Although the cost is enough to support, but for frustration, the people can't help but complain about the iron rooster!

I didn't know that in the future, I would passively be frustrated by the black cauldron for Cao Cao, and at this time I was satisfied with the retreat, and the left waiter Lang Tianfeng, who had been waiting on the side with a somewhat anxious face, took the opportunity to give Cao Cao a letter!

Cao Cao took it and looked at it, his forehead was also a little sweaty, without him, it was really something written on Tian Feng's chapter, it was really a bit too exaggerated!

What Tian Feng played was about the training of the Wei army, because Cao Cao had always adopted a policy of all the people being soldiers, as in later generations.

All men who reached the age of fifteen were to undergo two years of military training, from which the best were selected to enter the Wei army, and if necessary, all of them were warriors, which was later called the reserve army, of course, this system was already in place as early as the Qin Dynasty.

Of course, it is impossible for these reserve armies to become standing armies all the time, Cao Cao and Wei State finances could not afford to raise so many troops, and in normal times, only in the summer and autumn when the crops are slack, the people from each county are concentrated and sent to the county for intensive training.

The advantage of this is that without worrying about the source of soldiers, excellent supplements can be selected from them to supplement the Wei army, and at the same time, the regular army of Wei can also select excellent ones from these reserve armies, and at the same time, the quality of the Wei army is ensured to a certain extent.

And the disadvantage is that the cost is too great, although these people don't have money to train, but they always have to eat, they always have weapons and armor, do they let them go hungry and train with a wooden stick?

If that's the case, it's really not as good as a bandit, and once you equip the weapon armor, there will be a loss, which is another amount of money.

I didn't think there was anything in the past, but with the continuous expansion of the territory of Wei, the number of people continued to increase. What is especially terrifying is that because of Cao Cao's policy of benefiting the people, the people have been able to recuperate and recuperate, and there have been more and more newborns in recent years.

This year's training personnel is close to 700,000, which is still passable. After all, they are not full-time soldiers, they are just training, but this also makes Cao Cao spend countless money and food to support them for half a year of training.

And next year, the people who have been trained for two years will not be used, and they will continue to rotate, and the finances of the Wei State will still be able to hold up.

According to Tian Feng's household registration statistics, in the future, more and more people will participate in the training every year, and the maintenance of these people will cost more and more money.

It's a big deal to spend money on. Military spending will continue to increase, and it is estimated that in five to eight years, the number of people who will participate in the training and selection of the military will reach 3 million per year.

Of course, he didn't know about this matter, as the head of the household department, he was only in charge of the general direction of finances to ensure that the finances of Wei would not go bankrupt. Because of this, Fu Zhu did not report this matter to Cao Cao. But Tian Feng, who was the left attendant, reported the matter to Cao Cao.

Regarding what Tian Feng played, Cao Cao asked the other ministers to look at each other and began to ask: "Everyone, how do you say this matter should be resolved?" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen has three strategies." Xun You, the secretary of the military department, said.

"Tell me about it."

"One. All participants in the training should bring their own food. ”

Cao Cao shook his head, now the life of the people is not very good, training is a large physical activity, and the people who are trained are very able to eat. The common people may not be able to bear such a burden now, and being able to put down their lives to train is already very face-saving for the government.

Seeing Cao Cao shaking his head, Xun You said, "Two." The money and grain came from His Majesty's inner treasury. ”

After saying that, Xun You was also a little worried, the inner library was Cao Cao's private property, let him pay for it, and the whole thing was a tiger's mouth, fortunately, Cao Cao was not angry, but just asked: "This money." Does the inner treasury of the earth rise from the ground? ”

Xun You can't say well, although he doesn't know how much money Cao Cao's inner treasury has and how much income he has, but he knows that Cao Cao, as the largest big landlord and big businessman in the world, can afford this money, but he doesn't want to be entangled here, so he directly said the third strategy: "Third, expand the capture of slaves, carry out slave tuntian, and specialize in supporting the training of imperial court soldiers." ”

This method is good, now the arrest of slaves is becoming more and more popular, but the state comes forward to arrest slaves, and the face is not good, but it doesn't matter, it is not easy to find an agent, and now on the land of Wei, there are more wastelands, and these wastelands are all mastered by him Cao Cao.

Capturing slaves to open up wasteland and cultivating the people of Wei is also a way, but how many slaves are needed, Cao Cao can't imagine this scene, it's too huge.

In fact, Xun You said that the inner treasury paid money, just a precaution, his real goal was on the reclamation of slaves, but he was also afraid that Cao Cao would care about his face, and he was unwilling to use this method.

However, it was clear that his worries were unnecessary, and Cao Cao immediately agreed to the third point. It's just that this problem is more troublesome, such a large-scale slave capture, as well as a large-scale tuntian, this is not a simple matter to implement.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think about this matter?" Cao Cao asked the other ministers for their opinions on this matter.

Everyone knows Xun You's methods, for the first and second strategies, everyone automatically ignores them, the first is to lose the interests of the people, and the second is to lose Cao Cao's royal interests, which are not easy to mess with.

Then the third strategy, capturing slaves and tuntian has become a feasible strategy, there is more wasteland, and slaves, now the source of slaves is not worried, once Cao Cao makes a move, the army is dispatched, it is naturally not those slaves can compare.

Merchants can catch a few, once Cao Cao makes a move, I am afraid that the entire country will become slaves.

Xun Yu still had some scruples: "Your Majesty, this matter is not good, the court can't get over it." ”

"It doesn't matter, just let the private person come forward, tell the Mi family, the Zhen family, this matter will be sent by the two of them, their family is originally a merchant, and they will arrest slaves as a merchant, understand?"

The Mi family and the Zhen family all have imperial concubines, both are royal relatives, and they both have the status of merchants, it is good for them to come forward, compared to others, they can rest assured, and it is also a matter for the two of them to earn wealth.

Even if it's just a fig leaf, what if others know about it? Do you dare to come to Cao Cao to confront him?

"Your Majesty, once these slaves gather on a large scale, it will cost a lot of troops to guard them, otherwise it will be difficult to clean up once they rebel." Jia Xu also raised his concerns.

"As long as these slaves farm, naturally there are soldiers to take care of them, and hundreds of thousands of people have participated in military training this year, so can't anyone be found to take care of these slaves? The consumption of raising an army, these slaves will naturally create. Cao Cao said with a smile. (To be continued.) )