The Ming Dynasty's fiscal crisis was in serious financial crisis. In addition to the deep-rooted cancer formed in the taxation area, coupled with the objective factors of natural disasters, there were also considerable problems in other aspects.

The ward is one of them.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the world was settled, and the guards were guarding the key areas to ensure the stability of the border and assist the local governments in stability, which played a decisive role.

However, as time goes by, the Governor's Office of the Five Army was gradually undermined. The Ministry of War, which is controlled by the civil servants, manages the entire army. This is inevitable that many problems will arise.

With the accumulation of years, most of the garrisons set up under the Ming Dynasty were rotten, which led to the formation of bad debts and bad debts on the garrisons.

The land, population, and various means of production under the name of these garrisons become tools for wealth-making by officials at all levels of garrisons, local vested interests, and collusion between superiors and subordinates.

The rectification of the garrison is urgent.

The total number of garrisons under the Ming Dynasty now exceeds 2.5 million, and even more, but in fact, how many garrison soldiers can fight are still there.

Even Emperor Chongzhen didn't know it.

"I have something to discuss when summoning all the ministers."

Emperor Chongzhen sat firmly on the dragon throne, looking at Wang Qia, Li Banghua and other military ministers, and said seriously: "Some time ago, the memorials submitted by the cabinet were to be transferred to the treasury, so I believe everyone knows it?"

Wang Qia, Li Banghua, Zhou Yanru and other military ministers nodded slightly. How could they not know about these major events related to the dynasty?

The Military Affairs Office is responsible for suppressing the rebellion, but he is very clear about the various things in the court, otherwise many military affairs will not be well connected.

"In fact, the treasury is empty. In order to solve this financial crisis, I have to sell a first-phase war bond to the outside world under the State Taxation Department under the Ministry of Revenue."

Emperor Chongzhen pretended to be tired and sighed: "By anchoring the previously confiscated land and some of the land under the name of the imperial village, we can raise money from the people to solve practical problems.

But this is ultimately a treatment of symptoms but not the root cause.

If you want to solve practical problems, you must try to open source the treasury to increase fiscal revenue, so that you can help the court and solve practical needs."

In order to rectify the Daming Guard Office, this chaotic system can truly reduce the burden and not cause harm to the Daming Emperor, Emperor Chongzhen took great pains to do so.

The first mistakenly sacked the post station in order to give the Ming Dynasty a little breath, but unexpectedly, the one that was finally received was a large number of people holding iron rice bowls in Shanxi and Shaanxi, who fled to the bandits everywhere.

Turn your head and create a rebellion in the Ming Dynasty.

The most difficult thing in this world is to give up their privileges, regardless of the size of the privilege, and then change the way of living.

Wang Qia, Li Banghua, Zhou Yanru, Wang Zaijin, Huang Liji and other military ministers were immediately raised when they saw the emperor say this.

Intuition tells them that their emperor is afraid that they will have to make trouble again, but their Military Affairs Office will be unable to bear this trouble.

"Parent Wang, give the official letters I have prepared to you first."

Seeing everyone so alert, Emperor Chongzhen was not in a hurry and reached out and said, "I have some ideas before. After seeing them, I will tell me the ideas."

"Gene Era"

Wang Chengen first bowed, then came to Wang Qia and the others with the stack of pre-prepared official letters. Each handful of them was one, no one had to refuse or no one had to be lost.

“…”

At that time, the East Warehouse was very quiet.

Wang Qia, Li Banghua and the others looked at each other, holding the official letter in their hands, feeling at a loss.

Emperor Chongzhen picked up the teacup, took a sip, and smiled at everyone's gaze, but he didn't say anything to urge him. After all, it was up to them to do things.

Respect that should be, and there should be.

The courtesy you should have.

Under such circumstances, Wang Qia, Li Banghua, Zhou Yanru and other military ministers opened the official letters in their hands and began to read them carefully.

But the more I look at it, the more I feel more shocked.

‘In view of the current financial pressure of the Ming Dynasty, I feel it is necessary to carry out corresponding rectification of the Ming Dynasty ward office in different regions and batches…’

Just at this beginning, everyone's expressions changed completely.

The emperor wants to take the garrison to relieve financial pressure. Isn’t this clearly a chaos in the world?

Guards are spread all over the Ming Dynasty. If you are not careful, it will cause a large-scale rebellion, and the Ming Dynasty will be completely destroyed by then.

‘According to the corresponding documents I read, the Ming Dynasty Xiawei District can be roughly divided into: solid vas, accurate vas, not solid vas.

As for the truth, you can refer to Liaodong Dushi and Shaanxi Xingdushi…’

Regarding the specific situation of the Daming Wei Institute, the official letter written by Emperor Chongzhen was explained in detail, including in Beijing, outside, etc.

In order to understand these situations, Emperor Chongzhen fought many nights. After all, the Ming Dynasty has been passed down for more than 200 years. Even if it was the ward system established in the early Ming Dynasty, there would be minor changes in actual operation.

‘In view of the complexity of rectifying garrisons, including the different situations in various places, I plan to use Beijing garrisons as a benchmark to make small-scale adjustments and changes.

The following adjustments are applicable to subsequent dewar reforms to reduce fiscal expenditures and help the Ming army restore its original power.

First, the hereditary official positions of each guard, and the officials at all levels led by the commander of the guards remain unchanged. The land inherited under the name remains unchanged. The nature of each guard changes to promote the transformation of military households into civilians. The guards shall be based on the corresponding official rank.

, relocated to various provinces, prefectures, prefectures, counties, responsible for training militia during the slack season every year, recruiting new soldiers, and condolences...

Secondly, the military farms under the jurisdiction of each guard, which are not individuals, are all filled with official land in various places and are collected according to the land taxes set by the court...

Third, the military households under each garrison shall be divided into two acres of private land based on the family. According to the actual situation, the land shall be leased as a priority. This is a rigid standard and no harsh treatment shall be allowed during the implementation period, or

Using power for personal gain.

Fourth…’

According to the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, including the garrison office, whether it is the hereditary garrison office officials or the iron-fed military household, in order to ensure that there will be no corresponding unrest during the reform stage.

The best way Emperor Chongzhen could think of was to find a brand new alternative attribute for the ruined ward system of the Ming Dynasty and make it play a corresponding role.

As for the implementation stage, when you find any corruption and abuse of power, if you involve the officials of the garrison, you will catch them when you should be killed, and kill them when you should be killed. If you involve the officials and gentry, it is also of the same corresponding nature.

Looking at the surprised expressions of everyone, Emperor Chongzhen said in his heart: "Using the power of the militia organization, including the many frameworks listed, from the Governor's Office of the Five Army, to the provincial chief departments, to the local garrisons, as long as they can be divided into regions,

As long as the benefits can be obtained by the lower-level military households, such as Li Zicheng, who would turn around and rebel in the Ming Dynasty, and would not appear again.

The food must be eaten one by one. In this mess of the garrison, there are too many bad debts and bad debts. It must be kept steady. It cannot be asked to be done by the old bureaucrats. It must be handled by the ministers they rely on, otherwise there will be rebels everywhere.

If you get to that point, I'm afraid you won't even have the chance to fight guerrillas, after all, you're an enemy of the world."
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