When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that everyone had arrived, he asked,
“Why is there such a big difference in the number of elderly household registrations in the two prefectures in Henan?
did you know? "
Zhu Yuanzhang's words seemed to be asking everyone,
But the direction he was looking at was the Minister of War,
Seeing the Minister of War's frown, Zhu Yuanzhang motioned with his eyes to Xu Sima to come forward and give the Minister of War the data from the survey on the number of elderly households in his hand.
The Minister of War took it with both hands and thanked Xu Sima.
Then he lowered his head and looked up.
Regarding the household registration issue in the Ming Dynasty, it seems a bit strange to ask the Minister of the Ministry of War instead of the Minister of Hubu.
But, in fact, there is no problem at all.
The Ministry of Husbandry holds the household registration of civilian households, while the Ministry of War holds the household registration of the Military Department.
What's more, it's the early Ming Dynasty now,
There are governor's offices all over the state capitals, and the soldiers in these governor's offices are all in the military.
Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that when there is no war in the Dudu Mansion, farming should be carried out on the spot, and the ratio of the number of farming and preparing for war is eight to two.
But the actual situation is that except for the Dudufu in central Beijing, almost every soldier in the Dudufu in other prefectures needs to farm.
Farming is their main task.
For example, in the battles in Liaodong and Korea, the soldiers and horses dispatched by various military generals were all dispatched from the Governor's Office in central Beijing.
The soldiers and horses of the Jingdong capital are the most effective.
As for the Se kings who defend each border, they have their own soldiers and horses.
So just like what Ru Taisu said, if Lao Zhu wants to figure this out, he has to ask the Ministry of Husbandry and if he doesn't understand, he has to ask the Ministry of War.
The Minister of War has really not noticed this situation, but now that His Majesty has asked him, he can only think about the military system of the government.
Looking at Nanyang Mansion and Runing Mansion again, the Minister of War seemed to understand.
"Your Majesty, there are actually differences between the two places."
Zhu Yuanzhang said oh,
asked,
"What is the difference that can lead to so many elderly people?"
Shen Jin, Minister of War, said respectfully,
"Your Majesty, Runing Mansion is close to the Huaihe River."
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then became more enlightened.
The words of Ru Taisu, the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, and the words of Shen Jin, the Minister of the Ministry of War,
It adds up and is the answer.
This means that there is nothing wrong with Lao Zhu’s previous thinking.
At the same time, he called the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the Grand Governor of the Dudu Mansion.
This matter cannot be separated from these three people.
Shen Jin, Minister of War, continued,
"His Majesty,
All the income from farming by the soldiers of the Dudu Mansion must be handed over to the court, and then the Ministry of War will allocate one stone of food per month, which is twelve stones a year.
Henan is a large grain warehouse and the heart of the Central Plains. Runing Prefecture is also close to the Huaihe River and is an important place for water transportation, so it mainly focuses on farming.
The cultivated land in Runing Prefecture is not deserted, the grain yield is high, and there are many people, so naturally there are many elderly people.
On the contrary,
The Dudufu of Nanyang Prefecture is close to the land route and is an important place for border fortress kings to borrow troops.
According to the military system of the Ming Dynasty, the King of Sai could mobilize troops and horses from the governor's palace, but the troops and horses mobilized would have to fight and would have no time to farm.
If they don't cultivate the land and pay for food, they won't have a monthly salary of one stone.
Therefore, after being transferred out, they can only hire people to farm the land at the price of eight dan per year, and earn four dan themselves.
However, this is also half. If you save half, you can simply use the military expenses of the King of Sai, and the land of the original state capital will be desolate.
Nanyang Prefecture cannot have a large harvest every year and has to bear the same taxes as Runing Prefecture.
It’s the same amount of money for 10,000 people, and it’s the same amount for 100 people.
Although His Highness Sheng Sun has implemented a whipping method, the situation of missing households in Nanyang Mansion is difficult to reverse.
There are fewer and fewer people, and naturally there are fewer elderly people. "
Shen Jin, the Minister of War, said a lot, but he finally explained the matter clearly.
simply put,
Same place but different destiny,
Runing Mansion has access to water transportation, and the soldiers of the Mansion farm at full capacity.
If grain production is high, policies are good, and there are many people, there will also be many elderly people.
There were frequent wars in the Ming Dynasty, and Nanning Prefecture soldiers were transferred from time to time.
Once the government soldiers were transferred, some of the fields in the military camp were left uncultivated. There was little food, few people, and also few old people.
After all, the key lies in the military system of this mansion.
That is to say,
It is clear,
The government military system is somewhat out of date.
When you farm, you farm, and when you fight, you fight. Mixing these two things together is a bit outdated for the rapidly developing Ming Dynasty.
certainly,
The government military system made great contributions in the early days of the Ming Dynasty.
Not only in the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that at the beginning of the founding of many dynasties, they followed the line of farming and warfare, which was reflected in the existence of government soldiers.
Farming in leisure time and fighting in wartime.
Before the Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties entered the Central Plains, this fighting model was basically the same. The Mongolian thousand-household system was both a production organization and a combat unit.
It can ensure extremely high combat effectiveness while ensuring production.
However, there is no system that can be settled once and for all. Now the Ming Dynasty's military system has entered a state of suspension.
They were not needed in the war, but sometimes they had to be deployed when there was a shortage of men. This meant that in the end, they neither fought the battle nor cultivated the land.
Moreover, it is now the 20th year of Hongwu, which means that it has been 20 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. The original soldiers have been replaced a long time ago.
In the past, the soldiers of the government could really do it. They farmed in their spare time and directly replaced their hoes with bows and arrows in wartime, maintaining extremely high combat effectiveness.
But the current government soldiers are not good enough. Many of them have never even been on the battlefield. As time goes by, they will lose more and more combat effectiveness.
The main purpose of the government soldiers is to fight farming. If you don't even have combat effectiveness, I might as well just give the land of the military camp to farmers for farming. Why bother to keep the government soldiers?
so,
The Fu soldiers in the mid-Ming Dynasty and the Fu soldiers in the Hongwu and Yongle years,
Apart from the fact that they are both called Fu soldiers, they have nothing in common.
The imperial soldiers in the middle of the Ming Dynasty had completely lost their combat effectiveness.
The mid-Tang Dynasty also encountered this dilemma. The government soldiers were becoming more and more useless. It was better to use farmers to farm the land than to use them directly.
The solution given by the Tang Dynasty was:
Change compulsory soldiers to professional soldiers.
Directly demobilize the government soldiers and withdraw their citizenship,
Then use the money from the court to hire professional soldiers, who will only be responsible for fighting the war. You don't need to take care of the rest, and you don't need to farm.
This method is very good. It can be said that it completely solves the problems of the military system.
Xu Sima's eyes flashed and he asked in time,
"Your Majesty, are you going to hire soldiers instead?"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head,
I don’t see whether I agree or disagree.
Just lost in thought.
