Chapter XIV The Privy Council System II

"And the other leg?" Yuan Shizhong asked.

Zhang Xuan's heart was gloomy, and Yuan Shizhong could also see that he was very familiar with this system in the army, after all, he was also the one who led the troops.

Although he can't be called a famous general, he is familiar with the set of things in the army.

But I don't quite understand the other leg that Zhang Xuan said.

Zhang Xuan said: "Do you know the Han army's county and national soldier system? ”

Yuan Shizhong only knew about the system of the county soldiers. I've read some from the history books, but how does the county soldier system work. He didn't know, and said: "The minister's knowledge is superficial, please tell Your Majesty in detail." ”

Zhang Xuan didn't know much about the national soldier system of the Han military county, but it didn't matter if he didn't understand it, after all, all the reforms in ancient China could be summarized as the Tuogu reform.

What Zhang Xuan needs is the shell of the county soldiers. As for how to explain this shell, it is Zhang Xuan's own meaning. said: "During the Warring States Period, there was no war at all ages, and there was almost no limit to the conscription of various countries. Han Cheng Qin system, after the weak crown, until the age of fifty-six men have to serve for one year, for the county soldiers, subordinate to the Taishou. The rest of the time, if there is nothing to do, it will be called. In my opinion, this is the reason why the country is destroyed by weakness, and the Han is strong, the people are strong, the country is strong, the people are martial, and there are only tens of thousands of people in the east. ”

Some people evaluate the Qin and Han dynasties as classical militarism. Zhang Xuan felt that it was very appropriate, and even the military nationalism advocated by Cai Yi and others in later generations also had a secret agreement with the system of the Qin and Han dynasties.

Yuan Shizhong listened, thought for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, there are many civil servants, and if there is any more military service, the people will flee." ”

After all, Yuan Shizhong came from the people, and he knew the local situation very well.

No matter how well Zhang Xuan said it, it is actually to increase the burden on the people. But Yuan Shizhong knew that the people were suffering, and with Zhu Yuanzhang's system, each mile was divided into ten classes, and they were respectively served as conscripts, and they were rotated every ten years, but later, for various reasons, the yellow book did not conform to the normal situation, and coupled with the artificial upper and lower hands, it had long since become incompatible. Later, someone reformed, and Junyao's move was summed up in one sentence.

This thing can be said to be endless. If you want the people to serve for a year at once, what to eat and drink? It's all a problem.

Yuan Shizhong knew very well that if the treatment of the national soldiers in this county could be compared with that of the regular soldiers, the finances of Great Xia would definitely go bankrupt, but if the treatment of the national soldiers in this county was too low. The people could not bear it.

If you don't have an income for a year, it won't affect your life, and there are not many families like this in modern times. In ancient times, there was only one way to escape.

Zhang Xuan said: "I have already planned the matter of conscription, among Wang Anshi's changes, there is a law of exemption, and Zhang Juzheng has a whip method, and there is also a move to change the errand service to silver service. Although I am not talented, I am also willing to emulate the sages and make the world free of service. ”

Yuan Shizhong listened to Zhang Xuan's four words, "There is no service in the world". He stood up suddenly, knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty has such a benevolent heart, which is really a blessing for the people of the world. ”

After listening to Zhang Xuan's words, Yuan Shizhong became more and more convinced that his choice was correct. It is precisely because he understands the folk that he knows what Akama hates the most?

It's conscription.

To tell the truth, the regular tax in the Ming Dynasty was not too high, but the forced labor was unbearable.

All kinds of conscription, errands. Let the people be miserable, and then let the officials go up and down, once on an errand or in the service, they can make the family ruined. Thinking about it, it is also very clear that if the conscription is very easy, for many poor people, it can be passed with some effort, why pay money? A lot of people's strength is not worth much.

This is a stubborn disease that has been passed down from ancient to modern times, and it will be regarded as the end after arriving in New China.

If there is no conscription, it is a great blessing for the people, but it is also a big problem for the local government, because many things have to be employed.

However, these matters have nothing to do with the Privy Council as it is discussed today.

Zhang Xuan said: "However, there can be no rest of the military service in the world, but this military service must be there, and I did not set up this service just for the country. If the people of the world have been trained, such as the well-jumping clowns like Dongyu, why do they rise? ”

Immediately Zhang Xuan Zhang Xuan said: "In my opinion, the current commanders of the provinces are now under the jurisdiction of the generals of each province, and the generals of each province are under the dual jurisdiction of the prefect and the Privy Council. And the county lieutenants in each county are also under the control of the generals of each province. ”

"The county lieutenant should be in charge of conscription, and the Daxia male should be eighteen years old, and they must serve for one year, during which the county lieutenant must train the soldiers, teach the rules of the army, and also bear the responsibility of importing the soldiers into the army. The Privy Council was to first investigate the vacancies in the army of each town, and to agree on the number of non-commissioned officers to be conscripted in that year, and the number of retired non-commissioned officers. I once said that a soldier must have a long time to serve, and if he can't achieve it now, he will wait for the future. ”

"The list of retired soldiers is also transferred to the county lieutenants, and in the event of a rebellion, invasion by foreign enemies, etc., they can be recruited by the county lieutenants and enlisted again."

In addition, the county lieutenant also has to take on some county affairs, such as transporting grain, construction projects, clearing bandits, and so on. Of course, the annual training must be completed. ”

"These soldiers and county officials prepare rations, and have one

fixed allowance. ”

"In the hands of the generals, there should be a certain number of government soldiers. However, it should be dominated by soldiers from other provinces. There is no less than one post in the small prefecture, and no more than one battalion in the large mansion, but whenever there is an incident, the soldiers led by the generals are the mainstay, and the soldiers of each county and county are the auxiliary soldiers, which is enough to quell some small chaos. As for the general army, there should be a battalion of regular soldiers. However, the general army of a province is more of a county soldier who has jurisdiction over various prefectures and counties. ”

"When the Ming Dynasty was in its heyday, there were only one hundred and fifty-nine prefectures, and if you think about it, about 200,000, it is enough to suppress the whole country."

Zhang Xuan has high hopes for this system.

In his opinion, only a complete system can be used against the system.

The reason why the people think that the status of scholars is high is because reading can make people out. And being a soldier is risky, not to mention, there is no such possibility of defecting to the enemy.

After the new China, then in modern times, there are still some remote villages who want to be soldiers, because they regard being soldiers as a way to get out of the land.

And when Zhang Xuan designed the mechanism, he paid special attention to this, if a person has talent, he can definitely find a way to become a senior national officer after conscription.

Scholars are grouped to exclude those who are soldiers, and now they are born as soldiers and have backers. Although each county lieutenant is only the deputy of the county commander, if there is really something, it can be reported, from the county lieutenant, the general, the chief soldier, to the Privy Council. Maybe the privy envoy and the head of the cabinet will be able to discuss the level of the Jinluan Palace.

Only with a sufficient mass base and interest groups can we stand firm.

Not to mention that on the civilian side, there can be all kinds of civilian bosses, and there are also many lords in the army, the two sides are really going to make trouble, Zhang Xuan is still a little worried, the military attaché power is bigger. Even Zhang Xuan estimated that the future Great Xia Dynasty would definitely have a period of expansion, and the reason was very simple, if there was no war, there would be no benefit to the military attache group. It only takes more than 200,000 to garrison the interior, plus the border towns and the Beijing division, I am afraid that after the whole country is peaceful, six or seven hundred thousand horses will be enough.

There are not many of these pits, and with so many people watching, they will not easily give up the opportunity to expand.

Within the Great Xia system, there are such huge interest groups, even if the emperor doesn't want to fight in the future, he won't be able to fight.

Although he was a little worried, Zhang Xuan had no intention of modifying. After all, overkill. If you want to change the folk atmosphere, you have to take heavy medicine, and as for the future, it is not too late to worry about it in the future.

Anyway, the great colonial wave, in Zhang Xuan's opinion, cannot be missed, it happens to be superimposed with the internal expansion desire of the military attaché, if one goes well, among the two emperors behind him, there will inevitably be an emperor like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At that time, we will probably be able to collide with the United Kingdom.

It's just that Zhang Xuan can't see all this.