Tang Ai, like Fu Qiao, came in in the queue.

After all, Fu Qiao has been an official for a long time, although he is depressed, he still does not forget the taboo of officialdom, he is now the chief officer of the Ministry of Rites, and he can't fight with the Ministry of War and military affairs.

Tang Ai asked Xin Er and said, "What's wrong with Fu Gong?" ”

Xin Er said in his heart: "I am a kind person, and I can't sell the ugliness of the old man." He replied, "Nothing, he came to me to ask about something." He motioned to Tang Ai to hand over Zhang Shao's military report, and after holding it, he asked him to sit down, and said, "You sit down first, and I will take a closer look." ”

Tang Ai has already read this military report.

He sat down on the couch, shook his fan, and waited for Xin Er to browse.

Xin Er unfolded the military report, looked at the two lines, heard the sound of inaudible footsteps, and looked up to see that it was two small slaves wrapped in green silk carrying a large bucket in. The two little slaves tiptoed to put the big bucket on Tang Ai's side. Xin Er was stunned and asked, "Qianli, what is this?" ”

Tang Ai waved his fan, sent the two little slaves out, and said with a smile: "Ming Gong, do you know? You are now in Guyin City, and you are already notoriously stingy! In this kind of summer, it is so hot that people can't breathe, and you just want to soak in cold water every day, but you listen to the hall and refuse to use ice to cool down! That's it, but the fan should always have one or two, right? You don't have to! I can't compare to Ming Gong, I really can't stand the heat, and I was forced to be helpless, so I had to bring my own ice cubes to cool off! ”

The bucket turned out to be ice.

The so-called "shaking fan" does not refer to a small fan such as a single feather fan held by Tang Aina, but a large fan, just like the electric fan of later generations, this kind of large fan is placed in the air, generally placed behind the host or guests, with a silk rope on the edge of the ring, pulled by special manpower, after turning away, the breeze is blowing, and it is one of the common methods for the rich and noble families and major officials to cool off.

Xin Er said: "We are poor in Dingxi, we have been using troops for many years, the treasury is empty, and the ice cubes are stored from the deep winter to the summer, which is expensive and time-consuming, so we can use a little less!" As for shaking the fan, thousands of miles, the servants are also human, and they are also afraid of the heat, how can they bear to let our generation get cold, and make them even hotter? I can't bear it. ”

Tang Ai smiled slightly and said, "Ming Gong, your words remind me of Qin Yu's puppet master Pu Mao. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Tang Ai pointed in front of the fan, pointed at Xin Er, and said: "Selling fame and reputation, fake benevolence and false righteousness!" ”

Xin Er laughed, not annoyed, lowered his head, and continued to read Zhang Shao's military report.

After a while, after reading it, Xin Er put the military report on the case, raised his head, muttered for a while, and said half-joyed and half-worried: "Gao Gao was captured, the main force of the Shuofang Qin army was destroyed, and Guangmu, Shuofang and other counties were obtained by me, which can be regarded as a victory; However, Xi'anyang and other counties on the north bank of the river were robbed by Helan Yannian, and I am afraid that it will bring trouble to my Dingxi to control Shuofang County in the future, but those who are worried are also. ”

"The matter has come to this point, it is useless to talk about it, and the troubles in the future can only be dealt with later."

Xin Er bowed his head and said, "That's all it can be." ”

He was also afraid of heat, and his hair and official robe were soaked with sweat, sticking to his head and body, which was very uncomfortable. While pushing the scarf higher, picking up the fan on the case, pulling up the neckline slightly, and fanning it inside, he asked Tang Ai and said: "Qianli, Zhang Shaojun reported that he ordered Gao Yancao and others to attack and destroy Huze Zhuhu in retaliation for Helan Yannian's seizure of Xi'anyang and other counties, what do you think?" ”

Tang Ai said: "I thought this revenge was too light. ”

"Oh?"

Tang Ai took a handful of ice from his hand and wiped it on his face, the feather fan shook gently, it was unusually cool, and he said comfortably: "Xi'anyang and other counties are not far from Shengle, these places, we are not good to fight back for the time being, but we can't just beat a Huze Zhuhu and do it." Rong Di jackal also, fearful by nature, in order to let Tuoba Beijin understand that I Dingxi is not easy to fool, Ming Gong, Hebei grassland west of Xi'anyang, I don't think I should give Tuoba double catty! Let's keep it for ourselves. Didn't the Duke of Ming plan to keep Zhang Shao's department in Shuofang, and planned to put all the scholars in his department as household Qi people? Shuofang is barren and difficult to cultivate, so it is just right to share the pastures of Hebei with them. ”

"Distribute the pastures of Hebei to Zhang Shaobu's soldiers?"

"Yes, Ming Gong. Divide the pasture to them and let them use it for grazing, so that not only does it solve the problem of their livelihood after they become a household, but also raises a lot of war horses for me Dingxi, and at the same time, it also fights back Tuoba and doubles the catty, wouldn't it kill three birds with one stone? ”

Xin Er fell into thought, thought about it for a while, and said, "What you said makes sense. He got up and went to the Shuofang map hanging on the left wall, inspected the area of the grassland in Hebei west of Xi'anyang on the map, roughly estimated it, and said, "This grassland, only the part of the two rivers has more than 300 miles from east to west, 100 miles from north to south, which is equivalent to more than 10,000 mu, and according to the calculation of 500 mu of grassland per household, it is enough for more than 20,000 households to graze." Zhang Shaobu's soldiers were only more than 2,000 soldiers, which was more than enough to settle them and their families. ”

To the west of Xi'anyang, the section of the Yellow River in the north of Shuofang County is extremely similar to the overall shape of the Yellow River, and it also forms a "several" shape, just like a hat worn on the west side of the Yellow River's head. There is a tributary of the Yellow River between the upper side of the small zigzag and the two verticals on both sides, or these two sections can be regarded as the main stream of the Yellow River, flowing rapidly. The "two waters" that Xin Er said is this area.

This area is surrounded by water on all sides, and it is the most abundant place in Shuofang.

Tang Ai said: "The remaining grassland can be used to house the soldiers of Zhao Ran's cadres, and the extra ones can be used to recruit Rouran in the north and Hu Luo in the west in Daibei." ”

As for the garrison after the defeat of Shuofang, Xin Er's plan was to leave Zhang Shao and Zhao Rangan behind.

The Tiefu Hun cavalry of Zhao Ran's cadres originally grew up in Shuofang, and now that they have returned to their hometown, they should be given some pasture to help them settle down again.

Xin Er thought about it for a long time, thinking too much about it, and didn't feel it sweating.

Tang Ai couldn't stand it anymore, so he came close and shook his fan to cool him.

Xin Ernai came back to his senses and said, "Qianli, you have a good discussion. After you go back, you will discuss this proposal and the decree of the Ministry of Households, Soldiers, and Industry of the Central Taiwan after discussion, summarize it into a document, and then write to the court, and ask the Queen Mother and the King to decide. ”

Don Ai promised.

The matter was generally settled, and the two of them returned to their couches.

Tang Ai asked, "When I came just now, I met Koji Jing and Liu Bing leaving the mansion. Ming Gong, the two of them came, did the Queen Mother have any will? ”

Xin Er said: "It is related to the matter of letting Zhang Shao's soldiers and soldiers organize households and people and set up a military government. ”

"Something to do with this?"

"The Queen Mother asked the two of them to ask me if it is possible to set up a military government in Shazhou and Xihai, but there is no good news from Shuo Fang now, and secondly, it is to lay down Shuo Fang, this newly acquired land is also, is it safe to set up a military government?"

"How did Ming Gong answer?"

"I said, although Shuo Fang has no good news now, but the main force of the Qin soldiers is outside, and our army has the help of the Tuoba Department, Zhang Shao will be able to succeed immediately." Xin Er held up Zhang Shao's military newspaper and said with a smile, "You got this military newspaper a little late, if you can arrive a moment earlier, you can bring the good news of Shuo Fang, please ask the two of them to represent the queen mother and the king first, so that the queen mother and the king can be happy!" ”

"'Is it safe to set up a military government', how did Ming Gong answer?"

Xin Er said: "I replied: It is precisely because of the newly acquired land of Shuofang, and the desert barrier between Shuofang and my Longzhou, that it is more necessary to set up a military government in Shuofang, and the soldiers of the Shishi family are organized to gather the people, only in this way can we inspire and unite the military spirit of the Shuofang garrison and protect Shuofang." ”

Ming Gong's answer is true. The Queen Mother's suspicion must have been resolved. ”

Tang Ai and Xin Er's "putting all the scholars into households and people" and "setting up a military government" are the same thing.

This is a big new deal that has been planned for a long time and will be launched and implemented soon.

At present, Dingxi, including the source of soldiers in Jiangzuo, is mainly based on world soldiers, that is, scholars.

Since the implementation of this system, there are many drawbacks.

Don't say anything else, just talk about the treatment of the scholar's family, first of all, if a person joins the army, his children and grandchildren must be soldiers; Secondly, the service time is extremely long, it is said that there is a starting and ending period of service, but in fact, it has not been strictly enforced at all, and some people became soldiers at the age of seven or eight, and they cannot retire until they are in their seventies; Thirdly, after the soldiers died in battle, their wives had no autonomy, could not remarry on their own, could not voluntarily remain widowed, and could only be allowed to be assigned another husband to the chief officer in charge of their management at will, and if the child was young, the child might have no one to raise, and so on. In fact, the scholars are like slaves of the state or the master of the army.

These bad treatments have caused the morale of the sergeants' families to be low, and from time to time some of the sergeants' families will flee and become homeless. When morale is low, the troops have no combat effectiveness; If there are too many families fleeing, the population under the control of the state will be reduced, and the appearance of a large number of displaced people will also threaten local security and even the stability of the country.

-- The Wei State of the Xianbei people, the Qin State of the Rong people, and the military and political group of He Hunxie, the clan military system they adopted in the military service system, that is, the main source of soldiers came from the Hu Department under their rule, was actually a kind of world military system, but as conquerors, their clan soldiers, that is, world soldiers, had a very superior position in politics and economy, far higher than the world soldiers in Jiangzuo and Dingxi.

In response to this drawback, Xin Er previously engaged in a "athlete system", recruiting soldiers from the people and forming a camp of athletes.

On the one hand, it has greatly strengthened the combat effectiveness of the Dingxi Army, and on the other hand, it has also expanded and enriched the influence and influence of Xin Er in the army.

But after all, there are too few households in Longzhou, and there are naturally fewer children of good families who are willing to join the army.

In this case, Xin Er combined with what he had seen and heard in his previous life, and he remembered the government military system that appeared later in the original time and space.

Compared with the world military system such as the Shi family, there are similarities, such as once you enter the "military name", you have to be a soldier for life, and you can not retire until you are 60 years old, but compared with the Shi family, the difference is greater.

One difference is that the government military system is not a world military system, it is a conscription system, which is a conscripted soldier, that is to say, the soldiers under the government military system are the same as ordinary people, although their names are in the military register, but they are also "organized into households", although their people are still "in the army", and their families belong to the state and county, their families do not need to move with the battalion, and their children may not serve in the military for generations; One is that the government soldiers do not leave their hometowns on weekdays, they are soldiers on the ground, and it is only when it is their turn to go to Beijing to guard; One is that the annual service time of the government soldiers is shorter than that of the soldiers; Although the original intention of adopting these three standards was to maintain the combat effectiveness of the government soldiers and to maintain the old system of soldiers who needed to prepare their own food, to a certain extent, it also took care of the poor families.

All in all, compared to the world military system, the government military system is a huge improvement.

However, although it is a huge progress, and it is clearly known that this system is completely feasible, but in the end this system is a fundamental change to the current military service system, especially under the government military system, although the Shijia family has been liberated, but the household and the people have been included in the scope of conscription, which is very likely to cause some people to complain, in the context of the continuous war between the north and the south, not in peacetime, in order to avoid turmoil, this policy can not be radically implemented.

Therefore, after careful and careful consideration, as well as repeated discussions with Yang Chao, Tang Ai and others, Xin Er decided to first try this system in Shazhou, Xihai and Shuofang, and during the trial period, Xihai and Shuofang, these two neighbors are Rouran, a newly acquired place, only the Shijia is interpreted as a household and a people, changed to government soldiers, and does not move the local indigenous people; There are three battalions of troops stationed in Shazhou, and the neighboring Western Regions have been subjugated, there is no major external trouble, relatively stable, can be combined with the benefits of the meritorious officer system, here, Yu Shijia is the first batch of government soldiers, but also to the local people, according to those three standards, the selection of government soldiers, a comprehensive trial of this system.

The "military government" in Xin Er's mouth is the "Zhichong Mansion", the selection and management unit of the military system of the later generations in the original time and space. Xin Er did not use the name of Zhichong Mansion, but changed his name, and the name was "Lang General's Mansion", and the recruited soldiers were called "Lang" in order to elevate their status.

The Lang General's Mansion in the West Sea is ready to use Suo Gong as the Lang General.

The Lang General's Mansion in Shazhou is preparing to serve as a Lang General with Xiang Kui.

Shuofang's Lang General's Mansion, with Zhang Shao concurrently serving as Lang General.

Xin Er said: "I entered the palace in the afternoon to report the good news of Shuofang's victory to the Queen Mother and the King. ”

Hearing that Xin Er was going to enter the palace in the afternoon, Tang Ai remembered something, stopped the shaking of the feather fan in his hand, tentatively peeked at Xin Er's face, frowned and said: "Ming Gong, there is a rumor in the city recently, I don't know if Ming Gong has heard of it?" ”