I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

In Nanjing, Wu Changqing looked at the battle report from Wuhan on the front line and felt very satisfied.

The loss of 2,000 people and the destruction of the enemy's army of 150,000 are absolutely remarkable results.

Then, the battle report was put aside by him.

He found that governing the world is much more difficult than conquering the world.

To fight the world, it is enough that your fist is harder than the opponent, and you don't need mercy when facing the enemy.

If the other party refuses to accept it, they will call the other party into service. If the other party refuses to accept the death, then beat the other party to death. It is simple and rude, and very easy.

But to govern the world, many rude means cannot be used.

There are many problems in the courtroom that need to be resolved.

For example, the party struggle, another example is the Donglin Party, an interest group.

The influence of the Donglin Party is too great, and it must be split up, otherwise it will become more difficult for this group to deal with as time goes on.

Before the world was not at peace, Wu Changqing did not want internal turmoil, so he kept this issue on hold.

And now, it's almost time to start researching and processing.

This is not an easy task, and it does not mean that killing all the Donglin Party officials in the court can solve it.

If this is the case, then there will be no difficulty in governing the world.

Anyway, he holds the power of the army and can kill any disobedient minister.

Even, if ruthless enough, can kill all the civil servants.

At most, if the government agencies of the imperial court stop functioning for a period of time, it may not necessarily lead to chaos in the world.

But the reality is that if you kill a disobedient minister, you will definitely be replaced by a disobedient person.

If you kill all the ministers, it is impossible for all the ministers who are replaced to be obedient.

Unless all ministers are marionettes, as long as they have self-awareness and thoughts, it is impossible to really obey the emperor completely.

In everything they do, they prioritize their own interests, followed by Dahua's interests.

And this kind of official, in fact, can be regarded as a good official.

To make matters worse, some officials will only take into account their own interests and completely ignore Dahua's interests.

To make matters worse, some officials can betray Dahua's core interests for their own benefit.

For example, selling steam engines to Westerners for tens of thousands of yuan.

Murder doesn't solve the problem.

Kill the Donglin Party and replace the group of people who will be collectively funded and corrupted by the Jiangnan gentry.

Killing all the Jiangnan gentry groups, a new batch of vested interests will slowly evolve into new interest groups.

This is an unsolvable dead situation. Wu Changqing never expected to solve it. He just wanted to take some measures as much as possible to reduce the harm of this group to Dahua.

For example, the Jiangnan gentry group was divided internally, and the large group was divided into several small groups.

After the division, their power was dispersed, and they naturally became more powerless when confronting the imperial power.

It is not easy to differentiate it, you need to boil the frog in warm water and take it slowly.

First of all, Wu Changqing's first step was to start the adjustment of administrative regions.

At present, the influence of Southern Zhili is too great, including Jiangsu, Shanghai, and most of southern Anhui in later generations.

It must be divided, such as Wuhu, Tongling, Xuancheng, and Chuzhou, which are assigned to Anhui, to increase the strength of Anhui and weaken the strength of Nanzhili.

This division of administrative regions is helpful for dividing the Jiangnan Group.

Those who are assigned to Anhui will be given priority to the interests of Anhui in the future. There will be disputes over interests with the Jiangnan Group in Nanzhili, and they will no longer be of the same mind.

To give the simplest example, Wu Changqing wants to support the development of a province, provide tax relief for businessmen in this province, or help them build industrial zones.

The original Jiangnan Group must have worked together to strive for Nanzhili to get this spot.

However, after the Wuhu Tongling area was allocated to Anhui, the Wuhu merchants and wealthy owners who originally belonged to the Jiangnan Group would inevitably sing against the Jiangnan Group and win this quota for Anhui.

Because this is in their best interest.

As a result, the Jiangnan Group was divided.

The so-called Jiangnan Group, they did not get together for a certain belief, so they united to fight the emperor.

It is because they share common interests that they unite.

Once there is no common interest appeal between them, there is even a conflict of interest.

Then, they will soon be able to change from being close as a family to life-and-death enemies.

This is also one of the reasons why it is necessary to divide administrative regions, balance the strength of all parties, and prevent one party from becoming bigger.

It is best to assign a part of the Jiangnan Group to Anhui. Anyway, the original Xuan Party was very weak, and it was unable to compete with the emperor if it increased some of its strength.

And it played a role in weakening the strength of Jiangnan Group, which is of great significance.

In addition to assigning Wuhu, Xuancheng and other places to Anhui, Wu Changqing also stripped Songjiang Prefecture and Nanjing City from Nanzhili. Make it a government directly under the central government, which is the so-called Tao.

This further weakened the strength of the Jiangnan Group.

This kind of weakening, in the short-term one or two years, will definitely not see obvious changes.

However, with the passage of time, with Nanzhili and Anhui Province, Songjiang Road and Nanjing Road fought each year for tax incentives, or other interests.

Interest groups that were originally close as one family will no longer be of the same mind, and will become three or four.

If you don't fight, that's all thanks to God.

Over time, this interest group will be split invisibly, and the Donglin Party, which has Nanzhili and surrounding areas as its core, will be greatly weakened.

The advantage of this method is that it is gentle and not easy to be noticed by others.

Although it will take a little longer, the effect is much better than forcibly splitting the Jiangnan Group.

In addition to the current Southern Zhili to be divided into Anhui, Jiangsu and Songjiang Road, there are other administrative regions that need to be changed.

For example, the current Huguang, the place is too big, and the geographical location is good, it can be developed in the future.

If you don't split it up, it will be a big group in the future.

Therefore, the current Huguang must be divided into Hubei and Hunan.

In order to be lazy, Wu Changqing directly copied the administrative division of later generations.

He has countless things to deal with every day, and he has no time to study the specific division of each city in detail.

Anyway, if the administrative regions of later generations will be like that, then there must be internal logical reasons. It is the result of research by many people, and it is absolutely correct to use it directly.

Just like Chongqing, when Wu Changqing won Sichuan, he will also list it as Chongqing Road, making it one and two points from Sichuan.

Except for the Jiangnan area that needs to make some major adjustments, other places do not need much change.