In the period when agriculture was the mainstay, labor was very important to a family, and as long as the enemy did not attack the family, it was generally not necessary to capture all the strong laborers to serve as soldiers, because once the strong laborers captured the family, no one could go to the land to farm. If it happens that the women of this family are all small-footed women with wrapped feet, all the men will be conscripted to serve as soldiers, and the family will be ruined. Of course, in the event of an emergency, soldiers will also be recruited from the households, but they are all drawn from three to one or five to leave some labor to support a family.

As soon as Zhang Xiang'an's words came out, everyone looked disapproving, and Hong Chengchou asked: "Lord Zhang, if you let all the people of the right age join the army according to what you said, then who will farm the land?" If this is the case, I am afraid that the peasants will rise up to rebel before the enemy has hit, right? ”

Zhang Xiangan said: "Lord Hong is too worried, the intention of the lower official is not to let everyone be a soldier for a lifetime, but only to let everyone be a soldier for the country for a few years." A man who is 16 years old, only 21 years old after five years in the army, and returning home will not affect his family. As for the argument that all the men in each family should be withdrawn, it is not true, the men in a family are all successively married, or the old method of drawing one or five or two can be used, but the brothers take turns to be soldiers. ”

Hong Chengchou was right when he thought about it, except for twins and multiple births, none of the males grew up together, and it made sense to take turns to be soldiers, but he asked unwillingly: "Master Zhang said that the military household system was abolished, does it mean that a civilian household can be converted into a military household if it becomes a soldier?" If he returned home after five years of military service, would he become a private household or a merchant household? Will this mess up the account? In addition, it is generally 16 or 7 years old to marry a daughter-in-law, and when a person goes home at the age of 21, he is afraid that it will be difficult to find a daughter-in-law. ”

Zhang Xiangan scratched his head and said: "The subordinate officials didn't think so much about the household registration and marrying a daughter-in-law that Lord Hong said for a while, but this is not a big problem, it should be easy to solve, anyway, the abolition of the fixed military household system has more advantages and fewer disadvantages, and the lower officials can definitely say that it is imperative." ”

While everyone was arguing, Tan Jing came behind Tianqi and whispered: "Your Majesty, the internal guard came to report that Lord Ni Yuanlu Ni has come back and is now asking to see him outside, do you want to announce him in?" ”

Tianqi nodded and said, "Ni Yuanlu has a lot of ghost ideas, let him come in and talk about his views, and just listen to whether the matter of the Bohai Naval Region has been resolved." ”

Tan Jing nodded and went out after a while, Ni Yuanlu came in, he first bowed down to Tianqi, and then complained to Sun Chengzong and others, Tianqi ordered him to sit down and asked him: "I heard that you went to discuss with Sun Yuanhua and them about the cannon on the ship, what was the result of the discussion?" ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "Back to the emperor, the cannons on land have not been solved, and there is no way to use the cannons, our previous cannons cannons can't shoot far and powerful, and the copper cannons can only pretend to be scary when they hit a few shots, and it is not difficult to get on the ship, but it is a little difficult to win." As for the need to cover the outside of the ship with an iron plate to block the shells like a foreign ship occupying Taiwan, an accurate calculation has not yet been made, and I am afraid that the current ship will sink if it is equipped with iron plates and will not be hit by the cannons. ”

Apocalypse said angrily: "Where did you get those witty words? Tomorrow you can concentrate on calculating the cannon and the iron armor. However, we must take our time in this matter, because anyway, Taiwan is in that place, and foreigners will not be able to move away for a while, and we will eventually take it back when we are fully prepared. ”

Ni Yuanlu nodded and said: "The emperor is right, no matter how powerful a foreigner is, after all, he has a long way to go, like this time, they have won but there are losses, we have big losses but can be replenished in time, their losses are small, it is not easy to replenish, and the final victory will definitely belong to us." However, the emperor asked his ministers to start doing this tomorrow, so can they go to the two estuaries or not? ”

Tianqi said: "There is no need to go, it turns out that you were asked to go to Lianghekou to hold on because the troops are not enough, and you need to bring people to deter the Mongols with grenades." Now that everyone has a new consideration, the problem of insufficient troops no longer exists, and of course you must use it where it should be used. After finishing speaking, he told Ni Yuanlu about the discussion process that everyone started, and asked him if he had any good suggestions.

Ni Yuanlu thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Zhang Xiang'an's suggestion is very good, young people are flexible and quick to react faster than middle-aged and elderly people, and the general levy system is the most appropriate system now." It is difficult to say much about the issue of household registration conversion, but it is not possible to say that it is impossible to delay marrying a daughter-in-law, and it may be more beneficial to the country to marry a daughter-in-law at the age of 21 than to marry a daughter-in-law at the age of 16. ”

Hong Chengchou saw Ni Yuanlu helping Zhang Xiangan speak, and asked unhappily: "Lord Ni, eat the Tao, 'Plant rice seedlings early and threshing early, and give birth to a son early and enjoy happiness early.'" 'What do you mean when you say that marrying a wife at the age of twenty-one is better for the country than at the age of sixteen?' ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "Lord Hong doesn't know, Xia Guan happened to hear someone say this in the medical school, saying that many women in the people died because of dystocia, and giving birth to children at a young age is the main reason for dystocia. Think about it, is it true that a man who marries a wife older is also older? Isn't it good for the country that women die of dystocia when they are older, and more babies will be born in the future? ”

Hong Chengchou couldn't help but be a little speechless when he heard Ni Yuanlu say this, and Tianqi smiled at this time: "You said that the daughter-in-law who marries a man when he is old is also old, won't a woman marry someone else when she gets married?" After five years as a soldier, will you not be able to marry a daughter-in-law? ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "Your Majesty, this is not a problem, as long as you find a way to keep your daughter-in-law for them." However, this matter is inseparable from the emperor's help, as long as the emperor wills, those who have served in the military can marry a daughter-in-law when they come back. ”

Apocalypse hesitated, "What do you mean by that?" Do you want to make a decree to postpone the age of marriage? ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "The minister heard that the emperor is going to summon palace maids in the palace, allowing them to learn all kinds of crafts and agreeing to release a group of palace maids of age out of the palace and returning to their hometowns every year, and female officials have been set up in various prefectures and counties to specially organize women to learn needlework, weaving, embroidery, female doctors and other things together. Does the minister mean that these palace maids who leave the palace every year can become female priests in various counties? Let them gather all the women between the ages of thirteen and eighteen to read and read together, learn all kinds of skills and crafts, and come out again at eighteen to say that they may not be able to marry a good family because of the high conditions. ”

Apocalypse nodded and said, "According to your wishes, give priority to marrying a retired soldier, so that the problem will be solved, right?" ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "That's what I said, but I can't say that the trained women must marry the soldiers, and they come according to their choice." ”

After listening to Ni Yuanlu's words, everyone feels that there is a certain amount of truth, since ancient times, women have generally married at the age of sixteen or seventeen, and those who married at the age of thirteen or fourteen as early as Li Bai's "Long Trunk Xing" have 'fourteen are gentlemen, and they are ashamed. 's narrative. As long as a woman is not married by the age of 20, the county magistrate will send someone to her house to ask her parents if they are planning to raise a daughter, and the old woman will have to pay taxes like a man, so the woman will marry early. If a soldier retires and goes home in his twenties, all the women who are of the right age are married, and the rest of the ages are too far behind, and if all the women are trained to remarry until eighteen, the soldier can just catch up.

Just when everyone was carefully pondering Ni Yuanlu's words, Zhang Weiying said: "Your Majesty, at the beginning, Xiaoer Xiang'an said that the abolition of military household general conscription and let everyone serve in the military, the minister has some views on this, and the minister thinks that the idea of abolishing military households is too extreme, and it should be said that military households and civilian households can be conditionally converted. After five years of service, a soldier can choose to continue to serve as a soldier or choose to retire, and those who voluntarily continue to serve as a soldier can convert their household registration into a permanent military household as long as the army recognizes their ability, and those who choose to retire can return to their original household registration, so that there will be no trouble. ”

Zhang Weiying's words suddenly looked like he was against Zhang Xiangan, but after thinking about it carefully, he was actually helping Zhang Xiangan make up for his inconsiderate thinking, and everyone couldn't help but sigh that this "fights tiger brothers, and goes into battle as father and son soldiers." That's true.

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "The British public is reasonable, no matter what kind of household it is, when you are in the military, you can turn into a temporary military household, enjoy all the benefits of a military household, and those who retire after five years will automatically return to their original household registration, so as to save a lot of trouble." However, from time to time, the change of household registration is the stability of people's hearts, and the British public and your lords should think more about how to calm people's hearts. ”

Zhang Weiying asked with some surprise: "What does the emperor mean by calming people's hearts?" Please let the emperor make it clear. ”

Apocalypse said: "If a person knows less, he will be content with the status quo, but if he learns something and sees some of the world, and then asks him to return to the original environment, he will definitely not be satisfied with the status quo again, and this will become an unstable factor." If you think about it, a farmer who has been farming since he was a child and can't read a word, must obey or obey the orders of officials, as long as he continues to live, such a person is very easy to manage and is not easy to go wrong. But as long as this person has learned a lot of knowledge and understood a lot of truths in the army, plus he has a lot of skills and even the experience and courage to kill people, will he still be obedient and admitted? ”

The words of the apocalypse made everyone fall into thinking, this obedient and easy management but no ability, finally after a lot of hard work to cultivate the ability, he will not be subject to discipline, this is indeed a dilemma.

Zhang Weiying thought for a while and nodded: "The emperor is extremely worried, but since he wants to use people, he must be capable, and it is impossible to erase his ability and memory to facilitate management without him, and the minister thinks that only by continuing to use his ability can he not become an unstable factor." ”

Apocalypse asked, "How is the British Duke going to continue to use the retired people in the future?" First of all, it is absolutely impossible to delay it, and I can't find a good way, I am willing to wait and then talk about it, so as not to burn myself. If the capable people are not reused, the ability of these people will be made into dry firewood, which is very dangerous. ”