This chapter is a bit late, as it took a little longer than expected and took a little more time Chapter 464: The Demeanor of a Scholar Sophie was politely invited into the council chamber of the county mansion by Char's personal guard captain, and Juncker naturally came in with him.
Although Char's order was only to invite Sophie alone, at Sophie's insistence, the captain of the guard could only agree to bring Juncker in.
As a soldier from the strong cavalry battalion, Char's captain of the personal guard is not a good talker, but when Char sent him, he gave a special advice: be polite.
In the council chamber, Green the mad dog had left.
For the highly qualified Green, the old mad dog is a little dismissive of Char sending someone to invite such a little girl to discuss such an important matter, from the bottom of his heart, it is just a young girl, what can she understand, even if she is a closed disciple of the world-famous Cavishir, even if Cavishil praises and admires her very much, but Maddog Green will not really think that a little girl can help him solve the problems of these militaristic affairs in front of him.
He even thought that Char was really a bit of child's play to find such a little girl to discuss military affairs.
Only, Green remained silent.
It should be mentioned that since Char defeated Odin's Red Snow Army, recovered the entire territory of Syltan, and subdued the Corsican region, and achieved an unprecedented victory in the army, Char has established his own high personal prestige, especially the cavalry troops, and has revered this brave and magical commander.
The composition of Char's cavalry unit was partly the Rhodrian cavalry, and partly from the Nenei horse thief gang.
The rest of the recruits from the armies accounted for only a tiny fraction.
For the Rhodrian cavalry, Char was their former colleague, and the same background made it easy for them to identify with Char.
As for those horse thieves, not to mention, I didn't hear what they called Char behind their backs, "Uncle", that's simply his own family.
Therefore, in the group under Char's command, the cavalry units have always been loyal to Char in the army.
On the contrary, he doesn't really value Green, the veteran of the empire, although the respect is enough, but he may not be willing to die for the effectiveness.
Green's prestige is mainly in the infantry units, most of the infantry units come from the original Sixth and Seventh Corps, those officers and soldiers from the regular Central Army, they prefer to pay attention to "origin", compared to Char, a guy who was born in the middle of the field, before the war was just a local garrison officer.
And Green is different, Green is a genuine eagle background, a disciple of the old Duke of Minas, a senior prefect of the Imperial Academy, and also served as the commander of the regular army, so it is easier to be recognized by the officers and soldiers of the infantry unit.
Of course, these were the conditions before the war in Sirtanshire.
In the war in Siltanshire, Green led the infantry to attract the main force of Manninger, Char commanded the cavalry to fight thousands of miles, magically conquered the new city, and then completed the strategic encirclement of Manninger, and finally defeated the Odin The entire process of the war, Char is almost leading the trend of the war.
After the end of the war, even the old soldiers of the Sixth and Seventh Corps, who were not necessarily willing to convince Char in their hearts, had to admit that if it weren't for Char's outstanding performance, they would not have won this battle.
As for the low-level officers and soldiers, Char's cavalry magically fought thousands of miles, conquered strong enemies, and even killed several enemy generals, including Manninger's eldest son Morka, such a feat was enough to make the lower-level officers and non-commissioned officers have a sense of admiration for this commander.
The prestige in the army, the balance has gradually shifted to Char as the core.
And in Green's opinion, Char himself has also undergone a lot of changes.
The young man with a hearty smile, a big grin, and even a trace of youth seemed to have gradually disappeared from him.
With the prestige of his merits, Char also showed more and more the determination and even arbitrariness of a leader In the past, Char would be willing to leave most things to Green, and he himself was happy, but as he gradually adapted to the role of "leader", it seemed that some potential things in his surname were gradually stimulated.
He is becoming more and more accustomed to the position of leader, although he still maintains enough respect and trust for Green and many other subordinates, but he will never listen to Green's opinions as before, but is more inclined to take the overall situation into his own hands, and will never easily change anything he believes in To give you the smallest detail, when Char asked his subordinates about a matter, he would usually say, "What do you think should be done?"
And now, Char's tone has changed to the standard tone of a superior asking a subordinate: "What do you suggest?"
The same question, but the words are different, and the artistic conception is naturally very different.
Green knows very well that Char is actually a very strong person in his bones.
The old mad dog never had the intention of competing with Char, and he was even willing to watch Char gradually transform into an excellent leader, leading the group of the Northern Army to greater achievements.
Therefore, after watching Char gradually transform step by step, Green paid great attention to reining in his light, and even deliberately cooperated with all of Char's actions.
Even when his own opinion differed from Char's, he tried his best to obey Char's will and help Char consolidate his authority as a leader.
From this point of view, Char is so lucky to have such a partner as Green who is willing to act as a deputy.
Therefore, when Char decided to invite a young girl like Sophie to discuss military affairs, although Green thought it was too child's play, he was still very smart to keep silent and make concessions.
When Sophie walked into the council chamber, Char was standing in front of the window in a daze.
He looked out the window, the sunset seemed to be smeared with a layer of blood on the horizon, and the afterglow shone on the earth, which had a poignant taste.
Char's clothes and armor have been taken off, but he has just returned but has not had time to wash off the dust, when Sophie approached Char's side, she smelled the strong smell of sweat on this guy's body To be honest, he rode a horse and drove for a few miles, and even said that he was running around, this smell was really not very good.
Char stood straight, his shoulders broad, his posture was erect, and he was heroic, and at a young age, he was at his most energetic and vigorous.
But at this moment, standing at her side, Sophie saw a faint exhaustion in the young commander's eyebrows.
Turning around, Char glanced at Sophie, then looked at Junker who was standing behind Sophie, and then said lightly: "Please sit down." ” There was no politeness, no greetings, Char just raised his hand, and the captain of the guard walked out and closed the door outside.
"I have a little thing I want to hear from you."
Char's tone was not hurried, and he looked calm, as if he did not have the slightest emotion: "At the moment, I have a few problems that need to be seriously raised, and this is the case."
Very short opening remarks, simple and even a little too short.
However, Sophie's face did not show the slightest surprise, with a quiet smile on her face, her eyes were full of calmness, and she listened carefully to Char's story.
In the process of Char's telling, Sophie didn't interject a word, just listened quietly, and there seemed to be no reaction on that delicate face, and she didn't even stir her brows.
Finally waiting for Char to finish speaking, Char let out a sigh, and after talking for a long time, his mouth was also a little dry, so he stood up, walked aside, and poured three glasses of water with his own hands and put them on the table.
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Char sat down gently, drank a glass of water, and looked at the girl in front of him: "Is there any solution?"
Sophie finally smiled, raised her eyelids and looked at Char, picked up the cup in front of her and took a sip gently, on her delicate face, in those bright eyes, there was a bit of amusement in the smile: "General, military affairs and government affairs are not child's play, but there is no way to cure the disease, the problems you just said are all accumulated drawbacks, and they cannot be eliminated immediately in the midst of talking and laughing." ” When Char heard this, he was not disappointed, and smiled: "I don't have that luxury to eradicate me, I know that these things are very troublesome, and I don't expect to solve them in three clicks or two, but at least I have to think of a way to get through the difficulties in front of me first." ” After a pause, he sighed: "First of all, it is the problem of money, the soldiers are born and die to follow me to fight, resist foreign enemies, recover the country, fight for life and death, if you can't let the victims get good pensions, you can't let the living get good treatment, I really shame them." ” When these words were spoken, Sophie was still fine, and Juncker next to her just nodded.
Juncker, who was born in the army, naturally agrees with Char's words.
As a general, if you don't cherish your soldiers and soldiers, you won't be able to achieve great things.
Looking at Char's eyes, Sophie's heart also moved slightly, and then said with a smile: "Okay, there is no way to eradicate the problem for the time being, after all, in the final analysis, the general's current problem is just one word: the matter of money is nothing more than opening up sources and reducing expenditure." ” After a pause, her calm eyes gradually revealed a calm self-confidence: "The matter of open source needs to be discussed in the long run, and it is necessary to open up new sources of finance, which can not be solved in one or two days.
Now to overcome this current difficulty, the only way to start is to start with throttling. ” When Char heard this, he frowned: "Throttling military spending must not be reduced, I have already said that I can't treat these soldiers who were born and died with me." ” Sophie smiled faintly: "The general misunderstood what I meant, I didn't let you treat the soldiers harshly, but there are differences." ” After a pause, she used a calm look to stop Char from asking, and said slowly: "First of all, it is necessary to praise and reward the meritorious soldiers after the end of the last war.
These expenses must not be reduced, and in my opinion, not only cannot be reduced, but the rewards must be increased.
I mean, I want to increase the reward you set before the battle by about 30%, and double the pension against the dead."
Char's face did not move: "Generous reward and generous compensation" "The problem of money, I heard that General Char went to Yanjing this time, but you made a lot of windfalls."
Char smiled bitterly: "Yes, I got some, but this money is not too much, such a little money, if it is on a person's head, it is a huge wealth, but if it has to be distributed to tens of thousands of soldiers, it is not much." ” "Well, but if it's only used to compensate the dead and wounded soldiers and reward the meritorious soldiers, it should be enough."
Char sighed: "Enough is enough, but in this way, there is not much money left, and in the next military system change, the treatment will be upgraded to the level of the Central Army, but it will be insufficient."
The money is used in the front, and I can't in the back."
"My idea is to base myself on the reform of the military system."
Sophie raised her hand lightly and looked at Char: "General, please listen to my detailed analysis for you." ” "You claim to have tens of thousands of soldiers under your command, which seems to be a lot, and judging from the time you started and the territory you occupied, it is really commendable to make such a large amount of money in a short period of time.
But to be honest, with the territory and population you have now, it is really difficult to feed so many troops.
In the past, you were in a difficult situation at home and abroad, and there was a threat of a strong enemy from the outside, and the whole army focused its attention on resisting the foreign enemy.
But now, once the army is upgraded, in the future, this military spending alone will bankrupt your finances.
You've probably noticed this problem by now.
"If that's not the case, what do I ask you to do."
Char muttered quietly.
"Actually, General, you are wrong."
Sophie suddenly raised her voice a little, waved her hand, and her words were full of confidence.
"Wrong" "Wrong" The girl's eyes were calm: "In my opinion, after the restructuring of the army, the military budget may not increase much, and if it is operated properly, it may be able to save a fortune."
"Ahh Char was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes immediately lit up "Tell me about it" "My idea, to put it bluntly, is very simple, it is nothing more than falling on the grade Your Northern Corps, which now has three infantry regiments, as well as a cavalry regiment of Reading.
Needless to say, the cavalry regiment is not to mention, I heard that the general is good at using the cavalry, and this battle in Syltan County also used the cavalry to fight a big victory that has not been seen in a century, so the treatment of the cavalry naturally does not need to be said, even if you want to think about it, you can't start with the cavalry.
In addition, the three infantry corps, the first corps is composed of the remnants of the sixth and seventh corps of the former imperial central army, the old foundation is the central army, both the quality of the army and the degree of training, are far better than the other two corps, so it seems that the first corps is the main combat force in your hands, in terms of treatment, those veterans of the sixth and seventh corps, in the past, they were treated by the central army, and now that the army is restructured, it is natural to improve their treatment, this article, you don't have to think about it.
I mean, I started with the 2nd and 3rd Corps.
Your second corps, mainly a small number of veterans as the backbone officers, in addition to most of them are newly recruited recruits, in terms of combat power, it's not that I'm too harsh, really, such an army, I'm afraid that even the local garrison of the empire is not as good.
In my opinion, it is only a little stronger than the people's army.
To be honest, I even think that it was too high for you to give such an army a salary at the level of an imperial local garrison To be honest, I think what you did in the past was a bit inappropriate, so that the new army, whose quality is no more than that of the militia, will be treated the same as the main battle army like the First Corps, which is really a bit high.
In my opinion, the salary of such a recruit unit is not suitable for being raised too high as soon as it comes up.
In addition, there is the Third Corps.
The 3rd Corps was a new army composed mainly of the surrendered troops of the former Corsican Military Region after this defeat of the Odins.
Those Corsican troops used to be cattle and horses in Odin.
In this war, they didn't make much effort, and if they want to talk about the credit, they really can't talk about it.
However, in my opinion, the important surname of this army is a little higher than that of the Second Corps.
In any case, they were also a regular army before, not a new army like the Second Corps, as long as they are rectified, their combat effectiveness is above that of the Second Corps.
If you want to throttle, you might as well take advantage of this change in the military system to make some changes in the army According to my assumptions, after the change, it should be like this: the original cavalry reading regiment was treated as first-class, and the salary and treatment of cavalry have always been higher than that of infantry, needless to say.
The treatment standard of the Central Army will be raised by one level, and the military salary will be increased by 10%.
This is the existence of the main battle force as the trump card in your hand.
Because the First Corps was composed of the regular army of the original Sixth and Seventh Corps, it could fully enjoy the treatment of the Imperial Central Army.
As for the 2nd Corps and the 3rd Corps, I mean" Speaking of this, Sophie, a girl, slowly spit out a word from her mouth, which made Char's heart suddenly "Disarmament" "Disarmament" After being silent for a while, looking at the doubts in Char's eyes, Sophie said lightly: "The territory under your command now is too difficult to feed the strength of the three corps, and, according to my analysis, from now on, from the overall situation, it has entered the stage of strategic stalemate, and at present, it seems that there is no enemy in front of you that urgently needs to be defeated and defeated After the annihilation of the Chixue Army, there is no mortal enemy, there is no need to maintain an army that is too large Moreover, to be honest, there are so many recruit troops as the Second Corps, If it really fights, it really doesn't play a role except for being able to do guard work in the rear.
In the short term, your immediate priority is to develop your own strength and restore the vitality of your territory, and there is no need to start any large-scale wars for the time being.
To the south of us, the Besta people, are not our enemies and will not pose a threat to us for the time being.
To the north is the Wildfire Plain, so we don't have to worry about the goblins attacking us As for the sides, on our left side are two weak Tema Military Regions, in addition to a part of the land occupied by Odin's Thundercloud Legion, but the Odin people do not seem to have any intention of expanding, and even from the information I have, they seem to be very satisfied with the land they have occupied, and this Odin army and the other Tema Military Region troops are holding each other down and will not pose much threat to us.
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The only threat you are concerned about comes from our right.
Hasting, Nodsshire.
The Black Flag Army is famous for its combat effectiveness, but since Hastings occupied Nodeshire County, they have not been close at all, but the troops have stopped there, and even when you went south to attack the Red Snow Army, they did not make any moves, obviously their target is not you, at least, in the short term, they have no hostile intentions against you.
Although there are different forces on the left and right flanks, we only need to keep the main battle force of one corps, plus the cavalry troops in your hands, if something really happens, these forces, if they are only used for defense and small counterattacks, will be enough.
As long as you don't start any more big wars, these armies are enough to defend our territory.
So, I mean, you might as well cut half of the Second Corps and the Third Corps that you now have under your command for large-scale disarmament, and keep them in the name of the Northern Army Garrison Corps, and add them to the name of the Garrison Corps, so that they can be separated from the regular military districts under your command.
This garrison regiment still enjoys the treatment of the local garrison of the empire, and they have no reason to be dissatisfied, after all, under your command, this unit has not made any military achievements, and it has not played any role in the previous war.
This established garrison corps, mainly with the surrender of the Corsican Military District, supplemented by a small number of recruits of the Corsican army, under the Odin as cattle and horses, now under your hands, you can have something to eat, you will be grateful to Dade, give them the treatment of the local garrison, if you are dissatisfied, then you don't need to be polite to these surrenderers. ” These words were eloquent, but Char was a little dazed when he heard it.
It seems that what the girl said made a lot of sense before herself, no, even Green, entered a wrong stereotype in her thinking: the army can only go on the road of expansion.
After all, it is now a troubled time, and in the troubled times, whoever has the strongest troops is the strongest.
A large number of soldiers has become the only channel for self-protection.
However, they did not expect that an army with too many numbers may not be able to play a real role.
"But these troops, even those recruits, who have been in the army for several months, have received preliminary military training, and now let them all go back to the army, the previous investment will be wasted.
Moreover, I am afraid that many soldiers may not be willing to leave."
"Your Excellency."
Sophie smiled faintly: "What I mean by disarmament is not to let them take off their military uniforms and go back to be farmers, I mean to transfer these laid off soldiers to the reserves." ” "Reserve" When Char heard this, his eyes lit up suddenly "We in Byzantium have no reserves, and our country has always implemented a peasant and military system, but from the perspective of the national situation in this century, this peasant and military system is really a drawback.
The peasant and soldier system of the Tema Military Region has become a cancer in the empire.
I think when the time comes, you can completely abolish this system in your jurisdiction.
And I think the time has come now.
You have just won an unprecedented victory, both in the military and in the people, and the center of the empire is weak and has no ability to control you, and you can take advantage of this condition to abolish this system in your jurisdiction.
The peasant and military system was abolished and the reserve system was introduced In the previous peasant and military system, the local political axe owned the official land, recruited peasants to cultivate, and at the same time carried out military training, and in wartime it was transferred to the combat sequence.
This idea is good, but over the past hundred years, this system has become full of malpractices.
First of all, the land cultivated by the peasants and soldiers was not their own, and when they worked, they did not have enough active surnames.
If the yield of the land is too small, and the yield of the land is too small, then the income obtained will be reduced, and it will not be enough to provide the salaries of the peasants.
In this way, a cycle of evil surnames is formed.
The treatment of the peasants and soldiers is reduced, so whether it is farming or fighting, they are not willing to contribute.
This became a ridiculous situation: the Byzantine Empire had a vast territory, exercised a hundred years of peasant and military system, and there were millions of registered peasant soldiers in various places, but when the empire encountered war, except for a few central army corps and a small number of local garrisons, the empire had almost no soldiers to use those peasant soldiers, and they were unwilling to leave their homeland to fight, and their treatment was low, which could not stimulate their will to fight.
The lack of training also makes their combat effectiveness not worth mentioning at all.
So, I think, switching to the reserve system is the most appropriate strategy at the moment.
The reserve system, in fact, the Landis people have already implemented it throughout the country.
This kind of system seems to have great similarities with the peasant and military system, but in fact there is an essential difference First of all, the soldiers of the reserve can get the land allocated by the political axe.
The ownership of such land has been directly given to the individual reservists, and not to the state, because it is their own land, so when it comes to farming, they will do their best to work and will not slack off.
At the same time, the personnel of the reserve enjoy the preferential treatment given by the political axe in terms of taxation.
Compared to the agricultural taxes paid by other farmers, the reserve soldiers only had to pay half of the taxes for farming.
And while they enjoy the low tax rate, all they need to pay is that they must devote a certain amount of time every year to enter the army for military training, which is spent in the slack season, so as not to delay the cultivation of the land, and at the same time to ensure that they receive sufficient military training, so that they will not be abandoned and transformed into complete farmers.
Such a reserve can be directly conscripted into the army in the event of war, and as long as it is slightly rectified, it can be immediately transformed into combat power.
Moreover, reserve soldiers can also receive military pay when they receive military training every year.
Of course, this military salary does not need to be too high, taking the Landis Empire as an example, their reservists can get the army's subsidized military salary when they are training, and the standard of military salary is half of that of the local garrison.
Your command, Mor, Siltan, and Corsica, have just gone through large-scale wars, the population has plummeted, and there has been a large-scale unowned land, and it is when the land is vast and sparsely populated, and a large amount of unowned land should be abandoned as a good time, so it is better to take the opportunity to implement the policy of the reserve and grant these large amounts of unowned land to the reservists For you, firstly, after the disarmament, a lot of military spending will be saved, and secondly, after the land is cultivated by the reservists, when the harvest comes, it will also provide new tax revenues, and so on, in fact, we still earn."
Char was dumbfounded when he heard this, and then carefully calculated that if he implemented Sophie's plan, his military spending would be reduced, and his financial revenue would also increase Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the army has not decreased looked at the girl in front of him, after finishing speaking, he picked up the cup and took a sip, and after putting down the cup, he calmly put his hands on his knees, his smile was calm, and there was no trace of such a calm and unhurried bearing in his eyes, which made Char feel a little trance for a moment.
It was as if it was not a young girl sitting in front of him, but the dead and famous wise man Cavishir Suddenly, Char let out a long sigh from Dora's mind.
"The so-called national warrior is nothing more than that."
Char was so excited that he stood up abruptly and walked around the room a few times, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Sophie's plan was really a brilliant solution.
Moreover, when it comes to implementation, it is also a feasible surname "I feel like there's something to add."
Char's eyes rolled: "This time, the reward for meritorious soldiers may not be rewarded with money and other physical objects, but can be awarded to them with equivalent land."
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Anyway, Lao Tzu's current territory, there is nothing else, that is, the land is damn, the damn Manninger Red Snow Army, so that the population of Siltan County has plummeted by fifty percent, and the Corsica region is slightly better, but the population has also decreased by thirty percent, and the population of Moore County is even less than seventy percent of the population before the war.
"It's a good idea."
Sophie smiled slightly, looked at Char, and there was some praise in her eyes: "The adult is really smart, and he is worthy of being a disciple of the teacher, drawing inferences from one example."
If you do, when these lands are distributed to those meritorious soldiers, don't forget that most of the soldiers of the 6th and 7th Corps under your command were originally from the Central Army, not locals.
Although they are now serving with you, many of their families and relatives are in other areas, as long as they have land, they will naturally write to their families, and the whole family will move to you without a penny, and you will have a large number of soldiers, and their families will work in your army, and after a year, your territory, the army will be strong, and the food will be abundant, even if you are fully recovered."
To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: