Zhao Junsheng was talking to Fu Zhan, Dugu Jin, Wang Tanzhi and others, when a eunuch walked in and reported: "Your Majesty, the black-clothed guard Commander Lu asks to see you!" ”

Zhao Junsheng then said to Fu Zhan and the others: "This matter is so decided, the specific arrangement is arranged by Wang Tanzhi, Dugujin cooperates, and there is a one-line contact between you, this matter is known to the four of us, if it is leaked, this person must be among the four of us, understand?" ”

"Understand, the ministers are leaving!" Several people saluted together and exited the main hall.

The eunuch quickly led Lu Xuanbo in, and Lu Xuanbo saluted Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty!" ”

Eunuch Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "You go out first!" ”

After the eunuch retreated, Lu Xuanbo reported: "Your Majesty, I just received a report from the black-clothed guard in the Western Regions branch, saying that there is a Tianzhu monk who is active in the Western Regions, and has frequent contact with the kings and important ministers of the Western Regions, and they found that the direction of this person's travel is towards the Green Mountains, and the ministers and the subordinates of the black-clothed guard believe that this person is likely to be the Tianzhu monk Tan Wuye who escaped from Chang'an last year, according to our spies in the Western Regions, this person is on behalf of the Rouran Khan Tuhe Zhen to envoy to the countries of the Western Regions, We suspect that the Rouran people may be trying to make trouble in the Western Regions, and the ones who are most likely to be persuaded by him are the Green Ridge Kingdoms! ”

Zhao Junsheng's face was solemn after hearing this, and he pondered for a while and said to Lu Xuanbo: "This matter is not trivial, the envoys of the three kingdoms of the Green Mountains were assassinated in Chang'an by Tan Wuye and the envoy of Rouran, A Luogan, although the Honglu Temple sent an envoy to explain the situation afterwards, but the three countries of the Green Mountains may not believe it, if the real murderer of the three kingdoms of the Green Mountains runs to talk nonsense, the consequences are unpredictable!" ”

Lu Xuanbo asked, "What does Your Majesty plan to do?" Do you need the cooperation and execution of the blackcoats? ”

Zhao Junsheng was slowly pacing in Xia Liang Pavilion while pondering, and he quickly made a decision: "The pursuit of Tan Wuye, a Tianzhu monk, cannot be stopped, the spies of the Black-clothed Guard's Western Regions Branch are familiar with the situation over there, but their strength is limited, and it is a little difficult to catch Tan Wuye, a monk with strong martial arts, so let's send ten worshippers of the Worship Pavilion to hunt down Tan Wuye in the Western Regions, and the spies of the Black-clothed Guard's Western Regions Branch are responsible for providing information and acting as guides!" ”

Lu Xuanbo promised: "Yes, the minister will go back and write a letter to leave a name for the hall master of the Western Regions Branch, and ask him to fully cooperate with the people of the worship pavilion!" ”

After Lu Xuanbo left, Zhao Junsheng immediately ordered ten great inner worshippers to go to the Western Regions to carry out the mission, and set off on the same day, hurrying as fast as possible.

Subsequently, after careful consideration, Zhao Junsheng found several chief officials of Zhongshu Province, told the news sent back by the black-clothed guard spies, and issued a decree on the spot, ordering Gao Jinzhi to personally lead troops to inspect the Lingling countries, and build city passes and forts in the dangerous places and transportation belts of the Lingling countries, and at the same time beat and warn the lords of the Lingling countries.

"Whether or not the Green Ridge States believe that their envoys were assassinated by the Rouran people, the Western Regions must not lose control, and only a few small countries in the Green Mountains cannot pose a threat to our rule in the Western Regions, but it is difficult to say if they lure the Bada people over! Therefore, the construction of forts and passes in the Green Ridge countries must be carried out immediately, and the people will be requisitioned from the Green Mountains if there are not enough manpower, and in short, the passes, forts, beacons, and military posts of the various communication arteries must be completed and troops must be stationed within three months! ”

"Also, in addition to the Green Ridge, all the passes and dangerous places in the Tianshan Mountains that can lead to the west must build passes and forts and send troops to defend them, at least in a few years, we have not had the energy to send troops on a large scale to fight with the Bada State, the Southern Dynasty and Rouran have always been two thorns stuck in the throat of our Daqian, we must pull out these two thorns before we have the energy to deal with the Bada people!"

Under Zhao Junsheng's order, several chief officials of Zhongshu Province immediately began to draft the edict after the drafting of the edict was completed, and after the draft of the edict was completed, it was revised by Zhao Junsheng to read it and obtain approval, and then transcribed by Lu Xuan, and then checked by Liang Lin and Xu Yan and handed it over to Zhao Junsheng to stamp the jade seal, and sent 800 li to the Western Regions Protectorate in an urgent manner!

After the holy decree was sent, Lu Xuan saluted Zhao Junsheng and suggested: "Your Majesty, since our dynasty has set a national policy to deal with the country of Bada in the next few years, in order to strengthen the rule over the Western Regions and deter those who are not satisfied, and also in order to deter the barbarians west of the Green Mountains and the Tianshan Mountains, the minister suggests that the Western Regions Protectorate be moved westward, preferably to Yanqi or Qiuci!" The deployment of heavy troops in the Western Regions, the source of these troops, the minister suggested that most of them be recruited from the country, and a small number of warriors should be recruited from the countries of the Western Regions, and then they should be trained into an army after intensive training, and then replace the soldiers and horses now stationed in the Western Regions! ”

Liang was puzzled: "Why do you want to use the conscription system?" This will increase military spending several times over! ”

Lu Xuan said his reasons: "Your Majesty, the princes, at present, the conscription system of our dynasty basically follows the previous dynasty, with a slight improvement, during the war, each household sends a strong man to join the army, and after the war, he will be disarmed and returned to the field, although the strength of the troops is sufficient, but the enthusiasm of the soldiers is not high, this is mainly because the military salary is not enough to support the family; In addition, there is another reason, after the strong men in the family joined the army, the labor force decreased, and the soldiers could not rest assured! Also, the border pass is a bitter cold place, and the soldiers don't want to go! ”

As a matter of fact, after the development of the Great Qian Empire in the past 20 years, the political aspect has been relatively stable, an inherent system has been formed, the economic aspect has also been constantly improving, and the military construction has been getting better and better year by year.

However, with the passage of time, new problems have also begun to emerge, first of all, because of political stability, good social order, and economic upgrading, the population growth has increased in a burst in the past 20 years; in the early days of the great cadres' unification of the north, the population of the entire great cadres was only about 8 million, but in the past 10 years or so, the population of the great cadres has doubled to 17 million now.

The rate of population growth is quite terrifying, at the beginning it was the imperial court to the landless people to divide the landless, each household will not be less than 20 acres, the ability can also open up their own wasteland, the imperial court stipulates that each household can not exceed 2,000 acres at most, but also stipulates that each household can sell other surplus fields under the premise of ensuring that there are 20 acres of land for subsistence.

Now that the population of the entire Qianguo has doubled, the per capita ownership of land will be reduced by half; of course, the population growth rate cannot always be so fast, and it will gradually decrease in the future, and there will be no shortage of land in the Qianguo within 100 years, but it will be difficult to say in 100 years.

The current military system and the system of acres of land in the Qianguo have the prototype of the government military system and the uniform field system of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the government military system is based on the uniform field system, and once there is a problem with the uniform field system, the government military system will inevitably die out, which is also the reason why the Tang Dynasty wanted to replace the government military system with the recruitment system during the peak period of the Tang Dynasty.

If there is a problem with the system of acres in Qianguo, there will certainly be problems with the current military system. In terms of the military system, both the current military system and the conscription system in Qianguo have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Zhao Junsheng thought that it was time to make some changes to the military system to meet the development needs of the new situation.

He thought for a moment and said, "I think it's feasible, but this matter still needs to be discussed by the ministers of the DPRK and China to minimize the drawbacks!" There must also be no situation in which the border army is strong and the central soldiers and local garrisons are weak, and a balance must be maintained! ”

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a situation where the border army was strong and the internal was empty, Zhao Junsheng didn't want this situation to occur in the big cadres, the most powerful troops should still be the middle soldiers, the main foreign expeditions, the border army should only have defensive capabilities, and they could only barely take the initiative on a small scale, and the large-scale foreign wars still rely on the middle soldiers as the main force, which is also to be able to centralize power, if the recruited troops are sent to the border areas on a large scale, there will definitely be a situation like the Tang Dynasty where the border army is strong and the interior is empty! Of course, there were external factors in this situation in the Tang Dynasty, when the Tibetan, western and northern barbarians were too powerful, and the Tang court had to strengthen the strength of the border army.

The next day, Prince Wen He came to the palace to ask for a meeting, Zhao Junsheng knew that this matter could not be avoided, and he had to give a clear attitude.

"Xuan!"

Soon, Wen He was introduced to Xia Liang Pavilion.

"Wen He, meet His Majesty the Emperor!"

Zhao Junsheng smiled and raised his hand: "Flat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng got up and walked out from behind the imperial case and asked, "Prince Wenhe came to see me today······

"Your Majesty, it's the same thing last time, our country is willing to give up the suzerainty of the green mountains in exchange for the promise that the great cadres will not enter into a military alliance with Persia!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and repeated the few conditions he proposed last time, "Yes, but the few conditions I proposed last time must be complied with!" ”

"Good!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at Wen He, "How can the prince guarantee that you people will keep your promises!" ”

Wen He was stunned for a moment, there seemed to be no way to guarantee it, and he swore that he had to be believed, he thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, we can sign an alliance, our two countries will be friendly for generations and abide by the agreement!" ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled and said, "As far as I know, you people don't have words, how can you sign a covenant?" ”

Wen He was quite embarrassed, and as soon as his mind turned, he said: "We can use Sogdian on our side, Daqian can use Chinese, and use two scripts to make a covenant!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, "Yes, this matter will be ordered by the Shangshutai Left Servant Pei Jin as the plenipotentiary representative of the Great Cadre, and the Honglu Temple will be responsible for presiding over it!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I am sure Your Majesty will be happy with today's wise decision in the future!"

Wen He then said: "Your Majesty, when the covenant is made, I will come to bid farewell to Your Majesty, I have been here for two months, and I must return to China as soon as possible to report to my father!" ”

Zhao Junsheng retained: "There is no need to be too anxious to return to China, the weather is hot now, it is not suitable to go out in a hurry, and the weather will be cold in another month, and your speed will be greatly accelerated by then!" ”

"Your Majesty has a point, let's wait until the covenant is concluded before making a decision!"