For some time after that, Joseph was so busy that he and Kano had to worry about the recruitment, organization, equipment, and logistics of the army.

Before this, the armies of various countries were recruiting. It cost a lot of money to recruit troops, so the scale was naturally quite limited. Until the 30 Years' War, the size of the armies of European countries was still not large. Later, King Frederick II of Prussia began to play the conscription system, which made the small Prussia suddenly become a military power.

Of course, if the soldiers recruited were willing to fight for the king, the king had to satisfy the soldiers. Therefore, Frederick II carried out national education and patriotism, and slowly transformed his subjects into citizens. This also allowed the Prussian soldiers in his hands to be able to take the least military pay in the Seven Years' War and bravely go to war with almost all military powers in Europe at the same time.

But doing so also comes at a cost. That is, subjects have no rights and no obligations; and the citizens have many obligations, but at the same time they also require a lot of rights. If you want to turn your citizens into a large group of wolves, there is a prerequisite, that is, you must give them meat!

When King Frederick II was a war, Prussia gained a lot of benefits through some victorious wars. In other words, he made the cake bigger, so all classes were divided into more cakes than before, and everyone was harmonious. But after King Frederick II passed away, the situation changed. There was no other good chef in Prussia who could keep making the cake bigger and bigger, so the distribution of interests became a zero-sum game. Then, the rulers of Prussia discovered that the subjects were much better than the people... So Prussia began to turn around, and as a result, the wolves of Emperor Frederick the Great that made the whole of Europe tremble, were finally raised by his descendants into a group of husky fighting against the five scum.

However, in France today, there is no concern about turning subjects into nationals. Because in the revolution, "subjects" no longer exist. In this case, why not change the recruitment system to a universal compulsory military service system? In this way, at least, the number of troops in the army can be greatly increased. Considering the population of France, it is not impossible to create a million troops if necessary. If so many troops can be mobilized, the whole Europe will only tremble under the glory of France. Which king dares to mess with France?

Of course, it is not enough to just recruit soldiers, and there are more things to do. For example, the conscripted conscripts have limited service time, which means that these soldiers may have lower combat skills than soldiers from other countries.

In addition, the reason why conscription saves money is because the soldiers pay less military pay, which will also have an impact on morale. If soldiers want to maintain morale without much money, many times, they need to provide patriotic education and improve their social status, and supplement them with some other discounts. For example, the military pay of Dongda, the later generations, was not high, but if they wanted to join the army, they often had to go to the back door, which was caused by these factors.

“There can’t be glass ceilings in the army for civilians,” Joseph said. “Even a private, if he performs well, he should get the opportunity to be promoted. Well, those soldiers who perform well in training and perform tasks should get the opportunity to study in military academies.”

"Glass ceiling?" Kano smiled. "This statement is very vivid. Now it is a new era, and such glass ceilings should not exist. However, if everyone has the opportunity to study in a military academy, the number and scale of the military academy will not be enough."

"We can divide military academies into several levels. The lowest level is set up at the company level of the army. In addition to daily work, the company commander must also be responsible for the most basic cultural education of the platoon leaders under his command. At least they must understand that once the military order conscription system is implemented and the number of troops expands, it is not a strange thing to have a lot of platoon leaders who do not even recognize them. Just like the strength of the Roman legion, largely lies in the lower-level officers at the level of high-quality squad commanders, if our squad platoon leaders are fools and illiterate, their understanding and execution ability of orders will not be very good. The combat effectiveness of the entire army will be greatly reduced. Therefore, I think that the first level of the army must have education for the purpose of cultural literacy.

Of course, this kind of education can rely on the company's own strength and does not require special education personnel. We only need to be responsible for the assessment and link the assessment results with the company commander's promotion."

"This is a good idea." Kano smiled, "but those company commanders will scold you in the future."

"No, they will only scold you," said Joseph. "You are the supervisor, and I am just your deputy."

"Then let them scold me." Kano said.

"Then there are military schools for the excellent class platoon leaders at the company level, we call them the primary officer training schools. Teach some of the most basic things, and after they finish their studies, we can get them to take company-level positions. Then there are schools for higher-level commanders, which all require teachers. Well, some older officers can be teachers in it." Joseph added. He made the word "older" particularly important.

Kano immediately understood what he meant. He smiled and said, "What older ones are throwing those politically unreliable officers there. This is also a solution. Do you have any other ideas besides these?"

"I have another idea," said Joseph. "We may also reduce the time for soldiers to serve..."

"How is this possible?" Kano widened his eyes. "Mr. Bonaparte, I know you mean to save money. However, the time for conscripts to serve is short. In this way, the time for military training is naturally insufficient, and the level of soldiers' combat skills is worrying. If the service time is reduced, how can we ensure military quality? And continue to compress the time, then we have to constantly train soldiers, and the expenses will be higher."

"Mr. Kano, retirement is not the end," Joseph explained. "All retired soldiers will be recorded on the list of the National Self-Defense Forces and become members of the National Revolutionary Forces. In this way, we do not have to consume too much money by maintaining a huge army. For those trained soldiers, we put them in the National Self-Defense Forces, so we do not have to spend money on the government, but they can guarantee a certain training and a certain level of skill. Once there is a war, we can recall them from the National Self-Defense Forces to the army again."

After hearing this, Kano did not speak immediately, but lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said, "Your idea is very creative. However, it involves many complicated things, and we need to summarize them carefully, but I think this method is worth studying..."

Although Joseph taught in a military academy, he was really a monk who became a monk halfway through military affairs. However, some of the experiences in later generations still gave him the opportunity to pretend to be a real expert. His suggestion, in later generations, is actually very ordinary, but it is just a reserve force. But in this era, it is definitely an amazing creativity.

However, there is still a huge gap between creativity and practical solutions. To build a bridge on it, it requires a lot of meticulous work. In these aspects, Joseph is really not very proficient. However, Kano's ability in this area is really outstanding. Not only is he quick and delicate, he is also experienced and has a good deal of all kinds of things. Many things that seem very difficult to others can arrange them in an orderly manner. In addition, Kano is strong and energetic. Many times, he can work for nearly twenty hours a day.

"This guy has a strong work ability, and with such hard work, he can be at least ten people alone! And he has to be ten experts! This guy is not a human at all!" In the letter to Napoleon, Joseph described his boss like this.

"Joseph Bonaparte is the most talented person I have ever seen, and his head is a treasure house! I dare say that even the treasure house of Alexander the Great in the legend will not be richer than the treasure house in his head. No matter when, no matter what the problem is, as long as you go to him, he can always come up with a magic weapon that can solve the problem from that treasure house. However, Joseph Bonaparte is also the favorite person I have ever seen and is the best at being lazy. As long as he can be lazy, he will seize every opportunity to be lazy.

However, I say he is good at being lazy, but it is not a derogatory term. He can always find simpler ways to avoid complicated work. For example, he will use mathematical methods to build models for various work and then coordinate it, thus greatly improving the efficiency of execution. Then he can spend the time saved on other things. To be honest, seeing his working state like this, I am both envious and jealous. I have to work more than ten hours a day, and there are still many things I don’t have time to do, and this guy works at most eight hours, has time to study mathematics, and even publish a paper or two from time to time!

In addition, Bonaparte has another rare advantage, that is integrity. You know, how many tricks can be played in matters related to logistics. If someone else is in Bonaparte's current position, he still doesn't know how to make a fortune. But Mr. Bonaparte is quite self-disciplined, and even he can take advantage of some benefits that he deserves according to the gray rules. I dare say that if he was not worried that not taking these things would cause dissatisfaction among others and cause trouble to his work, he would probably not even take this..."
Chapter completed!