After the court meeting, Yang Song brought Liu Ji and Li Jing back to the study and prepared to discuss the issue of the military's re-enlargement.

In fact, the development of the Xia army has been very fast. It has been expanded and reorganized several times in less than twenty years. However, compared with the rapidly increasing population of the Xia country, it is not so conspicuous.

With the increase in population of Xia State, the development of wasteland is also expanding rapidly, so the scope of defense required has increased. Even if there is not much threat, there must be what should be there. It is impossible to wait until needed to do it, and it will only regret it at that time.

"The pharmacist, what he said during the court meeting was simply my heart." After seeing the ceremony, Yang Song and the two nodded to Li Jing and praised him: "If the land outside the pass was too large and there was no natural danger available, I would not have let the army retreat."

This is what Yang Song said in his heart. No monarch would despise too much land, and even if there were, it would not be him. As for the 58,000 troops of Xia State, he could still rely on his combat power to attack without fear, but he could not defend himself and could not take care of him at all.

Now, the Xia Kingdom was able to be safe and worry-free with these 58,000 troops alone, relying on the geographical advantage of Shanhaiguan. For this reason, he also used gunpowder to destroy other small roads from the outside world to the Linhai Basin. Otherwise, he would not have sat firmly on Diaoyutai like now and looked at the war in the natives outside the pass.

When Li Jing heard Yang Song's words, he held his fist and said, "King, I have never advised you because my country needs to develop people's livelihood first. Now, Executive Xun has made it clear that I dared to advise you directly, and I hope the king will atone for his sins."

"Hey, where is it?" Yang Song waved his hand and said indifferently: "I have been saying that if there are any suggestions that benefit the country and the people, I will not blame you. On the contrary, if I hide it, I will be angry."

"The king is wise!" Liu Ji hurriedly bowed and praised: "What the king said is that it is time to carry out the next round of military expansion." I don't know which Yang Song's words Liu Ji agreed with.

"Yeah." Yang Song thought for a while, nodded slightly and said, "Then how should we carry out this military expansion?"

Yang Song has always attached great importance to the military affairs, and he was also asked to separate from the Civil Affairs Bureau. This is why Yang Song just said how to expand the army and immediately asked Liu Ji and Li Jing to come to the study to discuss separately.

Liu Ji glanced at Li Jing who was not speaking and bowed: "As the Great Dynasty said at the Great Dynasty, the Military Academy has been established for less than five years. If a new military brigade is expanded, there are not enough officers at all levels, so it can only expand the existing army."

Yang Song nodded about this, and did not express his opinion immediately. Instead, he turned to Li Jing and asked: "Pharmacist, how is the Army Academy now?"

Li Jing is the principal of the Army Academy, and he established it with one hand. Of course, he knew the affairs of the Academy. Li Jing replied without thinking: "There are currently 1,343 cadets in the Army Academy, 150 infantry command department, and 150 cavalry command department..."

Li Jing introduced the situation of the Army Academy in detail and finally said: "...The first batch of 300 graduates will graduate in the summer of this year (the sixteenth year of Apocalypse) to serve the king."

"Very good." Yang Song was very satisfied after hearing that he would have a group of systematically educated officers available in a few months. It goes without saying that these officers trained from scratch by the Xiaguo Army Academy are loyal to Yang Song.

Moreover, these students were selected from the excellent academic excellence, and their cultural knowledge was very reliable, not to mention that because they lived in Xia State since childhood, their sense of identity with Xia State was completely different from those newly recruited refugees - this is another reason why Yang Song decided to stop recruiting refugees.

Suddenly, Yang Song felt something was wrong and asked in confusion: "I remember that the first batch of trainees of the Army Academy recruited 500 outstanding high school graduates, why are there only 300 now?"

"Back to the king." Li Jing heard Yang Song's question and hurriedly replied: "I wrote a letter to me. Because I wanted to train a group of available people for the king, I used the elimination method to eliminate two hundred people."

After hearing Li Jing say this, Yang Song remembered that there was still a while. He summoned Li Jing to ask in detail. Li Jing said at that time that since he wanted to build a military academy, he would build a good one, so Yang Song agreed.

Finally, Li Bao from the Naval Academy also implemented the elimination plan after hearing the news. No wonder, this happened for too long and he had too many things, so Yang Song could not remember everything.

"Bowen, if the existing organization is expanded, how many talents should the army be expanded to?" Yang Song seemed to want to avoid this topic and hurriedly turned to Liu Ji about the expansion of the army.

"King, I'm brave enough to redeem myself. Before I make any suggestions, I want to ask General Li a few questions." Liu Ji did not answer Yang Song's question immediately, but instead stood up and bent down to Yang Song and bowed.

"What's the question? Sit down and say." Yang Song waved his hand and asked Liu Ji to sit down, and he was curious about what questions Liu Ji wanted to ask Li Jing.

"Yes, thank you." Liu Ji bowed again, sat down and looked to Li Jing sideways, and asked, "Do you dare to ask General Li, did the general feel inconvenient in command during the last defensive counterattack?"

"Military advisor, please ask." Li Jing clasped his fists to Liu Ji and bowed. When he heard the other party's first question, he didn't know what Liu Ji wanted to know, he still answered truthfully: "I haven't felt it."

"Then is the march fast enough?" This is Liu Ji's second question.

"This..." Li Jing hesitated when he heard this question, looked at Yang Song, and answered truthfully in Yang Song's affirmative eyes: "The cavalry travels very quickly, and the infantry brigade has many artillery, so it is inevitable that he will be slow when operating."

"Yes." Liu Ji nodded after hearing Li Jing's answer, paused for a moment, and then said: "The last question: After the previous battle, General Li thought there were any shortcomings in the existing organization?"

Liu Ji's last question is no longer asking Li Jing, it is asking Li Jing to talk about the shortcomings of the military organization.

I don’t know what to ask about Liu Ji must know what Li Jing knows, or Liu Ji is saying that Li Jing is hiding his weakness.

Li Jing was not without political acumen. As soon as Liu Ji finished speaking, Li Jing heard Liu Ji's secret meaning. He was shocked and hurriedly stood up and clasped his fists to Yang Song and said, "The king did not conceal it on purpose. I was just trying to take advantage of this expansion of the army."

Yang Song frowned and looked at Li Jing, and asked calmly: "In other words, if I hadn't decided to expand the army this time, wouldn't you say it?"

"King, my son...my...my..." Seeing this, Li Jing immediately knelt on one knee and was at a loss. He didn't think about how to defend himself for a long time. In the end, he had no choice but to apologize and said, "I know the crime!"

It’s not that Li Jing doesn’t want to get rid of his crime, but that his current situation is that he has been forced into a corner by Liu Ji. Everything he says is wrong now. Instead of talking too much, it’s better to admit his guilt directly and wisely.

Before Yang Song could make a statement, Liu Ji immediately stood up and bowed to Yang Song and said, "Don't worry, I guess General Li should be out of caution. After all, General Li needs to repeatedly verify the military organization. I hope that the king should not blame General Li for his unintentional mistakes in view of General Li's contributions over the years."

When Li Jing heard Liu Ji's words, he raised his head in surprise and looked at Liu Ji, then immediately lowered his head back with clarity, looking at the floor without saying anything, waiting for Yang Song to deal with it.

"Okay, I didn't want to tell him to go, sit down." Yang Song frowned and looked at Liu Ji. The other party's behavior was a bit abnormal from the beginning, so he decided to investigate it carefully.

"You sit down too." Yang Song said to Li Jing kneeling on the ground: "Is there any guilt or not? You should answer the question just now."
Chapter completed!