Chapter 103: Are They Stupid?
Unlike the previous official reform, Fang Dongquan and these generals did not have any different opinions, but this time Fang Dongquan and they listened to Li Xuan and Qian Mengjiu's words, but they collectively fell into silence.
Although they can't read a single big character, their ears are not deaf, and Bai Yunqi is not obscure.
Therefore, they all heard clearly and understood that the military reform they talked about still had a considerable impact on them military generals.
How to restructure, how much impact it will have on their power after the restructuring, and whether there are more or fewer bandits under their hands are all closely related to their interests.
So it's impossible for them not to pay attention.
Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren were silent in unison, while Butcher Chen, a stupid big man, glanced at Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren, and then glanced at Qian Mengjiu and Liu Bagou again, showing a thoughtful expression, and then lowered his head again.
He chose to think in silence like Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren.
Obviously, he also knew that this discussion of military reform would have a great impact on himself.
Seeing that Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren, and Chen Butcher, the three most important generals in the Tang Dynasty, were speechless, although Li Xuan's face was still the same, he was already slightly angry in his heart.
He knew that it was impossible for the military reform to pass so smoothly, because it involved two powerful factions in Huangzhushan: Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren.
At the same time, Butcher Chen and even Cai Erhu, who had just surrendered to Chengcheng, were also involved.
They will fear and even fear losing power because of the military reform.
Why?
Bai Yunqi said just now that there are two serious problems in the Tang Dynasty Division, one is the different establishment, and the other is the poor command, which together leads to the problem that the various departments cannot cooperate effectively.
If you just talk about the establishment, a team of 10 people and a team of 20 people will not have any impact on them, and the left and right are just a superficial issue of organization.
But the issue of command has also been added here, so they can't help but be vigilant, in case they accidentally become bald commanders, and the bandits under their own hands become other people's bandits, how are they still in this Huangzhu Mountain, how can they be mixed in this Tang Dynasty.
When attacking Black Tiger Village and Huang Guishan before, although Li Xuan issued a holy decree to let Fang Dongquan be fully responsible, and Qian Mengjiu was the supervisor of the army, but the big guys actually didn't take this seriously, and Fang Dongquan actually couldn't command Huang Xueren and Butcher Chen at all.
However, even so, there was a gap between Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren and Chen Butcher, and if the command was officially determined in the name of military reform, I am afraid it would cause even greater conflicts and contradictions.
And this is the main problem that Huang Xueren, Chen Butcher, and Cai Erhu are worried about.
As for Fang Dongquan, he was not worried about this, he was more worried about Li Xuan making him the commander of the whole army, which was actually not a good thing, but roasting him on the fire, thus deepening the contradictions between him and Huang Xueren, Chen Butcher, and even Wang Danxu and Bai Yunqi.
Many generals have their own thoughts, and they are all thinking about gains and losses.
Li Xuan, who was on the top, saw that Fang Dongquan and them were slow to speak, and their patience was also losing little by little, although he knew early on that Fang Dongquan and they might have some opinions, but he didn't expect that they would be silent.
And that's not a good sign!
It's a pity that as the emperor, he can't end up in person when something happens, even if there is a quarrel below, he still has to maintain the image of the emperor on top.
It has been more than half a year since he was the emperor of this ravine, and slowly Li Xuan figured out how to be an emperor, or how to protect himself wisely, and always maintain a transcendent status as the son of heaven among the ministers.
That is, don't personally participate in the debate of some things, especially those things that are full of contradictions, when encountering this kind of thing, he can let the spokesperson speak, but he must not personally end up.
For example, this time the military reform, he just asked Bai Yunqi to jump out and propose, and if it is successfully passed in the end, then it will naturally be the best, and he will take the opportunity to approve the military reform plan.
If Fang Dongquan and the others strongly objected, Li Xuan would naturally not force it forward, but would find a way to follow-up, because he did not end up in person, then he would not completely fall out with Fang Dongquan and them, thus retaining the buffer space.
Seeing that Fang Dongquan and the others were still silent, Li Xuan gave Bai Yunqi a color, and Bai Yunqi immediately spoke again: "It seems that everyone agrees with the reform of the military system?" ”
This is a forced question, Fang Dongquan, don't you don't speak, don't you want to be silent and confront, Bai Yunqi, or Li Xuan won't give them this opportunity, force them to speak, as long as they speak, then they will participate in it, and even if they enter the bargaining later, it is better than the current stalemate.
Sure enough, after Bai Yunqi opened his mouth, Fang Dongquan finally couldn't help but speak, but he didn't object at the first time, but said: "Military reform is naturally needed, but how to change it, we still have to be cautious and cautious!" ”
As soon as Fang Dongquan spoke, Huang Xueren was not far behind: "Yes, the Ming army is coming, and it is not a way to continue like this, we must find a comprehensive way to increase our strength, so as to effectively block the attack of the Ming army!" ”
The focus of Fang Dongquan's words is prudence, while the focus of Huang Xueren's words is the word 'thoughtful'.
Butcher Chen's eyes rolled at this time, and he also followed their words: "I also think that it needs to be changed, and it must be changed well!" ”
When Li Xuan heard Butcher Chen's words, he couldn't help but think secretly, this Butcher Chen looked like a stupid big man on weekdays, but at the critical moment, although the words he said were only a few words, they were secretly mysterious.
'Well changed'?
What is considered a good change? How to change it?
Nima, these three generals are all illiterate, and they all look like they are old and rough on weekdays, but how did they become so shrewd today.
Their shrewdness is not even available to scholars like Liu Bagou and Qian Mengjiu.
However, Li Xuan can also understand that Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren are both bandit leaders who have been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and they all have hundreds of bandits under their hands, so they can be bandits for more than ten years, and they have also become bandit leaders, and they have not been exterminated by officers and soldiers halfway, nor have they been exterminated by other bandits, how can this be possible without any means?
Even if Butcher Chen can go from a butcher to the third person in the Tang Dynasty military in this half a year, just relying on bravery?
When pigs fly!
Not to mention anything else, he was able to make more than 20 armored bandits under his command obedient, as soon as he said charge, they rushed out without hesitation, with this ability alone, it was not even comparable to Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren.
These three people, you say they're stupid?