Hearing the emperor's words, the courtiers in the Wenhua Hall couldn't help but be surprised. As long as there are people of insight, everyone knows the disadvantages of the Wei system, and it is indeed about to change. However, with a huge military system, it is easy to talk about change, but what about the actual operation? The Ming Dynasty has been around for nearly three hundred years, and who dares to touch it? It is really this military system reform, and the difficulties are beyond imagination! Therefore, no emperor, or minister, would dare to do this!

"Your Majesty, you should be cautious in this matter, be cautious!" The military department Shangshu Shen Yongmao was the first to come out and play.

He took the lead, and other courtiers also echoed it, and once there was a mistake in the reform of the military system, it would definitely be a catastrophe.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he nodded and said, "Of course, it is because I have to be cautious that I have not mentioned this matter until today. ”

As he spoke, his eyes swept over the ministers, and he continued to say slowly: "Now that there is no Mongolian threat in the north of my Ming Dynasty, this is a good time that has never been seen before, this is one of them!" ”

"Second, on the Liaodong side, my Ming Dynasty has the strategic initiative, and now it has mastered the Anshan Post Fort, which can be attacked and defended, and the food of the Jianyu is exhausted, so it can only be passively beaten! That is, the current situation in Liaodong is already the best situation in my Ming Dynasty in recent years. ”

"The rebellion in the southwest has basically been pacified, and the southeast Haikou has also suffered a heavy blow. The current situation in our Ming Dynasty is tending to stabilize. Besides, the armies everywhere are now recruited, not guarded troops! “

Hearing Emperor Chongzhen say this, Shen Yongmao couldn't help but play: "Your Majesty, the reform of the military system of the guard is not a difficult point!" ”

Many other courtiers also nodded, echoing Shen Yongmao's words as the secretary of the military department.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he didn't care, nodded and said, "Shen Qing will listen to it!" ”

"Your Majesty, if the military system of the guard post is reformed, then the Ming military system will only be left with the battalion sentry system. In this way, the imperial court's expenditure on military spending has increased, where does the money and food come from? That's one of them! ”

Emperor Chongzhen listened to Shen Yongmao speak, he did not speak immediately, but just bowed his head slightly, signaling Shen Yongmao to continue.

"Second, the combat power of recruiting troops is actually strong and weak, and not all of them are strong armies. Whether or not the recruitment can be used depends entirely on the person who recruits the army and the general in charge. If the responsible general has a strong ability to train troops, it is a strong army, and if the responsible general has a weak ability to train troops, his combat effectiveness is very low. More importantly, since the source of soldiers does not come from military households, the quality of the recruited soldiers is also uneven. In other words, if the ability to identify those responsible for recruiting is poor, the proportion of low-quality soldiers recruited will also increase, and the army will be more likely to mutiny and collapse. ”

"Third, there are so many guards in the country, if one of them is not properly placed, there will be endless troubles!"

Speaking of this, Shen Yongmao looked at Emperor Chongzhen with a very cautious expression, and said very seriously: "Your Majesty, these three points are the most important things, and the rest can be ignored first!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen listened, nodded, turned his head to look at Zu Dashou, the military general of the Five Armies Governor's Mansion, and asked, "What does Zu Qing think?" ”

At this time, Zu Dashou's face was also very grim. A move in the military system of the guard will inevitably affect the ancestral family. However, above this court, there is no qualification for the military general to speak. When the emperor asked, he could only reply respectfully: "What this soldier said, the old man is serious, and the last general seconded it!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen listened, turned his head again, and asked several courtiers in succession, all of whom echoed Shen Yongmao's point of view. Until this time, some courtiers suddenly discovered that the emperor did not ask Shousuke's opinion, and Shoufu did not express his opinion, which seemed a little strange. Could it be that Shousuke already knows the content of the innovation?

They were thinking about it, but they heard Emperor Chongzhen's tone seem to be a lot more relaxed, and he said with a smile: "Shen Qing, I have already considered these three points......

As soon as they heard this, all the courtiers couldn't help but straighten their waists, stretch their necks, and listen.

"For the first point that Shen Qing said, it is indeed a problem for the current imperial court. However, at present, the military strength of my Ming Dynasty is all battalion and sentry system, and the military salary expenditure comes from this. As long as it remains the same, the big picture will be fine. After that, the state treasury revenue will increase......"

When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he suddenly paused, and announced with a smile: "Sun Chuanting, the governor of Fujian, has reported to me that the income tax revenue from the opening of the sea this year is more than one million taels. I'm not afraid to tell Zhuqing that after I take control of the sea, the tax revenue for opening the sea in a year, my expectation is at least 10 million taels, yes, at least ......"

Before he could finish speaking, the courtiers below couldn't help but show a look of surprise. Although they knew that this time the sea was opened, the tax would definitely be more under the harsh collection of that Sun Chuanting. But based on their previous knowledge that it was the basis of 20,000 yuan a year, they were suddenly told that the tax was far more than they expected, and even if the city government was very deep, they were still shocked. Then Emperor Chongzhen said his expectations, and when he said that it was at least 10 million taels, they were all stunned.

At this time, they immediately remembered the holy decree that shocked the world before, that is, the holy decree that distributed the sea tax, originally thought it was a drizzle, but now it seems that it is really possible to end well!

Emperor Chongzhen casually threw out a piece of good news to shock them, and he himself continued: "As for the second point, I believe you Aiqing have also seen it, how did the new army trained by me perform in the war against the captives? This shows that the training method of the new army is the method of strengthening the army. I have asked the chief instructor of the new army to summarize the key points of selection and training, and to do it in this way, so as to ensure that there are no weak brigades in the recruitment. ”

This new army, and the current army of the Ming Dynasty, although it seems that there is little change, they all follow Qi Jiguang's military system, but in fact, Emperor Chongzhen for this purpose, equipped the Ming Dynasty primary military preparation hall, as well as the division-level supervision army, and the function of the supervision army has changed significantly compared with before. It can be said that the essence of the army has changed a lot. Emperor Chongzhen used the example of the new army to prove that this kind of military training is effective, at least for the time being.

In this regard, Shen Yongmao came back to his senses and asked several questions in a row, all of which were answered by Emperor Chongzhen one by one with factual examples, leaving him speechless. In other words, in the future conscription system, we will adopt the new army. In this way, a Jingshi Wubei Hall will inevitably be insufficient, and Zu Dashou on the side also understands that the intermediate and high-level Wubei Halls that the emperor said before are estimated to be produced.

On the general principle, the ministers no longer have any objections. However, Shen Yongmao still reminded Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the most important thing is the third point!" There are so many soldiers and generals in the country, how should they be placed? ”