When he heard Li Xiu ask about his opinion on the prince's private soldiers, Cheng Yaojin smiled, picked up the wine bowl and drank it, and then he said, "Is Li Jijiu trying to deal with Cheng?"

"General Cheng is wronged. Actually, I have never been very interested in the affairs in the court. But the King of Qin must be very busy now. As General Cheng's identity, why would he have time to come here to discuss business with Uncle Ma?" Li Xiu finally asked his true doubts at this time.

"Haha~, so that's it, but you're wrong. Although Cheng served the King of Qin, don't forget that Li Jijiu is just a general, so there is no way to say that he is in charge. However, Cheng can't help with these intrigues in the court. Naturally, there are people like Changsun Wuji, Du Yan and Fang Xuanling who are giving advice to the King of Qin." Cheng Yaojin laughed at this, and seemed to have no thoughts on the matter in the court at all.

However, when Li Xiu heard this, he shook his head secretly. Cheng Yaojin obviously did not tell the truth. The most direct fuse of the Xuanwu Gate Incident in later history was that Cheng Yaojin was hung out of the capital. As a result, he personally went to persuade Li Shimin, which made Li Shimin finally decide to launch the Xuanwu Gate Incident. Moreover, Cheng Yaojin also directly participated in the subsequent coup. Such an important figure actually said he was like an outsider, which made Li Xiu unable to believe it no matter what.

Cheng Yaojin is a personal spirit, and the change in expression on Li Xiu's face was not hidden from his eyes. Cheng Yaojin hesitated for a moment and said again: "Li Jijiu, do you want to hear me tell a story?"

Hearing Cheng Yaojin's words, Li Xiu and Ma Ye looked at each other in surprise, but they did not refuse, so Cheng Yaojin said, "Most of our Tang army is a mansion soldier. What is a mansion soldier? It is a mansion soldier in wartime and a mansion soldier in idle time. Whenever he goes to war, these mansion soldiers have to prepare their own weapons and armor, and even food needs to be prepared at home. Judging from the characteristics of mansion soldiers, it is impossible to fight outside for a long time."

When he said this, Cheng Yaojin sighed again and continued: "However, for the sake of the stability of our Tang Dynasty, the troops in various places have been fighting continuously. In the past two years, the country has been basically pacified, and some soldiers in the country can finally go back to their hometown to recuperate. However, our northern border troops are not good, because we have to guard against the Turks in the north. The soldiers transferred to the border guards have been stationed at the border for almost all year round. They are the main laborers in the family. Without them, the family's life will be affected, not to mention that their food must be out of their homes, which also makes the border troops even more miserable..."

"How is it possible? Doesn't the court know this situation and don't find a way to solve it?" Before Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, Li Xiu interrupted in shock. He did not expect that there would be such a big problem in the border army. If this problem was not solved, there would be a big mess sooner or later.

"Of course, the imperial court knew that in fact, the King of Qin had already written letters repeatedly, requesting the Zhechong Mansions from all over the country to be stationed in the border gates in turn. If this is the case, a soldier of the government only needs to stay in the border troops for a year or two before he can go home and rest, which will not have much impact on his home. However, because most of the guards stationed in the border gates are from the King of Qin, some people are worried that doing so will increase the King of Qin's prestige in the Zhechong Mansions in various places, and for this reason, he repeatedly obstructed him. Even when His Majesty agreed to this matter in person, the army was still secretly obstructed by others when it was mobilized, which led to the delay in the replacement of the border troops, and some of the families of the border troops were even destroyed and the families of the people who were dragged down were destroyed..."

After explaining so much background, Cheng Yaojin finally began to tell the story he just told. The protagonist of this story is not a person, but a Zhechong Mansion. This Zhechong Mansion was transferred to the border three years ago and should have gone back a year ago, but because of the army that replaced them, it was too late to reach, which caused dissatisfaction among the entire Zhechong Mansion. Moreover, they were originally from a poor place, and each family had lasted for three years and had reached its limit. At this time, they could not hold on.

The commander of the Zhechong Mansion asked Cheng Yaojin to go back several times because his subordinates could not hold on. If they continued like this, there might be a possibility of mutiny. However, although Cheng Yaojin was the chief general in the army, he had no right to let them go back. He could only keep urging the superiors to send people to replace him as soon as possible. On the other hand, he used tough measures to prevent the Zhechong Mansion from causing trouble. After all, the army has never been a reasonable place. If a general is not strict in military orders, he will never be able to become a good general.

But what Cheng Yaojin didn't expect was that the soldiers in Zhechong Mansion were worried about the situation at home, but were suppressed by the army, which made the soldiers' anxiety reach their limits. As a result, on a night when the wind was strong, a camp roar suddenly occurred in the base of Zhechong Mansion.

"English Xiao? What is English Xiao?" Li Xiu asked in confusion when he heard this. He felt very unfamiliar with this name.

However, when Ma Ye next to him heard the word "心心叶", he couldn't help but close his eyes in pain. After a while, he said in pain: "心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心心�

"Yes, Li Jijiu, you have never seen the terrifying terror of the camp, but I can tell you that that kind of scene is even more terrifying than the battle between the two armies on the battlefield. All familiar soldiers are like being possessed by evil spirits, not obeying anyone's orders, only knowing to kill people like wild beasts. And no matter how many troops are sent in, these troops will be infected and become just like those people. So in this case, the army will only block the entire camp and dare to send people to check it out after dawn. However, after a terror, most of the casualties will be killed or injured." Cheng Yaojin also added at this time.

"Then... what happened to that Zhechong Mansion in the end?" Li Xiu couldn't help but say dryly when he heard the explanation about Yingxiao. He didn't expect that there was such a thing in the military camp. However, if you analyze it from a psychological perspective, this situation may be caused by the closed and heavy pressure environment of the military camp. After all, everyone's psychological tolerance is limited. When the pressure exceeds this limit, the whole person will collapse. This collapse may be transmitted to other people, resulting in a group like Yingxiao. The next morning, I went to check and found that half of the people died of killing each other. Many of the remaining living people were disabled. The entire Zhechong Mansion did not die on the battlefield, but died at the hands of his own people!" Cheng Yaojin said the last time, his face also showed pain. If this Zhechong Mansion died on the battlefield, he might not say anything, but the current situation makes people feel really worthless and regretful.

After hearing this, Li Xiu was speechless. If there were no obstruction by some people, the successor army could arrive early, then this tragedy would not have happened. If Cheng Yaojin had paid more attention at that time and used some soft means to comfort the Zhechong Mansion, so that the pressure on the soldiers in the palace would be less, and such a tragedy would not have happened. Unfortunately, things have been discovered, and there would be no meaning in assumptions.

"So that's it. No wonder you chased me to do business. I'm afraid you want to share the income from doing business with your soldiers. This way, there is no need to let them drag down their family anymore, right?" Ma Ye also breathed a sigh of relief. As a veteran in the army, he was not afraid of fighting with the enemy on the battlefield, but he was a little scared of the unpredictable danger of Ying Xiao.

"Brother Ma said very well. Although I, Cheng, love money, I do not know how to make money, so I can only ask you for help from Brother Ma. As long as you promise me to do business, I am willing to provide all the conveniences?" Cheng Yaojin immediately patted his chest and promised.

"Okay, I know the pain of the border army. For your heart, I will do this business even if I lose money, let alone Li Xiu help me. Then you can wait and count the money!" Although Mr. Ma has been doing business for a while, he is still a general, so he immediately agreed when he heard this.

"Wait a minute, I have a problem!" But at this moment, Li Xiu suddenly interrupted them and said, "General Cheng holds heavy troops. If he is doing business with Uncle Ma now, wouldn't he have another source of wealth? A general has money and soldiers? Will doing so arouse suspicion from the court?"

Li Xiu had already wanted to ask this question. After all, a general has too much power, and it is not a good thing to look at it. But Yao Jin and Ma both laughed when they heard Li Xiu's words. Then Ma Master said, "Boy, you think too much. The court should be as long as the army can fight. As for other matters of the army, the court would want to let local generals solve it themselves. So if Lao Cheng solves the border army's problems, the court would not be happy and would not care about so much at all!"

"Yes, Li Jijiu may not know that the main income of the government soldiers is the capture on the battlefield. If you don't fight, you will have no money. Therefore, the court also encouraged the government soldiers to find other sources of wealth and not be afraid of you making fun of it. In the past, for money, I even let the army pretend to be robbers and plunder on the grassland. Unfortunately, most of the people on the grassland are so poor that they can't grab any good things." Cheng Yaojin also smiled and said, and he also felt that Li Xiu had thought too much.

However, when Li Xiu heard this, he shook his head secretly. The Tang Dynasty did not restrict the power in the hands of local generals, and he might not see anything now. However, in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the power in the hands of the governors in various places was too great, and they all followed the tune but not the announcement, and they became small kingdoms. That situation was probably the root of the disaster laid now.

After the banquet, Li Xiu and Ma Ye asked Cheng Yaojin to send him out. After the other party left on a horse, Ma Ye suddenly smiled and asked Li Xiu, "How about it, what do you think of Cheng Yaojin?"

"Old fox!" Li Xiu looked at Cheng Yaojin's departure back and smiled and said three words. A story of Yingxiao not only successfully changed the previous topic, but also successfully made Ma Ye agree to his business. What is this person not an old fox? (To be continued.)
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