The newspaper was as busy as ever, countless scribes wearing long robes and hanging press badges went back and forth, especially because of the beginning of the market outside the city, countless reporters were busy interviewing these participating merchants and shopping tourists, and naturally there was a description of the bustling and prosperous landscape of the autumn market, so in just a few hours, the newspaper received hundreds of manuscripts, as soon as you walked into the newspaper hall, the sound of bustle and noise came to your face.

Chen Xu walked directly into Chen Ping's office and found that a large group of people gathered inside were discussing the grand occasion of the autumn market this time.

It's no wonder that everyone is excited, mainly because this autumn market is too lively, everyone has never seen so many merchants doing business together, and no one has ever visited such a lively market.

"Master Hou is here!" With an excited shout, the whole room quickly turned around and stood up and saluted.

"It's so lively, what are you discussing?" Chen Xu smiled and nodded in greeting.

"Master Hou, we are all discussing the autumn market for a few years, and such a lively scene is really unprecedented!" A crowd of people spoke.

"Well, that's true, but this bazaar is too large to manage, Ben Hou has already played the emperor, and the Spring and Autumn Bazaar will not be opened like this next year!" Chen Xu said.

"Ah?!! Why is that? Not only was a group of editors and reporters sluggish, but even Chen Ping was a little confused.

Chen Xu's face calmed down and said what he said to the emperor on the city tower again, and then he took a serious look at everyone and said: "Daqin can't only develop in Xianyang, we must let the people of the world follow the benefits of reform and development, so opening this mixed bazaar into a more professional bazaar is not only conducive to the development of commerce, but also can promote the economic development of different places, and at the same time reduce the pressure on Xianyang, it can also enhance the image of Jingshi, you haven't found it, A total of more than 200,000 merchants and caravans of travelers poured into Xianyang, Xianyang City has been overwhelmed, which brings a huge pressure on accommodation and diet, and you should have found that the Weihe Bridge has become a resistance to traffic, completely unable to dredge such a large flow of people and goods, so you should hurry up and do some research among businessmen as soon as possible, to see where and at what time to open what kind of professional bazaar is better and more convenient, and then write some articles to promote first, By next year, the imperial court and some counties will be able to organize some professional bazaars, so as to form markets with different characteristics and drive the development of the entire Daqin economy......"

After listening to this, a group of people quickly came to their senses and began to slap Chen Xu's horse, and Chen Xu blasted a group of people out of Chen Ping's office in a comfortable mood.

Daqin Metropolis Daily is getting bigger and bigger, and the content is getting richer and richer, but the only thing remains the same, that is, a group of editors-in-chief and editors-in-charge, including Chen Ping, are all Chen Xu's hardcore dogs, and they have never questioned Chen Xu's words.

"Is there something wrong with Master Hou coming today?" Chen Ping asked after closing the office door.

"Ben Hou has two things to do today, one is whether the things you asked you about a few days ago have an eyebrow? The second is to help me make an advertisement. Chen Xu sat down and said.

"Master Hou, I'm still arranging someone to investigate that matter, I've heard some news, Yanmen County did spread some news of the conflict between soldiers and civilians, but they were all vague, so the investigation was not clear, but Lord Hou's guess last time should be good, this matter is definitely not small!"

Chen Ping's expression slowly became solemn when he spoke: "Hou Ye, it's not that Ping is talkative, but this matter is related to the Marquis of Wucheng, if the Hou Ye decides to intervene, he will inevitably have a conflict with the general and the Marquis of Tongwu in the end......"

Chen Xu nodded slightly, and after being silent for a long time, he spoke: "It's not that Ben Hou wants to interfere, but that Ben Hou, as the left minister of Daqin, must take responsibility, the army is the cornerstone of the country, and the army cannot be influenced by personal prestige and emotions, if this goes on for a long time, the army will be discouraged and lose cohesion, the army is the army of Daqin, it should be an iron army to protect Daqin, he can only obey the emperor's orders and obey the will of the country, not a tool for bullying civilians or venting anger for his own selfish interests in the hands of generals at all levels!" ”

Chen Ping's face trembled violently a few times.

Chen Xu's words can be said to be very serious, almost deliberately aimed at Wang Li.

And the three martial marquis of the Wang family are the top nobles of Great Qin, and they have unparalleled influence in both the army and the government and the opposition, Chen Xu is so blatantly trying to deal with Wang Li, which makes Chen Ping feel a little frightened, but he instantly thought of Chen Xu's identity, and his mood slowly calmed down.

No matter how fierce and domineering the Wang clan is, in the face of the disciples of the Immortal Family, they may still back down, not to mention that Chen Xu's current status is enough to compete with the Wang Clan.

Swords, guns, bows and arrows are still resistant, Taiyi Shenlei has nowhere to hide, and the flesh and blood of ordinary people cannot resist the magic of the immortal family no matter what, not to mention martial arts, not even steel armor.

"Now that Daqin is becoming more prosperous and rich day by day, and the neighboring barbarians are all conquered, if the army has no war to fight, it will inevitably not be able to obtain military merits, so being a soldier has no practical significance for them, so the army of Daqin needs to be reformed, and this kind of military merit for the purpose of obtaining rewards for military merits will be transformed into an army for the purpose of obeying the will of the country and defending the country, and if the army is to be reformed, then it is necessary to reform the current twenty-level military lord system, and then realize a more effective military service system, The military ranks are promoted based on the number of years of service and comprehensive assessment, so that the army has a complete set of strict military rank promotion system......"

Chen Ping was a little confused, feeling that there was a commotion in his head, and he basically didn't listen to what Chen Xu said later, until Chen Xu found Chen Ping's confused expression and slowly stopped, frowning and criticizing with dissatisfaction: "What, is Ben Hou wrong?" ”

Chen Ping came to his senses, wiped the sweat on his forehead and said cautiously: "Master Hou, why do you want to talk about these topics peacefully today, you should go to the emperor to discuss the matter of reforming the army?" ”

Chen Xu couldn't help rolling his eyes and said: "You can go if you say go, it's too big and complicated, you have to have a clear and proper strategy, and the national policy is not child's play." ”

"That'...... You can go and discuss it with Feng Xiang......" Chen Ping said even more apprehensively.

"Feng Xiang, do you think he will support me?" Chen Xu pouted.

"Then it's useless for Master Hou to tell me?" Chen Ping almost cried.

"Yes, it's really useless, if you were the right prime minister!" Chen Xu shook his head regretfully.

Chen Ping's body shook slightly, and he said in his heart that this can be had, if you make me a right minister, I will definitely support your reform.

But obviously Chen Xu didn't have the ability or the mood to make Chen Ping into the right minister of Daqin, sitting on the chair and gently tapping his fingers on the desk, the sound of da-

He didn't know why Chen Xu suddenly discussed the reform of the army with him today, although Chen Xu's words sounded so reasonable, but it was useless to discuss with himself.

And Chen Xu is also very depressed, for Daqin's current military system, in his opinion, it has reached the point where it is in urgent need of reform, but he can't find an opportunity to intervene and break through.

The dismissal of 300,000 troops and one million soldiers in the northwest only reduced the burden on Great Qin, and in fact the nature and system of the army did not change in the slightest.

The military system of Great Qin has been passed down for a long time, it has been hundreds of years, and all the princes of the Zhou Dynasty are the same, that is, the national military service system, and after the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the army's laws were more harsh and strict, Qin law stipulates that all men between the ages of seventeen and sixty must serve, but because the Qin State has been fighting all year round, the casualties are very large, so the number of civilian service has slowly dropped to fifteen years old.

And there are many kinds of service, the most common is conscription, the main task is to repair roads and canals and other national infrastructure, one month a year, in the county where the household registration is located, no one can escape.

In addition to conscription, each adult man must serve in the county for one year in his life, and the officers, knights, and shippers are actually lieutenants and belong to the local armed forces. Eventually, up to all adult men, if it is not enough after all men have been recruited, healthy women may also be recruited.

But whether it is an ordinary conscription or a regular pawn, this kind of rotational service personnel are called pawns, that is, the meaning of taking turns, in fact, there is not much difference with later generations, the iron battalion is a flowing soldier, but this kind of service sergeant has caused many soldiers to have a very big age difference, some are only fifteen or sixteen years old, and some are already fifty or sixty years old, so the difference in combat effectiveness is very large.

Of course, because the Qin State has been fighting almost all the time, coupled with the stimulation of military merits and military lords, many people have been serving for a long time, and there are also provisions on substitution of money, rich people can spend money to be exempted, and the imperial court will use the money to hire people to serve on behalf of them, so that some people have been in the army for a long time, forming a part of the relatively high combat effectiveness and relatively stable professional soldiers, so on the whole, the combat effectiveness of the Qin army is still quite strong. Because after obtaining the title of no more, you can be exempted from the change of service, and you don't need to participate in the rotation of service, if you are promoted to the level of a doctor, then you can basically start to be a magistrate, even if you are ordered to go to the battlefield, you are also a regular general, you can serve as a military position above the commander of the tun, and you don't have to rush to the front to die.

The advantage of all the people being soldiers is that once they fight, everyone can become soldiers of Daqin, and they can go to the battlefield when they pick up arms, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the army personnel are uneven, and the training is not enough, so they cannot form elite combat effectiveness.

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