Chapter 10 Rectification
The full name of the summary of military system reform is the outline of military system reform, and the content of the reform drawn up by Li Zhi is mainly divided into three parts: establishment reform, training reform, and clothing reform.
In fact, the guard is not a barracks in the real sense, not a wartime organization, the guards live in one place, wartime operations, and the imperial court temporarily dispatches troops, but the soldiers are separated, the soldiers do not know the generals, the generals do not know the soldiers, after the first war is a mess of scattered sand, idle time farming, to ensure self-sufficiency, although it can greatly reduce the country's military expenditure, but the hidden danger is not small, and the combat effectiveness is low.
Just like the barracks here, like farms, there is no training on weekdays, and when war comes, what kind of combat effectiveness can such an army have?
Therefore, the abolition of the guard system was changed to a conscription system, recruiting men as soldiers, providing food and clothing, and exempting them from conscription, which could greatly reduce the burden of military service on the peasants, and the previous one-man soldier for generations would not have happened, and it would also be conducive to the development of production and ensure the orderly progress of agriculture, industry and commerce in the fiefdom.
At present, the conscription system seems to be the most suitable military service system for the current fiefdom situation, and the soldiers of the conscription system take the military as a profession and form a professional soldier.
As soon as Li Zhi's voice fell, all the soldiers looked at each other, you must know that in the Great Xia Dynasty, it is very difficult to change a person's household registration, even if Li Zhi is the prince, it is not that it can be changed. Now they have promised to cancel the military membership of these thousands of people, and many soldiers do not believe it.
Li Zhi saw that everyone was indifferent, obviously not believing himself, so he said: "This king is ordered to train the army, and everything has His Majesty's approval!" ”
The soldiers also felt that Li Zhi, as the prince, should not deceive himself with such a lie that could be broken with one blow, so after a moment of silence, the soldiers became in a commotion.
"O ancestors! Is this true? I'm free! ”
"Haha, we finally got rid of the military household, and we don't have to be soldiers for generations!"
Zhao Minghui, who was thinking of applying for discharge, hesitated, but he had an old mother at home, although his sister took care of him, but he was also very worried, looking at the sky late every night and missing his mother.
But if you think about it, what can you do if you don't become a soldier? If you don't have a skill, how can you make a living? Zhao Minghui, who was hesitant to retire from the army and return to his hometown first, suddenly heard that the military salary had doubled, so he was a little moved, and when he heard that it was paid on a monthly basis and that his military membership was cancelled, he stopped moving forward, no longer thinking about leaving, and stood more straight.
There are not a few people like Zhao Minghui, and some even shouted loudly: "Believe in His Royal Highness, it's not that we don't believe in His Highness, but how can His Highness guarantee that the salary can really be paid on a monthly basis?" Could it be another trick to fool us? ”
"Yes! Yes~ How can Your Highness guarantee it! The soldiers nodded one after another.
Seeing that the soldiers on the school field were gossiping and discussing, Li Zhi had a big head, and hurriedly signaled with his hand, ordering someone to carry out a few large boxes from behind the stage, put them under the high platform, and then lined them up in a row, and ordered someone to open them.
The box is full of white silver, a box can hold about 1,000 taels of silver, there are a total of nine boxes here that is 9,000 taels of silver!
These silver, all are the profits of the Foundry Bureau in the past ten days, at a cheap price to buy a large amount of iron ore from all over the country, and then pull back to the Foundry Bureau for steelmaking, Li Zhi will be the slag agent according to the ratio of several levels, respectively for different purposes, the best quality slag agent refining steel ingots are all used for forging steel knives, spears, plate armor, medium grade slag agent refining steel ingots are exported to other provinces, in order to earn good returns, and the lowest grade of slag slag refining is used for forging agricultural tools, the quality is not only better than ordinary iron ingot forged farm tools, And the price is low.
Under Li Zhi's secret instruction and hype, the steel ingots in Anxi City, Suxi Province have become famous far and wide, and major businessmen have come to order them in an endless stream.
The soldiers standing in the first few rows all saw that there were white flowers and silver in front of them, and suddenly the school field was full of sounds, and everyone was talking about it.
"At present, what is placed under the high platform of this king is nine thousand taels of silver with white flowers, and this king promises to join the army! Two taels per month, and according to the military merit in different positions, the same is also different, for example, just now Shen Jun to protect the reputation of the king, shot a lesson to the guy, the king hereby awarded the third-class military merit, reward a hundred taels of silver! ”
Li Zhi spared no expense in rewarding him with a banner so that everyone could follow suit.
And at this moment, Shen Jun, who was standing in the team, looked at Li Zhi with a resentful face, because he found that because of Li Zhi's words, many colleagues around him were staring at him with eyes like a wolf looking at a little sheep.
In a flash, he turned out to be a rich man! One hundred taels of silver, you must know that the house in the luxurious area of Anxi City is nothing more than forty or fifty taels of silver, one hundred taels of silver, and suddenly walked to the peak of life, there is wood and ~
Such a high and rich reward made many soldiers in the queue red-eyed, and they all thought that when they could make meritorious contributions, and then buy a house in the city, marry a daughter-in-law, give birth to a bunch of cubs, and not worry about the wind and rain in the second half of their lives, they were full of fantasies.
"Your Highness, if I don't leave, I will still be a soldier!"
"Ergouzi, didn't you just say that you wanted to go home and have a baby with your daughter-in-law, why didn't you leave?" Someone on the side teased.
"Fart, Lao Tzu won't go, I want to go, you go~" Ergouzi muttered.
Such situations abound in the queue under the stage, but there are still some soldiers who choose to retire from the army, walk out of the queue with their heads down, and then have a special person guide them back to the barracks to collect their luggage.
There were still more than 200 people left sporadically, but there were still more than 4,100 people left in the field.
Li Zhi was still quite satisfied, and when he saw that he had achieved his goal, he said: "But, now this soldier is not what you want to be, this king implements a recruitment system, the purpose is to screen the quality, and not any crooked melon and cracked date can enter the army!" ”
"At present, the nine thousand taels of silver will be distributed evenly in addition to the Yulu, and the remaining silver taels will be distributed equally as a gift to the king, but in the end, how much can be left depends on you, and then you can raise your hands to report the bad behavior around you, and the bullies in the army, once verified, they will be severely punished!"
As soon as Li Zhi's voice fell, the audience suddenly became quiet...
Seeing that the scene was suddenly embarrassing, Zhu Kai, who was beside Li Zhi, looked at Li Zhi with some concern.
Not everyone has the courage to report others, because there are many concerns and fear of retaliation in the future.
Li Zhi also felt that it was inappropriate to see this, for a while people in this era may not be able to accept this method, and there are many concerns, but Li Zhi is determined to eliminate the stubborn elements in the army, and the anonymous voting method is not advisable, because not everyone can write.
Therefore, he ordered people to set up four tents around the school field, and the remaining 4,000 people in the field were divided into four arrays, entering in order from left to right, and then coming out from the other side of the tent, and there would be a special person to record it.
In this way, everyone has to go in, so that even if you go in and don't report or report who, no one will know, and the concerns of the soldiers will be dispelled.
Although the efficiency of the four tents was greatly improved, it still took three hours to finish.
After spending another stick of incense time screening, Li Zhi took the list in his hand and said: "The list in the hands of this king now is listed after screening, these are all soldiers and ruffians who have bullied the army for a long time and harmed one party. Now take a good look at how they were found out by this king! ”
After speaking, Li Zhi handed over the list to Zhu Kai, and then he followed with more than a dozen good men in the army.
After a while, I saw that there were many more vacancies in the queue, and Zhu Kai took the list and searched everywhere in the queue, once confirmed, he directly ordered someone to take it down and escorted him out of the school field.
During this period, some people tried to resist, but they were all suppressed and taken by Zhu Kai and the sergeants who went with him. A few quarters of an hour later, Zhu Kai returned to the stage and replied: "Your Highness, all five hundred and sixty-three people have been discharged, and those with serious circumstances have been escorted to the official mansion." ”
Looking at the remaining more than 3,500 people off the field, Li Zhi's brows, which had been tense, finally relaxed, and said with a long sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the foundation is still there!" ”