After he retreated, Yun Xi took a sip of tea, rested on the back of the chair, and instructed Wang Xi: "You go and bring Mei Yin, Sun Ke, and Zhang Wen, that's it, Zhang Wen is still sick, even if he is not sick, it will be okay to return to Beijing after the battle, you call Mei Yin and Sun Ke, I have something to tell them." ”

Wang Xi agreed, and went down; After a while, Mei Yin and Sun Ke came and saluted Yun Xi and said, "The minister Mei Yin (Sun Ke) has seen Your Majesty. ”

"Get up." Yun Xi smiled: "Although I wasn't tired just now, I also felt more comfortable, let's not talk about so many etiquette, just like that, you also sit down and talk." ”

Of course, Mei Yin and Sun Ke would not accuse Yun Xi with brain pumping, that was the practice of a tendon official, and pointed out that the emperor also had to sit upright on his own. Neither of them has this setting, and it's still not annoying.

The two of them pushed for a while, and sat down on the chair with half of their buttocks, waiting for Yunxi's command.

"Sun Ke, I want to set up a new guard in the capital, which will be counted under the name of the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, and you will be in charge."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Ke then asked: "I don't know what the name of this guard is, how many thousand households are compiled?" ”

"The name is called Baiyiwei, and the establishment has not been decided."

"Your Majesty, since the name is called Baiyi Guard, it must be that many barbarians have been incorporated into this guard, and they will not be natives of the capital, so they need to arrange their houses; In addition, the school field also has to be prepared, I don't know how many people, these are difficult to arrange. ”

"I also know, but I can't be sure how many people there are in this guard, so you can come according to five thousand people first, but there should be an open space near the camp to prepare for expansion."

Yun Xi looked at Sun Ke's puzzled expression, and said: "Although the name of this guard is Baiyi Wei, most of the soldiers who are incorporated into this guard will be Fusang people, and I don't know how many Fusang warriors will be willing to serve the Ming Dynasty, so the number cannot be determined." ”

"Your Majesty, but because of the courage of the Fuso people in the Battle of Pingzhang, you have the intention of recruiting them?" Sun Ke immediately guessed.

Yun Xi nodded: "Exactly." This Fusang warrior turned out to be so capable of fighting, it was a pity for them to nest on a small island, and it just so happened that Zhu Hengshi was also willing to recruit the rest of the people he knew to serve the Ming Dynasty, so I set up such a guard. ”

"Zhu Hengshi?" Sun Ke was puzzled.

"Oh, since I plan to reuse him, I can't let him bear the name of me, so I give him the name Zhu Hengshi." Yoon-hee explained.

Hearing that Yun Xi gave me the name of Laiye, Sun Ke suddenly thought of something and said: "Your Majesty, although I am from Fusang, I am also unidentified, and I actually committed suicide to Hu Hancang the day before yesterday, so I may not be able to trust it." ”

"Besides, if he is allowed to recruit samurai in Fuso, will it cause the Fuso monarch to be dissatisfied? That is, there are only a few thousand soldiers, and it is not good for Fusang to be dissatisfied with Daming for this trivial matter, I am afraid that it will delay His Majesty's plan in Fusang. ”

Yun Xi smiled and did not answer. First, it's good that he knows my identity alone, and he doesn't have to tell anyone else; Second, recruiting Fusang warriors is not a trivial matter, to a small extent, it can greatly reduce the damage of the Ming Dynasty, to a large extent, Fusang is now a stable country, many samurai have no place to use, and they are poor, in order to live better, it is normal to 'go to sea' as a pirate, and he can recruit a samurai here to have one less pirate, saving a lot of things for the sailors, which is of great significance to the construction of a feudal harmonious society and the Great Eastern Co-prosperity Circle.

Sun Ke was about to say something, but was gently pulled by Mei Yin; Sun Ke was not stupid, and immediately stopped.

"Mei Yin, you have to cooperate with Sun Ke and prepare all this. The allocation of money, food, and ordnance must not be negligent. Although most of the Fuso people brought their own knives, they had to prepare a lot for them. Yun Xi said as if he hadn't seen their movements.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Mei Yin agreed.

Yun Xi gave a few more instructions on this matter, and then changed his words and said: "Sun Ke, since you mentioned that Zhu Hengshi killed me privately, I will talk to you, and you will tell Li Jian when you go back that I will not hold him accountable, so I will hide this matter, claiming that Hu Hancang died of fear." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Ke agreed.

Yun Xi nodded, and immediately talked about another thing, which was also the most important thing he had found the two of them.

"Sun Qing, Mei Shangshu, this time in the battle against Annan, there are many meritorious soldiers, especially many ordinary soldiers who also fought hard for the Ming Dynasty, I feel a lot."

"To lead troops to fight, of course, generals are very important, but they also need to have soldiers under them. Although Chen Shou said in "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" that Zhuge Wuhou was not good at fighting, Jin Xuan (Sima Yi), who was praised by him many times, did not win any battles in the face of Wuhou, which shows that Jin Xuan is not as good as Wuhou. ”

"But Wuhou still can't defeat Jin Xuan, in addition to Jin Xuan's cautious use of troops, it is also because Jin Xuan's soldiers are much more than Wuhou, even if a small defeat does not hurt the overall situation, and Shu Han has few soldiers, and a small defeat is difficult to bear."

"So ordinary creeps are also important. I don't think I can just give them a few dollars and send them away. It is better to reward earnestly. ”

Sun Ke and Mei Yin glanced at each other and said, "Your Majesty, this is right, but how to reward them seriously?" "You can't all have hereditary titles, even if you only add a hundred households, more than 2 million people, the country will go bankrupt.

"First, starting from this year's local selection of martial arts students, that is, those who will be enrolled next year, the people recommended by each province must have three ordinary soldiers and three people from thousands of households."

"Second, the system of strict evaluation of merit, determine the responsibilities of military generals at all levels, and no longer credit for things that do not conform to their duties. For example, if a commander kills many enemy soldiers with his own hands, he cannot be credited, because in most cases it is not the commander's duty to kill the enemy with his own hands. ”

Sun Ke and Mei Yin nodded, but they didn't think that these two items would have much effect. The emperors of previous dynasties have also done similar things, attaching importance to the promotion of small soldiers and strict rewards and punishments, but it is only because of people, it is inevitable that people will die and the government will not last.

But when Yoon-hee said the third point, both of them looked surprised.

"Your Majesty, this, this is not appropriate, Your Majesty!" Mei Yin immediately said: "Your Majesty, if you give such a token to ordinary soldiers, I am afraid that the people will have a lot of trouble, and it will be difficult to control them." ”

"Why is it difficult to control? Military law is not among them, and it doesn't matter; As for the civil affairs, the people who get the tokens are all soldiers of the guard, and they are not allowed to grow out of the guards on weekdays, and a token is only used once, and the soldiers will not waste it at will. ”

"But," Mei Yin wanted to say more, but Yun Xi didn't want to hear it, and said, "I have made up my mind, and I don't have to say anything more, you go down and prepare to go." ”