For Wang Meng, it is undoubtedly a supreme honor to be able to push Datang to the peak and achieve this hegemony under his own witness and creation. And it is accompanied by the fact that he Wang Meng will go down in history and achieve the position of a famous minister, compared with Guan Zhong and Xiao He of his predecessors.

"Yes! If you didn't work together, how could such a hegemony be achieved! Li Xin said with a smile.

After the group arrived at the palace, they went back to work. Although everyone has a lot of things to report and want to deal with immediately, everyone is still quite measured. Knowing that Li Xin has been working very hard these days, it is better to let him rest first.

At the same time, let him have a good reunion with his family!

As soon as he entered the palace, before he had time to freshen up and change his clothes, Li Xin rushed to the harem. He missed the two little ones for a long time.

Now, Li Yue and Li Yi, their children, are two years old, but they have only been born a little more than a year ago. So, I can't walk or talk yet, so I can just babble.

Rao is so, for Li Xin, this seems to be the most beautiful voice in the world.

One in each hand, he held these two little things in his arms and happily teased them. Every now and then, in the eyes of everyone around him, he doesn't look like a powerful Tang King, but more like a kind father.

However, these two little guys will not give him face as King Tang, they will grin when they want to cry, and they will sleep when they want to sleep. Sometimes when I'm unhappy, I'll sprinkle a soak of urine on you and get Li Xin's body ~ wet.

However, His Royal Highness the King of Tang, who was invincible on the battlefield, was not angry at all at this time, and could only look at these two little things helplessly, taking care of them even more. His Royal Highness the dignified Tang King was helpless against them.

Every time she saw this scene, Zhou Ting couldn't help but snicker beside her. After all, it's rare to see Li Xin have a deflated time!

There is no doubt that the time spent with his family is the easiest and most worry-free day for Li Xin. At such a time, he was able to let go of everything, let go of ~ the burden on his body, stop moving forward, and stay in the harbor of his family for a while.

However, such time is less after all, after all, he is the king of Tang, the supreme lord of the entire Tang Dynasty. He not only belongs to Zhou Ting and other family members, but also belongs to the entire people of the Tang Dynasty, so the leisurely time is destined to be short.

After two days of rest at home, he had to get to work.

After several months of war, although the official affairs in the middle were handled by the six Shangshu together, there were still a lot of things that could only be solved with his permission. On Li Xin's first day on work, he discussed with Wang Meng and them how to solve these things.

On the whole, the entire Datang is now relatively stable, because everything has become more and more perfect. Therefore, many things just need to be handled according to the regulations, otherwise, it will definitely be a mess.

"Now is the time to recuperate! Especially those counties and counties where troops were transferred before, as well as Shangdang Yanmen and other places close to the battlefield, especially Yunzhong, Hanoi, Hanoi, Jijun, Xingyang and other newly recovered places, officials must be arranged in place as soon as possible! The Metropolitan Procuratorate must intensify its supervision so that these places can recover as soon as possible! After dealing with the official documents, Li Xin discussed with the six scholars the key points to be done next.

"Your Highness, rest assured, now the officials in Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Hanoi and other places have been gradually deployed in place! Once the local governments begin to perform their duties, these local governments will be able to recover slowly! It's just that it will take some time! Wang Meng replied.

"That's good! For those who are in difficulty, you must first make statistics, and then allocate materials to support them! After all, these places have just experienced a military disaster, and the people's livelihood is difficult, and it is the time for the government to play a role! Hearing this, Li Xin was a little relieved.

"Your Highness, now that the territory of the Tang Dynasty has increased greatly, the number of troops in the past is already a little too small. The minister asked for an expansion of the army and an increase in the regular army, thus alleviating the crisis of too few troops! Shang Shutian He of the Ministry of War stood up and said at this time.

After years of development and growth, the strength of today's Tang Army has actually increased greatly. But this increase is compared with the past Huashan Army, if you look at it with Yanguo, Jiangzuo, and even Liangzhou, I am afraid that the strength of the army cannot be said to be much.

Especially in the regular army, if you don't count the town army, up to now, after several expansions and wars, it is estimated that the total number of people is only 1670,000.

Don't look at the number of these people, but if you actually go to the borders and look at them, you will find that there are still not enough. If it weren't for the presence of the town army, which took over the responsibility for the defense of the counties and counties in the interior, I am afraid that this amount of troops would not be enough at all.

Especially after every war, the territory of Datang is constantly expanding. Not to mention the soldiers used to fight, but also the soldiers and horses used to defend the country, if the number of soldiers and horses is not increased, it will become smaller and smaller.

Therefore, the question raised by Tian He is actually what everyone, especially the military, hopes.

"You don't mention this matter, and this king has this plan. After the war with Yan State is over this time, Dai Guo will no longer be able to pose a threat to us, and it is estimated that there will be peace for a long time! Let's take this opportunity to convert all the current town army soldiers into regular troops on the spot! In this way, all the regular armies of Datang should be able to reach nearly 300,000 people combined! As for the town army, it will be reorganized! Li Xin nodded and said.

The number of troops was nearly doubled at once, which was a bit surprising to everyone. It's not that I think there are too many troops, it's just that I think this speed seems to be too fast all of a sudden.

Of course, because the town army is originally a soldier who has been trained for a long time, but the intensity is not as strong as that of the regular army. Therefore, there is no doubt about their combat effectiveness. As long as you become a regular soldier and train well, you will be able to quickly improve your combat effectiveness.

Li Xin especially pointed out that this time it was only those soldiers of the town army who turned regular, which meant that the generals of the town army everywhere would continue to lead the town army in the same place.

One is because these people were originally meritorious personnel who had retired from the regular army in previous battles, or because they were injured and could not go to the battlefield. But because of his experience, there was no big problem in training soldiers, so he was transferred to the town army.

Second, it is because if they do not leave, they will be able to quickly reorganize the newly formed town army. Otherwise, everything starts again, and then I don't know if we will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey.

Of course, after the end of this war, presumably many meritorious personnel will also be transferred to serve in the town army for various reasons. With the gradual improvement of the system, some people may slowly retire because of their age.

Li Xin doesn't plan to let the soldiers and generals under him work for a lifetime, after all, people also have families and children, so they should let their families enjoy their lives!

In terms of troops, if there are 300,000 regular troops, it is basically enough for today's Datang. Even if it is planned for future wars, such a force is enough to support it.

"300,000 regular troops, these are mainly foot soldiers! Then, in the past few years, the light cavalry has to expand to 50,000 as soon as possible, and with the source of war horses we have now, it should not be difficult to do this! As for the Unbroken Army and the Flying Dragon Rider, as long as they maintain a full number of 10,000 people each! After a deep sigh, Li Xin continued.

In this way, the entire regular army should actually reach about 370,000 people in the end. This force is already very large, at least, in terms of the current territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Fortunately, Datang's strength has developed rapidly over the years, so it is not too difficult to raise these soldiers and horses. Although he may tighten his belt to get by, for Li Xin, as long as he survives these years, it will be worth it.

But except for Wang Meng, other people probably didn't expect this. Therefore, they all feel that Li Xin is a little too aggressive, after all, such a scale of army expansion should have been gradual and step by step.

"The minister will arrange this matter as soon as possible!" Hearing Li Xin say this, Tian He was of course extremely happy, and hurriedly responded.

"As long as the army is stable, our Datang will be able to be stable. Therefore, on the issue of soldiers and horses, there must be no mistakes. Otherwise, we'll all be in a state of no return! Li Xin deliberately clicked.

It is said that power comes out of the barrel of a gun, but I firmly remember this sentence, especially in this era, military power is the greatest guarantee for oneself. Other than that, everything else is just nonsense.

"By the way, the seeds that the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households prepared for testing are now effective?" As he spoke, Li Xin thought of an important matter.

Long ago, after he began to connect the trade routes, he devoted himself to finding all kinds of useful seeds. Crops such as cotton, fruits, vegetables, oilseeds, etc., in short, as long as they are not available in his own territory, or are not good enough, he will try his best to find them.

At the beginning, it was still up to the Ministry of Labor to do this, but later, as the strength of the Huashan Army became stronger and stronger, there were more and more caravans, and after going farther and farther, he handed over the matter to the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry.

Among them, because the caravan is in charge of the household department, they are the ones who are responsible for finding and bringing it back. The Ministry of Industry is responsible for arranging these seeds to be cultivated in various places and recording the results.