For Ning Zhongyuan, he rarely used such a tone to talk to the courtiers below.

In the final analysis, Ning Zhongyuan, who fought from the bottom, was not as decisive as Ning Yu, after all, he hoped to retain a few thin noodles between monarchs and ministers, and it would be good to meet under Huangquan in the future.

Because of this, when Ning Yu was drastically preparing for the reform of the military system in Beijing, Ning Zhongyuan chose to tour the west to avoid these things, he just didn't want there to be courtiers to intercede, so that everyone would not be difficult to do at that time.

However, even if he ran to the top of Qingcheng Mountain, there were still people who tried everything to find him.

Feng Qing knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, and soon blood oozed from his forehead, and he howled while kowtowing...... The old and young in the city of Nanjing are in chaos. ”

"Hmph, what's the mess? I see that the world is very peaceful! ”

Ning Zhongyuan said softly: "The emperor reformed the military system, and he won't want you to die, even Wu Yuzhang didn't put him in prison, I want me to say, with those things that Wu Yuzhang did, even if you kill him, it's not too much, how can you still hurry up to intercede for him?" ”

"But Your Majesty, Wu Yuzhang is an old courtier who follows you to fight the world after all, you can't chill their hearts......" Feng Qing's voice became older and smaller, because at this time, Ning Zhongyuan's face began to get darker and darker.

"Enough! You bastards......."

Ning Zhongyuan immediately shouted angrily, he stared at Feng Qing coldly, "Come on, Feng Qing dares to leave the Heavenly Family, as an act of inviting people to buy people's hearts, it is really an unforgivable crime, and there is a division to investigate and deal with it." ”

"The emperor, the ministers don't dare, the ministers don't dare to ......"

At that moment, two guards grabbed Feng Qing's hands and feet and took him down the mountain, and he would be taken directly to Jingshi for relevant investigation, and judging from the current crimes of Feng Qing, it is basically impossible to come out alive.

After the turmoil subsided, Zhou Fu, who served Ning Zhongyuan along the way, slowly stepped forward, he was the chief butler of the Ning family in the past, and later Ning Zhongyuan became the emperor, and Zhou Fu also became the deputy head of the inner court under the rise of the boat? Specially responsible for taking care of the emperor's daily life.

"The Emperor? But don't be angry, it's windy on this mountain? Let's get down early. Zhou Fu said softly? Ready to drape the big sword in his hand on Ning Zhongyuan's body.

Ning Zhongyuan didn't feel cold at this time, so he gently pushed away the big one? sighed: "Zhou Fu, what do you say is wrong with this person's heart?" Even the monkey is so bold and reckless......."

Zhou Fu would never dare to talk too much about political affairs on weekdays? But at this time, the Emperor Taishang was obviously discussing the things in the palace in the past, so there were not so many taboos, he smiled and said: "This person, once you see more?" The heart is also big? If you want the old minister, those who are content are always happy! ”

"I heard that your son Zhou Tong is still the treasurer of the royal consortium? Why don't you let him come out and be an official? ”

Ning Zhongyuan's mood improved a little, so he smiled and pulled at home, he was different from Ning Yu, who had a cold and stern personality? The attitude towards the people below is often very kind.

Zhou Fu heard the Emperor Taishang mention this, but he smiled and said, "Return to the Emperor? The old minister knows how much ability Zhou Tong has, and he didn't hone anything with His Majesty back then? It means that he will calculate some small accounts, and it is quite suitable to be a shopkeeper? If you let him come out and be an official? I'm afraid it will hurt him. ”

"Hahaha? That's right, this person has to do what he can, and recognizing his position is more important than anything else. ”

Ning Zhongyuan had a smile on his face, but then he seemed to think of something, and sighed softly: "It's a pity that there are still many people who don't understand, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and in the future, let them go." ”

........

East Warm Pavilion.

Ning Yu looked at the folds presented in front of him, he had already read all these folds, basically he couldn't get out of the scope of the government military system and the guard system, but it couldn't be said that it couldn't be done at all-if the time went back five hundred years, Ning Yu would be more suitable to use these methods.

But in the eighteenth century, it would be more or less anachronistic, and if it was only reformed in this way, then there was not much difference between it and not reforming.

Every time Ning Yu found it difficult to solve these problems with Eastern thinking, he would seek Ernst's help, not because Ernst could come up with a solution every time, but because he might be able to find a new way through the lessons of Western history.

"Your Majesty, in fact, in my opinion, the military system of Dachu is now very perfect, and there is no need for reform at all."

Now Ernst began to get fatter and fatter, he became more and more comfortable in Da Chu's days, and often went to banquets on weekdays, so the whole person's body shape began to swell like blowing up a balloon.

Ning Yu frowned slightly, handed the newspaper in front of him to Ernst, and said: "There is really no need to change it now, but I can't sit back and watch the system completely corrupted in the future, I need to find a way to reform, as for when to start promoting, it's another matter." ”

Ernst smiled, took the report with great difficulty, and then read it carefully before he said softly: "Your Majesty, please take a look around Da Chu, is there a country worth using 200,000 troops in Da Chu?" ”

"Nope."

Ning Yu replied honestly, this is indeed a big truth, after all, even Russia is now in a civil war, it is indeed impossible to pose a threat to Da Chu, let alone worthy of Da Chu to send 200,000 troops, as for other small countries around it, it is not needed.

Ernst said with a smile: "Even if the current territory of Great Chu is extremely vast, the number of troops required will never be more than one million, or even less, and with the current financial foundation of His Majesty, he will not feel too strained, at least it is much healthier than the finances of those countries in Europe, and their emperors or kings need to borrow money from merchants to get by." ”

Ning Yu frowned, it was obvious that Ernst's words did not satisfy him, after all, as a later generation, Ning Yu understood how crazy the expansion of the army was later, and organized tens of millions of troops to fight large-scale wars, which has become the basic symbol of a great power.

"Ernst, maybe the future development is not as simple as you think, at least the form of the future war will be more inclined to the numerical factor on a certain basis."

Hearing the emperor's categorical words, Ernst couldn't help but sigh, he naturally understood what Ning Yu meant, and could only smile bitterly: "But Your Majesty, there is a saying in the East called raising troops for a thousand days, using troops for a while, if it is only to expand the number of troops, it will only lead to a drag on the economy, in fact, the reason why those kings in Europe are in debt is because they can't afford to raise a huge army." ”

Ernst continued: "Your Majesty may not understand that in the present European countries their military system is worse than that of His Majesty the Emperor, because they have adopted a mixed military system, including militia, feudal compulsory soldiers, and mercenaries, and among them, it is the mercenaries who really undertake the main combat mission. ”

In Ernst's description, Ning Yu gradually understood that the military systems of Western countries at this time essentially encountered the same problems as Ning Yu's current problems, but they did not have the fundamental conditions to solve this problem, but instead gave birth to the mercenary system to meet the needs of war.

The so-called mercenaries refer to the armies recruited by some private leaders from all over Europe, and they will not be loyal to the state, but through the form of contracts to fight for other countries, so as to obtain payment, and the formation of this system has a lot to do with the political system of European countries.

To put it simply, there are no clear territorial boundaries, central governments, and sovereignty in today's European countries, and they prefer overlapping and intertwined lordship systems, i.e., full of different oaths of allegiance, asymmetrical sovereignty, irregular enclaves, and so-called absolute monarchies, which emerged as a substitute for various medieval political units.

The absolute monarchy itself was established in a society where the aristocracy was supreme, and they were also the intermediate stage of the development of the feudal aristocracy into the new urban bourgeoisie, so they could be called the eve of the bourgeois revolution.

At this stage, there are intricate relationships between the king, the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie, and there is no such thing as the emperor being the dominant one, let alone having at least the supreme authority of the emperor in the East, if they want to become real dictators, they must defeat the feudal aristocracy and ecclesiastical forces at home, and they need to face the wars of other countries abroad, and they also need to establish a national judicial and tax system, unify the domestic market, and conquer the outside world, but if they want to accomplish this, they need a trustworthy armed force.

It's a pity that because the kings need to rely on the nobility to control the place, they can't directly control the spontaneously formed militia and the compulsory soldiers in feudal obligations, and secondly, their combat effectiveness is also very poor, so they can only recruit mercenaries through gold coins, and the mercenaries are often very strong in combat due to the perennial mobile combat reasons, and they are liked by many kings.

Of course, mercenaries are not good everywhere, first of all, they are expensive, and secondly, the army is too focused on economic factors, so loyalty is very low, and command is not easy enough, especially since most of the officers are from the nobility, and the soldiers are from the commoners, so the antagonism between officers and soldiers is very serious.

In addition to these drawbacks, there are more bizarre places, such as in the British Army, which can also allow the sale and purchase of military ranks, which can be called "everyone is equal in front of money", this system has made the British officer corps very insensitive, and even has a lot of corruption.

When he said this, Ernst couldn't help but sigh and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, even the Prussian army, which is the model of the European army, has a stick and a whip to enforce military discipline, and many Prussian soldiers even deserted for it, which is really disappointing. ”

Ning Yu couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded when he heard this, under Ernst's description, the current Fu Han army is almost completely demoting those European scum soldiers in terms of army discipline, and there is really nothing that needs to be changed.

But in Ning Yu's own heart, he hopes to change the army in the direction of the compulsory soldier system, after all, this is already the correct answer that history has witnessed.......

However, just after Ning Yu confided in his question about the compulsory military system, Ernst laughed out loud, he shook his head, and said softly: "Your Majesty doesn't need to let every school-age male in Da Chu go to the battlefield at all, this matter sounds a little too crazy, it seems to be the most cost-effective, but the potential cost behind it is frightening to death." ”

"Potential cost?" Ning Yu's heart suddenly moved.

Ernst nodded, and continued: "Yes, since Your Majesty cannot motivate the soldiers with enough land or material benefits, then you can only choose other things to make the people accept the compulsory military system from the heart, and be willing to sacrifice and dedicate themselves to the country—as for what it is, I have not thought of it at the moment. ”

"Citizen Army."

These four words appeared in Ning Yu's mind, in fact, he had thought of this from the beginning, but he had stayed in this era for too long, and the word emperor had blinded him.

Ernst may not mean this, but it does not affect Ning Yuhui's thoughts, because this itself is the real development path of later generations.

Only when the people can realize that they are not fighting for the sake of one family and one surname, but are really fighting for the country and the nation, can they truly implement the compulsory military system on a large scale.

Ning Yu glanced at Ernst deeply, and said with a reluctant smile: "Ernst, you go down first, I have to think about it......."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Ernst did not doubt that he had him, and quickly retired, and for a while, only Ning Yu himself was left in the Dongnuan Pavilion, which seemed to be a little empty.

For Ning Yu, the answer has already come out, but he is not willing to face it like this - that is, as long as his descendants continue to follow the path of the feudal emperor, then the compulsory military system will not be implemented, but will consciously suppress the people to control the force on a large scale.

Because as emperors, they will be afraid, they will be afraid, they will be like those last emperors in later generations, no matter how hard they try, they will not be able to reverse the trend of the times, not to mention them, even Ning Yu himself, it is impossible to move against the tide, this is not a matter of personal ability, but the trend of the times.

Ning Yu sighed deeply, he stood up and walked to the mirror of the dormitory, only to see a young man in his early twenties appear in the middle of the mirror, with a handsome face, a short beard with a temperament, and the crown dress he was wearing was extremely majestic, this is His Majesty the Emperor of Dachu today.

It's just that the longer I look at it, the more strange Ning Yu feels, the memories of the two lives become contradictory at this time, is the person in front of him really himself?