"By the way, Lao Cheng's family is from Shandong, right? What does he mean? In that letter, he didn't say what he wanted to do?"
Just when Xiao Han's head was in a mess, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and remembered that Cheng Yaojin's hometown was in Shandong, and he seemed to belong to a big family there!
Otherwise, with this old man's character, how could he take over this thankless task?
"Yes, it is said that his hometown was hit by disasters one after another in the past two years, and now it is experiencing this again, so now, ten houses and nine empty houses are empty! He really couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't bear the suffering of his fellow villagers, so he wanted to ask the emperor , recruit those refugees into the army so that they can have enough to eat."
Liu Hongji didn't hide it from Xiao Han. In fact, he came here precisely for this matter.
The nobles of the Tang Dynasty are a very special group of people. Even if you hit me and I scold you, it seems that no one looks down on the other.
But once you encounter someone who is really in trouble, it will definitely be countless times more united than the civil servants who laughed at Akari and were criticized by your mother behind the scenes!
This may be because on the battlefield, nobles need to give their backs to their companions, while civil servants only need to stay back and shake their pens, without fear of their lives at all.
Therefore, after Cheng Yaojin solemnly made a request to save the refugees, Liu Hongji immediately ran to find Xiao Han and discussed the solution together without any intention of passing the buck.
"Recruit refugees?"
When Xiao Han heard Cheng Yaojin's request, he frowned slightly, then shook his head and said flatly: "Your Majesty will not agree!"
This is not because he is too presumptuous. In fact, the recruitment system of the Tang Dynasty at this time was still dominated by soldiers from ordinary people, but those ordinary soldiers were completely different from refugees!
The imperial soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were, strictly speaking, a group of professional soldiers who worked in farming in their spare time!
They have their own robes and comrades, as well as familiar superiors and generals! At the same time, he also has his own desire for military glory!
Zhixun twelve turn, reward hundred thousand strong! This is the highest pursuit of every soldier!
When a group of people like this goes to the battlefield, the general commanding the battle naturally does not have to worry about their combat power, let alone that they will become a piece of loose sand!
On the other hand, the refugees, to put it bluntly, are just a group of civilians who are forced to live in exile!
Such a group of people were recruited into the army. Although it could temporarily provide them with food and clothing, once they encountered a war, it would be a disaster for them and Datang!
"I also know that Lao Cheng's suggestion is a bit nonsense!" Liu Hongji twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "But we can't let Lao Cheng just watch those people die of cold and hunger!"
"Nonsense!" Xiao Han scratched his hair irritably: "Who said we don't care? If this doesn't work, then think of other ways! Aren't those civil servants usually very loud? Why aren't they talking now?"
"Who said they didn't speak?" Liu Hongji spat angrily and said, "They put forward a lot of suggestions in front of the emperor. Some said they would adjust grain from Jiangnan, some said they would adjust grain from Luoyang granary, and another Idiot, you said you could give the refugees weapons and let them hunt!"
"Let's not talk about those people who transported food. How is this idiot who wants to give weapons to the refugees now?" This time, after hearing Liu Hongji's words, Xiao Han stayed for a few seconds before asking with a strange expression.
"He is very good now. He even has someone to feed him!" Liu Hongji rolled his eyes and replied, "Because after he finished speaking, his teeth were knocked out. Now he has to chew them and feed them." He eats it!”
"You deserve it!" Xiao Han cursed happily!
He didn't ask which boss did it, because if he had been there at the time, he would probably have done it too!
Let the refugees hunt? Could it be that this guy’s brain was left at home and he forgot to take it out?
Not to mention that it is freezing cold and the mountains are blocked by heavy snow. Even transporting food and relief from other places is a luxury. Where will the wild animals come from for them to hunt?
Even if they take a step back, there are wild beasts, many of them, right in front of them! But do you expect a group of hungry refugees who can't even walk to capture wild beasts? Not bad enough to feed the wild beasts! How is this a way for the refugees to survive? This is clearly giving the beast a way to survive!
Xiao Han could even think: If those refugees could hear this idiot's suggestion, they would most likely thank his eight generations of ancestors first, and then shoot this idiot into a porcupine as soon as they got the weapon!
"Didn't that group of winebags and ricebags come up with any useful ideas?" Taking a few deep breaths of the hot and humid air in the greenhouse, Xiao Han felt a suffocation in his chest that he couldn't exhale.
In the past few years, God did not know whether he was sleeping or not returning home, but he has been causing so many disasters to the hard-working and kind-hearted people of the Tang Dynasty! There have been locust plagues, severe droughts, floods, and now there is another glacier coming. Could it be that this is God's punishment for indiscriminately affecting the course of history?
Liu Hongji didn't know that Xiao Han had already associated the causes of these disasters with himself.
After sighing similarly, he continued: "There are other ways. One was proposed by your uncle: he agreed with Cheng Yaojin's idea to recruit refugees into the army, but not as combatants, just as ordinary people. Civilian husbands are responsible for transporting grain, grass and other supplies to the army."
"Don't be a warrior, just be an ordinary civilian?" When Xiao Han heard this, his heart moved and his brows suddenly spread!
He has been in the army and naturally knows that in an army, apart from soldiers and officers, civilians are also a group that cannot be ignored.
For example, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo for the first time and used more than 1.3 million men and horses, while ordinary civilians used twice as many men and horses!
This is mainly because of the current inconvenience of transportation. After the army sets off, food, grass, equipment, and even trophies have to be transported by someone. You can't expect the soldiers to take these things by themselves, right?
Then when they go to the battlefield, with a chicken in their left hand, a duck in their right hand, and two bags of rice on their backs, will the battle still be fought?
Therefore, there seems to be nothing wrong with letting refugees serve as husbandmen, a job that does not require much technical content. It can even reduce the burden of other people, which is considered a good idea.
However, just when Xiao Han was about to breathe a sigh of relief and secretly applaud his uncle, he suddenly thought of another question, and his relaxed brows quickly tightened again.
"Being a civilian husband? This would indeed be a good idea at the beginning of the war! But the problem is that with internal and external troubles now, it's still unclear whether the battle in Liaodong can be fought! I haven't seen that the imperial court has not issued an order to recruit troops! Even the soldiers None, what do you want me to do?"
