Chapter 446 Liu Rushi, catfish effect

Now, the population of Laizhou Prefecture is already sufficient. According to the latest population registration, the registered population has exceeded 700,000. With such a population base, the Hu Ben Army can completely recruit enough soldiers. In other words, even if the reward for these five acres of military fields is cancelled, the Hu Ben Army will not lack soldiers. During the land reform, there was no military field, so it could still win a large number of soldiers. It can be seen that it is feasible to abolish the policy of granting military fields when joining the army.

As for the amount of settlement fees, it can also be reduced. The key is the propaganda perspective. If the propaganda perspective is to defend the country and defend one's own victory fruits, soldiers can fight very actively. Just to protect the "Jotian Ling", there is enough reason for the soldiers to fight bloody battles.

In fact, the most fundamental reason why Liu Rushi opposed the "Juntian Order" is still in the word "hereditary". The word "hereditary" is not bad, but bad is the word "hereditary". Once the military field is hereditary, the number will expand more and more. The number will only continue to increase and will not decrease. The number of land in the country is to be fixed. The more military field there are, the fewer civil fields there are. When the special class that owns military field and its strength exceeds other classes, a big problem will break out.

Now there are people making small fuss and stealing dragons to change the wind. If you may be sure, everyone will find ways to hang the Mintian under the name of the Juntian, and as a result, a huge monster with a large number of military fields appears. If a family continues to join the army, or if someone "fakes the army", the number of military fields it owns will reach an astonishing number. Dozens, hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of such families are united, which is a very terrifying force.

Zhang Zhun absolutely did not doubt this. It was too simple to do things. When laws cannot effectively restrict them and when the regulatory system is idle, everything will change in the worst direction. When Zhu Yuanzhang established the ward station system, he would definitely not have expected that the ward station system would be decayed to be as decadent as it is now.

However, the hereditary military field is indeed very powerful to stimulate soldiers. Zhang Zhun did not think of any way to stimulate soldiers' enthusiasm more than land. Money is temporary and far less eager to get to the land. Under the system of the Hu Ben Army, even if you have money, you can't buy land. However, if you have fields, you can definitely generate endless money. Therefore, the rewards in place of military field must be stimulating and can maintain the fighting enthusiasm of the Hu Ben Army soldiers.

Zhang Zhun's eyes naturally fell on Liu Rushi. If Liu Rushi had no good idea, she would not have rashly asked to talk to her. Since she mustered up the courage to talk to herself, she must have already had a complete set of ideas.

Sure enough, Liu Rushi said tactfully: "Master, I have an idea. I wonder if I want to listen?"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "Say."

Liu Rushi said briefly: "Take a title and exchange it for military field."

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said slowly: "This set is not new."

Liu Rushi said tactfully: "But it works."

Zhang Zhun smiled and nodded in agreement.

There is indeed nothing new about using titles to exchange military fields. The ancestors have proposed it at some point. However, from the actual effect, the feudalization of titles is indeed effective. This has been implemented in all dynasties. As long as the army and the fields are actually separated, they are just alone to catch guns, not money, and not food, and there is no need to worry about major problems with the army.

In the final analysis, titles are still rewards in honor, and their nature is completely different from military fields. The rewards in honor can be given as high as possible. From the perspective of people's needs, when the problem of food and clothing is solved, the greater need is to gain respect from others and obtain honor. Therefore, at this level, the rewards of being granted a king and a marquis, a wife and a son are actually similar in terms of rewards.

To give a simple example, it seems that the military fields under their names of Jerry Yang, Hao Linyong and others have reached the upper limit of 50 acres. Even if they are given more military fields, the excitement is no longer great. On the contrary, if they are given a title or other honors, they prefer it. It is like the archways, statues, etc. that they made themselves. However, archways, statues, etc. are all limited. You can't build a archway or a statue in every city.

Titles are different. Titles are the level of online games, as high as possible, and as high as possible. Each large level can also be divided into many small levels. For example, the marquis can be first-class marquis, second-class marquis, third-class marquis, or even until the ninth-class marquis. In this way, the extension of space is simply infinite. As long as the designer is willing, there will never be an upper limit for this level.

The key is that the difficulty of giving and depriving the title is much smaller than that of the military field. Depriving a person of the title will not hurt others. However, if someone is deprived of the military field, others will hurt their kind. In the final analysis, it is still the thing you created by yourself, which is a bit alternative. It was quite useful at the beginning, but now it is beginning to show disadvantages. After the sword takes a different approach, it will naturally take a little time to correct it again. Fortunately, this monster is not very big now and there is still a chance to improve it.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Zhun said, "Do you have something to say?"

Liu Rushi said bravely: "It is recommended that the master cancel all hereditary system."

Zhang Zhun said to himself: "Wow, this is an amazing thing."

Liu Rushi said sharply: "The hereditary system can easily cause people to lose the motivation to make progress, which is very unfavorable for a country and a nation. If the country wants to maintain vitality and the nation maintain its rising momentum, we must fully introduce a competitive system. Just like the imperial examination, everyone must compete to select the best talents."

"Look at the hereditary court, what has become like now. All the powerful and noble ministers are all worth a living, and there is no one who can fight. Many people at the bottom of society suffer from the opportunity to reimburse the country. The Wei Sui system is hereditary, with fathers passing through sons and sons passing through grandchildren. Whether you have the ability or not, you can sit in the position of an officer. Those ordinary military households with outstanding performance have no chance to stand out. Such an army has no ability to fight at all. Therefore, even the imperial court itself abandoned the Wei Sui soldiers and replaced them with the recruited war soldiers."

"The fundamental reason for the fall of the garrison system is hereditary. If there is no hereditary, the commander, commander, commander, and other officials at all levels of the garrison will not fall to this point. If each garrison and each garrison will compete for office, the garrison soldiers will not fall to this point. If each garrison and each garrison will compete regularly every year, the winner will get a higher position, and the loser will be deprived of his official position. Then all officers will spend a lot of effort to forge their own troops. The master's Tiger Army, the various battalions, are unwilling to be inferior. Isn't it because of this reason?"

"The innocent concubine suggests that the master should follow the Qin military merit system. Formulate the law of joint seats, use heavy punishment for minor crimes; reward military merits, prohibit private fighting, and reward titles based on military merits. Soldiers calculate titles according to the enemy's head. If an officer is not allowed to be in the battle, he will be killed! The law is unbiased and the upper and lower parts are integrated. This greatly increases the enthusiasm of the officers. This means that there is no distinction between official ranks on the battlefield, and whether the general or the small soldier must make meritorious service."

"The master wants to expand to the outside world. It is better for a general to capture 10,000 acres of land each than ten generals. Therefore, what the master needs is not a two general who can fight, but countless generals who can conquer and fight well. The master wants to give latecomers the opportunity to compete."

"If the ward system has a competitive mechanism, it will not lose its vitality. The money and food consumed by the court will not be unpaid. In fact, if the ward system fully introduces competition, all the commanders and all thousands of households will not dare to neglect them. They will do their best to develop production and train the army, and there is no need for the court to allocate additional money and food. There may even be excess money and food to feed the court."

"In the past, fishermen came back from the sea and found that the fish in the cabin would often die because the fish were lazy and did not want to move, so they died of illness soon. Later, someone discovered that some catfish were put in the cabin. All the fish were forced to move because the catfish would eat other fish. If you don't move, you would be eaten by the silver carp. As a result, other fish had to swim frequently in order to survive and would not die."

"These catfish must not be missing in the master's ruling order."

Zhang Zhun pondered for a moment and said in deep thought: "Who can act as a catfish?"

Liu Rushi said slowly: "The rising stars are catfish. The master must formulate a reasonable competition mechanism to give latecomers the opportunity to get ahead. Simply put, the position of no one is fixed. If you have the ability, you can go to the top, and if you don't have the ability, you can only go down. If all official positions are hereditary, it will block the growth path for the rising stars."

Zhang Zhun said deeply: "So, who can be sure whether he has the ability?"

Liu Rushi said happily: "Rushi is not talented, and he is willing to design such a system for the master."

Zhang Zhunran stood up suddenly, "Okay! I'll leave this errand to you!"

In fact, Zhang Zhun admired such a competitive system very much. The catfish effect is the key to maintaining organizational vitality. The most basic concept is that those who are capable are superior and those who are mediocre. What is generally lacking in the Ming Dynasty is such a catfish effect, especially in the Weishu system.

Since its establishment, the Hu Ben Army has had such a competitive system. From the initial soldier skills competition to the later military competition, everyone is fully competing. It seems that Zhang Lingyun and others are all from the latter. Some of the people who followed Zhang Zhun a long time ago are still mate commanders or even sergeant commanders. The reason is very simple, you are not as good as others.

When Zhang Zhun formed the army, he never formed one unit alone, but at least two units. The most basic purpose was to allow them to compete fully. As long as you don’t agree with me, I don’t agree with you, and you chase each other, your vitality will be fully mobilized. People are unwilling to give in, and no one is willing to fall behind.

Zhang Zhun can confidently say that the commanders of every unit of the Hu Ben Army are now desperately training their own army and desperately trying to obtain military achievements. Because without military achievements, there is no place for them. If you want to obtain military achievements, you must make efforts to train your own troops and continuously improve your combat effectiveness. Otherwise, you will be ruthlessly eliminated.

After Liu Rushi finished speaking, she felt a long sigh of relief. These thoughts had accumulated in her mind for a long time. However, as a woman, she still had more concerns. Now, she finally said it bravely. Fortunately, she got some affirmation from Zhang Zhun.

She gently pursed her thin lips and said a little uneasy: "Master, I'm talking too much today. This is just a private idea of ​​the little concubine. I have limited knowledge. If there is anything beyond my reach, please forgive me."

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "You probably have been holding it in for too long. Today I finally found this opportunity. The catfish effect you mentioned is actually very good. It seems that your naiveness has really not been in vain!"

Liu Rushi's cheeks turned slightly red and she whispered: "It is the most dear concubine who is able to provide advice to the master."

Zhang Zhun nodded and suddenly said, "By the way, so, in which direction do you think I should develop now? Well, in which direction should we attack better?"

Liu Rushi hesitated for a moment and whispered: "I dare not comment on military affairs."

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "Tell me whatever you want."

Liu Rushi pondered for a moment and said slowly: "In the opinion of a humble concubine, the master should first take down Dengzhou Prefecture, then integrate Dongjiang Town, and wait for an opportunity to seize Jiangnan."

Zhang Zhun said thoughtfully: "Why?"

Liu Rushi said in a casual manner: "The master controls Laizhou Prefecture now. If he goes west, he will inevitably capture Qingzhou Prefecture. However, Qingzhou Prefecture has a King Heng. If the King Heng Prefecture is captured, the court will be faceless. This is something that the court cannot accept. Therefore, the court will inevitably continue to counterattack. Although the master's troops are not afraid of the court's counterattack, the court's army is coming continuously, leaving the master's army in a state of fighting all the time, which will inevitably distract the master's attention and many other things will be difficult to carry out smoothly."
Chapter completed!