An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 1376 A Perfect Match

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 Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

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.

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.

As for how to open the door on the sea, I don't think we can trust completely 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 our common 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 placed 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 too late. 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."