After the generals withdrew, Qing Ji went to the palace on the platform to pay homage to the generals, leaving Sun Wu, the imperial censor, and Fan Li, the governor of Su Nei, to sit alone.

The General Worship Platform supervised by Wu Zixu is similar to the later Tongque Tower, except that it is smaller in scale, but it is enough to resemble a small palace and can accommodate hundreds of people!

"Chang Qing, Shao Bo, and I have just received news that the Chu general Shen Zhuliang defeated the Jin army's forward troops in the Fangcheng area, and successively defeated Hu, Dun, Chen and other armies, and gained a lot. According to the secret report from Heibingtai, the Jin people This alliance of princes led by us is about to be dissolved."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wu and Fan Li couldn't help but look at each other, and both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

They knew about Shen Zhuliang's abilities.

In the huge state of Chu now, the only handsome man who can lead the way is Shen Zhuliang.

Therefore, although Shen Zhuliang suffered repeated defeats in the war against the Wu army and lost cities and territory, he was not punished in any decent way.

As we all know, the Chu State has always been extremely harsh on generals who lose their armies.

The fate of defeated generals is usually to commit suicide after defeat, or to be imprisoned and die in depression.

But Shen Zhuliang's ability is already well known to everyone.

Without Shen Zhuliang, the situation in Chu State became even more corrupt.

It was precisely because of this realization that Meng Ying, Xiong Zhen, Zi Xi and others tried their best to protect Shen Zhuliang and let him lead his army to resist the invading coalition of princes from the south.

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

Substituting merit for crime!

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

Sun Wu shook his head and was speechless.

Jin people are like mud and can't hold up the wall!

After only losing a few small-scale battles, he retreated and did not dare to further invade Chu. How could he convince the princes of the world?

This time, the allied forces of the Eighteen Kingdoms, led by the Jin State, were massive and unprecedented. How could hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses be stopped by a mere square city?

It is true that the princes have their own agendas, but they are not so fragile, right?

In the final analysis, even the Jin State, as the leader of the alliance, does not intend to exert much force in this coalition's war against Chu. It is just to increase its own influence and promote the name of overlord!

Because it has been nearly forty years since the Alliance of Annihilation, and the Jin State has not sent troops again to fight for hegemony with the Chu State. 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 doubtfully: "Your Majesty, are you worried that the Chu people are very likely to take advantage of the great victory and seize the opportunity to march eastward?"

"No."

Qing Ji chuckled and said, "It's not that I look down on the Chu State. After these rounds of wars, the Chu State has already reached the end of its power and there is nothing to worry about. Why should we fight again?"

Qingji will not be afraid if we fight again!

After all, there are 15,000 Wu troops stationed in Tong, Chao, Qunshu, Zhongli and other western areas belonging to the Wu Kingdom, and Wu Zixu, as the commander-in-chief, is issuing orders there. Why should Qingji be afraid?

"Within a few years, it is unlikely that the Chu people will start a war."

Qing Ji said slowly: "However, I think that people are born in sorrow and die in peace and happiness. Everyone in our country of Wu must be prepared for danger in times of peace. Therefore, I want to further improve the combat effectiveness of our Wu army."

Want to improve Wu Jun's combat effectiveness?

"this……"

Sun Wu also felt troubled.

Because the current combat effectiveness of the Wu Army is not to say that it is the best in the world, but whether it is large-scale combat or individual combat capabilities, looking at the world, there are really not many armies that can compare with the Wu Army.

Only some elite divisions from Qi, Jin, Chu, and Qin may be able to compete with the Wu army.

However, with Wu Jun like this, could Qing Ji still be dissatisfied?

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

"Want to fight?"

Sun Wu and Fan Li were both quite curious.

I saw Qing Ji shouting loudly: "Husband, Zhan,

Courage also means that as a general, rewards and punishments should be clear. Those who are rewarded will be motivated to fight, while those who are punished will be fearful and dare not retreat. "

"I think that if the army has no wealth, the soldiers will not come; if the army has no rewards, the land will not go. Therefore, I want to reward the soldiers for not avoiding life and death and fighting bravely."

Upon hearing this, Fan Li immediately said: "Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate."

"Our country, Wu, treats its soldiers the best among other countries!"

"After all, the soldiers of other countries, and even our country of Wu, have always prepared their own weapons and armor, and the rations they need when they go to the assembly area every time there is a war. And our country of Wu has almost fully shouldered these, so why increase the burden on the national treasury?

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Fan Li was in charge of internal history and specialized in managing the treasury, so naturally he would not see Qing Ji being so "extravagant and wasteful"!

However, Qingji has a different view on this.

The system of all-people soldiers in the pre-Qin period has been changed by Qing Ji into a "recruitment system" in Wu State. It will never be the type of all-people soldiers unless it is absolutely necessary.

Moreover, as we all know, the former Wu soldiers had to prepare their own weapons and armor when going to war, as well as all the food and grass they brought to the assembly area.

But uu Kanshu www.uukanshu.com has almost all of these borne by the state of Wu, just to further improve the combat effectiveness of the Wu army!

Now Qingji also wants to improve the treatment of Wu's soldiers, which will undoubtedly put greater pressure on the treasury.

In this era, soldiers' livelihood mainly depended on "feeding the fields", that is, collecting taxes and rents from acres of land.

This was not only a means to force farmers to raise soldiers to assist in the war, but it could also be regarded as a special form of preferential treatment for soldiers.

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

But for a few of them who have outstanding military exploits, they can be "rewarded with land" by the monarch and own it for life. This is a more generous treatment.

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

Because this is just enough for soldiers to support their families!

How can we make the horse run but not let the horse eat grass?

Therefore, Qing Ji believes that it is imperative to reform Wu’s military merit system now!

Qing Ji also did not want to leave such a problem to future generations to solve.

Because Qing Ji could not guarantee whether his children and grandchildren would be "super resourceful", he followed the trend of history and took the lead in introducing the military merit system to reward farming and fighting!

What Qingji wanted to do was to let Wu Guo win at the starting line.

Whether it is various systems or various benefits, in order to strengthen Wu's national power, Qingji will do anything he can!

"Chang Qing, what do you think?"

Qingji set his sights on Sun Wu.

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

"I think that if he has the skills to use five soldiers, is strong and healthy, and is determined to devour the enemy, he will be given a title, so that he can win a decisive victory. He will treat his parents and wives well, encourage rewards and be afraid of punishment. Such a strong and persistent man will be able to fight for a long time.
Chapter completed!