Chapter 604

"Did Li Aiqing talk about the recruit plan in detail!" Li Shimin said with great interest.

The Manchu courtiers also listened attentively. Everyone knew that if Li Jing's vision was realized, it would be earth shaking changes for the military.

"When I returned to Chang'an city at the end of the year, I had a deep talk with Merton and found that the world misunderstood many generals in the Tang Dynasty. It is widely said that good men don't serve as soldiers! Ordinary people's reaction to soldiers is mostly dirty, messy and bad. This situation can be said to be extremely serious. The folk atmosphere didn't improve until your majesty overcame all opinions and used the army to fight drought and disaster." Li Jing arched his hand.

Li Shimin nodded. He was the emperor immediately. Naturally, he knew the situation in the army.

"Because of this, I found that many soldiers in the right guard can't get a wife. Ordinary people don't want to marry soldiers at all, and I believe most of the other soldiers are the same!" Li Jingdao, after he talked with Merton, he didn't play immediately, but slowly observed the phenomenon in the army. Only then did he play right in the court in an orderly manner!

Many generals nodded one after another. This phenomenon is very common among generals and soldiers, and it exists in all armies.

"The officers and men of the Tang Dynasty are the pillars of the country. How can they be treated like this? After discussing with Merton, if you want to change the world's impression of the officers and men, the first is to change the external image of the officers and men!" Li Jing said.

"Li Aiqing, please continue!" Li Shimin said thoughtfully. Originally, he just wanted to change the civil servants' criticism of Mohism, but now he really listened to it!

"I wonder if you have found the difference between firearm supervisors and ordinary soldiers!" Li Jing suddenly turned to other generals and asked.

"Firearms warden!"

The generals in the court either saw the firecracker supervisor during the great martial arts exercise or saw the firecracker supervisor generals during the western expedition. They couldn't help but emerge that unique army in their hearts.

"It seems that the firearm officers and men are cleaner and tidy. Even walking is different from other officers and men," Cheng Yaojin thought.

He was able to see the maverick character of the firearms warden, so he raised the point to have more contact with the officers and men in the army.

Other generals also nodded one after another. They all saw the officers and men of the firearm prison and were very impressed by the firearm prison!

Li Jing nodded and said, "it's not just the firearms prison. Even the Mohist village and the Mohist children have greatly changed in the eyes of the people in Chang'an City in a short time. Most of them rely on cleanliness and tidiness."

Under the leadership of Merton, the children of Mohism abandoned the bad habit of wearing Ge clothes and excessive thrift in the pre-Qin period. Everyone's clothes are neat and clean, and pay attention to personal appearance, which is completely different from the scruffy people around. The image of Mohism has changed greatly.

Everyone found that it seemed that wherever Mohist was, it seemed that cleanliness was the first priority.

"Therefore, if we want to change the image of soldiers in the world, the first is to be clean and tidy and eradicate head lice. At the end, for example, if Li is infected with an epidemic and put into the downtown, I'm afraid the world will avoid me like a snake and scorpion, and no one wants to be close to me three feet away. The disease of head lice is like a plague in the army, which not only makes soldiers miserable, but also makes people misunderstand soldiers "Dislike and abandon," sighed Li Jing.

As soon as Li Jing said this, the generals nodded one after another. After all, they also had deep feelings about the poor health in the army. Sometimes even if they were not careful, they would be caught. We can imagine how serious it is.

"Therefore, the end general believes that it is still a top priority to eradicate the disease of head lice in the military camp and improve the health of the military camp. All the diseases that infect head lice should have their hair cut and completely eradicate the head lice in the military." Li Jing suddenly shouted.

"I also think it is imperative to eradicate head lice!" Cheng Yaojin echoed.

All the generals nodded in agreement. This is related to the image of the military. If the image of the military is greatly changed according to Li Jing's idea, the generals will naturally be beneficial.

"How difficult is it to eradicate head lice? As long as you wash your hair frequently and pay attention to hygiene, the disease of head lice will naturally heal without medicine." Kong Yingda said proudly.

When Kong Yingda finished speaking, even other generals in the army and even civil servants who had fought with the army couldn't help but draw from the corners of his mouth.

Li Shimin said, "Confucius didn't know about the wine offering. There are many people in the army and countless war horses, mules and horses. It's almost impossible to eradicate head lice by ordinary methods."

Kong Yingda noticed the people's strange eyes, and his face turned red and said, "since ordinary methods can't work, why don't you use medicine!"

"Medicine!" said Li Jing with a sneer, "the imperial army has hundreds of thousands, and each person has at least 800 words of medicine to treat head lice. This is not a small number. Moreover, it is not enough to treat people alone. If you don't treat war horses, it will also be infected again. In this way, the cost must be more than doubled."

Hearing this, Dai Zhou turned pale, shook his head and said, "the Ministry of the people has no surplus money. This time, the disaster in Shandong must have completely emptied the imperial court, and there is no surplus money at all."

It is well known that a penny of money can't defeat the hero Han. Now the government is in financial tension. If Mohist Zi hadn't freed a lot of money from Tuyuhun, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to give rewards to meritorious officers and men. Now he has to give a lot of money. How would Dai Zhou be willing to.

"I also think that cutting hair roots and removing head lice is a rare recipe. Besides, it will grow again in a year and a half?" Dai Zhou agreed.

Kong Yingda's face turned black. Unexpectedly, in addition to the military, the Ministry of the people also defected!

Li Jing nodded and said softly to Kong Yingda, "this will not let all soldiers cut their hair. After the head lice in the army is eradicated, it will naturally be able to store their hair again."

Kong Yingda and other civil servants sneered at the speech. Head lice are so rampant in the army. Once the soldiers lose their hair, I'm afraid they don't have much chance to store their hair again.

"It is the foundation of the country for soldiers to defend the country. Filial piety and righteousness should be more strict in order to be loyal to the country!" Kong Yingda did not let go, and other civil servants agreed one after another.

Li Jing retorted: "since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been incomplete. I would have thought that loyalty should be greater than filial piety. You can't ask the whole army to bleed and sweat, and bear a head of lice."

"That is, besides, the filial piety Sutra is a classic of your Confucianism. You can use it to restrain your Confucian children. You don't have to wait for Confucianism to worry about the strategists." Cheng Yaojin echoed.

"Although the filial piety Sutra is a Confucian classic, the hair crown is a Chinese tradition for thousands of years. How can you trample it wantonly!" Kong Yingda said angrily.

Immediately, the Tai Chi hall was divided into two factions, and there was an instant quarrel between civil and military forces.

"All right! This matter will be put on hold for the time being. We'll discuss it when Merton comes back!" Li Shimin said.

Suddenly, the man Dynasty glared at Wen and Wu, and then stopped.

"Can Li Aiqing explain the recruit plan in detail?" Li Shimin asked.

Li Jing nodded and said, "in addition to being clean and tidy, recruits should also read and understand the way to be loyal to the king!"

"Reading?" Li Shimin couldn't help but grow up!

Li Jing explained: "of course, it doesn't need much knowledge. This method needs to cooperate with Master Li's compulsory education method. If everyone in the Tang Dynasty can read, the soldiers recruited can read naturally."

Li Shimin nodded slowly.

"However, for military generals, they need to be both literate and martial. After consulting the roster of generals in the army, I found that less than 30% of them can be familiar with military books." Li Jing shook her head.

Li Shimin nodded. It is typical that Zhonglang General Chang He and Chang he didn't know how to write and write. It is well known in the Manchu Dynasty. One day, the memorial he played to Li Shimin was very literary. Li Shimin saw that it was written by others. Only then did he find that a generation of cloth general Xiang Ma Zhou.

"To be a general, bravery and martial arts are one of them, and strategy is also essential. Weichen believes that we must choose strong generals in the army, follow the example of the Imperial College, set up military academies, and select famous generals to teach their art of war and the way of loyalty and patriotism. In this way, all generals in the army are proficient in both literature and martial arts, brave and resourceful, loyal and patriotic, and our Datang will be invincible." Li Jing said proudly.

"Loyal and patriotic! Invincible!" Li Shimin's eyes suddenly brightened.

"Both civil and military skills!" the civil servant's heart was cold. He didn't expect that the general's mind should be so big.

Even a group of generals in the army looked at Li Jing in horror. As soon as Li Jing's recruit plan came out, it must bring earth shaking changes to the military. It must be famous in history and become a generation of master of art of war.