Chapter 1243

"Kongming, what do you mean?"

Zhang Jiao looked at Zhuge Liang, a bit confused; for the Taiping Dao army, he naturally believed in it, although he rarely handled internal affairs.

That is, in major matters, he would pay attention; others, he rarely paid attention to.

And in terms of the army, he paid more attention; he understood the strength of the army, although today's several major warlords united to attack.

He also didn't have much worry; in the north, there is only the Yuan Prince's Mansion; Dong Zhuo's army is too far away from him to threaten him.

As for them uniting to send troops, the possibility is not great; after all, even if both sides are persuaded by aristocratic families to unite, it is impossible for the troops to be together.

Dong Zhuo dare not bring the army to the Yuan Prince's Mansion's foundation; what if the other party swallows his army at once?

Both sides themselves have conflicts.

Even if united, they are all harmonious on the surface but at odds at heart.

The imperial court and the attack from the south don't need to worry at all.

Indeed, the imperial court is the most powerful besides their Taiping Dao; it has a powerful heritage and wealth.

Previously, because of the aristocratic families, the imperial court was too rigid; now the aristocratic families feel the threat of the Taiping Dao and try their best to improve the imperial court's strength.

Plus the imperial court's heritage, whether it is top powerhouses or the number of troops, is not worse than the Taiping Dao.

But the only thing that cannot compare to the Taiping Dao is the mobilization ability.

The Taiping Dao's army, losing hundreds of thousands, doesn't need a month to immediately mobilize and recover, and the combat power will not lose much.

And the imperial court has no way to do this.

They can quickly plunder the common people as soldiers, but the combat power of those soldiers is imaginable.

As for letting the great aristocratic families contribute their own private soldiers, even if they are willing, it does not mean that the private soldiers taken out by each family will soar in strength when combined.

Sometimes one plus one will not equal two, but will be less than two.

People have selfish motives, especially the great aristocratic families; they always consider their own family's interests first.

Therefore, it is impossible to dedicate all the strength of the family for the world, and this selfishness is placed on the battlefield, which is a very fatal crisis.

So the imperial court side, the two sides fight hard, their Taiping Dao can have an endless stream of soldiers; fighting to the end, the Taiping Dao absolutely occupies an advantage.

In terms of population, the Taiping Dao is indeed not comparable to the imperial court for the time being.

The foundation controlled by the imperial court is only around Sili, which seems not comparable to the twelve provinces occupied by the Taiping Dao.

In fact, the twelve provinces of the Taiping Dao, that is, Jizhou and Yanzhou, are considered good, and the other two-thirds of the provinces are considered barren land.

It is also thanks to the Taiping Dao's continuous optimization and development in these decades that it has become much better; otherwise, placed in the past, several provinces would barely compare to one province of Jizhou.

And the Sili region is far beyond Jizhou; after all, as a large province around the Divine Capital Luoyang, it can be said that Liu Han has been deeply cultivated for thousands of years, and the richness is the best in the world.

The population doesn't need to be said.

In terms of population, the imperial court has more, but the population is more, but their utilization rate is very low; after all, there is the aristocratic family class and more classes below.

And the Taiping Dao is completely controlled by them; as long as the Taiping Dao issues government orders, they can be executed quickly.

Just the militia policy, the Taiping Dao has never hidden it; the benefits of this policy are visible to the naked eye, which can allow the Taiping Dao to have endless troops.

There is no shortage of soldiers at all.

However, other warlords find it difficult to imitate.

First of all, the bottom-level common people simply don't believe in the warlords and the imperial court in various places; for the common people of the warlords in various places, being a soldier is a disaster.

Even many common people who can't live don't want to join the army.

And in the Taiping Dao, it is different; the Taiping Dao has high treatment for soldiers, and the pension is fair and bright, especially the upper level's supervision of pensions is very strict, and no one dares to embezzle in this regard.

Once monitored, the people involved, then light ones will be beheaded, and heavy ones will involve three generations of the family.

Especially involving three generations of the family in politics and the military.

The cost of such punishment is really too great; in the Taiping Dao, 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 lowest-level official, for many common people, placed in the past, it was like a chasm, unreachable.

But in the current Taiping Dao foundation, as long as you are literate and participate in the exam, you have a chance, and the officials and clerks in the Taiping Dao, although there are high and low, even the lowest-level clerks have the opportunity to rise and become officials.

This is the Taiping Dao opening up; just this step, the Taiping Dao won the hearts of the clerks in the world; many local clerks acted recklessly, and even exploited the common people to the extreme.

Because these people have no opportunity to rise, then since they cannot rise, they can only plunder wealth.

And they are at the bottom, unable to plunder the upper level, so they can only plunder the bottom-level common people; in this way, the grievances of the people boil over.

In the Taiping Dao, this does not exist; the Taiping Dao needs many officials, administrative personnel, even more than the officials and clerks of other warlords.

But at the same time, even for clerks, that is, low-level administrative personnel, the Taiping Dao side also has high requirements and strict inspection systems.

Give you the channel to go up, then you must handle things well, and don't exploit the bottom-level common people like before.

That absolutely cannot be tolerated.

In fact, at the beginning, the Taiping Dao also suffered losses in this regard; at that time, they didn't pay attention to grassroots administrative personnel, and as a result, many things happened.

So the Taiping Dao increased politics, which made the bottom level clear.

Later, it also allowed the Taiping Dao to strengthen its control over the bottom level.

At the same time, it also allowed the bottom-level common people to recognize the Taiping Dao more, so the Taiping Dao's policies were better executed.

This is also after decades of promotion.

And other warlords cannot execute it.

The execution intensity at the bottom level, the Taiping Dao is far beyond the imperial court and other warlords.

Here, the Taiping Dao promotes agriculture, and in terms of grain, these years have accumulated more and more, although the Taiping Dao needs to use a lot of money and grain in all aspects.

But what is produced in the fields, the Taiping Dao's taxes are not high, so every household has surplus grain every year, plus industrialization, so that the Taiping Dao's various products can also enter every household.

In this way, the bottom-level common people are also getting richer and richer, eating and drinking enough.

Cooperating with the Taiping Dao's propaganda, the common people in the Taiping Dao's range are not afraid of soldiers, but will actively participate.

Even if they can't participate, many adults or minors will actively exercise in the villages, so that they can be selected in the next conscription.

In terms of actively joining the army, the Taiping Dao is also the first.