Chapter 1667: ""

You can't always always be hostile to what may have happened in the past.
Ishiguro Ichio (Famous Japanese-British novelist)
"It's useless." Marcus shook his head in denial. "Our empire's garrison and city defense troops in the four northwestern provinces have been replaced by the standard weapons used by the standing army. In the eyes of other countries, they are already equivalent. Yu Empire's standing army; with the Roman youth army and Roman heavy infantry's weapons and equipment, even if they bear the name of the militia, they are still the Empire's standing army."
"Are we only going to give up on this plan to get paid at the bottom?" Quintus asked reluctantly.
"This plan is not only as simple as a bottom draw." Lucius said with a helpless smile: "If this plan can be successfully implemented, then not only the aristocracy of the Dragon Empire can no longer threaten your majesty's imperial power, our city of Rome This army can also take this opportunity to integrate into the Dragon Empire, and gradually replace the original army of the Dragon Empire."
"No, taking the opportunity to integrate our Roman city army into the military system of the Tianlong Empire is indeed one of my original plans, but integration is not a replacement." Bai Feng told his confidant his own thoughts: "The Tianlong Empire has two One billion people, what this means should be clearer to me; therefore, the Roman city and the dragon empire can only be integrated, not replaced!"
Bai Feng now has two identities, one is the governor of the city of Rome, and the other is the emperor of the dragon empire; the city of Rome and the dragon empire are like his two left and right arms, of course he will not make two The arm is a stupid use of one arm.
The loyalty of the generals of the Roman city system is unquestionable, but absolute loyalty does not mean that they have no selfishness; first replace the army of the Dragon Empire with the army of the Roman city, and then push the ruling class of the Roman city into the main dragon empire Finally, they are the representatives of the ruling class in the Roman city, replacing the powerful and powerful ministers of the Tianlong Empire as representatives of the ruling class of the empire.
Bai Feng never objected to the ambitions of his courtiers, provided that their ambitions were within his control; it was unacceptable for the generals of the Roman city system to completely control the dynasty of the Dragon Empire, so he would not let it go. This kind of thing happened.
Lu Quesi, Marcus, and others who are all fine people certainly understand what Bai Feng means. Fortunately, Bai Feng did not say this, so their pressure is not very big; it is just about replacing this matter, who It is not mentioned again.
After the silence in the conference room continued for several minutes, Vipsani suddenly made a new suggestion: "Your Majesty, since it is unrealistic to send troops to all towns in the Dragon Empire, can we try to send some troops to the station first? The large cities within the Dragon Empire are carrying out our integration plan in stages from top to bottom?"
"You mean, first send troops to large cities like the capital city to promote our integration plan from top to bottom by controlling the large cities?" Bai Feng thought a little, but he did not agree with Vepsani. Proposal: "Our integration plan is not a reform, and the top-down approach may not be effective; the key is that most of the imperial nobles are in towns and not cities."
"Your Majesty, the minister felt that the suggestion of the registrar might be a try." Marcus suddenly thought of something. "The presence of our Roman troops in those capitals and counties can not only ensure all the empire. The large cities are under our control, and the city defense troops originally stationed in the capital and county can be replaced, and they can be stationed in those towns when they are idle."
In stark contrast to Marcus’s optimistic thought, it is Quintus’s pessimistic prediction: "Your Majesty, the reason why we now want to use the Roman army to enter the imperial towns is that the root cause is the garrison and the city defense formed by the military department. The army was too badly eroded by the imperial noble class; they thought that they could not be trusted without ensuring their loyalty."
Bai Feng looked at Lucius: "What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, you now have five thousand Roman youth soldiers and one thousand Roman heavy infantry in your hands. When the bottom-up approach is not feasible, use this top-down approach to promote the integration plan. Not a good choice."
"Well." After nodding lightly, Bai Feng was still in no hurry to make a decision. He turned to Quintus and asked, "Quintus, how many troops do we need to station in each large city to ensure these large cities?" Is stability stable from nobles?"
"This..." Quintus, who did not prepare in advance, calculated a fairly reasonable answer at a very fast speed: "Your Majesty, there are five thousand city defense troops stationed in the capital of each province, Two thousand of them are distributed in other cities in the county, and three thousand are concentrated in the capital city. Although our Roman army is more powerful, the number is not too small. Two thousand is a more appropriate number."
"In the case of the county, there are three thousand city defense troops stationed in each ordinary county, of which 1,500 are distributed in other cities within the county, and 1,500 are concentrated in the county; we use about 1,000 in Rome. Warriors, can almost replace the 1,500 city defense troops."
Marcus took the words and continued: "According to this standard, we only use five teams of Roman youth and one team of Roman heavy infantry stationed in each county, ten teams of Roman youth and two teams of Rome stationed in each capital. Just heavy infantry!"
Vipsani also echoed: "There are fifty-nine capitals and two hundred and seventy-six capitals in the Dragon Empire. We only need 1,625 Roman youth troops and 325 Roman heavy infantry. This step plan can be completed; more importantly, the Roman youth army and the Roman heavy infantry all add up, and the total strength is only 310,000, which will not attract too many people's attention."
"What if I included the 738 cities in the preliminary plan?" Bai Feng said with a fist.
The original expressionless Lu Kuisi frowned slightly and persuaded, "Your Majesty, so the size of the army would be too large."
"Then forget it." Bai Feng seemed to wave his hands indifferently, and then the words turned: "Actually, my real idea is whether to dismantle the Roman youth army or the Roman heavy infantry, which is a team. Establish a system and appoint them to serve as middle- and lower-level officers of the City Defense Army."
"Your Majesty, not to mention whether those young Roman generals and Roman heavy infantry soldiers can become qualified middle and lower-level officers, but the sudden appointment of them as middle- and lower-level officers of the City Defense Army may cause dissatisfaction with the city’s original officer system. After all, the City Defense Army now has middle and lower-level officers, and they have not committed any mistakes." Quintus raised his objection with a worried expression.
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