The feeling of longing lingers in the predicament
As the Ming Dynasty changed from generation to generation, more and more problems arose in the empire. Many problems such as diseases, corruption, finance, and military made it difficult for the Ming Dynasty to be peaceful. Although the Ming Dynasty tried all kinds of methods, they could not achieve good results without exception, and some of them were unable to change the status quo, which made Zhu Yuanzhang begin to miss this period.
At that time, the corruption in the country was very serious, and Hai Rui asked the emperor to restore the anti-corruption method of peeling and cramping during the Zhu Yuanzhang period, that is, putting the ** peeling cramps at the door of the yamen, so that the judges behind could see him at work every day.
Such a bloody punishment will definitely not be supported by the **, so the emperor did not approve Hai Rui's request, and the matter will be closed.
Not only Hai Rui, but also many of Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates missed this system.
In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, finance became a major problem that plagued the country, which had a great negative impact on the Ming Dynasty, and even the soldiers' salaries could not be paid, so it happened from time to time, which had a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty army.
During this period, some ** implemented the tuntian system under the leadership of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang implemented the tuntian system, allocating land and cattle to soldiers, and each soldier was given up to 50 acres of land to make a living by cultivating his own land. However, not all soldiers went to Tuntian. In the border area, 3 people are protected, 7 are cultivated land; In the interior, 2 people are protected and 8 people are ploughing.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought of many ways to let the soldiers stationed at the border stand guard with peace of mind. First of all, he implemented the household registration system, the military and the people are separated, and the military household cannot easily change the household registration, and if a person becomes a military household, his children and grandchildren are military households, so soldiers are willing to let their grandchildren and great-grandchildren serve in the border passes. The soldier's wife could join the army and settle near the military town, so that the soldier could provide for his family and take care of the fields and guards.
Zhu Yuanzhang's hard work was rewarded by Juntun, who made a great contribution to feeding millions of troops during the Hongwu and Yongle periods.
So much so that Zhu Yuanzhang said proudly:"I trained millions of soldiers, and it didn't cost the people a grain of rice"。
What a good system this is, because it can raise millions of soldiers without spending a grain of rice on the people. Therefore, many ** in the last years of the Ming Dynasty wanted to restore Zhu Yuanzhang's system. For example, Xiong Tingbi, the governor of Liangguang, demanded the restoration of the tuntian system in his meloquish, which was approved by the Emperor of the Apocalypse.
Was Xiong Tingbi's Tuntian plan a success?
Tuantian is Liaodong The land of Tuantian had to withstand the plundering and military attacks of the Jurchens, and there were too many wars for the soldiers to realize Tuantian. The Tuantian in Shanhaiguan was finally organized, but the Tuantian still could not be implemented, because the high-quality areas had long been carved up by the powerful, who was the best bone among the relatives of the emperor in the capital? Xiong Tingbi did not have enough land to implement the regimental fields.
Since Gyeonggi Province is not good, let's go to other provinces and start tuntian. Isn't the land of Daming too big? Take Shu as an example. The irrigation of Dujiangyan has created 10,000 acres of fertile land, but 70% of the land is owned by the Shu king, and there is no room for tuntian at all. In addition, there are 4 million mu of Luwang and 2 million mu of Fuwang. The barren land in Shaanxi is still occupied by several princes of the Zhu family, and there is not much fertile land for them to occupy all.
Tuen Mun doesn't even have land, what can we do?
Later, Sun Chuanting also had to learn Zhu Yuanzhang's tuntian system.
Chongzhen allowed Sun Chuanting to go to Shaanxi, where he gathered troops and pacified Li Zicheng. After Sun Chuanting arrived in Shaanxi, Emperor Chongzhen gave him nothing, and he almost became a worthless commander. Sun Chuanting asked the magnates to leave the occupied military fields, and because the war was imminent, he directly asked the magnates who occupied the military fields for silver taels. The magnates were bloodthirsty, constantly pleading with Chongzhen, saying bad things about Sun Chuanting behind their backs, saying that Sun Chuanting had collected troops and wanted Sun Chuanting to leave Shaanxi, etc.
Sun Chuanting was ordered by Chongzhen to go to Shaanxi to fight before the army's combat effectiveness was fully formed.
The authorities at that time almost always mentioned the reclamation of the garrison as one of the solutions to the problem of soldiers' diet, but in reality, almost all efforts to revitalize the garrison ended in failure.
The reasons for this are, first of all, serious land annexation and insufficient land for tuntian. In addition, the watchtower system has long been out of touch with the times, on the verge of collapse, on the basis of the watchtower system to implement the county system is even more impossible.
People tend to think of the Founding Fathers when they have a problem. In fact, with the development of the times and history, there will be more and more problems, and his formula has long been unable to truly solve the current problems.
The reason is simple, you are not nostalgic for the founding emperor, but you are dissatisfied with reality and cannot find a way out. The future is far away, the reality is confused, and we can only look back on the past and calm down.