Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 571

"Waizhen and Tunzhen will all belong to the Ministry of War, and the salary will go to the Ministry of Households. The regiment training will go to the governor, governor, sub patrol, prefect and county prefect, and control the command."

"What about the salary?"

At the Prime Minister's Office, ministers are discussing matters.

The imperial court couldn't keep too many soldiers, so outside the imperial camp and the Beijing camp, it had to be reorganized into outer towns, tun towns, and even regiments to train and protect bravery. However, how to manage them was also a problem, and a system and standard had to be formulated.

Hong Chengchou had relatively rich military experience among the courtiers, and he had stayed with the Tartars for several years, so he knew the enemy well. He said bluntly, "A mansion raises five thousand soldiers and one thousand auxiliary soldiers. If there are standing soldiers, It is definitely not enough, but if it is a town, if it is usually on five rotations, and it is also in the frontier, it should be enough for the family members Yu Ding to farm the land, pay the government rent after the harvest, and then provide the army for the town according to the quota.

In addition to the tea and horse trade in the border areas, the mining of minerals, and the sale of salt and wine, plus lijin, there is still a surplus. "

Ruan Dacheng, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said directly that the army and taxes must be separated, just like the imperial camp also has officials in charge of food, payment and equipment.

Even if it is to set up towns in the border areas, the soldiers' salaries have to be separated.

The farm land awarded and rented to the town and its family members must also be managed and collected by another official assigned by the imperial court, such as setting up a field envoy, or directly assigned to the sub-patrol, the grain supervision department, the tax department, the magistrate, etc. , managed and collected by them, uniformly registered and stored in the warehouse, and then transferred to the villages and towns according to military needs.

In particular, tea horses, salt wine, mining tax and lijin cannot be collected directly in Tunzhen.

If the court delegates power to them, something will happen.

Then it came to the question of what kind of food and subsidy standards should be set for Tunzhen, Waizhen, Tuanlian, etc., how much should be paid, whether the Waizhen and Tunzhen are the same, or have their own standards, and whether the Tunzhen should be paid when the Tunzhen is not on duty. Some subsidies, when the value should be what standard.

How much monthly food?How much?
Do you want to eat meat?
Do you need to buy a horse, or do you want to give the horse grass money.

"Since the establishment of foreign towns, village towns, and regiment training, they all have a purpose. The purpose is to defend the border and protect the country, protect the border and the people. If you want to fight, you must be able to fight. Otherwise, what is the establishment? If there are not enough Equipment, is it enough to have a long gun in hand?

With such soldiers, it would be better for the whole people to be soldiers, but what's the use?

Isn't it a good lesson for the previous guards to be rotten? "

Xu Shiqi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, proposed that the outer towns should be equipped with weapons and intensive training according to the standards of the previous provincial battalions. They should be limited to [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers in each town, and they could be retained according to the defense area under their jurisdiction. Some soldiers and horses are stationed soldiers, and they can also lead some regiments for training.

But it should be distinguished. The barracks in the outer towns should be well equipped, have elite soldiers, have enough training, be able to fight bravely, and have to improve their food and wages. For meat, three buckets of food and three taels of silver are paid each month. "

Three taels of silver plus three buckets of food, in his opinion, is the minimum standard to guarantee the combat effectiveness of soldiers in the outer towns. If it is lower than this amount, it is too different from the imperial camp. Even the brave men of the imperial camp are inferior. How can we guarantee combat effectiveness? and faithful.

For the auxiliary soldiers in the outer town, it can be reduced to three buckets of rice plus one tael of silver.

Tun towns, there are border towns set up by the imperial court, and towns under the jurisdiction of foreign towns in the interior. Tun towns should have a lower level of food and wages than soldiers in other towns. not yet.As for Tunzhen in the outer town, the monthly grain is three buckets plus one tael of silver when on duty.

For group training, when on duty and training, only Mi Sandou is given.

In case of war, another silver reward will be given.

Weapons and equipment are all purchased and provided by the imperial court, and there is no need to buy them yourself, such as mule soldiers, transporting grooms, etc., and you can also receive horse feed.

Everyone also agreed with Ruan Dacheng's proposal of separation of salaries from soldiers and the appointment of military officers at all levels to the imperial court.

Only by controlling money and food can we control soldiers and horses.Only by mastering the appointment and removal of military officers can we not lose control.

In fact, the establishment of Waizhen and Tunzhen were all local troops, even Shunying, Xiying, local tyrants, bandits, etc. were recruited and reorganized. The characteristics of these troops are large numbers, mixed composition, and poor military discipline. , the combat power is also weak, and the loyalty is not high.

The situation is smooth and obedient. Once the situation is not good, many people will be foolish and even turn into chaos.

If these soldiers and horses are not properly controlled, not only will the military expenditure be huge, but it will also make the place difficult to stabilize and even pose a threat to the central government.

For example, Jin Shenghuan and Geng Zhongming both surrendered. Anyway, this kind of people have territory and soldiers, and they occupy a special position. The imperial court is not easy to force reorganization for a while, so as not to provoke a mutiny. While working slowly, the frog was boiled in warm water, and the power was withdrawn little by little.

There are also local officials such as Mi Layin and Ding Guodong who originally returned to the Ministry, rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and returned to the Ming Dynasty, and are located in the far west of Hexi.

They must be treated differently, starting from reality and focusing on the overall situation.

The tribes of Shunying organized several towns, but only Li Chixin's loyalty was reserved as the outer town, and the rest of the towns were called tun towns.

Now, the tribes of Rushunying, after Li Chixin took down Yiling, claimed to have 10,000 soldiers in armor, Gao Bizheng, after integrating the generals Hao Yaoqi and Liu Tichun, also claimed to have more than [-] soldiers, and the rest of the Shunying generals each had their own battalion numbers , adding up to [-]+ armored soldiers.

Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren in Jiangxi, as well as the new Longwu Army of Dongman Zhang'an, were divided into Nanchang, Jiujiang, Raozhou, etc. in the northwest of Zhenjiang, and they added up to tens of thousands of horses.

Even Geng Zhongming, who was defeated in Laizhou and retreated to Liaodong last year, is now guarding the Dongjiang River and garrisoning North Korea in just one year.

These generals like to recruit troops without restraint.

In this regard, the imperial court can only repeatedly emphasize the need to control the number of troops, give them military numbers, quotas, and even control from the aspect of food and payment, and take back the power to collect food and taxes.

But they can also make money to maintain it by persuading donations, increasing distributions, and even setting up card collection fees.

This is a game between the central government and the local government. In the face of the common enemy Manqing, Zhu Yihai also had to deal with it carefully, and he could not act too hastily, otherwise he would rebel like Yunyang Wang Guangen.

As long as it's not too much, it's not impossible for Zhu Yihai to bear it.

Looking to the future, think long-term.

Just like Geng Zhongming, although Zhu Yihai knew all about this guy's small calculations, but now he is still doing his best to fight against Qing, so some things are temporarily ignored.

Even after Zhu Yihai knew that Geng Zhongming was smuggling and trading with North Koreans in Dongjiang and other places, he gave him a special order to send people to formally set up a border market there for Geng Zhongming to coordinate management. He paid Dongjiang Town as military pay, and also tacitly allowed Geng Laoer to do business in Dongjiang Town secretly.

As long as you hit the Tartars and don't have an affair with the Tartars, everything is easy to talk about.

But for Geng Zhongming's speed of military expansion, Zhu Yihai still has to beat him.

Now the ministers also proposed that the soldiers and horses in the outer towns will be given [-] places per town, and the excess can be organized into towns or regiments, and they will still be led by the admirals of the outer towns, but at least in name they are separated and more formal .

Dongjiang Town is organized as a foreign town, and then governs Tunzhen and Tuanlian, and 3 people can also be arranged.

At least under the supervision of the court.

"This matter is discussed by the ministers. Outer Town, Tunzhen, Tuanlian, and Baoyong must draw up a formal system and follow the rules in the future. Local civil affairs, justice, finance and taxation must be dispatched by the imperial court. The local officials are responsible, the generals are only responsible for guarding, training and fighting, and don’t worry about the rest.”

"In view of the loyalty, bravery and hard work of the soldiers from other towns, I have decided to reward each town with 10 silver dollars."

A town of [-] is not much.

Now in the imperial battalion, for each combat battalion, the salary of Moonlight soldiers is 3000 yuan. There are five armies in the imperial battalion headquarters, plus ten camps. The five armies in the headquarters each have four towns, and each town has ten battalions.

There are 90 battalions in the headquarters, and another 100 battalions in the camp. The [-] battalions alone cost [-] yuan a month. If you add the auxiliary battalions equipped, you will get a base of [-] million yuan, not counting the officers. and common silver.

The imperial camp is a monthly expense, and even a pension.

Outer towns don’t have this kind of treatment, even equipment. Now the imperial camp is getting better and better equipped, especially with professional sailors, cavalry, and artillery. The infantry is also equipped with a large number of firearms. They are incomparable.

Their equipment is still relatively old, and the supply is slow and scarce.

The longer the time, the greater the equipment gap will be.

Especially when the camp is complete, they will be surrounded by the imperial camp.

This time, one hundred thousand for one town is only equivalent to three months' salary for one town in the imperial camp, but it can have a good soothing and motivating effect.

After giving this money, the imperial court asked them to standardize the back amount and hand over the tax, and they could not refuse.

Even given this amount of money, the equipment such as cotton armor, muskets, and artillery was less adjusted, so it is not easy to say much.

After all, it is completely politically correct to give priority to the imperial battalion.

The equipment of the imperial battalion headquarters is not perfect yet.

Up to now, the emperor's idea of ​​building an imperial army has basically been established, that is, the five central armies, plus ten local towns, and in the future there may be thirteen towns, fifteen towns, or even eighteen towns, and it will probably be one province. A town camp.

In the key places of Gyeonggi, there are five more armies stationed.

The frontier is Tunzhen, and the inland is dominated by group training.

In the future, the outer towns will definitely be gradually reorganized into the imperial camp, or converted into a village town.

The royal camp group that can fight, the treatment is better.

The garrison troops with no combat missions in the interior must be treated worse.

Among the armies in the imperial camp, the five armies of the headquarters must be the trump card, one army and four towns, one water, one cavalry, two steps, and the infantry must also establish a special artillery unit.

A large number of muskets will be equipped to form an army dominated by firearms.

Although this road is very long, but the direction is set, and steady progress is enough.

With this army building plan, then there is financial cooperation, as well as the construction and guarantee of the military logistics system, and even the training and selection of military officers, and the selection of soldiers.

"I plan to establish several military academies, the Royal Naval Academy in Qingdao, and the Royal Army Academy in Fengtian. Outside the Penglai Palace, there will also be a Royal Lecture Hall.

In addition, I want to follow the example of the Tang Dynasty and set up the four guards of pro-Xun Yiwu. "

"Children of the royal family and clan, who have reached their age, will be selected and hired as personal guards. There are two battalions of personal guards, with a quota of [-].

The empress, imperial concubine, nine concubines and nine concubines are relatives, honorable ministers, and descendants of virtuous descendants. After reaching the age of eighteen, they will be selected and hired as honor guards and two battalions of honor guards, with a quota of [-].

The children of the fifth grade and above of civil and military officials, who have reached the age of eighteen, will be selected and hired as Yiwei and Yiwei two battalions, with a quota of [-].

In addition, the children of martyrs who died in battle to protect their families and the country in the army, who have reached the age of [-], will be selected and hired as Wuwei and Wuwei Fourth Battalion, with a quota of [-]. "

The emperor will build four new guards, but unlike the original Jinyiwei and others, these people are not exactly the inner three guards and five mansions of the Tang Dynasty.

There are special criteria for their selection. The royal family members, or the children of honored relatives, or the children of high-ranking officials, or the orphans of martyrs, total five thousand of them. After being selected, they will serve in Beijing.

They took turns guarding the palace city and guarding the palace gates, some of them served the emperor, and they also served as guards of honor during court meetings.

When they are not on duty, they are stationed outside the palace, training and practicing wars. Some generals will teach them how to fight, and even the emperor will give them lectures.

So this is a very special soldier, which is different from ordinary imperial camp towns.

It is even said that it is somewhat similar to the previous Fu Qianwei. After all, Fu Qianwei also had a name before, Xuejun.

It's just that there are restrictions on the selection of the four guards this time, and they haven't been working as the four guards all the time.

Periodic assessment, according to the results, they will be distributed to the towns in batches, or promoted in the guard. When the four guards are selected, they are actually ordinary soldiers. It is different from the three guards in the Tang Dynasty who were directly awarded the seventh and eighth rank. If they perform well, they can graduate and be promoted to other towns.

This is not only a kind of preferential treatment for the royal family, foreign officials, officials and even martyrs who sacrificed for the country, but also another branch of the emperor's students.

These young people guarded the emperor in Beijing for several years, and even received the emperor's own teaching, and then they were sent out as low-level military officers, and they were gradually promoted with their combat achievements.

A batch of young four guards released to the outside world will definitely be able to better defend the imperial power.

Among them, personal guards are only limited to the royal clan, and the clans within the fifth service and the imperial relatives outside the fifth service are each given [-] places, and these Zhu family children are continuously recruited for training, and they will continue to go to various command positions in the army.

In order to ensure a certain proportion and status of the royal family in the army.

Wuwei is quite special, only the children of sacrificed martyrs are selected, not limited to the family background, which also reflects the emperor's gratitude and kindness to ordinary soldiers.

For the four guards with a quota of [-], one person will be selected and another person will be selected, and it will remain unchanged.

This will become a royal non-commissioned officer academy, which will continuously send loyal and reliable young junior military officers to the army.

The ministers have long been used to the emperor throwing out some new things from time to time, and they are also used to the emperor always making decisions before acting. After the emperor carefully explained the situation of the four guards, there were not many objections.

Except for this Wuwei, in fact, although the three guards of Qin Xunyi have different names in the past dynasties, they all have a similar family welfare. No matter what the name is, they are basically the same.

How could those officials, especially the relatives of Xunchen, not have special benefits?

It's like the Ming Dynasty in the past that attached great importance to titles. Unlike the Tang and Song dynasties that were light on titles or even false titles, the Ming Dynasty was not granted world titles unless it was military meritorious service. Foreign relatives are generally granted titles, at most one or two generations.

Those sons of the Lord of the Lord received extremely high treatment.

For example, Xun Chen directly served as the general officer, or Wei Guogong guarded Nanjing for generations.

For some senior officials, there are many ways for their children to become officials, etc., and it is not necessary to take the road of imperial examinations.

Now the emperor has reformed the nobility system, almost resetting the titles of the imperial clan, and cutting them severely.Many honorary titles that have been handed down for nearly 300 years have also been taken away.

The new clan and meritorious officials are not as good as before, and there are even many lifetime and false titles.

Therefore, the establishment of a new four guards now can be regarded as adding a way to become an official for these descendants of the honored clan and other clans. The deputy head of the team and so on started.

Good thing.

Who would object?

Compared with the system of directly shading officials by door, this is not in conflict. It is equivalent to an extra benefit, and it is very practical. Of course, everyone is willing to support it.

(End of this chapter)