The big man is on the run

Chapter 115 Drinking wine releases military power?
In the big tent, Liu Yi was talking with all the generals one by one.

Yang Feng has been sent by him to his hometown in Hedong County to support Wang Yi and the Baibo army. Wang Yi, governor of Hedong County, is an important supporter of Liu Yi. Liu Yi will never allow this springboard to enter Bingzhou to be lost.

For the Zuoxian King of the Southern Huns to go to Bei, Liu Yi also handled it in the same way, and gave enough rewards to go to Hedong for reinforcements.

As for the position of the unit and the marriage, we will talk about it after returning to Chang'an and settling down.

Duan Yan's handling is very simple, and he has contributed to the country. Liu Yi will fulfill all the things he promised before. As for Duan Yan's territory and army, Liu Yi has not moved.

Liu Yi needs Duan Yan to live in Huayin and guard Taolinsai (Tongguan), guard the gate for him, and block all possible attacks from the Kanto.

To put it mildly, it is called the security guard, and to put it badly, it is called the watchdog. In short, Duan Yan's defense zone is very important, which is related to whether Liu Yi can grow steadily in Guanzhong for a period of time, so Liu Yi handles it very carefully.

Liu Yi had a lot of things to do, such as awarding rewards after the war, rectifying the court, reforming the official system, reorganizing the army, clearing up barren fields, eradicating banditry, recalling the population, and joining forces.

But the most important thing now is to firmly grasp the handle of the knife, which is the foundation of everything.

Therefore, Liu Yi's remaining conversation partners are Dong Cheng and Zhang Ji.

"Old man, look at this battle is over, we should go back to Chang'an, you should leave early, after all, Chang'an is the safest place." Liu Yi looked at Dong Pangpang and said.

"Your Majesty, I'm not leaving! I'm not leaving! I'm going to Hedong to fight against the traitor Yuan Shao for Your Majesty!" Hearing Liu Yi's words, Dong Pangpang stood up excitedly and shouted.

"My father-in-law, I know that you are very determined to hunt down thieves, but you can't throw away your life just to fight against the national thieves! Isn't this risking your own life? Your life is more important than anything else. If you die If something happened, what should Wan'er and I do?"

After listening to Liu Yi's words, Dong Cheng showed a struggling look on his face, as if he was thinking about whether Liu Yi's words made sense. After a long time, Dong Cheng raised his head and said firmly to Liu Yi.

"I want to go to Hedong for your majesty to attack the national traitor Yuan Shao."

Liu Yi was so angry that he almost lost his breath.

"okay!"

Liu Yi simply didn't bother to act, and directly interrupted Dong Cheng's words.

"I have said several times about my plan to reorganize the army. Don't try to find excuses to delay going to Hedong. What do you think, old man?"

Dong Cheng sat down again dejectedly.

"Your Majesty, you can't treat one more favorably than another. Let's not talk about Yang Feng and the Southern Xiongnu. They also stayed in Guanzhong for reorganization. Why can Duan Yan's Tuntian Army have 4000 people, and I only have [-]? This tax has been received by the court. If we are not allowed to raise our own soldiers, wouldn’t the rest of us starve to death with such a small establishment?”

That's right, relying on the great prestige of defeating Guo Bang and Li Jue, Liu Yi forced the implementation of the plan for the unified collection of taxes and reorganization after the war, which put an end to the warlordization and separatism of the military leaders.

The pawns can be your own, and you can't walk too fast so as not to scratch the egg.

At this time, playing with a glass of wine to release the military power will really cause a mutiny
But the money and food for raising soldiers, the lifeline, had to be controlled by the imperial court.

From then on, the generals had an establishment and soldiers, but the defense area was not their actual control area, and they did not raise money, food and war horses by themselves.

"Duan Yan's defense area is the entire Hongnong County. To defend against the Kanto princes, of course four thousand soldiers are needed."

"What about me? 2000 troops? Isn't that too small? You must know that there are thousands of bandits in any mountain now. With such a small number of troops, I'm afraid they won't be able to suppress the bandits."

Liu Yi didn't even raise his eyelids. Can a bandit with a bamboo gun cost the same as a soldier?To say that some of these are not available, the military leaders are afraid that the reorganization and disarmament will harm their own interests.

After a while, Liu Yi said with a smile: "My father-in-law, I also know that this plan of mine is a bit too hasty and impatient. You are right. The current Guanzhong is really chaotic, and so are the bandits. It's getting more and more rampant. That's why I'm worried about what kind of damage they will do again, so I want to end the urgent matter as soon as possible, and then hurry back to Chang'an. The combat effectiveness has increased instead. Moreover, we don’t have so much food to support our soldiers, so it’s better to let the soldiers who are not capable of combat be discharged to farm.”

Liu Yi's words sound high-sounding, but there is some truth to them. Now that food is in short supply, it is indeed not suitable to raise too many troops.

It would definitely be impossible to form an army again. After all, so many troops had to be fed, and with such a large team of officials, even food was a problem, so how could another army be formed?
Therefore, the only way is to disarm the existing army and reorganize the elite.

Hearing Liu Yi's words, Dong Cheng also sighed helplessly.

Although he is not reconciled, but now it is the only way.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, I would like to ask Your Majesty, if the treasury is abundant in the future, you still need to expand the army. If you plan to rebuild the army, where do you plan to recruit soldiers from?" Dong Cheng asked tentatively.

After listening to Dong Cheng's words, Liu Yi pondered for a while and said.

"I have really thought about this matter. I think the best solution is to let those soldiers who were captured before join our army. Now, these prisoners are reorganized into various garrison troops. They can not only do The reserve force can also be self-sufficient and save money and food. I think that in this way, the pressure on the national treasury can be relieved."

"Does Your Majesty think those soldiers are willing to join?" Dong Cheng asked.

"If they don't want to, then let them continue to stay in the Tuntian Army, or after a few years, allow them to own a piece of rewarded land. Now that there are so many wastelands in Guanzhong, it's easy to do Tuntian." Liu Yi said lightly. Said.

Dutian is something he has long wanted to do.

But Emperor Guangwu failed to make it. Although the power of the gentry in Guanzhong is not as strong as that around Luoyang, it should not be underestimated. Liu Yi does not intend to eat a fat man too hastily.

Governing a big country is like cooking small fish, and things need to be done bit by bit.

First take the wasteland to cultivate the fields. If there is no objection, that's good. The next step is to call the refugees and grant some wasteland to serve as the prototype of the military system. When he has a powerful army that is completely loyal to him and the prestige is enough to overwhelm everything, he will act with thunderous means. Dutian matter.

Anyway, things like Dutian damage the interests of the big landlords. Perhaps Yang Xiu's recent jumping up and down behavior may have been hinted by his grandfather.

An old fox like Taiwei Yang Biao knows best the method of boiling frogs in warm water. Perhaps Liu Yi's first step in farming, Yang Biao has already smelled the crisis.

After all, the Yang family is "half Hongnong", half of the land in Hongnong County belongs to them, from the small officials to the defenders, they are all inextricably connected with the Yang family.

This situation does not only exist in Hongnong County, but also in other counties, and the severity of the situation is different.

It is really difficult to save the fields.

After listening to Liu Yi's words, Dong Cheng didn't continue to ask any more questions, he just sighed.

Disarmament, although he is heartbroken, is actually the same thing. This is an unstoppable trend, and it is not directly exempting him from military power. Moreover, the emperor also said that the full payment and full armor will increase the combat power after reorganization. rise.

"Okay! I understand." Dong Cheng said.

Afterwards, after the two chatted for a while, Dong Cheng got up and said goodbye.

After Dong Cheng left, it took a while for Zhang Ji to call, and Liu Yi summoned all the aides standing outside to discuss the plan to reorganize the army again.

"My dear friends, what do you think?" Liu Yi looked at the crowd and asked.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the plan is indeed feasible, but not only to raise the army, but also to reorganize the army. The entire army has to replenish and replace equipment, and organize and train at all levels. This requires a lot of money. If this huge amount After the copper money was spent, the generals went back and forth, and at that time, I am afraid that it would cause even greater losses.

If we want to reorganize the army, we must first stabilize the generals so as not to cause them to make trouble, otherwise, even if we reorganize the army, I am afraid that we will encounter various obstacles. up. "Sima Zhi pondered for a moment and analyzed.

The Sima family is a big family in Hedong, and Sima Zhi is not in Guanzhong at all, and has nothing to do with the generals in the army, so he is more daring to say some things.

"That's right, Your Majesty, what we lack the most is time and money. We don't have much time. If we don't solve the follow-up problem of destroying Li Jue and Guo Si as soon as possible, I'm afraid our treasury will become extremely empty." Zhong said. Yao said in agreement.

Liu Yi listened to everyone's suggestions, nodded and said.

"Okay, you are right, I also agree with your proposal, how about this, after I have finished talking with all the generals, we will discuss it tonight to see if we can raise as much military expenditure as possible, if it is really not enough If not, then only some special measures will be taken.”

As Liu Yi spoke, his eyes darkened, and he was also thinking about what method he should use this time to solve the aftermath of the war as soon as possible without emptying his treasury.

As soon as Liu Yi's words fell, there was a sudden noise of footsteps outside the tent. Liu Yi's aides had already noticed something strange, and all stared outside the tent vigilantly.

"General Zhang Ji is here."

(End of this chapter)