Chapter XXXVII: Reform of the Military System (3)
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I'm really sorry, it's late today, but it's still coming up.
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Walking to the clerk's side, Wang Ke picked up the pen and drew quickly on the paper.
Wang Ke of other military ranks did not hesitate, but the handsome rank stumped him. Only then did he remember that at this time, the country did not have a national flag, national anthem, national emblem or anything, and it was really difficult to express it in terms of military rank.
When Wang Ke was drawing the ranks, a group of generals who surrounded him saw that Wang Ke suddenly stopped writing, thinking that he was hesitating something, Li Jing couldn't help but ask: "Why didn't Lord Wang draw, is there something embarrassing?" ”
Li Jing's question woke up Wang Ke, who was pondering, Wang Ke raised his head and said in embarrassment: "The kid forgot one thing, so that this military rank cannot be drawn. ”
Wang Ke, who has always been confident, said such words at this time, and everyone was stunned. Today, Wang Ke talked eloquently, and everyone felt that what Wang Ke said was something they had never thought of or thought of before, but they were all very useful. This time, Wang Ke also made a difficulty, and everyone only felt that this must be an unsolvable problem, and they couldn't help but change their faces.
Comrade Li Er was even more anxious, and asked repeatedly: "Then what should I do, is there no way to solve it?" ”
Wang Ke hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly: "It's not that there is no way to solve it, but this problem is not only a military one, but also related to the entire country of my Datang." ”
Comrade Li Er said to Wang Ke that it could be solved, and he just breathed a sigh of relief, but Wang Ke said that it was related to the whole country, and his heart immediately rose again. He knew that if Wang Ke didn't say it, he would definitely say something amazing. What Wang Ke said today was unheard of for him and his ministers, and it shocked his mind that he thought he was quite open-minded, and it would also change the military system of the empire under his rule.
Comrade Li Er is not a conservative monarch, and in his opinion, as long as it is beneficial to the country and can play a role in his rule, he will accept it.
Gritting his teeth, Comrade Li Er said to Wang Ke: "Wang family boy, you can talk about it first, there is something wrong to discuss." This can also be done if necessary. ”
Wang Ke didn't want to ruin his basket plan because of this incident. Now seeing that Comrade Li Er also agreed with him to talk about it first, he plucked up his courage and said, "Your Majesty, it's like this." There is no problem with other military ranks, but this military rank must be very different from others, because the officers who have reached this level are all heroic men who have outstanding military merits for the country, and they can only appear in war. ”
"Now under the wise leadership of the emperor, the four seas are leveled, and it is not easy to be promoted to this military rank in the future, so this military rank must be linked to the country. But our dynasty now does not have a national flag, national anthem, or national emblem representing the country, which makes the ministers a little embarrassed. Wang Ke slapped Comrade Li Er on the back before telling his true intentions.
"National flag, national anthem, national emblem?" Comrade Li Er repeated these words in his mouth, and asked for a long time: "What is this, the boy of the Wang family might as well tell us about it." ”
Wang Ke knows that in this era, when he speaks, he often has to explain things that are ordinary to him, but to them are mental terms.
There's no way, explain: "This national flag is a flag that represents a country, and when it comes to foreign countries, whether it's marching or fighting, it can be used to represent a country, so that people can know which country it is when they see it." The national anthem is a song that represents a country, whenever people sing it, they will think of their country, the lyrics should be inspiring, motivate the fighting spirit, and let people listen to it can arouse his love for the country. The national emblem is mainly used in various important places of the imperial court and various offices in various places across the country, to represent that these places are the ruling organs of the imperial court and are sacrosanct. ”
Now the group of people in the study are numb to the new terms that pop out of Wang Ke's mouth from time to time, and they just listen, but they don't plan to ask again. It's all an idea, if there is something I don't understand, come down and ask Wang Ke again, now I just want Wang Ke to finish his thoughts.
Comrade Li Er was very interested in Wang Ke's explanation, and after listening to it, he didn't have to think about it and said directly: "This is no problem, it can be done, and it will be completely done according to what the Wang family kid said in the future." That's a good thing. This matter will be left to the Wang family boy to do. ”
Wang Ke didn't expect to solve this problem so easily, and said happily in his heart: "The emperor said this, and the minister is very happy. This must be done well. The handsome military rank is not drawn here, and the ministers will report to the emperor after they get the national flag, national anthem, and national emblem out. ”
Wang Ke walked back to his seat and continued: "Now the kid continues to talk about the army. After the implementation of the military rank system, it is necessary to make corresponding adjustments to the establishment of our ** team, so as to be well unified with the military rank. Specifically, the army is no longer a subordinate of water, and whoever can deploy it at will. There will not be a situation like now, where how many people are brought to fight today and come back tomorrow, and there may be more or fewer people under them. According to the level of their own military rank, plus the position they are in, the number of people belonging to them is certain, and it can only be replenished in the case of combat attrition and when the soldiers are demobilized and returned to their hometowns, which is also conducive to the imperial court to control the number of troops stationed in various places. ”
As soon as these words came out, Comrade Li Er and all the officers immediately became energetic. From his point of view, Comrade Li Er is nothing more than afraid that the people who command the soldiers in various places will support the troops and respect themselves, and they will fight against themselves if they have any ideas; The officers, on the other hand, have long been tired of being transferred everywhere every time they fight, and they are too tired to say anything, and they do not know whether the mobilized soldiers are still there and whether they are capable of going to the battlefield. If they do, it will be much easier for them.
Li Jing went over Wang Ke's words in his mind, and couldn't help but high-five. As the secretary of the military department, he often worries about the number of soldiers, but there is no way to solve it. In this way, his work is much easier.
Just when these people were thinking about it, the civil officials saw the eldest grandson Wuji stand up and say to Comrade Li Er: "Your Majesty, this proposal of Lord Xiao Wang does not need to be discussed, it can be adopted." In this way, the amount of military salary to be used each year is certain, and there is no need to mobilize it everywhere on a temporary basis, but to pay it on time according to the fixed amount, which is really a good proposal. ”
Comrade Li Er looked at Fang Xuanling and Du Rujing, and saw that the two of them couldn't help nodding, so he said: "Very good, this will be decided." What else is there for the Wang family boy, continue. ”
Wang Ke didn't expect this proposal to be passed so easily, he couldn't help but be bold, and he had a lot of confidence to speak, and Lang Sheng said: "Regarding the issue of the army structure, the kid thinks like this, according to the formation of the army, division, regiment, battalion, company, platoon, and squad, there are not ten people in a squad, including a squad leader and a deputy squad leader. Every three squads form a platoon, every three platoons form a company, and so on. I would like to present a specific excerpt, and I will briefly talk about it here. There's a lot more involved, and it's not clear for a while. I wonder how the emperor and your lords used to be? ”
Comrade Li Er and the ministers nodded in agreement.
Seeing that everyone agreed with his statement, Wang Ke changed his words and said in a very solemn and serious tone: "Finally, I hope you will consider this issue, especially the adults in the army. ”
When everyone saw Wang Ke like this, they also knew that the most important and earth-shattering thing was about to happen, and they all listened quietly to see what Wang Ke was going to say.
Wang Ke saw that the effect he wanted had also been achieved, and said: "Now the standing army of our dynasty is only 100,000 guards, and the rest are also soldiers and farmers. This is not much in peacetime, but in wartime it is not conducive to the rapid assembly of troops to attack, and in peacetime, the soldiers cultivate the land, which also occupies a large amount of land, which is not conducive to the tax revenue of the imperial court. According to the boy's estimate, this tax should be less than fifty percent. In addition, the generals have a large number of private soldiers under them, which is not conducive to the stability of the imperial court. ”
Wang Ke arched his hand at a group of old killers, and said apologetically: "I hope you will forgive me, the kid is just talking about things from the perspective of the imperial court, not that he can't get along with the post adults." ”
After speaking, he continued: "The Jiedu envoys in various places also support their own troops, and most of the subordinate soldiers are recruited for themselves, resulting in many soldiers only obeying the orders of their superiors and not allowing the court to dispatch them. There is also the emperor who is enshrined in various places, the income is not taxed, and the court supports, but also self-support, although the court has a regulation on the number of soldiers, but it is difficult to ensure that there are no private recruits of people who exceed the limit. The boy thought that the imperial court should take all the army into state-owned, divide the Tang Dynasty into a number of military regions, each military region should send a highly respected general, and each military region should send a different number of troops according to its jurisdiction and whether it is a strategic place, and the main generals of the military region should be adjusted once every few years to prevent entanglement of friends in one place for a long time. ”
As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar, and no one expected that what Wang Ke said was such a thing, once this kind of behavior was implemented, the military system of the entire Tang Empire would undergo earth-shaking changes.
Of course, it is beneficial to Comrade Li Er, but the generals will have no strength in their hands at all. Comrade Li Er also felt the weight of these words, and did not make a decision immediately as he had just now. If he does this, these people who fight for him will end up without any power, and they will really become a high-ranking and powerless minister. But he also knew what Wang Ke's suggestion meant to himself and the entire Li family, it was really a thousand years of achievement. In this way, not to mention that there is no rebellion, at least it will not come from time to time as before. I and my heirs will be much more stable in the future, and I don't have to worry about someone going against me all the time.
Comrade Li Er saw that the ministers did not speak, and knew that his current position was not very good, so he would definitely not want to veto it; agreed, I was afraid that these old killers would have some knots in their hearts, so I decided not to say my opinion first. So he changed the topic and asked Wang Ke: "The boy of the Wang family said that the vassal kings who are sealed in various places can't do this, so what do you think is the best thing to do?" ”
Wang Ke just said that there was no hope that he would get an answer to this matter immediately, and now when he saw Comrade Li Er asking himself like this, he also replied: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can return to the capital to live in these vassal kings, so that the guards can defend them, and the imperial court will worship a lot of them every month, if the vassal king Lishui has the ability, he can also enter the imperial court to serve as an official and a half-post, which seems to increase the burden of the imperial court, but because they return to Beijing, the fief no longer exists, and the vacated land can also pay taxes to the imperial court. Compared with the two, it should be more tax, which is also conducive to the revenue of the treasury. ”
As soon as these words came out, there was an immediate "buzz" on the part of the civilian officials, and the civil officials had a headache for a day that there was too little money in the treasury and it was inconvenient to spend. This is of course a great benefit for them.
Fang Xuanling shook his head, sighed and said, "Others say that I am strategic, compared with Lord Xiao Wang, Fang is really inferior." Old, old. ”
As soon as Wang Ke heard this, he hurriedly bowed his hand to Fang Xuanling and said, "Lord Fang is humble. The little nephew is just traveling abroad, passing through many countries, and feeling a lot of things, but most of them are just skins, and the specific operation depends on the emperor and the adults seated. The little nephew really can't do it. When Lord Fang said this, it really made the little nephew panic. ”
Comrade Li Er saw that the civilian officials were talking to each other. Keep talking. The generals also pondered one by one, knowing that if they continued to talk about it today, they would capture the results. With a turn of his mind, he said: "It's late today, and the boy of the Wang family has finished speaking, so let's stop here." After a while, people will sort out what the Wang family kid said today and send it to your Aiqing Mansion. You don't have to go to court tomorrow, all Aiqing will think about it at home according to what the Wang family boy said, sort out a piece of display, and hand it in the court the day after tomorrow. ”
After speaking, he turned his head to Wang Ke and said, "Wang family boy, you write everything you say in detail and specifically, and you should write it clearly." I don't give you a set time, you will be sent directly to the palace when you are done, and I will talk to you. ”
Wang Ke knew that Comrade Li Er said this, so he said that his proposal was promising, and he hurriedly said to Comrade Li Er: "Your Majesty, the minister has to explain to the emperor first about something. ”
Comrade Li Er was about to leave. But seeing Wang Ke say this, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "What else is going on?" ”
Wang Ke said embarrassedly: "The minister has lived overseas for a long time, and he really can't write in my court. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone present burst into laughter.
Comrade Li Er didn't expect Wang Ke to say this, so he pointed at him helplessly and said: "How can there be a person like you, you are all good at writing poems and lyrics, but you don't know how to write articles." Write as you are accustomed to, and I want to see what you write. ”
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