But now after listening to Liu Jin's analysis, Zhang Mao had to agree with Liu Jin's point of view. The military household system is indeed rotten. If the military household system is not abolished, no matter how it is changed, it will end up being the same.
the result of.
However, if the military household system is abolished, it will touch the interests of the military generals and noble groups, and this restructuring will inevitably encounter huge resistance.
Zhang Mao began to think deeply, carefully considering the pros and cons.
"Besides abolishing the military household system, is there no other way?"
After a long time, Zhang Mao said with a troubled expression.
"No, the military household system is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's military system. This root is rotten. If it is not eradicated, no matter how you change it, there will be no change. The final result will still be the same."
Liu Jin said with great certainty.
In fact, by the late Ming Dynasty, the military household system was corrupted, and the main combat troops of the Ming Dynasty were actually professional troops, which were maintained by the imperial court with money.
It is precisely because it is a professional army that military expenditures have skyrocketed. However, the Ming court has always been in financial difficulties. In addition, in the late Ming Dynasty, various places in the Ming Dynasty were unable to collect taxes, which eventually led to
The demise of the Ming Dynasty.
Several reforms in the later period, such as Zhang Juzheng's whipping method, actually focused on taxation. When Zhang Juzheng was in power, because the reforms were quite effective and the court had money, it was able to survive for a while.
But when it came to Emperor Chongzhen, Chongzhen was almost the same as Emperor Hongzhi. Both were emperors who were deceived by the civil service group. They naively thought that relying on these so-called righteous people could turn the tide and help the building to collapse.
In fact, it's just the opposite. These civil servant groups are the most unreliable. Even if the Ming Dynasty is about to perish, it will still not be extinguished. From the moment Emperor Chongzhen came to power, his energy has always been focused on wrangling with ministers. There is simply no way to deal with it.
What useful decisions did this dying empire make?
The military household system is corrupt, and sooner or later it must be changed and cut off. It is better to cut it off later than to cut it off early. It is the right way to abolish the military household system as soon as possible and establish a professional army.
If you want to build a strong army, you must separate the army from production and concentrate on military matters. It is impossible to build a strong army by farming and fighting at the same time.
Of course, freeing the military from production involves the issue of money.
If you have no money, what will you do to support the army?
And silver has always been an important thing that troubled the Ming court. The Ming court was poor.
After listening to Liu Jin's words, Zhang Mao nodded in agreement, thought for a while and then said: "If the military household system is abolished, what kind of system should be implemented?"
"Implement compulsory military service!"
Liu Jin said almost without thinking.
"Compulsory military service?"
When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately frowned. After all, he was also a representative of the Military Generals Group. He was familiar with history and read many military books. He was very clear about the various military systems in history.
He knew the Qin Dynasty's military merit system, the Tang Dynasty's military service system, etc. What kind of system was this compulsory military service system?
Never heard of it at all.
"The so-called compulsory military service system refers to the fact that all adult men in Ming Dynasty are obliged to perform military service. Simply put, it is a stipulation that men in Ming Dynasty, no matter what their origins, must sign up to join the army when they are 18 years old or older and must be physically qualified.
Those who do so must perform military service.”
"There is a time limit for military service. For example, let's assume that the time for military service is four years. Once the four years are up and the military service is completed, you can be discharged, returned to the field, and return to normal life."
Liu Jin thought for a while and talked about the compulsory military service system for later generations.
"This is a good system~"
After listening to Liu Jin's words, Zhang Mao couldn't help but smile and nod.
"This compulsory military service system must also be combined with the military school system. These ordinary soldiers are like running water, with batches every four years and batches every four years."
"This kind of replacement is very fast, and it is easy for the strong army that has been built with great difficulty to be scattered. Therefore, in the compulsory military service system, we must also implement it in conjunction with the military academy system."
"Military schools specialize in training generals and officers in the army, which are the core and backbone of the army. In this way, as long as the core and backbone remain unchanged, it will always maintain strong combat effectiveness."
Liu Jin smiled and then added.
This system has become very mature in later generations and is almost universally adopted by countries around the world. Naturally, this system has many benefits.
The first one is that the cost is relatively low. The compulsory military service system, because it is compulsory military service, so the allowances and so on are relatively low, which is very suitable for the situation of the Ming Dynasty, which did not have much money to raise soldiers.
The second is the abundance of soldiers, because everyone has the obligation to perform military service, so they can choose from them who are in good physical condition to serve in the military. In addition, retired soldiers have also undergone certain military training and can be quickly recruited when necessary.
When he came back, he quickly gathered a huge army and came out.
This is very important, especially for Liu Jin's next plan. Once the Ming Dynasty colonizes the world, it will not only need a powerful army to escort them, but also for the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty, they will also need to become more sturdy.
Otherwise, how can we seize more colonies and occupy these colonies?
Everyone says that Westerners are the descendants of robbers. This is not wrong at all. They are the descendants of robbers. Precisely because they are the descendants of robbers, they only look at interests when doing things, so they do not have the hypocrisy of Confucianism. This is also true.
It's because of this tough bandit spirit.
That’s why Europeans were able to colonize the world. The Indians in the Americas were actually quite tough. If the Europeans were not tougher than them, the Americas would still be dominated by the Indians.
In contrast, the Confucian approach is obviously not suitable for global colonization.
Etiquette, justice, integrity and shame are just enough to apply to your own people. Externally, who would be willing to listen to you nagging about something that is completely different from their own values?
Externally, the only thing that can make the other party surrender is strong force. This is an eternal truth.
In the future, if we want to colonize the world, seize colonies, and overwhelm the aboriginal people in the colonies, it will definitely not work without strong folk customs. If we implement a compulsory military service system, a large number of retired soldiers can be sent around the world to become the pillars of global colonization and development.
Pioneer.
Of course, the compulsory military service system also has some flaws. For example, the time for military service is too short and it is difficult to learn many technical things. This will be especially true in the context of various high-tech wars in later generations.
In addition, under the compulsory military service system, some people will avoid military service and are unwilling to serve as soldiers. In many cases, high-quality soldiers are not available for recruitment. In high-tech wars, if there are no high-quality soldiers, it will definitely not work.
There is also a placement issue in the compulsory military service system. How to place retired soldiers is a big issue and a very important issue.
Of course, now is the Ming Dynasty, and war is still in the era of cold weapons. It is gradually changing to hot weapons, and war still does not have much technical content.
"You mean to join the Tianjin Maritime Academy you opened here in Tianjin to run a military academy?"
When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately became energetic, thought for a while and asked.
"Yes, the military academy will be run along the lines of Tianjin Maritime Academy."
"Military schools specialize in training generals and officers, while ordinary soldiers are recruited through compulsory military service, thus forming a new Ming army. The combination of the two will surely create a strong army."
Liu Jin nodded very confidently and said.
"Military Academy!"
Zhang Mao pondered carefully. The idea of this military academy is really unprecedented. Since ancient times, only scholars have gone to school, but now a military academy is being set up specifically to train generals.
"As for the military academy, the teaching should be divided into three parts. The first part and the most important part is the education of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Just like scholars, every Ming Dynasty officer must be instilled with the idea of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, so as to ensure that the Ming Dynasty army
Absolute loyalty to the Emperor of Heaven and Ming Dynasty."
"The second part is the education of knowledge. A qualified general and officer must be a person with rich knowledge. Not to mention being knowledgeable about the past and present, at least being able to read and write is the most basic requirement."
"The third part is the education of professional military skills and knowledge. As generals and officers, you must be proficient in various professional military skills and knowledge and possess professional abilities."
Liu Jin also expressed the founding philosophy of the General Academy.
"Loyal to the emperor and patriotic~"
Zhang Mao's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard the first one. One of the important reasons why the control of the army fell into the hands of the civil servant group was because the military generals of the past dynasties usurped the throne.
There are really too many things.
So slowly, the founding emperors would find ways to weaken the power and power of the military generals and noble groups. Especially in the Song Dynasty, the old Zhao family was not righteous themselves. Naturally, they were afraid that others would imitate the yellow robe and get a better body, so this military power was also
Slowly it came into the hands of civil servants.
After three years of scholarly rebellion, the emperor felt more at ease by using civilian officials to take charge of the military. He no longer had to worry about the military generals and noble groups coming to take over the country.
But it harmed the whole of China. The Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty was concealed and destroyed by the Qing Dynasty. This is enough to illustrate this point.
Emphasizing literature over military power, the advantage of civilian officials and Zhang Junquan is that there are no military generals or nobles to usurp power. However, military men have no status and no famous generals emerge. However, the Han people's country has become extremely fragile, and has been taken over by foreign races time and time again. In terms of external affairs,
It's getting worse and worse.
The glory of the Han Dynasty could never be regained.
