Chapter 365: Li Chengqian's response
Li Chengqian's visit this time can be regarded as moving the foundation of the Shi family and the Lingnan wealthy family, and Li Yuanjing does not think that the status of the Yi Shi family here will sit idly by.
But no matter how the Shi family fucked up, Li Yuanjing was not afraid.
Not to mention the 25,000 soldiers he carried, Duan Zhixuan was also not idle in Guangzhou.
According to the original plan, Duan Zhixuan would first conduct a month-long training in the Guangzhou team, and at the same time carry out reorganization, and will be assigned to be stationed in different places after a month.
Moreover, there is also a handover ceremony, after these troops sent to be stationed are in place, the original troops will be reviewed and screened on the spot, and those who meet the requirements will go to Guangzhou to report.
These people who go to report will be arranged by the Ministry of War, and the officials of the Ministry of War who are with Duan Zhixuan have a detailed roster in their hands, and there are detailed figures on how many Lingnan soldiers are needed in which place.
These soldiers will be scattered and scattered to different provinces, and then escorted to the place by the five thousand soldiers carried by Duan Zhixuan, after arriving at each province, the generals and military officials who are scattered in each province for military reform will send people to receive them, and the rest is their own business, and the task of going here to Lingnan Province will be completed.
The combat effectiveness of these newly reorganized troops is not expected, but even if there are more people, Li Yuanjing is not afraid.
Besides, there are 30,000 veterans who can really fight well, 30,000 people go to war, and 100,000 people go to shout and cheer and shout 666 can also scare the soldiers.
Therefore, with military hard power supported here, Li Yuanjing is not worried about any unexpected situation at all.
On the contrary, the purpose of this time was to hone Li Chengqian, so on this trip, Li Yuanjing came more as a bystander.
No matter what plan Li Chengqian proposed, he would nod his head after reading it, and he would not give any opinion on whether it was right or wrong.
"Uncle Wang, there are tens of thousands of people between the ages of thirty-five and forty, if this is not handled well, I am afraid that things will ......change," Li Chengqian said with a tangled face.
Originally, he was quite confident, but when so many people stood up, Li Chengqian's confidence disappeared in an instant.
This time, the border army will lay off at least half or more of the people, and the resettlement method will also be given, but it can't stand the dissatisfaction of a large number of people.
Li Yuanjing shook his head and said, "You have to remember that you are the crown prince and the future master of the Tang Dynasty, and what you have to consider is the interests of more people within your own ability!" ”
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Everyone knows the truth, but if it is really operated, it is not so simple.
Li Chengqian struggled for a long time, planning to listen to the voices of these people and see if he could solve the problem.
But it was impossible for Li Yuanjing to summon all of them with so many people, so he asked the laid-off veterans gathered outside the yamen to select ten representatives to come in.
Li Yuanjing was a little uneasy, so he followed, but Li Yuanjing did not show up, but sat behind the screen and listened silently.
"This military reform is the result of careful consideration by the imperial court, and it is also the result of considering that you have been away from the border all the year round, and you have returned to your hometown to recuperate, for which the imperial court has also made additional compensation......," Li Chengqian Balabala said.
It's just that as soon as he opened his mouth, Li Yuanjing behind the screen couldn't help but shake his head.
It is not difficult to hear Li Chengqian's nervousness in his tone, and the other is that although there is nothing wrong with what he said, he used it in the wrong place.
It is nothing more than telling them that this is the decision of the imperial court, this is the general trend, and no one can change the result, and the imperial court is considering this matter from your point of view, and it has also given compensation, what else do you have to be dissatisfied with?
At this time, it was the time when these people were emotional, and although Li Chengqian's words made them dare not show anything, they must be unacceptable in their hearts.
"Your Highness, we dare not doubt the will of the imperial court, and we are also grateful that the imperial court can compensate us, but we also implore the imperial court to understand the suffering of the border army. Lingnan, especially Jiaozhou, there are not many people who are willing to come here, even the imperial court, in recent years, rarely send laborers to come here to garrison the border.
We are all natives of Lingnan, and it is also our responsibility and obligation to defend Lingnan, so we did not complain that the imperial court has not sent someone to replace us over the years.
I started fighting in the border area at the age of sixteen, and now I am thirty-nine years old, although I have not been able to mix with an official and a half-job, but I have also guarded Lingnan here for 23 years, and these people outside have been in the border army for six or seven years, and most of them have been in the border army for twenty or thirty years.
If we are really old and can't lift the knife, even if the court doesn't say it, we will leave on our own and will not become a burden to the court, but now that we are in the prime of life, we can still lift the knife, I only beg Your Highness to give me a chance to continue to guard Lingnan, and I also implore Your Highness to give me and other family members a bite to eat. ”
"This ......" Li Chengqian instantly made a difficulty.
Of course, he knew the hardships of the border army, Lingnan, a sparsely populated place where birds do not, has always been unpopular with the Central Plains and other places, but the army still has to have it.
People from the Central Plains and other places couldn't stand the climate here, and they sent people here at the earliest, but before they reached the ground, many people were sick, and later they died a lot because of the water and soil.
So after that, in Lingnan, most of the border troops were done by locals.
It's not like the northern or western border, there are the entire Guanzhong, Central Plains, Hedong and other places as support, even if a prime of life only needs to serve for three years, the number of people is barely enough.
But not here, so in Lingnan, the rotation system is implemented, not that a person who comes for three years does not need to perform normal military service, the first border is still a three-year period, and after three years, he needs to return to the barracks every year for a three-month period.
This is also the reason why Lingnan has a large cost and needs a subsidy from the imperial court every year, so that people go to the border every year, which is no problem in a short period of time, but every year, the imperial court always wants to be interesting, right?
Therefore, as long as the annual border defense task is carried out, the family can be exempted from two tax payers, so that the income of all parts of Lingnan is less.
What the other party said was very emotional, there was no nonsense and nonsense, let alone Li Chengqian, even if Li Shimin was here, he couldn't say anything hard at this time.
Li Chengqian even wanted to agree to them directly, and then set up a separate supply unit and let these people run and transport something, which can be regarded as an explanation for this matter.
But suddenly, Li Chengqian thought of what Li Yuanjing had warned him before, to take into account the interests of more people.
Once you promised them, what about the others? Is it all crammed in? Isn't this contrary to the original intention of the imperial court's military reform?
However, if we do not give them an explanation today, I am afraid that this matter will not be so easy to solve, and Li Chengqian cannot afford to provoke people between the ages of 35 and 40, and if these people are accidentally provoked, it may cause local turmoil, and then the problem will be big.
Li Chengqian's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking of a solution quickly, and suddenly, Li Chengqian's eyes lit up.
"Although you don't have any problems with your body at present, people have to serve the old, and in a few years, your body will not be suitable to continue to stay in the army, but the court will not forget you heroes.
If it is for life, you don't have to worry so much, the imperial court will set up a lot of workshops in Lingnan next, and the workshop will give priority to recruiting from among you, and the money you can earn from entering the workshop is no less than that in the army, and you can also reunite with your family. ”