Chapter 966 An Unprecedented Strategy
Hearing this, the other ministers looked at the emperor and thought, let alone disbanding on the spot, otherwise these military households are not good at fighting, but they are good at causing trouble to the local area! In the former Song Dynasty, even idle personnel were organized into Xiang troops to cause trouble.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said: "It is not enough to rely solely on government officials to maintain public order in the local area. There must be a basic army to maintain public order. The combat power may not be as good as the army recruited, but it should not be stronger than the local thieves." questionable."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yong was stunned for a while. After all the talk, isn't it possible to abolish the military system of the guard station?
Emperor Chongzhen ignored him and continued to explain: "My idea is to streamline the guard army, eliminate the weak and retain the strong, and form a new local army to maintain local security. The military pay will be calculated according to the camp and sentry system."
Upon hearing this, Bi Ziyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, immediately came out to object: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's inappropriate. There are many guards in the country. Although they are streamlined, the number must be huge. Their military expenditures are not what the imperial court does." Are you responsible?"
As for the current military expenditure of the border troops, the imperial court is actually barely supporting it. This is thanks to the fact that in the past two years, it seems that all the wars have been made. Otherwise, the little money just from checking Shanxi merchants would have been exhausted long ago.
Shen Yongmao also had objections and continued: "Your Majesty, all the low-level military attachés in the guard station are hereditary. If they are streamlined, some of them will have officers but no soldiers. There are a lot of these people in the country. How will they be arranged? ?”
It's a good thing to be able to ask questions. Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said to them with a smile: "Every military post has military fields. These military fields can be rented out and the proceeds can be used to support the army. After streamlining, I believe it can Can you afford it?"
Bi Ziyan was stunned after hearing this. Hasn't this changed? Farming is still used to support the army. But looking back and thinking about it, it’s really different. The army in this area no longer works in the fields. The fields are rented out and cultivated by others. According to this calculation, it seems that it can be calculated, and there should be no need for the court to allocate additional funds to this new recruitment army.
On the other side, when Emperor Chongzhen said this, he looked away from Bi Ziyan, glanced at Shen Yongmao, and then looked at Zuodu Yushi and other senior officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and continued to say calmly: "Those who have been streamlined out Most of the personnel are old and weak and cannot fight, but they can do other things. If low-level military positions are eliminated, the same will apply."
"Your Majesty, please tell me how to deal with these old and weak people?" Shen Yongmao immediately asked with concern.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen did not directly answer Shen Yongmao's question. Instead, he changed the topic, looked at the Zuodu Censor and others and said: "I have issued a strict decree before, the Censor and the civil servants are not allowed to hear about the incident. In this way, Forbidding party strife in the Ming Dynasty will consume internal energy. However, as a result, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has complained about this, so how can we exercise the power of supervision..."
Hearing the emperor suddenly mention this matter, the people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate all looked at each other, confused for a moment. Isn't this talking about the reform of the military system of the garrison? Why did they mention this matter again?
But even though they thought so, they did not reject it. Listening to the emperor's words, it seemed that they were going to come up with a solution. The more intelligent people, based on what the emperor said before, vaguely guessed something in their minds.
Sure enough, I heard Emperor Chongzhen continue to say: "Our Ming Dynasty not only has a vast territory, but also has a large population, which is the largest in the history of the dynasties! As a result, the number of affairs far exceeds that of the previous dynasties. But my Ming Dynasty, the two capitals supervise the emperor Counting all the historians, there are only one hundred and forty people. They are responsible for money, grain, salt, soldiers, etc. in the two capitals and thirteen provinces. At the local level, there is only the Provincial-level Prosecution and Prosecution Department. I It is believed that the supervision system has too few manpower, which seriously hinders the supervision system's impartial supervision duty..."
Hearing what he said, the ministers at the Metropolitan Procuratorate couldn't help but be overjoyed. They all heard that the emperor was going to add more people to them. From now on, they will no longer be just a bare-bones official!
As expected, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly raised his voice and said conclusively: "Therefore, I have decided to transfer some of the eliminated soldiers from the guard army to the supervision system to enrich the supervision yamen and serve as minions. In addition, , at the local level, the supervisory yamen should also go down to the county yamen level to supervise local areas.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Tiren, the chief minister who had been acting like a clay bodhisattva, suddenly spoke, bowed and said: "Your Majesty's move is really a good strategy that has never been seen in the past. It should be able to straighten out the moral code of the Ming Dynasty. Veteran minister, it is really a good idea." admire!"
Almost at the same time, Cao Huachun, the eunuch and eunuch of the Clay Bodhisattva, also followed suit and said: "Your Majesty's policy is beneficial to the country and the people. I really accept it!"
"..." When the other officials in the Wenhua Palace saw it, they immediately understood that these two old foxes must have known about it in advance, so when the emperor came to a conclusion, they immediately expressed their support.
Zuo Du Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and others were the first to come to their senses. They were overjoyed and immediately expressed their support for this decision. For them, this greatly enhances their power. From now on, the Metropolitan Procuratorate's Yamen will no longer be empty-headed Yamen, but will be like the Six Bubu Yamen, even bigger than them, because according to the emperor's wishes, this has to be at the county level.
Although this decision is not very satisfactory to other officials, the conflict of interest is not significant. These officials in the Wenhua Palace are all the most senior officials of the Ming Dynasty. They are all in the capital. Regardless of the situation of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they are all under their supervision and can be impeached at any time.
To be honest, it is indeed a good thing for them that the emperor took away the power of the imperial censor to report rumors. As for allocating manpower to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and establishing a normal supervisory office, it is not unacceptable.
Relatively speaking, local officials will feel uncomfortable in the future. After all, in the past, the inspection censor only came once at most, and as long as he dealt with it, he would be fine. But from now on, the supervisory yamen will be opened at the county level, and it will be a permanent yamen. Whatever you do, you have to be careful and the supervisory yamen will stare at you from the side, which is far less comfortable than before.
However, local officials have no say in the court, and these senior officials in the Wenhua Palace have the final say.
Now everyone in the Wenhua Hall probably understood the general framework of Emperor Chongzhen's reform of the military system of the guard station. They suddenly understood that the emperor had probably had this idea for a long time, so he had been doing it for a long time. He organized and trained the new army as an example, took back the right to report on rumors as a foreshadowing, imposed a sea ban and allocated taxes, and incorporated officials into the official system. etc.
This innovation is unprecedented in the previous dynasty, but it seems to be logical. I used to think that innovation was as difficult as climbing to the sky, but the emperor's plan is feasible. The details in the middle had to make the officials marvel.
Unexpectedly, this was not over yet, and Emperor Chongzhen began to explain again.
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