Looking at the slightly heavy atmosphere, Li Teh quickly changed the topic and said, "Actually, this time I summoned you to come because there was another important matter to discuss. ”

Zhang Han and Hua Baokai immediately responded: "But by the emperor's orders!" The ministers will never give up. ”

"It's too dead to be needed, do you know how many available soldiers we have in our dynasty now?" Litte asked the two of them rhetorically.

Zhang Han had been in the military department all the year round, but he also knew a little about it, and thought about it a little: "The national soldiers and horses are about 600,000, of which about 300,000 border troops account for nearly half, there are about 200,000 garrisons across the country, and 100,000 garrisons in the imperial city of Kyoto. ”

Li Teh smiled and nodded, almost as he knew, and then suddenly said, "I am going to cut the army......

Before Li Teh finished speaking, he saw Hua Baokai kneeling down anxiously and pleading: "Your Majesty, by all means! Now the Turks and Khitans in the north are looking at the Hedong region of our country (the map has been played, and the historical party ignores it), please think twice. ”

Li Te's reaction to Hua Baokai was stunned for a moment, and then he wanted to explain: "General Hua, listen to me......"

Hua Baokai seemed to have made some decision in his heart, and said with a firm and rather desolate look in his eyes: "Your Majesty, I know that the treasury has been empty in recent years, and there is not much money, but you must not reduce the expenses by cutting the soldiers, Your Majesty!" ”

Then he lowered his head to hide his slightly moist eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "Minister...... The 300,000 soldiers at the border can still hold on, and they don't need money and rewards, as long as the emperor can keep my soldiers from starving. ”

Li Te sighed and looked at Zhang Han gently, "I have such a general, what more can I ask for." Then he picked up Hua Bao and said, "General Hua, you get up first." ”

Hua Bao choked up and said, "Your Majesty, you don't agree to revoke the disarmament, minister...... Don't get up. ”

Li Teh looked distressed at the general who scolded Fang Xuan in front of the enemy, but could only humble and beg for mercy in front of him, shook his head, and pretended to be angry: "What, General Hua, are you threatening me?" I command you to get up! ”

Hua Baokai hesitated for a moment, but finally stood up.

Li Te looked at Hua Baokai, who was still a little trembling, helplessly, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "General Hua, are you like this when you lead troops to fight on weekdays?" Didn't listen to the intelligence and make a decision? Then I have to think carefully about the replacement of the commander of the 400,000 army at the border gate. ”

Hua Baokai may still be in the atmosphere just now, and he didn't hear it clearly for a while, and said a little decadently: "It's useless for the ministers, unable to manage the 400,000 troops here, and ask the emperor to give him the guilt." ”

Zhang Hanyi on the side was also stunned when he heard about disarmament earlier, but he heard Li Te's words clearly just now, and then looked at Hua Baokai with a smile and teased: "General Hua, if you don't want to lead the 400,000!" I'm going to go to the border army, don't regret it. He also specially accentuated his tone on 400,000.

Hua Baokai, who was full of loss, thought that the emperor wanted to take back his military power, and said weakly: "This 400,000 army, the minister intended to ......hand it over" and then seemed to react, and looked at Li Teh with wide eyes, "4...... 400,000? Your Majesty, didn't you just say that you want to disarm? Why did it add 100,000 instead, and this place and the imperial capital also need soldiers to protect it. ”

Hurriedly said: "The minister's 300,000 army is enough, as long as the grain and grass are enough, the minister promises that he will not let go of a foreign soldier and a horse to invade our dynasty." ”

Li Teh looked at Hua Bao and said seriously: "It's to be disarmed."

Hua Baokai thought to herself with a puzzled face, so she subconsciously asked, "Then the emperor, you just now?" ”

Li Te, who felt that he was having a heart attack, exhaled and sat back on the bench, beckoned to Zhang Han, and asked uncertainly: "Shaorong, why is there a rule in the army that the army cannot be expanded after disarmament?" ”

Zhang Han smiled and bowed his head and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, no." ”

Hua Baokai on the side suddenly blushed, and secretly thought, "Yes, yes, the authorities are fans, why didn't I think that drinking would make a mistake!" Then he said to Li Tethanksan with a happy face: "That's good, that's good, if you don't pay silver, the 400,000 army can barely support it." ”

"General Hua, this logistics salary and grain and grass is not something you should consider, you will not be missing a penny of silver, grain and grass will not be missing you, you only need to think about how to lead the troops well, how to protect the family and defend the country, and lead the troops to punish the thieves!" Li Tee said with a dignified face.

"However, in order to prevent the army's combat effectiveness from decreasing, I thought so, and in the early stage, I first reduced 100,000 troops, 50,000 border troops, and 50,000 local and central garrisons, and laid off the old, weak, sick and disabled in the army and returned to their hometowns."

"As for the empty salary, I think there should not exist in General Hua's team, as for the local and imperial capitals, just take this opportunity Zhang Han to assist the military department Shangshu to investigate together, there must be no mistake!" Li Tet looked at the two of them and ordered.

"No!"

Li Teh looked at Hua Baohua with a happy face, and said with a smile: "In the early stage, considering that the country's finances are really difficult, we can't just thunder and not rain, just talk about nice and unrealistic plans, the number of troops expanded is tentatively set at 200,000, the border army is 150,000, and the local and central garrisons are 50,000. General Hua, I will not embarrass you too much if I have replaced these 50,000 veterans with 150,000 recruit eggs. ”

Hua Baokai grinned and shook his head: "No, no, the old minister will not fail in his mission!" ”

Li Teh nodded and reminded: "Well, but you have to do a good job in the after-sales work of disarmament, and don't let me be poked and scolded by those disarmament soldiers at that time." ”

Zhang Han Huabao opened in unison.

Li Teh waved his hand and said with a sigh of relief: "Then let's do this first, as for the specific regulations and details, you first negotiate with the Ministry of War to formulate a plan." I've been too tired for the past two days, and I'm a little tired, so go down first. ”

The two responded, thinking and digesting today's conversation, and slowly withdrew from the pavilion.

Li Teh lay on the railing in the pavilion, squinted and fell asleep in the pavilion unconsciously, and did not know how much he slept, so he listened to the faint sound of conversation on the side, slowly opened his eyes, reached out and took off the fur coat that was covering his body at some point, and stretched out with satisfaction.

"Emperor, but the queen mother woke you up?" A whisper rang in Leet's ear.

Li Te, a spirit, looked at the person who came, instantly refreshed, and bowed his hand to worship: "No, no, Queen Mother, why are you here." ”

Empress Dowager Gao distressedly stroked the tips of Li Te's somewhat messy hair that had just woken up: "You, you are all emperors, and you still don't let the queen mother rest assured, why are you asleep here, these subordinates really don't have the eyesight to see, so they should be punished severely." ”

When many people around heard this, they knelt down and begged for mercy, Li Teh looked at it, leaned on the shoulder of the Empress Dowager Gao, and begged for mercy: "Forget it, the queen mother, they also saw that I was too tired and didn't dare to disturb my recuperation, but I didn't think that I suddenly fell asleep." ”

"You, well, well, I can't talk about you." Empress Dowager Gao smiled and poked Li Te's forehead.

"By the way, Queen Mother, didn't you have a banquet with the ministers in front of the palace, why did you come here?" Litt asked, confused.

Empress Dowager Gao scolded with a smile: "What, I am not welcome? ”

Seeing Li Te's head hurriedly shaken his head, he said gently: "There are three things to discuss with the emperor this time. Then he ordered his subordinates to exit the pavilion first.

"The first thing is that the Ministry of Rites Shangshu asked me to confirm the new country name with the emperor as soon as possible."

"Well, I probably have a name for this, and I'll confirm it with the Ministry of Rites tomorrow."

"The second thing is that my emperor's welcoming team has already set off, are you happy?"

"Uh, so fast?" Litt asked in surprise.

"It's a great event for my emperor, so I have to let them do it quickly," Empress Dowager Gao responded with a smile.

"The third thing ......" Empress Dowager Gao, who pondered for a long time and didn't know how to ask, "Emperor, what decision do you make, the queen mother supports it unconditionally, but the treasury may~"

As soon as Li Teh heard it, he knew that it must be because of the disarmament matter, but it was not surprising that the Empress Dowager Gao knew about it so quickly, and said without any worry: "This treasury grain emperor has already thought about it, and there are two ways to solve it." ”

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