Daming Military Empire

Chapter 677 The Two Hundred Capitals Expanded by Tunwei

When Sun Yuanhua heard that the emperor said that at least 100 million garrison guards should be deployed in the North American continent, he couldn't help but gasped.

If it is 100 households, it may be possible to make it together. One million households, no matter where you go, you can't make it together!
He bravely said frankly: "Your Majesty, there are so many guards, it is simply impossible to gather together."

Zhu Cijiong nodded again and said: "I know this. I came to you to discuss the expansion of the Tunwei. Do you think the strategy of expanding the Tunwei is feasible?"

When Sun Yuanhua heard the words, he couldn't help but his eyes lit up. Now the Tunwei is a favorite. I don't know how many people want to transfer to the Tunwei. It's just that there are too many yamen involved in the change of household registration. Not to mention, he didn't even dare to think about it.

Now, since the emperor has mentioned it, it is natural that there is no problem. He quickly cupped his hands and said: "The emperor is wise, it is a great thing to expand the military guards. Many commanders of the guards have asked the ministers. They have many relatives and friends. They all want to transfer to military households, but the ministers can't help them."

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but wondered when he heard the words: "There is such a thing, why didn't you mention it to me?"

Sun Yuanhua explained embarrassingly: "Your Majesty, the farm households are under the management of the Ministry of Households, the artisan households are under the management of the Ministry of Industry, the military households are under the management of the Ministry of War, the music households are under the management of the Ministry of Rites, the criminal records are under the management of the Ministry of Punishment, and the officials are under the management of the Ministry of Officials. According to the rules established by the court, if a humble minister helps them to settle the matter, it will be digging the walls of other yamen."

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but blushed. He really hadn't thought about it. Indeed, if Sun Yuanhua opened the hole, then the farmers would stop farming and the craftsmen would stop working. Military household, that is not a mess.

Now it seems that the 200 million households may not be too many, but less. He tentatively asked: "Since so many people want to transfer their nationality, it should be no problem to expand the 200 million military households."

Sure enough, Sun Yuanhua said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that 200 million households are not enough. If it is possible to transfer, most of the common people would like to transfer to military households."

Zhu Cijiong really didn't expect the folks to have such an idea, because in his opinion, although the income of the military households in the guards has increased, they have to risk their lives to fight for the country. Tunwei, isn't that a typical way of asking for money but not for life!
He didn't know that at this time there were quite a lot of people who wanted money without their lives. You must know that since the Ming Dynasty was peaceful, common people have let go of their lives, and there is more than one young man in a family.

Even if they sacrifice their lives for the country, many people are willing, because their sacrifices can be exchanged for the happiness of the whole family.

Besides, the casualty rate of the Ming army is actually not high, and at most one or two out of ten people will die.

Since everyone is not afraid of death, that's fine, Zhu Cijiong said proudly: "Then just expand to two hundred capitals, so as not to be short of people in the future, and have to expand again."

Two hundred Dusinas are equivalent to one thousand guards, five thousand thousand households, a total of 560 million households, and a population of at least 4000 to [-] million!

You know, the local population of Daming is only over 1 million at this moment. In order to ensure loyalty, this military household can only be recruited in the local area of ​​Daming. A little militaristic?

In fact, it is not the case. The current Tunwei military households are not simple reserves. They actually also undertake a large number of economic functions.

Although they do not have to pay taxes for farming, they still have to pay taxes for transactions.

Now the Tunwei is not just farming, all the mineral mining in Daming is now transferred to the Tunwei in various places, and the taxes generated by this item alone far exceed their income from farming.

There are also transaction taxes on timber, medicinal materials, animal skins, animal meat, and specialties from various places, which are enough to offset the taxes on their farming.

Tunwei has become the main body of the production and supply of raw materials in the Ming Dynasty, and has greatly promoted the economic development of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, they play an irreplaceable role in maintaining the stability of the newly occupied territory, assisting in colonial expansion, and ensuring the quality of regular army troops.

It can be said that Tunwei has become the foundation of the Ming Empire's prosperity, accounting for a small half of the local population, which is not too much.

In view of the fact that the income of the Tunwei far exceeded that of ordinary civilians, Sun Yuanhua estimated that if the expansion of the Tunwei was announced, the number of military households would be snapped up. He specially proposed to Zhu Cijiong to give corresponding quotas according to the number of civilians in various places.

In other words, add up the total population of the two capitals and thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty, the two capital divisions, and the Liaodong Chengtian Mansion, and then allocate places according to the proportion of the population in each region, so that there will be no looting up.

Naturally, Zhu Cijiong has no objection to this point. According to Sun Yuanhua's proposal, he asked the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry to jointly issue an official document, ordering the prefectural, prefectural, and county government offices to be responsible for the specific recruitment and registration, and the commanders and envoys in each locality are responsible for approval, and finally the Ministry of War will review and confirm. .

At the same time, he also asked the "Beijing News" to publish the entire advertisement, announcing the news of the expansion of Tunwei's enrollment, and also attached the registration review process.

As for the guard officers at all levels, they naturally cannot be selected from ordinary people. Zhu Cijiong thought about it for a while, and simply ordered the Ministry of War to join forces with the armies, naval corps, and guards in various places to jointly elect guard officers.

Among them, the command envoy of Du, the command envoy of the Weisuo, and the fifth rank and above of thousands of households are directly selected from the veterans of the regular army, and the military rank is determined according to the military merit and the rank before retirement.

Hundreds of households, general banners, and small banners are selected from the guards of each capital and veterans, with equal emphasis on military merit and experience.

Once the news of the expansion of Tunwei was announced, the entire Ming Dynasty was once again a sensation.

The high income of the Tunwei is obvious to all. Even the income of a thousand households can exceed that of a county magistrate, and the income of an ordinary military household is four or five times higher than that of farmers and craftsmen. Such a good thing is not a rush. superior.

The thresholds of state and county government offices in various places are almost broken, and almost everyone who can apply for the name has signed up.

It's a pity that the expansion of military households this time is mainly selected from peasant households. Craftsman households are hard to choose. As for the happy households and criminal registrations, there are also commercial registrations under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Commerce, and Confucian registrations under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education. No chance.

This actually increases the income level of farmers in a disguised form, because the total amount of cultivated land under the name of farmers is fixed. Now after nearly [-]% of the farmers are removed, the remaining farmers have [-]% more cultivated land.

And this [-]% does not mean gross income. Originally, most of the arable land of farmers used to supply their own rations. It is not bad to have [-]% left over. The extra [-]% is actually net income.

In this way, the net income of farmers has actually doubled, not [-]%!
This time, Sun Yuanhua was very busy again. The Tunwei didn't just apply for a name and then screen and review it. They had to arrange officers at all levels for them, they had to arrange assembly places for them, and they had to be equipped. Basic weaponry and blah blah blah.

It is conceivable that the workload of the management of more than 200 million garrison guards is huge!

(End of this chapter)