I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

While the civilians were arguing, Wu Changqing held a high-level meeting of the military.

He wants to further unite with the army and control the military more closely.

He didn't worry about the soldiers of the army. More than 95% of the soldiers were from the lower classes, not the landlord class, and they were absolutely loyal to Wu Changqing.

However, most of the officers in the army were born from gentry and tyrants.

Ordinary soldiers have no culture, and it is too difficult to learn tactical command. Very few people can climb from soldier to officer position.

In other words, this land reform is actually harming the interests of the vast majority of officers.

It's just that the officers knew Wu Changqing's power and were afraid of Wu Changqing, so they didn't keep yelling like the civilians.

They all suffer silently and spend money to eliminate disasters.

The military is much more sensitive than the civilian system. As long as they speak out against it, the whole person is often finished.

It is impossible for the emperor to put the army into the hands of someone who is against his own policies.

Those civil servants did not have such worries, because the emperor knew that the civil servants could only force their words.

Moreover, according to tradition, civil ministers did have the power to persuade the emperor.

Wu Changqing knew that there was no dissatisfaction from the military. It was not that these people really fully supported him, but they just didn't dare to say it.

This seemingly complete control, in fact, still has some risks.

To be on the safe side, Wu Changqing needed to appease the mood of the military officer class.

"What do you think of Nanxiong's rebellion?"

Wu Changqing asked.

"Just send troops to destroy it, it's just a small Nanxiong County."

Liu Hansan was the first to speak.

His family was originally just a small landlord, but later, relying on Wu Changqing to make a fortune, he became the top honorable family of Dahua.

Then, the amount of land his family owned in their hometown was also rapidly expanding, and they became a complete landlord.

After Wu Changqing came up with this land reform policy, Liu Hansan also hurriedly asked his family to sell the land as soon as possible. It didn't matter if he lost a little money.

Liu Hansan was still quite afraid of Wu Changqing, so he didn't dare to let Wu Changqing catch something to clean up himself.

He is also very clear that as long as he sits firmly in this position, even if the family does nothing, they can still live a prosperous and rich life.

There's really no need to go against the emperor for that little bit of property, that kind of ending is uncontrollable.

After selling the land, it is still possible to do business in the city.

He doesn't even need to say hello to others. A sensible person will naturally make a certain degree of concessions when doing business with the Liu family.

As long as the people in their family aren't hopelessly stupid, it's impossible not to make money.

"A Nanxiong is naturally easy to handle. The key is that the reason for the rebellion in Nanxiong County made me vigilant."

Wu Changqing said.

Some people already understand what he said, and some people still don't.

Some smart generals have guessed that Wu Changqing is worried that the officers will rebel because of their class.

This made many people panic, for fear that the emperor would doubt himself.

At such a time, they have no good way but to show their loyalty.

One by one, they directly told Wu Changqing that their land had been thrown out, and that they were firmly supporting the policy of land reform.

Li Shaobin said: "I think that all officers must be separated from their families, and they are not allowed to keep in touch with their families..."

Li Shaobin said a seemingly stupid method. This kind of advice seems stupid, but at least he seems to be loyal.

Therefore, few people know whether the person who said this is really stupid or fake.

"Your method is unrealistic, I already have a plan. I want to set up a military investment bank, and let the officers buy shares with land.

The investment bank will invest in various profitable fields of Dahua that ordinary people cannot enter, such as the arsenal, the Royal Bank, energy mining and so on. "

This is Wu Changqing's compensation to the officers, asking them to give them a new way to make money after handing over the land.

Arsenals, energy mining, these industries are all areas that lie down and wait for the money to fall.

Moreover, these fields are firmly in the hands of the imperial court, and ordinary businessmen have no way to intervene.

Wu Changqing used this method to compensate the officers to reduce the resentment in their hearts.

Although the land is gone, at least the land can no longer be sold at a low price, but can be invested in a military investment bank at a higher value, and then wait for dividends.

With the special status of a military investment bank, there must be a lot of money to be made. Long-term dividends may be more cost-effective than collecting rent every year.

Hearing Wu Changqing's arrangement, everyone felt much more at ease.

However, they are not greedy for this benefit. In fact, the senior officers present here are completely indifferent to the little loss caused by the land reform.

With their power, that little bit of land doesn't matter to them at all.

Wu Changqing's policy is mainly to reduce the pressure on them.

Although they don't care about those lands, their mid- and low-level officers do.

And these senior officers, they still have to rely on those middle and low-level officers to fight.

If middle and low-level officers have opinions on the imperial court, it is a great hidden danger for them. with this

The pressure is also quite high when his subordinates go to fight, and I don't know when I will be shot by my subordinates.

But now, Wu Changqing has provided benefits to the officers, so that those officers can feel the emperor's differential treatment and the emperor's favoritism, and he must be very comfortable.

More importantly, their emperor's interests were more closely linked.

The key to a military-industrial investment bank's ability to make big money is that it has privileged access to areas that are particularly lucrative.

And this privilege was given by Wu Changqing.

Therefore, as long as these officers still want to enjoy this kind of benefit, they must support Wu Changqing even more and cannot let Wu Changqing fall.

If Wu Changqing fell from power and changed to an emperor who favored civil servants, it would be too bad.

In the past, most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty tended to be civil servants. Military generals often had no status or dignity. They did not want to return to the previous era.

Resolute support for Wu Changqing's leadership is the most important thing for them.

In fact, even if Wu Changqing did not do this, with his prestige in the army, no one would dare to rebel for the time being.

After all, the three military bosses of Dahua are all die-hards of Wu Changqing.

There are still a large number of disciples of the emperor in the army, and they are absolutely trusted.

What's more, ordinary soldiers absolutely support Wu Changqing, and it is impossible to obey the orders of the officers to rebel.

However, relying solely on majesty to make others fear you is not a long-term solution.

Giving both kindness and prestige, not only to make the subordinates fear him, but also to give them benefits and make them obey themselves, this is the kingly way.