Early in the morning, Xu Fuzuo led the generals to Mao Mansion to ask Mao Wenlong for his life, but Mao Wenlong simply threw the token and ordered to set off. The 5,000 Dongjiang army left Xi'an in a mighty way, marched to Huguang, and then quietly entered Sichuan from Huguang to join Fuwang and other departments.

Sichuan's problems are that Xu Fuzhuan, a veteran, goes, and Mao Wenlong is confident and worry-free, and it won't take long to pocket Sichuan. After sending Xu Fuzuo away, Mao Wenlong began to rectify those powerful men in the army.

This is a rather serious problem, and if it is not solved as soon as possible, it will inevitably bury deep hidden dangers in the future. Mao Wenlong returned to the study and immediately asked Haoda to invite Hong Chengchou to come to discuss.

Soon, Hong Chengchou arrived with Haoda, prepared tea for the two, Haoda retired by himself, closed the door, and personally guarded the door.

Hong Chengchou learned that Mao Wenlong was going to deal with the idle men in the army immediately, and felt that Mao Wenlong was in a hurry. When even Jin said: "Chief soldier, this matter in the army is in a hurry, you just came back from Andongwei, and you have been running back and forth for almost two months." It's rare to have a little free time, so why not take a good rest for two days and we'll talk about it again. ”

Hong Chengchou is also well-intentioned, and he is also afraid that Mao Wenlong's body will not be able to bear it. After all, the body is the capital of the revolution, and if the revolution has not yet succeeded but the body is collapsed first, it will not be in vain in the end.

Mao Wenlong obviously understood Hong Chengchou's kindness, but he waved his hand indifferently and said: "It's okay, I'm still young now, don't take advantage of the current active work, and when I'm old, I will have more than enough heart and less strength, and then it will be too late." ”

Seeing that Mao Wenlong had made up his mind, Hong Chengchou did not dissuade him much, pondered for a while, and then asked: "How is the general soldier going to solve the problem of idle men in the army?" ”

You must know that in peacetime, the military ranks of all dynasties were very loose. In troubled times, the martial arts are strong, and the combat power of the army soars directly. And in times of peace, the style of writing prevails, and the army begins to slack off.

Dynasties and dynasties wanted to maintain a balance between civil and military, and almost no one could do it. And this is also one of the reasons for the frequent change of dynasties in China for thousands of years. Hong Chengchou knew that it would not be so easy to solve this trouble, although Mao Wenlong now had no civilian officials under him, and he was fighting all the year round, which was the time when he needed strong force.

At such a time, to deal with the rules in the army will inevitably hurt the hearts of the soldiers. If one accidentally pokes out the basket, it will be regretted. Moreover, Hong Chengchou himself is still a civil official, and his subconscious is still biased towards the side of civil officials. Suppressing military attaches and elevating civilian officials is a normal thing for him, and it also echoes his political views.

After Mao Wenlong listened to Hong Chengchou's remarks, he realized that rectifying military discipline did not seem to be a trivial matter. And there was a lot at stake, so he had to be silent and think carefully.

Hong Chengchou did not urge Mao Wenlong, he still drank fragrant tea leisurely, waiting for Mao Wenlong's next words.

Mao Wenlong fell into contradictions, and now his territory can be said to have entered the stage of post-war development. At such a stage, it is obvious that a large number of civilian officials are needed to govern, and it is obviously not feasible to rely on those rough men in the army to manage the people.

Moreover, in order to develop the people's livelihood, it is necessary to take out a large amount of military spending and use it for new construction and development. The reduction of a large amount of military spending means that the training and combat strength of the army will inevitably be reduced to a large extent.

After thinking about it, Mao Wenlong suddenly felt as if he had walked into a dead end, and there was no way to take care of both. The whole north is his base camp, and now it has ushered in a time of peace, which is the time of vigorous development, and the manpower and material resources required are not a small amount.

While the army still had to remain at its strongest, the south was not yet fully controlled, and those warlords could attack in large groups at any time. The Japanese are eyeing the sea, and the Huang Taiji on the grassland has not been completely cleared, all of which make Mao Wenlong always vigilant, not to mention those overseas powers, who may cross the sea at any time to surprise the Ming Dynasty......

All the crises are warning Mao Wenlong that the strength of the Dongjiang Army is far from enough at present, and it is simply unable to cope with the tests that it may face at any time in the future. Grasping his head full of green silk in annoyance, Mao Wenlong only noticed the leisurely Hong Chengchou when he looked up.

He was stunned for a moment, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed on his face, and he said to Hong Chengchou in a deep voice: "I don't know if the military advisor has a solution?" ”

From Hong Chengchou's performance, Mao Wenlong has realized that he is looking for trouble, and he doesn't care about the big military in front of him, but he has to think about it himself. Secretly scolding himself for being stupid in his heart, Mao Wenlong immediately regained his composure.

I thought that Hong Chengchou must be a bamboo in his chest, so he was so leisurely, but what Mao Wenlong didn't expect was that Hong Chengchou opened his mouth and said: "There is no solution, the general army wants to take care of both ends, and our own strength is extremely limited, so it is impossible to solve the problem perfectly now." ”

Mao Wenlong, who had just calmed down, was almost choked to death by a sip of tea, coughed violently twice, and Mao Wenlong said excitedly: "Since there is no way, why are you still so leisurely?" ”

In the face of Mao Wenlong's accusation, Hong Chengchou showed his face full of innocence and explained: "Because this is an inexplicable matter, why should the general soldier bother himself." It's good to be forward-looking, but isn't it more important to do what you are doing now? ”

Mao Wenlong was speechless for a moment, and when he looked back, he really thought too much and too far just now. However, he was still a little confused in his heart, and opened his mouth to ask: "Then according to the military advisor's intentions, don't we have to worry about these things now?" ”

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "No, no, at present, Jiangxi, Henan, Jingshi and Liaodong are very peaceful, and there is no possibility of war at all." Therefore, we must still devote ourselves to the development of people's livelihood, and of course, we must not leave behind the affairs of the military. The only thing we can do at the moment is to try to balance and not lean to one side. ”

Frowning, Mao Wenlong suddenly felt that Hong Chengchou seemed to have said a lot of nonsense. According to what he just said, doesn't that mean you don't have to do anything now?

Seeing the dissatisfied look on Mao Wenlong's face, Hong Chengchou obviously knew that Mao Wenlong had misunderstood him, and then explained: "What Xia Guan means is that he hopes that when the general army deals with military affairs, he will act small and not make a big move. Although we are not worried about money and food now, we cannot afford to toss around, and once a major war breaks out, or if the war has been going on for a long time, it will inevitably put us in an extremely unfavorable predicament. ”

Mao Wenlong suddenly realized that Hong Chengchou said so much, in fact, he was hinting to him not to rush into the construction of the navy, but to leave some spare energy to develop people's livelihood.