The greatest fairness is unfair?

The seemingly contradictory words are exactly the answer that Mr. Hou has been pondering for three months.

For this reason, the Marquis overturned all previous ideas.

Pointing at Zhang Fei, Liu Bei asked: "Captain Zhang is tall and hardworking. Can he eat an extra piece of meat?"

It’s just a piece of meat, no big deal.

Almost everyone nodded subconsciously.

Then he pointed at Guan Yu: "Guan Xiaowei is also a big man. It is harder to supervise the whole army and his military achievements are higher. Can I eat two more pieces of meat?"

The officers hesitated. It seemed okay, but it seemed a little inappropriate.

Liu Bei pointed to himself again and asked: "Then, can I eat all the meat?"

Obviously, the lord is not talking about meat-eating people.

Everyone realized the problem and began to think seriously.

Liu Bei deliberately complained loudly to Xu You.

"It seems that my lord is a failure. Even eating more meat is not enough."

"Hahaha!"

The generals couldn't help but laugh, and the tense atmosphere relaxed.

"Why are you laughing? Isn't it weird that I want to eat more? Don't you want to eat more meat? Or who doesn't want to eat?"

Yes, who doesn’t want to eat more?

However, from the time when the Marquis promulgated the military regulations in Youzhou, he clearly stated the requirement for the integration of officers and soldiers. Since then, the military's clothing, food, housing and transportation have generally been relatively fair.

If I break this rule now, I don’t know how much trouble it will cause.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

Liu Bei waved, and the bodyguard asked the waiting cook to serve a square piece of braised pork to each officer, including the lord and military advisor.

The shiny red pork belly is so fragrant that you can’t help but move your index fingers.

Everyone looked at each other, no one dared to speak, and they all looked at the lord Liu Bei.

"Don't be stunned, try them all."

After saying that, he took the lead in picking up the chopsticks and started eating.

The lord's words were military orders, and the generals who didn't know why all followed them.

After everyone finished eating, Liu Bei wiped his mouth.

"The same rice feeds all kinds of people. The whole army has all kinds of people, tall, short, fat and thin. The big and the small have to work or not, and eat the same. I think it's really unfair. Think about it, the big and tall guy has three more people in a military uniform."

Is this the principle of ruler cloth?"

"I believe that it is necessary for soldiers with special conditions to receive basic living protection. For example, the canteen should increase the supply of staple food, and soldiers can take it for themselves on the basis of no waste. At the same time, a payment window should be added so that those who want to improve their food can purchase additional food.

."

"I paid for the meat you just ate. As for other aspects, we will improve them simultaneously in accordance with this purpose."

Everyone reacted and nodded repeatedly.

This method is good, everyone can have enough to eat. If someone wants to eat more or even eat well, they can just pay for it, and others have nothing to say.

However, this raises another question, what did the soldiers buy?

After all, we don’t fight every day, and even if we fight, not everyone will be rewarded. There are not many places to make money in the military.

In fact, Liu Bei treated his soldiers extremely well.

In this era, except for the emperor's personal army, other armies basically have two meals a day, morning and evening. It would be nice to have some fresh vegetables. If a soldier is disabled or killed in battle, there is little or no pension.

After three months of investigation, Liu Bei formulated a new military rank system, which is a simplified version of the recruitment system.

In general, we have once again improved the treatment of officers and soldiers, giving priority to rewards and taking into account fairness. They can be promoted or demoted, advanced or retreated.

Joining the army can be regarded as a salaried job, which avoids the disadvantage of resting on one's military merits and rests on one's laurels, and effectively improves the initiative of soldiers.

However, Xu You believes that if this is implemented, military expenditures will increase significantly, and the current income may not be able to support it.

He even made a joke: "The soldiers raised by the lord are only a lot more than the emperor's own army."

At present, Yongzhou's officially established army is 35,000 people, plus the 6,000 armed yellow turban slaves in Youzhou who supervise the Qiang people, plus the 5,000 troops stationed in the enclave, and more than 3,000 Kuaiji navy troops, which is close to 50,000

Centaur.

This does not include the growing number of espionage personnel and the escort teams of various chambers of commerce. To exaggerate, there are 60,000 people.

Liu Bei admitted that the military advisor's judgment was correct, so he proposed a military strategy, that is, the line of elite troops.

The entire army is weeding out the old and weak. Except for officers, soldiers over forty years old are retired or transferred to left-behind units, and those over thirty years old are retired or transferred to logistics units.

Recruitment is limited to men between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five, who must undergo three months of military training and serve for three years.

Two standing military camps were established in Shangjun and Zhuoxian, each with 10,000 standing troops, and each enclave with 1,000 troops.

Gendarmerie, special forces, navy and espionage forces will be gradually increased depending on the situation.

After the adjustment, the number of the front-line standing army will be 25,000, the special force will retain the establishment of 2,000, the Kuaiji naval force will be tentatively sized at 3,000, the second-line left-behind force will be 7,000, and the logistics force will be tentatively sized at 5,000.

All the savings are used to improve the equipment and welfare of the soldiers. In this way, the existing military expenditure is barely enough.

After Xu You learned about the military innovation conceived by his lord, he weighed it repeatedly and finally approved the plan.

Because the benefits of elite soldiers are obvious.

By eliminating the old and weak infantry and strengthening the cavalry, the logistics can be almost completely transformed into mules and horses, and the combat effectiveness will not decrease but increase.

At the same time, a small number of people will inevitably reduce logistical pressure and avoid a lot of waste.

When the generals heard the lord's idea of ​​a new military system, they immediately exploded, with all kinds of expressions and voices, like a tide.

The main concern is that the reduction in troop strength will lead to a reduction in combat effectiveness?

Most generals' personal guards include many veterans in their thirties and forties. If they expect to work with them for the rest of their lives, is it appropriate to kick them away?

Also, if Yongzhou establishes its own military system, how will it be explained to the court? Will there be any trouble?

Liu Bei was very straightforward: "It is easier and safer for veterans to transfer to the logistics or stay-at-home troops. It is better to retire and return to their hometown to reunite with their families than to die in a foreign land and become a ghost. As for the imperial court, I am not afraid, so what are you worrying about?"

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Now that it comes to this matter, the generals have nothing to say. There are very few soldiers who can start well and end well.

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The Lord is so kind.

As a result, the Yongzhou Army began to make major adjustments.

More than 10,000 veterans in their 30s and 40s received a one-time demobilization subsidy of 3,000 yuan, which can buy ten acres of farmland.

At the same time, all previously issued military uniforms and other equipment worth tens of thousands of dollars are owned by individuals.

Finally, there is currently an office of the Yongzhou Army in every county under its jurisdiction. If you encounter difficulties in the future, you can go there for help.

Guan Yu has many subordinates, including many elderly soldiers, and quite a few of them are unwilling to retire and are begging hard.

Old man Zhao, who had just turned forty and had gray hair and beard, was quite unconvinced.

"Second Master, I haven't seen the blood of those raw melons and eggs, how can they fight? Do you believe that if the old man beats them both, he can't make an exception?"

"Since you are a subordinate of a certain person, you should know that military orders are like a mountain."

A group of veterans knew that there was no way to change, so they could only pack their bags silently.

Guan Yu beat Old Zhao and said to everyone: "Don't worry, everyone, the Marquis said: Yongzhou Army is the natal family of retired soldiers. Anyone who stutters will never let you go hungry; as long as there is still one soldier, we will not

I see you being bullied! Go back to your hometown and spend a good time with your family!"

Leaving the familiar military camp and bidding farewell to the comrades who lived together day and night, more than 10,000 veterans carried equipment and luggage and embarked on the road back home.

Jizhou, Changshan County, Zhending County, Zhaojiazhuang.

The big willow tree in front of the village is still as lush and green as when I left it ten years ago.

Lying by the pond, Old Man Zhao took a sip of the sweet hometown water.

"Plop!"

A piece of rubbish hit Old Man Zhao in front of his eyes, and water splashed all over his face and body.

Not far away, a group of young men were holding sticks and staring at the old foreigner with a spear and a short knife with wary faces.

A tall, white-faced young man warned loudly: "Hey, old man, this is Zhaojiazhuang, don't cause trouble!"

Little bastard!

Old man Zhao, who had not heard the authentic local accent for a long time and wiped his face, deliberately asked in a Youzhou accent: "What? You guys still want to beat me up?"

From Youzhou?
To be continued...