Xu Kang and Feng Dehai discussed some matters that needed to be paid attention to in the reform, and then sent him away first. In fact, Xu Kang had his own ideas about the reform, but Feng Dehai was not someone who could be discussed, so he decided

He asked Cheng Yuanzhi to discuss it carefully. He immediately wrote down his thoughts and then memorized them silently. This was his previous habit. As the saying goes, "It is better to have a good memory than to rely on a pen." This sentence has always been regarded by him as a guideline.

After doing all this, he took the people away and went to Cheng Yuanzhi's residence.

It was cold at this time, and Gu'an City had just experienced war, so the streets were deserted and there were few people around. After Xu Kang arrived at the gate of the county government, the gatekeeper knew his identity and did not need to inform him. Xu Kang went straight to Chengdu

Yuanzhi's residence.

Cheng Yuanzhi was also very happy to see Xu Kang and said: "How is it? Is the work going smoothly?"

"It's a little troublesome." Xu Kang said honestly, and then told Cheng Yuanzhi that Feng Dehai was looking for him, "The generals are recruiting troops privately, foster father, you can't ignore it."

"I also know these things. When the generals attacked Gu'an City, they killed and injured many brothers and asked me to replenish their troops. I heard that the refugee camps outside the city were overcrowded, so I asked them to go to the refugee camps to recruit themselves. Who knew these things

Most of the refugees had no food to eat. When they heard that they could have enough food to serve as soldiers, they came to seek refuge one after another. The generals also saw how pitiful they were and couldn't bear to refuse, so they had to stay."

Xu Kang knew that this was Cheng Yuanzhi's excuse for the generals, and it was difficult to refute it, so he said: "The generals' kind-hearted children also understand that so many refugees are joining the army, and the good and bad are mixed, which will only drag down the combat effectiveness of our army.

"

"Then do you have any way to get the best of both worlds?"

Xu Kang rolled his eyes, looking at Cheng Yuanzhi as if he was waiting for the solution he wanted to solve, but he still had to say, "I think it's better to classify these people according to their abilities and let them perform their respective duties. This way we can maximize the number of people."

to unleash their abilities.”

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded and said: "I understand what you mean, but there are already many idle people in the camp with nothing to do. If we choose according to your method, more people will definitely be idle."

"That's right. Some people have no special skills and are not suitable to be soldiers. But we still have the simplest job suitable for them. That is growing food."

Cheng Yuanzhi frowned when he heard this and said: "But you need land to grow food, and you need to send troops to defend the land. We don't have enough troops now. If we divide our troops for defense, how can we attack the city."

"Indeed, there are still various difficulties for us today. But if we don't worry about the long-term, we must have immediate worries. Anyway, with so many people on our hands now, apart from waving flags and shouting to build momentum in the battle, we really don't have much

To achieve the greatest effect, it is better to separate them to collect grain, and then set up grain collectors to control them. Usually these people grow grain and pay rent, and organize them for training in their free time. This has several main advantages." Xu Kang coughed lightly,

Seeing Cheng Yuanzhi's listening look, Fang said: "First of all, we can liberate the real soldiers in our hands. Without the burden of these people, the training standards can be improved, making it easier for us to train elite soldiers. Secondly, we can train administrative personnel.

.What we lack most now is a group of capable talents with experience in ruling at the bottom. Through this method, we can train a group of grain hoarding officials. In the future, we will not only conquer the world, but also govern the world. Obviously, those scholars are very good.

Those who are difficult to surrender to us will hardly be reassuring even if they are used. It is better for us to train ourselves. When the time comes, these officials can become the head of a county, which will be more beneficial to our rule. Thirdly, we can improve our reputation. If we

We don’t engage in production, we only know how to plunder, and we live a life of robbing when we are young and abandoning the rest when we are full. Then no matter how many people we recruit, they are just a group of refugees and it is difficult to achieve anything big. With these three points, I think we

You might as well give it a try.”

Cheng Yuanzhi thought about it for a while and said happily: "It's not what you said, but I almost missed a big event. Okay, I will do as you said. I will immediately summon the generals to implement your method."

Xu Kang said again: "No need to worry, there is another thing more urgent than this."

Cheng Yuanzhi asked in surprise: "What else is there?"

"Correct the name." Xu Kang said: "If the name is not correct, the words will not go smoothly, and if the words are not right, chaos will arise. Take me for example. Nowadays, people outside call me general, some call me lord, some call me young master, and some call me young master.

There are so many kinds of people called young masters, and you can’t agree on one. If it were normal times, it wouldn’t matter, but now is a time when people are in panic, especially in the army, and this should not be done like this. My adoptive father also knows that our generals are just generals among lame men.

There are really not many capable people, and if we add too many titles, it will inevitably lead to confusion in military orders, which will be really harmful to the stability of the military in the future."

Cheng Yuanzhi said sympathetically: "What you said is indeed reasonable. Do you have any countermeasures?"

"It's very simple. We can refer to the military system of the Han army, but our training and equipment are not as good as the Han army. In order to be able to fight with the official army, we only slightly increased the number of people."

"Then how to increase it?"

"I see that the armies under the official army basically implement a binary system, so we will implement a ternary system. In this way, one army will have nearly half more people than the official army, and it will not suffer a loss in a fight."

Cheng Yuanzhi thought for a while and agreed: "Okay, I will call everyone over right away, and then we will announce these reform methods."

Outside the county government office, the messengers rushed out of the camp and scattered in all directions. Inside the county government office, Xu Kang and Cheng Yuanzhi continued to discuss some specific steps regarding the reform.

At the time of application in the afternoon, the generals in charge of various places were recruited into the county government. Now, due to the rapid expansion of the Taiping Taoism, the number of people in charge of each place has more than doubled.

After everyone sat down, Cheng Yuanzhi first encouraged everyone, and then told everyone about his plans to reform. Here, he did not mention Xu Kang, mainly because he was still young. If everyone knew that these ideas were his,

, will inevitably arouse people's doubts, and may cause some unnecessary trouble.

So it was left to Cheng Yuanzhi to explain the specific content of the reform, and then Xu Kang helped out.

The first is to rectify the titles, setting titles for each military position. In this regard, the official system is also used in the title. Only a few fools said: We are anti-Han, how can we continue to use the Han system? Xu Kang used the Han system.

To destroy the Qin Dynasty, they continued to use the official titles of the Qin Dynasty to refute. Although most of the other people rebelled because of their livelihood, but now that their livelihood is no longer a worry, they can't help but want to find an official position. Now that their long-cherished wish has been fulfilled, how can there be any objection, so this

The first article passed fairly smoothly.

The second is to expand the army, but there are limits on the number of troops in each army and branch, and in the future, food, grass and baggage will be provided based on this limit. Regarding this point, everyone here was quickly divided into two groups: one group was the generals, they firmly resisted, and they were not

They do not want to expand the army, but according to the new regulations, although the expansion has been increased from 5,000 to 10,000, the current total number of troops has reached more than 20,000. If the regulations are followed, their soldiers will have to be laid off.

Half. The other faction is the "civilian officials" represented by Mr. Cheng, but they firmly support it, because for them, more soldiers means fewer people, and fewer soldiers means more people. They naturally hope that there will be more people under their jurisdiction.

The two sides argued endlessly about this, so Xu Kang proposed his own plan, which was to build auxiliary troops and incorporate the disbanded troops into the ranks of auxiliary troops. As an auxiliary unit, the auxiliary troops received half the salary of regular soldiers, which was very difficult.

The generals' excuse for insufficient troops was successfully blocked. Although there were still a few unscrupulous insistences, with Cheng Yuanzhi's decision and Deng Mao's support, this item was passed.

The third is to farm the fields, which are divided into military and civilian villages. The military villages disperse the auxiliary troops and carry out farming, and the food obtained can just supply the army. The civilian villages recruit refugees and reclaim wasteland. However, the Taiping people only have one city.

Since the land is frozen in winter, the civilian settlements are now just a proposal. The main discussion is about the military settlements. On this point, both civil and military officials have raised objections, feeling that if the settlement strategy is adopted, the soldiers will be at their mercy.

If the army is trapped, if the army comes to suppress it, then the troops who retreat will gain nothing in terms of food and supplies. If they do not retreat, it will be difficult to stop the army.

Xu Kang was extremely insistent on this point, because he knew that among the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao was the first and most successful person to practice farming. Looking at Chinese history, emperors in the past dynasties achieved great things, but most of them took advantage of the corner and then settled the Central Plains.

The world. The Central Plains is where the four battles took place. It is where heroes use their troops. Every time there is a change of dynasty, the people of the Central Plains have always experienced the most wars. It is difficult to form a solid rear, so they have the most escapes. But only Cao Cao, although he has been there all year round.

The war did not drag down the people's hearts and bring chaos. In addition to welcoming the emperor to rectify his name, he also relied on the practice of farming to stabilize the people's hearts. Therefore, Xu Kang felt that even though the difficulties of farming were huge, training sergeants alone would stabilize the people's hearts.

The people's support makes it worth trying with all your strength.

On this point, Cheng Yuanzhi undoubtedly supports Xu Kang, so he strongly agrees with it. With his current prestige in the army, he ignores everyone's objections and enforces it. He teaches Mr. Cheng this and asks him to come up with a plan.

The way to implement it.

Finally, the military regulations were set and the post of military officer was established. Xu Kang felt that the official army has always been considered to be more powerful than the peasant army. One reason is that the military regulations of the official army are strict, with seventeen prohibitions and fifty-four kills.

Said. Therefore, the officers and soldiers did not dare to retreat when encountering a battle, and could only fight to the death. The peasant army, on the other hand, was disorganized and was very brave when fighting against the wind. Once it encountered a setback, it immediately dispersed and it was difficult to achieve success. That's why he demanded strict implementation of the military.

He wanted to build this army into an army that dares to fight tough battles. At this point, except for some generals in the army who complained that they might not be able to recruit troops in the future, everyone else firmly supported it. Especially Cheng

For the veteran "civilian officials", discipline in the military is their biggest headache.

However, Xu Kang felt that it was unrealistic to turn a group of unorganized farmers into a group of well-disciplined troops immediately, so he reduced the articles in the official army and only retained 8 of them.

The differences are: 1. If you hear the drum and fail to advance, if you hear the gold, the flag cannot be raised, or if the flag cannot be lowered, the offender will be beheaded.

2: Failure to respond to the call by name, failure to arrive at the appointed time, failure to show up within the time limit, and the crime of being slow to change the military law. The offender shall be executed.

Three: If someone spreads a fight at night, fails to retaliate, or is more arrogant, and has an unclear reputation for slacking off in the army, the offender will be executed.

4. If the weapons used include bows and crossbows without strings, arrows without feathers, swords and halberds that are useless, and flags withered, the offender shall be beheaded.

Five: He has a sharp tongue and sharp teeth, and he thinks right and wrong. He mobilizes the soldiers and makes them discordant. If he commits the crime of slandering the army, he will be beheaded.

Six: Wherever you go, if you abuse the people, if there is a treacherous soldier who rapes a woman, the offender will be beheaded.

Seven: Stealing someone's property for personal gain, taking someone's head for their own merit, and committing the crime of robbing the army, the offender will be beheaded.

8: Watching the invaders without interrogating them, detecting the unknown thieves, not saying anything about them, saying too much when they are too late, or talking too much when they are too little, the offender will be beheaded.
Chapter completed!