On this day, Ye Chen's major civil and military ministers gathered in the Youzhou Prefecture Pastoral Mansion in Jixian County, which was obviously something big about to happen.

Although it was a cold winter, it was warm in the state pastoral mansion at this time.

"This winter's will gather you over, hard work, come, here I toast you a glass, one is to express your heart, and the other is to warm everyone's body."

Saying that, Ye Chen picked up the wine glass and toasted everyone.

Everyone didn't dare to hold it up, so they all stood up and had a drink with Ye Chen.

After eating something and drinking some wine, the atmosphere warmed up, and at the same time, the body also warmed up.

"Okay, today you will gather in the state pastor's mansion, if you have any suggestions and difficulties, you will first say it, and then I will arrange some matters."

The meeting officially began, and Ye Chen first set the tone for the meeting.

At this time, there were many people who participated in the meeting, in addition to the major generals under Ye Chen, there were also county guards from various counties, as well as several other important subordinates of Ye Chen, which could be described as a gathering of civil and military personnel.

It can be seen from the people who participated in the meeting that Ye Chen's strength was already very strong at this time.

After Ye Chen finished speaking, Tai Shi Ci looked at everyone, stood up first, and said, "Okay, then I'll start first." ”

"Second brother, colleagues, now we have control over the entire Youzhou, and our strength has increased greatly, but at the same time, we also have to face more enemies, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in the south and Liu Bei in the west, they are all eyeing us, so my suggestion is to expand the size of the army."

Needless to say, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are both great enemies, and now no one dares to underestimate him because he has the support of Dong Zhuo, and to a certain extent, Liu Bei represents Dong Zhuo.

Everyone nodded, and now there is indeed a shortage of troops in the entire Youzhou.

"Okay, now that the major main battle armies are seizing the time to restore their strength, and at the same time expanding the scale of the second-line defense army, we must ensure that 50,000 troops can be mobilized at any time to fight abroad, and the security of Youzhou itself cannot be threatened."

Ye Chen immediately agreed with this opinion, because he had long wanted to expand the army, but he had not yet figured out the situation in the entire Youzhou, and he was also very difficult to formulate policies.

Now that I have a preliminary understanding of the entire Youzhou, it is time for various policies to be introduced.

Today's defense focus is from the south, and Daijun has the greatest pressure to defend against Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao.

At the same time, the defense of the north cannot be ignored, the enemy may make a detour to the north to launch a surprise attack on Youzhou, and at the same time, the grassland peoples in the north cannot relax their vigilance.

The expansion of the army has been unanimously agreed, but there are different opinions on how much to expand the army.

Of course, several generals wanted to have more troops in their hands, but those county guards and other civil officials did not agree.

It costs money to expand the army, and it costs a lot of money.

The more money is spent in the army, the less money is spent on other things.

"My lord, my subordinates have different opinions." At this time, Xu Shu stood up and said.

"Yuanzhi, please speak." Xu Shu was willing to come up with an idea, and Ye Chen was very happy.

"Lord, in addition to recruiting a large number of soldiers, this defense can also build a fortified city as before, and the establishment of a fortified city has many benefits, not only taking into account the people's livelihood, but also taking care of the military."

Xu Shu's words made Ye Chen very happy, this Xu Shu seems to have learned a lot of good things after arriving in Xuansu County.

"Okay, then Yuanzhi, you can tell me what the benefits are here." Ye Chen said with a smile.

Xu Shu knew that Ye Chen wanted to test him, and at the same time, he wanted to use his mouth to tell others about the benefits.

"Lord, generals, lords, I won't say much about the role of this fortified city on the military, just talk about the role of building a fortified city on people's livelihood."

Xu Shu began to say: "The establishment of a strong city can drive and feed a large number of people, and now there are many refugees in the whole Youzhou, they have no livelihood, but relying on the government's assistance, it will undoubtedly cost a lot, organize them, give them food, give them wages, not only can support themselves, but also help us build a city." ”

"In this way, the government will not be a simple rescue, another strong city can give the people a great sense of security, let them return to their hearts, it is very meaningful to stabilize the state and county, and moreover, a strong city will also have great benefits to culture and commerce..."

Xu Shu analyzed a lot of favorable factors for building a city, and analyzed all kinds of benefits.

"Okay, Yuan Zhi's analysis is very good, we must build the city while recruiting the army."

Then it's about how many troops to recruit and how many cities to build.

"Young family master, although we have a lot of financial resources now, but the war has just ended, and at the same time a large amount of money has been allocated to the newly incorporated counties, and now the money has been spent too much, it is really not appropriate to make a big move."

Hearing that he wanted a large sum of money, Wu Xian was anxious.

Ye Chen likes to spend a lot of money every time, and often the money is spent by him before it is hot.

"Money, the Ye family and Liaodong can come up with as much as they can, if it's not enough, I will find a way to get it together, anyway, this round of army expansion and large-scale construction can't be delayed."

At this time, it was already the winter of 192, and it was about to be 193, and in the next year, after a short break, the major forces would break out into greater conflicts, and there would be an army to fight, so Ye Chen wanted to expand the army.

The problem of money Ye Chen promised to solve it, and everyone went big.

"Lord, this army doesn't need too much, 50,000 troops to fight, plus 30,000 defensive troops, plus some militia is enough, Liaoxi, Youbeiping, and Liaodong are located in the hinterland, there is no need to arrange any army, the militia is enough, there is no war at present, and this main battle army can also act as a defender." Guo Jia came out and suggested.

80,000 regular troops is indeed enough for the entire Youzhou, although the enemy Yuan Shao has more than 200,000 troops and has been expanding, plus Liu Bei and Cao Cao, the pressure is indeed very great.

But now several parties have their own suspicions, and it is impossible for anyone to put all their troops into the war, so Ye Chen does not need to raise so many troops for the time being.

However, Ye Chen had other considerations, the army was very important, but it was not to be recruited all at once.

Ye Chen planned to keep recruiting, and at the same time slowly recruiting, first equipping and training the 50,000 main battle army, and then pulling out the prototype of the defensive army, and then slowly recruiting the army.

In this way, the money does not have to be taken out all at once, and then the city can be built at the same time, and at the same time, the construction of all aspects of Youzhou does not need to stop.

Ye Chen put forward an idea, and finally everyone discussed a balance.

The existing army was reorganized, and no one had any objection to the 50,000 main battle army, and then the second-line defending army first used a part of the militia, and the rest of the army was slowly recruited in stages.

The next step was to discuss how many fortified cities should be built.

Some people propose one, others propose four, and the forces of radical and conservative are more balanced.

In the end, Ye Chen made a decision.

"At the same time, the construction of two fortified cities, one in Dai County, the greatest pressure, must build a stronger and more magnificent fortified city than Shenyang City, and at the same time build a fortified city in Jixian County, a fortified city that will be the center of the entire power for a long time in the future."

The military aspect of Daijun is very large, and Jixian County is the location of Beijing in the future, and its military, political, and cultural status is also very important, and it is the center of Ye Chen for a long time in the future or in the future, so it is also necessary to build a strong city and a giant city.