After Wang Guorui obtained a lot of technology about those materials from Britain and Germany, this can be regarded as a thorough consolidation of China's industrial development, and China's industrial development will be regarded as a complete filling. In this way, everyone can develop steadily in the future, and will not be restricted by any foreigners. In the past, everyone had the technology, but there were not enough materials. There is no material that means that it will be controlled by foreigners, although the material is not particularly complete at present, but it can be used as a perfect system supplement, so that more development can be obtained through these materials in the future. These data are all accumulated by Britain and Germany over many years, but now they are also given to China. After that, they can completely improve the industrial system, and they are not afraid of being restricted by foreigners in the future.

"Your Majesty, since this transaction has ended, the minister has the courage to make a suggestion!" Prime Minister Xiao Hongsheng said.

Wang Guorui asked, "Do you have any other suggestions?" You just say it, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't listen to opinions. ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers have the courage to ask the Emperor to prepare for disarmament." Xiao Hongsheng said.

"Disarmament?" Wang Guorui frowned.

Because disarmament is a big thing for a country, especially disarmament, which means reducing the number of armed personnel, which represents a weakening of the strength of the army. Such disarmament also means reducing the capacity for domestic repression. In fact, the military is not only a function of external development, but also a greater role of internal suppression. In fact, the armies of all dynasties, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, often suppressed more internally, rather than developing externally. Therefore, disarmament actually has the possibility of self-defeat, so Xiao Hongsheng is also worried.

Since ancient times, it is easy for a country to expand its armed forces, but it is difficult to disarm it, because the expansion of the military may increase the number of military attachés, and it is also to increase the power of the military, and they are certainly keen to expand the army. Each expansion of the army means that many officers can get promotions for no reason, and it is not as risky as fighting a foreign war, so many military attaches are also keen to expand the army. However, once it is disarmed, it is not something that ordinary people are willing to accept.

And the emperor was not keen on disarmament, in the ancient era of the world, the emperor was very insecure, so they had to strengthen the armed forces and build an army to suppress the opposition at home. So this is also why it was easy to expand the army in ancient times, and it was very difficult to disarm, because the emperor believed that the more troops, the better, and the more the more he had, the more he naturally had.

Therefore, many courtiers did not dare to talk about disarmament, because disarmament almost touched the scale of the king of a country, which many people were unwilling to accept. So when Xiao Hongsheng put forward the idea of disarmament, Xiao Hongsheng was also very worried, and he didn't know what Wang Guorui would think.

"Why do you want to disarm?" Wang Guorui asked.

Xiao Hongsheng replied: "Your Majesty, at present, we have no less than 2 million troops in China, of which the army accounts for more than half, and even the number of various reserves and second-line troops is no less than 3 million. And such a huge armed force, although it is not much, will not be needed in a short period of time. The current international situation is one in which the contradictions between the British and the Germans in Europe are so deep that they cannot threaten us in a short time. And although the United States is at war with us, it is a group of agents who are really fighting, not a regular army. And all kinds of opposition forces in our country have long been suppressed, and they dare not move. And even if they moved, they didn't even have weapons, and they couldn't resist effectively. So there is no need for us to maintain so many regular troops. I think we can cut 500,000 regular troops, and then 500,000 reservists, so that we don't overspend the military. ”

Wang Guorui listened to this suggestion, in fact, he didn't say in his heart that at least one-ninth of the people in these armies were his own red police soldiers, and these one-ninth red police soldiers actually did not have real salaries, and the salaries of these red police soldiers had long been put in Wang Guorui's small treasury, and others didn't know at all, even Wang Guorui's women.

But now this Xiao Hongsheng proposes disarmament, so that Wang Guorui is not worried about losing control of the army. Because this disarmament will not affect one's control over the army, as long as the placement of officers and soldiers in those units that have been laid off is done, it will not be a big problem. And this disarmament must give priority to the dismissal of natural persons, and it is impossible to dismantle the Red Alert soldiers. Because the Red Guard soldiers are not only elite, but also once they go to the people, they have no ability to make a living, and even their IQ is problematic, so he will naturally not dismiss those Red Police soldiers, but will dismiss the natural person.

However, the employment of these natural persons is also an important issue, and if they are unable to arrange their work, then it is the most troublesome for them to make trouble.

As for disarmament, Wang Guorui is quite confident in the current international situation. Europe is already full of contradictions, and there are already irreconcilable contradictions between countries. Britain and Germany had their own agendas and were destined to attack in an alliance. They also don't have this armed projection ability, if they dare to come over and attack, then Wang Guorui will have the ability to clean them up.

So disarmament is actually a way to reduce economic pressure, and even at present, there is no need to bear too much economic pressure. Once the troops are dismantled, they can not only return to their production posts, but also create economic benefits. In this way, the military has saved military spending, and the civilian sector has created economic benefits, and in the case of one another, it will certainly produce greater benefits. After all, if you want to support a soldier, it often costs several taxes paid by ordinary people, and maybe even a dozen to obtain. Once a soldier is dismissed, it means that the tax burden paid by more than a dozen ordinary people can also be used for other aspects of people's livelihood. As for the soldier, he can also resume production, which is equivalent to increasing productivity.

Therefore, disarmament is also beneficial and harmful to the current situation. Moreover, disarmament is something that almost every new regime must have after it is established, and every new regime expands its military massively when it seizes the world, but once there is peace, disarmament is inevitable. Therefore, since Wang Guorui has seized power, he can naturally consider disarmament.

Although Wang Guorui's army seems to be only two million, it is less than the more than two million and 300,000 troops in later generations. However, at present, China has a population of only 400 million, and the productivity of this era is far from being able to compare with that of later generations, so of course the ratio of soldiers to civilians has increased a lot.

"Disarmament, I tentatively agreed. But you come up with a charter so that you can convince the people on the other side of the army. Especially in terms of military spending, I'm afraid you don't want to cut it easily, understand? Wang Guorui said.

Wang Guorui knew that if it was disarmed, the army would definitely be dissatisfied. Therefore, Wang Guorui suggested that Xiao Hongsheng should not reduce the military's military spending, otherwise once the officers of those armies make a fuss, it may be a civil and military disagreement. In that case, there will definitely be internal problems, so disarmament is possible, but military spending cannot be reduced, otherwise the officers of the army will definitely be dissatisfied if they think that their political resources are short. In the context of disarmament, there are benefits to not reducing military spending.

Wang Guorui actually doesn't support the reduction of military spending, because if these military spendings can be taken out, and then the proportion of natural person troops can be reduced in this way, then the proportion of red police soldiers will be relatively increased. At that time, the amount of military spending flowing into his own small treasury will naturally be more, which will be beneficial for Wang Guorui to transfer these military expenses to his own small treasury.

"Okay, it's good to be able to disarm, and I won't have any extra thoughts. After all, the world is still peaceful for the time being, and most of the war in Europe will not affect us, so there is no need for us to risk fighting for this too large number of troops. Even if we do not reduce military spending in this disarmament, then we can still let them continue production after the military resumes production, and it is not a little bit to increase the economic efficiency. Xiao Hongsheng said.

Even if military spending is not cut, it is actually beneficial to the government. Because this does not reduce military spending, but a large number of soldiers return to local production after leaving the army, which increases the tax revenue of the imperial court, and then allows the imperial court to get more taxes, so that more income is obtained. Therefore, even if military spending is not cut, it will be beneficial to the government.

This will not cut military spending, which will also be very beneficial for them to avoid too much of a major backlash from the military. Military spending has always been an important cause of conflict between the military and the government, and it is an example of a country that it is better to cut military spending than to cut military spending. Therefore, Xiao Hongsheng knew that it was not so easy to cut military spending, so he could only continue to give. However, it is also worth paying attention to how to use this military spending.

As long as Wang Guorui agrees to disarmament, it will also allow their government to gain huge support. If Wang Guorui does not support it, then their government's side will also be in vain, unable to obtain disarmament, unable to suppress those military bosses, so their disarmament plan will definitely fail. Therefore, with Wang Guorui's support, this is the foundation for the completion of the disarmament plan. After all, those arrogant generals are all very powerful. Zheng Hong, one of Wang Guorui's queens, is also the vice chairman of the army, although there are many factions in the army, but when facing the government, no one can be left alone. After all, no one can avoid the civil and military disputes, even if they all have factions on weekdays, they must give up the dispute when facing the civil and military disputes, and face another common opponent together.

And these arrogant soldiers put a lot of pressure on civilian officials! (To be continued.) )