At the beginning of this year, the civil and military forces are only different in terms of duties, but when the civil officials put on the armor, they can become military generals, and the military generals wearing armor can also handle civil affairs when they go to the locality, that is, they belong to an era when elite people can be civil and martial.

It is precisely because the civil and military officials are only different in the scope of their duties, and the gap in their knowledge level is not so exaggerated, Xiao He can pit the military, and he must have put forward some conditions that the military cannot refuse.

"In addition to the existing cavalry corps, the ruling government promised the military to provide horses, weapons, armor, and so on within the two legions within the next three years." Lu Yi blinked, paused to observe his father's expression, and continued: "The ruling government also promised to buy at least 10,000 healthy horses from Central Asia every year. All horses purchased from Central Asia will be handed over to the military, and the number of horses will increase by 20% each year after the third year, on the basis of 10,000 horses. ”

Lu Zhe was sure that the military was really cheated by the ruling government.

It is an established national policy for the empire to continue to build cavalry, and it is also a matter that has been implemented to maintain the purchase of war horses from Central Asia, but the matter of high resources belongs to the scope of the ruling government, and the two systems cannot interfere with each other after the separation of military and government, and the news of the military is obviously lagging behind, and the result is used as a bargaining chip by Xiao He with what should have happened.

Or is it not like that? After all, although the military and the government are separated, some news is still common, unless Xiao He planned to trap the military to block the news in this matter from the beginning, otherwise the military will be completely unclear if there is no reason.

The current influence of the military in the empire is very large, in comparison, because of Lu Zhe's deliberate suppression of the civilian clique, Xiao He is relatively strong, and the rest of the civilian officials want to be strong against the military at all.

Lu Yi was stunned at first when he saw the confusion on his father's face, and then he was stunned. He said: "The ruling party is to negotiate with Zhang Shilang and the Taiwei Administration. ”

"Zhang Liang?" Lu Zhe laughed instantly.

Xiao He's ability in logistics is very strong, it can be said that it is estimated that he can beat him in today's world, and it can be called a super-first-class ability. However, in addition to the logistics support, he can only be said to be quasi-first-class in other aspects.

The empire has long been at war. It is extremely advantageous to appoint a civilian official with excellent logistics ability, and Lu Zhe has a vision far beyond the "people of today" in the construction of people's livelihood, formulates a general framework, and then implements it by a huge group of civil officials, so there is no need to worry about the lack of ability of Xiao He as the ruling party.

If Xiao He is average except for his logistical ability, then Zhang Liang is definitely a super-first-class talent in civil affairs and military strategy.

In a few more years, the frequency and scale of the empire's foreign wars will decrease, Xiao He has been in power for nearly ten consecutive years, and when Zhang Liang replaces him, it will be exactly fifteen years.

The empire has been fighting wars for fifteen years in a row, and it is time for the whole country to rest. Efforts should be concentrated on building the hinterland, and the construction of the hinterland should be accompanied by the consolidation of border counties.

There are a lot of places that can be considered the hinterland of the empire now, but there are only two areas for the empire to focus on.

If a country wants to develop, it must first ensure that it has abundant food, sum up the lessons of history, and if there is repeated turbulence, as long as the grain can be guaranteed, even if there is turbulence, it will be extinguished immediately. This does not only mean that the national army has food and logistical guarantees, but also that the people can eat enough and are not easy to be instigated~. In fact, most of the fall of the Chinese Dynasty was related to the fact that there were too many victims who could not eat, and some careerists took advantage of this opportunity to make a difference.

"Therefore, in the future, we must build the Lingnan region. Or even the occupation and development of the South Asian subcontinent. Lu Zhe forgot how much time he hadn't had a good chat with Lu Yi, and seeing that no one would come back to disturb him for a while, he tried his best to explain the future national policy of the empire to the successor he had chosen.

The South Asian subcontinent is very large, and it is almost in the wilderness stage. Even if there is power, it is a primitive tribe and some ethnic groups that have initially learned slash-and-burn farming.

In addition to continuing to explore the seas in the future, the Nanyang Fleet will focus more on cooperating with the army to conquer the Vietnamese region in the future, starting with the coast. Then occupy as many plains as possible.

"It's a very good place, and it's the norm to grow three times a year." Lu Yi nodded constantly: "It's just that in this way, the number of cargo ships used for sea transportation should be increased, right?" ”

That's a natural thing, in the southwest, where it's almost all wilderness. The cost of building land transportation is too great, and even if you want to build it, it is not something that can be built in a few years.

There are relevant data as an example, the empire's southern expedition army went south, only to build a main road in the Lingnan area, successively mobilized more than 800,000 people, and the number of people who died in the construction of the road was close to 140,000, which means that the road was paved with bones. The simple thing is that there were many Baiyue ethnic groups arrested at that time, and if about 140,000 imperial people died in the construction of roads, it may not evolve into a situation of smoke everywhere, but it is inevitable that the people's resentment will boil.

Many times, Lu Yi feels that his father's temperament is really enough, much like Yang Guang of the Sui generation, and he can't wait to make a plan this year and implement it next year. He is very glad that his father is the founder of the country, and he also knows how to balance interests, if his father is the emperor who inherits the ancestral business, then he has to think carefully about how to accumulate strength and wait for the day when he turns the tide.

"The development of the seas was originally the established strategy of the Empire." Lu Zhe didn't know what Lu Yi was thinking, if he knew, he would probably slap it in the face. He paused to ponder something, and only after a long time continued: "The peak of outward expansion has passed, and it is difficult to achieve such a rapid pace as in recent years. The resources of the sea are no less than those of the land, and the Father also hopes that our people will not only focus on the land. ”

Lu Yi still nodded violently when he heard this, and said, "Yes, just discovering the Japanese Islands can support the empire to carry out the currency triplesome reform." The islands of Luzon were discovered, and spices were also obtained. Spices were so good that they thought they would dominate world trade for at least three hundred years. ”

Three hundred years? If that place had been owned by the Empire, and the Empire had monopolized the spice trade, then there would have been no question of how many years it would have been dominant.

Spices are a good thing, they make food even more delicious, and some pickles rely on them more than you think.

"There was a merchant in Parthia who spent six pounds of gold to buy less than a tael of nutmeg, and Liu Bang, who was in Wusun, wrote a letter back, and he accidentally learned that the merchant who bought a tael of nutmeg boasted that he could exchange it for at least thirty catties of gold after returning." Lu Zhe said with a satisfied smile on his face: "Those nobles jumped to their feet when they heard the news. ”

Lu Yi is also a guaner. He knew one thing, the royal caravan had brought a lot of spices with the envoys to Central Asia this time, and his father had hinted to the nobles in advance about the value of spices, and they believed in the emperor's words, but they still misestimated how valuable the spices were.

There are really not many places in the world that have spices now, and the empire has not tried to transplant the spices from the South Seas to the empire, but it is only a preliminary trial on Hainan Island, but the quality of the spices produced is inferior to the place of origin, and it is necessary to go through several generations of improvement and experimentation if you want to have better results.

There was an era of spices on earth, and the Dutch, who were the first to monopolize the spice trade, made their fortune by conquering the South Seas. It once became the first power in Europa, which was the first power with a population of less than one million, and it was precisely because of the lack of background that the people of Xibaya were the first to discover the secret of the Dutch, and then the Spaniards first beat the Dutch in Europa, and then wiped out the Dutch's home fleet, greatly weakening the strength of the Netherlands, and finally reached out to Asia to grab a large piece of territory from the Dutch.

The era surrounding the spice trade lasted for more than 400 years, and in the beginning, spices could be exchanged for tens or hundreds of times the weight of gold. And the value is calculated in grams, and non-nobles are not qualified to buy it, and they can imagine how popular it is, and it can also show how precious it is.

"The spice trade on land can open up in Central Asia first." Lu Zhe raised his head. His gaze deepened: "Relying on this thing, the empire will surely plunder the economy from Central Asia." ”

Lu Yi couldn't hold back and asked, "Doesn't my father control the quantity?" ”

"Everything needs an audience, and if you want to have an audience, you can't start with too little." Lu Zhe glanced at Lu Yi as if he was squinting slightly. thinks that such ordinary common sense, his son is unreasonable, and he doesn't understand it. Then he changed the subject and started talking about the Yangtze River.

In fact, the rectification of the Yangtze River has already been proposed, and reinforcement in some sections has been done. Otherwise, something would have happened in previous years. It's just that some areas are not enough to strengthen the embankment, and some sections will collapse during this year's spring flood. This year has already produced bad results, so it is really time for a comprehensive rectification.

"The base over there in Wudong has already been fruitful?" Lu Zhe knew that Lu Yi would not ignore those, and said directly: "Xiao He proposed to transfer back to the Tuntian Corps in Qianzhong, and the Taiwei Department probably agreed immediately?" ”

Lu Yi nodded, things really happened like that.

The inspectors of the Yangtze River reported some information, and the ruling government quickly took action, and the Taiwei Office did not make any trouble under reasonable circumstances, and the 80,000 Tuntian soldiers in Guizhou were transferred when Lu Yi sealed the prison state.

With the full cooperation of the ruling government and the Taiwei Administration, 80,000 Tuntian soldiers and 200,000 laborers temporarily recruited, they vigorously carried out what they needed to do before the arrival of the spring flood.

"There are 360,000 people who have moved out!" Lu Yi was referring to the residents of the areas that were already used as flood dischargers, and he said: "The ruling government has chosen to resettle in Changsha Luo County. In order to get more people willing to emigrate, the ruling government sent many officials to publicize the public. ”

These things were all planned by Lu Zhe in advance, and he was stunned for a moment when he heard that there was a problem with the Yangtze River, but after calming down, he resumed his thinking and remembered the plan that had been made a long time ago. Therefore, he paused and just nodded, leaving no other statement.

What does that mean? Even if the spring flood is real, it is also true that some parts of the Yangtze River cannot withstand flooding, but the official borrows things that cannot be reversed for additional operations. The so-called operation is to deal with the problems caused by the natural disaster while achieving the maximum profit of the official opinion.

It is precisely because of a series of plans in advance that the seemingly unexpected spring flood will not cause too serious casualties, and some are only some economic losses, but for the goal that the official wants to achieve, not to mention economic losses, in fact, even if the casualties are not too exaggerated, it is acceptable.

What is the plan? It's not because the empire's immigration policy has been given a cold reception, but many border counties really need to relocate people from the interior, and the government doesn't want to do forced immigration, so they can only use other methods to gather the population.

"Do you think that's right?" Lu Zhe looked at Lu Yi very seriously when he asked.

"Children think that even if they don't know what it means now, they will be grateful to the ruling government in the future." Lu Yi didn't even feel that he had done it hard enough, but there was nothing he could do, and it was already the limit to be able to move 360,000 people out of the affected areas in half a month.

"There was a reason for choosing those areas, too." Lu Zhe sighed without knowing why, and said again: "It is said that people in those places are people who are desperate and do not accept the progress of the times, and they can only use some means." ”

Lu Yi was stunned for a moment, he still thought that his father was going to pretend to love the people to the end, but he didn't expect to say things like using necessary means so clearly.

"Zhang Liang is a man with skills, he does not have Xiao He's self-control." What Lu Zhe means is that Zhang Liang has no reputation at all now, so there is no worry about his reputation being damaged. He smiled "hehe" and said: "This idea was Zhang Liang's idea, and he also carried out the actual operation." ”

In fact, Li Si also participated, but because of his position, he didn't participate much, and he just made some efforts in maintaining public order and stability, and he would need to contribute more in the future.

Lu Zhe chose Li Si as the leading candidate for the Northwest Governor's Province, which was to value Li Si's achievements in the law, and also because of Li Si's advantage in execution, after all, a person who has been serving as a court lieutenant for many years is no stranger to civil affairs, and even knows some military strategies, and it is not enough to use Li Si to operate immigration.

Of course, Lu Yi knew who Zhang Liang was, he was the head of the "Three Heroes of the Early Han Dynasty", and there were people in history who were written in "The Biography of Liuhou Lie". He felt that his father was a little late to use Zhang Liang, but this didn't seem to blame his father, who let Zhang Liang not know what to do earlier, and he came over very late...... (To be continued.) )