Chapter III: Deliberations
After thinking for a while, Xiao Fan spoke: "All the soldiers are warriors of my ancestral country, defending the country and expanding the territory, you all need the strength of you - in the past, for you, I neglected, for this, I feel deeply remorseful, now, I want to do my best to start armament, and I hope you will encourage me!" ”
As he spoke, Xiao Fan went straight to the nine hundred sergeants present and gave a fist salute.
Immediately, the audience was silent, and the stagnant atmosphere made Xiao Fan very nervous and puzzled-could it be...... Is there something wrong with what he's doing?
Immediately, he understood that he was worried in vain, because, after a long period of silence, what responded to Xiao Fan was a burst of excited and uncontrollable whimpering.
Xiao Fan raised his head, and he was a little stunned to find that the nine hundred sergeants in front of him were all like children, tears "whooshing" straight down, if it weren't for their deliberate control, Xiao Fan absolutely believed that they could "scream" and cry.
Xiao Fan thought about it for a while, and suddenly understood-in his opinion, his actions were nothing, but for ordinary soldiers in this period, he, the "Son of Heaven" equivalent to the "head of a country", actually said such things to their bitter and hard-headed soldiers, how could they not be so excited that they wanted to be driven by it?
Although he, the "Son of Heaven", is often escorted by these sergeants to tour the whole country, it is the first time that he has said such things to them "from the heart and lungs" like this.
After the minds of the nine hundred sergeants calmed down a little, Xiao Fan spoke again: "First of all, if you want to develop armaments, you must first let your family have no worries, so I have decided that all the soldiers and soldiers here will greatly improve the corresponding grades and grades according to your own performance every month in the future!" ”
If there were a large number of sergeants, Xiao Fan would not say this, after all, if he did that, the manpower and material resources required would be too amazing, and even if he did that, he would not be able to cover everything, and it was very likely that it would lead to some bad consequences.
But now, the number of people is only nine hundred, Xiao Fan said that he is still competent as the "Son of Heaven", if he can't do it well, then he still doesn't think about developing armaments, just honestly fight the other country, or, he can also wait for his wife Da Barrel Mu Kaguya, and then wait for her to eat the fruit of the divine tree, and then make a big move to directly second the other country!
Regarding the words of "grade and grade" that popped out of Xiao Fan's mouth, many sergeants looked at each other and didn't know what to do.
Fortunately, Xiao Fan gave a detailed explanation of this matter next: "In the next period of time, I will classify your performance as 'up', 'medium', ' The lower 'three grades, the upper one, for the elite troops, the monthly money is increased by three taels on the original basis, and the number of people is still maintained at 100 people; the middle one, for the ordinary troops, the monthly money is increased by two taels on the original basis, and the number of people remains at 200; the lower one, for the miscellaneous army, the monthly money is increased by one tael on the original basis, and the number of people is maintained at 400; the remaining 200 people, I am very sorry, because of your incompetent performance, I have to ask you to leave the army and become an ordinary citizen of the ancestral country! ”
"But rest assured, even if you leave the barracks, I will give three months' salary to those who have departed—this ...... It's the last thing I can do for you, so I hope you can do your best, and when you're ugly, you'll start the selection tomorrow! After a deep groan, Xiao Fan continued.
As he spoke, Xiao Fan once again hugged his fists to everyone present, and directly ended the "speech".
After Xiao Fan walked into the barracks tent, the short and fat official who had been following Xiao Fan was very flustered and anxiously persuaded Xiao Fan and said: "Lord Son of Heaven, at this critical moment, a soldier is a force, what we should start now should be a large-scale conscription, so as not to have no soldiers to stop us after the army of the other country invades our country, now, not only do you not go to the country to recruit soldiers, but you are also preparing to lay off two hundred soldiers, what is the reason?" ”
"Soldiers are more valuable than many - I looked at those soldiers before, except for the hundred people who are known as the elite who can fight a little, the rest of the soldiers, except for a few people, the others have no strength at all, you know, the army of the other country, but the army of the other country has been provoking various countries under various pretexts all the year round and using this to launch wars, do you think that with our current army, the army that is not comparable to the other side in number and is also greatly insufficient in combat power, can defeat the other country?"
Xiao Fan asked the officer rhetorically, and then, without waiting for the other party to answer, he directly opened his mouth to give him affirmation,
"Such an army will definitely not be able to defeat those tiger and wolf divisions in the other country, so now, I can only take this opportunity to squeeze their potential, so that they can grow up quickly, as long as their combat power is improved, they will not have the power to fight!"
The short and fat official stood in place in a daze, and for a while, he didn't even come back to his senses - how could he never have thought that the "Son of Heaven", who usually didn't pay much attention to the military, would have such insight in the "way of soldiers"? This was something he had never thought of before.
"However, even so, I think that in order to prevent the other country from attacking our country, a large-scale conscription is still necessary, so that when they come on a large scale, our country will not be able to resist it." The short and fat official explained his insights to Xiao Fan.
"I also understand what you said about conscription, but it is not yet time, if there is a large-scale conscription at this time, it will only cause further panic among the people, and the autumn harvest is imminent - the so-called 'soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first', it really should not delay the autumn harvest at this time!"
Xiao Fan was a little moved by the conscription, but after considering the small widows of the ancestral country, Xiao Fan still suppressed such an impulse, after all, after being in charge of the state affairs of the ancestral country for a period of time, Xiao Fan profoundly knew that the surplus grain in the treasury was not sufficient, and if the autumn harvest was delayed because of this, then all the young and strong troops of the ancestral country were assembled, and they might not wait for the other country to call, they would take the first step to "devour" the grain in the treasury, as the saying goes, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, and when the time comes, there will be no food in the granary, These hungry soldiers will definitely make trouble, and at that time, the first person they will be liquidated is their own "Son of Heaven".
Although the short and fat official didn't understand what Xiao Fan said, he still felt a little unclear, and he already had some agreement in his heart - but, even if he had some recognition, he still felt that the "Son of Heaven" was very congested by the "handling" of some things, and he wanted to ask it, but he felt that he had already contradicted the "Son of Heaven" today, and if he put forward his own opinions again, he was afraid that he would anger the "Son of Heaven".
Just when the short and fat official hesitated, Xiao Fan, who saw that his expression was a little wrong, asked in surprise: "What do you have but it doesn't matter, at this time of crisis, we should work together, and it is necessary to avoid and conceal each other!" ”
"I think it's very reasonable that the soldier you said was not much more expensive, but even if you want to be an elite soldier, you can train them a lot on weekdays, even if you don't recruit soldiers from the people, you shouldn't cut the soldiers, right? And more importantly, the soldiers of all ranks have even increased their monthly money, which is ...... But a large amount of investment, how to get it in the long run? ”
The short and fat official looked at Xiao Fan very painfully and howled,
"In addition, the 'Son of Heaven' you are going to dismiss the 200 soldiers, you actually promised them that even if they are abolished, they will be given three months' monthly money, which is completely unnecessary, after all, the monthly money of 200 soldiers for three months is a big expense, and this expenditure is completely meaningless!"
"The purpose of dismantling the soldiers is to stimulate their sense of competition as much as possible, and only with competition can they make great progress and improvement. If you don't give them some sweetness, it will really be a little too much, and if you make them resentful because of this, it will outweigh the losses. ”
Xiao Fan looked at the short and fat official, and explained his confusion in detail,
"As for the three months' money for the people who were dismissed - they who have lost their military positions must be very sad in their hearts, and giving them three months' funds can be regarded as appeasing them, lest they will not look good on everyone's face after they are about to make trouble, and if there are resentful people who take the opportunity to make trouble, it will be even more troublesome, and I don't want to go first to quell the domestic turmoil at this time of anxiety, it will not be a blessing for us and others."
"That'...... What if they take the money and still take the opportunity to make trouble? After hearing Xiao Fan's words, the short and fat official immediately became anxious, but at the moment, he felt that the sergeant should not be dismissed.
"Rest assured, after they take the money, some people who are safe and responsible will not be bent on making trouble, even if there are still people in it who are unwilling and want to take this opportunity to make some moths out, I'm afraid they won't be able to connect a few people, when the time comes, just use the blood of these people to train my newly trained soldiers, and it's okay, when the time comes, when facing the army of the other country, those rookies who have not been on the battlefield are tied, it's not beautiful!" Xiao Fan said indifferently, and his words revealed endless blood.
Looking at Xiao Fan, who said such a thing with a calm face, the short and fat official's heart trembled, this ...... Is it still the "Son of Heaven" I know?
However, in the spirit of being responsible for the country, Humpty Dumpty asked the most important question of the moment: "That...... In terms of the sergeant's salary, can the treasury still be enough to support it? ”
"Don't worry, I've calculated carefully, everything is under control!" Xiao Fan said affirmatively.
"That's good! That's good! That...... The subordinates retired first! Then, after bowing and bowing, the short and fat official walked out of the big tent where Xiao Fan was.
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"Whew-"
Looking at the short and fat official who had already walked out of the big tent, Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief with some embarrassment - it's okay! OK! Until the last moment, he didn't show his timidity, everything was developing according to his original plan, which was perfect!
Although Xiao Fan was just an ordinary college student in his original world, even so, he still knew a little bit about "Enwei and Shi", but when he implemented it, Xiao Fan still found that this matter was a little tricky, and it happened that this short and fat official wanted to explain his military thoughts to him, the "Son of Heaven", so Xiao Fan took advantage of the situation, and this led to the previous scene.
Because the original body of the Son of Heaven gave everyone the impression of being "gentle", Xiao Fan still retained this characteristic of himself in order not to be seen by others, but the gentleness of giving people will always make people contempt in some things, after all, people are a kind of creatures who like to inch inch, so in the previous conversation with the short and fat official, he appropriately revealed a trace of cold-bloodedness, letting him know that he was not as soft as he appeared on the surface.
Of course, in the previous conversation with the short and fat official, some of Xiao Fan's words were also a little untrue - for example, the so-called salary of silver is within a controllable range, which is Xiao Fan's deliberate remark to him, in fact, according to today's national treasury silver, where can he withstand his "big hand"? As the short and fat official said before, the expenditure is too huge, how can a country with small and widowed people like the country of ancestors withstand such an expense from Xiao Fan?
However, even so, Xiao Fan still thinks that this is very necessary - if he doesn't feed these sergeants, how long will he be able to maintain the morale of the army with his previous contrived performance?
Although the people will become slaves of other countries after the collapse of the country, relatively speaking, the sergeants will receive certain preferential treatment - what is the most honorable in the "troubled times"? Of course, these soldiers who dare to fight and have already seen blood!
Moreover, in Xiao Fan's selfish heart, he does not need to maintain this "military expenditure" for a long time, after all, because of his prophetic foresight, Xiao Fan knows that the future of the battle between the ancestral country and the other country is not far away, as long as he waits at that time and wins, he can loot from the palace treasury of the other country as military funds, as for defeat...... Defeated and defeated, waiting for him is the destruction of his own country, since the capital country is ruined, then he has no face to live in the world anymore, after all, he doesn't want to be a slave of that Slaozi, lying on his salary and tasting courage or something, he thinks that he doesn't have that kind of heart, and when the time comes, he can only die!
Since they are all dead, how can he still have the strength to take care of the flood behind him?
As for the question of whether military funds are military or not, it has nothing to do with him Xiao Fan!
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