noon, it is a large pot of vegetables with white rice. Eat better before cultural training in the evening. There is 'meat' in Dunton! Every other day, you can eat 'chicken' eggs and drink a glass of cow's milk'!

Eat well, use well. After the recruit training is over, he will go to various units to become an official private, and the salary will be enough for them to support a large family. Coupled with the military merit system, meritorious service on the battlefield or service time can be counted as military merit. When you retire, you can exchange your military exploits for a sum of silver, or a large field of land!

For the vast majority of peasant recruits, there is nothing more appealing to them than the fields. The Chinese nation's thousand-year-old local complex is too heavy.

If a recruit is discharged due to injury and disability, in addition to a sum of money for 'sex' once, the imperial court can also receive a monthly living allowance from the military liaison offices in each county town until he dies of old age.

If the sergeants died in battle, they could choose to be buried in the army cemetery near Jingshi, or they could be sent back to their hometown for burial. Their families will also receive a large sum of buried silver and tax exemption for at least ten years!

Gaoyang has abolished all tax exemption strategies, and anyone needs to 'pay' taxes, whether they are studying or not. No one can avoid tax exemptions, except that military personnel are exempt. Even if you are a relative of the emperor!

In this cruel apocalypse, being able to have such treatment is already a dream for most people.

You must know that years of natural disasters and military disasters have already exhausted the vitality of this empire. Being able to eat a full stomach on weekdays is an extremely luxurious thing, not to mention the generous treatment.

In addition to this, there is another thing that can greatly boost the morale of the new army. That is, with the continuous victories one after another, the status of the officers and soldiers in the eyes of ordinary people is constantly improving.

The officers and soldiers, who were treated as beggars and bandits in the past, finally got a status that matched their status by virtue of their generous treatment and countless bloody heads. Respected by almost everyone! Q