"You don't have any problem with your eldest brother becoming a duke and you still a marquis, do you?" Li Ermajesty Xià began to ridicule Suning in a good mood, Suning happened to have something to say to Li Erma, so he was not in a hurry to retire to do bad things, hearing Li Ermaxi say this, Suning replied: "The eldest brother is already over forty years old, Cao Gong is two years younger than the eldest brother, and he is already a national prince, and the eldest brother is the county duke, and he still has some opinions about this minister." ”

Li Ermajesty smiled and said, "You mean that Su Lie's Mao Gong is not far behind?" Mao Gong is one of the few generals in the Tang Dynasty, although Su Lie is brave and good at commanding troops, but it is not so easy to command an entire army to fight, I also have some considerations, Su Lie is good at commanding cavalry, but whether his command ability can be qualified, I still have some concerns, if he wants to become a national duke, at least he must have the military exploits of commanding the army to defeat the enemy country, otherwise, then stay up, ten years later, you can almost be a national duke. ”

Suning said: "The eldest brother is not only good at cavalry, in the past, when the family debated, the eldest brother would also use the infantry army and the bow and crossbow army to form a military formation as the main force, and the cavalry army was a response, alternately covering the battle, whether it was attacking or retreating, the eldest brother could ensure that the military formation was not chaotic, well-organized, the combat order was orderly, and the military regulations were rigorous. ”

Li Ermajesty smiled and said: "You are really virtuous and don't shy away from kissing!" ”

Suning also smiled: "Since he is a talent, it doesn't matter who he is, why should he be virtuous and avoid relatives?" Isn't that a waste of talent? In Chen's view, the eldest brother also has the ability to lead an army to defeat the enemy country, but it depends on whether His Majesty has the courage to let the eldest brother lead an army alone to conquer the enemy country. ”

in another time and space. Su Dingfang has the merit of destroying three enemy countries, he is alone in commanding the army to fight, and there is no other famous people to help, Su Dingfang is definitely handsome, but also a general, and Li Shiji is different, Su Dingfang's martial arts are on a higher level, and the political ability is slightly lacking, Li Shiji is not only stronger than military strategy, but also stronger than politics. That's why it's a 10,000-year-old tumbler. It's just that his grandson is too angry.

Li Zhen is about to get married, and the bear child Li Jingye is about to be born, and the marriage date postponed because of the war has also been determined, and Zhenguan has been in addition to Suning for seven years. The marriages of several friends who were originally confirmed have been postponed. Even Li Chengqian postponed his marriage because of the national war. Not to mention others, so, within the next year. Basically, if there is nothing to do, Suning will be ready to be beaten up a few times, and the bamboo and rattan helmet can play a role again.

Su Dingfang has been suppressed in another time and space because of his origin, but in the end he still became a prince of the country, on the one hand, it is the superiority of the Tang Dynasty's military merit system, on the other hand, his own talent and hard work, just like Li Er's majesty Xià let him look at the gate for many years after getting Xue Rengui, until Li Zhi ascended the throne to shine, accumulate thick hair, and be reborn from the fire, Su Dingfang has been deposited for decades, and it is time to break out.

Li Erma was obviously a little strict, and said: "I also pay attention to Su Lie's affairs, what you said is not true, before the war, Mao Gong also told me about Su Lie's ability, so I will let him be the acting capital protector of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, exercise his ability, and wait for Guo Xiaoke to go from Chang'an to the Western Regions, it will take at least a few months, these months can give him a good exercise, if the results of the exercise are good, I will consider giving him a higher position, and Datang will not bury any talents." ”

Suning bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise! ”

Li Er Xi à smiled for a moment, and then said, "Have you heard about Li Daoyan's matter?" ”

Suning was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I heard that the incident was indeed done wrong by Uncle Daoyan, questioning General Li's character in public, it was a great shame, General Li did not kill Uncle Daoyan on the spot, just for the sake of His Majesty's face." ”

Li Erqi nodded and said: "I also know that Mao Gong is afraid of the royal family and me, so he didn't make a ruthless move, I have already ordered to reduce the title of Duke Li Daoyan and demote him to a third-class marquis, so that he can reflect on himself, but now the royal family is a little dissatisfied, you are also a member of the royal family now, and I have nothing bad to say to you, this is a family matter, several old people accused me of being too harsh on the clan, and I can't say anything, you give me a way, do you hear?" ”

Suning was stunned for a moment, and said depressedly: "Your Majesty, although the minister is a royal family, but after all, he is not surnamed Li, there are some things, it is still inconvenient for the minister to come forward, if it is too involved, there will always be people gossiping, right?" ”

Li Er smiled and said, "You are also worried about these? What are you afraid of? You are a royal family and Rui Han's husband, why don't you use your upright identity? Besides, this is not a too sensitive issue, the emperor is not afraid, are you still afraid of other old people? Just give them a little benefit and let them shut up, it's inconvenient for me to interfere in the Zongheng Division, and I don't understand some of the arrangements, so I'll leave it to you, go and discuss it with Keming! ”

Suning nodded depressedly, so he had to take over the task, and then said: "Your Majesty, not to mention Uncle Yan's matter, since the Anxi Protectorate has been established, what is the garrison?" Where did the garrison come from? Guzhou and Hunzhou also need garrisons, how much is the garrison? Where did it come from? ”

Li Ermajesty sat up straight, opened a copy of the book, looked at it and said: "Wuji's advice to me is that the Anxi Protectorate has just been established, and most of the countries in the Western Regions are cautious, and the garrisons should not be too many, otherwise it is easy to cause suspicion and conflict, and it should not be few, otherwise it will be difficult to control the situation, the number of people is 30,000 is the best, as for the remaining soldiers and horses, you can station 10,000 soldiers and horses in Guzhou and Hunzhou, together, it is 50,000, and the east and west echo, and they can support each other at any time."

As for the source of the army, it is naturally the Guanzhong Mansion Army, and I am the first capital protector in the Tang Dynasty, so I naturally need elite soldiers and strong generals, and the elite soldiers and horses in Guanzhong will be recruited and transferred from Guanzhong to defend it, what, what is your opinion? ”

Suning said: "How long will the army be stationed? ”

Li Erqi frowned and said: "Just follow the example of the Western Turkic garrison, one year, since the territory is far away, I am afraid that it will take two years to rotate, just add some money for the Long March athletes." ”

Suning said: "Here's the problem, Your Majesty." The minister always felt that although the soldiers of this government were good, they were soldiers in wartime and farmers in peacetime, which could greatly reduce the burden of the dynasty, but because of these, they also had to undertake the farm work at home, which also belonged to strong labor, and the Tang Dynasty was now the most lacking in strong labor, and there was still a lot of land to be developed. Winter combat is fine. If you need to fight in the spring ploughing season, won't it affect the spring ploughing?

That's a bit of trouble, Datang will have to do more things in the future, and more troops will be needed. The larger the territory. None of the locals are of our race. Where can it be incorporated into the military government as a government soldier? The garrison still has to be requisitioned from the interior of the Tang Dynasty, and in that case, the number of local troops in the Tang Dynasty will be even more scarce. In the long run, there will be a situation where there are not enough troops to defend the country, and the sergeants also have families, they are homesick, and it is very easy to desert. ”

Li Erqi frowned, thought deeply, for a long time, but couldn't think of any problems, so he said: "This is indeed a problem, since you raised this question, have you considered it?" Tell me about your considerations, and I'll think about it. ”

Suning nodded and said: "The minister's idea is to set up a standing army in addition to the government soldiers, and the minister also mentioned the idea of a standing army before, but at that time there was no such situation as today, the so-called standing army is the army that is separated from the government soldiers and completely belongs to the imperial court, not engaged in agricultural production, only responsible for conquest in all directions, guarding the territory, food and clothing, and being responsible for the imperial court, and the weapons, horses, and armor used are also responsible for the imperial court. ”

Li Ermajesty fell into deep thought, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty did not need the imperial court to produce food, even if they were fighting, they also provided their own food and weapons, so the people who participated in the army were some farmers with a relatively solid family environment, and the poor could not be soldiers, even if they did, they could only be auxiliaries, Suning's meaning was to set up an army that had always belonged to the imperial court completely, and there was no wartime army for soldiers and peacetime for agriculture, no matter when, they were only responsible for fighting, not responsible for cultivating the land, just like ......

Professional soldiers.

"Then the military expenditure required to form an army and the imperial court is definitely not a small amount, and according to what you said, how many years will it take to defend the frontier, can it withstand it? Won't you feel homesick? It's not that easy......" Li Er Majesty thought as he spoke.

Suning said the reason for talking to Du Ruhui: "I can't say the same, saying that some people who have both parents died or who were born without a father and mother don't have any hometown concerns?" There are also some homeless people who can't find a woman in Datang, have no property, no land, and can't survive, so doesn't this army give him a chance to live?

Instead of starving to death in the Tang Dynasty, they simply went to the foreign tribes to fight hard, and after the land was taken down, they would be stationed there, there would definitely be a shortage of men there, wouldn't these strong men in the Tang Dynasty be able to occupy there? It won't take many years for the second generation of people to call the Tang man their father!

There are also many men in Datang who want to be soldiers, but their family assets are not enough, so they can't be government soldiers, but before the start of the labor reform policy, the number of auxiliary soldiers in each battle can be in a small number? This means that in addition to the government soldiers, there are also a considerable number of men who want to be soldiers, but there is no way to become official government soldiers.

After the establishment of the labor reform policy, in order not to delay agricultural work, the transportation of grain and grass were handed over to prisoners of war to do, the army's demand for auxiliaries was greatly reduced, and many people who originally wanted to join the army were very disappointed, these people were the best candidates to become permanent soldiers, as long as the Tang Dynasty began to recruit, it would definitely be able to recruit a considerable number of permanent soldiers in a short period of time.

Then train them, select 50,000 outstanding soldiers, and send them to Hun Zhou and Anxi Duhufu, they are official soldiers, there is no need to return to their hometowns, but they can get married and have children locally, after the war in the Western Regions, the number of men has decreased sharply, this is a good opportunity for my Tang Dynasty boys, after ten or twenty years, the local people are the descendants of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, and they can set up a military government and recruit government soldiers. ”

After Suning finished speaking, Li Erma was stunned, and it took a while to come back to his senses, pointing at Suning and laughing: "Hahahahaha!" Good boy, good boy, calculating foreigners have been calculating until decades later, oops, Tubo, Tubo, what mistake did they make to provoke you? I believe it now, as long as you make a move, Tubo has no power to parry at all, and the Western Regions are also in my Tang Dynasty's bag, and I don't need to raise a sword, hahahaha! ”

Li Ermajesty smiled so happily, obviously, this matter has become, the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, instead of maintaining the government soldier system, it is better to start the coexistence of the government soldier system and the recruitment system, recruit troops to guard the frontier, and the government soldiers as the main force to fight in all directions, and the territory that has been defeated is handed over to the recruits to occupy, assimilate, get married and have children, defeat the locals with genes and blood, and turn them into real Han family sons and daughters, assimilated into the territory of the Han family!

Tubo and the Western Regions, these are the two stumbling blocks of the Tang Dynasty's strategy to advance into Central Asia, which must be eliminated, and then they can march to Central Asia to avoid the mistakes and setbacks that Gao Xianzhi once made, after that, the policies of the Tang Dynasty are more and more mature, the strategy is more and more perfect, and the peak of the Chinese Empire will be far more than another time and space, as for what Cheng Dù can reach, Suning himself does not know. (To be continued......)