If Li Ye held high the banner of benevolence and righteousness in this era, it would be tantamount to seeking death.

Surrounded by jackals, tigers and leopards, a bare Chang'an city, with a bunch of undercover agents on hand, playing benevolence and righteousness? You will definitely be regarded as having a brain problem.

Li Maozhen, Wang Xingyu and Han Jian will not be benevolent and righteous to you, Li Keyong will not be benevolent and righteous to you, and Zhu Wen will not be benevolent and righteous to you.

If they can use the knife, they will never use their words.

It's okay to read books by sages, but you must not be confused by the benevolence, righteousness and morality in the books of sages.

In this era where money wolves are everywhere, if Li Ye wants to stand firm, he must be more cunning and cruel than them!

Benevolence and righteousness have to be divided into objects. It can be done to the common people, but it must not be done to the enemies!

Li Ye needed time to digest the annihilation of the largest group of bandits near Chang'an, so he did not send troops again and asked Gao Xingzhou to lead the Shence Army back to Chang'an.

It's not that he hasn't thought about transforming the Shence Army, but the Shence Army is intricately connected. There are fathers and sons, and many clans. They are the products of the old house. One move can affect the whole body. Li Ye doesn't know the details inside. If there is a slight mistake, it will cause confusion.

Planning an army mutiny is no joke.

These days, rebellions by the top soldiers are common, and rebellions by the top soldiers are as common as drinking boiled water.

The last time Li Maozhen besieged Chang'an, Li Ye was still afraid of the Shence Army's military dissent.

In fact, the Shence Army's combat power is not bad, but its fighting will is too weak.

To transform the Shence Army, we can only wait until the Imperial Guards grow up. Otherwise, the Shence Army will be in chaos, and the surrounding Li Maozhen, Wang Xingyu, and Han Jian will take advantage of it, and everything they have worked hard for will be in vain.

Therefore, military expansion is imperative.

Li Ye set up a Zhongyi Hall in the city, which was actually a place for storytelling.

However, the storytellers were all selected by Li Ye from the Imperial Guards, and they were quick-witted and sharp-tongued.

The young and middle-aged people worked hard all day, had dinner, and listened to stories in their free time. Not to mention how comfortable it was. There are too few entertainment programs these days. If there are stories to listen to, why wouldn't they actively participate? Zhongyi Hall is overcrowded every day, and almost the entire Xiliu City

residents will listen to the last episode in the evening.

Today I hear Li Weigong destroying the Turks in a battle, tomorrow I hear Guo Ziyi fights the Anshi rebels, and the day after tomorrow I hear Wei Gao defeat Tubo.

The story recreates the glory of the Tang Dynasty.

When talking about the wonderful things, everyone's face is full of energy and they wish they were born in that magnificent era.

Some people in later generations who have read Western books and have lost their minds are clamoring on the Internet: I don’t want the rise of a great country, I care about the dignity of small people.

If the country does not rise, how can the common people have dignity?

Has the West given dignity to the people of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya?

Those who have dignity are not called ordinary people, but citizens. Dignity is something that every citizen possesses from the inside out.

After the establishment of Zhongyi Hall, the folk customs of Xiliu City gradually cheered up and began to consciously maintain order.

Liucheng is divided into two parts, the army and the civilians, who do not interfere with each other. The three military disciplines of the Imperial Guard are not for show. Li Ye is lenient on the outside and tight on the inside. Several young men molested the women in the city. After Li Ye beheaded them in public in the downtown area, everyone was

You know that military law is no joke.

With the guidance of Zhongyi Tang, many enthusiastic people enthusiastically signed up to participate.

In just a few days, the Guards expanded to 2,500 people. This was the result of careful selection, and the main components were refugees and bandits.

Since the army was expanding, it was necessary to reorganize the military system. Li Ye drew on the framework of the military system of this era and made slight changes. He abolished the corps commander, and established ten people as one Shi, set up Shi Chang, ten Shi as one capital, and set the capital head, and five capitals as one battalion.

, set up a chief and deputy commander.

Li Ye appointed himself the commander of the capital, and also set up a personal guard capital, with Xin Silang as the commander.

There are a total of five battalions of soldiers and horses, and all nine original commanders have been promoted to chief and deputy commanders.

The training of so many people cannot be done by Li Ye alone, so Li Ye also formed a team of instructors, selected from the original more than 200 Chang'an disciples.

These people have nothing to say in terms of strength or loyalty.

Li Ye originally wanted to train with the instructor team, but was stopped by Yuan Jingcheng. As Xiliu City grew, its reputation gradually spread, attracting more refugees. Xiliu City reached its limit, and winter was about to begin. People in the city

There is just enough food to survive the winter.

These days, Li Ye has been able to devote his energy to the military, thanks to Yuan Jingcheng who has kept Xiliu City in order.

Xiliu City was originally a small city and could not accommodate so many people. After the expansion of the army, the city became crowded.

Li Ye pondered for a while. It was not an option to squeeze him into the city like this, and it was probably even more impossible to bring him into Chang'an. There were countless pairs of eyes staring at him in Chang'an.

Every move you make will lead to speculation from people with ulterior motives.

"Go to Qitian Wang's Stronghold!" Li Ye could only attack the bandit stronghold in the valley.

That valley is an excellent place to hide troops. The fact that King Qi Tian was able to quietly grow to more than 10,000 people in it shows the advantages of this place.

Yuan Jingcheng knew about Qitian Wangzhai, but his real idea was to move some people into Chang'an City. After all, the population of Chang'an was less than one-sixth of its heyday.

Li Ye actually knew what he meant, but it was difficult to say that Chang'an was indeed the best place to immigrate, but Chang'an was also an unpredictable place. Someone could see the clues and expose the details of Xiliu City.

The Imperial Guard is a hidden sword hidden by Li Ye, and it has not yet shown its edge.

Yuan Jingcheng saw that the emperor avoided talking about Chang'an, so he stopped insisting, "The name of Qitian Wangzhai is not very good, please give it a name by your majesty."

Li Ye laughed and said, "Let's call it Hidden Dragon Valley." Yuan Jingcheng was a very good executor. In less than three days, he moved 3,000 young men and 800 militiamen, and Li Ye also asked Zhou Yunyi to lead them.

Pass by with a battalion of Praetorian Guards.

The military expansion has been completed, but the issue of military expenditure has arisen.

You can't be like Emperor Hongwu who wanted the horse to run but didn't let the horse eat grass.

It is good for the army to have ideals and know why it is fighting. However, if a person only relies on ideals, he can only drink from the northwest wind. He must face up to the legitimate interests of the army, so that the army can have combat effectiveness.

On this issue, the Tang Dynasty suffered a great loss.

In the ninth year of Emperor Yizong of the Tang Dynasty in Xiantong, Pang Xun rebelled. The reason was that the imperial court had repeatedly broken promises. In order to save money, the Jianghuai soldiers who had guarded Guilin for six years were not allowed to return to their hometown.

The chaos in the land sounded the first death knell of the Tang Empire.

This rebel army was an elite force with outstanding achievements in the hands of the Tang court. It helped the court put down many rebellions in the feudal towns.

The imperial court treated the meritorious troops in this way, ignored the legitimate rights and interests of the officers and soldiers, and lost military morale. This was not the first time. Starting from the Xuanzong Dynasty, the interests of the officers and soldiers were sacrificed by the court for various reasons.

If you cannot get the benefits you deserve through normal channels, you can only get them through abnormal channels.

The soldiers supported their leaders on their own, attacked prefectures and counties, or killed officials sent by the imperial court.

If the imperial court ignored the rights and interests of its soldiers, the soldiers would also ignore the imperial court. This was the case in several dynasties after the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Hongwu established a guard system, and soldiers became serfs of officers. During the Jiajing period, dozens of Japanese pirates were able to go straight into the interior and fight as far as Nanjing City.

The soldiers and the court were so at odds with each other, how could the court not collapse?

But how to distribute the benefits is another problem.

Military merit is awarded to fields? How many acres of fields can a bare Chang'an have?

Granting an official position and making a wish? Don’t end up with a bunch of Jiedu envoys.

Throwing a lot of money? This is how the Later Tang, Later Jin, and Later Han dynasties played. Whoever gives money will be the emperor. If you start a war, you have to pay for it, and if you defend the city, you have to give money to the city... If you don’t want to give it? We will take it ourselves.
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