"Master, since you said that I sometimes have to rely on force to force them to submit, but we don't have enough troops! If you don't have enough troops, how can you bomb and suppress Tuyuhun? If you don't have enough troops, how can you suppress the ground? Xin Mao will say;

"Very good, I will arrange soldiers for you, don't worry. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" replied.

This Xin Mao will want to suppress Tuyuhun and threaten Tuyuhun, and he must have enough hard power to do it. Otherwise, the United States has enough hard power, and in the end it will make them all incompetent. Even if it is justice, it needs force, otherwise it is incompetent. Shi Bufan will definitely arrange armed forces for them, but how to form specific armed forces is also something to be considered at present.

"Li Shangshu, recently the emperor arranged for Xin Mao to be in charge of Tuyuhun's affairs, and authorized the handling of Tuyuhun's relationship, responsible for the procurement and transportation of Tuyuhun's local salt, this is a matter of benefiting the country and the people, so I think the imperial court should support it. But when dealing with those murderous Tuyuhun, you can't do it without enough force. I suggest that the imperial court can draw some troops, not too many, less than 1,000 people. Too much will also arouse their vigilance, 800 people are enough, there is a certain ability to protect themselves, and there can be some threats, so what do you think? Shi Bufan asked.

Li Jing listened to Shi Bufan's proposal, and hurriedly said: "I'm afraid it's a little difficult, our Tang Dynasty currently wants to rely on the tiger talisman if we want to transfer troops, although our military department has a tiger talisman, but without the emperor's edict and the review of the subordinate provinces, then we will not be able to transfer troops." What's more, this kind of long-term transfer of troops, I am afraid that this is even more taboo for the imperial court! ”

"Li Shangshu, this is related to the future salt of our Guanzhong region, and even our Tuyuhun strategy in the future. According to my "Extraordinary Chapter", you can also see that this Tubo still can't turn against them immediately, and we must rely on Tuyuhun. We can consider rotation training, by taking turns to let the soldiers go to Tuyuhun, we can exercise combat effectiveness, and even ensure that the soldiers are familiar with the local climate and are prepared for future battles! Shi Bufan replied.

However, Li Jing did not dare to call the shots in such a big matter, and the matter of transferring troops was very sensitive. Although theoretically, he had the right to be the secretary of the military department, but he did not dare. In the end, he still had to hand over the matter to the imperial court to decide. However, there are also some discussions about this matter in the court.

"Your Majesty, what Shi Bufan said should belong to the army and serve for a long time, so is there something wrong with this? Wouldn't it be unsafe to have an army beyond the control of the imperial court for a long time? Although this salt road needs to be protected, it is not appropriate to transfer troops like this and form the so-called salt road soldiers, right? Du Ruhui said very sensitively.

Although this army is only 800 people, it is also a soldier! Even if General Xin Mao was granted the right to fight, even if it was only eight hundred people, it would be very sensitive. Especially this not only grasps the salt road, this is a lot of economic and financial power, if this military power is inflated in the future, what will happen?

But Fang Xuanling agreed, saying: "I think in fact, as long as you make some preparations, there will be no problem." What's more, this time to get salt from the imperial court Tuyuhun not only strengthened the connection with Tuyuhun and avoided more border troubles in the future, but even opened up another salt channel, isn't this very good? ”

Fang Xuanling agreed to this proposal, not because Shi Bufan and Fang Xuanling came together, but because Shandong was a famous salt producing area in ancient times, and the coastal area of Shandong was actually almost the most important salt supply area in ancient China. Legend has it that Jiang Taigong was divided into Qi and laid a huge economic foundation by boiling the sea into salt and making the country strong.

However, until the Tang Dynasty, the coastal area of Shandong was the most important source of salt in China. Moreover, the current salt production technology still relies on boiling salt, which is obtained by boiling seawater to boil salt.

In terms of technology, transportation, and transportation capacity during the Tang Dynasty, the coastal area of Shandong is almost the largest salt supply area, and the well salt in Sichuan is difficult, and the roads in the Bashu area are difficult. In this kind of mining, it is difficult and the roads are difficult, so it is difficult for Bashu to provide a large amount of sufficient salt. It may be possible to provide it in small quantities, but it is difficult to provide it in large quantities.

As for the huge salt works of later generations, there were none in this ancient capital. Therefore, Shandong is almost single-handedly supplying the national salt demand, and with the increase of population in the future, the demand for salt will also be greater, which is also a pressure on Shandong's salt production.

Even boiling salt is a labor-intensive industry, which has a certain amount of damage to Shandong's estate economy. Boiling salt is an inefficient and even manpower industry, so it is easy to form a manor economy with Shandong Shi to have a certain amount of human resource plunder. In addition, the Tang Dynasty did not have the stricter household registration system of the later Yuan and Ming dynasties, unlike those who were later generations of soldiers, generations of craftsmen, and even generations of people who were engaged in the salt industry. The change in the nature of household registration in the Tang Dynasty was not so difficult, so once the Shandong boiling salt industry developed, a large number of manpower would be absorbed, which was somewhat unfavorable to the manor economy of the Shandong scholars.

Therefore, Fang Xuanling supported the opening of a salt channel in this Tuyuhun direction to a certain extent, which actually reduced the imperial court's demand for salt supply in Shandong, which also reduced the share of salt in Shandong. It has avoided the plundering of human resources by a large number of boiling salt industries and the champion economy of Shandong scholars. This is also the reason why Fang Xuanling agrees, this is actually politics, maybe today we can cooperate for the common good, and tomorrow we can also fall out for other things. There are no eternal friends and foes, only eternal interests.

Opening up a salt road for the imperial court will help reduce the pressure on Shandong's salt supply, and it will also reduce the devouring of Shandong's human resources by the salt industry, and safeguard the interests of this Shandong scholar to a certain extent, which is also the reason why Fang Xuanling agrees.

"Eight hundred, not too many. Your Majesty, I think you just need to make some preparations. For example, you can consider transferring from different folding houses, and one or two of each folding charm will be transferred, there will not be too many people, so that they come from different places, and they may not be too familiar with it later. It is even necessary to choose those who have already married, and even those who have offspring. Even the period of service cannot exceed five years, after which it will be replaced. Fang Xuanling said.

Fang Xuanling's proposal was immediately approved by many people, because he was transferred from different Zhechong Mansions, so he was not a fellow villager, so he naturally had a natural estrangement. As for the transfer from those who have already married or even have offspring, then this can bind them with family affection, and they dare not mess around, because their families are all in the country.

As for the rotation on the other hand, this can avoid those soldiers who have served for a long time and are also dissatisfied with the imperial court, and the new soldiers are not so familiar with the commander, so naturally they will not follow the commander, and the commander will not be able to establish absolute prestige.

"The servant shot this, but he is an old man seeking the country, I think it's okay!" Du Ruhui said.

Du Ruhui also believes that a salt channel can be opened up to Guanzhong, which is also conducive to Guanzhong to reduce Shandong's dependence on salt. Opening up one more salt channel is also good for the salt supply in Guanzhong, and Du Ruhui, as a sergeant in Guanzhong, will naturally not object. He was only worried about the military power before, so since this matter has been solved for you, he can actually rest assured.

Fang Du and the others agreed, and everyone was only 800 people, and it was still a foreign country, so naturally there would be no problem.

"Hmph, man-rule thinking!" Shi Bufan complained in his heart.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui obviously used the "man-rule thinking" to measure this matter, in fact, whether it is drawn from different places, or even from those soldiers who have married and had children, they are actually a kind of man-rule thinking. This is actually the use of the emotional strangeness between soldiers and the bond of domestic family affection to avoid soldiers from rebellion or out of control, which is good on the surface, but this is an out-and-out man-rule thinking.

Managing people through human emotions certainly seems reliable. However, they have seriously neglected that once a unit, even if it is only a temporary unit, once it exists for a long time, then these armies will inevitably be systematized into departments, and departmental interests will also arise. This department is not formal or informal, and in many cases, informal departments will also generate their own departmental interests. Even if it is a nominally temporary force, once it exists for a long time, it will naturally generate departmental interests.

While soldiers change every five years, even officers may rotate. However, once this force exists for a long time, the interests of the department will naturally exist, and it cannot be solved by changing anyone. This kind of departmental interests cannot be solved by replacing people, even if they are replaced by many people, and the natural departmental system exists, then they will fight for power and profit for the interests of their own departments.

Sometimes there are natural opponents between the two departments, and it is useless to change them in many people. Even if it continues for more than 20 years, the officials and clerks in it have changed one after another, but the conflict of interests between departments cannot be resolved.

Fang Xuanling still relies on the thinking of human governance, thinking that let people manage people and use human favors to manage, so that problems can be avoided. But I don't think so, once the interests of the department are formed, then you will all feel the pressure in the future. However, if you are seriously biased towards the side of others, and do not notice the interests of the entire department, you will naturally be blinded. Shi Bufan thought.

This is also a lot of shortcomings in "political science" in ancient China, there was no shortage of politicians in ancient China, but there was a lack of political scientists. Political science is not about conspiracies, but about studying the knowledge of state management, as well as studying various systems, including problems encountered in the process of management, such as departmental interests. Political science is an upright discipline, not a teaching of conspiracy. On the contrary, politicians are the ones who engage in conspiracy, and political scientists are not.

These ancient officials obviously relied on the thinking of human governance, and they relied more on human feelings to involve management, and they were not aware enough, or they rarely thought about it in their hearts. So they just subconsciously think that once the personnel come and go intensively, and even often transfer, they can sit back and relax.

However, it seriously ignores the fact that once a unit exists for a long time, even if it is only temporary, it will also generate departmental benefits. Departmental interests are a very pitiful existence, but they cannot be avoided.

Because of the shallowness of ancient "political science", they had to fall into the pit dug by Shi Bufan again. Shi Bufan's theoretical foundation is far richer than that of the ancients, and although the "practical experience" of the ancients is richer than that of Shi Bufan, they obviously do not know as much as Shi Bufan in terms of the specific theoretical basis and various political natures and essences.

"Eight hundred people, not to mention that they are still in Tuguhun, then this is not a problem." Li Shimin agreed.

Li Shimin continued: "Shi Bufan, the next thing is that you will be responsible for dealing with this Tuyuhun matter." Strive to open up the salt channel as soon as possible and produce salt as soon as possible. And, according to what you said, subvert this Tuyuhun as soon as possible, and I, Datang, can control Tuyuhun as soon as possible. I hope to take de facto control of Tuyuhun as soon as possible, and not let Tuyuhun get out of my control. ”

But then Shi Bufan said: "Your Majesty, I hope you will give me some intelligence support, that is, some intelligence people." Your Majesty, I don't think you don't have a team of people who are dedicated to inquiring for you for news, so I hope to have their support. This kind of subversion of a country's regime is very dependent on intelligence support, so I hope you can lend me some intelligence agents, so that I can complete it more smoothly. Otherwise, if I don't have enough intelligence officers, I'm afraid I won't be able to have dinner, you see? Can you introduce me to the Commander in charge of finding out the news? ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin's face was a little embarrassed, really embarrassed. The surrounding ministers also looked a little unpleasant, which made them all seem to have been poked in places that made them speechless. Shi Bufan actually asked for intelligence support, which obviously directly shows that Li Shimin has an organization group around him that is specifically responsible for finding out information.

So Shi Bufan actually pointed it out clearly, which made Li Shimin very embarrassed, really embarrassed, this kind of thing was put on the surface, making him, the emperor, really embarrassed, and even speechless, as if he felt very embarrassed.

(To be continued.) )