Chapter 1376 A Perfect Match


    At night, when Luo Qingyan returned to Weiyang Pce 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 ce 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 ispletely 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 ourbat 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


    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 woulde to no good end. Maybe they


    could make enemies tremble with fear, but most of them would be 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


    troopse to a miserable end. Generally speaking, themanders 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 ording 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 Yng 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 n. 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. ording 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.


    So... We have to fight for them. "


    Luo Qingyan raised his eyebrows, "Fight?"


    Yun Shang looked at Luo Qingyan and asked, "Your Majesty, to be honest, have you ever been moved


    by what Ling Ziyue said before?"


    Luo Qingyan touched his nose and replied, "Of course I was quite tempted."


    Yun Shang smiled, "As far as I know, your majesty is not just quite tempted by him, right?"


    After a puse, Yun Shang went on, "I''ve been thinking a lot recently. As your majesty said, the visit from


    the State of Youyue and the State of Yihai is a signal for us.


    "We have to take advantage of the situation and start to open the sea gate on the State o Xia. What


    your majesty said before was right. Instead of letting others knock on our door so that we are only be


    beaten passively, it''s better for us to take the initiative to meet our. rivals.


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    As for how to open the door on the sea, I don''t think we can trustpletely the State of Youyue and


    the State of Yihai. However, we should be aware that they may not always have a different intention.


    Anyway, at present, it''s a good way for us to solve the problem by seeking ourmon ground while


    reserving the differences.


    "At the time being, the most important thing is that our sea power is too weak. Thus our first elite troop


    can be ced on the sea. Then, with the help of this very troop, we can make use of the materials and


    wealth we get from the other side of the sea to build the other two elite troops. "


    Luo Qingyan tapped the table gently with his fingers. After a while, he smiled and said, "My Empress


    always brings me surprise.


    What else other than that? What else did your majesty think of? "


    Yun Shang didn''t hide anything, "In addition, I suggest your majesty to set up a new military


    department, the Ordnance Bureau, which is only responsible for inventing and creating new works or


    weapons. It can recruit talents and send secret guards to secretly investigate about people who are


    famous in this matter...


    Those who are good at ironware, wooden ware, or other aspects can all be recruited into the Ordnance


    Bureau with the best conditions. "


    Yun Shang pursed her lips and then went on, "A standstill is a concession. At the thought that Xia


    Houjing''s people secretly searched for books on construction before, I realize that even Xia Houjing


    knew to build some works to make up for his shortage in the army. We can''t be toote. We should


    take action now."


    Luo Qingyan nodded, "Yes, what your majesty said is true."


    He appeared very happy.


    Yun Shang raised her eyebrows and fixed her eyes on Luo Qingyan.


    Luo Qingyan smiled again, "Why are you looking at me like this, your majesty?"


    Yun Shang snorted, "Your Majesty, have you been preparing for these?"


    Luo Qingyan nodded, "I''ve already prepared for some of the things you just said, but some of them are


    indeed beyond my expectation."


    After a pause, he added, "And I say, both of us are a perfect match."