The military service system of the Western Han Dynasty has been changed several times. Han Cheng Qin system, at that time, it was stipulated that no nobles and lowly people should be provincial, and men should be registered with the government at the age of 20. And according to the principle of three years of cultivation and one saving, he began to serve in the formal service from the age of 23 until the age of 56.

The man was 20 years old and served one month of hard labor every year thereafter, which was called "change of death". After the age of 23, military service begins to be carried out, and the term of service is generally two years, one year of service in the county or county, called "Zhengshu", and the other year to guard in the border county or to the Beijing Division, called "Shushu" or "Guard".

This practice is very similar to the reserve system in later generations, but later, the military service system of the Western Han Dynasty was divided into two types: conscription and conscription.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, after the dismissal of the county soldiers, the conscription system gradually declined, so it also relied on recruitment.

In the last years of Emperor Ling's history, the state and county officials cultivated their own forces by recruiting troops, thus creating a situation of division between the heroes.

At this time, Liu Hong raised the question of which was better or worse between Emperor Guangwu and Emperor Wu, that is, he wanted to restore the military system of the Western Han Dynasty.

In the Western Han Dynasty, the training system was relatively strict. In addition to practicing archery, galloping, and battle formations, the army of the Western Han Dynasty conducts teaching and parade every autumn, also known as "all trials", and rewards and punishments are carried out according to the merits of the accumulation. In the border counties, there are often Taishou who "will ride ten thousand horses, block the obstacles, and chase after the beacon fire", and this kind of training has the surname of actual combat exercises.

And in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the capital trial system was abolished. After the middle of the century, all kinds of training systems were abolished, and the local soldiers and Beijing divisions were not trained, and their combat effectiveness declined significantly.

This is why there was a big defeat of the officials and troops in the early stage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, doesn't it mean that because of the large number of Yellow Turbans, there were not many Yellow Turbans in the later period? At least more than the previous one!

Why did the later Han Dynasty win? Because those who survived were all veterans who had gone through the battle array, plus the benefits of the armor. That's the key to victory.

Let's not talk about the issue of combat effectiveness, just talking about the huge economic pressure brought by the conscription system to the Han Dynasty, it is very heavy.

Liu Hong wants to make a difference in this Han Dynasty! How is it possible to let this conscription system bring down the treasury?

The ministers of the court and the central government did not know Liu Hong's thoughts, and even the first assistant of the cabinet and Liu Hong's confidant Hu Guang did not know what was going on.

Liu Hong also wants to take advantage of this opportunity of the front-line victory, through this matter, with the experience of the previous times, Liu Hong is tired of suppressing people with the general trend!

Seeing that no one answered, Liu Hong said to himself, "Emperor Guangwu quelled Wang Mang's rebellion, and then pacified the separatist regimes in Kwantung, Longyou, Xishu and other places, and ended the warlord melee and secession situation that lasted for nearly 20 years since the end of Xinmang. ”

"Then he reigned for 33 years, greatly promoted Confucianism and developed people's livelihood, so that only then did I have this Guangwu Zhongxing, so that my Han Dynasty can be inherited to this day. How big is this? ”

When the courtiers heard this, they hurriedly agreed: "Emperor Guangwu is the master of the world. ”

Liu Hong smiled and continued, "Emperor Wu, established the Chinese Dynasty and set up a history of assassination in the locality. Create a probation system to select talents. ”

"Decree of Grace was issued, the kingdom's power was settled, and the salt, iron, and coinage rights were returned to the central government."

"'Depose a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone', ending the situation of 'different teachers, different opinions, and different schools of thought' since the pre-Qin period."

"During the period of Emperor Wu, he opened up the territory and expanded the territory, defeated the Xiongnu, the east and Goryeo, the south and the Baiyue, and the west Yue Green Mountains, conquered Dawan, laid the territory of my Han Dynasty, opened the Silk Road for the first time, created the era name, and Xingtaixue. How big is this? ”

When the ministers in the court heard this, they also nodded in agreement, "Emperor Wu created a rare prosperous era in my Han Dynasty, and he is the first emperor ......of the ages."

Liu Hong smiled, smiled very happily, commented on the first emperor, and the ministers naturally didn't dare to say bad, so Liu Hong played a cautious eye, and then Liu Hong asked seriously, "Do you think I can learn from Emperor Wu?" ”

The people in the court were a little stupid to ask the previous two questions, where do they still have to think about it, besides, who dares to say directly in front of the Son of Heaven that the current emperor is not good? So he hurriedly said, "The emperor is extremely sage, and he can be a Ming monarch." ”

"That's good, Bo Yuan's intentions." Liu Hong waved his hand.

Everyone in the DPRK and China was dumbfounded, what's going on? Going to be arbitrary again?

Just listen to Liu Hongdao, "The Han Dynasty has been inherited for 400 years (it has not actually arrived, but it must be said that so), and there have been many changes in the military service system. Later, because most of the people of the wealthy family were exempted from military service, the conscription system was implemented. Today, we have decided to continue to implement the conscription system and concurrently implement the conscription system. However, the person who recruits soldiers must be designated by the imperial court, and the states and counties are not allowed to recruit soldiers privately. All Han people, regardless of their ethnicity, were required to serve in the military for two years at the age of eighteen, and not in one of the previous counties. This soldier is called 'Reserve'. ”

"Those who have excellent grades after that can be professional soldiers and enjoy the state's salary, which is called 'positive'. If one person in the family is upright, it is a positive period, and one person in the family is exempt from paying taxes. If two people are right, they are exempt from paying taxes. ”

"For every ten servants in the clan, one out of every ten servants shall serve in the army. Those who do not wish to serve in the military may pay the tax of ten people, which has been exempted. Chin this. ”

Although for a while, it is not very perfect, because this may lead to the death of some talented people from poor families. But Liu Hong thinks it's okay, after all, there is no perfection in the world. It's just a matter of improving it slowly.

After the early dynasty, Liu Hong's holy decree really stirred up a thousand waves for a while!

Even knighthoods are not exempt from military service, they have to spend money.

This made Liu Hong have the title of 'Emperor of Money' in addition to the 'Emperor of Copying the Family'.

Unlike the big families, the people are very happy.

If one person in the family is upright, it is a positive period, and one person in the family is exempt from paying taxes. If two people are right, they are exempt from paying taxes.

People who have five sons in the family are thinking that if they send two sons to be soldiers, then there will be two fewer people in the family to pay taxes, and if they become 'regular' soldiers, then there will be money and food, and if they become 'positive', the remaining three brothers in the family have two more tax exemptions.

Hehe, it's hard to think about it like this!

Those sons in the court who are not yet eighteen years old are worried, saying that they are spending money, but this is spending money. The face is gone!

Immediately, two more holy decrees came out of the palace, one was a supplement that Liu Hong had not mentioned before, "If it is 'right', it will die on the battlefield." One member of the family is exempt from paying taxes for life, and his children are supported by the imperial court until the age of sixteen. The pension for 'reserve' soldiers will be halved. ”

As soon as this holy decree came out, the common people were completely boiling, and their children were supported by the imperial court, so what worries did they have now?

The second decree states that on November 1, the first conscription will be carried out in the subordinate department.

Acting together with the scientific expedition is Liu Hong's order to keep a low profile of conscription to the greatest extent.

So as not to have something unexpected happening and not being able to respond in time. After all, compared with the imperial examination, everything in the Han Dynasty is a trivial matter now.

That night, Liu Hong received the second battle report from Youzhou, and there was nothing wrong with the small border county.

Seeing this, Liu Hong let out a long breath.

Immediately looked at the battle report carefully, and when he saw that the county lieutenant of the small county led the crowd to resist the attack of Xianbei for three hours alone, Liu Hong suddenly became interested.

Then I looked down and smiled.

This county lieutenant turned out to be the talent Liu Hong had been looking for - Xu Rong.

That Xu Rong, who is not very outstanding in force, but is proficient in the art of war.

So Liu Hong directly recruited Xu Rong into Beijing and passed it to Youzhou, and of course, there was also the holy decree of ordering the emperor to give birth to a good life and care for the small county.

Immediately, Liu Hong put all his thoughts on the scientific expedition, after all, this is a matter, but it is related to most of Liu Hong's future actions.