When everyone saw Li Ke in the court, they were stunned.
His Highness King Qin, who initially said he would not go to court for two months, is actually going to court?
Seeing Li Ke, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but raise his head and look at the sky in the distance.
"What do you mean?!" Li Ke stared at him and asked.
"It's okay, I just want to see if the sun still rises from the east today." Cheng Yaojin said while looking at the fish belly in the east.
"Remember what you said." Li Ke sneered.
"What's wrong? Your Highness, King Qin, you don't want to compete with me in martial arts, do you?" Cheng Yaojin said with a chuckle.
"Your Highness, it's not that I look down on you. You can't beat him in terms of martial arts." Yuchi Jingde, who was next to him, said immediately.
"Compete with me. If you win, I will transfer you to the Baling Peninsula of the Tang Dynasty to station for three years. Can you defeat me?" Li Ke said with a sneer.
Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde immediately straightened their faces, bent down and saluted, saying: "His Royal Highness, King Qin, is invincible in the world; he has superior military strength and is proud of all the heroes."
"Hey, it rhymes pretty well." Li Ke raised his eyebrows and mocked.
"Your Highness, you are joking. No matter how old I dare to compete with you, they all say that boxing is afraid of young people." Cheng Yaojin said quickly.
"Haha." Li Ke chuckled twice.
Li Jing and the others next to them were a little bit indifferent. These two old guys are so shameless. We generals have all been humiliated by you.
"Your Highness, the weather is nice today." Fang Xuanling over there couldn't help but say something.
He hasn't read the memorial that Li Ke gave him yet. It contains content about the split of the six departments, mainly the duplication of powers and the issue of adding functions to the six departments. It is estimated that there will be at least a dozen departments after the split.
His Highness actually came to court again today. Is there anything new going on? Your Highness, I haven’t slept with my wife in my old room for many days.
Li Ke raised his head and took a look. Well, the sky was clear and there was already white fish belly in the east.
"It's indeed pretty good." Li Ke nodded without changing his expression.
Just kidding, my hard-working men leave me with no choice but to work.
Now that I'm working, can you guys still be idle? This is actually quite good. As long as they are busy and everyone has enough things to do, no one will have time to engage in intrigues.
Good.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. His Highness didn't say anything, but...why did it feel like something big happened again today?
When Li Shimin came over, he was not surprised at all when he saw Li Ke. Yesterday, Li Ke was able to leave the young lady in the brothel and run to the industrial area, which proved that the matter was not small, otherwise he would not have left at all.
Li Ke came today, which really showed that the matter was no small matter.
After announcing that he would go to court, Li Shimin spoke up: "If you have any questions, please report to me directly."
Everyone: "..."
Everyone looked at Li Ke subconsciously, and the meaning of their eyes was: Your Highness, will you come first?
Li Ke followed the good advice and stood up without changing his expression and said: "Father, I have something to report."
Li Shimin was in a daze. Good guy, when was the last time Li Ke was so serious?
"explain."
"Yes, I drafted a reform plan yesterday and asked my father to review it." Li Ke said directly.
"Just read it directly. Since you have gone to court, it proves that you must have thought it through and said it directly and discussed it in the court hall." Li Shimin said.
"Yes, the plan drafted by your minister is "Promoting the Reform of the Tang Army to Modernize and Strengthen the Army."
"Father, today our Tang Dynasty is in an unprecedented situation. Whether it is from the people, from the Tang Dynasty court, or from military weapons and other aspects, our Datang Dynasty is ahead of all dynasties and generations, and now the Tang Dynasty The Tang army is facing unprecedented challenges, so it is time for us to promote the modernization and reform of the army to make the army more in line with modern conditions and increase the combat effectiveness of the Tang army." Li Ke said seriously.
As soon as Li Ke's words came out, all the generals present were shocked. This was closely related to them.
And Cheng Yaojin over there couldn't help but look at each other with Yuchi Jingde, Your Highness... It's not serious, so I laughed at you, are you serious? Is it too late for me to surrender now?
"Go on, what kind of reform law are you talking about?"
"The current government military system will be reformed into a compulsory military service system." Li Ke said.
"What is the compulsory military service system?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke doubtfully and asked, didn't he talk about the military recruitment system last time?
"The so-called compulsory military service system means that all people in the Tang Dynasty who are over 18 years old are obliged to join the army to protect their families and the country." Li Ke said.
"Isn't this still the government's military system?" Cheng Yaojin said subconsciously.
"It's different. In the military service system, the soldiers themselves provide food and seven things. But in the compulsory military service system, the people are only obliged to serve, but all the food, clothing, weapons, armor, etc. they serve are provided by the Tang Dynasty court! And in three years During the period of compulsory military service, there will be an additional subsidy of 100 yuan per month."
"If you intend to become a professional soldier after three years, the monthly military salary subsidy will be increased to 150 yuan per month! With three years as a period, after the three-year compulsory military service ends, becoming a professional soldier will automatically become a professional soldier. become squad leaders, and all soldiers will have a sergeant system."
"Noncommissioned officers are divided into seven levels, from bottom to top: corporal, sergeant, staff sergeant, sergeant major fourth, sergeant major three, sergeant major second, and sergeant major first. The benefits at each level will be improved. But note that all non-commissioned officers are soldiers, and officers are distinguished according to lieutenants, colonels, and generals."
"Theoretically, the salary of a first-level sergeant major should refer to the salary of a full division sergeant."
General Li Ke told everyone about the non-commissioned officer and officer system. He did not change the officer system. Lieutenant officer, colonel officer and general officer are themselves traditions from ancient times and there is no need to change them. Non-commissioned officers give all soldiers a chance to get ahead. Opportunity.
Everyone instantly grasped the essence of His Highness's non-commissioned officer system, giving an honor to some soldiers who had made great contributions but were unable to lead troops due to problems such as knowledge, and also avoided the embarrassment of large-scale knighthood in the Tang Dynasty. at.
"Your Majesty, I have something to ask Your Highness." Fang Xuanling stood up directly next to him.
"You said it." Li Shimin nodded.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, last year the Datang treasury's annual revenue was only more than 12 million yuan. Even if the Datang treasury will increase this year because His Highness started the commercial and tax reform, but because it is not carried out uniformly across the country, even if it is too much, the whole country will be based on 2000 It is calculated based on the income from the national treasury.”
"But the entire Tang Dynasty needs at least 600,000 to 800,000 troops to maintain the stability of the country. Adding grain, armor, horses, clothes, bedding, etc., the funds required to feed hundreds of thousands of people will probably be close to tens of millions. The numbers are even higher.”
"I don't disagree with the reform. Do you think we should wait until the national commercial tax reform is completed and then carry out the reform step by step?" Fang Xuanling expressed his opinion.
"No, I'll cover the money for the Tang Dynasty's army." Li Ke said without changing his expression.
Everyone was dumbfounded... Did you cover it? !
"Your Highness...this is all the expenses for at least 600,000 people." Fang Xuanling was also confused.
"I calculated it based on the quota for one million people. Calculated based on an average military salary of 150 yuan per month, the military salary for a year is 1.8 million yuan. A set of Mingguang armor costs 80 yuan, and one million people is 80 million yuan. But this It is a one-time expenditure, and the war horses are available now, so this part of the expenditure will not increase. Clothes, fabrics, etc. are made of good linen, etc. to make military uniforms. I will give one soldier a year, which is one million strings. Food is given to each person according to Calculated at 1 catty of grain per day, it only costs 3 million shi per year, so I calculated it as 5 million shi.”
"If the armor is provided in eight years, the current expenditure per year is 12.8 million guan, plus 5 million shi of food. In this way, other training and so on will be lost. I will increase the funds to 15 million guan per year plus 10 million shi of food per year. I paid the money." Li Ke said without changing his expression.
Everyone was silent... So they all said that a wealthy family was rich. What did His Highness King Qin call this? God of Wealth?
etc? Are you going to replace Mingguang Armor for one million people? ! ! ! !
