The contribution of the guard system to the early Ming Dynasty was indelible, especially in terms of stabilizing rule, reclaiming land, strengthening strategic and tactical defense, and protecting the country.
However, the solid-state guard system was Zhu Yuanzhang's ideal model, but the reality is that the operation of the ideal model requires sufficient and complete conditions. If these conditions are insufficient and incomplete, the model cannot reach the ideal state.
There are many advantages to the guard system, such as serving as soldiers in wartime and farming in leisure time. It not only ensures that there are soldiers for war, but also ensures that crops are harvested every year. The court maintains a force of one or two million, but does not consume much money every year. .
Of course, this is based on the ideal conditions of the military camp. However, there are also many shortcomings in the Wei system. Zhu Yunwen believes that the biggest problem in the Wei system is the lack of combat effectiveness.
But now, Chen Lian told Zhu Yunwen, wake up, the biggest problem of Wei's system is not combat effectiveness, but survival.
Zhu Yunwen sat on the stool and looked at a lot of people sitting on the beds on both sides, and there were children jumping on the bed. The swaying bed creaked, and the woman stood at the door with her head exposed, wanting to see the security bureau. How many heads and arms does a person have?
Chen Lian pointed at Lin Musan and said to Zhu Yunwen: "Lin Musan is a regular soldier of Ningcun Institute. Lin Musan's two elder brothers, two younger brothers, and two sons are all remnants of Ningcun Institute. I forgot to mention it. , Lin Dasen no longer serves as a regular soldier due to his old age, and his son Lin Musan will take over." Zhu Yunwen frowned.
Chen Lian looked at the silent Zhu Yunwen and seemed to have found an outlet. He said, "If we don't cultivate wasteland and plant a few acres of land, I'm afraid many people will starve to death just by relying on the military pay from the court!" Zhu Yunwen looked at Chen Lian: " Such a thing must not have happened in the past two years. Why hasn't the Wei Institute reported it to the court for a long time?" Chen Lian sneered: "Why should we report it to the court?" Zhu Yunwen was even more confused: "What do you mean?" Chen Lian stood up. , said sternly: "What do you mean? You are from the Security Bureau. You are not afraid of offending. Today I will tell you directly. During the Hongwu period, a guard station was set up, military households were clearly set up, and military registration was compiled. Men were selected from the military households to be guards. The soldiers who serve are regular soldiers, and they also need a son to accompany them as a remnant. When regular soldiers or remnants enter the guard station, they must bring their wives with them to live a stable life and have children. After they grow old and have weak strength, The son will take over, and the descendants will take turns!"
"If someone becomes a deserter, it doesn't matter. The guard can make up for it, that is, capture him, or he can ask his son to make up for it. If he doesn't have a son, he can make up for it, that is, go to his family and find someone at random to continue his work. Army. There is money and water here. Those who are captured need to beg for mercy and be given benefits. Those who want to be compensated also need to be given benefits. Whoever is not given benefits needs to be hooked, and whoever is given less benefits needs to be hooked!" Zhu Yunwen looked at Lin Mu The whole Trinity family is worried.
Chen Lian continued: "Lin Dasen was a regular soldier during the Hongwu period. According to the regulations of the guard, his whole family was a sergeant. Except for the regular soldiers, everyone else was a remnant, that is, a family soldier. But has the court thought about it? Regular soldiers have wives and children. They want to eliminate their military households and become farmers. They can only have a big family and live in the guardhouse for three generations!"
"In another ten years, in another twenty years, will the Weisuo family be able to have four or five generations living together under one roof? Military status locks everyone in, and this place is like a prison, trapping the families of the sergeants. ! If it weren’t for the emperor’s wisdom in launching a new army strategy, which relieved the pressure on the sergeants and their families, there would surely be many deserters in the guardhouse at this time!” Zhu Yunwen looked at Chen Lian and asked seriously: “Like Lin Musan. Are there many sergeants?" Chen Lian nodded seriously: "Thirty percent of sergeants and their families are more than fifteen, and 60% are more than ten. For example, Lin Mu Sanyi's family has more than twenty people. , there are fifteen." Zhu Yun narrowed his eyes and nodded heavily.
This is just a place with a thousand households, but there are so many problems. If it were a guard, how many would it have if it were extended to the entire army?
There were many deserters from the guards during the Hongwu period. For example, in the 30th year of Hongwu, there were 6,452 deserters from the guards.
Military households are suffering. Even if they are given fields and military pay, they are still suffering. Once he joins the army, there is no way out, and the whole family will be unlucky. The first few dozen acres of land will be divided into several acres by the whole family. If the general is more greedy, takes more, and deducts more military pay... It was issued to the regular army. The family members of the regular army did not receive so-called military pay, and they could not even get a piece of clothing from the court. They were fixed in the guardhouse along with the sergeants and could only live on the meager land output. .
Zhu Yunwen understood that the military registration system, no, the household registration system had reached a point where it had to be solved.
The people of the Ming Dynasty should not be fixed in a certain identity. Farmers, military households, and craftsmen households should all become one household, that is, the household registration of the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Let the guard station return to its origins and allow the family members of sergeants to move around without being restricted by household registration. Only in this way can the guard station system be given vitality and the recruitment system be given enough transition time.
Otherwise, within ten years, deserters will appear every year. After a hundred years, the guard system will completely lose its combat effectiveness, and it will not even be able to reach full establishment.
Zhu Yunwen stood up and walked towards Lin Dasen, holding Lin Dasen's calloused hand, and said: "You should not be trapped in the guardhouse. You can live outside the guardhouse. If your children want to do business, go and do business." , Those who want to go to sea, those who want to farm, just leave Lin Musan's family in the guard station." Lin Dasen became anxious: "That's not possible, our military households don't dare to do business and leave the guard station. The magistrate will not allocate land to us for farming. We are military households and are not under the jurisdiction of the magistrate. He cannot collect taxes from us..." Chen Lian was very worried about Zhu Yunwen's words and quickly said: "You are from the Security Bureau. People don't dare to talk nonsense before they have official documents from the court. If they are affected by this, you, an official of the Security Bureau, cannot bear the responsibility." Tang Buping was a little angry at Chen Lian, who was quite disrespectful. If Zhu Yunwen hadn't stopped him from taking action , he had been beaten so hard that his teeth were all over the place.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Chen Lian. Indeed, this is a huge and comprehensive problem. It is not suitable for making hasty decisions, let alone letting them find other ways out when they have not changed their household registration.
After leaving Lin Dasen and his family, Zhu Yunwen looked up at the night sky and asked Chen Lian beside him: "How is the prefect Wang Qi's administration?"
"I am only responsible for the affairs within my office." Chen Lian shook his head and did not intend to answer. To say that the prefect Wang is not good is simply to cause trouble for himself. When the literati start to work hard, I, a rough guy, cannot handle it.
It's okay to say that the Wang Prefect is fine, that's all. Zhu Yunwen was silent. According to the evaluation of the officials and censors, Wang Qi is a very typical Ming Dynasty official, that is, keeping the status quo.
Do things when you have something to do, don't move when nothing happens, don't want to make mistakes, and don't want to change. This kind of officials have been in charge of Wenzhou Prefecture for ten years, and Wenzhou Prefecture is still the same as it was ten years ago, with not much change.
Let's say he has problems, but he can't find any problems, he doesn't commit corruption, he doesn't bully the people, he has cases to deal with, and no one complains about injustice.
However, this kind of officials can no longer continue to govern the local area. The Ming Dynasty needs to develop, expand the number of acres, increase the yield per mu, develop commerce, build water conservancy projects, and increase tax revenue in all ways and means.
An official who is conservative and has old ideas cannot lead Wenzhou Prefecture on the road to prosperity. Zhu Yunwen sighed deeply and asked again: "Are there any young talents in Yongjia City who would not worry too much about recommending talents to the imperial court?" Chen Lian did not refuse this time, and the matter of recommending talents was always talked about. , you can’t make mistakes by supporting the younger generation.
"In terms of talents, there are really two of them." Chen Lian thought seriously and suddenly said: "But this has nothing to do with your Security Bureau. I don't remember that the Security Bureau has the duty of looking for talents for the imperial court." Zhu Yunwen looked sideways. Chen Lian: "Don't ask about the affairs of the Security Bureau. Just tell me whatever I ask you." Chen Lian had no choice but to say without arguing, "There is a scholar in Yongjia Prefecture named Xie Tingxun. He is famous for poetry, calligraphy and painting." Jue, possessing great talents. There is also a person named Ye Jinguang, who is a scholar in the government school. He talks about Tao strategy and is admirable." Zhu Yunwen remembered it in his heart. Seeing that it was already dark and it was inconvenient to go to Yongjia City, he simply settled in Chen Lian's home.
Chen Lian couldn't sleep well, but it didn't prevent Zhu Yunwen and others from having a good rest. The next day, it was just dawn.
Zhu Yunwen handed a written document to Tang Buping: "Send someone to the capital and order the cabinet, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War, and the Fifth Army Governor's Office to discuss the reform of household registration, starting with military registration." Tang Buping accepted the order.
After another breakfast at Chen Lian's house, Zhu Yunwen left Ningcunsuo and headed straight for Yongjia City.
Yongjia Mansion School. Ye Jinguang was watching Xie Tingxun's painting, and saw Xie Tingxun's wrists moving slightly, and the strokes of his brushes flowing, and vivid characters appeared on the paper. Just when he was about to say a few words of praise, his classmate Zhang Mo hurried over and shouted from a distance;
"Brother Ye, Brother Xie, He Juchuan is here to see us." Xie Tingxun put away his pen, looked at Zhang Mo who was running over, and said with a smile: "He Wenyuan is here?" Ye Jinguang couldn't hold back his joy: "On the winter solstice in the eighth year of Jianwen's reign, I met him by chance while visiting the Imperial Academy in the capital. I haven't seen him for more than a year. Where is he?" Zhang Mo pointed to the outside of the mansion: "I'm already outside. I'm looking at the problem of the stone lying outside the mansion. I said I want to get out before entering."
"Oh, he actually wants to challenge the academic problem. I want to see this. Let's go." Xie Tingxun put down his brush, pulled Ye Jinguang and walked out.
He Wenyuan stood outside the gate of the Fu School, on a lying stone. The iron law of the Hongwu Year was gone and became a problem for the Yongjia School. He titled it: I want to make Wenzhou Fu prosperous and become the best in Zhejiang and Zhejiang. for what?
This question may seem simple, but it is a test of one's ability. It is also necessary to understand the reality of Wenzhou Prefecture. If you talk about it in vain, it will only make people laugh.
He Wenyuan stared at the question and moved the corner of his mouth slightly: "This question has the meaning of Yongjia School..."
