The confrontation in the court seemed calm, but to the soldiers, especially the older soldiers, the news was like spring thunder.
The life of a soldier is low. For a long time, there are only a few people who have a rich and prosperous future as a soldier. Most of the soldiers have only done one thing in their lives, taking turns to be on duty, or fighting on the battlefield and dying in front of the battle. , or they may be disabled and lost in the countryside, or they may not receive honors and land, and they may live alone all their lives.
When the spring thunder meets the rain, the Sixteenth Guards are the first to mobilize tens of thousands of soldiers. Some of these old soldiers with gray beards have gone through three dynasties and fought for the country for decades. From young teenagers to old men in their fifties, they have a lot of talent. Although they are so powerful today, many of these old soldiers are still alone.
"To serve the country, you should send them as soldiers! My inner palace should support the soldiers in their old age!" When the words of the sage Zhao Yumin reached the camp of the Sixteenth Guards, the camp shouted long live. At this time, everyone understood that Daqian The reform can no longer compete with the saint. Hundreds of thousands of Laofu soldiers are the biggest supporters of the saint Zhao Yumin's reform.
The Laofu soldiers were suddenly at a loss in the camp. The armor plates on their bodies were intertwined with old and new ones, and the scabbard of the horizontal sword became loose as the blade was worn thin.
More than 10,000 Laofu soldiers were divided, and as each Taoist envoy went to take office in the Taoist government, they wanted to go home, to their hometown where they were born and raised.
If we talk about the reform of the Daqian government, who has the biggest objection is undoubtedly the local big families. They are used to being local emperors. In the past, the state governments were loose and could not suppress the big families in various places. They could only treat each other politely. Now that the three envoys of the Taoist government have fallen, they will A deadly sword hangs above the heads of the wealthy people in these places.
The Laofu soldiers were the saint's greatest support to the three envoys. It was an unwritten rule of the Great Qian Dynasty that local powerful families controlled state officials. Although the chief officials were sent by the imperial court, the subordinate officials and subordinates were all members of local powerful families.
There were thirty-six three envoys in the Twelve Roads of Dagan. Prince Zhao Zaicheng wanted to send him off outside the city. The state granted him a scepter to serve as king and herdsman.
When he went to court again, Prince Zhao Zaicheng saw that many familiar faces were missing from the ranks of civil servants on the left side of the court.
Instead of making noise in the court, it is better to go to the state capital to do practical things. Thirty-six envoys took office and left Chang'an with smiling faces. After all, no scholar would not want what he has learned to be wiped out in the competition in the court.
The Longsheng New Deal was implemented from top to bottom, injecting a bit of vitality into Daqian.
At this time, the civil servants no longer cared about the power they had lost during the restructuring, because the sage Zhao Yumin demoted his official position and reduced his rank, but gave the civil servants thirty-six third-grade positions. Although twelve of them needed to be given up to military generals, they could not recruit Used in battle, it is indeed suitable for veterans who have fought for a lifetime.
The nobles did not fight for the twelve envoy positions, and all were given to the generals. Although the saints and nobles had been suppressing the generals from getting titles, it did not prevent them from valuing the generals.
The reason for not being knighted is because it is easy for a general to seize control of one side after being knighted. Now that he is a general in a different place, he can bring a shrewd commander to the Xiang army, which is a benefit no matter how you calculate it.
However, the vacancy of deploying Laofu soldiers left Daqian without the strength to fight foreign wars for two years. In any case, Laofu soldiers, who accounted for one-fifth of the troops, withdrew from the army. The number of the army was inevitably reduced. Although there were additional There are two hundred Zhechong mansions, but it takes at least two years for Zhechong mansion to raise troops. The nobles selected many young nobles to follow the steps of the three envoys taking office, and joined the nobles who had gone to various Zhechong mansions before.
Long before the saint left the palace in Nanshan this time, Duke Jiang Bu of Qi had been writing letters to Wen Qi who was far away in Shang County. Rather than saying that Wen Qi promoted this Daqian restructuring, it is better to say that it was Duke Jiang Bu of Qi who pushed Wen Qi.
Duke Jiang Bu of Qi, who had an idea early in his mind, divided the nobles into categories when they needed to go to the capital to train troops.
Younger nobles such as Su Ce are in their prime, and there are one or two older nobles to support them. These boys are allowed to go to the border areas and compete with various countries to practice their skills.
As for the middle-aged nobles and the legitimate sons of the nobles who are about to be crowned in ten years, they go to the Protectorate to ensure that there are capable commanders and generals in the border areas, so that they are not afraid of foreign plunder during the two-year contraction period. Condition.
The older nobles were the main force in this military training, and they took the nobles' sons and grandsons to Zhechong Mansion for military training.
There are 100,000 soldiers mobilized from Jiannan Road. According to the judgment of the Ministry of War, the combat strength of Daqian soldiers is at two extremes. If there are less than 1,000 people, they can fight with 30,000 people. If they have more than 50,000 people, they can fight with 2 people. .If you have more than 50,000 and less than 100,000, you can fight two or three. If you have more than 100,000, you can dominate the world.
There are limits to manpower, but the organized Daqianfu soldiers can often defeat more with less by relying on military formations.
Because military operations are more concerned with the area of contact with the enemy and the quality of the soldiers.
Therefore, it is not that the greater the number of people, the stronger the combat power, flexibility and stability. This is why the nobles unanimously agreed to let the saint add a protective palace. The best number of Daqian's military soldiers is one hundred thousand, which can be conquered by one party. , 50,000 can be defended. If the number is large or small, it will not be able to fully display the combat power of the government soldiers.
A large number of war cases over the past hundred years have shown this point.
Therefore, the Daqian army has a two-guard system, divided into left and right.
If one army fights in front and the other stays behind, the two armies fight alternately and they can sweep the battlefield.
After dealing with the affairs of the soldiers, Daqian's monarchs and ministers suddenly discovered that they had missed a very important thing.
That is the Xiang army. The composition of each Xiang army is very complex. There are government soldiers who are on duty in turn as officers. The lower-level Xiang army includes prisoners who have violated the criminal law to atone for their sins by serving in the army, as well as refugees who just want to eat. There are also soldiers recruited with money.
Now that the status of the Xiang Army has been raised, those Xiang Army soldiers with bad backgrounds are facing the end of being expelled from the Xiang Army.
If it is not handled well, then Daqian will most likely face unrest from the Xiang army. Compared with the well-disciplined Fu soldiers, although the military disciplines of the Xiang army in these states and counties also use the same style as the Fu soldiers, they are not very strict. In terms of management, after all, these Xiang troops only deal with banditry and do not need them to go to the border to fight foreign armies. Therefore, although they are large in number, their combat power is not as good as that of the Fu soldiers.
The combat effectiveness of these Xiang troops is not as good as that of the Fu soldiers, so the treatment of these Xiang troops is not as good as that of Fu soldiers, and there is no Yongye field. The state governments only use money to support these Xiang troops, which is also the reason why Daqian taxes have not been raised.
It was not until this time that the sword of Jiang Bu, the Duke of Qi, was discovered by everyone, and the three envoys took office to deal with the local powerful families.
The government troops were restructured, and the sword pointed at the Xiang army.
This is not a personal enmity, but the nobles' desire for power has set their sights on Xiangjun, a place that is invisible to the kings and ministers of Daqian.
And Xungui's concessions over the past two years were exposed at the end of the Longsheng New Deal.