After being stunned for a moment, Li Hong smiled bitterly.

This British duke is really a child's temper, and he is not deliberately hanging his appetite, but it is really the seriousness of this matter, if he does not say it clearly, it will be difficult for them to cooperate with him.

What's more, this time the action is really not small, even Li Hong is not sure in his heart, so he hesitates.

Unexpectedly, he was poked in front of Li Ji, which really made Li Hong feel a little embarrassed.

After a pause, Li Hong said.

"In fact, for this matter, I have been thinking about it for a long time, and now the military system is no longer suitable for my Datang situation, so the military system must be changed, but how to change it is a difficult problem, I think about it, I think only the recruitment system is the most suitable!"

Li Hong did not exaggerate this sentence, he had already begun to think about the military system, but if this problem was so easy to solve, it would not have given Li Ji and the others a headache for so long.

Today's government and military system has long been complete, and if you want to make a big change, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the DPRK and China, and these are still trivial matters.

Importantly, how to change?

To tell the truth, in today's era, most of the soldiers are fifteen and sixty, and they have been in the army all their lives, which is also one of the defects of the government military system.

In order to solve this problem, Li Hong once referred to the conscription system of later generations, but finally rejected this idea.

Without him, the situation of Datang and later generations is also very different, today's Datang is still an era of cold weapons, a qualified soldier must be trained maturely, at least more than five years, and they must also have higher requirements for their force, especially the soldiers who have experienced the killing of the battle array are treasures, and it is impossible to easily put them back.

Therefore, if you want to shorten the military system, the possibility is basically very small, so the final answer is only the conscription system!

"Conscription?"

Several people present frowned and looked at each other.

Especially on Li Ji's old face, a look of disappointment instantly crossed his face.

He thought that Li Hong would have some good way, but he didn't expect it to be a conscription system!

Li Ji was born in the army and has been in the military for many years, how could he not know about the recruitment system, as early as the age of Zhenguan, he had considered this matter, but in the end he had to extinguish this idea for various reasons.

Because of this conscription system......

It's too much money!

The so-called conscription system, in fact, first appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the composition of the army is divided into two kinds, long-term army and temporary army, the long-term army is supported by the imperial court, responsible for guarding the prefectures and counties, and the temporary army, is temporarily recruited when the soldiers are insufficient in wartime, and the imperial court is responsible for the war.

However, soon after the emergence of the conscription system, it was abolished, and the long-term military support would cost the imperial court every year, and because the military service period was too long, the army was too old and had no effective combat effectiveness, and most of the soldiers recruited temporarily were stragglers, difficult to manage, and did not have strong combat ability.

So Li Ji ruled out this option from the beginning, but he didn't expect it to be proposed by Li Hong now.

"Yes, the conscription system, but it is not the conscription system of the previous dynasty, the situation in our dynasty is different, and it should be improved!"

Li Hong's voice was a little more cautious, and he said lightly.

"The military system of our government is to be a farmer in leisure time and a soldier in wartime, which can certainly save a lot of military expenses for the imperial court, but in this way, the combat power of our army is also greatly reduced, when Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Taizong, wars were frequent, and most of the soldiers experienced battlefield battles, which is not obvious, but now Tang Chengping, most of the newly recruited soldiers are tired, presumably this, General Pei should have some experience!"

Hearing this, Pei Xingjian was stunned.

Then he smiled bitterly.

"Your Highness is really as wise as a torch, in this Western Expedition, the combat strength of our army has indeed decreased a lot compared with previous years!"

Li Hong nodded lightly and continued.

"Therefore, Lone once considered that in the new military system, he finally felt that the soldiers and peasants must be separated, and they must completely break away from the shackles of the government military system, so that the permanent members of our army can practice in order to maintain the combat strength of our army!"

"But ......"

At this time, Dai Zhide said with some hesitation.

"Your Highness, if the soldiers and peasants are separated, then a large amount of military expenditure will inevitably follow, if this point cannot be solved, I am afraid that it will be difficult to continue to implement the reform of the military system!"

Although Li Ji and Pei Xingjian did not speak, they both nodded silently.

This is indeed a big problem, although the Tang Dynasty is rich today, but every financial expenditure is planned, if you rashly let the household support the country's military spending, I am afraid it is not enough!

"Well, I've thought about this too!"

Li Hong bowed slightly, and a rare smile appeared on his face.

"If it is completely changed to a conscription system, it will indeed increase a large amount of military spending, so what Gu means is that we can combine the conscription system with the government military system and divide the army of Datang into three parts!"

Hearing this, everyone's expressions became cautious.

Because they know that the next thing is to play meat, and a simple recruitment system or government military system will definitely be difficult to meet the situation of Datang.

But the method proposed by Li Hong is a new method, which makes them interested.

And Li Hong didn't continue to hang his appetite, sorted out his language, and slowly said with a solemn face.

"The first part is naturally the forbidden army and the elite troops in various places, this part of the soldiers, there are not too many, but the soldiers and peasants must be separated, the training must be increased, provided by the imperial court, endowed with weapons, armor, this part of the soldiers only need to strengthen training, for the long-term defense of my Tang Dynasty! The results of training should be made by each soldier as one as ten! ”

Li Ji and Pei Xingjian glanced at each other and nodded.

Li Hong's idea is exactly what they have in mind, the forbidden army and elite troops are the core of the entire military system, and they must maintain their combat strength.

"The second part is the local ordinary army! Lone's idea is that this part of the soldiers can increase the number of soldiers, using the method of combining the government military system and the recruitment system, when entering the army, the court distributes clothes, and part of the food and salary, according to the government soldier training, the combination of soldiers and farmers, leisure time drills, and at the same time in the military government, this part must be self-sufficient, so the court does not need to invest too much military spending. ”

Li Hong frowned and continued to speak.

But this time, Dai Zhide asked with a little doubt.

"But in this case, what is the difference with the government military system, is it just an increase in military expenses to cultivate an elite army?"

I have to say that this point is also where Pei Xingjian is puzzled.

And Li Hong didn't let them wait any longer, and spoke.

"Naturally not, even the ordinary army in this part of the place is very different from the previous government military system!" (To be continued.) )