Sun Guangxian said so many words at once, his voice began to be a little weak, he once again stopped Baili Wuji from stepping forward to persuade him, and continued: "But as the saying goes, those who make the world with merit often have strong ministers; Those who make the world with their strength often have arrogant soldiers. The emperor has come this way, and his merit and strength are all occupied, and he is naturally surrounded by strong ministers and arrogant soldiers. When the emperor is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, he can naturally ignore it, but if the emperor grows old, I am afraid that it will be a disaster. ”

Baili Wuji nodded and said: "Sun Xiang's golden and jade good words, I must keep it in mind, I don't know if Sun Xiang has a good plan to solve this dilemma?" ”

Sun Guangxian was stunned for a long time, and then said: "The minister has two strategies, that is, four words, ruthless and gentle. Those who are ruthless must be ruthless, and take their military power with the power of thunder; Those who are gentle will be gracious to them and repay them with wealth, which will not only appease their hearts but also show the mercy of the saints. ”

Baili Wuji nodded and said, "I remember." ”

In fact, Sun Guangxian's words have the same meaning as Liang Zhen's words of "deterring Kyushu with force and ruling the world with culture".

For Baili Wuji, this matter has long been deeply in his heart, and his intention to seize the military power is precisely this reason.

Although the military power is in hand, but the army needs to be commanded after all, from Padang to the present, the army has expanded to more than one million people, although the major commanders are all people who are trusted by a hundred miles, but now the real leader of the army to fight is the commander and the captain under the commander.

Over the years, Baili Wuji has also cultivated cronies, constantly promoting newcomers from schools to join the army, but the original veterans and generals in the army have been promoted due to the continuous victories of the Ming army, and more old generals from various countries who have surrendered have filled the camp of the Ming army. How loyal these people are, even Baili Wuji does not dare to assert.

Sun Guangxian saw that Baili Wuji was thinking deeply, and he said: "The emperor doesn't need to be too anxious, the minister thinks. When the army is relieved and returned to the field, and the horse is released to Nanshan, the emperor can reward the meritorious heroes in the name of summoning all the meritorious heroes together, and then the emperor only needs to be ruthless and complete his work in one battle. ”

Baili Wuji was shocked when he heard this, isn't Sun Guangxian's words the "cup of wine to release the military power" used by Zhao Kuangyin in the original history to collect the military power of strong ministers and strong generals? Could it be that Ming Guo is also going to follow his old path? And so it goes. Can the Ming army, which lost many generals at once, still maintain its original combat effectiveness?

In the original history, Zhao Kuangyin promoted literature and suppressed martial arts to create a hundred years of cultural governance, and it is precisely because of this. castrated the blood of the Han people.

But Baili Wuji wants to be civilized, but he also doesn't want to give up martial arts.

Baili Wuji was entangled in his heart, but in the face of Sun Guangxian, who had little time, Baili Wuji still smiled and said: "Sun Xiang is very worried. I've taken it to heart. ”

Sun Guangxian hesitated when he saw Baili Wuji. Sighed to himself.

After so many years of getting along with the monarchs and ministers, he knows that the emperor is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and it may not be easy for Baili Wuji to be ruthless to deal with that group of strong ministers and generals with outstanding military achievements.

Sun Guangxian had no other good way, so he had to shut up and stop talking about it.

Sun Guangxian said: "The emperor is tolerant, and the second thing for the emperor is a private matter. Siming's child is already ten years old, and if the minister leaves the west, he still hopes that the emperor will look at his father's sake. Take care of him. ”

Baili Wuji hurriedly responded: "Sun Xiangyan is serious, although I and Yuanzhi are not brothers. But feelings are better than brothers, his children are regarded as their own flesh and blood, and they will never be wronged at all, although Sun Xiang is relieved. ”

Sun Guangxian nodded slightly and said: "Yuan Zhi lost his mother since he was a child, and the minister was concentrating on political affairs at that time, so he didn't take good care of him, but fortunately, he was close to His Majesty since childhood, so he didn't make a big mistake." It's a pity that the minister was reckless at that time, and he was embarrassed by His Majesty from time to time, but since the minister was loyal to the emperor, he also did his best and didn't dare to be a little lazy. I also hope that Your Majesty will look at the diligence of the ministers over the years, and don't be angry with Yuanzhi. ”

Baili Wuji's heart was sour, how many years have passed since these things, but he didn't expect Sun Guangxian to still be haunted when he was dying. Baili Wuji choked up and said: "Sun Xiang is too persistent, I have long forgotten these things, why do you have to remember them in your heart?" What's more, Yuan Zhi has lived in a foreign country for the Ming Kingdom for so many years, how can I be angry with him? Sun Xiang is not in good health, and his words are too hurtful, don't say any more, just rest well, I let the imperial doctor order in, and then diagnose and treat Sun Xiang. ”

Sun Guangxian saw that Baili Wuji's expression did not seem to be fake, and finally let go of the stone in his heart, he was indeed a little tired, squinted slightly, and said, "This is very good." So much better. The emperor thanked the emperor for ...... En. ”

As he spoke, he fell asleep.

Baili Wuji watched Sun Guangxian gradually fall asleep, rubbed his reddish eyes, and walked outside, ordering the imperial doctor to delay Sun Guangxian's breath no matter what, and wait for Sun Shixu to come back.

Back in the palace, Baili Wuji was a little worried that once Sun Guangxian went west, the prime minister of the Ming Kingdom would go to one of the three, which would increase the pressure on Xu Shiming and Feng Dao, and Feng Dao was a few years older than Sun Guangxian.

Thinking of this, Baili Wuji immediately summoned Xu Shiming and Feng Dao to discuss.

In the end, it was decided to add Wang Pu to the prime minister, replacing Sun Guangxian's vacancy, and at the same time increasing the number of seats in Zhongshu Province to participate in political affairs, and adding Fan Zhen, Li Gu, and Wang Pu.

Originally, Xu Shiming and Feng Dao also wanted to add Sun Shixu to the governor, but after weighing it left and right, they also vetoed this proposal.

The incident of Sun Guangxian has strengthened the idea of separating the military from the government.

In the next few days, Baili Wuji uninterruptedly convened Xu Shiming's two ministers and several governors to consult and discuss.

In Baili Wuji's heart, if the Ming Kingdom is to truly continue for hundreds of years, it must have the characteristics of self-repair, self-purity, and self-renewal.

Only in this way, in the process of continuous development, will we keep pace with the times and will not be abandoned by the people.

And to do this, the army must be completely independent of the political system, and only in this way will the chaos of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms not be repeated again.

The main reason why the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were in chaos was that the various feudal towns in charge of the army had different ambitions and rebelled.

Baili Wuji has long been set the rule that generals above the captain level will enter the academy after retiring, but the years of conquest and the lack of leading generals have made this rule useless.

A large number of generals who have reached retirement age are still leading troops to fight.

Perhaps it's time for a large-scale overhaul.

As long as the military regulations for retirement are established as an iron law, then most of the chaos caused by the privatization of the military can be eliminated.

Whoever really wants to turn an army into his private property cannot do it without a lot of time.

However, the current military regulations of the Ming State are that adjutants below the rank of lieutenant must be replaced from among the military students of the academy, which puts an end to the way of appointing and promoting cronies of senior generals in the army. (To be continued......)