Gu Zhirong thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "Young Master, you are so familiar with General Tong, you must have been in and out of the army often." I have a question I would like to ask, like in Jicheng, what do the soldiers in the army do on weekdays in addition to their daily drills?"

The young master wrinkled his eyebrows slightly: "Except for drills, there is nothing else, right?"

Like in the past few years, the Tongjia army has been increasingly squeezed out, the military spirit is scattered, and the sergeants have been in poor physical condition in recent years, and they are often sick.

Gu Zhirong groaned: "Although Jicheng is a border pass here, there is no strong rise of foreign clans on the other side. In addition, the fortifications built in the four border passes in the southeast, northwest, and northwest over the years are quite solid, and isn't there still the Chen family's army? Even if a war is launched, it may not necessarily be the turn of the Tongjia army...... It's not a way to let those sergeants wander around like this, so let's send some people out to grow vegetables, raise pigs, and grow cotton, right?"

"What?!" The young master looked at Gu Zhirong in shock, he didn't understand how she could come up with such a bizarre idea, "It's impossible to let the army grow vegetables!" he refused.

The army is a symbol of a country's strength, and isn't it a joke to let the tall army grow vegetables?

Gu Zhirong was not discouraged at all, and said patiently: "Don't be in a hurry to deny it first, you listen to me first." You must know that in fact, here in Jicheng, in terms of the proportion of the population, the army accounts for nearly ninety percent. Even if you circle a vast area of land, there is no manpower, and you want to plant something, it is all delusional. Since there is no war. This army also has internal friction, and it can afford it by relying on the burden of the imperial court alone? Not to mention that the imperial court is not now on the rise to reduce military expenditures? This is tantamount to adding insult to injury to the army of Ji Cheng. Besides, didn't he just issue an edict saying that he wanted to expand the army? Since the reality is so grim, why don't you think of a way to do it yourself? In this way, wouldn't it be the best to do both training and production?"

The young master's face softened slightly, obviously moved by Gu Zhirong's words.

Gu Zhirong continued: "In fact, in the army, there is also a lot of division of labor, and you call these vegetables, melons, fruits and cotton production bases. Distributing those soldiers who are lazy and have no special skills to the production base will not affect the overall situation, but can also solve most of the military needs. Maybe you can even get the enthusiasm of the army. ”

When he said the last few words, Gu Zhirong also winked at him.

The young master couldn't help but nod. It is true that there has been too much confusion in the army recently, and a large part of the people are not highly motivated. And there is no special expertise to perform. It's like going to the army to make a living.

His brow furrowed a little, then tightened tighter. He felt that Gu Zhirong had given himself a big problem, and this problem was urgently needed to be solved. That is, to make a big statistics in the army, and to record the performance and specialties of each soldier's employees, so that it will be of great benefit to future rewards and punishments, promotions, etc., and there will be no need to "employ nepotism" as in the past.

He suddenly felt a passion wander through his body. It looks like the army is really going to undergo a radical overhaul. The army after the change will have a completely new look. Those who are capable, well-behaved, and brave will be reused and promoted. Don't worry about the time to go to war, there will be no generals.

He has always been angry about the criticism of the army, suffering from never being able to find the opportunity to rectify the army, it seems that this time the rectification of the Tongjia army is a good opportunity, as long as the Tongjia army is successful, a good demonstration role is opened, and a set of standardized military governance models are formed, then there is no worry that the Jokhang army does not have a strong army.

He looked at Gu Zhirong gratefully, and was about to say a few words of thanks when he heard Gu Zhirong shout: "I'm hungry and I'm going back to eat." With that, he let go of his hand and ran back to the barracks.

He couldn't help but smile. How could such a smart girl not understand what he wanted to say? Presumably she refused to admit her feelings, so she ran away under the pretext.

With the blueprint for reform in mind, he hurriedly descended the small dirt slope and rushed back to the Chinese military camp to discuss with General Tongda.

In the next two days, the Tongjia barracks was full of rain and wind, and when they heard the occasional leaking wind, the sergeants were all nervous, afraid that the sharp blade of change would fall on their heads.

Two days later, Gu Zhirong, who had been watching coldly, took the green water and forcibly pulled the young master, regardless of General Tong's best efforts to keep him, and left the Tong family barracks together.

At the beginning of the change, it was inevitable to encounter resistance, but Gu Zhirong believed that General Gu Da was a general of this product, and he would definitely have the ability to deal with internal problems and successfully complete the change, so that the Tongjia Army would be reborn and reborn from now on. This is also the expectation of all righteous people in the world for the Tongjia Army.

Gu Zhirong still looked like he didn't care about himself, he went back all the way, saw the local beauty, appreciated the local customs, and purchased batches of local specialties, and spent a lot of money to ask the local dart bureau to send them to the capital. Even, when he saw the sugar gourd at the corner of the street, he didn't forget to get out of the carriage, took a string and bit it in his mouth, causing Qin Lu to frown for a while.

Compared with Gu Zhirong's relaxation, the young master seemed much heavier. In the first few days, I have been frowning slightly and reading the news that continues to be sent from the barracks. Later, his eyebrows gradually relaxed, and later, when he read the letter, a rare smile appeared on his face. Gu Zhirong knew that the Tong family army had successfully reformed and was reborn.

One day after dusk, he accompanied Gu Zhirong to enjoy the sunset in the mountain pass, and when he saw the big orange disc sinking into the layers of wisps of sunset, he finally couldn't help but ask: "How did you come up with such an effective way to rectify the army?"

Gu Zhirong turned around and smiled at him.

Can she say that this is a popular method of managing the army in modern society?

If she really said that, it would have raised more questions, and at the end of the day, she was going to tell him that she had come through?

Then he must think he's crazy.

So, she decided to prevaricate the past.

She let out an "oh", and then said to him very seriously: "Actually, this method is very simple, and we have been using this method to manage Jiangnan Caoyun." ”

Seeing the young master's puzzled expression, her face did not change, and she still said in a very serious tone: "If you don't believe it, you can come to our Jiangnan Caoyun to have a look." With this method, it is really easy to manage. ”

The young master finally laughed and responded, "Okay, I'll definitely go and see it if I have time." ”

Then, he looked at the last rays of the sunset on the horizon, and suddenly said: "When you left the barracks that day, you forcibly dragged me away, how could General Vain Tong stay diligently, and he refused to stay for one more day, because he was afraid that I would be soft-hearted, right?"

This time, Gu Zhirong did not deny it and nodded.

She turned her head and glanced at the young master: "You are the prince's subordinate, right?"

The young master looked at her with a slight frown, neither affirming nor denying.

Gu Zhirong raised his head and looked at the mountains that were gradually darkening in the twilight: "From the moment I revealed the news of the water bandits at the Jiangzhou Wharf to you, and asked you to go to General Chen's book, I knew that you were the person next to the prince." Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say whether it's good or not, in my opinion, it's good to be able to empathize with the suffering of the common people. Presumably you came this time to be entrusted by the prince, it seems that the prince really values the Tongjia army, and he did not hesitate to send such an omnipotent minister as you, and worked hard to rectify the Tongjia army. But you must know that it takes a lot of effort to reorganize a broken army into the army of tigers and wolves of the past. In the past few years, many people have entered the army on the basis of personal connections, and there are quite a few people who have held important positions, right? If we want to weed out these people who are inextricably linked with the court, you can imagine how difficult this project will be. So, I pulled you out, I just don't want you to get involved too much, after all, this is General Tongda's own internal matter, you have to trust him, he will definitely be able to handle it. ”

The young master said: "Of course I believe that General Tong will be able to handle it well." And you pulled me out and was anxious to leave the barracks, because you were afraid that the degraded generals would be angry with me and take revenge on me?"

Gu Zhirong looked at him with a frown: "That's natural, don't they hate you and take revenge on you if you deprive them of the money they think they deserve?"

The young master's eyes seemed to be flashing: "You care about me very much?"

Gu Zhirong was embarrassed: "I care about you, is this a concern between friends, where do you want to go?"

The young master smiled indifferently: "Don't worry, take revenge on me, those people are not so bold yet!"

Gu Zhirong shook his head secretly, it seemed that this young master of the Treasure Hall was really arrogant.

Sure enough, the "retribution" for the change of the army soon came. (To be continued......)