War Department. Military reform advance meeting. This is only a preliminary plan, or rather, a meeting in which the opinions of the representatives of all parties are concentrated. The meeting was chaired by the War Department, and Shang Wen had to be present. Because each military reform is related to the overall development of the Qin army, in particular, this reform of the army.

Most of the previous reforms of the Qin army were accomplished by changing weapons and partially changing the military system. But this reform is different from the previous times, this time, the reform of the Qin army is to take the initiative to cut some things. This made the officers of the General Staff feel a great crisis, and they believed that this was an important signal to the Army itself.

"As for the idea of abolishing the soldiers of the ethnic minorities, our staff thinks it is feasible, because these ethnic minorities have really caused us a lot of trouble. Their cultural quality is very low, and the future is a technical army, although these ethnic minorities are very brave, but there is still a lot of trouble, especially in command, the Qin army has a lot of confusion in command. Wang Jian said.

"Therefore, I agree with Bai Dong's military reform and reduce the composition of ethnic minorities, but the military quality of the military personnel of the Qin army must be improved." Wang Jian said.

"But doing so will inevitably lead to more border problems." Those ethnic minorities come from the border of Qin, the Xiongnu in the north, and the mountain people in the east, they basically rely on the military salary of the Qin army to maintain, if we kick them all out at once, the result is that we will face a great military crisis, such a military crisis, not radical is to deploy a large number of troops, but also occupy a considerable amount of military resources of the Qin State, military spending will remain high for a long time, the current Qin State is mainly to build, tap and digest the military potential of various places. Therefore, too many cuts in these minority soldiers will have a great impact, and at the same time, there are still big problems with the resettlement of veterans. Wei Yi said worriedly.

"It is an indisputable fact that the Qin State cannot give them stable jobs, their quality is low, some of them do not even know the Qin State script, this is definitely an illiterate existence, and it is unlikely that they will enter the factory to work. If they enter the Qin society, they will cause a lot of social order. I think it's better to put them in the army. This is the strongest form an effective control over them. Wei Yu said.

"But the Qin army needs to develop. At present, all countries are actively developing, and their technical arms are all developing, in contrast, the development of the Qin army is lagging behind a lot, especially after the participation of ethnic minorities, the overall combat quality of the Qin army has declined very much. Wang Jian unceremoniously pointed out the problems after the minority soldiers joined.

Wang Jian was resolutely opposed to the participation of ethnic minorities in the development of the Qin army. Because such an army seriously affected the technical nature of the Qin army, the Qin State had many weapons that occupied technical advantages, and his command system also required soldiers to fully understand the performance of the weapons. In particular, the Qin State occupies a unique position in some key areas of technical arms, such as artillery, but minority soldiers are rarely able to enter this area, not because they can't enter, but because their learning ability is not competent for such things. Therefore, Wang Jian resolutely demanded to kick out these minority soldiers, and Bai Dong's plan just met his requirements.

But Shang Wen had a different view, because the future development of the Qin State needed more and a larger soldier system, which was not radical and was a matter for the Guanzhong region. There were many more new areas that the Qin State was included in, such as the Western Regions, the North, and so on, and there were a certain number of ethnic minority soldiers in these regions, who provided the Qin State with a stable number of soldiers. At the same time, because of the unbalanced development relationship, the enthusiasm of Qin Guoguan to join the army has been greatly reduced. In contrast, the salaries offered by the Qin army could only be provided from among these minority soldiers. As a result, the overall quality of the Qin army continued to decline.

With the Qin army adopting the method of retirement, it appeared. The sergeants of the backbone remained. A large number of soldiers retired and entered the Guanzhong region for development, the number of soldiers of the old Qin army declined rapidly, followed by a large number of ethnic minority soldiers, they were incompetent in many positions, and many of the excellent traditions of the Qin army were lost because of the loss of a large number of soldiers, which was an important factor in the decline of the combat effectiveness of the Qin army, at the same time, the number of cavalry of the Qin army was growing rapidly, and in contrast, the infantry combat capability of the army was also declining. Wang Jian is very worried about this.

"This kind of thing, we know very well, but we can't avoid it, our only way is to absorb and transform them, although it will take a long time, but in the long run, he has solved the problem of Qin's soldiers, and Qin's expansion territory will be very large, such a problem will have to be faced, if you only rely on the Guanzhong region of Qin's State to supplement, once the war lasts too long, it will consume the Qin's vital strength, and then replenish, it is no longer realistic." Wei Yi said.

"But the old Qin army must retain a part, and their essence must remain. This proportion cannot be reduced again, so it is necessary to reduce the number of minority soldiers this time. Wang Jian said resolutely.

Shang Wen just kept shaking his head, his brows were tightly locked, Meng Yi was watching calmly from the side, he also felt that something was wrong. The crux of the matter is the extent to which the Prime Minister's Office wants to reform the Army. Judging from the current situation, Bai Dong's military reform may go very fast. This has greatly exceeded the expectations of the Prime Minister's Mansion of the Qin State, or rather, there has been a big problem with Bai Dong's military reform. This issue also requires civil reform. Shangwen felt a little helpless, but thought he had to solve such a thing.

On the one hand, Qin is actively developing industry, and many of them have entered the formalization, such as finance, agricultural development, technical reserves, and so on. But the problem is, there is a big problem with the workforce. The technology industry of the Qin State was being transferred, and there was a big problem of slaves in the transferred area, and these slaves could only become laborers after emancipation. At present, such a dilemma has appeared in the Western Regions, and Shang Wen must properly solve these problems, but Shang Wen knows that if there is a large-scale emancipation of slaves, the farmers will be the first to oppose themselves, which will cause great losses to the agriculture of the Qin State. Shang Wen couldn't afford this loss.