The Ming Dynasty: The most ruthless imperial grandson, Old Zhu begged me not to kill him.

Chapter 556 The Period of Rapid Development of the Ming Dynasty

"Many powerful families within the Ming Dynasty are now restless. We must eliminate them all!"

"Then you're completely useless!"

The Gu family stared wide-eyed in disbelief. They had assumed that the Ming army had stopped attacking because they were worried about losing too many lives, but who would have thought there was another reason?

This Fan's ambition is far too great; he actually wants to use this opportunity to wipe out all the powerful families in the world.

If that were the case, all the powerful clans in the world would cease to exist, which would be a truly terrifying thing. If you think about it carefully, Zhu Xiong Ying's relationship with the powerful clans was very poor, and all the laws and regulations he issued were restrictive of them. In addition, the textbooks he compiled allowed commoner students to enter the imperial court.

Even the status of merchants has increased. If this continues, the traditional social hierarchy of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants will be completely shattered.

And these large families will be completely replaced.

Thinking of this, he felt extremely panicked.

He didn't understand why Zhu Xiong Ying did this, since the royal family should be the largest and most powerful family in the world.

Only when the Zhu family distributes power to these clans can these clans firmly control the local areas, thus ensuring the complete stability of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Xiong Ying's actions may enhance the strength of the Ming Dynasty to some extent.

However, this can also lead to an imbalance in various aspects, making ordinary people increasingly difficult to control, which is not a good thing for the rulers.

But he looked at Zhu Xiong Ying with a face full of curiosity and said.

"I don't understand why you're doing this?"

"Only when those people are under control can the world be stabilized!"

"But if you do this, the people will all have their own ideas, and how will you maintain your stable rule!"

Zhu Xiong Ying smiled.

"Throughout history, rule has been maintained through powerful clans and aristocratic families, but this may not be a good method!"

"Families rarely prioritize the interests of their own clans, and I do not favor a system of dynastic rule that puts the interests of the nation first!"

"So we weaken the influence of these families, so that everyone will put the interests of the country first!"

"Only when the interests of the country are related to everyone will these people be willing to do anything to help when the country encounters problems!"

"For powerful families, the rise and fall of a dynasty means nothing to them."

Even if a new emperor arrives, they can still continue to live; no matter how many people die or are injured, it has no impact on them!

"Am I right?"

The head of the Gu family sighed. He had to admit that what Zhu Xiong Ying said was indeed very reasonable. At this moment, he collapsed to the ground, his eyes glazed over.

He thought he could use this opportunity to dissuade Zhu Xiong Ying, but things took an unexpected turn for the worse. Thinking of this, he sighed deeply, his eyes filled with resentment.

After the Gu family patriarch left, Zhu Xiong Ying immediately ordered his men to attack and capture the city.

Now that the situation in various places has been tested and the intelligence has been sent out, these people are no longer of much use.

It would be better to extract some useful information from them. As for Wan Jiang, the person in the laboratory, after capturing him, the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Western Depot began to extract information from him about the locations of hidden wealth. After all this wealth was cleared out, Zhu Xiong Ying was greatly surprised.

He had already overestimated these powerful families, but he hadn't expected that they had so much wealth hidden away.

No wonder the late Ming Dynasty said that every minister deserved to die.

In the capital city of the Ming Dynasty alone, tens of millions of taels of silver and countless other items were found, yet the emperor couldn't even scrape together a single penny for the army's pay.

Soon, the Embroidered Uniform Guards and the Western Depot, which were hidden in various places, began to purge the rebellious families with the cooperation of the local army.

By the time these families realized they had been tricked, it was too late. Not long after, many families in the entire Ming Dynasty were wiped out.

Crown Prince Zhu Biao sighed upon seeing this outcome. In the past, he would never have allowed such a thing to happen, considering that most of the scholars today still lacked [this ability/skill].

Those who were not raised by these powerful families would be extremely detrimental to the development of the Ming Dynasty if they were all eliminated.

But Zhu Xiong Ying persuaded them in her own way.

After obtaining this sum of money, Zhu Xiong Ying began to do two things: one was to build roads, connecting all the roads in various places together.

People can only fully realize their potential when they are constantly in motion, and this is no exception.

Another thing was to establish various schools.

Whether it's civil or military affairs, or any other crafts or professions, these skills began to be developed throughout the entire Ming Dynasty.

The government provides certain subsidies based on the students' performance.

This greatly excited people everywhere, as everyone knew that sending children to school was a very expensive thing.

Now they can not only save this money, but also earn more money, which is something they never expected. Of course, all of this depends on their performance, and that's why.

There are now more people studying in the world. Even those who are not capable of studying for the imperial examinations can still learn a skill.

The textbooks issued by Zhu Xiong Ying covered a lot of material, with some basic knowledge in each area.

Of course, if you want to understand it more deeply, you need to pursue further education, but those basic things are already very important for ordinary people.

After Zhu Xiong Ying finished these tasks, he returned to Yingtian Prefecture. Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely satisfied with the news coming from various places. When he learned that Zhu Xiong Ying had returned, he hurriedly went out to greet him.

Zhu Xiong Ying did a really good job in this matter; it was a huge step forward for the entire Ming Dynasty.

But upon seeing Zhu Xiong Ying, he burst into laughter.

"He truly is our good grandson!"

"They did something so big without making a sound, excellent!"

"With you here, Grandpa can rest easy!"

"Now our Great Ming Dynasty has no shortage of officials!"

Based on this, Zhu Xiong Ying also began large-scale mineral exploration, immediately opened trading posts, and formulated commercial trade laws to manage them, and the same was true on the northern grasslands.

(End of this chapter)