Chapter 682
Tang Yin wanted to refuse Guo Tong's invitation, but after thinking about it, it was not bad to get along with him, at least there would be someone in the court who would speak for him. He nodded with a smile and said, "Then it's troublesome for Guo Xiang!"
"Oh! His Royal Highness the Wind King is too polite. Guo Tong hurriedly bowed his hand.
Farewell to Guo Tong, Tang Yin returned to his palace, and after lunch, the ministers of the Wind Country, led by Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji, came one after another to start the court discussion of the Wind Country. The court discussion of the Wind Country is much more practical than that of the imperial court, there is no empty talk or empty talk, and all the discussions are important military and political affairs.
Now Tang Yin is most concerned about the issue of troops. After the court discussion began, he first asked Qiu Zhendao: "Qiu Xiang, how is the recent development of new recruits?"
Qiu Zhen came out of the ranks, bowed his hand, and replied: "Back to the king, the new and trained 200,000 troops have been sent to the Hedong military camp, and there are still 100,000 recruits being trained in the capital, and the wounded soldiers are also close to 100,000, a month later, 100,000 recruits can also be transferred to Hedong, but the wounded soldiers will need at least three months to recover their combat strength." ”
Tang Yin fell into deep thought, silently calculating in his heart, 200,000 recruits have gone to Hedong, plus the 150,000 troops originally stationed there, the strength has reached 350,000, and when a month later, there will be 100,000 recruits, then it is an army of more than 400,000, so much military strength, should be enough to deal with the war against Ning. As for the 100,000 wounded soldiers, they can be used as their own backup, and they can be sent to the battlefield when the war is difficult.
After pondering for a while, he nodded and praised Qiu Zhen: "Well done." Qiu Xiang, conscription cannot be stopped, even if our army is saturated, we must continue to recruit troops!"
Qiu Zhen knew best what Tang Yin was going to do next, so he also understood his intentions, but Shangguan Yuanji and Zhang Zhe both frowned.
Recruiting soldiers and horses is not a matter of opening one's mouth and opening one's mouth, it takes money, and now because of Ning Guo's indemnity, the treasury of the Feng State finally has some savings, if it is such a large-scale conscription as now, I am afraid that this bit of gold and silver will soon be in vain.
Shangguan Yuanji is worried about the problem of grain and grass, although Hedong County, an important place for grain production, belongs to his own side, but there are still two counties in the Wind Country that have just been flooded, and there are many hungry people, if too many troops are levied, I am afraid that it will affect the domestic disaster relief.
The two of them lined up with each other, and said: "If the king continues to recruit troops without control, I am afraid that there will be insufficient grain and grass in the country (the treasury is empty)!"
Looking at the two of them, Tang Yin nodded, then stood up, paced back and forth in front of the table with his hands behind his back, he said: "I know that you two have difficulties, but I also have difficulties, if there are not enough reserve troops in the country, once the front battlefield is deadlocked, or even lost, and the attrition is serious, won't it be difficult for our army to support?"
Hearing this, the ministers' hearts were shocked, and when they heard the meaning of the king's words, it seemed that there was still a war!
Zhang Zhe asked: "King, please forgive the foolishness, I don't know which country the king is going to war again?"
Tang Yin was stunned for a moment, then snorted and said with a dry smile: "I just made an analogy, and I didn't say which country I want to fight with." It's always necessary to plan ahead!"
"However, with our current national strength, we really should not maintain such a large army in peacetime......
Zhang Zhe still wanted to persuade him, but Tang Yin had already broken his words and said: "Okay, I understand what you mean, but, as the saying goes: the major affairs of the soldier's country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored." It's better to be prepared than to be in a hurry. This matter, so be it, no need to talk about it anymore. ”
With a word, Tang Yin stuffed Shangguan Yuanji and Zhang Zhe's stomachs full of Jinjian back.
But fortunately, Tang Yin used the money to recruit troops and buy horses, rather than to build palaces or spend time drinking and having fun, which was somewhat acceptable to the ministers.
Next, Tang Yin asked about the domestic grain and grass, and then ordered Xuan Wang, the head of the Ordnance Department, to produce as many equipment as possible needed in the army.
The entire court discussion, looking at Tang Yin's words and deeds, is completely making preparations before the war, but people can't understand that there is obviously no war in the Feng Country at present, and the peace with the Ning State has been reached, and the two kingdoms of Sichuan and Zhen will also attack in the future, and the new monarch of the Mozambican State has formed an alliance with his own side, so who else can he go to war with?
After understanding the situation he wanted to know and explaining everything he wanted to deal with, Tang Yin sat back on the throne, looked around at the civil and military ministers below and said, "Do you have anything else?"
Qiu Zhen came out again and said, "The minister has something to do." ”
"What's the matter?"
"Regarding the Nawu Order issued by the king a while ago, now there are results, each county has screened a total of sixteen strong people with high spiritual martial arts, and they have all arrived in the capital, and are ready to compete in the school military field tomorrow to determine the level, if the king can go to watch the battle, it is the importance of the Nawu order, and it can also make the sixteen strong men screened out be greatly encouraged, and they will definitely use their best during the competition!"
After Tang Yin heard this, he suddenly sighed, and he almost forgot about it. He nodded again and again, and said, "I want to go! ”
"The king is wise!" Qiu Zhen bowed, and then retreated to his original position.
"If nothing else, you can go back. ”
"The ministers retired. ”
Cheng Jin stayed. Before everyone left, Tang Yin added.
After the ministers left, Cheng Jin, who stayed behind, asked, "King, is there something wrong?"
Tang Yin got up, beckoned to Cheng Jin, and said, "Let's go out for a walk." ”
Knowing that he had something to say, Cheng Jin followed behind Tang Yin and walked out of the conference hall.
When he got outside, Tang Yin looked back and saw that Cheng Jin was so far away from him, he smiled indifferently and urged: "Hurry up!"
Cheng Jin has always been self-disciplined, and his personality is also rigid and rigorous, he does not dare to walk side by side with Tang Yin, even if he comes forward, he is still behind Tang Yin.
Tang Yin had no purpose, and walked casually, asking as he walked, "Has Yuan Ziyi been in good shape lately?"
Cheng Jin hurriedly replied: "It's very regular, and there is no change." ”
"En!" Tang Yin nodded, then sighed and said, "After Jiaxi is killed, who will take over the position of captain of the second team of dark arrows?"
"It's Zhang Xiao. ”
"Zhang Xiao?" Because the whereabouts of the Hidden Arrow are secretive, Tang Yin doesn't know much about the Hidden Arrow personnel.
Cheng Jin replied: "Zhang Xiao is a rising embroidery in the dark arrow, he is calm, quick-witted, and quite a city, and his cultivation is deep, and he is second to none in the dark arrow." ”
"Oh?" Tang Yin became interested and asked with a smile, "Still above you?"
Cheng Jin also smiled, shook his head again and again, and said: "There are more and more brothers of the dark arrow, from all over the world, from all over the world, and there are many masters, capable people, stronger than ministers, and countless. ”
Tang Yin said with a smile: "Cheng Jin, I can't see it, the authority I gave you the dark arrow is getting bigger and bigger, and you are becoming more and more modest, but this is very good." ”
Cheng Jin smiled bitterly, he really hoped that he was being modest, but in fact, the number of dark cultivators who had cultivated to a high level in the dark arrow was indeed increasing, and there were not a few of them who were stronger than him.
Tang Yin said: "Since the manpower of the dark arrow is no longer a problem, the internal structure can be divided more finely, but it is generally divided into three teams, which is too rough, and the power of each captain is too concentrated, which is easy to cause trouble." ”
Cheng Jin's face was straight, and he arched his hand and said: "What the king reminded is that after the subordinates go back, they will carefully draw up a plan, and then hand it over to the king for review." ”
"En!" Tang Yin responded, suddenly remembering something, and said, "For this matter, you can go and ask Yuan Ziyi for advice." ”
Cheng Jin was startled, hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said, "My subordinates don't dare to ......."
Tang Yin waved his hand and said, "Yuan Ziyi used to be a Linglong girl, in charge of the huge Linglong Gate, in the management of an organization, there must be something outstanding, if you ask her for advice, you will definitely benefit a lot." ”
After a pause, he smiled and said: "During my departure from the capital, she really stayed in the palace honestly, dressed up as me, and did not give birth to any mess, which surprised me, it can be seen that your personal relationship with her must be good!"
In any case, Yuan Ziyi is still his enemy, a prisoner of his own side, and he has a close personal relationship with Yuan Ziyi, and he is suspected of collaborating with the enemy. Cheng Jin swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and arched his hand: "King, subordinates ......"
Tang Yin interrupted his explanation and said, "It's a good thing that you can have a good relationship with Yuan Ziyi, don't be nervous." However, you should also take advantage of this and let her do as much work for us as possible, preferably to pull her to our side!"
Seeing that Tang Yin didn't mean to blame, Cheng Jin sighed secretly, and he replied: "Yes! His subordinates will do their best." As he spoke, he felt a chill behind his back, and the underwear behind his back had been soaked with cold sweat.
Tang Yin looked at Cheng Jin, who was relieved, and said with a smile: "As long as you can bring Yuan Ziyi over, I will personally act as a matchmaker for the two of you." With that, he walked out with a smile.
Cheng Jin couldn't doubt if his ears had heard it wrong, a while ago, the king had just said that there was no possibility between him and Yuan Ziyi, why did the style of words change now?
However, this change was great news for Cheng Jin, he stood up in place for a while before reacting, seeing that Tang Yin was lucky, he hurriedly caught up, his face turned red, and he stammered and didn't know how to reply, and said, "Oh...... Thank you, No, my subordinates will do their best......"
It was rare to see the lifeless Cheng Jinyou blushing, Tang Yin couldn't help but smile head-on.
At this moment, suddenly a crisp brass bell sounded behind the two of them, and at the same time, a figure rushed through the circular arch not far away.