The First Tyrant of Daxia

I have handed over the matter of improving the forging technique of the Great Xia Empire. Now there is only one last thing left.

That is to recruit soldiers!

Before the Great Xia Empire, conscription was mainly based on voluntary participation, supplemented by recruitment.

Because Qin Yun provided the soldiers with sufficiently generous salaries and pensions, and their retirement benefits were also very good, the Great Xia Empire had never lacked young and middle-aged people willing to serve as soldiers.

However, given the huge population of the Great Xia Empire, these troops are not the limit of the Great Xia Empire.

The current situation is very urgent. Qin Yun now urgently needs more and more elite troops to deal with the battlefield in southern Xinjiang and even the upcoming world war.

Murong Shunhua took a breath and said slowly, "My Lords, His Majesty has another order to convey. No, he wants to tell everyone."

Gu Chuntang said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

"Recruit soldiers!"

Murong Shunhua said quickly, "This matter cannot be delayed. The army of the Great Xia Empire is not enough now. Facing those terrifying snake monsters, we need more troops!"

"And the troops we recruit next must be trained to be more elite and fierce! Otherwise, we won't be able to cope with the next world war!"

"Everything I said was your Majesty's original words!"

As he spoke, Murong Shunhua took out a scroll of imperial edict, which was still a dragon-patterned imperial edict, and was obviously Qin Yun's will.

"Do you need me to read your Majesty's decree again?"

Seeing this, all the officials shook their heads.

She had already produced three copies of Qin Yun's imperial edict, which could not possibly be fake.

What's more, with her identity, there is no need to fake it.

Murong Shunhua directly made the imperial edict public and did not continue reading it.

She looked at everyone and said, "Next, we will recruit four million soldiers. We must meet your majesty's standards as soon as possible!"

"After recruiting enough skilled troops, this group of troops will be temporarily trained by General He Xiu."

Among the military officers, a righteous bearded general stepped out, bowed and said in a deep voice, "I obey your orders!"

But some people were not happy.

"Isn't this too radical, Your Majesty?"

"If we want to recruit four million strong soldiers at once, where will we get so much money to support them?"

"Yes! Now we have four million soldiers, which is close to the limit of the Great Xia Empire's treasury."

"If we continue to recruit four million troops, the treasury of the Great Xia Empire will probably not be able to support it! By then, we won't need anyone else to destroy us. We will collapse and disintegrate first."

A group of officials immediately started talking about it.

You know, it is very expensive to maintain soldiers. Once these soldiers are recruited and trained, the empire will be responsible for their food, drink, defecation and urination.

Moreover, Qin Yun actually raised the salaries of the soldiers so high, so the expenditure on the military became even larger.

Maintaining an army of four million is already the limit. It costs a lot of money to maintain it normally. To recruit another four million soldiers now is, in the eyes of many people, digging their own graves.

Moreover, these four million young and strong men are the main labor force in every family of the Great Xia Empire. Once they are conscripted into the army, who will farm the land? Who will grow food?

By doing so, the Great Xia Empire would soon become unable to be self-sufficient in food, and would even need to purchase food from other countries.

This is a very risky move. If you don't have a plan, you will be dead.

This time, even Gu Chuntang frowned.

It wasn't that he doubted Qin Yun, but Qin Yun wanted to recruit 400,000 troops in one go. How could he fill such a huge gap in money and food? Who would fill it?

Although the Great Xia Empire is a great country, it is not a place for squandering like this.

By that time, with an army of eight million in hand, the amount of food they would need to consume in a day would be an absolutely terrifying number.

Moreover, equipping all these troops is a very troublesome task and a huge expense.

This does not include the cost of routine training. If a battle were to occur and huge losses occurred, how much money would the Great Xia Empire have to pay?

There's simply no way to calculate it.

Now all the officials basically have the same idea that recruiting four million troops at this time is simply a very stupid thing to do.

In their minds, Qin Yun had completely turned into a dissolute second-generation rich man who didn't know how to manage the daily necessities of life.

Could it be that Qin Yun has returned to his nature of being a tyrant?

Guo Ziyun calculated all the money and grain, and his old face looked very sad.

It is too difficult to keep up with Qin Yun's pace. Even a good cook cannot cook without rice.

Besides, each of the three imperial edicts issued by Qin Yun would cost a huge amount of money.

Although the current Great Xia Empire has sufficient food and a full treasury, it cannot withstand such use.

This kind of behavior can only be used once at most, which means that this time it is a desperate move.

If something goes wrong, the outcome will be disastrous.

Guo Ziyun said helplessly, "Madam Murong, it's not that I oppose Your Majesty, it's just that this behavior is too risky."

"If most of the money is used to recruit soldiers, it is very likely that the Great Xia Empire will lose its ability to function normally."

"This is a risky move."

Guo Ziyun was also a very loyal person, but at this time it was no longer a problem that could be solved by loyalty alone.

They really didn't quite understand Qin Yun's operation.

At this time, Grand Tutor Shen Qin said calmly, "I have a different idea. I think your majesty's idea is very correct!"

"What time is it now? The battlefield in the southern border is raging, snake monsters are rampant, and there are many enemies around who are eyeing us covetously, waiting for our Great Xia Emperor to be defeated."

"If we don't fight now, once the situation in the southern border battlefield is broken, the Great Xia Empire will most likely be defeated."

Many officials were stunned when they heard Shen Qin's words.

What he said does make sense.

The war has now spread, and the Great Xia Empire has no way to remain immune from this war, whether actively or passively.

If you want to survive, you must use force to win.

As for money, it is nothing but external possessions. If we don't use it now, will we leave the money in the treasury for the next new king to occupy this land?

Instead of doing this, it is better to fight them head-on, use all the economy to strengthen the armor and weapons of the Great Xia Empire, recruit and train the strongest soldiers, and conquer all those enemies!