Traveling through Great Qin: Father Qin Shihuang!

As soon as Ying Zheng came over, he saw Yu Huatian guarding the door of the study with a group of brocade-clothed guards, and asked casually.

"The humble job has seen the old man, the young master is in the study."

"I'll go in and see."

Ying Zheng nodded, walked to the door of the study, and planned to open the door to enter.

"Old man, the young master may not be in a very good mood now, he has locked himself up for two days."

Yu Huatian's voice made Ying Zheng pause.

"Why?"

"The day before yesterday, my son learned about the conscription..."

Yuhuatian told Yingzheng about Dahu entrusting Xiaohu to Zhao Che, and Zhao Che's subsequent reaction.

"Could it be that Che'er is blaming the widow for not conscription?"

Ying Zheng's face darkened, and he thought to himself.

"Boom boom boom!"

Ying Zheng reached out and knocked on the door of the study. No matter what, he had to at least check with Zhao Che first.

What's more, although Zhao Che is kind, he is definitely not a pedantic person. Although the Great Qin conscription is cruel, it is not for maintaining the stability of the world. Ying Zheng believes that Zhao Che will not ignore this point.

"Enter!"

While thinking, Zhao Che's voice came from the study.

Ying Zheng pushed open the door and walked in, and then saw Zhao Che sitting on a chair, with many papers full of words on the desk in front of him.

"Cher, what is this?"

Ying Zheng asked with some doubts.

"Father, you came just in time. I was looking for you before I finished all this."

Zhao Che raised his head and called Ying Zheng to sit down.

"I heard from Yu Huatian that you locked yourself in the study for two days and didn't go out because of conscription?"

Ying Zheng asked tentatively.

"Yes and no!"

"Yes or no?"

Zhao Che nodded.

"Conscription is to protect Daqin. Without a strong army, Daqin would not be so stable."

"Not bad!"

Ying Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Zhao Che was not overwhelmed by emotions.

"Conscription is cruel, but the original intention is for the peace of the world. Besides, the Great Qin established the country with the military merit system. Going to the battlefield means that you have the opportunity to kill the enemy and gain military merit. If you are lucky, you can also get titles and rewards, so you can get rid of the burden of civilians. Identity, what's wrong with that?"

Hearing Ying Zheng's words, Zhao Che smiled.

"Great Qin's military merit system has indeed cultivated a lot of brave and strong warriors for Da Qin, but the damage caused by compulsory conscription to Qianshou cannot be ignored. After all, how many people can get the title and come back safely?"

What Zhao Che said was very realistic, and even a little forceful, but it is still undeniable that this was what most Qianshou who were taken away by compulsory military service thought.

"But if everyone in the world shirks military service, then if the enemy kills Daqin, who will protect our land and people in Daqin?"

Ying Zheng disagreed and immediately refuted it.

"Conscription is naturally necessary, but compulsory conscription is not advisable. What's more, the current Daqin is no longer what it used to be. We have so many new weapons, and our combat effectiveness is far beyond the past. We don't need so many troops to maintain the majesty of Daqin .”

"Secondly, the larger the number of troops, the greater the burden on Daqin. The annual military expenditure required to maintain these troops is an astronomical figure. If this continues, it will only form a vicious circle."

……

Ying Zheng was dumbfounded, but Zhao Che's words reached his heart.

The military expenditure that Daqin needs every year is really too much, so much that Daqin can hardly afford it.

"Then how do you think we should solve it? Don't we force conscription, will anyone be willing to take the initiative to join the army?"

"meeting!"

Zhao Che nodded without hesitation.

"Why? As you said, once you go to the battlefield, you probably won't be able to come back. If the heads of Guizhou are so conscious, why does the Great Qin force conscription?"

"That's because you yourself have downgraded the status of the army too much."

Zhao Che sneered.

In fact, the situation in ancient times was mostly like this. In the eyes of many people, being a soldier is not only not an honorable thing, but a bad thing that makes people look bad.

"The army was originally used to protect the Great Qin and protect the peace of the world. Every soldier in the Great Qin should be honorable and worthy of praise."

"But look at the laws of the Great Qin Dynasty. If you commit a crime, you will be exiled into the army, and you will be forced to recruit soldiers when you fight. This law seems to be to maintain the number of the army, but it makes the matter of being a soldier an ordinary thing. A burden and a crime in the eyes of men.”

"The concept formed over time naturally made the heads of Guizhou feel that being a soldier is not a good thing, and no one would take the initiative to join the army. Then Daqin continued to force conscription, and a vicious circle formed over time."

……

"Then you say, how should this matter be resolved?"

Ying Zheng also had to admit that what Zhao Che said was very reasonable, and he completely explained the reasons why the leaders of Guizhou resisted joining the army.

Zhao Che raised a finger. This is what he has been thinking about in the study for the past two days.

"First, stop compulsory conscription and join the army voluntarily, and there must be a review mechanism. Only those who pass the review are eligible to be selected into the army."

"What? Volunteer to join the army? Need to be reviewed?"

Yingzheng was even annoyed by Zhao Che's words. He couldn't find anyone for compulsory conscription. Now that he was qualified to join the army, those Guizhou chiefs were not fools. They were afraid that they would not be selected.

"Che'er. Your idea is good, but perhaps you don't know enough about conscription."

Ying Zheng felt that what he said was very euphemistic. What he really meant was that you don't know anything about conscription. You should go wherever you like, and you shouldn't interfere in this matter.

"Father, what I just said may seem unbelievable to you, but this is a step we must take. First, raise the threshold for conscription, which will also further improve the quality of the army and ensure that the recruits we recruit They are all the best soldiers!"

"Soldiers are more expensive than they are many. With our current military strength, we have long passed the era of relying on the number of people to determine the outcome. What we need to do in the future is to cultivate elites instead of continuing to spend a lot of resources to maintain a team. What a motley mob!"

"An elite army of tens of thousands of people, or a mob of 10 people, if Dad were you, which would you choose?"

……

Ying Zheng looked solemn. Zhao Che's method was to let soldiers go through a screening process before they formally entered the army, and then select the elite. Those who were not qualified enough were given up directly.

It seems that the number of soldiers recruited by Daqin has decreased a lot, but in fact, the recruited army is absolutely elite, and the ability they can display on the battlefield is actually not worse than before.

As Zhao Che said, with Daqin's current strength, there is actually no need for so many troops. As long as there are enough elites, it can already meet Daqin's current military needs.

"However, even if we raise the threshold for conscription, we may not be able to recruit an elite army. The heads of Guizhou will not take the initiative to sign up, so the method you said will be useless."