In the conference hall of the engine room of the general army of Jingzhao Mansion, there was the sound of riding boots hitting the ground, and the sound of clanging swords colliding. In the entire conference hall, there were generals of the Western Army system wearing crimson and green official uniforms. Since they were gathered in the engine room of the General Army today, there would be no civilian officials present, so these generals were not so restrained, and they talked loudly and forcefully while Wu Haogu had not yet arrived.

Of course, the content of the conversation was all related to "reorganizing, dismantling, and dismantling the Western Army and implementing the military government system." Although I don't know how to make a big guy, the general direction is clear in the letter sent by Gao Yongnian.

If there is no premise of "reorganization, reduction and dismantling of the Western Army", the generals of the Western Army will not look down on the Laoshzi Military Mansion - what is going on with the government soldiers, and will the generals in Shaanxi still not know? It is nothing more than two ways: giving land to be a soldier or Latin from a rich family. The latter had nothing to do with the Western Army, and it was impossible to enforce it in the Great Song Dynasty. Now that the rich families of the Great Song Dynasty have their own way to become an official by exam, where is there still a rich family who is willing to be a soldier? And isn't the former an archer along the edge? A soldier was placed on 200-250 acres of official land on Shaanxi Sixth Road and Shuofang Road. It seems like a lot, but what good fields can Shaanxi and Shuo have? Even if there is a good field, it is not the turn of the archers and the soldiers to get it.

In addition, in the past two years, because of the end of the war in the northwest, the imperial court has revitalized the fields in Shuofang and Lingzhou, and the grain prices in Shaanxi have fallen very badly, and there is really no money to be made from farming. At the beginning of spring this year, there is another drought, and most of them are about to fail the harvest, and I don't know if grain prices can rebound sharply? If it can't go up, it will be a poor harvest and a drop in price, which is really a loss......

Therefore, the income that 200-250 acres of dry land can generate in Shaanxi and Shuofang is far less than the salary of a forbidden soldier!

But even if it's not as good, it's better than not!

At least the retrenched soldiers will still have a subsistence land, and the officials will not only get more land, but also get a position in the military government.

The most important thing is that the big guys can be exempted from being transferred to the Luoyang Baibo camp. When the Western Army leaves its hometown, it will be a tiger falling into Pingyang, and it cannot be said that it can be bullied, at least it will not be fierce - this is because the combat strength of the Western Army is one-third of mercenaries, one-third of archers, and one-third of the soldiers. The only ones who can be transferred out are the forbidden army, that is, mercenaries. It is impossible for the border archers who are to be sent to the field as soldiers to be transferred, and it is impossible for the fan units that mainly provide light cavalry to be transferred. Therefore, once the Western Army is transferred out of Shaanxi, it will be divided and will no longer be a strong army.

And as long as you can survive in Shaanxi and Shuofang, no matter how hard and poor you are, it is also a military group with a certain combat effectiveness!

When the world is peaceful, there is nothing, but who knows if there will be a time when the three armies will be bigger in the future? Aren't those who read books chewing their tongues, saying that today's official family is likely to be the reincarnation of Li Shimin's mediocre master, who is so happy with his achievements and reckless in his military force...... It's good to be ruthless! If they don't fight, what will happen to them? Don't die poor yet?

Therefore, as long as the Western Army group can be preserved, even if it is converted into a military government, everyone still has some hope.

It's just that Gao Yongnian's letter to everyone did not specify the detailed rules, only a general meaning, and also said that the specific details would be discussed after the big guy came to Jingzhao Mansion.

Now that everyone has arrived, it is natural to start discussing, and when they really start discussing, they can't care about getting louder and louder.

The chief of soldiers and horses on Xihe Road, the deputy envoy of Jinglu, Liu Fa and the chief of soldiers and horses on Yanyan Road, who have the title of Marquis Yu of the guards and horses, and the commanders of Zhiweizhou, Zhuri and Tianwu, are undoubtedly the core figures in the chamber. Because everyone knows that the sons of the two of them, Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan, are now the "red people" around Wu Haogu, one is in charge of the knight affairs of the engine room of the Shaanxi Sixth Route General Army, and the other is in charge of the military affairs of the engine room of the Shaanxi Sixth Route General Army - the official is not big, but he is directly responsible for the "current management" of the reorganization of the Western Army.

Originally, when Liu Fa and Miao Lu sent their son to Biyong School Palace to learn military affairs, they also provoked many colleagues to ridicule behind their backs: their own family is the general of the bow and horse heirloom, and they can't teach their children? Isn't it a joke to go to Taixue to learn to fight?

I didn't expect that someone's son would be like this now! But everyone really admires Liu Fa and Miao Lu's vision.

Liu Fa and Miao Fu, who were confident, naturally had to be a little reserved at this time, sitting there upright, letting the generals around them ask questions and discuss one by one, and refused to reveal the slightest bit of information (in fact, they didn't know anything).

Behind the screen came the sound of boots. Liu Fa and Miao Fu glanced at each other, and stood up from the rose chair with a snap, and Liu Fa also said sharply: "Stand on the shift, and be careful about the loss of honor in front of the army!" ”

Liu Fa is notoriously unruly! It is a common thing to disrespect officials, and there is no shortage of losses for this. But today, in the face of a Wu Haogu who is not strictly speaking a Shangguan (Wu Haogu is only the chief military aircraft, not the Shaanxi Shuaisi), he has given enough face.

The reason why this is the case is because Liu Fa is sincerely convinced of Wu Haogu! Many civil officials ridiculed Wu Haogu's origins, saying that he was "the first lucky general in ancient times" (meaning that he could not fight, it all depended on luck). However, Liu Fa studied the battle examples of the "Battle of Yinzhou One Night City" and the "Battle of Tongwan", and with the help of his staff (he spent a lot of money to hire a staff member from the Yuntai Academy), he barely read through the military works "Engineer and Weaponry" compiled by Wu Haogu, as well as "Infantry", "Cavalry", "Tactics", "Military Logistics" and other works compiled by the Knight Academy. So he already knew that he and Wu Haogu were not at the same level of generals at all! Those civil officials don't know how to fight, and it is understandable to ridicule Wu Haogu, who has fought all his life, and if he looks down on others again, he will be laughed at.

The generals of the Western Army returned to their positions one after another under Liu Fa's shout, and only then did they divide into two shifts and stand up, and saw Wu Haogu and Gao Yongnian turning out from behind the screen with a smile.

"The last general and others will see the capital military aircraft (Wu Haogu also hangs the title of the capital military aircraft)!"

Wu Haogu saw that the generals were respectful, and he also smiled and returned the salute: "You are all seniors, and your official positions are not under Haogu, so you don't need to see it with the courtesy of your subordinates." Please sit down, sit down and talk slowly. ”

The generals below are also to give Wu Haogu a face, after all, they are not people from the "Yuntai Department", and when they heard Wu Haogu's words, they also sat down with a smile.

Wu Haogu and Gao Yongnian also sat on the top seats, and the seats of the two were side by side, Wu Haogu was on the left and Gao Yongnian was on the right.

The next person to speak was Gao Yongnian, who said: "Everyone already knows the current situation, our Western Army has been prosperous because of the war in the northwest. Now that the war is over, the reduction of troops is certain, and the question is only how to cut it. Now this matter falls on the shoulders of Wu Junji, who is back as the chief military aircraft of Shaanxi Sixth Road, just to discuss a method with the big guys. The Sprinkle family will put a word here first, Wu Junji really wants to help us...... If the discussion can't be reached this time, the next one will be a certain envoy! ”

Wu Haogu is easier to talk to, and he is also famous in officialdom! Although there are many people who scold him behind his back and join him, they really know that Wu Hao is an ancient person, and they all like to work with him, and working with him can be promoted and make a fortune!

Wu Haogu looked at everyone with a smile and took over the topic, "Manager Gao, you are all reasonable generals in the army, so this time you will definitely be able to come up with a solution."

Ladies and gentlemen, there is no war in the northwest now, and the imperial court wants to replace the recruitment of soldiers with government soldiers, so it is indeed impossible for the western army to maintain its current number. And you should also know that although our Western Army claims to be 200,000 people, in fact, the top of the sky that can fight is 40,000 or 50,000...... So this time, the number of people who want to be transferred to Tianfu soldiers will be talked about according to forty or fifty thousand, this is a soldier, not a general, and it is not counted as archers, and the treatment of archers remains unchanged, and nominally it is also transferred to Tianfu soldiers.

In addition, the imperial court will also release 5,000 knights! There are many fields granted in this way, and in terms of dry land and middle fields, two or three thousand acres can be one family. And there are additional rewards when you serve, and there are many opportunities for promotion, which is much better than being a cavalryman. ”

"The military plane is only given to forty or fifty thousand soldiers, and five thousand knights are too few? We still have more than 100,000 posts in the Western Army after deducting archers! And each family also uses ......"

Immediately, the generals of the Western Army raised objections.

Wu Haogu smiled and waved his hand, "This is negotiable, negotiable...... We'll talk about that later. ”

Of course, the matter of how many soldiers to be assigned to the field is negotiable. Anyway, Shuofang Road and Lingzhou have official land that can be distributed, and Xihe Road also has a lot of land. Moreover, the government soldiers do need people to be the soldiers, and the kind of government soldiers who do not pay salaries and do not grant land are always a problem to recruit.

He paused and said, "Now let's talk about the military government." Since it is a government soldier who grants land, then there must be a military government to manage the land, people, and affairs, and the household registration of the government soldiers and the household registration of the people must be separated.

However, the land granted by the government soldiers is all in the nature of vocational fields, and they cannot be sold casually. And the soldiers who have taken the land have to be sent out to serve as soldiers, just like the archers now. The military service of the military soldiers is also different from that of other government soldiers, and it should be divided into two types: active duty and reserve. Unless it is a difficult household (that is, a martyr's family) and no one can serve, the rest of the families must have someone in service, all those who are Ding Zhuang, when they are 16-25 years old, serve in active service for 5 consecutive years, and are in the camp at four o'clock, and are not allowed to return home. After the age of 20-25, he will serve in the reserve at home, be busy with farming, and train in farming, and he can only be discharged after reaching 20.

In addition, the military government and generals should live in a crowd and live in the countryside compared to the township, implement the township covenant, and use the military attache as the squire, the miscellaneous goods as the villagers, and the soldiers' households as the villagers. The fields granted by the squires, villagers, and villagers are also divided into more or less. It is also necessary to set up a township school to teach the children of the squires, villagers, and villagers, and select the best ones to study in Jingzhaofu School or Kaifeng Bujun Academy and Jiehe Knight Academy.

What do you think? ”