Chapter 490: If you don’t see the coffin, you won’t cry.
Most of the soldiers in the army are not in their original intention.
Except for a few who were exiled for crimes, most of them were refugees and were forcibly exiled into the army.
These soldiers had no land or land at home, and could only rely on military pay to support their family.
Before Zhao Xing succeeded to the throne, he not only owed military pay in the army, but he only paid half of the pay, which was difficult for him to support his family, so deserters often appeared.
Now Zhao Xing is going to lay off the old and young people in the army and place the land for the land. Who is willing to join the army? "Don't worry about this. Only the right to cultivate the land that has been laid off the soldiers is still the court, and it needs to pay taxes like ordinary people. If the soldiers make meritorious contributions, they will be rewarded with land and can be tax-free! In this way, there is no need to worry that the soldiers want to remove their armor and return to their fields." Zhao Xing said.
He had considered these issues long ago. The soldiers were unwilling to join the army and deserters became popular, which was essentially the issue of the court.
Military pay is enough to support a family. The court owed military pay and only paid half of the pay, so the soldiers were naturally unhappy.
After he ascended the throne, he never owed military pay, paid in full, and directly rewarded the land. How could the soldiers not do it?
In the farming society, the people are very eager to own land.
Only with the land can we pass it on to our descendants and give them the resources to live in peace and make them live.
Many people even die of illness and starvation, and are unwilling to sell their land.
Although there is resettlement of land, it does not have ownership rights after all. "Your Majesty, if the army's strength has dropped sharply, war may break out at any time now. Why not wait until the matter is calmed before disarmament?" Zeng Gongliang said.
"It is precisely because of this that we must do this more. If the number of soldiers is reduced, then we will draw the local wing army to supplement it. This time I am going to mobilize some imperial guards and some local wing army to the north!" Zhao Xing said. "The combat effectiveness of the local wing army is not as good as that of the imperial guards after all. Will Your Majesty again..." Zhao Xing waved his hand and interrupted Zeng Gongliang, saying, "I think the local wing army is no worse than the imperial guards. Last year, Jiangzhou suppressed the rebellion, and the local wing troops transferred to performed very well. Zeng Aiqing and the three yamen of the Ministry of War discussed as soon as possible and came up with a charter. "
The local wing troops' combat power and equipment are not as good as possible. When you go to the imperial guards, there is one thing that the imperial guards cannot compare with, that is, the generals.
Most of the generals in the imperial guards relied on the Lord's General's family.
Although these people come from famous families, few are truly capable.
The generals of the local wing army are basically hopelessly promoted. With the opportunity to make meritorious service, these people are much better than those of the Imperial Army who only know how to live a life. "Yes." Seeing that Zhao Xing insisted, Zeng Gongliang did not persuade him again.
There are too many young and old in the army, which not only affects combat effectiveness, but also requires the court to support it. This is indeed a big problem.
He also recognized the disarmament, but he had various concerns. Since Zhao Xing had considered it clearly and had a solution, he naturally had no reason to object.
"By the way, isn't the martial arts over? Arrange them into the army and go out with the army this time." Zhao Xing said lightly.
The martial arts ceremony ended two days ago. In order to show his importance to the martial arts ceremony, Zhao Xing prepared to hold a banquet in a few days to enter the martial arts lecture hall to study.
It seems that there is no need now, so I just throw these people into the army.
No matter whether you fight or not in the end, it is always a training. "Yes." Zeng Gongliang responded.
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When the Song Dynasty was preparing for war, Yelu Yixin, on the Liao Kingdom, officially ascended the throne.
During this period, Yelu Yixin has been cleaning up those officials who are loyal to the royal family.
Of course, he only cleaned up those things that he didn't trust, and could only be dealt with by rising and falling openly.
If he really cleans up the situation and makes people panic, it will not be conducive to the stability of the Liao Kingdom.
No matter what, after some cleaning, he had completely controlled the situation on the surface and no accidents occurred when he ascended the throne.
After rewarding the ministers, the banquet was three days old. When Yelu Yixin was busy cleaning up the mess, the envoys of Xixia came.
Yelu Yixin sneered in his heart when he learned that Xixia invited him to deal with the Song Dynasty.
Although he didn't know what Xixia was planning, he knew that Xixia was definitely not that kind-hearted.
But this was a good thing for him. After enthusiastically entertaining the envoys of Xixia, he ordered people to spread the news.
The Song Dynasty must have had spies in the Liao Kingdom. Spreading news to let the Song Dynasty know, which can be regarded as putting pressure on the Song Dynasty.
Although the Liao Kingdom is still calm on the surface, the grassland is unstable.
After he destroyed Yelu Chongyuan, he sent people to meet the leaders of various tribes in the grassland and invited them to attend the throne ceremony.
The leaders of the Khitan tribes all came, but the leaders of the tribes who were not the Khitan tribe did not come and shirked for various reasons.
Yelu Yixin knew that these tribes were worried that he would settle the score later.
But these tribes are always an unstable factor and are always a hidden danger before they are resolved.
And there are also many people in Liaoning who still have strange intentions.
Before completely eliminating various hidden dangers, he did not want to go to war with the Song Dynasty.
But the premise of all this is that the Song Dynasty is willing to make a fortune.
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Zhao Xing didn't know what happened in the Liao Kingdom. He was a little neglected in the harem during this period. He was busy eating the rain and dew.
Zeng Gongliang's efficiency was very fast. After a few days, he set up the regulations for disarmament and replenishment of troops and sent it to Zhao Xing for review.
After reading it, Zhao Xing was very satisfied and asked Zeng Gongliang to propose it in the morning court.
I originally thought there would be some resistance, but I didn't expect that the resistance was not as great as I imagined.
The general was naturally unwilling to agree to this decision.
They are not as good as civil officials, and they are filial to local officials.
If a general wants to make money, he can only rely on means such as eating empty salary and selling military equipment, food and grass to deduct soldiers' salaries.
The Song Dynasty did not fight for many years, and it was inconvenient for military generals to do their tricks.
Once the disarmament is disarmament, the number of people needs to be re-checked, and the matter of empty salary cannot be hidden.
But the military generals were relatively weak in the court. When the civil servants saw that Zhao Xing was very supportive of the army, the generals' opposition became insignificant.
Although the Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military affairs, this refers to the upper class. Civil officials could not directly control the army. If they were to be vacant, they would not get any benefits. They were so happy that they would see that the generals were defeated.
The generals suffered losses, so they were naturally unwilling to give up, but they had no choice but to do anything about it.
The Song Dynasty values culture over military affairs, and itself is to guard against military officials. The military heroes and generals dare not communicate too closely with each other.
At this time, they were targeted by civil servants, but they were in a mess and they didn't dare to fight back together.
For fear of being framed by civil servants and wanting to rebel.
Even if they want to make things difficult for civil servants, there is no way to do so, because the two censor agencies, the Censorate and the Censorate, are both civil servants.
Even the chief officials of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War are civil servants. What can they do?
These generals were depressed and could only make things difficult for civil servants elsewhere.
Whenever any civil servants in the court are impeached, these military generals have a very tacit understanding and will step on them.
It was originally just a small matter, but by their actions, it became a big matter.
Zhao Xing laughed in his heart and took the opportunity to deal with some officials.
He did this, but it might not mean that he would inspire the opposition between civil and military forces.
Because of the emphasis on civil servants over military officials, those military generals did not dare to offend civil servants easily, and they almost became the voice of civil servants in the court.
Zhao Xing just lets them know that when they do this, the civil servants still look down on them and will still step on them when they need to suppress them.
"Why is Your Majesty so happy?" Xiao Shen sat in Zhao Xing's arms, fed him a grape, and said curiously.
"The sun is shining brightly and the beauty is in my arms, how can I be unhappy?"
Zhao Xing kissed her on the face, but did not forget Ru Lan on the other side, and turned to kiss her. One bite.
"If Your Majesty thought so, he wouldn't have been coming to see me for so long." Rulan pouted, her tone with a little resentment.
Minglan was born, and Yu Yanran was pregnant, but she had not moved yet.
Some time ago, Zhao Xing had been favoring Empress Xiao. Finally, Empress Xiao left the palace. Zhao Xing had time to come to the harem. The first ones were the concubines who had offspring or pregnant.
I finally thought of her today and called her to the Imperial Garden to accompany her, but I didn't expect that there was a little Shen family.
"How could I forget my beloved concubine?"
Zhao Xing pinched Rulan's face with a funny look and said, "Today I only accompany two beloved concubines, and I don't know where to go." Go."
Although Rulan was jealous and had a little resentment in her tone, she was simple and not sarcastic, so Zhao Xing naturally didn't disgust.
"Your Majesty, I heard that you are going to fight?"
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Xiao Shen said, worried that Zhao Xing would think too much, and hurriedly said, "I am just worried about my brother, so I asked."
"It's not certain whether I can fight or not. , Since your brother is a military general, he must go to the battlefield." Zhao Xing said lightly. "I understand, I'm just a little worried." Xiao Shen said a little disappointed.
"I heard that people often come to the palace to see you recently?" Zhao Xing asked.
A trace of panic flashed in Xiao Shen's eyes and said, "That's my sister-in-law's sister-in-law's sister-in-law. She has a good relationship with me. This time I came to Bianjing to play and I will return to Yuzhou soon. So I often do this. When you enter the palace, talk to your concubines. "
"If you are bored, walk around with other concubines more often, your sister-in-law and sister are not married yet, and it is not suitable to enter the palace frequently." Zhao Xing said lightly.
Recently, Xiao Zou came to Bianjing and entered the palace every few days to find Xiao Shen. It took half a day.
If it is because the two have a good relationship, Zhao Xing doesn't believe it at all.
Moreover, when Xiao Zou was in the palace, Xiao Shen asked someone to come and invite him once.
How could Zhao Xing not guess what his idea was?
It's just that Zhao Xing has no interest in that kind of woman. "I understand." Xiao Shen nodded quickly, not daring to see Zhao Xing.
Xiao Zou really wanted to enter the palace, so he said that he could not only talk with her, but also serve Zhao Xing with her.
She was moved when she heard this. After all, she was too bored in the palace and there was not even a person to talk.
And she has been in the palace for a while, and she also knows that Zhao Xing likes to summon a few concubines to sleep with her.
She always felt embarrassed to ask her to serve Zhao Xing with others.
It's a pity that Xiao Zou entered the palace several times, but Zhao Xing didn't go to her. He finally made up his mind to invite Zhao Xing over, but Zhao Xing hadn't gone yet.
After knocking for a while, Zhao Xing didn't say anything else. He asked someone to prepare the fishing gear and took the two women to fish.
After playing until evening, I took the two girls directly to Rulan's yard.
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The next morning, Zhao Xing woke up and didn't want to wake up the two girls, but the two girls not only hugged him tightly, but also put their legs on his legs. The two girls woke up.
Although the two girls had a friendship with carrying muskets together last night, they were still a little embarrassed when they woke up.
Zhao Xing put on his clothes and left under the service of the two girls, leaving behind two girls with an awkward look. "Sister Sheng, I'll go back first." Xiao Shen said.
"Your Majesty will eat here after exercising, and you will leave after you have eaten." Rulan said.
She stayed at Xiao Shen, on the one hand because she was worried that Zhao Xing would think too much, and on the other hand, she was looking for comrades.
Minglan's child is still young and often has troubles at night. Yu Yanran is pregnant. Shulan was diagnosed with her a few days ago and was pregnant again.
Zhao Xing liked her, she couldn't stand it alone. She had served Xiao Shen before, and was better than being with others.
So she wanted to have a good relationship with Xiao Shen so that she could be favored several times. "Oh." Xiao Shen nodded awkwardly when he heard this.
When Zhao Xing came back from training, he saw Rulan and Xiao Shen talking and laughing, completely losing the embarrassment he had before.
Zhao Xing just lamented that women are really quick to make friends, and did not think too much about it.
The two have a good relationship and can only be let go when they serve him.
The concubines in the harem have different flavors when paired with different concubines.
After breakfast, Zhao Xing left under the meeting of the two girls.
When I arrived at Longtu Pavilion, the eunuch reported that Yin Hanzhang asked for a meeting and had been waiting for a long time.
Zhao Xing came to the desk and sat down, and asked someone to pass on Yin Hanzhang in.
"I pay homage to Your Majesty!" Yin Hanzhang said. "Say, what's the matter?" Zhao Xing waved his hand. "Report to Your Majesty, after the disarmament of the imperial guards, some commanders reported the number of people reported to them, which was inconsistent with the actual number of people in the army." Yin Hanzhang said, taking out a pierced man from his sleeve.
Sanshui came forward to take it and delivered it to Zhao Xing. "Hmph, I really want to die if I don't see the coffin!" Zhao Xing said coldly after seeing it.
According to him, the difference between the actual number in the army and the number on the list is about 20% or 30%.
The number of registered imperial guards is not counted in the imperial guards in the Palace Front Division, and there are still 760,000.
But the number of people is only more than 580,000.
There are nearly 180,000 people missing, and they are just empty salary.
Since ancient times, the situation of empty salary has been common in the army, and the Song Dynasty is not serious now.
For example, in the late Ming Dynasty, an army of 100,000 people may actually be only 20,000 to 30,000, which is simply shocking.
Like the older soldiers in the Song Dynasty, actually a large part of them were empty wages.
There was no war in the Song Dynasty for many years, and few died in battle, but there were many deserters.
But those generals did not report the military pay and ordinary food of these soldiers fell into the hands of the generals.
Some soldiers have been away for 10 or 20 years, and are still on the list, and the court is still paying military salaries.
Judging from the list, these people belong to the old part.
The layoffs of young and old in the army are based on the age registered in the roster.
This disarmament will inevitably lead to many empty salary quotas.
It's nothing more than just eating less empty salary. Although it hurts, it won't be fatal.
But there is a problem with this. The court needs to resettle the elderly soldiers who were cut off.
These people have long been deserters, and they don’t know where they have gone, and some have even died.
No one is there, what should I use to place the court?
(This chapter ends)