In the study, Zhao Zhe lay quietly in the Taishi chair. Now that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has passed, the whole country will gradually return to normal from the festive atmosphere. Zhao Zhe also closed his eyes, sipping hot tea from time to time, and several simple and heavy copper stoves were in full swing, making the study warm and warm. In several animal head incense burners, sandalwood is curling, which makes people calm and relaxed. Zhao Zhe couldn't help but take stock of his gains and losses, this is the third year since he came to this world, although it has been a total of one year and a few months. The Communist Party of China has slightly rectified itself in the military, agriculture, and government affairs.

Let's talk about the military first, once to quell the chaos, and twice to fight with the Houjin State, although they all won in the end, but in fact, the overall national strength was also hurt a lot. The strength of the entire army has also decreased because of the hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded. To say that the organ department established by itself can already start producing exquisite guns, but the output is very low, and the output of a whole year is only enough to equip one-seventieth or eighty-tenth of all armies. Everyone believed that production would gradually increase in the future, but before a major mechanical revolution took place, it would never be possible to install muskets and artillery in the whole army in a short period of time by artificial manufacturing, plus the loss of exquisite guns and ammunition for training, and the loss of war. No matter how sharp the delicate spear is, it can only be equipped with a part of the elite musketeers, and it can only be used as a reading ace class, not covering the whole army.

It can also be seen that in the next few decades of battles, although muskets will play an increasingly large role and proportion, cold weapon combat will still be the protagonist.

However, the cold weapon combat army, except for its own Huya Army, which is still in its embryonic state, and some troops that have more or less learned a lot of war experience and blood because of the two wars, the strength of the whole [***] team has hardly improved. On the contrary, because of the large number of dead and wounded, the reserve recruits were replenished, and the overall strength declined. It can be seen from this that while vigorously developing munitions, it is necessary to improve the combat capability of the whole [***] unit with cold weapons.

Zhao Zhe, who has traveled for more than a year, is no longer the stunned young man who didn't understand anything at the beginning. I have also fully understood the state of the empire's army, and the Great Zhao Emperor's [***] team is mainly composed of infantry troops, with a total of less than 150,000 light and heavy cavalry. The infantry army, which is also mostly light infantry wearing leather armor, has poor defense and weak combat effectiveness. The cavalry is slightly better, after all, each cavalry is mostly a pro-army in the governor's mansion of each army, and the equipment and training are quite sufficient. The rest of the infantry army, except for some border troops whose training and equipment were slightly better, were simply scum, and they were not much stronger than the peasant army. If it were placed on the plain to engage the Houjin soldiers, the ratio of casualties would probably be as high as more than ten to one. However, this kind of garbage soldiers still account for more than 80 percent of the country's number, distributed in all provinces and localities.

Zhao Zhe thought about it again and again, and decided to form a military discipline battalion with henchmen and masters, so that the people in the Huya Army could take turns to take charge. Under his own direct command. They went to all health centers throughout the country to inspect the staffing, training, and equipment of each health center. Once it is found that there are any problems, such as empty salary, eating equipment, training slack, etc. You can directly ask for guilt according to the size of the problem, and the highest can be the commander of the command to make a decision, and then report to yourself after the beheading, inform the superiors, and ask the guilty at each level, until the military governor's office.

With the number of guards and thousands of households as a unit, there are now 615 guards in the country, some of which are individual guards, and some are joint guards. But Zhao Zhe decided to restructure. On the basis of every five guards, they were combined into one army. In this way, there will be one hundred and twenty-three armies in the whole country. Aside from the cavalry of about six corps, the navy of about six corps, and one musket corps. The remaining 100 infantry troops will start a competitive elimination system. Let them train their own, and starting early next year, an all-army exercise and competition will be launched. First of all, in the civil war in the provinces, one army after another did not wear armor, but only used wooden knives, wooden guns, wooden shields, and wooden arrows to start a battle with the whole army. Anyone who was hit was treated as a casualty and withdrew from the battlefield, and the entire annihilated army was judged to have failed. But defeat is not without a chance, and it is possible to engage in a round-robin battle. From this, you can decide a ranking in the Governor's Mansion of the five armies before and after. Those who rank first in each governor's office will be called the ace army and receive rich rewards, and the second and third places will be elite soldiers and receive rewards. The fourth and even the third from the bottom are called ordinary armies and do not have any awards. The penultimate place, known as the garbage army, all those who have official ranks, when they strip off their shirts and hang insulting signs, they parade through the streets of at least three cities in the province for one day, and their official rank is downgraded by one level.

If the army ranked last in the jurisdiction of the governor's office, the two commanders of the left and right armies of his army were flogged ten times each at the entrance of the city, for a total of ten days, and the people were organized to line up and scold, and each time they spat on it, they could get a hundred pennies, and this money came from the commander's house. The rest of the officers were paraded through the streets for ten days.

The ace army of each of the five armies of the Governor's Palace, as well as the ace army of the emperor's personal guard, a total of six armies fought in turn. The top three were given different rewards, the fourth and fifth were not rewarded, and the sixth belonged to the governor's mansion, and the emperor himself whipped ten times, deducting 20% of the military expenses of the governor's mansion.

The army that won the title of garbage army twice in a row, the left and right army commanders were directly beheaded.

The six cavalry armies and the six sailors are a separate and systematic contest, and the specific details can be produced by the governor's office. But it is basically equivalent to the punishment and reward system of the infantry army. The last two, each receiving strong insults. As for the Musketeers, there is currently only a prototype army of the Dragon Lancers, and they will not participate in any competitions for the time being, and after the five armies are gathered, they will compete within the Musketeers.

Moreover, the titles of ace, elite, ordinary, and garbage are not just as simple as the title grade. It also involves the advantages of military spending in the coming year, limited supplies and so on. On top of that, this title will also be hung in front of the number. For example, if the Eagle Army has won the title of Ace, the Ace Eagle Army will be added in front of it, and if it has won the title of the Garbage Army, it will be called the Garbage Eagle Army. Or the elite eagle army and so on.

Zhao Zhe also thought of doing it, and carefully asked the eunuch to write down his ideas, and revised them. Immediately summoned the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, as well as the relevant people in the Governor's Mansion of the pro-military Governor's Mansion, and threw the new military system to them to see.

Two people from each governor's mansion came, and after a total of ten of them finished reading it, they all cried and laughed uncertainly. Except for Yang Dingshan and the people who were pro-military governors, the rest reacted violently to express their opposition, thinking that this was simply ridiculous and nonsense. Because of the emperor's military system, they are also involved. In case, if you win the last place in the decisive battle of the six trump cards, you will be punished with ten lashes from the emperor. That's not it, how can you get by on the skin?

Zhao Zhe didn't speak, just drank tea leisurely, their reason was nothing more than that if the game was like this, it would cost a lot of money, or they thought that in the game, even if they used wooden knives and guns, it would cause a lot of casualties.

Yang Dingshan was smiling bitterly, he knew that the emperor was waiting for him to come out and speak. I had to cough twice and said, "I think the emperor's idea is excellent." Let the various armies form a strong sense of victory, and it will revive the backwater army of the Great Zhao Empire. Moreover, in this way, the commanders of the various armies will train their subordinates desperately, so that the strength of the Great Zhao Army will be steaming. ”

Just when they wanted to say something, Zhao Zhe said indifferently: "I asked you to come over, not to ask if you agree. Rather, let you discuss how to complement this plan. I am not afraid of spending money, and I am not afraid of being killed or injured during the training decisive battle. But what I am afraid of is that 300,000 troops against 30,000 troops of other countries will fight you to the death, or even collapse. "But in my heart, I was secretly thinking that only I, the emperor, could make such a big move in the whole [***] team. This is also fortunate that the Taizu defended himself back then, don't look at these governor's mansion bosses, it seems that they each have five or six hundred thousand troops in their hands. But in fact, they have no right to mobilize any army to fight, and they must pass the documents of the Ministry of War, and the emperor himself seals and authorizes them.

seemed to feel the hidden murderous intent in the emperor's eyes, and those people immediately began to change their attitudes, and they began to discuss the details one after another. In fact, they all knew that if they used this way, even if it was a year, they could increase the combat power of the Great Zhao army a lot. After all, if you finish at the bottom of the competition, it's not fun.

Zhao Zhe also reminded: "In addition to the competition in the whole [***] team, each army will also have twenty-five thousand households, and each army can also compete for rankings." I believe that under such incentives and punishments, it is impossible to increase the combat effectiveness of the army. Also, cheating must be prevented, and when the time comes, I will personally send henchmen to supervise every contest in your army. Give each army a year to train, and start the competition this time next year. ”

Zhao Zhe really didn't bother to discuss with them whether this system was passed or not, Da Zhao is an empire, he is a talent reader, and it is not a parliamentary system. This is the advantage of those who read talents, if they want to implement a policy, even if they are opposed by civil and military officials, they can be forcibly promoted. If there are some people who really have the world's opposition in their hearts, it will be enough, once there are those who have bad intentions. The powerful forces in the hands of the emperor are not vegetarians.

In fact, Zhao Zhe was also worried in his heart, although Houjin's vitality was greatly damaged, his strength should not be underestimated. Now that the national strength of the Great Zhao State has been damaged, according to intelligence, a series of surrounding powers such as Tatar and Warat are really a little ready to move. If we fail to raise the strength of the army in a short period of time, I am afraid that we will suffer a big loss.

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(To be continued)