Two days later, the court meeting was the court meeting. Although it was only a small court meeting, because it was the reform period, the small court meeting also became a large court meeting.

At the court meeting, Zhang Juzheng formally put forward a proposal for tax reform in front of everyone in the full political hall.

After Yang Song's approval, the tax reform plan was quickly passed under the affiliation of Liu Ji Military Administrator and Xun Yu Executive.

Of course, no one raised objections in the process. Among them, the one who raised the greatest objections was Yang Zhong, who was in charge of the Office of Internal Affairs.

"Report to the emperor! I believe that this plan is entirely aimed at the emperor, so I do not agree with this plan." This is what Yang Zhong said when he publicly opposed it in the Political Consultation Hall.

It’s not that Yang Zhong knew that after the implementation of this reform, there would be great resistance to Xia’s finances, but as the saying goes, “In his position, he will do his own politics.”

He is now Yang Song's housekeeper, and he manages so many industries in Yang Song. From his perspective, these tax plans are completely aimed at the private industry of Jun Shang.

In this way, Yang Zhong certainly has to object. If he doesn’t object, wouldn’t he behaved as an incompetent person on the highway?

But in the end, with Yang Song's consent, his little opposition was useless and the curtain of tax reform was brought to an end.

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"Report to the lord! I have a proposal for military construction." Li Jing stood up and suggested: "I suggest a major reorganization of the entire army."

Yang Song asked seriously: "Is it necessary?"

Li Jing knew what Yang Song was asking and replied: "Only in this way can the dissatisfaction of each army and generals be eliminated."

Yang Song nodded secretly, this was a good idea.

During this period, Yang Song, Li Jing, Liu Ji and others repeatedly discussed the reform of the military many times. Although the military reform has been decided, due to the particularity of the military, there has never been a chance to start.

It was easy for Zhang Wei and Yu Shu to deal with it. They could transfer them back with a single order. But the elite soldiers under his command could not be wasted on the city guards.

Moreover, the positioning of the army that Huo Qubing was about to command was a cavalry brigade that had always been a cavalry, but Zhang Wei had only one battalion of light cavalry under his command, which was far from the scale of one brigade.

War horses are enough, but there are no soldiers who are trained properly, especially those who are fighting all kinds of war.

How to arrange the extra infantry? Where should we make up for the vacant soldiers? So the military affairs were not stuck.

"But there are not enough people like this?" Yang Song immediately raised questions to Li Jing.

Yang Song had thought about this method, but no matter how it was reorganized, there were only 7,000 soldiers, and there was still more than a brigade's soldiers gap with the goal of three brigades and two battalions.

The three brigades are: Di Qing and the conventional infantry brigade commanded by Lu Su; Huo Qubing and Liu Qi; and the city guards under Zhang Wei.

The two battalions are Yang Song’s Imperial Guards and Jinyiwei. These two battalions are only half of the soldiers.

"Yes, even if the reorganization is to be carried out, there is still a gap of 4,600 people in the entire army." Li Jing immediately suggested after answering with his fist: "So, in order to fill such a large gap, I suggest implementing the conscript system!"

"To this end, I suggest building a new army. The soldiers of the army are not elite soldiers, but conscripts." Li Jing said a solution to the inadequate solution to the soldiers.

He continued to explain his method: "The conscripted soldiers are only required to serve for three years. During the service, those who perform well can supplement the progressive brigade or cavalry brigade. Those who perform well can enter the city guards. Those who are poor can retire directly. Moreover, during the service of the conscript, they can also guard all important military points in the country."

"The conscripts are recruited once a year, and they are rotated every three years. In a few years, there will be more and more elite soldiers in Xia Kingdom, more than three brigades, only five or ten, and they can be satisfied in the future." At the end of the commentary, Li Jing felt that more and more good.

Yang Song frowned and listened to the explanation of understanding, but did not agree to the plan immediately. Instead, he asked Liu Ji: "Bowen, how long will it take to fill the existing structure according to the order?"

"After the implementation, there will be no new recruits in the first year. Only from the second year will the first batch of outstanding soldiers be added to the existing organization. It will be calculated based on the scale of one brigade per year. It will take at least two years to fill the existing organization." Liu Ji bowed and replied.

Yang Song got the answer he wanted, nodded, and asked Xun Yu: "Wenruo, by the end of this year, how many people will there be in the country?"

"Your Majesty! The current population has reached 500,000, and it is expected to increase to 800,000 by the end of the year!" After Xun Yu finished answering, he was a little moved by the speed of development.

"What about two years later?" Yang Song continued to ask.

Xun Yu smiled slightly and replied, "Two years later, according to my estimate, there will be at least one million and a half million."

With a population of 1.5 million, an army of more than 15,000 people, although the ratio of 1 to 100 is a bit small, it is still more than enough for defense.

Unexpectedly, Li Jing had such a long vision and had such a clear understanding of the development speed of Xia Kingdom. He is worthy of being a famous strategist!

"Haha, then follow the pharmacist's plan!" Yang Song laughed, happy that he had so many outstanding talents.

Li Jing also smiled slightly and said, "I will accept the order!"

Li Jing put some effort into this reorganization of the entire army. He decided that the enemy outside Shanhaiguan had no time to take care of the Xia Kingdom during the time period, and that he would complete the reorganization as soon as possible.

In his plan, he would take Jun Ling to accompany Huo Qubing and Liu Qi to Shanhaiguan together to conduct an audition for the entire army.

Li Jing wanted to select the most elite battalion among the two existing brigades, transfer it back to Tianqi City, and replenish it into Yang Song's Imperial Guards and Jinyiwei.

The remaining elite troops were first reorganized according to the organization, and they were responsible for guarding Shanhaiguan and defending the frontiers of Xia Kingdom.

The rest are those who can ride horses into Huo Qubing's cavalry brigade. They are stationed in the former business city with the organization of the unsatisfied cavalry brigade, and are trained as reserve defensive forces.

The last thing left will be the seeds of the city guards and will be taken back to Tianqi City by Zhang Wei, and will start to serve as his guard bureau and become his director.

Li Jing would recruit soldiers who were disabled during the previous wars of Xia Kingdom, and take these disabled soldiers to recruit conscripts and train new soldiers.

Originally, it was Yang Xin's responsibility to conduct recruitment training and recruit soldiers, but Yang Xin had only managed militias in the past and conducted simple training for militias.

So there is no experience. This time, Li Jing led Yang Xin to perform a demonstration. After Yang Xin knew about this program, Yang Xin would train the recruits, and Li Jing would lead the conscripts.

This is also because there is no suitable staff, so Li Jing, a strategist who is specialized in coordination, can only lead an army.

After there are enough manpower in the future, the conscript army must be under the responsibility of a special general.

In fact, there is another way to expand and reorganize the army, which is to average the soldiers of the two existing brigades, enter three brigades on average, and then fill the qualified conscripts into the three brigades.

This will allow the three brigades to have the power to fight quickly, but in this way, the combat power of the three brigades is only the power to fight, which is not guaranteed.

If it were normal times, Yang Song would definitely do this, but it is precisely because Xia State now has hostile forces that a strong army must provide support for Xia State.

It was because Li Jing knew about this situation that he did not make this suggestion.

This method is at the expense of the combat effectiveness of the two brigades in exchange for time to quickly form an army.

The current method is to sacrifice the time to quickly form an army in exchange for a strong combat power.

The Xia Kingdom is still sufficient for the time being, otherwise Yang Song would not have carried out a comprehensive reform at this time - thanks to the assassin team trained by Chen Ping.
Chapter completed!