Li Jun had been paying attention to Gao Que's war, and he was relieved until he received the report from Lou Chong and Yi Chuan.

Although Li Jun was very angry in his heart and wanted to take this opportunity to teach Beiliao another profound lesson, but now that it was winter, the Liangzhou army had suffered heavy losses, so in the end this proposal was rejected by Gao Zhe and others.

At this time, Zhao Kang ran over and cried poorly, Li Jun had no choice but to take back his life, Li Jun gave Lou Chong and Yi Chuan an order: "The first is to bury Yelu Zongkang, no matter how hateful this guy is, but his courage to fight is still admirable, and the surrender of Futu, Li Jun felt that there was no need to leave his life, this guy has betrayed the master twice, Li Jun dare not ask for it; The second is that Lou Chong's Liangzhou army took advantage of this opportunity to retire all the veterans over the age of fifty, recruit new soldiers on the spot, and wait until the combat strength of the Liangzhou army is restored, and the Xiliu army will return to the capital. ”

The first one is very easy to solve, it doesn't cost a few dollars to bury Yelu Zongkang, as for Futu, Lou Chong has long been unpleasant, kill it, see the second one, Lou Chong was stunned, if all veterans over fifty years old have to retire, then there are less than 20,000 people left in the Liangzhou Army, which means that more than 10,000 people need to be retired.

Lou Chong looked at the holy decree in front of him, patted his forehead, and asked Yi Chuan next to him, "Lao Yi, how many veterans of your Xiliu Army are over fifty years old?" ”

Yi Chuan replied inexplicably: "It's only three or four thousand, the Xiliu Army only re-formed the army seven years ago, so it recruited a lot of good families, and in the past few years, there have been veterans retired, and there are so many left, what's wrong?" ”

"We have a lot of veterans in the Liangzhou Army, and I want them to retire." Lou Zhong smiled bitterly.

When Yi Chuan heard this, he immediately stood up from his chair and said, "Really? Old Lou, how much? I want it all, his grandmother's, this time on the battlefield are all recruits, and it's always not so easy to fight. ”

Lou Zhong glared at Yi Chuan and said: "I think about the beauty, these people are required by His Majesty to retire, so none of us can ask for it, we can only let the family go home and farm." ”

"Ah, Your Majesty, this is not a nonsense......" Yi Chuan was halfway through speaking, looked at the military Sima next to him, and then kept silent.

Lou Zhong said helplessly: "Okay, since Your Majesty has decided so, then let's do what we want as courtiers, there's nothing to say, Yuan Sima, I have to trouble you to find Duan Mushou, and let Duan Mushou help prepare to recruit new soldiers." ”

"No, the last will obey."

The army of the Tang Dynasty is divided into three kinds, one is the border army, they are the hardest, not only responsible for border defense, but also responsible for local tranquility.

The second type is the local county soldiers, their number is the largest, these people are mainly responsible for local security, but sometimes they will also go to the battlefield, and the combat strength of various places is uneven.

The third is the powerful Beijing army, 200,000 Beijing troops, undoubtedly the most powerful one in the army, attacking cities, raiding and attacking, expeditions against barbarians, suppressing the four yi, maintaining the majesty of the Tang Dynasty all depends on them, stationed in Guanzhong all the year round, and the members are all good families, or sons of nobles, and they are also the most loyal defenders of the Tang regime.

The Military Aircraft Department is mainly responsible for wartime, while the Military Department is responsible for heavy baggage and ordinary training.

On this day, countless old soldiers were sitting cross-legged in front of the yamen of the military headquarters, quietly looking at the gate, there was no noise, no crying, the scene was dead and silent, the reason why it was lively was purely because the surrounding bystanders were coaxing there.

"Alas, old man, I have a widowed girl at home, do you want to come?"

"Your sister is as fat as a pig, forget it, my family lacks a long-term worker, looking at this guy with long legs and arms, it is more suitable." The two of them laughed.

One of the veterans, who seemed to be in the lead, stepped forward and said, "You have a kind of repeat. ”

Splashy provoked without care: "Haha, what if Lao Tzu repeats it again, can you still kill Lao Tzu?" ”

The veteran suddenly burst out, and stabbed into the heart of the splash skin, which can be called a model of stability and ruthlessness, and the splash skin didn't react yet, and then fell to the ground.

"Kill, kill." Watch the lively people disperse in a hurry.

Dou Guan was upset by the veterans, heard the noise outside, hurriedly walked out, looked at the corpses splashing on the ground, and then saw a group of veterans kneeling on the ground to plead guilty, Dou Guan's face was blue, and he said angrily: "The murderer will be temporarily detained, and the official will enter the palace now, and try to seek justice for everyone, and I hope everyone can wait for the news with peace of mind." ”

"Thank you, sir." The veterans replied with their fists clenched.

At this time, Yin Shiheng of Jingzhao Mansion also came over, Shi Heng frowned and looked at these veterans and said, "Lord Dou, didn't Your Majesty give them some compensation?" ”

Dou Guan smiled bitterly: "Being able to break away from the army is a great gift for them in itself, back to the countryside, the government naturally has land distribution, and there is no need to pay taxes, from now on they can die in the countryside, no longer have to suffer from expeditions, they earn." ”

Shi Heng rolled his eyes involuntarily.

He really can't understand His Majesty's thoughts, a man who has been a soldier since he was fifteen or sixteen years old and has been fighting in the world for more than 30 years, you told him to put down his weapons and pick up a hoe? Regardless of whether he can grow crops or not, even if he can plant, can these helpless veterans really rely on farming to live for a long time? Rather than this, it is better to take advantage of the fact that you can still move, and when the robbers get rich quickly, it is not too late to live for the rest of your life.

Seeing that Shi Heng had something to say, Dou Guan next to him patted Shi Heng's shoulder and said, "Old Shi, you don't care about this matter, since it is Your Majesty's will, we can implement it, but before implementing it, what we can do is to tell Your Majesty the worst consequences." ”

"Okay, then it's hard for Lord Dou to make a trip." Shi Heng arched his hand back.

Dou Guan nodded, and then got into his carriage and entered the palace.

After Dou Guan entered the palace, he told Li Jun about the worries of the military department and what happened today, and then stood aside and kept silent.

Li Jun touched his head, and found that he had done a stupid thing with a hot brain, if it had been a few years ago, Li Jun might have been embarrassed, but now Li Jun's face has been very thick by the Tang Dynasty, so he didn't see any embarrassment.

Li Jun coughed and said, "Thank you Dou Qing for reminding me this time, otherwise I'm afraid I'll make a big mistake again." ”

"Your Majesty said this, the minister dare not take it, it is the minister's duty to worry about the king." Dou Guan hurriedly replied modestly.

Li Jun continued to ask: "Dou Qing, how many veterans are there like this now?" ”

"Your Majesty, there are many veterans of the local county soldiers, but the local peace has been peaceful for a long time, and most of the local veterans are locals, with wives and children, after retiring, His Majesty will give some silver money, land rewards can be, as for the Beijing army, there are very few veterans, basically each army is three or four thousand people, these people are staying in the army to train recruits, so no problem, now the most troublesome is the border army, the border army personnel come from all over the world, many veterans have served in the Jingtai years, all their lives in the army, no children and no daughters, At this time, it is really inappropriate to let them go home, and the minister has also roughly calculated these days, there are more than 50,000 such veterans. ”

Li Jun nodded and said: "50,000 people is not too much, so let's do it, Dou Qing, in the future, the retirement age of the generals will be advanced to thirty-five years old, and they don't necessarily have to return to their hometowns after being discharged, they can be divided into land nearby, as for these 50,000 veterans, take advantage of this opportunity to cut them all at once, except for the recruit instructors left by the various armies, the rest of the people will all come to Guanzhong, tell them that my mausoleum lacks a mausoleum, so they can come if they want, if they don't want to guard the mausoleum, I will arrange a farm for them in Shanglin Yuan, they can start a family, cultivate by themselves, and bring a family together." and I nurture them. ”

"Your Majesty."

For Li Jun's atmosphere, Dou Guan is also deeply admired.

Dou Guan returned to the military department, those veterans had not left, Dou Guan looked at everyone and scolded with a smile: "You guys, blessed, Your Majesty said that he raised you, Your Majesty's mausoleum is short of guarding the mausoleum, come quickly if you want to come, and if you want to go home, get out of hurry with the money, neither want to go home nor want to guard the mausoleum, then go to Shanglin Yuan, Your Majesty has specially arranged a farm for you in Shanglin Yuan, and will find someone to teach you to farm, yes, there is another point, as long as the people who come to Guanzhong, remember to bring their wives and children, and Your Majesty will also raise them for you." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." The veterans burst into tears.