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In July in Daqin, autumn has entered the northwest, but the south is still a hot summer.

From south to north, the autumn harvest is in full swing.

In the midst of this fiery busyness, the wharves of various rivers and several seaports also began to be built under the planning of countless officials, and under the overwhelming propaganda of the Daqin Metropolis Daily, the entire Daqin from the imperial court to the common people were all engaged in this unprecedented construction of the project.

A large number of redemptions are like flowing water from Huaxia Qian Zhuang into the hands of businessmen who contract projects around the country, and then quickly flow into the terminal factories such as steel, cement, quarrying, and logging, a large number of cattle, horses, trucks, boats and boats walk on the criss-crossing Daqin territory like ants, several galloping roads are like arteries that link the whole Daqin together, south to the South China Sea, north to Liaodong Bay, east from Langya coast, west to Xianyang, the whole Daqin is like a huge construction site, everywhere is full of people and hot scenes.

Time went back to the end of June, and Emperor Shi got a large box of military reform planning books sent back by the envoys of the Marquis of Qinghe, who had traveled abroad.

At this time, it had been almost two months since Meng Tian wrote a letter to the military system and requested a reform of the military system.

However, when he saw this box of books, the First Emperor was dumbfounded, but fortunately, Chen Xu sent back a detailed letter with this box of books.

"Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be overlooked."

"The minister is not a military general, does not command the army, does not understand the art of war, but the book of the Marquis of Jingwu must be sincere and unmistakable, and now there is no hidden danger in the four Yi of the Great Qin, a hundred years ago, the Shang Jun formulated a strict military law and military lord system for the strong and prosperous Great Qin, but that was only for the great Qin to fight for hegemony and the princes had to do it, now a hundred years have passed, time has changed, and many laws and military merit knighthood system have indeed reached the point of revising again......"

"The Yanmen Pass incident of the Northern Army is not accidental with the enamel time of the Western Army, since the abolition of the Northwest Army to form elite horses, the system of change of service has existed in name only, and the soldiers on the border have no battle to fight, and they have no lords to get, and if they are long, they will have grievances, and if they complain, they will mess with the law, and the laws and regulations are like shackles, which is no longer out of date......

"When the minister first entered Xianyang, he said to His Majesty, he would rather not, not for the evil law, if he does not change the military system, the military will be unstable, and if he does not change the military law, the soldiers will be resentful, the minister has carefully read the book of the Marquis of Jingwu, and also read the letter of His Majesty, although the minister is outside, he is also grateful to His Majesty for being so grateful to the minister, so he hesitated to write down these plans for military reform for more than a month, and the minister is not in Beijing, so please also ask Your Majesty to read and consider, if it can be used, then the minister's hard work is also worth ......"

"The army is the cornerstone of the stability of Great Qin, Your Majesty must not rush and act too hastily, but can slowly push it wide, first the Western Army, then the Northern Army, then Guanzhong, and then the counties and counties of the whole country, and complete the military reform in two years, and the minister thinks that ......it is okay to complete the military reform."

"Because the military reform system is complex, the revision of military discipline also needs to be implemented slowly, and the minister also knows that because there are too many books, it will be difficult for His Majesty to complete the review quickly, so he has a simple plan first......

"First, the four battalions in Guanzhong and the northwestern counties will be transferred to replace the northern and western armies in batches, adopt new military discipline, and implement a new military system and a new military lord system......

"Second, according to the new military system, recruit young soldiers from the nearby northwestern counties as captains to supplement the local forces......"

"Third, select young and brave soldiers from among the lieutenants of the Central Plains counties to supplement the forbidden army of the fourth battalion of Guanzhong and the Gongwei Beijing Division......"

"Fourth, all the lieutenants and soldiers in all parts of the country adopt the new military system to select and recruit soldiers of the right age and height to serve as ......"

"Fifth, retired officers and soldiers may be arranged to serve in the newly prepared customs, wharves, ports, commerce, finance, and other offices in various localities, or serve as police officers......

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"The ministers to sum up the above-mentioned law, can be promoted by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, do not rush to cause chaos in the border passes, courts, and places, the ministers are not in the court, but all official affairs in the court have laws, Your Majesty only needs to make proper arrangements and inquire in detail will be smooth!"

In fact, Chen Xu had already written these recitals, but he had to hand them over to the First Emperor at the same time and for a seemingly suitable reason.

The reform of the military system is not an ordinary reform of people's livelihood, since ancient times, ministers have not been easy to mix indiscriminately, although Chen Xu has been valued by the first emperor, but he can't be too arrogant, and he jumps out to point fingers when the army has no problems.

Just like a person has just been hired by a Fortune 500 company, always feel that the company also has a problem, that can't be seen, all day long in front of the leader to talk about here to change there, and even tell the boss, your company's rules and regulations and personnel system are all problematic, you must follow the rules I set up all the people I recommend to become bigger and stronger, in the face of this kind of stupid level of newcomers, most of the leaders must not be humble to admonish, the biggest possibility is just to kick out.

Qin Shi Huang is not the boss of the world's top 500 level, he is the world's strongest boss, and he has the ambition to swallow the sun and the moon and dominate the eight wildernesses, even if he can follow the advice and favor Chen Xu, but no one can override him to point fingers, unless he asks.

This is the most harmonious state between the monarch and the minister.

Any leader doesn't like too flamboyant subordinates, and he doesn't like employees who are too self-conscious, because of Chen Xu's identity, the first emperor can tolerate him fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, and can give him the glory and wealth that no one can get, but if Chen Xu interferes in the military and politics for no reason, it will inevitably cause the first emperor to be anxious and even nervous.

The First Emperor carefully read Chen Xu's letters, and then took out the books one by one from the wooden box.

"Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Compulsory Military Service System", "Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Recruitment System", "Rules for the Implementation of the Organization of the Army", "Detailed Rules for the Establishment of the Five Major Theaters and the Army", "Military Officers and Commanders Act", "Law on the Service of Officers on Active Duty", "Law on the Placement of Retired Soldiers", "Trial Act on Logistics Support", and "Trial Act on Medals" ......

Soon, there were more than a dozen reform bills for the new military system on the desk, and they were much thicker than the more than ten books of the Tantu Plan submitted by Chen Xu in the court last time.

Looking at these neat recitals, the First Emperor sat silently for several minutes in a row, and his face slowly changed from horror, surprise, and emotion at the beginning to a trace of gratitude.

The Marquis of Qinghe has never let him down.

Just looking at the names of these books encapsulated almost all the questions in his mind.

"It's really embarrassing to be a master, come here, make a pot of purple cloud fairy tea for me!" The First Emperor commanded, and then gently opened the first book of "Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Compulsory Military Service System" for detailed reference.

In the next few days, the First Emperor except for the early dynasty almost all of them soaked in the Zichen Hall to carefully study Chen Xu's recital, read word by word, and occasionally summoned officials from the three provinces and six ministries to come to discuss, and discussed the feasibility of implementation on various issues involved in the military reform, and after each recital, not only the First Emperor would get satisfactory results, but the officials of the three provinces and six ministries also fully agreed with most of the implementation plans mentioned in the Qinghe Hou Songshu.

As for the controversial points, it is mainly part of the new "Military Lord Act" proposed by Chen Xu.

In fact, Chen Xu has already completed the reform charter this time, and most of the content has been discussed with Meng Yi, so a lot has been mentioned in Meng Tian's request for military reform, but it is not as clear and clear as Chen Xu said, and this is also a tacit approach of both sides.

Therefore, the last time Meng Tian proposed in the court to revise the 20-level military merit knighthood system, and change to a military merit system that integrates the enlistment time, training level, competition results, knowledge of the art of war and battlefield military merits, etc., Chen Xu's recital still uses this statement, but it is recommended to completely abolish the current complex 20-level military knighthood and replace it with the 12-level military rank system of the later army.

Local lieutenants are selected and enlisted in the army using the compulsory military service system, enlisted in the army for two years, participate in strict military training after joining the army, and are responsible for local security affairs on weekdays, compulsory soldiers have no military rank, and can choose to retire after two years, or they can join the national defense force voluntarily or recommended by the local lieutenant, and after joining the national defense army, they are called privates, and enjoy the lowest soldier allowance, and then awarded the ranks of corporal, sergeant, sergeant, second lieutenant, lieutenant, captain, major and even general according to the military merit evaluation, each enjoying different military knighthood treatment, However, Chen Xu's military lord reform completely abolished the treatment of sub-sealing grain fields, real estate, and food estates, and all adopted wage settlement, completely replacing the previous lord land granting system with a monetization scheme.

This method of handling is the most controversial place for officials in the three provinces and six ministries.

According to Chen Xu's military reform, in addition to the local lieutenants and the army stationed in Lingnan do not need to receive salaries for the time being, the four battalions of soldiers stationed in Guanzhong and the 20,000 forbidden troops of the defense division of Beijing, as well as the two armies in the northwest totaling 200,000 troops, the annual salary expenditure alone will cost more than 80 million yuan, although this money can be taken out by the imperial court at the moment, but it must be deducted elsewhere, and the most important thing in Daqin is still land. The per capita area can be calculated in miles, so the Finance Department and the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs unanimously opposed Chen Xu's reform method, and proposed that the First Emperor still adopt the old-style military knighthood reward system, and adopt the model of real estate rewards plus some money, and the First Emperor agreed to adopt this plan for the time being after careful consideration.

The reason why it was temporarily adopted was that the First Emperor felt that there must be a reason why Chen Xu forcibly implemented the wage system when he knew that Great Qin had enough land at the moment, otherwise he would not have done so, so he had to wait until Chen Xu returned to Beijing to listen carefully.

In addition to the Lords, the most controversial is the Lord Act.

In Chen Xu's proposal, the military and the government are almost completely separated, and this has long been a sign of this, and all officials are actually very excited about such a change, otherwise they will not be able to earn military merit in their lifetime as a civil official, and many officials only have grades and no lords, so they can only receive official ranks and cannot get any rewards for real estate, once separated, civil officials can also get rewards through hard work, so Chen Xu's reform has been warmly approved by almost all officials.

This lord bill is another knighthood system, independent of military lords, aimed not only at civil and military officials, but also at commoners, merchants and even slaves, anyone who has made great contributions to the state can get a lord, and this lord is still the title of the prince of Shang and Zhou.

Although Chen Xu made it clear in the Lordship Act that these fifth-level lords were only nominal titles, just an honorific title, and could only be divided into certain grain fields and real estate and a small amount of food and euphemism according to the title, which was only expensive and not powerful, the officials of the three provinces and six ministries still clamored, believing that it was an insult to the scholars and officials to include merchants and even slaves in this system.

It doesn't matter whether the knighthood is or not, the important thing is not to surrender one's identity, and when I think that in the future, I may have to sit on an equal footing with a lowly slave and enjoy aristocratic treatment, all the officials suddenly feel that they are not good.

"What about slaves? My Daqin has never discriminated against slaves, meritorious service should be rewarded, and guilt should be punished, when my Daqin opened up the Qianmo and abandoned the well field, almost all the civilians started from slaves, why not now? Even military exploits can't help but forbid slaves and reward lords, why are you so opposed? ”

Under the questioning and rebuttal of the First Emperor, all the officials were speechless.