The two treacherous ministers Ji Yi and Su Shi were both traitors internationally. Cai Jing and Su Che didn’t know that Su Che was really incompetent in teaching his children! He didn’t know that his son had gone wrong!

Moreover, they didn't have the intention to think about Japan and Goryeo. Because Zhao Ji's intention to formulate a law to expand the new army had already made them anxious.

What military do the two know about? Su Che is a pacifist.

Cai Jing is one of the few important officials in the New Party who is basically unrelated to the military. Fortunately, he still has several people, such as Zhong Fu, who was guarding the election in Kaifeng Prefecture, is a military officer... Although he performed poorly in the previous Song and Xia war, he lost his official position after the war and has been guarding the election in Kaifeng Prefecture.

So Cai Jing asked his son Cai You to invite Zhong Fu to his home, and asked Cai Bian to bring the Knights Academy textbooks "Infantry Science", "Cabiner Science" and "Tactic Theory" brought from the Privy Council to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and everyone studied and studied together.

After studying for a few days, Cai Jing and Cai Bian were still confused. They were both geniuses with an IQ of at least 130. The Seven Books of Wu Jing can memorize the "Seven Books of Wu Jing" and can explain it very well. However, they did not understand the three books "Infantry Science", "Cavalent Science" and "Tactic Theory"... because these three books must be studied together with books such as "Mathematics", "Monologies", "Geography" and "Graphics", and they must have certain martial arts and tactical qualities to be transparent. In addition, in these books, Wu Haogu also introduced Arabic numerals and punctuation marks, which made it even more difficult for the two great talents, Cai Jing and Cai Bian to read.

But Zhong Fu could understand some of the things in the book and sighed repeatedly.

Cai Bian saw Zhong Fu shook his head and sighing, so he asked, "What? Wu Weng, is the thing in this book wrong?"

When Zhong Fu heard Cai Bian’s question, he sighed again: “Sir Cai, this book is so right! If Xia Guan had read this book a few years ago, how could he waste his time until now?”

Cai Bian nodded and thought to himself: Don’t block Gao Qiu, Tong Guan went to raid Karochuan. Now he has long been in charge of the Tongzhi Privy Council. What is the relationship between reading this book?

Zhong Fu continued: "The officials are familiar with military books. They can recite the "Seven Books of Martial Arts" and read more than twenty other military books. However, none of these books are as detailed, careful and rigorous as "Infantry Science"... Bachelor, you can look at pages 109 to 119, which are all about the marching type. There are strict regulations on the length and width of a team of officers and soldiers in which formation should be used in marching! The interval between soldiers, which foot to first step and which foot to step later, and how many steps to take for each hundred feet are also strictly stipulated! And the officers are required to fully master the soldiers through daily queue training."

"It's so cumbersome," Cai Jing shook his head, "The whole article is full of such content. The text is dry and unliterate, and it is particularly nagging, and there are strange graphics, which makes people dazzled."

In fact, the first version written by Murong Wangyou was not like this. Old Man Murong was a Jinshi of the Liao Kingdom, and he still had literary talent, and he didn't know physics at that time. However, later, Wu Haogu and many students who graduated from the General Studies and PhD degree from the Yuntai Academy, as well as military opportunities to return from the front line, also added the revision of military textbooks. As a result, the literary talent was less and less, the content was more and more detailed, and the mathematical knowledge was applied more and more, and various regulations were more and more strict, and the formation was more and more focused. Because Zhao Zhongge and other military opportunities found in actual combat that both infantry and cavalry, the side that launched an attack with a strict formation could always gain an advantage! So the latest version of the textbook taught to the editorial department of the Privy Council became like this now.

"Mr.," said Zhong Fu with a smile, "Wu Hao is an ancient military official. How can his book have a literary talent? Besides, this book is for vulgar military men, and it is most suitable to write it in vernacular. In addition, the small dots should be symbols for breaking sentences, which is not easy to misread. This is indeed a good idea. Military orders should avoid ambiguity and strive for accuracy. As for those strange characters in ancient times, they should be a symbol of counting. Xiaguan has read it in the math books of Yuntai Academy.

Although the book is not very literary, the method of training and fighting in the book is very good. If you act according to this, you should be able to train a farmer within one year."

"A year is enough?"

Cai Bian didn't believe that although he did not understand military affairs, he had been a clerk in the Privy Council for a period of time and knew that the court had a high requirement for selecting imperial guards. It was to choose a strong man with certain martial arts skills to join the martial arts to facilitate training.

"Enough! Wu Haogu, Gao Qiu can do it, and the officials can do it!" Zhong Fu suddenly stood up and bowed to Cai Jing and Cai Bian, "If the husband and the scholar think that the servant is still worth using, the servant is willing to train soldiers for the husband and the scholar...even if you have to transfer a martial arts master."

The transfer of senior civil servants to military officials was rare in the history of the Song Dynasty, and most of them were senior civil servants with a background in generals. For example, the deputy general officer of Fuyan Road and Fuyan, who was captured in the Battle of Haoshuichuan, and Liu Ping, the Huanqing Road Tongfu Pacification Envoy, was the descendant of the general. He was a Jinshi, and the civil servant was promoted to the military officials after supervising the censor.

Although Zhong Fu was not from a general, he was not from a Jinshi, but from a staff member of Li Xian. He relied on his military merits to climb up step by step to gain his current status. Unfortunately, he performed poorly in the end of the Song and Xia battle and lost the trust of the official family. If he did not take any dangerous moves, he would be very afraid that he would soon be promoted to the palace temple.

So he didn't care about the noble civil servants and the humble military officers, and made a request to transfer military funds. In fact, he saw that Cai Jing and the two brothers Cai Bian had no military officers who could train new military soldiers and their commanders could be the commander of the military officers, but none of them could be the general manager of the military officers.

If Cai Jing and Cai Bian want to dominate the Northern Expedition in the future, relying on a bunch of people can only shake their pens and talkative officials will not be enough.

Cai Jing smiled and said, "Wait! The weak man is the best among civil servants. If you transfer military funds, then the dispatch of the new military soldiers will be the weak man. Just the weak man, can you come up with a comprehensive strategy?"

Cai Jing, Cai Bian wants to hand over to Zhong Fu, but the work of establishing the army and training!

How to train soldiers, it is said in "Infantry Science" and "Cathing Science". But how to form a new army, it is not found in "Infantry Science" and "Cathing Science".

Zhong Fu didn't know how to answer for a moment, but then he heard a low voice from the servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion outside the study: "Teacher Zhang has arrived, will the master see him?"

"Teacher Zhang?" Cai Jing was stunned, "Why is he here?"

Zhong Fu didn't know the matter of the Great Education and Reform Group, so he interrupted: "What is the Great Education and Reform Commission?"

Cai Bian explained: "There are seven leaders in the Great Education and Reform Group, led by Zhang Zihou's four sons Zhang Zhiping.

Brother, can we see him?"

Cai Jing stood up and tidied up his clothes, "Of course I have to see you! Can Zhang Zihou's son disappear? Let's meet in the middle hall."

No matter how poor Zhang Dun is, he is Cai Jing and Cai Bian’s former backer. And now there is no "Yuanyou Party Monument". Zhang Dun is not a dead tiger. He has Jingdong and Shangshi. He can easily spend millions! When Wu Haogu lost his holy family, the official family had to ask for money from the Zhang family.

"Yuandu, go to see Zhang Zhiping with me." Cai Jing looked at Zhong Fu again, "Wuweng, wait for a while, and after dealing with Zhang Zhiping, we will tell you about building a new army."

After saying that, Cai Jing and Cai Bian walked out of the study.

...

Zhang Yuan was covered in dust and seemed to have just entered Kaifeng City. Before he could go to his newly bought house to rest, he came to Cai Jing's mansion directly.

He did not come empty-handed, but also brought a generous gift to Cai Jing and Cai Bian. Of course, it was not money, but a "solution" to form a new army and train a new army is exactly what Cai Jing and Cai Bian need most at the moment.

Of course, it was not Zhang Yuan who formulated this plan. The "Military Strategy Tutorial Class" is not that high level, and Zhang Yuan is now at a level that is not very clear.

The plan was formulated by Wu Haogu's military command and the professors of the Knights Academy, including Zhao Zhongge, Ma Zheng (he is now the deputy Siye of the Knights Academy), Murong Murong Wangyou, and Wu Haogu himself were all involved.

However, even with them participating, this plan is still a very superficial plan. It is not done in detail and cannot be said to be very meticulous. Otherwise, Zhang Yuan would not have come to see Cai Jing alone with the whole set of plans, at least he would have to push a wheelbarrow.

In the middle hall of Cai’s mansion, when he was thinking about how to present the army-building strategy containing the "poison pill" to Cai Jing, Cai Jing and Cai Bian had already walked in with a smile.

Zhang Yuan quickly got up and bowed with a smile: "Secretary Zhang Yuan, I have met Xianggong Cai and Scholar Cai."

Cai Bian is now sent by a Hanlin bachelor, so Zhang Yuan called him "Scholar Cai". Cai Jing and Cai Bian were also polite to Zhang Yuan, smiling and returning the favor, and then took the seats with the host and the host.

After a few greetings, Cai Jing asked, "Zhiping, I haven't seen you these days, but are you preparing for a large education group?"

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "No, Mr. Cai, Mr. Cai, and his subordinates have been sent by his father to Yuntai Academy in Jiehe these days to ask Mr. Murong for advice on military studies."

This bull is still very real. Cai Jing and Cai Bian are in Jiehe Market. Just investigate and you will know that Zhang Yuan has been in the Knights Academy under Yuntai Academy. And everyone knows that Zhang Dun has the kindness of knowing Mr. Murong. Isn’t it just a matter of just teaching Zhang Yuan?
Chapter completed!