Soon, the emperor's special summons in Xiaoyanying Hall began on time.

There were only four ministers present, Li Mi, Jia Dan, Lu Zhi and Gao Yue.

The emperor who presided over the meeting asked the first question first, that is, since the country was in chaos during the Tianbao period, nearly forty years, the Tang Dynasty was too frustrated in the past forty years. Although the internal suppression of An and Shi rebelled, the remaining troops of the three towns of Heshuo were still strong, and they were rebellious and rebelled again. There were also towns such as Ziqing and Qing who did not obey Wang Hua. The government's wealth and population had almost half of them lost; foreign Western British invaded in recent years, Longyou and Hexi lost, and Anxi was lonely and in danger. It took huge amounts of autumn every year, and it was very effective. Not only could it not restore the old land, the capital was threatened by foreign cavalry many times, and it was even captured once. Nanzhao and Uighurs were also eyeing each other, and they were not good. Seven or eight out of ten of the financial and taxes were spent on military supplies in a year, but they had no effect.

However, in the previous war, I, Tang, won three fronts, namely Sanchuan, Fengxiang Jingyuan and Lingyan. They all won. Xifan was killed more than 10,000 and retreated in a panic. I, Tang, returned to Pingliang, Huating, Chaona, Sandcastle, Baicao and other territories. Now I am concerned about how to consolidate the fruits of this victory.

Then the emperor pointed to Gao Yue and said that I had asked the senior high school separately before. The senior high school's view was to connect the three fronts and support each other. How to support each other? That is, to build three large military cities in Hechi, Fengzhou, Neiyuan, Longzhou and Wuyuan, Yanzhou, respectively, with 5,000 to 10,000 troops each, with both offensive and defense. When the Western Fan came, they would occupy their military power. When the Western Fan retreated, they would attack one of their land. From then on, they would take the initiative in me.

Li Mi and Jia Dan certainly agreed with Gao Yue’s plan.

Among them, Li Mi also strongly suggested that if the Holy Lord and Xifan stop the battle immediately, try to build three cities this autumn, and be prepared for any accidents.

Jia Dan also said that now that most of Yuanzhou has been restored, I will prepare a more detailed map immediately and give it to the border general Jieshou, so as to know yourself and your enemy.

After finalizing this strategy, the emperor began to discuss the handling of Dangxiang Fanluo.

The four ministers also reached an agreement with the emperor: Prime Minister Li Mian first went to suppress and apply the pacification team, and did not use troops in full force for the time being, otherwise it would cause serious burdens on the finances. After the border military reserves are abundant and the imperial military funds are surplus, they immediately suppress and eliminate them mercilessly.

"Eliminate evil things." The emperor personally issued a requirement for the level of clearance.

The following topics are naturally transferred to the issue of "money".

Because building cities requires money, training soldiers requires money, building fields requires money, resisting Western Fans, and clearing out Dangxiang, they all require money.

But how to solve the problem of money? The ancients said it was too right, and there were only two ways: increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

Today, in Xiaoyanying's Palace, Lu Zhi, a Hanlin scholar who was tacitly supported by Gao Yue, Li Mi and Jia Dan, directly told the emperor that "reducing money".

Before the total amount of social wealth, especially the relatively constant fiscal revenue of the Tang two tax law, compared with opening up resources, reducing expenditure is often the most effective way to make fiscal health.

The first method Lu Zhi said was to "stop the autumn and restore the troops in the palace" in the border military preparations.

"Your Majesty, since the country was in chaos and the revival of Emperor Suzong, it has withdrawn the border to calm the country and use external power to calm the internal difficulties. So Tubo took advantage of the provocation and swallowed it indescend, and the Uighurs were proud of their merits, and Feng Ling was also very good. China has not been in a hurry to travel. For more than 40 years, it has been injuring and exhausting, and has tried its best to weave money, and has been in a state of bribery. The capital of the North is not enough to fill its anger and ambition. It has been far away from the soldiers and horses, and the garrisons and garrisons, but still cannot stop the rushing and rushing to stop the invasion." Lu Zhi's first opening remark was to show the picture of the difficult situation of the border affairs, and declare that he must not trust the so-called "peace" of Xifan. Then he paused, stood up, carried his hands slightly behind his back, and pointed his hand slightly to the pillars in the hall, and used the right words and accent of Chang'an Mandarin, which was as straight and round as Wu, and strongly attracted the attention of everyone present.

Then Lu Zhi took a few steps to analyze the strengths of Xifan: "Training water and grass into a town, hunting and drinking, and rushing for more horses, and even rushing, and committing suicide without shame in defeat." Therefore, China cannot "fight with it, fight against the fields, and decide the ordinary", and "building borders, guarding the key points, building military camps, and banning defenses, and rushing to farm to feed, and train soldiers to accumulate power." These are the strengths of China, so we must use China's strengths to overcome the shortcomings of Xifan, and not use China's weaknesses to overcome the strengths of Xifan.

So the emperor asked, I deeply agreed with what Lu Jiu said, but most of the magistrates and generals of the court over the past forty years also knew why our Tang still lost more and won less, and the territory was difficult to protect? Especially this time, although the soldiers were victorious and made meritorious, why did Ma Chongying escape? (Then the emperor asked that no matter what Lu Jiu answered, everyone present could not reveal it)

Regarding this question, Lu Zhi replied loudly, "Because of the Tang Bianrong, my Tang Dynasty, has accumulated a long time of malpractice, and the ministers have calculated that there are six losses in total."

"Which six loses?"

"One is out of control and the army is out of control, two is out of control and generals lose their qualities, three is out of control and use of wealth, four is out of construction and military strength, five is out of management and training for soldiers and resentment, six is ​​out of use of troops and lose their chances."

Then Lu Zhi explained in detail why these "six losses" are:

The soldiers are not in line with the rulers of the Guandong towns and towns every year need to send troops to prevent autumn, but everyone has selfish intentions. All the strong elite soldiers left in the town and sent to the northwest border are weak soldiers. These soldiers who are guarding autumn come from afar, and the court has to spend a lot of money to support their road needs. However, after arriving at the border, they are not familiar with customs and geography, and they have no achievements in fighting with Western Fan.

The generals were defeated, and the Western Body ordered the order to be single, while the Tang Dynasty was restrained by many generals. The generals in various towns wanted to reward one person, but the other were jealous of the virtuous and were dissatisfied with the eyes. The court wanted to punish one person, but the other was worried about the same evil and sheltered each other. Even though the troops were gathered in various places, the Western Body came to fight, but they were all cowardly and self-defense, and bluffed the thief power, so that the Western Body felt like they were in a state of no one;

The government recruited more than 100,000 yuan to prevent autumn in Guandong every year, and added more than 100,000 border troops and more than 100,000 imperial troops. Nearly 400,000 soldiers gathered in the west of the capital. Not only did they have no defence, but they only increased the disadvantages of supplying troops. In the long run, all the national households would lose their money and the money would become increasingly difficult.

The army was divided. During the Tianbao period of Kaiyuan, although the war in Tang and Tibet was fierce, the court only established three governors of Shuofang, Hexi and Longyou. Now, in the northwest, there are many towns such as Fengxiang Longyou, Jingyuan, Bining, Lingyan, Xiasuiyin, and Weibei. They are all in charge, and they are scattered and do not support each other. As soon as the Western Boat invades, they temporarily set up an army to resist, allowing the Western Boat to calmly defeat each other.

The soldiers were raised and resentful. The soldiers in the northwest were Changzhen soldiers. They were in the border area for a long time and had worked hard. However, the court only gave them a piece of clothing and food, and they had to give them to their wives and children. They were in trouble. The soldiers in the Guandong defense of autumn have to be replaced every year. They had no feelings for the Northwest Army Town and had no intention of staying here for a long time. When they came to Xifan, they were greedy for life and death, fearing that they would not be able to return to their hometown. The court also gave them generous treatment. The northwest border troops were resentful and could not unite to meet the enemy on the battlefield.

If the army is used to lose its orders, the general will not accept the orders of the outside king. The so-called "opportunities cannot be decided, and orders cannot be followed." However, in the past, the border troops went to fight, but "the judgment was more than the decisive". When the two armies faced each other, the military opportunity could not be released. However, the king lived thousands of miles away, and the nine levels of the army was often lost in the distance (in summary, your majesty, you have to hold back your slightest fuck).

After saying the six mistakes, especially the last one, Emperor Li Shi's face turned red and sweating.
Chapter completed!