To this question, only Zhou Wen, who was a part-time adjutant, could answer, and he didn't think about it, so he immediately said: "Lord, because of the previous decision to increase the combat effectiveness of the reserves, the strong men in our territory have all undergone military training, and it can be said that there are as many strong men as there are troops. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 However, without affecting the people's livelihood, after deducting the instructors who need to train new recruits and the strength required for garrisoning, the only force that can be used is two infantry brigades. ”

Zhao Hu thought for a while and said, "Well, transfer these two infantry brigades and a cavalry wing." If a group of low-level officers are transferred over, the troops in our Qin family territory cannot be transferred too much, and the troops needed for future expansion will still have to be recruited from the empire itself. ”

Peter nodded hurriedly in agreement: "Yes, it is true that we must recruit a large number of troops in the empire, otherwise all of our troops are people from the Southeast Peninsula, and it will definitely cause trouble." ”

"Then how many soldiers are we going to recruit? Now the people of this realm, especially the slaves, are all looking forward to changing their fate by joining the army. Zhou Wen asked.

Zhao Hu thought for a while and said: "You can't recruit too many people at one time, first recruit 30,000 strong men, select outstanding personnel to form two reserve brigades, and then select the regular soldiers of one brigade and regiment after training for a period of time, and form a reorganized division after breaking up with other brigades and regiments, what do you think?" ”

Zhou Wen nodded without any objection, but Peter said with some doubts: "My lord, the minister thinks that it is better to organize the 30,000 people recruited by this new emblem into a separate brigade?" Let them enter the current brigade directly, and if there is a malpractice in daily contact, the world will definitely find out the identity of our soldiers, and I am afraid it will not be good to cause trouble. ”

"Lord Peter, if you want to win people's hearts, you can only treat the other party as your own, and your proposal is equivalent to treating those young people as outsiders!" Zhou Wen interjected dissatisfiedly.

If it weren't for the fact that he had a good relationship with Peter, and he had also investigated Peter's loyalty to Zhao Hu, Zhou Wen would have scolded him at this time.

Peter said with a bitter face: "Lord Zhou Wen, think about it, the lowest-ranking soldiers in our brigade are all from the samurai class, and those strong men can only be suppressed and unable to move after joining the army, and even talented people cannot be promoted, because no samurai is willing to obey the boss who is just a villager." Rather than wasting a lot of rural talents, it would be better to form a new army. ”

Zhou Wen blinked, and said with some doubts: "Let them form a single battalion? We don't send officers? ”

"How is this possible? Of course, officers are to be sent. Peter interrupted immediately as he said this.

"That's it, since a separate battalion still has to be led by our samurai, what is the difference between this and what the lord said just now?"

Peter hesitated for a moment, carefully lowered his voice and said, "Actually, most of our samurai can only be low-level officers, and most of the officers above the wing are unqualified.

In this case, it is better to disperse them, which can not only satisfy the desire of these samurai to become officers, but also allow capable people to take the position, after all, even the small soldiers in the brigade are samurai, and it is too difficult to become an officer.

Finally, in this way, you can also use the hands of the samurai to firmly control the grassroots troops, even if the officer who rules a division and regiment in the future has two hearts, he can also make him unable to command the troops! ”

Zhou Wen's face changed, what did Peter mean by this? Is it a hint that there are rebels in the army? It seems that he has to review the officers at the rank of captain and above.

And Zhao Hu frowned, listening to Peter's words, he just knew that the samurai system under his command was too huge.

However, Zhao Hu thought for a while, then smiled and said: "Peter's proposal is good, just implement it, but add another order."

The rank of samurai and scribe is only a civil honorary title, and the rank is determined by official position in the yamen, and by rank in the army. ”

As soon as he heard this, Peter's eyes lit up with admiration.

With this order, the samurai and scribes would not dare to be so arrogant, and the samurai scribes would not have much opinion, after all, no one would be a political and military personnel for a lifetime, and retirement and resignation would not affect their status and wealth in the people.

The hierarchy of samurai and scribes still has the power to make people obsessive, so that those with the rank of scribe and samurai are more careful in their work, who wants to be deprived of their rank for committing crimes?

"My lord, do you want to recruit other warlords now? Or let the warlords we have bought to join us and increase our prestige and territory? Zhou Wen asked with great interest.

Peter, who was about to leave, was taken aback when he heard this: "My lord, no! We're enough to get noticed now, and if a few warlords suddenly come to us, we're afraid we'll immediately become the enemy of all the warlords in the Seaside Province! ”

"Well, although it's better not to be too ostentatious, but obviously we are much stronger than them, so we have to stand aside and stare dryly?" Zhou Wen frowned and said.

Peter saw that Zhao Hu was waiting for his answer intently, and hurriedly said: "At present, this is something that cannot be helped, it will not be good if the world thinks that we are reckless."

However, it is very simple to solve this matter, according to the estimation of his subordinates, after the lord submits the table to the imperial capital, the imperial capital will definitely add officials to the lord, and then there will be a righteous name, and no one can say anything no matter how ostentatious we are. ”

"Righteousness? The crown prince of the imperial capital occupies an imperial capital, although the imperial capital has a lot of money, material and population, but how is it an isolated island, the great thing is that it won a few battles at the beginning, what kind of righteous name can it have? And in this era of warlord separation, is the name of righteousness still useful? "It's very confusing to ask.

Peter smiled: "Hehe, that's right, it is indeed a warlord division at present, but it is not a division of princes, at this time, no one dares or is willing to stand up for the first time to claim hegemony, even those princes dare not do this." If you want to say that there is, only the crown prince of the imperial capital in the entire empire dares to be the first to ascend the throne as emperor. ”

"Why can he? Can't other princes? Zhou Wen was puzzled.

Peter held up a finger: "It's easy. The first reason is that, although it is well known that according to imperial practice, the crown prince is only the eldest son, and is not necessarily the future emperor.

But literally, the title of "prince" originally meant the future emperor, who had been the prince for more than ten years, the emperor died, the prince ran away, and the entire imperial capital left a prince, who else could it be if the prince registered as the emperor? It's so justifiable that it couldn't be smoother! ”

Peter raised another finger: "Second, the ministers who support the crown prince are the marshal and the prime minister, both of whom are the most important ministers of the empire, and they are the leaders of civil and military officials respectively, and their connections and prestige are almost all over the world and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

As long as these two people bow down to the crown prince and swear allegiance at the enthronement ceremony, the people of the empire will recognize the new emperor of the crown prince at the first time, even if they dare not admit it because of the existence of the warlord, but they also admit it in their hearts. ”

Speaking of this, Peter smiled and waved his hand: "With these two conditions, the crown prince's righteous name is established, as for the money, materials, and manpower of the imperial capital, these are just things that make the crown prince stand firm, and they are not very important."

Therefore, with the righteous name of the imperial capital, we can reduce our troubles in the empire, and even attract talents to join us. Therefore, the decision of the lord to report to the imperial capital is really a clever move! ”

"That'...... We can only wait for a letter from the imperial capital before we can proceed to the next offensive? I wanted to ask a little reluctantly.

It is not to blame him for this, who called him the one who most hoped that his Lord would gain great power in a very short time?

"Hehe, in fact, this is not bad, we also need time to digest and absorb the current population and territory, and at the same time, the newly recruited propylene needs a period of time to exercise."

Zhao Hu saw that Zhou Wen's face was not very good, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Of course, although we can't send troops, we can still send out secret guards, we can try to buy the warlords, and if we can't buy them, we are ready to assassinate them, so that the other party's entire system will not move."

In this way, maybe when we are ready, we can easily wipe out the entire seaside province. As for whether you can do it, it depends on Zhou Wen's work results. ”

Xiang Qian immediately showed a smile, and said very excitedly: "My lord, as long as you give the order, all the warlord leaders in the Seaside Province will be assassinated on the same day!" ”

As soon as Zhou Wen's words came out, Peter's heart immediately jumped.

Damn, my lord's secret guard system is so powerful! You must know that there are dozens of warlords in the coastal province, and any one of them is not an idle person, and they are all in the north and south of the world. I want to ask, how dare you say that they died on the same day? Isn't that the case? It can't be a boast, right?

Zhao Hu immediately shook his head and said, "If they die on the same day, then there will be only one of us left in the entire province, and in this way, I am afraid that all the warlords in the world will regard us as enemies." This method is too eye-catching to be carried out until the moment of crisis.

Now it's good to let the secret guards monitor the every move of these warlords, especially lurking around the main personnel, and it is better to provoke and frame several powerful warlords to fight each other and consume their strength! ”

"Yes!"

Zhou Wen also knew. If it is really so conspicuous, then the master of his own family has attracted the attention of the whole world, knowing that the assassin of his own master is so powerful, everyone will put the master first among the enemy, and he will definitely strike first, so although Zhou Wen is not happy, he also takes the order.