In fact, there has always been some controversy in the cabinet about the establishment of the Imperial Cooperative Army by the crown prince in Fuso.
Some people believe that the Imperial Cooperative Army should be included in the establishment of the Imperial Guard, and the private army of the Imperial Prince's Caiyi is 15,000, and the 5,000 Imperial Imperial Cooperative Army should be counted in it.
There are also those who believe that the Imperial Cooperative Army is not a formal army, but at most a cooperative army to maintain order, and should be included in the list of local militias.
In this regard, the two sides have different opinions, and so far they have not come to a unified result.
In fact, on the surface, everyone is arguing about whether the Imperial Association Army should be included in the private army of the prince's Caiyi, but in fact, what is really discussed is the number of the prince's private army.
The prince's private army of 15,000 has been decided before.
Now, if the prince builds an imperial alliance army led by the Japanese people but is not counted in the prince's private army, wouldn't there be a big loophole, and wouldn't the prince's private army be uncontrollable If the prince's private army cannot be controlled, there will be danger.
Even because of the matter of the Imperial Army, the cabinet began to discuss the issue of militias in various places.
The land directly under the imperial court in the Central Plains, as well as the feudal lands of the border princes, and even overseas colonial territories, these places are all limited in the number of soldiers, but there have always been no restrictions on the militia.
Dahua Shangwu.
As long as the people register, they can buy some civilian weapons, such as swords, spears, bows and arrows, etc., but the armor, crossbows, guns, etc. are strictly managed, and they are not allowed to be kept privately.
Militia is also trained in various localities, especially in the border areas, where there is a mixture of Chinese and Chinese, the number of militia is extremely large, they train in their spare time, and also take turns patrolling, etc., and assist the government to catch thieves and crack down on smuggling, which can be said to have played a great role.
In times of war, they can also transport supplies to the front line, and even become a reinforcement at critical times, as well as assist in local defenses.
The essence of the militia is still that of the people, and the soldiers are only temporarily performing some tasks.
But the cabinet is still proposing a qualitative idea for the militias.
If there is no stricter limit on the militia, then there is a big loophole here, especially for the vassals, who can easily break the limit of support with the militia.
Even if these militias are not as equipped and trained as the fiefdom guards, they can be quickly converted.
"Fang Gong, what do you think about the militia?"
Today, Zhang Chao invited Fang Xuanling to tea, and he also intended to ask the old minister's opinion.
Although Fang Xuanling is not in the cabinet now, he is in charge of the Hanlin Academy, and he has always been old and steady.
Fang Xuanling put down the teacup.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the combat strength of my Dahua's militia actually exceeds that of the vast majority of the armies of the surrounding countries.
The only ones that can be stronger than our Dahua militia are the Roman heavy infantry, the Persian heavy cavalry, the Arab light cavalry and a few other foreign elites. ” Zhang Chao nodded.
In this era, in fact, the main force of the armies of various countries was basically peasant soldiers.
In the past, the soldiers of the Sui and Tang dynasties were like this, and the same was basically the case in Eurasian countries.
Although there is a noble knight class in Europe, which is quite elite, but the number of these people is very small, and the real battle still has to rely on the conscription of peasant soldiers.
There are also some mercenaries in Europe, but in smaller numbers.
It is not that countries are unwilling to use professional soldiers and standing armies, but the key is the issue of productivity.
The inability to support too many standing soldiers, the inability to get too many peasants out of production, these are all problems that countries cannot avoid, so there are knights and mercenaries in Europe, but there is a lack of real standing defense forces.
In the past, the children of the nobles of Long in the Sui and Tang dynasties were also regarded as a large number of aristocratic armed forces, but the national defense force still relied on the government soldiers of the nature of peasants and soldiers.
Dahua has a huge population base of nearly 100 million people.
Even with the war mobilization potential of 21 ding, there can be 5 million young and strong reserve soldiers.
If it is counted as ten people, there can be 10 million young and strong reserve soldiers.
It can be said that with so many strong men, Dahua can implement the compulsory military system, the professional officer and non-commissioned officer system, the standing army, and the soldiers of Dahua can be more young and elite.
In addition to the 600,000 standing army, there can be a larger number of militia troops, and even under the compulsory military system, a large number of soldiers retire from the army every year and return to their hometowns, and then these people basically join the militia and become Dahua's reserve force.
It is precisely for this reason that Dahua's militia is extremely high-quality, because many of them are retired soldiers.
He has received professional training in the professional army and even has actual combat experience.
Dahua's war horses were plentiful and cheap, and many militiamen had their own horses.
The knives and guns are also excellent and cheap, making Dahua's militia indeed quite first-class.
In this case, the Dahua militia is actually already a huge army with extremely strong combat power.
How many militias are there in Dahua In fact, even the Prime Minister is not clear, because there is no very detailed statistics at all.
"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the cabinet's worries are not unreasonable, Dahua's militia is huge in number and has strong combat effectiveness, and the militia problem cannot be ignored.
The minister believed that the militia should be restrained and its management strengthened.
For example, the number of militias is granted, the number is controlled, etc. ” Since the militia is a reserve force, it is also a paramilitary force.
With Dahua's huge population base, it would be a bit too much if it was the current practice of almost all the people being militia.
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"Based on the selection of one out of a hundred, Dahua can also have a million militiamen.
But according to Lao Chen's estimates, I am afraid that there are no less than 10 million militia in Dahua now. ” 10 million militia.
If you say it, you can scare those small countries to death, and their entire population is not so large.
But this is not an exaggeration.
Today, Dahua has a vast territory and the largest population in the world.
"Regulate the militia, grant the militia number, and control the number."
Zhang Chao was very satisfied with Fang Xuanling's suggestion, the number of one million is not much, after all, there are twenty or thirty million men in Dahua, and one out of ten is a militia, which is not much.
After all, the militia is not a standing army, and there is not much delay in production, etc.
Even many large workshops, as well as the streets of the city, actually have militia, and in addition to production, there is also some training.
The difference between the militia and ordinary people is that they train regularly and take on some tasks such as catching thieves and anti-smuggling patrols.
Moreover, the militia will also have some equipment that ordinary people cannot have, such as some shields, spears, or some crossbows.
"Fang Gong, do you think that if the militia is more standardized, given an official militia number, and then the imperial court gives some training and other allowances and subsidies, strengthens their equipment, and increases their training, how about it?"
"This should be the way it should be.
Since it is necessary to standardize the militia, then in the future, it is not possible to recruit all the people as soldiers, and only those who are young and able-bodied, such as veterans, are preferred, and those who have a bad record cannot be used, and those with criminal records cannot be used. ” "Quantity control is also very important, such as how many militias are formed in a county, and how many militias are formed in a state.
There should be strict regulations on how many militias a vassal leader can organize. ” Zhang Chao thought for a while, "Then it will be determined according to the number of registered population, according to this ratio of 100 to 1, such as the land of Hanjing and Gyeonggi, with a population of more than 2 million, then 20,000 militia."
Another example is Liuqiu, now there are more than 1 million people, then more than 10,000 militia.
What do you think?"
"What about the fiefs and fiefs of the princes, are they also determined according to the proportion of the number of the population, and whether this militia is included in the amount of the princes' private soldiers?"
"The militia will not be included in the private army quota of the princes, so let's follow this proportion of the population."
Zhang Chaodao, in fact, the population of the princes' fiefs is far lower than the density of the Central Plains, and the princes' fiefs with a population of 10,000 are already quite few, and the population of 10,000 can only make up a hundred militias.
The princes who can have a population of 10,000 are now at least a county duke and above, and the private army quota of the county duke is at least 3,000.
A hundred more militia and a hundred less militia are nothing at all.
Of course, such as the prince Caiyi Fuso, the population is large, up to millions.
If the militia is organized according to the ratio of 1 out of 100, then the prince's mining can organize tens of thousands of militia.
Zhang Chao said that the militia is not included in the private army, which means that the prince can increase the militia by tens of thousands at once.
Even if the militia will be severely restricted in weapons and equipment, this will greatly enhance the military strength of the crown prince.
"Your Majesty doesn't think about it?"
"The emperor, the crown prince, and the grandson of the emperor are the militia, and the upper limit of the militia is 20,000."
Zhang Chao listened to Fang Xuanling's suggestion, and after thinking about it, he added one.
"The number of militias in the fiefs of princes and overseas colonial territories shall not exceed the quota of private soldiers."
The baron's private soldiers are 1,000, so even if the population of their fief exceeds 100,000, the number of militia cannot exceed the limit of 1,000.
The addition of this article is mainly for the sake of the future.
Now the population of the princes' fiefs is still small, but the population will definitely continue to grow in the future, if the population of the fiefs exceeds 100,000 in the future, the number of militias will also increase greatly, so now set an upper limit, but also add an insurance.
Under this red line of one hundred to one, many princes now have to cut the militia.
The princes now have few formal soldiers, but a large militia, and basically implement the strategy of all strong men joining the militia, so as to reduce military spending while maintaining military strength.
Now that Zhang Chao has cut it down with a knife, the princes can only expand their own guards, otherwise the number of militias will be greatly reduced, and their strength will be greatly reduced.
The expansion of the guard will inevitably lead to a large increase in military spending, which is also a kind of pressure on the princes.
In the end, Zhang Chao decided that the militia should be divided into platoons, companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, and the militia in various localities should be reorganized and numbered, and the number of militia should be retained by 1 million.
The Imperial Cooperative Army of Prince Fusang Caiyi was also characterized by Zhang Chao as a militia.
The private soldiers of the prince were 15,000 and the militia was 20,000.
The Imperial Allied Army now has only one brigade of 5,000 people, which is not restricted, but only 15,000 militia quotas are left, and three more brigades can be formed.
At that time, these four brigades can form two militia divisions.
With a standing army of 600,000 and a militia of 1 million, it can be called the world's largest power. t1706231537: