Speaking of which, Yang Mu has been in this world for six or seven days, except for the last time he resisted the invasion of Zheng Guo's army, he has never had contact with the soldiers in the army, so until now, he only knows the two generals Wei Zhongquan and Sima Hong, and even this reform of the official position system has not involved military figures.

He knows very well that if this goes on for a long time, it will definitely lead to some generals in the army feeling bad and even burying hidden dangers.

So today, Yang Mu specially left the two generals behind, just to discuss the affairs of the army, understand the operation of the entire army of Cangguo, and then implement the meritorious lord system according to the actual situation, and at the same time eradicate the accumulated shortcomings.

"At the time of the first emperor, in order to avoid the family gate lords from sitting on the throne completely, the generals in the army were not from the six major gate lords, just like the old ministers, most of them were born in the guards around the first emperor, or orphans who were adopted and trained by the royal family since childhood." Wei Zhongquan took a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, and said.

"Oh? Who are they? Yang Mu asked.

Wei Zhongquan said: "In addition to Lao Chen and Sima Hong, there are also two generals, Zhu Xi and Han Tong, each with 2,000 soldiers, stationed in Nanshan and Taoyuan respectively, however, a few days ago, I heard that Zheng Guo's army was coming, so he led the army north to support, but halfway through the march, the war had stopped, so the old minister asked them to camp outside the imperial city for a while, and then go to receive the two northern cities in a few days. ”

Yang Mu nodded, in the past, the imperial city was the northernmost part, directly bordering the Cangguo, so most of the country's troops were stationed on the outskirts of the imperial city, but now that the two northern cities have been recovered, the army is bound to make a big adjustment.

But thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong, so he asked: "I heard that my Cangguo has an army of 30,000, but now if you calculate it carefully, plus the 6,000 soldiers stationed outside the imperial city, it is only 10,000 when you are full, what is going on?" ”

Wei Zhongquan smiled and said: "30,000 troops are right, but raising troops for a thousand days, using soldiers for a while, my Cangguo is small and weak, and it is really not enough to raise 30,000 troops with 600,000 poor and weak people." Therefore, of the 30,000 troops, only 10,000 were regular troops who actually had camps, and the remaining 20,000 were peasant soldiers. ”

"Peasant soldiers?"

"The so-called peasant soldiers, in fact, are selected from the peasants to be young and strong, ploughing the fields and cultivating the land on weekdays, and there is no difference from ordinary people, only every year when the farm is slack, organized to train for half a month, once there is a war, they are temporarily conscripted, mixed in the regular army to make up the number of people, and the real fight is like a street fight, and it is not a serious soldier."

Yang Mu nodded when he heard this, he was deeply touched by this, more than half of the 20,000 troops under the city last time were like this, a rabble, a plate of scattered sand, otherwise they would not have been defeated and surrendered so easily.

Since ancient times, peasant soldiers have a characteristic, that is, when they have the advantage, they can follow behind to fight the autumn wind, which looks scary, but once they encounter setbacks, they are easily defeated, and even affect the main force of the first army.

It is worth mentioning that in the fiefdom of the three kings, each city has about 1,000 troops, directly led by the three kings, between the peasant soldiers and the regular army, what is the combat effectiveness, no one can say if there has been no war for so many years, but with the aristocratic habits of the three kings who can't get rid of stinginess and exploitation, it is estimated that it is not high.

After some exchanges and inquiries, Yang Mu also roughly understood, the vassal states were actually almost the same, the regular army and the peasant soldiers were mixed, but the proportion was slightly different.

For example, in Cangguo, the establishment of the army is delineated by numerical values, which are ten commanders, even chiefs, centurions, thousand generals, three thousand generals, and generals.

It is important to note that the number in front of these military attaches does not mean that the number of people actually commanded, but the maximum number of people who can command. A lowest-level ten-captain, even if there are only five soldiers under his hands, can be called a ten-master, and there are three ten-captains under his hands......

By analogy, 3,000 people does not mean that there are 3,000 soldiers under his command, but that he can command and transfer the maximum number of people in the full state.

Obviously, at present, the army of Cangguo is in a state of serious shortage, Sima Hong, Zhu Xi, and Han Tong are only leading 2,000 people each, and Wei Zhongquan is a big general, and there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses directly under his hands.

"The decree was issued yesterday, but I don't know how the soldiers will react to the meritorious lord system." Yang Mu was a little worried, this was what he was most concerned about.

Wei Zhongquan smiled and said, "In this case, why don't Your Majesty come in person and go to the military camp to inspect it, which can not only comfort the soldiers, but also confirm that the decree is true, isn't it wonderful?" ”

"Oh?" Yang Mu's eyes lit up.

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"Ouch, comfortable...... left, then click ......"

After lunch, Yang Mu lay on the dragon collapse on all fours, and Ji Ling'er knelt on the edge of the bed, her fingers swam, and gently pinched his shoulders and beat his back.

In the past few days, he has gotten up at dawn every day, not only to fight wits and courage with the ministers, but also to spend time in the library in his head at night, making up for ancient political knowledge, and he is really too busy to enjoy the long-awaited arrogant and luxurious imperial life.

Therefore, he decided to take a good rest this afternoon and exercise his right to let Ji Ling'er have a package worth a hundred yuan.

But soon, he was a little idle, and he always felt that the palace maids and eunuchs serving next to him were serious and boring, so he rolled his eyes and told the story to the beautiful and lovely Ji Ling'er.

"Once upon a time, there was a person named Wei Xiaobao, who was a little deflated in the Qinglou, who was looked down upon in various ways, and even the girls in the Qinglou who didn't sell their bodies didn't look at him...... At this time, the entire Qinglou is facing a big crisis, and the top Oiran and the famous Miss Li Shishi are being forced to be a concubine to a person she doesn't like. ”

"This person is a second-generation official...... Well, anyway, he is very rich and powerful, he is lazy to eat and do no learning on weekdays, he eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, has five drugs, has sores on his head, pus under his feet, hemorrhoids in his navel eyes, and a face of hemp, which is like a circle of mosquitoes...... Hey, what are you looking at me for? I didn't have sores on the top of my head and pus under my feet, and I didn't rob ......."

Forget it, don't talk about it, I will be angry when I mention the queen, for this pit, Yang Mu feels that it may really become a stain that will linger in his life.

Ji Ling'er pursed her lips and chuckled, these days, she has long been accustomed to Yang Mu's character, and she is not very afraid, but she seems to have remembered something, and said while pinching her shoulders: "The slave maid listened to the little eunuch in Yiren Palace today, saying that the Queen Mother had a big temper this morning. ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Whoever made the Queen Mother angry, I went to chop him. Yang Mu said.

"The Queen."

"Ahem, ahem...... She...... What's wrong? There must be some misunderstanding in this! ”

"According to the etiquette system, the queen mother should greet the queen mother every morning, but during this time, the queen mother has never been out of Yuling Palace at all...... Somehow, the Queen Mother went to the Twelfth Supervision to check today, and His Majesty has never rested in Yuling Palace for one night, so ......"

Yang Mu was taken aback, and guessed carefully: "Queen Mother...... Could it be that he went to Yuling Palace to ask for his guilt? ”

Ji Ling'er nodded.

Yang Mu secretly said that it was bad, the queen's cold face was not worth her life, and the queen mother had to die of anger when she saw it!

Obediently, if this is a little more rough...... Yang Mu felt that his heart was beating faster, and his psychological shadow was attacking.

"Quick! Fast! Drive the Yuling Palace! ”