Taichang, King Xin Zhu Youjian, Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Chunchen and others discussed for about an hour. Xu Guangqi, the chief minister of the cabinet, and Nan Juyi, the Minister of War, finally rushed over.

These people all looked solemn, it was obvious that they had not yet discussed a good idea.

After Taichang asked everyone to sit down, he asked seriously: "How about it, I first, do you think of any good solutions?"

Xu Guangqi and Nan Juyi looked at each other, and finally Nan Juyi, who was in charge of the Ministry of War, replied carefully: "Your Majesty, I think you think the solution is very good. Anyway, we are not short of money now. We can pull the money three or four months in advance, so that there will be no problem of arrears of food and money."

Well, it’s really unintentional to plant willows and willows!

This is actually not the solution that Taichang thought of. He just wanted to get more money to boost morale this time.

Unexpectedly, Xu Guangqi and Nan Juyi thought this was the way he thought of.

Well, the issue of Guanyin can be solved by doing this.

Anyway, I don’t have enough money, so it’s okay to pay the money three or four months in advance.

In short, no matter what method is used, this salary must not be deducted.

Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Well, it's great. This is the problem. If you send it in advance, you will send it in advance. In short, try not to owe money. How are you discussing the issue of border troops stationed in the border?"

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Nan Juyi said a little embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, we have been discussing this issue for a long time. I feel that we can only follow the old methods of turning the border troops into a garrison, establishing a garrison and guarding the border, so that they can take over all their families."

Uh, turn the border army into a guard?

Isn’t this just to let the elites of Shenji Camp and Shenwu Camp and even the navy soldiers be discharged and returned to the field again?

How do you say this garrison system?

If it is a dynasty that focuses on farming, it is understandable to choose the garrison system.

Because the dynasty that mainly farmed did not have much tax revenue and could not support too many troops.

Just like the Ming Dynasty in the past, the annual tax revenue was converted into only four to five million taels of silver.

How much army can this little money support?

The food and salary are calculated according to the original minimum standards. Ordinary soldiers have one stone of food and one tael of food every month. The school will increase step by step. In a month, the food and salary for 10,000 people will be about 20,000 taels, and a year will be about 240,000 taels.

In this way, a 100,000 army requires 2.4 million taels of food and salary a year.

In other words, the Ming Dynasty in the past could only support 200,000 troops at most.

Moreover, these 200,000 troops cannot be kept alive. Once they are kept alive, thousands of officials in the court will even lose their salaries.

If a natural disaster occurs, it will be even more amazing. The court can only watch the victims starve to death and have no money to provide relief.

In this case, it is understandable to turn the elite army into a guard.

To put it bluntly, the Tunwei saves money. Just give them land, let them plant themselves, and let them support themselves. The court does not have to pay food and salary at all.

At that time, Emperor Hongwu proudly boasted about Haikou, and raised more than two million troops without spending a penny on the court.

Problem, if you don’t raise this army, you’ll be ruined!

If you let the elite soldiers of the hundred battles break their armor and return to the fields to farm, can they still go to the battlefield?

Perhaps, the first generation, that is, elite elites who have actually participated in the war, have some combat power to organize temporarily.

However, after several generations, it is not much different from farmers.

They have to farm and support themselves. In this case, can you always bring people to practice?

If you can't gather together to practice from time to time, what's the difference between it and farmers?

The result of this was that more than 2 million troops in the Ming Dynasty would not have fought a war in less than a hundred years, and were beaten by the Mongol O'Neuro's Wala tribe.

In history, in the Chongzhen Dynasty, even less than 200,000 elite troops could be drawn.

Is this possible?

Definitely not possible!

Now with such a large territory in the Ming Dynasty, what would happen if there were no elite army to guard it?

Isn’t that the fat meat in people’s eyes!

However, Nan Juyi's words reminded Taichang.

He thought of the examples of the Liaodong Army and the Liaodong Tunwei, and he recalled the process of Sun Chengzong reorganizing the Liaodong Army.

When the Liaodong Army was defeated, there were actually less than 100,000 troops left. Later, the Ming Dynasty continued to draw elite troops from the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and finally formed 200,000 elite troops of the Liaodong Army.

In fact, most of the 200,000 elite Liaodong Army soldiers were not Liaodong Tunwei.

However, later, Sun Chengzong mobilized all the families of these elite Liaodong Army to the Liaodong military farming.

In this way, they are like being with their families.

When there is a mission, they can gather together and attack immediately.

When they have no task, they can go back and help their families farm.

Therefore, most of these elite troops from the Liaodong Tunwei have been guarding Liaodong for so many years. Not only did there be no problems, but their lives seem to be getting more and more prosperous.

This method is good.

Just like now, he moved the Liaodong Army and the Liaodong Tunwei to the Xinjingzhou Prefecture, thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, without worrying that the 200,000 Liaodong Army would be unable to stay because of missing his relatives.

Because the relatives of the Liaodong Army were basically incorporated into the Liaodong Tunwei, and all the Liaodong Tunwei were moved to Xinjingzhou Prefecture, even if they stayed there for a lifetime, they would not have any problems.

Thinking of this, Taichang said decisively: "We can refer to the treasury system, but we cannot completely follow the original treasury system.

Because we are not short of money now, we don’t have to save any food and salary at all.

We can set up four camps in all directions, each camp gathering 200,000 people to guard them.

We can take all the families of these 200,000 people and garrison them near the Daying, so there should be no problem.

Just like the current Liaodong Army, the families of the 200,000 Liaodong Army are basically all Liaodong Tunwei. It would be fine if we migrate all the Liaodong Army and Liaodong Tunwei to Xinjingzhou Prefecture."

Well, this idea is really good.

However, this will also cause problems.

Nan Juyi looked at Xu Guangqi again, and finally Xu Guangqi, the chief minister of the cabinet, carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, when you talk about the Liaodong Army, I must not let you down and remind me.

At the time of Longwan, the prosperous period, from the Longqing Dynasty to the early years of Wanli, the Liaodong Army was also quite brave, and the Liaodong Iron Cavalry was one of the few powerful troops in the world.

The reason why the Liaodong Army was so powerful at that time had a lot to do with Ningyuan Li Chengliang. At that time, the court also valued Ningyuan Yuan quite well, and he basically had the final say in the matter of Liaodong.

As a result, in less than twenty years, Ningyuan Bo became arrogant and extravagant, causing grievances in Liaodong, and the Liaodong Army almost became the private army of Ningyuan Bo's Mansion.

When Li Chengliang was alive, the Liaodong Army's combat power had not declined much, and the Liaodong Army aided Korea twice showed great courage.

However, with Li Chengliang's death, his eldest son Li Rusong was also killed in the battlefield, and no one could control the Liaodong Army's arrogant soldiers and generals.

Especially Li Rubai and Li Rumei, relying on the reputation of Ningyuan Bo Mansion, these two people are playboys who no one dares to provoke in Liaodong.

After the First Sarhu War, Li Rubai committed suicide by being embarrassed and angry because of the impeachment by the censors, and the Liaodong Army was almost deposed.

At that time, Xiong Tingbi was able to control the arrogant soldiers and generals of the Liaodong Army with his iron fist. Later, he changed to a weak scholar Yuan Yingtai, and Liaodong immediately turned into a mess.

The emperor, the empress do not have any objection to the Duke of Liao.

However, the gains and losses of Liaodong over the years are indeed worth our warning!”

This means that if the Duke of Liao and his team were allowed to take over the power of the Liaodong Army alone, it is very likely that the Liaodong Army would be destroyed just like the Ning Yuanbo Party before, and it would even cause a crisis on the border.

Of course, Taichang understood as soon as he heard it. Xu Guangqi’s meaning was to be afraid that the Duke of Liao and his family would become warlords like the Ning Yuanbo’s family!

This problem really has to be guarded against.

So how to prevent it?

This is actually easier to prevent. There are many ways to disperse their power, block their food and salary, and even implement a rotation system.

Taichang thought for a while, then nodded slightly and said, "Well, I really have to be careful about this.

Let's do this, we divide the power of the four camps into three parts, distribute the power, and don't let one family take over all the power alone. At the same time, we can also implement a rotation system.

Simply put, the emperor of the dynasty appointed the commander of the camp to command the army to fight. The commander's term can be longer, but he only has the power to command the battle.

In addition, we can also ask the Censorate to nominate, review the cabinet, submit it to the emperor of the dynasty for approval, and appoint the governor of the Daying to be responsible for the daily affairs of the Daying and the supply of food and wages. The term of office of the governor is generally three years, up to six years.

At the same time, we can also ask the Ministry of War to nominate, review the cabinet, submit it to the emperor for approval, and appoint generals to lead troops, including generals, deputy generals and generals, to be responsible for leading troops. The term of office of these generals is generally five years, up to ten years.

In this way, the commander had the power to command operations and did not participate in the daily affairs management of the camp. All the generals leading the troops were nominated by the Ministry of War and had nothing to do with the commander.

What do you think?”

If this is true, it will naturally be no big problem.

Xu Guangqi hurriedly bowed and said, "The emperor is wise. If he can continue to execute, there should be no problem."

This means, just don’t let anyone take over the power.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then said solemnly: "Well, wait until you make a detailed charter, we will implement it in the Ming Dynasty's laws and regulations. These laws and regulations are clearly stated in them. No one can control all the power of the camp in the future."

Xu Guangqi quickly bowed and said, "I understand."

Taichang then said solemnly: "Then let it be. We have to set up four camps as soon as possible to make the soldiers fighting outside feel at ease.

Dongdaying was set up in the Western Yindu Islands, with Gongsun Chuanting of the Wei Kingdom as the head coach.

Xidaying is set in Xinjinling City, with Baoguo Duke Lu Xiangsheng as the head coach.

Nandaying was set in the new Jingzhou Prefecture, with Liao Gongsun Chengzong as the head coach.

Beidaying is tentatively scheduled to be in the Chahar grassland, with Zhao Duke Cao Bianjiao as the head coach.

The troops of each battalion are currently set at 200,000. Anyone who is determined to be stationed in the battalion will all move to the vicinity of the battalion to farm or grazing.

As for the governor and the generals and soldiers, you can discuss with the prince.

In short, within one year, all the soldiers who fought in all directions must be stabilized. Is there any problem?"
Chapter completed!