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"Well, that makes sense~"
Hearing Liu Jin¡¯s words, everyone nodded slightly.
The reason why Ming Dynasty is powerful is not only because of its powerful army, but more importantly because of its vast territory, endless resources, huge population and strong economic strength.
"Otherwise, no country would be able to spend 20 million taels of silver a year on military expenditures like the Ming Dynasty. This is an extremely huge number.
Only a huge empire like the Ming Dynasty can support it. Other than that, no other country can do it.
The Ming Dynasty has more than one million standing troops, which is an extremely huge number and the largest army in the world. The only country that can maintain such a huge army is the Ming Dynasty.
The Ottoman Empire is very powerful, but it is impossible to maintain a huge army of more than one million. Only in wartime, the Ottoman Empire will recruit millions of troops.
However, these millions of troops are not standing armies. They usually cultivate their own land and are not separated from production. However, the Ming Dynasty's army is completely separated from production and is a professional army. This is also an important reason for the strong military strength of the Ming Dynasty. one.
More than a million people are undergoing rigorous training every day after having enough to eat and nothing to do. They will naturally become stronger. Even though they may be farmers at first, they can still become outstanding warriors after a long period of training. .
On the contrary, if an excellent warrior puts down his sword, picks up a hoe, and works in the fields for a long time, neglecting training and learning, he will naturally and slowly become a farmer.
This is also an important reason why after the military household system, the invincible army that Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world turned into peasants after more than ten or twenty years, and was no longer an elite army.
The strength of the Ming army is due to many factors, and weapons are only one of them. Even without advanced firearms, the Ming army can still be very powerful.
¡°Then it seems like we can sell some outdated weapons to the Persians?¡±
Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a while, thought about it and said.
Military expenditures were paid for by the emperor's private internal funds, which was a very heavy burden. It was also supported by the many industries founded by Liu Jin. These industries could make huge profits every year and bring a steady stream of money to Emperor Hongzhi. Huge wealth.
But the excessive military expenditure still gave Emperor Hongzhi a headache. Now that he heard the benefits of selling arms and weapons to foreign countries, he was also very excited.
According to many regulations on the construction of the Ming army, the weapons and equipment of the Ming army must be replaced regularly. To put it simply, in terms of military clothing expenses, every soldier in the army must be issued five pieces of clothing every quarter throughout the year. One set of clothes means twenty sets of clothes a year. This is a fixed expense every year.
The same goes for weapons and equipment. Whether it is swords, muskets, bows and arrows, armor, etc., they must be replaced regularly. Even sometimes, these things are still in good condition and must be replaced.
This is part of the armament system. It is to keep the weapons and equipment of the Ming army at an advanced level. It is also a fixed military expenditure.
A large number of weapons and equipment that have been eliminated and updated are basically placed in warehouses and reserved as strategic materials. Once there is a war, if the standing army is not enough, the reserve forces can be shaken up urgently and use these eliminated and updated weapons and equipment to participate. .
Such a system was obviously the work of Liu Jin and was formulated with reference to the armament systems of later generations.
The effect is obvious, that is, the Ming army has a very strong combat effectiveness, well-equipped weapons, and can always maintain a strong combat effectiveness. The disadvantage is that it requires money.
In the old days of the military household system, the imperial court¡¯s annual military expenditure was very small. Military households had their own fields and obtained grain from their own cultivated fields, while the border troops had to rely on the salt merchants to transport grain to supply them through the salt introduction system.
As for weapons and equipment, only when there is a war, the imperial court will allocate money and materials for the Ministry of Industry to manufacture them. The ones that are usually used are 'Made in Hanyang'. I don't know that they were made in the Year of the Monkey and the Horse. Some of the swords were even passed down from the time of Zhu Yuanzhang to the Hongzhi Dynasty.
Under such a system, the military expenditure of the imperial court was very small, and I am afraid that the total expenditure was not even a fraction of what it is now.
Naturally, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in the past was low. Not to mention going out to fight with the Tatars in the field, it was very difficult to defend the city. The dilapidated military households were as skinny as firewood, wearing tattered clothes, holding scraps of copper and iron, and sometimes even OnlyPeople, fifty pounds of century-old ginseng, pearls from the East China Sea, silks and satins, BMWs, etc. "
¡°At the same time, they hope that our Ming Dynasty will allow North Korea to open up colonies in Tianzhu and Africa.¡±
"Mr. Yanshan is interested. The Ministry of Rites will formulate a corresponding gift in return. At the same time, he will reply to Mr. Yanshan that our Ming Dynasty allows them to open colonies in Tianzhu, Africa and other places, but they are not allowed to compete with our Ming Dynasty vassal states, trading houses, colonies, etc."
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"The morning court is of no great use at all. Major matters are basically discussed in the minister's room. This morning court system needs to be changed."
Liu Jin listened carefully to each thing, thinking about it in his mind. After everyone had discussed everything, he slowly stood up. (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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