An Eight-year-old Princess novel Chapter 1376

At night, when Luo Qingyan returned to Weiyang Palace after dealing with political affairs, he saw Yun Shang reading at the desk, on which there were a lot of books.

Luo Qingyan raised her eyebrows, walked over and picked up three or four books from the desk. He leafed through them and asked in surprise, "Why do you suddenly want to read these books? Military training skills? Array? Fortification casting?"

Yun Shang responded, "Well." and she put down the book in her hand. She then said smilingly, "Nothing. I'm just sorting out what has happened since your majesty ascended the throne. It has roused some feelings and thoughts in my mind."

"Oh?" Luo Qingyan asked curiously, "What kind of feeling did your majesty have? Why are you suddenly interested in these things?"

Yun Shang casually marked her place with a bookmark in the book and replied, "You were Prince Jing and the Crown Prince before, and you had secret guards in your hand. You felt quite content with this at that time.

But now your majesty is the Emperor of the state. Although the secret guards are all equipped with unique skills and have powerful martial arts, there are only over a hundred of them after all. What we are facing is completely different from the previous situation. We have now both domestic trouble and foreign invasion.

Your Majesty is a good fighter, invincible and ever-victorious. But you are the Emperor, so you can't go to every battle in person.

It is very necessary to decentralize military power, strengthen military training and build up some elite troops under the encirclement of strong enemy. We can build some fortifications to resist the enemy's attack and cast some more elite weapons than others. The sharp weapons that others don't have can also greatly enhance our combat effectiveness.

When you were a prince, the secret guards were the sharp weapons in your hands. Now that your majesty is the Emperor, it's natural for you to make the weapon of our country."

Yun Shang put the book with the bookmark aside and then went on, "Well, I know you don't need me to worry about it. But you should know everything, so that you don't have to be deceived."

Of course, Luo Qingyan knew that Yun Shang didn't just want him not to be deceived. He couldn't help laughing, "Then what do you think we should do, your majesty?"

Luo Qingyan thought about what Yun Shang had said just now, "To establish an elite troop? Just like the Iron Army that had appeared in the previous dynasties? The Xu family army? Although there were only a few thousand people, they were the elite division who could make the enemy tremble with fear?

"But I remember that most of these so-called elite troops would come to no good end. Maybe they could make enemies tremble with fear, but most of them would become the emperor's scruple. The first generation may be fine, but when the emperor who ordered to establish this troop went, it was hard to guarantee whether it would go through the second generation and the third generation of the emperor. "

Yun Shang smiled, "Yes, I have read some relevant historical records this afternoon. I find most of the troops come to a miserable end. Generally speaking, the commanders of this kind of elite troops were all hereditary. In the end, however, there were only two results for them. One was to rebel so that they could change the dynasty. Otherwise, they would be left aside, secretly disposed of by the emperor, and even ended up in a whole family's being killed. "

Yun Shang tapped her fingers on the table and said, "But according to the historical records, in most dynasties, there was only one such an elite troop. However, its reputation was too high so that it would easily arouse the emperor's suspicion. "

Luo Qingyan immediately understood what Yun Shang meant, "Do your majesty want to establish two or more such elite troops?"

"At least three so that they can restrain one another." Yun Shang nodded, "I've thought it over carefully. These three elite troops should have their own responsibilities. One should protect the north of the State of Xia, and resist the barbarian invasion from the State of Yelang or from the further north.

One is the navy, specializing in the water battle and guarding against the war on the sea.

The other one is the army of the victors, guarding the capital Imperial City."

Luo Qingyan smiled, "Your Majesty, you have a good plan. But have you ever thought that although an elite army is less than ten thousand people, the equipment they need is no less than that of an army of thirty to fifty thousand people. How much manpower, material and financial resources do we need to build three elite troops at the same time? "

Yun Shang nodded, "I know. According to the current situation of the State of Xia's national treasury, we may be able to barely maintain one troop of the kind, and three may be out of our reach.