"Your Majesty, my Tang Dynasty currently implements the government military system, although it can guarantee the military power, there will be no civil strife. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info, however, will inevitably decay very quickly, and I am afraid that it will not take thirty years, and it will all decay in a generation. At that time, once there is a battle, then my Datang will fall into a situation where there are no soldiers in a big country. At that time, it would also lead to the introduction of conscription, which would eventually require a large amount of financial support. However, once my Datang expands too much territory, it will eventually cause logistics and supplies to not keep up, and we have to decentralize financial power and give financial power to border guards. In the end, once the financial power and military power are combined, then Liu Han is unwilling. ”

Therefore, whether it is the government military system or the conscription system, in fact, it is not a good way to really cure the decline of military power. This is actually the most important embodiment of the paradox of the strong army, no matter what, sooner or later there will be problems. Either it is taken advantage of by foreign enemies, or the army is counterattacked, so there is only one way to eradicate the loss of military power. ”

Shi Bufan explained a lot to Li Shimin and the generals of the imperial court about the weaknesses of the government military system, which is not as magical as later generations touted, but only a means to prevent the military power from falling and a means to save the country's military funds. However, the government military system decays very quickly, and once the army is responsible for production, it will inevitably decay very quickly. The army of the Song Dynasty is also an experience, although many people scolded the Song Dynasty army for being weak, but they completely ignored that it was not the army that was weak, but that those generals had a group of pig-like teammates, which was made like this. In addition, the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty was the regular army, and those so-called box troops were actually doing all kinds of production work, but in fact, they were just officially organized production and construction companies.

It is a mistake to use the box army as a metaphor for the combat effectiveness of the regular army. As for China's defeat in foreign wars, the vast majority of them are not military factors, but political factors. Without the people behind to hold back, the army's combat effectiveness is still very strong. Without a bunch of pig teammates and civilian officials fooling around, the army will have problems. Therefore, it is a big mistake to let the armed forces shoulder this political responsibility and to use political factors to measure the real combat effectiveness of the armed forces.

However, the current military system of the Tang Dynasty is actually decaying very quickly, which is a very terrible fact. However, the feudal dynasty was far more internal than external, and Li Shimin was definitely included in this idea.

In fact, everyone present also knows that the government military system is actually a system that integrates soldiers and peasants. The government military system has been implemented for many years, and there was a prototype as early as the Northern Wei Dynasty, so these guys from the Guanlong Group are very tired of this. However, the Guanlong group had no choice, because the economic foundation of Guanlong Wufu was built on the government military system. In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the Guanlong clique collapsed, and I am afraid that in addition to the suppression from above, the collapse of the government and military system, the economic foundation on which they depended, was also a role that could not be ignored. As long as the economic foundation does not collapse, the political bloc attached to him will not completely collapse. Although it may be suppressed temporarily, it will not completely disintegrate. But once the economic foundation collapses, even the powerful political bloc will gradually disintegrate.

"Shi Bufan, you said that the government military system is easy to decay, but the loyalty of the soldiers in the recruitment system is difficult to guarantee, how do you say to solve the 'strong army paradox' you said?" Li Shimin asked.

Li Shimin is also clear about this aspect. The government military system decayed very quickly, but with Li Shimin's knowledge, it was not enough for Li Shimin to come up with a solution. Therefore, Li Shimin is also a human being, not a god, and he is powerless when the time comes, for example, beyond what he can understand, he is also powerless. In particular, this kind of institutional design has been explored from generation to generation, and cannot be created out of thin air, unless it is a traverser.

"Your Majesty, in fact, in the future, I think it will still be based on the conscription system. In particular, the government military system is becoming more and more corrupt, and it is inevitable that the conscription system will replace the government military system. And the advantage of the conscription system is that the combat effectiveness is strong, because they are not responsible for production, but full-time for training, so can such combat effectiveness not be strong? However, with regard to the Emperor's concern about the loss of military power and the forced delegation of financial power to the feudal towns, I think there is no solution to this solution. There is no solution from the institutional point of view, and it will not be completely solved after at least another 1,300 years. Shi Bufan said.

"And what do you say?" Li Shimin asked unhappily, since there is no solution in the system, what is the use.

Shi Bufan could only answer in the end: "Your Majesty, in fact, this method, the so-called bell must be tied to the bell." Since we are in charge of soldiers, the foundation is also soldiers. Under the conscription system, soldiers fight for money and for military pay, and whoever gives them military pay is naturally loyal to whom and who they are fighting for. In addition, they often have no land, no permanent production, and naturally no perseverance. So they will definitely be soldiers and follow the generals. ”

"But why can't we think differently, we need soldiers to defend our families and the country, but what soldiers want is to be soldiers in exchange for military pay. They actually think differently than we do, and that's the biggest incentive for us to let the military power go by. We only let them understand who to fight for and what to fight for. In this way, they have culture and lofty ideals, so they can naturally understand the choice of generals. ”

"Let them understand that they are fighting to protect my Datang, to protect the people of my Datang, not to fight for the generals to receive military salaries. As long as the soldiers understand this, then they will not blindly follow the generals, but have their own thoughts and goals, and there will be no idea of following some careerists to rebel. ”

As soon as Shi Bufan finished saying this, all the generals present fried the pot, of course, the reason why they fried the pot was not because they thought that the army was in rebellion, but because what Shi Bufan said did not conform to their thinking all along.

"Your Majesty, how can you let the soldiers have their own thoughts? Ridiculous, simply ridiculous! Li Xiaogong first ignored Shi Bufan, who was a direct subordinate, and immediately started spraying.

Another general named Zhang Shigui hurriedly accused Shi Bufan and said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, you will be wise and foolish. Sun Tzu had a lesson in the Art of War, that soldiers cannot be told the purpose of the war, and that soldiers must be put to death and reborn. ...... for the generals"

Next, many generals criticized Shi Bufan's proposal, let the soldiers learn the culture, let the soldiers know things, and let the soldiers have their own thoughts. The excuse they often come up with is also the proposal in Sun Tzu's Art of War, which is to be wise and foolish, and not to let the soldiers know the plan, but to make the soldiers truly obey the order absolutely.

This is proposed by Sun Tzu in the Art of War, and Sun Tzu is known as a soldier saint, so of course this is sacred, so this is what Sun Tzu proposed, and that is right.

"Everyone, you all talk about Sun Tzu's teachings, but are Sun Tzu's teachings still correct?" Shi Bufan asked.

Shi Bufan's words immediately made everyone fry, and the fryer was even more powerful. Shi Bufan directly "sprayed" his grandson, so that these people who have always regarded his grandson as a soldier saint and a god of war are also completely crazy. Shi Bufan actually dared to spray at the soldier saint, this is not death!

"Your Majesty, Shi Bufan dared to insult the soldier saint, please punish the emperor severely!" Zhang Shigui immediately said angrily.

"Yes! Please punish the emperor severely! "Everyone hurry up.

Li Shimin also frowned, because he also grew up studying Sun Tzu's Art of War, which has always been called the military Bible, and has even been extremely deified in Chinese military history, and even all kinds of praise for Sun Tzu are simply countless.

This kind of superstitious authority and superstitious thinking of Sun Tzu is actually quite a lot, even a lot, in the army.

"Your Majesty, can't your grandson even criticize it? I don't mean to insult Sun Tzu, I just want to point out that there is something out of place in Sun Tzu's Art of War, is it okay? Shi Bufan asked.

"Fart, Sun Tzu's Art of War is feasible for thousands of years, how can it not be allowed?" Zhang Shigui scolded.

Shi Bufan directly asked: "Then Sun Tzu's advocacy of plundering foreign civilians to supplement the military in the war, this should also be done?" ”

Shi Bufan's words immediately shut everyone up, because do they dare to admit such a thing? Li Shimin's face was also embarrassed, in fact, the virtues of these Tang Dynasty generals were known to Shi Bu. Including Li Shimin, they have also taken over the people in the process of fighting, and Shi Bufan happens to know this. Don't think that Li Shimin is a saint, he is first and foremost a general, and he is responsible for his soldiers. In this era, wars and plundering the common people were commonplace.

Of course, there are some things that can be done and not said, robbing the people is not a good reputation after all, they have done it, but it is not easy to say it clearly?

"What's wrong? Dumb? Don't dare to say it? Shi Bufan asked.

"This ......" even Zhang Shigui stammered.

"Well, I'll tell you why. The era in which Sun Tzu lived was the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the war in the Spring and Autumn Period was a period of princes competing for hegemony. In fact, the civilization of our Han people has not been truly unified in those vassal states. The foundation for the true unification of the Qin Dynasty was established, and the Han Dynasty was truly completed. The civilization gap back then was actually the same as the civilization gap between our Han and Turkic peoples. At that time, the relationship between the countries and our Tang Dynasty and the Turks was the same, they belonged to 'foreign countries', and in their eyes, the war belonged to the national war, not the civil war between our Han people. ”

"Now we don't care what happens between the Han people, even if they compete for the world, but they are all working hard for reunification, so no matter how it is, it is a civil war. In the course of the civil war, although there were some acts of plundering the people, this kind of thing would not be as reasonable as Sun Tzu advocated back then, and it could be said with peace of mind, right? ”

"It can be seen that some of the Art of War is outdated."

Shi Bufan put forward this statement, in fact, the nature of wars in different periods is different, so there are indeed some things in Sun Tzu's Art of War that are outdated, and this must be clarified, and cannot be blindly worshipped.

But Zhang Shigui still said: "Your Majesty, I don't agree!" Sun Tzu's ability to lead troops is unparalleled in the world, and even if you let Sun Tzu unify the world, 10,000 people are enough. Wang Jian used 600,000 to destroy Chu, and if he let his grandson come, maybe 10,000 would be enough! ”

"Since Sun Tzu's ability to lead troops into battle is so strong, then his Sun Tzu's Art of War must be useful."

"General Zhang, you are sophistry! You are a man-based sophistry! Shi Bufan said.

Zhang Shigui's proposal is very familiar with his time. As a person who is good at sophistry, he is very familiar with these commonly used sophistry methods.

There is a method of sophistry, and that is to use people. By attacking a person's moral character, he denies his proposal or achievement. It's like using this statement, if you use a simple metaphor, it means that Cai Jing is a traitor, so his calligraphy must be rubbish. This is completely unacceptable, in fact, Cai Jing's calligraphy is famous in later generations, but some people insist that Cai Jing is a traitor, so his calligraphy is rubbish, does it matter?

This Zhang Shigui believes that Sun Tzu's art of war is invincible by promoting Sun Tzu's ability to lead troops, which is actually another form of human evidence, but he is the opposite, and it is absolutely correct to judge that person's statement by raising a person's ability to achieve. This kind of sophistry is more familiar than him, and directly points out the problem.

"Shi Bufan, do you want to deny Sun Tzu's ability to lead troops?" Zhang Shigui asked again.

Shi Bufan pointed out again: "General Zhang, don't you think that using sophistry in front of me, an expert in sophistry, is an axe in the banmen?" Your appeal to authority and personal attacks is all my rotten. You use it for me now, aren't you a class to get an axe? ”

Zhang Shigui immediately wanted to be angry, but was stopped by Li Shimin, saying: "Today I just talk about military affairs, not anything else." Since you are an official in the same dynasty, don't make yourself fight. ”

"The times are extraordinary, there is something to say, no one should use sophistry today. The times are extraordinary, to tell the truth, no one should give me sophistry today. Li Shimin said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Shi Bufan replied.

Now that Li Shimin has spoken, he can't conduct sophistry today, but in fact, Shi Bufan is not only good at sophistry. If Shi Bufan was just good at sophistry, then he wouldn't be able to mix up the achievements of the year. In fact, there are a lot of questions about this Art of War.

It's just that he was deliberately deified, and his grandson was even deified. There are even some people who blindly worship the Art of War and do not listen to any criticism of the Art of War. Even if you criticize Sun Tzu's Art of War and criticize the dross and backwardness of traditional Chinese culture, you will often be labeled as a traitor and a foreign slave by some people. This kind of saying is just a hat button, which is a personal attack in sophistry.

But in fact, this kind of person who can't tolerate others to criticize him is the real weakling. The strong don't mind others criticizing themselves, only the weak will really hold on to the glory of the past, and then can't allow others to disturb him and become an ostrich, to bury himself in the land, unwilling to accept the reality, accept the reality that he has fallen behind.

(To be continued.) )