Disarmament, especially the dismantling of armies hastily formed by ruffians, old scoundrels, and social scoundrels, is a difficult and easily catastrophic task.

The Song State had more than 200 state capitals, and not every state capital was equipped with thousands of troops or forbidden troops.

Otherwise, if you raise so many multilateral armies and the forbidden army in the capital, and the number of displaced people is often larger than the forbidden army, and then equip a large number of state armies, no matter how prosperous the economy of the Great Song Dynasty is, no matter how strong the financial strength is, it will not be able to resist such attrition. There is no need to set up so many idle army town guards.

Small states with little military importance, especially in the interior and in the south, where there is no threat from foreign enemies, have very few soldiers.

Many states generally have only one battalion commander, that is, an army of 500 people, which is similar to the role of the armed police.

There are only 1,800 troops at the top of the list, and the chief officer is qualified to be called the commander of the army.

Normally, this is sufficient.

That's how local stability maintenance is done. The Great Song Dynasty has ruled like this for a hundred years, and it has not encountered any major problems.

If you encounter a large number of rebels or robbers and bandits, the local state army and other standing troops are too small to solve, and there are local village soldiers and tribal soldiers who are not in the standing army but have weapons and even war horses can be called.

This kind of troops that can be drawn from the people belong to the reserve, a bit similar to the government soldiers in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the state is not responsible for spending money to support, peacetime for the people, farming and hunting or something, what to do and what to do, but to receive military training during the slack season, and have the obligation to participate in the war in wartime.

The political and military system of the Song Dynasty was originally inherited from the Sui and Tang dynasties in many aspects.

If this is not possible, there are also road (equivalent to provincial) level garrisons in the area.

Although the civil and military commander of the state capital where the commander of the road level is located does not have direct administrative and military jurisdiction over the other state capitals of the road, he always has more troops like the seat of the prefecture.

In addition, in some strategically important places such as military and economic positions, the imperial court usually set up a special army here to strengthen the defense of the area.

For example, the army that guards the river and guards the big river.

In the event of a major war in the region, the garrison of the commandery, the garrison of the prefecture, and the special garrison will be ordered to help extinguish the rebellion or something.

In other words, the total number of inland troops is not large, and it is insignificant compared to the huge border army and the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army.

In addition, the system of mobile officers and the temporary dispatch of commanders to lead the army in wars has resulted in the fact that the generals do not know the troops, and the soldiers know the generals, and in addition the Privy Council, the military department, and the direct leaders of the army, the complex military power and the actual transfer of troops, and the normal military management of mutual containment, although the response speed and combat effectiveness of the army in times of crisis have been greatly weakened, but it has also solved the evil consequences of the commander-in-chief or the general sitting for a long time and supporting the army for a long time. In fact, there has never been a rebellion with a real threat of rebellion since the Song Dynasty.

Of course, this is not the case with the Western Army, but it does not belong to the armed forces that can be used by a certain commander if he has a different heart, and the commander-in-chief is also an armed force that can be dispatched and replaced at any time by the imperial court according to the needs and performance of the commander-in-chief. If a certain chief official or some generals have ambitions and want to win over the generals to lead the army to rebel and stand on their own, it is not that it is absolutely impossible, but it is very difficult, and this kind of situation in which the court cannot control freely has made the court very jealous.

In the 100 years since the Great Song Dynasty Chengping, in fact, the armies and special armies of so many state capitals in the interior have long been rotten, and the situation of eating empty salaries alone is extremely serious, and it is usually good to have 3,200 standing troops in a state, and some are even worse, the actual strength is not even 100 people, and the soldiers in the battalion are still second-rate soldiers who are oily or numb, and they cannot fight a war at all. Heavy troops are not much better, there are thousands of men and horses, for example, there are 5,000 places, and it is good to actually have 3,000 real soldiers, many places usually eat half of the vacancy, can keep the other half of the real army daily training, and can make do with a dozen in case of war are already patriotic, loyal and diligent generals.

Or when they encounter inspections, they will be recruited from the people or from gangs, local tyrants, shoddy gentry, wealthy businessmen and other local related households, and a large number of thugs and slaves will be filled.

The above came to check, well, the soldiers are not yellow-faced, thin, malnourished and half-dead, they are all relatively strong and mental, and even Kong Wu is strong, young and strong, fully equipped, has never fought and seen blood, but the soldiers are still quite fierce and vicious, yes, it is an army that dares to fight and can fight, it seems that the chief officer is not crazy to withhold and eat empty salaries.

In fact, the so-called combat effectiveness of Kong Wu's strength, daring to fight and kill, and evil spirit belongs to the local gentry and wealthy businessmen and gangs, and has little to do with the army.

This is also the main reason why after the wave of defections caused by pirates, the rebels who spontaneously rebelled did not form a state capital city where large-scale killing and looting was inevitably located.

I don't have real combat power or confidence.

Individuals can't beat the villains and ruffians in the army who don't want pirates, and they are used to being bullied, and they are afraid to get used to it.

In addition, although the number of people is large and the weapons are complete, but there is a lack of strong unified command and leadership, this group of chaotic rebellions, rabble, even if they join forces, may not be able to kill the many fierce and arrogant rich slave thugs in the city, they are too timid to fight, and they are scattered and anxious to go home and flee with their families.

After the rebels returned home, they also joined together with a large number of defectors, and in a blink of an eye, there were hundreds of forces, and only then did they have the courage and confidence to clean up the local landlords and inferior gentry, and dare to kill and rob the rich and unscrupulous, and taste the sweetness also aroused blood and even ferocity, forming a certain combat effectiveness, and then the defection forces of various villages, towns and counties naturally gathered together, which was not only thousands of forces, but also the madness of the crowds and various desires and euphoria, although there was still no confidence to deal with the state capital Jiancheng, But he dared to attack and destroy all the resistance on the way to defection, and he had to fight in order to escape successfully, and he also had the strength to sweep away the armed local tyrants and weak counties all the way.

A large number of soldiers defected, and all localities were able to quickly use slaves, thugs, ruffians, gangsters, prison criminals and other villains to form an army to defend themselves, which was also the reason why the officers of the garrison usually dealt with these people. In the face of waves of crazy and unstoppable defections, these people dare not gather together to honestly and obediently fill the army and obey the command of the government, otherwise, at this time, if the boss wants to be willful and comfortable, he is weak but seeks death in the face of the red-eyed crowd of revenge.

Afterwards, except for those who want to mix up with the future of officers, most of these villains are not willing to be soldiers, but there is no better way out for them to stay in the army honestly.

There's a very simple truth,

Whether it is a local tyrant or a shoddy gentry, a ruffian hooligan gangster, or a serious and decent ruler, they essentially survive by bullying and exploiting the good and honest.

When all kinds of groups in the whole country are evil, stubborn, and black, the society is not more likely to fall into chaos and collapse, but there are fewer contradictions and conflicts and harmony.

After the frenzy of immigration, the good people of the Great Song Dynasty, or the common people and soldiers who felt that they were not good people but had never committed real crimes, and did not belong to the Confucian and corrupt tumors that the pirates resolutely did not want, including some officials, except for the northern and western border areas, almost all defected overseas at one time, not to mention this frightening power.

The villains and even criminals who were forcibly integrated into the army during the disaster did not want to get out of the control of the army, but if you look at the post-disaster society, the originally overcrowded Great Song Dynasty is now sparsely populated, and there are too few basic people who can be bullied and exploited, which is already very fatal.

What makes them even more frustrating is that there are no good bullies, and the rest of the people have almost no good things, although they mainly rely on the old practical farm work or something to make a living, unlike them who open casinos and green buildings to engage in kidnapping and extortion, and live by illegal means, but the essence is the same, they are all ruthless, not easy to bully.

What the hell is this, if you don't go into the army, you want to continue to live a comfortable and proud life in the previous parasitic society, who might you bully? Who can extort and exploit to make money and food?

For example, the unscrupulous medical center makes a fortune by selling fake medicines, how dare they deceive the good and honest masses of people who are not close to them?

Not only can the fierce and stubborn people not be trapped, but they often have to lose money and stick it upside down, otherwise just a simple sprinkling of a woman who comes to the door can make the medical hall a headache, not to mention offending the more fierce and powerful who dare to set fire to poison and dare to kill people. It is already Amitabha Buddha to be honest and actively pay protection fees every day, and to be able to live and operate in peace.

In a similar way, it is difficult for local ruffians and gangsters to make a fortune by bullying people.

There are fewer households in villages and towns, and the number of people is weaker, and it seems that it is better to oppress, but these residents are even the most ordinary villagers, they are unscrupulous and even vicious and dare to commit murder, but they are not those honest and timid good people who can be bullied at will, and they must dare to resist in order to protect their own families.

The people can't beat the army, it's not that hoes and dung forks are not as good as knives and guns, but because they can't fight and can't fight, they can't fight well-trained soldiers.

Didn't the defecting people wield farm tools and almost swept away the local tyrants and inferior gentry in the world who had a lot of armed strength, and destroyed countless bureaucrats with soldiers, generals and minions?

In the face of the remaining ordinary people of the Great Song Dynasty, if they think together as before, they will be bullied and blackmailed, and they are afraid that they will be killed by hoes and kitchen knives.

What's even more frightening is that the wicked are usually more daring than the good ones not only to protect themselves and their own interests, but are usually better at it.

The good are good, but they are usually not only cowardly and timid, fearless, courageous, ignorant and bloodless, and honestly shrink as soon as they are frightened, but also insensitive, extremely disunited, scattered, seeing others being bullied, they will always be indifferent if they don't care about themselves, and they will stand by if they don't look at jokes, and most of them dare not stretch out their hands even if they are angry, and if they are scared and honest, they will easily cause a group of people to kneel. Therefore, the number of good people in society always accounts for the largest or even the vast majority, and they obviously have great power to change the world, but they are always insignificant, no matter how much they are, they are not afraid, and they always bear the humble and pitiful social role of being bullied and exploited by a small number of people.

The villains are selfish and indifferent, and they are not united, and they do not care about the lives of others, but they know how to win over unity and rely on collective strength to fight against hostile forces to protect themselves. Gangsters are typical examples, who talk about righteousness and are actually only concerned about their own interests, but they will stand up for their "brothers" and understand that helping others is helping themselves.

Good people look down on gangsters, but what is usually lacking is the belief that the essence is to help others for the sake of oneself and the resulting solidarity and group strength.

Therefore, the population of towns and cities is much smaller and weaker, and they are not the opponents of the outnumbered gangs, but when the residents are confronted with the scourge of gangsters or robbers, they will also form gangs and quickly organize themselves to resist. There are only a few people in a village, but the people of several villages and towns are a terrible force when they come together. If gangsters can cause harm in one place and arouse the alarm of people in other places, they will be retaliated against and the unscrupulous people with a stronger sense of self-preservation will retaliate and counterattack fiercely, until the hidden danger is eradicated.

After all, no matter what kind of society, it always follows the 28 theory.

Twenty percent of the people always control 80 percent of the wealth of society, and 80 percent can only distribute 20 percent of the benefits.

Twenty percent of the people always rule over the eighty percent of the people, and twenty percent of the people can parasitize on the eighty percent of the people who do the work.

If this law is broken, the proportion of people who do not do practical work and do not work hard will be large, and when it comes to social turmoil or even a change of dynasty, it will always be automatically adjusted.

In other words, even in the generally unscrupulous Great Song Dynasty today, the number of people working is always much larger than the number of unearned groups such as ruffians and gangsters.

Otherwise, society will automatically shuffle.

In such a society, when the robbers and thieves who harm the people, in the face of the same unscrupulous and vicious people, there is no good end, and the gangsters are small gangs or even play ruffians and villains, the power is weaker, and they are at ease, but in the face of the unscrupulous people who have a strong sense of revenge and dare to do it, they can only die faster.

The villains who were incorporated into the army relied on evil and bold and gangs to mingle with society, and they understood that they could make a living like this, and they knew this truth better if they didn't know it.

If you don't want to work hard and be a thief all day long, you want to have easy and safe free food, so you can only honestly mix the soldiers and brigades to eat the country's money and food legally.

This allowed the Song Dynasty's armed machinery of violence to survive, the regime to be secured, and both the government and the imperial court really benefited from the disaster.

But now it is a problem to merge and change the prefectures and counties, to disarm the army, and to dismantle and reorganize the army.

The vast majority of the troops in the army are all bad guys, who are not willing to endure hardships and work hard, and when they enter the society, they are the scourge of robbers and bandits, and they can't just drive things away.

What to do?