Three days later, at noon, Li Jing arrived at Luoyang City.

Yang Guang learned the news and went out of the city in advance to greet him.

Li Jing, who has experienced the battlefield, seems to have become much more resolute, and the child's face is also a little less, at this time he came back with a group of soldiers who retreated from the front of the battle, many of these people were injured, missing arms and legs are very common, a total of more than 300 people, many of them returned to their hometowns on the way, and there were more than 100 people left.

When Li Jing saw Yang Guang, he dismounted and saluted: "Li Jing has seen His Royal Highness the King of Jin. ”

"What are you doing so politely? I learned this when I went to the border. ”

The many soldiers behind him saw Li Jing calling the person in front of him Yang Guang, there was a look of disbelief in his eyes, and he hurriedly saluted: "The grass people have seen His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

Yang Guang looked at this group of injured soldiers, and couldn't bear it in his heart: "All are exempt, all are exempt." ”

"Li Jing, these people are ......"

"During this time, there are still soldiers who were injured before, and those who are no longer able to fight will be sent home, and a large part of the road has been walked one after another, a large part of which is near Luoyang, and some of them are near Chang'an, and they will be sent back one after another."

Yang Guang pulled Li Jing aside and said, "These people have prepared pensions?" ”

Li Jing nodded: "Well, they all have pensions." But Li Jing looked back at the crowd and said, "But many of them may not be able to work normally, and the pension is only enough for a while." ”

The ones who will be dismissed are the soldiers who are identified as unable to fight on the front line, and those who are missing arms and legs are the main, Yang Guang felt compassion and looked at everyone.

He had planned to settle the veterans, but now he happened to meet them, so he said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, this king plans to create a place in Luoyang City where veterans can work, the salary may not be high, but it will definitely be able to support himself, if you don't dislike it, you can go with me to have a look." ”

When everyone heard this, Yang Guang took them to the new Construction Bureau to be established, and then introduced them to them: "Here are some positions to register the number of materials used recently, what materials are in storage, what materials are out of the warehouse, and who of you can read and write." ”

For a while, there was silence, and the silence was deafening, so that Yang Guang didn't know what to say.

After a short silence, Yang Guang said again: "You can write one to ten, and you can learn other words simply." ”

Only then did two or three people reconcile.

Most of the injured and repatriated people are unable to do physical work, and can only do civilian work, but civilian work requires at least literacy and some simple calculations.

Yang Guang suddenly thought of an idea and brought this group of people to the school.

In the school, he directly found Wang Long, and said: "Master Wang, the school has to open a separate department to train some disabled soldiers in the army to read and write, just simple words, and some potential young people sent by the training army. ”

Wang Long was a little embarrassed: "But Your Highness, what about this fund?" ”

"Food and accommodation are all covered by the army, as for teaching, you can let the students go to it, anyway, it's just simple words, and you don't need to teach the big truth."

Wang Long saw a group of wounded soldiers and instantly understood what Yang Guang meant.

"Your Highness, the old minister will do this matter, but His Highness still has to solve part of it."

"Master Wang, why do you also come to me to fight the autumn wind."

"Your Highness is good at managing money, and the school now relies on subsidies from the imperial court, and its own money is not much, and it has to be maintained by His Highness."

"Okay, don't worry about money, you think about how much you need, I'll get it ready."

"Your Highness is wise."

After arranging these things, Yang Guang took Li Jing back to the house, the two hadn't seen each other for a long time, Yang Guang sat down and chatted with Li Jing.

"Li Jing, what do you feel about being in Youzhou City this year?"

"Your Highness, it's really scary to fight."

Yang Guangben smiled slightly with the tea, but at this time there was no smile, there was no joy of reunion after a long absence, but because of this sentence, there was more heaviness.

Yang Guang didn't expect the god of war in history to say such a terrible sentence at this time, this is the ten philosophers of Wumiao, Li Jing who fought in the war of annihilation, how could he say such a terrible thing as a war.

Yang Guang's heart was cold, and he was very worried about whether he had arranged for Li Jing to go to the battlefield too early, now that Li Jing was too young, he went to see the real battlefield, in case there was fear in his heart, he would not have ruined the dignified military god.

"Li Jing ......"

"Your Highness, when do you think the war will stop?"

Yang Guang didn't see any fear or any cringe on Li Jing's face at this time, but a calmness and wisdom far beyond his peers, and his expression no longer had the appearance of a child.

Yang Guang found that the current Li Jing has begun to think about this kind of esoteric question that ordinary people will not think about at all, which may be the biggest difference between geniuses and ordinary people.

"Why do you have this problem?"

Li Jing's expression was still flat: "I saw the suffering of the people at the border pass, the displaced people, the Turks slaughtering our women and children and our soldiers, and my soldiers killing the Turks in retaliation, where no one cares about fairness and justice, no one cares about the law and dignity, and some only kill." ”

"When the war is at its most tense, after a battle, you don't even have time to collect the corpses of your companions, so you have to rush to fight a battle, and the people who are still giggling with you in the morning can't even find the corpses in the afternoon."

At this time, Li Jing's eyes were a little hollow: "At first, I thought that we couldn't defeat the Turks to be like this, I desperately read the book of war, and gave advice to General Yin Shou, but I found that we still have to fight if we lose, and we still have to fight if we win, and it seems that there will always be an endless battle." ”

"Later, I opened the military book and checked it, and read one after another, and the book was crooked and densely written on how to win the war, but it never taught me how to end the war."

Victory is not the key to ending the war.

Yang Guang frowned deeply, judging from Li Jing's words just now, he is most worried now, my military god will not become the Holy Mother, and if he experiences the cruelty of war, will his heart explode because of this.

Thinking about it, his three views should not be stable at his age, and it is very easy to change his three views because of one or two things and one or two views.

Yang Guang was a little anxious, but stabilized his mood and asked, "Then when do you think people will stop the war?" ”

Li Jing shook his head: "I haven't found the answer yet, but this may be the answer I will pursue for the rest of my life in the future." ”

Immediately afterwards, Li Jing said: "I just want to win every battle as much as possible, since war cannot be avoided, at least victory can reduce casualties, and even I am wondering if we will continue to win, and when we win to a certain extent, there will be no war." ”

Yang Guang was relieved when he heard this, Li Jing was just thinking, not timidity or the heart of the Virgin.

At this time, Yang Guang stood up and said to Li Jing: "Li Jing, if you want to ask when there will be no war, you must first find out why there is a war. ”

"War is the most primitive and direct way to resolve disputes of interests, when the contradictions of interests between two people cannot be resolved in words or other forms, they will fight, and the contradictions of interests between two countries will lead to war."

"Where there are people, there will always be a conflict of interest, so theoretically it is never possible to stop fighting, because there is no end to human desires."

Yang Guang sighed lightly: "We have fertile land in the Central Plains, we can't give it to the Turks, the Turks have high-quality cattle, sheep and horses in the northern grasslands, but the climate is not easy to cultivate, in order to obtain food has been harassing the Central Plains for many years, they want food forever, it was the case before, it is the case now, and it will be the same in the future." ”

Li Jing asked: "Your Highness, what if the problem of food is solved?" Is it possible to solve the problem of increasing food production? ”

Yang Guang shook his head firmly: "Ask you for food today, ask you for clothes tomorrow, ask you for money the day after tomorrow, just now I said that people's desires are endless, now they are short of food to grab food, and when the food is enough, they will ask for more things, I can't answer your question, I don't know how to really stop the emergence of war, but I know that concession is never the best way to solve the war." ”

Li Jing nodded as if he didn't understand, and the child's brows furrowed, with a bitter and hateful look.

Yang Guang walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Li Jing, I am very pleased that you can say this, when you came to the front line to see the battle, you did not retreat cowardly, nor were you impetuous and arrogant, but began to think about such a question, very good, very good." ”

Li Jing smiled bitterly, still looking like a young man and an old man, and said, "But Your Highness, contemplating a question that cannot be answered is just making me distressed." ”

"People, you have to have some ideas, I didn't think it would become a tool, think about it, think about it, in the absence of a better idea, just follow what you thought at the beginning, win the battle, at least your own people will not be slaughtered, and win until the day you find a solution."

Li Jing pondered silently, and after a long time, he turned to something else: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, this time we are back in Beijing, Your Majesty is going to make a big war against the Turks, in this case, the war will be as early as this year, or as late as next year, Your Highness please prepare early." ”

"Ready?"

"I have a hunch that His Highness may go to the battlefield in this war."

"Why?"

"His Royal Highness is the Great Sima, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already led the troops to fight and proved his ability, but Your Highness, you haven't yet, Your Majesty is not a person who likes to just talk but not do, since you reuse Your Highness, you will definitely let Your Highness go to the battlefield, as Your Highness said, war is the final and most effective way to resolve disputes."

"Your Majesty, see if you have the ability to use the means of war."

(End of chapter)