Zhu Youzhen's mind was to agree with Chen Zilong's suggestion at the beginning. After all, according to Chen Zilong's strategy, Jiangxi can be stabilized as quickly as possible and the war can be eliminated.

Jiangxi's industry and commerce are very developed, the waterway transportation is convenient, and the prosperity is no less than that of Jiangnan. The gentry here all have their own businesses, and the loss of some land is not enough for them, and the resistance will not be very strong.

Distributing their land to the landless and allowing them to keep their workshops and shops would not hurt their commerce in any way, and then a large amount of commercial taxes would be levied, which would greatly enrich the treasury, which seemed to be the perfect strategy.

But after Hong Chengchou's words, Zhu Youzhen was even more moved.

Hong Chengchou only has two words in his words, money!

plundered the money of the gentry in Jiangxi by various means to make up for the state. If all the gentry in Jiangxi are overthrown, the wealth they have copied will be worth more than hundreds of millions of taels! At least top treasury revenues for decades. With such a huge wealth, who can not be blushing?

The most important thing is that the Jiangxi gentry can now be dealt with reasonably and legally, that is, they are accused of supporting Zhu Yousong's rebellion. Some gentry may not have been directly involved in the rebellion, but as long as they provided money and food to Zhu Yousong's rebels, as long as they helped recruit young men to join the army, the charges were enough. The 200,000 rebel soldiers who were captured are witnesses. If necessary, he can ask for all kinds of confessions from the arrested Nanchang rebel court officials at any time, which can be described as full of human and material evidence.

For the crime of rebellion, it is natural to ask for the crime of raiding the house.

Of course, in this case, the implication will be very widespread, and the entire Jiangxi gentry family will add up to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, and the impact will be extremely huge. And the innocent will inevitably be harmed, and there will be all kinds of crimes during the period, and the consequences will be very serious. And this is also where Zhu Youzhen hesitated.

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen couldn't decide for a long time, Hong Chengchou thought about it and said again:

"The change that Your Majesty wants to carry out is to overthrow the existing system of the entire Ming Dynasty, and it will inevitably be strongly opposed by the gentry class. Now they are forced by His Majesty's military might and do not dare to resist openly, but they can secretly use various methods. For example, they will send the children of the clan to participate in the official examination.

Now the imperial examination in Jiangxi is almost controlled by the gentry, and the vast majority of the talented people in the annual examination are from the gentry family, and few of the children of the poor people can pass the examination. In the future, His Majesty will inevitably conduct an official examination in Jiangxi to select and promote county and township grassroots officials. And if there is no restriction on the reference, it is conceivable that in the future, most of the people who pass the official examination will inevitably be the children of the gentry family, and then the local government in Jiangxi will inevitably be controlled by them, and His Majesty's new policy will also be in their hands. At that time, their power will be even greater, and won't the New Deal exist in name only?

Your Majesty is committed to building a fair and just society and to realizing equality for all. However, there is never equality for people from different families. The children of the poor people have no chance to study and receive education, so how can they compete with the children of the gentry family? In the future, if the local government is full of gentry children, how can there be equality?

Therefore, the minister believes that if it is not broken or established, it should take advantage of the great victory to completely subvert the current social class, completely overthrow the Jiangxi gentry class with the crime of rebellion, and promote the children of the common people to the local government, so as to maintain the fruits of the reform and devote themselves to fairness to the greatest extent possible. ….

Not only Jiangxi, but other provinces should adopt the same method and liquidate the gentry's past. Then the opportunity of land reform will complete the subversion of the entire social class, so that the entire Ming Dynasty can be transformed according to our method to achieve long-term peace and stability."

Hong Chengchou's strategy was very ruthless, and he was very ruthless to the gentry class, and everyone present was stunned.

"This, I'm afraid it's going to cause chaos in the world." Chen Zilong muttered.

"Don't be afraid of chaos, suppress chaos, my million-strong army can't be raised in vain!"

Zhu Youzhen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and Hong Chengchou's strategy reminded him of how the gentry in northern Shaanxi were dealt with when he drove his own expedition to northern Shaanxi. And now that the entire northern Shaanxi has been firmly controlled by the Janissaries, the vast majority of the people in northern Shaanxi are grateful to themselves as the emperor, and they are the most supportive of themselves.

If the whole world is like northern Shaanxi, such a Ming Dynasty and that China four hundred years later are most imaginative, and the strength of the Ming Dynasty will be

How strong is it? Then the whole world will belong to Daming!

"Your Majesty......" When Chen Zilong was about to speak, he was stopped by Zhu Youzhen.

"Don't say more, I've made up my mind, so I'll do it according to Hong Qing's strategy. Of course, the implementation area is limited to Jiangxi Province, and other provinces and regions will depend on the situation." Zhu Youzhen said categorically.

"I see." Seeing that Zhu Youzhen had made up his mind, Chen Zilong knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he could only sigh secretly. Most of the secretaries are from gentry families, but since they have chosen to belong to the emperor, they must be cut off from their family background, otherwise they will not be reused, Chen Zilong, Huang Zongxi and others naturally understand this.

Although the family is important, it is nothing compared to its own future and its own ideals.

"Hong Aiqing, next you are responsible for the reorganization and education of the 200,000 rebel prisoners." Zhu Youzhen commanded.

Now that the war is over, Hong Chengchou's military power will naturally be handed over, and it is impossible for Zhu Youzhen to let the army of more than 100,000 people be controlled by his courtiers. And Hong Chengchou is very capable, and he is responsible for the reorganization and brainwashing of 200,000 prisoners, and Zhu Youzhen is the most assured.

"Obey." Hong Chengchou happily agreed.

In the next plan, these 200,000 captives will play a very important role, and these captives will also be the foundation of the future local government in Jiangxi, and the guarantee of future control of Jiangxi. So it's very important for them to organize their brainwashing work.

The reorganization work is tentatively set for three months, and while using these three months to complete the brainwashing of the prisoners according to the organization of counties and townships, it is also necessary to learn from them about the situation in each county and township, especially the situation of the gentry in each county and township, so that they know everything in their hearts.

At the same time, a large number of officials and examinees, proclamation officials, and prison guards will be dispatched, and these prisoners will be reorganized according to counties and townships. The officials will be the county and township chiefs, the supervisors will be the county and township officials, and the prisoners will be the county and township grassroots clerks and armed forces in the future.

At the same time as the reorganization and brainwashing, the prisoners must also be trained militarily, in full accordance with the drills of the Praetorian Guard, and three months is enough time for them to be reborn and become a powerful force.

The arduous training was matched by excellent treatment, and they were paid the same salary as the Praetorian Guard, and in the future they would also be local government clerks or village soldiers, and they were directly subordinate to the imperial court, which gave the captives from poor families full of hope for the future.

Ren Guocheng