When Qi Chu invaded Yue, Zhao attacked Zhongshan, and with the help of Han and Wei, Zhongshan was isolated and held for three months, and finally the capital was broken.

After the destruction of Zhongshan, the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei once again concentrated their military forces in the south to prevent Chu from carrying out the Northern Expedition.

At this time, among the princes of the Zhou Empire, a brief calm was restored, and they were camped in the capital of Qi.

After the War, Tian Dan and Guan Zhong both realized that the Qi army was weak and did not know if they did not go to the battlefield.

Before the start of the war, the army competed in terms of data, the number of troops, and the resources of logistics, but after the war, it was the real combat effectiveness.

If it weren't for Tian Dan's whimsical strategy and unexpected use of the Fire Ox Array, he might have been blocked by the Yue Kingdom from Pengcheng, and this was not the main force of the Yue Kingdom.

If there is no resistance, it is basically impossible for this Qi country to break through Pengcheng......

The weakness of the Qi army is a very major flaw, so Guan Zhong and Tian Dan jointly signed Qi Xiaobai to demand the reform of the military department.

Qi Xiaobai was reviewing the content of this reform at this time.

"To abolish the reserves?" Qi Xiaobai looked at Guan Zhong and asked.

"The reserve needs to be maintained every year, but when it comes to war, the reserve army can't play any role!" Guan Zhong said to Qi Xiaobai.

Although the annual maintenance funds of the reserve army are much lower than that of the standing army, the function is less than one-tenth of that of the standing army.

Therefore, there is no need for Guan Zhong and Tian Danjue's reserve to exist, after all, the waste economy will not play any role.

Of course, the current reserve forces will not be disbanded in this way, the reserve army has been abolished, but the standing army has not been abolished, and the quality of the army is important, but the quantity is also indispensable.

Therefore, the first article of the reform is to abolish the reserve army and replenish the standing army.

"My Qi country is rich and has a standing army of one million, and the Qi country can still do it!" Guan Zhong said to Qi Xiaobai.

The wealth of Qi is known to the princes, and it is also because the army of the rich Qi country is weak, because the soldiers are too comfortable, so Guan Zhongjue's wealth is not wrong, but wealth makes people not want to forge ahead, that is wrong, so Guan Zhong wants to let this wealth be transformed into the national strength of the Qi country, not a pest that drags down the Qi country.

After the signing of the armistice agreement and the alliance between Qi and Yan, it developed for many years, and the treasury was also quite full, because of the alliance signed with the fierce rival Yan, Qi believed that there were no foreign enemies, so the maintenance cost of the army also dropped greatly.

However, this sneak attack of Yue Guo woke up Qi State, and let Qi State know that he is not only one Yan State is an opponent, and all the princes in this world are his opponents, as long as he Qi State does not pay attention to it, it may be the destruction of the country.

Because the treasury of the State of Qi is sufficient and the taxes are not low, it is not a problem for Guan Zhongjue's State of Qi to have a million standing army.

Of course, in order to make the army's resources more sufficient, Guan Zhong also proposed to increase taxes on the capital groups of Qi State.

For these capitalists in Qi State, this tax increase is nothing more than adding some wool to a few cows......

Of course, Guan Zhong's tax hike is not only for the capitalists, but also for those great Confucian families......

Although these Confucians are not as rich as the capitalists and merchants, these Confucians are all landlords, they all have 100 acres of fertile land, and their families are not poor.

In order to prevent these great Confucian families from making a fuss about Qi Xiaobai's tax increase, saying that Qi Xiaobai was tyrannical, Guan Zhong weakened the collection of Fu on the ordinary people at the bottom, so as to experience Qi Xiaobai's love for the people.

There is a big difference between taxation and taxation, the tax money is used by the state, most of it is used for military spending, officials' salaries, and some is stored for the country's occasional needs such as disaster relief.

And the so-called endowment is for Qi Xiaobai's own use, which is used for Qi Xiaobai's own eating, drinking, and entertainment, raising eunuchs and palace maids, as well as money for the concubine.

The successive princes of Qi did not dare to relax because of the fierce rival of Yan Guo, so they were all diligent in government, and the expenditure on pleasure was very small, which also made Qi Xiaobai have a lot of money in his hands.

The private money saved by the successive monarchs of Qi was enough to feed a legion of hundreds of thousands.

However, because these monarchs of Qi were diligent in government and military affairs, they did not start to enjoy themselves until the later period of Qi Xiaobai's father, but they did not enjoy it for a few years.

This Qi Palace is already very dilapidated, and Qi Xiaobai is ready to use his own internal affairs money to build a large number of buildings and build his palace.

Guan Zhong and the others did not object to this, and they also felt that the palace of Qi was indeed a little dilapidated, which did not fit the place where a monarch lived.

Of course, Qi Xiaobai not only repaired the palace, he also renovated the city wall of Yingqiu, because when Wang Heng attacked Yingqiu, he caused a lot of damage to Yingqiu, and he originally planned to repair it, but Qi Xiaobai felt that it was too broken, so he directly chose to renovate.

Because there is enough money for internal affairs, there is nothing to Qi Xiaobai without endowment, so that these great Confucian families can't find a way to say that Qi Xiaobai is tyrannical.

"Bai'er, the policy of strengthening the army is basically these two points!" Guan Zhong said to Qi Xiaobai.

Qi Xiaobai nodded: "However, I feel a little less!" ”

Guan Zhong looked at Qi Xiaobai suspiciously and asked, "Bai'er said, what is missing?" ”

"There is a special class of troops in the Yue country called the Yue Dancers, why can't our Qi country have a special class of troops? Since we want to strengthen the army, I think it should not just be a simple expansion of the standing army and increase army training! Qi Xiaobai said to Guan Zhong.

When Guan Zhong and Tian Dan proposed to strengthen the army, when they heard Wei Dexian talk about the Yue dancers, Qi Xiaobai thought of letting Qi have a branch of his own.

"This ...... Does Qi also want to train a group of Yue dancers? This Yue Dancer is a class of soldiers trained by the Yue King Goujian! Guan Zhong said to Qi Xiaobai.

"It's not to train a group of Yue dancers, but to set up a special type of troops, so that the vassal states will be afraid when they meet our army on the battlefield!" Qi Xiaobai said to Guan Zhong.

Qi Xiaobai is also familiar with the military books of this world and some political literature these days, plus the movies he has seen before, Qi Xiaobai Jue's Qi country needs to have its own troops.

"What reward do our soldiers have for fighting on the battlefield?" Qi Xiaobai looked at Guan Zhong and asked.

"This, as long as you are brave in battle, you will have the opportunity to improve, and this will increase the natural military salary!" Guan Zhong said to Qi Xiaobai.

After Qi Xiaobai heard this, he sighed: "Then on the battlefield, what is bravery?" How do you judge the bravery of the soldiers? How do you show this bravery? ”