Zhu Zhen claimed that he wanted to let the soldiers in Yunnan live the happiest life, but he didn't just talk casually, he had real materials!

First of all, Zhu Zhen announced on the spot that from now on, all soldiers who remain in Yunnan will enjoy a special allowance of 1,000 wen per month. And it is a copper coin, not an unpopular treasure banknote.

At present, the Ming Dynasty is expensive and cheap, and 10 million copper coins can be exchanged for nearly two banknotes, which alone is higher than the military salary of the soldiers.

What's even more amazing is still to come, Zhu Zhen brazenly declared that he had obtained the consent of his father to try out a new military policy in Yunnan that is completely different from that of the mainland!

The current guard military system of the Ming Dynasty is closely related to Tuntian. At present, there are about 2 million military households in the country, and each household is granted 20 or 30 mu of land depending on the region, and the number of households can reach 30 or 40 mu.

Therefore, the military households are not all soldiers, or even most of the time they are not soldiers, but 'three points to defend the city, seven points to plant', that is to say, among the ten military households, three families each send a strong man as a soldier, called 'regular soldiers'.

The other seven families, and the 'Yu Ding' of the three families, were responsible for cultivating the land of the ten families, providing food for the ten families, and various military supplies such as food, grass, and clothing for the three regular soldiers.

Of course, those who are soldiers will not always be soldiers, and those who farm will not always be farmers, and there is a rotation with each other. On average, it's about 'three years as a soldier and seven years as a farmer'. It is also known as 'seven households farming and ten families eating'.

This model of self-sufficiency of military households, at least during the Hongwu period, really reduced the burden on the common people, so that they did not have to bear the burden of military rations, and they did not have to suffer the horror of transporting grain to the frontier.

Boss Zhu once proudly declared, 'I raise millions of soldiers, and it doesn't cost the people a grain of rice!' ’

Ordinary people were indeed able to recuperate and live and work in peace and contentment, and the national strength of the Ming Dynasty naturally recovered rapidly. But this is based on the fact that the military households bear the entire burden of military supplies......

Moreover, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, all of them went out to fight, and the army often traveled thousands of miles away from the border, and the consumption of military food was terrifying.

As we all know, if there is no water transportation, it will cost several stones to transport a stone of military rations thousands of miles away by land transportation alone.

Therefore, the burden on military households is extremely heavy.

Zhu Zhen had a thorough understanding of the military household tuntian system, and he found that the current distribution model was extremely unreasonable.

Taking 20 acres of farmland per household as an example, first of all, the guard station has to levy 50 stone of grain every year as military rations. Each household could only draw two stone per month for food rations.

The remaining grain is used as public food left by the health center, which is used for public expenditure such as preparing for famine, repairing canals and embankments, and purchasing cattle and farm tools.

This model in which all the grain collected by the military households is handed over to the warehouse of the guard station, and the rations are paid on a monthly basis, looks like working on a farm, as if it is not bad......

But eighty-five percent of the gains do not belong to themselves, who has the motivation to work?

Eating a big pot of rice is always like this, those who take advantage are lazy, and those who suffer are honest people. In the end, turn everyone into lazy people.

But they all became lazy men, and the land was barren, and they could not grow crops. Not to mention the public grain, after paying the imperial grain, even the rations are not enough...... Everyone can only go hungry collectively.

Moreover, Boss Zhu was too idealistic, and he was worried that distributing the land to the soldiers would allow the officers to annex the land of ordinary military households.

Therefore, it was stipulated that the ownership of the land in the military camp belonged to the guard, and the military households could only cultivate, not buy and sell. The land is not their own, and the military households have no enthusiasm for farming......

Especially when we see that those civilian households are exempt from taxes, lightly pay for small taxes, and live a prosperous life, the military households are even more unbalanced. So this has just opened the country, and deserters have appeared in the guards of various places in the Ming Dynasty.

When Boss Zhu mentioned the reason for crusading against King Liang, he said indignantly: "If he had guarded his ground according to his duty, I would not have recruited him." But he did not keep his points, my deserters here, he lured the generals, and the sinners he hid, so he only made a provocation, so I taught him to conquer him, and they were all pacified. It's probably not a problem, what do you have to say? ’

Although it is accusing King Liang, it also indirectly illustrates the problem of desertion at the beginning of the country. This has to be said to be a failure of the current system of guards and military cantonments.

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"Then may I ask Your Highness, where is the new Tuntian New Deal?" Fu Youde asked.

"First of all, there is no need to hand over all the grain grown by military households in Yunnan as before." Zhu Zhen said in a deep voice: "You only need to pay forty percent of the total harvest as military rations, and the remaining sixty percent belongs to your own family, of course, the guard will not send rations anymore!" ”

"In addition, all military supplies and transportation have nothing to do with military households. They have to pay forty percent of their harvest, and they still have to fight for the country, and the burden is already heavy enough, and they can't add the slightest more to them. After a pause, he raised his voice and said murderously: "This king will send someone to supervise this item, who dares to let the military family hand over an extra grain of grain, I will peel his skin!" ”

"Yes......" Although the generals were full of worry, they were forced by the pressure of the prince and could only respond first.

"In addition, this king has already told his father that all soldiers and civilians who enter Yunnan, as long as they can settle down in the local area, will be rewarded for cultivating cattle and fields, and will be exempted from military service for ten years!"

Zhu Zhen was completely speechless, and finally announced: "Ten years later, the land will be bought and sold!" ”

The generals hummed, and now they couldn't hold back at all, and they all looked at Yingchuan Hou.

Fu Youde, the general of Zhengnan, had no choice but to ask: "Lord Wang, let's not talk about what will happen in ten years." Just at the moment, if the military households do not pay the food, how can the military food be solved? ”

"The problem of military rations will be solved in the province, and if it can't be solved in the province, it will be solved by this king!" Zhu Zhen waved his hand and said categorically: "Don't worry, this king will never be hungry!" ”

"That's good, that's good......" The generals breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and they no longer worried about this problem.

This made Mu De and the others who attended the court meeting secretly frightened, they thought that Zhu Zhen had given the military such a big problem, and the generals would definitely explode.

Unexpectedly, the prince made an empty guarantee, and the generals all stopped.

Looking at the appearance of the Marquis of Yingchuan and others believing in the words of the prince, the local officials really don't know if the general of the Ming Dynasty is particularly naïve, or the words of this prince are particularly convincing in the Ming Dynasty?

It can't be the former, right......

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In short, after Zhu Zhen made many promises, the generals finally stopped worrying about the problem of the whole army staying in Yunnan.

"Everything the king can do has been done, and the rest is up to you." Zhu Zhen sat on the throne, his majestic gaze swept over the generals, and said word by word:

"The number one task of all of you this year is to do a good job of the army staying in the garrison, whoever does the best in the army, this king will be rewarded! Whose troops are sloppy and have problems, Hugh blames the king for being ruthless! Do you understand?! ”

The last six words, Zhu Zhen almost shouted, it was really deafening, so that everyone clearly understood his determination.

"Got it!" The generals hurriedly shouted their orders, and no one dared to slacken.

(End of chapter)