"What are you going to do with this person?" Not interested in staying any longer, Li Xiao walked out of the cell.

"You can't kill him yet, but it's of some use!" Li Yongfang glanced back, and the guards next to him took a few steps back with a wink.

"Oh!" Li Xiao didn't understand. People who were beaten like that still had wool to use.

Seeing that Li Xiao was a little puzzled, Li Yongfang still looked around miserably even though he knew there was no one around. "Commander! Wu Sangui wants to know our secret. He just wants to let those doctors from Cambridge and Oxford

We study.

Let’s give him the information and let them study it. Of course, the information is wrong information. The research direction is also the wrong research direction. The critical moment...!"

"Well! It's best to blow up one or two of their doctors at the critical moment. It's best to blow up one or two of their doctors." Li Xiao looked at Li Yongfang, this old bastard is really vicious. But it seems that Li Xiao is very fond of this plan!

Doctors from Oxbridge are not just called PhDs by just picking someone up. In this era, the British Empire was also considered a technological power. If you exclude its own influence, the technology of Ming Dynasty would be a scum compared with today's Oxbridge.

Maybe! Li Yongfang's plan can really work. If it can kill Newton, that would be too damn ideal.

Perhaps this is a loss of talent to all mankind, but it is a real benefit to Ming Dynasty. The loss of science and technology to all mankind has nothing to do with me. Who made Newton, a bastard, come up with calculus and made me learn that?

The east and west hairlines have moved back an inch.

Feeling crooked, he left the prison with satisfaction. With such a notorious spy leader, Li Xiao felt that he could rest assured on the hidden front.

The problem that needs to be solved now is actually not abroad but at home. No matter how much Wu Sangui makes trouble, the British Empire is just an invasion by external forces. For this purely military problem, Li Xiao feels that it is not a problem at all. He is the god of war. According to the current Ming Dynasty army

With his strength, there is absolutely no problem in winning a war like this.

Moreover, in terms of the army's training and combat style, the main field division of the Ming Army can crush all armies in the world.

The only regret is that among the armies of the servant countries, only the Japanese can count on them. The remaining Koreans are afraid that they will steal them if they are responsible for the logistics and supplies. As for Geritu's Mongolian cavalry... If the wolf-like Genghis Khan

Seeing today's descendants, they would probably be able to chew through the coffin boards. Then they would jump out and tear the bastard Geritu alive.

The Annan people are now fighting like black-eyed chickens, and the Burmese people know how to stay at home and take care of their children all day long. The land at home is given to women to plant! Li Xiao really does not have the courage to recruit such a lazy person into his team.

The current military strength of the Ming Dynasty, the four main divisions have absolute combat strength. The total is less than 200,000 people, which is the limit of the existing national strength. For the remaining garrison troops, Li Xiao no longer expects them to be able to fight.

.If you can help stabilize local security, you have completed the mission. Anyway, their equipment and supplies are very different from the main division.

The salary of a commander of a garrison regiment, that is, a company commander of a main division.

It would be a little difficult for these 200,000 people to cope with a world war, but there would be absolutely no problem in dealing with the British Far Eastern Army, which was mainly composed of Ah San.

The problem still comes from the country. Those who read Confucius and Mencius always want to overthrow the imperial court that they are not satisfied with. Look at the subordinates Jiang Guoliang developed, they are all people in their thirties and forties who have read the Four Books and Five Classics since childhood.

And what worries Li Xiao the most is that Ming people have almost no national concept. If you ask a Ming person overseas where he is from, he will definitely say that he is from Shandong, or Hebei, Liaodong, Jiangsu, etc. They

I would never say that I am from the Ming Dynasty.

The concept of region is far superior to the concept of country. It seems that the only people who have the concept of family and country are Li Xiao and Sun Chengzong.

Because of the continuation of the policies of the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years, the people have a strong sense of regional clan.

In peacetime, this is nothing. At most, it is just a matter of villagers fighting with each other and grabbing water sources. On a larger scale, it can be regarded as a contradiction among the people. But in wartime, this kind of thing may happen.

Li Xiao’s old life.

There is no problem with the main division, but those in the garrison division. The people in Shandong are not willing to go to fight in Shanxi, and the people in Shaanxi are not willing to go to fight in Sichuan. The people in Yunnan are not willing to go to Guangzhou, and the people in Guangzhou are not willing to go to Yizhou.

Although we don't rely on them to fight the war, the local defense still needs to be strengthened during the war. We can't just use local people, then the damn garrison commander will no longer be a local emperor.

I went home, took a shower, had dinner and walked to Sun Chengzong's house. It has been my old habit over the years to always consult Sun Chengzong when I encounter problems. It seems that if I don't discuss it with this old gentleman, I will feel unsure.

"I have also noticed what you said. There is nothing we can do about it. The Ming Dynasty was originally composed of large and small clans. Now the tentacles of the imperial court are gradually beginning to go to the countryside. But in the past, the decrees did not go to the countryside. At most, they could only be conveyed to

It's all done at the county level.

In one place, if the imperial court establishes a county magistrate, it will overthrow it. In a whole county, the only people who are eligible to receive imperial salary are the county magistrate, county magistrate, and Xuezheng. Nowadays, if you want to extend political power to the countryside, it is indeed very difficult.

The biggest trouble is the local clan power." Speaking of this matter, Sun Chengzong didn't have any good ideas.

"Reforming local areas is not something that happens in a day or two. If it is too drastic, it will cause turmoil. The Ming Dynasty is now developing at a rapid pace, so it is best not to have any turmoil. I wonder if we should start reforming the army first.

The military service system has been implemented for two years, and soldiers are not allowed to come from this province. New soldiers need to be dispatched from other provinces to this province!

For example: people from Henan go to Guangzhou to serve as soldiers, people from Shaanxi go to Jiangsu to serve as soldiers, and people from Sichuan can go to Hunan... The military officers also follow the same procedure, so that local clans cannot control the army. At least the county-level government has the power to use force.

Assure.

Of course, the main division cannot be changed yet. For the time being, the main forces are in Liaodong, Shandong, and Hebei. After all, what the army will face in the future is the northwest war situation." Li Xiao expressed his thoughts to see if he could get Sun Chengzong's advice.

support.

"Well! This is a good idea. The military service lasts for two years, which will not delay the local young people from getting married and having children. Moreover, the solid camp and the smooth flow of soldiers have made it possible for no one to control the military power of a place for a long time. Further transfers among officers will make it even more difficult.

Cut off the claws of local clan forces reaching out to the army. How did you come up with this method?" Sun Chengzong's eyes lit up and he immediately agreed to Li Xiao's proposal.

"In addition, retired soldiers can follow the examples of Liaodong, Shandong, and Hebei. They can be placed in government offices and do some official duties. After all, they are people who have received military education and are more loyal to the country than the common people."

"It can also serve the purpose of encouraging young people of appropriate age to join the army! Not bad! Not bad!" Sun Chengzong nodded frequently.

"Then you are responsible for this matter...!"

"Don't be a hands-off shopkeeper. At my age, do you still think that I can't live long? You have to exhaust me to death." Seeing that Li Xiao was slacking off again, Sun Chengzong immediately ran away.

This kid always looks like this. He always comes up with good ideas when things happen, but disappears when he implements them. He is exhausted all day long, but Li Xiao is as idle as anyone else.

"But it seems inappropriate to leave such a trivial matter to you. You go find Zhang Huangyan. This matter is under the control of the Ministry of War anyway." Sun Chengzong knew Li Xiao's temperament, so he simply sent it to Sun Chengzong.

Chatting with the old guy always makes people happy. When he came out of Sun Chengzong's house, Li Xiao felt a lot more relaxed.

As soon as I returned to the Marshal's Mansion, I saw Luo Yangxing waiting at the door.

"It's so late, what's the urgent matter?" Li Xiao felt a little strange when he saw Luo Yangxing.
Chapter completed!