On the south platform, the breeze in the lake in the afternoon blew away the hair of Zhu Cihong's sideburns, and blew it into his eyes, Zhu Cihong's eyes were slightly moist, he looked at Zhu Youzhen's back, and felt warm psychologically. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, Zhu Cihong is just a young boy under twenty. Although there is a mature soul hidden in the shell, the wars and intrigues that have come and gone in the past two years still make Zhu Cihong feel extremely sleepy. Zhu Youzhen's support made Zhu Cihong's heart breathe a sigh of relief, and that gift made Zhu Cihong feel more confident.

At this time, the chamberlain came to report, and Ni Yuanlu asked to see him.

As the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Ni Yuanlu this time took charge of the work of eliminating the whole army.

The nine-sided military towns were spread throughout the Great Wall, and the Guanning army was also scattered on various fortresses on the Guanning Jin defense line in western Liaoning. is so scattered, just the number of troops is enough to choke. As for the number of troops on paper, of course, it is not counted.

In the past, generals and officers couldn't control the blood of soldiers, but now that Zhu Cihong has ascended the throne, he naturally will not continue to tolerate this kind of thing. The gap in military spending was so large that the Privy Council rejoiced in the strength of the army and did not want to continue to waste and indulge in public criticism.

And this time, Ni Yuanlu came as the prefect of the Privy Council to report the details of the military quota statistics to Zhu Cihong.

The place of meeting is still in the Hanyuan Hall. Ni Yuanlu held the notebook in his hand, and after sitting down with Zhu Cihong, Ni Yuanlu put down the notebook, and a series of numbers came out of his mouth, and then said with a serious expression: "I'm afraid the gap in military spending is bigger than I imagined." The number of layoffs is also more than expected. It would be nice if there were more backbones of the army school, and the current scene is beyond expectations. ”

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the number of troops in the northern towns was about 600,000, and about 400,000 after the Yongle Northern Expedition. After the relocation of the capital, the Beijing division set up 72 guards, with no less than 300,000 officers and soldiers, but there were more than 50 guards inside, and there were no less than 200,000 officers and soldiers. From the 17th to the 28th year of Jiajing, Liaodong, Xuanfu, Datong, Yansui, Gansu, Shanxi, and Guyuan recruited a total of 60,635 troops, accounting for 13% of the number of the nine-border army in the 28th year of Jiajing. Through recruitment and clearance, the number of the nine-sided army in Jiajing exceeded 400,000. The number of the nine-sided troops of the Longqing and Wanli dynasties is claimed to be more than 80 thousand, but it is actually about 600,000.

Now, when Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, the number of troops in the nine-sided army array was 590574. Among them, there are 80,128 people in Xuanfu Town, 76,626 people in Datong Town, 53,523 people in Shanxi Town, 127718 people in Jizhen Town, 45,140 people in Yansui Town, 25,167 people in Ningxia Town, 40,548 people in Gansu Town, 59,830 people in Guyuan Town, and 81,994 people in Guanning Army. There are more than 590,000 people in total.

This series of numbers came out of Ni Yuanlu's mouth, and it made Zhu Cihong feel nervous in his pockets: "So many mouths...... I just don't know how many soldiers have been raised, and how many people have been fattened to fill their pockets. ”

With 590,000 mouths, Daming really wants to have so many soldiers and horses, and he has already crushed Jiannu for several rounds. It's a pity that when Zhu Cihong wants to transfer soldiers with real combat effectiveness, it is not enough to make a discount, and he has to make another discount. The discount is because the situation of drinking the blood of soldiers in various towns is too serious, and it is common to embezzle military salaries and receive food under false names. The discount is because all towns have to defend it, and they can't all draw troops and horses.

Hearing Zhu Cihong say this, Ni Yuanlu also felt a tightness in his heart, and said: "Back to the Holy Lord, the Privy Council has recently discussed contacting the Guozijian to train financial personnel and check the account books. In this way, we will sort out the distribution of food and salary in the army, and never let the soldiers be drunk again. ”

"I understand that the Privy Council has done this, with a heart and a good job." Zhu Cihong only sighed, the Guards Corps is much better than the towns, the Privy Council is only the amount of military salaries, and in fact, the distribution is allocated to Hengxin Bank. Of course, there are also corrupt people. It's just that the Guards Legion is rising in the sun, and its ability to self-check and supervise is much stronger.

"How many people are actually there in the end, but is there a number?" Zhu Cihong actually didn't give up hope.

"The first to be counted was the Xuanfu Army, with a total of more than 80,000 troops, but the actual number of troops was only 11,937. According to the situation of the Xuanfu army, the number of border troops plus the Guanning army was about 150,000 in total. Ni Yuanlu said in a deep voice: "This time, when Weichen came, he actually found another situation. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Cihong had a bad premonition in his heart.

Sure enough, what Ni Yuanlu said was downright bad news. I saw Ni Yuanlu sigh lightly and said: "This time, Xuanfu, Datong and the three towns of Shanxi were merged into the First Army. But when Chen Yongfu first rectified the Xuanfu army, he found that the Xuanfu army had too many unusable soldiers. Although the arrangement of the Privy Council is said to be a merger, it is actually an expansion of the original First Regiment as a skeleton to the military level. In fact, the soldiers of the Three Towns will be selected according to the criteria for new recruits to enlist. The Xuanfu army participated in the Battle of Zunhua and was also in Gyeonggi, and was the first to complete the screening work, but ......"

Zhu Cihong almost guessed what he was going to say next.

Sure enough, Ni Yuanlu said: "The Xuanfu Army has a total of nearly 12,000 people, and only 937 people can be qualified to be transferred and do not need centralized training. Too little ......"

The military-level troops are basically the skeleton of more than 10,000 people, and if there are less than 1,000 people who can be expanded, then it is too slow to train new recruits. Importantly, that means another increase in military spending.

To this end, Xia Chen relaxed the screening criteria. Some soldiers whose physical fitness is temporarily not up to standard have also been relaxed, and Rao has only increased by more than 1,000 people. And most importantly...... The proportion of officers among those who have been eliminated is too high. Among the border towns, there are too few key officers, and even fewer officers who can be used. After Ni Yuanlu finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Cihong's expression.

Sure enough, this means that this time the budget for military spending needs to be increased again.

"The most troublesome thing is that these officers are not easy to arrange. If you are younger, it doesn't matter, as long as you have potential, you can go to the military academy for a few more years of training. Older ...... "Zhu Cihong can almost imagine how troublesome these people's work is.

Many of the so-called nine-sided officers are not so much officers as a group of masters. In fact, these people are really going to be uncles. Take the military money to enjoy it yourself, buy land and buy women, just like landlords and heroes.

But these people are not easy to deal with.

Suddenly, Zhu Cihong said, "What about the situation of the guards? ”

"Holy Rong ......" Ni Yuanlu's brows furrowed into a Sichuan character: "This is another thing that Wei Chen asked to play today." Weichen, please suspend the handling of the guards. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded in acknowledgment, and Ni Yuanlu continued.

"I have a total of 547 Daming guards, and the full number of guards is 5,600. That's a force of nearly three million people. At present, the origins of the guards in various places in the Ming Dynasty are erosive, but it does not mean that the number of people has decreased. In the guardhouse, it was the military that was scattered, but it was not ...... The people in the guardhouse. Daming Border Town still knows military law, and there are only more than 100,000 people in total. However, there are hundreds of guards in the Ming Dynasty, and there are at least millions of military households, even if they flee the military quota, they can't escape the military households who were enslaved as tenant farmers by the officers. Moreover, each of them commanded the military attaché of the second grade. It is troublesome to arrange, and it takes a lot of effort to deal with it. Ni Yuanlu slowed down and looked at Zhu Cihong's expression.

Zhu Cihong just nodded unconsciously, thinking about something in his heart that people couldn't guess.

Ni Yuanlu paused and continued: "To rectify the guards, we may be able to select some useful recruit seeds from the military households. But this benefit is more than the pros and cons of rectifying the entire army of the guard...... It's so disparity, it's not worth it. ”

Zhu Cihong exhaled deeply, stood up, looked at the scene outside and did not rush to comment.

The issue of the system of health is too big. But not rectifying made Zhu Cihong a little unwilling.

In order to strengthen persuasion, Ni Yuanlu said: "If you only select useful soldiers from the guards' army, you can directly assign recruitment specialists to train new soldiers. There is no need to rush to rectify the twists and turns on the side. Weichen knew that Shengshang was now not only reforming the army, but also implementing the new policy of Tianfu. At this time, there are many twists and turns, I am afraid that I will be greedy for more and be rash. ”

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and motioned for Ni Yuanlu not to say anything.

Speaking of which, Zhu Cihong was really moved. It's just that faintly, Zhu Cihong still noticed something, which made him not dare to make up his mind easily: "I want to think about it,"

"Wechen awaits the Holy Lord's ruling." Ni Yuanlu stood up and saluted.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand, pondered for a long time, and said, "Let go of the affairs of the guards." I have a way to deal with the affairs of the border town. I give you a mandate and a plan. Didn't you ask Guozijian to train a group of people? It just so happened that the group of imperial historians who had nothing to do in the Imperial Court also went to wander around the nine sides. The Privy Council contacted various departments and first arrested, imprisoned, and killed a group of people who were extremely angry, who had a bad impression in the army, and who were most seriously corrupt. Then identify those talents who can be created, divide and disintegrate, and solve the problems of the border town officers. In this way, the handling of these officers can be regarded as a result. Do this, and I have authorized it. ”

Ni Yuanlu laughed: "The saint is wise. ”

What he needs is Zhu Cihong's authorization.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand: "The anti-corruption matter in the army must be made daily, and no sports should be carried out." Institutional checks and balances must be done well, and the privy secretaries of various ministries must not be reduced to rubber seals. ”

"Wechen understood." Ni Yuanlu wrote it down in his notebook.

"After talking for so long...... Zhu Cihong exhaled lightly and said, "How much does the Privy Council's updated budget military spending now?" In the final analysis, whether it is a border town or a guard station, the trouble is that the gap in military spending is too big. ”

"At worst, the gap is huge." Ni Yuanlu stared at Zhu Cihong's expression and said weakly. It was an accident indeed.

Zhu Cihong's face was a little green: "It's bigger than the original five million taels?" ”

"If you don't want to figure out how to do it...... I'm afraid so. Ni Yuanlu said in a low voice.

"If you have a way, just say it!" Zhu Cihong understood Ni Yuanlu's little ninety-nine.

Ni Yuanlu laughed and said, "The Privy Council has also drawn up a plan for this matter, and I also ask the Holy Lord to decide." ”

Zhu Cihong took over the music from Ni Yuanlu.

There are two options.

One fast and one slow.

The fast ones want less total military spending, and the slower ones want more total military spending. But what's worse is that military spending will be needed in the near future, in the hope that the problem of this army reform can be solved by thunderous means and Yulu Junen quickly cut through the mess.

The slow one is naturally a method of simmering and slow cooking, which takes a long time and requires a high total military expenditure. The only benefit is that military spending is stable and there is time to move.

What is faster is to cut off all the redundant troops and turn them into military cantonments at the same time, instead of directly cutting them off and returning them to the people. Of course, it is also allowed to convert to civilian households that have the courage to be fed up with the military.

This method is effective quickly, and the advantage is that it can calm down the veterans who have been laid off, and they will not be left without a home and will not be able to get a good placement. Quickly solve the problem of the placement of unqualified border soldiers.

The slow plan is the traditional way, which is transferred to the private households, and the money and food are distributed to solve the problem on their own.

Although it may seem that the latter has to distribute money and food, it is actually more time-consuming and money-saving. Because the Ming Dynasty counted the nine border armies of the Guanning Army, they all had to be eliminated one by one. To ensure that the money and food will not be swallowed by the intermediate links, you can only choose a pilot, and then snowball to solve the problem one by one after training enough teams.

But although the Juntun method seems more complicated, it is actually more convenient.

Tuntian is not a novel and unique method, the Ming Dynasty has no shortage of talents for implementation, and the army under the legion is still the establishment under the Ming court. The difference is only to distinguish the soldiers from the Tuntian auxiliaries. In fact, the establishment of the system will be increased, and there is no need to bother with how much settling-in allowance will be issued, and only these unqualified veterans will need to be transferred to the tuntian.

It is even possible to promise to hand over the fields after a few years of cultivation.

"But...... The expenditure of the military cantonment will be even larger. Ni Yuanlu snapped his fingers and said one by one: "This is not to give a name, just gather people." Although there are some fields in the border towns, they have been abandoned over the years. This means that new clans need to start reclamation again. Although there is no need for a settling-in allowance for layoffs, seeds, farm tools, cattle, houses, and grain to be harvested in the autumn of next year, and even the cost of moving houses, as well as some other expenses in the early stage of reclamation. In the first year, I'm afraid more investment will be needed. Of course, there are also advantages, that is, there will be opportunities to receive returns in the future, and the output of the military cantonment can be fed back to the locality. ”

"What is the need for investment in the near future? Go and let the Minister of Finance come over, and you will make the matter clear. Zhu Cihong wanted to let the household move a little. After all, the imperial court is not without a penny, but there is a gap.

Soon, Fu Shuxun came. When I heard about the plan, I was also quite appreciative. It's just that it is difficult for him to move: "It is not early now, so we should make a plan as soon as possible in the current winter, prepare enough cattle, seeds, and build a good house." However, the reward for this battle and the military expenses ...... But it's hard to move. ”

"How much do you want, and how is the spending schedule arranged?" Zhu Cihong said calmly: "Give me the result within three days." ”

Two days later, Zhu Cihong looked at the numbers on the piece and exhaled softly.

"The imperial court needs to add an additional tax equivalent to two million stones, or three million six hundred thousand taels of new taxes, half of which is needed in the first month, and another half in the next two months, if this is to be the case...... It's only three months away. Zhu Cihong muttered.

He understands that this time, a big one is coming.

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