God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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While we do not aspire to an eternal empire, it would be quite good to extend it for a period of time, further promote and spread civilization and ideas, and expand the Han cultural sphere.

Chen Xi had a clear idea in his heart whether civilization or empire would have a longer and deeper influence.

However, the current situation can indeed be described as an accident, but whether this accident was caused by human intervention or not, Chen Xi had a pretty good idea in his heart.

Regardless of their individual beliefs or ideologies, they are all moving towards the same goal, only their definitions of the goal and its outcome differ.

"They're from the Princess Guard?" Upon hearing this, other thoughts immediately flashed through Liu Ye's mind. He frowned as he looked at everyone present and then asked, "Since they all came from the Princess Guard, can we deny their voluntary discharge?"

As a pure member of the Han imperial family, Liu Ye was very dissatisfied with the current outcome, whether for his own benefit or for the sake of the Han Empire.

The Han Empire has experienced so much and gone through so many events. Whether they are aristocratic families or feudal lords, anyone who is not stupid should understand the importance of the army, especially maintaining the army's core ideology and loyalty, which can be said to be of paramount importance.

In order to maintain loyalty, in addition to significantly improving the army's food and benefits, the more important and simpler method is to find a trusted person to lead the army.

However, each method has its own drawbacks, and we cannot simply generalize from one instance to another.

In Liu Ye's view, the current method used around the capital is very suitable, and it is even difficult to find fault with it. It can be called an absolutely universal solution.

Even if it was only maintained during Liu Tong's reign, Liu Ye was quite satisfied.

Anyway, Liu Tong was young enough, about twenty years younger than him, and would surely live longer than him. He would not see the decline of the Han Empire before he died, and that would be enough for him.

As for whether Liu Tong can maintain stability, Liu Ye is not worried at all at this stage. His only concern is whether Liu Tong will become senile and make wrong decisions and judgments when he gets old.

At his current age, Liu Tong is not only young enough and has strong execution capabilities, but his military command skills are also among the best in the world today.

A large number of people who came from the princess's guard served as centurions in the troops around the capital, which not only ensured the stability of the army, but also effectively brought out the army's strength.

It can be said that having a force of over 100,000 elite troops is enough to intimidate all sides.

As long as Liu Tong doesn't do anything that incurs public wrath and leads to the loss of popular support, the Han Empire can be guaranteed peace with these troops and personnel.

With such an army at their disposal, they naturally have the corresponding confidence, and they are no longer as powerless as before when facing other feudal lords or people from other places.

To put it bluntly, when the emperor sends out six armies, who dares to disobey?
However, now, the large number of people who have left the Princess Guard and are voluntarily retiring means that Liu Tong's core forces are withdrawing from the troops around the capital, which will greatly increase instability and uncertainty.

This is not good news for Liu Ye, a member of the Han imperial family.

So even though he was marginalized, Liu Ye still asked questions.

The reason is simple: this matter is closely related to his interests and survival. Even if it doesn't affect him in many situations, there's always a chance something might happen.

In the past, Liu Ye would have been very interested in this kind of thing, and might have even used it as an opportunity to help the emperor rise to power.

However, after reviewing the changes over the past few years, Liu Ye also believed that Liu Tong had done a good job, even though Liu Tong hadn't done a lot of work. Although he didn't do much, every task he completed was of a high standard and the results were obvious, which was enough to demonstrate his ability and talent.

Furthermore, since Liu Tong is a woman, she has little influence on the internal affairs of the clan, and may even strengthen their rightful power and interests. Therefore, Liu Ye naturally had no intention of actively promoting her.

The current calls for maintenance and inquiries are essentially a further investigation.

“Based on the rules established at the beginning, it would be quite difficult to forcefully veto it.” Fan Qin thought about the military merit system that had been established at the beginning, and his expression was somewhat hesitant.

The impact on the combat effectiveness of the troops surrounding the capital has led to a decline in overall combat strength, something Fan Qin did not want to see happen.

The reason is quite simple: only with sufficient combat power can the security of this place be maintained.

Chang'an has experienced too much turmoil. Even after several years of recuperation, it still cannot dispel the gloom in the hearts of the people. If things are not handled properly, it may turn into a raging fire.

Even if they had the ability to put out fires, who would be willing to do such a thing if it were possible?
"With so many centurions and platoon leaders leaving, what will happen to the replacements? There aren't that many meritorious people around Chang'an." Lu Yi had just glanced at the statistics ledgers when he raised a more practical question.

Because of the newly created military merit ranking system, as well as the long-standing practice of granting marquises based on military merit in the Han Empire, there is now a benchmark for promotion and rewards.

In theory, knowing that the future belongs to an era of territorial expansion, the rewards for military merit should be increased, along with the granting of land, to attract those eager to change their fate to join the army. These people should then be sent abroad to achieve voluntary migration.

In practice, the rewards and honors bestowed through the military merit ranking system rarely involved actual land; instead, they were mostly in the form of money and supplies, with relatively little land and honors granted.

The reason for this situation is to take the future into consideration.

While territorial expansion does bring a lot of land, excessive rewards for land could easily lead to a situation similar to that of Qin Shi Huang, who unified China.

When a soldier's merits require a reward from half the heavens, then choosing to carry them out requires great courage.

Choosing not to comply would be a major blow to the nation's credibility, especially for those who rely on military merit for advancement; it would have a far greater impact than the death of an emperor.

Although there are three promotion paths within the Han Empire, this does not mean that the military merit path can be ignored.

On the contrary, it is precisely because of other routes that the military merit route needs to be emphasized.

Because this is a path that truly allows everyone to participate and achieve promotion.

When something can be made available to everyone, it is itself a form of fairness.

As for why the personnel from the Princess Guard were able to serve as centurions.

On the one hand, it's because they have enough strength and ability; on the other hand, it's also because of Liu Tong.

(End of this chapter)