Chongzhen Restores the Ming Dynasty

I think that during the power vacuum period mentioned in the book, we should not be busy with immediate reforms, but should be planning how to regain power and recruit people. No matter how beautiful your organization is, it doesn't matter. The same group of people are still doing the work. If the organization is well reformed and there are no loopholes so that those who work can't benefit from it, the efficiency may be even lower and you will directly destroy it. If these people find new loopholes, they may be greedy even more. Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng were so powerful and powerful in carrying out reforms, but in the end they were not allowed to go astray by the people below. This was just a small adjustment of some policies and did not fully involve the central agencies. First of all, if the emperor wants to reform the strongest code, he must have personnel power, financial foundation, high prestige, ministers who support the reform (one or two cabinet ministers level), a complete team that can implement the reform (some courtiers, some local ministers, grassroots cadres), and directly affiliated armed forces. Only with the above conditions can comprehensive reforms be carried out. In the book, it is purely conjecture that the emperor reformed the institutions without any foundation. Considering the conditions of the Ming Dynasty and the efficiency of those officials, it would take at least ten years to achieve the (central institutions) written in the book. After the fall of Wei Zhongxian in the book, a few core people should be promoted immediately to take full control of the inner court, factory guard and other auxiliary institutions, and then rectify these institutions and clean up some people to achieve the purpose of taking full control of the imperial city and the capital. It will take at least half a year to do the above. The emperor must personally rectify the above institutions to fully understand how these institutions operate, how to improve efficiency, and to effectively promote reliable talents to maintain loyalty to the emperor. In the future, instructions to do things will not appear so abrupt. At the same time, on the basis of maintaining general stability in foreign affairs, we should use existing political resources to promote and adjust some people. Shanhaiguan will go to Datong to arrange reliable personnel to garrison and protect the Great Wall. As long as Yuan Chonghuan is transferred and Mao Wenlong is appeased, the Manchus will definitely not be able to enter the pass in the second year of Chongzhen. It is estimated that these contents can be written clearly in about 100,000 to 200,000 words, allowing readers to have a comprehensive understanding of the various offices, court structure and other background conditions at that time. You can write some content about supporting roles such as inner court eunuchs, court ministers, and factory guards as filler, so as to interpret the specific operations and changes of some institutions. So I really don't know why the author is so anxious. I feel that the reform cannot be carried out within two years. The Qing Dynasty is about to invade. There are so many institutions and personnel in the inner court, factory and guard. In the book, the emperor just casually mentioned a plan and then it can operate efficiently. I am really speechless. If all of these people are so efficient, loyal and capable, then we can simply rely on them to reopen the Ming Dynasty. Especially in banks, do the eunuchs and service officials know how to operate them? It's so ridiculous that it can start working immediately and make transfer operations just by saying it casually! How was this account transferred when the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty were not yet mature, and the book did not mention the training of professionals? Even if you are an emperor and can provide a lot of resources, no one understands bank operations! At that time, the high-end business of big banks was just flying tickets, which was completely different from the money transfer mentioned by the protagonist, the emperor. Under the conditions at that time, it would take only two or three years for anyone to understand the planning, recruiting of professionals, systematic training, trial camps and operations. Open a bank and you'll find a functioning bank immediately. Even if all of them are self-taught geniuses, it still takes time! After taking control of the inner court, factory guards, and capital, it will take more than a year to build a new army of about 10,000 people under the direct control of the emperor. This new army must be controlled by subordinates who are absolutely loyal to the emperor. The emperor personally supervised the training of this new army and maintained the loyalty of the soldiers. The inner court provided logistical equipment and the army could be expanded after the finances were good. At the same time, well-trained eunuchs and factory guards were dispatched to monitor local conditions. Some who needed to confiscate their homes used factory guards to supplement their money. Now that the imperial court has not collapsed and is still obedient, what do these Donglin Party have to fear? Wei Zhongxian can suppress them. You, the emperor, control the factory guards and are afraid of Mao. Build up this absolutely loyal 10,000 new army, win over Lin Dan Khan and give him some resources to investigate the movements of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, and make some moves in Jinzhou to attract the main force of the Manchu and Qing Dynasty. Then, with the cooperation of Mao Wenlong, the new army will take the initiative to recover the empty cities in southern Liaoning. After boasting a little prestige, they can start to slowly regain power and reform. Or follow the original historical trajectory and leak the gaps in the Great Wall defense line to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and send the New Army and Manchu and Guangxi forces to ambush and attack in a sneak attack. In short, the Manchus must not be allowed to break the barrier, or they must immediately fight back to win the battle to increase the emperor's prestige. With the above foundation, you can start trying to reform the mechanism. Starting from Beizhili, the reform system is planned to take five years (not involving taxation of local gentry for now) and the central agencies are also slowly adjusting. First, establish a reform agency responsible for the emperor to take charge of comprehensive matters: 1. Promote capable, thoughtful and loyal ministers to start preparing to preside over local or military reforms (there were still many such ministers in the late Ming Dynasty, and Sun Chuanting was the representative). 2. Start cultivating grassroots implementation talents for reform, such as running schools and so on. 3. Use eunuchs to attack disobedient, incompetent, and inactive ministers (Donglin Party and the like) so that reform policies can be promulgated. 4. Part of the funds can be solved by using various institutions in the inner court, Huangzhuang, and Huangdian to run industries nationwide. 5. Factory health supervision investigates the local situation, and officials who find specific evidence of illegal corruption and other violations directly raid their homes. And focus on supervising the important tax areas in the south to ensure that the original basic taxes can be transferred to Beijing. 6. The original new army continued to expand and develop, and began to rectify the border army. 7. The new army and newly trained reform talents secretly organize the tax army to attack wealthy families who do not pay taxes. 8. Cultivate obedient imperial literati, write articles and run newspapers to advocate the emperor's implementation of the New Deal.

After reading more than a hundred chapters, there are only reforms by the emperor and discussions by ministers. The reformed subjects, especially the people at the bottom, are not treated as human beings. There is no feedback on the reform at all. I really can't stand it anymore. The author has probably never written a novel, nor has he done any specific practical work! Although the intention is good and it pays special attention to conforming to historical reality, it is really bad. It feels worse than a historical article that can only read a dozen or even three or five chapters.

It was a mess at the beginning, then picked up in the mid-term, and now it's a mess again, and I'm not interested in watching it at all. . . Author, you are writing a novel, not information. You rewrite it here and there every day, and post a bunch of data. . . Can you write about the characters and their conflicts, and intersperse the transformation into them as an introduction? . . Putting the cart before the horse😥

Seeing that the author was engaged in system construction throughout the article, I was thinking that Hongwu was also like this back then! As a result, the two lives were almost ruined. In fact, the core of the problem is not to establish a good system, because no matter how good the system is, it will be corrupted in the face of people's selfish desires. What is in line with everyone's interests will be observed, what is not in line with the interests will be distorted, and those who have no interests will twist the rules to gain profits. If the interests are too small, they will find ways to extract more. This is the way of heaven The emperor is also a man who divides flesh. Why were the emperors suppressed in the middle and late Ming Dynasty? It was because the emperor could no longer share meat for everyone. Everyone had to fight for whatever they wanted to eat. The author's establishment of a system seems to be to divide the flesh, but more importantly, it is to limit his own right to divide the flesh, and he has entered into a misunderstanding with Chongzhen.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, 30% of the land in the world was occupied by the royal family, 30% was occupied by nobles, and 30% was owned by bureaucrats and gentry. These were all tax-free, leaving only 10% that was responsible for 90% of taxes. If the land issue is not resolved, there will be no salvation for the Ming Dynasty. However, the vassal kings and nobles were the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's rule. Whether they changed or not, they would die.

I have sorted out the maps involved in this book and put them together in this post.

Isn't the author afraid that he and his descendants will be sidelined by power? It's enough to set up a Privy Council civilian to control the army. Local guards will also be established. In the future, there will be no civilian officials. The guard's power is still so great. Local officers have no room for advancement. The Governor's Office of the Five Armies is in vain. No one will work for you in the future. You can't stand this kind of financial management.

The enfeoffment in the Zhou Dynasty was a military-oriented result. The purpose was to defend the country's security against the surrounding barbarians. The main force in maintaining the enfeoffment system was the Sixth Division of the Emperor. Therefore, when the Emperor Zhou's military strength weakened, the enfeoffment came to an end. The era that the Ming Dynasty lived in was an era of colonization and trade. Therefore, if we want to enfeoff overseas, colonization and trade are the purposes of enfeoffment. We must make full use of Ming's advantages in handicrafts and build enfeoffment into an industrial chain distribution system with Ming Dynasty as the core. The Ming Dynasty was responsible for the manufacturing industry, and the enfeoffed areas were responsible for serving as raw materials and dumping markets. Trade and industrial chains tightly bound the Ming Dynasty to the enfeoffed areas. Hundreds of years of experience and lessons from Britain and the United States prove that this path is feasible.

In ancient times, decentralization was shit, and guns were introduced. We couldn't help but control guns. The one who died must be the emperor. It was very easy to bring in guns and kill the emperor.

The author's historical information is detailed, and the protagonist has the perspective of the emperor, starting from the system and rules. It is just too dry, too many framework reforms, the time is too short, and it involves the construction of so many departments. It's only been a year or two since he took the throne, and all the upper and lower classes in the country are involved. It's too natural to take it for granted. Make the reform deeper and longer.