Chapter 1633: Adjustment of Defense

Zhao Xu thought to himself that not everyone is watching the secret report. Grandmother, you said it was more interesting than the secret report of other courtiers? But he replied respectfully: "Situ is already a foreign minister. Every time he asks about the government affairs, Situ always keeps silent."

"Recent memorials only mentioned that Shen Kuo should be self-reliant on Hedong Road... to develop the income from copper smelting and prepare a steel center, and ordered Song Yongchen to survey the passage from Taiyuan to Zhending and plan a railway."

"As for whether to practice or not, it depends on the situation and the four paths will be determined according to one's ability."

"In short, it will not add unnecessary burden to the court."

"He never adds any burden to the court." Gao Taotao said: "If the court officials are so cautious, how could there be such a turmoil?"

Zhao Xu lowered his eyebrows and said, "That's why it is even more important for the Empress Dowager to issue an edict and determine the court."

In Xinsi, the Empress Dowager alone sent an envoy to give Su Zhe an imperial edict, ordering him to serve in the province as early as possible.

Ding Chou also ordered his subordinates to be cautious and non-partisan, and reaffirmed the system of two deliberations in the capital, province, and hall. He also ordered Lu Dafang and Liu Zhi to abolish the system first and to avoid trouble after fearing ridicule. They were each fined thirty kilograms of copper.

Lu Dafang and Liu Zhiyi came to the door to apologize, but they were raised high and fell gently, urging them to go to the province to take charge of the matter.

The storm has subsided.

Ren Yin, left Zhengyan Yao Meng sent to Puzhou, right Zhengyan Yu Ce sent to Jiangzhou, Zheng Yong punished Taichang Temple, Yang Wei punished Guozijian.

Guimao, since all the kindnesses he has shown before have not reached Yaohua Palace, Qian Qinghe has specially ordered to give Qian Min.

After all, the two Xu officials were not released from the capital, but the Yaohua Palace was the place where Zhao Hao's first wife, Feng Shi, and his wife, Dai Fa, became a monk and practiced. Gao Taotao's move was actually a blow to Zhao Hao.

Zhao Kai was so happy when he found out. Mother was so kind that she didn't tie the two brothers together and hang them up this time!

In Dinghai, Sun Jiong knew Shuicheng, the capital of the northern provinces, and promoted him to Beiliu; Li Weiquan sent Shuicheng, the capital of the northern provinces, to promote Dongliu.

After Suyou returned to Daimyo, he made several suggestions in the previous chapter. The first one was to examine and renovate various waterways in Hebei to increase transportation capacity.

Therefore, the task of the two Shuichengs was not only to consolidate the old and new lines of the Yellow River, but also to regulate the many waterways between the old and new lines to ensure the important channels for the imperial court to support Hebei from the Huaihe River.

Su You's second suggestion was that the generals on the Hebei Road were overqualified and the military supervisor Tong Guan was not qualified enough to impeach the veteran generals. Li Xian on the West Road had been guarding the border for a long time and should be rotated. He asked the court to exchange the two and use Li Xian as the Hebei Supervisor.

Army, with Tong Guan as the supervisor of the northwest army.

Li Xian was already fifty-six years old, and Tong Guan was only thirty-seven. One was senior, and the other was young and powerful. The Western Expedition was hard work, and the younger one should take the lead. The court agreed to this rotation.

Su You also suggested that the New Army Jiuwu on the West Route should also be rotated. Now that the railway can reach Yumen Pass, Tong Guan can return to Beijing to report on his work, and then lead a section of the Fourth New Army to the Western Frontier for training.

Li Xian led the Western Division to Bianjing, handed it over to the imperial court, and then came to Hebei to serve.

This is an important measure to test the operational capabilities of the Song Dynasty Railway. Although the railway is an important strategic deployment tool, no one knows the effect without verification. If there is no prior practice to check for leaks and fill in the gaps to form a system, I am afraid that it will be caught off guard in times of emergency.

A few ministers knew what Su You's memorial was about, but most people didn't, so the controversy arose again.

Lu Dafang and Liu Zhicai suffered a loss, so they quickly convened a joint meeting of the provinces to discuss the matter.

Zhang Dun spoke eloquently at the meeting, believing that there was nothing wrong with the Rotation System itself, but that it was an effective measure to prevent local armies from becoming dominant and generals running rampant.

It was impossible to do this in the past, because the strength of the armies in different places was too different, and the soldiers were greedy for their homeland and were unwilling to move.

But now the army of the Song Dynasty is different. The quality of the officers and soldiers of the new army is not comparable to that of the old army. There are military supervisors above the company level, and doing ideological work is their regular job.

Moreover, in terms of tactical level and military literacy, there is not much difference in the skills of each department of the New Army, and there are systems for command and control.

Non-commissioned officers are all taught in the academy, and their tactical thinking and command methods are not very different from each other. They can completely "change troops and change generals" without losing combat effectiveness.

Moreover, this also takes into account fairness and is beneficial to enhancing the overall strength of the Song Dynasty army.

Especially the exchange of two supervisors requires a reasonable reason. Isn't this the right reason now?

The first ones are dispensable, but the last one pricks the sensitive nerves of civil servants.

In view of the painful lessons of the Later Tang Dynasty, civil servants were deeply afraid of eunuchs who led troops.

Li Xian has been serving as the supervisor of the army in the west for ten years. The governor of the western region has changed twice, but he has not moved.

He is a close confidant of Zhao Xu, but the person on the stage now is the Empress Dowager, whom she has not seen since the death of the late emperor.

In the past few years, Li Xian himself had been on tenterhooks. He wrote every year requesting to be relieved of military duties and return to guard the palace, but the court never approved it.

Situ's suggestion is great. Li Xian will definitely be able to suppress the military when he goes to Hebei, and Situ will definitely be able to suppress Li Xian when he is in Hebei.

Therefore, it is impossible for Li Dujian to return to Beijing, so it is just right to leave him in Hebei.

After a vote, the proposal was approved.

Tong Guan was so excited when he heard the news that he packed his luggage that day and rushed to Bianjing. When he passed the famous name, he paid a visit to Su You and thanked Su You for giving him the opportunity.

Su You laughed loudly and gave him a farewell banquet. Tong Dujian Xiuguan was determined to build a horse in Tianshan for His Majesty. Su You didn't know what to do. Since he knew, how could he not succeed in a good thing?

However, I sneered in my heart. You, Tong Lao Lao, still don’t understand the evil intentions of civil servants. How can the achievements of sweeping up the Tianshan Mountains be the same as those of destroying the Liao Dynasty?

Therefore, we can only let Li Xian do the work here. After finishing the work, he will retire honorably. How much effort will the court save in the future?

It's actually a shame to do this to these eunuchs who are doing pretty well nowadays, but Su You comforted himself, I'm doing this all for your own good...

Also returning together was Wang Yanbi.

The eldest princess of the Xu Kingdom was not allowed to act like that. Wenwen Township was the Tomb of Heroes. After Wang Hui became Master Wang Yanbi, the first thing he did was to report to Su You and ask Wang Yanbi to move to the opposite door and live with him, or else live in Jiedu.

In addition to official duties, he devoted himself to learning.

Su You thought it made sense, so he wrote to the eldest princess of Xu State, sending the girls back to Bianjing, and then issued a ban on Wang Yanbi. He almost forgot that this year would be the year of the competition.

Wang Yanbi's articles during this period were greatly improved. After Su You came back, he read them one by one. He found that after Wang Hui's sorting and training, he had really been separated for three days, and he had to look at them with admiration.

There is also a colander. I made an agreement with Wang Hui before I left. Teacher Wang, if it is convenient, you can give Yanbi the set of exercises. Hahaha, also send a set to my family in Bianjing, and I will ask him

I'll send it back for you to correct, who doesn't have a naughty kid yet...

And we really need to hurry up on this matter, otherwise in two years when Da Su returns to the court and the Empress Dowager appoints the examiner, it will most likely be him. Then we will have to avoid suspicion, won't it delay our children?

What does it mean that Wang Hui is under a lot of pressure? One Jinshi is not enough, so you have to buy one and get one free?

Fortunately, the two children have a good foundation, and the advantage of the children of the Xungui family is that they can follow their elders to participate in actual government affairs after receiving Enyin. This is to advance the political observation process after winning the Jinshi.

This is how Fang Ping and Zhao Bian tortured Su You. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to get the top prize.

After a year of special training, Wang Hui felt that both children were confident.

But Su You was not as confident as Wang Hui in his children, because he was a little unsure whether his children were really making progress or if someone was helping him cheat.

This kid has a criminal record.

In winter, October, Guisi, the imperial edict was issued to guide the river water into Bian.

The imperial court attached great importance to the first-ever new army training. It was 2,700 miles from Kaifeng to Lanzhou, and 2,100 miles from Lanzhou to Dunhuang. This was a deployment of nearly 5,000 miles!
Chapter completed!