(First update.) Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ）

After Li Congjing returned to Luoyang, although he also entered the palace to see Li Siyuan in the first few days, he basically only talked about the two rivers and Khitan, and did not mention the new policy, and Li Congjing left Luoyang for half a year, Luoyang is complicated, whether it is the palace of the king of Qin, or the generalissimo's mansion of the world's soldiers and horses, all affairs need to be handed over by Li Congjing first, and until Li Congjing re-sorts out the clues, the time has passed half a decade, and at this time, the forbidden army from the Xichuan class division has also returned about 40,000.

As for the rest of Li Congzhang's troops, they must be temporarily stationed in Xichuan, and they can only return to Luoyang when the new army of Liangchuan is completely formed-of course, this is what they say on the surface, and in private, Li Siyuan, Li Congjing and others do not plan to do so.

Once the Tang Dynasty decides to use troops against Chu, then Li Congzhang's 10,000 forbidden troops can go directly from Shuzhong to Chu via the Yangtze River.

"In the eyes of discerning people, whether the Tang Dynasty will vigorously implement the new policy next, or send troops to help the new King of Chu resist the Yang and Wu armies, is one of the two choices, but in my opinion, this is not a difficult thing at all." What Li Siyuan meant when he said this, Li Congjing naturally understood.

Over the years, the Tang Dynasty has only trained the forbidden army on the surface, and in the past four years, 50,000 have been killed, all of which are elite divisions, but in fact, Li Siyuan has secretly reorganized the six armies of the Son of Heaven and the guards and pro-army, and it is also going on non-stop.

Tiancheng New Deal to this day, although there are all kinds of deficiencies, but it is also a big project is difficult to accomplish overnight, its contribution is indelible, under the general trend of the New Deal, cultivation has been guaranteed, taxes have been increased in various places, roads, canals have been renovated, transportation conditions have been improved, Luoyang and its surrounding areas, can store more than 50,000 soldiers.

"When Zhuang Zong, because of the annexation of the pseudo-Liang, the six armies of the Son of Heaven and the guards have been greatly expanded, so that they are beyond the scope of Luoyang, when the world's feudal towns, prefectures and counties are not governed, transportation is blocked, Zhuang Zong has no choice but to divide the six armies of the Son of Heaven and the guards into several departments, so that the commander of the army will be the Jiedu envoy and the defense envoy, and stationed in the feudal town, which is also the reason why the Tianxiong Army and the Silver Spear Jie Army are among the six armies and the guards at that time, and the troops are stationed outside."

When Li Siyuan talked to Li Congjing about this, the two were not in the palace, but sat on a pavilion, in addition to Li Congjing, there were also Li Congrong and Li Conghou.

"But even if there are many elite soldiers stationed outside, when Zhuang Zong loses power, Luoyang is not without soldiers, on the contrary, the army is full, Zhuang Zong's first eastward crusade, 100,000 soldiers, and when he wants to go to the east for the second time, there are also tens of thousands of elite soldiers. because he has no ears for the army. It is unpopular with the military, both inside and outside. ”

Li Siyuan stood in front of the pavilion gate, looking at the place where the spring was full of spring, of course, the traitor in his mouth did not refer to himself, but to the soldier from Ma Zhi who killed Zhuang Zong, "Since I ascended the throne, because of the need for food, I first ordered the soldiers and horses of the army to be stationed on the spot, and then I deeply felt that the arrogance of the soldiers in the army has become a common practice, so I do not dare to entrust the heavy responsibility, for the Tianxiong army, I would even rather move out of the town and kill it." ”

The so-called local grain collection follows the old practice of the feudal town: the feudal town army is in the feudal town, and the feudal commander allocates land to support him, and his family members know the fertile land. Because of this, the feudal army is not only an armed group but also an interest group in the locality.

Li Congjing looked at Li Siyuan and said: "After the Silver Spear Effectiveness Army and the Tianxiong Army were destroyed one after another, the world's arrogant soldiers and fierce generals died, and the imperial court was able to transfer elites from all over the country to train 50,000 elite forbidden troops. But in Yi'er's opinion, the soldiers of the feudal town have been arrogant for a long time, and they are still unavailable, and it is the limit to be able to get 50,000 forbidden troops. ”

Li Siyuan sat down after returning to the small case, "This is not bad. Anyone who talks about the soldiers of the feudal town, the mediocre people only know that the feudal town is dominant, and its soldiers are also strong, and they often kill the commander and occupy the city, as if they are not afraid of death, in fact, how can the real situation ever be like this? ”

Li Congjing said with a smile: "There are dozens of feudal towns in the world, and those with outstanding combat power are always rare, and they can always be called elite, but the three towns of Hebei are only, Rao is the three towns of Hebei, and when the king of Jin rises, the situation has also changed." Otherwise, the Yellow Nest will run rampant in the north and south, and no one will be able to control it. ”

He took a sip of tea, "But if the army only holds the place hostage and becomes a proud general, 'the land is good at the general, the general is good at the army', then it is just able to run rampant in the countryside, oppress the people, and compete for personal gain. The strong and weak soldiers of the feudal towns after Huangchao not only depend on whether they have been on the battlefield for a long time, but also depend on the ability of the generals. The soldiers dare to kill the commander and dictate themselves according to the territory, which does not mean that the feudal town is strong, it can only show that the soldiers are arrogant and fierce, and the court cannot control it, then the court is incompetent. ”

Li Siyuan took a sip of tea and sighed: "There are many feudal towns in the world, and the reason why they can survive for a hundred years is just that they collude with each other, collude with each other, and join forces to blackmail the imperial court, and what about the imperial court?" If the forbidden army is unusable, it must rely on the soldiers of the feudal towns, and if the feudal towns obey the orders and are still ordered to send out the division, Rao is so, once the cooperation between the feudal towns is not effective, it will be difficult to win the battle. Xianzong is quite talented, but he still took advantage of the contradictions between the feudal towns to pacify Huaixi, Zhaozong refined the forbidden army, but the forbidden army was controlled by eunuchs, so he was first bullied by Li Maozhen, and then killed by Zhu Wen. ”

"As you just said, the army of the world, can train soldiers and have repeated battles, can be called a warlike soldier, but there are many feudal towns in the world, it is really normal to have wars, but the soldiers of border towns, most of the feudal towns rarely have wars, although there are times when there are troops, they are mostly not able to work, victory is noisy and marching, defeat is a thousand miles away, how much combat power can be?"

Speaking of this, Li Siyuan sneered, "In the Tang Dynasty Town, there are not many elite soldiers, and most of them are in border towns, such as Lulong and Datong Town, those who live in the Central Plains are just showing their teeth and claws, really speaking, how can I take them seriously?" At the beginning of the New Deal, this generation did not dare to let go, it can be seen that they are just a group of people who see the wind and steer the rudder, and now that the New Deal has reached the second stage, they still have to make a noise? It is true that they may be able to 'respond to a hundred calls', they may be able to make a huge noise, or they may be able to beacon fire for thousands of miles, but in front of the forbidden army, they are just a group of paper paste insects, and it is not easy to destroy them? ”

Li Congjing said with a smile: "What my father is worried about is naturally not that there is chaos in the feudal town, and the imperial court cannot control it, but that the feudal town is in turmoil, and the soldiers will take the opportunity to plague the prefecture and county, causing a great military disaster to the locality." ”

Li Siyuan said to Li Congrong and Li Conghou: "Learn from your brother, when you can be like him, I will be able to 'rule the Tang Dynasty'." ”

Li Congrong smiled dryly and didn't speak, Li Conghou smiled clearly, "Who doesn't know that brother is virtuous?" Conghou also has the heart to share his father's worries, and he will definitely ask his brother for advice in the future. ”

Li Siyuan smiled and nodded, "Yes, I am self-motivated." ”

Li Congjing asked Li Siyuan: "Father's rectification of the Sixth Army of the Son of Heaven and the guards has been completed?" ”

Li Siyuan nodded, and said with a rather happy expression: "I won't want arrogant soldiers, I don't want soldiers, I don't want to be cowardly, whether it's stationed around Luoyang or stationed in the town, the six armies of the Son of Heaven and the guards have a total of more than 100,000, and I have eliminated more than half, leaving 60,000 usable soldiers, which are unified into the guards and pro-army." These 60,000 soldiers are now all stationed around Luoyang, and the generals and schools mostly use the troops that I trusted and can fight in the past, as well as the students of the Yanwu Academy, although the combat strength is not comparable to the previous 50,000 forbidden troops, but it is not comparable to ordinary feudal towns. ”

Li Congjing already knew a little about this time, and he was not surprised at this time, many old and weak people were not eliminated instantly, but it took a full four years, so as long as they were properly placed, it didn't matter how much storm they set off - of course, it does not mean that there will be no wind and waves, not to mention that at this juncture, the imperial court will soon kill the feudal town, and there is a great possibility of wind and waves.

"If the arrogant soldiers are in turmoil, and the feudal town is plotting against each other, the imperial court has 100,000 available troops to mobilize, and it is not dangerous that it will not be able to cope with it." Li Siyuan looked very confident.

He said that the imperial court has 100,000 soldiers available, not that the army in the world, the imperial court can only mobilize 100,000, not to mention those who are stationed in the important passes of the four sides of Guanzhong, that is, the soldiers of the feudal towns, and the number is still quite a lot - there are feudal towns that are rebellious and vain to the imperial court, but there are also some feudal towns, who are Li Siyuan, Li Congjing's henchmen, or honest ministers, who are loyal to the imperial court.

These 100,000 troops are the mobile forces that can be mobilized around Luoyang, and they are the troops that can be immediately pulled out to fight. And unlike the previous more than 100,000 so-called six armies of the Son of Heaven and the guards and pro-army, these 100,000 soldiers basically have no arrogant generals, not only combatable soldiers, but also elite. The weight and significance of the two to the empire are not the same.

From this point of view, Yang Wu attacked Chu, and the Tang Dynasty still had the spare strength to send troops to Chu under the premise of stabilizing the new policy.

"The soldiers of the feudal towns in the world can no longer choose to join the forbidden army, in addition to these 110,000 soldiers and horses, if the forbidden army wants to expand its strength, it must recruit young and strong people to join the army." Li Congjing said, "I don't know what my father's plans are for this batch of forbidden troops?" ”

What Li Congjing said about recruiting young people to enlist in the army does not mean that the imperial court did not recruit young people before, the recruitment of young people has always been there, they are the main force to replace the old soldiers, injuries, and dead places in the army, if not, the forbidden army has been shrinking. The reason why Li Congjing is now speaking alone is that he means large-scale recruitment of young men and women to form a new army.

Li Siyuan obviously had a plan for this, "Within three to five years, the imperial court should recruit another 100,000 new troops." ”

Li Congjing bowed slightly, which also means that in three to five years, except for the border towns and border troops, there will be no soldiers in the world.

Similarly, the next stage of the new policy must be carried out smoothly and continue to deepen the improvement of Jiangshan Sheji, so that the imperial court can have the strength to raise 200,000 forbidden troops in Luoyang within three to five years.

In addition to the border army and important towns, the central forbidden army must be strong, and the so-called strong cadres and weak branches to strengthen the centralized power is the premise.

In view of this, Li Congjing said: "Cutting out the unusable troops in the feudal towns, and recruiting young and strong people in prefectures and counties, and forming local armies to defend the localities, is the only way for social stability." The implementation of the next stage of the new policy, the combination of various civil measures and the reduction of feudal domains, will be the next major issue that the imperial court will focus on. ”

At this point, Li Congjing paused slightly, "However, after all, there are many feudal towns in the world, and the next stage of the new policy is also a thousand things, and it only takes three or five years to completely eliminate the feudal towns, is it too hasty?" ”

Li Siyuan looked outside the pavilion, the spring was deep, and there were few traces of the autumn and winter of last year. However, if there is no autumn and winter, why is this year's strong spring? Sometimes, when the cold of autumn and winter of last year intensifies, the spring scene will become more prosperous now.

Li Siyuan looked at it for a long time and smiled slightly, "Don't worry." ”

Li Congjing was suspicious, but seeing Li Siyuan's resolute attitude, he couldn't say anything more. It has been four years since Li Siyuan ascended the throne, and it took another three or five years to cut down the domain, which is almost eight years together. Eight years have passed, first destroy the world's proud soldiers, and then destroy the world's feudal towns, how can you say that you are not in a hurry?

In Li Congjing's heart, Li Siyuan has always been serious, and he is as stable as Mount Tai in national affairs, because of the long-standing shortcomings in the world, many times Li Siyuan can even talk about walking on thin ice when dealing with social and state affairs, and he never wants to rush forward.

But now, why is Li Siyuan resolute and undoubtedly wants to cut off the troops of the feudal town within three or five years?

If you are in a hurry, you will be prone to chaos, and Li Siyuan will not be ignorant of this truth.

Li Congjing didn't think that Li Siyuan was washed out by some of the current achievements of the empire, which led to an inflated mentality. But because of this, he was even more confused.

Li Siyuan turned his head and saw that Li Congjing's face was slightly heavy, and there was still a thoughtful meaning in his eyes, so he stopped talking and paused, "Congjing, I remember that when you led the troops to leave Luoyang, there was no gray hair on your head. When was this white hair born? ”

Li Congjing replied casually: "I don't know when, it's probably like this when I entered the Sword Gate Pass." ”

Li Siyuan nodded, and was silent for a while.

Li Congjing pondered: "My father intends to exhaust the troops of the feudal towns in three or five years, and train another 100,000 new troops, if so, then the major political program, specific measures, and implementation progress of the next stage of the new deal are worthy of careful study." ”

"It's nature." Li Siyuan said, "What do you think?" ”

Li Congjing lowered his head and muttered for a moment, but when he looked up, he said something that didn't seem to be in tune, "I have a plan." ”

"Say it."

"I'm going to build a college in Luoyang!"