Chapter 1181: The Innovation of the Army

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The cabinet members gathered, and Zhang Yu spoke first.

"Ma Teng's matter requires a long-term plan. I don't want to solve it so early, but the Shuchuan matter must have a rough plan as soon as possible." Zhang Yu said.

The cabinet members didn't quite understand why Zhang Yu didn't solve it if he had the conditions.

Zhang Yu glanced around and said: "It is a good thing to have external troubles, at least it can make internal affairs easier to deal with. I made it clear that I want to innovate many things, and I need this foreign trouble."

"Once there is no foreign aggression, there will be problems with our innovative things, and it will be very difficult to deal with them. Once there are problems that cannot be solved, we will directly fight against the West, divert our attention, and directly declare military control."

"This matter is top secret, don't let it out."

As soon as Zhang Yu said it, everyone was surprised that Zhang Yu would continue to innovate in the next step.

But this is very Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu continued to innovate, and there was an external aggression. As long as this external aggression can be controlled, then they can accept it.

Everyone fell silent, not knowing whether Zhang Yu's "militarism" was good or bad.

But they all knew that Zhang Yu's disposition was very strong and could no longer be changed.

Zhang Yu continued: "Shuchuan, the Land of Abundance, must come up with a strategy as soon as possible. Of course, we don't have to do anything within a year or two. We still need to do a lot of things."

The empire needs to develop, and Zhang Yu also needs time to slowly carry out innovations.

Shuchuan is a big problem, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

"My lord, maybe we can make an exception and let opium enter Sichuan." Guo Jia said.

Zhang Yu had long ago ordered that opium could only be sold to the West, not in China.

Zhang Yu thought about it, and he also had some concerns about letting opium poison Shuchuan.

Guo Jia said again: "My lord, my subordinates have found out that this Liu Bei has started to do nothing, does not want to make progress, and has no ambitions. This opium can corrupt them."

"In addition, we can sell this thing at a high price, and ordinary people cannot afford it, so the scope of such harm is limited.

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Zhang Yu took a deep breath and said, "Okay, let's get ready. This matter cannot be rushed. At the same time, we must continue to promote other plans. Even if this plan fails, Liu Bei must be eliminated."

Everyone began to discuss, and Guo Jia's plan was one of them, and they must continue to study other methods.

One of the other options is to continue the economic blockade so that Shuchuan cannot develop.

Second, attack by force.

The third is to slowly divide, and the general trend is on your side, so you can win over the people inside Shuchuan.

Zhang Yu decided to carry out several methods at the same time and asked Guo Jia to implement them in detail.

Regarding the method of the Quartet, Zhang Yu is to build a high wall, and at the same time prepare a surprise soldier all the way. At the critical moment, he can go deep into the west and cut off their retreat.

This Silk Road is actually very fragile. After all, many places are located in deserts and it is easy to cut off.

Once it is cut off, it will be in danger.

At the same time, Zhang Yu is also preparing from the sea. The great western empires are actually very fragile, because there is no consistent culture, no consistent writing and language, and if something happens, it can immediately fall apart.

Zhang Yu worked out a detailed strategy with the cabinet, and only after completing these can Zhang Yu start his own innovation with peace of mind.

Some of his innovations are similar to those of Wang Mang. Wang Mang will fail because he is old, time is short, and there are not enough talents. At the same time, his usurping position is inherently unstable.

But he is different, he has enough time, enough talent, enough prestige.

For Liu Bei and Ma Teng, Zhang Yu has a different strategy.

But no matter what the plan is, Zhang Yu doesn't want to do it within two years.

Within two years, Zhang Yu can develop rapidly.

At this time, Zhang Yu had already adopted some practices of the army of later generations.

Let some young people go to the army for two years and retire after two years, and these people become ex-soldiers.

Once the battle is tight, these soldiers can be called up, and then they can be simply retrained and become the main combat force.

Therefore, Mu Han decided to retire 300,000 elite soldiers this year, and then recruit another 300,000 troops.

"Your Majesty, let the 300,000 troops retire. These are veterans of many battles, and they are powerful." Xun Yu said.

The members of the cabinet were very puzzled by Zhang Yu's approach, leaving 300,000 elite soldiers unused, but recruiting 300,000 new recruits.

Zhang Yu didn't explain to them at first, but now he explained: "Otherwise, retiring 300,000 troops and recruiting 300,000 people will not weaken the combat power, but increase it. Wan retired from the army and recruited again."

"In this way, it means that we have 300,000 more trained troops."

"This is the benefit of formulating a retirement system. If the batch is changed every two years, the civilian population will have millions of soldiers, but our key officers will not be retired."

"In this way, more soldiers will be raised, and the empire will not need to spend more money and food, nor will it affect local production."

As soon as Zhang Yu explained, everyone understood.

Soldiers become elite soldiers after two years of military service.

When there are enough trained soldiers among the people, Zhang Yu can even lay off part of the army and call it up again during wartime.

After thinking about it, the cabinet said: "My lord, there are also great disadvantages in this way. If these people want to make trouble, it will be very powerful."

"Once these people are exploited by those who want to rebel, it will cause great destructive power."

In ancient times, this kind of thing was the most feared. Once someone gathered a crowd to rebel, and it was a trained army.

Zhang Yu has a different view.

"That is, I or my descendants lost the popular support, and no one can be blamed for being overthrown."

"In addition, we divide the regions and disperse these people to various places. We will not only recruit one place, but the number of places allocated to each place within the entire empire. Only the empire has the ability to call them up. "

"Even if a problem occurs in a certain place, it can be quickly extinguished. This is equivalent to retaining a force in every place, and it can even be mobilized nearby when necessary."

Zhang Yu's thinking is different from theirs. If the empire really loses popular support, it will simply be overthrown.

There is no eternally prosperous empire, once decayed, it should withdraw from the stage of history.

What Zhang Yu has to do is to pass on these advanced concepts and advanced systems, so that no one can forget his achievements even if the dynasties of later generations change.

For example, Qin Shihuang was a dynasty for more than ten years, but his achievements have not been forgotten for more than two thousand years.

Zhang Yu's decision also made the cabinet very speechless, how could an emperor not want his empire to prosper forever.

Of course Zhang Yu also hopes, but there is no way, the world will collapse sooner or later.

Zhang Yu's innovation made everyone worry.

The advantage here is that the empire can spend relatively little money and raise a large number of troops.

The disadvantages are also obvious. Once there are many of these people and they are placed in various places, it will be a huge hidden danger.

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