The countermeasures are easy to get, but the execution is too difficult, and there is not even the foundation for execution.

Increase the strength of the garrisons in the northern border, where does the force come from? Should we mobilize troops from other places or recruit people to serve as soldiers?

If troops are transferred from other places, where can there be troops? At present, only the expeditionary forces on the battlefield in Liaodong can be mobilized. Other places may be too busy to take care of themselves due to foreign invasion or civil strife. They are short of troops and cannot support the northern border. However, the expeditionary forces may have to continue the eastern expedition. As long as the Holy Lord and the Central Committee do not make a decision to give up the eastern expedition, the expeditionary forces will not withdraw from the domestic.

This is the only way to recruit people for soldiers, but this is even more trouble, which directly involves military system reform, touches the foundation of the country's destiny, and affects the whole body with one blow.

The basis of the military system of this dynasty is the system of government soldiers. Government soldiers are professional soldiers. Once they join the army, they will join the army for life, and from generation to generation, they will be soldiers from birth to death. The responsibility and rights are equal. The greater the responsibility, the greater the corresponding rights. There is no good thing in the world that "will be a horse run and not eat grass". Therefore, the "super-national treatment" enjoyed by the government soldiers of this dynasty is exchanged for their lives.

Recruiting people and soldiers is a recruitment system. It is recruited during wartime. After the matter is completed, it is considered to be a contribution to the country. If you are disabled, you can only think of yourself as unlucky, and you will continue to farm when you are alive.

The two systems are different in the distribution of responsibilities and rights, and the impact on politics, military, economic and cultural aspects is also different. Without sufficient preparation, the central government suddenly implemented the recruitment system, and the coexistence of the two systems of government and recruitment will inevitably lead to greater harm than good.

Although the establishment of the Xiaoguo Army was to recruit people as soldiers, it supplemented the imperial guard system and was to solve the problem of insufficient imperial guard power. It is temporary, small in scale, small in scope and small influencing. In the actual implementation process, it is mainly recruited by the low aristocrats, so it was passed in the center and implemented in the military. Now to continue to expand this "hole", the central decision-making level first opposes. Institutional reform is related to the rise and fall of the country. We must fully demonstrate and weigh the pros and cons, and we cannot "slap the head" on the impulse; the military also

They will strongly oppose it, which directly endangers the vested interests of the major mountain factions of the Weifu Prefecture; local governments will also strongly oppose it. Young and strong labor is the most precious "resource". Less than "resources" will inevitably affect the vital interests of local economy and local forces; ordinary people also complain that defending the country is the business of the government soldiers, so why do ordinary civilians bear it now? There are other obstacles. In short, it is not a desperate situation before they have to be forced. The central government cannot take this inferior policy and cannot implement the recruitment system.

There is no way to recruit people as soldiers, and the government has a serious shortage of troops, and the source of troops is seriously insufficient. Other places cannot draw troops from other places to support the northern border. How can we increase the strength of the garrison troops in the northern border?

The same problem also exists in suppressing the bandits. Suppressing the bandits requires army, and killing the white-haired bandits requires more army. If Duan Da’s report on the strength of the white-haired bandits is accurate, then when the white-haired bandits shrinks into the mountains and ridges centered on Feihu Xing, the difficulty of suppressing will inevitably increase greatly. The Weifu side must invest more troops to wipe out the white-haired bandits before the first heavy snow this winter.

This time node is very important. The winter in the north comes early. Once the mountains are covered with heavy snow, the encirclement and suppression will basically stop, and it will be delayed for several months. Until the end of this year and even early spring tomorrow, the military of the Weifu can only "sigh at the mountains" and be at a loss. This will inevitably affect the development of the situation in the northern border and the direction of the relationship between the north and the south, and not to mention the eastern expedition. As long as the white-haired thieves are alive, tens of thousands of rebels have not been wiped out. As the rear of the eastern expedition, Zhuojun is always under the threat of rebels. The food and grass of the expedition army may be cut off at any time, and the northern border may also fall into chaos at any time. The third eastern expedition will inevitably be difficult to complete.

Such an analysis is ultimately a saying: the Guardian army must eliminate the white-haired thieves before it snows this winter, so the encirclement and suppression time is very tight, no more than three months at most. As for the current situation in northern Xinjiang, there is internal and external difficulties and insufficient military strength. If you want to kill the white-haired thieves within three months, it is basically wishful thinking.

The right-hand guard general Zhao Cai then came up with three countermeasures again. First, quickly mobilized troops from Daibei and Taiyuan, and cooperated with Zhuojun Town and Guard Army and the Central Xiaoguo Army to surround the white-haired thieves in the mountains, first ensure the stability of the situation in Yanbei and even the entire northern border, and resolutely prevent the white-haired thieves from turmoiling Yanbei, turbuling the northern border, and deteriorating the relationship between the north and the south; second, order Hebei ambassador Cui Hongsheng, and Zhuo County deputy left-behind Wu Benlang General Chen Ling immediately evacuated the eastern capital and headed north quickly.

To suppress the bandits, at the same time, we will draw troops from western Liaoning and Beiping to join the bandit suppression battlefield, and strive to suppress the white-haired bandits before heavy snow comes; thirdly, we order the Liaodong base camp to prepare for withdrawal. Once the bandits in northern Yan fail to achieve the expected goals, the situation in northern Yan will deteriorate day by day, and it is actually impossible to continue the eastern expedition next year. So we will quickly withdraw the expedition forces. While strengthening the garrison forces in northern Xinjiang, we will do our best to eliminate the white-haired bandits in the spring next year and completely resolve the crisis in northern Xinjiang.

The countermeasures proposed by the military are reasonable. As for the current situation in northern Xinjiang, the relationship between the north and the south is getting worse, and the troops in the northern Xinjiang are seriously insufficient. Now the rebellious force of the white-haired thief has been added. There are too many variables, and it is really difficult to solve. The only way is to use thunder to quickly kill the mess and eliminate the white-haired thief. Perhaps it can ease the current crisis in a limited manner, but the premise is that the Eastern Expedition must be given up.

However, once the Eastern Expedition was announced to end, the Holy Lord and the Central Government had to admit their failure in decision-making and accept the reality that they had suffered heavy political damage. The Defense Administration had to bear the responsibility for military failure. In short, the authority of the Holy Lord and the Central Government had lost its authority, and the ruling status of the reformists was seriously shaken. The political lives of a large number of central officials and the commander of the Defense Administration ended, and the centralized reform would inevitably regress or even fail.

The Holy Lord's face looked very ugly, and he absolutely could not accept this result. He had to continue the Eastern Expedition and reverse the political and military failure of the reformists with the final victory of the Eastern Expedition. This goal is unshakable and unchangeable.

There is no doubt that Zhao Cai's loyalty to the Holy Lord. When the Holy Lord was the King of Jin, Zhao Cai offered sacrifices under his rank, which was the earliest "team" of the King of Jin. After entering the Eastern Palace, Zhao Cai was the Right Yu Hou and was one of the commanders of the guards of the Eastern Palace. After ascending the throne and becoming emperor, Zhao Cai was promoted all the way and became the General of the Right Guard. It can be seen that the Holy Lord trusted and valued him. Zhao Cai must understand the Holy Lord's thoughts and was willing to support the Holy Lord. But the current problem is that there is indeed a second way to solve the crisis. However, this method involves the King of Qi and the Emperor's War of Imperiality, which is considered the "family affairs" of the Holy Lord. Even if Zhao Cai had great courage, he did not dare to make "propositions" well, did not dare to make ideas for the Holy Lord, and did not dare to openly interfere with the "family affairs" of the Holy Lord. That was the prelude to seeking death.

In this case, what is Zhao Cai’s purpose? Should he give up the Eastern Expedition and force the Holy Lord to “cut off the family affairs” immediately? As long as the Holy Lord speaks, as long as the Holy Lord bears all the consequences caused by the King of Qi going north to guard the border, then the current crisis will have the best solution. After all, the immediate crisis is essentially "initiated" by the King of Qi, and it is done at all costs by the King of Qi to continue his political life. The person who tied the bell must be solved, and the decision-making power is in the hands of the Holy Lord. If the Holy Lord is determined to kill the King of Qi, everyone will work hard to "solve" the King of Qi once and for all. Otherwise, they will fulfill the King of Qi's wishes, politically "exiled" the King of Qi, exiled him to the desolate border, and let him die.

However, the Holy Lord could not slap himself in the mouth. He gave up on the King of Qi and forced himself to use the King of Qi again due to threats. Besides, the Holy Lord could not bear the consequences of "father and son against each other, and flesh and blood" caused by this. This is also a stone to shoot himself in the foot, which will seriously damage the authority of the Lord. Therefore, Zhao Cai's purpose is about to emerge. He backed by the powerful military and forced a "big boss" in the core level of the central government to take the initiative to stand up and make decisions on behalf of the Lord of Qi. If the King of Qi becomes dominant in the northern border in the future, openly confronts the central government, or fights for the imperial rule by force, repeating the mistakes of King of Han Yang Liang, then all the responsibilities will be borne by this boss.

This is a typical "dead fellow Taoist who is not dead" and it is understandable that the Holy Lord "stays out of the matter", but Zhao Cai is not "kind". Digging a "pit" to dig to the highest power level is considered bold, but he pretends to be a tiger's power, pulling the tiger's skin as a banner, and digging "pit" for people under the name of the Holy Lord. A group of big men also looked at each other and had no choice.

Who would sacrifice himself to die and jump into this pit? This "pit" seems to be very risky, but in fact the reward is also very generous. Once the King of Qi goes north to guard the border, resolves the crisis in the northern border, and helps the Holy Lord win the war between the north and the south, father and son reconcile, and the King of Qi wins the right to inherit the imperial unity, then this is not a "pit", but a great contribution.

Pei Shiju "standed" out, and in full view of everyone, he took the initiative to jump into this "pit".

The Holy Lord remained silent, everything was in his expectations. Na Yan Su Wei, the Internal Secretary Yu Shiji, and the Censor Pei Yun also understood it and understood it at a glance.

If Pei Shiju doesn’t jump, who will jump?

Pei Shiju is in charge of diplomatic affairs at the center. The new national defense and diplomatic strategy was proposed by him after the Holy Lord ascended the throne. The core of this strategy is to conquer foreign enemies, expand territory, become the overlord of the world, rebuild the great cause of Han Wu, and create unprecedented martial arts. The ultimate goal is to create an unprecedentedly powerful Middle-earth prosperous era.

This grand strategy was very smooth at the beginning, with a great victory in the Western Expedition, but then it suffered heavy losses and the Eastern Expedition continued to fail. The failure of the Eastern Expedition not only puts the domestic political situation in trouble, but also puts Middle-earth in an unfavorable situation in the Civil War and is in danger of failure. Once the Civil War fails, this new national defense and diplomatic strategy will be completely defeated. This failure not only means the end of Pei Shiju's political life, but also shakes the ruling status of the Saint Lord and the Reformers. Therefore, the Saint Lord and the Reformers cannot accept this failure and must win the Civil War. Pei Shiju must contribute everything to his political ideals, even if he is torn to pieces.

Pei Shiju offered advice and there was another better way to strengthen the garrison in the northern border, that is, the King of Qi went north to guard the border, and the King of Qi alone was equivalent to 100,000 garrison in the border. The King of Qi would definitely effectively alleviate the crisis in the northern border; and there was also a better way to suppress the bandits. The purpose of suppressing the bandits was to stabilize the situation in the northern border. Since the situation in the northern border was to stabilize the situation, the army would be injured and financially used to suppress and fight, wouldn’t it be helpful to the chaos of the situation? Therefore, it is better to pacify the situation and exchange the maximum benefits at the minimum price. It can not only quickly stabilize the situation in the northern border, but also increase the strength of the northern border town, kill two birds with one stone, why not do it?

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