As the capital of the Han Kingdom, the prosperity of Cheng Dù is not comparable to the rest of the cities of the Han Kingdom, and the bustling crowds on the streets today make the cold winter seem to retreat. It really doesn't look like an ancient time where heating is laborious, but the class gap is there, 'Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road.' What can the poor people who share a cotton trouser with a family do? They just hope that the tax revenue will be a little thinner next year, so that they can save money to buy new clothes for their children.

Meng Li and Guo Jia rode on horseback on this bustling street and sighed: "People say that Yannan Road is close to the border and can trade with foreign races, which is really a rich place, and they also think so when they are lonely. But who knows that after I went, I felt the gap with the capital, and when the cold winter was about to fall, there were few people on the street, let alone the cold winter? ”

Listening to Meng Li's emotion, Guo Jia didn't care.

"Lord, there is nothing in prosperity, the luxury of this capital has penetrated into the bones of this city, what can be done if it is prosperous on the surface? When the crisis comes, the prosperity of the capital will be like a useless ornament, it will be broken as soon as it is stabbed, and what is there to envy~"

"Yes, the prosperity of this capital is already bone-chilling! How can there be my Yannan Province's folk customs are simple, although the war is continuous near the border, but the good martial arts are all over Yannan, not to mention that everyone has good strength, fifty percent finally have. If you gather it casually and train it lightly, it will be an army with very considerable combat effectiveness. ”

Thinking of the fact that Yannan Road was close to the border and caused a lot of losses to the young and middle-aged, but the people were good at martial arts, Meng Li couldn't help but be proud of it, his big base was too promising for development!

"Yes, in Jia's view, Yannan Dao is a special product of the policies of each emperor. The continuous supply of military salaries and rations, and then the continuous training of batches of militia and standing armies, has created an atmosphere of good military practice, and it is really a model of hiding troops for the people. The lord picked up a ready-made one~"

Shaking his head, he seemed to be a little envious of his father-in-law's luck of receiving a big pie falling from the world when he went out, Guo Jia couldn't help but be a little admired.

"Haha~"

Meng Li was also a little pleased, thinking about it like this, in fact, his cheap dad was really good to himself. Although there were some dangers at the time, but I couldn't even deal with those dangers, so what was the use of myself? How did you put such a big cake with a lid in your hands?

"Then, my lord, hiding soldiers from the people, after all, it is still the people! Without His Majesty's will, we are still powerless. Therefore, at today's court meeting, we must do our best to fight for His Majesty's will to expand the army! ”

Yes, the two of them are on their way to the court. Meng Li, who had rested for a few days, seemed to be remembered by the emperor yesterday and invited him to hold a meeting in the court today!

"Then, please leave it to Fengxiao~"

Knowing that he is almost a set of accurate old foxes in the court, Meng Li still clearly knows that this court meeting is Guo Jia's own stage, and he argues with the foxes!

"Jiabi goes all out!"

Saying this, but secretly confidently in my heart, those opponents are speechless, if they can't even take them, then, what face do I, Guo Fengxiao, call myself the wise man of the world! He has this confidence and this strength!

……

Meng Li and the others, who were standing silently outside the Qingping Palace, suddenly heard the eunuch's unique sharp and thin voice penetrating thousands of miles and reaching their ears.

Walking in small steps, the two people who lowered their heads stepped on the seventy-two steps exclusive to this kingdom, stepped over the doorrail to the center of the hall, bowed and saluted, Meng Li sang first: "Long live my emperor, long live my son, Meng Li, see his father~"

Immediately following Meng Li's voice fell, Guo Jia's singing sounded: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, minister Guo Jia participates in His Majesty~"

"Excuse me~"

This time it was not the eunuch's shrill voice that could penetrate people's eardrums, but a majestic and solemn middle-aged male voice.

The two men, who understood who was talking, got up and stood still.

"Meng Li, do you know what I did to recruit you into the palace this time?"

Although below the emperor liked to call him Lao Jiu, because at that time he was a father. But this is a solemn court meeting, his identity as Meng Chang is the emperor of this country that has been inherited for nearly a thousand years, and there is only the difference between the sky and the common people in his eyes, and there is no proximity and distance!

"Father, son-in-law doesn't know~"

Although he understood that the emperor recruited him into the palace was only afraid that it was the reason for the expansion of troops that he presented a few days ago, but with the most wise thought of the emperor in the world, he still said that he did not know.

"Hmph~, I recruited you into the palace today to discuss with the ministers about your expansion of troops!"

I don't know whether it was a happy or angry snort, and the emperor's indifferent voice echoed in the hall.

"Father, after the last defeat and the recent purge, the strength of the Northern Huns has been reduced by five or six ten, and the rumors of 500,000 people who control the strings have long been lost, and the sons are willing to expand the army in the fiefdom, and the Northern Huns will be defeated in the north, and get rid of this cancer attached to the Han Kingdom in one fell swoop!"

Meng Li had just finished explaining his reason, when he saw an official at the back of the court come out and say, "Your Highness the Ninth Highness, do you know that there are still soldiers and horses in the Northern Xiongnu Department?" Then he lightly went out to exterminate the Northern Huns? Oh, down there is Zuo Ling, the squire of the Criminal Department. ”

Looking at this person in the ranks, Meng Li also did not have the slightest disgust and impatience, he had already expected this situation, if these ministers in the court allowed themselves to expand the army and ignored it, then he needed to think carefully about what big hole they dug and led him to jump.

"Under it, it is the military division of the Yannan Hou Shogunate, sacrificing wine, Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao~"

Seeing someone scolding his father-in-law, Guo Jia, who had been keeping his head down on the side, suddenly said. King to king, general to general, soldier to soldier, a mere squire is not enough to reach his lord to answer him.

"The Northern Xiongnu Department is now throwing out young and women, and there are only 200,000 people who control the strings, and the horses are starving to death and losing fat in this cold winter, and they will not be able to recover within three years, and my Yannan Dao will seize the comfortable time of these three years to train soldiers and horses, expand the army, and give the Northern Xiongnu a blow to destroy Miè three years later, and get rid of this evil force that has been harming the border of our Han Kingdom all the year round!"

"200,000 string controllers? I wonder how many sergeants Guo Xijiu is going to recruit? Our Han kingdom has been peaceful for a long time, how can it easily destroy the stable life of the common people? ”

When Guo Jia finished narrating, it was the squire who couldn't help but ask again.

"Fifty thousand! It is enough to sweep the entire Northern Huns! Guo Jia replied very imposingly.

"Fifty thousand? Hehe" The squire who sneered twice couldn't help but say again: "Guo sacrifices wine, not to mention whether 50,000 soldiers can sweep the entire Northern Xiongnu, and what if they fail; Next, I want to ask Guo Saijiu, do you know how much logistics is needed to train 50,000 soldiers? ”

Without waiting for Guo Jia to answer, the waiter then said: "Guo Xijiu, let me tell you for you, 50,000 soldiers are on weekdays, the annual military salary is hundreds of thousands of taels, and the military food is millions of deniers, and the tax revenue of Yannan Province last year is only half of this amount, do you want my Han Kingdom to recklessly support you Yannan Dao to complete this ridiculous plan that I don't know if it can succeed!" ”

"This lord, if the Northern Huns are not eradicated, the military salary and military food consumed in Yannan Road every year will not be a small number, don't take advantage of this once-in-a-century opportunity that I have fought hard in Yannan Road to completely eradicate this cancer, do you still want to raise a tiger and wait for him to recover and then gather strength to take revenge! Besides, His Majesty made a wise decision, Yannan Hou Yunwu Yunwen, and the soldiers under his command used their lives, what a pity for the Northern Huns! How did the power of my Han Empire conquer the world back then? Relying on the hard work of our Han Kingdom as a whole, when our Han army sacrificed one in exchange for at least fifty enemy casualties, this combat power, who dared to kill our Han army, and said that those who clearly offended my Han Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away! Although we are not as good as our ancestors, but with our lives up and down, the Lord is wise, and the Northern Huns who are scattered on weekdays are not waved and come! ”

This squire didn't dare to question any further, and was led by Guo Jia to the issue of the Han Empire, if you want to doubt the combat effectiveness of the Han army, isn't it smoking the mouth of the entire Han Kingdom, and he still honestly closed his mouth and retreated.

"If you want to raise 50,000 soldiers, you need at least half a country to supply, then, can Guo Xijiu know that the Han Kingdom is not just a Yannan Daozi bordering the outer realm?"

A soft voice suddenly came from the originally silent court, and Guo Jia turned his head to see that it was Zhu Hong, the secretary of the Ministry of War. This very old-fashioned question made Guo Jia's momentum suddenly weaken a little, and some unwilling people looked at the dying old Zhu Hong and couldn't help but secretly praise, Jiang is still old and spicy! Then he looked at Guo Jia happily to see how he answered this question, no matter what, he couldn't raise 50,000 soldiers! As everyone knows, they have been frightened by the lion's mouth that Meng left and deviated from their original intention of preventing Meng Li from expanding his army.

"Lord Zhu, Yannan Dao is in short supply of soldiers and horses at this time, and it is impossible to go on an expedition, how can you sit back and watch the opportunity to slip away?"

The goal has been achieved, Guo Jia has weakened his momentum, in fact, all high-end chess players are seeking a 'and' word, can draw chess is the real chess player, it is good to kill the enemy, but it is better to do it or to draw.

Seeing that Guo Jia's momentum had weakened, Zhu Hong, who sighed secretly, was not as happy as those who were shallow, but shook his head and stood back in line to wait for the emperor's holy referee. His ultimate goal is to be courteous and not to be a hegemon, so he can't do it! Or leave yourself a way out!