Stunning the Hall, Who Said There Were No Heroes Among the Youngsters? (II) Kneeling, Giving Tipping, and Giving Evaluation
Lu Yuan spoke at a moderate speed.
A cup of tea's worth of time had already passed.
During this time.
Everyone was stunned by his talent.
If everyone had doubted Lu Yuan's foundation before, then with these two sentences, everyone had no doubts anymore.
Of course, the reason why everyone's mentality changed was because of this.
It was mainly his second step.
The first step was something that everyone knew about. It was to encourage farming and reduce taxes.
After all, the taxes were so heavy now. The people would definitely not be willing to work more. After all, they could not get more from working more.
What really caught their attention was the second step he pointed out, which was to merge prefectures and counties and reduce the number of officials.
It could be said that the person who could say such words was definitely an old fox in the officialdom or someone who had entered the core of power.
It was not that only people of this level could say such words, but only people with high status and power for a long time could analyze the disadvantages and advantages of this matter.
This was like starting a company in the future.
What would a salesperson think every day? He must be thinking about how to sell the product.
If he was asked to sell goods, he could use more than ten ways to sell them.
But what if he told her a plan that would benefit the company's development?
What could the salesperson say? What else could he say other than 'motherf * cker'?
What if he asked the company manager? He could easily list out many development directions. It was not because of any reason, but because he was in a position where he was thinking about how to develop the company every day.
Therefore, the second step that Lu Yuan mentioned shocked everyone.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never believe that such words could come out of a young man's mouth.
Moreover, Lu Yuan paused after he finished the second step.
After he paused.
The ministers began to panic.
F * ck, brother, you can't play like this. We were listening with great interest just now. Why aren't you talking anymore?
With an anxious attitude, someone could not help but speak up,"Little friend Lu, what's the third step?"
After saying that, everyone looked at Lu Yuan again.
At this moment, no one realized that their mentality had completely changed.
From the initial disapproval to the current recognition.
Seeing this, Lu Yuan smiled in his heart, but he did not show it. Instead, he continued.
"As for the third step, I believe that our emperor can use the garrison system.”
After saying that.
In an instant, everyone was stunned.
The garrison system was not a method of later generations. It had already existed as early as the Han Dynasty, but the names were different.
Although Lu Yuan wasn't the inventor of this method, he had enlightened everyone.
Looking at everyone's stunned eyes, Lu Yuan said calmly,""I believe that the problem of the food crisis is mainly because the people are unwilling to produce more, there are many small officials who exploit them layer by layer, and when there is no more war, the million soldiers will sit and eat. Therefore, I have made up my mind about these three things. If I am wrong, I hope that Your Majesty and Lord will not blame me.”
"Lu Yuan, let me ask you, what is your so-called garrison system? Where did he go? Was it the same as the Tian Bing Hu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che period?”As the Emperor, he immediately grasped the main point after hearing Lu Yuan's answer. It was as if he had found some inspiration. He immediately realized that the three problems Lu Yuan had mentioned seemed to be able to solve the food crisis quickly. He could understand the first two, but he seemed to have realized the third step later.
He knew very well that the method Lu Yuan was talking about was the same method used during the Han Dynasty's Liu Che period.
However, he wanted to know if Lu Yuan had any better ideas about this method.
Hearing Li Shi Min's excited question, Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
The garrison system meant that all the soldiers would return to their hometown and become farmers while serving as soldiers. When they had nothing to do, they would be farmers. When they had something to do, they would go to war. At the same time, after farming, they would go to training.
In fact, even if he didn't appear, Li Shimin would still use this method in a few years.
However, this method seemed to be able to solve a big problem, but in reality, it also buried the root of the problem.
To be precise, in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, it was because of the garrison system that the Tang Dynasty began to decline.
And all of this was because this system had three advantages and three disadvantages.
The three benefits are to benefit the country, to benefit the people, and to benefit oneself.
It was beneficial to the country. Once this law was implemented, the economic pressure on the country would be greatly reduced. In this case, they could spend a lot of money to support the people.
To benefit the people, the soldiers opened up wasteland and increased the production of farmland.
Self-interest. As soldiers, they had their own fields, had ample food and clothing, and were not afraid of not having a salary after fighting.
These three points were for benefits.
As for the three disadvantages?
This was more serious.
The first drawback was that the training time would be greatly reduced, and their combat strength would obviously decrease.
The second drawback was that they were homesick and tired of fighting. After becoming soldiers, they only needed to plant crops every day to eat and drink to their fill. Under such circumstances, who would be willing to fight? Moreover, once they went to war, they would have to travel thousands of miles away. Even if they were lucky enough to return safely, things would still remain the same and people would change. Who could endure it if they were separated for four to five years?
The third drawback was that once these people went to war, there would be no one to cultivate their land. Just because there was no one to cultivate it did not mean that the land was worthless. Therefore, many local tyrants and evil gentry would immediately come over to snatch the land. When the war came back, the land would no longer be theirs, or the government would give them some wasteland and have to start all over again. It would easily make the soldiers feel helpless, and thus the morale of the army would be unstable.
Therefore, on these issues, if it was just to solve the problem of food, then the garrison system would have more advantages than disadvantages. However, if it was aimed at consolidating the country, the disadvantages outweighed the advantages.
There was actually a way to solve this problem, but this method was very cruel, so cruel that Lu Yuan did not have the heart to say it.
But since things had come to this, he could not retreat.
He simply blurted out everything.
After the benefits of the garrison system were mentioned, everyone's eyes lit up.
However, after he mentioned the disadvantages, everyone began to frown again.
Because this was indeed a headache.
She followed him.
A few minutes later.
Li Shi Min suddenly looked at Lu Yuan and said,""Lu Yuan, do you already have a plan?”
Hearing Li Shi Min's words, Lu Yuan took a deep breath and nodded,"Commoner…There is indeed a way!"
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