The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 301

Is Zhu Yuanzhang short of money?

He is really bad money!

Don't look at the big fish and meat every day, that is the standard equipment of the emperor.

Every year, the palace's expenses are all paid from within, including those of the vassal princes.

From the first year of Hongwu to the present, for a full 25 years, Daming's finances have never been abundant.

The reason why the Daming Treasure Banknotes were issued was because the national treasury had difficulty getting out even the military pay. In the first few years when the Daming Treasure Banknotes were issued, they lived a prosperous life.

Later, all kinds of wars, rewards, military salaries, and salaries were almost all occupied by precious money.

This is also the reason why tens of millions of banknotes are issued every year.

Then there was the sharp depreciation of the treasure banknotes, which made Zhu Yuanzhang realize that he must control the issuance of treasure banknotes.

Even in recent years, the salaries of officials are often in arrears and delayed.

In this regard, Zhu Yuanzhang also had to take money from the Ministry of Households to fill the vacancy in the palace.

On Queen Ma's birthday, the four dishes and one soup at the banquet were created because there was no money in the family.

If you really want to be rich, who cares so much?

There is actually no way to restrict the salaries of officials to death.

If you are not in charge of the family, you don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive. Calculated, this is already the limit of the Ming treasury. Zhu Yuanzhang can't wait for the officials to come to work with their own salaries.

It is best to earn some money for the treasury.

That is to say, in the past two months, the various expenses of the palace have only been slightly relaxed.

This is of course the great grandson's credit.

Now hearing what Dasun said, all criminals can generate income for internal funds, which is similar to the situation where Dasun runs a factory now.

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was really radiant.

"Great grandson, if you do what you do, how much money can you earn every year?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked grandson with a smile after recollecting.

He is very eager to know how much income can be increased by doing so.

People, what I dislike the most is living in poverty, not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor.

Every morning, he would be most annoyed by the household department, always pointing out that there was a shortage of money here, and there was a shortage of money there, and he used various reasons to reduce the expenditure of internal funds.

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that there was really no way to do this, but Daming's annual income was so much, what could he do.

First of all, it is necessary to stabilize the military salary. This is also the guard system that Zhu Yuanzhang has been thinking about, otherwise the military salary will be tight, and now the military households can still be self-sufficient every year.

When the Ming Dynasty was first established, Wei was initially set up at 490, and Suo was at 310.

One guard is about 600 people.Based on this calculation, the Ming army probably numbered as many as 270 million.

If such a huge army is supported by the court, it will directly drag down the entire Ming Dynasty's finances.

The army is something that is really worrying if there is too much, and it is still worrying if there is too little.The more you use it, the better, and the more streamlined you are when you don't use it. In peacetime, your huge army is just a burden.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Nowadays, the sea is quiet and the borders are safe. If soldiers are sent to sit and eat on the farms, the farmers will suffer. It is not a technique for long-term stability. It orders the world's guards, supervises the soldiers and farms, and combines several soldiers and farmers for national use." to Shu.

In this regard, Zhu Yuanzhang also said excitedly: It does not cost a drop of money to raise a million soldiers.

In order to maintain the guard system for a longer period of time, Zhu Yuanzhang decreed that the hereditary status of the sergeant in the guard remains unchanged, and his children are not allowed to take the imperial examination or find another job.

This has even been directly written into the Great Ming Law.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's design, the soldiers on the third floor of the guard system were trained, and the soldiers on the seventh floor were responsible for farming.This ratio will also be adjusted according to the barrenness of the land.

The design of this system has already indicated that the decline of soldiers' combat effectiveness is an inevitable situation.

But Daming's finances are like this, so what can we do?

There is no extra financial resources to reform the guard system, so in the current situation, it is already the best way.

Whether it is the farm system or the guard system, the disadvantages are very clear, that is, the connection between generals and soldiers is too close.

In history, the Tang Dynasty's vassals and towns were divided into separate regimes, and the heroes were divided into separate regimes, and each was king, which was brought about by the garrison system.

It is reflected in the time of war, and there will also be strong hidden dangers.

When the imperial court needed to mobilize troops to fight, the commander-in-chief appointed by the Dudu Mansion commanded the army. These soldiers were separated from the original guard officers, and the commander-in-chief was responsible to the commander-in-chief appointed by the court.

Moreover, general war recruitment is almost always due to problems, which leads to no time for training.

This will cause the general to be unfamiliar with the soldiers, the soldiers will not obey the general's command, and no one will obey the other, and the combat effectiveness will be greatly weakened.

In the 34th year of Jiajing, a group of 53 Japanese pirates ran rampant in the three provinces of Zhejiang, Anhui, and Jiangsu. They even blatantly attacked Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty at that time, and killed 4000 Ming soldiers.

The soldiers in the guard are like paper, they can be broken with a single poke, and you can wipe out these small troops of dozens of people with a pile of people, but the result is shocking. This is simply unimaginable in today's early Ming Dynasty.

If anyone told Zhu Yuanzhang that this happened in the later Ming Dynasty because of the guard system, would he believe it?
Even the common people and officials would never believe that such a thing happened.

However, he happened to happen in history, just like the Arabian Nights, but it is extremely real.

In fact, throughout history, Zhu Yuanzhang also understood the disadvantages of the garrison system, and had thought about the hidden dangers of the guard system.

But the current Daming cannot do without the guard system.

This is not too much pressure on the military salary, and they are living so tight. It is unimaginable to abolish the guard system.

And here in Dasun, Zhu Yuanzhang seems to see hope.

Listening to the old man asking how much money he could earn, Zhu Ying made a calculation in his mind and said, "It really depends on where and what you do."

"If it's a more lucrative business with thousands of people, there should still be hundreds of thousands of people in the account a year."

"Like the Jiangnan area, where the trade volume is large, it should be even higher."

Hearing the number hundreds of thousands, Zhu Yuanzhang's breathing became a little short.

In Dasun's place, is money so easy to earn? Just throw a group of labor prisoners in the entire prison, and you can earn hundreds of thousands every year?
The [-]th Chief Secretary of the Ming Dynasty, even if there is one in every province, millions of dollars are recorded in the account every year.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have thought about the days when the national treasury would be full every year. After thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang asked again; "The hundreds of thousands, Dasun, are you referring to precious banknotes or silver?"

Zhu Ying replied: "What grandson is talking about is silver. At present, the price of precious banknotes fluctuates greatly in the whole country. For the time being, we can only use silver taels as a reference. After the national treasury is full, we can slowly recover the precious banknotes and control the issuance." number."

"In this way, with sufficient reserves, the precious banknotes can completely replace the silver."

Millions of silver, equivalent to nearly tens of millions of banknotes.

In this way, the treasure banknote lifting department can no longer have to issue a large amount of treasure banknotes. The annual treasury not only has no debts, but also has a large surplus.

"it is good!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang slammed the table and shouted: "It should have been done a long time ago, grandson, we feel that this matter is very urgent and we must start immediately."

"How about this? It's getting late today, so we don't have to go to court tomorrow. Let's issue an edict to ask the third division to follow the grandson's transfer and immediately arrange a new Ming law code."

"The law code may be a little slow, let's not worry about the specific laws and regulations, and come up with a general framework for the labor service. Tomorrow morning, let's make an announcement to the world that criminals should have a chance to reform themselves. "

"At the same time, amnesty for the whole world. Anyone who is sentenced to death or exile will be locked up in a big prison first, and then approached after Dasun's laws and regulations come out. As for other crimes, they will also be locked up temporarily."

At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang paused for a moment before continuing: "When Dasun is enacting the law, you must pay attention. It is best to start with three years of hard labor. The time is too short. I am afraid that they are not even apprentices. It's already gone."

Good guy, the old man is really cruel.

Regardless of what you commit, you will start with three years.

This is to squeeze hard.

This also means that even if it is a petty theft, it will take three years to enter the Yamen.

But maybe from a certain point of view, at least being able to manage food in the prison may also be a way out. Thinking of this, Zhu Ying could only smile wryly: "Grandson understands."

After eating and taking a walk, Zhu Ying was about to go back to Kunning Palace to continue reviewing the memorials.

Liu He came over to report: "Your Majesty, Your Highness Yun Yun is asking to see you."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he let out a light sigh and said, "Why did Yun Wen come to see us, grandson, your younger brother is here, so don't rush away, let's see what's going on first."

In Zhu Yuanzhang's mind now, if Zhu Yunqi has something to do, shouldn't he ask his elder brother and grandson to solve it.

Why did you come here directly?

We have a lot of things to do every day. The so-called elder brother is like a father, such as the emperor's grandson, of course the eldest grandson is fully responsible.

But people are coming, it's not good to see.

In the main hall of Qianqing Palace, Zhu Ying could only sit down and drink tea, just like accompanying the old man.

Soon, Zhu Yunqi came over.

"Yun Wen pays respects to Grandpa Huang, big brother."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang asked a little hesitantly: "What's the matter with Yun Wen, how did you find us here?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly explained: "Reporting to Grandpa Huang, my grandson went to Eldest Brother's place earlier and heard the eunuch said that Eldest Brother was with Grandpa Huang, so I came here specially."

Zhu Yuanzhang was not satisfied with this explanation, and said: "Your elder brother is just here for a meal, and it won't waste too much time. What makes you so impatient."

The implication of this is obvious, if your elder brother is not here, you will wait. We all know that he is here, so why can't we wait.

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, the corners of his mouth were slightly bitter.

Grandpa Huang, you have changed. You were not like this before.

Now even if I have something to look for, I have to be reprimanded.

Although he was very depressed, he still forced himself to reply: "The grandson made a major discovery in Samarkand Sun, Pi'erma Heima, so he became a little impatient."

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little curious when he heard the words, and he still attached great importance to Samarkand, so he asked, "Let's listen."

In fact, for Zhu Yunqi, he doesn't mean that he has no love at all.

It's just that in the big family of the palace, rules are very important, especially to maintain the status of the grandson.

Otherwise, the only ones who will suffer in the future will be the princes and grandchildren.

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(End of this chapter)