The rules of the Weishu that Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty had many innate problems. Even though the Ming Dynasty was established less than fifty years ago, the military system of the Weishu was not completely corrupt, but there were already clues that were difficult to maintain. It is very clear that military households would rather become refugees after a long period of escape.

Zhu Gaoxu also understood this. When Taizu established the Ming Dynasty, he had to re-arrange the order from all aspects. There were many things that were unreasonable. It was just that later generations had to continue to repair and improve it. It was obviously not possible to stick to the ancestral system.

At noon the next day, Zhu Gaoxu invited civil and military officials in the middle hall of the old courtyard, including noble ministers who accompanied the army, officials of the Three Divisions of Peking, and generals of the border guards who came to Peiping to report their duties. He then arranged for the generals to come to report to official affairs in a few days after that.

The banquets here are naturally different from those given by the imperial palace in the capital.

Nearly, the generals of the border army had never attended the banquet with perfect etiquette in the palace. Some people followed Zhu Gaoxu to the northern grasslands during the first northern expedition of Wude, and were used to the scene of having dinner together in the central army's tent. After the bowing ceremony in the central hall, it was noisy. The generals had a loud voice, which made the atmosphere very lively.

The wine and meat were served, and everyone raised their glasses to wish Zhu Gaoxu blessings and said something good about life and longevity in a mess.

After three times, Zhu Gaoxu took the initiative to pick up the wine glass and watched the civil and military officials in the lobby. Everyone stood up one after another, and the noise finally calmed down a little.

Zhu Gaoxu spoke and said straight: "I say a few words. I will collect money from foreign trade and will be under the supervision of the Maritime Promotion Office. The generals of the guards and their families will not be allowed to take care of these matters in the future. You should perform their duties. The soldiers only need to train troops to defend the territory. Then the court will send people to issue laws and set up yamen to specifically deal with border trade."

Someone was talking in a low voice just now, but everyone didn't say anything, and the central hall became quieter.

Zhu Gaoxu then calmed down and said kindly: "But I think we should improve the treatment of soldiers in the garrison and try to be fair. In the future, the salaries of military generals should be paid in full. The soldiers who guarded and fought will generally receive military pay like soldiers in the Beijing camp. The military pay may be less, but I will follow the annual entry of the Ministry of Revenue. Whether the soldiers of each guard are diligent in training and then reward them. The court should re-arrange military supply methods and ensure the price of grain and salt in the border areas."

Everyone echoed: "The Lord is kind to you" and "The Lord is wise..." The main hall soon returned to the noisy atmosphere.

Perhaps because Zhu Gaoxu said good things later, everyone was no longer nervous. The previous words could warn that only a few people. Those who had sex with the Urianha and Tatars should only be able to get benefits, and most generals did not care.

"Damn!" Zhu Gaoxu raised his glass and said.

The warriors also responded one after another and drank the wine one after another. Zhu Gaoxu hung the wine glass in the air and signaled, then put down the wine glass, picked up the chopsticks and started eating the food.

Anyway, he had already made the words very clear, all of which were clear. In the past, due to reasons such as accumulated corruption and neglect, Zhu Gaoxu was not too strict at the moment when dealing with generals who made money illegally; but today he clearly expressed his attitude, and in the future he would have to look at the performance of those generals.

In the noisy atmosphere of cups and cups, Zhu Gaoxu was still thinking about the issue of military pay. He estimated that the troops of the garrison in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, which were actually on duty, were about 300,000 to 500,000 people. The troops of the garrison were divided into military farming and garrison. The majority of the military households farmed in each guard were not required to pay military pay when the soldiers were farming. The same was true for the soldiers in the Beijing camp.

If each person gives three jin of new coins every year (the value of the newly cast copper coins is twice that of the old coins), the court's annual fixed military pay expenses will increase by one million to one.5 million, which is the expense that the court can bear at present. Zhu Gaoxu could easily think that the military pay cannot be set too high. If you want to motivate the soldiers, you can use the form of unfixed rewards. In order to avoid not being able to pay military pay directly when the finances are not good, the soldiers will be even more dissatisfied, and even the soldiers may change.

At the same time, Zhu Gaoxu was still planning to carry out a comprehensive reform of the military supply system of the border army. It is basically like the reform of the Iron Factory of the Nan Bureau of the Defense Department, starting from the supply of raw materials and labor.

The armor, weapons, salt and grain of the garrison were originally like the supply system of the imperial court, and were scattered short-term supply, which was very chaotic; the quality of the things was uneven, and it was even more impossible to find out the responsibilities. Zhu Gaoxu was preparing to set up a long-term transshipment envoy to conduct centralized procurement and dispatch.

Including the salt merchants who participated in the "Kaising China and France" (the merchants used the merits of transporting military rations and other support to the border in exchange for salt invoices). They originally took the certificates directly from the border generals to exchange salt invoices, and this power should also be taken back to the transferee. The transfer uses salt invoices or cash to purchase the materials in the hands of the merchants.

The way to ensure the price of border grain is also very simple. Zhu Gaoxu remembers that the government used to collect grain and provide cash subsidies. Now he only needs to build granaries everywhere and buy and hoard the grain of military soldiers. At the same time, he establishes a maritime transportation line to transport more abundant materials from the south to the northern border, so that the government can provide enough priced grain.

This series of ideas increased the treatment of the soldiers on duty (military pay and rewards), and reduced the burden of the soldiers in the military (paying money to purchase military food). The burden was passed on to the entire Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhu Gaoxu believed that it was entirely necessary for the court to bear the burden of border defense. The idea of ​​"raising millions of soldiers is not enough to spend a meter or a meter" by Taizu, but it will only cause the combat effectiveness of the garrison army to quickly deteriorate, and everyone wants to escape military status.

The whole innovation must be carried out simultaneously. If you just spend money, the border will be short of money due to currency input and shortage of materials, and the prices will only soar. Only a few profiteers and colluding border generals will get cheaper.

The luncheon continued, but after that, it was the lyrics of the civil servants and the simple loyal compliments of the generals. Zhu Gaoxu almost didn't say anything more. He was not unhappy, but wanted some generals to impress his only words today.

In the afternoon, Zhu Gaoxu retreated to the backyard and came to the study where he had stayed before.

Zhu Gaoxu wrote very well, but now he doesn't like to write things. It's just because his ideas are a bit complicated that he wrote down everything and marked it with some black lines.

The domestic rectification is also closely related to the foreign vassals. To prohibit the border generals from going private, they must open up trades, and even directly trade with the Tatar tribes, otherwise they will definitely not be able to resist.

The more banned the things, the greater the benefits, and there will always be people willing to take risks. Especially the three guards of Urianha, the Ming Dynasty did not directly rule them. If the supplies were banned against the Tatars, the current situation of the Urianha people would definitely find ways to make money. If they were too tough against the Urianha people, it would be very likely to accelerate the alliance between the three guards of Urianha and the Korchin tribe.

Zhu Gaoxu remembered a certain era when the country issued a ban on alcohol, but it was the wine merchant who was celebrating each other.

The Tatars were willing to trade with the Ming Dynasty, and the situation turned around this year. Although Arutai was conspiring for the purpose of conspiracy, he did send envoys to promise to be granted a title. If this matter continues to be promoted, then the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars directly trade with each other can be justified.

In recent years, Alutai's operation has indeed been as fierce as a tiger. It has both provocation and discord and plans to advance eastward, and wants to promote the alliance between the Korchin tribe and the Urianha tribe. No wonder some ministers in the court were far more vigilant towards the Tatars than the Oirats.

However, in Zhu Gaoxu's only knowledge of learning, he vaguely remembered that there was a very famous Tumu Fort incident in the Ming Dynasty. The mastermind of the emperor's capture was the Oirat tribe. With the insights and suggestions of some ministers in the court, Zhu Gaoxu also tended to believe that the Oirat tribe might be gradually moving towards an upward period.

Arutai, the leader of the Asut tribe of Tatar, seems to be a capable leader. However, the times create heroes, and even heroes are difficult to control the torrent of the general trend.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a long time, and based on his previous judgments with his ministers, he roughly determined that it seemed that continuing to suppress the Tatar tribes as their biggest enemies at this time was no longer in line with the benefits of the Ming Dynasty. It may be necessary to allow the Tatars to maintain a certain strength and become an important force to restrain the Oirat tribes in the west.

Zhu Gaoxu thought while writing hard. When he stopped, he suddenly noticed that someone seemed to be shaking outside the screen, so he spoke, "Let's go in and say."

At this time, the eunuch Cao Fu bent over and walked in, bowed and said, "I saw that the emperor was busy, so I didn't dare to come in. I wanted to wait for the emperor to have time before I talk."

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the paper in front of him and realized that the writing was very sloppy and could hardly be recognized. He put the brush on the edge of the inkstone and looked up and said, "It's not a matter of time. You asked someone to make a cup of tea. By the way, what did you do just now?"

Cao Fu said, "I will go to make tea now. Before, Concubine Khan, Asari, wanted to see the emperor, and she took the initiative to see him. If the emperor didn't want to see him, I would like to send her away."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Let her come and listen to what she wants to say."

"Yes." Cao Fu bowed, stepped back to the screen, and then turned around and walked out.

After a while, the palace maid Xiao He came in first and brought a small bowl of tea. She was a palace maid from the south. It seemed that she was used to tea making and water separated. There was no tea in this bowl of tea. Xiao He first put a scarf, then put the tea bowl down, and said softly: "Your Majesty, be careful, be careful."

Zhu Gaoxu was very comfortable when he heard this. In this Northern Tour, he had only two palace maids beside him. This palace maid who was not very beautiful and looked nearly thirty years old was chosen by Cao Fu for Zhu Gaoxu. She was really gentle and considerate when doing some trivial matters.

"I'll take my leave first." Xiao He said tactfully again.
Chapter completed!