The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 269 The Father and Son Arguing
"According to the request made by the inspector to the Dusi Yamen, to know the roster of China Heavy Industry's civilian registration and military registration, the Dusi Yamen refused on the grounds of military secrets."

"According to the royal etiquette of the inspector, he is very dissatisfied and has come to complain to us."

Peking Palace.

Zhu Di was in Langfang, and the father and son had a heart-to-heart talk.

"How did the father reply to the royal ceremony?" Zhu Gaochi asked.

Zhu Di rubbed his chin, and said calmly: "Of course we appeased him, this person is not easy to offend, and told him that we will discuss the regulations with the governor."

Zhu Gaochi understood.

Drag word tactics.

"There are rumors outside that at least tens of thousands of people have been transferred to the military. In fact, there are only more than ten thousand people. It's okay to tell the inspector. However, if you make a concession this time, it will be difficult to say next time."

Zhu Di taught the eldest son the principles of doing things.

He will give in, but he needs to ask the inspector to pay first, so that the inspector can know that the prince is sensible, and at the same time he does not dare to persecute the palace one after another.

The reasoning is very good, but it is against Zhu Gaochi's wishes.

There are dozens of guards in Beiping. According to the roster, there are indeed 10,000+ soldiers.But a roster is a roster, and reality is reality.

Among the 10,000+ soldiers, it would be great to have tens of thousands of soldiers as the main force.

If there are 10,000+ elite soldiers in hand, anyone in the world can go there. This is determined by the productivity of the agricultural society.

And even in later generations, Da Mao's army of one million, the proportion of troops with real field capabilities will not be too high.

The model of the Daming Garrison determines that [-]% of the soldiers are farming and [-]% are fighting. In other words, [-]% of the soldiers who can fight.

Compared with the population of Peiping, this data is already remarkable.

Because of Beiping's geographical environment and the functions defined by the imperial court, Peiping has maintained so many elite soldiers and guards.

"If the inspector investigates this matter deeply, we will give in. In this case, they will not be able to be tough next time."

Zhu Di told Zhu Gaochi his thoughts.

If you want to give it a good name, you can call it a political contest, or the art of compromise.

Zhu Gaochi doesn't have Zhu Di's ability, or Zhu Di's idea is contrary to Zhu Gaochi's purpose.

Although he knew that Zhu Di's approach was the most appropriate at the moment, Zhu Gaochi still opposed it.

Unlike many people's impressions, in many people's impressions, Zhu Di fought for the world by force.

This point of view is actually correct.

Zhu Di did defeat the imperial army through many victories, and finally ascended to the throne and became the final victor.

However, the strength of force is supported, and it does not come out of thin air.

When Zhu Di rebelled, he won the support of many people. In other words, the hearts of the people in Peiping at that time were with Zhu Di.

Many officials and generals chose to rely on Zhu Di, but at this time, Zhu Di seemed to have no chance of winning.

So how to deal with this conflict, Zhu Di combined with the current situation, with his method, Zhu Gaochi also believes that Zhu Di can properly resolve it.

But Zhu Gaochi needed a better result. Although he didn't know how to do it, he thought Zhu Di could do it.

People do their best.

Zhu Di is not only good at fighting, he should take on more responsibilities, right?

Those who are capable should give him more burdens.

So Zhu Gaochi made a request.

"The transfer of civilian registration to military registration driven by China Heavy Industry, although there are only more than [-] people, it will definitely not stop here. Not only will it continue to promote, but it will also change the training mode of the guards and increase the number of elite soldiers in the guards."

Zhu Di stared at Zhu Gaochi, as if he wanted to see through his heart.

at this time.

Zhu Di's tone was serious, instead of the relaxed atmosphere just now, he asked more stern questions.

"The conversion of the civilians to the army is indeed not justifiable, so the government has something to say, and you just insist, what are your thoughts?"

Of course, it was to increase the strength of the palace and prepare for the battle of Jingnan.

Zhu Gaochi showed innocent eyes, and said aggrievedly: "In order to improve the living environment and living conditions of the military households in the guard."

Zhu Di carefully looked at Zhu Gaochi's eyes, hoping to judge whether it was the real answer or not.

If the person in front of him was not his eldest son, or the eldest son of Prince Yan's mansion, Zhu Di would not have spent so much effort.

According to the prosecutor's power, the timing is just right, Zhu Di's handling of this matter is not easy.

The two father and son stood in Langfang, guards were outside the railing.

In the distance is Taiye Pool.

The scenery is beautiful, the mountains are green and the water is beautiful, and the greenery is full of forests. People are in it, and their spirits are refreshed. It is a good place for father and son to talk to each other.

Zhu Di didn't choose to be in the study, but came here specially because he wanted to have a good talk with his son.

The current Taiye Pool is still very small. After the capital is moved to Beiping in the future, Taiye Pool will be expanded several times to become a large lake.

Zhu Gaochi explained seriously: "The conversion from civilian to military is voluntary by the common people, which shows that the social status of military households has improved."

"Before this change, military households also had to bear the risk of fighting when they were still farming. Just based on this, civilian households would naturally look down on military households."

As for becoming a general by military exploits, that is a minority.

Most ordinary soldiers will not be able to become generals. If they win battles, they will get more rewards and improve their lives.

The environment of the Ming army is different from that of the Houjin army.

After the Jin army won the battle, the captured population could become the slaves of the Hou Jin soldiers, which was caused by the national policy of the Hou Jin.

But Ming Dynasty did not have this kind of ethnic policy.

Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial decree has already proclaimed to the world that all Chinese people are treated equally. This is one of the big differences between the Ming and Qing dynasties.

After listening to the eldest son's words, Zhu Di put forward his opinion, "The preferential treatment for military households is higher than that for civilian households."

Zhu Gaochi's rebuttal did not embarrass Zhu Gaochi, because this question is vulnerable to reality.

Zhu Gaochi understood Zhu Di's thoughts.

After Zhu Yunqi ascended the throne, no one had expected the radical policy of reducing the vassal. This is something that will happen in the future.

For now, Zhu Di has never had the idea of ​​rebellion, nor will he have the confidence to do so.

The most Zhu Di thought of was to consolidate his power, manage his domain well, and completely eliminate the leftover forces of the remnant Yuan.

If Zhu Gaochi does nothing.

Relying on Zhu Di's virtue and popular support in Peiping, according to the judgment of history, Zhu Di can still rely on military victory to become the final winner.

But the cost is too great.

Moreover, Zhu Gaochi couldn't judge whether because he replaced the original owner, the Beiping defense battle would change.

Therefore, Zhu Gaochi wants to let Beiping enter the industrialization, improve the overall strength, and the transformation and strengthening of the army is naturally the top priority.

In the eyes of others, it is the Yan Palace that is strengthening its control over military power.

This is a big deal.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang had decreed that King Yan was in charge of the guards in Beiping, to what extent he was in charge, and changes in the behavior of King Yan's mansion would lead to a different political situation.

just now.

Because in the eyes of some people, Yan Wangfu's actions were "too excessive", which aroused the suspicion and temptation of some people.

Anything can be changed from big to small, or from small to big, mainly depending on the attitudes and methods of both parties.

Zhu Di felt that he could back down a step, but Zhu Gaochi didn't think he should back down, instead he had to do more.

But Zhu Gaochi couldn't cope with the complicated political situation, and finally Zhu Di came forward to deal with it, so both father and son need to go through this negotiation to achieve the result they want.

Zhu Gaochi objected to Zhu Di's proposal, and Zhu Gaochi's proposal did not agree with Zhu Di, so one of them needs to be persuaded.

According to Zhu Di's statement, Zhu Gaochi first refuted.

"The preferential treatment for military households comes from land, but the output of land is limited, while the population of military households is unlimited."

"With the growth of several generations, the benefits of military households have long been digested by the reproduction of the population and have become a burden. This is the reality."

Zhu Gaochi told Zhu Di with reality, leaving Zhu Di speechless.

Theoretically, Zhu Di still has a lot of things to refute, but it is true in reality, the living conditions in the guards have not developed to the better side

The rewards obtained by relying on military exploits allowed the military households in the guard to get some compensation.

For example, in the 25th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded hundreds of thousands of supplies to the soldiers of Peiping to reward them for their 24 years of military exploits.

No one can judge the development of a thing.

But Zhu Gaochi has a clear understanding.

The living conditions of the Daming Guards were always on the decline. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, they had to rely on selling their sons and daughters to survive.

At this time, the guard had already lost its important military function.

Taking advantage of the victory, Zhu Gaochi continued to say: "The decline in living standards and social status in the guards is not good for the country. Without the strength of the army, it will definitely lead to foreign troubles."

"Beiping, as an important area in northern Xinjiang, must strengthen the construction of the army, not only to improve the living standards of military households, but also to improve the living environment, that is, to improve the social status of military households, so as not to be discriminated against by civilian households. .”

"By visiting the various guards in Beiping, I learned that there is a phenomenon among the people that if a family marry their daughter to a military household, they will be cast aside."

"What caused it? Because the life of military households, in the eyes of ordinary people, has too many bad things."

"These ordinary people are afraid that marrying their daughters to military households will implicate them in becoming military households by a government decree one day."

This phenomenon existed in the early Ming Dynasty, and even after the Tumubao Change, the whole society prospered because a large number of civilian households transferred to military households.

Zhu Di said helplessly: "In fact, not only the living conditions of military households have declined, but the living conditions of ordinary people have also declined."

This explanation is very weak, Zhu Gaochi said: "But the military households still have to bear the war."

"China Heavy Industry not only improves the living conditions and social environment of military households, but also improves the living conditions of civilian households."

"So the phenomenon of civilians changing to the army, as long as the social environment of the military households improves, is an inevitable phenomenon, unless the father thinks that the military households should be allowed to maintain the status quo."

Seeing that Zhu Di was speechless, Zhu Gaochi said with confidence.

In a certain period of time in later generations, the willingness of the society to serve as a soldier was extremely great, and everyone wanted to be a soldier.

The willingness to serve as a soldier varies with the soldier's social status and living conditions.

Zhu Gaochi will not tell Zhu Di his true thoughts, because it is not yet the time, and if he takes the initiative to expose it now, it is digging a hole with himself.

But he has other theoretical support, which can persuade Zhu Di to accept it.

(End of this chapter)