Wang Yan, the king of Western Shu, sent his troops to Chang'an.

On the one hand, he repaired a letter to the emperor, explaining everything here and asking the emperor for help, on the other hand, he ordered all the magistrates under his jurisdiction to actively raise people, and on the other hand, he ordered the people in Chang'an City to actively prepare.

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Just say that the prefect of Fengxiang is in Baoshan.

Fengxiang is a place name, and it is a state under the jurisdiction of Chang'an. At that time, Chang'an governed four states. They are Fengxiang, Lingzhou, Yanzhou, plus Chang'an itself. Together, these four states are the entire Qinchuan. Chang'an is the capital of Qinchuan.

By the way, the three prefectures of Fengxiang, Lingzhou, and Yanzhou in Qinchuan are all in the north, and only Chang'an is in the south. Now the army of Western Shu is from the south, so the army of Western Shu is the first to fight, or Chang'an, the capital of Qinchuan.

Just say that Fengxiang's prefect Yu Baoshan.

After Yu Baoshan, the envoy of Fengxiang Prefect, received the order of Li Cunba, the envoy of Chang'an Jiedu, of course he did not dare to slack off.

Yu Baoshan immediately gathered several of his subordinates together.

Yu Baoshan consulted with several of his subordinates.

Counsel how to raise the centaurs.

One more point to note here. Chang'an Jiedu made Li Cunba a military general, and he was not very delicate. There was a little bit of negligence on his part. His letter to Yu Baoshan didn't explain much. His letter to Yu Baoshan only said that he asked Baoshan to raise people and horses, and how to raise them, but he didn't say anything.

To raise men, of course, is to recruit troops from among the common people.

At that time, there was a standard for the imperial court to recruit troops from the common people.

There are five levels of recruitment from the common people in the imperial court.

The first level is "three-year military service". The "three-year military service" means that every man has to serve three years of military service in the imperial court. This "three-year military service" is also the most basic level, and it is also the lightest level. However, this level of "three-year military service" can only be implemented in peacetime, and if it is a war year, the imperial court needs more soldiers, and the "three-year military service" for each person alone will certainly not be able to meet the needs. Because the war years required a lot of soldiers.

The second level is to set up a sign to recruit soldiers there, and whoever wants to be a soldier will sign up. Volunteer to serve as a soldier. This second level, if the imperial court does not need many soldiers, can also be satisfied. But if the court needs more soldiers, it will not be satisfied.

If the second level is not satisfied, then the third, fourth, and fifth levels need to be implemented.

In the third level, if there are several brothers in each household, all but one of them is left at home, and all the rest serve as soldiers. For example, if there are two brothers in the household, one of them is left at home, and the other is a soldier. If there are three brothers in the house, one of them shall be kept at home, and the other two shall serve as soldiers,......。 And so on.

This third level is also more considered by the common people. One person can be allowed to be at home. When a soldier fights, it is inevitable to suffer casualties before the battle, and if there is an accident, it will not be that the old people of this family will be left unattended in the future, and it will not be the end of the family in the future.

At the fourth level, if there are many middle-aged men in the family, except for one person who is left at home, all the rest are soldiers. The term "men in the prime of life" here is defined by age. Generally between the ages of eighteen and forty-five. This fourth level is raised by another level. This fourth level, compared to the third level, can recruit more soldiers. Of course, this fourth level is more bitter for the common people than the third level.

By the way, in the past, the Li Tang Dynasty used this level of conscription to recruit soldiers. It's just that now after the founding of the Li Tang Dynasty, with Guo Chongtao's success in lobbying the south, he doesn't need it.

At the fifth level, all the middle-aged men in the family have to serve as soldiers. The fifth level is the most beneficial for the imperial court, because it allows as many soldiers as it can recruit. But for the common people, it is the most cruel.

By the way, the current Xishu is a soldier recruited by this conscription method at this level of conscription.

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Fengxiang prefect Yu Baoshan received the order of Li Cunba, the envoy of Chang'an, and he consulted with several of his subordinates.

One of them, Li Erhu, spoke.

Li Erhu was a general under the prefect Yu Baoshan. He also has some affinity with the emperor. He and the emperor are the same family.

Li Erhu said: "Do you still need to ask? The festival envoy asked us to raise people, of course, the more the better. He asked us to raise 10,000, and we raised 20,000, and of course he was happy. In my opinion, the prefect, you will order that all the men in the prime of our Fengxiang will be recruited according to the highest level of conscription, so that all the middle-aged men of our Fengxiang will go to the battlefield! ”

At this time, a man named Yu Baoliang spoke.

This Yu Baoliang is also the brother of the prefect Yu Baoshan.

Yu Baoliang said: "I don't think this is appropriate. ”

Li Erhu heard that someone didn't follow his words, and he was a little unhappy.

Li Erhu is a royal prince, and he usually doesn't dare to disobey him when he speaks. Besides, now the purpose of raising people is to save Li Cunba, and Li Cunba is also a family with him, and now someone wants to treat this matter negatively, can he not get angry?

Li Erhu yelled at Yu Baoliang: "Yu Baoliang, are you going to neglect the military order?" ”

When Yu Baoliang heard Li Erhu say this, he was startled.

Yu Baoliang is a person in the barracks, can he not know what the sin of "neglecting military orders" is?

Neglecting military orders means that your superiors give you orders, you take off slowly, and what your superiors tell you to do, you don't do it well!

Neglecting military orders is a capital offense!

Yu Baoliang said: "General Li, you say that I neglect military orders, I don't dare to do it." I'm just asking the prefect about my plan, and I'm just stating my opinion to the prefect. ”

Li Erhu said: "Okay! What do you think? The envoy asked us to raise men and horses for him, we could have raised 20,000 for him, let's raise 10,000 for him? ”

Yu Baoliang said: "When you say that, aren't you raising the bar? ”

Li Erhu said: "Okay! Can you tell me about your high opinion? ”

Yu Baoliang said: "Okay. I'll just say it. Our emperor, and even our Taizu (Taizu is the emperor's father), have never used that level of conscription method to recruit soldiers when recruiting from the common people. Our emperor and our ancestor are also very much in favor of using that level of conscription methods to recruit soldiers. Because using that level of conscription method to recruit soldiers is extremely bitter for the common people. Our emperor, and even our Taizu have always ruled the world with benevolence and righteousness, if we use that level of conscription method to recruit soldiers, won't it damage the reputation of our emperor and our Taizu? ”

"It's ......."

Li Erhu was out of words.

Li Erhu is a military general, he is not good at words!

Yu Baoshan also thinks that there is some truth in his brother Yu Baoliang's words: Yes, the emperor and Taizu have never used that level of conscription method to recruit soldiers, if I use that level of conscription method to recruit soldiers, it will not be good inside and out. If the conscription method at that level is used to recruit soldiers, the emperor will be blamed for ruining his reputation, and he will naturally not fall well on the side of the common people.

Thinking of this, Yu Baoshan said: "The government also thinks that it is a little inappropriate to use that level of conscription method to recruit soldiers. ”

Yu Baoliang nodded.

However, Li Erhu "snorted".

Li Erhu also whispered: "Brother's words, of course my brother thinks it's right." ”

Yu Baoshan didn't want to be angry with Li Erhu, so he pretended not to hear.

Then, Yu Baoshan asked everyone again: "Everyone, look, how about we use the next conscription method to recruit soldiers?" ”

Yu Baoshan's "next recruitment method" refers to the fourth recruitment method, that is, if there are many middle-aged men in the family, all but one of them will serve as soldiers.

Yu Baoliang spoke again.

Yu Baoliang said: "In my opinion, this is not appropriate.

This method of conscription has been ordered by the emperor not to be used. If the emperor's decree is not used, we will use it again, and what we do is contrary to the emperor's decree, and it is not good. ”

Yu Baoshan was startled again.

Yu Bao said yes, the emperor decreed that it was not needed, and I said that it would be used, which is even worse.

Yu Baoshan said: "Then we have to use the next level of conscription methods to recruit soldiers." ”

Yu Baoliang said: "In my opinion, we will temporarily use the conscription method at that level to recruit soldiers.

Yu Baoshan said: "What? Temporary? ”

Yu Baoliang said: "Yes." Temporary. Your Excellency, on the one hand, you should order the temporary conscription of troops at that level, and on the other hand, write to the emperor. Let's ask the emperor what he means. If the emperor says that it is feasible to use that level of conscription method to recruit soldiers, we will use it; If the emperor says that it is not feasible to use that level of conscription method to recruit soldiers, and the emperor says what to do, we will do it. ”

Yu Baoshan said: "Okay! ”

However, this made Li Erhu angry.

Li Erhu said: Okay! Good! Good! You brothers don't take our Li Cunba Li's life seriously, see how I go to Li Cunba and Li Daren to sue you!