Liu Haojia said: "What is this? If this junior didn't carry the title of imperial envoy, maybe the etiquette would be even stricter!"
Hearing his compliments to Qi Jiguang, the soldiers behind Qi Jiguang all smiled. They all felt that this Marquis was a real person, very different from the legend in officialdom!
The two people talked and entered the camp hand in hand. Then Liu Haojia announced loudly: "Master Qi is here today, and the whole army will have extra meals!"
The soldiers cheered loudly as soon as they heard the order! The more daring ones saluted Qi Jiguang from a distance. Qi Jiguang also waved hurriedly, and for a while there was some chaos at the camp entrance! But the crowd was immediately dispersed by the duty officer!
Everyone came to the big tent and chatted for a while before the food and drinks were served. There isn't much good stuff in the camp, but there are big chunks of meat and big bowls of wine!
Liu Haojia and Qi Jiguang are both military generals, so naturally they don't have as many empty heads as civilian officials. The people accompanying you below are all cronies of both parties, so naturally they don't have to pay much attention to it. They will just give you a piece of meat and I will eat and drink with a bowl of wine!
When everyone had finished eating and drinking, the conversation naturally turned to the main topic. After raising the topic, Qi Jiguang raised his hands to Liu Haojia and said, "I am able to sit in Datong Town this time only because of the help of the Marquis. I would like to thank you here!"
Liu Haojia waved his hand and said, "Don't be too hasty to thank me. This may be a big hole! In fact, I also know that it is not easy to secure the position of Datong Town!"
Qi Jiguang sighed and said: "It's not easy to do, but it's better than relying on others!"
When Liu Haojia heard this, he could only nod silently, because the Qi family army was a southern soldier, which created a barrier with the northern soldiers. Then the Qi family army happened to gain the title of No. 1 in the world. This made the border troops who fought with the Japanese all day very dissatisfied, and the gap between the two sides naturally deepened!
Especially the military generals in the northern border towns have already formed their own system and have become a chronic disease of the Ming Dynasty! To put it bluntly, they just support their own troops and suck blood from Ming Dynasty! At the same time, they continued to communicate outside the Great Wall, selling prohibited materials, and each of them made a fortune!
The most representative one among them is Guan Ningjun! They always thought they could balance on the tightrope, but in the end they accidentally reared a tiger and raised the beast Houjin! Not only did he involve himself in it, but he also ruined the Ming Dynasty!
Therefore, after they formed their own system, they were afraid of outsiders getting involved, so that after Qi Jiguang and Qi Jiajun arrived, they encountered countless resistance, frame-up and frame-up! If Qi Jiguang hadn't been protected by Zhang Juzheng, he would have been ruined long ago! So once Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang died, the Qi family army was framed by these northern border troops and killed all of them!
At this time, Liu Haojia picked up the wine glass and toasted Qi Jiguang and said, "Master Qi, I really have no choice but to drag you into this situation. I hope you will forgive me!"
Qi Jiguang shook his head and said: "These are all trivial matters. You helped me find a place for my men to stand. But what I want to know is, why did you do what you did?"
Liu Haojia put down his wine bowl and said slowly: "Master Qi, in fact, I didn't pay much attention to Bian Town in the past, but I took a second look at it last time when I patrolled the border! It turned out that Bian Town has been rotted to the bone! The generals don't care. They don't care about the safety of the border. They only drink the blood of soldiers and do business with people outside the wall. They all have fat heads and rich families! But the soldiers below are hungry and cold! If things continue like this, there will definitely be a disaster in this town!"
Qi Jiguang nodded and said: "Yes, it is indeed the case! I have been coming to the border town for a long time, and I have learned some things! So it can only be said that it is thanks to the bad guys on the grassland, otherwise, otherwise I’m afraid this town is full of wars!”
Liu Haojia nodded and said: "That's right! But we can't place our hopes on the idea that the enemy will become worse and worse! We must know that the grassland is a place with strong folk customs. Once a figure like Genghis Khan appears again, in an instant, They will roar together! If the border towns are still in this bad state, the Ming Dynasty will not only be at war with the border towns!"
Qi Jiguang also became serious when he heard this, because he knew that Liu Haojia was right. The things on the grassland can be explained clearly in one sentence, that is, it is very prosperous.
His death was sudden! Once a strong man appears, the tribesmen will quickly gather together to form a huge force! If this person dies, the forces will immediately fall apart!
So Qi Jiajun said: "Then what does the Marquis plan and what to do?"
Liu Haojia stood up and walked around slowly and said: "I don't have any long-term ideas yet. But there is definitely a goal! The goal is to restore Jiubian's combat effectiveness. The standard is to be able to fight out at any time and go to the grassland to dominate! Of course! , it would be better if we could conquer the grassland!"
Hearing what he said, everyone including Qi Jiguang shook their heads and smiled, as if you were talking in your sleep! Liu Haojia also smiled and said: "We may not be able to do what your great-grandfather failed to do back then! But we have a goal. Maybe we can conquer the grassland in our generation? We always have a goal. You can’t rest on your ancestors’ achievements, you have no ambition at all!”
Everyone felt that what he said made sense, and they all suppressed their smiles and nodded in agreement. This is when Qi Jiguang said: "Your goal is too long-term, and it is difficult to achieve it in a moment! What about a closer goal?"
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Liu Haojia attentively, wanting to hear what kind of goal he had. Liu Haojia thought for a while and said: "I haven't thought about it yet, so I have set a small goal first, which is to bring down the price of food and salt in the border towns so that the soldiers and people can have enough food and salt. ! The second goal cannot be accomplished in a short period of time, but we must start working on it! That is to bring Jiubian back into the jurisdiction of the imperial court!"
Qi Jiguang was excited after hearing Liu Haojia's words! Because no one knows the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty army better than him, otherwise he would not be able to go to Yiwu to select troops, and then create the famous Qi Family Army!
Now the Ming Dynasty's army can be said to be rotten to a certain level, beyond the standard! The guardsmen that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was very proud of back then have completely turned into mud! The fields in the entire Daming Guard were generally occupied by officers. The military households had no land to farm and could only be driven by the officers. They did not look like soldiers at all, but they were almost like serfs! This kind of guard soldier who has never been trained has no combat effectiveness at all!
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