Liaodong s military salary is insufficient, why is Wanli still unwilling to pay?

Wanli was a particularly money-hungry person. When Wanli was a child, with the assistance of the first assistant Zhang Juzheng, he actively learned the art of the emperor, was very talented, and was pinned on high hopes. Zhang Juzheng worked hard for Wanli, although he served as the first assistant of the cabinet, but he had great power and actively carried out all aspects of law change.

Because Zhang Juzheng's change was supported by the Queen Mother and the chief eunuch Feng Bao, there was less resistance from the court, and in just ten years, it achieved very good results and opened"Wanli Zhongxing".

However, after Wanli came to power, in order to establish his image and prestige, he first took the most powerful Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao at that time. After Zhang Juzheng's death, he was completely liquidated by the Wanli Emperor, and at the same time, Feng Bao, the chief eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, was also liquidated. It stands to reason that after the liquidation, the cabinet should send ** to check one by one and check the assets and confiscate the treasury.

However, Wanli was not such a way, he directly sent eunuchs to pull all the family properties of Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao to the palace and directly for his own matching. From here, it can be seen that Emperor Wanli was a selfish person.

At the end of the Wanli Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the state's taxes had increased to nearly 16 million taels, and the taxes collected were nearly several times that of the early Wanli period, but these money still could not meet the cost of military salaries. Why is that? According to historical records, the original more than 10 million taels of silver were directly embezzled by Wanli to reach more than 6 million taels for the construction of mausoleums, palace security and other expenses.

When it came to the accounts of the household department, the silver was only more than 4 million taels. The silver money collected by the state was all embezzled by Wanli and officials at all levels.

When it comes to the front line in Liaodong, there is often a shortage of materials! Of course, Wanli knows all this, because he is an extremely selfish and stingy person, so at the last moment, he is also unwilling to give the soldiers an extra son. This led to the fact that in many battles with the Houjin, the Ming army was not strong in combat and demoralized.

In the end, because of Wanli's neglect, the Ming Dynasty inevitably went to extinction.

It's not that Wanli is unwilling to pay money, but there are too many people involved, and there is not much military salary at his disposal, so he has not paid for a long time.

At that time, the social and political situation was already fragile, and the predicament of internal and external troubles made it not that Wanli was unwilling to pay money, but it was estimated that there was no more, and even the treasury could not afford to pay military salaries.

That's because Wanli was very stingy with the cost of state affairs, but he spent a lot of money on the construction of his mausoleum.

The imperial court was worried about internal troubles, the social and political situation was tense, the treasury was empty, the economy was depressed, and Wanli was unable to spend on military salaries in Liaodong, which led to the delay in the payment of military salaries.

Frequent wars have led to military households not having time for agricultural production, and natural food production will be reduced, so they will not be able to pay military salaries, which has also led to the collapse of the health system.

Because Wanli has no money, Wanli is not a king who is greedy for pleasure, and it can only be said that the emperor before Wanli tossed the Ming Dynasty's family foundation empty.

It's not that he didn't want to pay for it, but the treasury at that time had been emptied, and there was really no money.

If there is no time for agricultural production, the natural food production will be reduced, and they will not be able to pay the army, and they will have a depressed economy.

The social and political situation is tense, the treasury is empty, the economy is depressed, and Wanli is unable to spend on military salaries in Liaodong, so there is really no money.

From the end of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty to the 12th year of Chongzhen, the country's taxes had increased to more than 16 million taels, but these funds still could not meet the cost of military salaries. Why is that? We know that at the beginning of the Wanli year, Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, presided over the government and was supervised by Feng Bao, the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, but Feng Bao and the empress dowager actively supported Zhang Juzheng's reforms, which prompted the emergence of the Wanli New Deal in the Ming Dynasty.

This was the best time for the economy of the Ming Dynasty, when the income of the household department was about 4 million taels per year. This money is already enough to meet the needs of all parties.

However, from the late Wanli period to the Chongzhen period, a lot of expenses were added. The total annual income of the state is nearly 20 million taels**. This is the painstaking efforts of the people of the whole country, all in their hands.

However, this amount of money is still not enough to meet the cost of military salaries. What is the reason for this? According to historical records, in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the normal annual income was more than 14 million taels.

Most of this money was taken up by the emperor and the court. They left only more than 400,000 taels to the household department. In other words, most of the money was squandered by the protection of the emperor and the court.

At this time, it was already different from the court pattern presided over by Zhang Juzheng, and there were many peasant uprisings and rebellions inside, and a lot of money was consumed every year in order to suppress the rebellion. On the other hand, the Houjin Group on the Liaodong Peninsula is on the move, and their strength is growing. However, as the Ming army's attack on these local forces, the officers and men of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry and the Ming Dynasty did not receive financial guarantees, resulting in the army's combat effectiveness declining year by year.

Later, the Ningyuan Mutiny occurred, in order to quell the incident. Wu Sangui had the soldiers kill each other, and in the end only 53 of the most elite forces remained. So, Wu Sangui took these 53 people as the core, shared the salary and silver allocated by the imperial court, and formed his own troops.

From the end of Wanli to the twelfth year of Chongzhen, although there were many endowments, there were also many kinds of food and clothing for the palace, as well as various rewards.

This figure should be viewed in combination with the price level at that time, and at the same time, it should also take into account whether the army was expanded, and the army increased at the end of the Ming Dynasty, so it will not be enough.

The emperor needs to spend about 200,000 taels of gold and silver every year to the military generals of the capital division as a salary, and also has to deal with various imperial expenses, so the emperor really does not have much silver.

Because most of this silver was used for court expenses, there was not much money to be allocated to the army, so the food was insufficient.

That's because Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty didn't have much money at that time, and Chongzhen was also very stingy militarily.

At the time of the death of the Wanli Emperor, there were about 7 million taels**, most of which were transferred to the ministries by the two heirs. When Wanli's huge amount reached Chongzhen's hands, it had been almost consumed. Before the huge financial pressure of making ends meet at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor wanted to pay more military salaries, but he didn't.

In fact, Wanli is very stingy in spending on state affairs, and he spent a lot of money on the construction of his mausoleum and marrying the princess.

The military commander who needs to spend about 200,000 taels from the gold and silver to the Jingshi as a fortune is a lot of money but is unwilling to take it out.

To deal with all kinds of royal expenses, and he guards a lot of money and doesn't want to pay the military salary, which will lead to insufficient military pay.

According to Guo Moruo's meaning, Chongzhen guarded tens of millions of taels**, but he cried poor all day long, and even when he was about to hang himself, he refused to take out one or two aids and salaries.

Because all the money was in Chongzhen's hands at that time, Chongzhen can be said to be guarding so much money and then not wanting to pay military salaries, which will lead to insufficient military salaries.

There is no one to check and balance the bureaucrats, and no one is making money for the emperor.

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Japan was also a small feudal country. Although China was in a period of feudal decline at that time, it was still one of the few feudal powers in the world. In terms of strength, Japan at that time had no possibility of defeating China.

In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, Japan had begun to move towards the capitalist road, industrial development had begun to take shape, and the ideological system was also open. Although the Qing Dynasty had a Westernization movement, the ideological system was still backward, and it could not be used well if it was advanced.

So, nearly 300 years later, it's all changed.

The stage of the reign of the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Wanli 1572 Shenzong Zhu Yijun Longqing 6th June (Zhu Zaihou's third son.

Reigned for 48 years.

There are two emperors to blame for the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the first is Wanli, Wanli's neglect of government caused two major consequences: one is to miss the opportunity for financial reform, and when Chongzhen reigned, the financial system has accumulated a lot of difficulties, and finally the financial collapse led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty. The second is to make the ruling group deviate from morality, and the leaders no longer work for state affairs, but only for the interests of small groups to dump each other.

The second is Zhu Yuanzhang, the system of the Ming Dynasty was created by him, the original intention of the system he designed was to establish a low-level and constant small peasant society, such a system has less financial expenditure, but less income, and the ability to deal with crises is not strong. On the other hand, the population that the clan needs to support has increased dramatically, coupled with the emperor's extravagance, so that the financial revenue can not offset the expenditure more and more, so in the early years of Wanli, there will be Zhang Juzheng's reform, after Zhang Juzheng's death, Wanli did not continue to carry out the reform cause, the wrong opportunity. There is also Li Zicheng, many people think that the Qing Dynasty played an important role in entering Wu Sangui, but in fact, Wu Sangui is just an appearance, and it is Li Zicheng who really plays a role.

In 1642, after the Qing army won the Songjin War, the northern defense line of the Ming Dynasty had collapsed, and the strength of the Qing army was completely able to break through B J and kill Emperor Chongzhen, but in this way the Qing Dynasty would push all the scholars in the world to their opposite, and it would be impossible for the Qing Dynasty to enter the Central Plains again, so Huang Taiji borrowed a knife to kill people, and used Li Zicheng to force and kill Emperor Chongzhen, and successfully transferred the hatred of the scholars to Li Zicheng. The Ming Dynasty perished because of the collapse of finances, after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, this problem was left to him, he couldn't solve it, he could only torture and plunder, which made him lose the hearts of the people, the Ming Dynasty **** who originally surrendered to Li Zicheng, wanted to assist Li Zicheng to establish a new country, but what he did made them deeply disappointed, so after the Qing army entered b j, the former Ming ** soon surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty completely received the **** of the Ming Dynasty, these former Ming ** people are very aware of the institutional shortcomings of the empire, With their assistance, Dolgon and Shunzhi carried out two official reforms, which eliminated the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty system and restored the collapsed finances, which laid a solid material foundation for the Qing Dynasty to defeat the remnants of the Southern Ming and peasant armies. Finally, before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the population was about 2 million to 3 million, the army was about 240,000, and the political skills of the rulers Huang Taiji and Dolgon were many times higher than those of the same era Chongzhen and Li Zicheng, and they were not armed bandits who could only kill.

It has to do with the military attaché and the policy. The development of the Ming Dynasty created a group of military generals and civil officials who hoped to manage the generals like the Song Dynasty. The problem is that after the civilian officials get power, they do not want to make progress, they do not think about how to develop the armed forces well, and they think about how to get land.

Wei Zhongxian found out that he had done a few problems and collected financial rights, but he was deceived back by the Donglin Party. Later, Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, and the emperor did not have the right to borrow money to pay military salaries. Those who are soldiers only think about eating and getting money, and if they don't give money, they don't sell their lives.

In fact, it was caused by the rebellion of the gentry class.

Send money and food to the Qing soldiers.

The imperial court couldn't get a dime out of raising soldiers.

Over there, Huang Taiji threw a lot of money in order to buy people's hearts.

After the Qing soldiers entered the customs, they encountered very little resistance.

Most of the places are taken directly at the expense of money.

And this money and food was delivered by the rebellious gentry class.

This is the "Belt and Road Party" mentioned in your question.

At any time, the harm of the two devils is greater than that of the big devils!

If the group is disintegrated internally, the civil and political groups are too corrupt, resulting in a deficit in the country's finances and unable to come up with money, natural and man-made disasters have no money and no money for disaster relief, but the civilian officials lack a lot of disaster wealth, the so-called internal and external troubles.

What's more important is that the 200 million people are looking forward to the death of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was killed by the peasant uprising, how can the Manchus have that ability alone.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the civil strife was very serious, and the court was also very dark, how could it be possible to clench your fists and unite with the outside world? Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the farming nation against the nation on horseback was still poor, and the elite of the Ming Dynasty consumed a lot in the process of suppressing the peasant rebel army, and the combat effectiveness declined seriously.

There are many factors.

Party strife has brought down politics.

Natural disasters have brought down people's livelihoods.

The main thing is that there is a problem within the ruling class.

People's hearts are scattered, and many people are in vain.

A sheep leading a group of lions can never beat a group of sheep led by a lion.