There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 5243 Three years of service as a soldier without corvee
Chapter 5243 Three years of service as a soldier without corvee
Liu Jingxuan murmured: "Yes, Liangjiazi, in fact, it is different from you Jingkou Laotie. It is not that the whole family is exempt from taxes for life, but it is only exempted during the few years of serving as a soldier. After the war, everyone still returns to their respective families. If not
Having performed meritorious service and received a title is no different from that of ordinary civilians. But if this is the case, how can it stimulate others to be delighted by the war and willing to join the army and serve the country?"
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "This is the advantage of Shang Yang. He does not directly give everyone real benefits. Of course, this benefit will also be given to some, that is, allocate land, grant fields, and transfer the fields in the name of the country.
By distributing it to the people, you are giving the country a favor and giving the people money to eat. Of course, correspondingly, you also need to repay the country's favor, that is, if there is a national issue, you must fight when called."
Liu Jingxuan nodded: "But such a call for war depends on their true thoughts. If there are not enough benefits, tens of thousands of people go out to fight, and only a few hundred people can get the title and become officials when they come back, then the others will definitely
You don't want to, why would you let Lao Qin be happy when he hears the war? This is something I have always been unable to figure out. Jinu, since you have mentioned this point today, you can just explain it to me."
Liu Yu said seriously: "Ah Shou, you have to know that this kind of benefit is exactly what you said. Tens of thousands of people go out to fight, and hundreds of people get the title. Or it has been said since ancient times that one hundred thousand Qin troops will send out five hundred soldiers."
Scholars are those who can earn a title for their true military exploits, that is, only 500 out of 100,000 people, and almost one out of 200 people can become prosperous. If the battle is defeated and there are not enough beheadings, the proportion may be even smaller.
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"However, even if one of the two hundred people is awarded a title and becomes an official, it is a real official. That is visible to the naked eye. The benefits of being a child without deception are stipulated by the state. When it comes to
Do it, so everyone sees that people who have been promoted to officials can suddenly turn around and become village chiefs after returning to the village. They are upright, can go around the village, do whatever they want, can collect taxes for the country, and even work in the village.
Bullying people casually, at worst, using a title to pay for the crime. That kind of envy will stimulate them next time there is a war, and they will definitely try their best to get their nephews or themselves to join the army, so that they can have this kind of situation after the next war.
prestige."
"Ah Shou, Shang Yang has a thorough understanding of human nature. Although the life of the Qin people is very difficult, and every family has nothing to live with, according to Shang Yang's words, the people have no money left. They are so poor that they have nothing, so they hold a little power.
, will become the envy of the whole village. It is worthy of their desperate efforts to join the army, to attack other countries, to kill people and behead them for military merit. When they come back, they can become the village chief, be upright and domineering. This is what the country does not even need to give.
Whatever the benefits are, it can make the whole country scream and cry, and they will be happy when they hear about the war, because every battle is a process of redistribution of power and the possibility of becoming the village chief."
Speaking of this, Liu Yu's eyes flashed coldly: "To put it bluntly, what the Qin State gives to the people is not the rewards or benefits that everyone is sure to get, but it gives everyone the opportunity to change their destiny. I hope
, I hope, this is what all the Qin people are willing to do without caring about their own lives, fearless of death, and want to obtain through war, through serving as soldiers and risking their lives. And these are things that military households and worldly soldiers do not have."
Liu Jingxuan breathed a long sigh of relief and nodded: "Yes, I hope that when you say this, I will understand. It will inspire all the people to want to join the army and fight for their lives, to fight for the title opportunity that only one in two hundred people will have."
, but military households and soldiers can only join the army for generations, and it is difficult to have the opportunity to stand out and rise due to military merit. Although this opportunity is not impossible, it is very small, and there is no Qin or Han Dynasty.
This kind of military merit level clearly stipulates how many enemies you kill and what kind of title you can get!"
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Because the purpose of the country is different. A country that implements the military merit system needs a group of tigers and wolves that can be drawn out at any time to attack enemy countries or suppress domestic rebellions. This requires strong monarchy and centralized power.
, and countries that engage in military affairs and military households, such as Cao Wei, need people who specialize in fighting wars to become military households in troubled times. However, after peace, these people need to be resettled, and their whole families can still only be allowed to serve as soldiers, and they are not allowed to engage in military affairs.
Other professions, correspondingly, will not give them the opportunity to be promoted. In fact, they are not soldiers for generations, but slaves for generations."
Liu Jingxuan said solemnly: "Yes, we have to fight a war. After the battle, we will only share some spoils. We will not give rewards for military achievements, let alone rely on fighting to gain power. Therefore, the military households of Cao Wei and Soochow
Soldiers in the world have no future, and they end up fleeing with no hope of survival."
Having said this, Liu Jingxuan paused: "Even people like Sima and Huan Wen, who are all powerful in the world, will be laughed at by those literati families, saying what kind of military branch they are, generals, veterans, etc. It can be seen that since the Wei and Jin Dynasties,
How much does the world despise these soldiers and warriors?"
Liu Yu said calmly: "During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the status of soldiers was still very high. It is only since the Wei and Jin Dynasties that the children of aristocratic families who have gained power hate military affairs and want to suppress those who have risen through the ranks with military merit. This will devalue the status of soldiers."
, this is what we need to reverse and correct."
"But you can't turn your head too far. It's not a good thing to have people like the Qin Dynasty who are like wolves and murderous people without any guilt. If the people's customs are too strong, once they lose the central government and the suppression of the court, they will run rampant all over the world.
Killing is just like the barbarians in the north. It is an unconstrained and uncontrolled abuse of force. Is it a good thing? We need to provide military training to all the people so that they have basic military capabilities and the ability to protect themselves. They cannot be like
The children of aristocratic families are so weak, but they cannot be allowed to act recklessly like the barbarians with the help of force. Therefore, it is necessary to restore the good family system of the Qin and Han Dynasties, especially the Han Dynasty, and improve it."
Liu Jingxuan suddenly became energetic and said hurriedly: "Improvement? How to improve it, Jinu, do you have any good ideas?"
Liu Yu took a deep breath and said: "I have a good idea, that is, the universal compulsory military service system. All people who are allocated land from the country are obliged to serve the country as soldiers. Of course, not everyone is a soldier, but
Skills assessment is required, and only those with excellent physical fitness and military skills can be selected into the annual recruit quota. If the country is not at war, they will be discharged from the army after three years. Those who have served for these three years will be exempted from corvee for life." (This chapter)