"I am afraid, and I will not be praised by Your Majesty."

Su Dawei bowed sincerely.

This time, Li Zhi was actually amused.

"Are I praising you? You are... shameless."

How could Li Zhi not know that Su Dawei did it on purpose, deliberately pretending to be spitting on his face. Anyway, no matter what Li Zhi said, he just thanked His Majesty for his praise.

Li Zhi really made Su Dawei's appearance look so bad.

Get angry?

Great energy hurts the body, so how can there be so much fire?

Besides, most of him are pretending to be for people to see when he is angry.

The eyes of Xu Jingzong and others in the hall cast a bit complicated to Su Dawei.

Let’s say that Su Dawei is wise, he takes this mentality really well.

Many people's mentality collapsed when Li Zhi glared at him and became ugly.

Su Dawei's ability to do his own things with his face and spit on his face is quite a bit more generous than Cheng Yaojin's, pretending to be crazy and stupid, making people have nowhere to be angry.

"Dongtai Minister, tell Su Dawei why I should hold back the rewards of those soldiers? Are I a mean and polite person?"

Hao Chujun was originally smiling at the corner of his mouth, but Li Zhi slightly changed his face and the corners of his mouth twitched.

I knew that I had just spoken for Su Dawei, but I couldn't escape Li Zhi's eyes.

This explains that Your Majesty’s decree to the soldiers of the palace is not an easy job.

Well said, it's useless.

If you don’t say it well, I’m afraid that your Majesty will get angry and even be caught.

However, he had been named by Li Zhi, so he could not let him go.

Those who can reach this position are all wisdom.

Hao Chujun stood out and saluted Li Zhi first, then coughed gently. The old man in his fifties gently shook his sleeves and said to Su Dawei: "Su Shaoqing was in Baekje before, and had been in the military formation for a long time. What he saw and heard was naturally the difficulties of the soldiers, but you don't know... the difficulties of His Majesty and the court."

"I hope to hear the details."

Su Dawei bowed to Hao Chujun, looking humbly asking for advice.

It’s up to this point. No matter whether it’s reasonable or not, you must make it clear.

I also explained to myself and the robes in the army when I figured out why Li Zhi was harsh on the Tang army.

If Li Zhi's idea can be slightly changed and treat some soldiers with a little favor? That would be a great deal.

Hao Chujun? A native of Anlu, Anzhou, the son of Hao Xianggui, the governor of Chuzhou? The nephew of former Shi Zhong, Xu Jun.

Losing his father in his early years? He knows etiquette and is willing to read "Han Shu".

He was a Jinshi in the Zhenguan period? He was favored by Gao Shilian, the Minister of Personnel, and was awarded the title of Zuolang. He was awarded the title of Duke of Zengshan County. He was called Hao Zongshan.

After Li Zhi ascended the throne, he was promoted to the Minister of Personnel.

He assisted Li Ji to fight against the destruction of Goguryeo and was appointed as the Minister of the East Taiwan.

In other words, Hao Chujun is not a civil servant in general? He is somewhat of a military officer.

When Li Jie conquered Goguryeo, he was responsible for logistics scheduling, familiar with the situation of the Mansion Army, the Tang Dynasty Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel.

Therefore, Li Zhi asked him to come out and explain to Su Dawei that his vision was quite good.

This is also Li Zhi's ability, he knows how to employ people.

"Su Shaoqing mentioned the issue of rewarding soldiers before. Does Su Shaoqing know how many soldiers there are in my Tang Dynasty now?"

"this……"

Su Dawei hesitated for a moment: "I only know the hundreds of thousands of soldiers? I... don't know the specific number of people."

Hao Chujun nodded and continued, "My Tang Dynasty is dominated by government soldiers? There are also Northern Ya Imperial Army, military recruitment, border army, and local regiment training that are not available for use? Can Su Shaoqing know?"

Su Dawei: "..."

I know nothing.

He knew that the imperial guards were the left and right commanders of the left and right offices? I know a little.

The border army...

Well? There should be.

As for other so-called military recruits? Group training, he was a little confused.

"Just talking about the government system itself, Su Shaoqing should be clear that there are at most 634 Zhechong Prefectures in the country, each with three levels above, middle and lower, ranging from 1,200 people to 800 people.

If calculated based on the average, there are roughly 630,000 soldiers in the country.

There are not many supporting institutions and logistics auxiliary soldiers here.

If all the numbers are counted, I am afraid that the numbers will be turned up.

To provide these auxiliary and military reserves of Zhechong Prefecture, millions of people across the country will be invested in the military at the same time.

Our Tang Dynasty now has a population of nearly 17 million. According to the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, if the government troops are kept full, there will be more than 3 million people across the country and we will be put into full production preparations.

Do you know, what does this mean?"

Hearing this, Su Dawei's face turned green.

According to the population ratio, that is, about one-sixth of the citizens must be invested in military institutions and prepare for war with high intensity.

Even if the Tang Dynasty soldiers adopt a rotation system, half of them remain in service all year round.

That was also millions of people who served military service at full capacity.

If there is any war, you have to go to the battlefield at any time.

It is not considered the follow-up matters of combat losses and reductions.

This is an unbearable burden for any great empire in the farming era.

Yes, the Tang Dynasty was prosperous and all countries came to worship.

No matter how rich you are, you can't withstand such consumption.

Su Dawei understood that Hao Chujun was listing numbers to remind himself that the Tang Dynasty could no longer maintain the heavy rewards of the founding country.

"Your Majesty, Dongtai Minister, I understand the principles. I believe that the robes in the army understand the difficulties of the court. However, some things I think are not only money, but also honors for soldiers and pensions for those who are disabled and sick after death."

"This issue is very complicated. Su Shaoqing, what you see is only the treatment of soldiers, but what the court has to consider is the law of all ages and lasting forever."

Hao Chujun sighed: "I was responsible for logistics and scheduling before and supported the British government to conquer Goguryeo, so I saw many things, some things are not as simple as you think.

If we follow the past strategy, let alone not talk about how many fields can be rewarded, just talk about the post-war pension. Do you know how much manpower and material resources are needed to mobilize for tens of thousands of people?"

Hao Chujun stared at Su Dawei with his eyes: "I have calculated that if there are 5,000 injuries in a battle, it will be several times more expensive than recruiting soldiers for his funeral and family. The officials in charge of this matter will need about 200 people. At least ten years from now on, it will take up a lot of energy from the court to complete these tasks."

After a pause, Su Dawei digested it, he continued: "The court today is unable to comfort all the things. If it cannot be done with a bowl of water, it would be better to give up everything and only pay for the pension, and do not care about the rest."

This sounds a little cold-blooded.

The meaning is very simple. The Tang Dynasty court now does not have so much money or manpower, and has been doing such things that are not "rewarded" over the years.

Su Dawei was in a state of ease.

He took a deep breath and said, "It's not that there is no benefit. The soldiers who kill the enemy in front hope to get rewards and have no worries, so that they can be brave.

The Minister of the Dongtai talked about the difficulties of the court, I understand.

But how did it happen during Taizong?”

"Times changed. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, we still had enough land, and wars were not as frequent as it is now. Moreover, after the war was destroyed in one battle, we had a lot of seizures and could rest for several years."

This was a bit obscure, but Su Dawei still understood it.

First of all, during the reign of Emperor Taizong, there was still a land without a master in the world.

But now, all the fields that can be divided are divided.

In the fertile land in the Tang Dynasty, there was no fertile land to be rewarded with military meritorious nobles.

As for remote corners, if you say there is land or not, there must be one.

But Su Dawei would not be so stupid as to ask such a question.

In any era, houses in big cities and broken adobe houses in rural 18th tiers have very different values.

As for the productivity of the Tang Dynasty, no one would plant any land in the corners.

Moreover, Hao Chujun's previous words showed that it was better than not being able to do the same thing, which made the grassroots level feel competing and resentment.

It’s better to have a one-size-fits-all approach. No one has any, and there is nothing to say.

Furthermore, during the reign of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, the Eastern Turks were destroyed, and one punch could be cut, so as not to have hundreds of punches.

Have plenty of time to rest.
To be continued...