Chapter 73

Even if the nobles begin paying taxes now, once I am gone, this situation will be overturned in an instant!

My descendants will also face endless retribution!

Therefore, letting Li Si do this, he is not up to it!

Xiao He, just like Zhang Liang, is not ruthless enough!

But... Huang Chao is different!

He is ruthless enough!

When ruthless, he will wipe out entire noble families!

He is completely a figure of the level that is the nemesis of the nobles!

Not only is he ruthless enough!

But he is also a person of talent!

Are you joking? A person who can pass the imperial examination, you say he has no talent?

In that era when the Shijia Sect controlled the imperial examination, to pass as a commoner, how outstanding must his ability be!

Using him, just as when I rebelled and killed fifty thousand people to intimidate the hearts of men, I will let him carry out the reform!

Those who obey stay; those who do not obey, kill them all!

But the problem is, isn't one afraid this will trigger great chaos?

Won't the nobles rebel?

Facing Ying Su is still not worried!

Even if the nobles rebel, Facing Ying Su will only be happy!

Why?

Because of Li Yuanba!

Just ask, under this heaven, what kind of army can defeat Li Yuanba!

None!

Absolutely none!

Therefore, I am not afraid at all of the nobles rebelling!

I am even somewhat hoping the nobles will rebel!

If the nobles rebel, it will just give me a reason to kill and wipe out all the nobles in the world!

Following the trend, I can also overthrow the system where the nobles control the land!

Therefore, I have decided to use Huang Chao!

Using him means vigorously promoting the policy of merging the head tax into the land tax, making the nobles pay taxes!

Whoever can pay taxes, keep them; whoever cannot pay taxes, kill them!

Let's see if this group of nobles dares to stir up trouble under Huang Chao's nose!

Facing Ying Su was very excited.

After dismissing Xiao He and Li Si, he walked straight outside!

Where to go?

Of course, to meet Zhou Yafu, and Dai Xin, and Huang Chao!

These three are all top-tier fierce men!

One is a master at fighting!

One is a master at manufacturing cannons and firearms!

The other is a master at reform!

Facing Ying Su was very excited; immediately, he directly took Zhou Yafu to find Han Xin.

Yes!

Han Xin, I must find him to ask, exactly when can we attack the Xiongnu!

After all, I am about to announce the edict to stop repairing the Great Wall.

And after stopping the repair of the Great Wall, we will immediately launch an attack on the Xiongnu.

These two matters must happen almost at the same time!

Otherwise, such a long border line, without civilian laborers building the Great Wall, will be directly empty!

If the Xiongnu take advantage of this time to plunder, then we are completely doomed!

And when he saw Han Xin again.

He was intensively training his troops!

Just these few days apart, Han Xin's army has expanded again.

Now, it is no longer a scale of fifty thousand people, but a scale of eighty thousand people!

And these new recruits are undergoing intensive training!

And upon seeing Zhou Yafu for the first time, Han Xin directly said to Facing Ying Su: "This person is a great general, capable of leading five hundred thousand soldiers!"

"Oh?"

Once the words were spoken, Facing Ying Su was shocked, asking Han Xin how he saw that he was a great general?

Han Xin said: "Look at his eyes; his eyes contain dignity, also arrogance, and even more, the spirit of slaughter; this is the unique temperament of a person who leads troops!"

"And just this temperament is enough to let him lead five hundred thousand soldiers!"

Facing Ying Su shook his head; he did not know how Han Xin derived this conclusion.

However, he had to admit, what Han Xin said was very accurate!

Zhou Yafu indeed leads five hundred thousand soldiers!

However, that was not what concerned him; rather, it was the matter of attacking the Xiongnu.

He directly stated his purpose and asked Han Xin when troops could be dispatched against the Xiongnu!

Han Xin replied, "I cannot recall the timeline for attacking the Xiongnu; merely preparing the Qian Liang will take at least three years!"

"Training the troops will take another three years!"

"Combined, at least five years of preparation are required!"

"Five years?"

The moment these words left his mouth, Facing Ying Su immediately grew frantic.

He shook his head directly: "No, five years is too long!"

"Even if we cannot annihilate them, we must engage first; we cannot allow the Xiongnu people the opportunity to raid the north!"

Han Xin pondered:

"If Your Majesty is so urgent, then do not train these new recruits; instead, borrow two hundred thousand troops directly from General Meng Tian's command for me to deploy!"

"I will also bring these eighty thousand men to the Xiongnu battlefield immediately!"

"No matter what kind of training, it cannot compare to fighting a battle on the battlefield!"

"Fight just one battle, and the new recruits will instantly become veteran soldiers!"

"Fight a few more battles, and the veterans will become elite soldiers!"

"In that case, without five years of preparation, as long as provisions are sufficient, the great army can deploy immediately!"

"But... due to insufficient preparation, for this battle, I can only guarantee victory; annihilating the Xiongnu is utterly impossible!"

"Unless... Your Majesty can immediately procure one hundred cannons and fifty thousand cannonballs!"

"In that case, I would not even need General Meng Tian's two hundred thousand troops; with just these eighty thousand men, I could annihilate the Xiongnu!"

As he spoke these words, at that very moment, his eyes were filled entirely with light!

And upon hearing this, Facing Ying Su simply wanted to kick Han Xin twice!

Listen!

Listen, is this even human speech?

One hundred cannons, fifty thousand cannonballs.

If one possessed such capital, why would one need Han Xin to annihilate the Xiongnu?

Even if he went himself...

Uh... well, it seems I am not quite capable.

After all, annihilating the Xiongnu and defeating the Xiongnu are two different matters.

The grasslands are vast; if the Xiongnu people leverage their advantage of fleeing when they cannot fight, no one can do anything about it.

Facing Ying Su pondered for a long time, then said to Han Xin: