For the garrison of Xifengkou, the Ming court must have allocated more than 2,000 people to Xifengkou's food and salary.

Why is there so many soldiers in the peak pass?

This is by no means just caused by the empty salary of the chief officer of Xifengkou.

From the root, this should still be the fault of the military household system of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Youzhen still has an impression of this in his memory in his previous life.

In the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, like other dynasties in China, they also benefited greatly from Juntun.

To be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang, the grandfather of the Ming Dynasty, really dare not compliment his understanding of the economy. Maybe to make a ranking of all the founding emperors of China, Zhu Yuanzhang's economic policies should be either the first to the last or the second-to-last.

When the Ming Dynasty was first built, Zhu Yuanzhang only saw the huge benefits of the military tun, so he set up the military household system of the guard house that had been inherited by the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years.

According to the policy formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming court only provided a small amount of food and salary to the soldiers of each guard post (this is still the soldiers stationed in key places). The food and salary of the soldiers of the Daming Guard mainly relied on the Tuntian of the Guard.

The military household system of the guard station does not require the state to pay a penny, and the military household has been a soldier for generations, farming to support the family in his spare time, and fighting as a soldier in chaos. What a beautiful vision.

It's a pity that the reality is cruel.

When the Ming Dynasty was founded, there were few people in the land, and the military households in the guard had a large amount of arable land, which could completely make up for the lack of food and salary issued by the imperial court.

But with the reproduction of generation after generation, the health center gradually became less and more crowded, and the output was simply not enough for its own consumption. The Ming court still maintained the policy of the founding of the country.

The reduction of the harvest in Tuntian, the wanton exploitation of officers at all levels, the unbearable heavy labor of the soldiers, and the hereditary household registration system of Zhu Yuanzhang Dakeng, the military households were completely reduced to the existence of serfs. In the ordinary military families of the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult to find even a daughter-in-law.

The military families could not survive anymore, and a large number of guards and soldiers could only abandon their homes and flee, and the remnants could only survive in the cruel oppression.

From the Ming Dynasty to the Jiajing period, the guard system had been completely corrupted, and there were no soldiers who could fight in the interior of the Ming Dynasty.

Historically, dozens of Japanese robbers were able to run rampant in the south of the Yangtze River, which fully illustrates the unbearable nature of the guards in the interior of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Jiajing Dynasty, in order to cope with the predicament, the Ming Dynasty began a conscription system.

To recruit is to pay people to be soldiers.

The main army after Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty was basically recruited, which was actually the nature of mercenaries.

To be a soldier is to exchange your life for money and food, in fact, it is such a simple transaction.

But the Wenchen of the Ming Dynasty didn't think so! They are always nostalgic for the days when the guards did not need money from the imperial court.

Maybe that's what you think? (Zhu Youzhen sneered)

The army money and food allocated by the Ming court have not been distributed in full. Even the famous Qi family army can only get 9% of the salary, which is already the ultimate that the Ming army can get.

The ordinary army of the Ming Dynasty can generally get 7% of the salary, which is already regarded as burning high incense.

Of course, the amount of food and salary reported to the emperor by the ministers must still be the full amount.

As for the difference? That's called drifting.

Drifted there, everyone knows it.

If you take into account the fact that the big officers of the army have to peel off another layer, the thousand households in Xifengkou only eat half of the empty amount, which is indeed very conscientious.

Zhu Youzhen shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.

This kind of mercenary Ming army was also repeatedly owed salaries by the Ming court. This kind of mercenary in arrears of wages should be able to fight to the death for the Ming Dynasty, what is the joke?

What, Wenchen said that the soldiers should fight for the honor of the country?

Joke!

For hundreds of years, the Ming Dynasty has never given the soldiers the honor they deserve, and they still expect the soldiers who are in arrears to sacrifice their lives for the Ming Dynasty?

Can this be a normal mindset?

What kind of strange mode of thinking is the Ming civil official Dutema? Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but burst into foul language.

Forget it, the pit of the Ming military system is too big, and we can't manage it. Zhu Youzhen shook his head and pulled back his thoughts.

"Lao Zheng, I want to open a warehouse in Xifengkou and buy wool from the grassland, what do you think?"

It turns out that this is the real idea of His Royal Highness King Shin.

Jung Young-tae's brain was racing and he quickly assessed the feasibility of Shin-wang's idea.

"Your Highness, it's high, it's really high!" Jung Young-tae loudly praised the idea of His Royal Highness King Shin. He was a thoughtful, utterly heartfelt compliment. (Of course, there is a trace of the ass of the king of letters)

Being able to set up a fixed warehouse outside the Great Wall at Xifengkou, not to mention other benefits, is completely worth it just by effectively supplementing the caravan.

Those who have been on the foreign trade route all the year round may have had similar thoughts, but no one can do it.

Who is Your Highness who we are taking refuge in? Zheng Yingtai thought proudly.

King Xin, the most beloved younger brother of the Son of Heaven; Grace is unparalleled in the world.

If you can't do it, doesn't it mean that His Royal Highness King Xin can't do it?

Thinking of this, Zheng Yingtai remembered that he had also challenged King Xin, and his body shuddered involuntarily.

Luckily, I made a quick U-turn. Otherwise, I'm afraid the bones of the whole family are rotten, right? Zheng Yingtai couldn't help but think.

If King Xin really opened a warehouse at Xifengkou, then the trade route to the grassland would really change. The future of his Zheng family will also rise.

Thinking of these benefits at a glance, Zheng Yingtai's heart is hot.

Affirmed by Zheng Yingtai from business, Zhu Youzhen was very happy.

As for the issue that Xifengkou is a military control area, is that also a problem for his power?

"I'm finally back," Zheng Ming sighed as he patted his sore waist.

This time, the process of opening up the trade route between Duoyan and the Han Department was unusually smooth, and if it weren't for the sudden heavy snow on the grassland, they would have been able to rush back a year ago.

Your Highness should be in a hurry, right?

Looking at the hundreds of carts stretching for miles, Zheng Ming had a smile on his face.

The caravan's smooth return, Zhu Youzhen was very happy. Zheng Ming, who is an old veteran in the caravan, is the preferred host of the Xifengkou acquisition point in his mind.

"Your Highness, the little, the little one thinks so." Facing the legendary His Royal Highness King Xin, Zheng Ming was very excited.

Lord Wang, alas!

This is the bloodline of the Great Tomorrow family, the most noble bloodline of the Great Ming. To be able to meet the prince, he is really smoking from the ancestral grave, and he is fortunate to have three lives!

"Come, take a sip of tea, and speak slowly, let's not rush." Zhu Youzhen comforted the excited Zheng Ming, this old man is a baby. He is definitely the person who is most familiar with the grassland in this era.

Zheng Ming has been following caravans since he was a teenager, traveling back and forth between Daming and the grassland. As a result of decades of trading, he became familiar with the customs of all parts of the grassland.

Zheng Ming was even more familiar with the Horqin grassland, where the Shubo tribe was located, and he could find the right path everywhere blindfolded.

This kind of wayfinding experience is incredible when you put it in the vast grasslands that are almost oceanic. These decades of accumulated experience are what Zhu Youzhen values most and is the most valuable.