Chapter 240: Foresight

The emperor was dissatisfied with Yingtian Prefecture as the capital. Many civil and military officials knew about these things, especially those founding heroes, who were vivid in their minds about the difficulty of establishing the capital at that time.

They may have thought about moving the capital, and there have been more or less rumors over the years.

But now when the crown prince raises this matter in public in the court, the meaning of this is obviously different.

The luck and so on in my heart are now completely shattered. Everyone knows that the prince’s proposal now shows that the prince is also dissatisfied with Yingtian Mansion, and he also agrees with moving the capital.

Even the crown prince showed an active support for the capital movement, and even showed extremely strong voices that could not tolerate opposition, which would further illustrate some problems. The three generations of grandparents here are going to move the capital, who can stop it?

There are only a limited number of people who can persuade the emperor, but now it seems that the only queen has not expressed her opinion. However, over the years, the queen no longer cares about the affairs of the court, and everyone is even wondering whether the queen also supports the proposal to move the capital!

Civil and military officials may really need to seriously consider moving the capital, because they have no choice at all now.

Let’s not pay attention to the worries or sorrows of civil and military officials at this moment, and do not need to care about these things at all.

Zhu Biao called Zhu Xiongying to Wenhua Palace and asked directly, "The method of retrieval in the ward office has great disadvantages?"

"Of course there are some. I haven't seen much before, but now it's slowly revealed." Zhu Xiongying explained, "Dad, I know there is no perfect solution, but the method of retrieval is worse. In the past, they were all founding soldiers, so there was no big problem. But now, the old man is dead, and their descendants may not become weapons."

After all, the ward system is the basis of the military system of the Ming Dynasty formulated by Lao Zhu, and it has indeed laid the world for the Ming Dynasty. There are many advantages in this, but it is obviously impossible to say that there is no shortage.

The biggest problem now is naturally the "hereditary system" of the ward system, which has a big problem.

Military households are hereditary and have strict management, so it is very difficult to remove them. Generally speaking, unless the households are completely separated, some people in their families become high-ranking officials or are exempted from the emperor's orders, they cannot be removed from the military.

The main obligation of a military household is to send a man to the garrison to serve as a soldier, called the army, and other children are called the garrison or the army. When the army goes to the garrison, at least one garrison must accompany him to help him live. Because the military households have heavy burdens, they are given more land and the army is exempted from all service personnel. The garrison and the garrison who are in the camp can also be exempted from service personnel to ensure their lives and provide the life of the garrison.

The distribution locations of military officers are mostly far away from their hometowns and scattered to prevent deserters. However, long-distance trekking and unacceptable land, it brings a lot of pain to the soldiers. The army served in the garrison and had to take their wives to live a stable life and have children. Each soldier has a house and a land, and has a fixed monthly grain every month, but the actual situation is often insufficient. When marching, food is given, clothing must be provided, and weapons are produced by the state by craftsmen.

Soldiers were in the camp and divided into two parts: garrison and military farming. The proportion was uncertain. They took turns to the military farming and fixed food to be handed over to the garrison army and officials. Their goal was to raise troops without consuming national financial resources.

This is also the origin of Lao Zhu's once extremely proud of "I raise a million soldiers without spending a grain of rice for the people". The Ming Dynasty's military system actually absorbed the experience of military farming in China. It was a system of military building that combines military forces with agriculture and guards and garrisons.

However, even during the Hongwu period, there were many deserters, because of the hardship of life. Therefore, even if there is a root or a grommet, this is not enough. The phenomenon of deserters is becoming more and more serious.

The fugitive army was arrested and the fugitive army was restored. The households were fed with the people. However, this move both disturbed the people and officials, and some officers used this to embezzle and persecute the people, causing great pain in the villages.

In the early years of Hongwu, there were about 50,000 deserters every year! And now, the number of people is increasing by about 10,000 people every year!

Zhu Biao couldn't help but sigh. He naturally knew about deserters and other things, but he didn't expect it to be getting worse and worse.

Zhu Xiongying is also a little helpless now. He is really not suitable to change the system of the garrison station. Even if the whole world seems to be peaceful, it is really not suitable to lay off the garrison station in the short term.

The reason is also very simple. The system of the garrison is actually not only responsible for war, but also for farming. Now the land scale of the Ming Dynasty is constantly expanding, and some of them are responsible for farming and garrisons. Some remote places are not suitable for large-scale migration of people for the time being, so the soldiers of the garrisons can only bear these responsibilities.

In any era, there are some people who need to make sacrifices, and Zhu Xiongying obviously cannot take care of everyone.

Before the conversation ended, Zhu Xiongying was called to Wuying Hall by Lao Zhu, and it was also about the ward system.

Lao Zhu is actually quite proud. He naturally knows the shortcomings of the ward system, but he knows more clearly that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. And his descendants can also see the shortcomings and realize the problems, which is even more worthy of Lao Zhu's happiness.

This is the successor he has carefully trained. He will be in charge of the world in the future, have a long-term vision and have far-sightedness. This is obviously a good thing, and it will benefit the country and the country of Ming Dynasty without any harm!

Especially when he heard that Zhu Xiongying realized the shortcomings, but did not intend to rush, Lao Zhu was even more satisfied.

Some things should not be rushed. Being safe is not a bad thing, especially before there is no better way to deal with them, it is best to be stable. After all, once the order is issued, it is very likely to cause some turmoil.

Even if the national power of the Ming Dynasty continued to increase, it could not withstand too much trouble.

Zhu Xiongying, who had been busy all day, returned to Kunning Palace and shouted at the top of her throat, "Grandma, I'm so hungry!"

Queen Ma quickly walked out the door and said in a disgusting tone with a smile on her face, "They are all married people, and they only know how to yell and eat and drink! What does this look like? With your temperament, if you really have children, I am really afraid that you will snatch things with your children to eat!"

Zhu Xiongying was not ashamed and said proudly, "Then you are not afraid. Even if I have children, I will not be able to compete with me for food for a year or two. Besides, our family has a great career and is really not afraid of food and drink."

Queen Ma glared at Zhu Xiongying and said, "Remember, I was born from trouble and died from happiness. The emperor just wanted to eat and drink, but enjoyment would not be achieved."

"I am the crown prince, not the emperor." Zhu Xiongying said with a smile, "The emperor conquered the world just to make his descendants richer. I just eat some ordinary things, not to eat dragon liver and phoenix marrow, and the world will not be in turmoil."

Queen Ma continued to smile and warn, "I am the grandson now, so I will still give this business to you in the future? Now I eat some ordinary things and I will eat delicacies in the future. If I don't feel satisfied, I will be the dragon's liver and phoenix marrow! I shouldn't spoil you, let you know the sufferings of the people since I was a child."

Zhu Xiongying nodded to He Yuyao, then sat down and argued with Queen Ma, "If you really want to say this, few of the royal families and martial eunuchs in the capital know the suffering of the people better than me! Especially those who were born with luxury and food, but not like me, those people have forgotten their roots. I often care about people's livelihood and know more about them."

When Queen Ma heard Zhu Xiongying say this, she was naturally happy. She knew that her grandson did not brag, which was the fact.

"My father mentioned the move to the capital in the court, and I agree." Zhu Xiongying said with a smile, "The Minister of War expressed his objection, and I blocked him back."

Just then, a coughing sound came from outside the house. Old Zhu came back with a straight face, obviously unhappy.

Queen Ma glared at him and asked Lao Zhu, "When I come back, I will be stern. Who will show her face?"

Lao Zhu's face changed, from a bitter face to helplessness, "I have said a long time ago that the harem cannot interfere in politics! You promised it well, and Xiongying knew it since childhood. Look, now you are two of you, one must listen, and the other must say it. What does this look like!"

Queen Ma was unhappy, "If you listen to a few words, you will interfere in politics? What's this?! Chongba, if I really interfere in politics, I will read the memorial. Do you believe it or not, if I read the memorial, the boss and heroes can deliver it. If I review the memorial, I will do a lot better than you do!"

Zhu Xiongying also said, "Grandfather, I'm not happy about what you said. The harem really cannot interfere in politics, for fear of repeating Lu Zhi and Wu Zhao's mistakes. It's just that the queen is the mother of the country. I don't know many things about the previous dynasty, how can I assist the emperor in governing the world?"

Empress Ma looked at Zhu Xiongying with approval, and Zhu Xiongying was even more confident. "The queen not only cared about the emperor's food, clothing, housing and transportation, children, harem, court wife and those unemployed royal families, but also martial honors. She didn't know anything about the previous dynasty, so it was probably easy to make a mistake. The queen's failure to interfere in politics does not mean that she could not know anything!"

Old Zhu immediately became anxious and took off his shoes, "Oh yo, I'll say something, you can support ten sentences! Now I'm so brave, I dare not listen to my words! I was reluctant to beat you when I was a child, but now I can't beat you!"

Zhu Xiongying's skilled King of Qin also complained, "Grandfather, you are unreasonable! I've got married, and I'm hitting me in front of my wife!"

Lao Zhu was even more righteous, "You are my grandson, I will beat you if I want to! If you still have a little filial piety, don't run away!"

That won't work. According to Lao Zhu's current attitude, if he is caught, he will definitely be beaten.

Zhu Biao and Chang were originally coming to Kunning Palace to have a meal in a friendly manner, but before they even entered the house, they heard the noise in the palace. Emperor Hongwu was running with his shoes, and the crown prince flexibly flipped over the table, bypassed the beams and pillars, and jumped over the fence and ran around.

Zhu Biao asked happily, "What's wrong with this?"

"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics." Queen Ma said with a smile, "The hero said a few words, your father is annoyed."

Zhu Biao nodded and set the table, "Don't care about them."

The panting old Zhu and Zhu Xiongying hiding behind the pillar were still confronting each other. As Queen Ma said the meal was ready, the grandfather and grandson stopped. They had to eat first, and then consider whether to continue after the meal was ready.
Chapter completed!