Gao Yue was convinced by Lu Zhi's words. This guy not only wrote beautifully, but also had great knowledge of the times. If Duan Xiushi told him the four major disadvantages of the border army when he was the official of Kongmu in Jingyuan before, and exposed the problems of the army itself, then Lu Zhi's analysis of the "six losses" was actually summarized based on the entire strategic situation, and the significance is even greater than Duan Xiushi's views.

So it is natural that the emperor will ask how to make up for these "six losses".

As a result, Lu Zhi analyzed one by one that first of all, there is a unified solution to the two problems of "management of military affairs" and "controlling financial scarcity", which is to eliminate the annual autumn prevention and control, that is, no longer draw a large number of autumn prevention troops from Kanto.

"If so, will the military strength in the west of Jingxi be enough?" the emperor asked.

At this time, Gao Yue came out to replace Lu Zhi to answer, "Minist Yue had previously fought in multiple Fang Towns. Now Fengxiang Longyou has 20,000 troops and 25,000 Jingyuan's troops stationed in Lingtai, Linyou, Purun Xingjunya Shence Right Army has 25,000 troops. First, eight or nine thousand soldiers can be drawn out from them, and they can be stationed in Shabao and Baicao Army City respectively, and let Jingyuan camp move forward to defend the front line, focusing on Pingliang, Chaona and Lianyun Castle. In this way, the power of the Jingxi army is enough. Fengtian City has 25,000 left troops, which can be drawn out 10,000 troops, governed by Luo Yuanguang, and built a city in Wuyuan, Yanzhou, and joined forces with Lingwukang Rizhi, Qingzhou Luweiming, Xia Suiyin's Hantan troops are enough to control Shuofang, resist Western Fan in the west, and control the Dangxiang in the east."

Li Mi also added: "As Lu Jingyu said, during the Dali period, due to the long journey, there was no need to go out to defend against autumn soldiers in eastern, western and Lingnan, but according to the 'prevention amount of autumn soldiers' allocated by each road, we should pay money according to the number of 20 stakes per soldier to help him send troops to prevent autumn." Then Li Mi raised two slender fingers and said to the emperor with a smile, "That is, when the autumn soldiers are defended from Guandong to western Jing, the Duzhi Department will spend twenty stakes on him." After saying this, Li Mi shook the feather fan in his hand and thought to himself, "But these twenty stakes are just food for the autumn soldiers, clothes and pickles are needed. If the transfer cost of military rations is added, each person will be on his body.

It would cost ten more coins. The number of troops to defend autumn in Guandong is more than 100,000, but only about 40,000 people are garrisoned in the west of the capital all year round. That is to say, the cost of defending autumn in each year is 1.2 million guan. Your Majesty is now nourishing Shen Ce’s 50,000 troops in the west of the capital, 20,000 troops in the west of the palace, and 10,000 troops in the north yamen. The gift of three times the border troops is only 80,000 00,000 stones of food and 2.3 million guan. More importantly, what is the use of 1.2 million guan in the autumn? All of them are weak soldiers, and they cannot fight and defend. Before the time of the two sects of Su Dai, the capital was poor and weak, so they did this helpless move. Now they can be completely abolished."

"That's the savings of one million and two million yuan?" The emperor's eyes lit up.

Li Mi smiled again and asked, "Eighty hundred thousand guan can be distributed by His Majesty to the border troops of the towns in the west of the capital to improve their military equipment and life, while 400 thousand guan can be included in the Yanzi Deposit."

“Delayed capital?”

"Yes, since the imperial court implemented the two tax laws, although the income has increased significantly compared with the Su Dai period, the expenditure has increased significantly. The imperial city and Taiwan province are increasing, the local shogunate and Yingzhou Prefecture are also increasing, the border troops are increasing, and the divine power is increasing. Therefore, the annual money of the branch office is often not enough to support the official salary and military supplies. Your Majesty's inner treasury must support the imperial use of the court, and it is only one million guan a year. If an emergency occurs, he can only continue to collect showdowns from the people. In the end, the people's taxes will be heavier than before the two tax laws. If this continues, it will be unfavorable to the country and the people!" Li Mi sighed.

In fact, Gao Yue understood that Li Mi's words were the "Huang Zongxi's Law" mentioned in later generations:

That is, every time the tax system reform in ancient times, the burden on the people would rise to a heavier level than before the reform after a period of decline, which is what Huang Zongxi said, "The harm of accumulation is not to be restored."

The solution given by Li Mi is to set up a deferred capital warehouse. To put it bluntly, it is the country's "reserve funds". After the autumn army is stopped, the money saved will be reduced every year and 400,000 yuan will be forced to be sent into the deferred capital warehouse. After several years of accumulation, once the national treasury is exhausted, the deferred capital warehouse emergency rescue can be activated, and there is no need to temporarily add a burden to the people.

Li Mi also suggested to the emperor that not only the military expenses should be sent to the deferred capital warehouse for the prevention of autumn, but the Ministry of Revenue Department, the salt and iron transport envoy and the Emperor's Inner Deposit can be sent to this warehouse and turn it into the "Treasure Basin" of our Tang Dynasty.

The emperor agreed to this (as long as I don’t always ask me to use my private money).

Later, Lu Zhi proposed other solutions, which was to restore the military system in the northwest border town. However, Gao Yue heard that this military system was quite different from the military system in the early Tang Dynasty, and it was more like a mixture of two military systems: camp and recruitment.

Lu Zhi said: "Now, the recruitment fees for the towns in the northwest can be divided into three parts, one for the governor of the road, one for the young garrison who were willing to migrate to the border town, one for the special officials to recruit soldiers from the road to Guandong and other places (both foreigners and barbarians can be used), and another for the recruits stayed in the military palace, specifically for the recruits to be paid for food, accommodation and settlement fees along the road and on the ground. In addition, the Duzhi Department will also allocate special funds to imitate the actions of the noble and honest envoys to farm in Bailiyingcheng, purchase oxen, seeds, and farm tools, and recruit special craftsmen to live and forge and manufacture under the military city, and then buy enough food for the fields."

Gao Yue added: "According to Lu Jingyu's recruitment method, within three years, Fengxiang, Jingyuan and Shuofang towns could expand their troops by one, and most of them were athletes willing to serve the border. In addition, the northwest states were deserted and there were very few households, so it was better to divide the border troops of each town into two, six into 'field soldiers', and four into 'general soldiers'."

The emperor asked, what are the soldiers of the field and what are the soldiers of the generals.

Gao Yue replied that Tian Shi usually organizes camps and fields to eat as a battalion, or serves in the horse house. During the slack farm, he teaches bows, crossbows, long scepters, and arrays. He can also be used as auxiliary soldiers when fighting. However, the generals simply do not give land and specialize in training, and use armor, weapons, and flags to serve as elite troops in the army. He can not only defend the city, military palace, or expedition outside to serve as military fronts. According to this military system, our Tang Dynasty can attack and defend from the army Tathagata, and Tian Shi guards each army to set up a guard fortress, and invites soldiers to attack; if our Tang Dynasty goes to fight the thief, and the soldiers will fight in the field in front, and Tian Shi builds camps to protect the back. In addition, the income from the Tian Shi camps can support his own family, or they can be rich to support the army palace and generals. When the thief invades, Tian Shi and generals guard their own assets are even more hatred for the enemy. This can be said to be a win for one shot.

At this time, Jia Dan also spoke, the fields that Gao Lian envoy said can be used as soldiers or as people. The people in the northwest have withered and there are a lot of wasteland. Ten years after the field is established, the fields they cultivated as Yongye fields will be granted to them, so that their children can defend their territory for generations, so that they can "realize the border", saving a lot of past and purchase and transfer costs every year.

"Good, this matter is very important. You might as well try it first in Gao Yue's Xingyuan Prefecture and Wei Gao's Dongchuan. If the effect is significant, I personally issue an edict to issue it in the northwest town of Quanxi." The emperor nodded.
Chapter completed!