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's mansion. I remember the last time it seemed that the machine speed was just built.

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

After an introduction, Zhao Yu smiled and greeted them at a banquet.

Among these new faces are Guo Jia, Chen Qun, Zhong Yao and other talents introduced by Xun Yu and Xun You, and people who surrendered during the war, such as Zhang Yang, who were here. Some of them are new figures in recent years, and their names are not familiar, but they are definitely not ordinary people who can be listed in the hall.

Dragons and snakes are born in the grass, and heroes rise in troubled times. Because of Zhao Yu's appearance, the world has been changed, and many people who may be buried have also taken advantage of the situation to rise and write their own mark on this glorious stage.

At this glance, I looked around the hall, with civil servants and military officials and talents, which was amazing.

Cao Mengde sat upright and smiled and said, "Although Mr. I came suddenly, it was time. I just discussed with you and encountered many difficulties and needed to solve my doubts."

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

The first is to expand the army.

As the territory expanded rapidly, the original military strength was gradually stretched and not enough. Since the beginning of the year, when several armies in the north were still attacking the barbarians, Cao Mengde kicked off the recruitment of troops. By now, half a year later, the newly recruited 100,000 troops!

But according to Cao Mengde's idea, adding 100,000 is still not enough. He plans to start the final step of unifying the world at most two years after pacifying the north.

And the 100,000 new recruits, plus more than 100,000 veterans, is less than 250,000 in total. Such a huge empire, with a territory of thousands of miles and a military force of 250,000, is definitely not enough.

According to the foundation Cao Mengde has now, Xun Yu suggested recruiting another 200,000 troops and temporarily keeping the troops within 500,000.

This suggestion was adopted by Cao Mengde.

But the key is, what group of people should I choose from for these 200,000 soldiers?

Some people believe that because of the war against the barbarians in the north, there were 300,000 young and strong prisoners. It is possible to select a part of these 300,000 people and fill it into the army.

Their reasons are not without reason - the north is newly established, and people's livelihood and agriculture are the top priority. If soldiers are recruited from the people under their rule, it will delay the recovery of people's livelihood.

There is no reason for those who oppose it - Cao's army is very different from the previous army, because it is necessary to popularize the Five Elements Boxing Classic. The importance of the Five Elements Boxing Classic is self-evident. Last year, Cao Mengde issued a ban on the spread of the boxing scriptures to the barbarians. The barbarians fear power but do not have virtue, and lead beasts to eat people. Without a bottom line, they are all ungrateful wolves. If they fill the barbarian prisoners into the army, the mystery of the Five Elements Boxing Classic is difficult to preserve, which is tantamount to Tai'a's rebellion.

The two sides could not argue over this.

As for the second thing, it also concerns capturing and distribution.

The projects planned by Cao Mengde, Xun Yu and others to build roads, build cities, and dig canals, which one is first, which one is later, where, or at the same time, how many people are needed for each project, how much food is needed, how to monitor prisoners, avoid chaos, how to treat them, etc., as well as the diversion of millions of livestock and Cao Mengde's proposal to establish pastures on the grassland.

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 herbs suggested by Mr. Lun has gradually been deployed. The pastures must be established accordingly. I mainly want to hear Mr. Lun’s view on the recruitment matters."

Zhao Yu nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Everyone has their own reasons, but for me, I do not agree with the proposal to become a barbarian in the army."

After the words came, Chen Qun bowed and said, "I hope Mr. Wen will have great opinions."

Chen Qun was one of the people who proposed to inject barbarian prisoners into the army.

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

"There was a dynasty built in the ruins of the Shenzhou. At the beginning of the establishment of this dynasty, the internal pillars were aristocratic families. Even the royal family was one of them. Because of the establishment of the dynasty, the wealthy families played a huge role in it. Therefore, after the establishment of the dynasty, the wealthy families had a great say in the rich families, which made the royal family constrained."

Just after this sentence was said, many of the people present changed their expressions.

Then Zhao Yu continued: "Although the royal family has firmly settled, it has been constrained. In order to check and balance the aristocratic families, the royal family has introduced external forces."

"This dynasty royal family has the blood of the Hu people. Under the pressure of the aristocratic families, they have formulated many strategies to check and balance the aristocratic families, and they have opened their arms to outsiders. The aristocratic families pass on their families through poetry and books, so there are more civil officials. Therefore, the royal family of this dynasty introduced the barbarian forces into the army and competed with the civil officials of the aristocratic families."

"At the same time, all their advanced things, such as various technologies, were opened free of charge, making the surrounding barbarians happy, and even gave an emperor the title of "Tian Khan".

When Cao Mengde heard this, he couldn't help but sneer: "Bad Khan. The emperor is the emperor. If he voluntarily becomes the so-called Khan, he will be degenerate. How ridiculous is it?!"

Zhao Yu smiled and refused to comment, and continued: "For several generations, the barbarian forces have taken root in the army. Some of them have been completely assimilated and believe that they are no longer Hu people. But some of them are completely ungrateful. Gradually, separatist vassals have been formed in the borders and places."

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

Zhao Yu smiled and nodded: "What Fengxiao said is not bad. The emperor who created a prosperous era, in his later years, the barbarian and vassal forces supported by him personally drove out of the capital, and finally ended in a miserable evening. A huge dynasty quickly declined and soon died. After this dynasty was destroyed, the barbarians who moved inward established many countries on the northern land, and fought against each other for many years before they were replaced by another dynasty."

The story is short, and after the talk is finished, the hall is silent.

Zhao Yu smiled and said, "Maybe the barbarians are not allowed to take charge of soldiers as generals, and only serve as cannon fodder. However, the army has its own military rules. Once a war is fought, there will always be barbarians who will make meritorious contributions. Once or twice, they can be captured without rewards. However, if they make merits three or five times, they will always be promoted. If they are not promoted, they will forcefully suppress them, and with the nature of barbarians, they will definitely be mutiny. It is better not to do so. If they are promoted, sooner or later, the barbarians will become a general in the area, which will cause even more disasters."
Chapter completed!