Chapter 706 The Martial Empress Who Never Speaks of Age

Of course, the Tang Dynasty is a country with a centralized monarchy, but it does not mean that this court is the emperor's one-word hall, especially when the top three are basically an iron triangle. In addition to those three, the prime ministers of the political hall have extremely high power, they have the power to issue, refute and execute, and directly face the countless officials under them who perform their duties.

Although the death of the eldest grandson Wuji and the exile of Li Yifu had weakened the prime minister's voice to some extent, this situation did not last long. The prime minister may sit peacefully in front of the saint without having to stand with difficulty; When the ministers are in the court, they can bend their necks to express their opinions, instead of kneeling on the ground in fear; As long as you are literate, everyone from the common people can read and speak.

This is an era of prosperity, but there is always a rickety figure behind the prosperity, and there is always a lingering crisis, which is a malaise that will never be lacking in every prosperous era.

The corruption of the government military system has not been a day or two, so there are not a few people who have raised this point in the words and deeds from top to bottom, including Liu Renliang, who has revisited the old matter. The others were not in Luoyang's heart, but they were in Luoyang, and a long speech flew directly into Li Xian's desk in the East Palace. Although Li Xian has always been a little frightened by Lao Liutou's stubbornness, other people's suggestions are another matter.

As early as when he was still in Baekje in the past, Liu Renliang once proposed the disadvantages of the government military system and the temporary recruitment system. As the so-called Zhenguan Yonghui period, all those who died in the war had an envoy to pay tribute and posthumously present official positions. The deceased official and his children were again shaded, and since five years after Xianqing, he died in conscription, and the government no longer asked. Not only that, but the soldiers who go out to fight are not even fully clothed, and their merits are almost never lost.

Take the last last expedition to Goguryeo as an example, if Li Xian hadn't run over and walked around on a whim, I am afraid that the merits of countless soldiers would have been forcibly ignored.

Lao Liutou's meaning is very clear - recruit soldiers, and then recruit soldiers. After the Tang Dynasty, there will be no soldiers available. To fight a war, it is necessary to use professional troops, so as not to leave the farmland without cultivation. The people were displaced. Moreover, if it is well trained, a 20-year-old professional army can last for 20 years, to say the least, and can avoid the pain of requisition, and it will not cause trouble to the state and county along the way.

"Those who know me, old Liu Touye!"

Li Xian flicked the letterhead with great emotion, and he was quite touched in his heart. This old Liu Tou is not old-hearted, and he can be described as old and strong. It can be said that it is a sharp point on this kind of issue. A sentence that Datang has no soldiers to use, who dares to say this for others, aren't they afraid of losing their heads? It is really not good for a country to have no elite soldiers and strong generals, think about the failure of the two Eastern Crusades of the Great Sui in the past, and the countless elite soldiers were lost, so the internal and external troubles were turbulent, and finally it was so stubbornly destroyed.

casually handed Lao Liu's good article to Li Jingye next to him, and then pulled his beard with a smile - this Shangguan Yi's signature move has now been learned by him.

"Dedication, send this Ming of Lao Liu Tou to everyone to circulate. Hey. His great god pressed his head down, and everyone had to weigh it carefully, so as not to waste my spittle. By the way, don't forget to send one to the fifth brother. I think that I insisted on not letting him retire at the beginning, which seems to be the right choice. ”

Facing the triumphant Li Xian, Li Jingye was speechless, and when he left the East Palace, he happened to meet Shangguan Yi and Hao Chujun, who came together, and he mentioned this matter by the way. As a result, the two of them showed solemn expressions. exchanged words with each other for a while, but they returned the same way without saying a word, which made him confused.

Faced with the fait accompli of the begging for words, the Empress Wu was a little annoyed, but she just looked at the fact that everyone was impassionedly discussing important matters. It seems that no one is holding the Empress Taishang anymore, so she should retire to the deep palace to recuperate. Only then did she reluctantly approve of her son's "nonsense". Of course, she is not without pimples in her heart.

Not understanding military affairs does not mean that the military queen does not want to meddle in the army. Otherwise, she would not have attached so much importance to Cheng Wuting. The generals of the army who have always relied on fighting the world, although it is now the Chengping period, but if someone with ulterior motives controls the military power and then launches a mutiny, the consequences are enough to send chills down her spine. Therefore, with one eye, she always stared at the famous generals of Datang.

The heart of defense is indispensable! This is the first sentence of the Empress Wu after Li Xian was summoned. Of course, Li Xian can understand his mother's strong vigilance, and he has to analyze the situation for a while, and then rise to the height of the people's country to elaborate, and then point to it, such a thing that benefits the people and benefits the people, there will be countless people who appreciate the kindness of the imperial court.

Empress Wu can still listen to the phrase that the people's hearts belong to herself, however, she is not such a foolish person: "It's not that I suspect these generals now, they are naturally reliable, but who can guarantee that the successors in the future can also be loyal?" At the beginning, Emperor Taizong and Cheng Qian were father and son, and they still had the heart of rebellion, let alone others? ”

This is very to the bone, and it is also the problem that Li Xian is most worried about. Of course, he can't say anything about the generals and families of the generals who went out to fight in the Tang Dynasty are all in the country, and they can be regarded as keeping hostages - who cares about the family members of this ruthless master? He also can't say that he can send his inner servants to act as a supervisor to restrain him, and countless facts have proved that there must not be two voices in the army. He can't even say anything about changing troops or not changing generals, so that the generals in the army don't know the soldiers, and the soldiers don't know the generals - this is also the stupid method invented by the Song Dynasty.

"It is not unreasonable for the queen mother to be worried, but it is something that cannot be avoided by any dynasty or generation. If you want to say that this Sui Dynasty is not a government soldier, the result is not a civil strife? So in the final analysis, it is not a question of the military system, but a problem of people. For example, now, with the queen mother, who would think of rebellion? ”

He held the martial queen a little, thinking that no dynasty would really survive for thousands of generations, and he didn't have the ability to think about future generations. Democracy in such an age? Phew, unless he's a madman. Since it is autocracy, the best thing to do is to prepare a wise and martial heir, but even then the future is only uncertain. Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, he is good to worry about now, and it will be useful to worry about the future?

"Just you can talk!" Empress Wu glanced at her angrily, and thought about it in her heart again. Although she doesn't directly intervene in the military, she still heard that the current sergeants seem to be insufficient, and it is really impossible to continue like this. It's just that she instinctively has a strange rejection of Liu Ren's suggestion, but thinking about it again, Li Xian provoked the matter, it is better to give credit to her son, and let Liu Renliang carry it if she is in trouble, and her mood suddenly became happy again.

Although she is already in her fifties, Empress Wu still looks the same as back then, and the years do not seem to have left any traces on her face. The body that was originally slightly blessed due to the heat stroke a few days ago, now it has lost a few points, and it looks like the spirit is fine, if the eyes are staring at you, they will definitely be able to look at you.

This is the Tang Dynasty Queen who never says goodbye.

If he is determined to seize power, Li Xian now has at least six points of confidence that he can launch a lightning success. He, the prince, seems to be fine, but people in all aspects have basically taken care of it, especially the Yulin Army, who holds the power of guarding the Forbidden Palace, and Li Xian, who only has a name, can't grasp the power at all. After all, local coups can build momentum, but they are nowhere near as simple and effective as central coups.

It can even be said that if Li Xian is willing to carry out infamy and follow the example of his cheap grandfather, Emperor Taizong, to launch a beheading operation, then he will have peace of mind in the future, and he will no longer have to worry about any constraints.

However, he was willing to face those eyes that were sometimes gentle, sometimes angry, sometimes sharp. Mo Mingcheng became the son of the martial queen, if he was just to live a peaceful life and live peacefully for his wife, then after more than 20 years, if they say that they have no feelings for each other, it is absolutely self-deception. No one in the world is born cold-hearted, and power will certainly destroy people's hearts, but it is also the people's hearts that have been guarded against and polluted in the first place, so that they will end up in the worst end.

Seeing that Empress Wu was suddenly in a daze and didn't speak, Li Xian couldn't help coughing lightly, and seeing that there was still no movement, he couldn't help but wonder. This mom can't be cranky and want to go to the ends of the earth, right? Helpless, he had to step forward and gently tug on the sleeve of the martial queen, which successfully pulled the martial queen back who was in a state of pride.

"It's up to you to discuss it well in the DPRK and China, and then talk about it after you have thought through all aspects. There is only one point, the soldiers are different from the generals, the generals are just one, but there are countless soldiers, and they can't keep their loyalty. Even if you recruit soldiers, Guanzhong is the first choice, followed by Shandong, do you understand? ”

The old mother gave the charter, and the biggest stone in Li Xian's heart was finally completely put down, and he nodded again and again without hesitation. After a few gossips, he was about to go back to arrange a matter of affairs, but when he turned around, he was coldly grabbed by someone. For this kind of angry behavior that he hadn't had for several years, he couldn't help but be stunned, and he really couldn't figure out the meaning of Empress Wu's move.

"Last time Dai Zhide's account, I won't settle it with you. This time you are responsible for the matter, if you dare to get out of the matter and retreat, then don't want to get away easily. Also, your father said that Mo'er's name is Li Shu, which happens to have the same meaning as Chen'er Xi'er's name. And Helan's You'er, the big name is Li You. If you have nothing else to say, I will command them to go and collect the genealogy. By the way, you now have a total of four daughters and two sons, when will you bring a few grandchildren to let us see? ”

Faced with such an extremely difficult question, Li Xian was dumbfounded. It is destined to give birth to a boy and a girl, how can he pack a ticket and give birth to a son next? Besides, it seems that the wives in his family have not moved recently.

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