Sophie was politely invited into the council chamber of the county mansion by Char's personal guard captain, and Juncker naturally came in with him. Although Char's order was only to invite Sophie alone, at Sophie's insistence, the captain of the guard could only agree to bring Juncker in.

As a soldier from the strong cavalry battalion, Char's captain of the personal guard is not a good talker, but when Char sent him, he gave a special advice: be polite.

In the council chamber, Green the mad dog had left.

For Green, who has a lot of seniority, the old mad dog is a little dismissive of Char sending someone to invite such a little girl to discuss such an important matter, from the bottom of his heart, one by one, but a young girl, what can she understand? Even if she is a close disciple of the world-famous Cavishir, even if Cavishil praises and admires her very much, but Mad Dog Green will not really think that a little girl can help him solve the problems of these militaristic affairs in front of him.

He even thought that Char was really a bit of child's play to find such a little girl to discuss military affairs.

Only, Green remained silent. (Support the fifth brother to come back)

It should be mentioned that since Char defeated Odin's Red Snow Army, recovered the entire territory of Sirtan, and subdued the Corsican region, he has achieved an unprecedented victory, and Char has established his own high personal prestige, especially the cavalry troops, and has even more reverence for this brave and magical commander. The composition of Char's cavalry unit was partly the Rhodrian cavalry, and partly from the Nenei horse thief gang. The rest of the recruits from the armies accounted for only a tiny fraction.

For the Rhodrian cavalry, Char was their former colleague, and the same background made it easy for them to identify with Char.

As for those horse thieves, not to mention, didn't you hear what they called Char behind their backs?

Therefore, in the group under Char's command, the cavalry units have always been loyal to Char in the army. On the contrary, he doesn't really value Green, the veteran of the empire, although the respect is enough, but he may not be willing to die for the effectiveness.

Green's prestige is mainly in the infantry units - most of the infantry units come from the original Sixth and Seventh Corps, those officers and soldiers from the regular Central Army, who prefer to pay attention to "out of the * ......", compared to Char, who was born in the middle of the wild road (Hunting Country, welcome you) guy, was just a local garrison officer before the war. And Green is different, "Green is a disciple of the old Duke of Minas", a senior officer of the Imperial Academy, and also served as the commander of the regular army... First, such a background "is more likely to be recognized by the officers and men of the infantry unit."

Of course, these were the conditions before the war in Sirtandu.

In the war in Syltanshire, Green led the infantry to attract the main force of Manninger, and Char commanded the cavalry to fight thousands of miles, magically conquer the new city, and then complete the strategic encirclement of Manninger, and finally defeated the Odin......

In the entire process of the war, Char was almost leading the trend of the war.

After the end of the war, even the old soldiers of the Sixth and Seventh Corps, who were not necessarily willing to convince Char in their hearts, had to admit that if it weren't for Char's outstanding performance, they would not have won this battle.

As for the lower-ranking officers and soldiers, Char's cavalry miraculously fought thousands of miles to "conquer strong enemies, and even kill several of the enemy's generals", including Manninger's eldest son Morka...... Such feats were "enough to make the junior officers and non-commissioned officers have a sense of admiration for the commander."

The prestige in the army, the balance has gradually shifted to Char as the core.

And in Green's view, Jiya himself has also undergone a lot of changes.

The hearty smile that used to be "a big grin, even with a hint of a young man" seemed to have gradually disappeared from him. As his fame grew, Char increasingly showed the determination and even ...... of a leader Arbitrary!

In the past, Char would be willing to leave most things to Green, and he was happy to be relaxed, but as he gradually got used to the role of "leader", it seemed that some potential things in his personality were gradually stimulated.

He is becoming more and more accustomed to the position of leader, although he still maintains enough respect and trust for Grimm and many other subordinates, but he will never obey Grimm Zhou's opinions as before, but is more inclined to take the overall situation into his own hands, but will never easily change anything he believes in!

To give you the smallest detail, "In the past, when Char asked his subordinates about something, he usually said, "What do you think should be done?",

And now, Char's tone has changed to the standard tone of a superior asking a subordinate: "What do you suggest?"

The same question, but the words are different, and the artistic conception is naturally very different.

Green knows very well that Char is actually a very strong person in his bones.

The old mad dog never had the intention of competing with Char, and he was even willing to watch Char gradually transform into an excellent leader, leading the group of the Northern Army to greater achievements.

Therefore, after watching Char gradually transform step by step, Green paid great attention to reining in his light, and even deliberately cooperated with all of Char's actions.

Even when his own opinion differed from Char's, he tried his best to obey Char's will and help Char consolidate his authority as a leader.

From this point of view, Char is so lucky to have such a partner as Green who is willing to act as a deputy.

So, when Char decided to invite a young girl like Sophie to discuss military affairs, although Green thought it was too child's play, he was still smart enough to keep silent and back down.

When Sophie walked into the council chamber, Char was standing in front of the window in a daze.

He looked out the window, the sunset seemed to be smeared with a layer of blood on the horizon, and the afterglow shone on the earth, which had a poignant taste.

Char's clothes and armor have been taken off, but he has just returned but has not had time to wash off the dust, when Sophie approached Char's side, she smelled the strong smell of sweat on this guy's body, and told the truth, riding a horse for several days, running around for days, "This smell is really not very good."

Char stood straight, his shoulders broad, his posture straight, and his heroic strength was brilliant, and he praised the most energetic and vigorous time at a young age. But at this moment, standing at her side, Sophie saw the faint tiredness in the eyebrows of this young street handsome.

Turning around, Char glanced at Sophie, and then looked at Junker who was standing behind Sophie, and then said lightly: "Come, please sit down*......"

There was no politeness, no greetings, Char just raised his hand, and the captain of the guard walked out and closed the door outside.

"I have a little thing I want to hear from you. Char's tone was not hurried, and he looked calm, as if he did not have the slightest emotion: "At the moment, I have a few problems that need to be seriously raised" is like this......",

Very short opening remarks, simple and even a little too short.

However, Sophie's face did not show the slightest surprise, with a quiet smile on her face, her eyes were full of calmness, and she listened carefully to what Fuya had to say.

In the process of Fuya's telling, Sophie didn't interject a word, just listened quietly, and there seemed to be no reaction on that delicate face, "I didn't even stir my brows."

Finally waiting for Char to finish speaking, Char let out a sigh, and after talking for a long time, his mouth was also a little dry, so he stood up, walked aside, and poured three glasses of water with his own hands and put them on the table.

Char sat down lightly, "After drinking a glass of water, he looked at the girl in front of him: "Is there any solution?"

Sophie finally smiled, "Raised her eyelids and looked at Char, picked up the cup in front of her and took a sip gently. On the delicate face, in those bright eyes, there was a bit of amusement in the smile: "General, military affairs and government affairs are not child's play, but there is no cure for the disease, the problems you just mentioned are all accumulated drawbacks, and they cannot be eliminated immediately after talking and laughing." ”，

When Char heard this, he was not disappointed, and smiled: "I don't have that luxury to eradicate me, I know that these things are very troublesome, and I don't expect to solve them in three clicks or two, but at least I have to think of a way to get through the difficulties in front of me first." “

After a pause, he sighed: "First of all, the question of money...... The soldiers are born and die to fight with me, "resist foreign enemies, recover the land, fight life and death, if you can't let the victims get good pensions, you can't let the living get good treatment, I am really ashamed of them." ”，

When she said this, Sophie wasn't doing much," Juncker next to him just nodded. Juncker, who was born in the army, naturally agrees with Jiya's words. As a general, if you don't cherish your soldiers and soldiers, you won't be able to achieve great things.

Looking at Char's eyes, Sophie's heart also moved slightly, and then smiled: "Okay, there is no way to eradicate the problem for the time being...... After all, in the final analysis, the general's current problem is one word: money! The matter of money is nothing more than to open up sources and reduce expenditure. “

After a pause, her calm eyes gradually revealed a calm self-confidence: "The matter of open source needs to be considered in the long run, and it is necessary to open up new sources of finance, which can not be solved in one or two days. Now to overcome this current difficulty, the only way to start is to start with throttling. ”，

When Char heard this, he frowned: "Throttling? Military spending must not be reduced, I have already said that I can't treat these soldiers who were born and died with me badly." ”，

Sophie smiled faintly: "The general misunderstood what I meant, I didn't let you treat the soldiers harshly, but ...... But there is a difference*......"

After a pause, she used a calm look to stop Char from asking, and said slowly: "First of all, it is necessary to praise and reward the meritorious soldiers after the end of the last war. These expenses must not be reduced, and in my opinion, not only cannot be reduced, but the rewards must be increased.

I mean, I will increase the reward you set before the battle by about 30%, and double the pension for the fallen soldiers!".

Fu Ya's face did not move: "Generous reward and generous ......",

"The problem of money, I heard that General Char went to the imperial capital this time, but you made a lot of windfalls*......"

Char smiled bitterly: "Yes, I got some...... However, this money is not too much, such a small amount of money, if it is in the head of one person, it is a huge wealth, but if it has to be distributed to tens of thousands of soldiers, it is not much*......"

"Well, but if it's only used to compensate the dead and wounded, it should be enough to reward meritorious soldiers, right?,"

Fu Ya sighed: "Enough is enough, but in this way, there is not much money left...... In the next military system reform, the treatment will be raised to the level of the Central Army, but it will be insufficient. The money is used in the front, and I can't ...... in the back",

"My idea is to base myself on the reform of the military system. ”，

Sophie raised her hand lightly and looked at Char: "General, please listen to my detailed analysis for you*......"

"You claim to have tens of thousands of soldiers under your command, which seems to be a lot" Judging from the time you started and the territory you occupied, it is really commendable to make such a large amount of money in a short period of time. But let's be honest, "With the territory and population you have now, it's a bit difficult to feed so many troops."

Before, you were in a difficult situation at home and abroad, and there was a threat from outside, and the whole army focused its attention on resisting the foreign enemy. But now, once the army is upgraded, in the future, this military spending alone will bankrupt your finances. You've probably noticed this problem by now. “

"Nonsense...... If not, what am I asking you to do*......" Char muttered quietly.

"Actually, General, you are wrong. ”，

Sophie suddenly raised her voice a little, waved her hand, and her words were full of confidence.

"Wrong*......"

"Wrong*......"

The girl's eyes were calm: "In my opinion, after the restructuring of the army, the military budget may not increase much, if it is operated properly, maybe it can save a fortune!"

“...... Ah?!,h

Char was stunned for a moment, "Immediately, his eyes immediately glowed!"

"Tell me about it!,"

My idea, to put it bluntly, is very simple, "nothing more than falling on, grading"!

Your Northern Army, which now has a total of three infantry corps" as well as a separate cavalry regiment. Needless to say, the cavalry regiment said, "I heard that General You are good at using cavalry, and this battle in Siltan County also used cavalry to win a great victory unseen in a century! Therefore, the treatment of cavalry naturally does not need to be said, even if you want to think about it, you can't start with cavalry."

In addition, the three infantry corps, the first corps is composed of the remnants of the sixth and seventh corps of the former imperial central army, the old foundation is the central army, whether it is the quality of the army or the degree of training, it is far better than the other two corps, so it seems that the first corps is the main combat force in your hands, in terms of treatment, those veterans of the sixth and seventh corps, in the past, they were treated by the central army, and now that the army is restructured, it is natural to improve their treatment.

I mean, I started with the 2nd and 3rd Corps.

Your second corps is mainly a small number of veterans as bone officers, and most of them are newly recruited recruits, and they are ...... from the perspective of combat power , It's not that I'm too harsh, it's true, such an army, I'm afraid that even the local garrison of the empire is not as good. In my opinion, it is only a little stronger than the people's army. To be honest, I even think that the salary you gave to such an army at the level of the imperial local garrison was too high before!

To be honest, I think you did something wrong before...... It is really a bit high to let the new army, whose quality is no more than that of the militia, be treated the same as the main battle army like the First Corps. In my opinion, "such a recruit unit, the salary is not suitable for the first time to raise too high."

In addition, there is the Third Corps. The 3rd Corps was a new army composed mainly of the surrendered troops of the former Corsican Military Region after this defeat of the Odins. Those Corsican troops used to be cattle and horses in Odin. In this war, they didn't make much effort, and if they want to talk about the credit, they really can't talk about it. However, in my opinion, the importance of this army is even higher than that of the Second Corps, anyway, they were also a regular army before, not a new army like the Second Corps, as long as they are rectified, their combat effectiveness is above that of the Second Corps.

The general composition of the army under your command is like this, if you want to reduce expenditure, you might as well take advantage of this change in the military system to make some changes in the army!

According to my assumption, after the change, it should be like this: the original cavalry independent regiment was treated as first-class, and the salary and treatment of cavalry have always been higher than that of infantry, needless to say. The treatment standard of the Central Army will be raised by one level, and the military salary will be increased by 10%. This is the existence of the main battle force as the trump card in your hand.

Because the First Corps was composed of the regular army of the original Sixth and Seventh Corps, it could fully enjoy the treatment of the Imperial Central Army.

to the 2nd Bingtian and the 3rd Corps...... I mean...... ，”

Speaking of this, Sophie, a girl, slowly spit out a word from her mouth, which made Fuya's heart suddenly!

"Poison Army*......"

"Disarmament?!",

After being silent for a while, looking at the doubts in Char's eyes, Sophie said lightly: "It is too difficult for the territory under your command to support the strength of the three corps, and, according to my analysis, from now on, in terms of the overall situation, you have entered a stage of strategic stalemate, and at present, it seems that there is no enemy in front of you who urgently needs to crusade and defeat...... After the annihilation of the Red Snow Army, there was no need to maintain an army that was too large without a deadly enemy...... Besides, to be honest, so many recruit units of the Second Corps really fought, and in addition to being able to do security work in the rear, it really didn't play a role.

In the short term, your immediate priority is to develop your own strength, so that there is no need to start any large-scale wars for the time being. To the south of us, the Besta people, are not our enemies and will not pose a threat to us for the time being. To the north is the wildfire field...... We don't have to worry about the goblins in the wildfire field attacking us, right?

As for the sides, on our left side are two weak Tema Military Regions, in addition to a part of the land occupied by Odin's Thundercloud Legion, but the Odin people do not seem to have any intention of expanding, and even from the information I have, they seem to be very satisfied with the land they have already occupied, and this Odin army and the other Tema Military Region troops are holding each other down and will not pose much threat to us.

The only threat you are concerned about comes from our right side. Hasting, Nodsshire.

The Black Flag Army is famous for its combat effectiveness, but since Hastings occupied Nodes, they have not been close enough to stop there, and they have not even made any moves when you went south to attack the Red Snow Army, obviously their target is not you, at least, in the short term, they have no hostile intentions to you.

Although there are different forces on the left and right flanks, we only need to keep the main battle force of one corps" plus the cavalry troops in your hands, if something really happens, these forces, if they are only used for defense and small counterattacks, are enough. As long as you don't start any more big wars, these armies are enough to defend our territory.

So, I mean, the Second Corps and the Third Corps, which you now command, will be dismantled on a large scale! You may as well cut them in half, and keep them in the name of the "Northern Army Garrison Corps" to form a corps, and in the name of the garrison corps, you can separate them from the regular military districts under your command. This garrison regiment still enjoys the treatment of the imperial local garrison level! There is no reason for them to be dissatisfied with such treatment...... After all, under your command, this unit has not made any achievements, and it has not played any role in the previous wars. This established garrison corps is mainly composed of the surrendered troops of the Corsican Military District, supplemented by a small number of recruits - those who have surrendered to the Corsican army, who are cattle and horses under the Odin, and now under your men, you can be grateful to Dade if you can have something to eat, and give them the treatment of the local garrison, if you are not satisfied, then you don't need to be polite to these surrenderers. ”，

These words were eloquent, but Fuya was a little dazed when he listened.

It seems that what the girl said makes a lot of sense...... Before him, nay, even Green, he had entered a wrong mindset in his thinking: the army could only go down the path of expansion.

After all, it is now a troubled time, and in the troubled times, whoever has the strongest troops is the strongest. A large number of soldiers has become the only channel for self-protection.

However, they did not expect that an army with too many numbers may not be able to play a real role.

"But...... These armies that have been pulled up with great difficulty...... Even those recruits, who have been in the army for several months, have received initial military training, and now let them all go back to the army, the previous investment will be wasted. Moreover, I am afraid that many soldiers may not be willing to leave...... ，”

"Your Excellency. Sophie smiled faintly: "When I say disarmament, I don't mean that they should take off their military uniforms and go back to become farmers! I mean...... These retrenched servicemen will be transferred to the reserves. “

"Reserve ?!,"

When Char heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up!

"We in Byzantium have no reserves, and our country has always implemented a peasant and military system, but judging from the situation of this century, this peasant system is really a drawback. The peasant and soldier system of the Tema Military Region has become a cancer in the empire. I think when the time comes, "You can completely abolish this system in your jurisdiction." And I think "the time has come."

You have just won an unprecedented victory, both in the military and in the people, and the center of the empire is weak and has no ability to control you, and you can take advantage of this condition to abolish this system in your jurisdiction.

Abolish the peasant and soldier system and switch to a reserve system!

In the past, the peasant and military system was operated by local governments, which owned official land and "recruited peasants to cultivate and conduct military training at the same time, and in wartime they were transferred to the combat sequence." This idea is good, but over the past hundred years, this system has become full of malpractices.

First of all, the peasants and soldiers did not have sufficient enthusiasm when they were working on the land "not their own". If the yield of the land is too small, and the yield of the land is too small, then the income obtained will be reduced, and it will not be enough to provide the salaries of the peasants. In this way, a vicious circle is formed. The treatment of the peasant soldiers is reduced, so neither farming nor fighting "are not willing to contribute."

This became a ridiculous situation: the Byzantine Empire had a vast territory and had exercised a hundred years of peasant soldiers: "There were millions of registered peasant soldiers in various places! But when the empire encountered war, except for a few central army corps and a small number of local garrisons, the empire had almost no soldiers! Those peasant soldiers, unwilling to leave their homeland to fight", and their treatment was low, which could not arouse their will to fight. Lack of training" also makes their combat effectiveness not worth mentioning at all.

So, I think "switching to the reserve system is the most appropriate strategy at the moment."

The reserve system, in fact, the Landis people have already implemented it throughout the country.

This kind of system seems to have a great resemblance to the peasant and soldier system, but in fact there is an essential difference!

First of all, reserve soldiers can get land granted by the government. The ownership of such land has been directly given to the individual reservists! and not to the state! Because it is their own land, then when it comes to farming, they will do their best to work and will not slack off. At the same time, reservists "enjoy preferential treatment from the government in terms of taxation." Compared to the agricultural taxes paid by other farmers, the reserve soldiers only had to pay half of the taxes for farming. While enjoying the low tax rate, all they need to pay is that they must devote a certain amount of time every year to enter the army for military training! This kind of military training is spent in the slack season, so that the cultivation of the land will not be delayed, and at the same time, it can also ensure that they receive sufficient military training, so that they will not be abandoned and transformed into complete farmers. Such a reserve can be directly conscripted into the army in the event of war, and as long as it is slightly rectified, it can be immediately transformed into combat power.

Moreover, reserve soldiers can also receive military pay when they receive military training every year. Of course, this military salary does not need to be too high, taking the Landis Empire as an example, their reservists can get the army's subsidized military salary when they are training, and the standard of military salary is half of that of the local garrison.

Your command, Mor County, Siltan County, and Corsica have just gone through a large-scale war, the population has plummeted, and there has been a large-scale ownerless land, it is when the land is vast and sparsely populated, a large amount of ownerless land, instead of abandoning it, it is better to take the opportunity to implement the policy of the reserves, and grant these large amounts of ownerless land to the reservists!

For you, firstly, after disarmament, a lot of military spending will be saved! Second, after the land is cultivated by the reservists, when the harvest time comes, it will provide new tax revenues!

Char was dumbfounded when he heard this, and then carefully considered it......

If Suphie's plan is implemented, his military spending will be reduced, and his financial revenue will also increase!

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the army has not decreased!

looked at the girl in front of him, after finishing speaking, he took a shallow sip of the cup, and after putting down the cup, he calmly put his hands on his knees, smiled lightly, and there was no trace of waves in his eyes...... Such a calm and unhurried bearing made Char feel a little trance for a moment.

It was as if it was not a young girl sitting in front of him, but the famous and wise man who had died, Cavishir!

Suddenly, Char let out a long sigh from Dora's mind.

"The so-called national warrior is nothing more than that............",

Char was excited! He stood up abruptly and walked around the room a few times, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Sophie's plan was really a brilliant idea.

And "when it comes to execution, it is also very feasible to operate!"

"I think there seems to be something that can be added*......" Char's eyes rolled: "This time the reward for meritorious soldiers may not be rewarded with money and other physical goods, but can be awarded to them with equivalent land." Anyway, Lao Tzu's current territory has nothing else, but a lot of land! Damn, the damn Manninger Red Snow Army has plummeted the population of Syrtan County by 50 percent! Corsica is slightly better, but the population has also decreased by 30 percent! The population of Mor County is less than 70 percent of what it was before the war! When Green carried out spring ploughing a few days ago, he already felt that now we have a vast and sparsely populated land, and there are large areas of empty land, "but no one cultivates them!" It is better to treat these ownerless lands as a reward for meritorious soldiers and award them to them!"

"It's a good idea*......" Sophie smiled slightly, looked at Char, and there was some approval in her eyes: "The adult is really smart, and he deserves to be a disciple of the teacher, so he draws inferences." If so...... When these lands are distributed to those meritorious soldiers, don't forget that most of the soldiers of the 6th and 7th Corps under your command were originally from the Central Army, not locals. Although they are now serving with you, many of their families and relatives are in other areas, and as long as they have land, they will naturally write to their families and move their families to you! When the soldiers serve in your army, their families cultivate the land, and after a year, your territory, your army is strong, and there is plenty of food, and you will be fully recovered*......"

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