After the generals retreated, Qingji was in the palace on the platform, leaving the imperial historian Sun Wu alone, and the two of them sat down.

The worship platform supervised by Wu Zixu is similar to the later Tongque Terrace, but the regulations are smaller, but it is enough to be like a small palace, which can accommodate hundreds of people!

"Changqing, Shaobo, and the widow got the news that the Chu general Shen Zhuliang defeated the forward troops of the Jin army in the area of Fangcheng, and successively defeated the divisions of Hu, Dun, Chen and other countries, and won a lot. According to the secret report of the Black Ice Platform, the alliance of the princes led by the Jin people is about to be dissolved. ”

As soon as they heard this, Sun Wu and Fan Li couldn't help but glance at each other, and they both saw the look of surprise in each other's eyes.

They knew Shen Zhuliang's ability.

Now there is a huge Chu State, and the only handsome talent who can provoke the big Liang is Shen Zhuliang alone.

Therefore, although Shen Zhuliang repeatedly lost the battle against the Wu army and lost the city and land, he did not receive any decent punishment.

As we all know, the state of Chu has always been extremely harsh on the generals of the defeated army.

Most of the fate of the defeated generals is to kill themselves after the defeat, or they are detained and end up depressed.

But Shen Zhuliang's ability is already well known.

Without Shen Zhuliang, the situation in Chu was even more erosive.

It was precisely because of this realization that Meng Huan, Xiong Zhen, Zixi and others could protect Shen Zhuliang and let him lead his army to resist the alliance of princes who came south.

Shen Zhuliang also lived up to expectations and achieved impressive results in the Fangcheng area!

Blame for the sin!

"King, if the news is true, then the Jin people are really ......"

Sun Wu shook his head, very speechless.

Jin people, this mud can't support the wall!

After only a few small-scale defeats, they retreated and did not dare to further invade Chudi, how could this convince the princes of the world?

This time, the alliance of the princes of the eighteen countries led by the Jin State was huge, unprecedented, how could hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses be blocked by the mere Fangcheng?

The princes do have their own ghosts, but they are not so fragile, right?

In the final analysis, even the Jin Kingdom, as the leader of the alliance, did not plan to exert much strength in this war of the alliance to attack Chu, but only to increase his influence and promote the name of the overlord!

Because it has been nearly forty years since the alliance of the soldiers, the Jin State has not sent troops to fight against the Chu State for hegemony again, and the world may have forgotten the fear of being dominated by the two hegemonic powers of Jin and Chu in the past!

Fan Li asked suspiciously: "The king is worried, the Chu people are very likely to take advantage of the momentum of the great victory and take the opportunity to go east?" ”

"Nope."

Qingji chuckled and said, "It's not that the widow looks down on the Chu State. Chu State, after this round of wars, it is already the end of the strong crossbow, so there is no need to worry, why fight again? ”

If you fight again, you won't be afraid of jealousy!

After all, in Tong, Chao, Qunshu, Zhongli and other western places that belong to the Wu State, there are 15,000 Wu troops stationed there, and Wu Zixu is the governor of the capital, giving orders there, so why be afraid?

"Within a few years, it is unlikely that the Chu people will be able to provoke a war."

Qingji said slowly: "However, the widow thinks that he was born in sorrow and died in peace. The whole country of Wu must have the heart to be prepared for danger in times of peace, and for this reason, the widows want to further improve the combat effectiveness of our Wu army. ”

And to improve the combat effectiveness of the Wu army?

"This ......"

Sun Wu was also troubled.

Because, the combat effectiveness of the Wu army is not said to be the first in the world, but whether it is a large corps operation or a single soldier's combat capability, looking at the world, there are really not many armies that can be compared with the Wu army.

Only some elite divisions of Qi, Jin, Chu, and Qin may be able to compete with Wu Jun.

However, this is the kind of Wu Jun, does it still make Qingji dissatisfied?

"This time, regardless of the training of soldiers, weapons and armor, and food and straw, the fighting spirit alone still needs to be improved."

"Fighting spirit?"

Sun Wu and Fan Li were both quite curious.

I saw Qingji say loudly: "Husband Zhan,

Courage also. For those who are generals, when the rewards and punishments are clear, the soldiers of the rewarders are greatly inspired, and the soldiers of the punishers are afraid and dare not retreat. ”

"The widow thinks that the army has no wealth, and the soldiers will not come; The army has no reward, and the soil does not go. Therefore, the widow wants to reward the soldiers for not avoiding life and death, and fighting bravely. ”

Hearing this, Fan Li immediately said: "King, the minister thinks it's inappropriate." ”

"The treatment of soldiers in my Wu country is already the best among the nations!"

"After all, the soldiers of the nations, and even before our Wu Kingdom, every time there was a war, the soldiers prepared their own weapons and armor, and the necessary rations for the assembly area. And I, the state of Wu, have almost fully borne these things, so why increase the burden on the treasury? ”

Fan Li is the ruler of the internal history of Su and specializes in managing the treasury, so naturally he can't see such "extravagance and waste"!

However, there is a different view on this Qingji.

In the pre-Qin period, the system of all the people being soldiers had been changed to a "recruitment system" in Wu by Qingji, and it would never be the kind of soldier until it was absolutely necessary.

Moreover, as we all know, the soldiers of the previous Wu State had to prepare their own weapons and armor when they went to war, as well as all the grain and grass they went to the assembly area.

But these are almost all borne by the Wu State, just to further improve the combat effectiveness of the Wu army!

Now Qingji also wants to improve the treatment of Wu Jun's officers and soldiers, which will undoubtedly put more pressure on the national treasury.

In this era, the soldiers' livelihood mainly depended on "eating the fields", that is, by collecting tax rents from the acres of fields.

This is not only a means of forcing peasants to raise soldiers to help in the war, but also can be regarded as a special form of preferential treatment for soldiers.

Soldiers enjoy this kind of "food field" treatment when they are in the country, and after retirement, they generally have to return the "food field" to their owners, and cannot become their own private property.

However, for a small number of those who have made outstanding military exploits, they can be "rewarded" by the monarch and will be owned by themselves for life, which is a more generous treatment.

However, this alone does not seem to be able to improve the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

Because that's just enough for a soldier to feed his family!

How do you want the horses to run and not give them grazing?

Therefore, Qingji believes that it is imperative to reform the military merit system of Wu now!

Qingji is also unwilling to leave such a problem to the future generations to solve.

Because Qingji doesn't dare to guarantee that his children and grandchildren can be "witty", according to the trend of history, take the lead in moving out of the military merit system and reward farming and warfare!

And what Qingji has to do is to let Wu Guo win at the starting line first.

Whether it is a variety of systems or various benefits, in order to strengthen the national strength of Wu, Qingji can do everything!

"Changqing, what do you think?"

Qingji set his eyes on Sun Wu's body.

"I wonder how the king plans to improve the treatment of soldiers?"

"The widow thinks that he has five soldiers, who are strong and healthy, and who are determined to devour the enemy, will be added to his rank and can win a decisive victory. Thick to his parents and wives, exhortation and fear of punishment, this strong man can last with it. If you can review this, you can hit the letter! ”

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