"It is not difficult to eliminate the redundancy of soldiers, but it is difficult to eliminate them. It is difficult to eliminate redundant soldiers when they are strong, but when they are old and weak, how can we comfort them?"
The final solution to the political turbulence caused by the earthquake was that the emperor personally issued an imperial edict to repair the province, in exchange for Sikong Zhao Wen being able to continue to serve as the Three Dukes. Not only did all parties greatly reduce the number of accidents caused by disasters, but also
The possibility of being pushed out by the emperor to take the blame; and he once again obtained a means to restrict the monarch's power, which can be said to be a big advantage. Under this premise, the emperor continued to keep Zhao Wen, and let Zhao Wen and Da Sinong,
Jing Zhaoyin and others promoted the purchase of surplus grain, and no one commented on it anymore.
"I read Wang Yanyun correctly after all," the emperor said, placing a memorial on the top of the desk.
Just when a group of subordinate officials in Chang'an County were trying to make money, Xiang Cun's betrayal put them in immediate danger. With Xiang Cun as a witness, they could not argue, and were soon imprisoned by Wang Ling, preparing to be executed.
Hu Miao was startled by Wang Ling's actions, and he was not slow to do so. He immediately asked other counties that had sent their officials to the countryside to conduct internal inspections, and a large number of subordinate officials were implicated.
It's just that the two men's methods were vigorous and resolute, and they refused to give in to each other. Although most of the people applauded, it was difficult to cover up the subsequent fact.
"Most of the subordinate officials in counties and counties were inherited from Chen. Seeing that there was no hope of promotion, they only focused on corruption and favoritism. The corruption of the imperial officials was mostly due to them." The emperor looked at his attendants Xun You and Yang Qi, and then said:
"Nowadays, there are very few staff in Jing Zhaoyin, Zuo Fengyi and other places. I think that in addition to recruiting talents from the local area as usual, they also have to be dispatched from other places."
"Deployed from neighboring counties?" Yang Qi asked.
The emperor shook his head and looked at Xun You. Xun You thought about it for a while and said: "In the summer and autumn, when the imperial court suppressed chaos in Hedong, many soldiers of the imperial army were injured and disabled. Although many of them were healthy at this time, most of them were unable to join the army. They had
Many of them have attended the military's "night school", and the county clerks only need to be able to read and write, organize official documents, and know some calculation methods. Your Majesty means that with these vacant subordinate clerk positions,
As their retreat after leaving the army?"
"Your Majesty governs the army and treats his soldiers with special care and comfort. When he is in the army, he not only provides them with adequate food and clothing, but also selects the best ones to teach them how to read. No matter when he is sick or in peacetime, he also arranges doctors to prevent epidemics at any time." Yang Qi first praised him, and then immediately
He raised an objection and said in a stiff tone: "Now that the soldiers have retired due to disability, your Majesty can just grant grain to the fields according to the custom. If you also grant officials positions, I will think that the grace is too generous."
"Those who have gone to the 'night school' are all military uncles, very talented, and so on. They understand principles and are good at calculations, so how can they not be able to become clerks?" The emperor disagreed. This method of retiring from retirement and transferring to grassroots cadres was widely used.
At this time, no one had implemented it, but the emperor still tried to make everyone understand: "They have lived and died for the court and established meritorious deeds, so why not make them county officials? If they are only given fields, how can they cultivate their bodies because they are disabled?"
Yang Qi was speechless for a moment, not because he couldn't refute, but because he was worried that if he expressed his attitude too firmly, he would cause trouble for himself.
According to the emperor's words, these soldiers were all in their prime and serving the country. Once they were disabled, they were no longer allowed to join the army. After they retired, there was no corresponding treatment to maintain this sense of gap. Moreover, they were allowed to indulge in the countryside.
The glory of the past is gradually declining, and the training they have received from the army and night schools, as well as their loyalty to the emperor, will be in vain. Since these people have basic knowledge and good habits developed in the Forbidden Army, the emperor
Why not put them to good use?
Seeing that Yang Qi's face was still hesitant, the emperor added: "When the scale of Taixue expands and the students of Taixue gradually mature their studies, the rules of 'night school' will be implemented with Xu Rong, Duan Xuan, Zhang Ji and other armies, in addition to the forbidden army."
We will talk about the veterans of the army later. For now, the soldiers of the Northern and Southern Armies who have attended 'night school', have made military exploits, and have disabilities who have to retire from the army will be assigned to different positions according to their military positions."
Yang Qi's face relaxed. If this scope is only limited to the Northern and Southern Army of more than 30,000 people, then it can be regarded as the emperor's 'honor' for the Northern and Southern Army. As for what the emperor said about preparing to implement various armies in the future,
It was always just a delaying tactic, used to appease Xu Rong, Duan Xuan and other foreign soldiers.
If you think about it, you will know that there are now more than 100,000 soldiers in the imperial court, and at least thousands of people will be injured in a battle. Even in the smallest county, the county officials have many small tyrants in the county, and small landlords fight for each other.
How can there be room for retired soldiers if the looting continues? It can be seen that when this government policy was finally implemented, it was only applied to the Northern and Southern armies.
If it is only applied to the Northern and Southern armies in the end and becomes a regular practice, then another hidden danger will arise.
Yang Qi's thoughts changed rapidly. After considering the future 'disadvantages' and the current 'benefits', he no longer raised any objections at this time.
Xun You had already received hints from the emperor when the Northern and Southern Army set up "night schools". Those real powerful people would not care about the position of a "county official" at all, not to mention that this is the most miserable and tiring clerk. Without
Under the premise of touching real interests, those small landowners who did not even reveal their family names were naturally not taken seriously by Xun You.
The emperor saw that both of them had no objections. In addition, Zhao Wen, who always followed the emperor's lead, and Dong Cheng, who agreed with the emperor on key matters, most of the ministers in the Chengming Palace would follow this suggestion. As for the
Whether Ma Rixi would agree or not was irrelevant. Thinking of this, the emperor took advantage of the opportunity to express his inner thoughts: "In addition to having military exploits and having attended 'night school', retired soldiers must also have other qualifications."
Conditions. For example, for those who cannot use their hands to write or hold objects, such as those who hold positions such as interrogation and prison, etc., they can use their abilities according to their ability."
This series of restrictions is to maintain the professionalism of county deputies and try to arrange these retired soldiers into positions such as catching thieves, copying official documents, and maintaining public security. At the same time, different treatment is also given according to different positions and distribution during the military service.
, for example, Du Bo was transferred to the county governor, the leader of the team was transferred to the tour group, the captain was transferred to the chief of the pavilion, and so on.
As for the various measures to transfer military commanders to county captains, military commanders to county criminals, and captains to county captains; or to transfer middle- and high-ranking officers to second-line troops as military camp commanders, although in Yang Qi's view, there are still some things that are not very appropriate.
, but there seems to be nothing to criticize. After all, the imperial court will inevitably conduct many wars in the future. The emperor's nature is not only to unify the world, but may also carry out martial arts such as the Northern Expedition to Xianbei. At that time, how to arrange the wounded and remaining soldiers?
, it is necessary to prepare an escape route for them in advance at this time to avoid accidents.
After Hu Miao and others carried out simple rectification of grassroots officials in Jingzhao, retired and wounded soldiers from the Northern and Southern Army were gradually resettled, and the emperor also terminated the previous suggestion of ordering Jingzhao to send officials to the countryside to purchase surplus grain. However,
Surprisingly, for the rising food prices in the market and the large amount of money flowing out of the treasury, the emperor had a rare tolerance for these merchants who cautiously raised prices and skirted the rules.
Of course, this is just a small microcosm of the end of the Chuping Year. What more people want to see is what kind of new atmosphere will there be in the upcoming Jian'an Year.
With the arrival of the first year of Jian'an, the old and new systems inside and outside the imperial court were on the right track. Many people predicted that for a long time, the emperor would not easily break the forces of Ma Rixi, Yang, and Dong Cheng.
The balance and the end of internal strife also marked that the imperial court must truly look at the world, the most important thing is Guandong.
As for the situation in Guandong, detailed analysis can only be done after Dahong Lu, Zhou Huan and the chariot commander Wang Duan returned to the court from Langxie.