Zhang Jiao looked at Zhuge Liang with some doubts. He was naturally convinced of the Taiping Dao army, although he rarely dealt with internal affairs.
That is to say, he will pay attention to major issues, but rarely pay attention to other things.
As for the army, he pays more attention to it. He still understands the strength of the army, even though several major princes in the world are now united to attack.
He didn't have much to worry about. There was only Prince Yuan's Mansion to the north, and Dong Zhuo's army was too far away to threaten him.
As for them jointly sending troops, it is unlikely. After all, even if there are noble families on both sides who persuade them to join forces, it is impossible for them to combine their forces.
Dong Zhuo didn't dare to bring his army to the base of Prince Yuan's Mansion. What if the other party swallowed his army all at once?
There are conflicts between both sides.
Even if they unite, they are still at odds with each other.
There is no need to worry about attacks from the imperial court and the south.
It is true that the imperial court is the most powerful besides Taiping Dao. In terms of foundation, the imperial court is the best in the world, with strong foundation and wealth.
In the past, the imperial court was too rigid due to the aristocratic families. Now, the aristocratic families feel the threat of Taiping Dao and are trying their best to increase the power of the imperial court.
Coupled with the court's background, both the top experts and the number of troops are no worse than Taipingdao.
But the only thing that is inferior to Taipingdao is its mobilization ability.
The Taiping Dao army suffered hundreds of thousands losses. It did not take a month to mobilize and recover immediately, and the combat power would not be lost too much.
But the court had no other option.
They can quickly plunder people and make them into soldiers, but the fighting power of those soldiers can be imagined.
As for asking aristocratic families to contribute their own private soldiers, even if they are willing, the sum of the private soldiers provided by each family does not mean that their strength will skyrocket.
Sometimes one plus one will not equal two, but will be less than two.
Everyone has selfish motives, especially those from aristocratic families. Their first consideration is always the interests of their own family.
Therefore, it is impossible to dedicate all the strength of one's family to the world. If this selfishness is put on the battlefield, it will be a very big and fatal crisis.
So on the court's side, the two fight head-on. Their Taiping Dao can have a steady stream of soldiers and horses. In the end, Taiping Dao will definitely have the upper hand.
In terms of population, it is true that Taipingdao is still not as good as the imperial court for the time being.
The chassis controlled by the imperial court was only around Sili, which seemed inferior to the twelve states occupied by Taiping Dao.
In fact, the twelve states of Taiping, namely Jizhou and Yanzhou, are considered good, while the other two-thirds of the states are considered barren lands.
Thanks to the continuous optimization and development of Taiping Road in the past few decades, it has become much better. Otherwise, in the past, several states could barely compare to Jizhou.
The land of Sili far surpasses Jizhou. After all, as a large state around the sacred capital of Luoyang, it can be said that Liu Han has cultivated it for thousands of years, and its wealth is undoubtedly the best in the world.
Needless to say the population.
In terms of population, the imperial court has more people, but more people are more, and their utilization rate is very low. After all, there are still the aristocratic family class and more classes below.
As for Taiping Dao, they are completely under their control. As long as Taiping Dao issues an order, it can be implemented quickly.
As for the militia policy alone, Taiping Dao has never concealed it. The benefits of this policy are visible to the naked eye, allowing Taiping Dao to have a steady stream of troops.
There is no shortage of soldiers at all.
However, it is difficult for other princes to imitate.
First of all, the people at the bottom simply do not trust the princes and the imperial court. Serving as soldiers is a disaster for the people of the princes everywhere.
Even though many people cannot survive, they are not willing to join the army.
But it is different in Taiping Dao. Taiping Dao treats soldiers very well and their pensions are fair and fair. Especially the upper management supervises the pensions very strictly. No one dares to embezzle in this aspect.
Once discovered, the person involved in the case may be beheaded, or three generations of the family may be involved.
Especially when it comes to three generations of the family serving in politics and the military.
The price of such a punishment is too high. In Taiping Road, even ordinary people have the opportunity to enter politics, as long as you are literate and can pass the exam.
Starting from the smallest official, even the smallest official, for many people, in the past, it was like a natural chasm, just out of reach.
But in today's Taiping Dao system, as long as you are literate and then take the exam, you will have a chance. Moreover, although there are high and low levels of officials and officials in Taiping Dao, even the lowest subordinates have a chance to rise and become an official.
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This is the liberalization of Taipingdao. With this step alone, Taipingdao has won the hearts and minds of officials and subordinates all over the world. In many places, officials and subordinates have acted recklessly and even exploited the people to the extreme.
Because people like them don't have any chance of promotion, so since they can't rise, they can only plunder wealth.
But they are at the bottom and cannot plunder the upper levels, so they can only plunder the people at the bottom. This will cause public resentment to boil over time.
This does not exist in Taiping Dao. Taiping Dao requires many officials and administrative personnel, even more than the officials and subordinates of the princes in various places.
But at the same time, even for subordinates, that is, low-level administrative personnel, there are very high requirements and a strictly prohibited inspection system on Taiping Road.
If you are given a channel to go up, then you must do things well and exploit the people at the bottom like you did before.
That is absolutely intolerable.
In fact, Taipingdao also suffered losses in this regard at the beginning. At that time, the grassroots administrative staff had no idea, and a lot of things happened.
Therefore, Taipingdao stepped up its politics and brought clarity to the bottom class.
Later, Taipingdao also strengthened its control over the bottom layer.
At the same time, it also allows the people at the bottom to recognize Taiping Dao more, so that the half-step policy of Taiping Dao can be better implemented.
This has been implemented for decades.
But other princes cannot implement it.
The execution strength at the bottom level, Taipingdao far surpassed that of the imperial court and princes from all over the world.
Here, Taiping Road promotes agriculture and food, and has accumulated more and more over the years, although Taiping Road requires a lot of money and food in all aspects.
But the tax on Taiping Road is not high for what is produced in the fields, so every household has a surplus of grain every year. Coupled with industrialization, various products from Taiping Road can also enter every household.
In this way, the people at the bottom are getting richer and richer, and they have enough to eat and drink.
In conjunction with the propaganda of Taiping Dao, the people are not afraid of soldiers within the scope of Taiping Dao, but will actively participate in them.
Even if they are unable to participate, many adults or minors will actively train in the countryside so that they can be selected in the next recruitment.
When it comes to actively joining the army, Taipingdao ranks first. ()