back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 847 Horse Bandits
Lu Chengqi also knew that this was probably the result. In the Huahua World of the Central Plains, how could anyone be willing to go to Cochin, a place as cruel as this, to suffer?
"Xu Qing, what do you think about letting some exiles go to Annan?"

Lu Chengqi asked this question because he thought that Guangnan East Road would be the most economically prosperous place in the future, and even Qiongzhou was a treasure island, let alone Ryukyu.If people are exiled there, in case a few generations later, if they want to rebel, they will have to go across the sea to conquer.It's better to put it in Jiaozhi, and you can take care of one or two.Although Dashun's laws are not very strict, there are probably thousands of exiled people every year, which adds up to a large number.

"Let these criminals go to Annan, and promise that if they farm for eight years, they can return to Middle-earth." Lu Chengqi thought it was a good idea, "After eight years, they have already established a family in Annan, so how can they be willing?"

Naturally, Xu Jingchun had no objection. People who were exiled from the army, where should they go?Besides, exile is not necessarily exile, or just a porter.It is better to have a piece of land to cultivate than to suffer.Whichever is more important, everyone will choose.

"Your Majesty, the border has been restless recently, and horse bandits come and go from time to time, disrupting the market. Do you want the border troops to..."

Lu Chengqi's expression became serious: "Is there such a thing?"

"The horse bandits of the Liao people are rampant, and they are gradually breaking their oaths. The strategy of imperial preparations is to choose people first. Since Hongxiang's strike in the second year, the old people have been used at that time. Only Sun Mian, the servant of the household department, is still there. Sun Mian guards the cloud and trains soldiers. , To appease the barbarians, kindness and trust are the most important. Although he is seventy now, I heard that his mental strength is not weakened, flying eagles and horses, as usual. Although he was abolished by crimes in the middle, it is just the art of employing people. Your Majesty's visits will be specially rewarded, and you can prepare a gift for one party."

Lu Chengqi was a little unhappy when he heard this.They are all 70 years old. To put it bluntly, seventy has been rare since ancient times. If he died in office that day, wouldn't it be a mess in the army?

Seeing that Lu Chengqi's expression had changed, Xu Jingchun quickly explained: "Sun Mian has the kindness of knowing you, so I boldly recommend him, and he has no second thoughts..."

Lu Chengqi's face looked better now, and he said: "I'm seventy years old, how can I use my old age? Why don't I let the horse bandits laugh at me and have no one in Dashun! It's not right, let Old Sun be a farmer. It is better to leave the matter of conquest to the young and strong. Today, Zheke, the training envoy of the Datong Mansion, is still in Chang'an. I want to use him to conquer Annan, and give him the title of member of the Ministry of War. , And recruit frontier troops in Yunnei Prefecture, buy horses, and defeat horse thieves.”

In fact, Lu Chengqi just didn't want to use civil servants as generals, and he specialized in martial arts. Using civil servants to control martial arts seemed safe, but it was actually the most risky.In addition, Dashun is a military talisman system, which is kept in two places. Without a military talisman, one soldier cannot be transferred. It is already very safe. Why bother to use civil servants to lead troops to fight?Isn't this irresponsible for the lives of soldiers!
No matter how powerful this Sun Mian was, he had won several battles, but he was still a literati.It is Lu Chengqi's bottom line that literati cannot be allowed to intervene in the military, no matter who he is, he cannot be touched!

Fortunately Xu Jingchun was his confidant, if a certain minister gave advice, Lu Chengqi would probably be relegated.

Jane is in the emperor's heart, if you don't understand the holy will and speak out, this is the way to bring disaster!

After Xu Jingchun made a fuss, he said a few more obsequious words and left the Chui Gong Hall.

Lu Chengqi thought: "In these days, I have seen a lot of people who dare to say they know soldiers after reading a few military books. If soldiers are so easy to lead, why are there so few famous generals in the world?"

After the imperial decree of the reward was issued, Zhe Kexing knew that this time he was really lucky.After being suppressed in Datong Mansion for so many years, I feel so proud!

However, good things take a long time. When Zhe Kexing was about to lead his own soldiers to Yunnei Prefecture, Sima Guang of Zhijian Academy said again: "The country's trouble is that the soldiers are not good, and there are not too many. If the soldiers are few and good, it is easy to provide food and clothing. If the public and private are sufficient, one person can be ten, and the enemy will surely win; if there are too many but not good, then the food and clothing will be difficult to support, and the public and private will be poor. You know. The ministers on the frontier have no other talents, but they want to add troops. The ministers in the court are afraid that the soldiers they give will not be what they want. If they fail in the future, they will blame themselves. Therefore, regardless of the lack of the country, I only know how to recruit, take the imaginary numbers, and use them no matter how weak they are. This group of ministers will keep their positions and keep their positions. The current technique is not a long-term and far-sighted painting for the court. I hope that your majesty will quickly drop the command, and should be in Beijing and other roads. It is also advisable to stop recruiting the forbidden army, but choose generals and train the old soldiers to prepare for the defense of the barbarians, so that there will be no shortage. Where the disaster hurts, the prefectures and counties are not allowed to recruit hungry people to fill the army. But according to all Douhu, the relief Peasants, when the harvest is a little bit backward, so that everyone can resume their old business, the world will be very lucky!"

After Lu Chengqi saw it, he couldn't laugh or cry.

Sima Guang thought it was the same as before, using the hungry people as the forbidden army.We must know that after Dashun established the dynasty, the floods of the Yellow River have never stopped.In the Yuanshou period alone, there have been as many as [-] or [-] large and small breaches, and the Henan Mansion was destroyed and rebuilt, and it was rebuilt and destroyed.Every time the Yellow River bursts, a large number of hungry people must flock to Jingzhao Mansion.The imperial court had no choice but to recruit the young and strong among them to serve as the imperial army and Xiang army.

But now the Xiang Army has existed in name only, and the Forbidden Army has already eliminated the old, weak, sick and disabled.Although Sima Guang had been in the local area for a long time, he didn't hear that the military affairs of the court had changed early, and it was no longer the same.

Lu Chengqi only commented on this memorial: "Check the facts and play again." Then he sent it back. As for how embarrassing Sima Guang was when he knew the truth, Lu Chengqi didn't want to know.He has too many things to do in a day, how can he care about this so-called "famous minister through the ages"?
Little did they know that most of these "famous ministers through the ages" were arrogant. Everyone else was wrong, but he was right.Fortunately, Bao Zheng and Bao Heizi were dead, otherwise he would have pointed at Lu Chengqi's nose and cursed, and spit on his face.Lu Chengqi couldn't return his words yet, so he said with a gentle smile that the scolding was well done.

Thinking of this, Lu Chengqi couldn't help feeling a little bit sympathetic to his cheap father, it's not easy to live to be in his sixties under Bao Heizi's "persuasion" to maintain a peaceful mind.

For example, there are many famous ministers in the court today, such as Han Qi who worships Sikong and serves as a servant, Cai Xiang, who collates the pavilion, Zeng Gongliang who knows the patent, and Lu Gongbi, the minister of the Ministry of Rites...there are countless famous ministers in history, but so what?All of them are constrained by their vision, and their worldview is still at a relatively shallow level, unable to look at the problem fundamentally.Although there are many eye-catching moves, they cannot be continued.

These famous ministers especially like to form a group to attack another group, fighting for the party, which caused Lu Chengqi the most headache.Fortunately, the politics are clearer now, and the head of the cabinet, Xu Chongguang, is a minority in the court, so he can balance one or two.After Xu Chongguang resigns in the future, who will Lu Chengqi appoint as the chief assistant?Han Qi and Lu Gongbi were dissatisfied with the appointment of Wen Yanbo and Sima Guang; if Han Qi was appointed, it would seem that Wen Yanbo was treated badly.Alas, the troubles of happiness, the dilemma!

"Forget it, the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge, let's take a step and see..."

Lu Chengqi put down the memorial and rubbed his temples. Dealing with political affairs was too exhausting.

(End of this chapter)