When Li Chengqian proposed a new military service system in the court, before those military generals could speak, the civilian side had already blown up the temple.

"Your Majesty, this matter needs to be carefully considered, the current military service system has been tested for decades, and if it is rashly revised, I am afraid that the military will be unstable." I don't know what to think about, Wang Xuance was the first to jump out.

At present, he is serving in Honglu Temple, and it is said that whether he changes the military service system or not has nothing to do with him, but since the old man's time, the Tang Dynasty has not sinned people for his words, and Li Chengqian's soul comes from later generations, so naturally he will not do anything about it, so it has created a situation where anyone can speak today as long as there is something.

And as Wang Xuance's voice fell, Du Gou also walked out of the court, and Shi Li said: "Your Majesty, Wang Shaoqing is right, the military system has continued from the former Sui to the present, and the military strength of the Tang Dynasty is thriving, and it must not be changed lightly." ”

"Light change? No, no, no, you misunderstood, I don't want to change it lightly. Li Chengqian looked down on the ministers from above, and after listening to the words of Wang and Du, he slowly shook his head: "If I want to change it, I will change it thoroughly, and change everything in the past!" ”

"What? Full, all changed? Wang Xuance and the others opened their mouths in surprise, and they didn't know how to respond.

On the military general's side, it was as if it had nothing to do with it, napping one by one, counting the beams of the room, as if they had not heard what Li Chengqian was saying.

Since the eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Chigong, and Qin Qiong followed Lao Li to the sea, and Li Jing and Cheng Yanjin semi-retired, the strength of the Tang military suddenly became much weaker, and they were unable to compete with the civilian family at all, so every time the civilian side spoke, they stopped talking.

But Li Chengqian didn't seem to see the attitude of the generals, and just said to Du Gou, who wanted to stop talking: "Du Gou, you'd better listen to me finish speaking, and don't interrupt for the time being, how about it?!" ”

"Yes, the ministers are at fault." Hearing Li Chengqian say this, Du Gou and Wang Xuance hurriedly bowed down and confessed. After all, interrupting the emperor's speech is somewhat suspected of bullying the emperor, and if he continues, he will probably be impeached.

Seeing that the two of them had retreated, and no one had come out again, Li Chengqian nodded and continued: "Just now you said that my Tang army is unparalleled in combat strength, and I agree with this principle. ”

"But have you thought about it, my Datang now has millions of troops, there are nearly 800,000 people in the Sixteenth Guard alone, nearly two million garrisons in various places, plus nearly one million border troops, how many materials will these nearly four million troops consume every year?"

"People in their fifties still have to go to the battlefield, and they have to rush to the front line to kill, do I have no one in Datang?"

"Fifteen from the army, eighty years to return. You pillars of the Tang Dynasty still rely on a group of old people to protect you, I want to ask you, have your consciences been eaten by dogs! ”

The more Li Chengqian spoke, the louder he became, and at the end he was almost slapping the table and shouting.

However, there is nothing wrong with what he said, the military system of the Tang Dynasty is indeed like this, although the rule is that you can return to your hometown at the age of sixty, but there are many people who have exceeded sixty, and they have been in the military for a lifetime, and there is no one at home, so they have also died and returned to their hometowns, and they have been mixed in the army.

This is the disadvantage of the government military system, because in the past, there were few people in the Central Plains, and you just wanted to reduce the burden on the people, and it was impossible for them to retire early, because if you let these people retire early, first of all, not to mention that the family had cut off a source of money, just say that the number of troops cannot be guaranteed.

There are not many people in the Central Plains, and after removing the fugitives, black households, and servants who are hidden by families and nobles, the number is even smaller, and there are not so many young people who can go to the battlefield at all.

That's why veterans of 50 or 60 years old are on the front line of the battlefield, and although they don't have enough physical strength, they can still win the battle if they have experience and are well-armed.

But the current Datang is different, now the Tang Dynasty has been recuperating for more than ten years, most of the fugitives have been mobilized from the mountains again, and those servants who were regarded as family dogs by the family and nobles have also re-registered, and the number of people has increased by nearly two times at once.

There is no longer a need for people in their fifties or sixties to continue fighting, they can already come down from the battlefield, the state will support them, they will have a home to go home, a farm to have no home, in short, they will not be left homeless or left to rely on.

Li Chengqian's idea is really simple, that is, to streamline the administration of the army, demobilize some veterans who are not suitable to participate in the battle and go home, and then recruit a group of new soldiers.

Moreover, as in later generations, the number of years for the people to serve in the army is set within a certain period of time, and if it does not work in two or three years, it will be three or five years, in short, we must give some hope to young people, so that their future will be dark after joining the army, and they will no longer see a way out.

But in the end, he was still disappointed, because he had no support at all, although those civil officials knew that what Li Chengqian said was right, but for some reasons, they did not support him, and even his descendants Wang Xuance, Ma Zhou and others did not support him.

This is a very annoying thing, after the early dynasty was dispersed, Li Chengqian angrily lifted the table four times in a row before calming down, looking at Ma Zhou, Wang Xuance and Du Wei who came to ask for guilt, and even pointed at them for a long time, unable to say a word.

Seeing this scene, Ma Zhou hurriedly pleaded guiltily and said, "Your Majesty, calm your anger, the ministers are at fault." ”

"You are not at fault, you are guilty, you are not responsible for the expectations of the people of the world! I have no expectations of you! It's a shame on what you've learned for years! Li Chengqian paced back and forth in the study, pointing at the noses of several people and scolding.

"Yes!" Ma Zhou and the others continued to bow their heads.

"Say, why stop me, say, I can't make a sense today, I have stripped you of your official skin!" It's the first time for Li Chengqian to be so angry, after all, he is still too young, if he is an old man in the family, he will never be like this now.

"Your Majesty, have you ever thought about it, if according to what you said, all veterans over the age of thirty will retire, how much will Datang's military strength drop? And even if the military strength does not decline, do you know how much security will it pose to Datang after those veterans are demobilized? ”

"Your Majesty, that's nearly two million people, two million murderous warriors, so you can rest assured that you will throw them all over the Tang Dynasty?"

Wang Xuance finally said something psychological at this time, in fact, he knew very well that Li Chengqian was a good heart, but good intentions are not necessarily good things, so many soldiers were driven out of the army, no one could know what kind of things they could do, this was a great unstable factor, and no one could guarantee that they would not cause any trouble.

(End of chapter)