"Since it is a strong and weak branch, I think that the wing army and the imperial guards naturally need to treat them differently. First of all, the most direct thing is to make the soldiers of the imperial guards grateful for your kindness. In fact, it is simply understood that the officials need to be better for them."

Zhao Kuangyin frowned when he heard this and said unhappily: "Aren't I good enough to the soldiers?"

This is not because Zhao Kuangyin feels good about himself. He is really good to the soldiers. It can be said that he has no love for gold, silk, wealth and property, and the reward is so generous. Whether he is before or after he becomes emperor, it is not an exaggeration to describe him as loving soldiers like a son.

But Sun Yue said, "I think it's not enough. The so-called king and father treat their soldiers like their fathers. If my father gives them a lot of money every month, but he doesn't care about his life, he will still think that he is not a good father. The official rewards the soldiers with a lot, but after all, the money is gone. Moreover, the money is not given to the soldiers with your own hands, and the soldiers may not be chanting your good. Even if you think of your good, you may not be chanting the good of the Song Dynasty."

"Then what do you think I should do? Could it be that I have to find a wife for them?" As he said that, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu couldn't help laughing.

Sun Yue said seriously, "Why not?"

"ha?"

"I think that the government's salary and rewards to the soldiers are not too small, but too much. This money can actually be saved for other things. For example, if a girl from a family married to a soldier from the imperial guards, her parents' family can consider reducing the household tax for three years. In this way, it will naturally be much easier for the soldiers to find a wife. This is not only giving rewards, but also giving honors. I think this is more effective than directly rewarding wealth, and it is easier to implement as a ancestral family law."

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"Officials, you have been eliminated in the past two years, and there are more than 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers who have been laid off. What are they doing now?"

"Of course, we are scattered back to our hometown and divided into land. We dare not say that we are rich and noble, and a well-off family is still OK."

"Then what?"

"Then?"

"If he was thirty-five years old when he left the barracks, a man's average life span was sixty, what about the remaining twenty-five years? What about his wife? What about his children?"

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"The official family, my father recently opened a cement factory in Luoyang, and used many soldiers and their families who were eliminated from the inner hall shift. Other people's workers paid 100 cents a day, but we paid 200 cents. Almost all the profits earned are spent on these workers. I heard that it is much easier for the soldiers on the inner hall shift to find a wife than other soldiers. The matchmakers who proposed marriage are about to break the threshold. I wonder if the official family knows this?"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said, "I heard from my second brother that your father is doing well in this matter."

"Suppose, I mean, the Inner Palace squad Du Yuhou wants to rebel and overthrow Zhao Song's country in the future, but the soldiers' wives' families are all in the cement factory in Luoyang. Do you think these soldiers will follow the ambitious Du Yuhou, or will they cut off his head?"

After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin's eyes shone brightly. He seemed to understand what the so-called "grit" means.

Zhao Pu said, "You also said that in order to maintain the high salary of those military subordinates, your father has such a good deal of cement, but there is almost no profit. How many people in the world will be like your father? Even if there is, if this set is promoted to the entire imperial guards, how many people like your father need to be enough?"

Sun Yue said with confidence: "My father did this to flatter the Second King. This money should not be paid by my father. It was my father who paid the court. It was unrealistic to point to the people to advance the money. It was only the court that the court came forward. It was justified. As far as I know, the shipyards, firearms, paper mills, and official kilns run by the court, have to use more than 50,000 workers in total. Cement is used so much, so it will definitely be gradually state-owned. How many of these workers must have craftsmanship? Even if it is a place with high requirements for craftsmanship, can we consider cultivating children of the imperial guards? People who have been soldiers all their lives have their organizational disciplines far from agricultural.

Refugees from civilian origin are comparable. Similarly, if they are allowed to farm, they may not be able to farm well. Why not let those retired soldiers enter these factories? The work income is not high? Isn’t it okay for us to give higher? If these state-run factories are not enough, we can also cooperate with the government and the people. For example, all merchants who employ more than 20% of retired veterans will be exempted from 10% of their business taxes, and more than 90% of their business taxes will be exempted from 50% of their business taxes. In this way, will retired veterans be more popular when working? Will merchants give them higher salaries? If those who have made contributions and give some subsidies, their future lives will naturally be better."

Zhao Pu frowned and said, "In this way, the court will be under great burden."

Zhao Kuangyin said, "But this money is worth it. In this way, not only do we have to worry about the problem of the fierce generals expelling the king, but the court no longer needs to expand its army. Last year, when Li Chongjin attacked Li, why didn't he destroy the Southern Tang? Isn't it because the rear was empty and he was afraid that the Khitans would take advantage of the situation to go south? If he combined the labour and the soldiers according to his wishes, these people were working on daily basis. Once the war was in a tight position or the troops were at the city, they would pick up weapons and be soldiers. In this way, Kaifeng City would raise 100,000 imperial guards to pacify the world, and the money saved was spent on these military families and retired soldiers."

Sun Yue hurriedly flattered: "The official family is wise, if everyone works in the state-run factories, and the major factories in Kaifeng City will raise 50,000 veterans who work, you think, who can still make Zhao Song rebellion? In addition, I think it is not enough to treat the soldiers like this."

"It's still not enough? The court's burden is already very heavy with such an approach. Although it has not been calculated specifically, I'm afraid that the imperial guards will exceed 200,000, and the court's finances will collapse."

Sun Yue smiled and said, "Soldiers are more important than elites, and the government swept the world, but only used 100,000 imperial guards. Shu Kingdom has nearly 200,000 troops, but who takes them seriously? The soldiers are treated so well, so the people will naturally join the army. If we have a slightly worse physical fitness, we don't want them. All the remaining elites are elites. Why do we need so many imperial guards? Besides, what I want to say next is that it doesn't cost money."

"No money?"

"Yes, I agree with the idea of ​​using civil servants to check and balance military generals, but I think civil servants do not understand war after all, so the generals will be honest, but the combat effectiveness of the army will be nullified. If that is the case, why not let civil servants take care of anything else?"

"What else?"

"I think that the officials have not placed too many civil servants in the imperial guards, but too few, but what they are in charge of is not right. I think that the imperial guards can use battalions as units, each battalion has a political commissar, and each garrison has a military committee, which is responsible for handling the lives of soldiers. For example, if the soldiers have poor food, the general is not allowed to take care of such matters, and they have to go to find the political commissar, such as if the soldiers cannot find a partner, and they have to go to find the political commissar, such as if the soldiers have died, they have to go to find the political commissar. In short, as long as it has nothing to do with the war, they have to go to the political commissar, and they are the stewards of the soldiers, who are convinced by everyone.

For the tasks, some assessment indicators can be set accordingly, such as the battalion rate, the satisfaction of accommodation conditions, etc., and the resettlement of military dependents must be undertaken specifically by them. But similarly, as long as it is related to war, the political commissar is not allowed to be in charge, the training of troops, and the exercises are not allowed. On the battlefield, the generals must unconditionally obey the orders of the generals. Several points of war have the right to directly cut off the political commissar. The Military Commission and the Three Yamen are independent of each other and do not subordinate to each other. The Chief of the Military Commission can be the Privy Councilor or the Deputy Privy Councilor. In this way, the generals in the army will no longer be the only one, and the civil servants will not affect the combat effectiveness of the army."
Chapter completed!