Chapter 197: Parliamentary Soldiers

"General!" Zhou Dewei and Fu Cunxian, who walked in, shouted at the same time.

"Oh, here you are! Shi Hou is also here! Li Cunhuan glanced at Yang Shihou in some astonishment, suddenly showed a meaningful smile, and asked, "Then Shihou, you also saw my intentions!" ”

"Hmm!" Yang Shihou did not hide it, nodded and admitted.

"General, what are you doing?" Fu Cunxian asked with a slight dissatisfaction on the side, as if everyone except himself understood what was going on.

On the contrary, it was Zhou Dewei who glanced at the map behind Li Cunhuan, and a hint of realization flashed in his eyes, as if he had discovered something.

"It seems that Zhenyuan also understands what I think!" Li Cunhuan nodded to Zhou Dewei with a smile and spoke.

Zhou Dewei smiled and did not answer.

"Shi Hou, you take down the map!" Li Cunhuan said to Yang Shihou.

"Okay!" Yang Shihou responded, and Fu Cunxian on the side frowned, looked at the map, and muttered, "Could it be Khitan?" Wrong! Bohai, just now negotiated peace, Goguryeo, this ......"

"It's Goguryeo!" Li Cunhuan, who heard Fu Cunxian's voice, opened the riddle.

"Zhenyuan, how many soldiers and horses have been transferred from Lulong to Andong now." Li Cunhuan asked.

"It's not a lot, only 10,000 people, and because many soldiers are on long vacations, most of the soldiers who come over are regimental training." Zhou Dewei replied indifferently.

Li Cunhuan stroked his chin with his right hand and muttered, "The situation is not very good," after a pause, he asked Fu Cun: "Dexiang (Fu Cunxianzi) In addition to the regimental training, how many soldiers and horses can be used on Anton's side?" ”

"Five thousand! Among them were 1,000 Modao troops and 4,000 battalions of state infantry. Anton wanted to deploy a lot of troops on the Khitan and Bohai Seas, although it was said that a peace treaty had already been signed. However, the general hit Bohai with a big stick this time, and the Bohai army did not lose too much, and it is estimated that it only lost more than 40,000 soldiers and horses. Even if we don't recruit troops, there should still be 60,000 or 70,000 horses in Bohai, and if we recruit troops, I'm afraid that the number of troops can rise to 100,000, and we must do a good job of defense. Fu Cunzhen answered very fluently, and it could be seen that he was very familiar with military affairs.

"Well, let Duan Ziyao send someone to manage the newly occupied three states, be Huairou, don't be too intense, recruit some soldiers from the local area, it should be able to reduce your pressure." Li Cunhuan pondered for a moment and spoke.

"General Xie!" Fu Cunxian said with some excitement, no general would be disgusted with his men.

"But there are not enough soldiers! Coupled with the fact that I only have 20,000 men and horses in my hands now, although it is easy to defeat the Bow Descendants, it is easy to be taken advantage of by Baekje and Silla, and it is difficult for us to completely eliminate the power of those native nobles at the root. Li Cunhuan frowned and said softly.

"If the general does this, I am afraid that it will greatly increase the difficulty for us to enter the DPRK." Zhou Dewei admonished.

"Zhenyuan is not wrong, General, look at how difficult it is for you to implement the new policy in Youzhou, it took two years to achieve some results, if it is so drastic in Korea, I am afraid that the rule of the General will not be supported." Fu Cunxian, who was on the side, also admonished with a worried face.

"The rule of a country is not based on the aristocracy, but on the people. I only need to divide all the fields equally among the people, I will be able to get the support of the people, and to recover the Bohai Sea, we also need a base area, just one Anton is not enough, and North Korea is different, from the end of the Shang Dynasty Jizi came to Korea to establish the country, and now it has gone through thousands of years of development, and the degree of civilization is no less than that of the Bohai State. With North Korea, we have a lot of base areas in the future. Li Cunhuan said softly.

"The general means not to suffer from poverty, but to suffer from widowhood!" Yang Shihou, who was on the side, said slowly.

"What Shi Hou said is not wrong, in fact, I am also pursuing the doctrine of Mencius, those who have constant production have perseverance, and those who do not have constant production have no perseverance. That's the truth. Li Cunhuan said softly.

"General, what are you talking about? What does it mean to have a constant birth or not a permanent birth? Fu Cunxian frowned and asked.

Zhou Dewei shook his head, sighed and said, "Dexiang, I told you, you want to read more, but you just don't listen." The general's words just now are an idea of Yasheng Mencius, constant production means that there is eternal income, and Mencius here refers to the field, because the field is the most stable. With constant production, there is perseverance, perseverance is kind, and kind people will not do things like stealing chickens and dogs. It can also be said that when people have money, they will cherish themselves and abide by the law. And those who have no income, they will take risks to do what they are guilty of, because they have nothing but their own rotten lives. ”

Li Cunhuan nodded and said: "What Zhenyuan said is not wrong, but I think that those who have constant production have perseverance, in fact, there is another truth, with the field industry, the people will want to protect them and no longer resist military service." As long as the government can ensure that even if a soldier dies, his family's land will not be exploited, and his family can receive the due pension, the soldier will not fear death. But you can't make the soldiers too rich, too rich, and the soldiers will be greedy for pleasure. Pleasure wears out their will, overdraws their lives, and weakens their bodies, so in the selection of soldiers, it is advisable to recruit soldiers from the peasants who can get enough food and clothing and whose families are relatively well-off, rather than from the children of the great landowners, even if they are stronger. ”

"Listening to your words is better than reading for three years!" Yang Shihou and Zhou Dewei sighed in unison.

Fu Cunxian shook his head, touched his chin and said, "I don't think so, I think those who have a little bit of land or a meager income, but they can't eat enough and don't have warm clothes are the best source of soldiers." It is precisely because they do not have enough food and clothing that they despise their lives the most, and they are the bravest on the battlefield for the sake of meritorious service. And in it, I feel like the nomads are the best. ”

"Those who are not of my race will have different hearts, but who can say for sure! Forget it, this time to attack Pyongyang, let Duan Ziyao stay in Anton, and Dexiang, you will follow. Li Cunhuan said.

Fu Cunxian was overjoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "This is naturally the best, in fact, if the general lacks soldiers and horses, I can recruit them from the Khitan herdsmen, just like Abaoji's time, buy them with money, I estimate that I should be able to recruit seven or eight thousand Khitan rangers." ”

"Those people are rangers, and I think they are locusts, and there is not even a single shell left of them, let alone a cricket. There is nothing left to fight in the field with such an army, and to conquer other people's lands with such an army is to force people to rebel. When Li Cunhuan heard this, he said with disgust.

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