"have."
"How many?"
"A handful of tens of thousands."
"That's right."
Song Huaian said calmly: "The Xiong family can have private soldiers, why can't you have one?"
"That's different," Tang Bohan argued. "The Xiong family has long controlled the border army and has long been a warlord. It's normal for them to have private soldiers. But the fact that Your Excellency has trained such a private army out of nowhere scares me."
"What are you afraid of?" Song Huaian scolded, "What's there to be afraid of? Do you want me to kill people or set fires? Do you want me to rebel?"
Tang Bohan said: "Just because there is none now doesn't mean there won't be in the future."
Song Huaian sneered: "So what if they rebel? Do you think the common people can survive with the current court as it is?"
Tang Bohan opened his mouth and said after a long while, "Do you really want to rebel?"
"No." Song Huaian glared at Tang Bohan and said, "It's just a precaution. The Crown Prince and Prince Yu are fighting fiercely right now. Prince Yu has the support of the 200,000-man army of the Marquis of Zhenbei. If he is defeated, he will probably launch a mutiny. At that time, these 50,000 troops will be our support to survive and protect our families. Do you understand?"
Tang Bohan suddenly understood: "I knew it. The Emperor loves you so much, how could you rebel? But it's too early to say that now, right? It will take at least 10 to 20 years for the Emperor to abdicate."
"Maybe not even in a year or two." Song Huaian said: "Your Excellency only told me this news, and I will only tell you. The emperor's health has been damaged by the elixirs he took, so it will only be a year or two."
"What?" Tang Bohan was shocked.
The people have complex and contradictory feelings towards the emperor.
I hate his stupidity, but I also respect and love him.
So when Tang Bohan heard that Cheng** only had one or two years left, he was shocked and couldn't believe it.
"Why are you shouting? When the emperor passes away, there will be chaos. Whether for your future or your family, you must work hard to train your troops. Do you understand?" Song Huaian scolded.
"clear!"
Tang Baihan left in a daze.
A few people came out from behind.
Some are older, some are younger, but they are all similar to Song Huaian, with a scholarly air.
"This Tang Bohan is so slow to react that he only remembers to ask you now." said the oldest man among them.
"He's not slow to react, he's just afraid to ask." Song Huaian sneered, "Rebellion! Hey, how many people have thought about it, but how many dare to do it? Those who were forced by the court to have their families torn apart and their entire families wiped out, how many of them would have thought of rebellion?"
Song Huaian showed a sarcastic look: "Loyalty to the emperor and the country! This is something engraved in people's bones. How many people dare to resist?"
"That's why we are needed to learn the art of dragon slaying."
The oldest man said, "But is the person you found really suitable? I think he is a traitor even more treacherous than Zhu Zhongyan."
Song Huaian shook his head and smiled, "Brother, you only saw the side that outsiders said, and didn't see the real him. Here are two documents, you will know after reading them."
Song Huaian carefully took out two documents, which were the five-year plans and work schedules for the two provinces of Jiangbei that Zhao Lin handed over to the court.
These people gathered together to take a look, and all of them were surprised.
"This document looks simple, and many people can think of it. But it is precisely because they can think of it that Zhao Lin's extraordinaryness is revealed."
Liao Yongzhong, the middle-aged man Song Huaian called "Senior Brother," sighed, "Being able to come up with something is nothing; being able to do it is what matters. If we follow this plan, the development of the two provinces of Jiangbei will be just around the corner."
"That's why I chose Zhao Lin."
Song Huaian said: "Zhao Lin is different from other bureaucrats, so I want to see if he can change anything in this world."
Song Huaian laughed: "We learn the art of dragon slaying not only to slay dragons, but also to raise dragons. Only when a new dragon appears will all our learning be worthwhile."
"good."
Liao Yongzhong praised, "You see things more clearly than we do. Just tell us what to do, and we'll follow you to see what Zhao Lin can do and whether he's worth our help."
Song Huaian was overjoyed: "I am planning to take over Dingling City and also have to contain the Xiong family. I am too busy to do anything else. It would be great if you could help me."
Liao Yongzhong smiled and said, "Leave the Xiong family to me."
In the Xiong family's meeting room.
The atmosphere is not very good.
Not just not good, very bad.
Xiong Boheng sat there with a gloomy face.
"In the past few months, our caravans have been robbed three times in a row. Not only that, but our guards were all killed. Not a single one was left alive, only corpses."
Xiong Chao was furious: "Someone is targeting us. I suspect it was Zhao Lin who did it."
"No, not him."
An old man from the Xiong family shook his head and said, "He doesn't have that much ability."
Another elder from the Xiong family said, "I don't think it's him either. Although he's the governor, his foundation is too shallow, and he doesn't have any capable people under him. Being able to accurately intercept our caravan from thousands of miles away and kill every last one of them is definitely not something an ordinary person can do. I suspect it's from another family."
Although the Xiong family dominates the northwest, there is not only the Xiong family in the northwest, there are other powerful families as well.
They both cooperated and fought with each other, just like the nine Tiele clans in the Golden Desert.
"Whoever they are, find them and kill them."
Xiong Boheng calmly gave the order: "The Xiong family's dignity cannot be challenged. If we can't even deal with such a scoundrel, we will be met with even more enemies."
All the members of the Xiong family were shocked.
When someone dares to attack a strong person, and the strong person cannot retaliate immediately.
More and more enemies will appear.
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