Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

"Leave people under the knife!"

Fortunately, the voice was transmitted in time, Zhu Gaoxu's blade stopped when the head of the left servant of the Ministry of War was still two inches away, and he stopped the blade.

"Gao Xu, you are so courageous!!"

Zhu Di came back to his senses and found that the second child had actually moved a knife. Immediately, he flew into a rage, walked over and kicked Zhu Gaoxu to the ground, cursing:

"Whoever gave you the right to use your private behavior at will, even if you want to deal with it, I will deal with it! You are getting more and more presumptuous!"

Only then did Zhu Gaoxu realize that he had overstepped, sweating profusely, he hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Father, my son was a little agitated just now, and I am willing to accept the punishment."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed when he saw this, and said: "Fourth, Gao Xu's temperament is exactly the same as when you were young. When you went to Jinan for military training and encountered corrupt officials who invaded the army field, you were killed first and then played. We will punish you severely. Meal."

"This"

Zhu Di blushed, and whispered in his ear: "Father, save some face for the child."

At this time, Li Xiao came over, and Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Okay, now that the national teacher is here, Fang Bin, if you have any excuses, just say it."

Li Xiao cupped his hands towards Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, then stood aside, and then found that the two looked at him with ambiguous eyes, what happened today?
"What is it?" Li Xiao asked.

Before the minister of the Ministry of War could speak, Zhu Gaoxu looked at Li Xiao and hurriedly said, "Brother-in-law, this is the situation."

Zhu Di said coldly: "Call the teacher!"

After all, it's not in private, it's called brother-in-law in public, and they think that the old Zhu's family is arbitrarily arbitrarily ruling the court.
"Yes Yes Yes."

Only then did Zhu Gaoxu change his words: "National teacher, it's like this. Isn't this going to go to the Wa country next year? According to the emperor's will, it is not necessary to use too much talent to attack the Wa country. The soldiers and horses from the relocation guard came to Beijing for training, and the result"

Speaking of this, Zhu Gaoxu was extremely angry, pointing at Fang Bin and said: "This military department takes the salary of the court, and actually eats both ends. Today, when the king inspected it, he found a big problem. The military households sent are all old and weak. Not to mention the sick and disabled, there are still substitutes and vacancies, how can such soldiers fight? Do you think I can not be angry?"

Fang Bin shouted injustice: "King of Han, don't you want to spout blood, why did the Ministry of War do this? This official has just discovered this move and has already investigated it. The officials below are really helpless, so this kind of chaos occurred. "

Zhu Gaoxu put his hips on his hips and said, "Could it be that this king wronged you? Even if you didn't instruct me, it's because you didn't supervise well and used the old, weak, sick and disabled to make up for it. How did you become a minister?"

"Okay, okay, Gao Xu, please don't say a few words."

Li Xiao frowned slightly, and roughly understood.

It is to recruit troops from other places to Beijing, but the source of troops has a problem.

He looked at Fang Bin and said, "Fang Shangshu, why did this happen?"

"See National Teacher."

After Fang Bin cupped his hands, he said, "The lower officials also learned about this recently, and have already severely criticized it. This time, they dispatched the guards of several prefectures near Beiping. There is a problem with the guards below, but... "

Generally speaking, in ancient times, the need to use soldiers and horses was based on the principle of proximity. The main reason was the inconvenient transportation. It was impossible to use soldiers from all over the country. Therefore, when wars were fought, they all stared at one place to die.

If for the sake of fairness, all counties across the country are asked to mobilize soldiers, whoever makes such an operation, the emperor basically belongs to the rank of crouching dragon and phoenix chick.

If the soldiers in this place are good at fighting, that's fine, they can be killed directly.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, because of the bravery and fearlessness of Yiwu soldiers, they were recruited by the imperial court without restraint.

In the end, nine out of ten rooms in Yiwu were empty, and only one out of ten survivors survived the conscripts. Yiwu and its surrounding areas suffered unspeakably.

In the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty almost wiped out the strongest "fighting nation" in China, the Ewenk Sauron tribe, and almost exterminated it.

As the backbone of the Manchurian Eight Banners, the Sauron tribe fought everywhere and made great contributions to the wars against the Ming Dynasty and Korea.

However, after the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, the Eight Banners brought their families into the pass to enjoy their blessings.

But the Saurons were left in the bitter cold outside the customs, sticking to the frontier areas, and had to be recruited to fight for the court at any time.

At that time, the Sauron tribe was still facing the threat of the Tsarist Russian invading army. Under the extremely harsh conditions, these Saurons were always able to repel the invaders, while the Eight Banners were wandering around the capital all day to play with birds and live a good life. .

In order to prevent the Sauron tribe from losing their fierce fighting ability, they originally belonged to the Jianzhou tribe. The Qing Dynasty refused to let them be sinicized until the Republic of China, and the Sauron tribe ended this tragic fate.

For ancient dynasties, Li Xiao couldn't accept that conscription was directed at one place.

However, now that there are trains, after the railways are laid across the country, the source of troops can be quickly mobilized, and this kind of tragedy can be avoided.

At this moment, Li Xiao looked timidly at Fang Bin and himself, and couldn't help asking: "Fang Shangshu, what's the matter, just speak up."

"Yes, national teacher."

Fang Bin, Minister of the Ministry of War, said truthfully: "It's not that there is a problem with the guards below. The main reason is that the Taiyuan Mansion, Hejian Mansion, and Zhending Mansion, the military households in the three mansions that were conscripted, can't send soldiers. Replaced by family members”

Although the military system in Beiping had been changed, the rest of the Ming Dynasty still had the military system.

The so-called military system and guard system are the systems created by Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang directly designated some of the common people as military household registration.

Military households have been soldiers for generations, which is the worst kind of household registration, worse than peasants.

It is not allowed to abuse, not to change, the son inherits the father's business, and the service will be filled forever. Once he becomes a military household, he will not be able to change it forever.

Farmers can at least participate in the imperial examination to change their fate. In order to prevent the reduction of military households, Zhu Yuanzhang directly prohibited military households from participating in the imperial examination.

However, this situation was changed by Zhu Di in the mid-Yongle period. Later, military households could participate in the imperial examination to change their fate. The famous Zhang Juzheng came from military households.

The military system in Beiping was changed by Li Xiao to the compulsory military system in the Tang Dynasty, that is, the people were obliged to serve as soldiers for two years, and then if they wanted to stay, they could stay as long-term soldiers.

The difference between these two methods is that one does not cost money, and it is free.

Military households need to cultivate the fields to support themselves, eighth of the farmland, and two of the garrison.

Zhu Yuanzhang often said to himself: "I raise millions of soldiers without spending a grain of rice on the common people."

However, Li Xiao's method cost a lot of money, so Zhu Yuanzhang often talked about this matter, saying that Li Xiao's other reforms were good, but he couldn't do this matter, because he was not as good as his own military system.

At this time, Zhu Di asked curiously: "You mean, Taiyuan Mansion, Hejian Mansion, and Zhending Mansion, the military households in the three mansions can't find anyone? What's going on?"

Fang Bin said helplessly: "Actually, there is a conflict between the policies of the two places. The policy in Beiping is that as long as you enter Beiping voluntarily, you can become a household registration in Beiping after working for one year. Many people from these three prefectures come here. In Beiping, especially the military households, seven of the ten households are empty. Except for the elderly who can’t walk, almost all the young people have gone to Peiping. The old men applied for the draft, and the young men were recruited to make up the number."

As soon as this remark came out, the truth became clear.

Everyone looked at Li Xiao one after another.

Zhu Di coughed twice and said, "Li Xiao, if it's true, it's really your problem."

Li Xiao smiled awkwardly: "At that time, Beiping was developing rapidly and the population was not enough, so I used this method. I didn't expect such a problem to arise today. If this is the case, don't blame Fang Shangshu. If you want to blame, blame me."

That being said, who would blame Li Xiao?

Fang Bin heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the National Teacher was righteous and took over the responsibility, otherwise he would have a hard time.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, and said: "Since that's the case, hurry up and change the policy. Now the capital is overcrowded and the number of births is increasing rapidly. There is no need for people from other places to serve as labor. Immediately prohibit the inflow of foreign population. This was done before. It has already damaged other areas and must be changed, besides.”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Xiao and said, "Li Xiao, you should also change your military system. Change it back to the original military system. Your military system is too expensive, and the dynasty will be dragged down sooner or later! The Song Dynasty was like yours. The military system, the combat effectiveness is not strong, and the huge expenditure led to the collapse of the dynasty."

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth, he gave an order directly.

Li Xiao was taken aback for a moment, hey, my elder brother seems to have a problem with my military system, that's no good, I have to teach him a good lesson today.

Li Xiao cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, this is neither a recruitment system nor a compulsory military system, but a brand-new recruitment system launched by combining the two, which is suitable for the current situation. I think it is not suitable to change, so I should continue to implement it like this and gradually promote it." .”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was a little surprised.

It has to be the national teacher, it has to be you, how can anyone else dare to argue with the Supreme Emperor, it is still the system that the Supreme Emperor is most proud of.

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang didn't get angry, "Let's hear it?"

Li Xiaodao: "Your Majesty, you will not be angry if you tell me directly, will you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Are we so narrow-minded? But it's okay, I promise not to get angry."

"Then I'll just say it."

Li Xiao said with a smile: "In fact, the recruiting officials in the Song Dynasty thought that there was no problem. Serving as a soldier and eating food, professional soldiers, and their combat effectiveness would be guaranteed. The problem is that there are problems with the people he recruited. Most of them came from disaster victims, refugees, Prisoners and ruffians. Because the social status of soldiers is too low, most people are unwilling to serve as soldiers. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the imperial court believed that these people were social instability factors. The special recruitment system was implemented, which led to the poverty and weakness caused by redundant soldiers, redundant officials, and redundant expenses in the Song Dynasty."

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly startled, Li Xiao actually discovered this small detail, which he only found out after reading through history books not long ago.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, Li Xiao knew that he should be able to understand this, so he said while the iron was hot: "The Supreme Emperor, is the Song Dynasty the dynasty with the least peasant rebellion among all dynasties?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Indeed."

Li Xiaodao: "This does not prove the pros and cons. The Song Dynasty recruited soldiers because of the factors of civil instability. Although it reduced the hidden dangers of domestic peasant uprisings to a certain extent, it eliminated the hidden dangers of social stability with redundant troops.

This is a method of transferring contradictions, which is very clever, but it is a pity that it is used in the wrong place. It should never be used, and it should never be used to solve this hidden danger with the country's most critical national defense!
The result of this is that the number of soldiers is increasing.At the time of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, there were only more than 80 people, but when Song Renzong arrived, it reached [-] people.

It is conceivable that the recruitment of these disaster victims, refugees, prisoners, and hooligans, the quality of these people is uneven, most of them are dawdling, and their combat effectiveness is not strong.

Because of the poor supply of soldiers, the status of soldiers is low and has no status.This led to the saying that a good man should not be a soldier, and a good iron should not be nailed, which was passed down to the Song Dynasty.

And soldiers are the cornerstone of the country. If the status of soldiers is so low, it will be difficult for a country to think about it. Our military household system in Ming Dynasty also has this problem. "

After the words fell, the whole scene fell silent.

The officials of the Ministry of War are still kneeling on the ground at this moment, but they don't feel the pain in their knees, but stare blankly at the national teacher.

Zhu Gaoxu was also shocked. He knew the quality of the soldiers in Beiping, because the status of the soldiers in Beiping seemed to be higher, and the treatment was better than in other places. This is still the situation before the reform, and it will not change after the reform. Needless to say, it has been upgraded several notches.But in other places, it really doesn't work.

"Makes sense!"

Zhu Gaoxu shouted.

"." Zhu Di glared at Zhu Gaoxu, motioning him to shut up.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it for a long time before he opened his mouth and said, "Li Xiao, what do you mean to say that our Daming's guard system is not good, and our Daming's soldiers have a low status?"

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Didn't Fang Shangshu just say that the people who came to Beiping were basically military households, which shows how unwilling military households are to be military households? Leaving aside the national level, the people who were classified as military households in Daming If you get a military household registration, it can be regarded as bad luck for eight lifetimes."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "."

Zhu Di: "."

Zhu Gaoxu: "It makes sense!"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "????"

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang: "Brother, you said you were not angry."

Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed his displeasure, snorted coldly, and said, "Isn't it good to serve as a soldier in our Ming Dynasty? This is an iron rice bowl. There is food and drink, and you can be at ease when you are not fighting. Forget it, you go on, Let's see if you can name a flower!"

Li Xiao smiled, walked over to hold Zhu Yuanzhang's shoulder, and said, "Brother, you won't hit me, will you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't look at Li Xiao, but looked at the sky, "Say it, I promise I won't beat you."

This stunned other officials.

Damn, is the relationship between Li Xiao and Zhu Yuanzhang so strong?
This was simply slapping the tiger's butt. Not only did the tiger not bite him, it even wagged its tail.

Is this still the Supreme Emperor they knew?

Was it the emperor who killed 10,000+ officials in the four major cases? ? ?

Everyone was stunned.

The reason why Li Xiao dared to be presumptuous was because of his confidence.

I have continued Zhu Yuanzhang's life for ten years, and with so many years of reforms, Zhu Yuanzhang will not touch him at all.

Moreover, as Zhu Yuanzhang got older, Li Xiao found that his temper had improved again, and he became much more easy-going.

Li Xiao smiled slightly and said: "Brother, then I will continue. Think about it, once we are classified as a military household in the Ming Dynasty, it will be a military household for generations. How many people fought back in ancient times? The impact of ordinary people on joining the army is that if they are selected to serve as soldiers, they are basically dead. And brother, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, you set up a military system, didn’t you?”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded proudly: "That's right."

Li Xiaodao: "Look, the problem is coming. When the two systems of military settlements and military households intersect, an ordinary peasant household plowed well. You have to pay taxes, and you have to serve in the military. You grow the food yourself, and you have to send the good food to the battlefield by yourself. You have to go to war by yourself. Do you think this is bad luck for eight lifetimes? What's more, the world Generations have been military households, and if someone dies in battle, he has to take another person from his family to fill the vacancy, which is simply a curse."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "."

After a long time, Zhu Di came over to ease the atmosphere, and said, "Li Xiao, you are still too soft-hearted and too concerned about other people's feelings. How could your grandfather not think of this? This is also a last resort for the country's stability. It’s not a military household system, where did Ming come from with 180 million soldiers, the emperor’s grandfather raised millions of soldiers, and didn’t waste the people’s food, you have to admit it.”

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Di and said, "My father-in-law, don't speak nice words, you are not kind."

Zhu Di was taken aback for a moment, how did you say it well, why did you involve yourself?

Fang Bin, Minister of the Ministry of War, was again confused.

Good guy, after the national teacher had beaten the Supreme Emperor, he started to fight the Holy Lord, and the two Holy Lords fought together, so brave!
Zhu Di said: "Li Xiao, why are you not being kind?"

Li Xiaodao: "In the second year of Yongle, you stipulated that all those who are over [-] years old, disabled, and young in the army will be allowed to farm for their own food. Look, these soldiers will be thrown away when they run out of life, and you don't care. You are old, disabled, think of your own way, you say you are not kind. This will only lead to the low status of soldiers, and more people will not be willing to serve as soldiers.

As a military household, not only does it mean that I have no future, but the future of my descendants is also locked up. Now even when I am old, no one cares about it. It is desperate to think about it.

Isn't this the end of military slavery in the Spring and Autumn Period, and our Ming Dynasty established military slavery again? Isn't this going backwards in history? "

Li Xiao directly opened his mouth. Although he likes the Ming Dynasty and is a part of this big family, the Ming Dynasty does have many aspects, but it does not do as well as other dynasties.

Li Xiao felt that taking advantage of the time when he was still the most powerful in the Ming Dynasty, he directly canceled the general household military settlement.

This kind of system could still be played well in the early Ming Dynasty, but in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the military settlements were annexed and became the private properties of high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

As the saying goes, "good land is occupied by powerful officials" and "poor soldiers have no land to cultivate".

During his tenure in Shaanxi, Wang Gui, the guarding eunuch, occupied 1000 mu of army farmland, and more than [-] soldiers were forced to cultivate it for him.

The life of these military households became more and more difficult when the military settlements were annexed. According to historical records: "The wives of the sergeants were not given food and clothing, and they all plucked out the roots of ferns to survive." There is nothing to complain about if you swallow your hatred."

When the military households lost their fields, they became tenants, farming for the landlords, and when they encountered a war, they had to put down their hoes and pick up their spears to go to the battlefield. Their status was extremely low, and they bleed and shed tears.

During the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, a great eunuch who monopolized power was named Liu Jin, and his nickname was Eight Tigers. This person was one of the objects cast aside by the people of later generations.

After Emperor Zhengde came to power, he played in the harem every day instead of doing business.

The imperial power basically fell into the hands of the eunuch Liu Jin.

But this great eunuch did the right thing, which was to rectify the military settlements.

After careful investigation, Liu Jin discovered a major problem in the military system.

Zhu Yuanzhang once set up a system of military settlements. The army took up arms to defend the country in wartime, and cultivated land and grain in peacetime, so that the army could be self-sufficient, solve the food problem, and turn over part of the grain to the country. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

However, with the passage of time, the chiefs of the army wantonly expropriated the land of the soldiers, some were bought, some were robbed, so that the soldiers were reduced to the officers' handymen, often without military pay, and even food became a problem.

The military officers became big landlords, domineering, and the corruption of the army had become a serious disease of the imperial court in the late Ming Dynasty, and it was also one of the reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Jin saw the problem and planned to rectify the army, so she reported it to Zhu Houzhao. After Zhu Houzhao heard about it, he thought it was a good thing, so he arranged for Liu Jin to do it.

As a result, big trouble was caused. Liu Jin's original intention was not to fight for the welfare of those big soldiers, he just wanted to save his reputation.

But the interests of these landlords and evil gentry are not easily touched.

This incident brought an unprecedented disaster to Liu Jin. He found that even though he was so powerful and the civil and military courts listened to him, he still couldn't beat these powerful landlords. In the end, he ended up being executed lingeringly until the destruction of the eunuch group.

It can be seen that this chronic illness has reached the later stage, even if it is solved by a powerful person, it is already irreparable.

Sun Chuanting, a famous general in the late Ming Dynasty, also discovered this point. He found that the army fields were gone, and most of the generals relied on their servants to fight. So Sun Chuanting tried every means to squeeze the landlords to raise soldiers, but it was just squeezing, and it could not solve the problem of the military settlements being invaded.

At the beginning, Li Zicheng, the Chuang Wang, made his fortune by robbing landlords, and was beaten by Sun Chuanting five times. The most ruthless one left only one soldier, but Li Zicheng still made a comeback.

But Sun Chuanting couldn't do it, he lost once, and the Ming Dynasty was gone, because the land was annexed to the extreme, even the military settlements were annexed, and it was hard to get back.

Therefore, Li Xiao must solve this problem now and change the military system.

Soldiers defend their homes and the country, the country and the people have an obligation to support them, and heroes cannot be shed blood and tears.

And there was nothing wrong with Lao Zhu’s initial thought, but he forgot a problem, which is also a problem of the past dynasties. Annexation of land, even if he thought about it, he would not think that anyone would dare to annex the land of military households, but the fact is that everything is possible. As long as there are benefits, land mergers will always exist.

As Li Xiao and Lian Sheng got together, everyone's expressions changed subtly.

The faces of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di also darkened. This Li Xiao really didn't give him any face. I really wanted to pull him out and beat him up.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu's face also changed. The brother-in-law must have heard the news and came to rescue him, but he must not let the brother-in-law fall into the trap first.

He hurried out to ease the atmosphere, and said: "Grandfather, father, don't be angry, brother-in-law has the people in the world at dawn, so when thinking about problems, start from the perspective of the people."

Li Xiao nodded slightly towards Zhu Gaoxu, the second child did not hurt in vain.

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Zhu Gaoxu, snorted, looked at Li Xiao and said, "Li Xiao, you are still too soft-hearted. When I think about problems, I take into account the overall situation, not just the feelings of some people. The burden of raising soldiers is heavier than Mount Tai, and you also You know, if you rely on the recruitment system of the Song Dynasty, the burden on the people will be heavy, and if more taxes are collected then, won’t it be the people of Liming who will suffer?”

Li Xiao smiled and said: "Isn't this one moment and another moment? The Supreme Emperor is wise and powerful. When he formulated the strategy back then, this method was of course the best. But now our Daming has money, since we have money, let's use it Raising soldiers, I think that the cost of raising soldiers should at least occupy two-tenths of the tax revenue, and the matter of national defense is more important than heaven."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Then what do you think, how should we raise soldiers?"

Li Xiaodao: "It will be implemented according to the new law of Beiping, and the treatment and status of soldiers will be improved, and the honor of joining the army. When this awareness enters the people's minds, they don't need to be forced to serve as soldiers voluntarily. Look at the soldiers in Beiping now. Their salaries are guaranteed. After retiring from the army, they can also arrange jobs, such as those who perform well, provide positions such as watchmen. Or make a living by themselves, providing a retirement payment so that they can make a living."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "It's a beautiful idea. According to your idea, even if the current court taxation is used, it will not be able to support 200 million soldiers. Even if I am wrong in every way, 200 million soldiers are real and do not cost the people. A grain of grain!"

Li Xiaodao: "There is a saying in the art of war. Soldiers are not many but fine. How can we win by quality? There is no need for 200 million soldiers. These soldiers are divided into farmlands, and they are clearly farmers. How can they have combat effectiveness? Six years ago, a large number The Japanese pirates attacked the coast, and the combat effectiveness of the local guards proved it, and it was not only the strong frontier guards in Beiping that defeated the Japanese pirates. So even if you raise 200 million soldiers, they are still vulnerable, not as good as 30 elite soldiers who are invincible!"

In fact, Li Xiao also wanted to give an example. During the Jianwen period, Li Jinglong led an army of 30 troops and could not attack Beiping City. go?

But thinking about it, it seems that this kind of thing came with me, and history changed. It didn't happen, so I can't give an example.
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his robe angrily: "Li Xiao, you mean that the 200 million troops I have raised are all full of wine bags and rice bags?"

Li Xiao said: "Let's not talk about wine bag and rice bag, it's almost like a mud leg."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was numb.

I didn't expect to see such a good show today.

This Li Xiao demoted the Supreme Emperor to nothing, it was a really good job.
"Good good!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed his finger at Li Xiao angrily.

Li Xiao grabbed Zhu Yuanzhang's hand and seemed very concerned: "Brother, the body of a dragon is the most important thing, don't get angry."

Everyone: "????"

Damn, it's not you who is so arrogant.
Zhu Yuanzhang pushed Li Xiao's hand away, and said angrily: "Li Xiao, you use your recruits from Beiping, and we use the guards to fight a game and speak with facts. We don't believe it. You have trained for two years. What kind of fighting power can a soldier of one year have?"

Li Xiao hurriedly said: "Brother!"

Zhu Yuanzhang shouted: "Don't call me big brother, we are not your big brother."

Li Xiao: "Brother, what if the younger brother wins?"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "If you win, I will listen to you."

Li Xiao: "It's a deal."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, "Let's go, we're so mad."

Zhu Di: "."

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang walking away, Zhu Di took a look at Li Xiao, "Li Xiao, you are really serious. If you bring up this matter after your grandfather is old, you must make your grandfather angry."

Li Xiao: "Don't worry father-in-law, son-in-law's elixir is very effective, it's fine."

Zhu Di: "."

Zhu Di was speechless, and then hurriedly followed Zhu Yuanzhang.

The rest of the people looked at Li Xiao dumbfounded, their mouths became O-shaped.

If other people had spoken like this just now, they would have already been sent to prison by this time, waiting to die.

This Li Xiao, is there anything wrong? ?

Li Xiao looked at the officials of the Ministry of War, and said with a smile, "What are you looking at? No one dares to scold me when my national division is so powerful!"

Facing Li Xiao's sharp eyes.

The officials of the Ministry of War had a tacit understanding and lowered their heads in unison.

Zhu Gaoxu came back to his senses, walked over, and gave Li Xiao a thumbs up, "Brother-in-law, this is you."

Li Xiao smiled and said: "I don't have a temper, can I be a national teacher?"

"Come on, brother-in-law, I'll buy you a drink. With my younger brother here, I guarantee that you will never lose in this competition."

"I won't lose without you."

"."

"This Li Xiao started to swell because of his two contributions."

After returning to Hongwu Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he lay on the reclining chair and recalled the conversation between the two just now. Li Xiao clearly didn't show affection.

"Father, calm down, Li Xiao didn't mean to anger you on purpose, he is very straightforward, so what can I say?" Zhu Di said good things to Li Xiao beside him, whispering in his ears.

"Can we not know?"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, "When we first met him, he said in front of us that there are three problems with the current saint."

"Ah?" Zhu Di was slightly surprised: "Is there such a thing?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said unhappily: "This brat said that our first problem is bad temper, the second problem is self-willedness, and the third problem is short-sightedness. We almost killed this kid at that time."

"This..." Zhu Di was taken aback, no wonder Li Xiao even hated himself, this is really courageous.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Yuanzhang who was frowning, and suddenly felt something was wrong
The first two problems seem to have been changed.

Now the emperor's temper is obviously much better.

The self-willedness has also been changed, and I can listen to suggestions.

As for short-sightedness, it's hard to say.

"Father, let's let today's matter go, then don't compete." Zhu Di persuaded.

"Then how can I do it? How can I go back on what I have said so well?"

Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses, looked at Zhu Di and said, "Fourth Brother, are you afraid that we won't be able to step down if we lose the bet?"

Zhu Di laughed awkwardly and said, "To be honest with my father, Li Xiao made this recruit, which is indeed much more powerful than the guard, but the cost is really high."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Fourth, tell us the truth, you are the emperor now, and you are the one to decide such a thing, what do you think?"

Zhu Di thought for a while and said, "Actually, I have been thinking about this matter for a long time, and I think it is possible to compromise the capital's use of Li Xiao, and use the Weisuo system in other places."

"Then how can this system collide with the system, which is prone to problems."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Either use Li Xiao's new recruitment system, or continue to use the current military system. How can we compromise? Absolutely not."

Zhu Di smiled slightly, and said, "So. Father, you are actually biased towards Li Xiao in your heart, right? This competition is also for outsiders to see?"

In fact, Zhu Di wanted to use a compromise method before, but he was crushed by Li Xiao's dismissal today, and he always felt that Li Xiao was also reasonable.

"Actually, we can't figure it out."

Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard, and said slowly: "This matter is too important, and it is difficult to make a decision for a while. We also want to try it out, and we have some time to think about this issue. After looking at the treasury today, we are very shocked , Li Xiao has done something we couldn't do, and made Baochao really a treasure. We think that Li Xiao will never do reckless things, he must have his reasons, otherwise with his current Wealth and power, why fight against the two of us?"

This is why Zhu Yuanzhang was not too angry with Li Xiao himself.

With Li Xiao's current status and wealth, there is no need to do this, but he still dared to break up with him, which shows that Li Xiao only has Daming in his heart.

How could such a good grandson-in-law really vent his anger on him?

It's just for show.

"Actually, dad will really lose in this competition."

Zhu Di smiled awkwardly and said, he really often goes to recruit soldiers and generals, and because Zhu Gaoxu often trains soldiers, the quality of the soldiers has long been known, and there is no soldier in the guard who can say that he can beat Yes, not even the border guards in Daning.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and said: "We don't believe it, we just want to try. Even if we lose, that stinky boy Li Xiao won't be able to win too smoothly. If you're the fourth one, just tell me that the soldiers in the guards everywhere are the best!" powerful."

Zhu Di thought for a while and said, "The strongest guard at the moment is probably the Cixi Guard in Zhejiang."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Li Jinglong?"

Zhu Di nodded: "That's right, the battle between Li Jinglong and the Japanese pirates six years ago was photographed by Zhu Yunqi. In that battle, Jinglong was really impressive. With swords and swords, he guarded the city gate and fought to the end. For a moment, he almost bled to death, but Li Xiao saved him in the end. Since then, he has cheered up, trained hard every day, and never slack off. My son also saw it, and planned to transfer him back to the capital Come."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly: "We have also watched the movie of that battle. Li Jinglong did make big mistakes before, but that battle was admirable. After passing through the gate of hell once, it was like a phoenix nirvana. Six years of training can be of great use. Fourth brother, you are about to expand the territory for Daming, and you just took this opportunity to transfer him back to the capital for your use."

Zhu Di cupped his hands and said, "Father has a broad mind, and my son and minister admire it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled lightly: "Okay, we're not really angry, and you don't have to stay here with us, go ahead."

Zhu Di bowed his hands and retreated: "Yes, the minister there will take his leave first."

"Enter!"

"drink!"

Thousands of soldiers marched together.

"Change formation!"

With an order, the soldiers quickly and orderly changed their formation.

In the Cixi Weiyan Martial Arts Field, a group of soldiers were training with long spears.

General Li Jinglong stood in the center of the arena, following the signal instructions, the soldiers followed the general's instructions and executed them meticulously.

If you want to be a good soldier, you must strictly obey the general's instructions and cooperate with your teammates, not fighting alone.

Throughout the ages, in a powerful army, soldiers must learn to line up and understand command, and personal strength is almost negligible on the battlefield.

Therefore, soldiers need a lot of time to practice, to train discipline, to line up in military posture, to be law-abiding, and to understand semaphore.

"Stand in line!!"

Li Jinglong roared: "Think about six years ago, the Japanese pirates robbed our property and slaughtered our people. These shames cannot be forgotten. Everyone should practice hard for me!"

"Yes!"

All the soldiers shouted in unison.

Six years later, the soldiers of this guard seemed to have been trained by Li Jinglong to be a hero.

For six full years, I never let up.

Even though these soldiers still have fields to plant on weekdays and can only spare two hours a day to practice, Li Jinglong still has strict requirements.

"Zhao Jun, what's going on, you seem to have complaints?"

Li Jinglong was patrolling the school grounds, and found a Xiaoqi who was frowning and not standing properly, so he glared at him angrily.

The guard system consists of [-] soldiers as one guard, and the highest official position is the commander of the capital and the commander of the capital.In addition, there are two commanding officers and acquaintances, one is in charge of farming and the other is in charge of training.Li Jinglong's duty is to train soldiers.

"General Li." Zhao Jun said slightly dissatisfied: "Now is the time when the farming is busy, you don't need to practice like this, you have to let someone take a rest."

"Will the enemy give you time to rest?" Li Jinglong roared.

Zhao Jun said angrily: "There are no enemies. The Japanese pirates have all been wiped out now, and there is no war. Besides, we are so far away from the capital, even if we draw troops, they will not come to our side. Brothers are also working hard." , other places don’t need to practice so hard.”

Li Jinglong said in a deep voice: "Others are others, since you are a soldier under this general, obey orders!"

"Torturing people every day." This Zhao Jun was also stubborn, so he simply sat on the ground, no matter how his teammates tried to persuade him, it was useless.

"Come here, deal with the military law, pull it out and beat the ten army sticks."

Li Jinglong ordered.

Soon, Zhao Jun was pulled out and beaten with military sticks.

"General."

At this time, Zhao Jun's superior, a hundred households, came over and pleaded for Zhao Jun in a low voice: "Forgive me, General, Zhao Jun's old mother has been seriously ill during this period, and many doctors have been invited. Well, I heard that in order to treat his old mother, he plans to sell a few acres of farmland he owns."

"What? Selling fields?"

Li Jinglong frowned, and said: "Who dares to accept the army station!"

The hundred households sighed and said: "It's not that there is no way. They really don't accept it, but Zhao Jun can't do anything about it. He can't watch his old mother die of illness, so he secretly sells it at a low price. As long as you don't tell me, who knows? Our Many people in the army secretly sold a few acres, there is no way.”

"understood."

Li Jinglong nodded thoughtfully, then sighed.

In the past, he held a high position and was Cao Guogong, so he didn't understand the suffering of the people.

Only when you go to the grassroots level in person, you will know how difficult it is to be down there.

In such a guard station, soldiers have to farm to support themselves and train soldiers, which is really hard.

The generals in other guards only practice once a few months, but what is the use of such a frequency of drills? They are lazy, soldiers are not like soldiers, and farmers are not like farmers. Before going to war, they must practice for at least half a year before they can have combat effectiveness.
At night, Li Jinglong went to Zhao Jun's house in person.

It's really desolate, and the old mother is still paralyzed in bed.

"Zhao Jun, take this money and use it for the old mother to see a doctor, Tian, ​​don't sell it."

Li Jinglong took out the silver and handed it over. He deprived him of the position of Duke, but he did not confiscate the house, and the property was still there.In these years, I often help soldiers in private in order to maintain the training.

"General you"

This little flag, I really didn't expect the general to come in person, and he felt guilty for what he did today. He held the silver and cried at the corner of his eyes: "General, today's daytime is my fault, Zhao Jun, today's kindness, I will never forget it I, Zhao Jun, will go through fire and water whenever the general is useful in the future, and I will do my best!"

The loyalty in ancient times, often a little kindness, can really be repaid with death.

"Okay, your words are enough, you are my soldier of Li Jinglong, can I die without saving?"

Li Jinglong didn't say much, patted him on the shoulder, and left.

After leaving the house, Li Jinglong rode his horse towards the house.

On the way back, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, recalling the experience of the past six years, he saw the disadvantages of the guard system.

He saw the pity of his soldiers.

You have to farm, you have to pay taxes, and you have to train soldiers. What a pain.
It's a pity that he is just a person who no one cares about now, so what can he say, he can only do what he is supposed to do, and that's enough.

"Husband, husband, good news!"

As soon as Li Jinglong returned to the courtyard of his home, Yuan Shi hurried over to greet him.

After all these years, only this wife has never left her. Li Jinglong feels that, in fact, living here these years is quite good.

"What good news?"

Li Jinglong smiled.

"Sacred decree."

Yuan took out the imperial decree and said: "The imperial court came just now, but you came back too late today, and the messenger didn't want to wait, so he put the imperial decree here and left."

"Holy decree."

The familiar and unfamiliar words came to Li Jinglong's ears like the sound of Hong Zhong Dalu.

"The sage still remembers the subject, the sage still remembers the subject"

Li Jinglong's eyes were red for a while, and he knelt on the ground: "My minister Li Jinglong, accept the order!"

"Husband, there is no one else here, why don't you come and see for yourself?"

Yuan Shi smiled slightly, in fact, she had already seen the content of the imperial decree.

It said that Li Jinglong was asked to take the guards to the capital to practice, and if he won, he would be given back the title of Cao Guogong.

She is deeply happy for her husband. All these years of hard training have not been in vain. It really pays off
"Ah."

Li Jinglong nodded, took the imperial decree, and watched by himself.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty still remembers my Li family!"

After reading the imperial decree, Li Jinglong broke down in tears: "Thanks to the Holy Grace, thanks to the Holy Grace."

"Husband, hard work is rewarding, this time you do it well, I'll wait for you."

The Yuan family still supported Li Jinglong unconditionally as usual.

"Well, no matter what, I, Li Jinglong, will do my best."

Li Jinglong nodded: "For the glory of my Li family and for the soldiers of the world." (End of this chapter)