Chapter 10 Separation of the three armed forces

Speaking of which, Zhang Xuan has already given them a lot of benefits.

Xia Chengming system.

It's not that Roche thinks about this, it's that they don't have time to make more changes, and they don't know how to change. Not everyone is Zhu Yuanzhang, although he was born poor, but he has his own ideas about the superstructure, regardless of Zhu Yuanzhang's set, whether it is good or bad, but it has affected the Ming and Qing dynasties for 600 years.

Whether it is Luo Rucai or Luo Yulong, even if they have time, they are just tinkering with the system of the Ming Dynasty. Even the drawbacks have been inherited. For example, the Lu rice of these princes was not given at all, which means that the titles of these people are just a false name. It's not that there are no titles. It was only issued in accordance with the rules of the Ming Dynasty.

But the Ming Dynasty owed those noble people what they could drag and what they could owe. Anyway, these nobles don't rely on these money to eat.

Since the founding of the Xia Dynasty, the finances have been very tight, and if Lu rice is issued according to these titles, at least more than 100,000 stone grains will be gone.

This is not a small amount.

You must know that the taxes of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces add up, and that's probably all there is to it.

So it's all over in this way, anyway, the place where these generals really make money is not on this dead money. They all have real power to lead the troops, and if they leak a little bit between their fingers, it is enough to be rich for decades a year. Zhang Xuan also came up from below, and he was really clear.

Not to mention, this kind of illegal military law such as eating empty salaries, cutting off military funds, reselling military materials, and smuggling back to Yiyi, just after the capture of a place, the reward of the gentry on the ground, and even the division of the spoils of war, this kind of project that has no problem on the bright side can make tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Because the premise of the latter two is to win the war, Zhang Xuan is not prepared to restrict, and is even ready to write it into the military law, so that they can have a justifiable way to get money, but the premise is that they can win. If you can't win, then there's nothing to say.

Zhang Xuan also understands the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish.

However, this policy can only compress the water in the million-strong army of the Xia army, and if you really want to keep the number of troops down, there is still the practice of the next year.

Zhang Xuan didn't let Wang Jincai say anything, and said himself: "When the first emperor was here, he divided the army into two parts, the outer town and the forbidden army. Now, I want to set up another army in addition to the two armies, called the Tun Army. ”

"Our army confronts the Dongyu, the border is more than thousands of miles, above the border, it is naturally the border army, and the generals are in charge, and the treatment is no different from the forbidden army. Due to the change of form, I made special adjustments, and the forbidden army was divided into three parts.

They are Jiangbei Daying and Jiangnan Daying. With the camp of Xijing. The Jiangbei battalion was stationed in Jiangbei to defend Nanjing, while the Jiangnan battalion was stationed in Jiangnan and sat in Nanjing, under the command of me personally. The Xijing battalion was naturally stationed in Wuchang as a reserve. The border army, along the Yangtze River to the west, set up Anqing Town, Xinyang Town, and Xiangyang Town, which is the northern defense line, because of the danger of the mountain, because of the river blockage. The Qing army moved south, and the town of Chongqing was set up on the west side, and the Yunnan-Guizhou Governor's Mansion was set up to defend Wu Sangui. ”

"I am ready to sum up, these three battalions, four towns and one government have a total of 600,000 troops. Soldiers for the country. The Yangtze River Water Division, the East China Sea Division, the Zhejiang Water Division, the Fujian Water Division, the Guangdong Water Division, and the five major water divisions are not counted. The matter was discussed separately. ”

"You have also seen that the forbidden army and the border army are either in the north or in the west, while Hunan, Jiangxi, Liangguang, Zhejiang, and Fujian have no garrisons."

"Of course, this is in the hinterland, but since the war, bandits have been rampant, interfering with people's livelihood, and they cannot be guarded without soldiers. Therefore, I prepared to transfer the old and sick soldiers who had been removed from the front line and those who could not afford to fight into the interior, and set up a general military officer under the jurisdiction of each province, who was under the governor's command, commanded the local garrison, and was responsible for the recruitment and replenishment of the border army and the forbidden army. In the future, when there is a shortage of soldiers in the army, the Privy Council should be written, and the Privy Council should unify the commanders-in-chief, send people to recruit troops, and replenish the front line. Of course, in war, all generals have the right to act cheaply. ”

Zhang Xuan's consciousness is obvious, that is, to increase the authority of the Privy Council. Checks and balances on front-line generals. Many things had charters before, and they were all chartered by Zhang Xuan, but there is indeed a difference between formulating the charter and implementing the charter.

And at this moment, Zhang Xuan is really moving.

To tell the truth, although the generals below these things were surprised, they were all mentally prepared. After all, now that Zhang Xuan is the emperor, many of Zhang Xuan's previous decrees have been turned out by I don't know how many people, and Zhang Xuan also has enough prestige to suppress all his opinions.

Naturally, no one had any objections.

Li Dingguo said: "What Your Majesty said is insightful, and the words of the old man to seek the country. The ministers all admired. It's just that in this way, it doesn't seem that the number of soldiers has been reduced much? ”

Li Dingguo himself must make his attitude clear, because among all the people present, Li Dingguo is the only one who has the ability to oppose Zhang Xuan's decree.

Zhang Xuan said: "Tun army, Tun army, as the name suggests, is naturally the army of Tuntian." ”

"Your Majesty wants to use the guard?" Gao Yigong said.

"Yes and no." Zhang Xuan said: "The guard is useless, how can I not know that when the situation stabilizes, I will abolish the guard and change the county." With the exception of a few guards, the rest were subordinated to the Cabinet. But the garrison should be half of the regular soldier's salary, and the rest should be supplemented by the land. Now there is a great war in all provinces, and the people are deserted. It is just for the purpose of garrisoning. It's just that this garrison soldier doesn't need to set up a separate military registration. It's just a transitional policy, will

When I came to the imperial court, the finances were abundant, and they were all soldiers of the national economic system. Moreover, the number of troops in each province also needs to be reported by the provinces, so I am afraid that there will not be too much. But even if it's an old pawn, I'll make it right. There will be no mistreatment of those who have shed blood for the court. ”

In addition to saving financial expenses, Tuntian is too convenient.

"Your Majesty, the matter of the number of troops -----?" Xu Du said.

Xu Du's words can be said to be at the heart of the problem. Zhang Xuan's statement is already a sure thing about reducing the number of troops, but whose reduction is and how much it is a matter that can be debated.

Zhang Xuan said: "The three battalions each have 100,000 for the forbidden army, as for how to divide the rest, it depends on your opinion." But there is one thing, if I am in front, it is that the number of troops has been determined. You may not be in the same position, but it is better to be realistic. ”

Zhang Xuan's words were like a basin of cold water poured down. They lost the mind of the dispute. Originally, they all wanted to let themselves leave more people, after all, who doesn't want to have more people when they are soldiers and fight.

Now I have to settle down with the actual situation.

Yuan Shizhong first said: "Anqing Town does not need too many people, Anqing is in the two capitals, connected by the Yangtze River waterway, and the army support will arrive in three or five days, so in the opinion of the minister, if you send troops from Anqing to the north, you can send a forbidden army, if you just let go, 40,000 soldiers are enough, but there was Tuntian in the north of Anqing before, but I don't know what to do with this part?" ”

Zhang Xuan had a slight headache in his heart, but he also knew a lot of things. It can't be one-size-fits-all, and said: "Set up the Anqing General Army, and be responsible for these cantonment soldiers." However, these soldiers were in charge of the tuntian, and the number of them should not exceed 20,000. ”

Yuan Shizhong continued: "There are many mountains in Xinyang Town, the terrain is dangerous, and there is Xijing as the backing, if you just defend, you can prepare more firearms, and the number of people is not too much, and the minister thinks that 30,000 elite soldiers are enough." ”

Zhang Xuan glanced at the others and saw that they had no right opinions. Zhang Xuan also heard it, Yuan Shizhong said that the two towns of Xinyang and Anqing are more than enough to defend, but they can't attack.

If you want to attack, you must ban the army.

"Your Majesty," Gao Shiheng said, "Xiangyang Town must have 100,000 soldiers and horses. Then he said carefully: "Xiangyang is the place where the world is going to rush, and Sichuan has fallen into the hands of thieves, Xiangyang is connected to the enemy on three sides, the enemy Luoyang in the north, the enemy Wuguan in the northwest, and the enemy Sichuan in the west. There is a lonely tendency, non-heavy troops are not allowed to defend, and non-heavy generals are not allowed to sit in town. Your Majesty, please be clear. ”

Zhang Xuan listened and nodded secretly, knowing that Xiangyang's form was not easy. Today's Xiangyang Town is not only Xiangyang, but also has Nanyang Mansion in the north and Yunyang Mansion in the west. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is to engage the enemy on three sides. But this time I want 100,000 soldiers, will Li Dingguo agree?

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