Datang all-rounder

Chapter 38

Walking to the clerk, Wang Ke picked up a pen and quickly drew on the paper.

Wang Ke didn't hesitate for other military ranks, but the handsome rank stumped him.It was only then that he remembered that at this time, this country did not have a national flag, national anthem, or national emblem, and it was really difficult to show it in terms of military rank.

When Wang Ke was painting his military ranks, a group of generals surrounded him. Seeing that Wang Ke stopped writing suddenly, Li Jing thought he was hesitating, so Li Jing couldn't help but asked, "Master Xiao Wang, why didn't you draw any more? Is there any difficulty? "

Li Jing's question woke up Wang Ke who was in deep thought. Wang Ke raised his head and said in embarrassment: "The boy forgot one thing, which makes it impossible to draw this rank."

When Wang Ke, who had always been confident, said such words at this time, everyone was stunned.Today Wang Ke talked eloquently, and everyone felt that what Wang Ke said was something that they had never thought about before, nor would they have thought of it, but they were all very useful things.This time Wang Ke was also in a difficult situation. Everyone only felt that this must be an unsolvable problem, and they couldn't help but change their faces.

Comrade Li Er was even more anxious, and kept asking: "Then what should I do? Is there no way to solve it?"

Wang Ke hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly: "It's not that there is no way to solve it, but this problem is not just a military issue, it is related to the entire country of Datang."

Comrade Li Er told Wang Ke that it could be resolved, and he was just relieved, but Wang Ke said that it had something to do with the whole country, and his heart immediately became aroused again.He knew that if Wang Ke didn't say anything, he would be astonishing if he said it.Everything Wang Ke said today was unheard of for him and his ministers. It impacted his thought that he was quite open-minded, and would also change the military system of the empire under his rule.

Comrade Li Er is not a conservative monarch. In his opinion, as long as it is beneficial to the country and can play a role in his rule, he will accept it.

Gritting his teeth, Comrade Li Er said to Wang Ke: "Boy of the Wang family, let's listen first. If there is anything wrong, you can discuss it. If necessary, this matter can also be carried out."

Wang Ke also didn't want to destroy his own basket plan because of this incident.Now seeing that Comrade Li Er agreed with him to talk about it first, he boldly said: "Your Majesty, it is like this. There is no problem with other military ranks, but this commander-level military rank must be very different from others. Because the officers who have reached this level are all heroic men who have made outstanding military exploits to the country, and they can only appear in wars."

"Under the emperor's wise leadership, the world is at peace. It will not be easy to be promoted to this rank in the future, so this rank must be associated with the country. But my dynasty does not have a national flag, national anthem, or national emblem that represent the country. , This makes me a bit embarrassed." Wang Ke only expressed his true intention after flattering Comrade Li Er.

"National flag, national anthem, national emblem?" Comrade Li Er repeated these words in his mouth, and asked for a long time: "What is this thing, the Wang family boy might as well tell us."

Wang Ke knows that in this era, speaking by oneself is often used to explain things that are common to him, but are nouns to them.

No way, let me explain: "This national flag is a flag that represents a country. When it comes to the outside world, whether it is marching or fighting or in foreign exchanges, it can be used to represent a country. Which country is it? The national anthem is a song that represents a country. Whenever people sing it, they will think of their own country. The national emblem is mainly used in various important places of the imperial court and various office places in various places across the country to represent that these places are the ruling institutions of the imperial court and are sacred and inviolable.”

Now the group of people in the study are numb to the new terms that pop up from Wang Ke's mouth from time to time, they just listen, but don't intend to ask any more.It's all the same idea. If there is something you don't understand, you can ask Wang Ke when you come down. Now I just ask Wang Ke to finish his thoughts.

Comrade Li Er was very interested in Wang Ke's explanation. After listening to it, he said directly without thinking: "This is no problem. It can be done. In the future, we will do exactly what the Wang family boy said. This is a good thing. This I will leave the matter to the Wang family boy."

Wang Ke did not expect to solve this problem so easily, and said happily in his heart: "The emperor said so, I am very happy. This matter must be completed very well. The commander-level military rank will not be drawn here. Waiting for the minister Get out the national flag, national anthem, and national emblem and report it to the emperor."

Wang Ke walked back to his seat and continued: "Now the boy continues to talk about the army. After the implementation of the military rank system, it is necessary to make corresponding adjustments to the organizational system of our Datang army so that it can be well unified with the military ranks. Specifically In other words, the army is no longer the subordinate of Shui, who can deploy it at will. It will not happen now that as many people are taken to fight today, and when they come back tomorrow, there may be more or less people under them. According to The rank of the military itself, coupled with the position, the number of people it belongs to is certain, and it can only be supplemented when the soldiers are demobilized and returned to their hometowns in the case of combat attrition. control."

As soon as these words came out, Comrade Li Er and all the officers immediately cheered up.From his point of view, Comrade Li Er was just afraid that the soldiers everywhere would support their own self-respect, and would fight against him if they had any ideas; while the officers were already tired of deploying troops everywhere every time they fought. I am too tired not to mention, I don't know if the mobilized soldiers are still there, and whether they have the ability to go to battle. If they do this, then they will be much more relaxed.

Li Jing went through Wang Ke's words in his head, and couldn't help clapping his hands.As the minister of the Ministry of War, he was often troubled by the number of soldiers, but there was no way to solve it.In this way, his work will be much easier.

While these people were thinking about each other, the civil servants saw Changsun Wuji standing up, and said to Comrade Li Er: "Your Majesty, Mr. Wang's proposal is not necessary to discuss, it can be adopted. In this way, every year The amount of military pay is fixed, and there is no need to mobilize everywhere at the last minute, but just pay according to the quota and on time, it is really a good proposal."

Comrade Li Er looked at Fang Xuanling and Du Ruzi, and saw that they kept nodding, so he said, "Very well, this one will be settled. What else does the Wang family have, continue."

Wang Ke didn't expect this proposal to be passed so easily, so he couldn't help but become more courageous, and he had a lot of confidence in his speech. Lang Sheng said: "As for the issue of the army's organizational system, this boy thinks like this. According to the army, division, regiment, The organizational system of battalion, company, platoon, and squad operates with ten people in each squad, including a squad leader and a deputy squad leader. Every three squads form a platoon, every three platoons form a company, and so on. Specifically, I would like to Here is a brochure, so I will briefly talk about it here. There are still many things involved in it, and I can’t explain it clearly at the moment. I wonder how the emperor and your lords were before?"

Comrade Li Er and the ministers nodded in agreement.

Seeing that everyone agreed with her statement, Wang Ke changed the subject and said in a very solemn and serious tone: "The last question I mentioned, I hope everyone will consider it, especially the adults in the army."

Seeing Wang Ke like this, everyone knew that the most important and earth-shattering thing was about to happen, so they all listened attentively to see what Wang Ke had to say.

Seeing that the effect he wanted had been achieved, Wang Ke said, "Now the standing army of our court has only 10 guards, and the rest are also fighting like soldiers and farmers. This is nothing in peacetime, but it is in wartime." It is not conducive to the rapid assembly of troops to attack, and the soldiers usually cultivate the land, which also takes up a lot of land, which is not conducive to the tax revenue of the court. According to the boy's estimation, the tax revenue should be reduced by [-]%. In addition, all the generals have A large number of private soldiers is not conducive to the stability of the court."

Wang Ke bowed his hands to a group of old killers, and said apologetically: "I hope all the adults will forgive me, the boy is only discussing the matter from the perspective of the court, and it is not against the position of the adults."

After finishing speaking, he continued: "Jiedu envoys from various places also support their own soldiers, and most of their soldiers are recruited for themselves. As a result, many soldiers only obey the orders of their superiors and are not allowed to be dispatched by the court. There are also vassal princes sealed by the emperor in various places, and their income is not high. Taxes, as well as support from the imperial court, and self-supporting soldiers. Although the imperial court stipulates the number of soldiers, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no private recruits who exceed the limit. The kid thinks that the imperial court should take all the army as state-owned and divide the Tang Dynasty into multiple military regions. Each military region dispatches a highly respected general. Each military region dispatches a different number of troops according to its jurisdiction and whether it is a strategically important area. The main generals of the military region are dispatched every few years to prevent entanglement in one place for a long time. clique."

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar. No one thought that what Wang Ke said was such a thing. Once this kind of behavior was implemented, the military system of the entire Great Tang Empire would undergo earth-shaking changes.

Of course, it is beneficial to Comrade Li Er, but the generals will lose any strength in their hands.Comrade Li Er also felt the weight of these words, and did not make a decision immediately as before.If he did this, the group of people who fought for him would end up with no power at all, and would truly become a minister with a high position and no power.But he also knew what Wang Ke's suggestion meant to himself and the entire Li family.I and my heirs in the future will be much more stable, and we don't have to worry all day long that someone will be against us.

Comrade Li Er saw that the ministers were silent, and he knew that it was not very good for him to express his position now. If he vetoed it, he would definitely not want to; if he agreed, he was afraid that these gangsters would have some knots in his heart, so he decided not to speak clearly about himself. Opinion.So he changed the topic and asked Wang Ke: "The boy of the Wang family said that the vassal kings who are enshrined in various places cannot do this, so what do you think should be done?"

Wang Ke said just now that there was no hope of getting an answer to this matter, and now seeing that Comrade Li Er asked himself this question, he replied smoothly: "Your Majesty, I thought that these vassal kings could be sent back to live in the capital, so that the guards can protect them." They, the imperial court enshrines a lot of them every month. If the vassal king Lishui has the ability, he can also enter the imperial court to serve as an official. This seems to increase the burden on the imperial court, but since they return to Beijing, the fiefdom will no longer exist. , the vacated land can also be taxed to the imperial court. Compared with the two, there should be more tax revenue, which is also beneficial to the revenue of the treasury.”

As soon as these words came out, there was a "buzzing" sound from the civil servants, and the civil servants had a headache every day because there was too little money in the treasury and it was inconvenient to spend.Doing so is of course a huge benefit to them.

Fang Xuanling shook his head, sighed, and said, "Others say that I am a strategist. Compared with Mr. Xiao Wang, Fang is really inferior. I am old, I am old."

As soon as Wang Ke heard this, he cupped his hands to Fang Xuanling and said, "Master Fang is modest. My nephew is just traveling abroad. He has passed through many countries and experienced a lot of things, but most of them are superficial. The specific operation still needs to be done." Relying on the emperor and all the adults sitting here. My nephew really can't do it. Mr. Fang's words like this really make my nephew panic."

Comrade Li Er saw the civil officials whispering to each other.Talk on and on.The generals were all in deep thought, knowing that if they continued talking about it today, there would be no result.Turning his mind, he said: "It's late today, and the boy from the Wang family has finished talking. Let's stop here in my opinion. After a while, someone will sort out what the boy from the Wang family said today and send it to everyone in the Ai Qing's mansion. You don't need to come to it tomorrow." At the court, all the lovers should think at home according to what the boy of the Wang family said, sort out a list, and hand it in when the next day goes to court."

After speaking, he turned his head and said to Wang Ke: "Boy of the Wang family, write down everything you said in detail and concretely, and write down what you should do. I will not set a time for you, and you will send it directly to the office after you finish it." Come to the palace, I am talking to you."

Wang Ke knew that what Comrade Li Er said meant that his proposal was likely to be promising, so he hurriedly said to Comrade Li Er: "Your Majesty, I have something to clarify with the Emperor first."

Comrade Li Er was about to leave.Seeing what Wang Ke said, he couldn't help asking curiously: "What else?"

Wang Ke said embarrassingly: "I have lived overseas for a long time, and I really don't know how to write in my dynasty. What I write should be written in the usual way. I ask the emperor to forgive me for this."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone present laughed.

Comrade Li Er didn't expect that Wang Ke was talking about this, so he pointed at him helplessly and said: "How can there be a person like you, you can write poems and lyrics without any good sentences, but you can write articles but don't know how to write them. Whatever, just do it according to you." Write it out of your habit, I really want to see what you write."

(End of this chapter)