Subsequently, Yuan Shu directly exposed the compulsory military system he had calculated. The strategists below all fell into deep thought, while Zhang Zhao and Tian Feng's faces became darker and darker.

The compulsory military system mentioned by Yuan Shu is not unusual, and the Han Dynasty was once popular, but it quickly declined. The reason is simple, you can't afford it.

If you want to make your soldiers loyal, you have to start from two aspects. One is faith, but interests.

Belief is generally a national unit, which is useful for foreign wars, but not for internal wars. And the benefits, the conscription system and the compulsory military system will lead to the emergence of a large number of non-commissioned soldiers, which under normal circumstances cannot be raised at all.

Therefore, after the Han Dynasty, the conscription system and the compulsory military system gradually declined, and the conscription system and the world military system, which had quick results and low cost, began to prevail. Like the Three Kingdoms period, there were soldiers and tribes at every turn, which led to the emergence of a large number of private soldiers.

It stands to reason that in this situation where the world is divided and the princes are divided, all the princes pursue to use the least resources to train more soldiers and ensure the combat strength of their soldiers. As for loyalty or something, it is secondary in their eyes, after all, the generals who lead the troops are their henchmen, and the possibility of rebellion is not high.

Even if you are afraid that your soldiers will escape, you don't need to use this costly method. For example, the suspicious Cao Cao directly managed the families of these soldiers and soldiers, and if he dared to defect, he would be guilty of the crime.

The reason why Yuan Shu did not use these methods was out of long-term considerations. The appearance of a large number of private soldiers was unacceptable to Yuan Shu, but the limitations of this era of cold weapons and the relative lack of materials also made Yuan Shu have to accept the intimate relationship between generals and soldiers.

After all, they are not like the Celestial Empire Army in later generations, and they are all elite soldiers. In this era, it is taboo for soldiers not to know the generals and not to know the soldiers. Think about it, if Sun Jian is allowed to lead the army under Zhang Liao, not to mention whether the soldiers can adapt to Sun Jian's combat methods, Sun Jian does not know the specific abilities of these soldiers. What's more, without a trusted backbone, the soldier's performance on the battlefield will also be abnormal. Like the Song Dynasty, only in battle did the generals be released to lead the troops, and the combat ability was really not ordinarily poor. Moreover, issues such as the adaptation of the legion's cloud qi and military soul also need to be considered.

Yuan Shujue was unwilling to weaken the combat effectiveness of his troops for the sake of the loyalty of his soldiers, but he could not change the situation in which his generals had been in command of their soldiers for a long time. So you can only start from the soldiers.

Both faith and material aspects should be taken into account, not a country, but you can use the righteousness of Jiangdong, coupled with the benevolent name of Yuan Shu, it is good to brainwash more on weekdays. Like shouting two slogans during training, and talking about the wisdom of Yuan Shu during rest, these methods are very simple. Although it is an exaggeration to say a lie repeated a thousand times is the truth, it will also form a subconscious when people shout too many slogans. At a critical time, this seemingly insignificant subconscious is very likely to affect the overall situation. In terms of material, you have to rely on Yuan Shu to spend money.

When Yuan Shu finished his plan, the strategists below closed their eyes and silently closed their eyes and calculated. They're calculating the benefits and losses of doing so and the implications for the future. And Zhang Zhao was indeed flushed, and stood up directly.

"My lord, no! This move did not increase the combat strength of our army much, but the cost of money and food was no less than that of another 300,000 troops. If the lord does this, it is better to recruit another 100,000 troops to improve the combat power. ”

As the money bag under Yuan Shu's command, Zhang Zhao casually calculated and estimated the cost of Yuan Shu's actions.

According to Yuan Shu, these young men have to train for a year and then select the best, and they will also be paid about salary. Not to mention the loss of productivity and the decline in taxes under these young people, the salaries of so many people alone add up to enough choke.

Based on the salary of half of the per capita income of the people under his command mentioned by Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu's command counts at least 13 million people in Yizhou, and if you take 40 out of 40, you have to have about 300,000 people serving in the military every year. Counting the food and so on on weekdays, the money and food spent would never be less than 150,000 more regular troops.

And this is just a small head, so many young people have been recruited, and the loss of productivity is far more than that, so the cost calculated by Zhang Zhao is not an exaggeration.

Zhang Zhao calculated that if the number of soldiers in Jiangdong reached 500,000, then more than 70% of the current tax revenue would have to be used for the military. Coupled with the salaries of officials, tax revenues have been in the red. And the reason why he didn't object before was because there was still a lot of wealth left by the Yuan family and Dong Zhuo in the treasury of Jiangdong Mansion, and Yuan Shu did a lot of "small" business and obtained a lot more money than taxes.

Although it still seems to be a loss overall, after calculating the growth rate of Jiangdong's finances and the newly won Yizhou, Zhang Zhao feels that it is still possible to maintain a balance between tax revenue and the normal cost of Jiangdong's management in the next two years. But if you add this more than 300,000 conscripts every Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhang Zhao will blow up.

It is said that if you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, but Yuan Shu, a loser, is still a loser after so many years. Zhang Zhao, as the general manager in charge of most of Jiangdong's money and grain, has always been very worried about this.

But fortunately, with the Yuan family's century-old savings and the wealth obtained by Dong Zhuo's plundering of Luoyang, Yuan Shu's family background is quite thick. In addition, Yuan Shu still has a lot of ways to make money, even if he engages in construction lavishly, the deficit is barely acceptable.

The cost of the 300,000 army is not much compared to the cost of Yuan Shu's construction, but this opening cannot be opened. If this posture is followed, even Yuan Shu's thick foundation will not last too long, and Zhang Zhao has to think about Yuan Shu's future.

In a short time, the other strategists below were almost finished.

Lu Su took the lead and said: "Zibu is not in a hurry, I have estimated it, although it will cost a lot of money and food, but it is indeed a good thing for the future development of our army." In this way, the money and food are not too wasteful. ”

And Tian Feng, who has always been rigid, also sighed and said: "Indeed, in this way, the future war potential of my Jiangdong will be greatly enhanced, even in the future. There is also room for foreign troops. ”

Although Tian Feng, like Zhang Zhao, was extremely dissatisfied with Yuan Shu's character of spending money lavishly, after calculating the profit and loss a little, Tian Feng felt that this was not unacceptable.

"But what should we do if the 300,000 army is short of money and food? Yizhou is in ruins, and the lord has vigorously opened up the roads between Yizhou and Jingzhou and Jiaozhou, and the Nanban region still needs to be pacified. You can't put all your taxes on the military! Although the foundation of our army is not thin, it will be able to last for four or five years if it continues like this, and then I am afraid that the finances will be overwhelmed! Zhang Zhao said anxiously.

What Zhang Zhao said is not unreasonable: Since the Qin and Han dynasties, most of the financial problems were caused by too many soldiers guarding the border. The border defense of the Han Dynasty was at least 200,000, more than 500,000, and up to 800,000. The money and grain spent on border defense alone accounts for more than 30 percent of the country's tax revenue.

And Yuan Shu's army of 500,000 accounted for seventy percent of Jiangdong's tax revenue. Although it is said that this is a troubled time, seventy percent is normal, but no matter how many 300,000 conscripts do not see the effect in this short period of time, it is not enough for these taxes to be used to raise soldiers. It is better to put it on hold for the time being, and wait until the world will unify in the future.