First Chen Qiyu's general idea, and then Hou Sui's specific plan, what the two said was very much in line with the meaning of the apocalypse. Tianqi couldn't help nodding his head, and occasionally talked to Sun Chengzong in a low voice when he thought of something, and Sun Chengzong, Zhang Weiying, Gao Di and others were also very satisfied. The latest free chapters of the book can be found here.

Hong Chengchou said again at this time: "Your Majesty, after listening to the words of Lord Chen Qiyu and Lord Hou Suihou, the minister understands that everyone agrees with the plan of the garrison troops taking turns to fight. Divide the existing troops according to the wishes of each person, let the people with a strong will to fight gradually become the main force capable of fighting tough battles through battles with the enemy, and let the people with a weak will to fight become a force engaged in construction, and in the future, if there is no war, they can also build roads and houses ♀ throughout the country, and the purpose of doing this is to gradually abolish the Tusi system and eliminate unstable factors, and on the other hand, to rectify the army and restore the army's combat effectiveness. ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "Lord Hong is right, the only thing that needs to be added is to rectify the army and gradually abolish the hereditary rule of military households, the general's son may only talk about the wind and snow, and the descendants of the peasant households may not have the talent to command thousands of troops and horses± this set of attacking military households can no longer be done, it must be based on everyone's interests and abilities, military households and civilian households can be transferred to each other, what is Lord Hong's good advice for this?" I know you like to see things from a different perspective, and I like that way of thinking. ”

Apocalypse's words are pointed, when Apocalypse wanted to implement the age limit level, and there were two things: the equal status of military generals and civilian officials, Hong Chengchou was the role of a shit stirring stick at that time, and he made a big wave, and in the end, it was Apocalypse who made some concessions to calm things down. However, later the apocalypse did not punish Hong Chengchou much, because he felt that this person's unique vision made sense, and those who had the vision to dare to disobey could play an unexpected role if they used it well, of course, if they were not used well, it would be a thorn.

Hong Chengchou understood the meaning of the apocalypse, and he said: "There is no good idea of how to exchange ministers between military households and civilian households, and I think it is necessary to rely on their own volition, but it cannot be as casual as changing clothes. The emperor said that the ministers like to look at the problem from another angle, which means that the ministers like to disagree with the majority of people, so the ministers boldly raised some objections≥ Chongming and Anbangyan rebels live at the junction of Sichuan, Guizhou, Huguang and other provinces, and can attack Luzhou, Chongqing, and Chengdu to the north, Zunyi and Guiyang to the south, and to the east can also harass all parts of the Huguang border. The place where they live is high in the mountains, the roads are far away, the water is dangerous, and the forests are dense, what should the imperial court do if they want to go to suppress the rebellion and supply the food of hundreds of thousands of troops? ”

Tianqi nodded and said, "Yes, this is a big problem, what good advice does Lord Hong have?" ”

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "The minister just thought of this, how to solve it, I didn't expect that the ⊙ bandits are all locals, and it is easy to solve the problems of food and reserve soldiers, and the army of the imperial court is from outside, so you have to bring everything yourself." Everyone also said that they would take turns to replace and reorganize the army of the whole country, and those who went north and south, east and west, and retreated can be said to be laborious and wealthy, and may not be able to make meritorious contributions, and if they do not solve the problem of food supply and transportation, they are afraid that the imperial court will eventually be dragged down by the rebels. ”

After listening to Hong Chengchou's words, everyone was pondering, and Wang Yongguang, Minister of Military Aircraft, said unhappily: "The counterinsurgency has not been pacified for six years, and the difficulty of road transportation and supply is the biggest reason, if there are no these problems, it will not be our turn to discuss here, I believe that Qin Liangyu and Zhu Xieyuan have already finished the chaos, can Lord Hong say something useful?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "There is no substitute for the problem of grain transportation, and it is also possible to use silver to pay outside, so that soldiers can buy food from the local people, but in Shuixi, Yongning, Chishuiwei and other places where the rebels live, the ordinary people do not have enough food to eat, otherwise there would not be so many people who rebelled against the thieves." If the local people can't buy food, they can't replace the food with the silver pay, after all, the silver can't be used to gnaw on the hunger. Xia Guan just thought about this problem, thinking that as long as this problem was solved, everything would be solved, and it would be better than besieging the rebels for several years but not being able to do it in a hurry. ”

Seeing that Hong Chengchou and Wang Yongguang were arguing again, Tianqi suddenly felt that this Hong Chengchou was like a philosopher, ♀ and there were many people in the world who were full of food and had nothing to do, so they thought about strange things all day long, such as what is the meaning of life? Why do people live? How to satisfy everyone, such people call thinkers. Generally speaking, thinkers put forward problems and want to solve them, but there is a kind of thinker who only raises problems but is not responsible for solving them, and people call these thinkers who need future generations to wipe their butts as philosophers≤ and scholars only mention problems but do not solve them, so that their vision is more unique and more poisonous, and society cannot do without them.

Since Hong Chengchou wants to be a philosopher, Tianqi needs to find someone to be the thinker responsible for solving problems. He said: "Lord Hong's problem is very valuable, let's talk about how to solve it, I once heard someone say this, for a big problem that is difficult to solve, we can divide it into several small problems∞ after hearing this, I feel that it makes sense, we can't eat a pig, kill it and marinate it and eat it slowly." ”

Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "The emperor has a point, let's think about how to divide big problems into small problems like killing pigs and cutting meat." ”

In the Military Staff Department of the Military Affairs Yuan, Zhang Xiangan is a very conceited person, seeing that Chen Qiyu and Hou Sui both showed their skills, Hong Chengchou was also affirmed by the Apocalypse because he could raise key issues, so he couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the problem of transportation and supplies can also be combined with the rectification of the army." There are millions of troops in the imperial court, but there are very few people who can recruit good fighters, and it is time to rectify the army. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and asked: "Do you mean that those who can fight and want to fight learn mountain warfare with your eldest brother, and those who don't want to fight will now hand it over to Zhao Shujiao to let them build roads and transport grain?" ”

Zhang Xiangan said: "Yes, although the place where the rebels live is a high mountain road and it is difficult to travel from afar, Huguang in the east and Sichuan in the north are both grain-producing places, and there is no need to travel too far to transport grain. Since the emperor is not seeking a quick victory in order to train his troops, he can build roads while tuntian, and at the same time, he can also cultivate useful talents in a weak army. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and asked, "At the beginning, it was said that let these people carry food supplies, and now if they are in charge of building roads, then who will transport food and armaments?" ”

Zhang Xiangan said: "The local people can be allowed to help, and the imperial court can stipulate that anyone who comes to help transport grain and other things to a certain number of people can be exempted from forced labor in that year." ”

Tianqi turned his head and asked Sun Chengzong, "What does Mr. think?" ”

Sun Chengzong said: "There is some truth in what Lord Xiao Zhang said, but if you add a road to counterinsurgency and military training, the time will drag on longer, and the unknown variables will increase a lot." The emperor began to say that he would bring in all the garrison troops of the whole country to train in battle, but now it seems that it is a bit unfeasible, and the more people there are, the more food they need, and even if they are rotated in batches, it will bring a heavy burden to the local government. ”

Hong Chengchou said at this time: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that even if the army builds the road and then let the local people help transport the grain, it is a big problem, not to mention whether the road is good or not in that area, even if the road is repaired, it can be picked by people in horse-drawn carriages, and the people and horses who transport the grain themselves also need to consume grain and forage, and half of the grain transported may not be eaten by the people and horses transported. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "I began to take it for granted, thinking that the army of the whole country could participate in this counterinsurgency, and through the counterinsurgency and rectification of the army, the Tusi system was unknowingly abolished, and now it seems that this time the peace judgment and rectification of the army are only limited to Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Huguang and other places." Although there are not so many people involved, the problem of transportation costs still needs to be solved, and those who transport grain eat more than the army, which can definitely be regarded as a waste of money for the people. The short-term behavior is bearable, and if you want to do it for a long time, maybe in the end, the court will be dragged down by the traitors as Hong Chengchou said. ”

Hong Chengchou raised this question well, but this is not a new problem, and he also encountered this problem when Chengzu wanted to move the capital. Nanjing was originally happily surrounded by the grain producing land in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was easy to take what you wanted to eat, but moving to Beijing required people to travel thousands of miles to transport it. At that time, some people calculated that they needed two to three stones of grain to eat the people who transported one stone of grain from the south to the north, so they expressed their opposition to moving the capital. After careful calculation, Chengzu believed that only by transporting grain through the canal would such a large fee not be incurred, and the relocation of the capital could be carried out.

Now the counterinsurgency also encountered the problems of the time, but there were no smooth canals to transport grain, and there were existing rivers, but there were many Akashi reefs and unstable water flows, and it was estimated that most of the grain would be fed to fish and shrimp by using rivers such as the Chishui River for transportation.

Just when everyone had nothing to do, Huang Daozhou of the Military Staff Office spoke, and he said: "Your Majesty, it seems that the ministers have a plan to try, and whether it is feasible still needs to be carefully discussed. ”

Tianqi looked at Huang Daozhou and said, "Lord Huang is usually not talking, but as long as he says it, it will definitely be no worse, so come and listen." ”

Huang Daozhou said: "The minister first thanked the emperor for his praise, the minister means that since it is a long-term behavior, you can build a number of supply stations along the way, heavily guarded by heavy troops, and change long-distance transportation into short-distance transportation, elite soldiers to quell the rebellion, build roads and bridges, and the people who transport grain ♀ and grain will find people in nearby areas, and a supply station for half a day and a day will let them bring their own dry food, and after transporting things, a certain amount of money will be issued and then exempted from their conscription, and the people should not have complaints." In the future, these supply depots, roads and bridges will also be useful to facilitate the administration of the imperial court and avoid the recurrence of rebellion.