The sage asked Jia Shuai to come over. ”

Lao Jia sat there dozing off as a young attendant whispered to wake him up.

"Oh, Your Majesty is done?"

"Not yet, Xu Shuai, who is now seeing North Korea back, will be Jia Shuai next."

Lao Jia stood up, tidied up his sleeves, patted a little charcoal ash that fell from the fire on his body, and straightened his hat, "Labor leads the way." ”

100 million years old in the temple.

Xu Shiji, the right governor of Andong Province and the Taishou of Fang County, was wearing a purple robe and jade belt, and was standing in front of a pair of Korean sand tables to explain to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, as long as you give the minister 100,000 people, no, three armies, and ensure logistics and food, the minister can destroy Baekje within three years."

But the emperor just shook his head.

"Two armies will do."

The Emperor still shook his head.

"If you are an army, it will be a little difficult, and you must have Song Shuai to cooperate."

Luo Cheng stretched out his hand and patted Xu Shiji's shoulder, "Mao Gong, I know that you have worked very the Korean Peninsula in the past two years, and you are also very attentive, when you were first transferred to Obifang County, there was nothing there, all the remnants of Goguryeo, your performance in the past two years is remarkable, not only with Seoul as the center, the Obifang County has been successfully stabilized, and so far, thirteen cities have been established, more than 100 immigrants Tunbao, and now Obifang County has five counties, with 20,000 garrisons, more than 300,000 immigrants, and more than 100,000 Tuntian slaves, so to speak, It's all your fault. ”

Xu Shiji, who had grown a long beard, heard this, and hurriedly said, "This is the result of Your Majesty's well-made strategy, the full support of the center, the care of Song Shuai on the front line, and the intentions of the soldiers." ”

"Mao Gong, according to the news reported by Jinyiwei, there are still many remnants of Goguryeo in Lelang and Obifang County?"

In the past two years, the imperial court has never stopped using troops on the Korean Peninsula, but there is no scale in the past, only Song Laosheng and Xu Shiji unified the army, one army guarded and one army entered and suppressed, Song Laosheng stabilized the rear, Xu Shiji boldly advanced, and the two cooperated seamlessly, without the slightest contradiction.

The so-called post-Goguryeo and post-Joseon established by the Goguryeo people were also wiped out under the encirclement and suppression of Xu Shiji, but until now, the resistance of the Goguryeo people has not stopped, and even many of the Tatar people have also contacted Goguryeo.

Not to mention, Baekje and Silla are always behind it.

"Some stubborn thieves, the ministers will surely exterminate them." Seo Se-gil believes that it was Baekje and Silla who defied the imperial court and secretly supported these Goguryeo remnants, so that there are still many Goguryeo remnants who refuse to give up resistance.

"It's normal to have resistance, my Great Qin has long ordered these Goguryeo people to be taken into slaves, and there must be people who don't want to be slaves, but now the situation is really unusual, although these Goguryeo people now have no land and cities, but they have completely turned underground, started guerrilla attacks with us, and even secretly contacted those slaves to make trouble."

"However, the last time the imperial court used troops in the west, it exhausted the treasury, and this year it all relied on the issuance of 50 million bonds, including the money that you Andong pulled out, and it was also used with this money. To fight a war, you have to ask for money and food, and when you use soldiers, you have to have arms to replenish them, and you have to reward soldiers and compensate for the dead and disabled. ”

"Mao Gong, a few days ago, I discussed with the Privy Council and the Ministry of War to reduce the number of the Northern Ya Forbidden Army and the Inner Ya Pro-Army, the Northern Ya Forbidden Army is now nearly 300,000, and it will be reduced by more than half, and the 12 Northern Ya Armies, each army will only retain 12,000 people. The 16 military offices of the internal government should also be reduced to 9,000 personnel per military office. ”

Originally, there were more than 280,000 horses in the Beiya alone, but now there are more than 280,000 in the Beiya and the Inner Ya combined, plus the Yulin Army of the Emperor's protégé, a total of 300,000 are retained.

"Your Majesty, the world is undecided, and the four sides are not appeased, why are you in a hurry to disarm and strike the army?" Xu Shiji was surprised.

"Doesn't Great Qin still have the twelve guards of the Southern Ya in the preparation of the army?"

Originally, Daqin set up military governments in various places, with 1,002 large mansions, 1,000 middle mansions, and 800 lower mansions, and the total number of government soldiers could reach more than 800,000.

However, this time, the imperial court plans to reduce part of the military government, reduce the number of military palaces to about 500,000, and the most basic government will also be converted into battalions.

There are 500 people in one battalion, and there are 1,000 battalions in the whole country, which are divided into 12 guards. The government was also reformed into a battalion, also because the current military system of the Qin army was originally based on the combat establishment of the battalion and regimental army, and there was no garrison establishment, so the basic unit of the government army was a battalion, which was also conducive to fighting.

Although there are still regimental armies above the battalion level, in peacetime, all units of the regimental army only retain some basic officers, and do not command the battalions below.

The three ya, the north ya, nearly 150,000, the inner ya, and the southern ya, add up to 800,000 troops, which is indeed not a few.

However, now the frontier of Great Qin is extremely wide, and the frontier is not stable, and the combat needs are large, if there are only 800,000 troops, most of them will be deployed in the frontier, and the other half will be deployed in important cities such as Liujing, and there will not be many people left.

This is inevitably a bit of a defensive on the outside.

"Your Majesty, if it's because of military spending, why don't you reduce the soldiers of the Northern and Inner Offices and increase the number of government soldiers?" Xu Shiji said that the government soldiers prepare their own equipment, do not need food and salary, serve the people in their leisure time, and serve as soldiers in wartime, and the military expenditure is indeed small.

"Although the government soldiers are equipped with their own equipment to fight, but the government soldiers have to be awarded land for meritorious service in the war, if the court is all government soldiers, after a few more battles, there will be no land to award, even if there is no problem for the time being, but after a few decades, this will inevitably become a big problem. How will Great Qin be maintained at that time? ”

At present, the northern and internal offices of the imperial court are mainly recruited soldiers, and it seems that a lot of military expenses are spent every year, but there is an advantage to recruiting soldiers, that is, as long as there is money, there is no need to reward the fields.

The field is a non-renewable resource, even if the imperial court continues to expand externally, the expansion is limited, and after reaching a certain limit, it is difficult to expand.

In history, the key to the collapse of the Tang Dynasty's government soldiers was because of the frequent use of soldiers, continuous wars, and the government soldiers had to fight abroad all the year round, delaying the production at home.

"The Goguryeo people no longer have a city, and then Andong Province will change from a wartime state to a normal state, and the two armies of Lelang and the Belt Party will be converted into a garrison of Weifu, and the military department plans to give you twenty-four battalions."

Xu Shiji couldn't help but smile bitterly, he originally wanted to ask the imperial court to send 100,000 troops, but in the end, the two armies of Andong Dao were nearly 50,000 people, and the imperial court only left 12,000.

"Your Majesty, although the Goguryeo people do not have a city, they are hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, and they have the secret support of Baekje and Silla, and they still threaten Andong Province from time to time."

"I know, but if we destroy them, it will inevitably involve Silla and Baekje, and now that the imperial court does not have the money, it may have to face the intervention of Dongying in a big war on the distant Korean Peninsula and the use of troops against Baekje and Silla at the same time. Of course, the imperial court is not afraid of the three small countries in Haidong, but in this part of the Korean Peninsula, it is impossible for my Great Qin to send troops to war, give you 12,000 government soldiers, choose their elites, and the rest of the government soldiers withdraw to the Central Plains, or directly remove the government soldiers and return them to the people's households, you bear with it first, wait for Andong Dao to have more household registration, and produce more money and grain, wait for the court's finances to improve, and wait for the situation in other border areas to improve, and then the court will send troops to the east, before that, you will guard Anton for the imperial court. ”

"Song Shuai is old, after returning to Beijing this time, I will let him stay in the capital as the privy deputy envoy, and Anton's side will be handed over to you to preside over the overall situation, and you will be the commander of the Zuodu Governor."

Xu Shiji could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

"Baekje and Silla, I will fight with their envoys, and you should not provoke any more provocations."

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