Chapter 636: How to Recruit Soldiers

Li Shimin has already known more or less about the situation after the early dynasty.

After hearing that many people in the DPRK and China were in favor of the conscription system, Li Shimin finally nodded with satisfaction.

He felt that Qin Tian's idea was really good.

Everything, just wait for tomorrow morning.

And just when Li Shimin was preparing for tomorrow's morning dynasty, there were a few guests from the Qinhou Mansion.

"You kid, there are a lot of people."

Cheng Yanjin shouted as soon as he came in, and then Li Ji and Wei Chigong also cursed.

Qin Tian greeted him and smiled bitterly: "What do you mean by the princes, why are you insulting the juniors for no reason?" ”

Cheng bit Jin and snorted: "Did you come up with the idea today?" ”

"What's the idea?"

"Naturally, it's the idea of requisitioning government soldiers for two years."

Qin Tian's face was innocent: "Wronged, this is Gao Shilian, I don't deal with Gao Shilian, you all know it, do you think Gao Shilian will be instructed by me?" ”

Everyone was stunned, it seemed that this was really the case.

However, Li Ji pouted: "Okay, your kid's goal has been achieved now, what are you going to do next?" ”

"That's a holy thing."

"The Holy One wants to recruit soldiers, don't you have any ideas?"

"I'm not going to lead troops to fight, so it's unlikely that I'll stay in the barracks every day."

After the implementation of recruitment, the general has to eat and live with these soldiers, only in this way can he train a strong army, even if this idea is Qin Tian's idea, he has no intention of recruiting soldiers.

Someone else does it.

Seeing Qin Tian like this, everyone thought it was funny, they thought that Qin Tian wanted to recruit troops so much, he wanted to lead a team of soldiers and horses by himself, but it turned out that it was not.

After a few more conversations, they dispersed.

The next day, there was a light snow in Chang'an City.

The snow was small and melted before it had yet to fall to the ground.

Early dynasty, the main hall.

The ministers still hung their necks coldly.

Just in the middle of the early dynasty, the eldest grandson Wuji stood up: "Holy Lord, the minister has something to play." ”

Seeing the eldest grandson Wuji stand up, Li Shimin nodded: "What does the eldest grandson Aiqing have to play?" ”

"Shengshang, the government soldiers have been training, it is really not good for my Datang, if the Shengshang really needs to train a soldier and horse, you might as well recruit troops, my Tang Chang'an soldiers and horses are only 100,000, and I really need to expand the army."

The eldest grandson Wuji stood up, after going down to the court yesterday, he had already talked to many people, the government soldiers could not be trained all the time, so they still had to support the conscription system, and he, as the prime minister, naturally had to put it forward first.

After the eldest grandson Wuji stood up and said such a sentence, the rest of the people in the court also stood up.

"Yes, Shengshang, if you want to destroy the Turks, 100,000 soldiers and horses are not enough, you still have to continue to recruit, the minister thinks that the government military system and the recruitment system should be carried out together, and the court has a soldier and horse that can be used at any time, which is the right reason."

"The minister thinks so, too."

"The minister seconded the ......"

The conscription system, which the ministers had always opposed before, was now almost universally agreed, Qin Tian stood in front with a calm expression, but the corners of his mouth occasionally showed a subtle smile.

Li Shimin's heart also blossomed, and yesterday's plan finally succeeded.

The ministers said this, and after they all finished speaking, Li Shimin finally spoke: "What you Aiqing said is reasonable, if there are soldiers and horses available, the government soldiers can still go back to work on farming when they are busy with farming, this matter is so decided, and after I think about it, I will decide on recruiting troops." ”

Although recruitment has been determined, how to recruit them is a big problem that cannot be ignored.

You must know that after recruiting, the general will have to be with these soldiers and horses for a long time, and over time, these soldiers and horses will become more and more dependent on the general, and if the control is not good, they may not be able to lose their tails.

And if you want to strengthen the army, you can't just change the general, because if you do, everything may have to start over.

Li Shimin is very aware of this, so how to solve this problem is what he must consider.

After the early dynasty retreated, Li Shimin called the eldest grandson Wuji in, he only called the eldest grandson Wuji, among these people, the eldest grandson Wuji is undoubtedly the one he trusts the most, this kind of thing, it is okay to say to the eldest grandson Wuji.

In the imperial study, Li Shimin sat by the fire to warm his hands, he looked up at the eldest grandson Wuji, and said, "Auxiliary, what do you think about this matter?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji shrank his hand in his sleeve, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Saint, although recruiting troops can strengthen the army, there are many troubles, and people who don't trust it are not available, and in this world, how many can be trusted?" If there is an accident, as long as the court stops the supply of military salaries, the general who leads the troops will not be able to control the soldiers and horses, after all, the soldiers also have to eat, but if this person is particularly rich, he can feed these soldiers and horses, then the control of the court over these soldiers and horses will be further weakened......"

The eldest grandson Wuji muttered a lot, and every point he said was very to the point, he said that in every situation, some people in the court would be excluded.

After talking like this one after another, Li Shimin nodded and asked, "What do you think the auxiliary machine should do with this recruitment?" ”

"Holy Lord, the minister thinks that if you recruit troops, you can recruit them separately, so that you can contain each other and avoid falling off the tail."

Everyone knows the story of the Three Kingdoms, and Li Shimin also knows that militarily, if there are more points, it will be more balanced and easier to control, and even if it is a matter of probability, among several people, there must be someone who is loyal to the imperial court, which can reduce the risk.

"Then the auxiliary machine thinks, who can recruit these people in the DPRK and China?"

"The minister thought that the two of them could recruit soldiers."

"Tell me about it."

"First, it is Hou Junji, Hou Junji has the talent of a general, and he is also loyal to the saint, and there is another one, which is Su Dingfang, although this person is a general, but he has the ability and ability, which can be reused."

Whether it is Hou Junji or Su Dingfang, they are not the old people of Wagangzhai, the eldest grandson Wuji recommended these two people, obviously after careful consideration, you know, the power of Wagangzhai is still very large in the court, and their group of people is still the most righteous, if their people control the soldiers and horses, it is very unfavorable to them.

When Li Ji defected to the Tang Dynasty, he still held tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Wagangzhai in his hands, and the imperial court wasted a lot of effort to finally remove these, if they were allowed to control the soldiers and horses, these people would be even more difficult to control.

In comparison, Hou Junji and Su Dingfang are easier to control, they are involved in fewer groups, and they don't get together on weekdays.

Of course, the most important thing is that they do have this ability to train and lead troops.

If you want to let Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong go, it won't work, they are indeed fierce generals, and it's okay to fight, but if you want to lead the troops, train the troops or something, they are far from Hou Junji and Su Dingfang.

To put it bluntly, Hou Junji and Su Dingfang are handsome talents, Cheng Yanjin and these people are just generals, Li Ji and Qin Shubao are also handsome talents, but they have special identities, so it is not good for them to recruit soldiers.

(End of chapter)