Chapter 119: Separation of Military and Political Affairs

When Li Shimin of the next dynasty came, he saw such a scene, Feng Daiwen was instructing two small exercises.

"Battlefield fighting, there are no fancy things, the knife should be fast, try to face the enemy's upper body, the force can not be used with all strength, at most only nine points of strength, leaving a point of strength can not only change the move, but also close the knife, with the knife can be chop, do not cut, with the cut is easy to be stuck by the bone." Feng Daiwen explained carefully.

"Good!" A loud exclamation came.

"Participate in the Holy Heaven! (Father)" The three of them turned around and saw Li Shimin standing behind them and hurriedly saluted.

"Excuse me, you have to keep in mind what Wei Guo said, this is all the experience summed up with your life on the battlefield, if one day you really go to the battlefield, this is the ability to save your life." Li Shimin's two sons said seriously.

"The sons and daughters remember what their father said." The two hurriedly agreed.

"Okay, you all come in and listen to the way of Weiguo." Li Shimin waved his hand and said.

Several people entered the apse, and Feng Daiwen first asked for sin: "Yesterday, Weichen was rude, and I also ask the saint to forgive me." ”

"Aiqing has been running all the way, and she has not been able to rest well, she is so tired that she sleeps over, what is the blame for this, the battle report just said the battle process, the result, how to tell me specifically." Li Shimin asked people to sit down with tea and said.

"Wechen obeyed the order, and Wechen led 30,000 troops to march from Shuofang............ Feng Daiwen explained the details of the expedition in detail to several people. Including why he made such arrangements at that time, how to judge the terrain, how to negotiate with his subordinates, and how to arrange after the war, he explained very carefully. Of course, Li Shimin must understand the reason, mainly to say it to the two little ones.

Li Shimin happily watched Feng Daiwen teach the two elementary schools, thinking that the effect was much better than those Confucianism holding books and teaching, and the prince followed Wei Zheng to preside over the reconstruction of the city for a period of time, and looked at the problem much better.

"Very good, the Eastern Turks can no longer pose a threat in the future, and they are also very clever in arranging on the steppe, but so many captives must be arranged well, what is the opinion of the country." Li Shimin said when he saw that Feng Daiwen had finished speaking.

"Weichen has a shallow opinion, and please consider it." Feng Daiwen hugged his fists and saluted.

Li Shimin saw Feng Daiwen's serious face, understood that he was going to talk about business, and also sat down and said: "Today is all my own family, but it doesn't hurt to say it, you can only listen, think, and not say a word to the outside world." Now it's up to you two to record. He turned around and said to Li Ke and Li Tai.

"Erchen understands." The two hurriedly replied and sat upright.

"The minister thought that when the army returned to the division, it was time to start streamlining the army of the government, and the young women captured by the Turks could select a part of it to be distributed to the soldiers who had made meritorious contributions, and set up horse farms in Shuofang, Dingxiang, and Youzhou, and the elderly captives could help with grazing. The young and strong choose some components to form an army, and Xu Ruo will restore the status of a poor person with his military exploits. Other captives continued to be reformed through labor. Feng Daiwen introduced.

"I also know the benefits of streamlining the army, but in this way the treasury is overspent. I am afraid that the opposition between the DPRK and China is too loud. Li Shimin thought for a moment and asked.

"Wei Guogong also asked about this matter, Weichen thought that there were several major benefits to streamlining the government soldiers, first, the soldiers who have been training together for a long time will cooperate with the tacit understanding, and the personal combat effectiveness will be higher, and the second is just to try the separation of military and government, unified training, unified training for all soldiers, and then distribute them to various places, which can avoid supporting the army to the greatest extent." Feng Daiwen explained.

"Moreover, the soldiers armed with sophisticated equipment are more powerful than the number of piles, the same battle used to require 50,000 people, now only 10,000 can be needed, there are fewer soldiers, the government only needs less weapons and equipment, logistics materials, and it will not increase expenses." Feng Daiwen drank saliva and continued.

"Yes, this matter will be carried out as soon as the army returns to the division." Li Shimin had actually agreed when he heard that he could avoid supporting the army and self-respect, and after thinking about it for a while, he agreed without hesitation.

"You've explained to me before, you're talking about the specifics, how to arrange, how to implement, and you should have thought about what suggestions you have." Li Shimin continued.

"The minister thinks that it can be carried out in batches, and the veteran generals in the army will be trained in a unified manner, and after one batch is qualified, the second batch will be trained, so that the effect can be seen, and the second will not affect the garrison in other places." Feng Daiwen introduced.

"Yes, Rong Zhen thinks about it, you said that you will reward young Turkic women to Tang Dynasty soldiers, I am afraid that the major Confucians will criticize and cause controversy." Li Shimin threw out another question.

"The minister will write in the form of a chapter, we want to conquer the world in the Tang Dynasty, and the lack of population is a big problem, and the minister suggests that the people be allowed to take foreign races as concubines, and the government that has many children will reduce or reduce taxes as appropriate." Feng Dawen replied.

"As for the saint, you said that there are people who oppose it, that is, they don't know how the alien race treats the Han people, as far as Weichen knows, from the first year of the Great Cause to the sixth year of Wude, the Turkic Kouguan more than 30 times, a total of more than 1 million border people have been affected, more than 300,000 people have been stolen to the grassland, Youzhou, Bingzhou, Shuofang, Yunzhong more than 10 states and counties are uninhabited for thousands of miles, ten rooms and nine empty, and Weichen swept the Shuofang grassland last time but rescued more than 1,000 people, this time it is only a few thousand, none of the young women survived, and only tens of thousands of Han people survived in Dingxiang." Feng Daiwen said with red eyes.

"Smack!" "All these are the iniquities of the Turks. If it weren't for the need for labor in the Tang Dynasty, the ministers would have slaughtered the entire Turkic clan. The more Feng Daiwen spoke, the more angry he became, and he stood up and said fiercely.

"Today, Doctor Sun entered the palace to diagnose the queen's pulse, saying that the queen's health is better than a few years ago, and the fetus is also very healthy. Li Shimin smiled and said an unrelated topic.

Feng Daiwen calmed down and said with a wry smile: "Weichen is out of shape, and the saint forgives his sins." "I really get angry when I think of the captured Han people who are skinny and have dull eyes like walking corpses.

Li Shimin waved his hand and motioned for Feng Daiwen to sit down, and he didn't care, he drank saliva and said slowly: "Doctor Sun said that you killed too much, which affected your mind a little, it seems that this is indeed the case, there has been no war recently, you can recuperate for a while." ”

"Thank you Shengshang, Weichen is fine, but when I see the tragic situation of the Han people who were arrested and taken to the grassland, my heart is inevitably unbalanced." Feng Daiwen relaxed and said.

"I can understand your feelings, I have seen too many tragic situations back then, and I was also in a passionate mood at first, eager to kill all the rebels and corrupt officials, but later I saw a lot, and my mentality became numb, so I had to try my best to do more for the people of the world, so that they could live a good life, and I hope to defend the country and help me." Li Shimin persuaded.

"The minister will do his best for the saint, and after death, the minister will set up a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations." Feng Daiwen got up in excitement and knelt on one knee, swearing to the sky with his right hand.

The ancients attached great importance to the oath, Li Shimin saw that Feng Daiwen was so passionate and made a grand wish, stepped forward to help Feng Daiwen and laughed: "Haha, good, a good one to open peace for all generations, I encourage Aiqing together." ”