The brothers exchanged words with each other and soon reached a preliminary agreement. Seeing that the heat was almost over, Wang Xun turned his attention to Sha Qianli and Huang Wanshan.
Although the latter two did not know what the irresolvable grudges were between the teenagers and Gao Lishi, they were already firmly tied to the same chariot with everyone, and they shared weal and woe. Without thinking, they expressed their opinions one after another,
"Whatever the adults say, Sha will naturally follow!"
"Huang always follows the leadership of adults!"
"Where did you two come from? I want to use your experience in dealing with things, not to ask you to be submissive!" Wang Xun shook his head gently and scolded with a smile. Although the airs of the Dawan Governor's Mansion are now similar,
It seems like this, but he still lacks talents who can serve as military advisers. The only adviser, Merzud, is a foreigner and cannot be included in the inner circle. Therefore, Sha Qianli and Huang Wanshan, the oldest and longest-serving military veterans, become
Everyone relies on someone. No matter how big or small the matter is, Wang Xun likes to seek the opinions of these two seniors to prevent himself, Yu Wenzhi and others from making any mistakes in decision-making due to their youth and arrogance.
The two seniors did not dare to live up to Wang Xun's trust. After pondering for a while, Sha Qianli took the lead and said: "If we can turn against each other without knowing it, I think there is no need for the governor to express his attitude to Gao Lishi immediately. After all, our army has just been established, everything
Neither is stable, so there is no need to set up a strong enemy at this time!"
"That kind of guy with no balls has no ability to do serious things, but he has the ability to make you unable to do anything well. Besides, I am so far away from Chang'an, and it takes two or three months to exchange letters at a time. In a short period of time, he
There is no need for us." Huang Wanshan was always cautious, thought for a while, and added in a low voice.
"Yes, that's what I mean!" Sha Qianli quickly looked at everyone's faces and continued to analyze the pros and cons, "And since he is deliberately wooing the governor, he must come up with something real. The more ambiguous the governor's attitude becomes, the more he gives
The benefits will be greater!”
After all, they were two pieces of old ginger. In just a few words, they pointed out something that a few young people had not considered clearly in advance. After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but nod their heads frequently. After Sha and Huang had analyzed the interests clearly, they all whispered
He agreed, "Yes, let's wait for Jia and get the benefits first, and then break up with him."
"By then our wings will have hardened, and the hula will fly out of his palm, leaving the old thief speechless!"
"We obviously can't afford to offend the old guy for the time being, but if we trick him secretly, we can still vent our anger!"
"Look at your potential!" Wang Xun smiled and kicked Fang Ziling, who was making the loudest noise, interrupting everyone's shouting. "Hurry up and prepare your pen and ink! Since you are shouting so enthusiastically, it's all about replying to the letter.
I'll leave it to you! If I can't fool that old fox Gao Lishi, I'll take it from you!"
"Ah, I..." Fang Ziling deliberately opened his mouth in protest, "The general's hands are used to hold knives, how can he do such a polite thing!"
"Go quickly, don't push back and forth!" Wang Xun scolded with a smile, "Just write according to what Brother Sha and Brother Huang just said. After you finish writing, everyone will help you read the details carefully. Be sure to come up with the manuscript before tonight
, lest the delay lasts too long and the people sent by the old eunuch become suspicious!"
Fang Ziling still wanted to make a distinction, but was blocked by everyone. After the meeting hall became quiet again, Wang Xun thought about it and started a new topic.
"Marshal Feng has never said the specific time of the westward march. So at the moment, we are still a lone army on both sides of the Yaochashui River. Therefore, I plan to expand the total size of the military force in the Governor's Mansion to avoid any war in the surrounding area.
, raising troops to make ends meet. What do you think?"
"As long as we can recruit troops, the more the better." Although there are many disagreements between them, Yu Wenzhi is still the first to express support for his good friend's wishes in public.
"Of course we need to expand our army! How can four thousand people defend such a large territory?!"
"Didn't we capture a lot of horses when we fought in Jut City? I think it won't be a problem to organize another four thousand elite cavalry."
With the establishment of the Dawan Dudufu, not only Wang Xun and Yu Wenzhi were promoted rapidly. Now Song Wu, Fang Ziling, Qi Heng and others have also become fourth-rank and fifth-rank generals. Sha Qianli, Huang Wanshan
, Wei Feng, Zhu Wuyi and others followed closely, and they also served as generals, captains and other actual positions. With such a large number of officers, the original size of the team of more than 4,000 people must have seemed too small.
Some. Therefore, all the generals are eager to expand the army as soon as possible and make their titles worthy of the name as soon as possible. They all expressed their opinions enthusiastically.
It's just that there are really few Han people in the Yaochashui area. But Wang Xun just raised this question, and everyone quickly found the answer. "Didn't those horse thieves who joined the governor's command last year do a good job? They have military pay on time.
, who is willing to continue to be a horse thief with no future when he is well fed, clothed and warm every day, and is given rewards to take back and marry a wife?"
"Yes. It doesn't matter who they follow. Let's teach them to speak Tang dialect and wear Tang clothes. In less than two years, they will all become Tang people!"
Because of their self-confidence, each of the generals became particularly tolerant. They could ignore the language, skin color and past experiences of their subordinates. As long as the other party was willing to follow the battle flag of the Tang Dynasty and swear to the Tang Dynasty and the iron
If the King of Hammers is loyal to him, he will be regarded as one of his own. It doesn’t matter whether he is originally from Turks, Turks, or any other ethnic group.
"So how much do you think is appropriate to expand the army?!" Unable to dampen everyone's interest, Wang Xun struck while the iron was hot and continued to seek specific opinions from everyone.
"This year we need to expand to at least 10,000, and if the time is right next year, we will double the number of teams. In this way, in about three years, we will be able to hold off the big eater ourselves without the need for Commander Feng to bring the team himself.
.Even encroaching westward step by step..." Song Wu stepped forward and suggested loudly.
Without relying on his brother's protection or family background, he still managed to gain fame for himself. Now he was full of ambition and heroic spirit, so his young face was full of sunshine.
This suggestion received strong support from Qi Heng and Sha Qianli. Both of them liked to confront the enemy head-on, so they were extremely concerned about the quantity and quality of their troops. Huang Wanshan was relatively calm. After thinking about it, he decided
He reminded Wang Xun, "If we recruit so many soldiers and horses at once, I wonder if the money and grain on hand of the governor can sustain it?"
"In terms of money and food, it's not a big problem!" Wang Xun smiled and nodded, "Merzud is quite capable of making money. After the princes went back to their homes, there were a lot of empty houses in the city whose owners could not be found.
A few days ago, Merzoud suggested that I return these houses to the government and re-sell them. I have left it to him to handle it as appropriate. If the price can be paid, it will be a big profit!"
Hearing this, everyone's eyes immediately lit up, and at the same time there was a little bit of embarrassment in their smiles. After winning Juzhanti on the snowy night last year, a group of princes accompanying the army were frightened out of their courage. Not only did they not
Wang Xun dared to cause trouble again, and even offered to hand over Zhezhe City completely to the management of the mission. Of course, Wang Xun tried his best to refuse, but could not resist the kindness of the princes, so he had to reluctantly accept the other party's request.
As the princes bid farewell and returned home, the houses that were handed over became ownerless. Wang Xun originally wanted to make a gesture and return the properties to the original landlords. Unexpectedly, after the notice was posted, few people dared to do so.
came forward to claim it. So we had to leave it vacant for the time being.
Now that Wang Xun has agreed to Maierzud's suggestion, taking those houses back to the government and selling them again, it means that he has got rid of the last trace of "women's kindness" and has completely adapted to his identity as a conqueror. Naturally, everyone sincerely
I'm happy for him. Although this happiness contains a hint of apology for the original owner of the house.
"If the military expansion is too fast, will the imperial court say anything?" Seeing that the money issue had been resolved, Huang Wanshan raised another question.
"Prime Minister Yang has already said it before. The Dawan Governor's Office can do it cheaply according to the customs of various places! As long as you don't ask him for money." Song Wu smiled and quickly answered.
Everyone laughed knowingly again, not knowing how to evaluate Yang Guozhong, a prime minister who was born in the city. After he took office, he worked hard to increase revenue and reduce expenditure for the court, and cut the money and grain that were routinely allocated to the border army towns every year by seventy-seven.
88. In order not to arouse the backlash of the generals, he also allowed several major military envoys to withhold local taxes to fund military supplies. In this way, the loss of food and grass transportation was indeed small, and the power of the military envoys was greatly reduced.
But it expanded rapidly. No matter how many soldiers were recruited and taxes collected, the imperial court was unable to interfere anymore.
Privately, many people dismissed Yang Guozhong and believed that his New Deal was absolutely nonsense. If things go on like this, it will inevitably lead to the complete loss of authority of the imperial court and the division of power in the major border towns. But when it is their turn, they must take this
Make full use of the favorable conditions to avoid missing the opportunity to expand your power and regret it in the end.
For the Dawan Governor's Office, there is another convenient condition at this moment, that is, they are now on the front line of the confrontation with the cannibals. No matter how they expand their armies and prepare for war, they can find sufficient reasons for themselves. As long as they are not as important as the central government
If they want money and food, the important ministers in the court, headed by Yang Guozhong, will turn a blind eye or close their eyes to everyone.
He had money, soldiers, and the mountains were high and the emperor was far away. The combination of various convenient conditions made Wang Xun like a dragon drowning in water. No one would regard him as an abandoned son, and no one would casually step on him. At this moment
, there was a golden avenue in front of him, just waiting for him to ride his horse and whip his whip. However, when no one noticed, he couldn't help but frown slightly. Everything in front of him was too bright, so bright that it was a bit disturbing.
He couldn't believe its authenticity. Based on his instinct, he vaguely felt a hint of danger slowly approaching, but he couldn't figure out where the danger came from and where it would push everyone.
Fourth Uncle Feng had promised before that he would lead the Anxi Army to meet him in the spring, so why did he keep standing still? Who stopped him again? What happened over there in Shule?
Alone outside, he had no idea what was happening behind him.
