Chapter Ninety-Two: Strategy

Gao Cheng's words shocked Gao Longzhi's face to change greatly.

He firmly believes that Buddhism is true, but he really cares about his future, and it is clear which is more important and which is more important.

"Please also ask the prince to teach me bluntly, today's grace, Long Zhi will not dare to forget."

Gao Cheng originally had the intention of helping Gao Longzhi, and since he came out for Gao Longzhi, Cui Jishu punched the Yuan Bao Torch three times, and his relationship with Gao Longzhi has become closer and closer.

Er Zhu Ying'e saved Gao Long's family from Gao Qian and Li Yuanzhong, and made Gao Longzhi grateful to Gao Cheng and his wife.

This own person must be protected, in case Gao Huan withdraws Gao Longzhi in exchange for a Liu Gui, it will be a headache.

"This is not the place to make a living."

Gao Cheng, who was standing outside the mansion gate, smiled lightly, as if he had a plan.

Gao Longzhi was very confident in Xiao Gaowang's wisdom, and when he saw his appearance in his chest, he also relaxed:

"Please also ask the prince to follow me into the house."

The two discussed in the mansion for a long time, and Gao Cheng said goodbye and left, and was sent out of the mansion by Gao Longzhi.

There was a guard in front of him, Gao Cheng and Gao Jishi were chatting about business, his identity was destined to make him unable to go out alone like a child of the Ping family.

And the experience of the assassination of the original owner also made Gao Cheng anxious to form his own guard after Gao Huan got up, and every time he traveled, he had to be accompanied by guards to protect him.

Outside the city of Xiangyang, the guards suffered heavy losses, and it was imminent to replenish the manpower, Gao Cheng after careful consideration, and finally decided to hand over Gao Jishi to select 400 people from the Han army.

After this incident, Gao Jishi will also step down from his position as the governor of his cronies and lead 3,000 troops in the Gyeonggi army.

The candidates for the governor of his cronies also began to be considered, not only that, Sun Yan and Chen Yuankang were successively transferred to Jinyang, and Yang Yu was released to control Dongjingzhou for him.

There are only two powerful staff members left around him, Cui Jishu and Zhao Yanshen, one of them is short, everyone is long, and he always thinks of a way by himself, Gao Cheng can't tell whether he is a superior or a staff member.

It's time to expand the staff team, and Gao Cheng hit his uncle Gao Chen with the idea.

Back in the house, Gao Cheng finally let Gao Jishi go back to rest, and he didn't go to see the three beautiful concubines, and went straight to the study to sit alone.

'Is your father well?' How is the concubine? Cheng is fine.

After the battle of Xiangyang, Cheng thought hard day and night about how to completely put an end to the private looting of his subordinates.

After many visits, Cheng believed that the poverty of soldiers was the root cause of frequent looting, and that rectifying military discipline and blindly punishing the law might have a temporary effect, but after all, it was not a long-term plan.

Cheng thought that when the military salary should be set up and the money and food were distributed to the soldiers, now the armies are mostly the private troops of the generals, and if the military salaries are issued in the name of the Bohai Palace, it can also change the pattern of the soldiers as generals. ’

Cheng didn't dare to say anything about the amount of military salary, but asked his father to dictate wholeheartedly. ’

At this point, Gao Cheng stopped writing.

The root cause of the looting in the Northern Wei Dynasty was the problem of money.

Daowu Emperor Tuoba Jue established the Wei State, until the eighth year of Emperor Xiaowen Taihe, for nearly a hundred years, there was no mature Yulu system at all, not to mention soldiers, and even officials could not receive salaries.

During this period, the Northern Wei Dynasty pursued the Ban Ci system, that is, after the Son of Heaven personally conquered, the obtained materials were distributed to the soldiers, and at the same time the generals were encouraged to solve the supply of materials by themselves when they went to war, and the materials obtained were also divided among the generals and soldiers in the army.

It is precisely because of the class gift system that the Northern Wei army has completely cultivated the habit of plundering, and those with better military discipline can still be restrained, and those with worse military discipline, such as Cui Yanbo and Gao Cheng, are all proof.

After Empress Dowager Feng took power, the Northern Wei Dynasty began the process of sinicization, and the main body of governing the country also changed from military generals to civil officials, in order to cope with this change, Emperor Xiaowen Taihe eight years, under the auspices of Empress Dowager Feng, the class system was finally promulgated in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

A hundred years after the founding of the Northern Wei Dynasty, civil servants finally had a stable salary income, but this was an official benefit, and the low-level soldiers still counted on looting in the war to make a living.

Gao Cheng believed that Gao Huan would definitely be moved, and change the nature of the army's private troops with the yang scheme of issuing military salaries, even if a smart person saw through the mystery, he could only reluctantly accept this reality, after all, the command of the army was still in his hands for the time being.

If they oppose the payment of military salaries, who would dare to face the anger of the soldiers.

Only Gao Cheng's Gyeonggi Army, Gao Aocao's 5,000 Han Army, and Yaoxiong's 3,000 Hebei soldiers were all private soldiers.

And Hou Jing and He Batsheng moved to the town, but they accompanied them with their subordinates, which is actually a manifestation of the generals.

These soldiers are surnamed Hou and Heba, but they will never have the surname Gao.

Now there is only one question left, where will the military pay come from?

Gao Cheng picked up the pen and continued to write on the paper:

Since Empress Dowager Feng, Buddhism has been highly respected, and in the first year of Emperor Xiaoming's Turtle (518), Luoyang monasteries and temples encroached on people's houses, as many as one-third.

As for the incident in Heyin, the courtiers died, and most of their homes and manors were donated to the temple by their families.

These monasteries occupied a large amount of land, and the monks and nuns themselves did not produce themselves, driving the poor peasants to cultivate, but they were exempt from taxes and servitude, resulting in a shortage of resources for the dynasty.

'Cheng thought that the Great Wei worshiped the Buddha, and the money was used for the Buddha, and the Gao family should suppress the Buddha, and the money was taken from the Buddha.

'Why not use the money and food of the temple to raise the soldiers of the Gao clan? The matter of suppressing the Buddha, please preside.

'Emperor Daowu was troubled by the hidden blades in the temple, and Cheng instructed Gao Longzhi to build a new temple, and the blades and armor could be easily hidden in it, imitating the wisdom of his predecessors.

At the same time, Cheng will send secret agents to investigate the evil things of monks and nuns, and make a public announcement, so that the world will not be discussed by the father.

'Even if there is criticism, I wish to shoulder it.

This matter is very important, and Cheng does not dare to slack off, but Cheng is busy with the war, and there are many vacant seats in the shogunate for talents.

'The uncle opened the palace to consult Cui Xian, and it was better to be virtuous, and he was very talented, so the child begged his father to ask for it for his son, so as to help Cheng share his father's worries.

'Cheng Bai bowed his head, wishing his father and king to be in good health and achieve the great cause of Emperor Gao, the ancestor of the late Han Dynasty. ’

Gao Cheng picked up the letter paper and examined it carefully, although the words were ugly, the content was to say everything that should be said, not only to help Gao Longzhi exonerate, but also to ask Cui Xian for himself.

As for bearing the criticism, it can only be him, Gao Huan is a person who has a red face in his life, and this white-faced candidate who offends people will not fall on Gao Cheng's head.

It doesn't matter, Xiao Gao Wang didn't dare to thoroughly check the acres of land and count the population for the time being, for fear of touching the interests of Haoqiang and affecting the foundation of the Gao family, but what was he worried about just a group of monks and nuns.

Of course, Gao Cheng can't do the things of bullying good and fearing evil, but the problem is that you monks and nuns can't be called good.

As for Haoqiang, it won't be long before this happens, once this matter is done, the army of the Kwantung region will become Gao's private soldiers, and King Xiao Gao will implement strict soil breaking, and everyone will support it.

This secret letter was very important, and he didn't dare to send a messenger as before, but after thinking about it, Gao Cheng still chose his cousin, Duan Shao.