Chapter 192: On the Military System

After Li Shimin found out that he had misunderstood Li Junxian, he felt a little guilty in his heart. However, Li Shimin did not compensate Li Junxian on the spot, because the emperor was not wrong, even if he misunderstood, it was Li Junxian's mistake, which was the thinking of the ancient imperial power. However, as long as Li Shimin feels a little guilty in his heart, then Li Junxian can still get a lot of benefits.

"Jun Xian, you enter the palace with me, I have something to ask you!" Li Shimin said.

Li Junxian and Li Shimin entered the palace, and then Li Shimin found a warm pavilion to make it, and asked a few palace maids to run away from the tea invented by Li Junxian.

"Your Majesty, what do you want to ask me?" Li Junxian asked.

"Jun Xian, some time ago in Taixue, you refuted those poor students, saying that private ownership of land is the general trend of history, and I recognize this. However, the poor student also said that if the land equalization system implemented by Datang would cause the land to be concentrated in the hands of a small number of people. And when the time comes, Datang's will be very dangerous. But I don't know where the danger is, so I want to ask you to analyze it. Li Junxian said.

Li Junxian thought for a moment and said: "I used to be a soldier, so I will analyze what will happen after the collapse of this Juntian system from the perspective of a soldier." ”

"The rent adjustment system of my Tang Dynasty originated in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and later developed in the Sui Dynasty, and my Tang Dynasty really implemented it to the peak. The basis of the rent adjustment is the uniform land system, because most people in the world have the same land, and they have to pay the rent adjustment. And those families and officials don't have to pay rent, so they are exempt from taxes. In this case, the family and officials will continue to find ways to buy private land to increase their own land. However, once the people reached the disaster year, they would sell their land to officials and families when they could not survive. And the big families don't have to bear the rent adjustment, so as a result, they have more and more land, and the common people have less and less land. As a result, the income of the imperial court decreased, and eventually there was no money available. However, the imperial court once again delegated the financial pressure to the common people who had not lost their land. This will cause more and more pressure on ordinary people, and eventually ......" Li Junxian deliberately omitted these words, but Li Shimin understood very well that it was a rebellion.

"So what's the solution?" Li Shimin asked. He is very concerned about this, because this is related to the long-term peace and stability of Datang.

"No way! Unless commerce can develop so much that it can collect the landless people to work, there is no way. Li Junxian said.

Li Junxian's meaning is to develop business, but this is contrary to ancient thoughts, and Li Shimin may not be able to accept it for a while.

"Is there any other way?" Li Shimin asked.

"There is a way to alleviate it, that is, the family and the official's land pay the rent together." Li Junxian once again said a solution.

Li Shimin smiled bitterly, this method is not easy. The reason why the family is called the family family is because they are literate and the clan is easy to become officials. And then there's the fact that they're tax-free. If you want them to give up the right to tax exemption, I'm afraid they will backlash strongly.

"This is not more reliable than developing business!" Li Shimin rarely said a good word about business.

"Jun Xian, tell me again, what harm does this do to the army?" Li Shimin asked again.

"Your Majesty, my Datang Dynasty implements the government military system. The core of the military system is the Juntian system. And the court distributed those ownerless lands to the people, and the people had to bear the obligation to serve as soldiers. In peacetime, these people are peasant households, and military training is carried out during the slack period, and in wartime, they are gathered to serve as soldiers. There are many advantages of this system, that is, soldiers are more loyal to the imperial court, because their land is given by the emperor, so their loyalty is not too important. And. They can save a lot of military spending, they usually work in agriculture, and when they are soldiers, they bring their own food, and the court only needs to provide weapons, which can save a lot of military spending. So, it's a good system. Li Junxian first said the benefits.

"What about the bad part?" Li Shimin asked again.

"Bad place. That is, the general does not have soldiers who are often in command, and the soldiers do not know their own generals, so it is easy to cause the soldiers to not know the generals, and the generals do not know the soldiers, and it is easy to cause a fault line among the middle and high-level generals of our Datang Dynasty. Li Junxian said.

"We'll talk about that later. You go on to say. Li Shimin said.

Li Junxian knew that this soldier did not know the general, and the general did not know the soldier, this was what Emperor Li Tang himself wanted. They let the soldiers who were often in contact with the subordinates of high-ranking officers, so that it would be impossible to rebel. This is the emperor's way of power, so Li Shimin is reluctant to talk about it, and he does not want to be able to change the situation easily. In feudal China, those emperors were more wary of internal affairs than local foreigners, so they constantly reduced the power of military attachés, and even prevented military generals from rebelling in the system.

I continued. The foundation of my Tang Dynasty's military system is the Juntian system, as long as you have land, you have to serve in the military. However, once the land became more and more concentrated, the peasant households lost their fields, but they still had to undertake military service and bring their own grain and grass, which was obviously not acceptable to the peasant households. They have no land, and they are naturally unwilling to undertake military service, and they will naturally evade military service. In the normal years of the imperial court, this phenomenon will be concealed in the prosperous chapter. But once the time comes to war, it will suddenly be found that the big country has no soldiers. Your Majesty, do you know what the consequences of this will be? Li Junxian asked rhetorically.

Li Shimin's cold sweat came out, if it was at that time, Li Tang would be in danger. If the whole country has no soldiers, where can you conjure up soldiers out of thin air? There is no such thing as a soldier in this world, so at that time there will be a headache. Maybe there will be no danger in the era of Li Shimin, but when it comes to the emperors of later generations, it will be a headache.

"Your Majesty, I haven't finished yet. Once the war is protracted and the soldiers are unable to return home for a long time, they are left in the army to fight for a long time. At that time, because there were no soldiers, the imperial court was forced to temporarily recruit troops, which was the implementation of the recruitment system in disguise. And once the war drags on for a long time, the imperial court will inevitably delegate the right to recruit troops, as well as the local civil administration power, and even the personnel power to the generals of the feudal town, and what will happen at this time? Then you don't need to say more, right? Li Junxian said

Li Shimin suddenly exclaimed: "Liu Han's matter is not far away!" ”