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Chapter 381 Compulsory Military Service
At the graduation ceremony of the officer training class, Li Zhen was chatting with the students in the training class. At this time, a man named Lou Shide caught Li Zhen's attention.
The twenty-year-old Jinshi was still a lieutenant in Jiangdu County, but he abandoned his official position and came to Yingzhou to join him all the way. He would rather just be a junior officer. If it weren't for this officer training class, such talents would have been almost buried.
Li Zhen thought, this Master Lou¡¯s morality is not simple.
Li Zhen asked very curiously: "You were born as a Jinshi, and you are a county lieutenant in an important place like Jiangdu. Why did you come to this bitter cold place outside the Great Wall of Yingzhou?"
Lou Shide said loudly: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, has sacrificed for us in the Tang Dynasty and made countless military exploits. Now that the emperor has passed away, the Tang Dynasty will naturally be inherited by your Highness, but Ma Zhou of Yangzhou will not He obeyed the central government's orders and instead recognized the false emperor Li Yuanjing. Although I, Lou Shide, am not a national scholar, I know that the prince is the hope of the Tang Dynasty. How can I associate with Ma Zhou and others?
That¡¯s why I abandoned my official position and crossed the sea to Yingzhou, in order to follow the prince and eliminate the internal and external troubles in the Tang Dynasty! "
After listening to Lou Shide¡¯s words, Li Zhen nodded repeatedly, thinking that based on these few words and Lou Shide¡¯s actions, he was definitely a talent who would be of great use in the future.
Of course, before that, he still needs to be trained in the front-line army and let him grow little by little. He cannot be encouraged to grow. The cultivation of famous generals takes time.
Li Zhen kept this Lou Shide in mind, and then encouraged everyone to train well and serve the country.
The officer training class was very successful, and the one hundred officers were immediately assigned to the army, and they spread the new concepts they had learned in the army, gradually changing the minds of the officers and soldiers in the army.
In the past, being a soldier and eating food, and being a monk ringing the clock every day have turned into fighting for the country, fighting for the people, and fighting for yourself and your family, thus greatly improving the morale and combat effectiveness of the army.
This is exactly what Li Zhen is happy to see. It seems that ideological education is very important. The officer training class was successfully held this time. There will be more classes in the future. Unfortunately, there are no suitable teachers. Otherwise, a military academy would be opened. , training professional officers from military academies will be more effective.
The reason why the Northern Expedition in another time and space was successful was because a large number of officers trained by military academies served as the backbone and a powerful army was established.
The military academy model is still very successful, but I really don¡¯t have enough experienced professional military talents to establish this military academy.
Li Zhen was very troubled by this, but at this time, the appearance of a person solved the problem and allowed Li Zhen's idea of ??establishing a military academy to be implemented.
This person is Wang Fangyi.
Before the Li Zhi Rebellion, Wang Fangyi was sent to Xuzhou to serve as governor. After the Tubo invaded Chang'an, Helan Shiren and Helan Yueshi, father and son of Henan Province, stood on their own initiative and attacked Xuzhou with strong troops and horses.
Wang Fangyi struggled for several months, but he only had a few thousand soldiers. How could he defeat Helan Shiren's 100,000 troops?
In the end, in order to avoid the annihilation of the entire army, Wang Fangyi had to withdraw from Xuzhou and took two thousand remaining soldiers to Yingzhou by sea. Helan Shiren and his son occupied the entire Henan Road.
Wang Fangyi was born into a family of officials. He has read military books since he was a child. He is a Confucian general. Looking at all his generals, only Wang Fangyi can be called a Confucian general.
¡°If Wang Fangyi is allowed to be the director of education of this military academy and actually be in charge of this military academy, then this military academy will definitely be able to develop. Of course, this position of principal must be filled by Li Zhen herself, because as long as he holds the position of principal concurrently, the officers who come out of the military academy are nominally Li Zhen's disciples, and their allegiance is to Li Zhen.
And if Wang Fangyi is allowed to serve as the principal, if Wang Fangyi has any ideas, the situation will be difficult to deal with. Therefore, Principal Li Zhen must serve as the principal herself, and Wang Fangyi can be responsible for specific matters. In this way, more outstanding officers can be cultivated. , continue to enrich and strengthen the army, and make this army more regular and professional.
With the disintegration of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial military system also existed in name only. Therefore, Li Zhen wanted to establish a more advanced and reasonable system. The military recruitment system was only an emergency. It could be used as a supplement to the army, but it could not become the main body.
Because most of the recruited soldiers are very old, many of them have been in society for many years and have a greasy smell on their bodies, while young people have simpler minds and are easier to accept ideological education, and physiologically speaking, they are older. There is a big gap in physical strength between recruits and young people.
Since the government military system has been disintegrated, the recruitment system cannot become the mainSo what recruitment system can become the main body?
Li Zhen¡¯s idea is compulsory military service.
¡°All young people aged between 18 and 25 who are physically qualified under the rule are obliged to join the army.
Each person¡¯s service period is five years. After five years, if they are physically qualified and want to continue serving as soldiers, they can be used as recruits, and the rest can retire.
But when it comes to war, the government can recruit retired conscripts under the age of 40 at any time, and retired conscripts must undergo three months of military training every year during off-farm time to maintain combat effectiveness.
In terms of remuneration, the remuneration of compulsory soldiers is lower, while the remuneration of recruited soldiers is better because they are all veterans, most of them have rich experience, and some have special skills. This can mobilize the enthusiasm of recruiting soldiers and effectively reduce the expenditure of the army. to reduce the financial burden.
Li Zhen first approached Wang Fangyi and discussed his idea of ??establishing a military academy.
When Wang Fangyi heard this, he immediately became energetic. As an excellent general, Wang Fangyi did have his own way of training and cultivating the army, but the establishment of a military academy was something Wang Fangyi had never heard of.
Li Zhen¡¯s move completely set a historical precedent. I have never heard of any dynasty or generation establishing a military academy.
However, Wang Fangyi was very interested in Li Zhen's idea. He keenly felt that the establishment of the military academy might change the current situation of the army.
Wang Fangyi said: "Your Highness, can you tell me specifically what the military academy is?"
Li Zhen said with a smile: "The military academy is just a school. For example, there is a Taixue in Chang'an, and students from the Taixue study there. People who have studied in the Taixue have increased their knowledge, and may be able to pass the imperial exams and become imperial officials. .
The same principle applies to military academies. However, military academies train professional officers. They select outstanding soldiers from the army and young talents who apply for military academies as the main body. Enrollment is conducted every year. As long as you pass the examination of the military academies, you can become a military academy. students.
In the military academy, students will learn professional and systematic combat theory, how to train the army, and how to lead troops to fight. At the same time, they must also receive ideological education on loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, and the courage to sacrifice for the country. They must also undergo training in will, moral character, and physical fitness. The semester lasts for one year, and students who pass the examination are allowed to graduate. "(Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com