Looking at Chu Xiong's departing back, Su Qi'an's gaze was complicated, he understood Chu Xiong's good intentions, but now he had long been involved in it.

Chu Xiong didn't know that between Su Qi'an and Su Xuanyong, an agreement was reached to ensure that the tenth prince Su Xian ascended the throne.

Except for Su Xuanyong and Su Fengling, the rest of the people didn't know about it, and Su Qi'an didn't plan to tell Chu Xiong, firstly, he didn't want him to worry, and secondly, it was to ensure their safety.

If this matter is leaked, several Su Qi'an will not be able to escape death, and now he can govern Dongzhou, and he can still be calm and calm when he is targeted by the people in the DPRK and China.

In addition to his own means and strength, the more important thing is that Su Xuanyong supports him.

At first, Su Qi'an only planned to blindly develop in a low-key manner and blindly tolerate it, but as his identity was raised step by step, he had to be forced to change.

Being in the court, if you want to be stable, you have to pay something, and the intersection with Su Xuanyong is the best chance to save his life at present.

Anyway, he has already stepped out of this road, as for what will happen in the future, he will take one step at a time, at least for now, everything he has done is still according to his plan, and the harvest is still great.

Chu Xiong's departure from the mountain can be regarded as solving a heart problem in Su Qi'an's heart, and then he can officially reform the Dongzhou army and kick off.

On the second day of bidding farewell to Chuxiong, Su Qi'an summoned the front-line nine county guards in Qingchong County.

At this time, Wu Dingguo, Fan Chong, and Fang Jingzhi were seated together, and the reason why the nine county guards on the front line were summoned and there was no participation in the latter nine counties was mainly because of this reform, and the most resistance was precisely the nine county guards such as Qin Zhen.

Under the auspices of Fan Chong and Fang Jingzhi, the soldiers of the army assembled in the latter nine counties basically completed the reform, and according to Su Qi'an's order, the 50,000 Dongzhou soldiers in the latter nine counties were reduced to 30,000.

The remaining 20,000 were disbanded on the spot, and among the remaining 30,000, a group of grassroots officers who had experienced the Dongzhou war were added, as well as some recruits.

This is done on the one hand to increase the combat effectiveness of the troops, and on the other hand, it is also to divide various small hills.

If the Houjiu County is still in the hands of Zhou Zibin, Feng Nan, Yu Biao and others, I am afraid that this military reform will not be so smooth.

But this time, with the end of the Dongzhou war, Zhou Zibin committed suicide, Feng Nan and other officials and family giants confessed their crimes, and the Dongzhou soldiers in the latter nine counties did not need to be too much shock, most of them were very obedient and followed the arrangement.

Therefore, the military reform of the Dongzhou soldiers of the last nine counties is very smooth, and Su Qi'an is now going to open the knife of the Dongzhou soldiers of the first nine counties.

After the First World War in Dongzhou, there were less than 30,000 Dongzhou soldiers left on the front line, but because of the recruitment of new soldiers, the strength of 50,000 was quickly restored.

The total number of troops given by the imperial court to the nine counties before and after Dongzhou was only 100,000, and there were only 30,000 left in the latter nine counties.

The remaining 20,000 soldiers must undergo assessment and training, and those who pass will be classified as the Dongzhou Naval Division.

This time, the total strength of Dongzhou remained unchanged, but the land army and the naval division had to change greatly, and each of the nine counties before and after retained 30,000 land troops, and the rest formed 40,000 Dongzhou naval divisions.

The 40,000 Dongzhou Naval Divisions formed, regardless of the counties before and after, were jointly ordered by Wu Dingguo and the new supervision envoys, and could patrol the huge Dongzhou without hindrance.

This reform, everyone can see, the main thing is to strengthen the combat strength of the water division, Qin Zhen and other nine county guards have no opinion on this, and even Su Qi'an has no opinion on the internal establishment of the Dongzhou soldiers to change to the latest style of divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, platoons, and squads.

The biggest disagreement is that they do not understand why the land army was reduced by 50,000.

The last nine counties were downsized, because of the geographical location, the number of troops could not be so much, but the first nine counties were the first line, with a vast coastline, and the land army was reduced, and their combat effectiveness was definitely greatly weakened.

This is only one aspect, the most important thing in their hearts, they did not say, that is, after the downsizing, no one wants to use their own army, and everyone wants to keep more of their own army.

Before the reform, they had heard some news, and during this period, they had approached Wu Dingguo, hoping to intercede with Su Qi'an, not to downsize, or to reduce some of them.

But the result obtained in exchange for Wu Dingguo's iron-faced ruthlessness, although he was closed, it did not mean that Qin Zhen would give up.

Since Su Qi'an insisted on implementing it, then put this matter on the table and said, as long as they boycott together, even if Su Qi'an is the Dongzhou Supervision Envoy, it is impossible to enforce it, and don't blame them for not giving Su Qi'an face.

Qin Zhen and the other nine county guards sat in the mansion according to the order of their seats, listening to Wu Dingguo's narration expressionlessly, no matter how Wu Dingguo persuaded them, they were silent.

Looking at this scene, Wu Dingguo's face sank, and he slapped the table directly and scolded in a low voice.

"Okay, you guys are full-fledged, and you can't listen to anything, do you think that this reform is to take away the power in your hands?"

"They have been sitting in the county guard for so many years, and they have also led the troops for many years, why do they all have selfishness and covet the power in their hands?"

"The Governor of Pontus put his words here, if you don't express your position today, you have to express your position, if you continue to be silent, it's okay, then when you agree, the Governor of Pontus will immediately order disarmament!"

In Wu Dingguo's words, it was naturally impossible for Qin Zhen and the others to remain silent, pretending to be deaf and dumb, and Qin Zhen was the first to speak.

He hugged his fists at Su Qi'an and Wu Dingguo, who were on both sides of the first place above.

"Since the Metropolitan Governor has spoken about this, his subordinates will also speak their hearts."

"Governor Dadu, I, Qin Zhen, have led troops on the front line for more than ten years, you know, if you are really greedy for power, I am afraid that I will have already surrendered to the enemy, why bother persevering."

"I know that the main purpose of implementing military reform this time is to vigorously develop the naval division and the combat effectiveness of the Dongzhou soldiers, but why do you want to use our land troops?"

"To put it mildly, after so many years of fighting, how much combat effectiveness has the naval division troops exerted? In the end, it wasn't our land army that cleaned up the mess! ”

"That is, the Inspector, the Metropolitan Governor, forgive the subordinates for being straightforward, the cost of investing in the Navy Division for so many years is quite a lot, but as a result, it is either not used at the critical moment, or because the warship is not properly maintained, it cannot go to sea."

"That's right, even if it is this Dongzhou war, it is not the support of the Yuezhou Naval Division, and the blocking of our land army on Zhoushan Island, if there is no us, the brothers of the Naval Division will have to be sloppy again."

"It's not that we can't see the Qing Division's troops, but their performance is too bad, the inspector makes the development of the Water Division, we agree a hundred times, but it's still the same sentence, we want to be removed from our personnel, and a hundred of our brothers are not convinced, I really did it, I can't explain to my brothers anyway, who likes to be the county guard."

With Qin Zhen taking the lead, the remaining eight county guards all expressed their opinions in unison, pouring bitter water, and later, they even threatened to resign with their official positions.

Qin Zhen's bitter water, how Su Qi'an didn't know, although the words were ugly, but they were indeed the truth.

But Su Qi'an understands better that if you want to really let Fusang on the other side of the sea put away the peeping heart, you have to establish a strong naval division army.

This is not something that can be decided if people look down on people and don't want to do it, but the geographical location of the two states of East and Vietnam.

No matter how much it costs, Su Qi'an will establish a complete and powerful Dongzhou Navy Division in Dongzhou.

Wu Dingguo heard the bitterness of Qin Zhen and others, as well as the threat of resignation, raised his eyebrows, and just wanted to scold, but was stopped by Su Qi'an.

Su Qi'an's face was calm, looking at Qin Zhen and the others who were opposed, and after listening to everyone's bitterness, he was silent for a while, and then said unhurriedly.

"What you said, it does make sense, these envoys can understand, as Qin Junshou said, the battle of Dongzhou, the strength of the Dongzhou Navy Division is not very large, if it is not for the desperate fierce battle of the Yuezhou Navy Division and you, it will be difficult for the Dongzhou Navy Division to survive this battle."

"In your words, in the end, it is not up to you to clean up the mess, if Fuso Kingdom comes again, I believe you will definitely resist desperately."

"Your courage, I would have understood, but I ask you to think about it, no matter how strong our land army is, if it can fight, once you encounter the Fuso Naval Division, which can fight and retreat at any time, what can you do."

"Don't say anything else, in the battle of Zhoushan Island just past, you were brave and tenacious, but in the end, nearly 10,000 Fusang sailors successfully escaped because of the weather."

"This time it's 50,000 Fusang sailors, so let's kill and wound more than 30,000 people, if the next time we come are 100,000, 200,000, or even 300,000 people, how long can we last with the land army alone?"

"Is it that every time, we have to rely on our brothers to fill it with human lives? How many lives can we have? ”

Su Qi'an's voice was very soft, but everyone who listened to these words was silent for a while.

The silence of everyone did not make Su Qi'an stop, but continued.

"You have also seen the weakness of the Dongzhou Sailor, but since you have seen it, why not give it a chance? Now you in Dongzhou have also seen that the eradication of many corrupt officials and families has become thriving, but at least there is a trend of getting better. ”

"Now that we can take advantage of the victory of the Dongzhou War, we can completely ask the imperial court for support, with your cooperation, the huge Dongzhou, can we really not produce a strong Dongzhou naval division?"

"You are willing to watch as the Dongzhou Navy Division continues to be weak until it disappears, and at that time, not to mention whether Fusang will despise us, I am afraid that the Yuezhou soldiers adjacent to us will have to laugh at you."

"I know that you are uncomfortable, have ideas, and have opinions, but this envoy is still willing to consult with you out of respect."

"Today's words have also been said, your bitter water has also been discussed, everyone changes their minds, the envoy is welcome, if you continue to be obsessed, don't blame the envoy for turning his face and being ruthless, the envoy put his words here, no matter who it is, it can't change the envoy to promote the establishment of a new Dongzhou water division, no matter how big the price is paid, the envoy will also implement."

"Finally, if you want to resign, no problem, you can report now, and the envoy will approve it on the spot."