"Disarmament?"

This word instantly made Ma Jian react, and his expression suddenly became extremely serious.

The biggest problem that now plagues the finances of the Han is none other than the huge army.

Since Liu Bei defeated Liu Zhang and successfully entered Yizhou, Zhuge Liang was ordered to start reforms. Yizhou became a huge war machine under Zhuge Liang's two-year changes, and most of its resources were used in the Northern Expedition.

Under such a system, Ji Han's army has always been at the limit of what can be supplied. Especially in the rapid expansion of the Han Dynasty in recent years, a large number of troops were surrendered and recruited, which made the strength of the Han Dynasty expand rapidly.

Before the Northern Expedition, the number of troops available to the Han Dynasty had reached 200,000. After conquering Guanzhong this time, 30,000 Wei troops surrendered to the Han army in formation. Counting the prisoners who were defeated and surrendered in various places, once digested, the strength of the Han army could approach the 300,000 mark.

This was good military news, proving that Ji Han's military power was one step closer to Cao Wei. But from a financial point of view, Jiang Wanfei Yi estimated that he had to scold the street.

Obviously, the two places of Kansai, which were dilapidated and desolate, and Yizhou, which was basically at the limit of war, could not support the 300,000-strong army. Even if all the soldiers and horses were converted into military cantonments, it would be impossible to feed them.

Unless we follow the example of Cao Wei, it is feasible to turn a large number of people into serfs and fields. But this option is not to mention Zhuge Liang, even the previous Li Yan said that he lacked great virtue.

So in this regard, Zhuge Liang felt that the only choice was disarmament. The removal of some of the soldiers and soldiers from the land can reduce the financial pressure and at the same time release a large amount of elite back to the land.

This is a standard agenda for opening up the flow and saving the source, and it is also a relatively helpless choice. And Zhuge Liang called Ma Jian over to discuss this matter.

However, Ma Tan's first reaction to this was to oppose it,

"Prime Minister! Now that the world is not yet unified, I am afraid that we cannot support disarmament. Ma Jian waved his hand and immediately reported to Zhuge Liang,

"And now the army is basically veterans who can fight well, and they are very precious. If they were to be disarmed and let them go back to farming, it would have a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the Han army. ”

"Don't tell me about this, you go and tell Gongyan, you see if he will fight with you." Zhuge Liang smiled and couldn't help but tease.

"Prime Minister, in this case, it is better to implement my military government system in Longyou. Establish military offices in various counties of Weibei, and organize a large number of soldiers into military offices to organize farming and warfare. Ma Tan groaned for a while, and immediately recommended the government military system to Zhuge Liang.

The government military system was proposed by Ma Tan when he was the Taishou of Longxi, and let Li Mu promote it in Longyou for several years to do experiments. When Fei Yi was in charge of Longyou, the military government expanded from Longxi County to the entire five counties of Longyou, which was a system that had been implemented for a long time.

According to Ji Han's current situation, it is obvious that the implementation of the government military system is the best choice. Especially at this moment, there is a large amount of arable land in Guanguan that is uncultivated, and it is necessary to open up the wasteland.

The government military system can be said to be a relatively perfect system, and it is extremely superior when it comes to opening up the borders to the outside world. This system did not gradually disintegrate until the time of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and the reasons for its collapse are quite interesting.

Because the territory of the Tang Dynasty was too large, the soldiers had to walk for half a year on the way to the border garrison. After exhaustion and longer service, the government soldiers began to be reluctant to fight on the border, which was replaced by the conscription system.

And now Ji Han does not have this problem, and there is no problem at all in implementing the government military system.

"Did you set up a military mansion in Longyou before? The imperial court estimates that there are not enough officials to be responsible for this matter......" Zhuge Liang frowned and said in a deep voice.

"There are not too many officials needed for this matter, and even some military governments can directly use grassroots officers to serve." Ma Jian immediately spoke, and explained this system to Zhuge Liang in detail.

"The second-line division was incorporated into the military palace, cultivated land was distributed, and armor and weapons could also be brought by themselves. In this way, the Han army could maintain its maximum strength at a lower cost, and its combat power would not be greatly weakened. ”

"As for the backbone of the troops, I suggest that the northern soldiers be selected by the selection strategy, so as to ensure that the soldiers can be invincible!"

"Picking?"

Zhuge Liang narrowed his eyes, this word was not unfamiliar to him who was familiar with the art of war. So Zhuge Liang quickly regained his impression of Ma Yan, and this kid seemed to be planning to give him some new tricks.

"That's right, it's the choice of the front strategy, but the hunger combines it with the previous elite strategy." Ma Tan smiled and immediately presented Zhuge Liang with his latest art of war.

The word "Xuanfeng" is mentioned in the Art of War "Liutao", which means to select the elite. However, in traditional strategy, this kind of elite soldiers are generally used for sharp knives in large corps operations.

However, Ma Jian made a series of changes to this, the first of which was to teach the Blade to read and write. While allowing the elite soldiers to have greater subjective initiative (Wei Yan: don't mention this word to me), it can also make the elite soldiers have greater centripetal force.

In this way, the elite soldiers who select the strikers and train intensively will have a new role at the critical moment. That is, at critical moments, they can politely play the role of junior officers.

If one can only read and write, and is faithful enough, choose the front part. Even if there are only one or two thousand people, it can quickly expand into tens of thousands of soldiers and horses at the right time.

Especially for Ma Yan, this kind of art of war design can be described as a rigid need. After all, many times it is because a large number of routs need to be retracted, causing Ma Jian to miss the opportunity to pursue the enemy general.

If you can always choose the forward battalion in the army, not only do you not have to worry about the rout of the army, but even if you are lucky, Ma Tan may be able to pull up a force of 10,000 people behind the enemy in a short time.

In history, Ma Tan's series of art of war has been initially appearing in the late period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. And Ma Tan used his eight years of experience to make him appear two hundred years in advance.

"You, you can always give me a little bit of work, and when it comes to the study of the art of war, I'm afraid I'm not as good as you." Zhuge Liang couldn't help but laugh when he heard Ma Tan's complete set of systematic tactics of war. He pointed at Ma Jian with a feather fan and said with a smile.

"Since you have a plan, let's practice it, after all, you are now the highest military attache in the army."

"But these changes should be made quickly, and it is best to deal with them within half a year."

"By the time of spring plowing next year, there will be more important tasks."

As he spoke, Zhuge Liang pointed to the guide, and his expression quietly became extremely serious.

"Jingzhou, it's time to recover!"

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After finalizing a series of reforms with Zhuge Liang, a few days later, the hussar general Ma Tan officially opened the government. Li Mu served as the head of the General's Mansion, Liu Yin, Jiang Wei and others all entered the palace, and half of the Han army's military power was incorporated into the General's Mansion.

After the completion of these, the government military system and the selection of the front strategy were also implemented on a large scale in Guanzhong under the leadership of the Hussar General's Office.

However, in the meantime, Ma Jian still has one more important thing to do.

That is the treatment of the northern border, that is, the Hetao Plain.

(End of chapter)