Zhu Cijiong scratched his head and said: "Father, this is somewhat similar to the military system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. When you enter, you serve the people, and when you leave, you serve as soldiers. You also need to prepare your own weapons and dry food."
"It's really similar to the military system of the government." Chongzhen nodded and said: "But our Ming Dynasty will not be so stingy, ordnance and food must be prepared for the militia."
The Fu military system, which originated in the Western Wei Dynasty, was perfected in the Sui Dynasty, and reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty, was Chongzhen's favorite military system.
Throughout the five thousand years of Chinese history, the government soldiers in the Sui and Tang Dynasties were capable of fighting, at least far better than the Song Dynasty's recruited soldiers and the Ming Dynasty's guard army, and more advanced than the compulsory military system in the Qin and Han Dynasties.
To put it bluntly, the government military system is to select a group of professional military households across the country.
These professional military households did not need to bear heavy corvee labor, chores, or even taxes, and specialized in fighting wars.
The state provides these professional military households with relatively good living conditions. When a war is called for, these professional military households will send a soldier from each household to carry their own weapons, horses and even dry food to fight for the court.
Moreover, fighting is compulsory, and there is no salary or lumi, but there are rewards for winning the battle, and part of the property captured from the battlefield can also be shared.
This is somewhat similar to the grazing valley of the nomadic regime.
Because such soldiers are semi-off-duty and have sufficient training time, their military quality will be relatively high. Moreover, because their families are relatively well-off, they can afford well-fed armor and weapons, so most of them are very powerful in combat. This is evident from the Sui army
This can be seen from the battlefield performance of the Tang Army.
Therefore, Chongzhen wanted to rebuild and improve the military system.
"But the military system also has flaws." Zhu Cixiang said.
"The government army system and the land equalization system complement each other. When the Tang Dynasty came to Xuanzong, the land equalization system was destroyed, and the government army system also collapsed. For foreign campaigns, we could only recruit soldiers."
"Since the Song Dynasty, it has been a recruiting system."
"But the shortcoming of the recruitment system is that soldiers have low willingness to fight and are prone to paying."
"So in this dynasty, Taizu also created the guard system, which can be regarded as a disguised restoration of the government army system."
"However, the garrison system cannot overcome the shortcomings of the government army system. Senior generals in each garrison have begun to encroach on farmland. The lower-level soldiers have no food to eat and have to fight for the imperial army. They have no time to train, which has led to a deterioration in combat effectiveness.
, during the Jiajing period, the garrison army was no longer useful."
After speaking for a moment, Zhu Cixiang continued: "When the Japanese Rebellion broke out, the Ming Dynasty could only restore the recruitment system and recruit Yiwu miners to fight against the Japanese pirates, because the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Guards Army had long been decayed and could not fight."
Zhu Cijiong also echoed: "Father, it seems that this method is not a long-term solution."
"Is there any long-term solution in the world? Any policy or law can be regarded as a good law and good governance as long as it can ensure its effectiveness at the beginning of its promulgation." Waving his hand, Chongzhen continued, "However, during the Western Wei and Sui and Tang Dynasties,
The government army system and the guard system initiated by Taizu were all defeated by land annexation, which is worthy of discussion."
Zhu Cixiang said solemnly: "Not only the government military system, but also the guards were defeated by land annexation. Since ancient times, many dynasties have been destroyed because of land annexation, and the same is true for our Ming Dynasty."
"If it weren't for the vassal kings of various provinces, the emperor's relatives would have occupied too many farmlands,"
"If it weren't for the officials and gentry in various provinces to avoid the corvee and dingfu by means of cheating, sending money, etc."
"My country, the Ming Dynasty, will not be in such a state of embarrassment as it is now, let alone be dragged down by millions of Liao's salaries."
After a pause, Zhu Cixiang said sadly: "What's hateful is that when my father raised money from those relatives of the emperor last year, he actually had the nerve to cry for poverty and deliberately set up a stall on the street to sell off the palace's utensils, as well as those officials.
Gentlemen, while they are high-soundingly opposed to the sea ban, they are doing great things in sea trade, and at the same time they are shouting that the court cannot compete with the people for profits, but at the same time they are pocketing all the mining taxes, commercial taxes, and city taxes. It is really hateful, but
kill!"
"Hey, this topic is too big." Chongzhen waved his hand.
"Unless the Ming Dynasty banned land sales, it would be impossible to fundamentally prevent land annexation."
"But a total ban on land trading is obviously not possible. If we really ban land trading, within a few days, my father may follow in the footsteps of Emperor Wuzong and your uncle, and also make a mistake and fall into the water, haha."
What Chongzhen said was interesting, but the two brothers Zhu Cixiang and Zhu Cijiong looked solemn. It was not easy to be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
"Let's not talk about that anymore." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "When it comes to land annexation, it is impossible to completely eliminate it, at least in the past fifty years. However, it is still possible to prohibit land sales of specific nature."
It is indeed difficult to comprehensively suppress land annexation. The landlord class’s greed and pursuit of land are engraved in the genes. The bourgeoisie is also greedy for land annexation, but it is just used for different purposes. The landlord class annexes land to grow food, and the bourgeoisie annexes land to build buildings.
Build a house, set up a factory, and set up a large farm.
By the way, we drove the ordinary people into the factory to work.
In any case, the land must be taken away from the hands of the small people.
Without the backing of the state machine, ordinary people would not be able to hold on to their land.
So what Chongzhen had to do was to use state machinery to back up certain groups of people.
It is a wishful thinking to act as a backing for all ordinary people and completely block land annexation.
In a word, it is impossible for Chongzhen to offend all those with vested interests, and doing so would be courting death.
If the land is not allowed to be bought and sold freely, the landlord class will definitely not be happy, the bourgeoisie will not be happy either, and the key people will also not be happy. Doesn't this block the way of people and money?
Just say that now, if the village cadres block the demolition,
Do you think those villagers are happy? They dare to fight you with knives!
Therefore, Chongzhen would not do such stupid things. At most, he would limit a part of the land.
Zhu Cixiang's political understanding was indeed very high, and he immediately reacted as soon as Chongzhen said it.
At that moment, Zhu Cixiang said: "Father, are you saying that the four million acres of official land that was given to the border troops in Thirty Towns are prohibited from trading?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "It is not only these four million acres that are prohibited from trading." Chongzhen said thoughtfully, "When the second batch of recruited soldiers retires in the future, they will also follow this rule. By the way, this
We also need to change the way we talk about it. It doesn’t sound good to say it’s a compensation, but it’s a reward! Let’s say that in order to reward the meritorious soldiers who have made military exploits for the country, the imperial court will reward each person with the purchase of twenty-five acres of benevolent land!”
"That is to say, they can purchase twenty-five acres of land in limited state capitals at a very low price of twenty-five cents per mu."
"These twenty-five acres of favored land are the favor of the imperial court and the emperor's reward. Therefore, trading is strictly prohibited, because buying and selling the favor of the imperial court is a crime of great disrespect. Anyone who violates this will have their favored land taken back."
After a pause, he added: "This article needs to be included in the ancestral precepts of the Emperor Ming Dynasty."
Chongzhen did not seek a comprehensive ban on land annexation, but only sought a small-scale ban on land annexation. With the double endorsement of the imperial court's grace and the ancestral precepts of the Emperor Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen believed that this policy should have the opportunity to continue for a long time.
Then with twenty border towns like Xuzhou, the Ming Dynasty would have 3.2 million soldiers.
The restricted land for sale is only 80 million acres, accounting for only slightly more than 10% of the 700 million acres of cultivated land in the Ming Dynasty. It should not attract crazy attacks from various land interest groups.
The descendants of the Zhu family should not be stupid enough to dig up this foundation.
As a result, the Ming Dynasty had more than three million soldiers, and the ownership of these soldiers' lands was locked in the name of the Ming Dynasty's ancestors and would never be annexed.
Zhu Cixiang thought for a while and then said: "If this is really the case, the land of these frontier troops will indeed not be annexed by others, but there is another problem that cannot be ignored, that is, the population will increase after two generations. What should we do?"
Zhu Cijiong nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, after two generations, the population may have multiplied to hundreds of people. A mere 25 acres of farmland will be divided into more than 100 households. Each household can only get two pieces of land, so it cannot support the soldiers of the government."
Chongzhen said: "Then we must forcefully divide the family, and only the eldest son is allowed to inherit the land. As for the other sons, they cannot inherit even a share of the land from me. If they want to support themselves, they can only go out on their own. But when the court has
When new recruitment quotas are introduced, priority can be given to them."
Chongzhen obviously also considered this.
As Zhu Cijiong said, it cannot be said that it is completely impossible to reproduce to Baiding after two generations, but it is certainly very rare.
Because this is calculable, twenty-five acres of land can guarantee a comfortable life, but it is impossible to live a shameless life with three wives and four concubines.
At best, one wife and one concubine are the best.
If you have one wife and one concubine, the maximum number of children you can survive is ten.
Assume that the ten children are half male and half male, that is, five sons.
This is a special situation, usually five or six children, two or three sons.
In other words, twice as many soldiers will be born in twenty years. Assuming that half a million soldiers were retired and recruited in the early days of the ZTE, one million soldiers will be born in twenty years. This is not a burden at all, right?
Because this time coincided with the expansion period of the Ming Dynasty.
These one million soldiers, who have received strict military training from their parents since childhood and are not paid a penny, will become the most solid military backing for the Ming Dynasty's external expansion. It is simply perfect!
Well, Chongzhen even planned for expansion twenty years later.
Thinking of this, Chongzhen added: "After conquering a new territory, you can build a new military base. These new military bases can not only guard the border for the Ming Dynasty, but also serve as a defense force for the central government in the event of a war."
The imperial court provides a steady stream of reserve soldiers, so that our Ming Dynasty will be invincible for hundreds of years."
"Father, are you talking about overseas territories?" Zhu Cijiong's eyes lit up.
Subconsciously, Zhu Cijiong lowered his head and glanced at the waist knife awarded to him by Chongzhen.
At that moment, Zhu Cijiong said: "Father, one day, I will take these newly grown soldiers to go overseas to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty and realize the true coming of all nations to the Ming Dynasty."
