Chapter 732: Pathfinder Stone

"Come on, help me send these three letters to Di Daohou, Yinshan Hou and the eldest chief Jiang Bufu respectively!"

After returning to the backyard, Chen Xu quickly wrote three letters in the study, and after the number was sealed, he stamped his own seal, and then the housekeeper arranged for someone to send it out.

Now that the Emperor has seen the map of the world, and even has a very incomprehensible acceptance that the earth may be in the shape of a ball, some of this information may be revealed to the court in the next few days, at least in the matter of dealing with the countries of the Western Regions, and the court's agenda will be discussed to discuss the strategy.

When eating steak today, Chen Xu clearly reminded the emperor that the Western Regions are different from the Central Plains, the situation of Qiangrong and Hu barbarians living together is complicated, and the land is vast and sparsely populated, and it is difficult to conquer, and it is still slowly encroaching on Baiyue, so the focus of Daqin's current development is still to be in the country, first solve the problems of the old and young of the Six Kingdoms and develop the people's livelihood, and at the same time accumulate strength, you can send generals to slowly pass through the Western Regions.

This time is the same as dealing with Baiyue, there is no need to worry, the strategy of training troops is used to continue to infiltrate the Western Regions, the time may take eight years and ten years, once all the countries in the Western Regions are conquered, Daqin will also get a powerful division of a hundred battles, and when facing the powerful Western countries in the future, it will also have sufficient experience and strong combat effectiveness.

Since we are about to start our journey through the Western Regions, the matter of disarmament is already imminent, and it is necessary to solve the problem of the 300,000 soldiers in the northwest in advance.

Only by constantly throwing off the heavy burden can Daqin travel lightly.

And Jiang Hu, Li Xin and Jiang Bu are the pathstones of Chen Xu's disarmament.

No matter what the emperor thinks, but the disarmament reform must be promoted, if it cannot be pushed, then the army of Great Qin will become more and more bloated and huge, the pressure on the people will be greater and greater, and it can be said that it will be difficult to improve the people's livelihood and develop the economy.

And Chen Xu, the army that was dismantled, also had some roughly some arrangements.

The old, weak, sick and disabled must be the first to be dismissed and sent back to their hometowns to be rewarded with land and real estate according to military merits to become civilians, and most of these 300,000 soldiers are old Qin people, and their origins are in the Guanzhong area of the northwest, which basically has no great effect, but it can still become an important force in maintaining rural stability.

Then there are the young and strong people, who can be divided into several parts.

After the completion of the construction of the Oriental Road, a highway police force was formed to patrol and maintain the security of the entire Oriental Road, as well as to protect the logistics market and service stations.

Of course, Dongfang Road is only a road after all, and the number of people that can be arranged is very limited, and it is estimated that it is only two or three thousand people, so more people will be dispersed and dispatched to the grassroots level of the entire county and county of Daqin to enrich the security forces at the grassroots level, set up police forces at the county, county and township levels, redeploy the duties of county lieutenants and county lieutenants, and separate the security affairs that were originally in charge of everything. The township and township patrol will be changed into a grass-roots police station, no longer participating in military tasks, and divided into county orders or county guards under direct control, so as to completely separate from the army, so that responsibilities and powers will not be blurred.

This part of the country can be placed at least 100,000 people, and with the continuous expansion of Daqin's territory, more people will be needed in the future, and now Daqin has changed from 36 counties to 38 counties, and the county seat has increased by more than 30, and with the encroachment of Baiyue's territory is getting bigger and bigger, the number of counties set up in the future will increase by at least 100, even if a county only prepares to build 200 soldiers and 100 policemen, the number of people needed in the country will also need more than 200,000.

Although the soldiers who have been laid off seem to be still eating food and wages, they are no longer the same as the army that specializes in garrisons, at least these people's food and salaries have been solved in the local counties, counties and towns, and there is no process of transportation and consumption, not to mention that these people will also be assigned land and real estate in the local area after arranging it, and they are in a semi-cultivated farming mode, they can not only have food and salaries, but also can farm and operate, and marry wives and have children in the local area, and will slowly integrate with the local people and become a super powerful force to stabilize the grassroots.

In the end, there will be some young and brave soldiers and veterans with rich combat experience, which will be formed into several new troops, which will be under the command of the northwest military camp, mainly horse soldiers, supplemented by foot soldiers, to assist in the defense of border passes, and at the same time can also manage the surrendered Hun Hu tribes.

Chen Xu's idea is that the northwest military camp only needs to keep less than 50,000 horses at most, so that the real ones left are brave and good generals, and there is no big need to defend the northwest, and the important thing is to prevent domestic changes.

As for the troops in the Western Regions, Chen Xu only needs less than 20,000 people at most, and under the equipment of stirrups, saddles, strong bows, crossbows and steel weapons, the combat effectiveness of 20,000 people on the grassland is definitely more than 200,000 foot soldiers, and under the gathering and charge, there is no army of any country on the entire earth that can stop it.

Chen Xu sat in the study and wrote down in detail the strategy for disarmament and the preparation of the new army.

As long as Jiang Hu, Li Xin and others put forward the matter of disarmament in the court, it will inevitably cause an uproar, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will hardly and dare not support their proposal, but the significance of disarmament is not without merit, because Chen Xu has already told Jiang Hu through two conversations and letters that Jiang Hu Jiang Bu and Li Xin have each put forward very sufficient reasons for disarmament, and the emperor cannot completely turn a blind eye, and will definitely convene the imperial family and the princes and princes who rely on him for discussion.

And Chen Xu is also a very important consulting object.

And judging from the emperor's keen intuition and control, he must have guessed that this disarmament matter is related to Chen Xu, so he will naturally invite him to discuss it.

Sure enough, two days later, in the early court, after discussing the political affairs of the court of the three provinces and six departments, Jiang Bu, the chief of the great house, was the first to stand up and propose the abolition of the Northwest Army.

And this recital immediately ignited the court like a fire, causing a violent turmoil, especially the left minister Li Si directly stood up to reprimand Jiang Bu for his sinister intentions, which was to put the safety of Daqin at risk, and many princes and princes also stood up to accuse disarmament as a ridiculous move, and some officials of the Ministry of War directly impeached Jiang Bu in the court for his bad intentions and shook the country's foundation, and demanded that Jiang Bu's title of the chief of the palace be taken away and demoted to a concubine to set the record straight.

Jiang Bu is now only one step away from the marquis, but this step is almost far away, at present, there are more than a dozen marquis in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, which is equivalent to the upper middle and lower three kings above the left chief, there are hundreds of high-ranking lords, so Jiang Bu, the newly rising guy, does not look at it at all, the military general is okay, although he feels inexplicable about the terrible book suddenly proposed by Jiang Bu, who is stunned, but they all sit on the chair with a happy attitude to watch the ending, but all the civilian officials are like a frying pan in an instant.

The current civil officials of Great Qin are different from the civil officials of later generations, they think that they are all the emperor's advisers and retainers, and naturally all the starting points are for the emperor to rule the Great Qin country, although they also strive for power and profit, but they have not yet reached the point of excluding military generals and suppressing the army to improve their power, because many civilian officials can actually lead the army to fight, such as Meng Yi, such as Li Si, such as Feng Zheng, have led the army to kill the enemy, and hundreds of disciples have to draw swords and duel at every turn, the literati of the Qin and Han dynasties are also martial, It is a very savage breed.

Therefore, for Jiang Bu's disarmament recital, almost all the officials of the three provinces and six departments above the court jumped up and scolded Jiang Bu, and even many rolled up their sleeves and waved wat boards to beat Jiang Bu in groups, killing this traitor to Daqin hidden in the court, and even some people began to dig Jiang Bu's family history, from the eight generations of ancestors to prove that Jiang Bu was actually a misscruline in the first six countries, the purpose was to overthrow Daqin, it was a rebellion, and it was necessary to crack the car first and then cook it, and from the body to the spirit must be completely crushed into ashes in order to calm the anger of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the world.

Looking at the dozens of officials who pounced on them with their teeth and claws, and at the angry scolding and reprimands that were so hideous that their mouths were foaming like rain one after another, Jiang Bu was so frightened that both of them were trembling, and he looked at the emperor sitting on the dragon chair with a pale face.

Qin Shi Huang gripped the armrests of the dragon chair tightly with both hands, and his face was so serious that it was chilling.

Jiang Bu instantly despaired in his heart.

I thought it was just a very simple recital, but I didn't expect it to be like a hornet's nest.

And this proposal seemed to make the emperor angry, because there seemed to be a flame burning in those eyes staring at him, and Jiang Bu felt that his soul was about to be scorched by this flame.

The court is too terrifying, more terrible than facing the Hun army with tens of thousands of strong soldiers.

In the face of the barbaric Hun army, as long as you are strong enough, brave enough, and sharp enough with bows, arrows, knives and guns, you will inevitably have the last laugh and become the winner.

But at present, there is only a group of ministers who seem to be powerless and an emperor who seems to be calm and unwavering, but any of these people may completely press him to death because of a word, and then crush him into dust like a little ant.

The soybean-sized beads of sweat on Jiang Bu's forehead rolled down his slightly trembling cheeks and fell to the ground crackling.

The official who he worked so hard to exchange for his life seems to be about to be completely buried.

He even began to regret in his heart that he shouldn't have followed Qinghehou on this trip to the troubled waters.

But at this time, the words have been spoken, and it is impossible to take it back.

Jiang Bu secretly turned his head to look at Li Xin and Jiang Hu, and found that the two of them were also secretly wiping the sweat on their foreheads.

"It's over, I'm going to die today!" Jiang Hu wailed in his heart, and instantly felt that his soul felt like he had fallen into an ice cave, and he even smelled the breath of death.

The court was noisy, but the emperor sitting on the dragon chair did not lose his mind because of anger, as the quarrel became more and more fierce, Jiang Bu stood in front of his chair and lowered his head more and more, the emotions on Qin Shi Huang's face slowly calmed down, and then picked up a piece of agarwood and gently knocked on the imperial case.

"Smack~"

The court fell silent instantly, and everyone turned their heads to look at the emperor.