Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 658

Taichang discussed with Xin Wang Zhu Youjian, Cheng Guogong Zhu Chunchen and others for about an hour. The cabinet minister Xu Guangqi and the Minister of War Nan Juyi and others finally rushed over.

The faces of these people are rather dignified. It is obvious that they haven't discussed a good solution yet.

After Taichang asked everyone to sit down, he still asked seriously: "How about it, Zixian, Sishou, have you thought of any good solution?"

Xu Guangqi and Nan Juyi glanced at each other, and finally Nan Juyi, who was in charge of the Ministry of War, replied cautiously: "Your Majesty, regarding the issue of food and salaries, I think your idea is very good. Anyway, we are not short of money at the moment. We can pull over the payment three or four months in advance, so that there will be no problem of payment arrears."

Uh, it's really unintentional!
This is actually not a solution that Taichang came up with, he just wanted to pay more money this time to boost morale.

Unexpectedly, both Xu Guangqi and Nan Juyi thought this was a solution he came up with.

Well, regarding the payment issue, this can indeed solve the problem.

Anyway, it's not short of money, so it's okay to pay the salary three or four months in advance.

In short, no matter what method is used, the salary must not be in arrears.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, very good, this is the way to deal with this issue, if it is issued in advance, it will be issued in advance, in short, try not to default on payment. Regarding the issue of frontier troops stationed on the frontier, how is your discussion going?"

This one.

Nan Juyi said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, we have discussed this issue for a long time, and we feel that we can only follow the old method, turning the frontier army into a guard, and setting up a capital guard to take charge of it, and let them guard the border while farming. That way, they can take the whole family over."

Uh, turning the frontier army into guards?
Doesn't this mean that the elites of the Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion, as well as the sailors, will be disarmed and returned to the field!

What should I say about the Tunwei system?

If the dynasty is dominated by farming, it is understandable to choose the Tunwei system.

Because the farming-based dynasty did not have much tax revenue and could not support too many troops.

Just like the previous Ming Dynasty, the annual tax revenue was converted to a total of four to five million taels of silver.

How many troops can this money support?

The food and salary are calculated according to the original minimum standard. The monthly salary of ordinary soldiers is one stone, and the salary is one tael, and the school increases step by step. After a month, the grain and salary of 1 horses will be about 2 taels, and 24 taels a year. about.

Calculated in this way, a 240 army needs [-] million taels of food and salaries a year.

In other words, the former Ming Dynasty could support an army of 20 at most.

Moreover, the 20 troops cannot be kept on a regular basis. Once they are kept on hand, thousands of officials in the court will lose their salaries.

If a natural disaster occurs, it will be even more serious. The court can only watch the victims starve to death, and there is no money to relieve the disaster.

In this case, it is understandable to turn the elite army into guards.

To put it bluntly, Tunwei is to save money, as long as they are given land, let them grow it by themselves, and let them support themselves, the court does not have to pay for food and salaries at all.

At the beginning, Emperor Hongwu once proudly boasted that he would raise more than 200 million troops without spending a penny from the court.

The problem is, if you don't support this army, it will be useless!
If you let the elites of hundreds of battles disarm and return to the fields to farm, can they still go to the battlefield?

Perhaps, the first generation, that is, the elites who really participated in the great war, still have a little combat power after temporary organization.

However, after several generations, people are not much different from farmers.

They have to farm to support themselves. In this case, can you often pull people to practice?
If you can't get together to practice from time to time, what's the difference with farmers?
The result of this is that the more than 200 million troops of the Ming Dynasty who have been stationed in the fields for less than a hundred years will not be able to fight, and they will be beaten to the ground by the Mongolian Wara Department.

Historically, in the Chongzhen Dynasty, there were not even 20 elites that could be pulled out in the end.

Can this be done?

Certainly not!
What would happen if there was no elite army guarding such a large territory of Ming Dynasty?
Isn't that the fat in the eyes of others!
However, Nan Juyi's words reminded Taichang.

He thought of the example of the Liaodong Army and the Liaodong Tunwei, and he recalled the process of Sun Chengzong's reorganization of the Liaodong Army.

When the Liaodong Army was defeated, there were actually less than 10 troops left in total. Afterwards, the Ming Dynasty continued to transfer elite guards from the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and finally formed 20 elite Liaodong Army.

In fact, most of the 20 Liaodong Army elites were not Liaodong Tunwei.

However, Sun Chengzong later mobilized all the elite families of the Liaodong Army to Liaodong to garrison fields.

In this way, they are like family.

When there is a task, they can gather together and attack immediately.

When there is no task, they can also go back to help their families farm the land.

Therefore, most of these were not the elite of the Liaodong Tunwei who had guarded Liaodong for so many years. Not only did there not have any problems, but the days seemed to be getting more and more prosperous.

This method is not bad.

Just like now, he moved the Liaodong Army and Liaodong Tunwei to the new Jingzhou Mansion thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't have to worry that the 20 Liaodong Army would be unable to stay because they missed their relatives.

Because the relatives of the Liaodong Army are basically incorporated into the Liaodong Tunwei, and all the Liaodong Tunwei has also moved to the new Jingzhou Mansion, and they will not have any problems even if they stay there for a lifetime.

Thinking of this, Taichang said decisively: "You can refer to the garrison guard system, but we can't completely follow the original garrison guard system.

Because we are not short of money at the moment, there is no need to save that little food and salary.

We can set up four big camps in the four directions, and each big camp must gather 20 people to guard it.

And we can take over all the family members of these 20 horses and station them in farmland near Daying, so there should be no problem.

Just like the current Liaodong Army, the family members of the 20 Liaodong Army are basically Liaodong Tunwei. Once we move all the Liaodong Army and Liaodong Tunwei to the new Jingzhou Prefecture, there will be no problem. "

Uh, that's a really good idea.

However, this can also cause problems.

Nan Juyi and Xu Guangqi looked at each other again, and in the end Xu Guangqi, the chief assistant of the cabinet, carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, when you mentioned the Liaodong Army, I have to boldly remind you.

The Liaodong Army was also quite brave in the prosperous days of Longwan, that is, from the Longqing Dynasty to the early years of Wanli, and the Liaodong Iron Cavalry was also a rare force in the world.

The reason why the Liaodong Army was so powerful at that time had a lot to do with Uncle Ning Yuan and Li Chengliang.

As a result, in less than 20 years, Uncle Ningyuan became arrogant and extravagant, causing complaints among the people in Liaodong, and the Liaodong Army almost became the private army of Uncle Ningyuan's mansion.

When Li Chengliang was alive, the combat power of the Liaodong Army hadn't declined much, and the Liaodong Army who assisted North Korea twice performed quite bravely.

However, with the death of Li Chengliang, his eldest son Li Rusong also died in battle, and no one can rule the arrogant soldiers of the Liaodong Army.

Especially Li Rubai and Li Rumei, relying on the prestige of Uncle Ningyuan's mansion, they are dandies that no one dares to provoke in Liaodong.

After the first Saarhu War, Li Rubo committed suicide in shame and indignation because of the impeachment of the speech officer, and the Liaodong Army was almost abolished.

At that time, Xiong Tingbi was still able to control the arrogant soldiers of the Liaodong Army with an iron fist, but Yuan Yingtai, a frail scholar, was replaced later, and Liaodong immediately became a mess.

Your Majesty, I have no opinion on Duke Liao.

However, the gains and losses of Liaodong in recent years are indeed worthy of our vigilance! "

This means that if Liao Guogong's family is allowed to hold the power of the Liaodong Army alone, it is very likely that the Liaodong Army will be abolished directly like Ning Yuanbo's family, and it may even cause a border crisis.

Of course, Taichang understood as soon as he heard it. What Xu Guangqi meant was that he was afraid that the Duke of Liao family would become warlords just like the original family of Ning Yuanbo!

This problem really has to be guarded against.

So how to prevent it?

This is actually relatively easy to prevent. There are many ways to disperse their power, block their pay, and even implement a rotation system, etc. are all good ways.

Taichang thought for a while, then nodded slightly and said: "Well, this really has to be guarded against.

How about this, let's divide the power of the four camps into three parts, spread the power, don't let one person and one family hold all the power, and we can also implement a rotation system.

To put it simply, the emperor appointed the commander-in-chief of the battalion to be responsible for commanding the army to fight. The term of the commander can be longer, but he only has the power to command the battle.

In addition, we can also let the Metropolitan Procuratorate nominate, the cabinet reviews, submit to the current emperor for approval, and appoint the governor of the camp to be responsible for the daily affairs of the camp and the supply of food and salaries. The term of office of the governor is generally three years, and the maximum is six years.

At the same time, we can also let the Ministry of War nominate, review by the cabinet, submit to the current emperor for approval, and appoint leading generals, including chief soldiers, deputy chief soldiers, and generals, who are responsible for leading troops in combat. The term of office of these generals is usually five years, at most ten years.

In this way, the commander-in-chief only has the power to command the battle, and does not participate in the daily affairs management of the battalion. The generals who lead the battle are all nominated by the Ministry of War and have nothing to do with the commander-in-chief.

What do you guys think? "

If that's the case, then of course there's no big problem.

Xu Guangqi hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty is wise, if you can continue to implement it, there should be no problem."

This means, just don't mess around and let someone monopolize the power.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then solemnly said: "Well, wait for you to come up with a detailed charter, we will implement it in the form of Ming regulations, which clearly states that no one can monopolize all the power in one camp in the future. .”

Xu Guangqi hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang immediately said solemnly: "Then let's do this, we have to set up four battalions as soon as possible, so that the soldiers who are fighting abroad can feel at ease.

The East Day Camp will be located in the Western Yindu Islands, with Sun Chuanting, Gongsun Chuanting of the State of Wei, as the head coach.

The West Day Camp will be located in New Jinling City, with Lu Xiangsheng, Duke of Baoguo, as the head coach.

The Southern Day Camp will be located in New Jingzhou Mansion, with Sun Chengzong, Gongsun Chengzong of the Liao Kingdom, as the head coach.

The North Camp is tentatively scheduled to be in the Chahar Grassland, with Zhao Guogong Cao Bianjiao as the coach.

The strength of each battalion is set at 20 for the time being, and all the family members who are determined to be stationed in the camp will move to the vicinity of the camp to farm or graze.

As for the governor and the leading generals, you just need to discuss with the prince.

In short, within a year, the soldiers fighting in all directions must be stabilized. Is there any problem? "

Hearing this, Nan Juyi quickly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

(End of this chapter)