In war, everyone has his or her own responsibility.

As for ordinary citizens of the empire, their responsibility is to respond to the call.

Once a military mobilization order is issued, the entire empire, from the mainland to the overseas colonies, from the imperial nobles to the ordinary people, will be mobilized.

This is the biggest feature of total war. In fact, the Chinese nation was the first nation to launch total war as a powerful military weapon.

As early as the Warring States Period, all countries had begun full mobilization. For example, the historical books describe Qin's "Men of Age Wear Armor, Women Transport Goods." This is a statement about full mobilization for total war. Perhaps the result of this mobilization was "people were living in misery, hanging themselves on trees along the road, and dead bodies were seen everywhere." However, the idea of ​​total war became the core of Chinese military after the Qin Dynasty. Although it was weakened to a certain extent after the Han Dynasty, the basic mobilization idea of ​​"farming in peacetime and soldiers in wartime" still played an extremely important role until the end of the Tang Dynasty.

However, after the collapse of the military conscription system in the late Tang Dynasty, the Chinese nation basically stopped mobilizing its citizens to participate in wars. Later, the military conscription system, which exhausted national financial resources, replaced the military conscription system, and China's military concepts actually regressed.

Otherwise, with the huge population base of the Chinese nation, if they could mobilize the power of the whole country like the seven powers of the Warring States Period, there would be absolutely no tragedy of the destruction of the two kingdoms! Even the weak Song Dynasty was a large country with tens of millions of people, and its population and national strength were seven or eight times that of the Qin State. Even if it could not be transformed into the power of seven or eight powerful Qins, even if it mobilized seven or eight million troops and used the mighty military force as a steamroller to crush all the way, there would be no Temujin or Kublai Khan.

Unfortunately, in the end, instead of having an army of seven or eight million, the enemy chopped off the heads of seventy or eighty million Han people like chopping melons and vegetables.

"What is cruelty? What is real cruelty? It is to drive the people of one's own country to the battlefield to win the final victory at all costs. In the end, the people of one's own country become the victims of the foreign invaders' knives!"

At the end of the 26th year of Shengde, at the last cabinet meeting, Emperor Zhu, as the ruler of the empire, once again emphasized the importance of mobilization.

"Don't talk to me about 'the miserable life is miserable, they hang themselves on the roadside trees, and the dead are looking at each other.' " It's not important. Once the war breaks out, for the empire, what they pursue is nothing more than two words - victory! Let's not talk about the weak Song Dynasty, even if it was the end of the Ming Dynasty, if the late Ming Dynasty could drive the people to the battlefield at all costs with the determination of total war during the war, even if it was a counterattack by ants, why would hundreds of millions of people be slaughtered by the Qing Dynasty? As for the so-called mercy!"

After a pause, Emperor Zhu spoke slowly.

"In my opinion, the greatest kindness of a country is to complete mobilization at all costs during a war, and then use the vast military advantage to disintegrate, destroy, and fundamentally eliminate our enemies. This is true kindness. As for the so-called "for the people", it is nothing but false kindness!"

The reason why Emperor Zhu expressed such emotion was that after the outbreak of the war, facing the mobilization of more than seven million troops, some chaos occurred in the country. Some people accused ordinary people of being just cannon fodder in this imperialist war. This view might not have a market before the war, but people... are always profit-seeking animals. After the outbreak of the war, it is inevitable that some people will resist conscription, and this view naturally has its market.

There were even articles in the newspapers claiming that "even in war, the imperial army should not expand indefinitely." Faced with this tendency, Emperor Zhu naturally had to strike hard.

"One hundred and thirty million people!"

Emperor Zhu Da said a number.

"This is the entire population of the Empire, including the four provinces of Japan and the African colonies. How many troops have we mobilized so far?"

Emperor Zhu turned his gaze to Sun Hu, the Minister of War, and in response to his majesty's question, Sun Hu quickly answered.

"Your Majesty, before the war, the total strength of the Empire's army and navy was 1.386 million. After the war broke out, according to the mobilization order, the first batch of personnel were mobilized, namely officers and soldiers who retired in the past five years and some personnel of military age. The total number of mobilized people was 1.7 million. In April, based on actual needs, another 2 million people were mobilized. In July, considering that the battle line will be further expanded next year, the Empire mobilized another 1.8 million people. The total strength of the Empire is currently 7.932 million."

Hearing this number, Emperor Zhu pondered for a moment and then said.

"Mobilize another 2 million!"

When Qian Degong and others frowned, Emperor Zhu spoke directly.

"Our current population is 130 million, and we are mobilizing at least 13 million people to join the army. No matter what the war situation is, the most important thing is to implement mobilization to the greatest extent possible. We would rather let the army wait for the front to expand than let the facts say that the front waits for the army. So far, why haven't we carried out operations in the South Pacific? The essence is that we don't have enough troops, so we must further expand our troops."

Emperor Zhu had never thought of restoring the Qin system, but he had established a national mobilization system similar to it as early as the Nanhua period. Of course, Nanhua did not have a population advantage at that time. In the simulator, the reason why Nanhua was able to persist for ten years was because it mobilized every bit of war potential. Although the price was heavy, Nanhua persisted.

What would happen if Nan Hua failed?

Millions of South Chinese would become second-class citizens under foreign rule.

Emperor Zhu understood the importance of full mobilization better than anyone else. It was directly related to the survival of a country. In this era, war was actually about numbers! As long as there was a modern military organization and training system, similar weapons and equipment, and excellent officers, it would definitely be possible to win with several times more troops!

The reason why the Steel of History was able to defeat the Little Mustache was that it was because it was able to drive 25 million people to the battlefield without any psychological burden. Whether it was a sea of ​​people or a sea of ​​tanks, numbers overwhelmed everything. On the other hand, Sandezi, who was still worried that the general mobilization would affect people's quality of life until 1944 and thus lead to people's opposition to the government, was directly turned into the dust of history.

"Total mobilization! This is the only way to seek victory. There is no other way. Don't think that the world is now a civilized world. Perhaps, the losers will not suffer massacres, and there will no longer be the Song and Ming dynasties, and billions of people will be killed. However, the winners will use all means to exploit the losers, squeeze out their wealth and everything they have, and the losers can only be bullied!"

Taking a deep breath, Emperor Zhu spoke in a cold tone without even the slightest emotion, facing the cabinet members with different expressions.

"From now on, anyone who talks about mobilization will be regarded as a "non-citizen". Men will be directly conscripted and sent to the most brutal battlefields as cannon fodder! That's right, they are cannon fodder. It is better to let those big mouths be cannon fodder than to let the loyal and brave soldiers of the empire sacrifice themselves! As for women, they will also be sent to the front line as battlefield medical staff. During the war, do not have any mercy on strange voices. Being kind to them is equivalent to committing a crime. We must prevent trouble before it happens. From now on, we must strike hard! No matter who they are or what their identities are, it doesn't matter. Not to mention old friends of meritorious officials, even university professors are not expendable!"

Why did Emperor Zhu the Great specifically emphasize "university professors"? It was because universities in the empire were sacred, and so were university teaching positions, but this did not mean that they had extra-legal privileges.

After saying that, Emperor Zhu looked around at everyone and asked in a cold tone.

"Do you have any other opinions?"

Faced with His Majesty's question, everyone fell silent. What should they say at this time?

Seeing that the Prime Minister was right, Assistant Minister Fang Zhanbo said.

"Your Majesty is wise and wise. With this, our Ming Dynasty will surely be invincible!"

Well, at this time, just say "holy and wise", as for the rest, it is not important.

The old group is down, so I created a new book club group: 739209015. Everyone is welcome to join and discuss and deduce the plot together.