"What are you going to do with this person?" Not interested in staying any longer, Li Xiao walked out of the cell.

"You can't kill it for the time being, it's useful!" Li Yongfang glanced back, and the guards next to him took a few steps back with a very good look.

"Oh!" Li Xiao didn't understand that people were like that and there was a woolen yarn.

Seeing that Li Xiao was a little puzzled, knowing that there was no one around, Li Yongfang still stomped around in a sly manner. "Handsome! Wu Sangui wants to know our secrets, just thinking about letting those doctors in Cambridge and Oxford study it.

Let's give him information and let them study it. Of course, intelligence is false intelligence. The research direction is also the wrong research direction. ...... moment of truth! ”

"Hmmm! It's better to blow up at a critical moment, and it's better to blow up one or two of them. Li Xiao looked at Li Yongfang, this old bastard is really vicious. But it seems that Li Xiao likes this plan very much!

The Oxbridge Ph.D. is not just a random person who can be called a doctor. In this era, the British Empire was also regarded as a scientific and technological power. If you exclude its own influence, Daming's technology is a scum compared to today's Oxbridge.

Maybe! Li Yongfang's plan really worked, if he could blow up Newton, it would be too damn ideal.

Maybe this is a loss of talent for all mankind, but it is a real benefit for Daming. The loss of science and technology of all mankind, what does it matter to Lao Tzu, who let Newton, the bastard, come up with calculus, and cause Lao Tzu to learn that thing, and his hairline has moved back an inch.

My heart was crooked, and I left the edict with satisfaction. With such a spy leader who is full of bad water, Li Xiao feels that he can rest assured on the hidden front.

The problem to be solved now is not abroad, but at home. No matter how much Wu Sangui makes trouble, the British Empire is nothing more than an invasion by external forces. As for this kind of purely military problem, Li Xiao felt that it was not a problem at all. He is the god of war, and according to the strength of the current Ming army, there is absolutely no problem in winning a war like World War I.

Moreover, in terms of the army's training and combat style, the main field division of the Ming army can crush all the armies in the world.

The only regret is that in the army of the client state, only the Japanese state can be counted on. The rest of the North Koreans, let them be in charge of logistics and supplies, they are afraid that they will steal food. As for the Mongol cavalry ...... Gezhitu, Genghis Khan, who is like a jackal, is estimated to be able to gnaw through the coffin board if he sees today's descendants. Then he jumped out and tore the bastard Geritu alive.

The people of Annam are now fighting like black-eyed chickens, and the Burmese people know to stay at home and take care of their children all day long. The land in the family is thrown to the woman to plant! Li Xiao really didn't have the courage to recruit such a lazy person into his team.

The existing military strength of the Ming Dynasty, the four main divisions are absolute combat power. The total number of people is less than 200,000, which is already the limit of what the existing national strength can support. With the rest of the garrison, Li Xiao no longer expected them to fight. If you can help stabilize the local security, you can complete the task. Anyway, their equipment supply or something, it is very different from the main division.

The salary of a regimental commander of the garrison regiment, that is, a company commander of the main division.

It was a little difficult for these 200,000 people to cope with the world war, but there was absolutely no problem in dealing with the British Far East Army, which was mainly composed of Ah San.

The problem still comes from China, those who read the way of Confucius and Mencius always want to subvert this court that they are not satisfied with. Look at Jiang Guoliang's subordinates, all of them are people in their thirties and forties, who have read the Four Books and Five Classics since childhood.

And what worries Li Xiao the most is that the Ming people have almost no national concept. If you ask a Ming person overseas where he is from, he will definitely say that he is from Shandong, or from Hebei, Liaodong, Jiangsu, and so on. They will never say that they are from the Ming Dynasty.

The concept of region is far above the concept of the country. There are only people who have the concept of the unity of the family and the country, and it seems that there are only Li Xiao and Sun Chengzong.

Because of the continuation of the policy of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, the people's regional clan concept is extremely strong.

This is nothing in peacetime, at most it is a matter of villagers fighting each other and grabbing water. To put it more broadly, it can be regarded as an internal contradiction among the people. But in wartime, this kind of thing may kill Li Xiao.

The main division is fine, but those who guard the division. Shandong people are reluctant to go to Shanxi to fight, and Shaanxi people are unwilling to go to Sichuan to fight. Yunnan people are reluctant to go to Guangzhou, and Guangzhou people are reluctant to go to Yizhou.

Although they did not rely on them to fight, the local garrison still had to be strengthened during wartime. You can't use all the locals, then the damn garrison commander won't be the emperor yet.

went home and took a shower, ate dinner and walked to Sun Chengzong's house. In these years, he has always been willing to consult Sun Chengzong when he encounters problems. It seems that if you don't discuss it with this old gentleman, you don't know the bottom of your heart.

"The old man also noticed what you said. This is something that can't be helped, Daming was originally composed of large and small clans. Now the tentacles of the imperial court have begun to gradually go to the countryside, but in the past, the decree did not go to the countryside, and at most it could only be conveyed to the county level and the matter was finished.

The imperial court is in one place, and the establishment of a county prince is even if it is pulled down. In the entire county, those who are eligible to receive the imperial court are only the county order, the county cheng, and the school. Now if you want to touch the political power to the countryside, it is indeed very difficult. The biggest trouble is the local clan power. Speaking of this, Sun Chengzong didn't have any good ideas.

"Reforming the local area is not a matter of one or two days, and too drastic will cause unrest. Now is the time for rapid development, and it is best not to have any turmoil. I wonder if the reform starts with the military.

Military service is implemented for two years, and soldiers are not allowed to come from their own provinces. Recruits need to be transferred from other provinces to their own province!

For example, people from Henan go to Guangzhou to serve as soldiers, people from Shaanxi go to Jiangsu to serve as soldiers, and people from Sichuan can go to Hunan...... The officers did the same, so that the local clans could not control the army. At the very least, the regime at the county level is guaranteed by force.

Of course, the main division cannot be changed yet. For the time being, the soldiers are still mainly from Liaodong, Shandong, and Hebei. After all, in the future, the army will still face the situation in the northwest. Li Xiao said his thoughts to see if he could get Sun Chengzong's support.

"Hmmm! This method is good, and the military service period is two years, which will not delay the marriage and childbirth of local youths. Moreover, the iron-clad battalion and flowing soldiers have made it so that no one can control the military power of a place for a long time. Another transfer between the officers cut off the claws of the local clan forces reaching out to the army. How did you come up with this? Sun Chengzong's eyes lit up, and he immediately agreed to Li Xiao's proposal.

In addition, veterans can follow the example of Liaodong, Shandong, and Hebei. Put them in the yamen and do some official errands and the like. After all, he is a person who has been educated in the army, and he is still more loyal to the country than the people. ”

"It can also serve the purpose of encouraging young people of school age to enlist in the army! Not bad! Not bad! Sun Chengzong nodded frequently.

"Then you have ...... about this matter!"

"You don't do much to be a shopkeeper, the old man is so old, do you still think the old man can't live long? Do you have to be tired to death before the old man is willing? Seeing that Li Xiao was going to be lazy again, Sun Chengzong immediately ran away.

This kid always looks like this, he can always come up with good ideas when he encounters things, and when he implements them, he runs away. I am so tired that I am dying all day long, but Li Xiao, this kid, is idle.

"But it doesn't seem appropriate to hand over such a small matter to you. You go to Zhang Huangyan, anyway, this matter is also under the control of the Ministry of War. Sun Chengzong knew Li Xiao's temperament, so he simply went to Sun Chengzong.

Chatting with the old guy always makes people feel happy, and when he came out of Sun Chengzong's house, Li Xiao felt a lot more relaxed.

As soon as I returned to the Marshal's Mansion, I saw Luo Yangxing waiting at the door.

"It's so late, what's the urgency?" Li Xiao saw that Luo Yang's temperament was a little strange.

"Dashuai, something is wrong."