Pei Min naturally responded to Li Longji's appointment.

He proposed the recruitment system, and it is unlikely that he would be out of the matter.

Moreover, after the battle of Jincheng, Pei Minyue realized the role of strengthening the army. The more dangerous the current situation of the military system in the government shows that the implementation of the recruitment system is imperative.

In his memory, the recruitment system was the product of forced recruitment.

Faced with the collapse of the military system in the government, Li Longji and Yao Chong did not think of a solution to the military system in history. Instead, he acted according to Yao Chong's method, intending to prescribe the right medicine for land annexation, and intending to cure the disease to cure the disease and re-implement the military system. However, the facts have proved that prescription of the right medicine may not necessarily cure the disease.

Although Li Longji and Yao Chong were powerful, land annexation was too widespread. Those who held the land were all big landlords, big bureaucrats, and big clans. For thousands of years, land annexation has been an incurable stubborn disease of centralization in feudal society, and it has been the same in all dynasties. It is simply a dream to cure it in a short time.

The above policies are fierce, and they cannot withstand the lip service below, which has many obstacles. Without five or six years of hard work, there will be no results.

At the same time, the drawbacks of the military system in the palace are becoming more and more serious. Now it is just that the source of troops is insufficient, and there will be no soldiers available in three or four years.

Instead of waiting until the fire is in full swing, considering the method and directly pushing the recruiting system onto the schedule before the country can benefit.

Compared with land annexation, Li Longji cared more about the recruitment system and had always talked with Pei Min about the key to the recruitment system.

Pei Min has conducted in-depth research on this aspect and responded one by one, saying: "Recruiting soldiers is to recruit strong soldiers for the country to protect the country and open up the border. The biggest taboo is to recruit randomly, and a strict recruitment system is required. Only those who meet the conditions are qualified to become soldiers. Enjoy food and clothing supply, exemption of taxes and service and other benefits. This is related to the spirit and combat effectiveness of our soldiers in the Tang Dynasty. We must strictly control it and not be neglected at all."

The birth of a system requires a certain amount of trial and time to fill in the shortcomings before it can be truly beneficial to the country. Just like the imperial examination, the imperial examination system originated from the Sui Dynasty, but the imperial examination system of the Sui Dynasty was a pool of mud and had little effect. It was just a good idea to start. The Tang Dynasty improved and completed this idea. Through a hundred years of improvement, it gradually became an indispensable and excellent system in Chinese history. Therefore, the theory that the imperial examination began in the Sui Dynasty and flourished in the Tang Dynasty.

The same is true for the recruitment system. When Zhang said that when the recruitment system was proposed, it was just an idea, and many flaws were reflected little by little when they were implemented. This included the major drawback of uneven quality of recruitment. When the recruitment system was just released in history, the cavalry responsible for guarding the capital were mostly recruited by the rogues in the city, resulting in a large number of military forces and low combat effectiveness. Local united soldiers lacked financial support, poor equipment, and small number. At the same time, the military strength of the border town was extremely strong, resulting in a situation where the outside was thick and the inside was fine.

There is also a lesson from the Song Dynasty. When the officials of the Song Dynasty recruited soldiers, local officials often used the elderly, weak and sick as strong people. Military officers often bullied and enslaved soldiers and withdrew salaries, which made many soldiers live in difficulties and had to work in other industries, seriously affecting the combat effectiveness of the Song army. Soldiers' escape and resistance also emerged one after another. Because of the excessive recruitment of assassinations, the selection was not practical, the training was poor, and the huge military expenditure often occupied 70 to 80% of the Song Dynasty's fiscal expenditure, but it was extremely difficult to build a steel army.

These bad policies of the recruiting system will take time to show, but Pei Min knows these bad policies because he is a time traveler. When talking about the recruiting system, he will emphasize these bad policies and precautions. Those who can be improved and cannot be avoided will be repeatedly reminded and paid attention to it.

Li Longji and Yao Chong looked at Pei Min who was talking nonstop, and his face showed shock.

The "recruitment system" summarized by Pei Min is not an attempt, but a system that can be used directly.

Li Longji had known that Pei Min had a unique view on the recruitment system, but he did not expect that he would be so in-depth and instantly felt that what he had entrusted was unhuman.

Yao Chong was also shocked. Pei Min's ability is well known to the entire court. He was a man who entered the court for less than two years but made great contributions in the entire Tang Dynasty. He could not find many people in the entire Tang Dynasty.

Even if he knew that Pei Min was a young talent, Yao Chong would not have thought that he was so powerful. "No wonder His Majesty valued and trusted him so much." He regretted it for a moment and should not attack him rashly.

They had lunch for an hour, and most of them were Pei Min's one-man show against the recruitment system.

Yao Chong and Pei Min, led by Gao Lishi, left the palace together.

Yao Chong said: "Pei Zhongcheng has good methods!"

Pei Min smiled and said, "Everyone!"

Yao Chong said: "Your Majesty said it is reasonable. We are ministers in the same palace, so we should serve Your Majesty."

Pei Min nodded: "That's exactly!"

They said something against their will to each other and said goodbye and separated.

Yao Chong had his political ideas, and it was impossible for Pei Min to change. Pei Min had no idea to report Yao Chong's thighs. He knew that Yao Chong's thighs were not thick.

It was just that Li Longji came forward, and the two of them could not have sold the face of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and were no longer hostile to each other.

In the short battle between the two, Pei Min had no losses at all, but Yao Chong broke his arm. Judging from the results, Pei Min still made a small profit.

In fact, Pei Min first planned to deal with Zhao Hui, the clan of the Secretariat, but Liu Qiwu jumped out and simply played bigger and pulled Liu Fan off the horse.

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Wude Hall!

"How?" Li Longji looked at Gao Lishi who walked into the hall.

Gao Lishi responded: "Everything was as expected by Your Majesty. Although Yao Xiang and the Chief Secretary did not reconcile, they accepted His Majesty's kindness."

"That's good!" Li Longji nodded. Now the Tang Dynasty is in chaos. Yao Chong and Pei Min are his right-hand man. Once the two of them fight to the death, it will cause great harm to the Tang Dynasty's exhibition.

This is what I have done to be a peace deal.

After pondering for a while, Li Longji said to Gao Lishi: "Transfer my will and summoned Song Jing, the governor of Chuzhou, to be the Minister of Justice, and enter the capital today."

"Abide by the order!" Gao Lishi bowed and obeyed. No one knew Li Longji's thoughts better than him. Yao Chong was too far this time.

Yao Chong's ability to govern the world is indeed unparalleled at present. Because of this, he is highly valued and entrusted with important tasks by Li Longji.

Zhang said that Wei Zhigu, Liu Youqiu, Zhong Shaojing and others were all ministers close to Li Longji. In order to make Yao Chong work harder for him, even though he was reluctant, he still approved what Yao Chongqiu and gave him a temple with him as the main one, so that he could fully exert his abilities.

However, after expelling many senior officials, Yao Chong cultivated his own small group and challenged Li Longji's patience bit by bit. Now he has inexplicably attacked Pei Min, and his repeated actions have angered Li Longji's bottom line.

At present, the Tang Dynasty needs Yao Chong, and Li Longji temporarily held back him. Once his value is exhausted, it will be the day when he will stop prefecture.

Song Jing is the candidate to replace Yao Chong.

Yao Chong intended to control the government for a long time, which was like a fool.

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On the same day, Pei Min went to the Ministry of War to report. Guo Yuanzhen was born in the Ministry of War. He is now the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty and has great prestige in the Ministry of War. With the support of Guo Yuanzhen, Pei Min quickly gained a foothold in the Ministry of War.

Since then, Pei Min has been responsible for recruiting troops.

Guo Yuanzhen is old and has a ill health. Although he has recovered gradually after rest and conditioning, his energy is limited and he is only responsible for the overall situation. The details are arranged by Pei Min.

Pei Min boldly laid off 150,000 soldiers from the government and asked them to return to their hometown to farm, avoiding the pressure of military service. Then, the Lianglong generation in Guanzhong announced the recruitment of 100,000 soldiers.

Once you have obtained the enrollment and employment, you will be exempted from taxes and service!

Such welfare is undoubtedly a great temptation for the people. As soon as the imperial edict was issued, it immediately caused a sensation in Liang and Long, and responded to it. Nearly 200,000 strong men responded.

Pei Min then issued a selection system: those who are good at riding are preferred, those who are good at shooting are preferred, those who are strong are preferred, and a strict threshold for selection is set. 130,000 soldiers were selected, and good generals arranged for their training, and those who are not serious in training, do not obey orders, and fish in troubled waters were eliminated through practical practice.

This took half a year. Autumn went and winter came, winter came, spring returned, and 130,000 soldiers were left with 110,000 people.

These carefully selected soldiers are not afraid to say that they can compare with those of Tubo and Turkic soldiers who have experienced many battles, but they are all excellent soldiers worth training. They are dispatched to major military regions and trained with good generals to form considerable combat power in a short period of time. Compared with the uneven government soldiers, they are much better.

The effectiveness of the recruitment system was recognized by Li Longji. He would select 100,000 elite troops to supply the sixteen guards in Chang'an, strengthen the guards of the capital, and name them Changcong Suwei.

Pei Min himself was promoted again because of his outstanding political achievements and was promoted from the head of the Ministry of War to the Minister of the Ministry of War!

Duke of Liang, the Censor of the Censor, also served as the Minister of War, and General Zhongwu, the title of four titles, was very popular, and was no less than Yao Chong, the first prime minister.

In the autumn of the second year of Kaiyuan, the stormy Tang Dynasty, after a year and a half of hard work, gradually developed a new look.

The streamlining of institutions and the layoff of excess officials has been completely completed. Most of the officials in the court are capable ministers. The situation of the kung officials has greatly improved, making the government full of vitality.

Especially at this moment, Li Longji was humble and accepted advice, and in sympathizes with the people, he also advocated frugality. For the sake of the livelihood of the people, he reclaimed thousands of hectares of fertile land in the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin and built eight water conservancy projects that benefit the country and the people. He also stipulated that ministers under the third rank and those under the inner palace should not wear jewelry made of gold and jade, and dismissed palace maids to save expenses, changing the extravagant style of the harem since Wu Zetian.

He also listened to Zhang Jiuling's advice and ordered a check on the fugitive household registration and foreign land across the country. More than 800,000 households were found, significantly increasing the tax revenue and source of troops of the Tang Dynasty.
Chapter completed!