Chapter 531 of the text of the Tang Dynasty: Han Qi, who is in a dilemma, must not only fight, but also fight well, and bring out the spirit of the Hedong soldiers. Only when the battle is fought well can he sit more firmly in the center and speak more weight. If he is defeated and lost, then Li Ze will have sufficient reasons to adjust Li Cunzhong's troops, transfer his confidant to carry out a large-scale reorganization of the Hedong Army. Once he has reached this point, the Hedong Army will no longer be the Hedong Army, but will truly become the left Wugu Guard of the court.

What he is worried about now is food and wages.

As the Minister of War of the court, he certainly knew that although the court had a bumper harvest this autumn, it was not rich. The economic policies exercised by Li Ze were reserved based on grain, and all prices were linked to grain. In order to maintain the stable economy under his rule, the grain prices must be maintained. Therefore, the reserved grains that were often kept in the warehouse will never be used until the critical moment. If this part is digging out, the court has not left much, and it has to support Luzhou, Weizhou and other places. These places are almost in a state of unlimited harvest due to this year's war and are completely supported by the court's labor-for-relief. This state will have to last until after next autumn. Although grain is being transported from Jiangnan continuously, the overall situation is still in a tense state.

Li Ze's previous conversation with Li Hao dug a huge trap for him.

In just Dizhou, a place in two years, it had reserved 50,000 troops for a year, and this was still the rest after completing the task of handing over the war food to the court.

So if Hedong has several states, can it not support Li Cunzhong's Zuowuwei?

If not, then, is there something wrong with Hedong in governance?

If something really happens, then should I change it?

Li Ze always kept digging holes for them, and he was digging holes for them openly and openly.

Even though he knew it was a trap, Han Qi had to jump in.

He can't give Li Ze this excuse.

Can Hedong provide food and salary for tens of thousands of troops to fight?

Of course it can be shown.

The problem is that these things are not in the hands of the governors of Hedong states, but in the hands of those wealthy families.

Unlike Qin Zhao's Zuo Xiaowei, after the merger of Li Hao's 5,000 tribes, there were still only 30,000 people. When Li Cunzhong led the Zuo Wuweiwei led by Li Cunzhong reported to the court, he had a full 40,000 people.

But in fact, there are more than 40,000 people.

Han Qi knew this very well.

Because Han Qi was the one who checked the guards himself, he was the most skillful person in his heart about the specific numbers of each guards.

The Ministry of Revenue strictly controls the allocation of military food and salary. The military salary of 40,000 people is 40,000, and no one will be given. Now the officials in charge of financial resources in Hedong prefectures are basically sent by the Ministry of Revenue of the court. It is absolutely impossible to dig holes in the local finances. And it is absolutely impossible to deduct the military salary of 40,000 people to support the extra military salary of the army.

If the soldiers know all this, they are afraid that the morale of the army will be unstable immediately.

Therefore, the extra soldiers' food and salary have always been paid by the large households in Hedong. Of course, in return, most of these large households have children working in these troops.

Now, they are asked to take out a large sum of money and food to support this battle. Are they willing?

This is really not a small amount.

Han Qi is really worried now.

"Li De, are you having any problems?" In Han Qi's complicated eyes, Li Ze turned his head and looked at Li De.

Li Derong, who had not been married for many days, was radiant and full of joy. When he heard Li Ze's question, he smiled and said, "Young Master, of course there is no problem. Shuozhou is enough to support our 30,000 army of one year's war. Xu Ziyuan's talent in civil affairs is extremely outstanding and he has achieved effective governance. Since last year, the tax standards set by the court for Shuozhou have been extremely low. In this state, if we cannot accumulate any family fortune, it would be too sorry to the young master."

Li Ze laughed.

Shuozhou, where Xu Ziyuan is now the governor, is an expanded version. In the past, Weizhou and other places were all incorporated into Shuozhou. Xu Ziyuan was the governor, and a large number of members of Yixing Society followed Xu Ziyuan when he first entered the place. At that time, this place was a place where the Hedong Army and the Lu Long Army fought repeatedly, and was severely damaged. But because of this, Xu Ziyuan drew the most beautiful picture on this piece of white paper.

A large number of cooperative groups composed of Yixing Society were established, and one military camp after another was reclaimed with the support of Zhang Jia. The Hu people, savages and various miscellaneous Hus who were originally wandering in these places were summoned to these settlement sites to carry out farming. In just two years, Shuozhou had a new look.

Even now, Zhang Jia's Right Wu Guard still maintains the tradition of military garrison. Among the 30,000 troops, 5,000 logistics belonged to the 30,000 logistics company has reclaimed hundreds of thousands of acres of land this year. And 25,000 combat soldiers will go to the settlement site in stages and batches in addition to training and combat, and help the logistics troops complete the settlement matters.

The Right Wu Guard maintained this tradition, probably because Zhang Jia was afraid of being hungry before. Only when he saw that the warehouses in his jurisdiction were full of flowers could he sleep with peace of mind.

When Zhang Jia surrendered to Li Ze, only three thousand cavalry could be taken, and the remaining tens of thousands of infantrymen could almost be called a burden, but it is precisely because of this that his army's combat effectiveness was closest to Li Ze's direct troops, because Zhang Jia's right martial guard was basically formed later, and most of the officers also came from Li Ze's direct troops. As Li De led the 5,000 Rangers, he was transferred to the right martial guard as a whole, and even his core three thousand cavalry were diluted.

But Zhang Jia was not interested. Or because of some reasons of Hu blood, Zhang Jia was a typical person who was kind to repay kindness and to take revenge. He was worried about Han Qi and Li Cunzhong's actions of betraying him and trying to annex him. After he gradually became stronger, he always maintained an aggressive attitude towards Hedong and loyally fulfilled the task of Li Ze asking him to restrain Hedong.

Of course, he did not forget Peng Fang, another local force trying to swallow him. The relationship between the Right Wu Guard and Peng Fang's Tiande Army is quite bad now, and friction often breaks out in the inter-custody areas between the two sides. If Peng Fang had not expressed allegiance to the Zhenzhou court on the surface, he would have been afraid that Zhang Jia would have fought long ago.

But even so, the army of the Right Wu Guard unceremoniously penetrated within dozens of miles of the Tiande Army's jurisdiction and set up camp in a bold manner.

Just like that, Peng Fang could only swallow his anger.

Because he really can't beat Zhang Jia now.

"That's good." Li Ze smiled. He naturally knew the situation in Shuozhou. He made it here specifically, just to hit someone. He heard Li De's affirmative answer, "Your marriage leave is over. Take your bride and go back to Shuozhou, and let General Zhang prepare for war."

"As for order!" Li De smiled and said, "The General of the Third Army has long been unable to stay there. He left the military camp and was exhausted."

The other few people laughed loudly, and Li Rui said with a smile: "Look at your strong body, it turns out to be an illusion. In fact, Brother Xu's body is so scared that he wants to hide in the military camp?"

Another burst of hilariousness.

Li De said like a proud rooster: "My wife, I want to go to the military camp with me and go to the battle to kill the enemy together. Li Rui, you can't compare with this. I guess, if you find a wife in the future, at most you will stay here to take care of your children."

"You wait. I will definitely find a wife who is both civil and military. Then we will fight to see who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother. Our two wives will also fight to see who is the elder sister and who is the younger sister."

"Then I will definitely win." Li De said disdainfully.

In the relaxed atmosphere, Li Ze turned his attention to Han Qi: "Shangshu Han, what other problems are there in Hedong? Today, we have all raised them so that we can solve them together."

At this time, Han Qi could only grit his teeth and said, "Li Xiang, there will be no problem with Li Cunzhong from Hedong. Zuo Wuwei is waiting for the sword to be on the verge of the emperor. He can go to the battlefield and kill the enemy with just a command from the court."

Li Ze smiled and said, "It's great. Since that's the case, the Ministry of War only needs to prepare corresponding military supplies. After each department returns, it will quickly count the inventory and report it so that the Ministry of War can arrange the insufficient parts. If the insufficient parts are placed, order the general supervisor and quickly create supplements."

"I understand!" Everyone stood up suddenly and bowed their hands together to answer the order.

After the meeting, the generals immediately returned home to pack up and bow down, preparing to set off as soon as possible, but Han Qi went straight to the office of the Ministry of Works and found Xue Ping.

Although it was getting late, Xue Ping was still busy in the general office.

"What happened?" Han Qi's rash visit surprised Xue Ping. Although the two were allies, it was actually quite taboo to get together like this.

"I'm going to go to Hedong." Han Qi sighed, and told Xue Ping what happened at today's meeting, "If I don't go back, I'm afraid Li Cunzhong will not be able to suppress those people."

Xue Ping was a little annoyed: "Shangshu Han, Hedong has a wider territory and more population than Shuozhou. Why can't Hedong do things that Shuozhou can do?"

"If we copy the strategies that Shuozhou has been implemented in Hedong, we are afraid that the internal internal areas of Hedong will soon be in chaos." Han Qi sighed: "You don't know who supported the skeleton of the Zuowu Guard army? If you really want to pass the field and Qing Ding, people's hearts will be dispersed."

"If this continues, Hedong will only become weaker and weaker."

"Hedong is not weak, the key is to everyone be united. You must know that one prospers and one loses together." Han Qi shook his head and said, "I went there this time to make them bleed heavily. If they refused, I am afraid that the next thing will be the bleeding. Yang Kai has been eyeing him. Whether it is the Censorate or Yixing Society, those who come to Hedong will give us good looks."
Chapter completed!