"How to build a strong army?"

After all, Emperor Hongzhi was moved by Li Zhaotong's demagogy, and after thinking about it, he began to loosen his mouth.

"Conscription."

Li Zhaotong first uttered such a word, and then he added:

"Your Majesty, if you want to build a strong army, you must adopt a conscription system. Because, in a period of relative peace, military merit is extremely difficult to obtain, therefore, most people who volunteer to serve in the army are actually for food and to earn military salaries.

Therefore, it is impossible to build a strong army without spending money.

Of course, how to spend it, we have to pay attention to the rules, we can't spend the money, but the soldiers have not been trained, or the trained soldiers have not been controlled by Your Majesty.

The little nephew thinks that the strong army you have built, Your Majesty, first of all, needs to set a name, the Son of Heaven's pro-army.

Then, this army is your Majesty's private army, and it can and must be loyal to Your Majesty alone, and no one else can give orders to this army except your orders, not even the commander of this army.

The commander of this army must be ordered by you to order the soldiers of this army to do the corresponding thing, which is called order and prohibition.

It is forbidden for the commander of this army to direct his soldiers to do other things without your orders, such as asking the soldiers to farm for him in many places, some of the hundred households, and so on.

This kind of thing must be forbidden.

In addition, civilian officials and the like cannot dictate this army without your orders. Even the crown prince and queen are not allowed to make irresponsible remarks about this army without your orders.

Therefore, the little nephew strongly asked you to use internal money to train the army before. Because it's your money spent, no one else has the right to make irresponsible comments. ”

Speaking of this, Li Zhaotong paused, quietly peeked at Emperor Hongzhi, and saw that Emperor Hongzhi had no expression on his face, obviously, what he said was not enough to impress Emperor Hongzhi, Li Zhaotong had no choice but to continue:

"Then, this army, because it is the army of the Son of Heaven and is completely under the command of Your Majesty, this army represents Your Majesty's will, and every word and deed of this army represents your every word and deed.

Therefore, this army can't be like the Son of Heaven's pro-army like Jinyiwei before, so that the people are afraid when they hear it. What this army needs to do is to be close to the people and to be the spokesperson for spreading your majesty's benevolence and wisdom.

In addition to training, they also need to help the people!

They must not treat the people like the usual army, robbing money, food, and women at every turn, so that the people feel afraid.

What they want to do is to enforce the order and forbid, never take a stitch from the people, treat the people like their own parents, let the people embrace them, love them, and let the people thank Your Majesty from the bottom of their hearts! Let the people recognize the orthodox status of the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of their hearts! Let the people support the rule of the Zhu family over the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of their hearts! ”

"Good! Very good! In my opinion, this is the real Son of Heaven's pro-army, and other pro-army of the Son of Heaven like Jinyiwei are all bullshit! ”

Emperor Hongzhi began to belittle Jinyiwei in a tendentious manner, which shows that Li Zhaotong's words really moved Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi has no hobbies, he doesn't love women, although he loves money, he can't say that he loves it very much, the only thing he loves very much is his reputation!

Therefore, he behaved very benevolently, treated the people lightly, was not harsh on officials, and strongly suppressed the two notorious intelligence agencies of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and even the relatives of the enemy who killed his mother!

All this is because he loves his reputation, and he doesn't want to bear the reputation of a tyrant.

Now that Li Zhaotong is talking about this army so beautifully, Emperor Hongzhi is already imagining where this army will go, and the people will support this army and shout long live!

What a magnificent and beautiful scene!

If this kind of scene can continue forever, it is not impossible for the Ming Dynasty to rule the world forever!

In this way, when he is old and goes below to meet Emperor Taizu Gao and other ancestors, he will be able to explain with his head held high!

"To build such an army, do you need to recruit elite soldiers and fierce generals in the nine sides?"

After his heart was moved, Emperor Hongzhi began to think about how to form this strong army, so he began to speak with an inquiring attitude.

"Don't!"

Li Zhaotong hurriedly dispelled this idea of Emperor Hongzhi,

"Your Majesty, you must not transfer the elite soldiers and fierce generals of the nine sides, those are all soldiers, and it is as difficult to expect them to prohibit them and do nothing wrong to the people, it is as difficult as expecting dogs to learn to plow the land!"

"What about you...... Or what advice does the sage Lao Tzu have. ”

Emperor Hongzhi would never admit that he was inferior to Li Zhaotong, a twelve-year-old boy, so even if he felt in his heart that Li Zhaotong said all this that Li Zhaotong had come up with by himself, he would not admit it in his mouth, and he would only attribute it to the sage Lao Tzu.

He is a son of heaven, and his wisdom is not as good as that of a saint, which is also understandable!

Li Zhaotong was also very cooperative, he stated:

"Your Majesty wants to build this strong army, in fact, you can extract those people with pure temperament from those military households in the interior, these people, we don't need how good their physical fitness is, the body can be raised, we just need them to be obedient and not messy and careful, just do it!"

Li Zhaotong understood in his heart that in fact, the best targets for conscription were those peasant households, and these people were physically stronger than military households, and they were also more obedient than military households, and it was easier to train.

However, the military households of the Ming Dynasty were too miserable, and when they were not fighting, they had to be responsible for cultivating the land and farming; In wartime, you have to be responsible for charging into battle. They were not well fed and clothed, and Li Zhaotong sympathized with them and wanted to find a way out for them.

In addition, the people of the Ming Dynasty are afraid of being soldiers and are afraid that they will become poor military households, which is also the reason why Li Zhaotong only chooses military households!

"By the way, Your Majesty, in the military household, it is better not to have good physical fitness, these people are most likely not honest people."

Li Zhaotong suddenly remembered that in fact, most of the military households in the interior had become peasants.

Note that it's the farmer, not the farmer.

The life of the peasant households is better than theirs. Because the peasants don't need to help the officers with the land, they do.

Their life is very miserable, so these people must have extremely poor physical fitness.

If there is a good physical fitness among them, then obviously, this is most likely not an honest person.

Because honest people are the best targets to bully.

"Also, transfer these military households, the age is set at 16-30 years old, beyond this age, don't!

Then there must be two or more sons in the family, a one-child family, don't!

Finally, there is the principle of voluntariness, when the selection is made, it is clearly informed that if once selected, a settling-in allowance of one or two silver will be paid, and the families of the selected soldiers will be exempted from taxes for five years, and if the soldiers die, there will also be a bereavement pension.

In this case, if there are still selected soldiers who are unwilling to join, then don't force it, he loves to come or not, and we don't force it. Because, the twisted melon is not sweet. ”

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