"Keep people under the knife!"

Fortunately, the words were transmitted in time, and Zhu Gaoxu's blade stopped and retracted the knife when the head of Zuo Shilang of the military department was still two inches away.

"Gao Xu, you are so bold!!"

Zhu Di came back to his senses and found that the second child actually moved the knife, and immediately became furious, walked over and kicked Zhu Gaoxu to the ground, and scolded:

"Whoever gives you the right to use your private deeds at will, even if you want to dispose of it, it is I who will dispose of it! You're getting more and more presumptuous! ”

Only then did Zhu Gaoxu realize that he had trespassed, sweating profusely, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Father, the son is a little excited, and he is willing to receive punishment."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed when he saw this, and said: "Fourth, Gao Xu's temperament is exactly the same as when you were young, when you went to Jinan to train the army and encountered corrupt officials encroaching on military land, you were also cut first and then played, and we also punished you severely." ”

"This"

Zhu Di's face turned red, and he whispered in his ear: "Dad, save some face for the child."

At this time, Li Xiao walked over, and Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Okay, now that the national teacher is here, Fang Bin, what do you have to defend, just say it." ”

Li Xiao arched his hand towards Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, and stood aside, and then found that the two of them looked at him with a little ambiguity, what happened today?

"What the hell is going on?" Li Xiaodao.

Before the military department could speak, Zhu Gaoxu looked at Li Xiao and hurriedly said, "Brother-in-law, this is such a situation."

Zhu Di said coldly: "Call the national teacher!" ”

After all, it's not private, it's called brother-in-law like this in public, and I think that a few members of their old Zhu family dictate the dynasty.

"Yes, yes, yes."

Only then did Zhu Gaoxu change his words and said: "National teacher, that's the case, isn't this going to go to the Wa State next year, according to the will of my father, there is no need to overkill the Wa State to attack the Wa State, the soldiers stationed in the frontier are intact, but the soldiers and horses who moved the guards from other places came to Beijing for training, and the result"

Speaking of this, Zhu Gaoxu was extremely angry, pointed at Fang Bin and said: "This military department is holding the court's Yulu, and it actually eats both. The military households sent are all old, weak, sick and disabled, not to mention the phenomenon of substitutes and vacancies, how can such soldiers fight? Do you think I can not be angry? ”

Fang Bin shouted wronged: "King Han, you don't want to spew blood, how did the military department do this, this official has just discovered this move, and he has already explored it, and the officials below are really helpless, so there will be such a mess." ”

Zhu Gaoxu crossed his waist and said: "Could it be that this king wronged you, even if it was not instructed by you, it was also your poor supervision, using the old, weak, sick and disabled to make up the numbers, how can you be a scholar?" ”

"Okay, okay, Gao Xu, you don't have to say a word."

Li Xiao frowned slightly, and roughly understood.

It was to recruit troops from other places to come to Beijing, but there was a problem with the source of soldiers.

He looked at Fang Bin and said, "Fang Shangshu, why is this happening?" ”

"See the National Teacher."

After Fang Bin arched his hand, he spoke: "Xiaguan also learned about this matter recently, and he has already severely criticized it.

Generally speaking, in ancient times, it was necessary to use soldiers and horses, all of which were based on the principle of proximity, and the main reason for the inconvenience of transportation was that it was impossible to use troops throughout the country.

If for the sake of fairness, let all counties across the country mobilize soldiers, if anyone does this kind of operation, this emperor basically belongs to the first class of Wolong and Phoenix.

If the soldiers of this place are good at fighting, it will be good, and they can be killed directly.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, because the Yiwu soldiers were brave and fearless, they were recruited by the imperial court without control.

In the end, Yiwu ten rooms and nine empty, the survivors of the conscription did not survive one or two, and Yiwu and the surrounding areas were miserable.

In the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty almost wiped out the strongest "fighting nation" in China, the Evenki Soren Tribe.

As the backbone of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Sauron Department fought everywhere and made great contributions in the war against the Ming Dynasty and Korea.

However, after the Qing Dynasty entered the Guannai, the Eight Banners entered the Guannai with their families to enjoy the blessings.

However, the Saurons were left in the bitter cold land outside the pass, sticking to the frontier area, and they had to be recruited to fight for the imperial court at any time.

At that time, the Sauron Ministry was still facing the threat of the Russian invading army, and the conditions were very bad, but these Sauron people could always repel the invaders, while the children of the Eight Banners wandered around the capital all day long and teased the birds, living a good life.

In order to prevent the Sauron tribe from losing its fierce combat ability, they originally belonged to the Jianzhou tribe, and the Qing Dynasty refused to let them sinicize, and it lasted until the Republic of China, and the Sauron tribe ended this tragic fate.

For the ancient dynasty, conscription was against one place, and Li Xiao was a little unacceptable.

However, now that there are trains, when railways are laid across the country, we can quickly mobilize troops, and this kind of tragedy can be avoided.

At this time, Li Xiao looked at Fang Bin's eyes a little timid, and couldn't help asking: "Fang Shangshu, what's the matter, I have something to say." ”

"Yes, National Teacher."

Fang Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said truthfully: "It's not that there is a problem with the guards below, the main reason is that the Taiyuan Mansion, Hejian Mansion, and Zhending Mansion are recruited, and the military households in the land of the three mansions can't get troops at home, so they can only be replaced by people from their families."

Although the military system in Beiping has been changed, the rest of the Ming Dynasty is still a hereditary military system.

The so-called world military system, the guard system, that is, the system that Zhu Yuanzhang came up with, Zhu Yuanzhang directly set aside a part of the people to become military household registration.

Military households have been soldiers for generations, and they are the worst kind of household registration, which is worse than that of peasants.

It is not allowed to be indiscriminate, it is not allowed to change, the son inherits the father's business, and the service is forever charged, once it becomes a military household, it cannot be changed for all generations, and the children and grandchildren must respond to the army and fill the army.

The peasants could at least participate in the imperial examination to change their fate, and Zhu Yuanzhang directly banned military households from participating in the imperial examination in order to prevent the reduction of military households.

However, this situation, in the middle of Yongle, was changed by Zhu Di, and later the military household was able to participate in the imperial examination to change the fate, and the famous Zhang Juzheng was from the military household.

The military system of Beiping was changed by Li Xiao to the compulsory military system of the Tang Dynasty, that is, the people were compulsory soldiers for two years, and then if they were willing to stay, they could stay as long-term soldiers.

The difference between these two methods is that one does not cost money and prostitutes.

Military households need to cultivate the fields to support themselves, eight points to the tun field, and two points to garrison.

Zhu Yuanzhang often claimed to himself: "I raise millions of soldiers, and I don't cost the people a grain of rice." ”

And Li Xiao's method costs a lot, so Zhu Yuanzhang often talks about this matter, saying that Li Xiao's other reforms are good, but he can't do this thing, and he is not as good as his own world military system.

At this time, Zhu Di asked curiously: "Are you saying that Taiyuan Mansion, Hejian Mansion, Zhending Mansion, and the military households in the land of the three mansions can't get people?" What's going on?? ”

Fang Bin said helplessly: "Actually, there is a conflict between the policies of the two places, the policy in Beiping is that you only need to voluntarily enter Beiping, and you can become the household registration of Beiping after working for a year. The officials below had no choice but to use the old men in the military household to enlist in order to complete the task of transferring troops from the imperial court, and they also caught strong men to fill the number. ”

As soon as this statement came out, the truth was revealed.

Everyone looked at Li Xiao one after another.

Zhu Di coughed twice and said, "Li Xiao, if it's true, it's indeed your problem." ”

Li Xiao smiled embarrassedly: "At that time, Beiping was developing greatly, and the population was not enough, so I used this method, I didn't expect such a problem to occur today, even so, don't blame Fang Shangshu, if you want to blame me." ”

That being said, who would blame Li Xiao?

Fang Bin breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the national teacher was righteous and took responsibility, otherwise he was afraid that he would be unhappy.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said: "That is the case, hurry up and make amends, change the policy, now this Beijing division is overcrowded, the birth population is also growing rapidly, there is no need for people from other places to serve as labor, immediately prohibit the inflow of foreign population, this has done this before, it has already damaged other regions, and it must be changed, in addition."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Xiao and said, "Li Xiao, your military system. It's also changed, change back to the original world military system, your military system is too expensive, and the dynasty will be dragged down sooner or later! Back then, the Song Dynasty was similar to your military system, with low combat effectiveness and huge expenditures, which led to the collapse of the dynasty. ”

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth, he gave an order directly.

Li Xiao was slightly stunned, hey, my eldest brother seems to have an opinion on my military system, that's not good, I have to teach him a good lesson today.

Li Xiao arched his hand and said: "Emperor Taishang, this is not a recruitment system or a compulsory military system, but a new recruitment system launched by a combination of the two, which is suitable for the current situation. ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was slightly surprised.

It has to be a national teacher, it has to be you, how dare others talk to the emperor, or the system that the emperor is most proud of.

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry, "Let's hear it?" ”

Li Xiao said: "Emperor Taishang, the minister said directly, you won't be angry, right?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Are we so careful?" But it doesn't hurt to say it, and promise not to get angry. ”

"Then I'll be blunt."

Li Xiao said with a smile: "In fact, the recruiting ministers of the Song Dynasty thought that there was no problem, and that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers would be guaranteed if they were soldiers and professional soldiers. The problem is that the targets of his recruitment are problematic, most of them are from disaster victims, displaced people, prisoners, and ruffians. Because the social status of being a soldier is too low, most people are reluctant to become a soldier. At the beginning of the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, the imperial court believed that these people were social instability, and to solve this hidden danger and solve the problem of military resources, so a special recruitment system was implemented, which led to the poverty and weakness caused by redundant soldiers, redundant officials, and redundant expenses in the Song Dynasty. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly surprised, Li Xiao actually discovered this small detail, which he only discovered after reading through the history books not long ago.

As soon as Li Xiao saw Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, he knew that he should be able to understand this, so he hit the railroad while it was hot: "Emperor Taishang, is the Song Dynasty the dynasty with the least peasant rebellion among all dynasties?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "That's true." ”

Li Xiaodao: "This proves that the Song Dynasty recruited soldiers because of the unstable factors of the people, although to a certain extent reduced the hidden danger of peasant uprisings in the country, and eliminated the hidden danger of social stability with redundant soldiers."

This is a method of contradiction transfer, very clever, but unfortunately it is used in the wrong place, it should not be, it should not be, it should not be used to solve this hidden danger with the country's most critical national defense!

As a result, the number of soldiers increased. At the time of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, there were only more than 100,000 people, and by the time of Song Renzong, it had reached 800,000 people.

It is conceivable that the recruitment of these disaster victims, displaced people, prisoners, and ruffians is of uneven quality, and most of them are chaotic and not strong in combat.

Because of the poor supply of soldiers, it leads to the low status of soldiers and no status. This led to the saying that good men are not soldiers, and good iron is not nailed, which was passed on to the Song Dynasty.

And soldiers are the cornerstone of the country, if the status of soldiers is so low, it is difficult for a country to think about it, and our military household system in the Ming Dynasty also has this problem. ”

The words fell, and the whole scene fell silent.

The officials of the Ministry of War were still kneeling on the ground at the moment, but they didn't feel the pain in their knees, but looked at the national teacher blankly.

Zhu Gaoxu was also shocked, he knew that the quality of the soldiers in Beiping was strong, because the status of the soldiers in Beiping seemed to be higher, and the treatment was better than in other places. But elsewhere, it really doesn't.

"Makes sense!"

Zhu Gaoxu shouted.

“.” Zhu Di glared at Zhu Gaoxu and motioned for him to shut up.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought a lot, and only after a long time did he speak: "Li Xiao, do you mean to say that our Ming Dynasty's guard system is not good, and our Ming Dynasty's soldiers have a low status?" ”

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Didn't Fang Shangshu say just now, the basic books that came to Beiping are all military households, which shows how unwilling the military households are to be military households. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang: "."

Zhu Di: "."

Zhu Gaoxu: "Makes sense! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang: "????"

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang: "Big brother, you said that you are not angry." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang held back his displeasure, snorted coldly, and said, "Isn't it good to be a soldier in our Daming?" This is an iron rice bowl, there is food and drink, and it is comfortable when there is no war. Forget it, you go ahead and see if you can name a flower! ”

Li Xiao smiled, walked over and grabbed Zhu Yuanzhang's shoulder, and said, "Big brother, you won't beat me, right?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't look at Li Xiao, but looked at the sky, "Say it, promise not to beat you." ”

This stunned the other officials.

This Nima, is the relationship between Li Xiao and Zhu Yuanzhang so iron?

This is simply a slap on the tiger's butt, and the tiger not only does not bite him, but also wagged its tail.

Is this still the emperor they know?

Did the Emperor Taishang, who killed more than 100,000 officials in the four major cases that year???

Everyone was collectively confused.

The reason why Li Xiao dared to be presumptuous was also confident.

He has given Zhu Yuanzhang a ten-year life, and with so many years of reform and reform, Zhu Yuanzhang will not move him at all.

Moreover, as Zhu Yuanzhang got older, Li Xiao found that his temper and personality had improved again, and he was much more easy-going.

Li Xiao smiled slightly and said: "Big brother, then I'll go on, do you think, once we are classified as a military household in the Ming Dynasty, it will be a military household for generations. The influence of ordinary people on joining the army, that is, if you are selected to be a soldier, you are basically a dead man. And big brother, at that time, you had a military tun system at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, didn't you? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded proudly: "That's right." ”

Li Xiao said: "Look, isn't the problem coming, when the two systems of the military tun and the military household intersected, an ordinary peasant household originally cultivated the land well, but once it was classified as a military household, now it has to pay taxes and serve in the military, the grain is grown by itself, and the planted grain must be personally sent to the battlefield, and the war has to be carried out by itself." Do you say that this is blood mold for eight lifetimes, and what's worse is that it has been a military household for generations, and if someone dies in battle, he has to take one person from his home to fill the vacancy, which is simply a curse. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang: "."

After a long time, Zhu Di came over to ease the atmosphere and said, "Li Xiao, you are still too soft-hearted and too concerned about the feelings of others. How could your imperial grandfather not think of this, this is also a measure that has to be made out of the stability of the country, if it is not for the military household system, where did the Ming Dynasty come from 1.8 million soldiers, the imperial grandfather raised millions of soldiers, and did not consume the people's food, you have to admit this. ”

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Di and said, "Old man, don't say good things, you are not kind." ”

Zhu Di was stunned, how did he say it well, how did he get involved with himself?

Fang Bin, the secretary of the military department, was stunned again.

Good guy, after the national teacher scolded the emperor, he began to scare the saints, and the two saints fought together, too brave!

Zhu Di said: "Li Xiao, why am I not kind? ”

Li Xiao said: "In the second year of Yongle, the Holy Lord stipulated that all those who are over 60 years old and disabled and young in the tun army are allowed to cultivate and feed themselves. Look at these soldiers, they will be thrown aside when they run out of their lives, you don't care, you are old and disabled, figure it out yourself, do you say you are unkind. This will only lead to a very low status of soldiers, and more people will not want to serve as soldiers.

As a military household, it not only means that I have no future, but the future of future generations is also locked, and now no one cares about even the old, which makes people desperate to think about.

Isn't this the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period to end military slavery, and our Ming Dynasty established military slavery, isn't this a reversal of history? ”

Li Xiao opened up directly, although he likes the Ming Dynasty and is a member of this big family, but the Ming Dynasty does have many aspects, but it is not as good as other dynasties.

Li Xiao felt that when he was still the most powerful in the Ming Dynasty, he directly canceled the military general.

This system could still be played in the early Ming Dynasty, and in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the military tun was annexed and became the private property of the dignitaries.

As the saying goes, "fertile land is occupied by officials and tyrants", and "poor sergeants have no land to cultivate".

During his tenure in Shaanxi, Wang Gui, the eunuch guarding the town, occupied 10,000 acres of tuntian land in the army, and more than 1,000 soldiers in tuntian were forced to cultivate for him.

The life of these military households became more and more difficult under the situation of the annexation of the military camp, and the history records that "the wives of the sergeants are not provided with food and clothing, and they all live by digging the roots of ferns", while the sergeants who were supposed to be responsible for ploughing and warfare "drank and hated and had no complaints to reveal".

When the military households had no land, they became tenants, farming for the landlords, and in the event of a war, they had to put down their hoes and carry their spears to the battlefield, and their status was extremely low, and they shed blood and tears.

During the Ming Zhengde period, a great eunuch who monopolized power was named Liu Jin, known as the Eight Tigers, and this person was one of the objects of spurning in later generations.

After Emperor Zhengde ascended the throne, he had fun in the harem every day and did not do his job.

The imperial power basically fell into the hands of the eunuch Liu Jin.

But this eunuch did the right thing, that is, to rectify the military tun.

After careful investigation, Liu Jin found a big problem with the military system.

Zhu Yuanzhang once set up a military cantonment system, in which the army took up arms to defend the country in wartime, and planted grain in peacetime, so that the army could be self-sufficient, solve the problem of eating, and hand over a part of the country's grain, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

However, as time went on, the commanders of the army expropriated the land of the soldiers, some of them bought and some of them were robbed, so that the soldiers were reduced to the officers' miscellaneous labor, often without military pay, and even food became a problem.

The corruption of the army has become a major disease of the imperial court in the late Ming Dynasty, and it is also one of the reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Jin saw the problem and planned to rectify the military tun, so he told Zhu Houzhao, and after Zhu Houzhao heard it, he felt that it was a good thing, so he arranged for Liu Jin to do it.

So he got into big trouble, Liu Jin didn't mean to fight for the welfare of those big soldiers, he just wanted to make his reputation better.

But the interests of these landlords and gentry are not to be touched casually.

This incident brought an unprecedented disaster to Liu Jin, and he found that even though he was powerful and the Manchu Dynasty listened to him, he still couldn't fight these powerful landlords, and finally ended up being executed until the fall of the eunuch group.

It can be seen that in the later stage, even if a powerful figure solves it, it is irreparable.

Sun Chuanting, a famous general at the end of the Ming Dynasty, also discovered this, and found that the military fields were gone, and most of the generals relied on their families to fight, so Sun Chuanting relied on trying his best to squeeze the landlords to raise soldiers, but it was only squeezing, and it was impossible to solve the problem of the military tun being occupied.

At the beginning, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, made a fortune by robbing the landlord, and was defeated by Sun Chuanting five times, the most ruthless one, only one soldier remained, but Li Zicheng was still able to make a comeback.

But Sun Chuanting can't do it, he loses once, and the Ming Dynasty is gone, because the land annexation has reached the extreme, and even the military tun has been annexed, and it is difficult to return.

Therefore, Li Xiao must solve this problem now and change the military system.

When soldiers defend their homes and defend the country, the country and the people have the obligation to provide for them, and heroes must not shed blood and tears.

And Lao Zhu didn't think there was anything wrong with it at first, but he forgot a problem, which was also a problem of all dynasties, annexing land, it is estimated that even if he thought of it, he would not think that anyone would dare to annex the land of military households, but the fact is that everything is possible, as long as there are interests, land annexation will always exist.

As Li Xiao was stunned, everyone's faces changed subtly.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di's faces also sank, this Li Xiao really didn't give him any face, and he really wanted to pull him out and beat him up.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu's face also changed, his brother-in-law came over, presumably because he heard the wind and came to relieve himself, but he couldn't let his brother-in-law fall into the pit first.

He hurriedly walked out, eased the atmosphere, and said: "Grandfather, father, don't be angry, brother-in-law has the people of the dawn of the world in his heart, so he thinks about the problem from the perspective of the people." ”

Li Xiao nodded slightly towards Zhu Gaoxu, this second child, it didn't hurt in vain.

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Zhu Gaoxu, snorted, looked at Li Xiao and said: "Li Xiao, you are still too soft-hearted, I think about the overall situation, not only the feelings of some people." The burden of raising soldiers is heavier than Mount Tai, and you also know that if you rely on the recruitment system of the Song Dynasty, how heavy the burden of the people is, and then collect more taxes, isn't it also the dawn of the people in the world? ”

Li Xiao smiled: "Isn't this one time and that time? Emperor Taishang was wise and martial, and when he formulated the strategy of the year, this method was of course the best. But now we have money now, since we have money, then use money to raise soldiers, the minister thinks that the cost of raising soldiers must at least occupy two-tenths of the tax revenue, and the matter of national defense is more important than God. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Then what do you think, how to raise soldiers?" ”

Li Xiao said: "According to the implementation of the new law in Beiping, improve the treatment and status of soldiers, and join the army for glory, when this consciousness enters the minds of the people, there is no need to force them, they voluntarily serve as soldiers, you look at the soldiers in Beiping now, they are guaranteed, and they can also arrange work after retirement, such as those who perform well, and provide positions such as watchmen." Or to make a living for themselves, providing a retirement fund so that they can make a living. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "It's quite beautiful, according to your idea, even according to the current imperial court taxes, it can't feed two million soldiers." Even though I am not in a thousand ways, two million soldiers are real, and it does not cost the people a grain of food! ”

Li Xiao said: "There is a saying in the art of war, there are not many soldiers but fine, how can you win by quality, you don't need two million soldiers." Six years ago, a large number of Japanese soldiers attacked the coastal areas, and the combat effectiveness of the local guard posts was not proof, and it was not by relying on the strong border guards in Beiping that they could defeat the Japanese invaders. So even if you raise two million soldiers, you are vulnerable, and you are not as good as 300,000 invincible elite soldiers! ”

In fact, Li Xiao also wants to give an example, during the Jianwen period, Li Jinglong led an army of 300,000 and couldn't capture Beiping City, that's the reason, it's not that Li Jinglong can't do it, but those guards are still farming on the front foot, and they will be pulled to fight on the back foot, where can the combat effectiveness be strong?

But when I think about it, it seems that this kind of thing changes with my own arrival, and it didn't happen, so I can't give an example

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his robe angrily: "Li Xiao, do you mean that the two million troops I raised are all wine bags and rice bags?" ”

Li Xiao said: "Not to mention the wine bag and rice bag, it's almost a mud leg." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was numb.

I didn't expect to watch such a good show today.

This Li Xiao degraded the emperor to worthlessness, and he really did a good death.

"Good, good!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed angrily at Li Xiao.

Li Xiao grabbed Zhu Yuanzhang's hand and looked very concerned: "Big brother, the dragon body is important, don't be angry."

Everyone: "???? ”

This Nima, it's not you who is too angry.

Zhu Yuanzhang pushed Li Xiao's hand away and said angrily: "Li Xiao, you just use your Beiping recruits, let's use the guards to fight, and speak with facts." Let's not believe it, what kind of combat effectiveness can your soldier who has been trained for two years have. ”

Li Xiao hurriedly said: "Big brother! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shouted: "Don't call me big brother, we are not your big brother." ”

Li Xiao: "Big brother, what if the younger brother wins?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang: "If you win, listen to you." ”

Li Xiao: "A word is a certainty. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, "Let's go, I'm angry." ”

Zhu Di: "."

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang walking away, Zhu Di glanced at Li Xiao, "Li Xiao, you are really, wait for your imperial grandfather to get old, and then mention this matter, you have to make your imperial grandfather angry." ”

Li Xiao: "Don't worry, father-in-law, the pill works very well, it's okay." ”

Zhu Di: "."

Zhu Di was speechless, and then hurriedly followed Zhu Yuanzhang.

The rest of the people looked at Li Xiao dumbfounded, and their mouths became O-shaped.

If other people had just spoken like this, I am afraid that they would have been imprisoned and waiting to die at this time.

This Li Xiao, what's the matter??

Li Xiao looked at the officials of the Ministry of War and said with a smile: "What are you looking at?" The national division launched a threat, and everyone dared to scold! ”

Facing Li Xiao's sharp gaze.

The officials of the military department had a tacit understanding and bowed their heads in unison.

Zhu Gaoxu came back to his senses, walked over, and gave Li Xiao a thumbs up, "Brother-in-law, you are this." ”

Li Xiao smiled: "I don't have a temper, can I be a national teacher?" ”

"Let's go, brother-in-law, please drink, with my brother here, you will never lose this competition."

"You won't lose without you."

“.”

"This Li Xiao, relying on two credits, began to swell."

After returning to Hongwu Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, lying on the recliner and recalling the conversation between the two just now.

"Dad, dissipate your anger, Li Xiao didn't mean to be angry with you, he is very straightforward, what do you have to say." Zhu Di said good things to Li Xiao next to him and blew the wind in his ears.

"Can we not know?"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, "When we met him for the first time, he said in front of us that there were three problems with the saint today. ”

"Huh?" Zhu Di was slightly surprised: "Is there anything else?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "This stinky boy, saying that our first problem is a bad temper, the second problem is stubbornness, and the third problem is shallow vision, we almost cut this kid at that time." ”

"This" Zhu Di was shocked, no wonder Li Xiao was even scared of himself, this courage is indeed big.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Yuanzhang frowning, and suddenly realized that something was wrong

The first two problems seem to have changed.

Now my father's temper is obviously much better.

I have changed it for my own use, and I can listen to the suggestions.

As for the shallow vision. It's hard to say.

"Dad, let's take today's things in the past, don't compare the competition." Zhu Di persuaded.

"Then how can I do it, if I say it, how can I regret it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses, looked at Zhu Di and said, "Fourth, are you afraid that we will lose the bet and it will be difficult to step down?" ”

Zhu Di smiled embarrassedly: "I really don't hide it from my father, Li Xiao, this kid made this recruit, it is indeed much stronger than the combat effectiveness of the guard, but the cost is really big." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Fourth, tell us the truth, you are now the emperor, and you decide such a thing, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Di thought a little and said: "Actually, the minister has been thinking about this matter for a long time, and he thinks that he can compromise the Jingshi to use Li Xiao's set, and other places still use the guard." ”

"Then how can this system collide with the system, and it is easy to cause problems."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Either use Li Xiao's new recruitment system, or continue to use the current military system, how can you compromise, absolutely not." ”

Zhu Di smiled slightly and said, "So. . Father, you are actually biased towards Li Xiao in your heart, right? This competition is also for outsiders to see? ”

In fact, Zhu Di wanted to use a compromise method before, but he was crushed by Li Xiao today, and he always felt that Li Xiao also made sense.

"Actually, we can't figure it out."

Zhu Yuanzhang touched his beard and said slowly: "This matter is too important, it is difficult to choose for a while, we also want to take a look through the competition, and we have some time to think about this problem." After seeing the vault today, we were very shocked in our hearts, Li Xiao did what we couldn't do, and made the treasure money really become a treasure banknote. Let's think that Li Xiao will never do anything reckless, he must have his reasons, otherwise with his current wealth and power, why bother with the two of us? ”

This is the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was not too angry with Li Xiaoyi himself.

With Li Xiao's current status and wealth, he doesn't have to do this, but he still dares to fight with himself, which shows that Li Xiao's heart is only Ming.

How could such a good grandson-in-law really be angry with him?

It's just for show.

"Actually, Dad, this contest will really lose."

Zhu Di smiled embarrassedly and said, he really often goes to order soldiers and generals, and because Zhu Gaoxu often trains soldiers, the quality of the soldiers has long been known, and it is impossible for any guard in the world to say that they can win, even if it is the border guards on Daning's side.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and said: "We don't believe it, let's try, even if we lose, we can't let Li Xiao's stinky boy win too smoothly, okay with the fourth, you just tell me that the soldiers in the guards are the strongest now." ”

Zhu Di thought for a while and said, "The strongest guard at the moment is probably the Zhejiang Cixi Guard." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Li Jinglong? ”

Zhu Di nodded: "That's right, six years ago, Li Jinglong and the Japanese were filmed in the battle, Zhu Yunwen was filmed in, that battle, Jinglong was really impressive, the sword and the body did not frown, guarded the city gate to the last moment, almost bled to death, and finally Li Xiao rescued him, since then, he is cheering up, diligent in training every day, never slacking off, and the sons are also in their eyes, and they plan to transfer him back to the capital. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly: "We have also seen the movie of that war, Li Jinglong did make a big mistake before, but that battle is admirable." After going through the Ghost Gate Pass, it was like a phoenix nirvana, and now after six years of tempering, it can be of great use. Fourth, you are about to expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty, and you just take this opportunity to transfer him back to the capital for your use. ”

Zhu Di arched his hand and said: "My father is broad-minded, and my son admires him!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly: "Okay, we're not really angry, you don't have to accompany us here, get busy." ”

Zhu Di retreated: "Yes, the minister there will retreat first." ”

"Enter!"

"Drink!"

Thousands of soldiers marched together.

"Change formation!"

With an order, the soldiers quickly and orderly changed their formation.

In the Cixi Guard Martial Arts Arena, a group of soldiers were training with spears.

General Li Jinglong stood in the center of the field, and as the signal and command were transmitted, the soldiers followed the general's orders and carried them out meticulously.

If you want to be a good soldier, you must strictly follow the instructions of your generals and cooperate with your teammates, and you must never fight alone.

Throughout the ages, in a powerful army, soldiers must learn to line up and understand commands, and individual strength is almost negligible on the battlefield.

Therefore, soldiers need a lot of time to practice, train discipline, military posture, and understand the flag.

"Stand in line!!"

Li Jinglong roared: "Think about six years ago, the Japanese robbed our property and slaughtered our people, these shames cannot be forgotten, everyone gave me a good practice!" ”

"Yes!"

All the soldiers shouted in unison.

Six years have passed, and the soldiers of this guard post seem to have been trained into male soldiers by Li Jinglong.

For six whole years, he never slackened.

Even though these soldiers still have fields to plant on weekdays, and they can only spare two hours a day to practice, Li Jinglong is still strict.

"Zhao Jun, what's the matter, you seem to have complaints?"

Li Jinglong inspected the school grounds and found that a small flag was having a sad face and a bad standing posture, so he glared angrily.

The 5,600 soldiers of the guard system are one guard, and the highest official position is the commander of the capital and the commander of the department. In addition, there are two commanders and acquaintances, one of whom is responsible for Tuntian and the other is responsible for military training. Li Jinglong's duty is to train troops.

"General Lee." Zhao Jun was slightly dissatisfied and said: "Now is the time to be busy with farming, you don't need to practice like this, you have to let people take a break." ”

"Will the enemy give you time to rest?" Li Jinglong roared.

Zhao Jun said angrily: "How can there be an enemy, now that the Japanese have all been wiped out, there is no war." Besides, we are so far away from the capital, even if we draw troops, they won't come to our side, and the brothers are also working hard, and there is no need to practice so hard in other places. ”

Li Jinglong said in a deep voice: "Others are others, since you are a soldier under this general, obey the order!" ”

"It's going to torture people every day." This Zhao Jun is also a strong temper, so he simply sat on the ground, no matter how his teammates next to him persuaded him, it was useless.

"Come on, deal with it by military law, pull it out and beat ten military sticks."

Li Jinglong ordered.

Soon, Zhao Jun was pulled out to fight with a military stick.

"General."

At this time, Zhao Jun's boss, a hundred households, came over and whispered to help Zhao Jun intercede: "The general forgives me, Zhao Jun's old mother has changed her serious illness during this time, and many Lang Zhong have not seen it well, and he is not in a good mood, I heard that in order to treat his old mother, he plans to sell a few acres of tun land there."

"What? Selling land? ”

Li Jinglong frowned and said, "Juntun, who dares to accept it!" ”

The hundred households sighed and said: "It's not that there is no way, people do not accept it, but Zhao Jun can't help it, he can't watch his old mother die of illness, so he secretly sells it at a low price As long as he doesn't say it, who knows?" Many of us in this army have secretly sold a few acres, and there is no way."

"Got it."

Li Jinglong nodded, thoughtful, and then sighed.

In the past, he was in a high position, as Cao Guogong, and he didn't understand the suffering of the people.

Only when I went down to the grassroots level in person did I know how difficult it was below.

In such a guard, the soldiers still have to farm to support themselves, and they also have to train the soldiers, which is really hard.

The generals of other guard posts only practice once every few months, but what is the use of such a frequency of drills, they are lazy and lazy, soldiers are not like soldiers, and farmers are not like farmers, and they can only have combat effectiveness after training for at least half a year before fighting

At night, Li Jinglong personally went to Zhao Jun's house.

It's really a family with four walls, and the old mother at home is still paralyzed in bed.

"Zhao Jun, you can take this silver to the old mother for medical treatment, Tian, don't sell it."

Li Jinglong took out the silver and handed it over, he deprived him of the position of the prince of the country, but he did not raid the house, and the family property was still there. Over the years, he often helped the soldiers privately in order to maintain the training.

"General You"

This small flag, I really didn't expect the general to come in person, and he suddenly felt guilty for what he did today, he held the silver, and tears flowed from the corners of his eyes: "General. Today's daytime is my Zhao Jun's fault, and today's grace will never be forgotten. In the future, where the general can be useful, I, Zhao Jun, will go to the soup and fight the fire, and I will not give up! ”

In ancient times, righteousness was often a little kindness, and it could really be repaid with death.

"Okay, it's enough to have your words, you are my Li Jinglong's soldier, can I see death and not save me?"

Li Jinglong didn't say anything, patted him on the shoulder, and left.

Out of the house, Li Jinglong rode towards his home.

On the way back, he couldn't help but sigh, thinking back on the experience of the past six years, he saw the disadvantages of the Wei system.

He saw the pity of his soldiers.

Not only to tuntian, but also to pay taxes, but also to train soldiers, it is hard

It's a pity that he is just a person who no one cares about now, what can he say, he can only do what he does, it is enough.

"Husband, husband, good news!"

As soon as Li Jinglong returned to the yard of his home, Yuan hurriedly came over to greet him.

All these years have passed, only this wife has never left him, Li Jinglong feels that in fact. It's been good to live here all these years.

"What's the good news?"

Li Jinglong smiled.

"Holy Decree."

Yuan took out the holy decree and said: "The imperial court has just come, but you came back too late today, and the messenger was unwilling to wait, so he put the holy decree here and left." ”

"Holy Decree."

The two words that were familiar and unfamiliar came into Li Jinglong's ears, like the ringing of Hong Zhong Dalu.

"The saint still remembers the minister, and the saint still remembers the minister"

Li Jinglong's eyes were red for a while, and he knelt on the ground: "Minister Li Jinglong, take the order!" ”

"Husband, there's no one else here, come and see for yourself?"

Yuan Shi smiled slightly, in fact, she had already seen the content of the holy decree.

It was written that Li Jinglong would take the guards to the Beijing Division for drills, and if he won, he would be given the title of Duke of Cao Guo.

She is deeply happy for her husband, all these years of hard training, not in vain. It's really hard work

"Hmm."

Li Jinglong nodded, took the holy decree, and watched it himself.

"Holy! The saint really remembers my Li family."

After reading the holy decree, Li Jinglong could not cry: "Thank you for your grace, thank you for your grace."

"Husband, come to the bitter end, this time you do it well, I'll wait for you."

The Yuan family is still as always, unconditionally supporting Li Jinglong.

"Well, no matter what, I, Li Jinglong, will do my best."

Li Jinglong nodded: "For the glory of my Li family, and for the soldiers of the world." (End of chapter)