The health system and the prefectures and counties operate in parallel. This is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. If one is lame, it will naturally fall.
For example, the Jiangnan Coast Guard Station collapsed, leading to rampant Japanese invasion; the Nine Border Guard Station collapsed, forcing the court to fund troops, and the finances collapsed.
Isn't the reason why the Manchu Qing Dynasty rose because of the decay of the Liaodong Guards Station and its inability to suppress it in time?
South Zhili was divided into two parts, and there were countless trivial matters involved, but the most important one was the military household guard station along the coast.
Under the emperor's hint, the Fifth Army Governor's Office had no choice but to compromise and was forced to spit out all the guard posts.
Naturally, its land, population, household registration, weapons, buildings, etc. also need to be recalculated.
As part of the compromise, the forts, piers, beacon towers, etc. were also converted into money and compensated for the military households.
Of course, in order to prevent these people from seeking life and death, local state and county patrol officers and tax cards will also give priority to them for employment.
Although it is very troublesome and cumbersome, it is indeed a necessary step, and it is also a model for future promotion to the whole country to learn from experience.
According to cabinet estimates, if the health centers are restructured, there will be at least 45 more counties in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces.
They are all restructured from Qianhusuo and Weisuo, so there is no need to rebuild the city, which is extremely convenient.
If those military households were not lost, theoretically there could be nearly 100,000 more civilian households, but it is a pity that there is no such thing.
According to estimates from various places, the losses caused by the war were huge. For example, almost all the military posts in Huaibei were wiped out, and there were only about 50,000 military households.
What’s more funny is that in order to ensure fairness, the Fifth Army Governor’s Office and local governments asked the emperor to send Jin Yiwei and the Military Justice Department to supervise the accounting.
Of course, the advantages of the military household system are also very obvious. If I had to make an analogy, it would be better to call it military colonization.
For example, the development of Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Liaodong and other places was thanks to the efforts of military households.
But if it is located in a prosperous area or inland, there will be endless troubles.
In this way, since I am planning to destroy the military household system with my own hands, it means the destruction of the local military system formulated by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.
"There are no military households in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, so local guards must make arrangements in advance."
As he sat on the throne, looking at the cabinet ministers sitting half-assed, Zhu Yixi asked for their opinions.
Without military households, local guards would not be able to arrange to fill the vacancies.
"Your Majesty, in the opinion of my veteran minister, the garrison system implemented in the Huguang area is extremely feasible."
Zhang Shenyan is a relatively old-fashioned person. In comparison, he is a conservative and conservative person. He has established regulations to apply and maintain them to the maximum extent.
The emperor nodded slightly.
The garrison system is also called the garrison system. When we were in Huguang, the place was divided into eight, four war zones and four major garrison areas.
War zones have greater autonomy and are integrated with military and political affairs, but their territory is narrow. For example, the Jiujiang War Zone that Bai Wang guarded at that time only consisted of one city in Jiujiang and two counties, Huangmei and Susong.
As for the guard area, as the name suggests, it means to guard. Soldiers and officers are generally disabled soldiers, and their main role is to maintain local security.
Moreover, after the autumn harvest, the garrison must organize local youths to conduct training for at least half a month, so as to hide the troops among the people.
However, although there are many advantages, the disadvantages are also obvious, that is, the number of people is too small.
There are only about ten thousand people in a province, and each province has at least sixty or seventy counties, so at most there are about two hundred people in each county.
"The defense costs too much."
Unexpectedly, Yan Chongxin immediately vetoed this proposal: "The garrison in Huguang costs about 800 yuan each, and they also have to pay for food, clothing, etc. Although it is only half of the Beijing camp, it is really too high."
"And if it is implemented nationwide, the sentence will inevitably be expanded, and I am afraid that the court will not be able to afford it."
Nowadays, the salary for the Beijing camp has increased to 1,500 yuan, and that for the garrison is half, or 800 yuan.
Although the garrison is not as good as the combat soldier, it is still an elite model. It has horses, firearms, and training from time to time. The cost is only slightly less than that of the combat soldier.
In this case, it can be used as a substitute in wartime, but in peacetime it is overqualified.
Guarding the whole country requires at least one million soldiers, which means another 500,000 Beijing troops are needed. Who can bear this?
The emperor quickly shook his head: "The district system cannot be implemented, but it can be implemented in border areas such as Gansu and Shaanxi. Forget about the inland areas."
After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Yixi still made reference to the system of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The Ming Dynasty's Weisuo and the Qing Dynasty's Green Camp were very similar. They were both hereditary soldiers. The only difference was that the former was given land while the latter was given money. In the end, both collapsed.
The saying that the Qing Dynasty established the Ming Dynasty is true.
There is no doubt that the hereditary system is the simplest and cheapest recruitment model, but it is also the easiest to collapse.
However, from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, the military system was hereditary, which is really screwed up.
But there is no way, the children of soldiers must be better than ordinary people.
"The capital is five hundred, and the capital is two thousand five. It is set up as a patrol camp. It is based on the system of the garrison, and the pay is generally the same."
"There are three hundred people in each county. They are called patrol camps. Their pay is half that of the defenders, but food and equipment are included. They are responsible for arresting thieves and assembling knives and guns. Forget about firearms!"
To put it bluntly, we should rely on prefectures and provincial towns to suppress rioters. The county government is still responsible for arresting thieves and bandits. Three hundred people are enough.
"In addition, the local provincial capital has a general soldier to guard its capital, and the local captain is responsible for the patrol camp, each performing his duties."
"The officers of patrol battalions and patrol battalions are all sent from the Beijing camp and selected by the Ministry of War."
As for the hereditary system, it will definitely not be adopted, so it can only be a recruitment system:
"The governors of each province will add a recruitment and training department to recruit men under thirty as soldiers and transfer them to local areas."
"Whether it is a patrol battalion or a patrol battalion, the age limit is forty-five. Once the age is reached, the army will be dismissed and new people will be recruited to ensure a continuous flow of living water."
"If you are homeless, you can work in the kitchen and take care of chores. You don't have any money, you can only eat."
Listening to the emperor's eloquence, the cabinet ministers fell silent.
Huang Zongxi and Zheng Sen, who wrote the notes on daily life, were full of words of admiration.
Regarding the change of the system, this is the most turbulent and exciting thing, because this change is the fate of millions of people and the system that will last for hundreds of years after the Ming Dynasty was revived.
"Your Majesty, a thousand troops are easy to obtain, but a general is difficult to find."
Zhang Shenyan felt that the emperor was too radical, so he had to say: "Recruiting troops is easy, how can officers come?"
"In the past, under the military household system, officers were hereditary, so the military naturally deteriorated."
Zhu Yixi copied her hands behind her back, looking confident and with extraordinary momentum:
"The health center is a pool of stagnant water. The past exquisite work has become a decoration. I will not use it."
As he spoke, he looked at the three of them with bright eyes and said, "Since there is a Wen Jinshi, why not a Wu Jinshi?"