Chapter 387: Calculating Li Jing
"Oh, there is a difference here, what is it exactly, Your Highness, you and the old minister talk about it" Li Jing is really interested at the moment.
"Actually, it's nothing, it's just that in the Military Academy, Yi Guogong is responsible for teaching those students to become qualified soldiers, or a qualified low-level officer, just like the White Tiger Guard who has not been on the battlefield before, and Wei Guogong is to cultivate a group of generals who can command the army and independently command a battle on this basis, even if the battle is small, but if they can command it, they will be qualified, these are the reasons why I invited you to the Military Academy" Li Chengqian said what he wanted in his heart, looked at Li Jing, anxiously waiting for Li Jing's answer.
"Your Highness, what a big plan you have! If you really do what you said, then the promotion of all the guards in Datang will be based on whether or not they have attended a military academy, but because of such regular training, there will be no shortage of young people in Datang in the future, but in this way, Your Highness, how should we veterans deal with ourselves, and the military system of the guards, it is obviously not suitable for such a situation, have these highnesses thought about it? After listening to Li Chengqian's account, Li Jing did not rush to express his position, but after thinking about it, he raised his own question.
"Wei Guogong deserves to be my Tang Dynasty, the god of the army, this military academy I also told the generals of the army such as Yiguo Gong and Su Guogong, they didn't think so far, to Wei Guogong directly said to the point, I have thought about these, and I have discussed it with my father, but my father thinks that this is impossible, the reason is that the current recruitment system is not suitable, but if this military academy is on the right track, batches of low-level officers will be sent to various guards, and the soldiers under their influence will be affected by them, plus now this group of White Tiger Guards has grown up, With the support of you and several Guogongs who have absolute influence in the army, can these problems be solved?" Li Chengqian looked at Li Jing in surprise, and then said to him.
"Your Highness, I heard you say this, you want to reform the recruitment system, then I don't know what Your Highness's plan is, and what will happen to those soldiers after the reform" Although Li Jing asked Li Chengqian with a calm face, he was already shocked in his heart.
"The new system, in my imagination, will be a soldier retirement system, that is, those who have served in the army for ten years, those who have no promotion plan will retire directly, and the low-level officers in the army will also set a number of years, and those who have no promotion opportunities will also retire directly, as for those high-level and middle-level generals also have a retirement system, but after they retire, the court will arrange new positions for them, but they will not serve in the army, of course, how to do these specifically, that is more than ten years later, let's still discuss it then! It's a bit too early to say," Li Chengqian finished speaking, looking at Li Jing.
"His Royal Highness's talent, the minister is really unattainable, the position of vice president of the military academy, the old minister took over, and after returning to Chang'an, the old minister took over to His Majesty, but His Royal Highness asked the old minister to take over, is there a plan, or wait a few years to start" Li Jing heard Li Chengqian's words, although he was shocked in his heart, he also knew that he couldn't continue, because he knew that these were enough.
"The plan is some, I plan, after the army returns to Chang'an, let the various guards select a group of young soldiers with military merits, recruit a group from the people, and then leave a part to those noble children, these are the first batch of students, their training time is three years, and about the training of middle-level officers, it depends on how many good seedlings Wei Guogong can pick in the army, these you can discuss with Yiguo Gong and my third brother, they have some information I prepared before, whether it is about training, Or are they all there," Li Chengqian said, looking at Li Jing.
"As long as you have a plan, I just don't know how Your Highness arranged the White Tiger Guard, you must know that many of them are good, and a few of them have already been able to lead an army alone, if they are cultivating and cultivating well, then they may be able to surpass me in the future" Li Jing thought of Xue Rengui and others, so he said to Li Chengqian with fire in his heart, he hoped that Li Chengqian could let Xue Rengui and them study hard.
"They should all train soldiers in the barracks next to the military academy in the next year and participate in the training of the cadets of the military academy, as for the rest, there should be no more" Li Chengqian did not say directly, he wanted Li Jing to teach Xue Rengui and others, but told Li Jing where they went.
"In this way, Your Highness, there are a few good seedlings in it, the minister wants them to learn from the minister for a while, and at the same time study them at the same time, how do you think of the training method of this middle-level officer in the future" Li Jing looked at Li Chengqian after speaking, expecting him to agree.
"This is a good thing, you can just watch it, I have no opinion" Li Chengqian saw Li Jing say this, he was so happy in his heart.
"Then this matter is decided, and when I return to Chang'an, the old minister will start to deal with these things, but I don't know if Your Majesty can agree," Li Jing said with some concern.
"Don't worry about this! My father agreed a long time ago, after all, you are now older, and you have also made countless contributions to my Datang, it is a little unreasonable to let you go to the front line to command the troops, and you are saying that my Datang is not nobody, do you say "Li Chengqian was a little embarrassed as soon as he finished speaking, because he said what was in his heart.
"Then thank Your Majesty and the prince for being considerate of the old minister, after so many years of fighting, the old minister should take a break, and it is not bad to teach the younger generations" As soon as Li Jing heard Li Chengqian's words, he knew that their father and son had been calculating themselves for a long time, and he followed Li Chengqian's words, but was he really willing? Not necessarily.
"Wei Guogong, you can't think like that, this training of juniors, that's a big deal, and don't underestimate this military academy, its level is not low, the vice president and the chief instructor are both second-grade official positions, so you are just a position change" Li Chengqian saw Li Jing's worries, and he immediately spoke.
"In that case, the old minister is still promoted, then it is really grateful for Your Majesty's love" Li Jing didn't expect it to be like this, and the little sense of loss in his heart disappeared immediately.
After that, Li Chengqian and Li Jing talked a lot about the Military Academy.
However, as the time got later and later, Li Chengqian obviously lost interest, and he was more concerned about whether those people from the family outside would do it tonight as he thought.
At this time, on a hillside not far from the camp, there was a group of nearly 3,000 men and horses waiting there, they were all dead soldiers of five surnames and seven families, and they were also anxiously waiting for the signal in the camp, as long as the signal arrived, they would go back and kill them.