Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 331 The Military Settlement System Is Not as Good as Imagined
Zhu Yuanzhang and his son ignored Zhu Di's barking.

This kid was extremely excited when he entered the wonderland for the first time, except that he was a little confused at the beginning.

He was shouting something like he was poisoned and someone was trying to murder his father.

Now seeing Wang Buli here, he shouted, why is he flirting with the fairy there!
It would be really disrespectful not to call you brother when doing such a good thing.

What happened next surprised Zhu Di even more. The fairy actually took the initiative to undress.

She rode on it!
"Hey, no."

Although Zhu Di did not think that Wang Buli could only have his sister as a woman in his life, why should that woman with a pretty face and a good figure have an affair with Wang Buli in front of them?
"Why is this kid so lucky!"

Zhu Di was quite excited.

In terms of relationships, among the three of them, father and son, he has the best relationship with Wang Buli.

Now seeing my friend enjoying himself so much, my fists are stiff!
motherfucker.

He doesn't even let his brothers share in the joy of such a good thing, but he keeps all the money to himself!
What the fuck is going on?
Compared to Zhu Di's indignation, Zhu Yuanzhang was used to it.

I even think that Wang Buli and the fairy Dunlun are more interesting.

It's better than letting this kid fall freely from a high altitude, or climbing barehanded without any safety measures. It would be too scary for them to have to stay by his side.

If you are not an ordinary person, you would not dare to play this kind of thing.

Zhu Biao also said that he was well-informed and it was normal for the fourth brother to lose his composure because it was the first time he saw this scene.

"Such a melodious sound!"

“It’s just a lascivious song.”

Zhu Di, who was just beginning to feel aroused, couldn't stand the stimulation at all and wanted to turn his head away, but the fairy was too good at moaning.

How could he, a pure boy, have ever seen such a scene?

Zhu Di glanced at the fairy and then at his father and elder brother. Seeing that they both looked indifferent, he was very puzzled.

"Brother." Zhu Di called softly, "Are we just going to sit there and watch?"

Compared with the father-son relationship, Zhu Di was still willing to look for his elder brother when he had something to ask.

So after entering the fairyland, he subconsciously asked his elder brother Zhu Biao.

"What else?" Zhu Biao pointed at Wang Buli who was still working hard: "Do you want to help subdue the fairy?"

"No, no." Zhu Di waved his hands quickly and said, "I mean, can we just sit here and watch?"

"We are all limited in our ability to enter the wonderland, so how can we compare with this kid!"

Zhu Yuanzhang explained the reason. It was not that they did not want to help Wang Buli subdue the fairy, but that they were all restricted and could not move away from a distance of ten feet around them.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di also began to explore and discovered that his father was real.

The three of them, father and his two sons, were completely confined in a transparent cage.

After satisfying his curiosity, Zhu Di looked at the decorations in the room and felt even more surprised, as many of them were things he had never seen before.

I didn’t expect the bed in the fairyland to be so big and it looks so soft.

The main thing is that the fairy is very attractive!
So, under the envious eyes of Zhu Di, he finally left the fairyland.

When the father and his two sons stood in the main hall, Zhu Di looked around and was really surprised.

Is this something like sleepwalking?
Amazing!

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Di and stared at him: "Fourth Brother, keep this matter to yourself and don't even tell Wang Buli about it."

"what?"

Zhu Di thought how could he not communicate this matter with Wang Buli, but looking at his father's gloomy face, he could only bow and say:

"Don't worry, father. I will keep my mouth shut."

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang then nodded, and Zhu Biao gave him some detailed instructions.

In short, only a few of us know about this matter at the moment, and we must not reveal the secret easily, otherwise we will not be able to enter again.

Besides, entering the wonderland is always full of uncertainty, and no rules have been found so far.

Zhu Biao did not tell the truth to Zhu Di, in case he could not keep his mouth shut, which would be very inappropriate.

Zhu Di naturally listened to his elder brother and patted his chest repeatedly to assure him that he would not tell even his own wife.

"Okay, let's quickly discuss what difficulties exist with the military household system."

Zhu Yuanzhang sent someone to call Hu Weiyong, Mu Ying and others to discuss the matter.

Zhu Di thought that Wang Buli could also enter the fairyland, but he must not know that his father and others could also enter the fairyland, otherwise he would not be so brave in the fairyland.

But this kind of adventure happened to Wang Buli.

So how did he meet him?
Zhu Di's mind was completely attracted by this matter, and he began to carefully recall all his interactions with Wang Buli.

Apart from having some special abilities, Wang Buli has never seen him use any magic?
This kid can only do some "opportunistic" weird and lewd tricks, what kind of bullshit magic, Zhu Di is sure that Wang Buli can't do it.

At most, they are some health-preserving methods.

There were three main sources of military households in the early Ming Dynasty. The first was those who were already military households in the Yuan Dynasty. They remained military households in the Ming Dynasty and were not allowed to change or leave the household registration.

The second is Duoji, where the government used forced conscription to turn civilians into military households.

The third is those who were sent into exile for their crimes.

In the fourth year of Hongwu, Zhou Dexing, Marquis of Jiangxia, selected more than 15,000 people from the civilian households in the four prefectures of Fuxing, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou in Fujian to serve as garrison soldiers in the coastal garrisons.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the military garrisons in the interior were mostly "conscripted from the army", while in the border areas, most of them were "convicted".

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang did not think that he was harsh in treating his soldiers.

But in reality, it is still quite harsh.

The military households in the counties and prefectures of the Ming Dynasty were different from the military households in the Tang Dynasty. The Ming government did not grant them land, but only provided them with food and clothing.

In order to ensure the supply of soldiers, Zhu Yuanzhang also imposed strict restrictions on the children of military households serving as officials or taking examinations to become students.

Hu Weiyong and others were not clear about the purpose of Zhu Yuanzhang's call. They only heard the emperor say that the court now gave them cattle, tools, seeds and other things, but many military households still fled.

We called you here today to discuss how the military household system can be improved so that there will be no more escapees.

This group of people would rather risk their lives to escape, which explains a lot of problems.

The officials under me did not report the actual situation to me. In short, I felt deceived and the consequences were serious.

Hu Weiyong, Mu Ying and others did not expect that the emperor would suddenly attack because of this matter.

After all, everyone is concerned about whether Wang Buli can catch the murderer of the cannibal.

Nowadays, entering and leaving the city is very slow, but they have also heard that many people have been identified as members of the White Lotus Sect.

Everyone is wondering whether Your Majesty will make this case into a big case like the empty seal case, as it will implicate many people.

"Hu Weiyong, you are the prime minister, you speak first."

Hu Weiyong, who was named, thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, should we first analyze the reason why they escaped?"

"You say it."

Hu Weiyong began by saying that since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the military households that settled in the countryside were allocated land for cultivation, the main purpose was to fix this group of people on the land and prevent them from doing evil everywhere, so that they could guarantee and provide a large number of soldiers for a long time, and this practice has continued since then.

Until the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the regular army farming, the remaining men also had to work in the farmlands.

Their purpose was not only to provide soldiers and military service, but also to pay the harvest from their farming to the garrisons as military pay to supply the army.

"Your Majesty allowed the remaining men in the army to reclaim wasteland. Originally, there was no tax on the land, but some places began to collect taxes, with one bushel of grain per mu, which was heavier than the grain collected from the people."

Hu Weiyong talked a lot before finally revealing the shocking news.

Especially in the northern region, many fields have been left barren, and it is difficult to turn them into fertile fields without being cultivated for several years. If the grain handed over by the regular army is not enough, they can only get it from the surplus soldiers.

After Hu Weiyong said this, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly understood and everything made sense.

He originally thought that the corruption of the military household system would only occur after his death, but he did not expect it to happen while he was still alive.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang had been transporting grain to the north continuously and had border troops cultivate land over the years, the effect was not significant and most of the time, national defense was maintained at a loss.

In many places in the north, there is very little farming, and most people grow grass.

The Yuan Dynasty relied on the south for its food supply.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that if the destruction of the military settlement system was allowed to continue, the escape of these military households would be a small matter, but if they could no longer tolerate it and all rebelled, that would be a serious matter.

It costs much more to suppress a rebellion than to collect less taxes.

The military settlement system collapsed, and the military pay could not be solved. During the Zhengtong period, more than one million soldiers deserted, accounting for half of the country. Since the abolition of the military settlement system, the capital, the southeast coast, and even the north and south of the Yangtze River, which used to be fields for farming, have now become overgrown with weeds.

This was also during the Zhengtong period, when Yesen attacked the capital. The garrison troops were useless and could not go into battle, so in order to defend the capital, the recruitment system was started.

“This trend cannot be allowed to grow.”

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while before he spoke. Since he said that taxes could not be levied on the remaining men, then they could not be levied.

The right prime minister, Wang Guangyang, had already returned from the barren land of Guangdong, and at this time he no longer had any intention of opposing Hu Weiyong.

He listened to Hu Weiyong talking without saying a word.

"Xu Da, you have relocated nearly 200,000 people to the north and established more than 250 military farms, which has greatly alleviated the court's food and salary supply problems. Tell me about that, too."

Xu Da sat on the stool and recalled a few things:
“It is difficult to provide livestock, farming tools, and seeds on our own. Even if the imperial court allocates them, it will take a long time and there will be a huge gap.

Many places have to rely on human cultivation, which is very hard work, wastes the farming season, and yields little harvest.

Moreover, the farming time in different places is not exactly the same, there are always some differences. "

All these matters were allocated by the Ministry of Works' Tuntian Qingli Division and had not yet been handed over to the local provincial governments.

Therefore, even after the court craftsmen finished making the agricultural tools, they had to be transported from Nanjing to the north.

"Do you have any idea?"

Xu Da bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, since the provincial government has been established, why not let the manufacturing of farm tools and the purchase of livestock be handled by the provincial governments in various places? This way, we can have more time."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and asked someone to write down this suggestion first. As for how to plan corruption and other things later, they could talk about other things later.

Because corruption inside and outside Nanjing could not be completely eradicated, even though Zhu Yuanzhang had used many thundering measures, there were still people who dared to take action, not to mention the distant territory where the emperor was.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang knew about the miserable condition of the border troops, which was all caused by corrupt officials.

He even thought of having everyone read Water Margin to see how so many people would have gone to Liangshan if the officials had not forced the people to rebel.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not think that the book Water Margin would encourage others to rebel, because he could see that his master Luo Guanzhong still emphasized the issue of surrender.

What's more, Song Jiang in history did not cause such a big thing. He was just a group of bandits.

"Any more?"

"Niu Shao."

Xu Da gave the fundamental reason that the craftsmen in Nanjing City could work overtime to make the agricultural tools.

But plowing land with cows and plowing land without cows are two completely different concepts.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little worried because it takes time to raise oxen for work. He had previously obtained a lot of oxen for the garrison by "confiscation of property".

Now that these merchants took the initiative to send money to buy special government bonds, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't find any reason to confiscate their properties again.

Unless they have also colluded with the White Lotus Sect!
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang did not say this to anyone else, so as to avoid giving others a chance to talk about him.

"The enemy troops come to loot on a small scale every day, and they also lose oxen." Xu Da said leisurely:
"The main problem is that many of the garrison troops don't know how to raise cattle. They always drive the cattle to plow the fields, and eventually the cattle die of exhaustion."

The scarcer the cattle, the more time it takes.

The more time it takes, the more the cows will be exhausted and the fewer their numbers will become.

It's a dead loop.

Of course, the cow was exhausted and had to be replaced.

But the garrison troops are not even as valuable as the cattle, what can they buy?

It is inevitable that someone will escape.

Is it just his fault that the cow was exhausted to death?
He is indeed the most unlucky one.

The game of passing the flower cannot be played anymore when it comes to him.

"In order to avoid punishment, perhaps there will be false records."

Chen Ning also mentioned that what was reported in the newspaper might not be the real situation, and the situation might be even bleaker.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he became even more depressed.

He suddenly realized that what he thought was saving money was actually undermining the foundation he had worked so hard to build to maintain the Ming Dynasty's rule.

As expected, after becoming an emperor, he was left alone.

For many things, the ministers would not report every detail to their superiors.

Sometimes he would only report good news and not bad news, which made Zhu Yuanzhang think that under his rule, the Ming Dynasty was much stronger than the Yuan Dynasty.

At present, it seems that governing the world is not an easy task.

"Damn it."

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he almost overturned the table. Seeing that everyone around him was looking at him, he half-left the stool and knelt on the ground to apologize.

He also gave up being a desktop cleaning master.

These confidants are always willing to tell the truth.

"father."

Zhu Biao gently tugged at his sleeve, then lost his temper and swallowed back everyone's true words.

"I am angry at the officials who deceived the emperor and committed fraud."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked everyone to stand up and continue discussing the issue of military settlements in the Ming Dynasty. At present, it seems that this system is not very perfect.

"Mu Ying, you were also sent out to train the troops, but did you also see the farming?"

"Your Majesty, I have learned a little bit while I was out there."

Mu Ying simply said that he found that the collection of grain from military settlements was not very reasonable.

At the beginning of the movement of military settlements, they were divided into many places and could not be concentrated together, especially the settlements in the hinterland. The settlements were divided into many places and were very scattered.

Not only does the quality of military fields vary within a larger area, but even within the same plot of land, it is difficult to ensure that the soil quality is exactly the same.

The fields in Xixiang are low-level and easy to irrigate with water. The couple worked hard and were able to cultivate 25 mu, yielding 8.6 liters per mu per year.

The fields in Dongxiang are high and steep, making irrigation difficult. Although the couple tried their best to cultivate the land, they could only cultivate five acres, and the annual yield per acre was four liters and three he, less than one dou.

This is the fertile land in the north, and other garrisons may not be able to get such land.

The fertility of the land varies greatly, but the grain stored is collected at a rate of six stones per head.

Then many soldiers will flee.

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that the land in Shanxi and Shaanxi was too barren and prone to natural disasters.

However, in order to solve the Mongolian problem, they had to defend there. Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang also planned to control the Western Regions in the future, and Shaanxi was an area that needed to be focused on.

Otherwise, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have sent Crown Prince Zhu Biao there to investigate whether it was suitable as the new capital to strengthen control over the north.

Of course, in the 35th year of Hongwu, Zhu Di ordered the Five Military Commanderies to supervise the military farming in the garrisons.

Military settlements did play a role, especially during the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties. A small portion of the land was cultivated, but a large portion was abandoned land that had to be reclaimed or barren land that no one has cultivated to this day.

In addition, before the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the Wu Liang brothers, with less than 5,000 people, opened up military farms and were able to fight Zhang Shicheng for ten years.

These facts further intensified Zhu Yuanzhang's policy of vigorously promoting military farming after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.

After listening to Mu Ying's words, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that the people around him had exaggerated the issue of military farming, which misled his judgment on the matter.

It is said that the land of one army is enough to supply the needs of the army, there is surplus storage on the border, and the country does not have to spend money on transporting wages.

Although military farming played a certain role, it definitely did not mean that the court did not need to supply any more troops. Otherwise, what was the point of opening up the Sino-French system?
In short, the current military settlements in the Ming Dynasty have not reached the scale that Zhu Yuanzhang imagined, and there is an extreme shortage of cattle.

But where do cows come from?

"Father, I have a plan to alleviate the shortage of cattle in Ming Dynasty."

They had been listening quietly until Zhu Di suddenly spoke, causing everyone to look at him sideways.

After all, it was strange that the fourth brother appeared here, but after a long time, he was treated as a transparent person and no one noticed him.

Even Zhu Di's father-in-law Xu Da was so focused on improving the military settlements that he had no time to pay attention to his good son-in-law.

When Zhu Di heard him say that he had a good idea, he also glanced over.

"you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously wanted to refute, but then he thought that the fourth brother would also be the emperor in the future, and he had dealt with this kind of thing before, so maybe he could come up with a good idea right now!

"Tell me."

(End of this chapter)