256 Standing Army

"An army that is used to fight anytime, anywhere? I haven't thought about this, but I always feel that it's not appropriate, because it means that the burden of the entire army will be imposed on the imperial court, and the cost of raising troops that the imperial court does not have to bear must also be added, and the burden of the imperial court will increase, and once the imperial court can't afford it, it will inevitably have to tax the people, which is not good. Li Erbixia frowned and expressed a negative opinion.

Suning is not dead, he has always believed that the collapse of the government military system is inevitable with the development of history, just like the Ming Dynasty's guard system, many people think that this is a kind of remodeled government military system, it can indeed not consume the people's food, however, he still has his shortcomings, otherwise, the modern army will not move in the direction of the compulsory military service system, the government military system has its advantages, but also has its disadvantages, Suning intends to synthesize the advantages of the government military system and the compulsory military service system, first an experiment.

So Suning said: "Principal, the meaning of the students is not like this, but we can experiment first, that is, only the students who graduated from the Datang Military University will be organized into such a standing army, and the students' idea is actually to use the students who graduated from the Datang Military University to serve as the lower-level officers in the Datang Army, and those who have made great achievements in the government can also hold military positions, but the students who go out of the Datang Military Academy can start from the junior officers such as the fire commander at the beginning, because they are literate and hyphenated, and understand some of the art of war, It's a lot better than the average government soldier.

But in this case, it will inevitably make the government soldiers feel dissatisfied, after all, the Tang Dynasty still has to use the government soldiers as the main military force. Therefore, it is impossible not to consider the idea of government soldiers, then at this time the benefits of the standing army can be generated, that is, when there is no major war, that is, when there is no need to send more than 10,000 troops to fight, and the general counterinsurgency war, do not use the government soldiers, and this standing army goes out to fight to counterinsurgency, so that they can accumulate experience on the battlefield, and with the knowledge they have learned, they will definitely have great growth.

Wait until the real need for the government army to be dispatched. These standing armies could then be dispersed and joined the army as officers. To make a name for themselves and prestige, and to start the prestige of Datang Military University, that is the time when the students of Datang Military University really become famous. At that time. Bixia can put these students in various military offices as captains in normal times. is in charge of the training of soldiers and horses, and in this way, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will definitely be greatly improved.

The students thought that the students of the Datang Military University would study in the military academy for a period of three years. Students graduate every three years, starting from the second year, you can recruit students for the next academic year, so as to ensure that a considerable number of students can graduate every year in the future and join the army to fight for the country, and considering the situation in the university, each time the enrollment of students is capped at 1,000, and if it is exceeded, it will be admitted on the basis of merit, so that 1,000 students can graduate from the military academy every year, and the number of students in the military academy can be maintained at 3,000 every year.

Shizun once said that ten years of hard work on paper is not as good as a sword blade stained with blood, since the students who graduated from Datang Military University can serve in the military as soon as they leave the military school, then naturally there must be a place where they can convince the people in the army, and the officers in the army can only be supported by convincing their subordinates, so when there is usually no major war, the government soldiers do not move, and the students of Datang Military University form an army to attack and make a name for themselves in the whole Datang! ”

Li Erbixia's face gradually became serious, Suning was right, once these graduates of the military academy came out, they would be the protégés of the Son of Heaven, the pride of the sky, and they could hold military positions, but how could those government soldiers who took military merit as the promotion path deal with themselves? The officer's position is limited, and if there is a conflict between military merit and military academy graduates, how will he, the principal, deal with it?

The method proposed by Suning is a good way, recruit 1,000 students to study military affairs every year, and then after the expiration of the three-year period, you can start to maintain 3,000 students in the military academy every moment, which means that these 3,000 students are 3,000 standing troops, they are the standing army of Datang non-wartime, responsible for fighting everywhere, accumulating experience and military merits, once there is a big war, they are Datang officers, and then, slowly, all the officers are born in Datang Military University, and Datang's military system will tend to be stable. The quality of the army will also improve more than a little bit.

Because these students will go to various places to serve as captains of the Cheqi Mansion after making a name for themselves, use the training regulations in the Datang Military University, and train the government soldiers in the strictest and most scientific way, and then they can also complete the control of the army by the Son of Heaven himself through these students who are actually in charge of the army, and pass it on from generation to generation, the Son of Heaven can control the army without worrying about the army being controlled by others.

This is really a good way, Suning should have spent a lot of effort to come up with such a good idea, Li Erbixia smiled and said: "Your idea is really good, it took a lot of thought, right?" You're right, Datang Military Academy will never recruit useless people, let alone let useless people go out, if you can't do this, why should you take up a military position as soon as you go out? Suning, are you going to study at a military university or do you want to take on some position? After all, you made up everything here.

If your master wants to run this university well, it is estimated that your help is indispensable, so you go to assist your master, and by the way, follow those boys to study and study together, Hongwenguan, you who are interested in the army, you don't have to go, and if you go, you will definitely not learn anything, so you go to the military university, study military affairs in the military university, don't let me down! ”

Suning was overjoyed, and then asked tentatively: "The principal, the matter of this standing army?" ”

Li Erbixia waved his big hand: "Accurate!" Let's do it! But more or less pay attention to some, these students are all baby bumps, one by one to be literate, put literate people in the army, it is estimated that there will be a lot of people to oppose it, if this is lost, it is also the loss of Datang, I have a headache in my heart, you have to pay attention to a little, usually train to the death, but on the battlefield can keep one to keep one. Follow Sun Daochang and run the field hospital well, this time the field hospital has made great contributions, so hospitals around the country will also start to prepare, oops, I suddenly feel that there are so many things! ”

Suning smiled: "That's why the capable work harder." ”

Sun Simiao's field hospital made a great contribution in the Huxue counterattack, and the 10,000 soldiers and horses dispatched by the Tang Dynasty arrived in Zuihou before a total of 958 people were killed, more than 5,000 people returned with minor injuries, and more than 3,000 people were seriously injured and temporarily unable to return, and the rest were seriously injured and disabled. Those who cannot continue to serve as soldiers. But even so, they survived, and only 958 soldiers could not be treated by the field hospital and died on the battlefield, and the rest were alive. This can make the entire court jaw drop. Those ministers who opposed the field hospital had nothing more to say. Here's the facts.

Sun Simiao was silent a lot after returning from the battlefield, and Suning hadn't had time to find him, but he heard that Sun Simiao was very unhappy. Coming down from the battlefield, he looked silent and serious, and his gestures exuded an endless steady atmosphere, as if he had witnessed the Jingguan in the Lingzhou camp, and he fainted in a mouthful of blood in a hurry, and after waking up, he threw himself into the heavy work without saying a word, and never showed a smile again, and he didn't know what happened to this old guy, Suning felt that he should go and see him when the time came.

People who go to the battlefield for the first time will always be a little uncomfortable, and there will even be people who have demons, and they can't get out of it for a lifetime, Sun Simiao doesn't know if it's a demon, he is a Taoist priest who practices medicine, and he suddenly saw such a tragic situation, and he didn't know if there would be any psychological disorders.

And according to the regulations, the hospital does not charge fees, only charges a symbolic penny, indicating that you have been here, and the money will be taken out at the end of the year to be counted, to prove how many people have been rescued in the hospital during this time, and then use the money as the cost of hospital operation, the purchase of some necessities and the like, all of which are Sun Simiao's responsibility, including the money allocated from the imperial court, Sun Simiao has the right to control, this old guy is deeply trusted, but something can't go wrong, otherwise he really can't find the right person to replace this old guy.

The affairs of the standing army passed the identification of Li Erbixia, Li Erbixia decided that as long as the military school was handled, he could start to prepare, the principal of the military school and the sacrificial wine have already been selected, but there are still many generals to teach, when there is no war, these generals are idle and panicked, so now there is a military university, these generals can go to the military university to teach as long as there is no war.

When you get older and have great credit, as long as you are smarter, you can leave the army and leave the court, ask to teach in a military university, and bring out batches of outstanding students to remember his kindness, when the time comes, it will be when he is really brilliant, and the Tang army will be passed on from generation to generation, just like Wei Chigong that guy said, I never thought that I, a person who doesn't know a lot of big words, can also become a teacher, take students, and have the opportunity to peach and plum all over the world, hey, this will have to make those old pedants angry to death!

Indeed, when the news of the establishment of the military university was released, many literati expressed their opposition, especially those military generals who wanted to enter the military academy to take students, and also to obtain the name of teachers, or the Tang Emperor Li Shimin served as the principal, and the Tang Dynasty God of War Li Jing served as the sacrificial wine.

They didn't dare to say bad things about the emperor, and they didn't dare to criticize the military god Li Jing, but other fierce generals who couldn't read a basket of big characters became the target of their attack on the military university. Who do you think of the teacher? Can anyone be a teacher? The teacher of the Tang Dynasty is still a very noble word, the prince of heaven and earth, a noble figure who can be ranked in the same ranks as the emperor.

It is equivalent to recognizing the teacher and inheriting his kindness for a lifetime, and he can't forget it for a lifetime, how can this be the status that those fierce men can obtain? The whole of ancient China respected teachers very much, but that limitation and literati, what is a teacher? The teacher is also a gun dancer? Schools and martial artists have always been insulated, and now this group of martial artists have also begun to subordinate to Fengya to build a school and be a teacher, isn't it a big mistake in the world?

Under the instigation of well-intentioned people, many people began to criticize the military university, but in the same way, if there are opponents, there must be supporters, such as a large number of warriors who intend to join the army, as if they have seen the dawn, as well as those down-and-out civilians who can't read and have no books to read. There's nothing you can't do! Datang attaches great importance to military merits!

As a result, groups of warriors who were determined to expand their territory and fight for the country began to throw olive branches to Datang Military University. (To be continued......)