How to fully control the power of the army and how to improve the combat power of the army has always been a headache for ancient kings.

In addition to the founding emperors of all dynasties and the eloquent monarchs of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the monarchs of each dynasty and generation have constantly strengthened their control over military power. However, the emperor in Beijing could not soak in the military camp often, so he could only send his henchmen to control the military power as much as possible.

Why did Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty become a puppet at the end of the Han Dynasty? There is no military power, which is the most critical reason. The soldiers and horses of the Eighth School of Xiyuan and He Jin were swallowed by Dong Zhuo, otherwise if there was a usable army in his hand, the situation would not have come to this.

Inside the barrel of the gun comes out of the regime. The lesson of the yellow robe made the Song Dynasty suppress the generals, even at the cost of losing the army's combat strength.

In the late Song Dynasty, the number of soldiers once approached 1.2 million, and five-sixths of the country's tax revenue was spent on the army, but the combat effectiveness was really scum. The Song Dynasty raised troops not at all to fight externally, but to prevent internal rebellion. Thieves like Song Jiang rebelled, and if the Song Dynasty could not be destroyed, they went to Zhao'an, and these thieves turned around and became the country's army, which was unimaginable before the Qin and Han dynasties.

Yuan Shu himself has a strong wrist, and has the ability to detect the loyalty of the people around him, and with Ji Ling, his soldiers have been constantly instilled with the idea of loyalty to Yuan Shu and Jiangdong during the months of training under his command. So he is not worried about the problem of controlling the army.

But he has to think about the future, his descendants do not have the prestige and ability of him, and it is only possible to formulate a good military system. His every move will have a huge impact on his descendants, and you don't see that those ministers with holes in the TV series are "violating the ancestral system" at every turn, and they are "emperors" at every turn.

Only in this chaotic era can he so easily break the shackles and reinvent the world, if the world is peaceful, every reform he makes will be several times more difficult. Think about those emperors who live in a peaceful world, they are all restrained, even if they have millions of soldiers, they are useless, and they can't wash the court in blood! The lessons of Dongchang and Jinyiwei are very clear.

Finding the strategists under his command, Yuan Shu talked to them about the issue of improving the military merit system, and invited Ji Ling to observe. Jia Xu Xunyou and the others have no objections to this, but Zhang Zhao and other internal affairs ministers have a lot of opinions. After all, this military merit system means that it is impossible for them to sit in the rear and rise step by step, even if they are not good at military affairs, they have to go on the battlefield.

However, the military merit system is indeed the old system of the Han Dynasty, and it is understandable that Yuan Shu improved it. And they are not those powerless rotten people, such as Gu Yong, who also commanded battles on the battlefield. I have to say that the martial style of the Han Dynasty is indeed terrifying.

Under the continuous investigation and filling of the gaps by the top strategists, a relatively satisfactory military merit system was quickly improved, among which Ji Ling, as a representative of the military, also put forward a lot of opinions.

"Lord, our army suffered heavy losses in the first battle of Yuzhou, and now our army is sitting on the land of four states, but there are less than 300,000 soldiers, and it is time to expand the army."

After the military merit system was temporarily set, Jia Xu stood up and said.

"What Wen He said is reasonable, since this is the case, then we will recruit more soldiers and raise 500,000 troops."

"In addition, I decided to improve the military system as well." Yuan Shudao.

"How does the lord want to reform?" Tian Feng frowned.

Yuan Shu's problem of wanting to reform from time to time at this time was very inappropriate in Tian Feng's opinion, although it was working well now, it was difficult to guarantee that there would be any trouble in the future. The implementation of the general system must be carefully tried for a long time before being promoted, but it can be directly implemented here by Yuan Shu. Although there are no big loopholes and problems in these systems, it is difficult to guarantee that sometimes there will be problems if they are negligent.

Yuan Shu knew what he thought as soon as he saw Tian Feng's face, and said with a smile: "Yuan Hao is not in a hurry, it's just a small improvement." ”

"A certain carefully studied the battle reports of our army before, and found that if a hundred men of this army were about to die, the losses of his soldiers would far exceed those of other troops. This is supposed to be due to the loss of the command staff. That's why I want to establish a system of replacement ranks. Rank the rank of the commander and below the 100 generals, the chief and the chief of the army in the same position of the same boss. For example, if the commander dies in battle, the five hundred people under his command will take over the position of the commander with the highest ranking person, and so on. ”

Small changes will also improve the combat power of his soldiers, and Yuan Shu is always concerned about what can be improved in the army under his command. In the past, he had already improved the individual combat strength, equipment, and ideological cohesion of the non-commissioned officers, and now he was ready to improve the command system.

This matter is actually very simple, and all the people present understood the benefits of this small adjustment after a little thought, and Ji Ling was overjoyed and said: "Lord, this law is very good!" In this way, the soldiers under our command no longer have to worry about the death of the commander and who to obey! Moreover, the expansion of the army and the promotion of officers have also saved a lot of effort. ”

After all, Ji Ling is the general who leads the troops, and he knows the benefits of this matter very well. Tian Feng, Jia Xu and others also nodded, indeed, this matter is beneficial and harmless, and it can also arouse the competitiveness between the generals in the army, no one wants to be the same hundred generals but be pressed by others.

"However, what criteria should these people be ranked according to?" Tian Feng immediately considered the crux of the matter.

"This is simple, the officers at the bottom don't need any ability, they can fight. They will be ranked by force first, and then sorted according to their performance in the future. Yuan Shu said without thinking.

Hearing this, Ji Ling nodded in agreement: "What the lord said is reasonable. ”

Seeing that the strategists under his command had no objection to this, Yuan Shu said with a slight humility: "What I just said was the improvement of military management, since you have no opinion, then let's continue to discuss the reform of the military system." ”

Jia Xu and Xun You's eyes narrowed, they knew that the point was coming. When they talked about conscription before, they found Yuan Shu's fugue state, and they knew that this lord was going to be a demon again. Recruiting so many people here is by no means as simple as improving the military merit system.

And Tian Feng and Zhang Zhao jumped their right eyelids at the same time, and they had an ominous premonition.

Yuan Shu took a deep breath: "Now that the world is in chaos, most of the princes in various places mainly adopt the recruitment system, and the same is true for me in Jiangdong. However, in consideration of the future, I would like to improve my recruitment system in Jiangdong. ”

As soon as Tian Feng heard this, he knew that Zhang Zhao's money bag might not be able to be saved, and the last time Yuan Shu said that the problem of recruiting soldiers was to increase the salaries and treatment of soldiers by a large level, and hurriedly said: "Lord, the treatment of the soldiers under my command is already several times that of other princes!" And the army will be expanded next, and this treatment really can't be increased! The lord must think twice! ”

Yuan Shu smiled slightly: "Yuan Hao, don't worry, I don't want to improve the treatment of soldiers, but to change the method of recruitment." ”

Seeing Yuan Shu's smile, somehow, Tian Feng felt that the bad premonition in his heart was even stronger. Jia Xu and Xun Yu on the side looked at Tian Feng and Zhang Zhao sympathetically. These two people are the money bags under Yuan Shu's command, and they are in charge of the money and grain of the entire Jiangdong Mansion, but this time it is obvious that they are going to bleed heavily.