When Li Shimin came, he naturally could not eat with the idle people. Li Mu didn't want Bai Qiaoqiao to make trouble, so he asked someone to prepare another small pot and came to the study with Li Shimin. Li Mu invited Eunuch Gao to sit down. Eunuch Gao refused, and he didn't force him. When he left later, he would bring some, and it would be the same if he had time to eat. In terms of food, Li Mu was still generous.

"I came here to ask about military academy. I have been fighting for many years and have read many military books, but I have never heard of the 'military academy'. In my opinion, generals have been trained in the last battle. Those who talk about military affairs in the workplace are just not suitable for their performance. But I believe you will not say it at will. So I came to you and hope you can convince me that if I just want to train the prince, I will not make such a big fuss. The school is too expensive, and the court is not rich enough, and I don't have this spare money."

Li Shimin was straight to the point, and Li Mu didn't go around the corner. He guessed that Li Shimin would come, but he didn't guess that he was so anxious.

"Your Majesty, my idea is not on a whim." Li Mu stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth and said seriously in a vague way: "During the last land reform, someone refuted me that the land system of the Tang Dynasty and the military system of the government were all complementary. It was a move that could not be changed easily. Although I refuted this remark at that time and pushed the reform of the land system, I then thought about it seriously, and in fact, this was not unreasonable."

Li Shimin was stunned. He stared at Li Mu blankly and said, "Tell me, are you talking about it? The person who refuted it at the time was you, but now the person who thinks it makes sense is you, so what have you done long ago? If there is a problem with your field system, will it be shaken by the country? "

"But," Li Mu swallowed the beef and said, "The field system I proposed is fine. Your Majesty has also seen the implementation of this year. The feedback effect is good. So the field system is fine. The problem should be the military system."

"Stop!" Li Shimin raised his hand and interrupted Li Mu, "No need to say anything. I can let you do anything, but military affairs cannot let you do it. I don't want to listen." As he said that, he was about to leave, and Li Mu grabbed him and said, "Oh, your majesty, you are the same. You want to listen to you, and you are the ones who don't listen. I didn't want to say it at first, but you have asked me to say half of it. It's so uncomfortable to hold it back like this. You see that you haven't finished eating this meal. Give me a chance to let me vomit, okay?"

The meat slices in the pot were churning and it was really delicious. Li Shimin thought about it and sat down and said, "Just in just one pot of meat, I will leave when I eat enough."

"Okay, that's it."

Li Mu poured all the slices of meat into the pot. Li Shimin gave him a blank look, but said nothing, and took the meat to eat.

"The system of government soldiers has been passed down for hundreds of years, so there is naturally a certain reason. At present, the system of government soldiers is also the best way to recruit soldiers in the Tang Dynasty. But what about the future?" Li Mu raised a question. Li Shimin glanced at him without saying anything, his eyes seemed to be saying: Are you telling me, or do you tell me, who are you asking?

Li Mu continued: "Just like the field system, I think that the solution that is good hundreds of years ago may not be applicable hundreds of years later. It should be keeping pace with the times and adjusting in time. Your Majesty, you also said that the most important thing in the Tang Dynasty at present is rest and recuperation. Then a question arises. If human resources are regarded as a resource, then will Your Majesty invest this resource in people's livelihood or military?"

Li Mu had mentioned the concept of resources before, and Li Shimin understood what it means. But when Li Mu mentioned it, he was still a little confused and did not understand what Li Mu intended. Li Shimin frowned and said, "What's the difference? The soldiers of the palace have not always used them as soldiers. When they are fine, they can still farm."

"Your Majesty, can this be the same? It's like a farmer who can sell things when he goes to do business, but is he a businessman? No, he is a farmer. He just looks like a businessman, and the same is true for the soldiers of the palace. When I was in Dingxiang, I saw the 50,000 imperial guards led by General Hou Junji, and found a problem. Although they were all soldiers, different soldiers were very different. Some soldiers were strong and powerful, while others were weak. The general was well-organized and ordered to make the Modao team. One could serve two people, while the weak ones would transport food and grass, and neither would serve one to serve one."

"Why did this happen? I have studied it and the general reason is that when the local government recruited the government soldiers, there was no enough manpower, so even such weak soldiers were summoned. According to the current government soldiers system, this is understandable. But I ask Your Majesty to think about it. These weak soldiers cannot fight and transport food and grass, but when they eat military rations, they can't tell that they can't do it."

"There are also 1,500 people. If they are all burly and powerful, how can they fight? But if there are 500 of them, what can they do? They consume the same food!"

Li Shimin is a general who was a leader in the war. What Li Mu said is indeed a real problem, but what can he do if the system is like this? The amount of troops in the war is the benchmark. You can't just want it just because the soldiers are weak. If there are no people, what kind of war can you fight?

"What do you want to say, just say it, don't go around the corner!"

Li Mu poured Li Shimin a glass of wine, and also a glass of wine himself, and said, "What I mean is that these weak soldiers may not be able to fight, but they can farm. It is better to let them farm. The food they farm, whether it is collected by the court or the people, can become a resource and play a positive role, and they play a negative role on the battlefield."

Li Shimin snorted: "You don't understand, but you really don't understand. Li Mu, the most important thing in war is the soldiers. I haven't heard of Han Xin's ordering troops. Is it better to have more?"

Li Mu shook his head and said, "I think that generals are in planning but not courage, and soldiers are more important than elites."

"General is in strategy, not courage, but soldiers are in power, not too much?" Li Shimin was stunned. This was the first time he heard this.

This sentence is familiar to later generations, and it gives people a subconscious feeling, as if it has been long ago. But in actual history, it was not recorded until the Ming Dynasty. In earlier times, wars were compared with people. Although there were times when there were fewer people, most of the time they were won by more people, otherwise there would be no idiom "win with less" that makes people feel unexpected.
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