Looking at the twisted and twisted calligraphy on the paper in front of him, Xiao Chen still blew very reluctantly. Although the handwriting is really bad, this is my own hard work for more than ten minutes, and the most important thing is that this will solve a very big problem in front of me.

There are twenty knights, the same as in the Qin and Han dynasties. The first-class lord can get ten acres of good land in Lingzhou, twenty acres of second-class lords, and fifty acres of fifth-class lords. The sixth-class duchess is one hundred acres, the seventh-class duchess is two hundred acres, and the tenth-class duchess is five hundred acres. The eleventh duke is 1,000 acres, the twelfth duke is 2,000 acres, and the fifteenth duke is 5,000 acres. The sixteenth rank is 10,000 mu, the seventeenth class is 20,000 mu, and the eighteenth class is 50,000 mu. The 19th rank of the marquis can get 100,000 acres of fertile land, but there is no fiefdom. The twentieth rank is the Marquis of Che, and he can get 100,000 acres of fertile land and one million silver. The fertile land awarded by the above 20th rank was recruited by the royal family to cultivate. The grain obtained was sold to the imperial court at market price, and the imperial court selected the tax and returned it to the person who had the title. Similarly, if you are unwilling to sell grain, the court will also give the excess grain to the knight after removing the tax.

Twenty waitings are set up above the township marquis and the county marquis, and the township and county fiefs can be eaten. There is a duke above the county marquis, who is the prince of the county and the country, and eats the same fiefdom. Above the county prince is the king, no fiefdom, no food.

After reading the content written on it twice, Xiao Chen reluctantly put it down. At this time, a little eunuch walked into the hall quickly, and as soon as he came in, he bowed and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, Generalissimo Yue Fei, Xun Yu, Jiang Wan, and the commander-in-chief of the army ask to see you!" ”

"Hmm, the four of them are here? Announce their audience quickly! Xiao Chen Xiao Chen heard that the four of them had arrived outside the hall, and hurriedly spoke.

"No!"

The little eunuch went out quickly, and after a while, a voice came from outside the hall: "Generalissimo Xuan Yue Fei, left prime minister Xun Yu, right prime minister Jiang Wan, and Chen Gong, the commander-in-chief of the army, come to you!" ”

After the shrill voice passed, Yue Fei and the other four walked in hand and side by side.

"We're looking at my king!" The four of them bowed and saluted.

Xiao Chen glanced at the four of them and said, "Okay, come forward." At this time, I came to you because the king was uncertain about something, and I specially summoned you to come and discuss. ”

"The ministers should share the worries of the king!" The four of them said a word respectfully, and then stepped forward.

"Come, let's see how this arrangement goes, will it cause turmoil in the DPRK and China?" After Xiao Chen finished speaking, he handed the title modification that had been written on the table to Xiao Dezi. Subsequently, Xiao Dezi respectfully handed it over to Yue Fei.

Yue Fei glanced at what was written on the paper and said, "Your Majesty, the last general thinks that this arrangement is very good. Many officers and men in the army are complaining that the current military lords only have rewards and no land, and if the new military lords are used, I believe that no one in the army will react. ”

Regarding Yue Fei's answer, Xiao Chen was still very concerned. After all, their roots are in the army. As long as he still holds the army, even if the world is in chaos, he can at least protect himself. As for Yue Fei's soldiers' complaints, Xiao Chen had heard them for the first time. In the past, it was because the army's military pay was too low, and the imperial court did not have enough money to raise the military salary for the soldiers. As a result, the military lord system that is now in use appeared, and the advantage of the military lord is that the soldier can receive more military pay.

But now that Yue Fei said so, of course he couldn't sit idly by anymore. The title is linked to the land, and I believe that most people in the army will be willing. After all, China's land plot is not ordinarily serious, and if you can have dozens of acres of fertile land, you will be a happy and healthy ordinary people's family.

On the paper, the biggest point is that the land of the knight cannot be cultivated by himself, but can only be handed over to the imperial court to cultivate. However, this also saves a lot of trouble for the soldiers. After all, it is difficult to complete the grain harvest when there is one less middle-aged laborer in the family and the land is increased. If it was really as written on the paper, the work of cultivating the land was contracted by the imperial court, I am afraid that the soldiers would be able to enjoy themselves.

Xiao Chen nodded at Yue Fei with great satisfaction, and continued: "Okay, that's fine, as long as there are no problems in the army, it means that this revised twentieth rank lord is still very useful!" By the way, what does Wen Ruo think? ”

Xun Yu smiled bitterly, in fact, this modified twentieth rank lord can be said to be very good, and it is also more suitable for the current Beichen Kingdom. However, the most important thing is that there is no one, and what is written on the paper is good, and all the fertile land obtained by the knight is handed over to the imperial court to cultivate. However, where can I find someone to help the ministers of the DPRK and China cultivate the land?

Beichen now has a population of more than 130 million, but the real Han people are only about 110 million, and the rest of the more than 20 million are all prisoners of the war and the robbed foreign population. Among the more than 100 million Han Chinese, it is estimated that about 30 million are strong men, about 5,000 are old people and women, and the remaining 20 million are all just some young children.

Thirty million sturdy men sounds like a lot, but in a blink of an eye, there are more than five million regular troops in the Beichen Army, and there are also three or four million people in the local garrisons. Coupled with the millions of road guards, half of the 30 million strong men went directly. At present, most of the remaining fifteen million people are concentrated among the ordinary people in the countryside, cultivating their own ripe fields.

Which of those fifteen million sturdy men would voluntarily go to the western border, and his own family could not finish planting the ripe fields, let alone the dozens of acres of fertile land in the western borderlands. Therefore, mobilizing labor to move to Lingzhou has become the biggest trouble today.

"Your Majesty, it's really good to make such a change, but there are really not too many strong people in my country. There are five million standing troops, three or four million road guards, and three or four million garrison troops. Such a huge number of young adults has already made the old people miserable. Nowadays, there is really no surplus labor to move to Lingzhou for farming. After all, the imperial court can't just move the people to Lingzhou without regard for anything, right? Xun Yu frowned and said the biggest shortcoming of this plan. Jiang Wan and Chen Gong next to them also nodded, and it seemed that they had figured out the shortcomings of this modified title.

But are these disadvantages? Of course not, but my next big thing is related to this shortcoming.

"The young and strong labor king will find a way, Pengju, I don't know how the military reorganization in the capital army is going?"

"The reorganization of the army is going very well, and according to the new military establishment now, the Kyoto camp is full of 1 million troops, a total of three army groups plus one regiment. Among them, the three group armies are the Praetorian Guard Group Army, which has jurisdiction over the First Praetorian Guard Army, the Second Praetorian Guard Army, and the Third Praetorian Guard Army, with a total of 300,000 horses. The Imperial Forest Group Army has jurisdiction over the First Imperial Forest, the Second Imperial Forest Army, and the Third Imperial Forest Army. A total of 300,000 horses. The Kyoto Group Army has a total of 300,000 troops under the jurisdiction of the Kyoto First Army, the Kyoto Second Army, and the Kyoto Third Army. The garrison corps has two divisions and regiments, with a total of 100,000 horses. ”

"Because of the proximity and the large number of elite troops around the capital, the establishment of the Beijing military camp has now been reorganized. In addition, the Western Army will be changed to the Western Xinjiang Camp, under the jurisdiction of the Huben Group Army, the Yulin Group Army, the Western Xinjiang Group Army and the Lingzhou Army, with a strength of 1 million troops. The Northern Army will be changed to the Northern Xinjiang Camp, under the jurisdiction of the Longxiang Group Army, the Huwei Group Army, the Northern Xinjiang Group Army and the Beizhou Army, with a strength of 1 million. The Northern Navy will be changed to the Jiangdong Battalion, which will have jurisdiction over the Jinwuwei Group Army, the Qianniu Group Army, and the Jiangdong Army, with a strength of 1 million. The rear army will be changed to the Zuojing camp, under the jurisdiction of the Tengxiang Group Army, the Wuxiang Group Army and the Zuojing Army, with a strength of 1 million. ”

"The three naval divisions were respectively renamed the Henghai Group Army, the Yanghai Group Army, and the Zonghai Group Army, with 100,000 sailors and a total of 1 million soldiers in the navy. In addition, there are eight Tianlong Group Army, Wudang Group Army, Jinyiwei Group Army, Modao Army, and Tiefutu Army with 1.1 million people. It is estimated that after the reorganization of the whole army, the strength of the army will reach 7.1 million! ”

Yue Fei's last words were certain, and everyone in the hall was immediately taken aback. An army of 7.1 million? How can there be so many? Even Xiao Chen's eyes widened in surprise, and he looked at Yue Fei stupidly, hoping to get a reasonable explanation.

"This is only the standing army, and the garrison army does not have any reorganization plan at the moment, and the strength of the army is still maintained at about four million troops. At the same time, because the losses in the First World War of the Western Expedition were relatively serious, more than 4 million soldiers in the road escort team were transferred. More than 1.5 million people in the Western Expeditionary Army were also transferred to the main army, and now China's standing army and garrison army alone have exceeded 10 million. If you count the road escort team and the people's army on this expedition to the west, fifteen million should be reached. Yue Fei said calmly. After all, I don't know how long I've been facing this number, and it would be a shame if I was still surprised.

Xiao Chen blinked his eyes twice, and looked at Yue Fei with a puzzled expression, remember that there weren't so many troops before? Could it be that this is conjured out of thin air?

"Well, Your Majesty, before our country's westward expedition, the standing army had five million troops from the Northern Army, the Northern Navy, the Western Army, the Rear Army, and the Capital Army. The strength of the naval division is 1 million, 500,000 Jinyiwei, 250,000 monks, 250,000 Taoist soldiers, and the standing strength is as high as 8 million, plus the garrison troops, the army has reached 12 million. In addition, there are more than 4 million road escorts. Although the first battle of the Western Expedition suffered heavy losses, fortunately, there were many good seedlings in the people's army, which reduced the army by one million compared with before! ”

When Yue Fei said this, Xiao Chen remembered. Not only does he have a powerful army, but he also has a million elite navy led by Gan Ning. As for the reserves, they are all over the place!

"Well, the number of our army is too large, what do you think, Pengju!" Xiao Chen said helplessly.

"Your Majesty, the last general has no opinion. As long as you still look at the left minister, if the left minister can pay the military salary and armament funds, then it is better not to dismantle the army! Yue Fei said.

Xiao Chen thought for a while, and finally said, "That's what I think, the road escort team and the garrison will be removed. Among them, the road escort team only selects the elite among them and is stationed in various post stations, and the strength of about one million is enough. And the garrison of more than 4 million, this king intends to change all of them to garrison troops! ”

"Garrison?"

Okay, let's not understand, let's listen to the king's explanation slowly. Yue Fei listened to the three words of the garrison army and paused for a moment. In the previous military establishment restructuring that Xiao Chen handed over to him, there were many army establishments that he didn't know. In the end, if he hadn't gone to find the king in the middle of the night, maybe the restructuring of the capital army might not have been when.

"The main task of the garrison army is to be stationed in Lingzhou and conduct tuntian. The field is divided into two parts, one of which is for the cultivation of grain for the domestic lords. In this way, the reclamation of Lingzhou can be carried out, and the imperial court's help to cultivate the land for those with titles has also been solved. Secondly, we can hoard some of the grain from the harvest, and distribute some of it to the soldiers of the garrison, or replace it with money. In short, the garrison troops should not be disadvantaged.

"Second, to cultivate the land for themselves. Wen Ruo, tomorrow you will issue an edict, all the garrison officers and soldiers who are willing to participate in the garrison army will receive fifty acres of fertile land in Lingzhou. If there is a meritorious lord, the same reward. In addition, there are domestic slaves, as long as they are willing to go to Lingzhou, they will be removed from the slave status and can get ten acres of fertile land. And it can also help the king to cultivate the land, and take fifty percent of the land and become self-sufficient. “

"How about it, does Wen Ruo think it's feasible!" Xiao Chen asked.

Xun Yu frowned and said, "It's feasible!" “

"Okay, then do it. As a result, the number of troops will be greatly reduced, and presumably more finances will be able to be invested elsewhere. Xiao Chen laughed happily twice.

In the end, Xiao Chen was still asked again by Yue Fei's 11 million army: "Pengju, the domestic young and strong labor force counted by the imperial court last year was only 30 million, why are there so many in the army, as high as 11 million army?" “

"Your Majesty, out of the 7.1 million standing army, only 5 million soldiers are Han soldiers, and the rest are former servant troops. Most of those servant troops now have the household registration of our Beichen Kingdom, but the nationality is different. More than a million of the garrison are foreign soldiers, and the rest are Han soldiers! ”

"Oh? The Servants? Now they can understand Chinese? ”

Yue Fei looked at Xiao Chen in surprise, and said in a daze: "Your Majesty, almost all of the soldiers of different races can speak Chinese, and most of them are already used to the habits of our Han people, but there is still a gap in appearance. In addition, six or seven out of ten of the millions of foreign soldiers are descendants of the servant army, and they have grown up entirely within the territory of our country. Many of them don't speak those foreign languages, but only Chinese! “

This made Xiao Chen stunned, what was the situation? Assimilated? It's as simple as that?

Of course, assimilation is not so simple, even if the assimilation ability of the Han nationality is strong, it is impossible to assimilate millions of households and nearly 15 million foreign races in just over ten years without anyone taking the lead. Among them, there is a great merit of Xun Yu and the Chinese courtiers!