"Since it is a strong cadre and a weak branch, then the minister thinks that the Xiang army and the forbidden army should naturally be treated differently, first of all, the forbidden army, the most direct is to let the soldiers of the forbidden army appreciate the benevolence of the officials, in fact, it is simple to understand, that is, the officials need to be better to them."

Zhao Kuangyin frowned when he heard this, and said unhappily: "Am I not good enough for the soldiers?" ”

This is really not Zhao Kuangyin's self-feeling good, he is really good to the soldiers, it can be said that the gold silk property has nothing to cherish, and the reward is really rich, whether it is before he becomes the emperor or after he becomes the emperor, it is not an exaggeration to describe him with a sentence of loving soldiers like a son.

But Sun Yue said: "The minister thinks that it is not enough, the so-called monarch's father, is to treat his soldiers like a father, if the minister's father gives the minister a lot of money every month, but he doesn't care about the minister's life, the minister will feel that he is not a good father, the official family gives a lot of rewards to the soldiers, but the money is gone, and after all, the money is not sent to the soldiers by yourself, and the soldiers may not think of your good, even if they read your good, they may not read the good of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Then what do you think I should do, is it difficult to find them a daughter-in-law?" Saying that, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu couldn't help laughing.

Sun Yue said with a serious face: "Why not? ”

"Huh?"

"The minister thinks that the reward given by the official family to the soldiers is not too little, but too much, and this money can actually be saved for other things, such as finding a daughter-in-law, if the girl of whose family is married to a soldier of the forbidden army, the mother's side can consider reducing the household tax for three years, so that the soldiers will naturally find a daughter-in-law much easier, which is not only to give a reward, but also to give honor, the minister thinks that this is more effective than directly rewarding property, and it is easier to implement it as an ancestral family law."

“…………”

"Official, you have been looking for the old and the weak in the past two years, and there are more than 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers who have been laid off, what are they doing now?"

"Naturally, they are scattered back to their hometowns and divided into land and property, and they dare not say that they are rich and expensive, and they can still be well-off."

"And then?"

"And then?"

"What if he was thirty-five years old when he left the barracks, and the average life expectancy of a man was sixty, and the remaining twenty-five years? What about his mother-in-law? What about his children? ”

“…………”

"The official family, the minister's father recently opened a cement factory in Luoyang, using a lot of soldiers and their families who were eliminated from the inner temple shift, other people's workers open a hundred wen a day, we open two hundred, and almost all the profits earned are spent on these workers, I heard that it is much easier for the soldiers on duty in the inner temple to find a daughter-in-law than other armies, and the matchmaker who proposes relatives is about to break through the threshold, I don't know if the official family understands this?"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said, "I heard the second child say it, your father is really good at this." ”

"Suppose, I mean suppose, in the future, Du Yuhou on duty in the inner temple wants to rebel and overthrow the Zhao and Song dynasties, but the wives of the soldiers are all in the cement factory in Luoyang, do you think these soldiers will follow the ambitious Du Yuhou, or will they cut off his head?"

Zhao Kuangyin's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he seemed to understand a little bit of what this so-called solid root meant.

Zhao Pu said: "You also said, in order to maintain the high salaries of those military families, your father has such a good deal of cement, but there is almost no profit, how many people in the world will be like your father?" Even if there is, if this set is extended to the entire forbidden army, how many people like your father will be enough? ”

Sun Yue said confidently: "My father did this to shoot the second king's fart, this money should not have been paid by my father, this is all my father paid to the imperial court, this money is unrealistic to point to the people to pay personally, only the imperial court comes forward is justified, official, as far as I know, the shipyard, firearms factory, paper mill, and official kiln and other places run by the imperial court, a total of more than 50,000 workers, the amount of cement is so large, it will definitely be gradually state-run in the future, among these workers, how many of them must need to have craftsmanship?" Even if it is a place with high requirements for craftsmanship, can you consider cultivating the children of the forbidden army? People who have been soldiers all their lives are far less organized and disciplined than refugees from peasant backgrounds, and in the same way, if they are really allowed to farm, they may not be able to plant well, so why not let those retired soldiers enter these factories? Don't pay well for work? Wouldn't we be able to give it higher? If these state-run factories are not enough, we can also carry out public-private cooperation, for example, all businessmen who employ more than 20% of retired veterans will be exempted from 10% of the commercial tax, and more than 90% of the businessmen will be exempted from 50% of the commercial tax. Will the merchants pay them more? If those who have made meritorious contributions are given some subsidies or something, their lives will naturally be better in the future. ”

Zhao Pu frowned when he heard this: "In this way, the burden on the imperial court will be very great." ”

Zhao Kuangyin said: "But this money is worth it, so not only do you not have to worry about the problem of the fierce generals chasing the king, but also the imperial court does not need to expand the army anymore. Isn't it because of the emptiness of the rear, afraid that the Khitans will take advantage of the situation to go south, if according to his intentions to combine workers and soldiers, these people are doing things on weekdays, once the war is tight or the soldiers are coming to the city, they pick up arms are soldiers, so that Kaifeng City to raise 100,000 forbidden troops is enough to pacify the world, and the money saved is just spent on these military families and retired soldiers. ”

Sun Yue hurriedly patted his ass and said: "The official Shengming, if the families of the 100,000 forbidden soldiers are all working in state-run factories, and there are 50,000 veterans working in the major factories in Kaifeng City, who can still make Zhao Song's rebellion?" In addition, the minister thought that it was not enough to treat the soldiers like this. ”

"Still not enough? In this way, the burden on the imperial court is already very heavy, although it has not been specifically calculated, but I am afraid that if the forbidden army exceeds 200,000, the finances of the imperial court will collapse. ”

Sun Yue smiled and said: "The soldiers are expensive but not too expensive, the official family swept the world, but it only used 100,000 forbidden troops, but Shu has nearly 200,000 soldiers, but who takes them seriously?" The soldiers are treated so well, the people are naturally enthusiastic to join the army, let's not want the ones who are a little less physical, all the elites of the elite are left, why do you want so many forbidden troops? Besides, what the minister is going to say next is that it doesn't cost money. ”

"It doesn't cost anything?"

"Yes, the minister agrees with the idea of using civilian officials to balance military generals, but the minister thinks that civilian officials don't understand war after all, so the generals are honest, but the combat effectiveness of the army can be abolished, in this case, why not let civilian officials take care of something else?"

"Something else?"

"The minister feels that there are not too many civilian officials placed in the forbidden army, but too few, but they are not in charge of the wrong things. The minister thinks that the forbidden army can be based on the battalion as a unit, each battalion has a political commissar, and each guard has a military committee, which is specifically responsible for dealing with the affairs of the soldiers' lives, for example, the soldiers' food is not good, the general is not allowed to take care of this kind of thing, and he has to go to the political commissar, for example, which soldier can't find the object, this kind of thing has to go to the political commissar, such as the soldiers whose old man has died, this kind of thing also has to go to the political commissar, in short, as long as it has nothing to do with the war, you have to go to the political commissar, the political commissar is the big steward of the soldiers, and it is for everyone. Correspondingly, some assessment indicators can also be set, for example, the singles rate of the battalion, the satisfaction with the accommodation conditions, etc., the placement of those military dependents must also be undertaken by them, but in the same way, as long as it is related to the war, the political commissar is not allowed to manage, is not allowed to manage the training, is not allowed to manage the exercise, on the battlefield must unconditionally obey the orders of the general, a number of generals who dictate the war have the right to directly cut the political commissar, the military commission and the three yas are independent of each other, not subordinate to each other, The head of the military commission can be a privy envoy or a privy deputy envoy, so that the generals and commanders of the army will no longer be dominant, and civilian officials will not affect the combat effectiveness of the army. ”