Under Ouyang Bian's leadership, military leaders gathered together to hold a very important discussion on the future of the army of the Daxia Dynasty, known in history as the "Daxing Military Reform".

Daxing is the year name, while military reform refers to this disarmament and expansion.

Yes, this military reform is not simply a disarmament, there are also military expansions, and some military expansions. It may sound a bit contradictory, but in fact it is not contradictory, and the direction is different.

"… Disarmament is to divert older and slightly poorly-professional soldiers to the local area and form police officers. The police system currently needs about 600,000 to 800,000 soldiers, including criminal law police, armed police officers, traffic police officers, etc.

Among these 800,000, in addition to ordinary soldiers, middle and senior officers also need to preside over the presidency. Therefore, this time, some middle and senior officers must be diverted. Whether ordinary soldiers or middle and senior officers, they can recommend themselves..."

As soon as Wang Shao said this, everyone was in an uproar.

The number of troops to dismiss 800,000 is not a small number. The number of troops in the Daxia army is only 2 million, and 30% of them are removed at once. Such a big move has never been seen in previous dynasties!

There were also people in the Song Dynasty who said they wanted to disarmament. From the time of Zhenzong to the time of Shenzong, the divestment was completed. In seventy or eighty years, it was only severed forty or five hundred thousand, but Wang Shao's words were 800,000!

Zhong Yan said in surprise: "Shangshu Wang, aren't you afraid of causing mutiny with such a large number of disarmament?"

Although the rest of the people didn't speak, they also had concerns about this according to their expressions.

Wang Shao's face darkened: "Our Daxia army is the army of the people, not the old-fashioned army of the past. Disarmament is not about letting them return to the fields. They can choose to go to the police system. If they are unwilling to go to the police system, they can also return to their hometown and participate in the construction of grassroots organizations. They are all for the country. If they are unwilling, then go back to their hometown to cultivate land, and the discharge fee and land are all supplemented. What are you dissatisfied with? If you are not satisfied, what are they trying to do?"

Zhong Yan sighed and nodded, saying nothing.

Wang Shao and Zhong Yan were the Minister of War and the Minister of War. Wang Shao was in the same year as Ouyang Bian and both rebelled and rebelled together. Therefore, although Zhong Yan was much older than Wang Shao, his qualifications were still not as good as Wang Shao. Therefore, Wang Shao was young but served as the Minister of War, while Zhong Yan could only serve as the Minister of War.

Wang Shao continued: "...This disarmament is not just to reduce the number of people, but to improve combat effectiveness. The future combat goal is to use elite soldiers strategy, not relying on the number of people. Therefore, whether it is soldiers or officers, the overall business capabilities must be greatly improved, so a victory will be eliminated in the army.

People who have been eliminated from the army do not have to resent. It’s not that they are not outstanding, but that there are many capable people in the army. They can still serve the country when they go to the local area. To serve the country does not necessarily mean fighting on the front line. They can also maintain order in the local area and ensure the people’s living and working in peace and contentment. They are also loyal to the country, and there is no difference between the two!

in addition……"

Wang Shao glanced at everyone and said, "...In addition, this time, 800,000 people will be diverted to the local area, but at the same time, about 600,000 soldiers will be recruited again..."

Eh?

After the disarmament, recruited troops. Is this schizophrenia?

Wang Shao explained: "...this is mainly due to two considerations. After all, the soldiers who were diverted out have extraordinary business capabilities and have strong awareness. When these people arrive in the police system, they will be able to support the police system immediately. If they are recruited from the public, the police system may not have combat effectiveness. This is the first consideration;

The second consideration is to improve the combat effectiveness of the army. The soldiers who were diverted were either old and unable to bear high-intensity combat, and had weak business capabilities, so they had to update and recruit more recruits for targeted training, which would help improve combat effectiveness.

For these two considerations, disarmament and expansion are not contradictory.

In addition, there is another major measure for everyone to vote. Regarding the recruitment method, Your Majesty proposed that the Daxia army will combine the recruitment system with the conscript in the future."

"Oh, what does this mean?"

Di Hu asked.

Wang Shao nodded and said, "The so-called recruitment system is the way we are now. When recruiting soldiers, they are all paid by military pay, which is considered professional soldiers. The conscripts are responsible for food and accommodation, and they pay part of the military pay, but when they retire, they give back subsidies, which is three years."

Di Hu thought to himself: "In other words, in three years, they will retire and return home?"

Wang Shao nodded and said, "That's right, but they also have the opportunity to promote. Once they perform well and have outstanding business abilities, they have the opportunity to stay and become an officer."

Di Hu said in surprise: "Is that compulsory or voluntary?"

Wang Shao smiled and said, "People are willing to do so."

Di Hu shook his head and said, "If it was voluntary, I'm afraid no one would be willing to come?"

"This is not necessarily the case."

Ouyang Bian, who had been listening quietly, suddenly said.

Everyone immediately straightened their backs.

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "No need to do this. The reason I say this is because times have changed. Our Daxia army is not the old-fashioned army of the past, and its nature is different.

In the past, the army was corrupt and poisoned the people. Our army had strict military discipline and had a very good reputation among the people. In the past, there was always a saying that good men did not join the army. However, the Daxia army with strict military discipline was a place that passionate men yearned for. There were many passionate men who wanted to make achievements in the army, so there was no need to worry about this. If the recruitment was not smooth at that time, we had to strengthen publicity and it would always be solved."

Ouyang Bian is quite confident about this issue. The Daxia Dynasty now has a population of more than 100 million, so it is not impossible to recruit hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

Since Ouyang Bian has made the final decision, others will not say more.

In this case, disarmament is the most important topic today.

Zhong Yan’s concerns are correct. Disarmament is a very sensitive matter. Once improper operation is carried out, it may cause turmoil. So how to advance this matter requires discussion of the strategy in advance.

Everyone gave advice on the method.

Ouyang Bian was quite pleased to see this, which shows that the Daxia army is still quite healthy.

In the past, the Song Dynasty was much more difficult to disarmament. Not to mention disarmament, even if the military pay was paid a little late and less, it would cause mutiny. It was said that disarmament would affect the interests of the generals.

Although the generals of the Daxia army are also from Di, Zong and Zhe, these young people do not have much selfishness. Facing Ouyang Bian's proposal, no one has ever expressed his unwillingness to disarmament, which indirectly shows that the army is still quite healthy so far.
Chapter completed!