Summon the Big Boss

Chapter 712 What should you do

"Then what about the second one?" The eldest prince's choice was not beyond Lin Xi's expectation.

How can people who have enjoyed their rights be willing to lose them?

Why do many people who are supposed to be wise and have a long-term perspective make some "wise" choices in some special times?

Because something blinded their hearts and made them stupid.

People in this world are affected by various emotions.

No one will maintain a height and never fall down.

No matter how smart a person is, he will do reckless and stupid things because of a momentary emotional excitement.

Therefore, sometimes it is said that controlling one's emotions and temper is more important than learning and becoming smarter.

Smart or capable people do not necessarily succeed.

But a person who can perfectly control his emotions will surely be successful.

"Second, find a way... to shake the impossible fortress, win over the impossible people, and then..." Lin Xi didn't say anything after that.

The eldest prince interrupted him, looked at Xia Houjie and said indifferently: "Xia Houjie! You go out first!"

Xia Houjie's face changed drastically. Even if he was as dull as him, he knew at this moment that his position had been completely replaced by Lin Xi.

And what Lin Xi did... was just to say a few words, which in his opinion were neither salty nor bland, full of rhetoric, without any practical meaning at all.

How could he compare to him, in order to obtain the rights of Xiahou Mansion, he killed his brothers and sisters, making his hands bloody, and even under the arrangement of the eldest prince, he quietly set up a layout in Weicheng, just waiting for Xiahou Mingde to return, to give He kissed Lao Tzu a 'surprise'.

Even if he didn't feel angry anymore, Xia Houjie still withdrew.

At the same time, he kept looking at Lin Xi with vicious and warning eyes, obviously he had already made up his mind.

After Xia Houjie left, Lin Xi said: "Xia Houjie is afraid that he will lose control. He is not a smart person, and it will be harmful to Your Highness...but I don't need your Highness to help me deal with it. I have my own way to make it happen." He is safe, this can be regarded as... a small test paper I handed over to you, Your Highness, and I always want to prove that I am not just talking nonsense."

But the eldest prince came over and grabbed Lin Xi's arm: "What did you say, sir? I know what you are capable of. Let's continue with what we just said."

Even so, he is very satisfied with Lin Xi's initiative and self-consciousness.

But all leaders like subordinates who can reduce troubles for themselves, but create benefits and solve problems.

"What did you mean just now, that you want me to touch the eight kings with different surnames?"

"I'm afraid it's not easy. The eight kings with different surnames are all in the same line. This is also related to my royal family's miraculous skills. Before the king of the previous generation with different surnames abdicated, he would show all his heirs to the emperor. One inherits the king. The other heirs of princes with different surnames will all fall into the common people and spend their lives as rich men, and will have no connection with the king of different surnames and the court from then on."

"This means that each generation of kings with different surnames is determined by the emperor himself after seeing the content of the future. Their loyalty has passed the review of the future and is undisputed."

"Even I... can't tame any king with a different surname. And if the contemporary king with a different surname is assassinated, then the new king with a different surname will still be determined by the father, and the new king with a different surname he chooses will still only submit to him." To him alone." The First Prince expressed his concerns.

Lin Xi said, "Your Highness! The future is changeable. I think you should know better."

"No matter how firm your heart is, there will be a moment of collapse."

"What's more...now is the era of change that has never happened before, and the changes in people's hearts... I'm afraid it's hard to count them all."

"My suggestion is...you can think of a way to test King Yan."

The eldest prince frowned and said: "King Yan has guarded Shanhe Pass for generations, holding the most ferocious Shanhe Iron Cavalry to defend against the barbarians from the north...how could he?"

"Your Highness! In the Xia Kingdom, is the navy or the cavalry the most important? On land, are the infantry with muskets and cannons stronger, or the cavalry with horses and spears stronger?" Lin Xi asked.

When the eldest prince heard the words, he instantly understood what Lin Xi meant.

"You mean..."

"That's right! King Yan has always been the number one of the Eight Kings in all dynasties, so he should be the emperor's right-hand man. So for so many years, the princes of all dynasties who have a heart for great treasures have never thought of being able to subdue King Yan even if they made up their minds on the Eight Kings. The Yan kings of the past dynasties are indeed worthy of the emperor's trust in them, not only loyal, but also stained the battlefield with blood for generations."

"Almost every generation of King Yan is replaced because the old King Yan died on the battlefield, so the emperor appoints a new King Yan."

"However, Your Highness, times have changed now!"

"Xia Kingdom no longer needs cavalry, no longer relies on cavalry, and no longer relies on King Yan's mountain and river cavalry. Xia is very rich now... However, the mountain and river cavalry on the northern border is getting poorer and poorer, because they are being abandoned by the times .”

"At this time, King Yan, as the commander-in-chief of the Shanhe Iron Cavalry, must find a way out for his soldiers."

"When you go to recruit King Yan, what needs to be tested is not King Yan's loyalty to His Majesty, nor your charisma. It's whether King Yan chooses to remain loyal or to love his soldiers."

Speaking of this, Lin Xi seemed to sigh sincerely again, and said: "Your Majesty... is old after all."

"If you're not old, how can you ignore such an important Shanhe Army?"

In fact, this contradiction is irreconcilable.

The Shanhe cavalry formed an army hundreds of years ago. At this time, in the north-shanghai border area, basically all the Xia people were military households.

However, with the development of new firearms, with the strengthening of Xia's national power, and with the development of the economy.

Xia Guo no longer had to fear the invasion of those northern barbarians.

There is even no need to station 10,000+ troops to defend against the barbarians, which brings a huge financial burden every year.

If the army is mainly composed of muskets and artillery, even if there are only a few thousand people, it will be able to guard the border against the barbarians like an iron barrel.

It's not that Shanhe Cavalry cannot be reformed.

But this is bound to reduce the number of troops.

Because the first thing to be equipped with firearms is a navy that expands its territory and creates more benefits and values.

The second is the army in various places.

It is impossible for all the mountain and river cavalry to be equipped with new weapons.

And even if it can be equipped... there is no longer a need for so many soldiers.

For the border military households who have been soldiers for generations, if they cannot be soldiers, then they will have nowhere to belong.

The fertile Central Plains region has already been overcrowded and the land distribution has been completed.

The soil on the border is hard and stiff, and the climate is bitter and cold, so it is not suitable for farming at all. Those military households who have lost their military careers can't just go to Nanshan, so they pick up hoes and turn into farmers.

What's more... farming is also a technical job.

There is no inheritance of experience from generation to generation, and it is in a barren land. Military households have been converted to farmers. After three years, they can barely get a little harvest... I am afraid that it is God who took special care and opened the back door.

　Goodnight everybody!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)