Chapter 1068: Departure to Korea
The Wei army started from Henan, relying on the land of the sect and the domain, and started in a panic.
Gao Yihuan used the land to tie the Wei soldiers to his chariot, and every time the Wei army laid down a piece of land, the soldiers would inevitably get a part of the land.
Because the economy of Wei was not good, and the taxes were not enough to raise the army and fish for the army, Gao Yihuan rewarded the soldiers with land, so the Wei army fought in Henan, took Guanzhong, and conquered Hedong and Hebei in the process, and the soldiers obtained a large number of land resources.
This policy of rewarding soldiers with land did not gradually change until the attack on the Southern Ming Dynasty in the south.
The army has the effect of motivating soldiers when it controls a large amount of land, but when it reaches a certain level, serious problems will also arise.
The soldiers had to go to war, and the land they were rewarded needed to be raced, but after years of war, the population was sharply reduced, and the labor force was insufficient.
In this way, the land was rewarded, and no one helped to plant, and the contradictions came out, which also made the soldiers very dissatisfied.
As the emperor, Gao Yihuan's biggest concern was not the battle between the ministers and the army, but the rebellion of the army, so he decided to help the soldiers solve this problem.
The Xungui clique has always wanted to gain the population of the south, but Gao Yihuan did not allow it, so he had to replace it with North Korea.
In the early morning, the Great Wei Dynasty meeting, the officials of the Qin Tianjian wrote a book, watched the sky at night, and the northeast corner was dim, which was beneficial to China.
Then a minister said that this is an auspicious omen, indicating that the Great Wei will win the battle to attack Korea, and ask the emperor to send troops.
With the national strength of the Great Wei Dynasty, and the fact that Haoge and North Korea are not of the same heart, Gao Yihuan naturally knows that this battle will be won, and there is no need to engage in these famous halls, but since the ministers have done it, he will also want to be auspicious.
Gao Yihuan immediately issued an order, and the army set out on the same day to attack Korea and wipe out the remnants of the Qing Dynasty.
After the court meeting, the ministers dispersed, and Gao Yihuan left Li Yan and instructed him to stay in Chang'an.
This time the Great Wei attacked Korea, it can be said that it is nine out of ten, and it is enough to send a general, but Gao Yihuan seems to be addicted to war, so he still decided to drive the expedition in person, and mobilized more than 200,000 troops.
In North Korea, Haoge had less than 10,000 soldiers, and there were only more than 20,000 traitor troops, so there was no need to dispatch 200,000 troops, but no one in the government and the opposition opposed it.
After all, the battle that can still be fought can be counted on your fingers, and many people think that this is the last chance for meritorious service, so no one offends Xun Gui.
This kind of fact obviously costs money and food, but the reason why Gao Yihuan insisted, he also had a plan in his heart, he was ready to take the opportunity to use a large number of martial arts students, get close to the soldiers, and strengthen his control over the army.
Gao Yihuan decided to go to Chang'an in person, Gao Yihuan was ready to keep the emperor's eldest son in the name of a prison country, and then let Li Yan assist him, so he left Chang'an and went to Liaodong.
In the Heavenly Pavilion, Gao Yihuan sat behind the imperial case, and Li Yan sat aside.
Gao Yihuan said in a deep voice: "After many years of war in the north and a sharp decline in population, Mr. Li thought of many strategies, relocated the people in the barren areas to the plains, and persuaded the people in the southwest to go down the mountain, but it still could not meet the demand. I personally conquered North Korea this time to solve this problem, the prince is still young, and Chang'an will be entrusted to Mr. ”
Gao Yihuan now has four sons, the eldest son Jianxing, born to Zhao Guifei, the second son Jianli, the son of the queen, the third son Jianfeng was also born to Zhao Guifei, and the fourth son Jianrui is Gao Yihuan messing around, fortunately a beautiful palace female official, born to Concubine Li.
Now the eldest son is eight years old and has already left the cabinet to study, the second and third sons have also begun to study this year, and the fourth son is still young and has just been born.
In addition, Gao Yihuan also has an illegitimate child outside the palace, he was afraid of being scolded by the minister and afraid of affecting his reputation, so he did not get into the palace.
Li Yan gave Gao Yihuan a salute and said solemnly: "Your Majesty rest assured, the minister will be optimistic about Chang'an for Your Majesty, but the minister has something and wants to ask Your Majesty." ”
Gao Yihuan raised his hand and said, "What's the problem, sir?" ”
Li Yan glanced at Gao Yihuan and reminded: "Your Majesty attacked North Korea to solve the problem of uncultivated military fields, but how is Your Majesty going to distribute the acquired population, can you know the current situation of military fields?" ”
Gao Yihuan frowned slightly, sat up straight, and said in a deep voice: "What does Mr. have to say!" ”
Li Yan opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, there is a shortage of labor in the north, and every time the imperial court moves the people or the population, the nobles and high-ranking military attaches will naturally use their power to satisfy themselves first. ”
Gao Yihuan nodded, he knew this very well, Xungui supported the Northern Party in the civilian clique, and the Northern Party gave them convenience, and the two sides exchanged interests to form an interest group.
Gao Yihuan gestured: "Mr. continues! ”
Li Yan said in a deep voice: "This will lead to a situation where the nobles and generals take advantage of their power, money, and land, and concentration to rob the tenants of ordinary soldiers' families, so that the military fields of ordinary military households lack tenants to cultivate. However, if no one cultivates the military land of the military households, many people will sell the land at a low price, and these lands will be bought by the nobles, forming a large-scale annexation. The annexed land still needs people to cultivate, and the military fields of ordinary soldiers are not cultivated, and the soldiers have no choice but to panic or sell them at a low price, but the nobles have the strength to turn the people resettled by the imperial court and the local people into tenants. ”
Gao Yihuan was shocked after hearing this, generally speaking, the initial stage of land annexation is a very slow process, and when the merger reaches a certain scale, it will suddenly accelerate.
Gao Yihuan originally thought that the fields would be distributed to the army, and then the fields would not be moved, but he forgot about the movement and annexation of land.
Gao Yihuan was silent for a while, and didn't say anything, "I know what Mr. said!" ”
Seeing this, Li Yan didn't say much, stood up, glanced at the official documents piled up in front of Gao Yihuan's desk, and saluted: "Your Majesty is busy with official business, and the minister has retired!" ”
Gao Yihuan waved his hand, and after Li Yan withdrew from the Heavenly Pavilion, he picked up the song and looked at it for a while, it was all trivial things, so he threw the song away, leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes and pondered.
Two days later, in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an, more than 100,000 Wei troops assembled, and Gao Yihuan ascended the high altar and issued a document to discuss the Qing Dynasty, which was to announce the army's eastward expedition to Korea.
In this battle, the Wei army sent 200,000 troops, Gao Yihuan did not treat many veterans, only brought Li Dingguo, and at the same time ordered a group of middle-level generals to lead the troops, and let Wuyuansheng serve as his guard and go to Korea.
A long time ago, Gao Yihuan paid attention to the training of officers, opened a martial arts hall in the army, and later set up the Guozijian Martial Arts Academy, training a large number of officers.
Not long ago, Gao Yihuan issued an order to change the name of the Martial Academy to the Imperial Military Academy, and invest more resources to train officers with both civil and military skills, but although he spent his efforts, the high-level of the Great Wei Imperial Army did not have many officers trained by the Martial Academy, and the military cadets did not yet master the army.