For Qin Feng, the great enemy in his heart has always been the only one like Qi State. The country of Qi can really be regarded as a vast land, a vast territory, rich and abundant, and a large number of people. Although the dynasty has been inherited for more than 100 years, it has accumulated and is rising, but its heritage is incomparably powerful after all. Not to mention anything else, once the Qi State wants to fight against the country, it will have to mobilize millions of people in an instant, which is no problem.

Now Cao Tiancheng, the emperor of Qi State, is also a successful king, not to mention the wise and powerful, but he is also a superior posture, and he saw the suffocation of Qi early on, and even did not hesitate to scrape his bones to heal his wounds. And the current achievements of the Ming Dynasty can be regarded as based on the policy of Qi State, which is bent on eliminating domestic government and first securing peace.

And once Ma Tiancheng completes all the reforms and cleans up the inside and out, the Qi State will inevitably burst out with terrifying energy.

And at that time, it will be time for the two countries to compete.

Therefore, Qin Feng had to speed up his pace, and when stabilizing the domestic situation, he swallowed Qin and plotted Chu to strengthen his strength as much as possible. In the future, when you confront Qi Guo, you will have a success in your heart.

There are not many soldiers and horses in the Ming Dynasty, and there are only more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the full battle, although they are all excellent in combat, but after all, the number of people is only so much, as the territory is getting bigger and bigger, this bit of soldiers and horses is already stretched, but if you want to expand the army on a large scale, Qin Feng is unwilling.

The Ming Dynasty imposed a high salary system on the army. The salaries of the soldiers are extremely high, and the various weapons and equipment built for the soldiers have always been beneficial, striving to achieve one block ten for the soldiers. Under such a system, the military expenditure of more than 100,000 troops is extremely terrifying.

If you want to expand the army on a large scale, then this military salary will first crush the Ming Dynasty's finances, and the stupid method of reducing the salaries of officers and soldiers in order to seek to form more troops is not considered by the Ming court's monarchs and ministers.

From thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, it is difficult to eat through the mouth of the delicacies of the mountains and seas, if you let him swallow the bran and eat wild vegetables, it will naturally not work.

The army cannot be expanded on a large scale, but the form faced by the Ming Dynasty clearly tells everyone with insight that the future contest with the Qi State will be a long-term process, and Qin Feng and the bigwigs in the Political Affairs Hall can only find another way.

It is against this background that the system of decommissioning soldiers was born.

Raising troops for the people is Qin Feng's most daring decision. When these soldiers retired, they were allowed to carry their armor and weapons back to their hometowns, saying that they were rewarded, but in fact, the deepest meaning was that when the Ming Dynasty needed a large-scale conscription army, these soldiers could return to the team with an order.

It has been two years since the implementation of the retirement system, a large number of veterans have retired and re-entered the new army.

The retirement of these people saved a lot of military spending for the Ming Dynasty. You know, in the Ming Dynasty, military salary, is the biggest expense, in order to motivate soldiers to fight, but the soldiers are divided into grades, the higher the number of years in the army, the more military pay will be obtained, and now, the number of people who can get a very high salary as a soldier is very small, unless it is those who have special skills and the army is really inseparable from them, and it takes a long time to cultivate such a new person for special talents.

Most of the veterans who have retired have returned to their hometowns, taken off their armor, put down their knives and guns, picked up hoes again, or started other trades, and in order to effectively manage these veterans, the military department has set up special departments in all counties, counties and townships. It is called a reserve. Every slack season, these departments will organize retired veterans and a large number of young and strong men to carry out military training, one is to ensure that the skills of these veterans do not deteriorate, and to bring the old with the new, so that more newcomers can learn the real skills from these veterans, once they are recruited into the army, they can become a qualified soldier in a very short time.

Although the retirement system has just been implemented for three years, the number of soldiers that can be recruited by the Ming Dynasty has fully doubled, and it can also ensure that the combat effectiveness of these soldiers will not be worse than that of active duty. The Ming Dynasty, which tasted the sweetness, was naturally happy. It not only saves money and food, but also ensures the steady rise of the military strength of the Ming Dynasty, such a good thing, it is only for more.

As for the retirement of a large number of veterans and some social security problems, compared to the income of the imperial court, it can be ignored. There are thorns there, there are some evil things that will sprout once they lose their strong restraints, and no matter how bright the sun is, there are shadows that can't shine, and it is impossible to be perfect.

Of course, the imperial court did not fail to think of some ways to minimize such a bad influence. Like Tianwu Dart Xing, it can be regarded as such a product.

A large number of veterans retire, there will always be some people who are alone without relatives and relatives, many veterans in addition to being soldiers, except for killing, nothing is good, after these people retire, the land is not planted, and they are afraid that they will lose so much that they don't even have to wear underwear, and after a long time, they will fall to the bottom of the society, thus breeding many incidents, and Tianwu Dart Xing, it provides these people with a money-making business.

is still using knives and fists to make a living, but he doesn't wear military uniforms. It's just that in the past, the imperial court gave money and food, but now they need to eat for themselves.

Whether it is the Tianwu Dart Company or the Mingwei Dart Company that has just been established, to put it bluntly, they are a kind of paramilitary organization. There is no need for the court to allocate money and food, but it can do a lot of things for the court, and all the court has to do is to quietly control them firmly.

Whether it is a guard or a bandit for the court, it is just a means to restrain them.

In Qin Feng's thoughts, one day, these people would still be re-recalled to the army by an edict.

"Whether it's the Tianwu Dart Company, or the Mingwei Dart Store that has just been established, the imperial court can't relax its supervision, but it can't show traces, and it must make the skin of their non-governmental organizations more conspicuous." Qin Feng knocked on the table, looked at Tang Zhong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and said.

"Your Majesty, the old minister understands." Tang Zhong nodded and said yes, being able to be the boss of the Criminal Department, he is naturally used to seeing a lot of dark things, and many things are inconvenient for the imperial court to do, but if they are handed over to such organizations, they can handle things quickly and well. To put it bluntly, once you provoke public anger, you can also throw some people out to take the blame without any burden, but it will not hurt the dignity of the court.

"Suppressing bandits in the newly occupied areas is a long-term task that cannot be completed in a matter of moments. The Qin people are brave and the people are fierce, and it takes a process for them to adapt to the laws of my Ming Dynasty. After these battles, countless stragglers bravely hid in the deep mountains and Daze, or hid in the people, and some of these guys had weapons, so naturally there would be chaos. Although the government affairs hall is sure that in the next few years, the economy and people's livelihood in the newly occupied areas will recover rapidly, but there are always some people who want to get something for nothing, so the suppression of bandits and thieves cannot relax for a moment. Qin Feng said: "What's more, in the territory of Qin, there were already many big bandits and thieves, and with the defeat of the Qin army, our dynasty couldn't take care of them for a while, and they would inevitably take the opportunity to cause chaos." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The two dart shops have now gathered thousands of people each, and although the number of people is not too much, it is more than enough to deal with these bandits. "Tang Zhongdao." Yesterday, the general person in charge of the Tianwu Dart Company begged to see the old minister, saying that most of the weapons in their hands were worn out and wanted to replace a batch, but the minister did not dare to rashly agree. ”

"Give it to them, not only Tianwu, but Mingwei will also deal with it. But not for free, but for them to buy with money. Qin Feng said: "Didn't the Blue Wolf Battalion just change its outfit a few days ago, the batch of equipment they eliminated is still very good, at least better than what they are holding in their hands now." ”

"Yes, after the minister goes down, he will contact the Zhang Soldier Department." Tang Zhong showed some smiles on his face, the goods eliminated by the Ministry of War, go and get them by yourself, and sell them to these dart masters, and you can make a lot of money by changing hands, and the Criminal Department has some tight expenses, and it will be settled again.

"While suppressing bandits, don't forget that there are other more serious things." Qin Feng looked at Tang Zhong with a smile, "In the past year, I heard that the Chu State is not very peaceful, bandits are rampant, Tianwu Mingwei can also go to the Chu State to open up some new markets." Go and help the anxious magistrates of Chu State, maybe they will be grateful to Dade! ”

Tang Zhong's eyes blinked a few times, and he understood in an instant, Your Majesty is going to infiltrate the armed forces of the Chu State, such a thing is in the hands of the Criminal Department, naturally it is necessary to manage it well, and now the Criminal Department is in the last seat among the six departments, such a great opportunity, but you must grasp it, once it is done, it can greatly increase the weight of the Criminal Department among the six departments.

Of course, this kind of thing, relying on a criminal department alone is bound to not be able to do, the eagle's nest can not be bypassed, even the Ministry of Commerce under the Ministry of Commerce also needs to be deliberately wooed, now in the Chu State, the power of the Commercial Department is the largest, and their tentacles have also penetrated into all aspects of the Chu State, with their help, things will be much easier.

Thinking of this, Tang Zhong couldn't help but be happy in his heart, if the Criminal Department could directly control an armed force in his hands, then in His Majesty's heart, it would naturally be very different. At the very least, you can press the Ministry of Rites to your head first.

"If Your Majesty has no other orders, the old minister will retire." Tang Zhong said respectfully, he felt that he had never had anything too important to do, but now that he looked at it, it seemed that there was a lot to be done, these things were really going to be rolled out, but he was afraid that he would be too busy day and night.

Whether it is to arrest thieves or infiltrate the Chu State, this is all related to the next major policy of the Ming Dynasty!

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