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In July, autumn has begun to begin in the northwest of the Qin Dynasty, but the south is still hot in summer.

The autumn harvest is in full swing from south to north.

In this hot and busy life, river docks and several harbors in various places have also started construction under the planning of countless officials. Under the overwhelming publicity of the Daqin Metropolitan Daily, the entire Daqin, from the court to the people, all involved in this unprecedented project construction.

A large number of exchange tickets flowed from the Huaxia Money House to the merchants who contracted projects in various places like flowing water, and then quickly flowed into terminal factories such as steel, cement, quarrying, logging, etc. A large number of cattle, horses, trucks, boats and boats were walking like ants on the crisscrossing territory of the Qin Dynasty. Several roads were like big arteries, connecting the entire Qin Dynasty, from the South China Sea to the north to the Liaodong Bay, from the Langya Coast in the east to Xianyang in the west. The entire Qin Dynasty was like a huge construction site, with hot scenes everywhere.

The time retreated to the end of June, and the First Emperor received a large box of military reform planning documents sent back by the Marquis of Qinghe who was traveling.

At this time, it had been almost two months since Meng Tian wrote a letter to the military system to request reform the military system.

However, when he saw this box of memorials, Emperor Shi was stunned. Fortunately, Chen Xu sent back a detailed letter with this box of memorials.

"Weapons are the major affairs of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival and death, and must be observed."

"I am not a military general, I do not govern the army, and I do not understand military tactics. However, the words of the Jingwuhou's memorials must be correct. Now the four barbarians of the Qin Dynasty are determined to be no longer hidden dangers. A hundred years ago, Shangjun formulated a strict military law and military title system for the powerful Qin Dynasty, but that was only a battle for the Qin Dynasty to overthrow the princes. Now, a hundred years have passed, and the times have changed, and many laws and military merits have indeed reached the point where they need to be revised again..."

"The Yanmen Pass incident in the Northern Army is not accidental to the time when the Western Army is engraved. Since the Northwest Army has been abolished and formed elite horses and horses, the system of resumption has been in name only. The soldiers guarding the border have no battles to fight and no titles to obtain. If they grow up, they will be resentful. If they are resentful, they will be disorderly. The laws are like shackles, which are out of place..."

"I once told Your Majesty that it would be better not to do evil laws than to change the military system. If the military morale is unstable and the military rules are not changed, the soldiers will be resentful. I have read the memorials of the Marquis of Jingwu carefully and read the letters of Your Majesty carefully. Even though I am outside, I am grateful to you for your Majesty, so I hesitate to write down these plans for the reform of the military system for more than a month. I am not in the capital, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to read and consider it. If it can be used, it will be worth the hard work for me for more than a month..."

"The army is the cornerstone of the stability of the Qin Dynasty. Your Majesty must not act too hastily. Instead, it can be promoted slowly. First, the Western Army, then the Northern Army, then Guanzhong, and then the counties across the country. It takes two years for the ministers to complete the military system reform..."

"Because the military system reform system is complex, the revision of military laws also needs to be implemented slowly. I also know that because there are too many memorials, your Majesty will inevitably be difficult to review quickly, so I have a simple plan first..."

"First, we will draw horses and pawns from the Fourth Battalion of Guanzhong and the northwest counties to replace the Northern and Western Army in batches, adopt new military laws, and implement the new military system and military title system..."

"Secondly, according to the new military system, we will recruit young soldiers from the northwest counties as lieutenants to supplement local forces..."

"Third, select young and brave soldiers from the lieutenants of the Central Plains to supplement the fourth battalion of Guanzhong and the imperial guards who guarded the capital..."

"Fourth, lieutenants from all over the country adopt the new military system to select and recruit soldiers of appropriate age and height as their roles..."

"Fifth, retired soldiers can be arranged to enter the newly prepared customs, docks, ports, business, finance and other departments in various places or serve as police lieutenant..."

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"The above method can be formulated by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue to advance it. Do not rush to cause chaos in the border, court and place. I am not in the court, but all official duties in the court have laws. Your Majesty only needs to arrange and ask in detail and will be smooth and safe!"

Chen Xu had actually written these memorials long ago, but he had to hand over the time and a seemingly consistent reason to the First Emperor.

Military system reform is not an ordinary people's livelihood reform. Since ancient times, ministers have not been able to interfere randomly. Although Chen Xu was valued by the First Emperor, he could not do too arrogantly. He jumped out and pointed at him when the army had no problems.

Just like a person has just been hired by a Fortune 500 company, he always feels that there are problems with the company and it is not eye-catching. He always talks in front of his leaders about changing here and there, and even tells the boss that there are problems with the rules and regulations and personnel systems of your company. You must change all the people I recommend according to the rules I set to become bigger and stronger. Faced with such idiot-level newcomers, most leaders must not accept advice humbly, and the biggest possibility is to kick them out.

Qin Shihuang is not a boss in the world's top 500 level. He is the world's top boss. He has the ambition to swallow the sun and the moon to rule the eight wildernesses. Even if he can advise him and favor Chen Xu, no one can surpass him and point fingers unless he asks.

This is the most harmonious state between the monarch and the minister.

No leader likes subordinates who are too ostentatious, nor does he like employees who are too self-righteous. Because of Chen Xu's identity, the First Emperor could tolerate him going to court for three days and two days, which could give him the glory and wealth that no one could get. However, if Chen Xu interfered in military and political troubles for no reason, it would inevitably cause the First Emperor's anxiety and even tension.

Emperor Shiniu carefully read Chen Xu's letters, and then took out the memorials one by one from the wooden box.

"The Implementation Rules of the Compulsory Military Service System", "The Implementation Rules of the Recruitment System", "The Implementation Rules of the Organization and Implementation of the Military", "Five War Zones and Military System Rules", "Military Title Act", "Active Duty Officer Service Law", "Retired Soldiers Resettlement Law", "Logistics Support Trial Act", "Medal Trial Act"...

Soon, more than a dozen new military reform bills were placed on the desk, and it was much richer than the more than a dozen memorials of the Fuji Plan submitted by Chen Xu in the court last time.

Looking at these neat memorials, Emperor Qin Shi sat silently for a few minutes, his face gradually turned from the initial fear, surprise, and emotion to a hint of knowing gratitude.

The Queen of Qinghe has never disappointed him.

Just reading the names of these memorials almost all the questions in his mind.

"It's really hard for the Grand Master. Come and make a pot of Ziyun Fairy Tea for me!" Emperor Shi gave an order, and then gently opened the first book "Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Compulsory Military Service System" and carefully reviewed it.

In the next few days, except for the morning court, the First Emperor spent almost all of his time in Zichen Hall to carefully study Chen Xu's memorials, reading one word at a time, and occasionally convened officials from the three provinces and six ministries to discuss the feasibility of implementation on various issues involved in the military system reform. After each report, not only did the First Emperor get satisfactory results, but the officials of the three provinces and six ministries also fully agreed with most of the implementation plans mentioned in the Qinghehou's memorial.

As for the controversial areas, the main thing is part of the content of the new Military Names Act proposed by Chen Xu.

Chen Xu had actually completed the reform charter this time, and most of the contents had been discussed with Meng Yi. Therefore, there have been many mentions in Meng Tian's request for military reform, but it was not as clear as Chen Xu said. This was also a tacit way for both sides. The Montessori took the lead and tear the gap in military reform, and then Chen Xu completed the implementation in detail, and each took the needs.

Therefore, last time Meng Tian proposed to modify the 20th-level military merit awarding system in the court, and instead use a military merit system that comprehensively evaluates the time, training level, martial arts competition, military skills and battlefield military merits. Chen Xu's memorial still used this statement, but it is recommended to completely abolish the current complex 20th-level military title and use the 12th-level military rank system of later troops.

Local lieutenants were selected for enlistment in the army for two years. After joining the army, they participated in strict military training and were responsible for local security affairs on weekdays. The conscripts did not have military ranks and could choose to retire after two years. They could also voluntarily or recommended by local lieutenants to join the National Defense Forces. After joining the National Defense Forces, they were called privateers and enjoy the lowest soldier allowance. Then they were awarded the ranks of corporals, sergeants, sergeants, lieutenants, lieutenants, lieutenants, captains, majors and even generals according to the military merit assessment, and each enjoys different military rank treatments. Chen Xu's military rank reform completely abolished the treatment of banned grain fields, real estate and fiefs, and all adopted wage settlement, and completely replaced the previous lord land grant system with a monetization plan.

This method of disposal is the most controversial place among officials from the three provinces and six ministries.

Once this full-money wage bill was adopted, the National Defense Forces began to receive salaries like all the officials of the Qin Dynasty. According to Chen Xu's military system reform, in addition to local lieutenants and the army stationed in Lingnan, there were no need to receive wages for the time being, the soldiers stationed in Guanzhong and the 20,000 imperial guards who were guarding the capital, as well as the two northwest armies, totaling 200,000 troops. The salary alone cost more than 80,000 yuan each year. Although the court can get this money, it must be deducted from other places. The Qin Dynasty's most unshort is still land, and the per capita area can be calculated in the litter. Therefore, officials from the Finance Department and the Ministry of Revenue unanimously opposed Chen Xu's reform method and asked the First Emperor to still adopt the old military title reward system, adopt the model of house and field reward plus part of the money. After repeated consideration, the First Emperor still agreed to temporarily adopt this plan.

The reason for the temporary adoption was that Emperor Qin felt that there must be a reason for Chen Xu to force the wage system to be implemented under the circumstances of sufficient land in the Qin Dynasty, otherwise he would not have done so. Therefore, he had to wait until Chen Xu returned to the capital and listened carefully.

In addition to military titles, the most controversial one is the Lord Act.

In Chen Xu's memorial, military and political affairs were almost completely separated, and there were signs of this. All officials were actually very excited about such a change. Otherwise, as civil servants, they would not be able to earn military merits in their entire lives. Many officials only had ranks but no lords, and could only receive official ranks and no rewards for any land and real estate. Once separated, civil servants could also receive rewards through hard work. Therefore, Chen Xu's reform was warmly supported by almost all officials.

This Lord Act is another system of title granting. In addition to military titles, it is targeted not only civil and military officials, but also civilians, merchants and even slaves. Anyone who has made great contributions to the country can get a lord. Moreover, this Lord adopts the title of the fifth-level lord of Duke of Shang and Zhou, the Duke of Shang and Zhou, Boziman.

Although Chen Xu clearly stated in the Lords Act that these five-level lords were nominal titles, just a kind of honorable title, and could only enfeoff certain grain fields, real estate and a small amount of fiefs according to the title, and only gained the value but not the power, officials from the three provinces and six ministries were still clamoring, believing that incorporating merchants and even slaves into this system was an insult to the gentry and officials.

Whether a title or not is not important. What is important is that one cannot demote one's status. When one thinks that one might be on par with a slave in the future, all the officials suddenly felt that they were not well off.

"How about slaves? My Great Qin has never discriminated against slaves. I should be rewarded for merits and punished for crimes. My Great Qin used to open a scattered field, and almost all civilians became slaves. Why can't they do it now? Even military merits cannot be stopped from being rewarded with lords. Why do you all object to me so much?"
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