- Qiong Lou

"Did you hear that? This Fang La in the south of the Yangtze River was surrounded in Hangzhou. ”

"It's not, what are the four big cowards who have just started to make a fuss, you call the king a widow, but as soon as the officials and soldiers of the court arrive, they are not in ashes!"

"Speaking of which, it's good to make a fuss, you see, isn't Huashi just that."

"Be quiet, be careful that the wall has ears."

"What are you afraid of! Isn't it fair for us to wait for us, can't we talk about state affairs here? ”

There is a famous joke in the later "Teahouse", which says that due to social turmoil, the political situation "detected" folk speech, which led to the "Yutai" teahouse needing to post a reminder note in the store "Don't talk about state affairs".

Although most of the time in Chinese history, due to the incident of stopping the slander of King Zhou Li as a reference, it is not forbidden for the common people to talk about state affairs, but it does not mean that everything can be said. However, on the whole, the Chinese civilization is supportive of the common people's discussion of state affairs, believing that if they listen to each other, they will be clear, and those who listen will be dark.

But this is talking about the people, but the officials can no longer talk about state affairs at will, but can only put forward different proposals in the form of a book. This is also the case in later generations, no matter how the people discuss politics, as long as they don't spread rumors or incite, it doesn't matter, and officials have opinions on policies, they can only say it at the meeting, and they shouldn't say it down.

In a room in Qionglou, a young man like jade is holding pea yellow in one hand to send to his mouth, jade teeth bite, while turning a book with green onion white like delicate fingers, this pea yellow is a special snack made by Qionglou, the peas are boiled, stir-fried with osmanthus water and good sugar, and finally add honey, the taste is delicate, the taste is sweet, refreshing and refreshing, and it is very popular with girls.

"Third sister, I'm bored to death, what are you doing?" With a soft whisper, a young man wearing a white robe and wearing his hair walked in, and the young man Ruyu glanced at the young man with his hair, and said helplessly, "Fourth sister, why are you wearing your hair again, if you are seen by outsiders, it will be passed to the Imperial City Division, and you will be arrested, don't blame me." ”

These two are Emperor Ande's Ji Zhao Jinluo and Emperor Maode's Ji Zhao Fujin, who escaped from the palace.

Zhao Fujin sat on Zhao Jinluo's bed, his legs swinging around, and said, "I'm almost tired of this Qionglou, and I can't go to those crowded places, why don't we leave Kaifeng and go to other places to see." ”

Zhao Jinluo put down the book, turned around and said, "We are also lucky, first we got the lottery ticket for a month of food and accommodation, and then found the letter of the shopkeeper Yue, and gave us a reconciliation work to do without showing up, so that we can eat and drink well in this Qionglou, if we want to go somewhere else, where will the money come from?" ”

Zhao Fujin smiled, took out a money bag from his arms and said, "I just heard from the guy in Qionglou that Tianxiang Academy is recruiting Mr. again recently, why don't we apply?" Our savings during this period are enough to cover the cost of travel. ”

"Tianxiang Academy?" Zhao Jinluo frowned and said, "Gentlemen have said that this Tianxiang Academy is a Confucian rebellion, and it does not pass on Confucius and Mencius, but is a legendary skill, which is not the right way." ”

In later generations, the word lewd is often related to eroticism, but in fact, his original meaning is excessive, addictive, addictive meaning, this word first came out of the "Shangshu" in the Zhou Wu King denunciated a crime of the king of Shang, "the suburbs do not cultivate, the temple does not enjoy, and the tricks and tricks are used to please women." Therefore, since Confucianism came to power, the four words of strange skills and ingenuity were avoided, and the development of ancient Chinese science and technology was also affected by this concept, and the Qing Dynasty began to lag behind the West in an all-round way.

As for why something that is obviously an adjective has become a noun that can be bought and sold, it can only be said that the Chinese language is broad and profound.

Zhao Fujin heard Zhao Jinluo say this, and took out a pamphlet and said, "You can take a look first, we are not going to their engineering college or agricultural college, we can go to their literature college." ”

Zhao Jinluo took a look, it said Tianxiang College Admissions Handbook, opened it and flipped through it, which also introduced the situation of Tianxiang College and the treatment of teachers and students.

"Tianxiang College is divided into six colleges: the College of Arts, the School of Law, the College of Agriculture, the College of Engineering, and the School of Business, and there are three primary schools: the Maritime College, the School of Medicine, and the College of Science." Zhao Jinluo shook his head and said, "This is fine. ”

As he spoke, Zhao Jinluo continued to read, "The Faculty of Letters, teaching the Four Books and the Five Classics, can be a staff member, and can be a Xixi.

The law school, which teaches Song law and official law, can be a small official, or a western seat.

The College of Agriculture teaches farmer skills, can be a farmer, can be a small official.

The College of Engineering teaches the skills of 100 craftsmen and can be a craftsman.

Business School, professor account book Jia Gu, can be the account room, can be the shopkeeper, can be the audit.

Maritime College, professor of maritime sailing, can be the captain of the ship, can be the crew.

Medical school, professor of medicine, can be a physician. Students who have graduated from the above colleges can be helped by the college to find employment. ”

After reading it, Zhao Jinluo couldn't help but wonder, "This Tianxiang Academy is so strange, Shinong Industry and Commerce teach everything, I remember that Yan Shenggong also made a fuss about it, but I forgot why it didn't happen later." ”

"Go? Go? This Tianxiang Academy has opened a lot, recruiting all the children of ordinary people, and there is a craft to live when they come out, so it is very popular, you see, Yunzhou, Jeju, Qingzhou, and Daimyofu are all available. Zhao Fujin said.

"So where do you want to go? We came out just to let my father get rid of your marriage, don't you really want to go back? After all, Zhao Jinluo is older and understands the world better, and she even vaguely feels that now that the two of them can hide in Qionglou, there are actually people who hope that they will not appear, and once they leave Bianjing, I am afraid that they will soon be sent back to the palace.

"Go back... It's not like I'm going to get married when I go back. Zhao Fujin puffed and lay on the bed, holding the quilt, and said with a slight pout, "How many emperors have been happy since ancient times?" I don't want to go back. ”

Zhao Jinluo thought about it and looked at "The Legend of the West Chamber" on the table, which was a new script from Qionglou, and the love story in it made him crazy from time to time. But when I think of my identity, I can't help but feel sad.

For many people, it is a dream to be born in the emperor's family, but only those who are really born in the emperor's family know how helpless it is. Ming Wuzong fell into the water and died, fate? Even the emperor can't protect himself, let alone the prince and the princess.

"Well, do you have any places you want to go?"

Zhao Fujin got up, his eyes lit up and said, "Yunzhou! It is close to Liangshan, and the Marquis of Pingyin in Liangshan has always been at odds with his father, and if we hide in him, my father will definitely not find us. ”

"This...."Zhao Jinluo thought about it, she also knew a lot of things that she didn't know in the palace when she was in Qionglou.

For example, their father Zhao Ji is not a Mingjun.

For example, not all the flowers and stones paid tribute from Jiangnan will go to Zhao Ji.

For example, most of the soldiers and horses in the world are rotten and unusable.

For example, Pingyin Hou in Liangshan already has the reality of a feudal town.

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"What?" Zhao... Mr. Zhao, are you going to Yunzhou? Yue He swallowed his saliva and looked at Zhao Jinluo and the others in front of him.

"Yes, I don't know if Shopkeeper Yue can help us get out of the city... We have enemies in the city, and maybe they're still looking for us. Zhao Jinluo rolled his eyes and said.

"This..."Yue has been managing Qiong Lou for several years, and has helped Jiang De deal with a lot of things, so he naturally knows that the two people in front of him are actually the two emperors who have been looking for the world outside. Otherwise, where would Zhao Fujin be so good at picking up Yue He's letter.

"Please wait for two days, and I'll arrange it." Yue He arched his hand and said with a delay.

Zhao Jinluo and the others returned to their house after thanking them, fantasizing about life in Yunzhou, and Yue He here hurriedly found Yan Qing and said Zhao Jinluo's appeal.

Yan Qing frowned and said, "Master Hou didn't say what to do with these two emperors, but Yunzhou is our place, and there is no difference between sending it there and putting it here, but it is safer, I think it is feasible." ”

Yue He nodded and said, "Master Hou said that the affairs of Bianliang will be done according to your decision, then I will arrange for carriages and horses to send them away." ”

Yan Qing shook her head and said, "I'm still looking for them outside, the cars and horses are too dangerous, so let's use the boat." ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it."

- Liang Shan

"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill !!"

On the training ground, a team of sergeants were training in a neat military formation, and Jiang De and Chao Gai were walking together and talking.

"The injured brothers have been resettled, and the pension has also been paid, and according to your instructions, it will be directly distributed to their families." Chao Gai sighed, "I have been to many brothers' homes, and although they are very sad, they have no complaints. ”

"As I said, you should still call me the owner of the village as before." Jiang De shook his hand and said, "In the past, Liu Bang had three heroes, and the first credit was not Han Xin, who attacked the city, nor Zhang Liang, who was full of wisdom, but Xiao He, who guarded his home for him in the rear. ”

Chao Gai lowered his head and was silent for a while, and then said: "Etiquette cannot be abolished, not to mention that under the rule of Hou Ye, not only Liangshan, but also Hou Ye is called the owner of the village, but Hou Ye is small." ”

Jiang De was stunned for a moment, understood something, and said with a smile, "Okay, then I'll call my brother the king of heaven, this time we have to cultivate for two years, and after that, we still need the king to come out of the mountain, and our brothers will lay this great river and mountain together!" ”

Chao Gai looked at Jiang De in surprise, and also laughed, "Okay, let's go to fight the world together!" ”

"Hou Ye, Hou Ye!" Dai Zong hurriedly ran over, arched his hand to Jiang De and Chao Gai, and said, "Master Hou, Chao Tianwang, Bianliang has news, and you gentlemen are waiting in the Juyi Hall." ”

"Let's go!" Jiang De said immediately.

- Juyi Hall

In the Juyi Hall, Jiang De and Chao Gai sat down in turn, Zhu Wu, Gongsun Sheng, Zuo Mou, Xiao Rang, Chen Yang, He Li, Pan Lianggui and other military ministers sat on the left side, and Niu Gao, Qin Ming, Dong Ping, Luan Tingyu and other military generals sat on the right side.

Dai Zong stood in the middle, handed over two letters, and said, "Master Hou, this is a letter from Brother Xiaoyi, this is for the public, this is for the private, and several military advisors of the public have already read it." ”

Jiang De beckoned him to hand it over, opened the first envelope and looked at it, then handed it to Chao Gai, and then said with a smile, "Okay, it seems that our ten thousand taels of silver and antiques are not in vain, and the court really did not pursue our unauthorized withdrawal, but there are still one thousand taels of silver in the account, and our prince Wang Xianggong also helped us get a nine-fold discount." ”

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and Dai Zong said again, "The news from Jiangnan, Fang La did a fight with Gao Yu and Tong Guan in Hangzhou, and fought for six days and six nights, Fang La's subordinate Zheng Biao was beheaded, Shi Bao was seriously injured, Fang La personally led the army to retreat to Qingxi, Wuzhou and other places, leaving Qiu Rixin and other 20,000 people all killed, and no one surrendered.

However, Gao Yu and the others did not get much benefit, even with the bravery of the Western Army, there were more than 30,000 casualties in this battle, and the pursuit was temporarily stopped. I think Fang La can support it for a few months. ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "Brother Xiao Yi also said in the letter that the official family has once again put the matter of Yanyun on the agenda, and if you want to come to the south, you will definitely start a war with the Liao State." ”

"War with the Khitan? Could it be that there is any news from the Kingdom of Jin? Gongsun Sheng asked.

Jiang Dedao "Yesterday from Master Lu from the news, A Guda has been repaired for a long time, has completely established the Meng'an Mouke system, its general trend has been achieved, according to Master Lu's description, the Jin State divided about 1,000 households for Meng'an, about 100 households for Mouke, Mouke is equivalent to a centurion, Meng'an is equivalent to a thousand-year-on-the-thousand. Wanhu Mansion under the jurisdiction of Zhu Meng'an, Meng'an under the jurisdiction of Mouke, there are fifty, ten, Wu and other organizations under Mouke, the people usually farm and graze, wartime bring their own ordnance, grain and grass, the army is divided into the main and deputy, and the former Tang Dynasty soldiers are very similar.

A Guta can now launch an army of more than 200,000 to attack the Liao State, and recently there is a Liao capital commander Yelu Yu Jian was framed by Xiao Fengxian to set up a new emperor, surrendered to the Agu Da, A Gu Da learned all the virtual reality of the Liao State, think about it as soon as this autumn and winter, slow next year, the first month of next year, the Jin Liao War will start.

According to my estimate, there are factions within the Liao State, and the fighting spirit of the soldiers has been dispersed, and it is difficult to resist, I am afraid that it will only take a year to annex most of the Liao State, and by that time, Fang La should have also perished, and the Western Army will inevitably be transferred to Yanyun to fight. ”

Chen Yang shook his head and said, "Hou Yezhi said, the old man doesn't agree with it, let's not say that Liao is a big country, although Jin is new and sharp, but the foundation is unstable, I am afraid that the war between Jin and Liao will be stalemate for several years."

As for the official family, I think that Hebei, Huaixi, and Jiangnan are all places in the world, and now they have all been eroded, and the imperial court should have no money to spare, so I am afraid that it will not start a war with the Liao State so soon. ”

Zhu Wu also nodded and said, "Not only that, the strong armies of the imperial court are all in the Western Army, this time the Western Army has fought two battles against Tianhu and Fang La, the sergeants are tired, and the armor has not been repaired, how can they still fight with the Khitan?"

From the point of view of military affairs, it will take at least two or three years to repair before the war can begin. ”

Everyone nodded one after another, as long as they have a clear mind, they should understand that the Western Army fought from the northwest to Hebei, and then from Hebei to Jiangnan, and they also wanted them to fight from Jiangnan to Yanyun, so these northwest men were really beaten with iron.

Jiang De looked at everyone and asked, "What else do the others think?" ”

Cui Yizhi stood up and said, "Just now, Director Chen and Zhu Junshi considered it from the perspective of economy and military affairs respectively, but the students started from Zhao Ji's heart and thought that it was necessary to attack Yanyun urgently. ”

"Say!" Jiang De encouraged.

Cui Yizhi nodded and said, "In the past, Emperor Renzong was praised and said: I can't do anything, I will only be an official, but today's official Zhao Ji is just the opposite, calligraphy and painting are unique, music and art are unique, and all of them are fine, it can be said that everything can be done, but I just can't be an official."

Back then, Cai Jingzan was Fengheng Yuda today, and Zhao Ji also claimed to be a Ming Jun, but the result was that the world was full of green forests, and corrupt officials were rampant.

If Zhao Ji wants to get rid of his notoriety, he must take down Yan Yun and make himself the master of Zhongxing.

If it turned out, I'm afraid it's not in a hurry, after all, the world is still stable, but now that Sikou is in trouble, although most of them are calm, I'm afraid that his heart is already anxious, and he can't wait to restore Yanyun immediately and sacrifice Mount Tai.

Besides, several ministers of the dynasty, the king and the prince are in charge of the country, and the thieves are everywhere, and their hearts are not panicked? Only by starting a war with the Liao State can the others in the court not dare to remove him, after all, in wartime, once defeated, who will be responsible?

There is also that Tong Guan, who led the division of ten thousand armies with the body of a eunuch, and fought in the west and south, with outstanding military achievements, which is rare to see in a thousand years, but he is a eunuch after all, he wants to win the name behind him, and his only hope is to win Yanyun and be crowned a king.

Therefore, Zhao Ji wants to fight, Wang Xianggong wants to fight, and Tong Guan wants to fight, how can he not fight? ”

Cui Yizhi's words made everyone nod, this is like a student who is studying, if his grades are okay, he will not be in a hurry, but if he suddenly takes the test one day, he will be in a hurry, and he can't wait to take another test soon, and he will be ashamed to become famous.

Gongsun Sheng touched his beard and said, "In such a quick battle, I'm afraid there will be more defeats and fewer victories." ”

Zhu Wu also said, "If Yanyun is defeated, how can the country of tigers and wolves of the Jin Kingdom not peep into my Middle Earth?" ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "This is also the reason why I have always said that Jin Guo may become our biggest enemy in the future."

If the Western Army is defeated by Yan Yun, Tong Guan and the others will beg Yan Yun for their own officials, then the Jin State has just swallowed the Liao State, how can they not agree?

But when the Jin State digests the Liao State and looks back on the Central Plains, will Tong Guan be able to stop the Jurchen Iron Horse? ”

Jiang De's words made everyone worried. When the time comes, where should Liangshan go?

Jiang De saw that everyone was thinking, waited for a while, and then stood up and said, "I am the foundation of Liangshan Mountain, which is to do the right thing for heaven!" If the Jin Kingdom really dares to invade the Han land, I, Liangshan, will naturally stand up and clean up the Hunu! I also tell the world how many heroes I have in China! ”

"Good!" The crowd shouted in unison.

Jiang De said again, "In the two years from now, we will go all out to prepare for war, accumulate food and grass, build ordnance, and train sergeants. ”

Pan Lianggui's face immediately looked a little unsightly, Zhu Wu had just brought him a large amount of money and food from Hangzhou, which made him breathe a long sigh, and it looked like he had to vomit again.

Pan Lianggui stood up and asked, "I don't know what Hou Ye's expectations are for future military strength?" ”

Jiang De thought for a while and said, "When the Jin State invades, its soldiers and horses will be at least 200,000, and our army will have to compete with it, and there are also Goryeo, Wa, and Shandong that need to be guarded, and the sailors need to be strengthened, Zhu Wu, do you think how many soldiers are needed to hold Shandong and Henan when the imperial court is defeated in Yanyun and Hebei?" ”

After thinking about it, Zhu Wu said, "The Wa Kingdom is deep overseas, and there are no foreign enemies, only 10,000 soldiers and 50,000 auxiliaries are needed to guard all places.

Goryeo is located behind the Jin State, and once our army and the Jin State go to war, we must be prepared for the Jin State to send troops to attack Goryeo, so at least 30,000 soldiers and 50,000 auxiliaries are required to defend the Jin State.

Although there are mountains in Shandong and Hebei, most of them are plains, and there is no danger to defend, if you want to fight with 200,000 gold soldiers, even if you want to wait for work, you need 100,000 soldiers, 100,000 auxiliary soldiers, and 20,000 cavalry among the soldiers.

In addition, the guards of Liangshan and other places need at least 10,000 soldiers and 30,000 auxiliary soldiers.

On the way to Hangzhou for the landing operation, it happened to re-determine the warships of the naval division with the Wu family, and it is planned to divide the battleships into five types: first-class main battleships, second-class main battleships, third-class main battleships, first-class frigates, and second-class frigates, of which the first-class main battleships should be more than 4,000 materials, the second-class main battleships should be more than 3,000 materials, the second-class main battleships should be more than 2,000 materials, and the second-class main battleships should be more than 2,000 materials, and the more than 1,000 materials below 2,000 materials are first-class frigates. The smallest one is a second-class frigate. As he spoke, Zhu Wu glanced at Pan Lianggui, and finally said, "However, our army has almost no opponents at sea, and this warship can be built slowly, but the ships of the transport fleet must be increased, at least one hundred large ships of more than two thousand materials must be added." ”

Jiang De waited for Zhu Wu to finish speaking, and then looked at Pan Lianggui, Pan Lianggui's face was already black and terrifying.

Pan Lianggui snorted and said to Jiang De, "Master Hou, according to Zhu Junshi's prediction just now. Our army needs 150,000 soldiers, 230,000 auxiliaries, and more than 400,000 soldiers and horses in our army. ”

Jiang De looked at Zhu Wu again, and Zhu Wu arched his hand and said, "Since the last reorganization of our army, there have been 140,000 soldiers and horses, plus Wang Qing's surrender army, about 150,000, and the other is that the Japanese State has trained 100,000 people, that is, 250,000, so we need to expand the army by 150,000 again."

Xiaosheng suggested strengthening the training and equipment of the first, fourth, fifth, and sixth four guard divisions, so that they could be strengthened into field divisions, so that the Goryeo soldiers would be solved, and only 50,000 auxiliary troops needed to be trained to complete the defense mission of Goryeo, and 10,000 soldiers could also be transferred back to Middle-earth to fight.

As for the 100,000 horses of the Japanese Kingdom, 40,000 soldiers and horses can be selected to enter the Middle Earth as an auxiliary army.

In this way, our army still needs to expand its army by 100,000 in Middle-earth, and these 100,000 people cannot be recruited as before, otherwise there will be changes in the imperial court. ”

Since the Battle of Sanjiangkou, the Wa State looked at China as if it was a country of immortals, even in the Song Dynasty, the people of the Wa Kingdom were also envious of the Song State, this mind was a bit like the Chinese of the later eighties and nineties to look at the United States, if there was an opportunity to join the American nationality, few people could say no.

It's just that after all, China has stood on the top of the world for thousands of years, and most of the Chinese have a breath in their hearts, feeling that if they can't return to the first place in the world, they will feel ashamed to see their ancestors after death, anyway, one of Jiang De's uncles has always said when he was a child, China is not prosperous, and there is no shame to see sixty-three generations of ancestors after death (cough cough, the author's genealogy really has sixty-three generations, manual dog head. ）

In addition, Zhu Wu is right, recruit 100,000 people from Shandong and other places, this big movement of Bianliang can't even think about it, when the time comes, Zhao Ji will fight Yan Yun and have to destroy Liang Shan first, otherwise Bianliang will do its best to Yan Yun, Liang Shan is on the side, how can you rest assured, this point Tang Hou Lord has the most right to speak.

"One hundred thousand..."Jiang De touched his chin, this is not easy.

Chao Gai said at this time, "Master Hou, I suddenly thought of the imperial court's armor protection law, can we wait for Li Dai Taozhuang?" ”

Jiang De's eyes lit up, and he nodded, "Now the five prefectures of Yun, Ji, Yan, Qing, and Zi are all in the hands of our army, whether they are official or rural, if you use the method of protecting armor, secretly control the local army, and train 50,000 soldiers, it is not difficult."

The world's trade route guards should be able to hide another 20,000 soldiers, and then recruit 10,000 troops on Withered Leaf Island, and 20,000 troops in Huaixi, which should be enough. ”

Zhu Wu also smiled and said, "Master Hou, in fact, there is still a place of soldiers and horses that can be used by us." ”

Jiang De asked, "Where?" ”

Zhu Wu pointed to the north and said, "Haven't you forgotten the Daimyo's Mansion?" ”

Jiang De was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but nodded.

This Daimyo Mansion and Yunzhou are only separated by a Yellow River, and if the Jin Kingdom goes south, whether this Daimyo Mansion can hold it will become a key point.

The prefect of the Daimyo Mansion at this time is still Liang Shijie, but Cai Jing has already resigned as prime minister, and it won't be long before Liang Shijie's position is about to be unstable.

Jiang De recalled carefully, and suddenly remembered that in the original history, Zhao Gou opened the Generalissimo's Mansion in the Daimyo Mansion, but this Zhao Gou could obviously cut off the retreat of the Jin soldiers with the soldiers and horses of the Daimyo Mansion at that time, but he ran to Shandong in a puff of smoke, which was the beginning of Zhao Gou's escape career.

"There are good soldiers and good generals in the Daimyo's Mansion, but it's a pity that we don't take it." Jiang De smiled and said, "This matter will be discussed later, my manager, now that the manpower is available, you have money?" ”

Pan Lianggui thought for a while and said, "If you want to raise 400,000 soldiers and horses, the current recruitment system of 50 per capita military salary must be changed. ”

At this time, the soldiers and horses of Liangshan are recruited, from the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there are two kinds of sergeants in the Central Plains, one is recruitment, the earliest recruitment is the Wei State, invented by Wu Qi, the quality of the recruited sergeants is very high, and concentrate on training, so the combat effectiveness is very high, in the past, Wu Qi led 50,000 Wei soldiers to fight in the south and the north, and created a great feat of "72 battles, 64 victories, and the rest are evenly resolved (regardless of victory or defeat)". even broke 500,000 Qin troops with one as ten, which frightened the world.

And there is another is the conscription system, peacetime for agriculture, wartime for soldiers, Qin, Han and Tang are conscription system, conscription can reduce the cost of the army, and can quickly replenish the lost army, very suitable for a large corps country like China.

At this time, the Song Dynasty was a conscription system, whether it was the forbidden army or the box army was recruited, and the sergeants did not have their own land like the Qin, Han or Tang dynasties, which led to the fact that once there was corruption in the army, the combat effectiveness of the sergeants would decline rapidly, because as long as these sergeants deducted their salaries, they did not even have the most basic income, and could only go to work to make money, which is why Gao Yu, the nominal supreme commander of the forbidden army, was actually the largest contractor.

The high cost of recruiting soldiers also greatly dragged down the economy of the Song Dynasty government, and the military expenditure of the later generations of countries such as Eagle Sauce and Rabbit rarely accounted for more than 10 percent of the fiscal revenue in peacetime, and more than 20 percent of the military expenditure was due to major national defense dangers or economic problems, while the military expenditure of the Song Dynasty accounted for nearly eighty percent of the fiscal revenue.

At this time, this problem also appeared in Liangshan, and the huge military expenditure made Liangshan a little breathless, and the military system was indeed about to be changed.

Jiang De thought about the future generations, the later generations of China is a combination of conscription and conscription, citizens who have reached the age of 18 legally belong to the scope of conscription, have the obligation to serve in the military, and can retire after two years of military service, this is compulsory soldiers, if the army needs and they have the will, they can be turned into non-commissioned officers to continue to stay in the army, this is volunteers.

Later generations of China used this method, on the one hand, to reduce the cost of the army to the greatest extent, and on the other hand, to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army.

Jiang De thought for a while and said, "I have thought of a way, you listen to it first, and you will discuss it after the meeting."

The Song Dynasty had three drawbacks, redundant soldiers, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses, which is why the Song Dynasty was rich, far from the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the national situation was much inferior, among which the reason for redundant expenses was redundant personnel and redundant soldiers.

Speaking of this redundancy, I don't think it's too many officials, but I think there are too few grassroots officials, the royal power does not go to the countryside, the position is unreasonable, and the income is not reasonable. ”

This is the first time that Jiang De told everyone his thoughts about the future official system in his heart, and everyone couldn't help but think about it, the only good thing is that most of Jiang De's team at this time are martial artists or scholars who have not been soaked in officialdom, and they are not corrupted, and there is no objection to the restructuring that Jiang De came up with.

Jiang De continued, "Let's talk about redundant soldiers, speaking of which, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the government soldiers have been corrupted, and the generals and commanders of the world have recruited soldiers as battalions, and the recruited sergeants are full-time combatants, and the general combat effectiveness is good, which is one of the reasons why Song Taizu continued to use recruitment."

In addition, in addition to the forbidden army, the appearance of the Xiang army was on the one hand to deal with low-intensity battles, and on the other hand, it recruited landless people to maintain stability.

But as a result, the Song army increased from 120,000 forbidden troops during the Taizu period to one million now, and military spending rose sharply, but its combat effectiveness plummeted.

General Manager Pan is right just now, we can't afford the cost of more than 100,000 people, and the military cost of 400,000 troops, hehe, I'm afraid we will sell this Liangshan in the end. ”

Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Jiang De continued, "I want the combat effectiveness of the army, and I want the cost of the army to fall, I think about it, and the only way I can think of is the officer recruitment system, the sergeant recruitment system. ”

"What do you mean by what Master Hou said?" Zhu Wu asked puzzled.

Jiang Dedao: "The purpose of conscription is to minimize the cost of maintaining the army, and at the same time increase the number of potentially usable soldiers, which is important for a large country.

Recruitment is to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, and those who fight full-time are definitely stronger than those who usually farm.

Therefore, I plan to divide the sergeants into two categories in the future, one for conscription and the other for conscription.

All recruits should be conscripted, and all those who have reached the age of eighteen and are able-bodied under the rule of Liangshan should be obliged to perform military service.

The so-called conscription, the duration of military service is three years, during these three years, the military salary should be low, such as a consistent month, in addition, if the person has served in the service, one day of military service can be deducted every two days.

This kind of sergeant can be called a compulsory soldier, and the compulsory soldier position is divided into three classes, those who have just enlisted in the army are privates, those who have been in the army for one year are second-class soldiers, and those who have been in the army for two years without mistakes can be first-class soldiers.

Sergeant can choose to retire after three years of service, or choose to continue to serve, if he voluntarily continues to serve and the army needs, he will change from conscription to conscription, and he will be a volunteer army, and the military ranks are sergeant, sergeant, sergeant, and sergeant major, and all officers below the rank of Du Bai are in these four grades.

The military position further up is not determined for the time being, after all, we do not have a great righteousness in our body now, and it is not appropriate to self-appoint a general.

In this way, we have to spend money to support the main officers, not soldiers, all sergeants below the commander should be compulsory soldiers, in this way, we have about eighty percent of the soldiers' monthly expenses can be controlled within two times, and the cost of a year is within twenty-five times, after all, the sergeants still have to eat and eat, so that our military spending can be reduced at the same time, to maintain our combat effectiveness, of course, if it is Goryeo and the Japanese, the military salary should be reduced, such as nine or eight discounts, but in wartime, Sergeant earnings can increase. ”

Everyone couldn't help but discuss.

Pan Lianggui was the first to say: "The method that Hou Ye just proposed is very ingenious, Goryeo and Wadi have already been mastered by our army, and this method can be tried on a trial basis, so that the annual military expenditure of the 180,000 horses planned to be trained in the two places can be reduced from the original six or seven million to three or four million."

In our Middle-earth army, the annual military expenditure of the 100,000 horses trained by the new plan can be controlled at 3 million.

But the hundreds of thousands of sergeants that already exist may not simply make them compulsory soldiers. ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "Of course, these hundreds of thousands of sergeants are our veterans, and their combat effectiveness is good, most of them are in the field. ”

"No!"

Jiang De smiled and said, "Okay, is this problem of military spending solved?" ”

"There is also equipment, our army's existing ordnance workshops cannot produce equipment for 200,000 people in a year, otherwise the sergeants will not even have the ordnance to train." Pan Lianggui raised another practical question.

Jiang De thought for a while and said, "Decree Goryeo and Wa to use gunpowder to open mines and smelt iron, as for manpower..."

Jiang De looked at Wu Di, who was sitting on the side, and asked, "Steward Wu, how is Nanyang investigating now?" ”

Wu Di replied, "Back to the Hou Ye, there are many countries in the South Seas, there are Champa, Li Yue, Angkor, the Queen State, the Three Buddhas and other countries, among which Angkor is the most powerful, this Angkor has been established since the Tang Dynasty, and it has been three hundred and autumn seasons so far, and the lord of the country at this time is called Suyavarman II, with three or four million people and two hundred thousand soldiers.

In addition, there is the Ryukyu that the Hou Ye advised, this Ryukyu since the opening of Sun Quan of Eastern Wu, there has been no development, there are many savages in the local area, and there are also some Han people who fled from China to settle in Penghu and other places, but the number is not much, I am afraid that there are less than 10,000 households. ”

Wu Di said that the Ryukyus is Taiwan, although Taiwan was discovered during the Soochow period, but it has not been taken seriously, after all, Taiwan is too remote, and there are local aborigines, and the administrative cost is too high. Therefore, it was not included in the direct jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty at this time, and in history, it was not until the Southern Song Dynasty that Taiwan was included in the jurisdiction of Fujian.

Jiang De nodded and said, "The sailor can't be idle, it will rust if he is idle, the sailor will go to Nanyang for a walk, if you find someone looting my Central Plains fleet, destroy its city and arrest its people!" ”

"No!" Huang Da and other generals responded in unison.

Jiang De secretly allowed Huang Da and others to go south to plunder, in fact, as long as they went to sea, the so-called royal law could no longer be controlled, and the fleet was sometimes a merchant and sometimes a thief, and in the historical materials of later generations, there was even a record of the Arab fleet coming to the Song Dynasty to cry to the government and complaining about being looted by the overseas Song fleet.

Before there was no modern mining equipment in later generations, mining was a high-labor job, many dynasties would send prisoners to mining, the ancient mining methods were mainly excavation, tool crushing, fire and other methods, the efficiency was extremely low, such low efficiency naturally led to the high price of iron.

In order to get more iron, Jiang De also had to learn from the capitalists since ancient times and began to use black labor.

At the end of the meeting, everyone scattered, Jiang dragged Gongsun Sheng, took it to the side and said, "Dao Chief, Yan Qing also has a news, those two emperors are coming to Tianxiang Academy in Yunzhou, do you think it is good or bad?" ”

Gongsun Sheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately said happily, "Hou Ye, great joy, if Hou Ye can marry these two emperors, if something happens in the future, Hou Ye will have great righteousness." ”

Jiang De glanced at him and said, "There are hundreds of royal family members of the Zhao family, which one is not more righteous than me?" ”

Gongsun Sheng shook his head and said, "No, whether it is Yang Jian of Zhou in the Sui Dynasty or Li Yuan of Sui in the Tang Dynasty, in addition to being strong and strong, there is also the fact that they are related to the royal family of Zhou Sui, and other people are not opposed to the changes in the royal family."

If Hou Ye wants to become a king in the future, marrying the emperor is one thing that must be done. ”

Jiang De waved his hand and said, "That's it, don't mention this in advance, first arrange the two of them to enter Tianxiang Academy according to their own ideas." ”

"No!"

——Yunzhou Tianxiang University

"This is Tianxiang Academy? It's pretty big. The two white-clothed men looked at the academy in front of them and said curiously.

These two people are naturally Zhao Fujin and Zhao Jinluo, who lurked all the way from Bianjing.

In front of the two of them was a huge building complex, from which the sound of reading could be faintly heard.

"The sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound of family, country, and the world are concerned." Zhao Jinluo read the peach talisman hanging outside Tianxiang Academy, nodded and praised, "It's really imposing." ”

"Are you going to apply for Tianxiang Academy?" A man dressed as an old master suddenly burst out from behind the two.

"This... Who is the old gentleman? So what? Isn't it? Zhao Fujin looked at the old master suspiciously.

The old man said hehehehe, "If not, it's just that, if so, the old man is here to rescue you two!" ”