The five hundred and thirty-ninth chapter, the curve rejuvenates the country
Thinking of Huben Guards and Yulin Guards, Wei Chi felt his teeth hurt.n∈,
Since their establishment, these two emperor's personal armies have simply become a nightmare for other military leaders of the Han Dynasty.
Forget about equipment, treatment, etc.
After all, the emperor is a member of the army, so his outfit must be more glamorous.
Otherwise, you will be embarrassed when you go out, which will be a shame for the entire Han army!
But the crux of the problem is that these two guys are shamelessly jumping up and down to seize power.
A group of team leaders, Sima, who had only been in the army for two or three years, or even served for only one year, parachuted into the Southern Army and the Northern Army in a majestic manner. According to their respective ranks, they occupied key positions such as the arsenal, palace gates, and city gates.
A group of children from poor families, and even the descendants of retainers, suddenly transformed themselves, wearing imperial seals and ribbons, wearing monkey crowns, calling themselves generals, and talking about their humble positions, which secretly made many people gnash their teeth with hatred.
Take Wei Chi for example, he is the concubine of Leping Jianhou Wei Wuze.
His father was an old soldier who followed Emperor Gao from Shandong to Chang'an and accumulated public service all the way to the Weiwei. Although he did not catch up with Emperor Gao to entrust the world and was not included in the list of meritorious officials in the early Han Dynasty, he was the fourth emperor of Emperor Xiaohui.
When tracing back the military exploits of the heroes in 1999, he was still successful and was named the Marquis of Leping because of his military exploits in the war to destroy Zhao.
And his father had a nemesis named Zhang Xu.
At the beginning, Wei Wuze and Zhang Xu were serving under the general Huang? of the Han army. They were both Langguan and fellow villagers, both from Peixian County.
The only thing that makes a good relationship is wearing a pair of pants.
But where is the unchanging brotherhood in this world?
At that time, Chen Yu and Zhang Er were known as close friends. They depended on each other for life and death, and Chen Yu even regarded Zhang Er as his father and brother.
so what?
When the end came, both of them wished that the other would die quickly.
In order to make Zhang Er die as soon as possible, Chen Yu first helped the Han to establish the Han-Zhao-Qi anti-Chu alliance.
When he discovered that Zhang Er was actually hiding with Liu Bang and was not dead.
Chen Yu immediately launched his army and launched a counterattack.
It almost disrupted the entire battle situation. Even so, the Han army suffered heavy losses.
The friendship between Wei Chi's father and Zhang Xu ended up just like Zhang Er and Chen Yu, and they eventually turned against each other.
Wei Chi is not sure what the specific reason is.
But ever since he could remember, the name Zhang Xu had been taboo for the old man.
Even in the residence of the Marquis of Leping in my hometown, there is no servant with the surname Zhang. The name has the character "Xu" or a homophonic word with "Xu" or "false" characters.
Wei Chi even remembered that on the day when the old man died, he looked at the room full of grandchildren and asked everyone to kneel in front of his knees and swear to 'never be friends with Zhang Xu's descendants'.
Originally, this matter was nothing.
Although Zhang Xu and his old man are both old brothers who came from Pei County with Emperor Gao.
But the old Zhang family was unlucky.
When Emperor Gao first divided up the meritorious officials, Zhang Xu was ignored because he was close to Han Xin.
The second time when Empress Lu was pursuing meritorious officials in the fourth year of Xiaohui, she offended Pei Hou. As a result, not to mention her meritorious service, she even lost her original official position and was sent to Shangjun to guard the Great Wall.
At that time, the defense of the Great Wall was not what it is now. Even if the whole country tightened its belt, priority must be given to supplying the Great Wall garrison. Even if the entire Kanto area was destroyed, not a single pawn from the Great Wall Army would go south.
At that time, the cities and towns in the northern border counties were extremely dilapidated. All kinds of careerists were everywhere, and the old Liu family's poor treasury was drained of money.
Three meals a day, not to mention fullness, just a little bit of bran would be good.
We also have to worry all the time about the remnants of Chen Fen, Lu Ni's party and the Huns coming to "take the king's head for use".
Although, after Taizong came to the throne, the country's power was greatly enhanced, and things on the other side of the Great Wall gradually improved.
It is said that Zhang Xu was very prosperous in Shangjun. He once served as the county commander, equivalent to the deputy of the county lieutenant.
But in Shangjun, a remote and remote place, even after the Huns visited it once, they never went there again.
It is said that at that time, the Huns dispatched 30,000 troops, but in Shangjun, they were not driven out by the Han army, but by starvation!
Even the laws of the Han Dynasty clearly stipulate that if you put in a qing of cuo millet, you should put in three stones of cuo millet.
Even the emperor knew that Shangjun was so poor that there was less grass growing than in other places.
Now, the Huns also know...
"There was actually a place in the Han Dynasty that was poorer than the grassland..."
Wei Chi originally thought that if the Zhang family ran away to that poor ravine in Shangjun, he, Wei Chi, would never have the chance to make friends with the 'descendants of Zhang Xu' in this life.
But then I thought, the world is changing too fast.
Zhang Xu’s son has returned from Shangjun!
Last month, Wei Chi returned home, and his elder brother, Wei Sheng, the current Marquis of Leping, placed a gilded greeting card in front of him.
On the greeting card, in a small compilation, it was neatly written: Zhang Xuzhi, the son of an old friend, wishes Le Ping and his best wishes.
The content is: In the past, the father of the prince and my father died together under the command of Emperor Gao. They swore that life and death would not harm each other, and wealth and honor would not abandon each other. Unexpectedly, the world has caused changes in the past. I heard that you
There are three volumes of Huaiyin's Military Book hidden in the Hou Mansion, which my father would never forget until his death.
Although he may not be talented, the way of the Son of Man cannot be disobeyed.
I would like to give you a hundred gold to have a look at the Huaiyin War Book hidden by the prince, so as to fulfill my late father's last wish.
Zhang Xuzhi, the captain of Tuenmen, bowed his head and bowed again.
Damn it, is this a slap in the face from Chi Guoguo, okay?
But his brother was frightened.
That Zhang Xuzhi, at the end of the greeting card, signed and stamped the seal of the Captain of Tuen Mun.
I really don't know what it means.
If the Wei family didn't have a Xiliuying captain like him, a confidant of Prime Minister Chang Pinghou, I'm afraid he would have given in at that time.
There is no way, the so-called county magistrate who destroys the family, and the magistrate who destroys the family.
Although the rank of the Tuenmen Captain was not as high as Qian Shi, he still held great power and was responsible for the security of the city gates of Chang'an as the governor.
Apart from other things, if people were to keep an eye on the Wei family and carefully investigate all the people or things related to the Wei family, the whole Wei family would be in a state of unrest!
Besides, people say that he is polite, polite and courteous.
In order to fulfill his late father's last wish, he just wanted to see the military strategy of the Wei family.
This has to be rejected. If the other party retaliates, others will feel that it is appropriate.
Fortunately, the Wei family also has a concubine like Wei Chi. He has been friends with the concubine of the Jianghou family since he was a child. He followed him all the way and never left him. Finally, he became the captain of Xiliu Camp and the governor of the military affairs of Xiliu Camp.
That Zhang Xuzhi might not have investigated clearly, so he came to pay his respects in a hurry.
The final outcome of the matter was, of course, that Wei Chi wrote a letter to the doctor Ling Yizong.
Well, that Zhang Xuzhi was Habayashi Wei Sima who followed Yi Zong on his expedition to Korea. It is said that he had a good relationship with Yi Zong. After Yi Zong was appointed as Lang Zhongling, he naturally followed the general and served as the captain of Tuen Mun.
However, Wei Chi and Yi Zong had a half-teacher friendship. At first, when Yi Zong was working with the general Zhou Yafu, Wei Chi thought that the young man was good and took special care of him.
Half a day after Wei Chi's letter was sent, Zhang Xuzhi handed over a greeting note.
His words were still polite, he only said that he had been reckless before, but he had no intention of apologizing or never asking for the Huaiyin War Book again.
When Wei Chi saw it, he naturally knew that this matter was not over at all.
The feud between the Wei and Zhang families is only temporarily over.
Zhang Xu's descendants have been waiting for forty years. They are not afraid of waiting another ten or eight more years.
It is said that Zhang Xuzhi is only twenty-six this year. He is in his prime, and he has the admiration of the Emperor's relative, Lang Zhongling, the Commander of Fengche, and the Commander of the Yulin Guards, Yizong, so he has a bright future.
People can afford to wait.
The Wei family is pretty good!
Wei Chi heard that the Hou family of Xiangping had been slapped repeatedly in the face recently in Chang'an, and their faces were swollen.
At the beginning, Jicheng, the first Marquis of Xiangping, died in battle, and his posthumous son Jitong was entrusted by Emperor Gao to Longhou Chenshu to raise him.
The Ji family and the Chen family have been friends from generation to generation and have been married many times.
But the problem lies with the previous generation of Longhou.
In the first year of Emperor Taizong's reign, Longhou Chen Jian was found guilty, had his title taken away from him, and was demoted to a commoner.
Chen Jian then committed suicide.
At that time, Chen Jian had a son named Chen Yuan.
He was engaged to a daughter of Hou Jitong of Xiangping since he was a child.
After Chen Jian lost his country, Ji Tong turned his back on him. Not only did he no longer recognize the marriage, he also kicked Chen Yuan out of the house when he came to ask for help.
After doing this, even the princes of Chang'an City did not have a good impression of Jitong.
Such ungrateful villains, who dislike the poor and love the rich, who act according to the prevailing circumstances, and who are clearly showing off to everyone, naturally everyone keeps a respectful distance from them.
However, treat people with respect and keep them at a distance. No fool would help a sinner who was deprived of his title by the emperor. The most he could do was say a few words of emotion: Poor Long Jinghou (Chen Shu) for twenty years of kindness.
Or in front of that old man Ji Tong, he would say a few words about farmers and snakes, making him angry.
But it's of no use.
As long as the emperor doesn't pay attention, Jitong will continue to drink wine, take care of Wu, and play with women, and he doesn't care at all.
However, now, retribution has come.
The boy who was driven out of the Marquis of Xiangping's Mansion by random sticks came back.
The man, neatly dressed in armor and armed with arrogant soldiers, was standing on the street outside the Xiangping Hou Mansion.
Once, twice, three times, four times, five times, he followed the neighbors, travelers and officials on the left and right, talking about the events of that year.
The Marquis of Xiangping was disgraced and instantly made the streets of Chang'an city smelly.
The Marquis of Xiangping, who had already married someone else, even took a train overnight to return to Xiangping County.
This incident caused quite an uproar and was known throughout the city.
And that Chen Yuan now lives in Yulin Wei Zuo Yu Sima.
The officials are very small, with a rank of at most eight hundred stones.
But he was in charge of an entire battalion of Yulin Guards, a strength of four hundred people.
The entire Habayashi Guard, even after its expansion this year, has a maximum of three thousand people.
Its status can be imagined!
More importantly, if there was no support or acquiescence from Captain Yulin Wei, Lang Zhongling, Captain Fengche, and Hou Yizong of Dongcheng behind this matter, would Chen Jian dare?
The answer is self-evident.
The arrogant soldiers of Yu Linwei are causing trouble in Chang'an City.
The Huben Guards are not left behind, looking for people to slap in the face, looking for former enemies to show off their power and vent their dissatisfaction.
But all actions must be done with the most basic restraint.
Even that Chen Yuan was polite and somewhat gentle and courteous.
But the information revealed behind the scenes is terrifying!
The Huben Guards and Yulin Guards are stepping up their efforts to establish their power. They are stepping up their efforts to seize power, and even want to replace them.
All the princes who are a little sensitive and are not idiots can smell it.
The actions of these people are not so much an open and honest venting of their past grudges, but rather the fact that today's emperor is determined to replace some old, corrupt, and unusable old princes with some new people.
What’s more important is grabbing military spending!
Wei Chi had already gotten the wind that the master Zhou Yafu had come through.
This year's military expenditures for the Han Dynasty will be "reasonably allocated" and a "budget" must be prepared in advance.
The amount of military expenditures that can be obtained from each mountain top is not the same as in the past. The lion can open his mouth. When the military expenditures are all gone, they will go to the prime minister or the emperor.
Now, each mountaintop has to report to the central government how much military expenditure it plans to spend this year. After the central government reviews it, it will determine the military expenditure quota.
What's even more frightening is that in the future, when the army changes its uniform, it will have to pay for it with the major government, and this expense will also be included in the military budget.
In other words, from now on, in each mountain, whether you are poor or rich, whether you eat meat or drink the northwest wind, all depends on whether you can grab military funds and how much you can grab.
So how to seize military funds?
Of course, whoever has more military exploits, louder voice, and stronger backers will have more military expenditures!
Xiliu Camp does not have to worry about military expenditures. As the elite among the elites of the Han Dynasty and the ace among aces, Xiliu Camp has enjoyed the highest level of treatment since its establishment.
And with the Prime Minister here, there is no need to worry about insufficient military budget.
But the key to the problem is the excellent war horses that the emperor purchased from the Western Regions with huge sums of money and are now being raised in Shanglin Garden.
There are also several latest weapons that the Shaofu is said to be intensively developing, and even the emperor is paying attention to them day and night.
Everyone is staring at these things eagerly and drooling!
Especially those war horses smuggled from Wusun and the Huns in the Western Regions. It is said that they have been successfully bred, and the next generation of foals is growing well. Almost every horse has the potential to be a thousand-mile horse.
The only problem is, quantities are limited.
Moreover, most of them will continue to serve as stallions for optimal breeding selection.
In this way, one can imagine the number of war horses that can be left to provide to the army.
What happened to the Yulin Guards and the Tiger Ben Guards is obvious. The drunkard's intention is not to drink.
Of course Xiliu Camp will not let the conspiracy of Yulin Guard and Hu Ben Guard succeed!
In Wei Chi's view, the Hu Ben Guards and the Yu Lin Guards were better off just being the Emperor's frontmen and bodyguards and enjoying their blessings in Chang'an.
It is better to leave matters such as receiving rewards for meritorious service, opening up territories, commanding troops to conquer the country, capturing kings and beheading generals to professional soldiers such as Xiliuying.
"Today is a good time for Your Majesty to see what a real soldier is and what an invincible master is!" Wei Chi thought in his heart, puffing out his chest. He walked to the front desk, threw out the general order in his hand, and faced the people in the martial arts field.
The soldiers ordered: "The whole army listens to the order: the martial arts performance begins!"
In an instant, the entire army was like a lion waking up from sleep and suddenly opened its eyes.
Flags were waved and drums sounded.
Wow!
Spears are like a forest, and blades are as sharp as snow. Under the sun, a steel hedgehog instantly appears.
shuttle!
Spears flew into the sky one after another, and then fell straight down.
Hundreds of wooden dummies placed in the martial arts arena were reduced to a pile of debris in a matter of seconds.
Luo Ying was so frightened that he closed his eyes and his face turned pale.
But, this is just the beginning.
Hundreds of light cavalry passed alternately from both sides of the martial arts arena.
The bow is drawn and the horse neighs. With the combined effect of the horseshoe and the stirrup, the cavalry can draw the bow while maneuvering.
Instigate! Instigate! Instigate!
Each of the arrow targets was instantly filled with arrows.
Within thirty steps, the Han cavalry almost hit every target.
One by one, the archery targets were raised in front of the high platform.
Seeing that almost all of the arrows hit the target, even Liu Che was horrified.
This is Xiliu Camp, this is the number one trump card of the Han Dynasty!
It should be noted that it takes three years to practice bowing and three months to practice crossbow.
Archery is the most important indicator of cavalry.
The sharpshooter of the Huns, known as the "Vulture Shooter", was said to be able to shoot down eagles and eagles soaring in the sky.
And there are not many such sharpshooters in the entire Xiongnu.
As for accurately hitting the target while maneuvering, even if it is a motionless target.
In the past, this was just a legend!
The emergence of stirrups and horseshoes was a revolutionary change in the history of horse riding.
Horseshoes allow war horses to maneuver faster and move more flexibly.
The stirrups can free the knight's hands.
The combination of the two means that an excellent cavalry can kite the enemy to death!
As for the cavalry of Xiliu Camp, they can shoot accurately while maneuvering. You can imagine the hard work and effort behind this!
"Tell the young master that Xiliu Camp will give you three pigs every day and one cow every ten days!" Liu Che whispered to Wang Dao: "In addition, order the internal history to send 50 shi of fresh fish to Xiliu Camp every day!"
After heavy training, nutrition must keep up.
Liu Che was never stingy with the army, especially the trump cards he could play.
Because this world, this empire, and this great cause require their bloodshed and sacrifice.
Luo Ying next to him was already shivering and sweating profusely.
Xiliuying, only those who have seen it know what a terrifying monster it is, born for war.
Within the four seas, in the waves, who can resist the military flag passing by? Who can resist it?
No matter how ignorant Luo Ying is, he still knows that in front of this army, the so-called strong armies of Minyue, Nanyue, and Dongou are really like chickens and dogs!
"Get an inch! It's like a king's inch! Get a ruler! It's like a king's inch!" Luo Ying remembered an allusion from a Chinese dynasty that his teacher had told him in the past.
Once this great dynasty awakens to its ambition called greed, who in the world can resist it?
Can't resist!
Unable to resist!
Fujian and Yue are a small country with few people, and the big boss is in charge!
Luo Ying remembered the lesson of the late king Wuzhu.
Yes, China is so powerful and the Han Dynasty is so prosperous. The small country of Fujian and Yue is as powerful as an ant. In the eyes of this giant, I am afraid it is not worth mentioning.
Be respectful! Be respectful! Be respectful!
In the Han Dynasty, wherever there was a destiny, everything was done!
In the Han Dynasty, everything was provided to anyone who needed it!
This is the only way and the only way to preserve the Minyue community and continue the ancestral temple.
Moreover, with the strength of the Han Dynasty and the wealth of China, if the Emperor of China showed favor to him, even if a little bit of it leaked out from the cracks of his fingers, the Luo family would benefit endlessly.
The Minyue people may be able to get rid of the misfortune of exhausting everything but not having enough food and clothing for generations!
"Being respectful to the Han Dynasty should not be a sin or a humiliation. This is for the Minyue Ancestral Temple, for the Luo family, for Emperor Yu, and for King Goujian!" Luo Ying's power in Xiliu Camp
In front of us, all the psychological defenses and the best luck and persistence finally collapsed. Facts have proved that the mentality of people, especially young people, can easily go from one extreme to another.
The same is true for Luo Ying.
In the face of reality, he quickly and rationally abandoned the original ambitions that Xu Guan had instilled in him: independence of Fujian and Yue, unification of Three Yue, expedition to the north of China, and ambition to dominate the world.
It turned to full kneeling and total surrender.
"This is such a curve to rejuvenate the country!" Luo Ying found a noble term for his weakness and compromise in his heart: "With the protection of the Han Dynasty, the people of Fujian and Yue will be able to live and work in peace and contentment, and so can the Minyue ancestral temple and the Luo family.
Steady as a mountain."
"A small country has big affairs, so what does a little honor and disgrace mean?" (To be continued...)
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