Red Mansion Wind

Chapter 20 offers advice and advice.

The emperor roll call.

The hall was quiet, Yang Qinhu, the Duke of Zheng who was dozing off, suddenly opened his eyes and swept across all the civil and military men in the hall.

Fangjue the fierce tiger, none of the beasts dare to respond to it!
Civil and military men with their own thoughts turned away their eyes and dared not look at him. This man put down the chaos of the Eight Kings by himself, and advocated moving the capital to Zhenbei Kingdom.

He also said that Yu Chenfan is like an emperor guarding?It's pretty cool to chase Peiping in the future!

First, recruit elite soldiers from all over the country and train 40 Beijing battalions to change the situation of the main cadres, the weak and the strong. In the next 30 years, hundreds of battles, large and small, will be known as the town.

Who dares to underestimate him, and only Prime Minister Bai Shizhong can compete with him, this time he is responding to Yang Qinhu's imminent retirement, to test him out.

If the military can also be included in the political affairs hall, it can be regarded as truly ruling the world!

"His Majesty…"

"The Duke doesn't have to get up and sit down and say it."

The emperor pressed his hand to signal that he didn't have to get up, Yang Qinhu didn't force him, after thanking the emperor, the light in his eyes disappeared, just sitting there like an ordinary old man, only listening to him speak slowly.

"Your Majesty is indeed as Bai Xianggong said, this year there is little snow in the north, and the grassland tribes will definitely invade the border between Qiankun and Qiankun in the coming year. I'm afraid there are some variables."

The emperor didn't say anything, he looked down at the eldest prince Song Chengqian, and when he saw his father gesturing, he asked, "Why did the Duke say that?"

I only heard the eldest prince say: "Although the two kingdoms of heaven and earth often have conflicts, the tacit understanding between the two sides is still there. They have always had the same hatred against the tribes of the grassland. Could it be that their new emperor can still get along with those barbarians this time?"

"Yes"

The third prince, Song Chengrui, also said: "The two countries just communicated with each other, and the envoys are still in the posthouse. Is the Duke serious?"

Yang Qinhu shook his head: "How can the old ministers mentioned by the two Highnesses not know that the art of war says: In the past, those who were good fighters were invincible first, and waited for the enemy to be victorious. How can you put your country's safety on friendship? A wise man doesn't take it."

After hearing this, the emperor nodded slightly in agreement. Although the relationship between Daqian and Kun Kingdom has eased, they are not reliable allies. Speaking of Kun Kingdom, there are mostly tribal people, and they are closer to the grassland.

But the First Prince and the Third Prince had a bad look on their faces. Doesn't that mean they are stupid?
Song Chengrui glanced sideways, and saw the second son Song Qianyuan pursing his lips, maybe he was snickering, and he became displeased and asked, "I don't know what the second brother can tell me?"

"what?"

The second prince, Song Chengyuan, was thinking that Zhou Xu must have been beaten up by his father for robbing someone’s maid in the street this time, and he was having fun secretly. How could he know that the third brother suddenly called him, and looked at him stupidly, not knowing what to call him? do what.

The voice became louder, and the emperor on the throne shook his head when he saw the second son like this, wondering if he had played a lot with the tiger idiot of the Zhou family when he was a child, and he became more and more idiotic.

Among the three sons, he likes the second son the most. The eldest son is so foolish, and he doesn't like military affairs when he gets mixed up with those talkative scholars. Generally no achievements.

The second son is capable of both literature and martial arts, but he is very irritable in his work, so he was arranged to be in the household department to observe politics, so that he could learn some fine temperaments.

Now it seems that the time is still short, and all three are so-so.

"Guo Gong, according to your opinion, this year we must not only guard against the grasslands, but also guard against the Kun Kingdom. Isn't this a bit more expensive?"

The emperor finally opened his mouth. Although the country is prosperous and the people are safe this year, the treasury has always been empty. There is no time when there is ample time. If both sides have to deploy troops, it will be a big expense. Dispatch from the forbidden army to the border, and help defend with the frontier army.

If you send troops at least [-] on one side, and [-] troops on both sides, the sound of food, grass and money coming and going will give the emperor a headache thinking about it.

Among the generals, the prince jumped out and said: "Your Majesty, Qizuo, I think that we can use fewer soldiers and horses from the imperial army, and just select some elite troops. There are many strong men at the border. At that time, some soldiers will be recruited to be trained by the imperial army, not to mention going into battle to kill the enemy. Defending the city should be safe, and they are also defending their own homeland, which is no worse than the imperial army."

Seeing that the emperor was unmoved, Wang Ziteng continued: "There is another advantage of this, that is, these strong men have been trained, and after next year they can choose the strong and strong ones to fill the Forbidden Army. Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?"

"Your Majesty, I think General Wang's plan is feasible"

"Subsidiary"

Other civil and military points are indeed feasible. Every year, some old, weak, sick and disabled people are retired from the forbidden army. Anyway, recruits are recruited for training. Why not spend money and food?
After Wang Ziteng finished speaking, he saluted the emperor, then saluted Zhen Guogong, and retreated to the queue. It can be seen that his words were not just for advice, but he knew that Zhen Guogong would be an old man soon. Look at the position of the Jingying Jiedushi.

Although he couldn't get into the Privy Council, there was no doubt that he would be one step ahead of others if he sat in this position.

Today's privy envoy is the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses respected by all dynasties. Which general would not want to get this honor.

"This method is feasible, but how many soldiers and horses do we need to dispatch?"

The emperor nodded to express his approval, but in the end it was necessary to mobilize the imperial army. If there were too many, it would not work, and if there were too few, it would not work. The number of soldiers and horses in the main frontier pass was only [-] to [-]. If you can come to the capital with troops, you must not be careless.

"Your Majesty, according to my estimate, there should be [-] imperial troops, and [-] per side is enough."

Bai Shizhong also thinks that this method is good, and he saves a lot of expenses when he comes and goes. This Prince Teng is worthy of being a general of the Xun family, so he is a little fussy. It seems that this time the Duke of Zhen is retiring, and he will be the governor of the Beijing camp. The chances are great, it seems that I have to walk around with the Jia family.

Why do you ask, because his daughter has already promised the eldest prince, although His Majesty has not decided on the crown prince, but he still needs his daughter to make plans early.

"Sixty thousand."

The emperor thought to himself, 5 is not a lot, or send [-] to guard against the grassland with [-], and dry the country with [-], he thought it could be dealt with.

At this time, someone came out to play.

"Your Majesty, I do have a proposal to use less swords and weapons, but I don't know if it is feasible, so I invite you to refer to it for details."

At this time Zhou Suyuan came out to report, which surprised people for a moment, this person doesn't often speak in the court, and all the officials are from high-ranking families, it is inevitable to be contemptuous with him, a general of a poor family.

"Oh, Su Yuan, do you have something to say? Let me hear if you have any suggestions."

The emperor always referred to his close relatives as "I, Wu", which shows that Zhou Suyuan is his confidant, but the more he is like this, the more those civil and military people are alienated from him. It can be seen that there are not only civil and military rivalries in this temple, but also differences between high and low.

Zhou Suyuan ignored the strange gazes of other civil and military officials, and said to the emperor: "This time I suppressed the bandits in the south of the Yangtze River. Those salt dealers, big and small, gathered and scattered at once. They are somewhat similar to the grassland tribes. When I deal with them, it is effective to send a large army. Sheng Wei, after thinking about a method, he didn't use many soldiers and horses, but the effect was excellent."

When the emperor heard about the use of troops, he seldom became interested.

"Tell me in detail~"

(End of this chapter)