Speaking of this, Xu Ping still sighed: "When scholars talk about soldiers, they often hook the military system of the previous dynasty, arrange troops, and discuss whether they are brave or not, and whether the soldiers are fine or not. Although the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info minister is also a scholar, in the end, he has really led soldiers and fought, but he knows that these are just minutiae, and his eyes fall on one time and one place. The fundamental question is, what is the military used for? Is it to raise soldiers so that the world will not be in chaos? Then why do you have to raise an army! There are ways to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, so why use this most expensive method! The country raises soldiers, not so that the world will not be in chaos, but to protect the family and defend the country! If the army wants to be able to fight, it must let every commander and every soldier know this, otherwise, it will be in vain after all! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen couldn't help laughing and said, "What did I think you were thinking!" The state raises troops, fights civil strife internally, and resists strong enemies externally, isn't it exactly what it should mean! This is a parallel thing, what is there to worry about! ”

Xu Ping shook his head: "The six roots are not clean, and you will lose cleanly!" Where is there an army that can absorb internal strife and defend against a strong enemy from outside. There must be a choice between the two, the army is mainly used to deal with foreign enemies, but to eliminate internal strife. If it is to deal with foreign enemies, it will be like two Han Dynasty, and the soldiers will use their good family to the best of their ability, and they will be powerful for hundreds of years. ”

Zhao Zhen disagreed: "The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, mixed with Hu people and rangers, do not control the Western Regions, and the desert is absolutely large!" ”

"The minister was in Yongzhou before, and he had engraved Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism classics, and at that time, the surrounding small countries of the Tibetan State came to ask for books. Among them, there is a small country in the deep mountains next to Dali, and it does not hesitate to spend a lot of money to seek Confucian classics, saying that it is left over from the time when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty leveled the southwest, and the Chinese costume has been in Chinese since the beginning of a thousand years, and the language is similar to the ancient sayings of the Han and Wei dynasties. Although the Tang Dynasty is strong, as Sikong Tu said, before the Tang Dynasty was destroyed, Hehuang was already 'the Han people did all the nonsense, but scolded the Han people to the city'. Not to mention, the power of the Tang Dynasty originally relied on the government soldiers to be able to fight, and they were all good families. When it came to Tang Xuanzong, General Hu led Hu soldiers, Anshi was in turmoil, and everything was empty. In front of Ma Weipo, Yang Guifei died of incense, and Emperor Tang Ming fled to Xichuan in embarrassment, and it will be worse day by day in the future. Even if the two Han Dynasty were at the end of the Three Kingdoms, one of them would still be able to sweep the Northern Hu, and the difference between them could not be calculated. ”

Although the Han and Tang dynasties were combined, at the last moment of the dynasty, the situation in the face of foreign enemies was very different. At the end of the Han Dynasty, even if the Central Plains region was uninhabited for thousands of miles because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the subsequent war for hegemony, it was still like chopping melons and vegetables in the face of foreign enemies, but at the end of the Tang Dynasty, it became fat in the eyes of foreigners. The reasons are naturally varied, but when it comes to the fundamentals, it is still the definition of war in Xu Ping's previous life, "War is the continuation of the special means of politics". The military is subordinate to politics and serves politics, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the military of the Han Dynasty conformed to this law, while the middle and late Tang Dynasty deviated from this law. If something goes wrong at the very root of the system, no matter how much money is spent and no matter how much price is paid, there is still no way to return to the sky.

Although Zhao Zhen disagreed with what Xu Ping said, he still said: "This kind of remark is not that no one has mentioned it, and there have always been people who want to learn the military system of the early Tang Dynasty." But since the population increased in the Tang Dynasty, the uniform field system was unsustainable, how could it be learned? Speaking of which, these are all scholarly opinions, the world is different, how can you go back! ”

"The government military system is difficult to work, even in the Tang Dynasty, is it really because the Juntian system cannot continue? Your Majesty, since Zhenguan four years, the Tang Dynasty discussed the defense of Yixia, and Wei Zheng was blamed, so he began to lead the Hu people as soldiers, and the Han people as the people. The minister only hears that the people are like water, and the soldiers are the fish in the water, and the soldiers and the people are the foundation of victory. Since ancient times, the people are few and the beasts are numerous, and the sages have built their homes and have today's China. Humans and beasts live together, and being injured by beasts is naturally unavoidable. After being wounded, it is natural to build fences, repair bows and spears, and set up groups to hunt and kill pest beasts. Unheard of people learning from wild beasts to drink blood, leaving home to go to the mountains and forests, and learning to live with wild beasts, instead of using their teeth and minions to fight wild beasts. If you don't let the good people do it, why learn to be a beast? Since the government soldiers, it has been changed to recruitment, in fact, from the perspective of the military system, it is nothing more than using the tribal military system of the Hu people to replace the military system of the Han people since ancient times, and was deceived by Hu Di, so it is natural. ”

Zhao Zhen frowned and said unhappily: "How can the recruitment of soldiers be the military system of the Hu tribe?" The Hu people are all soldiers, and when they come to war, they bring their own bows and horses to fight, and when they go back, they still graze cattle and sheep. ”

Xu Ping shook his head: "The military system is not viewed like this, it is based on why and how officers and soldiers fight. Now the imperial court regards the forbidden army as a minions, hoping that it will be like a tiger and a wolf, is it similar to learning from wild beasts? When the forbidden army goes to war, they don't ask why the battle is fought or how it is fought, but they just ask for all kinds of rewards first. Every move, all I think about is getting money. What did the Hu people go south for? It's nothing more than robbery and plunder! It's all for a money word. The land of Hu is barren, and robbing the Han people can naturally benefit, and the war is militaristic unity for them. And what about the army of the imperial court? Chen bluntly said, whether it is the forbidden army or the recruitment of troops in the late Tang Dynasty, how much money can you have to fight against the Hu people? As long as they grabbed the Han land, they would get more money than fighting thousands of battles with the Hu people. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Ping couldn't help sighing: "The ministers are loyal, and the loyalty is nothing more than sincerity, Your Majesty wants to ask, and the ministers naturally have to say." But when he said this, he was really loyal to his ears, not because the minister didn't want to say it, but because it was time to say it. If the minister is not sincere, he will lose his body, and if the king cannot treat the world with sincerity, he will lose his country. Regarding the military system of the forbidden army, what the minister said today is open and honest, whether he says it or not, whether he listens or not, it is up to His Majesty. As long as Your Majesty treats the world with sincerity, the world will certainly not fail Your Majesty. What is the biggest problem with the Forbidden Army right now? The so-called military array, the so-called armor, are all trivial, but with the wealth of the world to support hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but these hundreds of thousands of soldiers are isolated from state affairs. Isolated from state affairs, it is like a tree without roots, water without a source, how can you have high hopes? Foreign wars are unfavorable, non-generals are not brave, non-soldiers are not exhausted, and it is state affairs that do not matter to them. Militarism and militarism, in the end, are just two layers of skin between the army and the country, and the country and the country. It's like a fish out of the water and no longer alive. Since wars are fought for money, there are other ways to make money without war. There are also easier and less risky ways to make money, winning a war is nothing more than getting more money, losing a war is nothing more than getting less money, what is the point of fighting this battle? Your Majesty is right, the world has not heard of soldiers for decades, the inside and outside are peaceful, and the forbidden army is full of mistakes, it is nothing more than a money word, and it is a little expensive to raise. It's just that the imperial court wants to be peaceful like this, but foreign enemies may not give this opportunity, and the battle always has to be fought! When a foreign war starts, it is not a question of how much money it will cost, but whether the foreign enemy can fight or not! The minister is now in charge of the three divisions, and in a few years, he can gather money and ensure that there is no shortage of money and goods in the war. But if there is no shortage of money and food, can you really win the war? ”

Now that he is talking about this, Zhao Zhen is just listening to the excitement, and he can have a personal experience. It's just that he asked Xu Ping to say that it's not good to change his mind now, so he has to listen to it. Speaking of foreign enemies, he casually asked: "You mean that in the northwest, there will be war in the next few years?" ”

"Not only in the northwest, as long as the forbidden army shows a posture that it cannot fight, I am afraid that there will be smoke all around! The minister said that if you want to really be able to defend against a strong enemy, you can only let the army fight to defend the country, not to get money to support your family. The army that protects the home and defends the country will naturally be raised, should be raised, and must be raised. But an army that is only for money and can't win a battle will have a big mess sooner or later! The military must be subordinated to state affairs, and without this, it is a fish out of water, and if you can't protect yourself, how can you dare to fight! ”