Erwen Hao said! "The ten soldiers of the Xiang Army implemented the military age buyout and policy peace and stomach tie system, which Lian Chuan said and resettled. The buyout of military age is the same as that of officers, and the buyout fee is calculated according to the length of service, and the buyout is a one-time buyout, and the court will no longer care about it in the future. There can be two places for policy placement. One is to open a large number of workshops for industrial production, and a considerable number of people in the army can enter the workshops to become workers, and these people do not pay the army, but receive wages according to the amount of work. At the sole expense of the workshop. The other part, the disarmament and return to the field, the imperial court gave preferential policies. The newly cultivated land belongs to the person himself, and he is exempt from any taxes for a certain number of years, and the state can also provide loan assistance

"Loans?" Gao Hanzhi said.

"Yes, it is equivalent to a BIB, and a public-private partnership company is responsible for the loan. In the future, we can also open banks to lend, but this can be done slowly, until the company system is established. ”

"Okay" Gao Hanyi didn't ask much. So as not to tear away the topic, he continued to ask just now: "I think your plan is very novel and reasonable, and it should be able to be executed, but I want to know, who is responsible for the original work of the Xiang Army?" ”

"This must first analyze the work of the Xiang Army, as I have just said, the Zhuangcheng Army that builds cities and the Bridge Army that builds roads and bridges in the Xiang Army can be reorganized into engineering troops. And the armed army, which was responsible for the transportation task, was reorganized into a logistics unit. As for the soldiers who made weapons, they were all turned into arsenal workers

"Arsenal?.

"It's the Dai Instrument House. I have inspected the Armament Depot and I am not satisfied with the condition inside. Major reforms are needed

"How?"

"First of all, we must establish respect for talents and knowledge, and our respect for literati and artists is already quite high. However, there is a lack of sufficient emphasis on technical talent. For example, at the Armament Institute, I witnessed one with my own eyes. The strange scene of a high-level technical talent being flogged. This old man knew that there was a kind of bow and crossbow, called the "Divine Arm Bow", which had a much longer range and sharper range than all the bows and crossbows currently used by our army, and it was easy to penetrate heavy armor! However, he was punished by the official whipping for fighting for the normal welfare benefits of the soldiers. This is enough to prove that I have a contempt for technical talents

"Hmm. Yes, you're right, we should respect and care for technical talents, what's the best way. Just tell me

When Du Wenhao heard this, he was immediately overjoyed: "We should gather technical talents in personal affairs, economics and other aspects to set up a scientific research institute, which should be independent of the ordnance institute and directly under the management of the imperial court." These people can create great wealth for the country, and they should be given preferential treatment and security. And give the highest honors

"Okay, I agree. You are responsible for setting this up. You serve as lifting

Du Wenhao has held many positions, but. This position really can't be pushed, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll be responsible." The emperor's arithmetic teacher is called Shen Kuo, who was demoted because of his defeat in the Western Xia War, and is now drawing maps of various places in the locality. It is reported that the work has been basically completed. This man is a genius, and I want to transfer him back to the capital. He served as the deputy director of the Institute of Science

"No problem, I'll order him to come back tomorrow, you decide how to use it."

"Okay. Other than that. To increase the monthly salary of the craftsmen of the ordnance station, their workload is too great. It is necessary to reduce their workload and give them a certain amount of personal freedom. It is necessary to give them humanistic care, so that they can release their great enthusiasm for labor. ”

Well, I thought about it according to your high-level work, and said: "I'm worried that there are too few logistics and transportation personnel, but I'm afraid that there will not be enough."

"After the reorganization of the Xiang Army, although the number of logistics troops is only about 70,000, the largest number of logistics and transportation personnel mobilized by our army in the past was only 100,000, so it is enough to meet the needs of normal battles. If a large-scale campaign is launched, when there are not enough logistics personnel, you can spend money to requisition and transport people, and the people can also make money from it. Of course, if you want to deal with a full-scale war, conventional forces alone are clearly not enough. At that time, there was a general mobilization for war, and the personnel of the whole country were mobilized to participate in the battle, and the number of logistics personnel was also increased as needed. That's a special case

Gao Diyi said with a smile: "I'm not talking about this, in the past, the Xiang army was used to being sent by the local yamen, and once it is reduced, the yamen in various places may oppose it." Officers at all levels are accustomed to the soldiers, and they will oppose it. Have you thought about this?

"Of course, I thought about it, and I fully discussed this point when I organized the commanders to discuss the change plan. We think. Change will certainly harm the vested interests of some people, and these benefits are actually illegal and undeserved. For example, the local yamen sent the Xiang army, they did not provide the Xiang army military expenses, and the Xiang army was a soldier raised by the imperial court, so why should they send it? I can't say anything about generals.

So theoretically, it makes sense for us to do this, and it makes sense. "That's what I said, but

"Don't worry, Yi Yi, the first emperor reduced the army from more than 500,000 by more than half, as far as I know, there were also voices of opposition from vested interests at that time, but the first emperor resolutely carried it out, and also completed the disarmament calmly. What's more, at that time, the first emperor disarmed and did not make up a penny, but in this disarmament, we took into account the resistance and implemented the dual means of buying out the military age and policy placement, and the soldiers made a lot of profits, and the resistance should be more than before to the local yamen, who have no say in the reform of the army, and it is natural to take away the benefits they do not deserve. Other than that. We use a step-by-step approach, the first point and then the step by step according to the plan, the rebound is dispersed, and the resistance will be much smaller. It is important to emphasize that there will certainly be resistance, but the key to the success of change lies in the will of the decision-makers. Half-heartedly, if you are afraid of shooting wolves and tigers, then you will achieve nothing."

Gao Huoyi burst out laughing and slapped him lightly: "Are you scolding me for being indecisive?" ”

Du Wenhao held her face and kissed it: "Yiyi, now that you are at the peak of the highest power, the people of the whole country are looking at you, you really want to enrich the country and strengthen the army." It is absolutely necessary to come up with an iron-fisted policy, knowing that might is truth."

"Hmmm! I listen to you! Gao Yitao has a supple and generous personality, not good at strategy, but was pushed to the peak of power by the wheel of history, originally just wanted to wait for his grandson Zhezong to grow up, and handed over power to Zhezong, but was angered by Du Wenhao's repeated defeats of the Song army, and let Du Wenhao be responsible for military reform. Wait until Du Wenhao comes up with a plan. She actually doesn't know what these talents are, with the love in her heart, she firmly believes that Du Wenhao will not harm herself, "Listen to Du Wenhao in everything."

Du Wenhao picked up his wine glass: "Okay!" A toast to Zhihan and become an iron-fisted empress dowager".

Gao Tao smiled, raised his wine glass, and touched it with Du Wenhao: "Okay!" And for the sake of you iron-fisted general, a toast."

"Hey, hey. Aren't we a pair of iron-fisted enemies? ”

Gao Taohan's face was slightly red, his eyes turned to look at him, and he leaned over and kissed him: "Life and life." May it be today! ”

The two kissed and drank the glass of wine.

Du Wenhao said: "I went on to say that the second problem in the imperial court is the status of the army and soldiers. As everyone knows. The status of the military in our dynasty is low, and as far as the military generals of the imperial court are concerned, among the sixty military ranks, the highest rank of the Tai Lieutenant is only a second-rank official, two levels lower than that of a civilian official. With the same qualifications, the official rank of a military general is generally two or three levels higher than that of a civilian official. Two people with similar qualifications. As a military general, see as a civilian official. Only by giving up the way, can the heart be balanced? This kind of official rank, which emphasizes civil affairs over military force, has caused the entire society to despise the military and the military personnel. How can such a social atmosphere build a strong army?

Gao Zhihan thought for a moment. "Everyone's opinion of the army is not so bad, right? ”

"It's not bad, just look at what kind of treatment it is like to be a soldier. The rank of military generals is generally lower than that of civilian officials, as I have just said, and then look at ordinary soldiers, when they are soldiers, they have to tattoo the number of the unit they belong to, and the purpose is of course to prevent desertion. It's just that this regulation directly freezes the soldiers on the pillar of shame! You know, there are only criminals, government craftsmen, and slaves. will be recognized by the tattoo. Aren't soldiers equated with criminals? In fact, a considerable number of the soldiers are also from criminals. Be a soldier to defend your home and country. What was once a sacred and honorable profession has now become a disgraceful profession. From this alone, we can know that the social status of soldiers is quite low, like criminals and slaves! For the sake of the country, soldiers throw their heads and spill their blood, but the army is such a social status, if it is not for the disaster victims, the poor who cannot live and the criminals who are worthy of the assassination, and the innocent people's home, who would want to come to the soldiers and make sacrifices? And how can you recruit good soldiers? ”

Gao Wanyi was stunned, and his expression was a little gloomy: "Is the consequences of emphasizing literature over military force and using literature to control military force really be so serious?"

"Yes, this debasement of the army and servicemen directly affects combat effectiveness. And this kind of thinking will inevitably lead to distrust of military generals. Various measures are taken to provide checks and balances. It is prominently manifested in the fact that the civil officials lead the "decentralization of power, and" will be from the middle of the reign. on several measures that seriously damage the combat effectiveness of the army

"I already know the harm of civilian leadership, but what about the last two?"

"Decentralization is the division of a large army into smaller armies. Let the generals lead, so that even if you want to rebel, it will not do much harm. This was the original intention, but the result was a division of troops. Originally, our army's strength was superior to both Daliao and Western Xia, but as soon as it came up, it divided its troops into several places. Rushing forward separately, the enemy wished that we would be like this, so as to concentrate superior forces to encircle and suppress one place, and break through each one, originally our total strength was superior, but local battles. But it is often outnumbered, and the cause of defeat is planted here! ”

"I see. What will be the harm of the middle court? ”

"In the midst of strategizing, winning a decisive victory thousands of miles away, that is just an ideal, it is simply impossible to do it in real battles, the battlefield is ever-changing, and the palace is thousands of miles away from the front line, how can the emperor and the civil officials of the Privy Council predict the future and anticipate the enemy's opportunities? can only carve a boat for a sword, can it not be defeated repeatedly. For the civilian officials who led the front-line troops, of course, they welcomed the generals from the middle of the army, because they didn't understand military affairs in the first place, and they didn't need to use their brains to implement the battle plan formulated by the emperor. I can't blame myself for losing the battle, because I didn't directly command it.

Naturally, the unfortunate ones are the vast number of officers and men who have fallen victim to this kind of clumsy and dull remote command."

Du Wenhao's words were a bit harsh, but Gao Zhitao was shocked, she bowed her head and said: "In this case, these wrong practices are still tricked, in your opinion, what should I do?" ”

"Two. Rectification and reform: On the one hand, it is necessary to comprehensively improve the status of the army and servicemen, and immediately abolish the tattoo characters. Let the personality of the military be respected at the very least, and raise the rank of the military general, so that the official rank of the military general and the civilian official can maintain a balance. Through a variety of media. Widely publicize the heroic deeds of soldiers defending their homes and defending the country and fighting bloody battles, establish heroic images, publicize the spirit of martial arts, improve the social status of the army and soldiers, and establish the glorious concept of joining the army in the whole society, so as to enhance the sense of honor and mission of military personnel, and it has become a conscious and voluntary action to sacrifice their lives for the country on the battlefield. Only when society recognizes that servicemen respect and even worship servicemen can they be willing to sacrifice their lives to serve the country and regard death as their home, and in this way, a virtuous circle can be formed

"Well said! That's how it should be! I completely agree with what you said, and the contribution of soldiers who sacrifice their lives to protect the peace of the country cannot be underestimated. Nor is it allowed to be taken lightly! On the other hand, what to rectify? ”

"Abolish the system of civilian leadership and generals, and give full trust to the leading generals. Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious." "Oh" will be easy to do from the middle of the imperial court, I will leave without interference, but this is not easy to do with civil and military affairs, and the civil officials of the imperial court will strongly oppose it. After all. This is the ancestor, the basic strategy for governing the country, which has been practiced for more than 100 years and has been deeply ingrained in the thinking of the ministers

Du Wenhao said: "Yes, this reform has to be done slowly. In accordance with the method we discussed last time, the decision-making power of the deputy marshal of the military general will be increased first, and the initiative battle plan opposed by the deputy marshal of the military general will not be implemented. Don't win, think about defeat first. Avoid losing the battle first. By increasing the decision-making power of military generals and publicizing the fruitful results achieved by military generals and soldiers, it is appropriate to publicly punish leading military officials who have suffered defeats. Let the government and the opposition feel the joy of victory, and gradually recognize the ability of the generals to lead the army. Appoint some generals to serve as commanders of some small battles to strengthen the propaganda effect of military attachés leading the army to win. Step by step, and finally achieve the goal of leading the army. ”

"Step by step, I couldn't agree more. And so it should be. Gao Yiyi said this. Paused again. After hesitating for a moment, he said in a low voice: "It's just that in this way, will there be another situation of military dictatorship and warlord division during the Northern and Southern Dynasties?"