"put......"

Following Liu Jin's order, a group of archers suddenly appeared around them, with their bows and arrows drawn, and they started shooting at the five hundred sunflower sword guards.

swish swish

The arrow rain fell, and the five hundred Sunflower Sword Guards drew their swords at the same time. In the flash of sword light, they blocked all the incoming arrows. Then, their figures were like ghosts, moving around and changing, and the sword edge was already placed on the archer's neck.

Go up, with just a slight push, a group of archers will immediately return to their souls.

"alright."

Zhu Houzhao asked the Sunflower Sword Guard to stop.

He glanced at the five hundred Sunflower Sword Guards who had practiced evil-proof swordsmanship, and he had already made a certain judgment in his heart.

The Sunflower Sword Guard has a very high advantage in assassination, but it is not suitable for large-scale operations. Just like just now, all it takes is one more volley from the archers, and the Sunflower Sword Guard will be exhausted and unable to withstand three rounds of arrow rain.

If you shoot, you will be captured with all your strength.

In short, the Sunflower Sword Guard has strong individual combat capabilities, but is not suitable for large-scale legion operations, and it is difficult to even cooperate with them in coordinated operations.

It is basically impossible for three thousand eunuchs to conquer the world, but it is still good to use as a final trump card.

"very good!"

Generally speaking, Zhu Houzhao is quite satisfied with the Sunflower Sword Guard. He has not been practicing evil-proof swordsmanship for a long time, and he can easily block the volley of arrows from a group of archers, which shows that martial arts is indeed powerful. If it is equipped with an army on a large scale, the logistics

It can keep up with it and is enough to sweep across the country and abroad.

Nowadays, firearms are not too developed. With the strong military advantage brought by martial arts, it is not impossible to unify the world.

"It seems we have to speed up the process!"

He smiled secretly in his heart and told Liu Jin: "Each person will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver. From now on, their biggest task is to practice evil-proofing swordsmanship and train them to become the sharpest swords in my hand."

Zhu Houzhao didn't like swords because they had two edges and hurt others as well as themselves. He only liked knives because I only cut others, so there was no reason for others to hurt me.

"Slave, please obey."

Liu Jin was also happy in his heart. With the protection of these powerful Sunflower Sword Guards, the life safety of him, a world-famous eunuch, could be greatly improved.

Next, Zhu Houzhao took Liu Jin to Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town, wanting to see how powerful Jinyiwei Tiqi was, who practiced Hunyuan Gong.

The Jinyi Guards Tiqi who practice Hunyuan Gong are far slower than the Sunflower Eunuchs, but they are physically strong, as strong as cattle, and know how to combine attacks in battle formations. Their strength on the battlefield can far exceed that of the Sunflower Sword Guards. Once placed on the battlefield

It can definitely be called a battlefield meat grinder.

One is good at assassination and has strong individual combat capabilities, while the other is good at fighting on the battlefield. It can be said that each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and each is good at winning.

After seeing the power of his two trump cards, Zhu Houzhao did not wander around outside and returned directly to the palace. He did not have enough time and had a large number of memorials that needed to be reviewed by him.

Especially at this juncture, the memorials are piling up even more. Although most of them are about impeaching Wang Yangming and I don't bother to read them, some of them are about business matters. The cabinet can't make up its mind, so they submitted them to him.

It would be a huge workload for him to personally review and approve it.

Zhu Houzhao was busy reviewing the memorial in the Leopard Room, and Wang Yangming was not idle either. Under the guidance of Zhu Fu, the Duke of Cheng, all the moths in the three major camps were cleared away, and those noble disciples who were only in name but not doing anything were also driven away.

, the three battalions of soldiers began to recruit again.

The problem of the three major camps that had been troubling Zhu Houzhao was solved. Hu Dakui and the British Duke Zhang Mao took office. Li Cheng, recommended by Wang Yangming to take charge of Shenji Camp, was also waiting for Zhu Houzhao to summon him.

After the three major camps, there will be formal reforms, military reform, land reform, and tax reform.

In the military reform, various military stations were abolished and replaced by self-recruitment. At the same time, the fixed household registration system established by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was abolished. The descendants of military households could also participate in the imperial examinations or do other things to make a living.

Land reform is the same as in the Southwest. All land is nationalized and redistributed. People have the right to use it, but the sale and purchase of land is prohibited.

The tax reform abolished the so-called head tax and levied taxes according to the land area. In addition, business taxes were increased and tax collection was heavy. The previous situation of paying less taxes when doing business, or even paying no taxes at all, is gone forever.

Already.

At the same time, Wang Yangming also re-established the salary system for officials in the Ming Dynasty. They no longer distributed rice grains, but directly distributed money. The salary was increased five times on the original basis. As long as they did not go to eat, drink, whore or gamble, it was completely sufficient for the officials' living needs.

The three reforms were aimed at powerful groups such as feudal lords, nobles, civil servants, wealthy families, and gentry. There were naturally countless opponents. Memorials to impeach Wang Yangming continued to pour into Zhu Houzhao's leopard room like snowflakes.

No one can accept their land being confiscated, let alone paying a large amount of taxes. For various power groups, paying taxes is sending money to the court, and it is cutting off their flesh and blood, which they absolutely cannot accept.

All power groups are making trouble, and the Jiangnan gentry group headed by Wei Guogong Xu's family is even more aggressive in advocating that Wang Yangming is a scourge and a traitor who disobeys Taizu's orders, because Wang Yangming's reforms have fundamentally shaken the political system established by Zhu Yuanzhang.

system.

They did not dare to grin at Zhu Houzhao, so they could only launch a frantic bombardment at Wang Yangming. As long as they overthrew Wang Yangming, Zhu Houzhao would be a mere commander. Even if he controlled the nine-sided army, he would not be able to accomplish much.

Zhu Houzhao just smiled coldly and let the Jiangnan gentry group clamor, and then asked Liu Jin to send out five hundred sunflower sword guards. Since the swords were sharpened, how could they not see blood?

Soon after, all eighteen wealthy families in Jiangnan were wiped out overnight, and the whole Jiangnan lost its voice. The Duke of Wei's Xu family did not dare to make trouble anymore, and pretended to be grandsons!

Zhu Houzhao used bloody lessons to tell all those who opposed him that it was not that he did not know how to kill, he was just too lazy to kill.

In the past, Liaodong didn't kill people because it needed people. But now it's different. Soon he won't be short of people. He can develop and utilize Liaodong even with human lives, and he can kill without restraint!

Jiangnan lost its voice, and various power groups did not dare to make trouble again. They just continued to obstruct the reform in their own ways and refused to hand over the land no matter what, leaving officials everywhere extremely helpless.

But the general trend has been grasped by Zhu Houzhao, and everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.

The title of King Ning was restored, and King Ning was ordered to call on all the kings in the world to cooperate with the reform and hand over all the land; officials from various places continued to actively respond to the court's orders; for some reason, the Confucius family in Shandong refused to speak out...

His trump cards are slowly being revealed, and he will continue to attack all forces. If you follow his will and honestly support the reform, then we will live in peace, and there will be no bloodshed or loss of life. He has plenty of ways to deal with those who are ignorant.

Man, Jin Yiwei's focus on developing intelligence over the years is not in vain.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to make enemies of the world?"

Li Dongyang looked at Zhu Houzhao helplessly. The world is in turmoil now and all forces are ready to move. If this continues, there is no guarantee that the Ming Dynasty will not repeat the events of Jianwen.

The vassal group, the noble group, the civil servant group, the scholar group, the Jiangnan gentry, the coastal wealthy families, the wealthy businessmen, and the several major power groups that most affected the current situation of the Ming Dynasty are all working against Zhu Houzhao. Can Zhu Houzhao defeat them all?


Chapter completed!