The second year.

Change the name of the year and set the first year.

It can be seen from the year name that Li Chong does not think that the current Tang Dynasty is its heyday.

Words for this year......

This dynasty will be exempted directly.

And......

This year, Li Zheng spent the Chinese New Year's Eve in the army.

The north side of the Tang Dynasty, and the state.

On the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, fortunately the weather was good today.

So......

The soldiers in the army will also have the opportunity to enjoy the singing and dancing performances.

In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, you must eat dumplings.

From the state treasury, Li Chong had already premeditated the allocation of a large amount of money and grain.

The order is that on this night, everyone can eat dumplings.

In fact......

Bingzhou is not the northernmost part of the Tang Dynasty.

The northernmost part of the Tang Dynasty should be the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate.

However, because the Anbei Protectorate was set up in the middle of the territory of the Turks, Xue Yantuo and other Tiele tribes.

Under the strong opposition of Pei Du and others.

Li Chong had no choice but to give up.

Don't be in time......

Learn from the Ming students, let the Turks know the news, and then arrest them.

But......

That said, I think so!

It's a bit of a shame that I can't be there myself.

But Li Chong had already had the radio delivered.

Implement live broadcast of the whole military region.

When the time comes......

He will give a New Year's speech directly over the radio.

The gist of the speech is that since the birth of mankind, there has always been war, and peace is always short-lived.

And the reason why Luoyang can light up thousands of lights, and every household can hear the sound of firecrackers, is thanks to the Tang Dynasty, you soldiers who are still sticking to the front line in the Chinese New Year's Eve.

It can be said!

Without you, there would be no peace and prosperity today.

……

Of course!

Nor should a speech be about good things without any actual benefits.

To this end......

Li Chong also asked people to prepare a lot of money, silk and other rewards.

picked a few more special cases, those who were soldiers at the bottom, and they couldn't contact their wives and children's families at this moment.

Give them a chance to take advantage of the radio call.

So set down......

Finally, add another theme song:

Hear, in the distance, the drums of war, thunder, burning the heart surging

Armor, charge, wave flags, shout, and fight for the heroic era

Recharge your batteries

Wait for the release now

Offensive and defensive games, we will dominate

The assembly is fast, and the marching troops will be outside the city, so there is no need to wait

As soon as the drums of war sounded, they moved

See!

We're here, we're here, and the fireworks in Luoyang are lit

Love is there, comrades are there, and the beacon is waiting for leisure

We're here, we're here, and we're the fastest

Triumphant song, we open the prosperous era!

……

I saw Li Chong's combination of punches, Rao is a seven-foot man in the army, who usually bleeds without tears, and at this time he couldn't help but be moved by Li Chong, one by one tears, which fell loudly.

But......

In fact, Li Chong didn't get any better either.

Because, Pei Du obviously saw Li Chong also wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Pei Du watched all this silently, looking at Li Chong, who was not tall, and couldn't help but be a little distracted.

In fact......

Although Li Chong is His Majesty, the hearts of the Xinjiang soldiers here are really difficult to recover.

Especially some old fritters in the army, they may be more willing to follow the generals in the army who can take them to eat and drink spicy food than to follow His Majesty Li Chong.

However......

In Pei Du's opinion, His Majesty is doing this now, which is equivalent to me not trying to win over you generals in the army.

Just give you a salary from the bottom of the kettle.

The radio broadcast was broadcast live, as well as this bag of dumplings, as well as the conversation between the low-level soldiers and their families, and the final theme song.

It's simply amazing!

Is this the power of culture?

Yes!

Even Pei Du couldn't imagine that Li Chong could do this in order to win the hearts of the army.

Especially in the theme song, 'We're here, we're here, Luoyang fireworks are lit.' ', 'Triumphant song, we open the prosperous era!' ’。

This gave all the Tang soldiers an indescribable sense of honor.

It also shows the importance that His Majesty attaches to these lowest-level soldiers.

At last......

Since this song is not difficult.

So......

One after another, the entire barracks, full of tens of thousands of people, also sang in unison in tacit understanding.

I sang it several times.

At this time......

Throughout the barracks, the singing shook the sky.

The ground also seemed to shake, comparable to hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen passing by.

This is the power of the 'cultural world'.

Pei Du looked at all this, if at this time, someone said that they would let the soldiers cut off His Majesty's head, then we would rebel.

Then Pei Du just wants to say that the possibility of such success will only be very small.

All I can say is......

It's horrible!

……

The first year of Xingding, the beginning of the year.

Li Chung quickly resolved the issue of the army's loyalty to him.

Next......

It is also a reform of the armed forces.

Generally......

It's about layoffs.

Of course!

We should not use the word "layoff", but rather take into account some soldiers, who are old, injured or sick, and can leave the ranks of soldiers on the principle of voluntariness.

Pei Du immediately objected, His Majesty did this, then everyone was homesick and ran back, what should I do?

Li Chong also said: "That's why I added an old one with injuries." ”

And......

Does Pei Du think that those who have no power and no background can be easily put back?

These Tang Dynasty generals, not to mention supporting the army and respecting themselves.

But things like empty salaries must not be done at all.

Li Chong also happened to take advantage of this opportunity to check the number of troops by the way.

Nominally, it is to strengthen national defense.

Actually......

But it is to investigate corruption in the army.

But......

The corruption of the past is no longer to blame.

But next......

He had to keep the military clean.

Even if it's not 100% clean, it's relatively clean.

Otherwise......

On this day, there will definitely be more and more key numbers, and which dynasty can withstand such a toss.

For some generals with bad deeds, they should also be recalled, and they must be recalled.

Li Chonghui will give the other party a decent chance.

But if the other party doesn't want to be decent, then Li Chong can't help it.

While there is almost no external danger now, some things that should be done still have to be done.

If you really want to start a war, and then do this kind of thing, it will be too late.

The protectors of all the capitals and mansions were all invited to Luoyang together.

can be regarded as straight to the point, and staged a glass of wine to release the military power.

As for the benefits of the exchange.

It is possible to give them a part of the proceeds from overseas oil extraction.

Datang currently has five major protectorates, of course!

Li Chong didn't mean to replace them all.

Li Zhong gave them two choices.

The first option is to be true to themselves and be able to ensure that they can remain honest in the future, then they can also choose to stay.

The second is that you can't ensure that you can maintain integrity, so in order to avoid accidents in the future, you must accept it now.

All I can say is......

The people who can sit here are all thousand-year-old foxes.

Of course, these Duhu Protectors knew what Li Chong wanted to do.

Soon......

One after another, everyone chose to quit, whether they wanted to or not.

After all......

Now even if they are reluctant, what can they do.

Anyway, they are already in Luoyang now.

What do you think......

If you say you don't want to say it now, then Your Majesty will let them go back?

When you think about it, you know it's impossible.

And then there's ......

Whether the soldiers would be willing to rebel with them is also a question.

At least!

According to Li Chong's own understanding, Datang has not yet reached the point where people can't survive and have to take refuge in a few people.

The reason why the Anshi Rebellion broke out was because the Tang Dynasty had been desperately squeezing the people of Hebei and Shandong since the beginning of the founding of the country.

But since the steam tractor, the people of Hebei and Shandong have benefited.

Why?

Because their land can be cultivated by steam tractors, and then they go to the city to work for others, and can develop other side jobs.

So as long as food and clothing are not a problem, then it is impossible for them to risk losing their heads and rebel.

In fact, the same is true for the soldiers in this Xinjiang.

But if the family can eat a hot meal, then who will rebel?

If they were all a group of sane people, then Li Chong was not too worried that they would rebel.

What Li Chong is most worried about is that he is like Li You in the early Tang Dynasty.

They don't have the strength to rebel at all, but they prefer to learn from others to rebel.

I want to train some private soldiers, dead soldiers, saying that it is for self-preservation.

As a result, the Tang rebel army had not yet reached the front line, and Li You was captured alive by the local county lieutenant or someone.

Of course!

In fact......

It's not a difficult thing to change all these protectors.

The real difficulty is who should be sent to guard the town after replacing all these people.

That's the real problem.

Therefore......

It is also very necessary to hold a martial arts examination.

First of all......

You have to be able to fight.

Secondly......

You also need to know a little bit about Wen Taowu.

It can provide some practical and useful strategies for Datang's border defense.

As for the scope of candidates for this martial arts examination......

In addition to being elected from the army, Li Chong also specially arranged a position for the nobles of the family and the common people.

Of course!

This is just a preliminary idea, if you can't choose the good ones from the army, then you can only distribute them to the nobles and common people.

Li Chong hoped that he could unearth a few generals like Qi Jiguang.

This time I did it myself, and I would have had a child with Luo Weiyun at that time, and I was so busy that I almost didn't have time.

At last......

It took two days to do it.

can only say that Luo Weiyun is okay, quite tight.

It's both moisturizing and tight.

If it weren't for the fact that she still had a lot of things to do, Li Chonggao would have made her unable to get off for half a month.

Ultimately......

After layers of screening and personal interviews, Li Chong finally decided on the candidates in the middle of this year.

There were ten people in total.

Eight of them are from a family of military generals.

But if it's a family, it's a bit high-minded.

In fact, it is at the level of some captains, and when converted into official ranks, it is at most six grades.

But there is a level, in the fourth grade, of course, it is he Aya is the fourth grade.

He attacked the title of his Aye.

These people who were selected, Li Chong also had to conduct a political trial on them.

Just pick some of his usual colleagues or something, relatives and friends, and ask them what kind of person they are.

After all......

You're such a person, aren't you?

It is still very difficult for Li to completely see you as a person and understand your ability in a day or two.

So what to do?

Find your colleagues, your relatives and friends, and use the real-name system to evaluate you, if they exaggerate, if they find out in the future, at worst, it will be a bully.

Therefore, ordinary people are unlikely to say good things in order to say good things to each other.

In this way, if you don't say it completely, at least you can guarantee that these selected people must have a certain ability, and they are not wine bags and rice bags.

Other than that......

Li Zhong will definitely also synthesize the answers on the face of their test papers.

The first question of the test paper asks him if he wants to go to the place where he wants to go to protect him, and then asks the other party if he has any constructive comments about the place where he is employed.

and whether they know enough about their enemies.

This requires that you can't be a cat or a dog, and you can only talk a little bit on paper, just want to pass the exam in confusion.

After all......

What Datang needs now is the protection of the capital, this protection is a senior official of the three grades, and a senior official who decides the safety of the border, you can't say it, I got a full score in the English language test, and Li Chong let the other party be.

So......

The difficulty of the questions in this exam is actually no less than that of the Jinshi exam in the early Tang Dynasty.

Basically......

Those who can pass the exam must have such experience as middle-level officials of a certain rank on the border.

Even......

Li Chong also mentioned in the test paper, especially what should I think about corruption issues such as empty salaries in the army?

Most of the answers in this are filled with righteous indignation and are very strong.

After Li Zhong finished reading it, he also said to Pei Du, "The answer on this test paper is so righteous and awe-inspiring, when it is his turn, can he still answer like he answered on the test paper?" ”

Pei Du could only reply to Li Chong, "Your Majesty, you are wrong to say this about your courtiers." ”

Li Zhong shut up, and then said, "Actually, I have placed too high hopes on them, and I don't want to be disappointed when the time comes. ”

Ten people, eight of whom have a background in the military.

The remaining two are wild roads.

And this Du Mu even learned from others to take the exam.

Of course!

Li Chong won't give it to him.

After all......

Now it's a job that only adults can do.

Although......

For this exam, Du Mu also deliberately went home to study the military book for half a year.

But you don't have anything to practice here, don't come up with a paper talk when the time comes, that's not good.

Li Chong could only say to Du Mu......

When you grow up, there will be opportunities.

But there is one thing to say.

This kid wants to be a soldier so much, isn't he afraid that his family will spank him?

It was only soon that he thought that Du Mu was the thirteenth in the family, and Li Chong was relieved again.

After all......

There are so many children in the family, and it is not harmful for the old Du family to diversify the investment.

That's where these families are great.

Do you have to hurry up and regenerate?

(End of chapter)