Daming: Teach the prince about dragon slaying skills at the beginning

As the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang is very familiar with the total population of Ming Dynasty and all walks of life, including the number of people who are not productive as Yan Changqing said.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately frowned and said:

"Mr. Yan, is there something wrong with this data?!"

Yan Changqing frowned slightly, his eyes were slightly focused. As a science graduate student, he is best at data accuracy.

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang said that the numbers he gave are wrong, it is no less than telling a programmer that the code he wrote has bugs, telling his mother that the food she cooks is not good, and telling the boss that I can hardly help you with your money. …

"I don't know what's wrong?!!"

Yan Changqing looked at Zhu Yuanzhang calmly, ready to refute Zhu Yuanzhang at any time.

"The number of people who are not related to production, there are not many members of the royal family now, so it can be ignored for the time being."

"The number of other civil and military officials of the imperial court, noble families, officials and subordinates all over the world, the wealthy, gentry and landlord families, etc., are not far from the figures given by Mr. Yan."

"But the number of Ming soldiers is far more than 100 million. Now there should be 1608 million soldiers from all over the Ming Dynasty!!!"

"If other non-productive people are added, then this non-productive number should already exceed the 200 million non-productive people that the common people can support."

Zhu Yuanzhang corrected the number of Ming soldiers given by Yan Changqing before.

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PS1：之前算数算错了，应该是14亿人除以5000万人才对，结果算成了一亿4000万人除以5000万人了。如今应该是平均一人的粮食产出，大致上供养28人才对.

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Hearing the number of Ming soldiers revealed by Zhu Yuanzhang, even Yan Changqing couldn't help showing surprise.

Then Wei Wei focused his attention and began to recall the military power of the Ming Dynasty, if he remembered correctly.

The Daming Guards were divided into the Jingying Army that defended the capital. There were 48 guards, with a total of more than 27 people.

The local guards are divided into two categories, namely the Jiubian area and the coastal area. Among them, the number of Ming soldiers in the Jiubian area is as high as one million, and there are about 170 guards.

There are 54 guards, 99 police stations, 350 inspection divisions, 97 beacon battlements, and a total force of more than [-] in the coastal area.

Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang said that Ming had 160 million soldiers, he was really not exaggerating, but a real number, and he might not even count those brave and miscellaneous soldiers.

Moreover, it is now the summer of the 12th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. This number of troops is not the peak period of the Ming Dynasty, or even the peak period of Zhu Yuanzhang's military power in the Hongwu Dynasty.

The peak period of Zhu Yuanzhang's military power during the Hongwu Dynasty should have been at the end of Hongwu.

In the 26th year of Hongwu (1393), the number of Ming soldiers combined by the Ming Jing Army and the local frontier army was as high as 190 million~ people! ! !

With such a terrifying troop scale, it should be said that he really deserves to be the Hongwu Emperor with abundant martial virtues! ! !

Of course, Zhu Di, the emperor of Yongle, who is more martial arts than Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Yongle, had a total of more than 280 million troops at the peak of Zhu Di's reign.

However, there is actually a lot of water in it, because by the end of the Yongle period, the guard system had collapsed, many military households had fled, and the generals at all levels were not paid and so on.

Therefore, it is conservatively estimated that the number of Ming soldiers during Zhu Di's reign should still be about 200 million.

In addition, during Zhu Di's reign, the artillery was further developed, the Shenji Battalion was brilliant, Zheng He's voyages to the West, the shipbuilding industry flourished, and so on.

For land battles, there are hundreds of millions of troops who have fought many times in the Northern Expedition, as well as the power of powerful artillery;

It can be said that whether it is a land battle or a sea battle, Yongle Dynasty has developed to a certain peak.

To sum up, the Yongle Dynasty where Zhu Di lived, when it comes to military strength, should be the strongest peak period of Ming Dynasty.

As for the so-called "three or four million" troops in the later Chongzhen Dynasty, it is just nonsense. It is hard to say whether there are really 400 million troops.

And even if there are still 100 million people, with the same strength, it is not difficult for the army of the Hongwu Dynasty or the army of the Yongle Dynasty to completely wipe out the army of the Chongzhen Dynasty.

In terms of belief and will, the Ming soldiers in the early Ming Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty can be said to have two completely different beliefs and wills.

After reviewing the military power of Ming Dynasty in his mind, Yan Changqing opened his eyes and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said:

"The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty today are different from the soldiers of previous dynasties."

"Now the Ming Dynasty implements the system of garrisoning fields in the guards. All the soldiers in the border guards have three-thirds of the soldiers responsible for the garrison, and the remaining seven-point soldiers are engaged in farming. All the grain harvested by the military camps is supplied to the soldiers."

"So from this point of view, out of the 160 million soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, there will always be more than 110 million soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who need to cultivate."

"In other words, the 110 million soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are not completely inactive."

"There are about 50 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who are not engaged in production at all."

After hearing Yan Changqing talk about the Weisuo farming system, Zhu Yuanzhang just remembered the situation of the Weisuo farming system he implemented under Liu Bowen's suggestion.

Indeed, according to what Yan Changqing said, although there are 160 million soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, there are only about 50 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who are not actually engaged in production.

The number of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who are not engaged in production is less than half of the number of soldiers who are not engaged in production of 100 million given by Yan Changqing.

This means that there is still a lot of vacancy in the number of non-productive personnel that the people of Ming Dynasty can support.

The more vacancies there are for non-production personnel, the less pressure the common people will bear.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but proudly said:

"I raise millions of soldiers without spending a grain of rice on the people!!!"

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's proud look, Yan Changqing smiled slightly and said:

"There are indeed many benefits to the guard farm system."

"One, it is of great benefit to stabilizing the number of troops and quickly mobilizing and recruiting troops during wartime."

"Second, the system of garrisoning land in the guards has realized the integration of soldiers and farmers, and all the food harvested by the military garrison is supplied to the army, which reduces the burden on the people of the country."

"Three, avoiding the huge consumption during the transshipment process caused by the country providing military supplies everywhere."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded repeatedly when he heard this, expressing his approval and satisfaction.

It's not easy. The royal family's salary system, the Daming vassal system, the Ming Dynasty's currency system, and even the basic national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business that he formulated before were basically criticized by Yan Zhangqing.

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Nowadays, it is rare to have a guard farm system, and it is possible to hear words of praise from Yan Changqing.

This is not easy!

[Berwin, you are quite smart. At least the Weisuo farming system you proposed can be praised by Mr. Yan, but it is a pity that you died a little too early. 】

【If you hadn't died so early, maybe today you could sit with Mr. Yan and talk about the country, and each is superior. 】

Zhu Yuanzhang inevitably thought of Liu Bowen who died of illness, and sighed slightly in his heart.

Yan Changqing on the podium looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's complacent appearance, a faint smile flashed across his mouth, and then changed the subject:

"However, the guard farm system also has a big drawback and a fundamental flaw!!!"

"Especially the latter fundamental defect, if it is not resolved, the farming system of the Daming Guard will inevitably collapse in less than a hundred years."

"At that time, all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who are now being raised will become a huge burden for the people of the Ming Dynasty!!!"

The complacent look on Zhu Yuanzhang's face has not faded away, but after hearing Yan Changqing's words, his face froze.

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It may be because the clan salary system of the Ming Dynasty, the vassal system of the Ming Dynasty, and the banknote system of the Ming Dynasty have all been sprayed.

So now that Zhu Yuanzhang is able to look at Yan Changqing calmly and ask:

"I don't know what are the big disadvantages and fundamental flaws that Mr. Yan said?!!"

Yan Changqing said calmly:

"Through the integration of soldiers and farmers, the system of garrisoning fields in the guards can realize that all the food harvested by the army can be supplied to the army, which reduces the burden on the people of the country. This is its advantage."

"But again, I think that's what makes it so bad!!!"

"The combination of soldiers and farmers means that soldiers need to put down military training every few years and turn into soldiers and farmers to farm."

"Then after a few years, they will take up arms again and conduct training and combat operations, and the cycle repeats."

"I don't know much about military affairs, but His Majesty's military ability. For thousands of years, among the emperors, the only one who can compare with His Majesty is Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty."

"That's why I would like to ask His Majesty "Four Nine Three" to teach me, the training method of sometimes training and sometimes farming, will the training be the real elites who are sure to conquer and win the battle?!"

"Or is it just a group of well-trained militiamen who can fight with the army when necessary?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was silent. He himself was the emperor who fought all the way from the tens of thousands of red scarf rebel soldiers in the troubled times at the end of Yuan Dynasty.

When it comes to military capabilities, as Yan Changqing said, among the emperors through the ages, perhaps only Tang Taizong Li Shimin, who also fought for most of his life and conquered most of the Tang Dynasty, can compare with him.

So he naturally knew that this kind of training method of combining soldiers and farmers could not actually train an elite army who was truly sure to conquer and win every battle.

Because every time a soldier has been familiar with the war for several years, he can be called a qualified Ming soldier.

Immediately, he put down his weapons again, picked up farm tools instead, and became a soldier and farmer for several years.

During this period of military and agricultural time, most of the accumulated war experience might be forgotten again.

Then put down the farm tools again, pick up weapons again, and enter the battlefield again to fight against the enemy.

So this kind of training method, in fact, can only be said to be able to train a large number of well-trained militias in this way.

And such a well-trained militia, in fact, has a big gap in combat effectiveness compared with the real elite of the army.

If you want to train an elite army that is truly sure to conquer and win every battle.

So the best way is actually not to do production at all, just to be a purely professional soldier, either to fight and kill the enemy all year round, or to maintain high-intensity military training.

However, just like what Yan Changqing said before, the tax is one for thirty, and the reason why only 30 people can support one person.

Wanting to really support 160 million soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who have no production at all and only exist as soldiers is really too much pressure for ordinary people.

After all, the 6000 million people of Ming Dynasty can only support 200 million non-productive people.

If the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were to occupy the amount of 160 million, then the final result would either be to increase the burden on the people, or to suppress the amount of other non-productive personnel.

However, neither the former nor the latter is a good choice for Zhu Yuanzhang.

That's why Zhu Yuanzhang chose a compromise method under Liu Bowen's suggestion, which is to combine the army and farmers, and use the soldiers and farmers to support the soldiers.

"Although this method can only train most of the well-trained militiamen, as long as they really participate in more than ten battles, large and small, they will soon be able to quickly become an elite army that is sure to conquer and win every battle! !!"

Zhu Yuanzhang half admitted, half justified.

As the emperor on horseback, he admitted the disadvantages Yan Changqing said.

However, he also has his own ideas on this point, although this method of combining the military and agriculture can only be said to be a well-trained militia at the beginning.

But as long as such militiamen take them to participate in more than ten battles, they will soon become the elite of the army.

Yan Changqing nodded, also acknowledging Zhu Yuanzhang's statement.

"Indeed, as long as you participate in more than ten large and small battles, you can quickly become an elite army."

"It's just that, in this battle after battle, how many lives do you need to sacrifice to become the elite of the army that His Majesty said?!"

At the end, Yan Changqing sighed deeply.

And Zhu Yuanzhang bowed his head again and remained silent. He naturally knew that this process would require the lives of many soldiers in exchange for the elite troops he wanted.

But for him, that was impossible.

The Ming Dynasty could not afford to support the 160 million soldiers who were not engaged in production at all, so they could only sacrifice part of the combat effectiveness and survivability of the soldiers in exchange for maintaining this huge army of the Ming Dynasty.

After being silent for a while, seeing that Yan Changqing didn't intend to continue speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang just looked up at Yan Changqing again and asked:

"Then what is the fundamental flaw of the Weisuo farming system?!"

He is very concerned about this. After all, in his opinion, the Weisuo garrison system is almost perfect except for weakening the combat effectiveness of some Ming soldiers.

So he really couldn't think of a reason why the farming system of the Daming Guard would collapse in less than a hundred years.

After all, Liu Bowen had assured him back then that the Weisuo farming system was absolutely a foolproof system for raising troops!

After more than ten years of implementation, it is true that no major problems have occurred, let alone any fundamental defects.

"Let's talk about the fundamental flaws in the farming system of the Daming Guard later."