Chapter 283: Military System (I)

*The decision-making mechanism of the Great Song Dynasty can be roughly divided into two types; The first is to make decisions at the Jinluan Palace; Second, the decision is made by the executive meeting of the government hall.

Only the chief and deputy prime ministers, the six ministers, and the three temples have the right to participate in the high-level meetings of the political affairs hall. Among them, the privy envoy belongs to the rank of prime minister, and naturally has the right to attend the meeting.

Although the attendants of Tianzhang Pavilion are close ministers of the Son of Heaven and are very close to the core of power, their official rank is not high, so Yang Yi has no right to participate in the meeting of the Political Affairs Hall.

As soon as the court meeting dispersed, it was reasonable for Empress Shaosheng to summon Yang Yi.

The spring outside the Yanchun Pavilion is bright and beautiful, the flowing water reflects the red wall, the high pavilion is secluded, and the curtain is light.

The pavilion is also infinite spring, and the warblers are singing and the swallows are crying.

Liu Qingjing's fragrant sweat is fine, her eyes are like silk, the queen's dress is scattered under the bed, and the jade body is displayed on the Luo bed; Under the impact of a wave as strong as a wave, her ten fingers clasped the futon, her bewitching body couldn't help but writhe, her eyes were slightly closed, her cherry lips were half-open, and she let out a gentle moan that seemed to be painful and happy.

After her head was raised and her legs were straight, and her whole body was convulsed and cathartic, Yang Yi was still not satisfied, grabbed the shaking breasts and ravaged them wantonly, and said bewildermently: "Queen Mother, let's change positions." ”

Liu Qingjing was still in a state of semi-dizziness, her whole body was paralyzed and unable to move, she was panting loudly, she pleaded bitterly: "Wrongdoer, you spare me, I can't do it!" ”

"If you can't do it, you have to do it." Yang Yi said as he flipped her pink jade body over, let her lie on the head of the bed, grabbed her soft bee waist with both hands, and slammed into it deeply from behind again, in exchange for Liu Qingjing's long groan of mourning, her hair flying like a cloud.

This goblin's jade door is delicate and small, extremely cute, but it is suddenly open inside, and the heart of the flower is very deep, and it is difficult for idlers to explore; But under his fierce attack, there will be a pool of hot spring water gushing out of the heart of the flower, and people are like being on the turbulent sea, fluttering like a fairy, and they can't find the southeast and northwest.

And because her jade door is small and closed, but the spring water will not leak at all, Yang Yi can be sure that this is the spring water cunt among the top ten famous weapons, and the eyes of women with this kind of famous weapons usually appear very moist and watery, and they give people a very charming feeling between Gu Pan.

After Liu Qingjing spasmed and convulsed twice, the whole person seemed to be in a trance, in a trance, and muttered incomprehensibly muttered from his mouth; The birds outside the Yanchun Pavilion were chirping happily, as if they were also looking for their mates.

The breeze lifted the curtains, a curtain of wind and moon in the pavilion was idle, and the crane spit out a faint ambergris fragrance in its mouth, which diffused softly with the breeze, making people smell refreshed.

"Wrongdoer, if you are not satisfied, just accept Xiaoju and Jasmine, these two girls are not young, and their appearance is not bad, but they will not mistreat you." Liu Qingjing saw that he was energetic, and said weakly.

Not only is it not bad, Xiaoju and Jasmine can be said to be one in ten thousand beauties, with a slender figure and beautiful appearance, even in the palace with a cloud of beautiful women, it is also outstanding.

The two of them will have to be accepted sooner or later, it is impossible for these two people to be released from the palace again, and only by accepting them can they better keep secrets, Liu Qingjing also understands this, so she took the initiative to bring it up.

"Next time, I have business to talk about today." Yang Yi gently stroked and played with Liu Qingjing's body with one hand, and after the passion, she enjoyed this warm caress very much.

"Well, then next time, you're really an enemy, Jie'er's matter hasn't been cleared yet, why are you mentioning disarmament at this time. The slave family can tell you that if you can't let Jie'er ascend the throne smoothly, you don't agree to anything you mention, on the contrary, if you can let Jie'er ascend the throne as soon as possible, you want the slave family to be a cow and a horse, and the slave family has no complaints. ”

"Okay, just spare you, and you'll threaten me."

"Ah...... Wrongdoer, you lighten it, the slave family doesn't dare! There was a burst of pain and numbness in her breasts, which made the proud Queen Liu hurriedly beg for mercy.

Yang Yi straightened out his thoughts and said solemnly: "I will hurry up and arrange Jie'er's affairs, this has no conflict with disarmament, don't get involved." Time is not waiting, our dynasty must be disarmed as soon as possible, refine the soldiers, accumulate national strength, if Jie'er ascends the throne, it will definitely attract the suspicion of the government and the opposition, and then there must be an unprecedented victory to stabilize the people's hearts and increase our prestige, so as not to set off a big wave, Xixia is now more and more chaotic, it is the best choice, do you understand? ”

"Okay, the slave family listens to you, but Jie'er's business, you have to hurry up, the longer Zhao seems to be in power, the more difficult it will be in the future, don't take it seriously."

"Okay, our net worth and lives are on the line, can I not be in a hurry? However, the stakes are very high, and it must be arranged carefully, and there is no hurry! ”

"Well, tell me, what kind of disarmament is the law?"

Yang Yi hugged her tightly and said: "I can't attend the meeting of the political hall, you can listen carefully, don't make a mistake then, the reform of the military system has to be carried out step by step, this time the main cut is the forbidden army, and the old and weak over forty years old will be cut; The forbidden army only kept 350,000, and this was only the first step; In the future, the second step will be to cut all the van soldiers, and the forbidden army will only retain 300,000 ......."

Yang Yi explained the disarmament plan he had conceived these days to Empress Liu from beginning to end, and waited for her to write them down one by one before he said goodbye.

At dusk, on the water pavilion of the Prime Minister's Palace, Yang Yi, Zhang Dan, and Cai Jing faced each other in the pavilion.

"What do you mean by finally changing the conscription system to the conscription system?" Zhang Duan put down his wine glass, looked at Yang Yi quietly and asked.

Yang Yi did not immediately answer positively, but said with a smile: "Our dynasty's taxes are heavier than those of all previous dynasties, and the annual income is more than 10,000,000 yuan, which is incomparable to that of previous dynasties, but because of the implementation of the conscription system, the military expenditure alone consumes seventy or eighty percent of the annual income, and then the money that really falls on the national economy and people's livelihood is probably less than three million yuan per year. ”

Zhang Duan did not answer, but calmly pondered that the conscription system certainly had many advantages, it freed soldiers from heavy farming and became real professional soldiers, and theoretically this could enhance the combat effectiveness of the army.

However, judging from the combat level of the Song army, this is not the case, and the Song army is not much stronger than the Tang army, which implemented the government military system.

One of the biggest flaws is the length of service in the army, after the people are recruited into the army, they cannot retire until they are 60 years old; The age at which they are truly capable of fighting is between 20 and 40 years old, and the remaining 20 years will be old and weak soldiers, who will not only lose their combat capability, but will also become a heavy burden on the army.

Yang Yi fought against Xiao Dalin in Yishui, and out of the 50,000 troops, only 20,000 elites could be selected. If you bring all 50,000 troops into battle, not only will it not increase its combat power, but it will turn the tiger into a sick cat.

Cai Jing is a scholar of the household department, and he looks at the problem from the perspective of the money bag, only to hear him say: "From the time of Renzong, the cost of a soldier in the forbidden army is calculated in terms of clothing, food, special expenses, etc., and it costs about 50 yuan at the age of one year; The cost of a soldier in the box army is about 30 years old.

Up to now, due to the rise in prices, the cost of a soldier in the forbidden army has been as high as 60 per year, and the box soldier is also close to 40. In terms of millions of people, military spending alone is close to 60 million yuan per year; This is only normal expenditure, and other special expenditures have not yet been taken into account. If weapons development, military transfer, and resettlement of military dependents are included, the annual expenditure will be close to 80 million; Spread to the heads of every people, each person is responsible for two military expenditures per year, and some poor families are unable to maintain their daily livelihoods, but they still have to bear such heavy military expenditures, which has never been done for eternity! ”

Listening to Cai Jing's careful calculation of this account, even Yang Yi couldn't help but be secretly frightened, according to the comprehensive comparison of gold, silver, and grain, the current consistent money is about 300 yuan in later generations, that is to say, the people of the Great Song Dynasty have to bear 600 yuan of military expenditure per person every year, what is this concept?

In later generations, China raised more than 2 million troops, including the navy and the air force, and the expenditure was about 600 billion yuan, which was distributed among the 1.3 billion people, and the annual military expenditure borne by each person was only more than 400 yuan.

At present, the Great Song Dynasty just raised one million troops, and each person had to bear 600 yuan in military expenditure every year.

In later generations, a country's military spending accounted for 10% of the total tax revenue, which was already very high; At present, the military expenditure of the Great Song Dynasty accounts for 6 to 70 percent of the total tax revenue. Therefore, the time has come for the reform of the military system to be implemented.

Zhang Dan's eyes were like torches, he glanced at Yang Yi, and said, "If you have any detailed strategies, please come!" ”

Yang Yi then continued: "The armor protection law has been repeated for nearly three years, and now there are more than 2.2 million armor and township soldiers, although there is still a gap from the 7.2 million at the peak of Xining, but it is enough; Judging from last year's assessment, the combat strength of the armor is no less than that of the mainland forbidden army, and after this disarmament, in order to make up for the shortage of the local garrison army, when necessary, the good fighters can be recruited from the armor to participate in the garrison of the local ......."

This is somewhat similar to the military system of the Tang Dynasty, the armor is not out of production in peacetime, and is only recruited in wartime, and there seems to be no soldier in the county in peacetime, but the government can gather the corresponding troops as soon as the order is given.

No one knows whether Wang Anshi's implementation of the Baojia Law was to prepare for the abolition of the conscription system, but the Baojia Law did indeed lay a solid foundation for the implementation of the conscription system.

Here we have to talk about the specific content of the armor protection law:

First, ten are one guarantee, fifty are one big guarantee, ten are one guarantee, and less than five are guaranteed by the same insurance. If there is insurance from outside, it will be included as the same insurance, and it will be set up as insurance after ten companies.

Second, each guarantee shall be set up with a chief of security, and each large security shall be set up with a chief of security, so that the competent person of the main household can act as a person. Each is set up to keep one person upright, and one person to keep the deputy upright, so that everyone can be convinced. All the chief and deputy security chiefs who are appointed to maintain integrity must pass the election.

3. If there are two or more men in each household, one person shall be the protector first, and two or more men shall be attached, and other men shall be attached to it, and those who are strong and brave shall also be attached to it.

Fourth, all weapons that are not within the scope of prohibition are allowed to be used by Baoding.

Fifth, each big security, every night round five people to prevent theft, all captured by the capture, rewarded to the captor.

Sixth, anyone who commits crimes such as robbery, murder, arson, rape, robbing people, participating in demon cults, manufacturing and storing poison, etc., shall be punished for failing to report it, but it is not permitted by law and cannot be reported.

7. If there are three or more robbers harbored, and after more than three days, even if the neighbor does not know about it, he will be charged with failing to investigate.

(To be continued)