Speaking of this, Xu Ping sighed: "Scholars often talk about military affairs, often like to sway the military system of the previous dynasty, arrange troops, discuss whether the generals are brave or not, and that the soldiers are not good. Although I am also scholars, I have really led soldiers and fought wars, but I know that these are just details and my eyes are on time and place. The most fundamental question is, what is the army used for? Is it to raise soldiers so that the world cannot afford chaos? Then why do you have to support the army? Some are ways to make the people live and work in peace and contentment, so why do you need to use the most expensive method! The country raises soldiers not to make chaos in the world, but to defend the country! If the army can fight, it must let every commander and soldier know this, otherwise, it will be a waste of money and food after all!"

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but smile and said, "I think what you are thinking! The country raises troops, stops civil unrest internally, and defends strong enemies externally, isn't it exactly what you mean! This is a parallel thing, what's the point of worrying about!"

Xu Ping shook his head: "The six senses are not clean, and you will lose completely! Where can there be an army that can absorb civil strife and defend strong enemies from outside? There must be a choice between the two. The army is mainly used to deal with foreign enemies, but to eliminate civil strife. If it is to deal with foreign enemies, it will be like the Han Dynasty. All soldiers use good families and will be powerful for hundreds of years."

Zhao Zhen disagreed: "The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were mixed with Hu people and hellmen, and they were different from the Western Regions and the vast desert!"

"I was in Yongzhou and had engraved the Confucian, Buddhism and Taoism in Yongzhou. At that time, the small countries around the surrounding countries came to ask for books. Among them, there were small countries in the deep mountains next to Dali, who spared no expense to seek Confucian classics. They claimed that they were left over from Emperor Wu of Han when he pacified the southwest Yi. After a thousand years, Chinese and Chinese costumes have been spoken in many ways. The languages ​​are mostly similar to the ancient Chinese and Wei dynasties. Although the Tang Dynasty was strong, it was as Sikongtu said. Before the Tang Dynasty was destroyed, Hehuang was already 'all the Han people spoke Hu', but they cursed Han people at the city'. Not to mention, the Tang Dynasty's powerful influence was originally due to the military force that could fight, but they were all good families. When the Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty led the Hu soldiers and Anshi chaos broke out, everything was empty. Yang Guifei died in front of Mawei Slope, and Emperor Ming of Tang fled to Xichuan in a panic, and then it was even worse day by day. Even when the two Han dynasties were in a state of three countries, a general was able to sweep the Northern Hu, and the difference between them could not be planned in Taoism."

Although the Han and Tang dynasties were called together, the situation facing foreign enemies was completely different at the last moment of the dynasty. Even in the Central Plains, due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the subsequent war of hegemony, the battle for foreign enemies was still like cutting melons and vegetables, while in the late Tang dynasty, it became fat in the eyes of foreigners. The reasons are naturally diverse, but to the bottom of it, it was still the same definition of war in Xu Ping's previous life, "war is the continuation of the special means of politics." Military is subordinate to politics and serves politics. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the Han Dynasty's military complies with this law, while in the middle and late Tang dynasties deviated from this law. There was a fundamental problem with the system, so no matter how much money you spend and how much you pay, you still couldn't make it come back.

Although Zhao Zhen disagreed with what Xu Ping said, he still said: "No one has mentioned this kind of remark. There have always been people who need to learn the military system of the early Tang Dynasty. However, since the population increased in the Tang Dynasty, the equal-field system could not be sustained. How could it be learned? After all, these are still the opinions of scholars. The world is different, how can we go back!"

"The government military system is difficult to implement. Even during the Tang Dynasty, is it really because the equal-field system cannot continue? Your Majesty, since the fourth year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty discussed the defense of the barbarians and Xia. Wei Zheng was blamed, so he began to lead the Hu people as soldiers, while the Han people as the people. I only heard that the people are like water, and the soldiers are fish in the water. The soldiers and civilians are the foundation of victory. I have never heard that fish can still live without water. Since ancient times, there were few people and many beasts. The ancestors worked hard to build their homes, and there was today's China. People and beasts lived in a mixed relationship and were injured by beasts.

However, it cannot be avoided. After being injured, we naturally build fences, repair bows and spears, hunt and kill beasts, and never heard of people learning to eat wild animals and drink blood, throw their families away from the mountains and forests, learn to live by wild animals, instead of using their teeth and minions to decide the outcome with wild animals. Why learn to be wild animals if they don’t do it? Since the military system has been changed to recruiting soldiers, it seems that from the perspective of the military system, it is nothing more than using the Hu people’s tribal military system to replace the Han people’s military system since ancient times. If they are bullied by Hu Di, it will be natural."

Zhao Zhen frowned and said unhappily: "Why is the Hu tribe's military system? The Hu people are all soldiers. When they are warriors, they bring their own bows and horses to fight. When they go back, they still grazed cattle and sheep. Is this the case for recruiting soldiers in the Central Plains?"

Xu Ping shook his head: "The military system is not what it sees, it depends on why the officers and soldiers fight and how they fight. Now the court regards the imperial guards as their minions, hoping that they are like tigers and wolves, and is it similar to learning from wild animals? The imperial guards go to war, and do not ask why the war is fought or how they fight, just ask for various rewards first. Every move, all they think about is money. What is the purpose of the Hu people going south? It's just robbery and plunder! It's all for the word money. The Hu people are barren, and robbing the Han people will naturally benefit. War is the unity of the military and the country. What about the imperial army? I bluntly say that no matter whether it is the imperial guards or recruiting soldiers in the late Tang Dynasty, how much money can they get when fighting with the Hu people? As long as they grab the Han people, they will get more money than if they fight thousands of wars with the Hu people."

Speaking of this, Xu Ping couldn't help but sigh: "My minister serves the king with loyalty, and loyalty is nothing more than sincere heart. If Your Majesty wants to ask, I naturally have to say it. But this is really a matter of loyalty. It is not that the minister does not want to say it, but that it is not time to say it. If the minister serves the king with his heart, he will lose his body, and the king cannot treat the world with sincerity, and the country will lose his country. Regarding the system of imperial guards, what I say today is open and honest, and whether to say it or not is in your Majesty. Only

If Your Majesty treats the world with sincerity, the world will definitely not let your Majesty down. What is the biggest problem for the imperial guards now? The so-called military formations and the so-called armors are all trivial matters, but they use the world's wealth to support hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but these hundreds of thousands of soldiers are isolated from national affairs. Isolated from national affairs is like a tree without roots and water without source, so how can we put high hopes on high expectations? Foreign wars are not good, and if we are not brave, and if we are not brave, the soldiers are not exhausted, and if we are not in a state affairs, it is irrelevant to them.

In the end, the army is just an army, a country is a country, and the military is a country. It is like fish leaving the water and no longer energetic. Since war is for money, there are other ways to make money without war. There are more ways to make money with less risk. Winning a battle is nothing more than getting more money, and losing a battle is nothing more than getting less money. What is the point of fighting this battle? Your Majesty is right. The world has not heard of military wars for decades, and internal and external peace. The imperial guards are all wrong. It is just a word of money, which is a bit expensive to raise. But the court wants to continue peace like this, but the foreign enemy may not give this opportunity. The war always needs to be fought! When the foreign war begins, it is not a question of how much money it costs, but a question of whether the foreign enemy can fight! I am now in charge of the Three Divisions. In several years, I can gather money to ensure that the war is together and there is no shortage of money and food. But even if the money and food are not short of, I can really win the battle?”

Now that Zhao Zhen talks about this, he is just listening to the excitement and can have a personal experience. But he asked Xu Ping to say that it is not easy to change his mind now, so he has to continue listening. When talking about foreign enemies, he asked casually: "Are you talking about the northwest? Will there be wars in the past few years?"

"It's not just the northwest. As long as the imperial guards show their attitude of not being able to fight, there will be wars everywhere around me! What I said is the same thing. If you really want to defend the strong enemy from outside, you can only let the army fight to defend the country, not to support the family. The army that defends the country will naturally support it, and should be raised, and must be raised. But an army that is just for money but cannot win the battle will sooner or later have a big trouble! The military must obey state affairs. If this is the point, it will be like fish leaving the water and self-protection cannot be maintained. How can you dare to fight!"
Chapter completed!