During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the nobles drove in front of the car, and the soldiers in the car were all trained elites, perhaps family children or heroes who surrendered to him. In addition, all the slaves or armed civilians in his fiefdom were followed. In other words, during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, those who charged in front of the battle were all well-known nobles, and most of the slaves and civilians followed suit.

When the princes fought for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, they all talked about the show, claiming that they had ten thousand chariots, so the chariots were all nobles with status and titles, and at least soldiers who had achieved great military merits in the war. It can be seen that the great powers in the Spring and Autumn Period were actually killed from the sea of ​​corpses and blood. Only when they killed enough people, robbed enough food, occupied enough areas, and obtained enough slaves and civilians, could they have enough financial and material resources to allocate to soldiers who obtained their merits and support the development of such a large-scale chariot troops.

However, with the gradual abandonment of the chariots and the unprecedented development of infantry, the pawns began to rise slowly, and the military structure was constantly changing. At the moment, the Qin Dynasty, with the dismissal of 300,000 troops in the northwest, this civilian military service system has actually begun to deform. Since the pacification of the Hungarian and Hu, this rotating military service system has no longer been implemented, because fighting on horseback requires long-term training to maintain strong combat effectiveness, and the recruitment of ordinary more soldiers is definitely not possible. Therefore, since the conquest of the Hungarian and Hu, the two elite pawn troops in the northwest have never been replaced, and are actually slowly evolving into a kind of professional soldier.

In fact, professional soldiers are a better development direction. Because they serve for a long time, they are trained more and have higher combat effectiveness. They are also familiar with the orders of marching and fighting and the life-and-death battle on the battlefield. Therefore, the 60,000 elite horses and 30,000 auxiliary horse soldiers under Wang Li and Meng Tian are basically elite soldiers with meritorious titles and familiar with bow and horse fighting. They are definitely an ordinary aristocratic class of the Qin Dynasty. Every one they put home is an existence that can shock the side in the local area.

The current situation is that the military service of these elite pawns has begun to solidify, but they cannot return home after their service period. However, it has become less easy to obtain military merits, especially the Northern Army, which has not fought for several years, has been idle for several years, and has nothing to do when guarding the border.

Therefore, in the current situation of the Qin Dynasty, the military service system where the whole people are soldiers is actually completely unsuitable for the future development of the Qin Dynasty. This forced rotation military service system of two years per person has become a heavy shackle, which is not conducive to people's livelihood development and national security. It also brings a heavy burden to the court and local governments. Every year, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and garrisons are mobilized to travel between dozens of counties and hundreds of counties in the Qin Dynasty. Eating, drinking, defecation and scattering not only wastes food, but also delays the farming time.

Later China also had a general military service system, but it adopted a combination of conscripts and volunteer soldiers. That is, every citizen has a service obligation of more than two years and joins the army to carry out necessary military training and national construction. After serving, they can apply to retire and return home, and of course they can also apply to become volunteer soldiers to continue serving. The retired military personnel will also be transformed into reserves. If there is a war, they need to be given priority to responding to the country's call and return to their respective troops to pick up weapons and go to the battlefield.

Volunteer soldiers are professional soldiers. They have signed service contracts with the state. The state pays salaries according to contract terms such as service term, promotes military rank, and grants military positions, etc.

In Chen Xu's current military situation, the current situation of the Qin Dynasty is in the gap between the two military service systems of compulsory military service system and volunteer military service system, but there are no clear provisions on legal provisions.

The twenty-level military title system stipulated by the Qin Dynasty has now become a bond to the Qin army's development towards regularization and professionalization.

The military achievements of the Qin Dynasty were obtained by fighting and killing the enemy.

Now that there is no war, then you will not be able to obtain military merits.

If it is a rotation of military service, it doesn't matter. Anyway, after a year of hard work, I will go back to my hometown to continue farming. However, the pawns are now elite, and they are absolutely elite soldiers of the Qin Dynasty. They have solidified and started to serve for a long time. Then it is necessary to solve the problems of improving military merits, rewards and retirement guarantees for these soldiers.

If these problems are not solved well, and these soldiers will not be able to obtain the military rewards and retirement guarantees they want for a few years, they will inevitably accumulate a lot of resentment in their hearts, and they may mutiny and cause trouble one day.

This time, the soldiers of Yanmen Pass destroyed Jingbian Temple, which is a very bad omen. The army has begun to be a little arrogant and domineering because of their idleness. Perhaps it is using this method to express their dissatisfaction.

But whether it was done intentionally by Wang Li or the soldiers guarding the border did it unintentionally, Chen Xu, who had not wanted to interfere in the army before, became a little alert.

In history, after Qin II came to power, the rebel army of Qin was in turmoil. Wang Li led the 200,000 northwest army, which was known as the most elite of Qin, to go south to suppress the uprising, but he was defeated repeatedly and was captured alive by Xiang Yu without any effect.

It can be seen from this that by the end of Qin, the combat effectiveness of the Qin army had actually been greatly reduced, not as the world-class invincible advocated by later generations. Chen Xu believed that a very important reason was that the military service system of taking turns to guard the border was no longer suitable for the unified empire pattern of the country. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled on the way to guard the border. In addition, after the border was calm for several years, the morale of the army began to slack, and the generals and soldiers lost the courage to fight.

The army is the cornerstone of a country's stability and the biggest hidden danger of a country's turmoil. If the military problems are not handled well, the short-term peace and prosperity of the Qin Dynasty may also be a flash in the pan.

If we want to change the current system of the Qin army, then implementing the military service system that combines conscripts and volunteer soldiers in later generations is the best method.

The conscript serves in local counties and counties, receives training and dispatch from county lieutenants, and is responsible for emergency tasks such as county public security and some emergency rescue and disaster relief.

Volunteers are regular combat troops. They can be recruited by the civilians or transferred from conscripts. After becoming volunteers, they can receive salary and be promoted according to their service time. They will replace the current military rank with military rank. Even if they do not fight during peacetime, as long as they perform well during their service period, they will also receive the rewards they deserve. They can also be promoted based on their performance and evaluation.

Establishing a modern national army through a complete system is a powerful guarantee for the Qin Dynasty to maintain long-term stability in the future.

The Yanmen Pass may be a very good opportunity for Chen Xu to intervene in the military reform.

However, before Chen Xu completely figured out the reason and considered it clearly, he said that this matter was of no use to a pure literati like Chen Ping.

Therefore, Chen Xu put down the investigation of Yanmen Pass in advance and asked Chen Ping to help solve the second thing he came today, which was to publish a crack advertisement in the newspaper for a long time. Qinghe stores across the country purchased dried flowers, herbs and some spices all year round, mainly osmanthus, jasmine, gardenia, honeysuckle, roses, peonies, orchids, citrus flowers, chrysanthemums and mints.

As for the purchase prices of various flowers and plants, Chen Xu directly threw a table written by Fan Caiwei to Chen Ping.

If you want to make perfume into a profitable industry, you must expand the scope of purchasing flowers and plants. Moreover, most flowers and plants will bloom only in spring and summer. Many flowering periods are very short and will wither in a few days. It is definitely unrealistic to arrange people to buy flowers in various places. Therefore, purchasing dried flowers is almost the only way. As long as the dried flowers are purchased, you can arrange people to go to various places to prepare essential oil workshops to slowly refine them, and then send the refined essential oil back to the perfume workshop in Xianyang for preparation and packaging and sale.

The perfume industry is also a good way to help the people generate income.

Now the economy of Daqin is in a state of accelerating growth. Rich merchants have all devoted themselves to the period to gain profits. Whether it is steel, cement, ceramics, tea or daily grain, cloth, pottery, clothing, fur, etc., they are actually controlled by wealthy merchants who are already rich. The most profitable are these already strong classes. But no matter what, ordinary people have also gained some opportunities to make money due to the rapid development of these industries. The reason why ordinary people are poor is that taxes and labor are too busy to make money, and the other is that they have no good source of income. Now, with the continuous decline of agricultural taxes, people's food rations have become more and more sufficient in recent years. With the vigorous development of business, farmers at the terminal still have more opportunities to make money, such as working in factories and mines, digging medicinal materials, picking tea and grapes, etc., etc.

At present, Chen Xu uses perfume to give the people another way to make money, that is, picking flowers and plants. The work is not very intense, and can be completed by both women and children, and it is not complicated to handle. As long as the season is appropriate and the purchase price is appropriately higher, it can also achieve the purpose of equalizing the wealth and poverty, and plundering the money of the wealthy class into the hands of civilians.

When Chen Xu thought of the many messy varieties of the Perfume Lord God series in the future, he felt a big deal while smiling bitterly. However, this matter was destined to be handled by a group of women in the future, and he didn't have to worry too much. Just think about it, as long as the wives are happy.

Since she has perfume, including the quiet and quiet water, she has become another person, and she enthusiastically participates in the preparation and packaging of perfume every day. Moreover, the perfume she made is different from Ying Shiman Meng Wan and Fan Caiying. It is light and elegant, without a slight vulgar taste, which is very consistent with Chen Xu's understanding and definition of perfume.

After staying in the newspaper office for almost half an hour, Chen Xu gave Chen Ping a bottle of perfume for the experience, and then escorted him to the Qinghe Marquis' Mansion by a group of guards.

Today, the Qinghe Marquis Mansion has long been changed to the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, but whether it is the Chen Xu Marquis Mansion or the entire Xianyang people, they are still called the Qinghe Marquis Mansion. It seems that the three words Qinghe Marquis are authentic and can truly represent Chen Xu's status and identity.

However, Chen Xu and his family now live in Qinghe Villa outside the city most of the time, and the Hou Mansion has become a place for him to rest after entering the city for office work.

The Qinghe Marquis Mansion was very quiet. Most of the servants and guards went outside the city, leaving only more than 100 people here. Of course, although the sparrow is small, the servants and the maids are fully equipped with all the servants and maids. Therefore, after Chen Xu returned to the house, all the housekeepers and managers came to pay their respects, and the maids quickly served them with incense tea, pounding their legs and shoulders.

"Have this marquis token to go to the Nanshan Villa outside the city, and ask the commander Chen Yong to bring ten teenagers here!" Chen Xu took out his white jade token and handed it to the guard leader.
Chapter completed!