Chapter 53 Military Reform (II)

But after listening to Xue Bing's suggestion, Liu Bei asked, "What other suggestions do Zi Han have?"

Xue Bing thought for a while and said, "Lord should plan for Hanzhong early!"

When Liu Bei heard this, he smiled at Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, saying to Xue Bing, "What Zi Han mentioned is exactly what I and the military advisors discussed." After a pause, he said, "The two military advisors all suggested to me that they should advance to Hanzhong as soon as possible to keep the gates of Xichuan. However, our army continued to conquer, and Xichuan was initially determined, it is not appropriate to use any more weapons."

Xue Bing said: "What the lord said is very important. Nowadays, it is important to stabilize Xichuan."

When Liu Bei heard this, he knew that Xue Bing had nothing to say, so he talked to Zhuge Liang about the governance of Shu. As soon as the two talked about governance strategies, Xue Bing was idle and could only sit there and listen to the discussion between them.

At that time, there was no good governance strategy, so he had to follow the old system and mix Liu Bei's team with the officials left behind in Sichuan. Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong still did not get a fixed official position and were still called a military advisor, but Liu Bei had to ask them about everything.

When it comes to military affairs, we have to ask Xue Bing beside us.

After a day of talk, there were many things that were related to Xue Bing. Xue Bing sorted out the matter in his mind, which could be roughly a few steps.

First, it is to disarmament. Xue Bing will be responsible for this matter personally. Those who are over 45 years old among the generals will be listed and then exclude them from the military and let them return to the farming industry. After returning to the farming industry, these people will be responsible for public security issues locally, that is, to be transformed into local armed forces. Liu Bei's regime will provide them with the lowest food and salary. These people mainly rely on the land they received when they were discharged from the army.

Then all those under the age of sixteen were sent to the newly established Xichuan Academy. Xichuan Academy was established based on Zhuge Liang's suggestion and after Liu Bei completely controlled Xichuan, its model was completely referenced to Jingzhou Academy. Now the military academy of Jingzhou Academy has produced the first batch of short-term graduates. According to the letters of Guan Yu and Xu Shu, the injection of these graduates has increased the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou Army a lot. Many students immediately showed good grassroots command capabilities after being charged into the army, and even a thousand-person army without a general led by a thousand-person army, relying on the leaders of these grassroots school officials, they can not lose their disadvantage in front of a unit led by ordinary generals.

Now Guan Yu often sends these soldiers out to carry out some simple patrol missions, or deal with some bandits and robbers who flew into the Jingzhou territory. In order to further train the abilities of these people, Guan Yu followed Xu Shu's advice, and did not send one of his generals, but only ordered some ordinary school officials to command. In fact, this was also a decision made considering the strength comparison between the enemy and us, otherwise Guan Yu would not have sent him out so much.

After Liu Bei learned of these many benefits from the letter, when Zhuge Liang mentioned establishing Xichuan Academy, he responded without even thinking about it.

Now, Xue Bing has solved the first student of Xichuan Academy Military Academy for him. This is the second teenager who will be removed from the army. According to Xue Bing's suggestion, all those under the age of sixteen will be temporarily removed from the army. If the army remains large by then, those under the age of eighteen will be removed from the army. And these people will all enter Xichuan Academy to study. As for which subject they are studying, it is not Xue Bing's responsibility, and this task is handed over to Xu Jing.

In Xue Bing's plan, these young people who were eliminated from the army will belong to the future. Within three to five years, these young people will be replenished to the front-line troops one after another. At that time, the so-called elite military policy in his mind was truly implemented.

These things were extremely complicated, so they just registered and built the book, and they were busy for several months. During these days, Xue Bing was dizzy when he looked at these lists all day long. After several days, Xue Bing could no longer help but go to find Liu Bei.

However, Liu Bei saw that there was nothing important to do this day, and was about to take the time to have a good time with his wife, but suddenly reported to Xue Bing for a visit. The lower-ranking lady Mi said, "You are discussing with General Xue, and I will retreat!" After saying that, he helped Mrs. Gan back to the inner courtyard. At this time, Mrs. Gan's health was gradually getting worse and he was already in a serious situation.

When Xue Bing came in, Liu Bei looked at the inner courtyard and was stunned and said softly: "Lord!"

When Liu Bei heard the sound, he hurriedly withdrew his gaze and turned to Xue Bing and said, "Zihan is here. But what's the important thing?"

Xue Bing said: "I recently dealt with the issue of layoffs and found that there were many shortcomings in the existing system, so I came to discuss with my lord."

When Liu Bei heard this, he frowned and said, "But what are the disadvantages? Let me listen to them all."

Xue Bing said: "First, low-level officials have no ability to do things. Second, the military statistics are seriously outdated."

When Liu Bei heard this, his brows frowned a little longer and asked, "Zihan can tell me in detail." Xue Bing then said, "The first point is that the officials at the bottom of each department now have almost no ability to do anything. These people usually take the food and wages distributed by their lords, but do nothing all day long, so they only get busy when they are assigned tasks!" Liu Bei's expression became heavier on his face. After all, no master likes subordinates who don't do anything with money.

When Xue Bing saw this, she didn't care, but continued, "Take the layoffs of the troops as an example. I ordered the county magistrates of various states to make detailed information about all the soldiers under the county into a book and submit them. However, these chiefs actually used the military list to fool them. Among them, there was a list three years ago. Whether the army was still like this, how many people inside had exceeded the prescribed age, and there was no way to know. These lists only had names and dates of joining the army, and there was nothing else, so even if the last general wanted to eliminate the unqualified ones from it, they would not be able to start."

When Liu Bei heard this, he felt even more angry and said, "I give these people food and salary, but I don't know that these guys are so incompetent!"

Xue Bing said again: "Not only that. What I asked at the beginning was to indicate the names, ages, origins and health status of all the sergeants in the general, but when they arrived, they became the name and age of the sergeants. When the final execution, they would be submitted to the roster and they could be submitted. In this way, how can we talk about efficiency?"

After hearing this, Liu Bei stopped talking, saying, "Don't say anything, Zihan, I will ask Kong Ming to investigate the matter." After hearing this, Xue Bing stopped continuing. Liu Bei said again, "What Zihan said is because of the poor work of these local officials. However, what Zihan asked was too detailed, right?"

Xue Bing said: "If this were not the case, how could it be determined who could stay in the army and who should be removed? Who is the elite and who is the military gangster?"

After hearing this, Liu Bei thought to himself, and asked, "What are the countermeasures for Zi Han?"

Xue Bing smiled and said, "Send the mission down."

Liu Bei was puzzled when he heard this and asked, "How to distribute it?"

Xue Bing said again: "Distribute tasks layer by layer, all the way to one team, which should solve this problem."

Liu Bei heard this and asked, "How come many soldiers are not well-versed in writing, so how can they be assigned?"

Xue Bing was stunned when she heard this, and then she remembered that there was no popularization of education at this time. Most of the people in the army could not even write their own names, so she could only say: "Can some idle officials go down to the army and be responsible for statistics and bookmaking. In this way, it can also solve the serious and outdated problems of military information."

Liu Bei said: "Let me explain the method in detail, let me listen."

Xue Bing then said: "A special department can be established to count the information of soldiers in the army, and it must be updated every year. Those who are disabled, seriously ill, and over-aged can be eliminated from the front line. In order to replenish new soldiers in the fastest time, to avoid the dilemma of hundreds of thousands of troops, and the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, half of them."

After hearing this, Liu Bei nodded repeatedly and said, "Zi Han said very well. Since we want to streamline the army, we must naturally ensure the quality of the soldiers. But what should we do?"

Xue Bing said, "In addition to establishing a special statistical department, it is also a department." Liu Bei asked, "What are you responsible for?" Xue Bing said, "It is responsible for checking the physical condition of soldiers!" Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't understand what it is for such a department. When Xue Bing saw Liu Bei's expression, he knew that he didn't know much, so he continued, "In order to find out as soon as possible whether these soldiers have basic combat power. Lord, just imagine, if the army starts to drive, and suddenly several people have a secret attack, it will have a huge impact on the army. Our army is already a small soldier now, and if there is such a situation, how can we defeat the Wei and Wu sides?"

Liu Bei heard this and said, "Zihan's meaning is to let these doctors discover who is in the army as early as possible, so that they can treat it as soon as possible, or remove the list of front-line troops."

Xue Bing said: "That's true!"

Liu Bei sighed: "I don't want to streamline soldiers, it's more troublesome than the big-seller! Zi Han will do it just! I'm now on your own and you are fully responsible for this matter. If there is such a situation, you don't need to ask for instructions, you can make your own decision!"

Xue Bing hurriedly stood up and said, "I'll get the order!"

After solving this problem, Xue Bing was given full responsibility. It can be said that how Liu Bei's army will be formed in the future and how to distribute it after it is formed is entirely up to Xue Bing alone to decide. However, Xue Bing did not think about usurping military power, because he never thought of being the boss and fighting for the world. I'm afraid that it was Liu Bei who saw this idea that he was so relieved to him.

After leaving Liu Bei's mansion, Xue Bing immediately returned to his mansion, summoned his personal guards, and conveyed a series of orders. The establishment of the General Inspection Department of the Soldier Information and the Soldier Medical Department was listed as the headlines, and the following two items were followed by the full army's physical examination.
Chapter completed!