Dichou is a basic system in which a country can exist stably for a long time. The national ritual is not just because the dictionary system can continuously select and absorb talents and invest in the management of the country. The dictionary system itself is the only way to win over and integrate talents from all walks of life.

For example, Huang Chao, who directly prompted the Tang Dynasty to eventually decline and perish, was a person who was unable to integrate into the Dianxuan Institute. Although the fundamental reason for the demise of the Tang Dynasty was the vicious cycle of high concentration of resources in feudal society and the complete solidification of classes, whoever jumped up and kicked the last kick could also bring enough alert to the subsequent rulers and repair them in the system.

Li Tong has always had an idea to open a martial arts exam. Although the military exams bring much lower institutional returns than the imperial exams, it still has a very positive role in promoting the country's continuous absorption of military talents.

In any regime, the army is the most sensitive topic and has also received the greatest attention of rulers of all generations. However, compared with other ordinary social groups, the army has its own system and is more closed, so the class solidification process in the army is much faster than other social groups.

The system of government troops since the Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties was eventually achieved in the early Tang Dynasty. However, the heyday of government troops did not last long, and it basically collapsed by the time of Emperor Gaozong.

This is also an inevitable thing. Soldiers are a high-risk profession, and the living environment of the soldiers in the palace is in a state of extremely clear levels. If a person is in an unstable state of life for a long time, in order to make up for the lack of security, he will be keen on searching and hoarding material resources.

Therefore, in the original system of government soldiers, middle and upper-level generals exploited the lower-level military households very seriously. Many government soldiers were named as armored men in the court, but in fact they were no different from noble slaves. When basic economic interests were not guaranteed, a large number of escapes naturally arised.

Li Tong read a memorial from the Zhenguan period, which talked about the issue of fleeing households in the mansion that had already appeared and had become increasingly fierce. But what surprised him was that the theme of this memorial was not to propose how to stop this situation, but to suggest that the court should not pay too much attention to it and allow the military households to flee.

The Zhenguan period was the heyday of the military system of the government and a critical period for the Tang Dynasty to reach a new high forever. In that era, in the face of the loss of fundamental power of the country, not only did not propose rectification and stop it, but suggested letting it go. Li Tong subconsciously felt that this was a witch that confuses the public and fears that the world will not be in chaos.

However, the author of this memorial was not an ordinary person, but Ma Zhou, a famous poor citizen in the Zhenguan period. Out of his importance to the character Ma Zhou, Li Tong patiently read the memorial.

Ma Zhou naturally had an argument when he put forward this view. The most important point is to explain why the soldiers of the palace fled? That is because they have already felt the crisis, so they have to hide in places that they think they are safe.

Fleeing from a military household is a serious crime. What kind of crisis does these military households feel that even if they commit crimes, they are safer than staying in the military palace?

This is a problem that the court needs to consider deeply and urgently solve. If this problem is not solved, but simply use severe punishments and orders military households to continue to stay in an environment that makes them feel worried and terrified, there may be larger and more serious unrest.

Ma Zhou also explained what this crisis is very clear. First, the military service is too heavy, the second is the hopelessness of advancement, and third is the plunder and possession of production resources. The current Rongli life in the battles between the east and the west is already difficult, and the future is not bright, and there is no way to support his wife, children, and elders. There is still a glimmer of hope for escape. If you don’t run away, you will be a slave forever even if you don’t die.

The reason why Ma Zhou suggested that the court should not strictly control the escape of the government soldiers was that these three problems were really difficult to solve. First of all, the military service was too heavy, and every emperor had the dream of expanding territory. Moreover, there were still many powerful enemies around the newly established Tang Dynasty at that time, and they had to fight. Even in the late Zhenguan period, Emperor Taizong of Tang had to personally conquer Goguryeo.

The second point is that there is no hope of advancement. Although war is a matter of danger and opportunity coexist, the danger far exceeds the opportunity. Emperor Taizong of Tang personally fought against Goguryeo and mobilized a lot, but few people really made their mark in it. The most famous one was Xue Rengui, and most of the rest were in vain.

Even though Wang Xiaojie is currently joining the Hebei battlefield, although the Hebei war is progressing smoothly and has achieved brilliant results, Wang Xiaojie only slips his legs and is shaved with his hair and beard because he cannot be used as a military commander.

The army is already very strict, and it is not impossible for ordinary soldiers to obtain a class leap through war, but this may be too small. Most people will never die in the battlefield for a long time, even if they are lucky enough to die in battle, they will often be just a battalion soldier until they are old. It is amazing to be able to reach a commander of Wu Shi, which is no longer a limit that can be achieved without special encounters.

As for the loss of production resources in the third point, it is even more inevitable. The equal-field system gradually has no basis for implementation, which is determined by the overall environment of the country. When there are fewer idle land, even fewer can be allocated to the military government. The living conditions of the military soldiers can be imagined.

If you want to curb the more serious land annexation in the military mansion, you must attack the Yuan Cong nobles. However, the Tang Dynasty had just gotten on the right track, and the enemy was still standing around, and before you could even sit down, you had to attack the old brothers. This was really too cold.

Because of this, Ma Zhou proposed not to worry. If the court set up severe laws and vigorously cracked down on the phenomenon of fleeing households, it would cause a large number of military households to go bankrupt. The middle and upper-level generals and officials then took advantage of the imperial court's laws and posed a powerful force to protect slaves, thus becoming a leader of many powerful troops.

Ma Zhou's memorial was a lonely book stored in the Chang'an Yousiguan Citizen. Because it was too old, the documents related to the front and back were nowhere to be found, and Li Tong didn't know how the court responded and dealt with it in the end. However, from the subsequent issue of the issue of fleeing households in Guanzhong's government, we can also understand that the court at that time did not forcefully ban it.

The current national conditions are much different from the Zhenguan period. It is no longer a question of whether to manage the fugitives of the government soldiers, but there is no longer any government soldiers and military families to manage. However, the series of problems raised by Ma Zhou still has considerable reference significance for the establishment of the current recruit system.

Li Tong did not have a good solution to the heavy military service problem. Although the court is currently working on rest, he has never given up on various attacks on foreign enemies around him. After this period of rest, he will inevitably increase the pace of expansion. The court must ensure that there is sufficient standing force, and this is absolutely unshakable.

The solution he can think of at present is to expand the source of troops as much as possible. For example, the prefecture and county regiment training organized by Shaanxi Dao and the newly built canal soldiers in Hebei, by expanding the scale of reserve personnel, they try to ensure the orderly rotation of combat personnel as much as possible.

As for the more common conscript system, it is absolutely impossible to do in a productivity environment like the Tang Dynasty. Even if you open a cheat and click on the science and technology tree, the grassroots organizational strength will not be achieved overnight. You must also beware of the growth of village balancing and villages, thereby destroying the original administrative structure and functions of the village.

The transition from the world military system to the recruitment system to solve this problem. The organization of soldiers and the allocation of money and food belongs to the central government, and this problem will be greatly alleviated.

The book friends used the small book pavilion before.

As for how retired soldiers make a living, the old clothes club has room for intervention in this regard.

After the semi-officialization of the Guyi Society, although Li Tong did not have so much energy to carefully manage the progress of each social affairs, he also made some instructions. In addition to the basic relief and mutual aid functions retained, he also instructed the Guyi Society to carry out some technical training to teach veterans and their families some of the more economically powerful craftsmanship skills, such as breeding, textiles, papermaking, ceramic casting, woodworking, tea making, etc.

Now the imperial court attaches more and more importance to the exchanges between trade and regions. In addition to the huge market in the middle of the country, many markets around the surrounding four barbarians are rapidly developing, which has also brought great demand to handicraft production.

Because of concerns that heavy industry will hurt farmers, there are still many controversies in the court about how the private process productivity will be opened to a point.

However, due to insufficient family labor, the sergeant personnel have natural disadvantages in farming. Focusing on cultivating their craft skills can not only ensure their livelihood problems, but also meet the strong demand for trade in China, and at the same time alleviate the common conflicts between people and land. It can be said that it is a killing of multiple goals.

These related policies require long-term implementation and promotion to obtain certain foundations and results. As for maintaining the current military scale and solving the problems of hopeless future and lack of honor among the soldiers, the martial arts can just make up for this link.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of exempting military households from escaping before Kaiyuan, Li Tong announced the political orders for the establishment of military officers. Of course, Li Tong still hoped to retain as many original military personnel as possible. He set the participation conditions for military officers as exclusive to military households, which also enhances the sense of honor of this group and ensures their political rights.

From any perspective, joining the army means greater responsibilities and risks. Not being able to engage in basic agricultural work has already put their families at a disadvantage in social and economic life. However, if universal compensation is required, even if the later generations are full of materials, it will be a heavy burden. Then appropriately strengthening their upward channels will also be a reward for them.

Therefore, Li Tong did not intend to set too high standards for the martial arts, and had to choose a famous general like Guo Ziyi who had survived and died before he would give up. Instead, it was an assessment similar to a transfer and resettlement assessment, trying to retain the outstanding talents in the army in the ruling structure.
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