Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 458
In fact, the abolition of the guards under the Ming Dynasty, the retention of the capital and guards, and the endowment of a new power attribute were all part of Emperor Chongzhen's plan to reform the army.

According to Emperor Chongzhen's conception, he will use at least ten years to build an effective military system in Daming with the compulsory military service system as the benchmark and full-time professional soldiers as the core. The core concept of defending the territory and conquering the Quartet.

If Ming wants to change the status quo, the unbalanced political ecology of civil and military affairs must be corrected. Only by combining civil and military affairs can Da Ming be guaranteed a strong rise.

At that time, the power centers involving the military, such as the Ministry of War, the Military Aircraft Department, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, will make corresponding adjustments.

This will be a long way to go.

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance and cannot be decided so rashly."

Wang Qia stepped forward, with an excited expression on his face, bowed his head and said, "If the guards are really abolished, what form should we use to maintain the guards and stabilize places in various places in Ming Dynasty?
If the recruitment system is adopted, the financial burden on the imperial court will be extremely serious, even far exceeding the cost of the guards in various places.

If the so-called militiamen are called to shoulder the corresponding responsibilities, there will be huge hidden dangers for fear of local stability. If there are some rebellions, militiamen who are busy with farming and have no intention of training, how can they ensure that the rebellion is put down?

If Your Majesty really wants to do this, I am afraid that our Ming Dynasty will form a separatist regime. If this is the case, then the country of the Ming Dynasty will be in danger. "

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

Zhou Yanru and Huang Liji stepped forward to answer.

When it comes to the complete dismantling of the guards, Wang Qia and the others never thought of using the Five Armies Commander's Mansion to create a new military framework for Ming Dynasty.

In other words, the civil servants of Ming Dynasty would never allow the generals suppressed by them to be equal to them one day.

The ass decides the head.

But the Daming Guard at this stage has long been rotten to the root, and the mud can no longer support the wall.

However, the actual defense of the Nine Frontiers, the defense of Liaodong, and the suppression of rebellion in Shanxi and other places are based on the recruitment system, but in name it is still the same as the guard.

Including the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River and all parts of the southwest, it is difficult to maintain it. If there is any big disturbance in the south of the Yangtze River and the southwest, it will also collapse.

However, Li Banghua and Wang Zaijin didn't come forward to remonstrate immediately. They guessed what the emperor wanted only through "small-scale trial adjustments".

Regarding the above situations, Li Banghua and Wang Zaijin should be more clear in their hearts.

"It seems that the Qing family, when considering issues, only care about the present."

Emperor Chongzhen was not annoyed either, he lifted his robe sleeves, looked at Wang Qia and the others, and said, "I won't talk too much about the actual situation in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and all the ministers know it well.

If I hadn't considered what you said, I wouldn't have asked the Military Aircraft Department to make a trial adjustment on a small scale first.

The implementation of this matter will take at least ten years of trials and explorations before it can be gradually formed. Could it be that within this period of time, I and the various ministers cannot solve the so-called separatist situation of the feudal town?

Is it necessary to fully adopt the recruitment system to maintain an army that can stabilize the country?
I would like to ask you, if you don’t take this step, most of the useless guards will occupy a large amount of land for no reason. Instead of providing taxes to the treasury, on the contrary, the court will support them. What will happen to the Ming Dynasty’s finances in the future? "

In the East Nuan Pavilion, Emperor Chongzhen's rhetorical question echoed, Wang Qia, Zhou Yanru and the others were all lost in thought.

They understand a lot of truths about what the emperor said, but doing such a thing will cause too much influence and turmoil.

Once it is said that the ruling and opposition parties know about this matter, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Your Majesty, I dare to ask you a question."

Wang Zaijin stepped forward, bowed and said, "Are these ideas written by Your Majesty intend to use the methods of Tianxiong Army, Zhongyong Army, and Yongwei Battalion to actually guard the place?"

"Not at all."

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, then frowned and said: "Now I can't tell all about it, even the rectification of the guardhouse has not produced corresponding results, even if I tell it, what's the use?
Talk about nothing else.

For example, on the northern Zhili side, there are the Jimiyong Sanxie garrison defending the capital, and the three major battalions defending the capital. I want to ask you, what is the use of keeping those non-essential capital guards?

Don't take Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Chengzu when they were at the top of the imperial court to compare it with the time when I was in the imperial court now. This is different.

If under the rule of Beizhili, those non-essential guards can be gradually abolished like the three guards in Tianjin, and just incorporated into the official lands of various places can increase a lot of land taxes, not to mention the annual allocation to How much can their food and salaries add up to reduce the burden on the national treasury? "

What the Son of Heaven said and the accounts he calculated made Wang Qia, Zhou Yanru, and Huang Liji silence. Indeed, if a brand-new military system can be explored, it will indeed relieve Daming a lot of burden.

But they really can't imagine what kind of military system can gradually replace the existing military system in a reasonable and stable manner.

But Li Banghua and Wang Zaijin thought of something.

The training system for generals, headed by the Xiyuan Lecture Hall and the Military Lecture Hall, will shoulder more and more responsibilities in the coming years.

It was even predictable that if Daming could really put down the rebellion and build captives, then Zhou Yuji and his group of generals who were good at fighting would definitely get a corresponding promotion.

"Your Majesty, I feel that it is feasible to abolish and try out some capital guards first." Li Banghua stepped forward at this time and said: "After all, as Your Majesty said, around the capital area, or even the entire North Zhili, There are too many soldiers and horses on guard, and they are too complicated, which has caused a great burden to the court."

After a trip to Shanxi, Li Banghua's thoughts changed a lot. Instead of daydreaming, instead of looking forward and backward, it is better to do things well.

"My minister agrees!"

Wang Zaijin followed closely behind.

"This matter is settled like this for the time being."

Seeing this scene, Emperor Chongzhen made a final decision: "Do what you can do well first, and then discuss and adjust in detail when you encounter any situation in the future.

The Fifth Army Battalion and the Shenshu Battalion are about to evacuate from the capital, and define the guard system around the capital. When your military aircraft is abolishing the capital, you must take these into consideration.

After the abolition of the guards in Beizhili is over, I will call the ministers again at that time to clarify the follow-up deployment. If there is nothing else to do, I will step down.

I don't want any topic about this to appear in the court. "

Hearing this, Wang Qia and other military ministers all understood one thing. The emperor's determination to deal with this matter is very strong. I'm afraid there will be many changes in Ming Dynasty in the future.

(End of this chapter)