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Chapter 157 Chu Shizhao found the version answer!

[After experiencing the trials of blood and fire, the Mongolian nation finally had its own place in the chaotic situation of the Five Barbarians and Seven Kingdoms. ]

[It successively defeated the Qiang, Xianbei, Di, Xiongnu and other Hu regimes, and successfully established itself in the entire north. ]

[Mongol's rapid rise was mostly due to the bonuses of war. Their warriors experienced more than ten battles of varying sizes, which significantly improved the basic military strength of the Mongols.]

[War Enthusiasm: Mongolian warriors' force +3, horse archery ability +3, raid ability +2. Every time a city is successfully plundered, occupied, or destroyed, the Mongolian army's morale will be permanently increased by 5 points until all the wars that can be fought are over.]

Different from personal entries, it is a unilateral bonus to a single unit.

The national entry is a bonus to the entire nation. This improvement is very terrifying, not to mention that the Whip of God will give the Mongolian nation an additional monarch of golden quality.

The biggest threat to Chu Shizhao was actually the Yuan Dynasty court. Unlike the Five Barbarians and Seven Kingdoms, which brutally suppressed the northerners, the court chose to subdue the locals with a conciliatory policy.

You have to know that in any struggle, it is often the people of the same tribe who are the most ruthless.

When the Yuan Dynasty fell, the lower-class Mongols dealt the hardest blows. When the Ming Dynasty fell, the lower-class Ming army also dealt the hardest blows.

The most difficult battles in the campaign to wipe out the Southern Ming were all fought by the number one traitor Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui performed very well in the war against the Southern Ming, and he almost fought the entire war against the Southern Ming, thus ranking first in terms of merit.

If the Mongol Yuan Dynasty court continued with its previous attitude, just like the Five Barbarians and Seven Kingdoms oppressed the Zhou people, Chu Shizhao would have a great chance. He could have continued to cooperate internally and externally to consume and compress the development speed of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty court, and his foundation in the south would have become more and more stable and bigger.

However, when the Yuan Dynasty court adopted a conciliatory policy and wanted to take root in the north and learn how to truly be a country, Chu Shizhao would find it difficult to deal with it.

Once the Mongol Yuan Dynasty was truly stabilized in the north, Chu Shizhao would be in great trouble.

Because Chu Shizhao only needed to destroy a quarter of the population of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, let alone one-third, and these nomadic peoples would return to the grasslands on their own.

However, with these warlords who surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty court, it would be difficult for Chu Shizhao to defeat him, which means that there would be a constant stream of external troops fighting against Chu Shizhao.

Moreover, the north had long been separated from the Dajing Dynasty ruled by Chu Shizhao, and had a bad impression of the Da Zhou Dynasty. This would lead to a new problem: the sense of belonging would become lower and lower over time.

If this continues, Chu Shizhao will be like the Southern Song Dynasty which lost the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. The longer it drags on, the less likely it is that he will have a late stage and no cavalry.

On the other hand, the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, with the help of the northern gentry, gradually gained the ability to "act as an agent" for the local areas.

The longer the strengths, the more weaknesses need to be fixed.

It cannot be said that Chu Shizhao does not have any internal conflicts now. At that time, Chu Shizhao returned to his original name. On the one hand, identity is identity, and origin is origin, which will be exposed sooner or later. There is no need to hide it. Moreover, as long as he can achieve great things, his origin will not matter.

In the modern Republic of China, countless young men from aristocratic families and wealthy families abandoned their own class and generously saved the country with their lives and wealth.

Chu Shizhao's thinking is that if I can do it, everything will be easy. The rebel army will have enough money and the people will live a good life. Even if he is the royal family of the previous dynasty, he can still create a new era if he has already made a division.

The reason why he brought out the banner of the former royal family was to quickly incorporate the local troops in the south, avoid unnecessary wars and internal waste, and reduce his own strength.

As a result, two groups were formed.

One is an insurgent group of humble origins, and the other is a local military group composed of generations of generals.

It is true that the two sides formed a situation of mutual checks and balances, but neither of them would submit to the other, and neither would listen to the orders of the other. Once the war broke out, although they could obviously fight together, the main generals of both sides refused to cooperate, thus missing the opportunity. How could Chu Shizhao fight such a strong enemy?

At this time, what Chu Shizhao had to consider was whether his prestige as a monarch was not enough.

Generally speaking, kings who focus on governing with culture have this problem to a greater or lesser extent.

Without any outstanding military achievements, no matter how high your personal reputation is, the generals under you will still be dissatisfied.

The thinking of warriors is to admire the strong.

If you are strong, I will recognize you.

If you fight well and fight many battles, your prestige in the army will be unmatched.

In a country ruled by military personnel, the military power will be unprecedentedly strong.

This time Chu Shizhao's reputation was actually not low. He had fought in many battles, big and small, along the way, and had put down many battles of other rebel forces, but these battles could be said to have been won with great advantages.

What Chu Shizhao wanted was a decisive victory to establish his position and reduce the voices of internal discontent.

In fact, there is another way, which is to liquidate senior generals.

If we deal with all those generals who are disobedient, weird, don't accept orders and have subjective thinking, then the source of the problem will be gone.

And most kings would choose the latter.

A shocking battle and a great victory led by yourself are hard to come by. It doesn't mean that you can win and win beautifully if you encounter it.

It is much easier to deal with your own people than to fight outsiders with real guns and swords.

One soldier can solve the problem.

But Chu Shizhao couldn't do such a thing.

Chu Shizhao’s biggest problem now is that he is unable to cope with everything. If he leads the army in person, who will take over the court in the south?

At this time, Chu Shizhao finally realized the importance of offspring.

When Zhu Di went to war, Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi stayed at home to guard the house.

If you let an outsider look after the house, if he has ulterior motives, you will be putting yourself in an unjust position. It would be much more stable to let your own son look after the house.

In the previous simulations, Chu Shizhao's descendants behaved well, so there would be no problem at all leaving the responsibility of taking care of the family to them.

Now, Chu Shizhao's age has increased in the simulation, but he has no offspring, which means that Chu Shizhao has no capital to lead the army in person.

Even if Chu Shizhao had a child, he would be useless because he was too young.

If they lose the battle, there might be a major change in Yingtian Prefecture, and powerful officials might undermine Chu Shizhao's descendants.

This is the case with Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Qizhen.

He had no time to teach his son, but sent out a war god from Tumubao. He thought he was imitating his ancestors and sent out a big one in one wave.

Allowing a ten-year-old child to become emperor is to shorten the destiny of one's own country.

But at this stage, Chu Shizhao has realized the importance of offspring. Previously, Chu Shizhao's desire to cultivate offspring was not so strong.

It's just that Chu Shizhao has simulated too many times, and his emotions are mostly poured into other people, so there is really no way for him to raise his passion for a strange woman. Looking at the portraits and the characters, of course they are beautiful.

But after it was over, the memories he had to bear became an extra responsibility placed on Chu Shizhao.

It is impossible to say that the person Chu Shizhao was simulated to marry is not wanted by him in reality and he just lets her go.

Chu Shizhao wants everyone, so he already has three love debts on his shoulders, and behind each of them is a deep network of contacts and background that Chu Shizhao cannot bear.

If a few more come to Chu Shizhao, who can withstand it?

This simulation involves a long and fierce battle, so Chu Shizhao cannot be without an offspring to take over this position.

He made Jiang Youzhen the queen in order to win over the rebels. Now it is impossible for Chu Shizhao to depose her just because he doesn't like her.

[In September of the sixth year of Shengwu, your and Jiang Youzhen's eldest son Chu Chengwei was born. His birth made the rebel army support you even more.]

Is there any benefit to this?
Chu Shizhao was slightly stunned. Ever since he revealed his identity as a member of the royal family of the previous dynasty, the value of support from the rebels had been stuck at 70 points and could no longer go up.

70 points is considered high. The army of the Yongjin Emperor's reign, which could be said to be the Three Prefectures Army, the strongest defensive force of the Great Zhou Dynasty, had only 40 points of support for the Yongjin Emperor and his father. They could obey their father's orders and attack, but they would not fight to the death. If there was a % casualty rate, they would probably not fight and would simply abandon the battle, fearing battle.

A support value of 70 points means that the rebel army will only collapse and become chaotic if it suffers % casualties, but it will not be completely defeated.

This can be said to be an elite group with a certain level of faith.

However, according to previous simulations, Chu Shizhao's army's support for Chu Shizhao has always been above 90 points.

Soon, Chu Shizhao came to his senses.

This is because Jiang Youzhen was born into the rebel army, and to the rebels, she was their own girl.

For the rebels, the children born to Chu Shizhao and Jiang Youzhen are their children.

If Chu Shizhao had married a powerful woman from an aristocratic family as his queen, then it would have been meaningless for these rebels to overthrow the Zhou Dynasty.

It’s just that the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty was transferred from this lineage to Chu Shizhao’s lineage.

This negates the rebels' ideals of rebellion.

If Chu Shizhao now wants to rally the old members of the rebel army again, he must see himself more like an ordinary person, a commoner, someone who can empathize with the rebel army.

Therefore, Chu Chengwei is a natural legal successor. As long as his position is not shaken, the rebels' loyalty to Chu Shizhao will not be shaken.

My thoughts suddenly opened up.

As for whether or not to win over those local military officers who have been generals for generations, Chu Shizhao can win them over, but there is no need to make them the main component.

Because the Dajing Dynasty was a newly established dynasty, the important class and main group of this dynasty were still the new nobles headed by the rebel army.

This is the basic foundation for Chu Shizhao to gain a foothold.

[In October of the sixth year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao, dressed in plain clothes, went on a private visit and patiently accepted the dissatisfaction of the working people with the current situation and the policies.]

[In November of the sixth year of Shengwu, the imperial examination system gave birth to batches of scholars, and these scholars of low birth became the new elites of court officials.]

[They cherished this opportunity very much. After Chu Shizhao recruited these scholars from commoner backgrounds in the palace examination, they all focused on governing the country.]

[In December of the sixth year of Shengwu, a great famine occurred in southern Fujian. The crops failed, causing the local people to not only be unable to pay taxes, but also to have difficulty surviving.]

【Chu Shizhao personally went to the disaster area in southern Fujian, bringing food from other affluent areas, to personally provide disaster relief, to ensure that every grain could be delivered to everyone in need, to avoid it being passed on to the second-hand market, which would cause the people to die.】

[This greatly boosted the morale of the people in southern Fujian and moved them greatly.]

[The rebels are more supportive of you. ]

In ancient times, due to underdeveloped transportation, disaster relief was generally left to officials. This resulted in a lot of hand-overs in the middle, and as long as one link was rotten, the whole process would be rotten.

Because you are not greedy, other officials with dirty hands will target you.

After all, you didn't get on their pirate ship, so who knows if you would report other people's actions to the emperor.

Only when you are on board the pirate ship and are confirmed to be one of their own, can they feel at ease. In this way, if you are greedy and I am greedy, if something goes wrong, it is a problem for everyone, and no one will risk their life to report others.

Chu Shizhao's personal disaster relief efforts eliminated the possibility of corrupt officials and enabled the accurate distribution of food.

In fact, this is quite dangerous. If someone has bad intentions, Chu Shizhao's life may be in danger, and he cannot bring a large number of troops with him.

Doing so would incur too much loss for the country.

However, Chu Shizhao still went to the local area to provide disaster relief. Only when Chu Shizhao truly cared about the people, would the people truly support this country.

Chu Shizhao had not found the right idea before, but when his son Chu Chengwei appeared and he found that the support for the rebels was growing rapidly, he knew what to do.

[In February of the seventh year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao used work-for-relief, which not only solved the livelihood problems of the people in southern Fujian, but also provided fertile ground for local economic development. Soon after, 20,000 local troops were newly organized in southern Fujian.]

[These 20,000 young and strong men were all hard-working people who had experienced famine firsthand. After receiving assistance from the imperial court, they became soldiers who were truly loyal to the imperial court.]

[In March of the seventh year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao used the additional commercial taxes as allowances for officers and soldiers, giving each person an extra two taels of silver per month as hard work allowance.]

[In April of the seventh year of Shengwu, some merchants were dissatisfied with this and felt that the business tax collected by Chu Shizhao was too high, so they joined forces with some merchants and recruited some ordinary people to start a rebellion. As a result, they were reported on the spot by the local people. Before Chu Shizhao could issue an order, the local soldiers brandished swords and guns and arrested these merchants. Some of them were accidentally beaten to death.]

[In May of the seventh year of Shengwu, with the heavy commercial taxes and the opening of the sea, many merchants took risks and began to choose to smuggle goods under the guise of pirates to avoid commercial taxes.]

[In June of the seventh year of Shengwu, the Fujian government army formed a navy and began to hunt down these merchants who smuggled under the guise of pirates.]

[After the rampant pirates and the establishment of the government navy, the shipping industry of the Dajing Dynasty ushered in an unprecedented improvement. ]

[The shipbuilding industry gradually prospered, and the Fujian government troops formed a new navy and warships to catch tax evaders on the sea.]

[In July of the seventh year of Shengwu, due to the development of the shipping industry, new crops and silver began to flow into the Dajing Dynasty. ]

Chu Shizhao was confused.

Without him issuing any orders, these local troops had already started to take action on their own to help Chu Shizhao solve his problems.

Chu Shizhao felt like he had found the answer.

(End of this chapter)