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Chapter 37 Disarmament

As soon as Ma Yun arrived on the outskirts of Changsha with his army, a spy reported: "King, Ma Xiangguo, Xu and Fan led hundreds of officials to greet the king in Bibo Pavilion. ”

Ma Yun nodded, turned to Li Xiang and Zhao Pu and said: "Two Aiqing, this Northern Expedition is an unprecedented victory for our Chu, hundreds of officials came to the suburbs to greet them, and the people of Changsha are estimated to have known, I want the army to march through the city to show the people, the military might of our army, what do you think?" ”

This opportunity to enhance the prestige of the army, Li Xiang was naturally full of praise and nodded again and again. Zhao Pu glanced at Li Xiang, who was quite excited, and was silent. So, Ma Yun ordered Liu Yantao, Peng Shigao and others to prepare.

Not long after, the army had arrived at Bibo Pavilion, Ma Yun's frame was naturally in the front, and the hundred officials knelt down on the ground when they saw it, Ma Yun got down from the frame with a smile on his face, walked to the front, helped up the ninth uncle Ma Xiyin with one hand, and raised it at the hundred officials with the other hand, and said: "Everyone, Aiqing, let's all be even." Let's go, follow the widow to the second floor of Bibo Pavilion, and review and review together, our elite soldiers of Dachu! ”

As he spoke, he turned around and took the lead. Baiguan followed closely and ascended to the Bibo Pavilion. After arriving at the top, Ma Yun waved his hand, and the soldiers standing at the corner of the pavilion saw it, and waved the military flag in his hand violently twice, and then suddenly heard two loud "bangs", and the army moved forward slowly, with bright armor and bright guns, scorching in the bright sun. Ma Yun looked around, and the hundred officials were shocked, probably surprised by the two loud noises just now.

After the army walked in front of Bibo Pavilion, Ma Yun turned to Ma Xiyin and the others and said: "The widow has won a lot in this northern expedition, and in addition to the lives of the soldiers in front, the merits of the monarchs are also not small. The widow shall have another reward in the future, so go, and go back to the city with the widow. ”

There are more than 1,000 civil and military officials in the suburbs of Changsha, and there are many people not far away who go out of the city to see the excitement, in this case, Ma Yun can only be a few reliefs, leaving a few important ministers to follow him into the carriage, and the rest of the people naturally follow the frame and walk back to Changsha City.

Jack Ma's car is extremely spacious and quite luxurious. This is also something that cannot be helped, even if the country is in difficulty, the head must not be too shabby, otherwise it is easy to affect morale. Just like in the early Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, a bitter child, finally became the emperor, the world was extremely poor at that time, even if it was the emperor, it was not easy to find four horses with the same height and color as well. But Xiao He suggested that the emperor build Weiyang Palace, Lao Liu saw that the cost of this Weiyang Palace was too high, and he wanted to turn his face at that time, but Xiao He said: "The minister wants to build Weiyang Palace in order to prestige the world, so that people in the world know what emperor he is, and know that our country is hopeful." Lao Liu thought about it and agreed.

Ma Yun sat in the middle, and Ma Xiyin, Xu Zhongya, Fan Zhen, Tuoba Heng, Wang Yun, Li Xiang, Zhao Pu and others sat on both sides according to the size of their official ranks.

Ma Yun twisted his ass and said, "Everyone, Aiqing, what is the big deal in the country recently?" ”

Several people glanced at each other, Fan Zhen gave Xu Zhongya a look, but Xu Zhongya didn't see it, Fan Zhen was a little anxious, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense. At this time, Tuoba Heng's buttocks left his seat, fell to his knees with a pop, and said: "The minister looks at the king's actions today, and the minister has four words of thought, dedicated to the king." ”

"Oh," Ma Yun looked left and right, and said with a smile: "Tuoba Aiqing, what do you think, but it's okay to say." "Could it be that this Tuoba Heng has changed his personality today, and he wants to praise us.

Tuoba Heng said slowly: "Desperate soldiers. ”

Ma Yun's smile froze, and many of the ministers present were also stunned, but Xu Zhongya was more relieved, glanced at Fan Qian, and the two looked at each other, and turned to Ma Yun in unison.

Ma Yun's face was gloomy, and he stared at Tuoba Heng, as if he was going to swallow Tuoba Hengsheng alive. But Tuoba Heng was not afraid at all, his face was as usual, and he knelt there without humility or arrogance, and his expression obviously said that I am glorious to dedicate myself to the truth.

Ma Yun was silent for a long time before he slowly asked, "Tuoba Heng, why did you say this?" Tell me to your widow, and if you can't say it clearly, you won't come again. "Ma Yun has encountered good things one after another recently, and his heart is booming? The excitement in his heart almost wanted to sing and dance, and he was just happy, when someone poured a basin of water on the street, and it was also a peculiar smell of footwashing water, could he not be depressed?

"Minister, may I ask the king, do you know the harvest of Dachu last year? How much was the annual income of Dachu last year, and how much grain was spent on the Northern Expedition this year, and moreover, now it includes Xiangzhou and other Kyushu places, which places need to reinvest silver for planning and construction, and how much will it cost? Do you know how much silver is left in the treasury now? It's less than 2o thousand taels. Great King, although the summer harvest has not yet begun, this song of 200,000 taels is already the lowest in the past years since the founding of the Great Chu State. In the event of a natural disaster, what will you do for disaster relief? Have you ever thought about these things, my lord? Instead, he blindly invested the silver into the military, which is a bottomless pit? ”

Ma Yun was silent, Da Chu has no money, of course he knows, but this is really no way, in fact, since he became the king, he has only sold the rice tax on credit, as for other taxes, he has only slightly reduced it, and he does not dare to exempt it at all, but when he becomes the king of Chu, the expenses are large, and it is to repair water conservancy, to reclaim wasteland, to train the new army, and to cast armor, none of which can see profits in the short term. In addition, the economic war against Li Tang was launched, and a large amount of money was invested in it, and now I just want to regret it, and there is no way to take them back.

Ma Yun glanced at Wang Yun, and said in his heart, hurry up and speak, don't you see that this spearhead is aimed at your army? As soon as Li Xiang's buttocks were lifted up, he saw that Xu Zhongya had already knelt on the ground and said: "The old minister is incompetent, since he was in the phase, the silver deposit in this treasury has been declining every day, and the old minister is very guilty in his heart." Thinking about it, the only way. ”

"What's the solution?" Jack Ma asked.

"Disarmament! Great King, in fact, it is enough for our Chu army to remain at about 1o people, but the Great King's Northern Expedition, a vast land of thousands of miles, recovered Xiangzhou and other Kyushu lands, and the number of this army has almost expanded by 80,000 people. On the one hand, the number of armies has increased, and on the other hand, the world of Dachu is barren and uncultivated. The minister suggested that it would be possible to reduce some of the army, reduce the army, and let the old and weak military return to their homes to farm, so as to reduce the burden on the government and increase taxes. King, our Dachu has a total population of only 4oo thousand, and we actually raise an army of nearly 20,000, we are unable to sustain it. Please think twice. ”

Here Ma Yun just opened his mouth, and Fan Zhen also knelt on the ground and said: "The ministers all know the ambition of the king, and they are all willing to assist the king to achieve immortal achievements for thousands of generations, but the current situation does not allow me to raise so many soldiers and horses." Isn't it very good that when the great king Long Qianyue Prefecture was in the past, he did military politics? We have set aside a certain number of troops as a standing army, and in addition, in the localities we are forming some militias in the border areas, and we will go to war in wartime, and we will cultivate the land when we are busy with farming, so that the number of troops and the cultivation will not be made barren. Isn't that great? ”

Fan Zhen said again: "King, although you have negotiated peace with the Han Dynasty in Fangcheng, but the Han Dynasty is still in the period of war, and there are very few merchants who have never traveled to and from the Chu State, and you also know the Shu State in the west, it has always been not in contact with the outside, and Lingnan is an enemy, only Li Tang is willing to do some material exchanges with us, but the Li Tang copper money is scarce, and the Li Tang government has no choice but to ban copper, and the people are not allowed to use copper, and the other side has been quite strict in the monitoring of the exchange of materials, I'm afraid they're already aware of what we're doing. In this case, if we continue to increase our efforts, we may be able to show up. Therefore, it has become difficult to exchange materials from Li Tang. In this way, there is really no way but to tap the potential inside. Please think twice. ”

Ma Yun was silent, disarmament... Ma Yun's mind turned, according to the current situation, there is no way to disarm, and the rest is the question of how to cut and how much... How can we ensure the military strength of the army, reduce the number of personnel, and completely control the army in our own hands? No matter what era it is, this army must be in the hands of the royal family, how to do it?

Ma Yun is thinking, and the ministers are also thinking. At this time, Zhao Pu knelt down and said, "King, please go to Li Tang again, discuss with King Tang, and borrow some supplies from Li Tang." Li Tang is now poor people, but the country still has a lot of silver. After all, Li Yu has ruled Jiangnan for more than 20 years, and he has always been in good weather, although Li Jing has squandered some money, how can he say that the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, it should be ordered. ”

Ma Yun hesitated, Li Tang is not a store opened by our family, and he can take silver if he wants to. He asked with some hesitation: "Aiqing, do you have any plans?" ”

"The minister didn't dare to guarantee the ticket, but in the Spring and Autumn Period, didn't Duke Wen of Jin borrow a lot of materials from Duke Qin Mu? Since there is such a thing as borrowing between countries, why not give it a try? ”

Ma Yun understood what he meant, this kid wanted to persuade Li Tang to send troops south to Lingnan, but now he was discussing the matter of reckless military force, and he didn't dare to go up against the wind and commit crimes. Forget it, let him go, if he can fish for nothing, if he can't fish for nothing, at least he can go to the field to investigate Li Tang's situation and see if he can push Li Tang in a big deal.

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