The generals were separated from each other and stood at the left and right.

Since he was the commander of the commander, Xu Ping rarely held grand ceremonies, and all the generals were curious.

Sitting upright in the position of generals, Xu Ping looked at the generals and said loudly: "Since Qinfeng Road, there have been more and more merchants, and many people have made countless money from it. A few days ago, fur sellers came from Qinzhou to meet me. During the chat, they talked about the recent war with the Dangxiang, and the prefectures and counties stopped the previous tax reduction and exemption, and they complained. They also said that the court collected taxes, and the people who farmed and herded sheep collected less, but they were all heavy taxes for them. They were all ordinary people of the court, so why were they different? They had a lot of money and food they handed over to the court, but they did not show any respect for them, and it was not easy to get an official position. What do you think?"

Liu Hu immediately stepped out of the line and crossed his hands and whispered loudly: "As long as the guardian tells this person, if there is no court, why should he collect taxes? We, the man with a knife and a gun, put the knife on his neck. This guy will be willing to offer all his wealth and thank us so much!"

Xu Ping looked at Liu Hu and said lightly: "Compared with ordinary households, he paid a lot of money and grain commission to the court. The money and grain he paid for by his family is worth hundreds of people. So, does the court want to thank him? If he comes, I will give him a courtesy. If ordinary households come, I will only let the soldiers at the door beat him out with a mess?"

Liu Hu raised his voice and said, "Why thank him! He gave the more he gave to the court and got more from the court. He should thank the court! All taxes are collected in proportion. If he collects them more, he will naturally earn more. If he can earn more, the court will naturally contribute more to him than the other households! There is no court in the world to thank the civil affairs, only the people will thank the court!"

Xu Ping's expression became serious, and he looked at the generals in front of him and raised his voice: "What Liu Hu said about merchants paying more taxes because he earned more. If he earned more, it means that the court helped him more. Then, I ask you, compared with the people, you are out on the battlefield, working hard on the road and bleeding in front of the battlefield. Do the court want to thank you? Do the world want to thank you?"

Xu Ping's voice was already very harsh, which these generals had never seen before. They came out together and crossed their hands and said loudly: "There is no court in the world to thank civil affairs, and no people to thank military affairs! I hold swords and guns, even if I serve as soldiers, I will serve the people first. How can the people thank the people? The world is the world of the people, and the court is the court of the people. I will only bleed in front of the formation and do my duty!"

Looking at the generals in front of him, Xu Ping's expression gradually calmed down and said in a deep voice: "Soldiers are the people, and the soldiers and the civilians are one, so there is no reason for the people to thank the soldiers. Any army that eats the food of the court and takes the money from the court, you are originally a part of the court, so naturally there is no reason for the court to thank the army. However, the soldiers come from the people, and the people should fulfill their responsibility to protect the country, and everyone has the responsibility! You are bleeding, and the others sit in your hometown. For everyone in the army, you are not

But you are bleeding and still helping others to shed blood. Therefore, although there is no reason for the people to thank the army, there is a reason for the people who have not joined the army to thank the army! From today on the Longyou Protectorate's House, you will wear military uniforms and do not worship the officials, but just sing promises. From the strategies to the minor officials, you will be like this! When you walk on the road, whenever you meet the people, you must give the army. Whenever you go to the government to do business, you will wear military uniforms issued by the court, no matter where you are, your affairs will be given priority!"

All the generals sang promises together.

Xu Ping also said: "Since that's the case, you will remember that you are the people in the future and you should not rob the people by force. The army has important laws. If you have this matter, you will add a second place according to the thieves! Anyone wearing military uniforms and arguing with the people, and the mistakes will be in your case. If you deal with the law, you will punish the people in the army to thank the people. From now on, the army will follow the rules and act according to the rules. From the army to every soldier in the army, you will be in the military court for the first time. If you have any unfair affairs, you will go to the Military Law Department to report. No matter what is verified, you will not investigate."

After saying that, Xu Ping stood up, walked to the desk, looked at the generals in front of the tent, and looked up at the outside of the tent.

At this time, the sun was rising, and with the warm breath of spring, the grasslands in the distance had slightly green. Spring in the northwest had quietly come, but the original plan for the rest and rest of the army in Longyou had been cancelled. It was gathering on a large scale to prepare the army to go north. Xu Ping had already submitted a chapter and proposed that as long as the negotiations with Dangxiang were not successful, the war here would continue.

Of course, these generals did not have such a high level of awareness. This was the result of Xu Ping's indoctrination after spending a lot of time. Even so, they may not really understand this truth. It is not because they are stupid or smarter than Xu Ping, but because of the era of impeachment. This era is not without such thoughts, but there are not enough hardships that force people to think so deeply.

From the overall perspective of the country, it is originally a collective of domestic people. If there is no country, you still have to thank the people. Thanking in the name of the country is hypocrisy. However, officials in the government, as an individual, have the reason that if the people help do things, they should thank them. If they don’t do it well, they should apologize.

The whole is composed of individuals, but looking at the whole and analyzing the behavior of the whole cannot be explored to analyze the individual. The understanding of the individual helps to deepen the understanding of the whole, but it cannot replace the grasp of the whole.

Xu Ping had no objection to the generals and soldiers in the Imperial Army. Although Ge Huaimin was released this time, Ren Fu and a large number of generals who died in battle with Ren Fu. However, it was completely different to the whole Imperial Army.

The establishment of the Song Dynasty, like other dynasties in the Five Dynasties, relied on military coups to promote Taizu to power. However, the Song Dynasty did not live as short as the Five Dynasties, and there must be something different. On the surface, it was the literati group who came to power and suppressed the domineering group of military generals. In addition, it was the basis for the generals to abolish the army without authorization. But fundamentally, it was the country's resources to be separated from the hands of military generals. Even if it was to be poor in the world to support the army, the country would give you the money, not the one you collected by yourself. From the perspective of military deployment, it was a strong and weak branch. In fundamentally, it was actually a way to make the generals lose the way to obtain national resources. Even if they rebel for a while, no matter how strong the power was, they would be defeated by the mobilized national resources.

All the contradictions in this era are ultimately to pursue the issue of establishing a country with the army. Taizu used a cup of wine to release military power and relieve the position of a general. This is a very important thing that Taizu gave people a kind impression in later generations. However, when he used wealth and glory to relieve the military power of the general, what about the ordinary generals and soldiers of the imperial guards? The generals are humans, but these ordinary soldiers are not humans? From the Chenqiaoyi Incident to the present, for more than 60 years, the imperial guards have never been retired and demoted on a large scale, and have been increasing. Moreover, this increase has not diluted the composition of the imperial guards, and the current imperial guards are still those people, just changing.

This is a group parasitized in the entire country, unlike the normal army of the country. They are not military forces formed by the country to defend their families, but to support Taizu, but to be raised by the country. Officials of the Song Dynasty, whether civil officials or military officials, were the most unrequited, and they had never been inherited from generation to generation. Even the royal family was lower than the titles of each generation, and they became the most popular ones after several generations. By this time, the country had only been established for more than 60 years, and there were wealthy families in Kaifeng City who had been engaged in business and married several royal family women. What did those royal families greedy for? It was just money. This was still good, and there were royal women who were concubines for others. The married people were greedy for the reputation of the royal family, and the married people greedy for money, and they were in love with each other.

However, the phenomenon of military and generals in the imperial guards is particularly serious. The higher the generals, the less obvious this phenomenon is. The lower the generals and soldiers in the lower class, the more serious this phenomenon is. These generals, those who have been in the military for all dynasties, have only eaten this bowl of rice in the last two hundred years since the late Tang and Five Dynasties. A large number of imperial guards are stationed in the capital, and their families account for half of the capital's population, which further exacerbates this situation. Do cities in this era have so many job opportunities? In comparison, eating food in the army is still a good way to support their families.

With the development of the times, this group is expanding. Not only is the natural population growth, but the population of newly joined this group also concentrated in the capital. The Song Dynasty gathered heavy troops in the capital, which was a system that would support the rest of his life. In addition, the new recruits were given priority to recruit the children of lieutenant generals and sergeants, making the capital a large military camp. You will meet any person in Kaifeng City, either the imperial soldiers, or their families or relatives. The emperor and civil and military officials lived in such a large military camp.

What is this situation? It is not just the cost of raising troops in the court. The Kaifeng Prefecture absorbs the world's wealth, and the group will exploit the country. You must know that Kaifeng is surrounded by a wealthy place in the Central Plains, but there is no big city, and there is a large amount of wasteland in the palace. Neither Luoyang to the west or Yingtian Prefecture to the east can develop. To the north of the Yellow River, except for a Kaifeng city, the better it will be developed from the capital.

It was precisely this population composition that during the Jingkang crisis in history, Kaifeng quickly became an empty city. With the defeat of the army, these people ran to Lin'an and became the main population of that city.

At this time, the world was overwhelmed by raising such a group. The war in the northwest began and the government had huge financial revenue. In history, the government's finances were dragged down within two years.
Chapter completed!