I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 210 Liver

One is the literati from all over the country, and the other is the children of military officers from all over the country. The selection bases for the two are different. Naturally, the talents of the military officers cannot catch up with the civil officials, and then they are left further and further behind by the civil officials. Even if there was no Battle of Tumu, this process could not be changed. The Battle of Tumu only accelerated this process.

The inheritance of power is very likely to breed corruption.

This is why the Wei-suo system was corrupted. If I could not seize the fields of the military households in a Wei-suo in one generation, then I could try two, three, or four generations. Anyway, my rights could be inherited, and one day the entire Wei-suo land would belong to my family, and all the military households would become my serfs.

The Wei-suo system was thus corrupted in just a few generations.

Moreover, the hereditary system of military officers completely blocked the channels for advancement of lower-level soldiers, who could no longer change their fate through military merit.

Because a military position can only be inherited by one son, what if a military officer has multiple sons? He can't just watch his beloved second and third sons become soldiers, so if there are any positions available, shouldn't he give priority to his sons?
Those who have no connections will never be promoted. Even if you are a small soldier who has made great contributions, it is easy for the position to be taken away by people with connections above, because you are just a small soldier after all, and your voice cannot be heard above.
Zhu Houxuan disliked the Qing Dynasty very much, but he had to admit that the Qing Dynasty did better than the Ming Dynasty in this regard.

During the Qing-Myanmar War, the Qing army advanced all the way and came to a place called Manjie (east of the Namdu River in Myanmar today). Here, the Burmese built a huge castle with huge trees and stones, which the Qing army could not capture for a long time.

During a fierce battle, a Guizhou Green Camp rattan shield soldier named Wang Lian, who was accompanying the army, sneaked to the foot of the Burmese castle with several of his comrades. Then he climbed in alone, chopped down several Burmese soldiers at the risk of his life, and then risked his life to support other comrades.

In the end, the Qing army successfully captured the "Manjie Village" which the Burmese army thought was extremely strong.

Emperor Qianlong was overjoyed upon hearing the news, and promoted him immediately. The little soldier Wang Lian was promoted seven levels from a grassroots soldier to a third-rank "guerrilla general"!
Such things were rarely seen in the Ming Dynasty, because due to the thousands of miles and so many levels of separation, such news would be difficult to reach the emperor's ears.

In this way, the Ming Dynasty's official army became a stagnant pool. The military officers deteriorated from generation to generation, while the soldiers were nailed to the bottom of the society from generation to generation because of the military household system and were exploited by the military officers from generation to generation.

How can the combat effectiveness of such an army not deteriorate?
There is a widely circulated saying in later generations: The Ming army is invincible when it is not fully paid, and it is invincible when it is fully paid.

However, ensuring that the Ming army was fully paid was not enough. It was also necessary to ensure in every way that the Ming army soldiers were not exploited or embezzled by hereditary military officers and civil servants who controlled the money. There was a lot of work to be done here.

"I saw that you opened many schools in Qizhou. Are there similar schools among them?" Zhu Houzhao suddenly thought of what he saw and heard in Qizhou and asked curiously.

"Yes, there is a standard process for promotion in the factory in Qizhou. After reaching a certain level and before being promoted, you have to go to a management school for training. I will take time to teach in the management school, get to know them, and observe them," Zhu Houxuan said very straightforwardly.

"In fact, the attendant room system around me is actually a higher-level training and assessment system. Each round lasts three months, with 25 people. A hundred people graduate from my attendant room every year and enter the industries I control to work. After graduation, most of them have the right to write directly to me to report," Zhu Houxuan said incessantly.

"Wait!" Zhu Houzhao suddenly interrupted Zhu Houxun, "Let me calculate!"

"You have been running this attendant room for four or five years, right? That means there are four or five hundred people who have the right to write to you directly and report to you?" Zhu Houzhao said in surprise. "More than four or five hundred people, now there are more than eight hundred people." Zhu Houxuan shook his head and said, "There are also backbones of various industries, model workers, etc., I will give them this power."

Zhu Houzhao was completely shocked, and after a while he said, "Why do you give this right to so many people?"

Zhu Houxuan couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Brother, don't underestimate this industry and commerce. It's not that easy to run an industry and commerce. If you want to run it well, you have to put in enough effort. It's because so many people wrote to me to report that I can understand everything about the Daming Royal Group. No one dares to fool me, and I can make timely adjustments to various things. That's why the Daming Royal Group has developed so steadily and rapidly."

"Then can you finish reading it?" Zhu Houzhao smacked his lips.

"I only read it for a few hours every day." Zhu Houxuan shrugged and said calmly, "I told them not to say nonsense in their letters, but to be meaningful and to get to the point. If they say too much nonsense, I will write back and scold them."

"Hahaha!" Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands and laughed. "This is a good idea. It turns out that I don't like reading memorials because the officials talk too much nonsense in them. From now on, I will also use red ink to scold them on the memorials. Don't talk so much nonsense one by one!"

Zhu Houxuan was also amused by Zhu Houzhao's words.

Zhu Houzhao stopped laughing and said thoughtfully: "No wonder you were looking at something every time I saw you. So this is what happened. You have worked so hard. Look less in the future and don't be so tired."

Zhu Houxun smiled. In fact, Zhu Houxun's trick was just copying the Qing Dynasty's system of secret memorials and direct reports. It must be said that this trick was indeed useful, but a bit labor-intensive.

The Qing Dynasty's system of secret memorials and direct reports already existed during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, but Kangxi was rather lazy and there were only a hundred or so people who were qualified to submit secret memorials and direct reports.

The peak period of the secret memorial system was during the Yongzheng period. There were more than 1200 people in the country who had this qualification. Yongzheng spent most of his time every day reading memorials. Historical records show that he only slept four hours a day and only rested on his birthday.

The reputation of Emperor Qinggan is well-deserved. It is precisely because of this that he can control the country, clearly understand the country's problems, and carry out institutional reforms time and time again.

Zhu Houxuan had no choice. If he wanted to control such a large group in this era of extremely low communication efficiency and ensure that the group's development did not take detours, he had to work hard.

However, Zhu Houxuan was not as hard-working as Yongzheng in history books. The affairs of a group are not as numerous as those of a country, and many people did not write letters that frequently.

"It's not hard. We have to do something useful for our ideals," Zhu Houxuan smiled indifferently.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes were full of emotion, and he felt his heart was filled with guilt and relief.
"Okay! Okay!" Zhu Houxuan took the initiative to comfort him. He changed the subject and said, "Let's continue talking about the new army. I've been inspecting the weapons and equipment of the Ming Dynasty recently, and I feel that there are many areas that can be improved."

I went to bed without writing last night. I was too tired after working overtime for a week. I slept until 10 o'clock today, sleeping for more than 10 hours. I slept for another two hours this afternoon before I started writing. Fortunately, I have completely rested and can continue writing at night.
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