"You say, what's the problem now?" In the Mansion of the Marquis of the Yandao Pavilion, Gao Ming asked Du Chou Gongsun Sheng, Fu Chen, Gao Xiang and others with a solemn face.

"In a Yizhou, there are hundreds of thousands of households, a population of seven or eight million, and there are tens of thousands of monks on the register, how many are the displaced people? Do the displaced people have grain and grass reserves? Do they have all kinds of materials? Are the displaced people three heads and six arms? Why is this hall of several million people scattered in a plate of sand? In the face of such a small group of displaced people, there are failures everywhere?"

He paused, looked at the four of them with contemplative expressions, and continued: "The people don't know why they are fighting? What about the officials? What about the powerful people in various places? Just as Mr. Du said, because Luo Yuanjun built a long fence along Pishui, it was equivalent to giving up the area east of Pishui. Now many of Jiangyang County, including Mr. Du's family, are preparing to move far away and are ready to go to Jingzhou to be refugees. Aren't you afraid that you will go down the road of Li Xiang and them again, and finally have to rebel? Will it end well?"

"I know that the clansmen, including Mr. Du, are all lucky, and I also said that I would not be as unwilling to return to Yongqin and Qin as Li Xiang, and I said that after the court pacified Shudi, I would return to my hometown as soon as possible. Why? Why do you leave your fate to others? Why do you not protect your own land and property, but you count on the imperial court? If the imperial court cannot pacify the displaced people in Shu in a short period of time?"

"I know, Mr. Du also said that no one in the family in Jiangyang wants to be a homeless. The reason why he had to choose such a strategy was because Luo Yuanjun had been defeated repeatedly, and now he had openly given up on them. Before, I always thought that someone was wrong. For example, Luo Yuanjun's command error caused a crushing defeat in this battle. But now let's take a look at what happened to Jian Chen, look at what happened to those who joined the army, and then look at the attitude of those who didn't join the army but who joined the army, and I realized that Luo Yuanjun was not alone in the problem. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Ming first paused, then raised his voice and said loudly: "It's the society that's wrong, it's everyone's fault." ”

"Take our Yandao as an example, the 500 recruits we have trained, what each of them wants to fight for, what are the benefits and guarantees for participating in the war, and what honors they have, this is a very real problem. But as Mr. Du said, we can't give these things to the Hou Dao State, because they can only be given by the imperial court. Even if I want to send troops to conquer the displaced people, I have to agree with the imperial court, and the county magistrate has to ask the county guard, and the county guard has to ask for the assassin history. Moreover, Mr. Du also said that our military training was originally against the law of the Great Jin Dynasty. I'm afraid that once the exiles are pacified, the county guard should ask me for being clever. ”

"The problem with all this is like the imperial court tying everyone up, not allowing you to take any unexpected actions, only letting everyone act within the circle demarcated by the imperial court. Once there is a problem like the homeless, you want to send troops, but it is impossible. Without the approval of your superiors, you just want to protect your hometown, and you are powerless. Everything had to be managed by the imperial court. ”

The more Gao Ming spoke, the more fluent he became, and the various experiences of the two worlds finally came together, and his voice became more and more passionate.

"The officials are all low-level officials, and they are all responsible to their superiors. If the superiors want to recruit soldiers, then everyone will gather their heads. As for whether these heads can be used as soldiers, no one cares. As for what these soldiers who came up to think in their hearts, no one cared. If the top doesn't know what the bottom is thinking, how can the bottom work for the top? Once the battle is lost, then just like this time, they will immediately flee everywhere. You don't know what you're fighting for, and I'm asking you, why did you come all the way here to fight?"

Jian Chen, who was listening and thinking about it, heard Gao Ming suddenly throw him a question, he was stunned for a moment, and then he whispered: "I don't know, at that time, I just wanted to come over to help Yizhou pacify the displaced people." ”

"Very good!" Gao Ming nodded at Jian Chen: "Look, what a simple feeling! Joining the army and serving the imperial court and the state and county was originally a very simple emotion. But now, Jiachen, would you like to come next time?"

Seeing that Jian Chen shook his head, Gao Ming continued: "Simple feelings are so fragile and vulnerable in the face of reality. After joining the army, you find that many bosses don't care about whether they can win the battle at all, and they don't understand what ordinary soldiers need. In the eyes of many officials, this is all business, just a money-making business. ”

"Therefore, when there is a problem, according to the design of the Great Jin, it should be solved by the imperial court, and the imperial court does not allow everyone to take the initiative to solve it. But the affairs of the imperial court are all done by the officials, and the officials are appointed by the imperial court, so they naturally have to think about the above, not the below. So, who are the soldiers fighting for? Originally, defending their hometown was fighting for themselves, and this is a matter of course. But the court can insert a pole horizontally. After changing the countries from Daqin to counties, he experienced the former business and the later business. Originally, at the beginning, everyone in Pakistan was still from Ba County, and the people of Shu were still from Shu County, and everyone could still unite as one, and the people of Pakistan were still on the territory of Pakistan, and the land of Pakistan was still from Pakistan. But after all this back and forth, whose land does it belong to? Is this hometown your own?"

"It's all from the imperial court. Gao Ming was already excited when he said this: "That's why everyone would rather be refugees than protect their land and property, because in the final analysis, this land and property belongs to the court rather than their own." This is especially true for those who have come here from other places to become officials. ”

"Dajin Longxing, divide the world, this way was originally good. If Gao Ming insisted that centralization was better than sealing in the past, then after experiencing so many things, he had changed his mind, "but it is still far from enough." The kingdoms have their own histories, rather than letting the kingdoms govern themselves. It is the imperial court that makes decisions for everyone, rather than letting the people everywhere make their own decisions. If one day, the displaced people cross the river and fight our Yandao and even Ningzhou, and the prefectures and counties do not have the strength to limit the defeat of them, will we only have one way to go into exile?

"The imperial court can't give these ordinary soldiers honors, can't give these ordinary soldiers treatment, can't give these ordinary soldiers' families preferential treatment, I will give it wisely, and I will give it to the Hou Dao country. I want them to know what they're fighting for, they're not fighting for office, they're fighting for their homeland. As long as they have this spirit, even if they are defeated, they will regroup and continue to fight. ”

"Luo Yuanjun gave up on the people of Jiangdong, but I hope that Mr. Du can go over and tell your people, tell the people of Jiangyang County, and tell them not to go all the way to Jingzhou first. Tell them that as long as they don't give up, I'm willing to help them, and I'm willing to send troops to help them. We Yizhou people are still the people of the Great Jin, but as long as the Great Jin delegates power, we Yizhou people can completely solve our own affairs. ”

At this moment, Gao Ming said in his heart: Not only in this world, but in the history of my world, countless people are just fighting for their own glory and wealth, and for the glory and wealth of some princes and generals. War shouldn't be like that, joining the army shouldn't be like that. This time, I want to change that, and I want everyone to fight for themselves, for their hometown, and for the people of their hometown.