Guazhou camp.

"Good news! Good news! ”

"Lord Liu has broken through Ili, and Gardance has entered Lord Liu's camp, please surrender. The leaders of the quasi-department are coming towards the camp of the Western Route Army, and they are coming to meet Your Majesty! ”

"Since the fall of the four formations of Anxi in the sixth year of Tang Zhenyuan, nine hundred years, the Celestial Empire has once again controlled the Western Regions!"

The rider shouted loudly, this was not in order, but no one reprimanded.

Li Gan personally went out to meet the rider who reported the victory, and after hearing the last sentence "Nine hundred years, the Celestial Empire will control the Western Regions again", he looked up to the sky and laughed.

"From now on, I will be comparable to Li Tang! Liu Yu, the champion of Zhennai! ”

A champion marquis scared out of a cold sweat by the accompanying courtiers, and some upright ministers were not afraid of sweeping the emperor's prosperity, and said: "Your Majesty, although this matter is gratifying, the Han Wu is reckless and unscrupulous, and it must not be effective. ”

This is also the words of the public loyalty to the country, the matter of leveling is a matter of tens of millions of taels of military spending, and Dashun really can't afford to fight too many such battles.

The ministers are really afraid that the emperor's head will be hot, and if they really want to do something to protect the Anxi Prefecture, they will ask for money. When the time comes, it will definitely rectify the officialdom, strictly govern the officials, and check the taxes, which will be a catastrophe for the gentry in the world.

Li Gan snorted, but did not restrain his smile.

This battle was really refreshing, I thought that the war would not end until this winter, but I didn't want Liu Yu to go straight to Ili after climbing the mountain, and he couldn't even catch up with the follow-up envoys.

The news was cut off for several days, and when I heard it again, it turned out that the quasi-ministry had surrendered.

Naturally, the champion Hou did not dare to seal it, this name was too loud, and another one was a little unlucky, and he died young.

Calculating the age, Liu Yu is exactly the same age as the year Huo Quzhi died, and Li Gan hurriedly dispelled this idea.

But that's a lot of credit...... There should be no problem with the marquis. It's just that he was made a marquis at such a young age, and this battle seems to be a smooth fight, and it seems that the marquis is not good.

The general trend of this place has been decided, but I think that Liu Yu will go to Nanyang in the future, if it is sealed at this time, I am afraid that it will not be long before it will be unsealed, which is not good.

Unfolding Liu Yu's recital and good news, I didn't see any spirit between the lines, only a lot of anxiety.

I wrote about the battle process after climbing the mountain, and the whole process was boring, like a farmer depicting his daily life.

Later, the pen turned and directly talked about the affairs of Nanyang.

"Your Majesty, the quasi-ministry is peaceful, and the matter of pacification and pacification is not overnight, and it is only Your Majesty and the Heavenly Blessing Hall that can make a decision."

"However, there will be a great war in Europa in a few years. The king of Austria had no male man, and he was very old, and if he died, Europa would be in a bitter battle. This is my best opportunity to sail through the South Seas. ”

"If this matter is missed, the minister is afraid that there will be no chance. The influence of Westerners in the South Seas is deepening. The minister has always thought that if my dynasty is better than Li Tang, the Western Regions is the South Sea. ”

"The minister implores His Majesty to take back the minister's military power, let the minister go to train the navy, and seize the day."

"Life is impermanent, and no one can guarantee when King Ori will die. If he dies, our navy will not be able to make Japan submit to tribute and deter the Westerners in the South Seas, and the ministers will only regret it for the rest of their lives. ”

"The law of military training has been compiled into a book, and there is nothing to hide. Now that the quasi-ministry has been decided, I implore His Majesty's brigadier to return to Weihai......"

Sweeping the last word on the fold, Li Gan put down the fold and said for a long time: "A true loyal man." Don't take credit, don't be proud, don't keep selfishness, if everyone is like this, the world will be decided. ”

Along with the success report, there was also a thick copy of "Military Reform and Training", which seemed to have been written a long time ago.

It has not been submitted, because without actual combat, no one knows whether it is rhetoric and talk on paper.

Li Gan thought to himself, others have made great contributions, and they all want all kinds of rewards.

This Liu Yu is the only one, but he takes credit as a proof and only seeks change.

Since he said that he didn't hide his secrets, Li Gan didn't look at it.

Instead, I looked at Liu Yu's "Stability in the Western Regions", and the words on it were very sloppy, obviously because they were too confidential and did not pass through the hands of the staff.

After reading a few pages, Li Gan nodded again and again.

It said that the Qingzhou Army, which hoped to leave 3,000 people, plus a part of the cavalry of the Western Road Army, was enough to suppress the local situation.

Liu Yu has already borrowed the hands of Dzungaria to get rid of several appealing figures south of the Tianshan Mountains, which can be regarded as Dzungar's vote.

The quasi-ministry is naturally going to be split, and Liu Yu didn't mention these balance matters.

He was talking about building a city and cultivating the Ili River Valley.

Li Gan envisioned emulating the Wei system of the previous dynasty, and Liu Yu did not object to it in general, but there were many discrepancies in some details.

He believes that the issue of the Western Regions should be linked to military reform.

In the future, the recruitment of soldiers was mainly for the poor, especially the landless poor.

Regular service, the length of service is five years, and the military salary must be guaranteed.

After five years, if he was discharged from the army, if he did not have land, he was arranged to go to the Western Regions to settle land and distribute cattle and horse seeds.

One received training in the Central Plains and served for five years, and once there was chaos in the Western Regions, these people could quickly form an army.

The second is to be a soldier for the emperor, and after retiring from the army, he must always reward something, so as not to chill the hearts of soldiers. There are few people in the frontier, and it is possible to migrate to the frontier.

The third is that it will be arranged like this in the future, which will require a lot of money. But as long as the navy rises and seizes the opportunity to pass through the South Seas and reform tariffs, money is not a problem.

In the early stage, it should also be combined with military reform.

If a new army of 10,000 people is trained, the old army of 10,000 people will be dismantled, and the landless will be allowed to migrate to the frontier and reclaim the land.

If a regular discharge system is formed, the frontier will inevitably be stable within 30 years.

If there is a rebellion, there is no need to transfer troops from the interior, only need to send generals out of the town, and with the help of local veterans, it is enough to quell all rebellions.

If it is a guard, it cannot be added all the time. If you move some people today, you will forget them tomorrow, so that the frontier will not be stable.

It is necessary to form a system, and don't stop doing it because you want to save money.

If you don't have enough money, look elsewhere. Money is made, not saved.

After a skimming of it, Li Gan knew that if he did it according to Liu Yu, then a complete set of military reform would inevitably be implemented.

It's all a supporting policy.

There are not many interests involved, and it seems to be the simplest of all reforms, but it also seems to be the least necessary.

The quasi-ministry is finished, and the four seas are leveled, why do you need military reform? Why not save that money for something else?

If you don't want to be reckless, after the war, you still need military reform, and you still need to raise so many troops, isn't this sick?

At least, that's what most of the courtiers must have thought at this time.

Thinking of this, Li Gan had a headache again.

Looking at the training of troops compiled by Liu Yu, Li Gan thought to himself, you patted your ass and left, went to train the navy, and put all these annoying things on my head.

sighed, threw the two thick books aside, and read the last book of "Raiders against Japan".

The first part is a rough plan, and the second is the return.

Let Japan pay tribute.

It is necessary to use Japan's threat to the Ryukyus as an excuse to punish Japan and increase righteousness.

Finally, he said that Japan was now undergoing a coinage reform, and after the coinage, the shogunate had a large amount of gold and silver in its hands, and every coinage was an opportunity for the government to make money.

Taking advantage of the fact that Japan had just completed the coinage reform and had money, he went to hug it and asked for an indemnity of three to five million taels, and by the way, drove away the influence of Westerners in Japan, so that Japan could truly become a part of the tributary system.

Open the door of Japan, let Japan export rice, and let the industry and commerce in the southeast make a fortune, collect customs duties and commercial taxes, and increase the source of taxes.

The destruction of Japan's porcelain manufacturing industry led to an increase in the number of porcelain exports to the West every year. If Japan's trade regulations are broken, it will be possible to sell porcelain and other items that Japan prohibits entering Hong Kong for a lot of money.

Li Gan had long heard that Westerners could sometimes make money by fighting, but after thinking about the system of the Celestial Empire since ancient times, he always felt that his son of heaven was a bit unruly to fight Japan and then make Japan lose money.

Although he has such concerns, he still supports Liu Yu's idea.

Because according to what has been said above, one is not garrisoned, and the other is uninhibited.

It costs money to fight, and it costs even more money to garrison and fetter rule, if you don't garrison and don't fettering, if you can still get back three or five million taels of indemnity, it is indeed a big profit.

Profitably, it seems.

If Japan turns against Japan in the future, it will fight again if it is profitable, and if it is not profitable, it will not be left alone, and it will not be mired in the quagmire.

Pingzhun Ping went so smoothly that Li Gan was also a little floating.

In the past, such a thing as a war against Japan would have been regarded as a madman.

The Mongols are so strong, don't they still lose when they fight Japan?

Spend millions of dollars to fight Japan, what's the picture?

Now, that's different.

The level is so smooth, and the above statement that only 20,000 troops can be done is not a fool's dream.

According to Liu Yu's training methods, how much can 20,000 troops cost? One million taels of silver a year is enough, and if you become an army in three years, you have to get back three or five million taels of silver, which is to earn a large army for nothing.

You can also enjoy the false name of a Japanese tribute, and you can also open up Japan's trade, increase the income of the internal treasury, and raise a navy without competing with the people.

Li Gan did the math and thought that he really had a lot of money.

If the military reform itself is to be carried out, then the training of 20,000 new troops will not be included in the expenses.

The Navy spends its internal money.

If it is really as easy to fight Japan as it is to fight Dzungaria, it is simply unprecedented to end the war within a few months, to pay reparations and expand trade: not only does the war not lose money, but it also makes money.

In recent years, Liu Yu has used domestic funds to trade with Japan, which has also given Li Gan a general understanding of maritime trade. From time to time, I wonder if Japan completely liberalized its trade, wouldn't it make more money if it weren't just a few trade cards a year?

It is no wonder that Westerners set up any trading companies at every turn, and the royal family became shareholder, which turned out to be profitable.

Throwing down these three letters, Li Gan picked up his pen and wrote his reply on the report.

"Qing has made a great contribution this time, and I miss it too. The Qingzhou army can be handed over to Zhang Jin and come to Guazhou as soon as possible. Ping Zhun Qing is the first merit, and the matter of the submission of the quasi-minister, if the Qing is not there, who is qualified to serve me? ”

"Qing is a general, very happy, he became famous in the first battle, and the Tianshan Mountains were decided. But the anxious things in the back, I don't know how long it will take me to survive. I don't want to worry about Oriental affairs anymore, you can do it yourself. ”

"There's one more thing I don't know what to tell you. It is not an exaggeration to make a marquis. But you fought so smoothly, the soldiers of the Western Road Army have no merit to stand, I will be crowned an uncle, it is easy to say: this battle is easy, and there is not much merit to be sealed, Liu Yushang is only awarded the uncle, what else can you say? ”

"Although Hou can't be sealed, he can be returned elsewhere. Is the whale sea a knot? He was stationed in Wendeng to control Korea, Japan, and the coast of the Whale Sea to the north of the Ussuri River and the Songhua River. Above the earl, there is still a prince, and you have to make new contributions. Come, come, come! ”