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At Liu Jin¡¯s house, Liu Jin was drinking tea leisurely and reading the latest Tomorrow Morning News.
It took almost a full month to go out with Zhu Houzhao, and it was already October of the twelfth year of Hongzhi.
After going out for a month, I followed Zhu Houzhao and traveled all over the border towns of the Ming Dynasty. I also visited many guard posts, and I had a clear picture of the situation of the entire Ming Dynasty army.
It is not an exaggeration to describe it as rotten to the core. There are too many various problems.
??From the highest level, it is not taken seriously, and even deliberately suppressed, because the civilian group is in power, and the civilian group continues to suppress the generals and nobles for their own interests. Naturally, in terms of military construction, it is also constantly suppressed.
Suppression will be carried out from many aspects such as military expenditures, equipment updates, military training, military supplies support, etc. In terms of military expenditures, we should save what we can, deduct what we can, and misappropriate what we can.
There are basically no equipment updates. Many of the armors and weapons used by the frontier troops are even from decades ago. The quality of the weapons and equipment issued every few years is so poor that it is unbearable to look at it.
In terms of artillery, the artillery issued by the Ministry of Revenue can only fire a few shots with 50% of the gunpowder. A few more shots or more gunpowder will explode immediately, so that the artillerymen would rather go into battle with a knife. They were also reluctant to fire for fear of being blown up.
As for army training, that¡¯s even more nonsense. It¡¯s good to be able to practice once every ten days and a half. This is still a frontier army, a force that often needs to fight against the steppe Tatars.
As for the military households, they are already complete farmers, so there is no need to talk about drills.
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But five years after Hongzhi, after the change from grain payment to silver payment, salt merchants only needed to pay a certain amount of silver every year to obtain salt, and then the court used the silver to purchase grain for the border troops.
It may not sound like much difference, but because the civilian group is in power, it is constantly suppressing the military generals group and constantly reducing military expenditures.
In the past, it was no problem at least to have enough food, but now, the money allocated by the court is getting less and less, and the food purchased is getting less and less.
What's more important is that the grain is in the hands of grain merchants. If you want to buy grain, you have to look at the grain merchant's color. The grain merchant has the final say on the price. Therefore, grain merchants often collude with the commander-in-chief above and spend a lot of money to buy the grain. But the quality is getting worse and worse, and gradually everyone can't even eat enough.
It is still the Hongzhi Dynasty. In the late Ming Dynasty, this problem became more and more serious, and eventually it brought down the entire Ming Dynasty's finances.
Food is only one aspect of military expenditure, and it is also the most basic aspect. If the soldiers cannot eat enough food, you can imagine how other aspects of military supplies can be guaranteed.
The top level does not pay attention to it, and even deliberately suppresses it. In addition, the military household system has developed to this day and is completely rotten.
Because of the restrictions of the household registration system, this military household can only serve as a soldier, and has been restricted to this for generations. Originally, this was nothing. The key is that there was no hope of serving as a soldier in the Ming Dynasty.
"The civil servant group is in power. They have no desire for external expansion at all. They are very Buddhist. They rely on their Confucius and Mencius and Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism to solve everything. That is simply impossible.
Coupled with the suppression of the civilian clique, the combat effectiveness is low, and it is a dream to rely on serving as a soldier to make a comeback.
If a soldier can be like the Qin Dynasty, he will have status, be able to make a comeback, and bring substantial benefits to himself and his family. For example, if he wins a battle, everyone will be rewarded with rewards, silver, land, promotion, and wealth, etc. wait.
Naturally, some people will go out of their way to become soldiers, and this military household is naturally superior.
But this was the Ming Dynasty. The soldiers did not have enough to eat and did not wear warm clothes. Their families also suffered hardships. They were the ones who were in dilapidated military households.
There are no battles to fight yet. Every year the Tatars go south, hiding in the city and guarding the city. They don't dare to take the initiative. It's just a dream to make a comeback by serving as a soldier.
??Not to mention the salted fish turning over, it is difficult to support a family and live a decent life. This is the current situation of military households in the Ming Dynasty.
Originally, a military household would still have a few acres of land, but now, the land of a military household has basically been occupied by thousands of households, hundreds of households, general soldiers and the like, and it has become their Like domestic slaves, they work as cows and horses, and they have to suffer the consequences for generations.It looks very good. It is a soldier in wartime and a farmer in peacetime, which can save money. "
"But because of the existence of the military household system, what is the combat effectiveness of a very powerful army after several generations of farming?"
¡°It can even be said that it does not need to go through several generations, it only takes a few years without training, and it will basically be useless. This is the fundamental reason why the combat effectiveness of our Ming army is getting worse and worse.¡±
"Second, the foundation of the military household system is military land. Most of the military land below has been occupied by thousands of households, hundreds of households, general soldiers and the like. There is no military land in the hands of military households at all. No matter how much, it is difficult to support a family, and military households are dilapidated and the poorest."
"What's more important is that these military households are squeezed by the thousands and hundreds of households above, helping them work for free and being enslaved."
"Third, the military land of military households has not changed, and is even decreasing, but the number of military households is increasing. During the Taizu period, a military household could be allocated dozens of acres of land. A family needs to be fed.¡±
"But now, a military household may only be allocated a few acres of land, but it has to support a family of dozens of people. The existence of the military household system has restricted their development in other areas, and naturally it will become more and more difficult. How can we build a strong army when we are poor, becoming more and more dilapidated, and don't even have enough to eat?"
Xie Jin sorted out his thoughts slightly, and then spoke out the problem of the military household system in one breath and pointed out that the military household system was completely rotten and had to be abolished.
If the military household system is not abolished, no matter how much we change it, we will never be able to build a strong army.
After listening to Liu Jin¡¯s words, Zhang Mao thought for a long time, and finally had to nod slowly.
As a representative of the military nobles, he can also be regarded as a vested interest in the military household system. He also has a share in the occupation of military land. Otherwise, where do you think the thousands of land in the British government came from? Coming?
Of course, Zhang Mao no longer looks down on those lands. He has transformed into an emerging capitalist. How much money can he earn from the fields every year?
¡°It¡¯s not as much money as his family¡¯s boat can make from a trip to Japan, and it¡¯s not as much money as his family¡¯s textile factory can make in a month.¡±
He is also aware of these things, but if the military household system is abolished, it will harm the interests of the military generals group. We will no longer be able to occupy military land or enslave these military households.
He, Zhang Mao, will definitely be scolded to death by the Generals Xungui Group, and they will scold him to death if they scold him.
So from the beginning, he never thought about this aspect, and he never thought about abolishing the military household system, because that would harm the interests of the generals and nobles group. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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