After a sudden thunderstorm, the sultry afternoon heat ended.

The sky was as blue as it was washed away, and the sultry heat was swept away, and the wind was moist and cool with the rain. Even the annoying cicadas in the courtyard had already disappeared. The doors and windows in the hall were wide open, and the breeze passed by, lifting up the shiny curtains, making the room extremely cool.

The house was still burning incense and ice was filled with buckets, making it cooler.

Li Chao sat on the bamboo mat, looking at the notebooks on the tables in front of him. He listened to Fang Xuanling and Xiao Yu and others' allocation of the use of Taicang money.

Tens of millions of new taxes are added in a year, which is all income other than rent-related taxes, and commercial taxes.

Such a large amount of money is not just a physical tax, but a real money and silk, which makes all the governments fight for how to use this money.

The emperor, the prime minister, the three provinces, six ministries, and the twelve guards all wanted to get a share of the pie.

Li Shimin was determined to build a cavalry with ten thousand people, but Xiao Yu and the others thought it was unnecessary, the expenses were too high, and it was not practical. What could it be for spending such a large amount of money to build a cavalry that was placed in Chang'an all day long, besides being a ceremonial guard?

The Tang Dynasty has not yet reached the time to spend a lot of money to burn money.

You can't be used to the emperor's sarcastic habit.

Li Shimin was so angry that he slapped the table, but it was useless to slap his hands when they hurt.

Although the Political Affairs Hall is full of in-laws, they will not be polite to Li Shimin.

But Li Shimin wanted to convince people with virtue again, so he pulled it around and made a lot of noise, and there was no result.

"Wen Yuan."

Li Shimin quarreled for a long time and found that he was a little lonely and lonely. Finally, his eyes were fixed on Li Chao. Today, Li Chao finally came out of his home and was willing to go to the palace to discuss matters. But Li Chao sat for a long time without saying a word.

Li Shimin had no choice but to name the name.

The notes on the table are actually all requests for payment by various departments. Each department wants money. They also list the names of their own money, etc., which is quite reasonable.

However, the total amount of these complaints is more than 30 million. Although the imperial court can add tens of millions of new taxes a year, it is far from satisfying these.

Li Chao looked up.

Seeing Li Shimin's gaze asking for help.

Li Chao sometimes admires Li Shimin. Li Shimin is not the kind of omnipotent and wise emperor. He is very young, sometimes impulsive, and sometimes stubborn. Moreover, his strength is that he commands the battle formation and commands the troops. He really lacks experience in governing national affairs, and he is even less experienced than Li Jiancheng.

But Li Shimin has an advantage. He is very clear about his strengths and weaknesses, and will not deliberately cover up these things. As the emperor who came to power through the Xuanwu Gate coup, he is not too domineering and independent. He can listen to his opinions, and will not even use power to suppress others if he can't fight.

This is actually the most valuable leader temperament. For example, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bei and Cao Cao, there is no omnipotent person, and what a leader needs is the leader's temperament and talent.

Yang Guang was a very talented emperor, and even had a higher literary talent, but Yang Guang was not as capable as Li Shimin as he could obey the advice of his subordinates. He even chose to listen to what he wanted to hear, just like the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, when news of rebellion and local disasters were reported from various places, he kept saying that the people below were talking nonsense.

If Yang Guang was here, Li Chao believed that although Xiao Yu would still give strong advice, he would definitely not have the courage to fight like this.

Li Chao closed the note in his hand and asked, "Your Majesty."

"Wen Yuan, tell me, I want to build a North Ya 10,000 cavalry, and only one million military expenditure a year. Isn't that okay?"

Li Shimin was a little angry and even a little aggrieved. He felt that Li Chao would definitely understand him and that Li Chao would definitely support him.

"The court now adds tens of millions of new taxes a year, but I only need one million, only one million. Why is it unnecessary for the 30,000 Northern Ya Imperial Guards? Last year, Tuyuhun first invaded and almost attacked Chang'an. Later, Turks were ready to move, which was also directly threatening Guanzhong. Although the military soldiers saved military expenses, when the incident happened suddenly, it was difficult to mobilize trouble and make emergency rescue. I trained 30,000 Northern Ya Imperial Guards to be equipped with permanent imperial guards, which was considered from the overall situation. Besides, I will attack the Turks in the north, attack Tuyuhun in the west, and attack Goguryeo in the east. Now I will have these 30,000 permanent troops, which will be of great use in the future."

"Well, what Your Majesty said makes sense." Li Chao nodded and comforted Li Shimin first.

"but!"

"Huh?" Li Shimin just felt that Li San was indeed on his side, but when he heard one, he was not very happy immediately.

"But what?"

"Your Majesty. Actually, I thought it was necessary to build a standing army, but if it was placed in Chang'an and built in the Northern Imperial Army, it would be useless. The army, no matter how well-trained and good equipment is, if it is not pulled out to fight, and there is no actual combat test, then such an army will be just a guard of honor with a bright and beautiful appearance, but actually a silver spear and wax spear tip."

"If Your Majesty makes long-term plans and wants to build an elite standing army to prepare for the future expeditions of the north and north, then you can actually use another method. Another method that saves money but is more effective, rather than spending a large amount of money and finally accumulates a guard of honor!"

Li Chao's words were a bit merciless.

Li Shimin started to command troops at the age of sixteen. He had fought for nearly ten years, and he fought half of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin did feel that he was inexperienced in this court affairs, but if he was talking about training troops in wars, he was an expert, but now Li Chao has nothing to say about him.

This is simply too much!

"Wen Yuan, although you are called the God of War, if you say that you are training troops and fighting, I am more experienced than you. Could it be that I personally trained the 30,000 Northern Ya Imperial Guards, wouldn't it be possible?"

Li Chao replied lightly, "Okay or not, you always have to try it to know!"

"All dynasties have passed, no strong army in the world is made from blood and fire, or from the battlefield. I have never heard of any army that is made from practice on the school ground all day long. His Majesty's Xuan Armored Cavalry was so exhausted that he was also made from a hundred battles, right?"

Li Shimin was not very happy, but every sentence Li Chao said was reasonable.

One is the emperor who is full of expectations and wants Li Chao to help, but on the other hand, he is the most popular favorite who does not give him any face.

In the Political Affairs Hall, a group of prime ministers couldn't help but throw praise on Li Chao.

Not bad, I didn’t lose my moral integrity just because I became the in-laws of the emperor.

It turns out that everyone is quite opposed to Li Qiao's early entry into the Political Affairs Hall, and they all hope that Li Chaoduo will stay outside for a few years. Now it seems that everyone has misunderstood Li Xiangguo.

Although Li Xiangguo is young, he is still full of integrity.

It is amazing to be able to reject the emperor so directly.

Although he was unhappy, Li Shimin still held back.

"What should I do according to the opinion of Li Xiangguo?" Li Shimin changed his words and called Li Xiangguo. He was really angry. No one of the relatives in the palace was willing to support him. If you support me, I will die.

"Your Majesty, the system of the government has the advantages of the government system, but it also has its shortcomings. The integration of soldiers and farmers will greatly save military expenditures, but such government soldiers are definitely not as well-trained as the permanent army. However, it is also very necessary to build a permanent army. However, it is very expensive to maintain a high combat effectiveness of the permanent army."

To fight, or to save money?

I want to have fish, but I want to have bear paws. Of course, Li Shimin hopes to focus on the military troops, but he also builds a standing army.

Li Shimin had great ambitions, including Turks, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, and even the Western Regions, Mobei and Annan. These places are all in his small notebooks and are his targets. But relying solely on the government troops is definitely not enough. So he wanted to build a standing army, and at the same time to strengthen control over the capital.

"Your Majesty wants to build a standing army of 30,000 people. The idea is good, and in fact, the court can also raise 30,000 standing army." Li Chao glanced at the other prime ministers and smiled, "Even if the court does not use the future 10 million taxes, I have a way to get the military expenditure of the 30,000 standing army. But I think that money is not a problem, and what can be solved with money can be solved. The key is whether it is worth it or not after spending this money or not!"

Speaking of this issue, Li Shimin was more concerned.

The so-called major affairs of the country are sacrifices and wars.

To put it more specifically, this sacrifice is the etiquette and the common people's lunar calendar, which is the foundation of the national order and the dynasty. And this Rong is of course the army, the defense of the dynasty, and the pioneering force. As long as the territory is ensured, the country can be stable. As long as the territory is constantly pioneering and enterprising, the dynasty can flourish.

"I think that the idea of ​​His Majesty's choice of Yulin Guard officers to study and train in the border town before was very good. However, it is unnecessary to send them to the border town in such trouble, so that Bians will teach military tactics. It is possible to build a martial arts lecture hall in Chang'an, just like the Imperial College, to become an officer's school, to allow young and talented low-level military officers to study in the school, and let the generals of the 12 guards in the capital serve as instructors and teach experience!"

"Military officers can gather the strengths of the generals, learn the experience of their predecessors, and learn knowledge such as drawing and calculation. A good seedling can be learned for two or three years, and then transferred to the border towns and handed over to the border towns for training. In this way, after three or five years, they can become a qualified good military officer. Then they will be transferred back to the North Yai, and that will be a real military officer."

"The soldiers of the North Yai can also be like this. The brave and elite soldiers are selected from the border towns, and then they are rotated to guard the border in batches. The North Yai imperial guards guard the border in batches every year, or in Beijing for one year. This takes turns to ensure that the North Yai imperial guards will not lose their combat power and will be better tempered. At the same time, they can also guard the capital and strengthen the defense capabilities of the border town."

Li Chaoping said straightforwardly and said his plan.

Instead of spending a lot of money, raising tens of thousands of imperial guards in Beijing, and sending low-level military officers of the imperial guards to various border towns for the border commanders to teach military tactics themselves, it is better to build a martial arts lecture hall in Beijing and systematically train officers. This will not only train the imperial guards officers, but also train the officers of the Twelve Guards of the Southern Ya.

The imperial guards of the Northern Ya take turns to defend the border and guard the capital, so as to protect the combat effectiveness of the imperial guards of the Northern Ya.

Although it may cost more when it comes back and forth, it is very necessary to not raise a group of young master soldiers to come out.

"Build a martial arts lecture hall, with the generals of the twelve guards as instructors, and the military officers of the north and south yamen were selected as students. With the imperial guards of the north yamen as the standing army, they were transferred to the border in batches to guard the border and polished them. Half of them remained behind to guard the capital, and alternated in turn."

Li Shimin pinched his chin and summarized the plan Li Chao said.

The more he spoke, Li Shimin's eyes became brighter and he even slapped his thigh with joy.
Chapter completed!