New Shun 1730

After Liu Yu received the reply full of the emperor's "true nature", he immediately prepared his expression for a long time, thinking about what to pretend when he really met the emperor?

Overjoyed?

Live up to the emperor's grace?

He was always clear in his mind that the emperor's words, even if they seemed to be sincere, could only be regarded as farts, and not a single word could be believed.

Today he trusted him so much that he wanted to open his heart to him, but tomorrow he might cut him off with a knife.

What is imperial power? The emperor's words are the law.

Now it seems that the emperor is very excited, but it is nothing more than Liu Yu helping him cosplay as Han Wu and Tang Zong, recovering the Western Regions, and retreating bravely and quickly handing over the military power.

What really made the emperor happy was that after the military reform, the emperor believed that he could hold the military power in his hands, separate the soldiers and the generals, and solve this problem that has troubled him for many years.

In other words, even if the separation of soldiers and generals would reduce combat effectiveness, the new tactical system could ensure that Dashun had a great military advantage over the surrounding and domestic uprisings.

However, the emperor finally did something serious. Thinking about the title of Jiedu Jinghai, Liu Yu thought that this title was nice, but it was all empty.

The area along the Jinghai coast is vast, but if all the local hunting tribes are added together, it is hard to say whether there are enough people to reach 100,000.

This Jiedushi may be the most shameless in the world. But since he is responsible for the affairs of Korea, Japan, and Ryukyu, it can be regarded as the first step of Dashun in the new vassal system.

Liu Yu did not want to stay here for too long. The problem of the Western Regions cannot be solved in a day or two.

He killed all the Sayids of the Black Mountain Sect and the White Mountain Sect with the help of the Zhunbu.

South of the Tianshan Mountains is a piece of loose sand. In the next ten years, it will definitely be a mess, with one party singing and another taking the stage.

But it also completely cut off the idea of ​​the court to save trouble and directly let the leaders of the White Mountain Sect or the Black Mountain Sect control the south of the Tianshan Mountains.

If you don't want to turn this place into a bottomless pit of finance, you have to continue to immigrate according to Liu Yu's planned military reform policy.

The Junggar, Kazakhs, Black Mountain, White Mountain, Bukhara... These people are enough for the generals guarding here to learn how to balance.

This method of forcing the court to do so was really out of helplessness.

Supporting the leaders of the Black Mountain or White Mountain factions south of the Tianshan Mountains and using the policy of restraint seemed to be stable at the time, but in fact it would lay countless mines for future generations.

Before leaving, he reiterated to the officers about drawing maps and restraining military discipline.

For the soldiers, Liu Yu also fulfilled his promise.

A huge stone tablet was erected in the Ili River Valley, on which the process of the expedition was engraved, and the names of all the soldiers who left Liugong Island and went to the Altai Mountains were engraved on it.

He had no literary talent and didn't know what to copy, so he simply engraved the stone to record his merits.

The soldiers were assembled as a farewell.

Liu Yu usually said that the Qingzhou Army was raised by a stepmother, but thinking that the Qingzhou Army might be disbanded in the future, he was still a little touched.

They shed blood to quell the rebellion in the southwest, and their sweat to stabilize the Western Regions. In the future, they might have to fight Burma, Vietnam, and Japan. These veterans of the Qingzhou Army might have to travel all over China. I don’t know how many of them will be alive in a few decades.

He hid the sadness in his heart, inspected the Qingzhou Army on horseback, and finally didn’t say too much about loyalty to the country.

"Soldiers, I will no longer be the commander of the Qingzhou Army. Before I leave, I just want to say one thing."

"When you fight for the country, you are heroes."

"But if someone withholds your military pay in the future, you must also be heroes when you make trouble for the pay! It is said that the emperor does not need hungry soldiers, but I am afraid that some people do not even understand this principle."

"You deserve the military pay. If someone withholds the military pay, you should make a fuss. If you make a big fuss, I will solve it. If you can't make a big fuss, how can I know?"

The soldiers laughed loudly. They never knew what it meant to lack military pay. In Weihai and Liugong Island, there has never been a shortage of military pay.

No one thought that Liu Yu would leave such a sentence when he was about to leave.

But these soldiers who fought in the war kept this sentence in mind.

"Don't worry, sir. If someone withholds our military pay, we will definitely make a big fuss. Right!"

A few brave ones shouted a few times, and the rest of the soldiers laughed along.

After waiting for the laughter to stop, Liu Yu said, "Of course, if the Jin people went south and the Five Barbarians invaded China, I think you still have the heart to serve the country. I have never doubted this."

"In my opinion, there are only two kinds of war. One is to bring your own dry food to protect the country and the world; the other is to use your bayonets and cannons to fight for more land and wealth."

"There are officials above and common people below, and each has its own division of labor. People in the temple will make sure that you soldiers never have to learn from Yue Wumu and never have the opportunity to bring your own dry food to protect the country and the world."

After saying the last sentence, Liu Yu saluted the soldiers, jumped on his warhorse, and without looking back, he led 200 selected guards out of the camp.

"Send Sir Liu!"

I don't know who shouted first, and the rest of the soldiers shouted spontaneously.

Gradually, they became harmonious and turned into the same voice.

Military music sounded in the barracks, with a hint of sadness. The soldiers howled the new songs they had learned at the funeral before crossing the mountain, which was indescribably appropriate.

"Silently with tears in my eyes, the sound of camel bells rang in my ears..."

Liu Yu never looked back until he had walked a long way, then he stopped and looked back.

Thinking about what I asked the officers before I left, I hoped you would listen.

What I told the soldiers was to make them dare to pay.

What I have asked the officers to do is to enforce strict military discipline.

Since the emperor wants to appease, anyone who robs or annihilates them at this time will be giving the emperor eye drops.

The military discipline of the Qingzhou Army is still good, the military pay is sufficient, and they have been training in a closed area on Liugong Island on weekdays. Robbery is a technical job that they have not learned yet.

But the rest of the troops, especially the group of government soldiers in the Songhua River...

Since we have learned the Tang Dynasty's military system, we have to bear the shortcomings of the military: we pay the blood tax and go to war, but we are going to make a fortune.

Anyone who refuses to rob, steal, hide, or snatch women will be ridiculed as incompetent if he returns to the village.

I went out for a trip to Junggar. When I got home, I didn’t even get a headscarf, a woolen blanket, a saddle or anything like that, and I couldn’t even lift my head in the village.

Thinking about how he was kidnapped by Du Feng, he was already considered a "volunteer".

When Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo, and after the city was broken, the soldiers wanted to rob, so Tang Taizong could only use money from his own funds in exchange for the soldiers not to rob.

The emperor should understand this truth and perhaps use money from his internal funds to reward him.

However, it is difficult to learn bad Yi well. The Qingzhou Army and this group of government soldiers are so close, it is estimated that they can learn all the five poisons in three to five months.

I don’t know how many people will be killed to scare the monkeys.

Looking back at the soldiers who followed him to Guazhou, he rode up to Zhang Sanbiao's side.

"You're lucky, boy. They say that brothers in the same army advance and retreat together, and the formation requires everyone to work for one and one for everyone, but in the end it was you who killed Xiao Ce Lingdun Dobu. His Majesty wants to select meritorious soldiers and award them with honors. You’ve achieved success. You’ve made it through the ranks, so what are your plans for the future?”

Zhang Sanbiao smiled naively, scratched his head and said: "After I get the money, if I have a chance, I will go back to Renzhao first and take care of my parents' graves."

"Just like the big family in our neighboring village, plant cypress trees and carefully build them with bluestone strips. When the time comes, call all the living people in our village, set up a table for a banquet, and find players who play, play, and sing. , Spread paper money along the way. If you want to get a large bluestone, you should press it on your parents’ monument.”

"We want to make the grave the largest and tallest in our village. Then we will find my mother's bones and buy a good coffin, one made of cypress wood."

"When I save enough money, I will hire some people to go to Vladivostok to cultivate wasteland. I will be a landlord. My eldest brother is also there. If he has no money, I will help him find a sister-in-law. Get a hundred acres of land. Hire three or five long-term workers, and then I will marry a wife."

"My wife and children don't have to do anything, just squat on the hot kang. When I'm hungry, I eat white flour steamed buns."

This very simple wish made Liu Yu laugh and said: "Sure, this is really not difficult. As long as you have money, it is not easy to hire long-term workers to cultivate wasteland. Isn't it easy? Vladivostok is a good place. Go early and get there early. It would be good for your brother to reclaim the land there. In the future, if you can bring people to reclaim the land, you will not be charged taxes for five years. You can hire some long-term workers and buy cattle and horses. acres of good land?”

Zhang Sanbiao nodded and said: "Yes, I thought so too. I originally thought that place was quite far away. In the past few years, our ships have been visiting it frequently, so it's not that far away. Sir, this Vladivostok is far away from Weihai. How far is it? If we don’t go to sea..."

"Uh... if we don't go by sea, it's probably about the same distance as coming to the Western Region, right? If we don't go by sea, it'll be much closer."

Zhang Sanbiao's eyes were full of expectations for the future, and he thought of a key point.

He stretched out his hand and gestured: "When I buy the land, I will buy such a big vat, seven or eight or ten of them."

"Didn't your Excellency say that no land tax will be collected for the first five years? I will save all the food. Except for food for the long-term workers and the family, I will hoard the rest."

"A big vat of corn; a big vat of wheat; a big vat of sorghum... One vat weighs three to four hundred kilograms. Find a carpenter to make a big wooden lid, cover all the vats containing grain, and hide them. "

"When there is another famine, I don't have to worry about the whole family starving to death. When I save three to five thousand kilograms of grain, I will sell the excess grain to get money to spend and marry a wife..."

The terrible memory of hunger made Zhang Sanbiao's biggest ideal is to have seven or eight jars of food in the future.

Liu Yu stopped laughing, thought for a while and praised: "What a good idea. Don't forget to sprinkle some lime near the tank when the time comes, just like we store grain on Liugong Island."

"Yeah. I think so too..."

Liu Yu smiled, patted Zhang Sanbiao on the shoulder, walked to the front row, and was silent.