On the Han Mountain, the Viewing Tower, the Prince-Consort Wang Wei was receiving guests with his colleagues from the State Party. The guest of honor enjoyed the wine and food while talking about various strange stories.

Most of the guests were children of the gentry from the Three Wus. They went to Huaibei to study and passed by Hanshan to gain a lot of experience.

As the host, Wang and others naturally need to introduce Hanshan City and Xuzhou's customs and customs.

But what the guests are most concerned about is the Xuzhou Governor and the Pengcheng County Duke said in the previous report not long ago, that is, the trial of the military system in Lianghuai.

Pengcheng Gong wrote in detail how to try it out, so the news spread quickly, which caused an uproar.

The eyes of countless people fell on the five auxiliary ministers, and countless anger in their eyes almost gushed out.

Because no one wants the court to set this dangerous precedent.

The system of military service mentioned by Pengcheng Gong was to follow a military system of the Zhou Kingdom, and to incorporate powerful people from all over the country into military service and give them military positions, making them become generals of military service at all levels.

The private soldiers of his troops, or the young and strong recruited by the local military government, form the soldiers of the government.

On weekdays, the soldiers of the government plow their own fields (if there is no field, they divide the fields) and practice slack farming. Whenever there is a war, the generals lead the soldiers of the government and prepare their own troops to fight with the army.

When the war is over, the troops in the palace will be dismissed and returned to the fields, and those who make military achievements will be rewarded, promoted or even awarded titles depending on the size of the military achievements.

Once this system is implemented, it means that the cold people can bypass the Zhongzheng system, become officials with military merits, be promoted, and become officials in the open.

It seriously threatens the interests of the gentry and will jeopardize the career of many people.

And it will also let vulgar warriors ride on their heads to act as a mighty man. This is tolerant, but who is unbearable?

Even if it was only tried in Lianghuai, the gentry officials were unwilling to anyone to set such a precedent.

Fortunately, the five auxiliary ministers knew the general situation and took the overall situation into consideration, and did not allow this request.

However, as the news spread, many people still knew about the system of the military system and were quite interested in it.

Negating something does not mean ignoring the matter. Whether the government system is good or bad has become a topic of conversation for many people.

Wang? He was quite familiar with the military system that Mr. Pengcheng was trying to implement. He probably introduced it to the guests and emphasized the considerations proposed by Mr. Pengcheng:

The purpose is to win over the wealthy families in the Huaihe River without significantly increasing the spending of the imperial court, strengthen their military strength with their private troops, and to guard against Qi State, and also prepare for the future recovery of Henan.

In this regard, the young men who came to study abroad felt that the purpose was fine, but if they didn’t work, they wouldn’t work. If they broke the rules, they would shake the foundation of the country.

The Nine-Rank Zhongzheng system is a system that has been implemented for hundreds of years since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. This is the cornerstone of national stability!

If the court really implemented the government military system, there would be a large number of vulgar and vulgar people and warriors who were ignorant of their military achievements and would become local pastoral guards.

What can these vulgar martial men do when they become officials? What will they do?

These people can continue to launch wars for military merits. In this way, what will the country become?

The trial of the government system in the two Huaihe Rivers is a good example, which can prevent Qi and ensure the safety of the border.

But Huang Yi (the despicable name of the Three Wus to the people of the Huai River) will definitely launch border arbitrarily for military merits, leading to war between the two countries. Isn’t this a completely different direction?

Fortunately, this proposal was rejected.

However, the prime ministers agreed to another proposal from Mr. Pengcheng, which was to pilot the "service system" in the two Huaihe Rivers.

"You can see the system of military service as an improvement of the strong service." Wang? talked freely about the content of the system of military service. He heard his father analyze it, so he understood what its significance is.

Now, it is just as a topic of discussion to introduce it to the guests.

"The people serve and serve the government, such as building bridges and roads, building cities and building rivers, cleaning up rivers, etc., this is a system since ancient times."

"For many people are unable to serve for their work, so they pay the exemption money. The government uses this money to hire labor to replace the person's work."

"But even so, many people are unable to serve for some reason and have no money to be exempted from service, so they fled their families."

"The government needs to repair bridges and roads, and people need to hire people. For various reasons, people who can serve will either be unable to serve or delay agricultural work. This contradiction has always existed and is difficult to resolve."

"The system of service means that the government openly recruits refugees or unemployed people, organizes and manages them in the form of an army, and organizes them to build bridges and roads, builds production, and builds large-scale projects such as water conservancy."

"And instead of some powerful soldiers, such as Bai Zhi, guarding the warehouse, patrolling the night, door defense, etc., transfer some powerful soldiers that should have been borne by the people to these soldiers."

"In this way, the government will not need to recruit too many people when building construction, will not delay the farming season, and will not leave home for a long time because of serving the workplace."

After an introduction, the guests roughly understood what this military service system meant: it was indeed an improvement in the current military service system.

Nowadays, the government often spends money to hire people to participate in the construction of large-scale projects, but they are usually hired in advance and fired after the project is completed. This is temporary employment and the other party can be hired for short-term workers.

The system of service means that the government employs a group of people for a long time, manages them like the army, has a special place to live (family family allowed), and specializes in large-scale labor (engineering construction).

This kind of employment is a long-term employment, and the person being hired is a long-term worker for the government.

In this way, it can not only ensure that there are people available to the government during the construction of a large number of construction projects, but also reduce the burden on the people, but also accommodate landless farmers and unemployed vagrants, so that they can have a bite of food and kill multiple birds with one stone.

Wang? also introduced: The system of military service is not a lifetime system. It is initially scheduled for three years. After the expiration, military service can leave or choose to stay. It will not become a father and son like military households, official households, and craftsmen from generation to generation.

After hearing this, the guests had questions: The expenses of these "servicemen" teams, together with their families, will not be small, so where can the government get so much money to maintain?

When there are projects and things to do, the money and food spent on these people is worth it, but once you are idle, how much money and food will be spent in order to support these idle people?

It’s really better to hire someone temporarily, and it’s cost-effective to fire someone afterwards.

"Everyone, although a gentleman is ashamed of making profits," Wang? still explained with great interest, "But I still have to say 'profit'."

"Of course, the government has no spare money to support idle people. If this military service system is maintained, it must be able to bear the profits and losses."

"It is impossible for a soldier to receive other labor service to have a decent income, so the key is still in the engineering."

"Master, isn't it because he's doing something on the project? Isn't it because he cut corners? How does this make it?"

Some people were surprised and worried: "The projects of the imperial court are all related to the national economy and people's livelihood. If you cut corners, who can bear the responsibility?"

Wang? smiled and said, "Who dares to do anything in the court's projects? The soldiers also undertake private projects and help people build houses. This is the source of profit."

"After all, new brick-built cement buildings are not just any construction... The construction team can build them, especially building pavilions, and ordinary craftsmen, who can do it?"

After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized.

The cement buildings originated from Poyang, Raozhou (formerly Poyang County, Jiangzhou) have gradually become accepted after more than ten years of development.

Wang? Introduction that cement buildings are now "popular" in Hanshan, and no accidents such as collapse have occurred, so people are confident in their quality.

Because Hanshan produces a large number of cheap bricks, tiles and cement, the cost of cement buildings is not very expensive, and gradually becomes popular in the big cities in the Huai and Si river basins.

However, one problem that affects the popularity of cement buildings is construction technology. Because this involves new construction technology, there are not many craftsmen who can build cement buildings (relatively speaking).

The military service system piloted by Lianghuai is to maintain it for a long time without increasing the burden on the government. The key is to undertake the construction projects of private cement buildings.

By taking on the profits of private construction projects, we support the soldiers and their families.

Wang?'s introduction made the guests think. They asked about the service system that they were purely curious. Since Xuzhou seemed to be considerate, they thought it would be able to continue to implement it.

As for the effect, whether it is the king? As mentioned, it is unknown if the service team relies on taking on private construction projects to "take on their own profits and losses".

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In a corner of Hanshan City, in a yard where the "dormitory area" was planned, Li Li was quite satisfied with the recruitment scene at the entrance of the yard.

Jia Cheng, who accompanied him on inspection, introduced the formation of the soldiers who started the service.

However, Li Li only cares about "business" because the recruitment of soldiers is well treated, so there will definitely be no shortage of personnel in the first phase of recruitment.

"Junhou, the engineering business he has taken on is scheduled to be the end of next year. As long as there is no war, it will be enough for the soldiers to be busy."

"Is the business so hot? Have you calculated it wrong?" Li Li asked, Jia Cheng nodded: "Well, the market is indeed...the market demand is strong, and the business in Huainan is well-spread..."

"Then you have to be busy during the Chinese New Year this year. Hurry up and train the team and get off the construction site early."

"I understand!"

Because the early stage was well laid, when the court allowed Xuzhou to pilot the military service system, the state party began to recruit military service, and there were many recruits.

Everything is going as planned, and by next spring, the construction teams can take over the business.

The reason why Jia Cheng used the construction team to describe the service soldiers was because when Li Li first conceived this system, he regarded the service soldiers as construction teams.

In modern times, there are professional construction units to undertake various construction projects.

There were no such construction units in ancient times because the economy could not support it.

However, there are relevant technicians, but when implementing the specific implementation, a large number of people need to be recruited to serve to assist technicians in completing large-scale projects.

However, recruiting the people and building large-scale construction will greatly damage national strength, because after the people are conscripted, they will not be able to engage in agricultural production.

Li Li referred to the wing military system of the Northern Song Dynasty and tried the military service system, using stable treatment and good income (promise) to attract the team of landless refugees and unemployed vagrants to join the military service.

Under the command of technicians, like the construction team in later generations, they undertake various construction projects and rely on the income from private construction projects to bear their own profits and losses.

That is, he came to be the boss of a construction company, brought up a team, hired farmers, and worked as construction workers, contracted projects everywhere, and made profits from it.

The premise for such a concept can be realized is that cement and bricks are cheap and sufficient in quantity, and can attract enough engineering "business" to make profits.

In order to prevent the disadvantage of redundant staff, service is not a lifetime system, but more like a contract worker, giving young and strong recruits the opportunity to choose.

Li Li dared to do this because he did his homework and investigated the "market market" before he decided to try this system.

But his biggest purpose is not to make profits by doing projects or to reduce the burden on labor (although it has the effect), but to find a job for a large number of landless farmers and unemployed vagrants to support their families.

With this job, these people will take their families with their families, run out of the manors, forts, and villages they depend on, and flock to Hanshan to settle down, becoming people with "units".

This is a key step. If the trial system is successful, it means that he can effectively "kill" a large amount of labor from the owner of the manor through this legal means.

With more people and more power, there is enough labor in your hands, everything is easy to say.
Chapter completed!