100,000 people are not said to go, they can go at that time. Coupled with heavy snow, the road is not easy to walk. It took more than a month to enter the territory of the Tang Dynasty and arrive at Taiyuan, the birthplace of the Li family.

I don't know if it's too coincidental, on the day I arrived in Taiyuan, a heavy snowstorm that I hadn't encountered for more than ten years suddenly came. Everything is fine in Taiyuan, if the army is alone, the grain can't be transported, why wait for the next year to sweep away the Turks, and don't starve to death.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Li Jing had to sigh in admiration, it's good to come back! If everyone starves to death on the Turkic territory, how can they explain to the emperor. Li Jing himself can't explain to himself, what kind of famous general he is. He could not afford the fact that the army had not built an inch for several months after setting out, and that he had ended up with no life to survive.

"General Li Jing, please, the old man and you are still in a hurry." Xiao Yu urged. As soon as the army entered Taiyuan, Pei Lin took over the command of the army from Li Jing, and Li Jing, who was in power, was not a fool. didn't say a word, didn't say a word, and handed over the talisman, which saved everyone trouble. ”

Li Jing got into the carriage, and Pei Lin said to Xiao Yu: "It's not as good as when you go back, you don't need to rush the journey, it's the same from early to late." When I go back, I must tell Your Majesty that the army can't make a fork in my Pei Lian's hands. ”

"What nonsense! Are you afraid that Your Majesty will suspect you of any disobedience? Look at who you are, no matter who they are, who can have the same heart as you? If you have something wrong at this moment, they will solve you before Your Majesty receives the news. Xiao Yu couldn't get used to Pei Lin being so careful. It's verbose. always thought that he was great, as if he could rebel against the world as long as he wanted to.

Pei Lin smiled: "That's right." What you're saying is. But you still have to say that. ”

"Alright, I'll go first. A few more words with you, I'm afraid I'm going to freeze. Xiao Yu said and boarded the carriage.

Chang'an, the snow has long since stopped, and the five members of the cabinet are sitting in front of Li Chengzong, without moving, and their concentration is first-class!

"You are talking. I'm asking you! Li Chengzong asked for the second time.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Tang Dynasty has been decided, and it is not appropriate to recruit troops again." Fang Xuanling saw that no one talked. I'll have to come up with it myself.

"What Master Fang said is extremely reasonable. Our Datang is not as good as before, His Majesty abolished the government soldier system. All those who served in the army had to leave the fields, and hundreds of thousands of young and middle-aged people could not work in agriculture. It is necessary to rely on the people of Datang to feed. This is a great burden for the people of the world. If we still have to recruit the people, I am afraid that it will be detrimental to the society and hurt the agricultural capital. Wei Zheng followed Fang Xuanling's words.

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly and said secretly: "You have so many words, don't say them earlier." On weekdays, he is on a rampage, looking like he is not afraid of anything, and he is loading something cowardly at the moment. If I don't start speaking against the emperor, you won't dare to speak, will you? ”

The remaining three remained silent. Everyone is a cautious person. Xu Jingzong followed the emperor, but some things could not cause public anger. It would be inappropriate for the other four to oppose it and support it themselves. Since Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling spoke first, wait for the other two to see what they say.

Du Ruyan didn't speak, he was really cautious. Whether you can fight in the ring with the emperor or don't fight well, he can't compare to Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, both of whom can be said to have followed the emperor for a lot of days, no matter how big or small, they have also gone through ups and downs together. Say a wrong sentence and a half, don't worry. If you go up and say a word and a half by yourself, you can't tell what it will look like later!

Ma Zhou is still the same as the old monk and does not speak.

"I naturally know that recruiting soldiers will be a great burden on the common people, but there are henchmen in the west and north who have not been eliminated. They are not extinguished every day, and they are restless, so they can't wait to build an absolutely strong army. And as you know, even though the government military system can ensure that the peasants are not harmed, they can even gather hundreds of thousands of troops in a few days in a hurry when necessary. However, their training is different, and their abilities are very different, and they can fight as an army, but they are not a strong army with one as ten. Li Chengzong emphasized and considered the quality of the army, and the government military system could not raise an absolutely strong army for 10,000 years.

Fang Xuanling said: "Since Your Majesty said so, the minister feels that there is no need to recruit again." ”

"Why?" Li Chengzong immediately asked.

"What is a strong army, according to His Majesty, it is a team that can be ten at a time. Our Tang Youzhou, Taiyuan, Luoyang, Chang'an, Songzhou, and Dunhuang each have tens of thousands of soldiers, totaling 400,000 people. Isn't it enough to reach a team of four million? Fang Xuanling said.

Million? That's a scary statistic.

Li Chengzong suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and said: "Even if defending the territory is not a problem, how can we achieve the move of expanding the territory?" This year is about to pass, and Li Jing, who was sent to the Turks, failed to get things done, and he missed the best time to destroy the Turks. When the next year comes, if I guess correctly, the Turks will be unified. It is impossible to teach them like a grandson. It's easy to start over, but it's too difficult to do, and I don't plan for a rainy day, I'm just afraid that I'll be in a hurry. ”

Fang Xuanling was speechless, Wei Zheng stepped up and said, "Your Majesty, the Turks have not been in existence for seven or eight years, and I don't think I can get out of this internal and external troubles." Let's help Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng defeat Tuyuhun first, and then take Tubo into the bag. It's still very easy to go back and deal with a Turk. ”

"Tuyuhun is not difficult to clean up, but the land of Tubo is difficult to take and difficult to defend. Even if you get it, it's like chicken ribs, we Han people are used to life in the plains, and any place in Tubo is a few kilometers of highland. What's the use of getting it, my plan is not to take Tibet, but to completely destroy him. Li Chengzong said in a deep voice.

Ma Zhou thought for a while and said, "Kill all the Tubo people?" ”

"It's not to kill them all, it's to move them all in, and divide them into the land of Lingnan and Jiannan, so as to enrich the local population." Li Chengzong said.

"Your Majesty's move is very good, and the minister feels that it is not impossible to expand the army. But we can't use our people to expand the army, and when we take Tuyuhun and take advantage of the civil strife to defeat the Tibetans, we can use their people to expand the army to conquer the Turks. In this way, not only can their strength be greatly weakened, but it will be easier to control them, and prevent them from dying without stiffening. It can also greatly reduce the pressure on the people of the Tang Dynasty, and when the Turks are wiped out, who else in the world dares to be an enemy of His Majesty, and dares to be an enemy of my Datang. Xu Jingzong finally found an opportunity, stood up and said.

Li Chengzong thought to himself, it is also an idea to feed the war with war.

"In this case, Xu Jingzong listened to the order. immediately got up and went to Songzhou, the commander-in-chief of Songzhou's large and small government affairs, and cooperated with Xu Shiji to help Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng take Tuyuhun. Li Chengzong ordered.

Xu Jingzong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister's ability is not as good as Lord Du Ruhui, you might as well leave such a big matter to him!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Li Chengzong said in his heart, you are stupid to me! Xu Shiji was Li Shimin's person early on, and Du Ruhui was also Li Shimin's person. If they add up to a lifetime of disagreement, a quarter of my Datang team will be gone. I can't let you go, who let you ?????? (To be continued......)