Lord Moyu was forced to open

Late at night in Funing Palace, Zhao Jun summoned Ding Hongguang, who was already a privy envoy.

After asking Wang Huai'en to get a chair for Ding Hongguang, Zhao Jun shared the information received so far with Ding Hongguang, and then said: "This is the current situation. The smuggling in the southeast is not bad. The clues have been found so far. We just need evidence." If it is confirmed, the East China Sea Fleet can cooperate with the local garrison to capture the relevant personnel together.

But the problems in the northwest, northeast and western regions are not easy to solve.

You are also an old man who followed me from Yunzhou County. We have only achieved remote control over the Western Region, but this control is not yet stable.

At present, there are only five thousand people under Ban Chao in the entire Western Regions Protectorate. After all, the Xia people have only been included in the Western Regions Protectorate for a few years, so they cannot be fully trusted yet.

Originally, these 5000 people were enough to frighten the entire Western Region, but if the Turks and Huns supported those small countries, the people under Ban Chao would not be enough.

We are so far away that if something goes wrong, there will be no time to support us, so I am very worried. "

Ding Hongguang also frowned when he heard that the problem was with the Western Region Protectorate.

When Yunzhou County took over the Western Region, although Yunzhou County was not close, it was at least not that far away. In addition, it already controlled the Tatars, so there was no worry about related issues.

But now that the former prince has become the emperor, the administrative center has been moved from the former Yunzhou County to Bianjing, which is further away from the Western Regions, and the control over the horse's feet has also dropped by more than one level.

Now the Huns and Turks are both eyeing the Western Regions. The five thousand people in Ban Chao's hands alone are indeed not enough to control the Western Regions.

After thinking for a moment, Ding Hongguang's eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "Your Majesty, do you still remember the former Xiang Army?"

"Xiangjun?"

Zhao Jun was stunned for a moment, then remembered something and asked, "Last year I asked you to take charge of the dismantling and streamlining of the Xiang Army. How is it going now?"

The Xiang army is a historical legacy of the Song Dynasty, and it is still a major problem.

The initial appearance was due to the fact that other places were unable to receive so many refugees immediately after natural disasters. Therefore, all the people who were affected by the disaster and could not be resettled were incorporated into the Xiang army, so that they could have a good meal in the army. As for causing trouble.

And this reason also led to the complex composition of the personnel in the Xiang army, including young and strong, old people, children, and women. In short, it was a hodgepodge of people.

The combat effectiveness of the Xiang army can be said to be extremely low. Although it is in the battle sequence of the Song Dynasty, no one in the court expects that the army formed in this way can have any combat effectiveness. They just regard it as a trap and cannot deal with it. Throw it all in.

With this idea, the number of Xiang troops is also increasing year by year.

Every natural and man-made disaster is when the Xiang army expands. When Zhao Jun took over, the number of people in the Xiang army was counted for the first time and it turned out to be nearly two million!

Two million people!

Although it is not a regular army, it does not need to be paid as a regular army, just food and drink.

But two million mouths, even if it means eating, is not a small number!

It can be said that these two million Xiang troops are one of the major cancers carried by the Song Dynasty!

A lot of blood was shed on the finances of the Song Dynasty.

After the domestic situation stabilized, Zhao Jun decided to solve the Xiangjun problem last year.

However, the development of the Xiang Army to its current level is unprecedented in scale and scope.

Even if you want to deal with it, where to relocate the two million people is a big problem. In addition, there are also the interest groups that have relied on the Xiang army to make money over the years, etc. If they are all from other emperors, even if they want to move, the huge The resistance will force them to give up, which is why the Xiangjun system has continued.

But this time we met Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun, who has always been rough in his actions, doesn't care about so many things or who is involved. As long as you dare to block Tila, he will cut off your head and kick it as a ball!
After killing a group of idiots who wanted money rather than their lives, the remaining people were all honest.

What remains is the resettlement of these two million people.

If it were in the past, this would indeed be a big problem, but for today's Song Dynasty, as long as they can come up with a certain amount of money, there will be no problem.

Not to mention the lack of population in the north that needs to be supplemented, and the immigration from the south in recent years has not returned to its peak. If the two million people are resettled, even if they cannot all be resettled, most of them can be resettled.

As for the rest, we can only work hard to send them outside the customs, to Yunzhou County, and then to Shendu. Thanks to the construction of the railway from Yunzhou County to Shendu, the railway has now been built to Nanli County.

Otherwise, just from Yunzhou County to Nanli County, it would be a huge project to move so many people there.

There is no telling how many people will die on this road.

This is unacceptable to Zhao Jun.

Now that there is a railway, everything is easier to handle. After the remaining people move to Yunzhou County, they can be transported to Shendu quickly through railway transportation.

When they get to a place with a lot of poison, they can be resettled, and the policies there will make them live a better life.

At the same time, it can also solve the problem of the lack of people in the Shendu Song Dynasty. In this wave, the control of the Song Dynasty in the six counties of Shendu Song can also be improved to a higher level.

If it weren't for the estimation that many people would be unwilling to leave the pass, Zhao Jun would have wanted to move everyone in this army to Shendu.

It has been two years now, but Zhao Jun still doesn't know the specific situation.

After listening to Zhao Jun's question, Ding Hongguang immediately said:

"With the cooperation of various departments of the imperial court, the total of more than 2.36 million Xiang troops in the Song Pass have been reduced to only 200,000 young men. The remaining Xiang troops have been resettled in several counties in the north and returned to normal. Live and register locally.

Some were moved to Yunzhou County.

Among them, the number of Xiang troops settled in the northern part of the pass is estimated to be more than 1.3 million. The remaining 860,000 people in the pass have no more land to resettle, so they arranged to leave the pass. At the beginning of this year, Yunzhou County received They captured more than 800,000 people and began to use railways to continuously transport them to Shendu territory.

So far, only the last 100,000 people are still in the process of being transported to Shendu, and the remaining more than 700,000 have already settled in the six counties of Shendu. "

After a pause, Ding Hongguang continued: "The remaining two hundred thousand young men have also trained them. After a whole year, these people can now be used.

I originally wanted to keep these 200,000 people in Bianjing as the imperial army to guard Bianjing City, but now that Your Majesty is worried that the deterrence force in the Western Regions is not enough, why don't we transfer some of these 200,000 people to the capital of the Western Regions? Guarding the Mansion? "

After hearing this, Zhao Jun thought for a while and asked: "How many people do we need to transfer to the Western Region Protectorate?"

Ding Hongguang said flatly: "At least fifty thousand people!

I have also been to the Western Regions and know the situation there. Originally, five thousand troops were completely enough, but if we still need to guard against the Turks and Huns, at least 50,000 troops must be stationed in the Western Regions Protectorate. Only in this way can we leave enough reaction time.

Moreover, your Majesty has the assistance of the Tatar ministries in the Western Region. There are 50,000 people stationed there. If there is a problem, if you issue an order to let the Tatars live and mobilize troops from Yunzhou County, you can ensure the safety of the Western Region Protectorate.

that is……"

Speaking of this, Ding Hongguang's face showed a look of embarrassment.

"Just what?"

Zhao Jun asked doubtfully.

Ding Hongguang raised his head slightly and glanced at Zhao Jun, then smiled bitterly and said:
"To transfer 50,000 garrison troops to the Protectorate of the Western Regions, I'm afraid the court will have to spend a lot of money on military expenses every year in the future. Based on the situation in the Western Regions, if there are 50,000 troops, the court will probably spend more than one million taels on military expenses every year. I am worried that the princes in the court may not agree with this number."

However, when it turned out that he was worried because of this, Zhao Jun took a breath and said confidently:
"You don't need to worry about this. Nowadays, maintaining the Western Region Protectorate is far more important than one million taels. As long as we can stabilize our feet in the Western Region, the annual benefits that the Hedong Corridor will bring to the Song Dynasty will be far more than this. !”

"If that's the case, then there's no problem."

Then the emperor and his ministers discussed some details before Zhao Jun sent him home.

Waiting to decide the matter in the morning the next day.

……

(End of this chapter)