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Chapter 965

Hearing the emperor's words, the courtiers in the Wenhua Palace couldn't help being shocked.As long as they are people of insight, everyone knows the various disadvantages of the Weisuo system, and it is indeed necessary to change it.However, in the huge military system, it is easy to say that change is easy, but what about the actual operation?Daming is nearly 300 years old, who dares to touch it?It is true that this military system reform is more difficult than imagined!Therefore, no emperor or minister dared to do this!
"Your Majesty, you should be careful about this matter, be careful!" Shen Yongmao, Minister of the Ministry of War, came out first to play.

He took the lead, and other officials followed suit. The reform of the military system, if something goes wrong, it will definitely be a catastrophe.

Emperor Chongzhen saw it, nodded and said: "Of course, it is because we have to be cautious, so I didn't mention this matter until today."

As he spoke, his eyes glanced at the ministers, and he continued to speak slowly: "Now in the north of my Ming Dynasty, there is no threat from Mongolia. This is a good time that has never been seen before, and this is one of them!"

"Secondly, on the Liaodong side, our Daming has the strategic initiative, and now we have mastered the Anshan Post Fort. We can advance, attack, retreat, and defend. Jianlu's food is exhausted, so we can only be passively beaten! The current situation in Liaodong is already ours. Daming is in the best situation in these years."

"The Southwest Rebellion has basically been put down, and the Southeast Sea Bandits have also suffered heavy blows. The current situation in our Ming Dynasty is stabilizing. Besides, all the armies in various places are recruiting soldiers, not guards!"

Hearing what Emperor Chongzhen said, Shen Yongmao couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the reform of the military system of the guard is not a difficult point!"

Many other courtiers also nodded, echoing the words of Shen Yongmao, Minister of the Ministry of War.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen didn't take it seriously, nodded and said, "Come and listen to what Shen Qing said!"

"Your Majesty, if the military system of the guards is reformed, then the military system of the Ming Dynasty will only be left with the battalion and sentry system. In this way, the imperial court's military expenditures are increasing. Where will the money and food come from? This is one of them!"

Emperor Chongzhen listened to Shen Yongmao's words, but he didn't speak immediately, but just nodded slightly to signal Shen Yongmao to continue.

"Secondly, the combat power of recruited troops is actually strong or weak. Not all are strong armies. Whether the recruited troops are useful or not depends entirely on the recruiters and the generals in charge. If the generals in charge are capable of training troops, it is a strong army. If the responsible If the general’s ability to train soldiers is weak, the combat effectiveness will be very low. More importantly, since the source of soldiers does not come from military households, the quality of recruited soldiers is also uneven. In other words, if the person in charge of recruiting has poor screening ability, then the recruiting rate is low. The proportion of qualified soldiers will also increase, so that the army is more likely to mutiny and collapse."

"Thirdly, there are so many soldiers in the national guards. If one is not properly placed, there will be endless troubles!"

Speaking of this, Shen Yongmao looked at Emperor Chongzhen with a very serious expression, and played very seriously: "Your Majesty, these three points are the most important things, and the rest can be ignored first!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded, then turned his head to look at Zu Dashou, the general of the Five Armies Commander's Mansion, and asked, "What do Qing Zu think?"

At this time, Zu Dashou also had a serious expression on his face.Any movement of the guard's military system will definitely affect the ancestors.However, above the court, there is no qualification for generals to speak.When the emperor asked, he could only reply respectfully: "What this soldier said is mature and prudent, and the general will second it!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen turned his head again and asked several courtiers in succession, all of whom agreed with Shen Yongmao's point of view.Until this time, some courtiers suddenly discovered that the emperor did not ask the chief minister's opinion, and the chief minister did not express his opinion, which seemed a bit strange.Could it be that Shoufu already knew the content of the innovation?

They were thinking about it, but they heard Emperor Chongzhen's tone seem to be a lot lighter, and he said with a smile: "Shen Qing, I have considered these three points for a long time..."

Upon hearing this, all the courtiers could not help but straighten their waists, stretch their necks, and listened attentively.

"The first point Shen Qing said is indeed a problem for the current imperial court. However, at present, our military strength in Ming Dynasty is all based on the battalion system, and the military salary expenditure comes from this. As long as it remains unchanged, the overall situation will be improved. There will be nothing wrong with it. In the future, the revenue of the treasury will increase..."

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly paused when he said this, and then announced with a smile: "Fujian governor Sun Chuanting has reported to me that the tax revenue from opening the sea this year is more than one million taels. I am not afraid to tell you, After I take control of the sea in Ming Dynasty, I expect at least 1000 million taels of tax for opening the sea for one year, yes, at least..."

Before he could finish his words, all the courtiers couldn't help showing a look of surprise.Although they know that this time the sea will be opened, the tax revenue will definitely be more under the harsh collection of Sun Chuanting.However, based on their knowledge of a tax base of 1000 a year, they were suddenly told that the tax amount far exceeded their expectations. Even if the city was very deep, they were still shocked.Then Emperor Chongzhen stated his expectation, and said that it was at least [-] million taels, and everyone was shocked.

At this time, they all immediately remembered the imperial decree that shocked the world before, that is, the imperial decree to distribute the sea tax. They thought it was just a drizzle, but now it seems that it is really possible to have a great success!

Emperor Chongzhen shocked them with a piece of good news casually, while he himself continued to say: "As for the second point, I believe all of you dear ministers have also seen the performance of the new army trained by me in the war against the captives. How? This shows that the training method of the new army is the method of strengthening the army. I have asked the head coach of the new army to summarize the key points of the selection and training of soldiers, and follow this method to ensure that there are no weak troops in the recruitment."

This new army, compared with the current army of the Ming Dynasty, although it seems that there is not much change, they all follow the military system of Qi Jiguang, but in fact, Emperor Chongzhen allocated the junior military equipment hall of the Ming Dynasty for this purpose, as well as supervisors up to the division level. The army, and the function of supervising the army has changed significantly compared to before.It can be said that the essence of the army has changed a lot.Emperor Chongzhen used the example of the new army to prove that this kind of military training is effective, at least for the moment.

Regarding this, Shen Yongmao came to his senses and asked several questions in a row, but Emperor Chongzhen answered them one by one with facts and examples, leaving him speechless.For this point, in other words, the new army system will be adopted in the future recruitment system.In this way, one military equipment hall in the capital is bound to be insufficient, and Zu Dashou on the other side also understands that the intermediate military equipment hall and advanced military equipment hall mentioned by the emperor before will probably be produced accordingly.

On the general principle, the ministers no longer have objections.However, Shen Yongmao still reminded Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the most important thing is the third point! There are so many soldiers and generals in the country, how should we arrange them?"

(End of this chapter)