The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1801

[1801. Chapter 1713 I have a good plan]

Wang Shouren said: “The establishment of a standing army is not only for the imperial court to recruit troops and support them, but students think that there are still some things missing.”

Fang Jifan felt that the tea in his hand was not that good .

After getting hot, I took a sip of tea.

He knew that Wang Shouren was mulling over a lot of things. Since he had put forward an idea, it must be the result of his careful consideration.

“However, this alone is not enough to recruit talents into the army. People say that good men should not be soldiers. The military households in the past were so miserable that they were like untouchables. Now they are like untouchables. It’s so difficult to change the minds of the people in the world.”

Fang Jifan agreed and said, “This is true. What can Bo’an do?”

Wang Shouren said: “For ordinary people to join the army, there is a problem. The problem, this problem lies in promotion. With promotion, people have hope and desire. Therefore, the students plan to allow some outstanding soldiers to be sent to the martial arts hall to study and be promoted to military attachés after they have performed meritorious services. It is planned to divide the soldiers into three classes, and give them different treatment according to their seniority, military age, and meritorious service, such as giving some benefits in terms of salary, and giving a sum of money when they need to be resettled and returned to the field

. In this way, the soldiers may not think that they will have the opportunity to make great achievements and become military attachés, but at least they will be more enterprising in the army. “

Fang Jifan looked at Wang Shouren strangely. This Wang Shouren is really smart and very similar to himself. They just come out of the same mold, huh? Is he really Wang Hua’s son?

Fang Jifan said cheerfully: “I have the final say on this matter. I will tell His Majesty tomorrow when I meet the Holy Spirit. Your Majesty will keep it and agree.”

“There is one more question.” Wang Shouren seemed to feel ashamed and coughed: “This question, student After thinking about it for a long time, hey… speaking of it, it still has to do with the issue of expansion. Teacher, you also know that most people in this world have prejudices against warriors, although… the soldiers being recruited now are not military households. , but my mentor… Three feet of ice is not frozen in a day. Warriors have been treated poorly and despised by others since ancient times. Now, although soldiers are recruited everywhere, if they only recruit thousands of people, it will be fine. No matter how you say it, the world If it is so big, it can always recruit many people, but now… the army is going to expand. This time, it will not be thousands, but tens of thousands. In the future, it will be more likely to be hundreds of thousands. Such a large-scale recruitment of soldiers, here at the Ministry of War, We have already found it difficult. Most of the people we have recruited with great difficulty are of mixed quality. Ordinary people from good families will not care about this at all. If this problem is not solved, I’m afraid… this standing army…”

It turns out… Wang Shouren is also in trouble. when.

Fang Jifan laughed when he heard this. He paused and looked at Ouyang Zhi: “I’m here to test you. You are the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Please tell me how to solve this matter. Ouyang

Zhi

was silent for a long time and said, “

How much money is enough?”

Ouyang Zhi fell silent.

Yes, how much do you need to pay to ensure that you are attractive to people from good families?

Ten taels a year is not enough, then twenty taels, thirty taels, fifty taels?

This is simply not the way to solve the problem.

Obviously the imperial court can spend one million taels of silver to support 100,000 people, so why should it support 50,000 people and 30,000 people?

Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, and the army it recruits cannot be thousands or tens of thousands, but tens or millions.

To recruit soldiers and horses, money must be given. It may be enough to provide food and drink for their family. No matter how much it is, the court cannot afford it.

Seeing that the two brothers were silent, Fang Jifan laughed and said, “Let’s find a solution for this matter for the master. Hey… the disciples are useless, and the master will inevitably have his heart broken. Don’t be ashamed.” “My teacher is talking about Xu Jing.”

Wang Shouren looked at his teacher strangely.

Seeing his mentor’s calm and relaxed look, he couldn’t help but feel a little thump in his heart.

This issue, to put it bluntly, is a centuries-old stereotype.

Starting from the Song Dynasty, suppressing warriors has become the national policy of every generation of emperors. After all, before the Song Dynasty, warriors relied on their military exploits to show off their power and separatist forces.

The entire history from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the beginning of the Song Dynasty is a history of warriors killing their own emperors. The emperors did it with strong soldiers and horses. This is by no means an empty talk, but the most real history.

Because of this, starting from the Song Dynasty, the stereotypes and vigilance against warriors have never been relaxed.

As a result, the status of warriors has reached an outrageous level.

A seventh-grade civil servant can reprimand a third- and fourth-grade military attaché in person. If military attaches are like this, then… ordinary soldiers are even worse than pigs and dogs.

Military households in the Ming Dynasty were the worst off, and their treatment was not necessarily much better than that of beggars.

Under this long-term habit, as Wang Shouren said, if you want to recruit tens of thousands of people, you will definitely be able to recruit. If you recruit tens of thousands more, although the good and bad will be mixed, it may not be impossible. But if it is a big A large-scale recruitment, then…

don’t even think about it!

Because there are always a few confused guys in this world who surrender to the army in desperation. It is also possible that someone fell under Fang Jifan’s evil spell and joined the army.

But after all, Fang Jifan didn’t have a group head-dropping technique, so he couldn’t let everyone be possessed by the evil spirit.

Wang Shouren thought of many ways, but it was too difficult to improve.

This concept is just like the thief in the heart advocated by Wang Shouren. This is the thief in the heart deep in the hearts of people in the world. It is easy to break the thief, but it is difficult to break the thief in the heart!

But the teacher didn’t seem to take this matter to heart and just said casually that he would take care of it himself.

This shocked Wang Shouren.

In fact, many times, Wang Shouren always felt that his mentor didn’t seem to read any books, and he was just doing nothing but eating, drinking and having fun.

He is different from other disciples. Other disciples will never have any doubts about their teacher.

But if Wang Shouren had no doubts about Fang Jifan just because Fang Jifan was his mentor, then he would not be Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren knew how to think, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt as if he had fallen into a dead end, because his mentor was really unfathomable, or perhaps his mentor…maybe sometimes it was a blind cat that met a dead mouse.

Of course, whether his mentor is capable or not, this cannot change the fact that Wang Shouren is a disciple of Fang Jifan.

Now… Wang Shouren couldn’t help but start to think, could his mentor… really solve this problem easily? If so, how can these hundreds of years of prejudice and the thieves in the hearts of millions of people be broken?

Fang Jifan didn’t know what Wang Shouren was thinking about in his mind, but he said: “It’s getting late, Bo’an, go wash the dishes, wash them thoroughly, and don’t think blindly while washing the dishes.”

Wang Shouren stood up and cleared the dishes.

Ouyang Zhi realized later, and after Wang Shouren took away the bowls and chopsticks, he said: “Junior brother, I will do such a rough job.”

He said towards the void in front of the door.

Fang Jifan was stunned. Is Ouyang Zhi mentally retarded or just clever?

………

The next day, Fang Jifan entered the palace and drew up a charter as Wang Shouren said yesterday.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang are both there.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao seemed to be more disciplined and said seriously: “Divide the soldiers into three classes? Why didn’t I think of it? Humph! Wang Bo’an made me so angry that he gave me his regulations and sent them back. I can always figure it out myself. Such a method.”

Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao with sympathy: “Your Majesty, you are cheating.”

Zhu Houzhao wanted to say something, but when he saw Liu Jian and Li Dongyang looking at him speechlessly, he stopped talking. Then he coughed: “I’m just joking, do you take it seriously? Huh, it’s really… really… this charter is wonderful. Wang Bo’an is indeed my Minister of War. He is still very talented. What I want is him. It’s a wonderful idea. I’ve approved this matter. The Ministry of War will implement it according to the regulations.”

Fang Jifan felt relieved.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang also remained silent.

At their age, they will never put forward their ideas easily unless they really make someone angry.

Zhu Houzhao then said: “Old Fang… Fang Qing’s family, you seem to have something to do.”

“Oh.” Fang Jifan said: “Your Majesty is really a wise man. You can tell at a glance that I have something on my mind. I… I am in front of your Majesty. , There is simply nothing to hide.”

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang: “…”

Based on their many years of life experience, they have now begun to think deeply.

If I were not mentally retarded, this pair of monarchs and ministers would be a perfect example of a cowardly monarch and a sycophantic minister. Looked at horizontally and vertically, they looked alike, but why could they… why could they accomplish so many practical things?

Zhu Houzhao had no intention of looking after the two masters, but he was happy and said with a smile: “Tell me, tell me, what’s the matter?”

Fang Jifan said, “It’s just about recruiting soldiers, there are still some difficulties, and ordinary good family members are unwilling to do so. Join the army, no matter how hard you say it, I don’t believe it. Your Majesty… Now the standing army is preparing to expand. This is a top priority. Your Majesty has always been wise, and he already has an idea.”

Zhu Houzhao looked confused.

Why don’t they serve as soldiers?

Isn’t it good to be a soldier?

Why do I have an idea? I have a mace. Believe it or not, I am going to smash your Tianling Cap.

“I…I…” Zhu Houzhao swallowed back what he almost blurted out and said instead: “Look, they refused to come, so he ordered the local government to punish those who refused to join the army.”

Liu, who had been listening silently, When Jian heard this, he almost vomited blood and said hurriedly: “No, no, if this is the case, there will inevitably be complaints. Your Majesty, if you force it like this, what is the difference between you and the former military household?”

Zhu Houzhao was speechless for a while, and after a long time, he said: “Then Master Liu has an idea?”

Liu Jian: “…”

Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Dongyang again: “Master Li must have already mastered the wisdom.”

Li Dongyang: “…”

Zhu Houzhao glanced at them angrily, and then said : “Old Fang, tell me.”

“I have you!” Fang Jifan said calmly.

(End of chapter)