Sweep the World

Liu Yan left Miyagi, and he felt that all the civil and military who had some qualifications immediately went to see him, and the civil and military gathered where he stayed were enough to hold a meeting to decide the future of the country.

There will be a few more days before the Winter Solstice Festival. Once the Winter Solstice Festival is over, it will be five years from Yuanshuo. In a flash, the establishment of Han State will be five years away.

Liu Yan fought to rise from Changguang County. It took five years to rush the Shijie Zhao Kingdom to Bingzhou and Shuozhou, and then destroyed the Li family, Cheng Han and the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Now the old land of the Han family has been restored six to seven out of ten.

It is not difficult for Liu Yan to fight the world alone, but it is not just about taking down the territory. Once the territory is established, development is needed. It is population growth and productivity improvement. Waiting for the time to come to the dying Shijie Zhao. To do it, it must be to destroy Murong Yeonguo, perhaps even the small countries on Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, and the Wa Islands.

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

The official positions in Han are still being filled step by step, and many positions are still vacant. The building of the army is the most important aspect of the Han country. The military system has been sound for a long time, but the military establishment has been a little messy.

Starting from the ancient times and pre-Qin, every country will have a suitable military establishment, ranging from a small establishment of less than a hundred personnel to a large establishment of all soldiers in the entire country. After the establishment of the Han State, the small establishment will not be mentioned. The field corps is the largest establishment. .

Before, a field corps also came together for which front was basically needed, and from where Liu Yan ordered which troops to be transferred. The field corps does not have a fixed number of establishments, ranging from two to three hundred thousand to several hundred thousand.

Wu is naturally composed of five people, and even ten people. There are 250 people in the village. The song is a thousand people, the school is 5,000 people, the division is 15,000, and the army is 45,000.

After arriving at the unit of Qu, there will be additional auxiliary soldiers in addition to the combat troops. In this way, in addition to the 45,000 soldiers in each army, if the auxiliary soldiers are counted together, the entire organization will actually be 60,000. about. But what I want to say is that the auxiliary units, the civilian pi, and the heavy soldiers are not directly under the military, and the auxiliary personnel are directly under the jurisdiction of the prime minister's office.

"Each general has a shogunate, and the widows think that some shogunates should have their own army directly under it. In 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 country and immediately Let the generals of the military on the scene listen with full attention: "Above the corps, there is a group army, facing a strong enemy to start a national war, then the group army will be against the enemy."

Don't think that the group army only existed in modern times. In fact, it appeared when Chu and Han were fighting. Han Xin was the first to lead the group army. The emergence of the group army is related to Liu Bang's retention of the princes of the opposite **** after the establishment of the Han state. To put it bluntly, the princes of the Han camp were called together to fight Xiang Yu in one place.

The size of the group army reappeared in the Western Han Dynasty. The second person in charge of the group army was Wei Qing. He led the group army to fight against the Xiongnu many times. Back to Heshuo, which was occupied by the Huns for many years.

Of course, whether it is the Chu-Han struggle or the Western Han Dynasty, the group army is directly called the Hanxin Legion or the Weiqing Legion, which is to put the name in front of the legion's name, which shows how glorious the leader of the army is.

According to the truth, if Liu Yan dispatched the group army, he should also leave the "naming rights." For example, Ran Min should record in history "the month and day of a certain year, and the army of Ran Min will conquer a certain place." of. However, what Liu Yan wants is to put an end to future troubles, and everything just because of the naming of the legion will not end well.

"Military system..." Ran Min asked impatiently before Xu Zheng could speak, "The king said that future generals will have their own shogunate soldiers?"

Liu Yan's brain is broken so that every general who can establish a shogunate can have an army. He glanced at Ran Min dissatisfiedly and said: "It is limited to the four'towns' general shogunate."

The generals of the four towns are actually guarding the frontiers of all parties. Their duty is to guard the borders of the country. Of course, there will be frontier troops to guard the borders of the country. Then there is a direct army to justify.

It is an "army", not a corps or a group army. When there is no huge frontier threat, an army of 15,000 men can guarantee the stability of the frontier. It is enough to suppress any country that wants to temporarily increase a few troops.

"The four'zheng' generals do not have their own direct army?" Ran Min said puzzledly: "The four'zhengs', the four'towns', the'siping', and the four'fus' are all equal, and only the four'zhengs' have their own. The direct army?"

Not only Ran Min was wondering, but Ran Min couldn't hide his thoughts.

As a military commander, it is a very unpleasant thing to not have your own direct army, and it is tantamount to a polished rod. This situation is actually quite common in the Chinese tradition. Generals below the general level, such as captains, are always under the control of county soldiers with a county. On the contrary, most people above generals usually stay in the center. Wait for war to happen before reaching all fronts. Some of the more special generals have an army under their command, but the basic number is not large. It is only after a war breaks out that the central government recruits county soldiers or young soldiers from all over the country to form a fighting corps.

In terms of philosophy, Sizheng, Sizhen, Siping, and Sifu are all equal-level generals, but they are usually considered to be more noble generals. If you can choose your own generals, you will definitely be more eager for them. After all, The four generals 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 was silent while listening to Liu Yan's explanation of some military construction concepts. His current concerns are so many that he is even surprised. It will be Liu Yan's estrangement, and the estrangement of the emperor from his ministers has always been the most worrying thing as a minister.

The basic national policy of the Han country in the next few years has been determined. Generally speaking, it is to enter the cultivation and rejuvenation. Civil affairs will be involved more than the military, and the officials who manage civil affairs will be neglected from the original neglect to neglect.

As the king of a country, Liu Yan canceled the right and left prime ministers, and then immediately announced that he would cultivate his health. The right prime minister, Sang Yu, who was originally in charge of civil affairs, became an emissary.

There is nothing wrong with it, as usual, as soon as Sang Yu shows up, someone will talk or talk over. After today's dynasty meeting ended, no one went to the main hall, and only Ran Min ridiculed after leaving the main hall. Apart from that, no one approached. Obviously, it was caused by Liu Yan's actions.

Sang Yu knew that Liu Yan was out of the palace, and he was psychologically prepared to ask for a visit after he arrived. Fortunately, Liu Yan didn't refuse to meet, which made Sang Yu feel a little calmer.

Liu Yan is also deliberately alienating Sang Yu, that is, when discussing the military system with many generals, he will pay special attention to Sang Yu's condition.

The Han Dynasty was established by Liu Yan, but it was not for the family, nor was it purely for any class. It means that the white spot was for the entire Han nation. How can he allow a specific class to enjoy it exclusively, especially when he cannot tolerate the worm-like family who can only enter and cannot leave and the country will betray when the country suffers.

Earlier, Liu Yan had thought that Sang Yu would really understand his own thoughts, waiting for Sang Yu to become the leader of the family, and gradually change the family, but Sang Yu did not do that.

A certain class of a country cannot be eliminated. It can only be transformed in the right direction that the emperor thinks. Liu Yan is not trying to completely eliminate the aristocratic family, because he knows that the aristocratic family cannot be eliminated at all. It is a class that exists in modern society.

Liu Yan hopes that the aristocratic family can be the help of the country, not the moth of the country like the current stage. If the aristocratic family were like the lords of the ancient and pre-Qin period, he would not be stingy with support and help. Unfortunately, the aristocratic family had tasted the sweetness after corruption and there was no sign of turning back.

"In the future, the big man who does not have a major national war will only keep the field corps of 200,000." As soon as Liu Yan's voice fell, one of the military personnel present was completely stupid. Ignoring everyone, he continued: "It's a field corps. The soldiers of each state and county are not within the 200,000 limit."

The currently registered population of Han is just over 10 million. According to guesses, it is difficult to exceed 15 million in the end. Keeping 200,000 non-productive soldiers, each state and county may have nearly 150,000 county and county soldiers. With a population base of 15 million, there is a future that is an important stage for the entire country to resume production. In fact, such a configuration seems a little too much.

"About forty people support a soldier. As far as the folks of the Han Dynasty are concerned, it is already a little bit difficult." Ji Chang is not playing the contrary, he tells the truth: "You must not forget, the first Han (referring to the Western Han Dynasty) And the Eastern Han Dynasty) The usual standing army is only less than 50,000."

In the Western Han Dynasty, the population of more than 60 million has never had a time when an army of one million was assembled. At most, more than 700,000 were dispatched to fight against the Huns. Usually, the troops who fought against the Huns were under 100,000. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the country had only three to four thousand non-production standing troops (Northern Army and Southern Army). The maximum number of troops dispatched was 400,000, while the population of the Eastern Han Dynasty was more than 65 million.

In the Han country established by Liu Yan, there is no national war to maintain a standing army of 200,000 non-production. In fact, it has completely surpassed the previous dynasties, or he has the intention to continue to expand after the comprehensive restoration of the old land of the Han family. , Or else it's like the Eastern Han Dynasty maintains a standing army below 50,000.

The real situation is that since the Eastern Han Dynasty, China’s past dynasties have rarely maintained a standing army. They all learned from the more **** system. That's it.

After the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the emergence of the government's military system changed the pattern even more, leaving China without pure soldiers. They were all "militias" who worked for soldiers and not for agriculture during the war.

The phenomenon of "militia" changed slightly when there was the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty's imperial army lost the edge of the field army shortly after the founding of the country. On some festivals, it was a "performance troop" that performed various programs. Several times the Forbidden Army was sent out to slaughter people for fun. In the true sense, it was an army that failed to achieve success.

As long as you are a general, you want more soldiers in the army. Only if you have more soldiers can you become a powerful general, or you can only be a polished general with the title of general. There are not many generals in the Han country that even have vacancies for General Zhengxi. In fact, there are still vacancies in the class of Zhong Lang generals, but the number of Lang generals is somewhat larger.

In the military system of the Han State, the rank of Qu is directly led by the military commander. The school is of course the school lieutenant. The upper ranks are the generals led by the generals. The generals will lead the army.

If you understand the classification a little bit, the valiant is actually a modern lieutenant colonel, the general is the colonel, the lang general is the major general, the zhonglang general is the lieutenant general, Sizheng, Sizhen, Siping, and Sifu are generals, like Huqi Generals and the like are marshals.

Generals who have direct troops are regarded as generals in the true sense, or generals with miscellaneous numbers will not be looked down upon. Now the generals of Han are a little worried. There are no generals in Han, but don’t let generals who should have real power become generals.

Liu Yan is just talking about an intention, and he will not say that he will make a decision without discussion. He was able to see the military's anxiety, and was a little bit dumbfounded at their anxiety.

Han is now just a kingdom. Liu Yan will not always be a king. It will be a matter of time before he is called the emperor. But after he is called the emperor, it does not mean that the country is an empire. Will stop. Liu Yan set the tone: "Widows don't want to repeat the old things of the Han Dynasty. "

At this time, one of them is agreed. Wanting to increase the population and resume production does not mean that it is weak to the outside world. The country just turns its attention to the inside a little bit, not that it wants to allow foreign hostility to bully.

"The war against Shi Jie..." Liu Yan looked at Li Tan, a general in the north, and said: "It is still a small-scale but frequent attack. The widows hope that Li Qing will surprise him."

Li Tan didn't expect that he would become General Zhengbei. Until now, he still seemed to be dreaming. When he was excited, he stood up abruptly and promised loudly: "My lord, the minister must imitate the old things of the champion."

There is only one person who can be directly called the champion Hou, and that is Huo Qubing. This one's life was accompanied by brutality, rarely leading large corps to fight, on the contrary, he often used a small amount of troops to achieve amazing results. The most famous is the great cause of Fenglangjuxu, which not only killed the core of the Huns, but also The golden man who used the Huns for sacrifice was robbed.

There was a burst of goodwill laughter, provoking a burst of glaring from Li Tan based on his performance.