After adjusting and promoting his official positions, Yuan Qi put another expansion of the army on the agenda. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAfter every major war, it is necessary to replenish the fresh blood of the army in a timely manner, so as to ensure that the combat effectiveness of the Yan army will not be lost. In the past, limited by money and grain, the huge northern five states only supported less than 300,000 soldiers, but now Yuan Qi got Jizhou, and in the hands of a large number of scholars in Jizhou, a huge amount of wealth was copied, there was money and food in hand, and the population was very sufficient, breaking the shackles of the five northern states all along, so that Yuan Qi was able to expand the army on a large scale.

In this army expansion, Yuan Qi put forward a scope and made it clear that the specific number of troops to be expanded was about 500,000. The 500,000 soldiers will be composed of young and strong people of all ethnic groups, of which the Han people will account for three-fifths, and other ethnic minorities will account for two-fifths, and the age of conscription is 18 to 26 years old. Yuan Qi also made plans for these 500,000 recruits, who will receive three months of training from Xu Rong, Gao Shun and others in batches, and then send them to various places. The 150,000 of them will be incorporated into the regular army to make up for the losses in the Battle of Jizhou. At the same time, Yuan Qi let the commanders of the four elite troops freely choose people from the original regular army, and make up for the establishment of 20,000 people in each elite army, you know, these four elite troops suffered losses in the battle of Jizhou, especially Gan Jing's Qilin army, the battle loss was as high as more than 5,000.

In addition to the 150,000 recruits who were incorporated into the regular army, the other recruits would be assigned to 90,000 in Jizhou, 80,000 in Bingzhou, and 60,000 in Guangzhou, Mingzhou, and Tongzhou to strengthen the conventional military forces of the six northern states. In this way, the number of troops in Youzhou will reach 350,000, including 80,000 elites, 60,000 naval troops, and 210,000 regular troops and county soldiers; Jizhou, which is presided over by Zhuge Liang, will also increase its troops to 350,000; Bingzhou, which is under the command of Guo Huai, will garrison 180,000; and Guangzhou, which is under the control of Cui Shou, Mingzhou under the control of Tian Yu, and Tongzhou under the control of Lu Su. will all meet the standard of a hundred thousand garrisons. According to this calculation, there will be an army of 1.18 million in the territory of Yan, an increase of nearly four times compared with more than 300,000 before the Battle of Jizhou.

After setting the tone for conscription and army expansion, Yuan Qi didn't have time to catch his breath, and the troops escorting supplies from Jizhou returned to Yanjing. In the Battle of Jizhou. The Yan army seized a large amount of money and grain, most of which had been directly transported to the three prefectures of Guang, Ming and Tong, for the construction of these three new states and to speed up the economic development of these three states. Even so, there were still a large number of materials remaining, and Zhuge Liang drew some of them. It was added to the treasury of Jizhou, and the rest were sent to Yanjing. Yuan Qi valued the most important part of this batch of baggage, which was the destroyed weapons and armor, although these things have been turned into scrap iron, but Yuan Qi firmly believes that Wang Yezi and Ma Jun, the two skillful hands, will definitely turn waste into treasure and temper more and more sophisticated equipment for the soldiers. Notice. Iron tools are very precious, and the large number of damaged equipment seized is enough for Yuan Qi to save a lot of money.

At the same time as handing over this batch of damaged equipment to Wang Yezi and Ma Jun, Yuan Qi also increased the allocation for the general supervisor for these two skilled craftsmen to carry out more research and development. At the same time, Yuan Qi made them suspend the manufacture of sophisticated weapons, and instead began to forge conventional weapon armor and farming tools for the benefit of the people, after all, the immediate priority. It is to solve the problem of the equipment of the 500,000 new army and the development of the three new states, and relying only on the booty captured from Yuan Ding's hands is far from solving all the problems. And through the Battle of Xinhe, Yuan Qi deeply realized that the cross-era weapon of the Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers was too powerful. If it is manufactured in large quantities and popularized in the military, it will inevitably lead to changes in the times and make the era of firearms come earlier. In order not to affect the normal development of future generations, Yuan Qi decided to limit the number of Heavenly Maiden scattered flowers and prevent it from being popularized in the army, which is one of the reasons why Yuan Qi ordered a moratorium on the manufacture of sophisticated weapons.

In terms of administrative institutions, Yuan Qi also made some minor adjustments, upgrading the government office to the government affairs office, and upgrading the military office to the military aircraft department, which are the most conspicuous positions on the east and west sides of the Yanwang Mansion, and are still in charge of Dong He and Chen Gong respectively. The original functions and powers of the two places remained unchanged, and at the same time, Yuan Qi gave them greater powers and responsibilities, and as long as the transfer of grain, grass, soldiers and horses in the six northern states reached a certain number, they must be approved by these two places, so as to truly achieve the separation of military and political affairs, and put an end to the possibility of the emergence of powerful ministers in the future. With Yuan Qi's reward of the ministers, most of the original incumbents in these two offices have been promoted to take charge of more important affairs, so Yuan Qi asked Jia Yuan and others to nominate twenty-four people with outstanding character and outstanding talents among the officials under his rule to supplement the two places to assist Dong He and Chen Gong in handling daily affairs.

After spending half a month busy, Yuan Qi finally explained all the work at hand, and the rest was the affairs of the officials under his command, and Yuan Qi could be the shopkeeper for a period of time. In the first time he was free, Yuan Qi came to the backyard of Fuzhong and accompanied his mother all day with filial piety. With the changes of the years, a trace of Huafa has climbed up to his mother's sideburns, although his mother's appearance is still there, but Yuan Qi clearly sees that his mother is old, which makes Yuan Qi's heart a little sour, since he joined the army at the age of eight, he has less and less time to accompany his parents, and his strength is growing rapidly at the same time, but his parents are quietly aging, thinking of this, Yuan Qi's heart is very sad, and he can't help but shed two lines of tears.

Stretching out a plain hand to wipe away the tears on Yuan Qi's face, Yi Yue said softly: "Silly child, my mother knows that you have a lot of important things to do, and my mother won't blame you." It's not good to cry and cry, where is there still a little bit of the majesty of King Yan, not to mention that you are going to be a father. ”

What is it? Yuan Qi stopped crying blankly and looked at his mother in surprise. "What kind of expression do you have? Yi'er has been pregnant for more than three months, and you don't even know it as a husband. Yi Yue said with a little reproach. Yuan got up as the king of Yan, and he had to deal with a lot of government affairs every day, and he couldn't take care of his mother, and his mother wouldn't blame him, but he didn't even know that his wife was pregnant, which was too unusual, his mother was a person who came over, and she was a mother, and she knew all the inconveniences and discomforts of being pregnant, and she couldn't help but feel uneven for Jinyi.

The surprise slowly turned into surprise. The corners of Yuan Qi's mouth gradually grinned to the root of his ears, and the huge surprise made him break free from his sadness, just when he was about to laugh proudly, a big hand quietly came to the back of Yuan Qi's head, and slapped it on the back of Yuan Qi's head, Yuan Ying's old voice sounded after Yuan got up: "Little rabbit cub, don't think that you can be lawless if you become the king of Yan." You can ignore your parents, wife and children, and remember to me that you will always be my son, and I will always be your father!"

Because he was too surprised, Yuan Qi didn't even notice Yuan Ying's approach, and he didn't look like a super-first-class general with a master's knowledge. But even if he notices it, he won't avoid Yuan Ying's slap, as Yuan Ying said just now, no matter how high Yuan Qi's status is, he will always be Yuan Ying's son, this is unchangeable, Lao Tzu beats his son, that is a matter of course.

Yuan Qi looked at Yuan Ying and said, "Father......" Yuan Ying waved his hand to interrupt Yuan Qi's greetings, pointed to the cross courtyard of Jinyi and said: "Okay, you are not needed here, hurry up and roll to Yi'er for me, hurry up." ”

Yuan Qi agreed, and then rushed out of his parents' room at a speed of 100 meters. Running towards Jinyi's room. Looking at Yuan Qi's back, Yuan Ying and his mother looked at each other and smiled, with a look of satisfaction on their faces.

Yuan Qi ran while thinking about the scene of himself and Jinyi's entanglement, pushed open the door of Jinyi, and saw that Jinyi was sitting on the edge of the bed with a smile that was about to become a mother, and the little woman was full of happiness. Shangguan Mi and Sun Shangxiang accompanied her on the left and right, and Sun Shangxiang's jade hand was also gently placed on the lower abdomen of the brocade clothes, as if she wanted to feel the rhythm of the little life in the belly of the brocade clothes. At this moment, Yuan Qi suddenly felt a happy burden, gently falling on his shoulders, and it was also at this moment that Yuan Qi's understanding of father's love became much deeper, and he began to understand why Yuan Ying was extremely strict with his two brothers.

"Yi'er, Mi'er, Shangxiang, so-and-so is back. After seeing the three beautiful wives, Yuan Qi had already thought of a thousand words, but he couldn't say a word, and finally only said the simplest, most simple but most touching words for the three daughters. For the three daughters, they are all proud daughters of the sky, their outstanding appearance and their respective illustrious family backgrounds, so that they have been regarded as pearls in the palm of their hands since they were young, everyone holds them and follows them, but they don't care about these, what they care about is that their husbands who are away from the expedition can return safely.

With the support of Shangguan Mi and Sun Shangxiang, Jinyi slowly got up, and then the three girls looked at Yuan Qi with the same affectionate gaze. Among the three daughters, Jinyi has always been the leader, not only because Jinyi is older, not only because Jinyi is Yuan Qi's first wife, but more importantly, Jinyi's talent and self-cultivation, as well as his modest and obedient temperament, impressed the other two daughters. Therefore, after seeing Yuan Qi, the first person to speak was Jinyi, she was a little shy and a little satisfied, and lightly opened her lips and said, "Husband, you have lost a lot of weight." ”

Yuan Qi hurriedly took two steps forward, gently held Jinyi's shoulders, as if he was holding a rare treasure, and said in a loud voice: "Don't get up, sit down quickly, be careful of hurting the baby." Yuan Qi's words amused the three daughters in front of him at the same time, and Shangguan Mi said jokingly: "With Lin'er, you are expensive, and Sister Yi'er is rich."

When Yuan Qi heard this, his face was slightly embarrassed, and he glared at Shangguan Mi fiercely.

Looking at Yuan Qi's embarrassed look, Sun Shangxiang sneered and teased Yuan Qi: "Mr. Yuanhua said, pregnant women do some exercise appropriately, it is good for the baby, you are a big man, you don't understand anything, what are you so nervous?"

Moved a chair, Yuan Qi sat opposite the bed in Jinyi, and told the three wives about some things after parting. Funny the three girls from time to time to hide their laughter, bursts of silver bell-like laughter, mixed with Yuan Qi's masculine laughter, from the boudoir of brocade clothes to the outside of the room, anyone who hears such laughter, will feel heartfelt comfort......