Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 119 Separation of Military and Political
Li Shimin saw such a scene when he came to court, Feng Daiwen was guiding the two little ones to practice.

"Fighting on the battlefield, there are no fancy things, the knife should be fast, and try to aim at the upper body of the enemy. You can't use your full strength, you can only use nine points of force at most, and you can change your moves with a little force, and you can also withdraw the knife. Use the knife If you can chop, don't chop, because if you chop, you will easily get stuck in the bone." Feng Daiwen explained carefully.

"Good!" came a loud praise.

"Join the Holy One! (Royal Father)" The three of them turned their heads and saw Li Shimin standing behind them and hurriedly saluted.

"Mianli, you must keep in mind what Wei Guo said. This is the experience you have summed up with your life on the battlefield. If one day you really go to the battlefield, this is the ability to save your life." Li Shimin's serious two sons said.

"I will keep in mind what my father said." The two quickly agreed.

"Okay, you all come in and listen to Weiguo's journey." Li Shimin said with a wave of his hand.

Several people entered the apse, Feng Daiwen pleaded first: "Yesterday I was rude, please forgive me."

"Aiqing has been traveling all the way, and has not been able to rest well. She was so tired that she fell asleep. What is the blame? The battle report only talks about the battle process. In the end, tell me how it turned out." Li Shimin asked someone to serve tea and sat down.

"My servant complied, and I led [-] troops to march from Shuofang." Feng Daiwen explained the details of the expedition to several people in detail.Including why I made such arrangements at the time, how to judge the terrain, how to discuss with my subordinates, and how to arrange after the war were all explained very carefully.Of course, Li Shimin must understand the reason, mainly to tell the two little ones.

Li Shimin looked happily at Feng Daiwen teaching the two elementary schools, and thought that the teaching effect was much better than that of those great Confucians holding books. After the prince followed Wei Zheng to preside over the renovation of the market for a period of time, he saw the problem much better.

"Very well, the Eastern Turks will no longer pose a threat, and the arrangement on the grassland is also very clever, but so many captives must be arranged properly, what advice does the Wei State have?" Li Shimin said after seeing Feng Daiwen finished speaking.

"I'm a humble minister, please consider it." Feng Daiwen clasped his fists and saluted solemnly.

Seeing Feng Daiwen's serious face, Li Shimin understood that he wanted to talk about something serious, so he also sat upright and said, "Today is all my family, but it's okay to say, you two can only listen, think, and not say a word to the outside world. Now it's up to you two to record." Turn back. Then he told Li Ke and Li Tai.

"I understand." The two quickly answered and sat upright.

"I think that when the army returns to the division, it's time to start reducing the soldiers. The young Turkic captive women can choose some of them to give to the soldiers who have made military achievements. Set up horse farms in Shuofang, Dingxiang, and Youzhou. The older captives can help. Grazing. The young and strong selected part of the army, and Xu Ruo made great achievements in the war and returned to the status of the poor. Other prisoners continued to use the method of labor reform." Feng Daiwen introduced.

"I also know the benefits of streamlining the army. It's just that the national treasury will be spent too much. I'm afraid there will be too much opposition from the court." Li Shimin asked after thinking for a while.

"Duke Wei also asked this question before. I think that there are several advantages to streamlining the government soldiers. First, the soldiers who have been trained together for a long time cooperate with each other tacitly, and the individual combat effectiveness will be higher. Second, it is just a trial of the separation of military and government, and unified training. All soldiers are trained in a unified manner, and then distributed to various places, which can minimize the self-esteem of the soldiers." Feng Daiwen explained.

"Moreover, the soldiers armed with sophisticated equipment are more powerful than the numbers piled up. The same battle used to require 5 people, but now it only needs [-]. With fewer soldiers, the government only needs less weapons, equipment, and logistics supplies. It will not increase expenses." Feng Daiwen drank his saliva and continued.

"That's right, this matter will be implemented immediately after the army returns to the division." Li Shimin actually agreed when he heard that he could avoid the self-respect of the soldiers, and he agreed without hesitation after thinking about it.

"You have explained it to me before. You are talking about the details, how to arrange, and how to implement. You should have thought about what suggestions you have." Li Shimin continued.

"I think it can be carried out in batches, and the veterans in the army will be trained in a unified way. After one batch is qualified, the second batch will be trained. First, we can see the effect, and second, it will not affect other places' garrison." Feng Daiwen introduced.

"That's right, let me think about it. You said that the young Turkic women were rewarded to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. I'm afraid that the major Confucian societies will criticize them and cause controversy." Li Shimin raised another question.

"The minister will write a letter in the form of a memorial. Our Great Tang wants to conquer the world, and underpopulation is a big problem. The minister suggests that the common people should be allowed to accept concubines from other races, and the government with many children should reduce or exempt taxes as appropriate." Feng Daiwen replied.

"As for your Majesty's objection, it's because they don't know how foreigners treat Han people. As far as I know, from the first year of Daye to the sixth year of Wude, there were more than 30 Turkic invasions, and more than 100 million border residents were affected. More than ten thousand people were stolen and looted to the grassland, Youzhou, Bingzhou, Shuofang, Yunzhong, etc. There are thousands of miles of uninhabited counties, ten rooms and nine empties, and the last time we raided the Shuofang grassland, we only rescued more than 30 people. Thousands, none of the young women survived, and only tens of thousands of Han people survived in Dingxiang." Feng Daiwen said with red eyes.

"Crack!" "This is all the fault of the Turkic people. If it weren't for the need for labor in the Tang Dynasty, I would like to slaughter the entire Turkic family." Feng Daiwen became more and more angry as he slapped the table and stood up and said fiercely.

"Today, Dr. Sun came to the palace to check the queen's pulse. He said that the queen's health is better than a few years ago, and the fetus is also very healthy. I have tasted the abalone and sea cucumber that you let the queen eat for a long time. It is confirmed that they are rare and good products, and there is no side effect at all." Li Shimin smiled. Talked about an unrelated topic.

Feng Daiwen calmed down, smiled wryly and said: "My humble minister lost his composure, and His Majesty forgives the sin." He was really angry when he thought of those captured Han people who were as skinny as sticks, with dull eyes like walking corpses.

Li Shimin waved his hand and signaled Feng Daiwen to sit down, he didn't care, drank his saliva and said slowly: "Mr. Sun said that you killed too much and affected your mind a bit. It seems to be true. There has been no war recently, so you should rest for a while. "

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I'm fine, but seeing the tragic situation of the Han people who were taken to the grassland, I couldn't help feeling unbalanced." Feng Daiwen said in a relaxed manner.

"I can understand your feelings. I have seen too many tragedies in the past, and I was very excited at the beginning. I wanted to kill all the rebels and corrupt officials. Later, I saw a lot of them, and my mind became numb. I had to do more for the people of the world. They live a good life, and they hope that Wei Guo will help me." Li Shimin persuaded.

"I will devote myself to being a sage, and I will do my best after death. In my life, I must set up my heart for the world, for the people, for the past sages, and for the eternal peace." Feng Daiwen got up emotionally and knelt down on one knee, with his right hand facing the sky swore.

The ancients attached great importance to oaths, Li Shimin saw Feng Daiwen's great wish so passionately, stepped forward to help Feng Daiwen with a big smile and said, "Haha, good, what a good one to bring peace to all generations, I and Ai Qing will encourage each other."

(End of this chapter)