Of course, veterans of the Imperial Army are easily dismissed, but what should the officers do?

The imperial guards have not recruited new soldiers for many years, so the camp is full of elderly people. However, officers are constantly filling in, and the government agencies at all levels in the army are also maintained, as if there are really soldiers leading them.

There are always tens of thousands of young officials who are not officials. They consume a lot of wealth every year, but they can't do anything. It's like raising tens of thousands of gold-swalking beasts!

If they were not dismissed and only the soldiers were dispersed, they would not save much military pay and rations at all.

However, to dismiss the officers, it will also touch on a huge interest group. Don’t think that this military officer interest group is easy to bully. They are actually one with the officers of the new army. Most of them come from the various generals and soldiers. If they are dismissed, it will be equivalent to moving the cheese of the new army officers.

Now the new army officers are a little arrogant. If they get angry again and make trouble, the troubled times of the Five Dynasties of Tang Dynasty will come again.

"When Zhou Prime Minister Mi Youren met me yesterday, he hoped that the Song and Zhou dynasties would be enfeoffed by the Southern Ocean!" Ji Yi said slowly, "Practice the law of Xia monarchs and the people in Nanyang. Use the children of the Tian family and the Wu family as the kings of the Southern Ocean. Since there is a king, there must be ministers. It is better to choose among the imperial guards and officers to be the princes and ministers of the royal army and assist the kings in Nanyang."

Can this work?

The priests in the Political Affairs Hall looked at each other, all frowned.

He Zhizhong said: "It is considered a dangerous road to become an official in Lingnan. The South Ocean is still in the south of Lingnan, and it is a place of miasma. Who is willing to go there to become an official?"

Ji Yi smiled and thought to herself: Didn’t the true appearance go?

He said: "The kings, ministers, ministers, and ministers are not the same as going to Nanyang to serve as officials. They can be asked to go to the royal palaces of the kings first.

A royal palace has arranged 200 officials, and a twenty royal palace has arranged 4,000 officials?

In addition, didn’t the officials set up the Nanjing Zong Sect Army? They could go further and set up a left-behind department in Xiangyang Prefecture, Nanjing. They also had the six ministries and nine ministers, all of which were called the laid-off military officers and ministers to be appointed. At least 3,000 officials could be placed... Isn’t there a place for seven thousand officials? The remaining officials will think of ways and can always be arranged."

"But this arrangement has not decreased, and the expenses cannot be reduced much!" He Zhizhong just shook his head, "If we still have to enfeoff the countries in Nanyang, we must increase the expenses of each royal palace, and we will have to use troops in the future... Remember, it is no longer the change of money."

"The money you should spend still needs to be spent!" Ji Yi said, "Today, we will discuss the matter of restructuring the new army and establishing the palaces of the kings and banning the Nanyang Sea. Let's discuss the money issue later."

There are really a lot of places to spend money!

In addition to what Ji Yi and He Zhizhong said, there are two big weddings to be held. One is Princess Qingde getting married, and the other is Prince Donghai getting married. With Zhao Ji's extravagant personality, why do two big weddings cost tens of millions, right?

In addition, the Xuzhou City, which Pan Xiao'an is responsible for building, is also a project that costs money. It will take millions of dollars to be spent in the next two years.

If the military reform and the enthronement of Nanyang were to be launched at the same time, the deficit of the Song Dynasty court this year and next two years would probably be unbelievable.

He Zhizhong shook his head, "The military system reform has been going on for almost twenty years! There is nothing much to discuss. It is nothing more than delegating power to battalion officials and raising officers through school... There is no objection to the truth."

He Zhizhong had no objection, and naturally others had no objection. Even if this matter was approved in a collective manner, it was just a matter of determining the general direction. Whether there is money to promote it will be discussed in the future.

"As for the great seal of Nanyang..." He Zhizhong frowned, "How to divide the seal? Is it really an urgent task? Is it a bit overwhelming?"

Ji Yi shook her head, "This is what Mi Yuanhui proposed... If we don't have a seal, the Zhou Kingdom will go to divide the seal. By then, the surname of Wu will be all south of the Song Dynasty!"

Alas, I still have to follow!

Instead of colonizing, I'm better colonizing!

There must be competition for colonial invasion!

Otherwise, how could Europeans snatch most of the earth?

If the vast continent of Asia, Africa and Latin America is placed there, if Spain does not invade, Portugal will take action! If you don’t want France, England will be polite... So don’t give in to anyone else, and there is no “non-investment country”. If you don’t want to conquer others, you have to conquer a few colonies in order to make an effort, otherwise why would you be embarrassed to say that you are a great power?

Now the Song Dynasty has encountered the same trouble. If the surname Zhao does not engage in colonial invasion, the surname Wu will not take it all. At that time, the Song Dynasty will be surrounded by Wu Zhou, which is too dangerous!

Therefore, the two governments quickly reached an agreement on whether to engage in colonial expansion into the vast Nanyang area. That was necessary!

...

Yuqing Moral Palace.

Zhao Ji's practice was once again interrupted by annoying mundane affairs.

This time, the result of the joint discussion reported by He Zhizhong, Ji Yi and Zhang Shuye is particularly annoying.

First, the new army must be trained and vigorously! At least 320 battalions are trained nationwide, all of which must be recruited, and the equipment must be followed by the Zhou Republic Army.

Second, we must establish feudal countries in the South China Sea and the West, and at least twenty countries must be enfeoffed!

Third, we must pilot the suppression of mergers and equalize the land in the country...

This is really a matter of three fires in the new official's appointment, which makes Zhao Ji uneasy.

"This, this, this..." Zhao Ji looked melancholy, "The 320th battalion recruits soldiers, 20 bans, and even annexation, and equalizing the land... How much does it cost? Ji Qing, does the imperial court have that much money?"

Yes, is there that much money?

It’s not that Zhao Ji wants to ask, He Zhizhong, and Zhang Shuye wants to ask. Not to mention suppressing annexation, whether to spend money on equalizing the land, even if there are 320 battalions and 20 bans, the amount of money that has to be spent is too much to imagine!

"Report to Your Majesty," Ji Yi was calm, "The court does not have that much money now, but there will definitely be a way to get the money in the future."

"What method?" Zhao Ji asked with interest.

"I don't know now." Ji Yi replied.

Now I don’t know? I don’t know what kind of slaughter you are? Zhao Ji rolled his eyelids and had the urge to send Ji Yi back to Jiaozhi Kingdom.

"But someone knows." Ji Yi said another sentence.

Zhao Ji hurriedly asked, "Who knows?"

"Wu Haogu, the head of Zhou, knew about it." Ji Yi said lightly, "The military expenditure of Zhou is indeed more costly than our dynasty, but the national wealth is only one-seven or eighth of that of our dynasty. With this wealth, how will Zhou establish a feudal state in Nanyang?"

"Wu Haogu must have a solution!" Zhao Ji said calmly, "But what should I do?"

"Copy!" Ji Yi's answer was very simple.

"copy?"

"What's the solution for Wu Haogu? I'll copy it."

Ji Dazhen smiled and said, "Those who know how to do things know that they should steal the old words from others and copy them from the east and the west. The same is true for reform and strengthening. The laws of other countries can be used as teachers. Nowadays, the new army, new school, banks, markets, etc. in our dynasty have been borrowed from the Zhou Kingdom.

Even the retro faction claimed that "repression of annexation and equalization of fields" was also partly followed by Zhou State. So when Zhou State finds a feudal Nanyang financial path, I will copy it as appropriate!"

It makes sense... I just don’t know if Ji Yi’s Tanhua was copied?

Zhao Ji thought about it carefully and nodded, "Then I will approve what you have reported to you, first decide the major policy, and then find a way to copy... Oh, I'm going to find a way to make money.

But how should this new army be trained? How should the Nanyang army be sealed? Can the two governments have detailed rules?"

"There are no details yet." Ji Yi said, "Since Your Majesty has approved the report by me, it will not be too late for me to slowly formulate the details."

Should we slowly formulate the details or plagiarize them? Zhao Ji thought to himself.

Ji Yi continued: "In feudalism, military training is very important, and you should not act rashly. You should think repeatedly and carefully consider it. Therefore, I suggest setting up a government affairs hall, selecting new talents who are good at government affairs, military affairs, and finance, and formulating detailed strategies and rules for full-time.

Moreover, feudal Nanyang was not a matter for our country in Song Dynasty, and we also had to discuss the division of territory with Zhou State.

As for curbing mergers and implementing the law of equal land, a special equal land department should be established and trialled on Gyeonggi Road."

Not to mention, Ji Jinxiong is quite well-organized in his work!

A treacherous figure is usually very capable, otherwise he can only be raped and cannot be regarded as a treacherous figure.

Ji Yi is now fighting like a treacherous person, so she is extraordinary when she takes action. At least she fooled her from both sides and thought that he had a way, but there was no way, so she would copy one way out!

In fact, Ji Yi really has a way. Moreover, his way is not entirely dependent on copying. At least on the issue of colonization in Southeast Asia, he has a way. He has led two colonial movements. Of course, he has many experiences and lessons. How come there is no way?

And his method is to collude with officials and businessmen!

It is not possible to rely on bureaucrats alone, even if you add a monarch, you must have merchants involved and play a huge role, otherwise the efficiency is too low and the cost is too high, so you can wait for a loss!

Of course, it’s not OK to have only businessmen and no officials.

Without an official background, sufficient authority cannot be generated, and it will be difficult to establish a strong regime overseas. Without a regime, there is no way to carry out things such as establishing military strongholds, opening schools, planning education and expropriating barbarians.

So Ji Yi's method is to establish a semi-commerce and semi-official colonial stronghold, as the center of the fining country...

However, Ji Yi cannot take out this method rashly, otherwise he would be impeached by the censor and feel ashamed. Therefore, he could only wait for Wu Haogu to copy it first, and it would be copied into international advanced experience. Ji Yi will introduce it again, and others will have nothing to say.

This development path of mutual plagiarism and reference is the benefit of the national model. If there is only a unified country, there is no need to copy it!

When Wu Haogu's Great Zhou Kingdom formulated the rules for enfeoffing the vassal states of the South China Sea, of course, he also had to find out the experiences and lessons of the Nanyang Protectorate, Jiaozhi Kingdom, and Su Shi's development on Taiwan Island and plagiarize...

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