Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 242 Eight Banners Problem ([-])

Since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the policy of "encouragement and support" has been adopted for the banner people. The Eight Banners people are exempted from levies, food, grass, and cloth. From then on, they only undertake military service and give them various privileges. Official positions, trying to make them live comfortably.At the beginning of the dynasty, there were not many banner people, and the big guys had a good life, but later, the population multiplied and the number of banner people increased, and the life of the court was not easy, especially when Kangxi pacified Ge in 37 years. After the Erdan rebellion, there has been no war for several years, and the bannermen have no use for them, and they are wasting money and food. First, the imperial court is spending more and more on food and salaries. Second, idle bannermen are increasing day by day, and public security has become a big problem. Third, The growing corruption of the Eight Banners, which is the country's military barrier, is also the root cause of Mr. Kangxi's unbearable.

In order to solve the problem of the Eight Banners, Mr. Kangxi has made a lot of efforts: in order to ensure the force of the Eight Banners, annual martial arts assessment and hunting are indispensable; the children of the Eight Banners are forced to learn Manchu; In addition to the regular silver, there are often other rewards - Kangxi allocated 37 taels of silver from the treasury in the 540th year to reward all the bannermen, with an average of several hundred taels per household; In May 42, in order to rectify the banner affairs, a total of more than 650 million taels of land, farm tools, and cattle were allocated to resettle idle bannermen.So many measures can be said to be inattentive, but it's a pity that all of them have been in vain, and they are useless at all.

Learning Manchu?Not to mention ordinary banner people, even the princes and dignitaries don’t speak Manchu on weekdays. Although Mr. Kangxi issued edicts in Manchu from time to time, he himself doesn’t speak Manchu on weekdays. Learning Manchu is naturally inefficient. The big guys just dealt with it.As for the prohibition of Man-Han intermarriage, it is a bit ridiculous-there are many Han concubines in the harem of Mr. Kangxi, and there are not a few princes and dignitaries who marry Han women as side Fujin. Except for ordinary bannermen, this one has no effect.

The matter of rewarding silver is even more ridiculous. The money allocated by the old man Kangxi is not small, but the gang of Eight Banners are even more skillful in spending money.Up to now, many impoverished banner people have been reduced to pawning banner Jialumi to survive. They are so poor that they have done a lot of cutting and robbery. It is strange that the security of the capital is good. .

Among the many things Mr. Kangxi has done, the only ones that have any effect are the martial arts assessment and hunting. Although it costs a lot, it can be regarded as maintaining a little bit of the blood of the Eight Banners. After the Galdan rebellion was put down, there had been no war for a long time, and the training of the Eight Banners was becoming more and more formal, and the combat effectiveness was deteriorating.

The reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to establish itself was the power of the Eight Banners. For this reason, no matter who sat on the dragon chair, it was impossible not to pay attention to the Eight Banners. It is very thin, but the contradiction is still a contradiction after all, it does not cease to exist because of the thinness, if the matter of the Eight Banners cannot be resolved, it will definitely affect the stability of the imperial power, the problem is that no one can come up with a solution to the Eight Banners Difficult way, even Mr. Kangxi himself is helpless.

Since ancient times, there have been many incidents of ethnic minorities taking control of the Central Plains. There are Yang Jian and Li Shimin in the distance, and the Mongolian Yuan in the near. How to consolidate the imperial power is different. The method of Yang Jian and Li Shimin is to fully integrate themselves into the Han nationality Claiming that you are Han, the price of such actions is to completely lose your own nationality and become a part of the Han nationality; Meng Yuan's method is to kill, and the Han people have to obey, but the problem is that Meng Yuan can't kill all the Han people. kill them all?So as soon as Meng Yuan decayed, the Han people rose up and beat Meng Yuan to nowhere to hide.

In fact, it is not the first time that the Manchus took control of the Central Plains. In the Song Dynasty, the Jin who took over the Central Plains was the ancestor of the Manchus. The Central Plains has learned a lot. It no longer adopts the high-pressure policy of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and instead adopts a policy of appeasement and power as a supplement. As far as the current situation is concerned, it is considered a success, but there is still a problem—— The Manchu rulers of all dynasties were unwilling to sinicize the Manchus, and they were unwilling to completely Hannize their own nation like Li Shimin did. This would cause trouble.

Sinicization of the Manchus is a general trend in history. Yinzuo has experience in later generations, and he understands it very well in his heart. However, Sinicization is also divided into active and passive. The old masters who enjoyed it lived a miserable life after the demise of the Manchus. If they took the initiative to Sinicize, it would be more ideal to actively integrate into the Han nationality like Li Shimin did, at least they would not fall to the point of corruption in later generations.It's just that Yinzuo can only think about it in his heart at the moment, and he dare not tell anyone at all, let alone that Yinzuo is not the emperor at the moment, even if he has already ascended the throne, and meets the Eight Banners You have to be careful about the problem, otherwise the throne may not be able to sit firmly. If you really want to have a major operation on the Eight Banners, you can only wait until the imperial power is stable.

Grandpa Kangxi handed over the Eight Banners problem to Yin Zuo, not so much as an assessment, but as a kind of helplessness, because the old man himself did not have an answer in his heart, although the old man himself knew that this problem was too difficult, but he still wanted to see it. Let's see if Yinzuo can find out a feasible way out of ingenuity.

Let the bannermen fend for themselves?Impossible, as soon as this idea comes out today, Yinzuo can go to the clan's mansion to drink tea tomorrow, and there will never be less than ten thousand people who come to Yinzuo's mansion to make trouble. Such a bad idea, Yinzuo can't even think about it I won't think about it, even if I want to change the Eight Banners Yinzuo, I will only take a gradual approach.Will the imperial court continue to honor and support?That's even more unworkable. Right now, there are already millions of banner people. If they continue to multiply like this, there will be no more than tens of millions in later generations. Now the treasury has money, but it can still support it. When there is a war, the treasury will be empty. So what should I do?You can't suppress all the problems, and it will be a lot of fun when they all explode.

Open a joint-stock company and let the bannermen take the shares?Hey, Yinzuo read online novels in his previous life, and this method is not impossible-there are many business geniuses among the banner people, and Liu Mingchuan, a servant of Yinzuo's family, is a representative of them, but the problem is that this method does not work. It is really a solution to the problem, Yinzuo has already considered this matter: relying on the many monopoly industries under the name of Yinzuo, it is not difficult to take out some monopoly projects as the basis for the company's start, and it is not difficult to give some dividends to Baqi after strengthening management This is an easy task, but it cannot solve the root problem of corruption in the Eight Banners.Although Yinzuo looks down on the Eight Banners, it is impossible for Yinzuo to ascend to the throne, or even secure the throne without the support of the Eight Banners. At least before Yinzuo stabilizes the imperial power, he cannot do without the strong support of the Eight Banners. A decadent Eight Banners is not what Yin Zuo wants to see.

Using joint-stock companies to support the Eight Banners and using the treasury to support the Eight Banners is a little bit of progress, but it can't solve the problem of the Eight Banners' idleness and increasing corruption. Such a method has no practical significance at all, and even the old man Kangxi can see it It's strange, let alone Yin Zuo himself. Of course, it doesn't mean that this method can't be used, at least it can solve the problem of the source of income of the Eight Banners.

What the old man Kangxi wants is a method that can maintain the bloodliness and combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners. It was a naval battle that took place on the ocean, and the Baqi gang who only knew how to ride and shoot couldn't afford it at all. They could only be spectators, and the only thing they could use was to put down Zhungeer again, or The conflict with the "polar bear", however, the military system of the Eight Banners completely conflicts with Yin Zuo's army building ideas. Many, of course the cavalry is still dominated by the Eight Banners. After all, the Eight Banners are a horse nation, and riding skills are not mentioned.

Difficult, it is really difficult!Yinzuo's head hurts from thinking about it, but he didn't think of a good idea.Sitting on Lan Yue'er's bed, Yin Zuo was fascinated by his thoughts. He had considered all aspects, but he still had no idea in his heart.Lan Yue'er knew Yinzuo's temper, so she didn't dare to disturb Yinzuo's meditation, so she could only stand by silently, waiting.

Lan Yue'er didn't dare to disturb Yinzuo's thinking, but someone dared. When the room was quiet, Princess Yixue's little head poked out from the door of the room, and pressed a little finger on her lips, signaling to the maids in the room They were silent, and then tiptoed into the room, walked gently to Yinzuo's side, and shouted: "Ama!" Immediately frightened Yinzuo, the little girl was so proud of herself. Laughing, giggles wafted through the room.

"Oh, little Yixue, you're being naughty again, look at Ama spanking your little butt." When Yinzuo saw that it was his precious daughter, he was immediately happy, and hugged the little girl up.

"If you dare to hit me, I'll cry." The little guy stuck out his tongue and made a grimace, seeing that Yin Zuo was full of love, and kissed the little girl's face vigorously.The scum of Yin Zuo's beard stabbed the little girl in pain for a while, the little girl pushed Yin Zuo's face unceremoniously and said: "No, Ama's face is full of thorns, and my fourteenth uncle is not like that. Ama, Fourteenth Uncle doesn't come anymore, people miss him a little bit."

Miss fourteen?Hey, this little guy is probably thinking of a gift from Old Fourteen, right?Yin Zuo laughed out loud.Old Fourteen knows that Yinzuo loves Princess Yixue the most, and every time he comes back to Yinzuo's mansion, he can't forget to bring gifts for the little girl. Fourteen got along very well, it has been more than half a year since the old Fourteen received the expedition order, and now little Yixue really missed that Uncle Fourteen who brought gifts from time to time.

"Your fourteenth uncle went to fight bad guys, and he will probably be back soon." Yinzuo touched Xiao Yixue's head with a smile and said.

Princess Yixue lay in Yinzuo's arms, raised her small face to look at Yinzuo and said, "Ama, where is Fourteenth Uncle going to fight bad guys? Why don't you take me with you?"

where to goUm?Yinzuo suddenly thought of something, and forgot to answer Xiao Yixue's question for a while, the little guy quit, grabbed Yinzuo's chin, and said coquettishly: "Ama, you said Ah, where did Uncle Fourteen go?"

"Ah." Yinzuo came back to his senses, smiled and said: "To Dongying, it's far away, and we have to go by sea boat."

"Big boat? Ah Ma, I also want to take a boat. My elder brother and second younger brother have all been on a boat before. Ah Ma is partial, but she didn't take me on the boat." big drama.

Well, if this little girl really starts to cry, it will be endless.Yinzuo hurriedly coaxed: "Success, hurry up tomorrow and wait for Ama to be free, and I will definitely take you to the sea boat, okay?"

"Really? When is Ama free?" The little girl asked with her head tilted.

Hehe, he really is a real little guy, it's not easy to be fooled.Yin Zuo shook his head with a wry smile and said, "When spring starts and your fourteenth uncle comes back, will Ama take you to Qingdao by boat?"

The little girl tilted her head and thought for a while, then stretched out a little finger and said, "Lagou, Ama can't lie."

"Okay, okay, Ama is hooking with you." Yin Zuo smiled and hooked the little guy, put her on the ground and said: "Go and play, Ama has something else to do, I'll go play with you in a while, okay?"

"En." Xiao Yixue nodded vigorously, and ran out on her own. Yinzuo looked at the lively back of the little guy lovingly, but suddenly had a kind of understanding in her heart. Lan Yue'er said: "I have my own opinion about your brother's matter, and I will definitely not embarrass you. I still have something to do, so I will talk about it later." After speaking, he strode towards the door .

"Master, you haven't had your lunch yet." Seeing that Yinzuo was about to leave, Lan Yueer mistakenly thought that Yinzuo was angry because of Chahar's affairs, so she hurriedly called out.

"Ah, it's okay, Yue'er, you can use it first, and then let someone send some food to the study." Yinzuo turned back and smiled, and hurriedly walked towards the study.

(End of this chapter)