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After Qin Mu finished writing a letter home to Yang Zhi, he got up and walked out of Qianqing Palace. While taking a walk, he considered the issue of the conscription system.
In all dynasties and generations, there will be various kinds of labor service, among which military service can also be regarded as a kind of labor service. Hua Mulan joined the army on behalf of her father because of military service.
What Du Fu described in "Shi Hao Li" is also the scene of official forced military service.
The military household system of the Ming Dynasty meant that once a household became a military household, it would remain a military household for generations to come.
In short, although the specific methods implemented by each dynasty have their own characteristics, they actually all fall within the framework of the conscription system.
Of course, in order to ensure the central government's rule, each dynasty also recruited some soldiers. Among them, the Song Dynasty's imperial army basically recruited soldiers and was the largest.
The Song Dynasty also had the most astonishing military expenditures, with annual military expenditures reaching 60 to 70 million dollars at its peak. It was nearly twenty times the national annual tax revenue in the early Ming Dynasty.
The military system of the Ming Dynasty changed greatly. At first, the military household system formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang was regarded as a disguised form of the conscription system. Zhu Yuanzhang once boasted that he could raise millions of troops without spending a penny from the treasury.
But later facts proved that he was only feeding millions of collective farm farmers. As time passed, the guards' troops became no different from ordinary farmers and had no combat effectiveness.
By the Yongle period, the 200,000 troops in the Beijing camp had actually become recruits.
It can be seen that conscription and recruitment have their own advantages and disadvantages;
The biggest contradiction is that the conscription system cannot guarantee the combat effectiveness of the army for a long time.
Not to mention whether the military recruitment system can guarantee combat effectiveness, the huge military expenditure alone is enough to overwhelm the country.
In order to balance the contradiction between the two, the conscription system and the recruitment system basically existed at the same time in all dynasties.
Qin Mu walked among the majestic palaces with his hands on his hands. When he was thinking about problems, he usually did not sit in his room, but was used to walking in a quiet environment. While thinking.
Knowing this habit of his, Han Zanzhou would ask the palace maids and eunuchs to distance themselves twenty or thirty steps behind each other at this time, so as not to accidentally make a sound and disrupt his thoughts.
In Qin Mu's view, it is unrealistic to completely implement the recruitment system. China is so big and needs to raise so many soldiers. It has completely implemented a military recruitment system. With the total economic volume at this time. The country will soon be brought to its knees.
With the conscription practices of past dynasties, the implementation of the conscription system is not a problem. The problem is that each dynasty that implemented conscription failed to solve the problem of a serious decline in the combat effectiveness of the army. If this problem is not solved, the implementation of conscription will be self-destructive.
"Weapons..." Qin Mu murmured to himself. He suddenly thought of the revolutionary impact weapons had on the army. In the era of cold weapons, the military pays more attention to overall coordination, strength, and fighting ability. These are relatively difficult to train and take a long time.
The thermal weapon army is relatively easy to form an army. As long as you train rigorously for a few months, keep up with your physical fitness, and become familiar with gun operation, you can basically go to the battlefield and have a certain degree of combat effectiveness.
If Da Qin's army could be generally equipped with rifles that have been improved by weapons supervision. Then we can basically implement a conscription system in which a batch of people retire every three years, as was done in later generations.
As for whether the national treasury can afford so many hot weapons and equipment, this must not be a problem. The proportion of troops equipped with firecrackers in the Ming Dynasty was actually very high, considering the Ming Dynasty's small tax revenue. They can all afford it, and Da Qin is no problem.
When Qin Mu returned to the Yangxin Hall, Dayu'er hurriedly brought tea and said, "Please have some tea, King Qin."
Because of Yatu's rebellion. She was a little uneasy these days, fearing that Qin Mu would be angry with her or be detrimental to Xiao Fulin.
The letter she wrote to Yatu has been sent, but the grassland is so big, and now the various ministries are at war, and Yatu has been expelled from Horqin Left Center Banner. Whether the messenger can deliver the letter is a big problem in itself. .
The bigger problem is that even if the courier successfully delivers the letter, it is unknown whether Yatu will listen to his mother and do what he says.
A few days ago, with her dedicated service, Qin Mu's attitude had become a little more easy-going, but with Yatu's trouble, everything changed back to how it was before.
She has also become cautious these days, for fear of upsetting Qin Mu again.
In fact, she was overthinking it. Although Qin Mu was a little unhappy when he first received the report about Yatu's rebellion, he soon figured it out. There were actually pros and cons to this rebellion, and it wasn't necessarily that bad. , so he didn’t take it too seriously.
He took a sip of tea and was about to start reviewing the memorial when he saw Yan Gaofei coming in a hurry.
"King Qin, I just received news from the Commander-in-Chief of the Rear Army that Lanzhou has been captured." Yan Gaofei entered the palace, saluted and reported immediately.
Due to the long distance, no definite news has been sent back since Li Dingguo sent troops to the Hexi Corridor.
Qin Mu couldn't help but feel happy when he heard that Lanzhou had been captured.
Lanzhou is the only place to pass in and out of the Hexi Corridor and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Its strategic importance is self-evident. If Lanzhou is defended, the Hexi Corridor will be much easier to control.
"Informing the King of Qin, although Lanzhou has been captured, the situation in Qinghai-Tibet is not very optimistic. Xining is still occupied by Dayan Ozil Khan of the Wasi Mongolia and Shuote tribe;
Abul, the hereditary Duogan Cangtang Recruitment Division, led his troops across Xiaojishi Mountain in an attempt to occupy the Xining area. He had a battle with Dayan Eqil Khan at the Ridezhao and was defeated by Dayan Eqil Khan. Retreating to Xiaojishi Mountain, unwilling to retreat;
The Commander-in-Chief of the Rear Army sent an envoy to Xining, hoping to persuade Dayan Eqil to return to Qinghai and return Xining to Daqin, but Dayan Eqil refused. Now our army is confronting Dayan Eqil at Nianbosuo. The war On the verge of breaking out. "
Regarding the Qinghai-Tibet region, there was relatively little information before. Qin Mu heard some mention from Da Yu'er that night.
The leader of the Heshuote tribe was originally the leader of the Moxiwa tribe. However, in the past ten years or so, the Junggar tribe has gradually emerged, and the leader of the Junggar tribe, Batur Hutaiji, has taken advantage of the situation to seize the position of chief of the Washi tribe;
This move caused dissatisfaction among various tribes and led to the phenomenon of westward and inward migration. Among them, Orlek Khan, the leader of the Torgut tribe among the four thousand households in Wasa, led his tribe to move westward to the upper reaches of the Volga River.
Gushi Khan, the leader of the Heshuote tribe who originally served as the leader of the Wasac tribe, led his troops to move to the Qinghai area.
From Yan Gaofei's narrative, we can know that it was the Wasashi Mongolian Heshuote tribe that had moved inward and occupied Xining and was confronting the Qin army. However, the name of this great khan was wrong. Wasn't his leader called Gushi Khan? ? How did he become Dayan Ozil Khan
Da Yuer happened to be present. Qin Mu glanced at her dissatisfiedly and said in a deep voice: "Last time I heard you talk about Moxiang Mongolia, I thought you were sincerely helping me. But now it seems that you have hidden a lot."
Da Yu'er had been in a state of anxiety these past few days. When she suddenly heard Qin Mu's accusation, she was secretly shocked and quickly worshiped: "King Qin, I really didn't hide anything deliberately. Please tell me. That night, King Qin asked Mo Mo emphatically." Regarding the situation of Ximengu, I was only talking about the Junggar tribe that ruled the western part of the country, and did not bother to talk about the Heshuote tribe that moved inland. I didn’t do it on purpose. Please forgive me, King Qin. "
That night at the Qianqing Palace, Qin Mu's focus was indeed on the Junggar tribe, but Dayu'er was unwilling to tell the truth at once. She just said whatever Qin Mu asked.
Qin Mu could roughly guess what she was thinking. She obviously regarded the Mongolian affairs as a bargaining chip to gain access to her. The more chips she kept, the more beneficial it would be to her.
In the past, both Monan, Mobei, and Mongolia had professed their vassalage to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and had some exchanges. Dayu'er was a Mongolian and became the Queen Mother of the Qing Dynasty. In order to ensure that her son could sit on the throne, She is also very concerned about military affairs and knows the situation of various Mongolian ministries very well.
Qin Mu was about to ask her to explain the situation of the Heshuo Special Department in detail when Han Zanzhou came over and said softly: "King Qin, it's lunch time. The queen told the slaves that the king of Qin should have lunch on time. King Qin should have lunch first." Come on, let’s deal with state affairs.”
Yang Zhi had also warned her about this in the letter she had just sent. Thinking of his wife's kindness, Qin Mu nodded and said, "You can just send your lunch to the Yangxin Hall."
"Here!" Han Zanzhou responded and quickly asked someone to pass the food around.
"Yan Gaofei, please go and notify the cabinet ministers first and ask them to come to Yangxin Hall to discuss matters in the afternoon."
"Here!"
Qin Mu finally said to Dayu'er: "While I'm eating you, I'm talking about the affairs of the Heshuo Special Department. I can't explain clearly, so just stay hungry first."
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ps: Let me bow to everyone first, and then ask for monthly tickets. There are still two days left, and the double monthly tickets are about to end. Brothers, the double monthly tickets are almost over! The past two or three days have been obviously a bit deserted. Well, I hope it will be better in the future. I need everyone’s encouragement. Please vote for me!
(Do you have any good suggestions about the military system?)
.(To be continued...)
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