Jinyang Palace.
The palace door is wide open.
From the gate to the gate on the inner wall, Shuozhou soldiers were stationed all the way.
They stood extremely straight, with a fixed distance between each other, facing each other, holding spears and wearing armor.
These most elite soldiers were lined up on both sides, looking majestic.
Liu Taozi wears an iron armor on her head, bright light armor, a red neck protector, a black leg skirt, and a big black cloak.
This set of equipment on his body looks particularly heavy. When he walks, he looks like a giant bear. The sound the armor makes when he walks is frightening.
He took the lead and passed among these soldiers.
Behind him were more than thirty officials and generals.
Tian Zili and Gao Xiaowan were among them, but they were limping and needed help to walk.
Liu Taozi strode through several gates and quickly walked up the steps.
He strode towards the main hall step by step.
Jinyang Palace seemed a bit dilapidated at this moment, with various areas suffering damage of varying degrees, and even some looting by rebels.
But for some reason, Jinyang Palace, which had some signs of damage, looked more majestic than before.
Liu Taozi just walked into the main hall.
As soon as he walked in, he heard exclamations coming from inside.
Queen Mother Hu sat in the upper position in despair, hugging another woman with a similar appearance, panicking.
Queen Mother Hu no longer had any dignity as the Queen Mother, her hair was dirty, her clothes were disheveled, and her eyes revealed a deep cowardice.
Liu Taozi didn't even salute, and just strode up to the two of them.
Zu Jue appropriately walked out from among the ministers and looked at Empress Dowager Hu.
"The general has pacified the internal and external affairs and saved your lives, why not thank you?!"
Queen Mother Hu and the woman hurriedly knelt down and worshiped.
Liu Taozi had no interest in tormenting such a person. He waved his hand and said, "Remove his status and send someone back to his parents' home. Then he will trace the faults of his clan and deal with them according to law."
"only!!"
Zu Jue looked to both sides, and a soldier quickly stepped forward and took the two of them out.
Several members of the Gao family looked at Queen Mother Hu indifferently, without even the slightest sympathy in their eyes.
After the two of them left, Liu Taozi continued to walk forward, all the way to the dragon chair.
The dragon chair in Jinyang Palace imitates the standard Pre-Wei Dynasty style.
The dragon chair where the emperor was sitting was four steps higher than the ministers. The dragon chair was also tall and could directly overlook everyone.
Everyone looked at Liu Taozi in astonishment and looked at each other with some expectation in their eyes.
Liu Taozi walked up the steps and sat directly on the dragon chair, facing everyone.
At this moment, the officials were stunned.
Yao Xiong knelt down and said, "Your Majesty"
Zu Jue had quick eyes and quick hands. Before Yao Xiong could finish shouting, he quickly blocked his mouth.
Liu Taozi looked at everyone with a calm face, "I'm used to sitting on the upper seat, please sit on the sides first."
But everyone did not dare to sit randomly, and everyone took their seats one by one, starting from those with higher status.
Yao Xiong sat in the front seat on the left. Sitting here, an indescribable feeling filled his whole body, and he was slightly excited. He looked around, and saw that many people were in this mood, and some were at a loss.
Some are excited, some are happy.
Liu Taozi asked: "How should Jinyang soldiers be dealt with?"
Everyone instantly woke up from the excitement just now and returned to reality.
Jinyang soldiers.
The good thing about Jinyang lies in its soldiers, but the bad thing about Jinyang lies in its soldiers.
Even this can sum up the entire Qi State.
What makes Qi strong is these powerful Jinyang legions led by nobles.
This legion has always been powerful and prestigious. Even when it is at its weakest, it can frighten the enemy and even defeat an elite army several times its own size.
But the stronger this army is, the more difficult it is to change many things in Qi.
This Jinyang group originated from the ancient six towns and had mixed composition, but they all regarded themselves as Lao Xianbei. During the Gaohuan period, they refused to issue orders in Chinese characters and required all military orders to be conducted in Xianbei dialect.
During the Gaocheng period, they expressed strong dissatisfaction with the emperor's emphasis on Han officials and the use of Han people to supervise and impeach old Xianbei nobles, and took the lead in causing trouble several times.
During the Gaoyang period, he expressed dissatisfaction with his training of Han recruits.
From then on, they opposed almost all policies that might shake them as the core, leaving Qi in a quagmire from which it could not escape.
They are the founders and destroyers of Qi State, as well as the guardians and gravediggers of Qi State.
After King Gao, the emperors of Qi basically failed to completely control these old Jinyang people. They invisibly affected Qi's policies, making them gradually lag behind Zhou.
Han ministers like Yang Xiuzhi even believed that the Puppet Zhou Dynasty was able to carry out so many changes smoothly because they were beaten so badly by Jinyang soldiers in the early stage. All the old Xianbei in the country were killed and injured, and the noble military leaders could not sit still.
In desperation, he chose to recruit Han people to supplement his military strength, and gradually made many reforms.
What are these people going to do?
The officials pondered for a moment.
Zu Jue looked around, but did not speak in a hurry. He closed his eyes slightly, like others who closed their eyes to rest.
"Brother, lord!"
Gao Yanzong stood up nimbly, walked quickly to Liu Taozi, and then bowed and bowed. This was the etiquette used to face the emperor in the past, and he used it on Taozi.
He raised his head and said, "Lord, this time we have recruited more than 30,000 Jinyang elites."
"When Emperor Shenwu set up the Bafu and placed Xianbei in the Six Prefectures here, these people practiced day and night to replace fathers and sons without doing anything about farming. They can be called the best in the world!"
"There are many sergeants under my lord's command. Apart from Shuozhou soldiers and Youzhou soldiers, I'm afraid there are not many armies that can compare with them!"
"It's better to reorganize them again, choose a brave general to lead them, and then use them to conquer Duan Shao! Recover Henan!"
Gao Yanzong didn't even hide his little thoughts at all. His face basically said, choose me! Choose me!
"No."
Someone interrupted Gao Yanzong.
Gao Yanzong looked around angrily, only to find that the person who spoke was his eldest brother, Gao Xiaoyu.
Gao Yanzong dared not speak out when he was angry.
Gao Xiaoyu walked to Gao Yanzong's side and saluted in the same way.
"My lord, Jinyang soldiers have always been arrogant. Even when Duan Shao was here, he couldn't completely suppress them. If they are still hoarded in one place, I'm afraid they will breed bad things like in the past."
"Besides, what is being implemented in the country now is the system of government soldiers, which is inconsistent with the system."
"I think we can disperse them to all the military mansions in the world. There are currently eleven military mansions with more than 30,000 people. Each military mansion can be divided into about 3,000 people. This is just the right size, neither more nor less.
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"I heard that Shuozhou Military Mansion planned to have 15,000 soldiers. It seems that if a government has 15,000 soldiers, 3,000 soldiers can be its skeleton."
"The five new soldiers will be led by a veteran from Jinyang. The Jinyang soldiers are strong and can be the core of all military offices, which is conducive to the training and formation of each army."
Many officials nodded after listening to Gao Xiaoyu's words.
It has been more than a year since the establishment of various military government offices.
For more than a year, the military government still failed to form any combat effectiveness. Duan Shao proved that during that time, except for the old Shuozhou soldiers led by Yao Xiong, the core of this army was the original Hengshuo elite.
Several military mansions that are truly starting from scratch are not enough to fight.
One year is not enough to train an elite armed force of more than 10,000 people.
If you don't practice well enough, if you pull them out directly, you will end up killing the enemy.
The enemies on all sides are not good enemies at the moment.
Yu Wenyong was eyeing the tiger, and he had many powerful generals under his command, not to mention Duan Shao and Dugu Yongye. The Turkic Khan's elites were beyond the past. Even in the south, there was a pretty good emperor who was ambitious and had many famous generals under his command.
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In the past, the situation where all countries were just trash was no longer the case. Everyone has become stronger, cleared away their own obstacles, and sharpened their knives.
If Jinyang soldiers can join, it will indeed quickly increase the combat effectiveness of each military government.
The earlier the military government is formed, the more confident they will be in facing these powerful enemies.
Gao Yanzong looked at everyone's nodding, and suddenly became anxious. He quickly said: "I don't think it's appropriate."
He looked at Liu Taozi and said with a serious face: "My lord, my second uncle once told me in the past that this elite army is to be gathered together. If the elite army is dispersed, I want them to lead the mediocre army.
If the army is equally elite, the result will only be that the originally elite army will become mediocre!"
"A small number of new recruits are added to the elite to make them elite, but if a small number of elite soldiers are added to the new recruits, they will lose their combat effectiveness."
Gao Yanzong said excitedly: "Lord, these are 30,000 elites!"
"If these 30,000 elites can be organized and put on the front line, everyone who sees them will run away! They can face the Zhou people's 100,000 troops!"
"How could such a strong army be scattered to various places like this?"
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Officials later expressed their thoughts, but more people supported Gao Xiaoyu and fewer supported Gao Yanzong.
Gao Yanzong was also quite helpless about this.
Zu Jue saw that everyone was talking about the same thing, and then slowly stood up. When Zu Jue stood up like this, everyone stopped talking.
Although Zu Jue was only the chief historian of the General's Mansion and did not have a clear official position in the temple, his status was already quite high. He was called the arm of the General, and even the elders were surpassed by him.
Zu Jue looked at everyone and was quite proud of their silence.
He said: "Both generals' statements have their own truths."
"However, as far as the current situation is concerned, there will not be a large-scale war for at least three or four years. Putting 30,000 elites on the front line can indeed deter the enemy, but even if they are not placed on the front line, I am afraid there will be no
Who is coming to attack us?"
"In the past two years, we have experienced too many wars. The war in the south has just ended, but General Hu Luguang in the north is still fighting the Turks."
"There are many things we need to do. The northern states are currently well governed. This year's spring planting will be able to widen the gap with other puppet countries. At this time, if we continue to set up a tyrant, hoard troops, and transport grain and grass supplies,
Spending a lot of money to maintain it will do more harm than good."
"And the affairs of the military government are also a big problem at the local level. If these Jinyang soldiers are dispersed to various places, they may be able to solve many problems. The combat effectiveness will definitely decrease in the short term, but when we really want to fight the enemy,
The military offices in various places should be able to have combat capabilities."
"At that time, there was sufficient food and grass, and the army was well-equipped. It was easy to attack and destroy other countries."
Zu Jue gave everyone a summary. He didn't even write a letter to Liu Taozi, but directly used his own decision-making power.
Liu Taozi didn't care about his tone or behavior.
Before coming, the two discussed the matter of Jinyang soldiers many times, and both of them felt that it would be more beneficial to disperse.
Gao Yanzong didn't know if he understood what he said. He sat back down and thought of something else. His face, which was still a little disappointed, suddenly became excited again. He must have thought of nothing good.
Liu Taozi ordered the console to be responsible for the arrangements of the army, and asked Yao Xiong and Tu Xiyue to supervise on the spot.
There are no other major events in Jinyang City.
Those who were to be dealt with in the city were dealt with by the rebel soldiers before Liu Taozi arrived.
This saves a lot of time.
However, Liu Taozi was not in a hurry to leave, and Jinyang soldiers were currently placed in many school grounds around Jinyang.
These people are still restless. Although they have received food supplies now, they have always had a sense of superiority over other armies in their hearts. This sense of superiority will make them look down upon the Shuozhou soldiers and even the other legions.
When distributing them dispersedly, special care must be taken to avoid causing further turmoil.
Even when you get to the place, you still have to keep an eye on them.
That's how troublesome it is.
Liu Taozi met with several ministers privately in Jinyang.
The first thing is to meet Zhao Yanshen, who has been secretly working for Zu Jue.
Judging from his appearance, Zhao Yanshen could not tell that this man had any evil intentions or evil intentions at all.
He is like an honest old farmer, his eyes are sincere and simple, revealing a vague fear, making people unwilling to bully him.
This is even more true when he sits next to Liu Taozi, vividly interpreting the image of a frightened, honest man who is unintentionally involved in big events.
Liu Taozi looked the veteran minister up and down.
"General, what happened in Jinyang is all because of me."
"The same goes for Duan Shao."
"I was deceived by Duan Shao and deceived by the generals."
Zhao Yanshen's voice became softer and softer, his face became paler, and he wiped the sweat from his forehead from time to time.
Liu Taozi said: "It was when I was preparing to attack Guangzhou that I learned from Zu Jue that Duke Zhao was mine."
"Before arriving, I asked someone to investigate Mr. Zhao."
"Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhao has never done anything that violates the law. Even the clan is like this. He is clean and tidy. The biggest bad thing he has done in his life is to promote his old subordinates and insult his discordant colleagues."
"Not only did he have no faults, he also had no political achievements. After he single-handedly persuaded the enemy to surrender when he was young, Mr. Zhao seemed to have never made any political achievements again. However, he was constantly promoted, all the way to Situ."
"Mr. Zhao, what can you do here?"
Liu Taozi is very direct.
Zhao Yanshen was a little stunned, "I am a mediocre person."
"Mr. Zhao, just tell the truth. As a person like me, I don't care about people's origins, and I don't care much about their character. As long as they are not heinous people and have the ability to govern the country, I am willing to promote and appoint them."
"What can Mr. Zhao do? What can he be?"
Zhao Yanshen looked at Liu Taozi in front of him again, his expression suddenly calmed down.
"If your lord is willing to appoint me, I can take charge of your lord's secrets."
"Speak more clearly."
"I am conscientious in my work, good at organizing documents, and have a photographic memory. There will be many important documents, edicts, and arrangements in the temple. Just now, my lord said that I have no political achievements, but I can be a Situ."
"I have been in charge of secrets for decades in the government, and there has never been a mistake in these things, not even once. This is my political achievement."
"Oh, that's it."
"I remember that Lu Sidao leaked a secret, right?"
"Yes, he was also discovered by me, and I promptly reported him and arrested him."
Liu Taozi nodded lightly, and Zhao Yanshen hurriedly added: "I have just surrendered to you and am not qualified to take charge of secrets. However, if the lord allows me to go to Pingcheng to assist in the tour, I can also teach them some experience. In this temple,
Confidentiality is a matter of great importance and there can be no room for mistakes. Even if it is just once, it will cause great harm."
"And Wei Xiaokuan and others are very good at obtaining these secrets."
"I know that the laws under the general are strict and it is difficult for Wei Xiaokuan to insert his people. However, there must be people from him among the officials. I think there must be people from the lord around Wei Xiaokuan."
"There is no way to completely prevent this, so experienced people are needed to assist."
Liu Taozi did not refute.
"good."
"Then go to Xingtai. I will send someone to inform Gao Jun and ask him to arrange an official position for you."
"Thank you, lord!"
Zhao Yan thanked Liu Taozi deeply, then suddenly remembered something, hesitated again and again, and couldn't help but asked: "General, this time you are destroyed and the Qi is destroyed. I don't know whether you will become a king or an emperor next?"
"What does Mr. Zhao think?"
"It's best to be crowned king first. There is no need to rush to take the title of emperor. At least we have recovered the land of Henan. It will not be too late to make another attempt."
"Um."
When Zhao Yanshen walked out of the palace, he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
His whole life's talents have been focused on being wise and protecting himself, but now facing Liu Taozi, he felt ridiculous that he had nowhere to put his efforts.
Liu Taozi speaks straightforwardly and acts magnanimously, which is completely different from those in the past. Zhao Yanshen even felt that being too wise to protect one's own safety had actually become his shortcoming at this moment.
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