Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 1015 New Dynasty Meteorology 5
"Your Majesty, the people in Heluo, Huguang, and the border areas all have a large number of weapons, and the trend of bravery and ruthlessness is getting stronger day by day. I believe that this trend must not last long. We should confiscate civilian weapons to avoid changes."

The court meeting on reform has been held for several days. Since everyone is outside the court, they can see more clearly about the 200-year-old abuses of the Ming Dynasty than anyone else, and most of the core people are also old partners who have cooperated for many years. Needless to say, there is a tacit understanding between them, so every reform plan can reach a consensus very quickly. The Chongzhen Dynasty has been arguing for more than ten years and they can't argue about the ugly Yinmao. They can work out a rough plan in a day or two. , and then handed it over to the people below to perfect it. If Wen Tiren and the others knew about this efficiency, they would have to be frightened to have a heart attack.On this day, the governor of Henan raised a new topic.

As soon as this remark came out, all civil and military officials frowned.

Although it was the same frown, the reason was different.Civil officials frown because it is becoming more and more common for people to be armed. The Han people are martial arts, but from the Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, the rulers continued to use etiquette and laws to suppress and kill this spirit. Afterwards, the situation became more and more serious. In the Song Dynasty, the soldiers became thieves and soldiers, and in the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers became beggars.After 2000 years of continuous suppression, the martial arts spirit of the Han people has been severely suppressed. Practicing martial arts and joining the army has become a dishonest job.However, the invasion of the Qing army seemed to open the magic box. At that time, the imperial court was no longer able to protect them, and the common people naturally chose to take up arms to protect themselves.After a series of battles, countless weapons were abandoned on the battlefield. Those brave young people ran to the battlefield to retrieve bundles of swords and spears. Dozens of people gathered together in groups to protect themselves. Now This situation has gotten a little out of control, especially in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Ningxia, Henan, Hebei, and Shandong provinces. Almost every village has its own team, and they will kill people if they disagree. This situation has really made many civil servants scalp numb!Even Fang Yizhi, Fang Kongshao, Fan Jingwen and other enlightened scholar-bureaucrats were terrified. They felt that this situation must not continue and must be controlled.The civilian weapons must be confiscated, otherwise the world will be in chaos!
The generals frowned because they were more happy to see this situation.The Wufeng of the Ming Dynasty was too weak, even if they were young and strong, most of them were thin and weak. In the Han Dynasty, one Han was against five Hus. In the Tang Dynasty, a thousand Tang troops could kill tens of thousands of Hus. At the end of the Ming Dynasty... forget it, shame!As generals, they certainly hope that the people of Ming Dynasty will become fierce and martial again, and provide them with countless high-quality soldiers. This is the guarantee for them to open up territories and gain fame, but it is obvious that the imperial court is not willing to do this. What should we do?
Should the common people continue to have weapons?
Zhu Yujian felt a little tricky.The education he has received tells him that the common people must be prevented from owning weapons. If the common people have weapons, they will rebel. This is absolutely impossible.But after reading the history carefully, I found that if the common people have no weapons and don’t like to practice martial arts, the whole country will surely perish at the hands of foreigners—the two Songs and two Jins are the lessons of blood!The Han and Tang dynasties cut down all their opponents and then exploded by themselves. The two unsatisfactory successors of Jin and Song let the aliens suppress and beat them and finally subjugated the country. The same is the subjugation of the country, but the result is completely different.And this battle touched him very much: Yang Menglong sent Heluo's elite soldiers, but only three legions, about 4 people, plus two legions of the Tianxiong Army, a total of less than 7 people, but the opponents were numerous. The [-] army is like a flood. If it weren't for the response of young people from Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Huaisi provinces, the auxiliary army composed of helmets and armor would continue to drive to the front line. With the flexibility of the Qing army's cavalry, Yang Menglong thought It's not easy to eliminate opponents on such a vast battlefield, and I don't know how long it will take!
To collect or not to collect?
Before he could make up his mind, Xue Siming said, "Your Majesty, I think that the common people should have weapons."

Zhu Yujian said, "Tell me your reason."

Xue Siming said: "The people of Ming Dynasty have lived in the countryside for too long. They have lost their wildness and only have the instinct to plan food in the ground. This is very bad! I was born in the frontier army and came to Henan from Ningxia. This kind of disparity is very deep. Really, I felt like a tiger ran into the sheep pen at that time! Of course, the gentle people like sheep are easy to manage, but once a foreign race invades, you can’t expect a flock of sheep to rise up. Help the imperial court resist foreign enemies!" He looked around at the civil servants, and said in a deep voice: "The two Jins were content with the status quo, and the scholar-bureaucrats indulged in banquets and sightseeing all day long, which led to the chaos of the Five Hus, and the Huaxia almost wiped out the clan; Soldiers are called bandits and soldiers. In the early Northern Song Dynasty, Khitan was still worried that those arrogant warriors who struggled from the corpses and blood seas of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms would fight to destroy their country. The 80 forbidden troops are waiting to prevent the Khitan from crossing the Yellow River! These are the lessons of blood. Taking history as a mirror, I think it is reasonable to let the people have weapons, encourage them to practice martial arts, and reproduce the style of martial arts in the Han and Tang Dynasties. This is a great monarch The mind and courage that one should have!"

Fang Kongshao said: "General Xue's words are wrong! Most of the people are ignorant, they listen and believe, they like petty gains, and they are easy to incite. If they are allowed to have weapons, if some ambitious people incite them, countless people will immediately rise up. The response is like the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the time comes, I am afraid that the world will be in chaos! Someone believes that this trend cannot last, and civilian weapons must be confiscated to prevent problems before they happen!"

Zhong Ning was a little unhappy and said: "The people rebel when they have weapons? People in Heluo and Huguang have crossbows and muskets in their homes, as well as in Shandong and Ningxia. Why don't they rebel? Master Fang, you are a bit alarmist!"

Fang Kongshao said: "It's better to scare people than to make chaos in the world!"

A fierce quarrel broke out among the civil servants and military generals. Both sides were presenting the facts and reasoning.Yang Menglong didn't make a sound, Ying watched them arguing with great interest.Incidentally, Zhu Yujian was also watching, not intending to stop him at all.He felt that this was very good, and it was better to fight in the courtroom with red faces than to be hindered by stumbling in secret.

The quarrel lasted for most of the day, and no one could convince anyone.In the end, everyone lost their minds, and turned their attention to Yang Menglong... Oh, this guy is already sleepy and blurred, and he's all down.Zhu Yujian had no choice but to wake him up and asked, "Champion Hou, tell me your opinion."

Yang Menglong said in a voice that was obviously still awake: "Well, I think it depends on whether the emperor wants to be a sheep or a lion."

The officials immediately became interested, Zhu Yujian said: "Nonsense, who wants to be a sheep? If you want to be a lion!"

Yang Menglong said: "If you want to be a lion, let the people have weapons and encourage them to practice martial arts, because lions cannot come out of a flock of sheep. The flock is easy to lead, but if you keep it for a long time, you will become a sheep yourself!"

"As for people rebelling if they have weapons... I think this is a bit unfounded. First of all, people don't necessarily rebel if they have weapons. My rebellion, I don’t even need to bring my personal entourage, and I still play every night until late at night before returning home. There is nothing wrong with it, but in the Jiangnan area where the folk customs are soft, you can try it when you go home late at night? Secondly, the people really want to rebel. In the Qin Dynasty, hundreds of prisoners cut wood into soldiers in Daze Township. As soon as he climbed up and shouted, he immediately gathered hundreds of thousands of people and drove the Tartars back to graze outside the pass!" Yang Menglong took a rare serious look, looked around the officials, and said word by word: "Will the people rebel? It depends on whether they have weapons in their hands, but whether they can survive and live well! As far as the series of reforms carried out by the new dynasty, I dare say, let alone let the people have swords, bows and crossbows, even if one person gives them Send a dynamite package, and they won't rebel!"

All the officials were lost in thought.

Zhu Yujian said solemnly: "The champion Hou Yiyan awakened the dreamer. As you said, it is too naive to want to prevent the people from rebelling by collecting civilian weapons! But it is not good for the people to have a large number of weapons. Evil people will exist at any time. , With weapons, it is easier for them to do evil, I think it should be restricted."

Yang Menglong pinched his chin and said: "Well, I think they can be allowed to possess weapons such as crossbows, firecrackers, and spears, but they are prohibited from possessing various explosives and machetes and swords. In this way, even if they are guilty of illegal activities, If you want to do evil, the harm you can cause is within the acceptable range."

This time even the civil servants nodded unanimously and said that this guy who has always been unreliable is finally reliable once!Firecrackers cannot fire two shots in one minute, and as for crossbows, unless they use military standard crossbows, they can shoot at most one arrow in one minute.The spear is known as the king on the battlefield, but it has never been an ideal weapon for fighting alone. Unless you are a master of spears, it is difficult to play with the spear. You must have a certain number and organization to play the true role of this weapon. In terms of power, it is difficult for these weapons to cause too much damage in the hands of ordinary people, and they are not as good as a waist knife.Moreover, weapons such as bows and crossbows consume a lot of physical strength. If you want to play this kind of long-range projectile weapons well, you must have an extraordinary physique. It will definitely not work without strengthening exercises. Let the common people practice bows and crossbows by themselves, which is equivalent to helping the army cultivate a large number of healthy soldiers. Well, Yang Menglong really came up with a way to get the best of both worlds.

The plan was settled in this way: common people can own weapons such as spears, daggers, firecrackers, and crossbows, but it is forbidden to own swords longer than one foot.The imperial court encouraged the common people to practice martial arts. Each county held a sports meeting after the autumn harvest every year. The sports included football, basketball, volleyball, rugby, fighting, long-distance running, sprinting, javelin, archery, and shooting. The capital holds national competitions, and the winners of each event will receive rich rewards and honors.At the same time, the imperial court released the control over all mountains, forests and waters, and the common people can hunt in their spare time. Those who kill crocodiles, tigers, wolves, bears, giant pythons and other harmful animals will be rewarded!
The impact of this reform was profound.The most intuitive impact is that since the Song Dynasty, the weak momentum of the martial arts of the Han nationality has come to an abrupt end. After 50 years, ferocious beasts such as crocodiles, tigers, wolves, leopards, bears, pythons, etc. were killed and became protected animals.At the same time, the four-year sports meeting has become the most anticipated carnival for the people of the whole country. Every time the sports meeting is held, tens of thousands of people will flock to the capital, and even foreign devils will come to join in the fun... That scene happened again It proved Yang Menglong's ability to do things, no matter what it is, as long as he intervenes, it will definitely become a big news in the end!

The common people have weapons, so other things will naturally have to be changed, such as fire consumption, dripping tip and kicking dendrobium, etc... These few items are clearly bullying the common people. In the past, they had no one in their hands, so there was nothing they could do about you. , can only suffer from being dumb, now if you want a crossbow, you have a crossbow, and if you want a gun, you have a gun, you try to play like this again?I don't even know how he died!The countermeasures taken by the officials of the new dynasty are to issue gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins with definite currency values ​​in an all-round way, and to cancel the fire consumption; Out, depending on the seriousness of the circumstances, he will be sentenced to 15 years of labor reform or exile overseas.

As soon as this reform came out, those lawless tax collectors immediately mourned and shouted that this day could not be passed.Emperor Longwu said that if you can't make it through, don't let it go, and all of you will be fired!
(End of this chapter)