Chapter 496 Northern Expedition, everything is there!
The original separation of the north and the south caused the Jin Dynasty to lose a lot of people. There were only so many people in total, and it was not enough to grow food. There was as much wasteland as there was to support. How could it support a large number of idle people?
Apart from these factors, the most practical difficulty lies in the difficulty of maintaining military pay.
If all the money of the major families in the Jin Dynasty could be collected into the Sima family's court, maybe this system could be implemented.
But now, Dajin wants people but no one, and money but no money.
As we all know, all the money in the Jin Dynasty was in the hands of aristocratic families, and the court was really poor. The aristocratic families provided money to support the army, but it was only for their own benefit, and it was absolutely impossible for them to take whatever they wanted.
With the north and the south at odds, the population in the north cannot be used for their own purposes. Even if the Sima family is greedy for money from the north, they will never give it to them.
The Jin Dynasty could only be optimistic about its own broken pot, and tried its best to get food from the broken pot.
"Without money, how can we support so many troops?" Xie Xuan was silent for a long time before uttering these words.
If he had money, wouldn't Xie Xuan want to expand his troops and increase the combat effectiveness of his soldiers?
Only by maintaining training can we maintain combat effectiveness and enhance fighting spirit. How could Xie Xuan, who has been in the army for many years, not understand these truths?
All because of lack of money!
Even if there is a lack of food, it is just a secondary contradiction. The main crux is still here.
As long as you have money, are you still worried about not being able to get food or people?
Wang Mi smiled when he heard this. He didn't expect that Lao Xie could be so direct sometimes, but his directness was a bit unbearable.
Not only Wang Mi, but also Liu Yu and others behind him who were waiting to help, were all trying hard not to laugh.
I was afraid of embarrassing General Xie on the spot.
"But we can make money!"
Wang Mi also heard it. It was not that Xie Xuan disapproved of this suggestion. The soldiers had worked hard to recruit them, but after the battle, they all waved and dispersed.
What about next time?
It is still necessary to do it again as it is, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and also damages the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, and there are many uncontrollable factors.
"Making money?"
"Where can we get money?"
Make money?
If there is that kind of connection, the family can let it go. The young man is naive. Xie Xuan thinks it would be better for him to return to Jiankang early and ask his family how the Langya Wang family has made money in recent years.
"Of course we get money from the cities occupied by Di Qin!"
The young man was full of confidence and was already exerting pressure on Xie Xuan with his firm eyes. How could Xie Xuan fall into his trap?
Soon they were brought to a small thatched hut, where they ate and talked with the breeze blowing in from outside.
He could finally tell that this group of young people really wanted to discuss important matters this time, not just talk casually.
Then we can only deal with it seriously, and Lao Xie also cheered up.
Those sleepiness and fatigue were all suppressed by his will.
"You have a big appetite."
Xie Xuan poured a bowl of wine for Wang Mi, and immediately regretted it. This young man boasted even though he had not even had a drop of wine. If he drank too much, he would not be able to keep his mouth shut.
"General Xie, it's not that we have a big appetite, we really want to take back all the lost territory of Da Jin!"
This time, the brothers spoke in harmony and no longer worried about Xie Xuanhui's thoughts, because this was indeed what they felt.
Could it be that Xie Xuan, who was the highest general in Beifu and was unparalleled in bravery and a Confucian general of the generation, did not have such ambitions?
The young generals looked at Lao Xie with sincere and firm eyes, and Lao Xie suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
The wish is good, but the reality is cruel.
After all, people do not live in wishes, but in reality. Xie Xuan already knew this when he first entered the court.
He was very curious. Not counting the other people, Wang Mi had been walking in the court for several years. Although he didn't do much serious work, his main job was to stand in a carrot pit for the aristocratic family and make Sima Yao happy on weekdays.
However, he has been around for a long time, how could he still be so naive?
"sure!"
"As long as you have the ability to take it back, I support it!"
Who can’t brag?
I can too!
Support, all support, the question is, what will they use to fight?
Do you just rely on your words?
"General, are you serious about this?" Wang Mi leaned over, his eyes full of surprise.
What kind of look is this?
He wouldn't really have such thoughts.
"You are serious, but why do you say you can take back more cities?"
Without the need for more words, how could Xie Xuan not know that the more land he occupied, the more money he accumulated, and the military crisis that had plagued the Jin Dynasty for a long time would be easily resolved.
There are new sources of soldiers and new wealth, not to mention the steady flow of war horses imported from the north!
Who is not moved?
Who doesn't want that?
But he Xie Xuanzheng had been on the battlefield for several years and did not dare to brag about it. Where did this young man get the courage?
Xie Xuan was really curious and thought that Wang Mi was out of his mind.
However, thinking about how he was so arrogant when he defected to Beifu and made noises about going to the battlefield. Xie Xuan once dismissed it, but later, he had to admit that Wang Mi did a good job.
It was too good, completely beyond Xie Xuan's expectations. Even Xie An, who was far away in Jiankang City, was shocked by Wang Mi's various feats.
Could it be that this kid really has a good idea?
"General Xie, the most important thing for an army is military prestige, morale, and the enterprising spirit of sharing the same hatred with the enemy."
"Even personal martial arts are secondary, and these spiritual things cannot be cultivated overnight."
"Like us now, when there is a war, all the soldiers who are scattered among the people are recruited together, temporarily trained, and they eat and live together for a few months. No matter whether they win or lose, they will be dismissed as soon as the troops return to the court. Such soldiers have a deep friendship.
They must be shallow, their ambitions must be incompatible, and many soldiers may not even know each other well."
"How can the soldiers safely hand over their backs to their brothers? Are those people their brothers?"
"They're just people I don't know at all!"
"Besides, long-term training can ensure the combat effectiveness of soldiers. One veteran can be worth ten recruits!"
"The martial arts and experience are not comparable to those of soldiers recruited temporarily in the grass. What is the equivalent of what we are doing now?"
"It's like constantly putting back the trained veterans with superb martial arts skills, causing them to degenerate from veterans into recruits."
"Then, we continuously send those new recruits who know nothing to Beifu to retrain and familiarize them with the army again, and the cycle starts over and over again."