The Tang Dynasty followed the Sui Dynasty, and the national army implemented a government military system that integrated soldiers and peasants. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

That is to say, when the peasants are busy with farming, they work at home, and when the peasants are "idle" in winter, they cannot play cards, gamble, visit the door, play mahjong, or even ······travel abroad, as the peasants who are idle now, but have to go to military training. These peasant soldiers are equivalent to the current reserves.

It was the highest military institution in charge of leading and training them, which was originally known as Yingyang Mansion, Hussar Mansion, Cheqi Mansion, etc., and later changed its name to Zhechong Mansion, which was named after the location.

("Folding Chong" comes from Jin Zhang Xie's "Miscellaneous Poems" No. 7: "Why bother, there are strange soldiers in the hall, and the victory is in the two wings.") "Bottles" are ancient utensils for serving wine and food, and "folding and punching bottles" means that you can win in banquet negotiations without using force. ）

At its peak, the Tang Dynasty had a total of 633 (or 634) Zhechong Prefectures. According to the current state statistics of 333 prefecture-level administrative divisions and 2,856 county-level administrative divisions, Zhechong Province is smaller than the current regional military subdivisions, but much larger than the county people's armed forces.

The military system and establishment of the Tang Dynasty were different, and we take the early Tang Dynasty as an example.

The distribution of Zhechong Prefecture adopts the layout of "guarding the Beijing Division and guarding the border defense", and "lifting the people in the Guanzhong to face the Quartet": mainly there are 261 Guannei Provinces, accounting for more than 40% of the total number of military offices in the country; It is followed by Henan and Hedong provinces, and the number of other provinces is very small.

Because it focuses on guarding the Beijing division and guarding the border, and it is also a government military system that integrates soldiers and peasants, the country's "conventional army" in peacetime is only between 1/4 and 1/3, about 200,000.

Moreover, this "conventional army" is not a conventional army in the real sense of the word! The main task of the government soldiers was to go out to fight, to the Beijing division of Chang'an, to accompany the capital to defend and defend the frontier, and in addition to fighting, those "regular troops" composed of the Kyoto garrison troops, border guards, and other active soldiers were to take turns to "take turns to work."

According to the distance from the Ojichong Prefecture to the place of entry (mainly to the Kyoto area to serve as a guard), the central government stipulates the group of "Fanshang": within 500 miles from Chang'an, Wuban, that is, the soldiers of the Ojichong Prefecture are divided into 5 groups, and they take turns to go to the post every 5 months; 500 li - 1000 li, seven times, that is, the folded Chong Prefecture soldiers are divided into 7 groups, and they take turns every 7 months; Between 1000 li and 1500 li, Baban, that is, the soldiers of the Zhichong Prefecture are divided into 8 groups, and they take turns every 8 months; 1500 li - 2000 li, Shiban, that is, the Zhichong Prefecture soldiers are divided into 10 groups, and they take turns every 10 months; 2,000 miles away is twelve······ 1 month each time, and return to the military government after the expiration of the period; If it is sent to the key place to defend, it is generally once a year. In the event of a temporary conscription operation, the task of waiting for time after the war can be waived according to the combat time. The "Fanshang" additional service is exempted for 15 days, and the rent is exempted for 30 days, but the additional service cannot exceed 30 days at most.

(The Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty were very sympathetic to the people's strength, and implemented a policy of lightly leviing and meager taxes, and the main burden on the peasants was "rent" and "adjustment.") At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was stipulated that those between the ages of 21 and 59 - which was also the period of service - should pay rent and adjustment, and each person should pay "rent" two stones per year, and "adjust" silk (or silk, silk) two zhang, three taels of cotton; If the cloth is handed over, it is two feet and five feet, and the hemp is three catties. Compulsory labor - twenty days per year; Those who do not go, they will be discounted according to three feet of silk per day, which is called "losing Yong". ）