There is no annual leave in the army, and this is a rule that was formed after the professionalization of the army.

Now, four years have passed, and people are used to it.

Li Yuanji had already rushed back from Luozhou, and brought back Qinghe and Qingqing together, after entering the palace, Qinghe found that the situation seemed to be much better than what Song Zhong told her.

The queen was very understanding, and the other concubines did not embarrass her.

Even Guanyin, who has always lived in a simple place and has almost faded out of people's sight, has asked people to send some gifts.

The whole harem is very harmonious, without the imaginary intrigues, grievances and hatreds.

And the main reason is because the number of people in Li Yuanji's harem is not large, and there are only five people when it is full, even if you add Qinghe, there are only six people.

After removing one Guanyin maid, there are actually five people.

Although the arrival of Qinghe will squeeze their opportunity to have sex with the emperor, no one dares to complain about anything at this time.

Compared with the calm of the harem, Li Yuanji was busy after returning to Chang'an.

Although I went to Luozhou with hundreds of civil and military officials, after all, it was only a temporary trip, and not all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty went with me.

Therefore, some official affairs that are not so important are still left to be dealt with after the emperor returns.

As a result, starting the day after returning to Chang'an, Li Yuanji held cabinet meetings for five consecutive days to deal with the official business squeezed down in the previous month.

Five days before the New Year's Day, outside the south gate of Chang'an, the entire street was under martial law, stretching for dozens of miles.

The cold weather, the slight snowflakes, but this still did not affect the movements of these people.

Wooden tables and chairs are placed on the official road, divided into left and right sides, and each table can accommodate ten people.

There were soldiers on guard everywhere, and hundreds of cadets dressed in strange patterns and carrying red epaulettes on their shoulders shuttled through it.

How many of these tables are there? Anyway, I can't see the end at a glance.

Every short distance, there is a makeshift shed, in which the smoke is constantly burning, and in each shed, there is a palace chef in charge, and then a lot of helpers are recruited from other places.

As military cadets, there are now two categories, one is the first cadets selected by various units, and these people have one thing in common, that is, they have combat merits and are among the best among officers of the same rank.

The other is a suggestion put forward by Li Yuanji after this group of people entered the school.

That is, to directly recruit students from the society in the form of scientific examinations.

Although both are military cadets and are treated the same in military schools, if you really talk about it, you will find many, many differences.

For example, when it comes to the length of schooling, most of the officers who come in from the army have a one-year or two-year length of study.

However, those students recruited from the society are unified from the four years.

On the other hand, the content of learning is also different, and military cadets pay more attention to theory, with a small amount of practice.

In the first year, students are more practical, and in the second year, they will be divided into theory and practice, and then until graduation.

Another difference is the question of the fate of the two after graduation, one has been determined, and the other has not yet been determined.

Of course, in today's case, the difference between the two can also be reflected.

Military cadets can sit down, but they can only stand, not only standing, but also play the role of a junior.

"We have committed ourselves to the army, but I didn't expect to humiliate us so much......"

"Say less! Although I know you don't have any bad intentions, if this is heard by someone who cares, it is not for you and me to decide. A young man with a slightly immature face shook his head and kindly persuaded him: "Since the military academy is so arranged, there must be a reason for the military academy. ”

"What's the point? If you want me to say, this is to kill our sharpness, give us a dismount, and I don't dare to have any more ideas in the future. The man continued to mumble disapprovingly, but in a much quieter voice.

"You're wrong! Or maybe you're only half right. The young man continued to shake his head, stretched out his hand and pointed to the table that could not be seen at a glance, although the snowflakes were slightly fluttering, but these cadets still wiped the table over and over again: "If you just want to kill our spirit, it is too much to look up to us to make such a big scene, and here is a scale that can accommodate seventy or eighty thousand people, such a large scale, and it is here, you will know the answer if you think about it." ”

This appearance is clearly for a banquet, the scale is so grand, not to mention that since the Tang Dynasty, it has never been such a vast scene in history.

When thinking of the treatment of cadets with two different identities, the answer is actually self-evident.

"Xue Li, you mean?"

"Yes, if you guess correctly, it should be the soldiers of the expedition to Tibet, it is said that on the day of the expedition, His Majesty promised all the soldiers that when the army returns victoriously, there will be a banquet to celebrate." Xue Li nodded, he didn't plan to enter the army before, so he didn't think about it so much, let alone pay so much attention to it.

But since I chose the military school and came here, it is natural to pay attention to more situations.

And Xue Li's relationship with his classmates in the military school is very good, especially those students from the army, who are often the objects of Xue Li's troubles.

Among the students in the same period, everyone looked at Xue Li with some contempt, and everyone felt that Xue Li wanted to take this opportunity to make contacts and find a backer, so as not to be bullied when he entered the army in the future.

And for this kind of remarks, Xue Li didn't care about it, and still went his own way.

Xue Li did prefer to hang out with those students who came from the army, but that was not for the sake of not being bullied after he joined the army in the future.

First of all, these trainees may return to their original unit after graduation, or they may lose their place in the original unit and go to a new unit.

And the fate of their students in these places is even more unknown, they don't even know where they are going, so how can they find a backer?

The reason why Xue Li did this was just to learn more combat knowledge from the cadets from which armies came.

He has no access to high-level generals at present, but the combat experience mastered by these low-level officers is enough to meet Xue Li's current needs.

Under Xue Li's silent learning, this means that the military school has not yet started the test, otherwise, it will be found that Xue Li has left many people far behind at the starting line.

It's a big scene, and many people don't necessarily get to see it once in their lifetime.

However, this banquet also has some different meanings in the past.

For example, Xue Li has a good relationship with those students from the army, so he is more well-informed in some news.

The reason why those military cadets were allowed to sit was because after this banquet, some soldiers would be retired.

Yes, decommissioned.

This is a 'brand-new' word, and it also represents the completion of the first reincarnation since the professionalization of the Datang army.

In fact, so far, many soldiers have overserved their military service.

Because according to the first contract, their service period was four years, and most of the troops that went on an expedition to Tibet were formed around June and July, that is, as early as around May this year, they had already reached the deadline for retirement.

But because the war is ongoing, there is no way to retire them at this time, and there will be a new adaptation period when new soldiers are replenished.

This was not allowed to happen in war, so they had to serve beyond their time limit until the battle was over, or when the court decided to send other troops to replace them.

The professionalization of the army allowed the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to have a higher salary, and also allowed more people to no longer have to worry about whether they wanted to go to the battlefield, because the concept of professionalism is to let professional people do professional things, and the task of ordinary people is to farm, make money, and occasionally get a labor call-up order, and there is no need to think about war at all.

And the professionalism of soldiers means that they have a longer time to train, and all year round, they don't have to worry about anything except training.

The military salary was enough to make up for the loss of a labor force in the family, and there was even a lot of surplus.

And the long-trained troops, in terms of now, are elite.

Because whether it was Datang or other countries before, now only Datang has moved towards the road of military professionalization.

What are the benefits of professionalizing the military?

Before the expedition to Tibet, many people expressed incomprehension.

But after the expedition to Tibet, everyone said that they understood, and they were glad that the professionalization of the army had been implemented and that the army had adapted to this system.

The biggest problem with the government military system is that the training of the army is slightly insufficient, and although the government soldiers have to train subjects on a regular basis every month, this level is still very insufficient compared to the professional army.

The other is that the government military system is not suitable for expeditions and is not suitable for permanent stationing.

But there is no such problem in the professional army, anyway, once you enlist in the army, you will definitely not be able to return home within four years, and you will adapt to it after a year or two, and it will be four years in the camp, and it will be four years outside, and you will not be able to return home anyway, where is it not the same?

Xue Li has already married, and has two children, although he is only eighteen years old this year, and Xue Li originally did not plan to be a soldier, but the Xue family has declined, as a former nobleman, Xue Li can only make a living from arable land, although the family is full of food, but it is very difficult to want children to study, and he can't support two children to study.

Therefore, for him, the only option is to become a soldier and then send his children to the academy to study for free.

Ordinary big-headed soldier Xue Li will not be, although it has declined, but he was once a nobleman, and the enrollment of the military academy happened to prepare a heart-warming place for Xue Li.

So, one accident and another accident made Li Yuanji unexpectedly harvest Xue Li, the future famous general of the Tang Dynasty, in advance.