The total number of registered soldiers in the Tang Dynasty is currently 680,000, of which the Sixteenth Guards of Chang'an has 320,000 troops. Although the Guanzhong Plain near Chang'an is the center of the Tang Dynasty's population, this is The large number of troops obviously also means that half of the reform of the Tang Dynasty soldiers will start from here.
The 320,000 soldiers of the Sixteenth Guards of Chang'an were originally selected relatively elites. After statistics of the 320,000 soldiers, the final number of retired soldiers was about 60,000. These 60,000 are mainly due to family influence. Some have been in the army for many years, and some have some physical disabilities that do not affect combat, such as missing one or two fingers.
Although they all signed retirement contracts, they did not refuse to become officials of the Datang Public Security Department. The monthly salary of the officials of the Public Security Department was based on the basic monthly salary of 150 Wen per month.
These 60,000 government soldiers were quickly returned to the local area according to their registered residence, and then established the local public security bureau. Some of the former veteran captains and team members among the retired government soldiers were directly appointed as The person in charge of the local public security bureau is responsible for local security incidents.
According to the news from various places, there are 680,000 soldiers in the entire Tang Dynasty, including the 60,000 near Chang'an. The total number of people who want to retire and return to the place is about 170,000. Most of these 170,000 are Most of them are veterans, mainly those over thirty-five years old. In fact, the reason for this is because some of the soldiers are old bachelors. They are either unmarried or their wives have run away with others, and they still want to find a wife. .
These 170,000 government soldiers are located in more than 600 prefectures across the country, but they almost all have the same choice, which is to become officials of the Ministry of Public Security. After all, officials are actually quite attractive to the people. , just maintaining daily security, and the important thing is that there is still monthly money.
Not only did they have 170,000 retired soldiers, but they also re-recruited about 200,000 local soldiers who had retired at home, especially those who had made contributions to the Tang Dynasty but were disabled. These old soldiers Although soldiers have disabilities, some of which are severe and even have difficulty moving, they can actually do some civilian work.
These disabled veterans who became local officials and government servants, in fact, if they did not go on missions, they would only get a monthly salary. For Li Ke, this monthly salary was just drizzle and he did not care.
So there are as many as there are, and the important thing is that by gathering these disabled soldiers, the morale of the army will be gathered! It can be said that the morale of the army has been greatly boosted! Because soldiers no longer have to worry about being disabled and unable to survive after retirement, or even farming. If they are freed from worries, can their morale not be improved?
Again, the poor are patriotic because they know very well that if the country is gone, their home will be gone. With no worries, their courage to kill the enemy has increased many times.
As the Minister of Public Security, Qin Qiong can be said to have 370,000 troops in an instant!
The Tang Dynasty was different from modern times. The officials and servants of the Tang Dynasty had the right to wear armor and carry weapons and knives in the local area. They were even equipped with bows and crossbows. Although their armor was mainly leather armor, this was also the case. It is a huge force.
Theoretically, these soldiers seemed to have retired, but in fact the strength of the Tang Dynasty's troops had not decreased, because most of the soldiers from these local military mansions had previously maintained part of them locally.
Although the 170,000 government soldiers were removed, in this month's time, the entire Tang Dynasty recruited about 150,000 recruits over the age of 18.
In other words, the overall military strength of the Tang Dynasty was only 20,000 lower, but the available troops were actually much more.
Because in the past, local military offices had certain functions of maintaining local security. Now, because this part of the function is temporarily handed over to the Ministry of Public Security, the 634 military offices across the country have begun to merge their functions.
The training of new recruits is concentrated in a certain large military mansion.
After these data were collected, a large-scale military training began across the country, and the hottest one was near Chang'an City. After all, there are currently 300,000 soldiers training collectively here, including some veterans who have to complete new queue training. It can be described as enthusiastic. Not an exaggeration.
In addition, there is no shortage of food in the Tang Dynasty. Through canals and canals, a steady stream of food is transported to various parts of the Tang Dynasty by ships. Especially in Guanzhong, due to its dense population, it has always been necessary to replenish food from other channels. Now there is no shortage of food in Guanzhong. There is no need to replenish supplies from other nearby roads to Guanzhong, as the food in these roads is enough.
In Tai Chi Palace and Liang Yi Palace, Li Shimin was confronting Li Ke.
"Tell me the truth, what did Changle do?" Li Shimin asked, knocking on the table.
"I promised Changle not to say anything." Li Ke shook his head and said quickly.
"I'm telling you, if you dare to let Changle do anything dangerous, if you can get out of bed within three months, I will take your surname." Li Shimin stared and said.
"Isn't it still Li? If you have the ability, you can take my mother's surname." Li Ke said subconsciously.
With a "bang", the stick in Li Shimin's hand hit Li Ke directly.
"Oh, Dad, what are you thinking about? How could I let Changle do dangerous things? It's too late for me to love her." Li Ke said helplessly.
"Practice martial arts, ride horses, play with crossbows, visit soldiers' families, and visit border soldiers in Changle. Tell me, which one was not done by you?" Li Shimin asked with eyes wide open.
"Then...she is quite happy. Erchen thinks it's good for them to live their own wonderful lives." Li Ke shrugged, "Besides, the places she went to were not dangerous."
"Wait a minute, you don't really want Changle to be the empress, do you?" Li Shimin suddenly thought of something, looked at Li Ke with an alert look on his face and said, "You don't want her to learn anything, do you?"
"Uh..." Li Ke choked, this can't be considered as such, I'm just cultivating Chang Le.
Li Shimin: "..."
"You deserve a beating from me, don't you?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke fiercely and said.
"Oh, dad, no, it's not up to you whether she can become the empress. What's wrong with me asking her to learn more? Besides, you're unfair." Li Ke yelled.
"Why am I unfair?" Li Shimin asked, glaring at him.
"Li Tai went to participate in special forces training, don't you care?" Li Ke said quickly.
"As a man, what's wrong with him training too much? I was leading the army to fight back then. He was just training, as it should be." Li Shimin said calmly.
Li Ke was speechless. If you knew what Li Tai was playing, you wouldn't say this.
At this moment, twenty miles south of Chang'an City, in a specially built military camp near the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, Li Tairen was lying in a mud pit doing push-ups and was numb... Third brother, you are tricking me... This is the same as the troops I trained before. Not the same at all!
