Chapter 242: The Eight Banners Problem (1)
Since the opening of the Qing Dynasty, the banner people have been adopted a policy of "benevolence", the Eight Banners people are exempted from levying errands, grain, grass, and cloth, and from then on only undertake military service, give various privileges, and let those who have a little ability in the banner people hold official positions, trying to make them worry about food and clothing. When the dynasty was first established, there were not many banner people, and the big guys lived a nourishing life, but later, the population multiplied, and the banner people gradually increased, and the life of the imperial court was not very good, especially after Kangxi put down the Geldan rebellion in the 37th year, there was no war for several years, and the banner people were useless, and they spent money and food.
In order to solve the problem of the Eight Banners, the old man Kangxi has made a lot of efforts: in order to ensure the strength of the Eight Banners, the annual competition assessment and hunting are indispensable; forced the children of the Eight Banners to learn Manchu; prohibit intermarriage between Manchu and Han; In addition to the monthly silver, there are often other rewards - in the 37th year of Kangxi, more than 5,415,000 taels of silver were allocated from the treasury to reward all the banner people, with an average of hundreds of taels per household; At the beginning of the 42nd year of Kangxi, he once again allocated more than 6.55 million taels of silver to reward the eight banners; In May of the 42nd year of Kangxi, in order to rectify the flag affairs, he once again allocated more than 3 million taels of silver for acreage, farming tools, and ploughing cattle to resettle the idle bannermen. It's a pity that all of them have been wasted and useless.
Learning Manchu? Not to mention ordinary flag people, even the princes and magnates don't speak Manchu on weekdays, although the old man Kangxi said that he used Manchu to issue edicts from time to time, but he himself didn't speak Manchu on weekdays, this learning Manchu is naturally not efficient, and the big guy just coped with things. As for the prohibition of Manchu and Han intermarriage, it is even more ridiculous - there are many Han concubines in the harem of the old man Kangxi, and there are not a few princes and magnates who marry Han women as side blessings.
The matter of rewarding silver is even more ridiculous, the silver allocated by the old man Kangxi is not less, but the ability of those children of the Eight Banners to spend silver is even higher, and when this silver is in hand, that one will be squandered. Up to now, many poor banner people have been reduced to pawning the flag Jialu rice to get by, and they are really so poor that they have no choice, and they have not done less to cut the path and rob them, and it is strange that the law and order of the Beijing division can be good.
The old man Kangxi has done so many things, the only thing that has a little effect is the competition assessment and hunting, although the cost is huge, but it is good to keep a little bit of the bloodiness of the Eight Banners, of course, this is also related to the continuous war after the old man succeeded to the throne, but with the suppression of the Geldan rebellion, there has been no war for a long time, and the training of the Eight Banners has become more and more formal, and the combat effectiveness has deteriorated.
The reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to establish a dynasty was the power of the Eight Banners, for which no matter who sat on the dragon chair, it was impossible not to attach importance to the Eight Banners, although the old man Kangxi was superb, and he was stunned to reconcile the national contradictions between the Manchus and the Han Dynasty very weakly, but the contradiction is still a contradiction after all, and it does not exist because it is weak, if the matter of the Eight Banners cannot be solved, it will inevitably affect the stability of the imperial power, the problem is that no one can come up with a way to solve the problem of the Eight Banners, even the old man Kangxi himself is helpless.
Since ancient times, there have been many cases of ethnic minorities entering the Central Plains, such as Yang Jian and Li Shimin, and Meng Yuan, and how to consolidate the imperial power is different-Yang Jian and Li Shimin's approach is to completely integrate themselves into the Han nationality and desperately declare that they are Han Chinese, and the price of such practices is to completely lose their own nationality and become a part of the Han nationality; Meng Yuan's method is to kill, and the Han people have to obey it, but the problem is that Meng Yuan can't kill all the Han people if he can kill them, right? So as soon as Meng Yuan decayed, the Han people rose up and beat Meng Yuan to nowhere to hide.
In fact, it is not the first time that the Manchus entered the Central Plains, in the Song Dynasty, Jin who entered the Central Plains is the ancestor of the Manchus, and the Jin at that time also adopted the practice of Mengyuan, and the result was also extremely bad, this time the Manchus entered the Central Plains but learned a lot, no longer take the Mengyuan set of high-pressure policies, but instead adopt the policy of appeasement, supplemented by power, as far as the current situation is concerned, it can be regarded as a success, but there is still a problem - the Manchu rulers are unwilling to Sinicize the Manchus, He is unwilling to completely Han his own nation like Li Shimin, so trouble will come.
This is the general trend of history in the sinicization of the Manchus,This Yinzuo has the experience of later generations,It's very clear in my heart,It's just that sinicization is also divided into active and passive,After the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty,The Manchus are passive sinicization,A group of old men who only know how to enjoy the days after the demise of the Manchus are extremely miserable,If you take the initiative to sinicize,It's actually more ideal to take the initiative to integrate into the Han people like Li Shimin,At least it won't fall to the point of the later generations.。 It's just that Yinzuo can only think about it in his heart at this time, and he doesn't dare to talk to anyone at all, not to mention that Yinzuo is not the emperor at this time, even if he has ascended the throne, he must be careful when encountering the problem of the Eight Banners, otherwise the throne may not be able to sit firmly, and if he really wants to perform major surgery on the Eight Banners, it can only be possible until the imperial power is stabilized.
The old man Kangxi handed over the Eight Banners problem to Yinzuo, not so much an assessment, but a kind of helplessness, because the old man had no answer in his own heart, although the old man himself understood that this problem was too tricky, but he still wanted to see if Yinzuo could find a feasible way with ingenuity.
Let the flag man fend for himself? Impossible, as soon as this idea comes out today, Ming'er Yinzuo will be able to go to the Zongren Mansion to drink tea, and there will definitely be no less than 10,000 people who will come up to make trouble in Yinzuo's Mansion, and Yinzuo will not even consider this bad idea, even if he wants to change the Eight Banners Yinzuo, he will only take a gradual approach. The imperial court continues to be honored? That's even more unworkable, at this time the flag people are already millions, and if they continue to reproduce like this, they will not be tens of millions in the future, and the treasury will still be able to support it if it is rich at this time, but what should it be like if the treasury is empty when it comes to war? You can't always suppress all the problems, and when the time comes, there will be a total outbreak, and then the fun will be great.
Open a joint-stock company and let the flag man take the shares? Hey, Yinzuo had seen it on the Internet in his previous life, and this method is not impossible - there are many business wizards among the banner people, and Liu Mingchuan, a slave under Yinzuo, is one of the representatives, but the problem is that this method cannot really solve the problem, Yinzuo has already considered this matter: relying on the many monopoly industries under the name of Yinzuo, it is not difficult to take out some monopoly projects as the basis for the company's start, and it is also easy to give some dividends to Baqi after strengthening management, but it cannot solve the root problem of Baqi**. Don't look at Yinzuo and look down on the Eight Banners, but if Yinzuo wants to ascend the throne, it is impossible to even sit on the throne and leave the support of the Eight Banners, at least before Yinzuo stabilizes the imperial power, it is inseparable from the strong support of the Eight Banners, and a rotten Eight Banners is not the result that Yinzuo wants to see.
Although there is some progress in taking the joint-stock company to raise the Eight Banners and taking the treasury to raise the Eight Banners, it cannot solve the problem of the Eight Banners doing nothing and becoming more and more popular, such a method has no practical meaning at all, even the old man Kangxi can see the strangeness, not to mention Yinzuo himself, of course, it does not mean that this method cannot be used, at least it can solve the problem of the source of income of the children of the Eight Banners.
What the old man Kangxi wants is a way to maintain the bloodiness and combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners, which is difficult - not to mention that there is no war now, the training of the Eight Banners is a formality, even if there is a war in the future, according to Yinzuo's plan, most of those wars are naval battles on the ocean, and the Eight Banners gang only know how to ride and shoot at all, they can't afford to play at all, they can only be a spectator, and the only thing that can be used is to calm Jungger again, or the conflict with the "polar bear", However, the military system of the Eight Banners is completely in conflict with Yinzuo's army building ideas, if Yinzuo is on the throne, it is imperative to reform the military system, and the places where the Eight Banners can be used are not too much, of course, the cavalry is still dominated by the Eight Banners, after all, the Eight Banners are a horse nation, and riding skills are not said.
It's hard, it's really hard! Yinzuo thought about it so much that his head hurt, and he didn't think of a good idea. Yin Zuo sat on Lan Yue'er's bed and thought about it, and thought about it in all aspects, but he never had a bottom in his heart. Lan Yue'er knew Yinzuo's temper, and she didn't dare to disturb Yinzuo's contemplation, so she could only stand aside silently and wait.
Lan Yue'er didn't dare to disturb Yinzuo's thinking, but someone dared, just when the room was quiet, the little head of the county lord Yixue poked out at the door of the room, pressed a little finger on his lips, signaling the maids in the room not to make a sound, and then tiptoed to the room, gently walked to Yinzuo's side, and shouted: "Amma!" Suddenly startled Yinzuo, the little girl laughed proudly, and giggles floated in the room.
"Heh, Xiao Yixue, you're naughty again, look at Amma beating your little ass." When Yinzuo saw that it was his baby daughter, he was immediately happy and hugged the little girl.
"If you dare to hit me, I'll cry." The little guy stuck out his tongue and made a grimace, and when he saw that Yinzuo was full of love, he kissed the little girl's face vigorously. Yinzuo's beard scumbag stabbed the little girl's piece of pain for a while, and the little girl unceremoniously pushed away Yinzuo's face and said, "Don't, Amma's face is full of thorns, and the fourteenth uncle is not like this." Amma, why didn't Uncle Fourteen come, people miss him a little. ”
Want to be the old fourteen? Hey, I'm afraid this little guy is thinking about the gift of the old fourteen, right? Yinzuo laughed. The old fourteenth knows that Yinzuo loves the lord of Yixue the most, and every time he comes back to Yinzuo's mansion, he can't forget to bring gifts to the little girl, they are all children's things, but he also coaxed Xiao Yixue very happy, and the old fourteen are very compatible, since the old fourteen received the order to go out, it has been more than half a year since the old fourteen received the order to go out, and Xiao Yixue really thinks about the fourteenth uncle who brings gifts from time to time.
"Your fourteenth uncle has gone to fight the bad guys, and he will probably be able to come back." Yin Zuo smiled and touched Xiao Yixue's head.
The county lord of Yixue was in Yinzuo's arms, raised his little face and looked at Yinzuo and said, "Ama, where is the fourteenth uncle going to fight the villains, why don't you take me with you?" ”
Where to go? Well? Yinzuo suddenly thought of something, and forgot to answer Xiao Yixue's question for a while, the little guy didn't do it, grabbed Yinzuo's chin, and said coquettishly: "Ama, you said, where is Uncle Fourteen?" ”
"Ahh Yinzuo came back to his senses, smiled and said, "When you go to Dongying, it's far away, you have to take a big sea boat." ”
"A big ship? Amma, I also want to take a boat, the eldest brother and the second brother have been on the boat, Amma is eccentric, but he hasn't taken me to ride. The little girl held her mouth and immediately prepared for a tearful show.
Well, if this little girl really cries, it's endless. Yinzuo hurriedly coaxed: "Cheng, catch Ming'er and wait for Ama to be free, I will definitely take you to take the sea boat, okay?" ”
"Really? When is Amma free? The little girl asked, tilting her head.
Hehe, it's really a real little guy, it's not easy to be blind. Yinzuo shook his head with a wry smile and said, "When the spring begins, when your fourteenth uncle comes back, Ama will take you to Qingdao to take a boat, okay?" ”
The little girl tilted her head and thought for a while, then stretched out a little finger and said, "Pull the hook, Amma can't deceive people." ”
"Okay, okay, Amma hooks up with you." Yinzuo smiled and hooked the little guy, put her on the ground and said, "Let's go play, Ama still has something to do, I'll go play with you in a while, okay?" ”
"Yes." Xiao Yixue nodded vigorously and ran out by herself, Yinzuo looked at the little guy's lively back with pity, but suddenly had a kind of realization in her heart, sighed for a while, and said to Lan Yue'er, who was always standing aside: "Your brother's business, this king has his own opinions, and he will never embarrass you, this king still has some things, let's talk about this matter later." As soon as he finished speaking, he strode towards the door.
"Master, you haven't had lunch yet." Lan Yue'er saw that Yinzuo was leaving, and mistakenly thought that Yinzuo was angry because of Chahar's matter, so she hurriedly shouted.
"Ah, it's okay, Yue'er, you use it first, and then go back and let someone send some food to the study." Yinzuo turned his head and smiled, and hurried towards the study.
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