Chapter 372: Prince, Disarmament, and the Use of Troops
In the first month of the 11th year of Kaiyuan, the Goguryeo royal family arrived in Luoyang, and the whole country was boiling, and the people of Luoyang rushed to witness it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Su Chen met with the king of Goguryeo in the palace and reprimanded the king of Goguryeo for the ten crimes in person, and the king of Goguryeo trembled and was sincerely afraid. Subsequently, Su Chen named the king of Goguryeo as the prince of Goryeo, and gave a mansion in Luoyang for the prince of Goryeo to live in.
On the twentieth day of the first month, Su Chen rewarded the military generals who had made great contributions in the Battle of Liangzhou, the Battle of Bashu and the Battle of Goguryeo, Guan Yu was named Chen Guogong, Ju Yi was named Xiping Gong, Xu Huang was named Zheng Guogong, Zhao Yun was named Changshan Gong, Huang Zhong was named Changsha Gong, Ju Yan three brothers, Ju Yan was named Marquis, Ju Guang Ju Ying was also named Earl, and the rest of the soldiers also had their own rewards. Among the several generals who were named the Duke of the Kingdom, only Guan Yu was awarded the title of the First Class Duke, and the rest were all second-class Dukes, which shows that with the pacification of the four seas, the position of the Duke of the State is becoming more and more difficult.
After the reward was completed, Su Chen summoned another order to set up Su Jin, the king of Chu, as the crown prince, Hua Xin as the prince's concubine, Bu Vulture as the prince's young master, and Lu Meng as the prince's guard, etc., the subordinate officials of the East Palace have completely determined the candidate after the discussion of the father and son.
At the same time, the Chinese military officials of the DPRK were already old, and in order to maintain the age echelon of the court personnel, Su Chen transferred Sima Yi and Zhou Yu to the military aircraft department, and Zhuge Jin, Lu Su and others were also transferred to the DPRK to serve as the chief officers of the six departments.
Not long after Su Chen established the crown prince, Huang Zhong's report was also sent to the imperial court, Shu County in the south of Yizhou was pacified, and the leader of the Southern Barbarians, Meng Shu, surrendered to the Great Yan Kingdom, but Su Chen was a little regretful, Liu Bei still did not catch it, and I heard that Liu Bei led the remnants of the defeated army from Yongchang County to the south, and there was no trace.
Su Chen was a little regretful that he didn't catch Liu Bei, but now that Dayan is strong, a little Liu Bei can't make any waves, he just regretted it for a while, and put this matter behind.
After the pacification of Yizhou, the rest is governance, there are Lu Xun and Zhuge Liang this Wen Yiwu team to govern Yizhou, Su Chen is very relieved, he appointed Huang Zhong as the governor of Jiaozhou, replacing Sima Yi to guard Jiaozhou, and at the same time appointed Guan Ping as the governor of Jingzhou, for the appointment of Guan Ping, many people have a lot of complaints, even Guan Yu himself said that Guan Ping has not experienced training, it is difficult to take on this important task.
However, Su Chen was arbitrary, the reason why Guan Ping was appointed as the governor of Jingzhou was mainly to strengthen Su Jin's strength, the civil and military officials in the states of the world, there were very few young people among the chief officials, most of them were loyal to him, but Guan Ping was from Su Jin's command, and he was Su Jin's team, with Guan Ping as the governor of the capital, it was also for this reason, after all, Jingzhou was the foundation of Su Jin for many years.
Guan Ping was confident, after receiving the order letter from the imperial court, he thanked him, and his words were extraordinarily confident, especially the last sentence "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the last general is willing to make a military order and must take care of Jingzhou's military affairs." ”
Now that the governors of various places are deeply rooted in the states, Su Chen intends to change blood, so veterans such as Ju Yi, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu were all transferred from his original post, Zhang Fei was sent by him to Liaodong to assist Xu Huang, although Zhang Fei has fought in the south and north over the years, but he has made very few great achievements, so that he has not been named the prince of the country until now, but Zhang Fei is still young, and there is an opportunity to conquer Dongying, which is a great achievement prepared by Su Chen for Zhang Fei and Tai Shici.
In order to strengthen the strength of the central army, Su Chen transferred troops from the Central Plains Governor's Office, expanded the number of forbidden troops to one million, divided into four legions in the southeast, northwest and northwest, stationed around Luoyang, the commanders of the four legions are called the metropolitan governors, and the level is two levels higher than the governors of the states.
Sun Ce, Zhang Liao, Ju Yi, and Guan Yu respectively served as the governors of the four armies in the southeast and northwest, guarding the four sides of Luoyang, these four armies are the foundation of the imperial court, and will become a standing army in the future.
In addition to the four armies, Luoyang also has several troops, the first is the Wuwei army of the palace guard, the Wuwei army is divided into two armies, the left and right armies, taking turns to guard the palace, the number is between 30,000 and 50,000 people, the chief officer of the Wuwei army is called the general, the level is from the first grade, one level higher than the governor of the four armies.
Now Gao Shun is the general of the left Wuwei, Xu Chu is the general of the right Wuwei, the two are in charge of the palace of the guard, although Gao Shun is no longer the captain of the school, but can be entrusted by the emperor to the duties of the guard, but also the trust of Gao Shun.
Now that the four seas are pacified, only Liaodong and the Western Regions are still using troops, and it is somewhat unnecessary for the major governors in the Central Plains to maintain the previous structure, you must know that before pacifying the world, the number of governors in various places has reached tens of thousands, and even more than 200,000 in some places, even if hundreds of thousands of troops have been mobilized into Luoyang, the number of governors in various places is still very bloated.
Su Chen convened the Minister of the Military Aircraft Department to discuss this matter and asked: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the four seas have been leveled, I think that finally there is no need for the governor's offices in various places to maintain such a large number of troops, firstly, to reduce the expenses of the imperial court, and secondly, there are few wars in these places, and it is really unnecessary to continue to maintain such a large number of troops. ”
In fact, Su Chen's concerns are also a problem for the Military Aircraft Department, and now there is really no need to continue to maintain so many troops, especially in Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Jizhou, Jingzhou, and Yuzhou, which are not on the four sides and corners, and there is no need to guard against foreign races, and maintaining tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops will only cost food and salary.
After Su Chen's voice fell, Xun You said: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of Wei Chen, for the major governors in the Central Plains, the number of troops should indeed be reduced, and the ministers think that the major governors in the Central Plains only need to maintain 30,000 standing troops, and in addition, the Yingyang Mansions in each county should also reduce the number, and it is a more appropriate number to maintain the number of combatable soldiers to 3,000 to 5,000. ”
"As for other states and counties, similar to Bingzhou and Yizhou, although these places belong to border counties, there is not much foreign trouble, the number of troops in the governor's mansion can be increased on the basis of 30,000, but it must not be increased too right, judging from the statistics of the number of soldiers in the Zhichong Prefecture in various places now, even if there is a big war, it can mobilize a large army to defend against the enemy in the fastest time, so the number of standing troops does not need to increase too much."
"For the border areas of Youzhou, Liangzhou, and Jiaozhou, it is possible to maintain a certain number of standing troops, firstly, to deter foreign races, and secondly, these places are the bridgeheads of the Yan Kingdom's foreign wars in the future.
"Well, what Gongda said is reasonable, so in your opinion, should the soldiers who have been dismissed from various places be sent to these border counties?"
"This ......" Hearing this question, Xun You thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is not impossible, for the dismantled soldiers, it can be divided into two parts, the first is the non-commissioned soldiers who have served for more than half of the time, these soldiers may wish to be directly transferred to military households after the abolition, to enrich the border areas, and for those who have served for a short time, they can be made to enrich the border counties, and after reaching a certain age, let them retire." ”
"This is a big project, we all know that the people's homeland is difficult to leave, and the soldiers are not like this, our army has ten years of service for ordinary soldiers, which is not short, enlisted at the age of eighteen, retired at the age of twenty-eight, it is the strongest years of a soldier, Yan Guo can rise to peace all over the world, all because of the soldiers' lives, if not, how can I and you enjoy this peaceful world."
"Your Majesty is merciful!"
Although Su Chen was a little emotional, he didn't continue to dwell on this matter, for the sake of the peace of the world, there are always people who need to sacrifice, relatively speaking, Yan Guo is already very generous to soldiers.
After discussing the matter of dismantling the soldiers of the Governor's Mansion, Su Chen talked about the military of Liaodong today, and said: "According to Gongming's report, the imperial court's use of troops in Fuyu is not very smooth, the land of Fuyu is quite cold, even the soldiers who are accustomed to the climate of Liaodong are frozen hands and feet when they arrive there, last winter, the imperial army did not make any gains, but suffered a lot of losses in the hands of Fuyu, and spring is about to begin, after the beginning of spring is the time for our army to use troops in Fuyu, what do you think about this matter?" ”
When it came to the Liaodong military, Sima Yi had some thoughts in his heart, but several seniors didn't speak, and Sima Yi didn't come out, Su Chen saw his movements and asked, "Zhongda, what are your clever plans?" ”
Since the emperor asked in person, Sima Yi did not hide it, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister does have some ideas. ”
"Then you talk about it, let everyone listen to it, you have been in Jiaozhou for many years, you must have some experience, the real civil and military in the Military Aircraft Department, Zhong Da and Gong Jin, you don't have to be restrained, just speak freely."
Indeed, everyone in the Military Aircraft Department is good at strategy, whether it is Xun You or Guo Jia, only those who are both civil and military, who are good at resourcefulness and can lead troops to fight, there are only a few people in the Manchu Dynasty, Zhou Yu is one, Sima Yi is one, and the other is Lu Xun, these three people are really handsome.
In comparison, Guan Yu and the others are worse, although they are all famous generals and have resourcefulness, but compared to these three people, they are still a little worse, at best, they are a great general.
Today, the members of the Military Aircraft Department are: Guo Jia, Xun You, Xu Rong, Xu Shu, Zhou Yu, Sima Yi, Pang Tong, Jia Xu and Lu Xun.
Among these nine people, although Xu Shu and Xu Rong are also good, they are still a lot worse than the three handsome talents.
Sima Yi is not a newcomer in the Military Aircraft Department, he has been staying in the Military Aircraft Department before he guarded Jiaozhou, and he used to be the master of Su Chen's drafting documents, and later slowly participated in the decision-making of some Military Aircraft Divisions, but at that time he was really soft-spoken.
Now he is the Duke of Yueguo, who has been in Jiaozhou for several years, and has made great achievements, among the ministers of the Military Aircraft Department, Lu Xun and Zhou Yu's resumes are better than him, but he also knows that Guo Jia and Xun You are the emperor's henchmen, so he can barely rank in the top five in the Military Aircraft Department, which is higher than Xu Rong and Xu Shu.
This is not surprising, among the nine people in the Military Aircraft Department, five are the princes of the country, and Sima Yi is naturally ranked fifth, although Zhou Yu is later named the prince of the country, but Zhou Yu has a background in the navy, and now he is also the minister of the navy, of course, his status is higher than him.
Everyone wants to see what Sima Yi can say, and Sima Yi also knows that he must show some housekeeping skills today, otherwise, his position is also in jeopardy, don't forget, Xu Shu is still the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the real power of reasoning is even more than that of him, the minister of military aircraft.