A journey to the heavens starting from the Red Mansion

Chapter 148 The "Two Chariots" in the Army

The army is rapidly expanding in number, and ideological education work is also following up to ensure that the rebel army will not deteriorate due to the increase in the number of troops.

After all, some of the new recruits came from the Song Army and did not receive strict training.

It is inevitable that you will have some bad habits, such as drinking, gambling, bullying, flattering your boss and other bad habits.

These were all things Lin Yao hated deeply. While establishing strict military discipline, he also adopted the method of ideological education.

The department originally responsible for ideological guidance in the military and directly under Lin Yao was expanded again.

This department has considerable powers and responsibilities in the army. Together with Wuyazi's military law department, they are collectively known as the "two carriages" within the rebel army.

There are specialties in the art, and Lin Yao knew that he should recruit targeted personnel to teach the soldiers.

These personnel are specifically responsible for going deep into the army, assisting officers in providing ideological education to new soldiers who have joined the rebel army, spreading ideas, establishing an exciting and upward atmosphere in the army, and preventing the army from going astray.

Let the soldiers understand why they resisted the Song Dynasty, why they must strictly abide by military discipline, and why the predecessors of the rebel army were not afraid of death.

That kind of vigorous fighting spirit shocks every newcomer.

The previous performance of the rebel army proved the effectiveness of this. In the case of cleaning up the big landowners, they resolutely refused to disturb the people and plunder.

This kind of performance is difficult to achieve by relying on military law alone.

No matter how strict military law is, it depends on people to enforce it.If the soldiers themselves do not have that awareness, once military law is relaxed at any time, the army will have big problems.

History is full of stories where powerful armies that once dominated the world and dominated their opponents would degenerate at an extremely fast rate and become what they were most disgusted with before.

Just like the Hunan Army, when it was first established, there were heroic deeds of saving the life of a child who fell into the water.

Later, the Hunan Army's combat effectiveness declined. In order to keep the soldiers' combat awareness strong, casinos were deliberately set up in the military camps.

When the soldiers lose all their loot and military pay, they will be particularly eager to fight big battles, but in essence, military discipline has been completely corrupted.

So just relying on strict military discipline is not enough, at least not enough.

We must guide them to understand that ordinary people are friends and family, and they should protect the people behind them.

Understand that your existence and fighting are for the noble goal of having enough food and clothing for the common people in the world.

With this understanding, the army has a military spirit and is no longer a feudal army simply for promotion and wealth.

In terms of logistics, thanks to Su Xinghe and his disciples, they took all aspects into consideration and established a training system for logistics personnel.

Even if the number of military personnel increases, the logistical pressure will not be great.Civilian management is also in good order and there is no chaos.

After Lin Yao abolished exorbitant levies and miscellaneous taxes, the current tax revenue of the rebel army comes from land taxes.

This is the lowest tax rate in history for a single type of tax.

It is actually able to support the daily operations of such a large army without any commission from middlemen.

From this we can see the horror of those insects sucking blood. A strong giant will not be defeated by the outside world, but will be pecked out from within.

Along with that trip to the Tianshan Mountains, Lin Yao's understanding of the underlying layers of the Iron-Blooded Song Dynasty became more and more profound.

It summarizes the crux of land annexation and starvation in the past dynasties. Why was it more serious in Zhao and Song Dynasties?
In fact, they are all leftover problems from a new attempt. Innovation is not a panacea.

On the contrary, if not handled properly, more difficult problems will arise.

Just like Lin Yao never completely denied everything in the Song Dynasty, he liked to look at problems from a higher level and from multiple angles.

He believed that the Song Dynasty had embarked on a path that was completely different from that of the previous dynasties. It was no longer obsessed with land and was full of potential.Since the founding of the feudal state, all dynasties in the middle and late dynasties have been stuck in the quagmire of suppressing land annexation.

From this, insightful leaders of the times were born, who did their best to slow down the speed of land annexation and prolong the life of the dynasty.

Only the Song Dynasty did not inhibit land annexation, and there were no major problems with taxation and conscription, which were the lifeblood of the dynasty.

It has achieved a combat success rate that is said to surpass all dynasties, but it is not aggressive enough in ordinary times.

The soldiers of the Song Dynasty said: Why fight for that little food and salary?

Although the money is quite a lot, it is not as substantial as the land.

What's more, after layers of exploitation, the dogs shook their heads when they saw the amount.

Therefore, with the help of city walls in the defensive war, there is still a certain praise, just open up the territory and expand the territory.

There is a saying that some of the systems and ideas of the Song Dynasty were very advanced, and in Lin Yao's opinion, they could even create a prosperous age unique to the Song Dynasty.

But no matter how good the system is, it still needs people to implement it. People will have emotions and desires, and they will always come up with weird ideas, and they will not be able to achieve the preset goals.

The Song Dynasty enjoyed the dividends generated by the newly explored roads, but its indulgent land policy made it like a giant walking on one foot, huge but inherently deficient.

While it wants to embrace a new future, it is still constrained by the shackles left by its predecessors in the past and cannot make a choice.

Lin Yao even thought that if there were no enemies and given enough time, it would be possible to go further.

The Song Dynasty may be able to slowly solve this problem, travel lightly, and be far ahead of the times.

Depends on the excellent matching mechanism of the East Asian monster room at that time, it is also the success and failure.

The Song Dynasty was able to survive for 100 years even though half of its territory was lost. However, it also lost a lot in the process.

There are many people working for it, but the reformers of all ages have been dead.

Vested interests do not want to give up the interests they have seized. They just want to maintain the existing interests, and even use any means to obtain more interests.

It is not difficult to see from this that failure can become the root cause and that taking the road of internal improvement will not work.

Since this road doesn't work, we should change the situation and take a road full of thorns that no one has ever walked before.

Unite the scattered forces, even if these forces have their own shortcomings of the times, resulting in short-sightedness, cowardice, ignorance and other shortcomings.

But since it is called a shortcoming, it means that there is a way to make up for it.

This requires Lin Yao to lead those people, let them improve themselves through learning, and finally usher in a new life.

Through speculation and research on people's hearts, a set of routes that are in line with their pursuits and interests are integrated, turning them into an extremely huge force, and finally achieving Lin Yao's goal.

From Wang Yuyan to the Xiaoyao Sect, to the establishment of the rebel army, and now the Liangzhe Road is under its control.

Judging from this clearly visible progress, although Lin Yao walked very slowly, every step he took was extremely solid.

Even if he uses his full power, he can destroy a dynasty in a short time.

But construction is always more difficult than destruction, so he needs people who can walk side by side in this world to change the world together.

During this period, he could not only benefit one world, but also obtain a large number of origin fragments, getting the best of both worlds.

(End of this chapter)