It has been three or four years since Zhao Yu returned from modern time and space, and this is the second time he has come to Caofu. I remember the last time it seemed to be a trip when the Trap Flying Car had just been built.

In the past few years, there have been many new faces among the important figures under Cao Mengde.

After some introduction, Zhao Yu smiled and feasted with them.

Among these new faces, there are Guo Jia, Chen Qun, Zhong Xuan and other great talents recommended by Xun Yu and Xun You, as well as people who surrendered during the war, such as Zhang Yang. There are also some new people who have emerged in recent years, whose names are not familiar, but who can sit in the hall, they are by no means ordinary people.

The dragon snake was born in the grass and rose as a hero in troubled times. Because of the emergence of Zhao Yu, the world has been changed, and many people who may have been buried have also taken advantage of the situation to rise up and write their own strokes on this glorious stage.

At this glance, looking at the hall, the civil and military generals, and the talents are abundant, which is amazing.

Cao Mengde sat upright, twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Although Mr. came suddenly, it was just the right time. I have just discussed with you, and I have encountered many problems, and I need your husband's explanation. ”

Today, Cao Mengde convened the civil and military forces, and there were two main things to discuss.

The first is the expansion of the armed forces.

With the rapid expansion of the territory, the original military strength is gradually stretched and insufficient. Since the beginning of the year, when several armies in the north were still attacking the barbarians, Cao Mengde kicked off the prelude to recruiting troops. Now, more than half a year later, 100,000 new soldiers have been recruited!

But according to Cao Mengde's idea, the new 100,000 is still not enough. He intends to take the final steps to dominate the world in two years at most after pacifying the north.

And the 100,000 recruits, plus more than 100,000 veterans, the total is less than 250,000. A huge empire, with a territory of thousands of miles, and an army of 250,000 is definitely not enough.

According to Cao Mengde's current background, Xun Yu suggested recruiting another 200,000 troops to temporarily control the number of troops within 500,000.

This suggestion was adopted by Cao Mengde.

But the key lies in the group of people who choose these 200,000 soldiers.

Some people believe that as a result of the war against the barbarians in the north, there were 300,000 young and strong prisoners. It is entirely possible to select some of these 300,000 people and fill them in the army.

Their reasons are not unreasonable - the north is newly determined, the people are safe, and people's livelihood agriculture is the top priority. If soldiers are recruited from among the people under his rule, the restoration of people's livelihood will inevitably be delayed.

And those who oppose it are not without reason - Cao Jun is very different from the previous army, because it is necessary to popularize the Five Elements Fist Sutra. The importance of the Five Elements Fist Sutra is self-evident. Last year, Cao Mengde issued a ban on the transmission of the boxing scriptures to Hulu barbarians. Hu Lu is afraid of power but not virtue, leads beasts to eat people, has no bottom line, and is a white-eyed wolf. If the barbarian captives are filled into the army, it will be difficult to keep the mystery of the Five Elements Fist Sutra, which is tantamount to Tai'a holding it upside down.

The two sides are at loggerheads over this.

As for the second thing, it is also about the distribution of capture.

Cao Mengde, Xun Yu and others planned to build roads, build cities, dig canals and other projects, which one came first, which last, where to start, or at the same time, how many people were needed for each project, how much food was needed, how to monitor the prisoners, how to avoid chaos, how to deal with them, and so on. As well as the diversion of millions of livestock and Cao Mengde's proposal to establish pastures in the grasslands.

It's not a problem, it's just a bit complicated, so it needs to be discussed.

Cao Mengde said: "At the beginning of the year, the large-scale cultivation of medicinal herbs suggested by my husband has gradually spread out. Pastures should also be established. I would like to hear mainly what the gentleman thinks about the conscription. ”

Zhao Yu bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "All the monarchs have their own reasons, but in my case, I don't agree with the proposal to join the army. ”

As soon as the words fell, Chen Qun arched his hand and said, "I wish Mr. Wen a high opinion." ”

Chen Qun was one of those who proposed that barbarian captives be added to the army.

Zhao Yu smiled and groaned, and said, "I have a story here, listen to it." ”

"There is a dynasty founded in the ruins of Shenzhou. At the beginning of the establishment of this dynasty, the internal pillars were the wealthy families. Even the royal family is one of them. Because of the establishment of the dynasty, the wealthy family played a huge role in it, so after the establishment of the dynasty, the wealthy family had a great right to speak, which made the royal family restricted. ”

As soon as this sentence was finished, the expressions of many people present changed.

I heard Zhao Yu continue: "Although the royal family is firmly seated, it is constrained. In order to balance the family, the royal family introduced foreign forces. ”

"The royal family of this dynasty, with Hu blood, was forced by the wealthy families to open their arms to outsiders while formulating many strategies to balance the family. The wealthy family uses poetry and books to pass on the family, so there are many scholars. Therefore, the royal family of this dynasty introduced the power of barbarians into the army to compete with the civil servants of the wealthy families. ”

"At the same time, all their advanced things, such as various technologies, were opened up for free, making the surrounding barbarians happy, and even giving an emperor the title of 'Heavenly Khan'. ”

When Cao Mengde heard this, he couldn't help but sneer again and again: "Bullshit Khan." The Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven, and to voluntarily be the so-called Khan is to be willing to fall, how ridiculous is it?!"

Zhao Yu smiled, noncommittal, and continued: "Over the past few generations, the barbarian forces have taken root in the army. Some of them are completely assimilated and consider themselves no longer Hu people. But there are some that are completely white-eyed wolves. Gradually, in the frontiers and localities, feudal towns were formed. ”

"Once there is a change within the dynasty, the barbarian feudal town will raise troops to fight back?!" Guo Jia said suddenly.

Zhao Yu smiled: "What Feng Xiao said is not bad. The emperor who created a prosperous era, in his later years, was driven out of the capital by the barbarian feudal forces he personally supported, and finally ended up in a bleak evening. A great dynasty declined rapidly, and it didn't last long before it perished. And after the fall of this dynasty, the barbarians who moved from within established many countries in the northern land, and fought each other for many years before being replaced by another dynasty. ”

The story was short, and after it was finished, the audience was silent.

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "Or don't let the barbarians be generals, just cannon fodder." However, the army has its own military regulations, and once there is a war, there will always be barbarians who will make meritorious contributions. Once or twice, it is possible to capture it without rewarding it. However, three or five times, meritorious service must always be promoted, if not promoted, forcibly suppressed, with barbarian animal nature, it will definitely mutiny. It's better not to do that. And if it is promoted, sooner or later there will be barbarians who will become the generals of one side, and the disaster will be even worse. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Yu sighed: "If you want to use barbarians, you have to discount its backbone, consume its beastliness, and use it in the corners and ordinary operations." And the military, the officials, the important technology, can not be opened to them at all before this. Otherwise, you will be sowing your own trouble. In my opinion, after that, there were barbarian captives, and they used their lives to build the country. Of the 300,000 who died, 10,000 remained, the backbone was broken, and the animal nature was consumed. This is the way to do it for generations. ”