Lin Biju said: "Mrs. Qiyu, Weichen divided the more than 30,000 young people into more than a dozen teams and did not let them concentrate. If all of them were used to build Luoning City, it would be very dangerous for them to make trouble. That's why it's handled separately, anyway, repairing cities, clearing wasteland, building houses, and farming all need manpower. ”

"Madame said before that it is naturally excellent to pair Japanese women with soldiers to calm the hearts of the army. It is also excellent to let Japanese coolies plough the fields for the families of military families, but it's just ......"

Cui Xiuning frowned and said, "Just what?" But it doesn't hurt for you to say it. ”

Lin Biju smiled bitterly: "There are many fewer marriageable women in Haidong than marriageable men, and these Japanese women can just solve their urgent needs." However, if after being paired with the soldiers, the Japanese young men were allowed to farm instead of the military dependents, then the minister was worried that something would be ashamed. After all, the soldiers are usually in the barracks, and their wives are the daughters of the Japanese country, but the people who farm for them are the men of the Japanese country, so..."

Although Lin Biju didn't say any more, everyone understood.

That's the truth. Lin Shangqing's words can be regarded as the words of the old man seeking the country.

You think, the hostess is a Japanese woman, and it is a Japanese man who farms for her, and she is of the same race and country, and it is convenient to get along, while the husband is of a different race and is usually in the barracks. So, with a long time, how many Tang troops will become green troops? This is no small matter.

Cui Xiuning said with a smile: "So, the secretary of state will no longer arrange for Japanese men to farm on their behalf?" ”

Lin Biju said embarrassedly: "Exactly." ”

Cui Xiuning said: "Lin Qing's concerns, why haven't I thought about it? However, the coolies were subordinate to the army in peacetime, and they served as auxiliaries in the army in wartime, which was the national policy set by the Tang Marquis himself, in order to improve his combat effectiveness. How can you choke on food? ”

Although Li Luo hated the Manchu Dynasty, he admired the Manchu Eight Banners military system, which was very much in line with the small population regime and could maximize its combat power. During the Mandate of Heaven, there were only 300,000 Manchurians, but there were 60,000 soldiers. The reason is that there are a large number of Han people as slaves, who cultivate and graze for the soldiers in peacetime and serve as auxiliaries in wartime.

The population of the Tang Kingdom in Haidong was also very small, but there were many soldiers and horses, and the ratio of soldiers and civilians was seriously unbalanced, resulting in an urgent shortage of labor for military families. If there is a shortage of labor to cultivate the fields of military families, morale will be seriously affected.

If Nurhachi's method is used, not only can this problem be solved well, but also the status of the soldiers can be greatly improved, and the morale of the soldiers will be high, so that the soldiers will be willing to serve and fight, instead of thinking about going home to farm.

Therefore, this policy is absolutely not allowed to be shaken.

Cui Xiuning's heart was bright. The secretary of state no longer arranges for substitution farming, although there is an "unspeakable" reason that Lin Biju said, but there is an even bigger reason, Lin Biju did not say.

Another reason is that the civil servants do not want to see the status of the warriors transcendent.

You must know that the strategy of substitution of coolies for farming can only be enjoyed by officers and soldiers in the army. Civil servants are not eligible. The coolies who are cultivated on behalf of the soldiers are actually the military slaves of the soldiers, making the soldiers become small aristocrats, how can the civilian class be willing?

This is not Lin Biju's personal selfishness, but the selfishness of the entire civil service class.

Cui Xiuning was very impressed. No wonder Li Luo said that the civil officials must be suppressed, otherwise they will soon ride on the head of the warrior. Sure enough, how long has it been since the Tang Kingdom was established? The civil servants began to have group selfishness.

Don't they know how heavy the force is now? Of course I do. But they believe that the treatment of the martial artists of the Tang Kingdom is already very good, and there is no need to pull it to this height. The treatment of martial artists is too high, and it is not a good thing for the country, the people, and the king.

Although Cui Xiuning was dissatisfied, he did not just reprimand him, this is not Lin Biju's personal problem. If it were Zhang Biju and Wang Biju, he would do the same. Of the five secretaries of the State Secretary's office, three are civil officials, and the three of them are united, and they have been able to suppress the martial arts. Fortunately, Tiao Chen still needs her approval.

For the first time, Cui Xiuning felt the difficulty of governing the country. The so-called way of checks and balances is a big truth that everyone understands, but it is by no means easy to operate.

"Lin Qing, this matter is easy. The fields of military dependents are all gathered together, far away from their families. Then, Hikuni Tiannu did not have the opportunity to contact the military family. Once the sergeant retires, he changes fields. In this way, you can have the best of both worlds. Cui Xiuning said with a smile.

What the?

Lin Biju and other civil officials were also a little bitter in their hearts. The policy of farming on behalf of the field slaves still has to be implemented. Alas, in the long run, I am afraid that Tang Guo will be heavy on martial arts and light on literature in the future.

But he didn't dare to object to Cui Xiuning at all, so he hurriedly said: "Madam is smart, it's the minister's plan that is short, and it should be like this." ”

Cui Xiuning thought about it and felt that it was better to beat the civil officials, so as not to make them think that she was a woman.

"Now at this moment, the Tang Kingdom has to rely on soldiers to defend it. In the future, the Tang Kingdom will rely on soldiers to fight the world. In the future, we will rely on soldiers to guard the world. The soldiers threw their heads and spilled their blood, loyal to the country, and were the pillars of the country, and it was reasonable to treat some kindly. Cui Xiuning said sonorously.

Are the warriors so great? Lin Biju and other civil officials were a little unimpressed, but they didn't dare to refute it, so they could only listen honestly.

And Yang Xu and other generals were very moved when they heard it. The lord and lady value the soldiers so much, and we have to work harder.

Cui Xiuning continued: "Don't forget the lesson of the Song Dynasty, Yin Jian is not far away, and he is in sight. I still understand it, don't you know? For the public and private, private but not private. Public for private purposes, public but not fair. ”

When Lin Biju and the others heard this, they felt uneasy in their hearts, where did they not know that Mrs. had noticed their selfishness? I can't imagine that such a young woman is so shrewd.

Cui Xiuning didn't blame them, who is selfless? People are selfish. The key is that the superior should have insight into the selfishness of his subordinates and how to avoid the harm caused by selfishness.

Cui Xiuning suddenly asked Lin Biju: "Lin Qing is Shangqing, the prime minister of the Tang Kingdom, but why is it only five products?" ”

Lin Biju knew what Cui Xiuning meant, and replied according to her words: "Because my Tang Kingdom is only a corner of the eastern part of the sea, a small country and a widow. So even if he is the prime minister, it is only five products. ”

Cui Xiuning said with a smile: "Just Hou Guo, even the prime minister is only five grades." A big country, a small prefect is a four-grade country. Therefore, if you want to be a member of the first and second grades, you can only expand the territory and let the small Tang Kingdom become a brilliant Tang Dynasty. This can open up territory, doesn't it still rely on soldiers? ”

"What Madame taught is that Weichen is ashamed." Lin Biju said very embarrassedly.

Gong Kan and Cui Mu, the two secretaries, also came out and said: "Wechen is ashamed. ”

Yang Xu and other generals also came out one after another: "Weichen is ashamed! ”

The civil officials said they were ashamed, and the military generals were also ashamed. But the two kinds of shame have completely different meanings.

Cui Xiuning said: "Then this generational cultivation strategy, don't go to the secretary of state, and directly issue the decree with the order of Tang Hou." ”

With a single word, he will directly grasp the favor to the army.

The Tang State is currently governed by five secretaries, and Lin Biju is the secretary of state, and many political affairs are discussed by him and the other four secretaries, and then reported to the regent's wife for adjudication.

Each processing slip must be approved by at least three secretaries before it can be submitted.

Cui Xiuning thinks that the handling is appropriate, so he will follow it. If you think that the handling is inappropriate, you will redraft it.

This kind of arrangement puts the "program" in the hands of the monarch and the "eye" in the hands of the courtiers. In this way, the power of the courtiers was not only delegated, but also the supremacy of the monarchy was ensured. The courtiers can not only participate in politics effectively, but the monarch will not be too tired, and can also brainstorm and fill in the gaps.

In the Tang Kingdom, the decrees issued by this procedure were called court decrees.

However, the laws of the Tang Dynasty stipulate that the court decree is not the highest level of government decree, and the highest level is called the monarch's decree. The decree of the king is not ordered by the secretary of state, and the decree of the court must be obeyed by the decree of the king.

There are also several kinds of imperial decrees, which are called "edicts" for individuals and "edicts" for groups; All subjects are called "edicts", and collectively called "three decrees".

In this way, the embarrassment of the Ming Dynasty's central decree was avoided and the monarch's power was strengthened.

Next, it is to discuss the placement of the Jiangnan Army. It is nothing more than conferring titles, starting a family, marrying, training and adaptation, etc.

The 35,000 Jiangnan Army was officially incorporated into the Tang Army sequence.

The court meeting lasted all morning, and many political and military affairs were arranged, and Cui Xiuning returned to the inner house a little tired.

At dusk, Cui Xiuning went to Yan Duo's Taigong Mansion again to ask his father-in-law Yan Duo for peace.

"My son, you are now pregnant with Liujia and have difficulty moving, so this morning and dusk will be spared." Yan Duo was helped down by two maids and said.

The last time he went to Liaodong to immigrate, Yan Duo went out in person, was tired, fell ill, and has not completely recovered until now.

If it weren't for his good health, this disease would have killed him.

"How is Daddy feeling today?" Cui Xiuning personally made Yan Duo a cup of tea.

Yan Duo said: "It's not cool, it's not cool, and it's not tight." As my father is nearly seventy years old, it doesn't matter. There are only two regrets, one is that I didn't see my grandson born, and the other is that I can't see my son restore the Central Plains. ”

Cui Xiuning smiled: "Daddy Hugh is going to say something sad." The child will be born next spring, and my father can live healthy and prosperous for ten or eight years, how can I not see it? ”

"Hahaha." Yan Duo laughed heartily, "According to what you say, it's a loss of words for your father." "The grandson was born next spring, he should be able to see it. But when Li Luo recovers the Central Plains, he will definitely not see it.

Cui Xiuning is also a little gloomy, in her opinion, her father-in-law's body is not as good as before. Two years ago, I could shoot with a bow, but now I can't pull it.

Without the help of her stepfather, she and Li Luo would never have been able to get to where they are today. Whether or not they will survive until now is unknown.

Once her stepfather died, she would definitely be very sad. But Li Luo will be even sadder.

Because Li Luo had never had fatherly love before, it was his father-in-law who made up for some of Li Luo's regrets.

"When a woman is pregnant, she is generally fat. My son is not fat, which may not be a good thing for the fetus, right? But you have to eat more. Yan Duo said a little worriedly.

Cui Xiuning smiled: "Dad, don't worry." I didn't eat less, and now it's a top two. But it's not fat, maybe it's all eaten by children. ”

Yan Duo immediately said: "My son eats a lot but is not fat, it should be a baby boy." Well, it must be. If it were a baby girl, she wouldn't be able to eat it like this. ”

And the truth to this? Cui Xiuning was speechless, she naturally would never believe this statement. But I hope that this is the truth.

Yan Duo said again: "Luo'er was awarded the Provincial Plain Chapter by the Yuan Court, and most of it was an official position to cross the river. Guessing for his father, it won't be long before the Yuan court appoints a new Pingzhang. ”

Cui Xiuning and Yan Duo knew the news of his official knighthood earlier than Li Luo himself. Because of the order of the official, the Metropolitan Branch of the Special Investigation Bureau sent back information.

Including the information on the dispatch of reinforcements by the Yuan court, it is also clear.

Cui Xiuning nodded: "My son thinks so too." By the time of next year, the Yuan court will appoint new officials. We're going to have to plan ahead. What does Dad think of Fujian Province? ”

Yan Duo muttered: "Of course, Fujian Province is the best, it is the closest to Haidong, and it can immigrate, and it can prevent Haidong from being discovered by the Yuan Court. It can also have direct access to Nanyang, Quanzhou Prefecture, and is also a first-class seaport. It's just that if you want to do it, you can do a flat chapter, and neither the left nor the right will succeed. ”

For the current Haidong, it is the best choice for Li Luo to get the official position of Pingzhang in Fujian Province.

Cui Xiuning said: "That's what Er, and that's what Li Luo means." However, he was afraid that when the Yuan court issued a holy decree, he would be sent to the north or the southwest and northwest. ”

Yan Duo asked: "Who is the Pingzhang of Fujian Province today?" ”

Cui Xiuning said: "It's called Alu Buhua, and he was born in the roots of Wanhu Nayan." This man is less than thirty years old, and his greatest ability is to collect taxes. Alu Buhua was greedy and cruel, and after coming to Fujian Province, he killed many Han people, and even exterminated his family. Although this person is a Mongolian nobleman, the patron of the court is Ahma, and he is very trusted by Ahma. ”

Yan Duo asked: "Then how long has Aru not spent Ren Pingzhang?" ”

"Exactly half a year." Cui Xiuning said, "So at least within a year, it is difficult to expect him to be transferred." ”

Yan Duo frowned, "Then among all the provinces, which provinces are vacant?" Which chapters have been in office for a long time? ”

Cui Xiuning said: "There is no vacancy. Only Sichuan, Huguang, and Shaanxi provinces have reached two years in office. "The tenure of the feudal officials of the Yuan Dynasty is often not long, two or three years is considered a long time.

Yan Duo said: "Then if the equal position is transferred, Luo'er is likely to be transferred to these three provinces to serve as Pingzhang." It's not bad, but the worst thing is that he was transferred to Dadu and became a Beijing official, so it would be troublesome. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "I'm also worried about this. Moreover, Alu Buhua's Fujian Province Pingzhang is doing very stable political affairs, and he himself is also very tasteful, and he has a big backer, Ahma. It's hard to take his place. Do you want to ......?"

Yan Duo smiled: "You said you killed him? Can it be done? Once the assassination fails, the risk is too great. You still have to use your brains in the court. ”

Cui Xiuning is actually sure that she is planning to kill Alu Buhua, and she also wants to get rid of a wicked person like Alu Buhua who cruels the people.

But assassination is risky after all, and after assassinating Alu Buhua, his position may not be Li Luo's turn.

What the father-in-law said is right, the best way is to let the Yuan Court take the initiative to remove Alu Buhua, and take the initiative to let Li Luo sit in the position of Pingzhang of Fujian Province.

The father and daughter discussed until late at night before coming up with a safe method, and then Cui Xiuning finally left the Taigong Courtyard easily.

There are almost no loopholes in this method, as long as it is successfully implemented, it should be able to seek the official position of Pingzhang political affairs in Fujian Province for Li Luo.

As soon as Cui Xiuning returned to the inner house, the maid official came to report and Zeng Du asked to see him.

Zeng Du is now the backbone of the spy who is in charge of Shengban's intelligence, and he asks to see him late at night, it must be about Shengfan.

There has been no movement for half a year, and this time the movement must be not small.

"Meet Madame!" Zeng Du met Cui Xiuning in the Internal Affairs Hall of the Intermediate Court.

"Say it."

"No. Mrs. Yu, yesterday, sixty-eight tribes of Shengfan have elected Da Xiao as the king of the high mountain, and they have made a blood alliance on their sacred mountain, and all the tribal leaders have sworn to serve Da Xiao as the master. Prepare to go out of the mountain in a big way. threatened to kill all the Han people under the mountain. ”

Cui Xiuning said with a cold gaze: "How many people can they produce?" ”

Zeng Du said: "All the men above fifteen and below fifty in the sixty-eight clans, as long as they are not injured, sick or disabled, all go out of the mountain. The number of troops should be at least 50,000 or 60,000. ”

"What about the date of the expedition?"

Zeng Du said: "They have already sent troops. I guess I'm going to be out of the mountain soon. So the subordinates got the news and reported it overnight. His informants were only an hour ahead of them. ”

is about to go out of the mountain, that is to say, at most an hour, the people of the Tang Kingdom will face the extremely vicious army. It happened to be late at night. It seems that Shengfan is smart, and he wants to attack it while it is dark and night.

If there is no intelligence, although it can defeat the invading Shengfan, the population loss of the Tang State must be extremely heavy.

Cui Xiuning didn't think much about it anymore.

"Someone! Ring the bell to warn, life is coming! ”

"No!"

The fast-paced bell rang out and sent to the dark night sky.

At the same time, several fast horses rushed out of the Tanghou Mansion and drove directly to the nearby Haidong camp and Jiangnan camp.

A quarter of an hour later, the migrant areas within a radius of more than ten miles were alerted by the brigade of students for a night attack. Tens of thousands of homes lit oil lamps.

The brigade of soldiers and horses rumbled out of the camp and quickly assembled.

"Madame, don't go!" Li Qiangrose, the maid officer and Cui Xiuning's student, pleaded.

"I don't feel at ease if I don't go, take my leather armor." Cui Xiu, you said as she took off the sword on the wall in the room.

"Madame......"

"I don't go into battle, I just see. Go get your armor! ”

"No!"

Soon after, a group of female soldiers hurried out of the Tanghou Mansion with a carriage in their arms.

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