Gao Yue knew in his heart that his questions about Liu Yan were mostly drawn from searching for chapters and had a momentum and literary talent, but he understood the truth that "you must practice it yourself if you know this." What is the real disadvantage of the border army? Only a person like Duan Xiushi can explain it clearly.

"The scholar's theory is to sell the reputation of Jinshi, and often makes amazing words. Please give a clear statement on the truth."

In fact, Gao Yue still wanted to understand the fundamental reason for the formation of the "superior soldiers and generals" situation and remove the position of Jiedu. No, it does not exist. The root cause of the arrogant soldiers and generals is actually the arrogant soldiers but not the generals. The power and life of the Jiedushi in the middle and late Tang Dynasty is actually not guaranteed. In most cases, the Jiedushi confrontation with the central government is caused by the soldiers under his command. When the Jiedushi cannot meet the requirements of the soldiers, it is common to be killed and expelled. Take Duan Xiushi in front of him for example. Although the soldiers in Anxi Beiting camp are afraid of him like a tiger, he has also experienced military chaos: the soldiers killed the original Jiedushi, holding their bloody heads, kowtowed around Duan Xiushi, and could not bear to kill them, just because Duan is good to soldiers on weekdays, otherwise he would have become a dead soul under the knife.

Did the Song Dynasty solve this problem? Actually, it didn't. It was just a world-class version of Fangzhen and all the soldiers were supported. In addition, according to the Song Dynasty's approach, it was equivalent to taking side-effect medicine: the disease was suppressed, but the body was also disabled, which was not advisable.

But even Duan Xiushi couldn't give Gao Yue the answer he really wanted! The limit he could reach was still the "disadvantage" of the border town army, and he would not consider the fundamental solution to Fangzhen's problems. This is what we often say, the limitations of the times.

Sure enough, Duan Xiushi was thinking, rectified his thoughts, and then spoke to Gao Yue: "There are four major drawbacks in our Tang border army, which four major ones? Is the false title, the account of the book, the meritorious service, and the service."

Gao Yue held his sleeves and listened to Duan Xiushi respectfully:

"The army governors of the world have fixed quotas, but now the number of soldiers within the denomination is weak every day, while the number of additional soldiers is increasing. This is called an infringement. Under the infringement, the soldiers will not be replaced, and they will not be filled in until they die. The camps and camps are mostly empty, and they will only be empty. In the long run, if there is a problem, the country and the town will have no available troops, and they can rely on the army."

When Gao Yue heard this, he realized that the soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Jiedushi in the world had a "quorum". For example, the quota given by the Jingyuan Town court was 30,000 people (50,000 in the Shuofang), and the clothes and food granted by the court were based on the quota of these 30,000 people. Therefore, many Jiedushi and military generals began to play "inflated quota" out of their own greed, which is what we now call "eating empty salary". The soldiers fled, died of illness, and died of battle. He did not replenish them, or dealt with them with empty texts, and then took the clothes and food obtained from the empty quota of soldiers by themselves. The court sent someone to read them.

The slanderous disobedience finally led to the fact that the army claimed to be 350,000 on the books, but the "ten-no-five-save" could actually be pulled out. So what should we do if we really fight? The governors also had a way, which Duan Xiushi said, temporarily recruiting "extra soldiers", also called "equity soldiers" to strengthen their strength (equity, expediency). Most of the additional soldiers were one-time consumption, and they could just give some severance payments to go home after the battle, but the extra soldiers were not fools. Later, they often asked to change from temporary workers to formal workers. Once they were not satisfied, a rebellion would be initiated. This is what Duan Xiushi said about "inflated amount".

"What is a false title? The false title is a name but not a real one. If the title is a real one, it is a real one. In the market, merchants and merchants seek shelter, in order to avoid conscription and service, they fled to be a soldier in the army. In order to avoid war, they were guards and conquered, and they would take the titles and commanders to be the generals and commanders, and hire people to replace them. The military and political affairs are bad. This has been so popular that those who sell cakes in the market call themselves soldiers and use them to defend the enemy. Isn't that awkward?"

Oh, if the amount of inflated amounts is too high, there will inevitably be a phenomenon of neglecting - the generals of the Jieshou Army are no longer satisfied with just eating empty salary. Because the border troops are given food and food, and the prohibited brigades have the right to be exempted from taxes, many merchants in the market have fled to have registered and "entered" the military. For this reason, they also paid the so-called "payment money" to the military generals (in fact, it is a bribe) and asked them to hire someone to guard their own guards so that they can continue to do business in the market, and the military generals can make an extra profit.

"After the inflated title, there will be a situation of taking advantage of merit. If a military army has 3,000 people, half of which can only be used, and if it attacks a small enemy, it will inevitably increase its achievements. If it faces a big enemy, it will inevitably deny defeat as a victory. It can be said that those who lose their troops will lose one thousand, and those who defeat the enemy will get one thousand, which will make them lose one thousand, and those who defeat the enemy will get one thousand, which will make them lose their titles and rewards, which will disrupt the audio and video, and will miss the country."

Gao Yue was a little embarrassed to say this, because he heard in the capital that his father-in-law Cui Ning defeated Xifan last year, and he was suspected of inflicting creditorship. He clearly reported that he had killed 8,000 Xifan soldiers, but only thirteen prisoners were handed over to the court. Cui Ning explained this as "the thief of Xifan has no kingship, and he will fight stubbornly until his death." However, the court seemed to have also acknowledged this "taken offense" and still rewarded the soldiers of the Xichuan army according to the standards of a great victory.

"The end is to promote the rank of the rank of the towns. In order to secure the power, the commanders of each town often bribe the power of the court. The envoy (eunuch) is called feng feng. The state grants 500,000 pieces of clothing, and 100,000 pieces of clothing will be promoted. If there are 50,000 soldiers in the town, ten thousand people will be affected by the cold. This is to use public service to help the private sector. It is to strip the soldiers of the clothes to satisfy the powerful and the rich. If the border troops are not full or warm in food, how can they resist Di Rong and defend their families and the country? These four problems are coiled together and are interpersonal and interpersonal. It is not a matter of overnight solution to it!"

After saying that, Duan Xiushi stretched out two fingers and said sincerely: "The four major disadvantages are taken up by the coach in this section, which means there are false quotations and false quotations, but there is no sacrifice or promotion."

It turned out that when I checked the document book, the quota for the soldiers in the Jingyuan camp was 30,000, and there were also false quotas and licensing them!

Gao Yue boldly asked Duan Xiushi: "When the festival, how many false titles are there?"

"One ten is an infringement, and then this one infringement is all given to the wealthy families in Jingzhou and Beijing. They have to pay another sum of money to support the army and purchase armored equipment. How about it? After hearing this, Gao Kongmu still has the ambitions when he left Beijing?" Duan Xiushi confessed.

Only one tenth, which means that there should be 27,000 people who can actually be pulled out to fight. In this case, Duan Xiushi is already considered a rare honest person.

Gao Yue calmed down his clothes, thought for a while, and replied, "If you are not in his position, you will not do your own affairs. The envoy has remembered the four ills of the border army that the envoy mentioned. If you can hold power in the future, you will definitely be eliminated and cleansed. As for now, I only hope to assist the envoy in doing his job in the Jingyuan camp."

"Oh, then, what are the plans for Gao Kongmu?"

"The most urgent task is to cultivate the fields in Jingzhou." Gao Yue said Fang Ce who had thought about it.
Chapter completed!