Lord Moyu was forced to open

As the news that the imperial court was going to recruit a million soldiers spread, it immediately caused an uproar among the people.

Things are different now than they were in the past. In the Song Dynasty, people were hungry, poorly housed, and poorly dressed.

Therefore, even if the common people just wanted to make a living, as long as the imperial court recruited soldiers, there would definitely be a large number of followers.

However, over the past decade or so, people's lives have become better and better as the imperial court became stronger, especially after the New World, the Exile Continent, and Southeast Asia were taken over.

The people gradually had money in their hands.

Not only do people eat well and live well, but recently people have even started to pay attention to health preservation.

The new generation of young people actually eat less on purpose to maintain their figure, which surprises the older generation, who think they must have something wrong with their brains.

If you don’t eat something, you are a fool.
But no matter what the ideas and concepts of the young people of the new era and the older generation are, for the young people of the Song Dynasty, joining the army is no longer the first option.

At least most people would rather do other work than risk their lives on the battlefield.

Suddenly some people admire soldiers, but for most people they are the ones who are unique.

As soon as the news of the imperial court's conscription spread, except for those who had long wanted to be soldiers and signed up a few days ago, after 100,000 people were recruited, the remaining 900,000 places were not enough!

This immediately shocked the court.

After Zhao Jun heard the news, he was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.

Today's young men are not as enthusiastic about joining the army as before.

But this is obviously not possible.

It’s not impossible for Zhao Jun to relax the racial restrictions on conscription and allow members of dependent tribes to serve in the army.

In order to cross classes, he believed that one million people would be a piece of cake.

However, this Song Dynasty is the Song Dynasty of the Song people.

If the army were all foreigners and there were not many Song people, one can imagine how great the hidden dangers would be.

Violent institutions like the military must not only be under our control, but also not allowed to fall into the hands of others.

Therefore, the number of foreigners in the army is limited, and the main body should still be Song people.

In order to motivate everyone to join the army, Zhao Jun thought for a long time and finally decided to reduce the benefits of the credits given to the children of those who joined the army.

The nine-year compulsory education has been implemented in the Song Dynasty. Every year, people who hope their sons will become successful send their children to school.

However, there were only so many universities in the Song Dynasty, and the number of students admitted each year was limited.

Therefore, we can only admit students based on their merits.

This also leads to a situation where every year there are a huge number of people who pass the entrance exam to the university, but in the end only tens of thousands of people enter the university.

After Zhao Jun linked joining the army with the admission score line of the university, there will definitely be parents willing to join the army, hoping to contribute to their children's future.

After this policy was implemented, as Zhao Jun had expected, one million troops were quickly gathered.

At the same time, in order to expand the number of talents, the Song Dynasty itself's desire for talents is indeed increasing year by year.

Therefore, in addition to the original university, Zhao Jun issued an imperial decree, ordering each county to open a new university in the place where the government was located.

The increase in the number of universities will make it easier for ordinary people to enter universities.

Those students whose fathers served in the army and who have reduced scores undoubtedly benefited greatly from this.

The Song Dynasty today is not the same as before. The army is sent to the battlefield as soon as it is formed. This is not sending troops to fight, this is clearly sending the new recruits to die.

These one million newly recruited soldiers must undergo at least six months of training.

Only then will they be thrown into the battlefield.

The massive military training soon spread throughout Bianliang.

Everyone is guessing what the court is going to do. What is His Majesty going to do by suddenly recruiting a million soldiers?
In Funing Palace.

"Father! Father! I heard that you recruited a million soldiers. What are you going to do?"

At the entrance of Funing Palace, a handsome young man in purple official uniform walked in quickly.

Zhao Jun, who was reading, raised his head slightly, glanced at it, and then lowered his head again. As he got older, the books that he couldn't read in the past now caught Zhao Jun's attention. He would usually hold them in his hands and read them in the morning.

The young man in front of him was none other than Zhao Jun’s eldest son, now the Crown Prince of the Song Dynasty—Zhao Jian.

Eight years have passed since he was taken by Zhao Junqiang to participate in government affairs at the age of ten!

The little brat back then has grown into a young man.

Since this brat turned fifteen three years ago, Zhao Jun gradually let him take over the government affairs, and he only gave instructions from behind. If this brat encountered something he didn't understand, he could teach him.

With the crown prince acting as regent these years, Zhao Jun has lived a much more comfortable life.

Although the court officials all knew what he was thinking, the prince was still too young after all.

For some things, Chaoche would rather take the trouble to report them to him, as the prestige and ability of the current prince were not enough to conquer the ministers.

In this regard, all Zhao Jun can do is try his best to give his son a chance to perform.

Let him handle everything that can be handled, and it is definitely not for laziness.

The idea of ​​recruiting a million soldiers was a sudden one proposed by Zhao Jun, so Zhao Jian, the Crown Prince Regent, was not quite clear about it.

As soon as he received the news, he hurried over to inquire.

Hearing Haodaer's question, Zhao Jun remained calm. He took a sip from the teacup with his right hand and then slowly replied:

"Do you know what's going on in Europa recently?"

Zhao Jian shook his head blankly.

Zhao Jun glared at him with a look of dismay, and then said:
"I have long told you not to just focus on government affairs, but also to pay attention to the collection of intelligence.

The most important thing in the world besides food security is intelligence gathering.

I received news that the National Guard reported back a few days ago that a rebellion had occurred in France and Spain.

The people of the French capital stormed into the French royal palace, chopped off the head of the French emperor, and now established the French Republic.

In Great Britain, someone invented the prototype of the steam engine.

Not only that, originally all European countries believed in the Papal States, but some believed deeply and some believed shallowly.

But now many countries have begun to oppose the Papal States' control of religious power.

The popes of the Papal States were no longer allowed to crown their respective kings.

Talents in various fields are also beginning to emerge among the people of various countries.

Do you know what this means? "

This was the first time Zhao Jian knew about these things, and he still shook his head when he heard it.

Zhao Jun sighed, and then continued: "This means that so many things are coming together, and the whole of Europe is now undergoing an unprecedented transformation, both in terms of technology and thinking!
And this can definitely be a positive change!

The emergence of the steam engine meant that they had found a way to catch up with our technological advances, which were far ahead of theirs.

We in the Song Dynasty cannot stand still any longer! Otherwise, they will catch up with us!
There are always only interests and strengths between countries. The reason why Europe is so weak facing the Song Dynasty now is because they are not as strong as the Song Dynasty. If we continue to ignore their changes, when the day comes that they are stronger than the Song Dynasty, their counterattack will be something the Song Dynasty cannot withstand!
So while they are making changes, the Song Dynasty must also continue to accelerate the updating of its own technology. The updating of technology requires a lot of resources, which means that we can no longer waste time with the natives of the New World.

Europe is currently in the early stages of change, and the resources they need are not many. The resources of the Western Continent alone are enough to meet their needs.

But just like what has happened in our Great Song Dynasty over the years, with the changes in technology, more and more resources are needed, and sooner or later the resources possessed by the Western Continent will not be able to meet their needs!

So in order to prevent them from occupying the resource-rich northern and southern continents first.

Then we must occupy these resource-rich areas in advance while we still have technological advantages. Only in this way can we, with abundant resources, always stay ahead in technological changes.

Only if we stay ahead in technological changes and always have technology that is far more advanced than theirs, can the national strength of our Great Song Dynasty continue to crush them and force them to keep their heads down!
Prince, you must remember this!

In this world, the big fish always eat the small fish!
Only the strong can have everything!
The law of the jungle is the essence of this world. If we, the Song Dynasty, do not want to become someone else's prey, we must do everything we can to always be the hunter!"

Listening to his father's teachings, Zhao Jian seemed to understand something and nodded heavily!
"I understand, Father!"

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(End of this chapter)