Chapter 143: Thousands of Generations

It has been three or four years since Zhao Yu returned from modern time and space, and this is the second time he has come to Cao Mansion. I remember that the last time I visited was when the mechanical speeder was just manufactured.

In a few years, there have been many new faces among the important figures under Cao Mengde.

After some introduction, Zhao Yu greeted them with a smile and a banquet.

Among these new faces, there are Guo Jia, Chen Qun, Zhong Yao and other great talents recommended by Xun Yu and Xun You, as well as people who surrendered during the war, such as Zhang Yang, who is here. There are also some new figures who have emerged in recent years. Their names are not familiar, but they are definitely extraordinary people who can be listed in the hall.

Dragons and snakes are born in the wilderness, and heroes emerge in troubled times. Because of Zhao Yu's appearance, the world was changed, and many people who might have been buried took advantage of the situation to rise up and write their own mark on this glorious stage.

At this glance, looking around the hall, there are many civil servants, military officers, and talents, which is really amazing.

Cao Mengde sat upright, twirled his beard and said with a smile: "Although Sir, your arrival is sudden, it is just the right time. I have just discussed with you, and encountered many difficult problems, which I need Sir to solve."

Today, Cao Mengde summoned civil and military officials to discuss two main matters.

One is to expand the army.

With the rapid expansion of territory, the original military strength was gradually stretched and was no longer enough. Since the beginning of the year, when the northern armies were still attacking the barbarians, Cao Mengde had started recruiting troops. Now, more than half a year later, a hundred thousand new soldiers have been recruited!

But according to Cao Mengde’s idea, an additional 100,000 is still not enough. He planned to take the final steps to unify the world within two years at most after pacifying the north.

And there are 100,000 new soldiers, plus more than 100,000 veterans, the total is less than 250,000. Such a huge empire, with a territory of thousands of miles, and an army of 250,000, is definitely not enough.

Based on Cao Mengde's current foundation, Xun Yu suggested recruiting another 200,000 troops to temporarily control the force to less than 500,000.

This suggestion was adopted by Cao Mengde.

But the key lies in the group of people to choose from for these 200,000 troops.

Some people believe that as a result of the war against the northern barbarians, 300,000 young men were captured. It is entirely possible to select some of these 300,000 people and join the army.

Their reasons are not unreasonable - the north is newly settled, people want to be safe, and agriculture for people's livelihood is the top priority. If soldiers are recruited from among the people under the rule, it will delay the recovery of people's livelihood.

And those who opposed it were not without reason - Cao's army was very different from previous armies because it wanted to popularize the Five Elements Boxing Sutra. The importance of the Five Elements Boxing Sutra is self-evident. Last year, Cao Mengde issued a ban prohibiting the spread of Boxing Sutra to Hulu barbarians. Hulu are fearful of power but not moral, they lead their beasts to eat people, they have no bottom line, they are white-eyed wolves. Infusing barbarian captives into the army will make it difficult to preserve the secrets of the Five Elements Boxing Sutra. This is tantamount to Tai Ah's inversion.

The two sides were at loggerheads over this.

As for the second thing, it is also about capture distribution.

For the road construction, city building, canal digging and other projects planned by Cao Mengde, Xun Yu and others, which one comes first, which one comes last, where to start, or start at the same time, how many people are needed for each project, how much food is needed, how to monitor the captives and avoid rebellion, How to treat etc. as well as the diversion of millions of livestock and Cao Mengde’s proposal to establish pastures on the grasslands.

This is not a difficult problem, it is just a bit complicated, so it requires some discussion.

Cao Mengde said: "At the beginning of the year, the large-scale planting of medicinal herbs suggested by my husband has gradually been carried out. Pastures will also be established accordingly. I mainly want to hear your views on the conscription."

Zhao Yu nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Everyone has his own reasons, but I don't agree with the proposal of recruiting barbarians into the army."

After the words fell, Chen Qun cupped his hands and said, "I would like to hear your opinion, Mr. Wen."

Chen Qun was one of the people who proposed to use barbarian prisoners as soldiers.

Zhao Yu pondered for a moment with a smile and said: "I have a story here, please listen."

"There is a dynasty that was established in the ruins of Shenzhou. When this dynasty was established, the internal pillars were the wealthy families. Even the royal family was one of the aristocratic families. Because of the establishment of the dynasty, the wealthy families played a huge role in it, so After the establishment of the dynasty, the wealthy families had a great say, which restricted the royal family."

Just after saying this, the expressions of many people present changed.

Just listen to Zhao Yu continue: "Although the royal family has secured its position, it is constrained. In order to check and balance the family, the royal family has introduced external forces."

"The royal family of this dynasty has Hu people's blood. Under the pressure of the wealthy families, they developed many strategies to check and balance the families, and at the same time opened their arms to outsiders. The wealthy families passed down their poems and books, so they produced more civil servants. Therefore, the royal family of this dynasty introduced barbarian forces into the army to compete with the civil servants of the wealthy families."

"At the same time, all their advanced things, such as various technologies, are freely available to the surrounding barbarians, and they even gave an emperor the title of 'Khan of Heaven'."

When Cao Mengde heard this, he couldn't help but sneered: "Bullshit Khan. The emperor is the emperor. If you voluntarily become a so-called khan, you are committing suicide. How ridiculous is that?!"

Zhao Yu smiled and continued without comment: "Over several generations, barbarian forces have taken root in the army. Some of them have been completely assimilated and consider themselves no longer barbarians. But some are completely white-eyed wolves. . Gradually, vassal and town separatist regimes were formed in the border areas and local areas."

"So once there is a change within the dynasty, the barbarian vassal towns will raise their troops to fight back?!" Guo Jia said suddenly.

Zhao Yu smiled and nodded: "What Fengxiao said is true. The emperor who created a prosperous age was driven out of the capital by the barbarian vassal forces he personally supported in his later years, and ended up with a miserable old age. Such a large dynasty , declined rapidly, and did not last long before it perished. After the demise of this dynasty, the barbarians who moved inland established many countries on the northern land, and they fought against each other for many years before being replaced by another dynasty. "

The story was short, and after it was finished, the audience was silent.

Zhao Yu smiled and said: "Maybe we don't let the barbarians serve as generals and only serve as cannon fodder. However, the army has its own military rules. Once there is a war, there will always be barbarians who will make meritorious deeds. Once or twice, they can be captured without reward. But three times Five times, those who have merit must be promoted. If they are not promoted and suppressed by force, they will mutiny due to the beastly nature of barbarians. It is better not to do so. And if promoted, sooner or later a barbarian will become a general, and the disaster will be even worse."

Speaking of this, Zhao Yu sighed: "If you want to use barbarians, you have to break their backbones and kill their animal nature. Only in the corners can they be used for ordinary tasks. But the army, officials, and important technologies cannot be used at all before this." Open it to them. Otherwise, you will be setting yourself up for disaster. In my opinion, if there are barbarian captives from now on, their lives will be used to build the country. Three hundred thousand people died, and only ten thousand were left. The backbone was broken, and the animal nature was wasted. Then, by using his merits, he will be pardoned as slaves and given the status of civilians, gradually and completely integrated, leaving only Han people and no barbarians, regardless of nationality. This is the way to last for generations."