Since the beginning of the Western Wei Dynasty Yuwentai in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the government military system began to be implemented, and the country has a Zhichong Mansion responsible for selecting and training government soldiers, the integration of soldiers and farmers, the government soldiers are farmers who cultivate the land in peacetime, agricultural training, and wartime in the army, the weapons and horses required to participate in the war are self-provided, and the soldiers can be exempted from taxes.

This kind of government soldier has no military salary, and some of them even pay for their own expenses, and they can only be rewarded unless they make meritorious contributions.

This kind of military system continued until the period of the Great Qi State, which unified the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

For more than 200 years, the government soldier system has been implemented, but in the later period of the Great Qi, the land annexation became heavier, and the land peasants on whom the government soldiers relied also lost their economic foundation.

After the fall of the Great Qi State, the Qing State built by the foreign relatives began to implement the conscription system, separating the soldiers and peasants, and the peasants to raise soldiers, and the Wei State and the Yan State also began to implement the conscription system.

The six counties of Yan State are located, and there are military offices under the Ministry of War, which are specially used to select sergeants from each county, regardless of their background, they can join the army.

If they are selected, they will receive a monthly salary from the state, and the weapons and equipment will be provided by the state.

Some of the selected soldiers will be organized into the city garrison, and some will be sent to the border pass to be incorporated into the Northwest Army.

The soldiers who are incorporated into the Royal Forest Army are naturally hardcover young people with excellent physical fitness, and the Conscription Mansion will send someone to investigate their background and background, and once they pass the test, then they will become the object of envy.

Everyone knows that the Imperial Forest Army is the aristocratic army of Yan State, responsible for maintaining Yanjing and protecting the royal family, once it is incorporated into the Royal Forest Army, then the family can reduce half of the taxes, and the salary of the Royal Forest Army is the highest among the armies of Yan State.

Under normal circumstances, the city defenders are stationed in different counties, just like the city defenders stationed in Donghai County.

However, the Donghai Zhenfu Army is a special case of Yan State.

The Fujun of Donghai Town are naturally all sailors, and the soldiers must be proficient in water, while most of the soldiers in Yan Guojing are landlubbers and are not familiar with water, so that the Fujun of Donghai Town can only be recruited in coastal counties.

The Donghai Zhenfu Army since the East China Sea King period, has maintained a large number of sailors, all along, the recruitment quota of the sailors is mostly the father retreats from the son, once the sailors are old, if there are heirs, they will give priority to hiring their sons, so from a certain point of view, most of the soldiers of the Donghai Zhenfu Army are passed down from generation to generation, and they are loyal to the Han family from the time of Han Tianya, the king of the East China Sea.

It is precisely because of this that the Donghai Zhenfu Army and the Han family broke the bones and tendons, which are inseparable.

The king of the East China Sea had a long talk with the founding monarch of the Yan Kingdom, King Yan Wu, on the coast of the East China Sea, and took refuge under the command of the King of Yan Wu, fought in the south and the north, and made great contributions to the establishment of the Great Yan State.

After the founding of the country, King Yan Wu was grateful for the merits of the king of the East China Sea, so that he guarded the East China Sea, deterred the bandits of the East China Sea, and also to prevent the invasion of the Qingguo Navy, and the East China Sea Zhenfu Army was naturally a powerful sailor under the rule of Yan Guo, and the imperial court issued a salary.

Among the military salaries of the Yan State, the salary of the city defenders is the lowest, an ordinary sergeant has about twenty taels of silver a year, and the northwest army guarding the border pass is naturally higher, three taels of silver per month, and nearly forty taels a year, twice as high as the city defenders.

However, it is undeniable that compared with the city defenders, the life of the soldiers in the northwest is hard, and being in the border place, the danger is much greater, and the silver is higher, which is naturally a reasonable thing.

However, the Han family's Donghai Zhenfu Army, but the salary and silver are the same as those of the Northwest Army, and from a certain point of view, it does put great pressure on the treasury of Yan State.

It must be known that there are a lot of troops in Donghai Town, and every year, it takes a million taels of silver to send it down.

At this moment, the Xiao family suddenly launched an attack on the Donghai Zhenfu army, which naturally shocked many courtiers.

Before today's court meeting, the Xiao family had been secretly planning, naturally few people knew that the Xiao family would suddenly make trouble today, in fact, if it weren't for the note that Ling Lei secretly handed over to Han Mo, the Han family brothers were afraid and could hardly have imagined that Xiao Taishi would actually start the idea of suppressing the army in the East China Sea.

However, some people also feel a trace of admiration for the old fox of Taishi Xiao in their hearts.

There is no other reason, just because the old fox chose the right time.

Now that it is a crisis in troubled times, Wei Qing is facing each other, no matter whether Yan Guoshen participates in this war or not, the Northwest Army must be prepared to deal with it, and at this time, the interests and safety of Yan Guo are naturally pinned on the Northwest Army.

Xiao Huaiyu is a genius in the sky, and the Northwest Army is brave and good at fighting, but in the end, there is still no shortage of silver.

Since the beginning of the Yan Dynasty, it has attached great importance to the logistics supply of the Northwest Army, and several generations of emperors have never been sloppy about the supply of the Northwest Army.

Although the Yan Kingdom court is constantly fighting, everyone also understands a truth, if you want to protect your own interests, you must first protect the big fortress of Yan Kingdom, and to protect the big fortress of Yan Kingdom, you need a strong border force.

Therefore, all along, the major families have been extremely cooperative with the Northwest Army, and there has never been the slightest slackness in the supply of money and food for the soldiers of the border army, and the weapons and equipment are also regularly supplied.

Now that we are in an extraordinary situation, it is natural that we must spare no effort to support the Northwest Army, and we must make every effort to solve any factors that hinder the Northwest Army.

Speaking of which, the floods in Yichun caused the treasury to be weak, but it gave Taishi Xiao an excellent opportunity.

Under such circumstances, in order to ensure the logistical supply of the Northwest Army, it is natural to reduce other treasury expenditures, and at this time, no matter which expenditure is reduced, as long as there is a basis for what is said, it is possible to become a reality.

And everyone knows that the responsibilities of the Donghai Zhenfu Army are nothing more than two.

One is to suppress the bandits in the East China Sea, and the other is to deal with the possible invasion of the Qingguo Navy.

But people who are a little well-informed know that today's bandits in the East China Sea have all put down their butcher knives and become pioneers in opening up maritime trade.

In other words, the group of thieves on the sea, the trade has been recruited by the Han family.

Eighty percent of the pirates at sea have taken refuge under the Han family and become pioneers in maritime trade, while the remaining two percent can't afford to set off any storms.

As for the Qingguo Naval Division, everyone knows that it is no longer even a paper tiger, and the few broken ships floating on the wharf of Qingguo Shui Port are absolutely impossible to threaten the coastal defense of Yan State.

If it is said that the Qingguo Naval Division at the peak of Qingguo was still able to compete with the Yanguo Naval Division, then today's Qingguo Naval Division is not enough to fight the Donghai Zhenfu Army.

Under such a situation, Xiao Taishi suddenly attacked the Donghai Zhenfu army, and it was indeed the right opportunity.

Because many people faintly feel in their hearts that the Donghai Zhenfu Army, which consumes huge national treasury expenditures every year, maintains an establishment of 15,000 people, which is really unnecessary for the overall political strategy of the Yan State.

If you keep it, the only one who can benefit can only be the Han family in the East China Sea.

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Xiao Tongguang represented that the Xiao family suddenly attacked in the court, and many people looked at the Han Xuandao brothers, but to everyone's surprise, the Han brothers were unanimous and calm, and did not show the slightest panic.

Such a reaction made Taishi Xiao, who was sitting in front of the courtiers, have a trace of gloom in his eyes.

The reaction of the Han brothers was naturally unexpected by Xiao Taishi, in Xiao Taishi's expectations, this time it was directly into the heart of the Han family, and the Han brothers were no matter how calm they were, no matter how they could endure it, they would show a trace of panic.

But like Mount Tai, the two brothers of the Han family are calm and composed.

Such a reaction, except for the fact that the officials of the Han nationality were slightly calmer in their hearts, made all the other officials in the court wonder a little, could it be that the Han family was really not afraid of this matter?

The emperor's eyes swept over the two Han Xuandao brothers, although he saw that the two brothers were not different, the emperor was also calm and calm, and asked Xiao Tongguang: "What Xiao Aiqing said is true?" ”

Xiao Tongguang immediately said: "Holy Lord, Weichen doesn't dare to exaggerate in the slightest!" ”

"What does Xiao Aiqing mean?" The emperor asked with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Xiao Tongguang stood up straight and said in a loud voice: "Saint, as we all know, Han Xuanling, the governor of the East China Sea Town Fu Army, is strict in governing the army, and he is a rare tiger general in my Dayan....... At this point, many of the courtiers burst into laughter.

"The Qingguo Sailor is even more vulnerable, and it has long since ceased to be as majestic as it used to be." Xiao Tongguang stood in the court hall and said eloquently: "Now my Donghai Zhenfu army is indeed invincible, and ...... The sea disasters on the front line of the East China Sea have disappeared......! Speaking of this, Xiao Tongguang coughed deliberately and said slowly: "But it is undeniable that the silver consumed by the Zhenfu Army every year is really a heavy burden for my Dayan. In the past, the sea was not cleared, and I, Dayan, naturally wanted to do my best to support the Zhenfu army to defend the East China Sea, but ...... Now the situation is different, Weichen thinks that it is time to reduce the treasury expenditure in Donghai Town! ”

The emperor said calmly: "Then Xiao Aiqing can come up with a proper method?" ”

Xiao Tongguang did not hesitate, and immediately said: "Back to the saint, if you can reduce the military salary, you can reduce a lot of the burden on the treasury. He glanced at Han Xuandao before he said: "Now the salary of the soldiers of the Zhenfu Army is no different from that of the soldiers of the Northwest Army. The soldiers of the Northwest Army guarded the border passes, bathed in bloody battlefields, and had a good military salary, which was naturally what my Dayan Imperial Court should dedicate itself to. It's just that now the pacification army is invincible...... Can this be reduced? Wei Chen felt that the expenditure of fifteen taels of silver per sergeant a year could barely be supported by the household department. In addition, the Zhenfu army goes to sea every month to patrol, which can be changed to quarterly or even semi-annual, so that the cost of going to sea will be greatly reduced......! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately stood up and said, "Holy one, by all means. ”

Everyone looked at it, it was Han Xince, the servant of the ministry, who was a very important official of the Han clan in the court, except for the Han brothers, who were the most powerful Han Xince at hand.

"Holy Lord, the military salary is cut, but it can't be cut like this." Han Xince said: "There are tens of thousands of soldiers in the Zhenfu army, if according to what Xiao Shilang said, each person can only receive fifteen taels of silver per year, that is, it can't even reach one or two or five dollars a month, and it is five taels less than the city defenders every year. Soldiers are the weapons of the country, how can they be treated so lightly? ”

At that moment, some officials from the non-Han faction echoed it.

"If you are unwilling to cut military salaries, then you can only disarm!" Xiao Tongguang said without hesitation: "Now that the coastal defense is safe and the treasury is also tight, is it possible that you have to spend millions of taels of silver every year to support the pacification army?" If the soldiers don't fight, what do they want them to do? He bowed his hand to the emperor: "Shengshang, Weichen considers the treasury and implores the Shengxia to decree the removal of the Zhenfu army!" ”

Xiao Tongguang revealed his final thoughts, and the Xiao Party officials immediately understood what was going on, and for a while, several imperial historians came out of the ranks of ministers and seconded Xiao Tongguang's proposal.

There is also a royal historian who looks generous, claiming that Dayan is now an extraordinary time, and it is imminent to reduce military spending, and it is a major event related to the prosperity of Dayan, and the tone is said, just like if the Zhenfu army is not abolished, the country of Dayan will be destroyed.

For a while, Xiao Party officials came out one after another, kneeling all over the court.

At this moment, Su Guanya and the officials of the Soviet faction were watching coldly, calmly, and they all stood honestly in the court and did not say a word.

And Hu Xuexin, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Fan Yunao, the secretary of the military department, glanced at each other, and there was a strange light in their eyes, and they stood in the middle of the court, and they did not act rashly.

The officials of the Han faction couldn't help frowning when they saw that Xiao was powerful, and many people were a little panicked in their hearts.

After all, the Donghai Zhenfu Army is the foundation of the entire Han family, and if the Donghai Zhenfu Army is really abolished, the Han people will suffer a major blow, which is equivalent to taking most of the lives of the Han people.

However, Han Xuandao was like Mount Tai, standing in the court, calm and expressionless.

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