Speaking of the military system, we have to say that Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor who was born as a beggar monk, was moved by the heavy burden on the country after becoming the emperor. He adopted the world military system (that is, the military household system) and implemented the military farming system. According to regulations, the border army guarded the city three parts and the seven parts were stationed; the mainland army guarded the city two parts and eight parts were stationed. Each army was stationed with one piece of land, and the government supplied the oxen, farm tools and seeds, and handed over the grain in portions.

Lao Zhu was still very satisfied with this idea. He once said proudly to his subordinates: "I raise a million soldiers, but I don't spend a grain of rice on the people."

But to be honest, Lao Zhu's idea was good, but the sustainability of such a hereditary military household system was very poor. It was even more unsuccessful than the Tang Dynasty's military system. It was human nature to walk to a higher place, but Zhu Yuanzhang forcibly bound the space for the military households to go up. Coupled with the officers' corruption, the decline of the military household system was inevitable. During the Jiajing period, the Ming Weishu army was defeated nine out of ten battles in the anti-Japanese war, and a few thousand Japanese pirates could reach Nanjing. It is conceivable how low the combat effectiveness of the Weishu army had.

In this case, the recruitment system inevitably surfaced, and the advantages of the recruitment system were much greater than that of the traditional military households. The recruitment system had many advantages compared to the world military system, because there was room for selection for recruitment and had the conditions to choose young and middle-aged people. The salary of recruitment was twice or even several times higher than that of the military army. It was well managed, so that soldiers could serve with peace of mind and the army was relatively stable. Therefore, all the troops that could fight in the middle and late Ming Dynasty were composed of recruitment, such as the most famous "Qi Family Army", "Guanning Iron Cavalry", etc.

But the recruitment system also has prerequisites, that is, the court must have sufficient financial resources, otherwise it will not be able to support a huge professional army.

In Nuanxiang Pavilion, Yueyang sat on a stool and said the origins of the hereditary military household registration system and recruitment system since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and their respective advantages and disadvantages were all said: "The military strategy is full of things. We will win because of the changes in the enemy. We will follow the enemy and defeat it. We should be infinity. After hundreds of years, the Ming military system has reached a time that we have to change. For example, the original garrison did play a very important role in the early Ming Dynasty, but I believe Your Majesty is very clear about what the garrison has become. To be honest, the garrison households are now gone for seven or eight, and the rest have become some farmers who only know how to farm. The military fields have all become private fields for the officers of the garrison. What is the use of such a garrison?

Therefore, I think that our Ming Dynasty should adopt the recruiting system, and the military system should also be reorganized accordingly. For example, in addition to positions, we should also give soldiers and generals corresponding military ranks, and the army should no longer use the titles of generals, chiefs, generals, and generals. Instead, we should adopt new titles, such as the division-level unit that I just mentioned is one of them."

Hearing this, Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng were already stunned. Yueyang did not change the military system. He clearly wanted to break up all the old military system and then re-establish a brand new military system.

Lu Xiangsheng first raised his own question, "Marty Yue, although all the military households of the Ming Dynasty's garrison have collapsed, there are still many military officers and soldiers in the garrison. Once the garrison is completely abolished, it will inevitably cause a big chaos. What should the court do?"

"Big mess?" Yue Yang sneered: "What big mess can there be? These military officers in the garrison have now become cancers that have been sucked on the Ming Dynasty. If these cancers are not cut off quickly, the Ming Dynasty will be dragged into the abyss again by these cancers!"

Hearing this, Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng stopped talking. One of them was the emperor and the other was the Minister of War. Naturally, they knew the disadvantages of the ward system very clearly. But if they were like Yueyang said, they would be afraid of causing chaos.

Looking at Lu Xiangsheng and Chongzhen who were pondering silently, Yue Yang knew that it was important and they could not make a decision for the time being, so he had to shake his head helplessly. Anyway, he had already done what he could do, and the rest would depend on them.

This meal was tasteless and boring for Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng. While eating, they were thinking about what Yue Yang said just now. Yue Yang said it well. The military system of the Ming Dynasty had reached a point where it had to be changed. The military households of the garrison who could pay grain to the court in the early Ming Dynasty have now become a burden to the court. Not only did they not pay grain, but they would just ask for grain and silver from the court every year. If this phenomenon does not change the annual taxes and food of the court, they would have to flow towards this bottomless pit continuously. This is absolutely impossible.

When the meal was about to end, Chongzhen picked up a scarf and wiped the corner of his mouth and said to Yue Yang: "Yue Aiqing, what you said about the military system is too important today. I need to discuss with the cabinet and all the ministers before making a decision. Therefore, you..."

Just as Chongzhen was speaking, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside, and soon a sharp voice sounded outside the door: "Your Majesty, just now, a group of nobles led thousands of soldiers from the Beijing camp suddenly to the palace gate and shouted for justice outside, saying that they wanted to plead for the emperor to take back Cheng's life and not to abolish the Beijing camp's establishment, and give tens of thousands of soldiers in the Beijing camp a way out!"

"What?"

When he heard this suddenly, not only Chongzhen, but also Lu Xiangsheng and Yueyang also showed shock.

"Lawless... I am really lawless!" Chongzhen was so angry that his body was trembling. He really didn't expect these people to come to the palace gate. This would make a big deal. The censors, censors and ministers would not know what the cause would be.

"Lu Aiqing, Yue Aiqing, you two follow me to the front and take a look. I want to see what these people can make a name for themselves!"

"I will obey the order!" Lu Xiangsheng and Yueyang stood up and bowed to Chongzhen.

At the same time, outside the palace gate, a group of nobles stood at the palace gate, and behind them were thousands of ragged soldiers in Beijing. These people were constantly shouting to ask the emperor to take back his life, and a group of people were shouting there and yelling in a mess.

The immigrant boy wearing gorgeous clothes raised his hands and shouted, "Will we make such a fuss anger the emperor? If the emperor gets angry, we can't afford to take care of it."

"What are you afraid of?" The companion next to me raised his hands and shouted a few words, and then said to his companion in a low voice: "The sky fell down, the tall man was supported by the British Duke. Even if we were punished, we would not blame us. Besides, the emperor wanted to cancel the Beijing camp, which would cut off the brothers' financial resources. You don't know that my old man gave me a few days ago. I only received less than fifty silver dollars last month. These silver is not enough for me to visit twice. If I don't have the little money for the Beijing camp, will I still survive?"

"yes!"

The companion next to him also nodded and said, "We are brothers in trouble. Although there is not a lot of oil and water in Beijing, and the British man has taken away the big head, no matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are still meat. Those benefits are at least enough for brothers to drink a few meals of flower wine. These money must not be lost."

While talking, the two raised their hands and shouted to the people next to them. For these people, they didn't care whether the money should be taken or not. Whoever dared to cut off their wealth was their enemy.

However, these nobles and relatives are not all fools. They shouted while carefully observing the surroundings. Once something was wrong, they would immediately flash.

Just as they were shouting, the originally closed palace gate opened, and then a team of guards covered in clothes ran out of it. Behind the guards were dozens of eunuchs carrying a tall dragon chassis and walked towards them. The guards walked to them and left and right to reveal the dragon chassis behind. The dragon chassis was put down when they were hundreds of steps away.

Seeing the arrival of the dragon chasing, all the nobles who had been shouting happily stopped talking. The soldiers behind stopped shouting when they saw the leader stop.

At this time, a middle-aged eunuch stepped forward and shouted sharply: "Long live the emperor, everyone is here, why don't you come forward and pick up the car!"

As soon as the eunuch finished speaking, the nobles looked at each other and all knelt down and said loudly: "I will meet my emperor, long live my emperor!" As these people knelt down, the soldiers in the Beijing camp behind also knelt all over the ground.

As these people finished speaking, Chongzhen slowly walked down from the dragon. Looking at the crowd kneeling in front of him, the anger in his heart immediately erupted.

"You... are you still my noble relatives of the Ming Dynasty? Look... Everyone calls for loyalty to the emperor and patriotism on weekdays. Are you so loyal to the emperor and patriotism? Who is the one who takes the lead today? Let me stand up!"

Seeing Chongzhen get angry, all these people are sad. Look at me one by one, and look at you and don’t say anything.

Seeing that everyone was not talking, Chongzhen became even more angry, and he shouted angrily: "Why... dare to do it but dare not say it? You are such a good man. If you don't dare to say it, forget it. Get all of them back home for me. If there is anyone else causing trouble, don't blame me for being rude!"

Hearing this, someone shouted with courage: "Your Majesty, it's not that I am going to cause trouble. It's really that Yueyang is going to cut off my life. If the Jing camp is sacked, then tens of thousands of soldiers in the Jing camp will have no way to survive!"

Chongzhen, who was about to go back, immediately asked when he heard this: "Who is speaking? Stand out for me!"

Soon, a young man in his twenties and a pale face stood up and knelt down to Chongzhen and whispered: "My minister Li Hongliang bowed to Your Majesty."

"Li Hongliang?" Chongzhen frowned and thought for a while before saying, "You are the boy from Yongyi Bo's family, right?"

"The emperor has a good memory!" Li Hongliang quickly flattered him.
Chapter completed!