sweeping the world

Chapter 524 The Necessity of Reform

When Liu Yan left Miyagi, he felt that all civil and military officials with a little bit of qualifications would immediately go over to ask for an interview. The place where he stayed was enough civil and military personnel to hold a meeting to decide the future of the country.

In a few more days, the Winter Solstice Festival will come. Once the Winter Solstice Festival passes, it will be the fifth year of Yuanshuo. In the blink of an eye, it will be the fifth year of the founding of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Yanxian fought his way up from Changguang County and spent five years driving Shijie Zhao to Bingzhou and Shuozhou, destroying Li's Chenghan family and the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and now sixty-seven out of ten of the old land of the Han family has recovered.

It is actually not difficult for Liu Yan to conquer the country alone, but it is not just as simple as conquering the territory. With the territory, it is necessary to develop, which is population growth and productivity improvement. The first thing to do is to destroy the Murongyan country together, maybe even Koguryo, Baekje, Silla, and the small countries on the Urishima Islands.

"It just so happens that all the ministers are here." Liu Yan waited for everyone to chat for a while before speaking: "The four generals except General Zhengxi have been appointed. I have been thinking about it for a long time..."

The official positions of the Han Kingdom are still being filled step by step, and many positions are actually still vacant.The construction of the army is the most important aspect of the Han Dynasty. The army system has been sound for a long time, but the military establishment seems a bit chaotic.

Since the pre-Qin period in ancient times, each country has its own military establishment, ranging from less than a hundred people to the entire country's soldiers. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the small establishment will not be mentioned. The field corps is the largest establishment. .

Before, basically which front needed it, Liu Yan ordered which troops to be transferred from, and a field corps would gather.The field corps does not have a fixed number of establishments, ranging from [-] to [-] to hundreds of thousands, and has units of Wu, Shi, Tun, Qu, School, Division, and Army.

Naturally, Wu is five people, even ten people, with 250 people in the village, 5000 people in the qu, 5000 in the school, 5000 in the division, and [-] in the army.

After arriving at the unit of Qu, in addition to the combat soldiers, there will also be auxiliary soldiers attached. In this way, in addition to [-] soldiers in each army, if the auxiliary soldiers are counted together, the entire establishment actually has [-] soldiers. about.But what I want to say is that auxiliary soldiers, militiamen, and heavy soldiers are not directly subordinate to the army, and auxiliary personnel are directly under the direct control of the prime minister's mansion, which is the center.

"Each general has a shogunate. I think some shogunates should have their own directly affiliated army. During wartime, the central government will deploy troops, and multiple armies will form a corps." Liu Yan wanted to confirm the military system of the Han Dynasty, and immediately Let the generals of the military present concentrate on listening: "Above the corps, there is a group army. When facing a strong enemy to start a national war, use the group army to fight against the enemy."

Don't think that the group army only existed in modern times. In fact, it had already appeared when Chu and Han were fighting each other. The first to lead the group army was Han Xin.The emergence of the group army is related to Liu Bang's retention of heterosexual princes and kings after he established the Han Dynasty. To put it bluntly, he summoned all the princes in the Han camp to join forces to fight Xiang Yu.

The scale of the group army reappeared in the Western Han Dynasty. The second person who commanded the group army was Wei Qing. He led the group army to fight the Huns many times. Return to Heshuo, which has been occupied by the Huns for many years.

Of course, whether it was the Chu-Han struggle or the Western Han Dynasty, the group army was directly called the Hanxin Legion or the Weiqing Legion, that is, the name was added in front of the name of the legion. This shows how honorable the person who leads the troops should be.

Logically speaking, if Liu Yan dispatches the group army, he should also leave the "naming right". For example, if Ran Min is in command, it should be recorded in history that "on a certain month and day in a certain year, Ran Min's army went to a certain place" and so on. of.However, what Liu Yan wants is to prevent future troubles, and all those who are only because of the title team will end badly.

"Military system..." Before Xu Zheng could speak, Ran Min asked impatiently, "Your Majesty is saying that the future generals will all have their own shogunate troops?"

Liu Yan was out of his mind to allow every general who could establish a shogunate to have personal troops. He glanced at Ran Min with dissatisfaction and said: "Only for the four 'townships' of the general shogunate."

The generals of the four towns are actually guarding the frontiers of all parties. Their duty is to defend the country's borders. As a matter of course, there will be border troops guarding the country's borders, so it makes sense to have a direct army.

It is an "army", not a corps or group army. When there is no huge frontier threat, an army of 5000 people can ensure the stability of the frontier. If you want to suppress a country, add a few troops temporarily.

"General Si'zheng doesn't have his own direct army?" Ran Min wondered, "Si'zheng, Si'zhen, Siping, and Si'fu are all at the same level, and only Si'zheng has its own army." directly under the army?"

It wasn't just Ran Min who was wondering, it was just that Ran Min couldn't hide what was on his mind.

As a general, it is a very unpleasant thing not to have a direct army of your own, which is tantamount to a bare rod.This kind of situation is actually quite common in the Chinese tradition. Generals below the general level, such as captains, are always under the command of county soldiers from a county. On the contrary, most people above the general level usually stay in the center. Wait for the war to happen before going to all fronts.Some special generals have troops under their command, but the basic number is not large. Only when a war breaks out, the center recruits county soldiers or young and strong soldiers from various places to form an army to go to battle.

Conceptually speaking, Sizheng, Sizhen, Siping, and Sifu are all generals of the same level, but usually Sizheng generals are considered more noble. If you can let the generals choose themselves, you must be more eager for Sizheng generals. After all The generals of the Four Expeditions can lead the army to open up, and the rest are either guarding the frontier or being useful in the event of a rebellion.

Sang Yu listened silently to Liu Yan talking about some military construction concepts.He is now so preoccupied that even he is surprised, this is Liu Yan's estrangement, and the king's estrangement from his ministers has always been the most worrying thing for a minister.

The basic national policy of the Han Dynasty in the next few years has been determined. Generally speaking, it is to enter the cultivation of life and rest. Civil affairs will be involved more than military affairs. Officials in charge of civil affairs will be neglected to not taken seriously.

As the king of a country, Liu Yan abolished the left and right prime ministers, and then immediately announced that he wanted to cultivate his health. Sang Yu, the right prime minister who was originally responsible for managing civil affairs, became an imperial minister. It would be strange if it did not arouse many associations among officials.

That's right, as usual, as soon as Sang Yu showed up, someone would come to talk or chat with him.After the end of the Great Court Meeting today, no one went to the main hall, and only Ran Min sneered and ridiculed when he left the main hall. Other than that, no one approached, obviously because of Liu Yan's actions.

Knowing that Liu Yan was out of the palace, Sang Yu was mentally prepared to be rejected when he asked for an audience. Fortunately, Liu Yan did not refuse the audience, which calmed down Sang Yu a little.

Liu Yan is really trying to alienate Sang Yu deliberately, even when discussing the military system with many generals, he will pay special attention to what is going on with Sang Yu.

The Kingdom of Han was established by Liu Yan, but it was not for the family, nor for any class. To put it bluntly, it was for the entire Han nation.How can he allow a specific class to enjoy it exclusively, especially if he can't tolerate moth-like families who can only enter and not and betray when the country is in trouble.

In the early days, Liu Yan originally thought that Sang Yu would really understand his own thoughts and gradually change the family after Sang Yu became the leader of the family, but Sang Yu didn't do that.

A certain class in a country cannot be eliminated, it can only be transformed into the direction that the king thinks is correct. Liu Yan does not intend to completely eliminate the family, because he knows that the family cannot be eliminated at all, and it is a class that exists in modern society.

Liu Yan hopes that the aristocratic family can become a support for the country, not a moth of the country like it is at the current stage.If the aristocratic family was like those lords in the pre-Qin period, he would not be stingy with support and help. Unfortunately, the aristocratic family has tasted the sweetness after corruption and there is no sign of turning back.

"In the future, if there is no large-scale national war, the big man will only keep 20 field troops." As soon as Liu Yan finished speaking, all the military personnel present were completely dumbfounded.Ignoring everyone, he continued, "It's a field corps. The county soldiers in each state and county are not within the limit of 20."

The current registered population of Han is just over 500 million, and according to speculation, it will be difficult to exceed 20 million in the end.Retaining 15 soldiers who are not engaged in production, each state and county may have nearly 500 county soldiers. With a population base of [-] million, in the future it will be an important stage for the entire country to begin to resume production. In fact, this is Configuration is a little too much.

"About forty common people support one soldier, and it is already a bit difficult for the people of the Han Dynasty." Ji Chang was not singing the opposite tune, he told the truth: "Don't forget, the first Han (referring to the Western Han) and the Eastern Han Dynasty) the usual standing army was less than [-]."

With a population of more than 6000 million in the Western Han Dynasty, there was never a time when an army of one million was called. At most, more than 70 troops were dispatched to fight the Huns. Usually, an army of less than 500 was dispatched to fight the Huns.In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the country usually had only [-] to [-] standing armies (Northern Army and Southern Army) that were not engaged in production. The maximum number of troops dispatched was about [-], while the population of the Eastern Han Dynasty was more than [-] million.

In the Han Dynasty established by Liu Yan, there was no national war without a standing army of 20 people. In fact, it has completely surpassed the previous dynasties. It is still his intention to continue to expand outward after fully recovering the old land of the Han family. Otherwise, like the Eastern Han Dynasty, it would be fine to maintain a standing army of less than [-].

The real situation is that since the Eastern Han Dynasty, there have been very few dynasties in China and they have maintained a standing army. That's right.

After the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the emergence of the Fubing system changed the situation even more, so that there were no pure soldiers in China, and they were all "militiamen" who worked as soldiers but not farmers during wartime.

The phenomenon of "militia" changed slightly in the Song Dynasty, but the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty lost its edge as a field army shortly after the founding of the country, and the Forbidden Army, which belonged to the central government, evolved into doing business, doing housework, and farming for the generals. On some festivals, it is a "performing troop" that performs various programs. Several times the imperial army has been dispatched for slaughter. It is an army that has more success than failure in the true sense.

As long as you are a general, you want to have more soldiers in the army. If you have more soldiers, you can become a real general, or you can be a bare rod with only the title of general.There are not many generals in the Han Dynasty, which even has vacancies for General Zhengxi. In fact, there are still vacancies for the generals of Zhonglang, but the number of generals is a bit too much.

In the military system of the Han Dynasty, at the level of Qu, the army was directly commanded by the military marquis. Of course, the school was the school lieutenant, and at the top was the general who led the division, and the future led the army.

If you understand the classification a little bit, Bi generals are actually modern lieutenant colonels, partial generals are colonels, Lang generals are major generals, Zhonglang generals are lieutenant generals, Sizheng, Sizhen, Siping, and Sifu are generals, like hussars Generals and the like are marshals.

Generals with direct troops are considered generals in the true sense, otherwise generals with miscellaneous names would not be looked down upon.Now the military generals of the Han State are a little worried. There are no miscellaneous generals in the Han State, so don’t let the generals who should have real power be reduced to miscellaneous generals.

Liu Yan was just talking about an intention, and he wouldn't say that it was decided without discussion.But he could see the uneasiness of the military, and he was a little bit dumbfounded at their uneasiness.

Han is just a kingdom now, and Liu Yan will not just be a king forever. It will be a matter of time before he becomes emperor, but being emperor does not mean that the country is an empire.

"During the period of health and rest, the war with foreign countries will not stop." Liu Yan set the tone: "I don't want to repeat the old things of the former Han Dynasty."

This time, everyone agrees. Wanting to increase population and resume production does not mean being weak externally. The country just shifts its attention to the inside, not to allow foreign hostility and bullying.

"The battle against Shijie..." Liu Yan looked at Li Tan, the general who conquered the north, and said, "It's still a small-scale but frequent attack. I hope Li Qing will surprise you."

Li Tan didn't expect that he would become the general who conquered the north. It still seemed like he was dreaming until now. He stood up in excitement and promised loudly: "Your Majesty, I will definitely follow the old example of Champion Hou."

There is only one person who can be directly called the champion, and that is Huo Qubing.This person's whole life has been accompanied by fierceness, and he rarely led a large army to fight. On the contrary, he often used a small amount of troops to achieve shocking results. The Jin people who used the Huns for sacrifices were robbed.

A burst of good-natured laughter appeared, causing Li Tan to glare at him based on his performance.

(End of this chapter)