Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 570: Great Gift from the Military Aircraft Department
In an environment full of contradictions, rigid systems, and class antagonisms, if you want to promote reform and reform, the first thing you need to do is to win over talents, train them, and let them go to the right position and do the right thing. Only in this way can we gradually change , It is necessary to quantify the planning at the macro level into small goals.

Hall of Martial Arts, Department of Military Aircraft.

"It seems that if you want to accomplish something, as long as you really do it, instead of just relying on words or thinking, you can definitely do it."

Emperor Chongzhen flipped through the memorial, and praised with a smile on his face: "The Military Aircraft Department has done a good job this time. The clear adjustment of the Gyeonggi garrison can be smoothly promoted and implemented, and the Xuanfu Town, Shuntian Mansion, and Yongping Mansion have been abolished smoothly. The guards have clarified the organizational system of the garrison areas in each town, and found out so many acres of land.

It not only makes the overall organizational system of defending Gyeonggi clear, but also effectively implements the responsibility of guarding the territory to ensure the absolute security of Gyeonggi border defense.

Moreover, it relieved Guochao a lot of burdens and increased the amount of land confiscated by Guochao. The key is that these hereditary guard officials have been caught out by many moths and scum! "

Wang Qia, Wang Zaijin, Huang Liji, Fu Zonglong, Yang Wenyue, Ding Qirui, and Yang Sichang all had relaxed expressions on their faces.

The adjustment of the Gyeonggi garrison was proposed and clearly implemented in the third year of Chongzhen, and it has not come to an end until now.

Only Wang Qia and Wang Zaijin knew how much pressure they had to endure, how many difficulties they faced, and how much criticism they encountered.

After all, if these things are done, they will touch their interests and offend a group of people, but the matter is here, if their military affairs are not done well, the emperor will definitely be angry.

"Your Majesty, the adjustment of the Gyeonggi Garrison can be implemented in an orderly manner, and it is not the sole achievement of the Military Aircraft Department."

Wang Zaijin stepped forward, saluted and said: "Especially when it comes to the abolition of the guard post, if there is no direction pointed out by His Majesty, it will not only be difficult to promote the implementation of this matter, but also cause a mutiny if you are not careful.

Separating the hereditary guards' official group from the military households under the rule, all the fields under the guard's jurisdiction were incorporated into the local official land, and the land was divided into these military households with a lower rent, which indeed reduced a lot of conflicts. . "

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "The imperial court decided to abolish the guards in batches, but it doesn't mean that this part of the group will be ignored. They are all the people of my Ming Dynasty, and their life and death must be considered.

Just relying on this part to divert is not enough.

Just like what your Military Aircraft Department has done, select a group of young men from the guards in various places, and distribute them to the construction of the capital, tidying up the roads, repairing water conservancy, and recruiting workers in the Western Mountains. It would be very good.

Allowing them to earn money to support their families and to fill their stomachs, this intuitive contrast has changed, and I believe no one will want to live a life of being exploited anymore. "

In the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, the Weisuo system and the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty have reached the point of imminence. If they do not gradually reform, the Ming Dynasty will be dragged to death.

The guards set up by the Ming Dynasty not only failed to bring vitality to the country's finances, but also took up a lot of financial expenditures, which is not good.

The household registration system is even more rigid. Huge groups such as military households, craftsman registrations, and lowly registrations are allocated to large groups, controlled by a small group of interest groups, and suffer inhumane exploitation and oppression. These are factors of instability. If you are careful, rebellion will break out in the local area.

A system that was suitable for the early Ming Dynasty may not be suitable for the late Ming Dynasty. After all, there is no perfect system in the world. Only by constantly advancing with the times can the stability of the country be ensured.

"Your Majesty, the adjustment of the Gyeonggi garrison has been clearly implemented, but is it true that the troops guarding various places must make military registers according to the regulations of each place, and pay them in real money?"

Wang Qia bowed his hands and said: "According to the various places of the Jimiyong Sanxie, plus the various places in Xuanfu Town, and the Jingying that guards the capital, the size of this group of troops will be fully recruited in the four years of Chongzhen. Up to 50 people.

If the military salary is paid in real money, the monthly expenditure is only 75 taels of silver, which is nearly [-] million taels a year.

Now on the treasury side, one year's tax is only..."

"Isn't there still a one-year buffer?"

Emperor Chongzhen interrupted with a wave of his hand: "I don't care about other places, but in this area of ​​the Gyeonggi garrison, all the troops stationed must be paid in real money.

It's not clear to you how much corruption occurred during the period when food and cotton cloth were offset against military pay.

I don’t want the invasion and plunder of foreign enemies in the second year of Chongzhen to happen again, so this batch of soldiers will be paid in a new way. I will absolutely put an end to the behavior of eating empty salaries and drinking soldiers’ blood! "

Emperor Chongzhen knew very well the concerns raised by Wang Qia. It was simply that the expenditure was too large to ensure that the country's finances could last.

It is extremely expensive to support a group of troops capable of fighting, but no matter how difficult this matter is, Emperor Chongzhen must continue.

The 50 troops will be fully recruited in the four years of Chongzhen, and all the drills and martial arts will be implemented, especially the three major battalions with 30 formations.

What's more, the military pay is issued every 3 months. This large-scale army is not just in and out. They all have family members, wives, and children. They must be spent in the end, Chongzhen The emperor wanted to use these troops to support the circulation of the new money.

As long as the new money can be circulated, the imperial court will be able to obtain a stable financial source for a long time through the newly minted money. When the new money made by Emperor Chongzhen is clarified in the Ming Dynasty, the financial resources obtained during this period will be a huge amount. income.

Through these stable financial resources, Emperor Chongzhen could implement his plans in other fields and gradually promote the changes in Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen continued: "In the future, for the armies defending the capital, the corresponding payment system must be made clear that the Ministry of War will formulate financial expenditures, the Ministry of Households will conduct accounting, and the military aircraft department will issue military payment bills. Provide bills and recover the amount of military pay allocated.

Let the soldiers under the command of the armies receive their own salaries. In the future, if the armies under the jurisdiction of the Gyeonggi Garrison dare to make troubles about their salaries again, then it will be possible to effectively find out who is cheating for personal gain!

If there are ministers who object to this matter, tell them to come to me directly, and your military aircraft is here, and you will definitely implement this matter for me. "

"The ministers obey the order."

Everyone bowed immediately.

It is unrealistic to absolutely eradicate the phenomenon of eating empty wages and drinking soldiers' blood.

After all, there are always some people who will be fooled by money and have a fluke mentality, but through this method, Emperor Chongzhen can effectively curb corruption and ensure the interests of the majority, so that he can get a strong army of 50 If there is any problem at that time, the ones who rush to the front must be these soldiers!
In such a turbulent situation, being able to obtain the loyalty of a powerful army by this means is of great benefit to Emperor Chongzhen.

The meal should be eaten one bite at a time.

It is unrealistic to want to solve all the problems at once, so Emperor Chongzhen had to quantify them, dismantle the difficulties, gradually change them, and implement them step by step. Problems can also be solved accordingly. Reform is not about demolishing houses, but unifying thinking.

(End of this chapter)