After the Jin King Incident, the court gradually became calm.

Zhu Yunxi also began to restore the vitality of the court as much as possible, ensuring the stability of the situation while increasing the background of the Ming Dynasty.

Enhance the potential of the Ming Dynasty and hide the wealth from the people.

For three months, Zhu Yunxi did not carry out any major actions, so the time came to mid-July.

The scorching summer has passed.

The weather began to turn cooler, with several cold rains falling in a row, and the autumn was crisp.

made Zhu Yunxi feel that he was alive again.

The entire Ming Dynasty was shrouded in extreme climate, and when it was hot, it was really hot to the extreme.

This summer, I don't know how many places have been drought.

Especially in Shaanxi, long before the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong was the fertile soil in the world and the most important production base.

The Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty all relied on this to achieve hegemony!

But since the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong has not regained its previous strength, but the land south of the Yangtze River has replaced Guanzhong and become the largest grain production base.

This is also an important reason why Lao Zhu, who was born in the south, was able to win the world.

You must know that among the great unified dynasties, the king who founded the country from the south, Lao Zhu is the only one!

This is of course inseparable from Lao Zhu's ability, but it is also related to climate change.

The drought has continued year after year, and the water and soil have passed, and the Shaanxi Provincial Government Department has been suffering from disasters for several consecutive years, and can only transfer grain from other places.

In the future, the reason why Li Zicheng was able to establish Dashun has a lot to do with the environment of Shaanxi.

Even the Ming Dynasty, which is so prosperous now, has suffered disasters in Shaanxi year after year, and the people's lives are not very satisfactory.

When Chongzhen was replaced, he was naturally in dire straits.

I can't live at all!

If you don't go rogue, what should you do?

Rebellion and non-rebellion, both are nothing more than a question of when they will die! Maybe the rebellion can live longer!

Therefore, Zhu Yunxi has been urging the local government to build water conservancy in this summer.

The reason why Zhu Yunxi gave them the power to issue debts was to let them build water conservancy, and Zhu Yunxi even regarded the requirement of building water conservancy as an assessment of officials.

Inspired by the black yarn hat, all local officials naturally actively got on the horse.

Overhaul of water conservancy in various places.

However, there are many problems, and Zhu Yunxi alone has dealt with them, and after issuing debts, many places do not need to build water conservancy, but divert them for other purposes.

Or there is too much debt to be issued, which is beyond the local ability to repay.

There are even those who stuff this money directly into their own pockets!

Such incidents are simply endless.

Zhu Yunxi was only sent to various places to arrest people, and he was more than half of the time!

But even so, Zhu Yunxi still wants to continue to build water conservancy, because only drought and flood to ensure harvest is the key to liberating the people from the fields!

In fact, Daming does not need so many farmers to grow food.

The root cause of the problem is that the grain production is too low, and often in the three years, only one year of the grain is harvested normally, and the other two years are more or less poor.

Even the ones that don't get a grain are possible!

However, the construction of water conservancy is still a long-term solution after all.

Zhu Yunxi now has a huge demand for labor, so three months later, Zhu Yunxi felt that the time was right, so he started a new round of measures to dismantle the old army and organize and train the new army!

So Zhu Yunxi called Lan Yu, Feng Sheng, and Fu Youde.

He inquired: "Gu plans to dismantle another 200,000 old troops, and at the same time train 50,000 new troops. ”

"What do you have in mind?"

The ministers of the Military Affairs Department are mainly these three people, and there used to be one more Xu Huizu, but now Xu Huizu, like Zheng He, is far overseas.

From the army to the navy.

Naturally, it is impossible to appear in the palace again.

Several people couldn't help but be shocked when they heard that Zhu Yunxi was still planning to continue to dismantle the old army.

Look at each other.

Feng Sheng immediately persuaded him: "Your Highness, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is vast, if the army is too small, I am afraid that it will not be able to deter those who have a heart!" ”

"There were 200,000 old troops missing, but for Daming, it was no big deal."

"But now there are 200,000 less old troops, I'm afraid it will affect the original stability of the Ming Dynasty!"

"I hope Your Highness will think twice!"

And Lan Yu and Fu Youde also have some hidden worries.

But Zhu Yunxi said: "Lone knows that there are difficulties here. ”

"But the Ming Dynasty has now built national highways in various places, and the layout of the guards and troops in the past, to be honest, is outdated."

"Daming's defense force is actually a surplus."

"It's just that the location of the health centers in various places needs to be changed."

"And you are all veterans, and you should be able to come up with a complete way when you are familiar with military affairs."

Zhu Yunxi's meaning is very simple.

This thing has to be doable, it's not negotiable, you just need to come up with a suitable plan.

It's just that Zhu Yunxi's attitude this time is not so tough.

If there is really no suitable plan, Zhu Yunxi can also choose to postpone.

"This ......" Fu Youde pondered for a moment, and then said: "Your Highness, 50,000 new troops, is the combat power comparable to the 200,000 old troops in the past?" ”

Truth be told, even now.

The combat effectiveness of the Ming New Army is a mystery in the eyes of many generals.

Even Lan Yu, who had commanded the new army, was the same.

So far, no one knows the upper limit of the combat power of the new army of the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Yunxi didn't think about it, and said directly: "The combat power of the ordinary new army is about equivalent to between 100,000 and 200,000. ”

"But now the guns of the new army have been updated, and the Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau has made new breakthroughs."

"As long as this batch of firearms is updated, the combat power will far exceed 200,000!"

The increase in range represents a huge increase in combat effectiveness!

Originally, it might have been only about 100 or even 50 meters, but now it has suddenly expanded to a distance of 300 meters or even 500 meters!

How can the combat effectiveness of the new army not increase?

After hearing this, Fu Youde was silent for a long time before he said, "Your Highness, I may be able to come up with a way to help Your Highness replace these 200,000 old soldiers." ”

"It's just that His Highness needs to be patient."

"Don't be in a hurry."

Fu Youde's words suddenly made Zhu Yunxi's eyes light up.

Since the lesson of the last anxious lesson, Zhu Yunxi has set his sights on a more distant long-term line.

How old are you?

You don't have to rush it, just take your time!

"Patience? Alone is patience. ”

"However, you have to come up with a more perfect method, otherwise this old army will be dismantled, and don't make trouble in the last labor camp again!"

Fu Youde hurriedly promised.

said: "Your Highness, rest assured, the minister will naturally discuss with other generals." ”

"Please wait for the good news!"

Zhu Yunxi glanced at Fu Youde suspiciously, not knowing what kind of medicine this guy was selling in his gourd.

But since he said there was a way.

So why not believe him once?

When the new army is trained, not the old army of 200,000, it will be 500,000, and it can be completely eliminated at that time!

The army of the Ming Dynasty does not need so many people at all.

The navy, as well as high-precision and sophisticated, is the development direction of the Ming army.

The Ming army only needs to defend the frontier.

(End of chapter)