Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 154 The Temptation Under Military Reform [First Update]

Li Shanchang was one of the veterans who followed Zhu Yuanzhang from the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood, so he naturally understood the meaning of the existence of military households.

This system gradually evolved from the military settlement policy implemented by Zhu Yuanzhang during his early uprising.

To be honest, the military settlement policy was an important factor that allowed Lao Zhu to quickly stand out from many tyrants in the early days of the uprising.

It is precisely because of the military settlement that Zhu Yuanzhang was able to farm on a large scale when the Quartet was in decline at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, which solved the problem of food for soldiers.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was already a great kindness to feed the soldiers, and those soldiers would naturally fight to fight for Zhu Yuanzhang.

The core of this policy has two points. The army fights desperately during wartime, and guards the borders and farms in leisure time.

This is actually the militia.

There are many advantages to doing this. For example, the imperial court basically does not need to consume more food and grass to raise soldiers, and sometimes even the food in the army can not be exhausted, and it can also supplement the national treasury.

How could Zhu Yuanzhang not like such a good thing.

So after the founding of Daming, he directly extended the army station to the whole of Daming, allowing Daming's 300 million soldiers to reclaim wasteland and guard the frontier at the same time.

But the reason why the military household system has so many advantages is not because it is really perfect, but because it has seriously violated the interests of a group.

That is the bottom military household itself.

Soldiers not only have to fight and work hard, but also work hard to farm the land, and there are also handymen and taxes.

If this kind of thing is about to starve to death, you will do it if you do it. As long as you can survive, it doesn't matter if you work hard or work hard.

But when the Ming Dynasty was established, especially after the society became more prosperous and stable, the situation would be different.

The status of military households is lower than that of civilian households, and they have to work more and contribute more, and they are also under the control of their superiors, without any freedom.

In this way, the military households immediately became the most unpopular group, and they were dubbed "stinky military men" by the common people, and the children of those low-level military households even had problems marrying wives.

Because according to the regulations of Ming Dynasty, you are a military household and your son is still a military household. No one wants their offspring to become a military household.

But this is not the darkest part. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, military fields were invaded by military officers in large numbers, and military households directly became slaves of military officers. They had to work for free for those officials every day. I want to copy the guy up and work hard.

To be honest, under this system, it is inevitable that the Ming army's combat effectiveness will be low.

No matter who is placed in the position of military household, it is impossible to give death allegiance to the superior.

With such a structure of the army, is it true that Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shanchang, the emperors and prime ministers who have fought all their lives, really don't see any hidden dangers?

Of course they knew, but in the early years of the Ming Dynasty in the original history, there was no way to solve it.

A large number of vested interests have formed in the army. These people are the grassroots hereditary officers of the army. If the military households are mobilized, the mobilization of the military system is to mobilize their cheese.

These people are all holding knives, and if one is not done well, it will cause trouble.

Even Lao Zhu can only be cautious about this.

Zhu Biao understands very well that one generation solves the problems of one generation, and no matter how brave Zhu Yuanzhang is, he cannot really solve the problems of the next three or four generations. He is a man, not a god, and it is impossible to really establish a Ming Dynasty with a perfect system. , so that future generations can sit back and relax as emperors.

It is a pity that no one could give a reasonable solution to these problems until the end of Ming Dynasty.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, from the emperor down to the bureaucrats at all levels, everyone was muddling along, tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall.

Li Shanchang had a lot of thoughts in his mind. An old man like him who worked hard all the way from the grassroots quickly understood the beauty of Zhu Biao's policy.

Zhu Biao did touch the cheese of the grassroots officers of the army. After all, whether it is disarmament or reorganization of military households into civilian households, it is reducing the rights of those grassroots officers.

But at the same time Zhu Biao gave them a bigger piece of cheese.

Join the civil service system under the cabinet and become a member of the public.

There are 400 provinces in the world, more than [-] counties, and many prefectures and government offices. How many grass-roots yamen servants and official positions can these places provide?
The grassroots yamen servants are all given official ranks, and the officials above them are naturally higher and paid better. Everyone understands these things.

Moreover, it is easy to enter these places to work, and you can get more salary, and you don't have to live a hard life on the border. I guess those poor soldiers will have to break their heads and squeeze in.
"Your Highness, do you mean to separate the officials who specialize in punishment and prison in the county government from the administrative system of the county government? Set up another government office?" Li Shanchang asked.

"I have this idea!"

"Of course, the chief officer can no longer be called a pawn. I think it's better to completely change the name to the inspection department?"

"In each province, each prefecture, each state, and each county, set up inspection departments, which are under the unified jurisdiction of the Ministry of Punishment."

"County-level inspection department is one rank lower than the county magistrate, and is under the dual supervision of the state-level inspection department and the county magistrate, but his real superior is the superior inspection department, so he will be under the jurisdiction of the county magistrate, But it will not completely become a vassal of the county magistrate, and can handle cases independently!"

"Wonderful!"

"Your Highness, this idea is wonderful."

When Li Shanchang talked about things, he didn't forget to flatter him.

"This is similar to the administrative system of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. In this way, the inspection department has not only received double supervision and jurisdiction, but also has an independent work space. In addition, the inspection department is transferred from the army to fill the role, and there is also a military department. Fang is the backstage, so since the inspection department arrests the bandits in the local area, the detection of the case will no longer be hindered by anyone, and it can be completely free to do things, so the efficiency will be greatly improved."

"The imperial court's jurisdiction over the grassroots will also be taken to a higher level."

Zhu Biao added with a smile after hearing the words: "The most important thing is that the generals in the army have basically practiced the 36 exercises of body training. Even if those soldiers are brushed off, they still have a strong foundation in martial arts. These people will be more effective in catching criminals in the local area. Handy!"

In fact, there is another benefit that Zhu Biao did not mention, that is, these soldiers in the army will definitely spread the 36 exercises to their relatives, friends, nephews and younger generations, and then these people will spread them to a wider range!
In this way, the 36 body training exercises will gradually spread to the whole folk in the future.

Although Zhu Biao did not issue a document to actively promote this matter, he also acquiesced.

Now that there is the animal husbandry base in the Real Demon Small World, the meat restrictions have been greatly improved, and with these monster meat, the strength of the warriors in the army will once again usher in a new round of rapid development.

In addition, the promotion of two kinds of improved rice varieties and various high-yield crops across the country.

At this time, it is very appropriate for the 36 exercises of body training to be delegated to the common people to start the era of martial arts training for all.

The future Ming Dynasty is the era of warriors, not immortals.

This is the unanimous thought of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao.

In short, this wave of military system reform is a win-win situation, or even a win-win situation. No one party will suffer losses, and naturally there will be no troubles.

In addition to the fact that the imperial court has to take out a large sum of money to serve as the construction funds for the inspection department.

Of course, this is still a small problem for Zhu Biao.

Even if there are not enough treasures, it doesn't matter, he has already made up his mind to issue Daming national bonds directly with Daming's national credit as an endorsement!
At that time, are you afraid that there will be no treasures to use?

nonexistent!

The news that the military system was going to be reformed quickly spread from the court to all directions.

At first, the grassroots generals everywhere were a little panicked, thinking that the court was going to dismiss him, but soon after the officials who came to read out the policy read it again and again, everyone put their hearts in their stomachs.

It turned out that they were not to be dismissed, but to be dispatched, and maybe even promoted.

This quickly calmed down the panic in the barracks.

Three months later.

Gaizhou Youwei, the capital of Liaodong, is located in a thousand households.

Sitting together with Qianhu Shen Jin and his subordinate deputy Qianhu and Qianbaihu, they were also discussing the military system reform of the imperial court this time.

"Brothers, what do you think of this military system reform?" Shen Jin asked, scanning all the people below.

"Brother, we all think it's a good thing anyway!"

"We've fought half our lives with our heads pinned to our trouser belts. This time, Your Majesty and His Royal Highness have kindly given us a chance to provide for the elderly. Of course, we must seize it!"

"Yes, yes, if you go to work in the inspection department, you don't have to stay in the frontier to suffer, but you can also enjoy the fancy world in the interior. Even if you get old and can't move anymore, you can still have a piece of imperial food. Why hesitate!"

"To be honest, the changes in the mainland are not small. I went back to my hometown to visit relatives on vacation last year, and I was almost blinded. If I can be assigned to be the director of the inspection department in a more prosperous state and county, I will wake up laughing from my dreams! "

Everyone kept chatting and laughing, but seeing Shen Jin's face was calm, gradually the voice of the discussion became much quieter.

A clever Baihu couldn't help but flattered with a smile: "I feel like Brother Shen, a fifth-rank Qianhu with military merits, if he voluntarily applies for a transfer, he will at least be the director of the Inspection Department of a prefecture. If you can do activities again, go to a richer prefecture city, and then take charge of a prison, then eating delicious food and drinking hot food is not easy, everyone said, right!"

"Yes, yes!" Everyone laughed again.

"I won't go!" Shen Jin silently shook his head.

"And I advise all brothers not to be blinded by these petty profits in front of you, so that you can't see where the real key points are?"

Everyone couldn't help but looked at each other when they heard the words, not understanding what Shen Jin meant.

"Brother Shen, tell me in detail. The brothers are all ignorant people, how can they understand the court's twists and turns!" Deputy Qianhu Ma Biao laughed foolishly.

"Didn't you see it? There will be big moves in the follow-up to this military system reform, and now this is just the beginning."

"The reassignment policy of this inspection department is in line with the order to cancel military households and soldiers in the army. To put it bluntly, this is to weed out the weak!"

"You can carefully read the regulations sent to me above. All soldiers over the age of 30 who have no energy will be automatically placed on the application list, and all those with injuries will also be given priority."

"If it's not enough, then according to the performance in the army, implement the last elimination system to eliminate the weak."

"I've never heard of such a good thing to eat and drink. It's for the weak. If this is the case, then all the officials in the court must have lost their minds."

"Tell me, is this possible?" Shen Jin asked.

Everyone shook their heads when they heard the words.

When Shen Jin said this, he grinned and continued: "That's it, I can be 100% sure, don't look at the good benefits and benefits of being transferred to the inspection department, as long as you can stay, the benefits and benefits in the future will only increase. it is good."

"At the very least, there will be a pension policy, and it seems that this situation will definitely spread to all soldiers, so that everyone will have no worries!"

When everyone heard this, they all hesitated.

Although the welfare of the inspection department in front of him is good, what Shen Jin said is not unreasonable!
Seeing that everyone was silent, Shen Jin threw out another blockbuster: "Let me tell you another top-secret news that I just got from above. The imperial court got a kind of meat called Warcraft meat, which can improve the speed of warriors' cultivation and help warriors break through the martial arts. The role of the bottleneck!"

"The amount of this kind of meat is huge, and it is very likely that it will be distributed to every soldier in the army as part of their salary in the future."

"I can tell you clearly that this thing will only be supplied to the army now, so don't even think about it if you go to the inspection department!"

Everyone gasped when they heard the words.

Now even though the spiritual energy has recovered for more than 20 years, the treasures of heaven and earth are still hard to come by, especially the treasures of heaven and earth that can improve the cultivation base are very few.

There is no such thing in the market, and even if it is, it will be snapped up immediately.

Most of the treasures of heaven and earth are monopolized in the hands of the imperial court to reward meritorious soldiers.

For example, Shen Qianhu in front of him once conquered a different world because he was selected, and made great contributions to it and obtained a elixir.

It was with this elixir that he broke through from the peak of Rongjin to the current Huajin.

As for the people below, let alone have eaten similar treasures that can improve cultivation, they have never even seen them.

Now I suddenly heard that it is possible for the future army to distribute this kind of thing as salary to everyone every month. No one can resist this kind of temptation.

Compared with high-ranking officials and high salary and glory and wealth, for these generals in the army, what is more tempting is this kind of good thing that can really improve their cultivation.

This is the foundation for a warrior to settle down.

If he could break through his innate ability and become a ninth-rank martial artist, he would also be able to receive preferential treatment from high-ranking officials, rich salary, and court, and even increase his lifespan.

Which is more important, everyone is very clear.

"For the sake of everyone's brothers, I will just say a few more words. If I feel that I am sure to break through the innate ones, I will stay and charge. If I feel that there is little hope, or if I am tired of fighting and killing, I can go to patrol. The prosecutor's pension."

Shen Jin looked around at everyone, and said with deep eyes: "I can only say that this choice is likely to affect your whole life, and even the life of your descendants."

"As for how to choose in the end, the choice is yours."

(End of this chapter)