In fact, Li Qi had already thought of this when he first prepared to propose the concept of the Legislative Yuan. Why he attached great importance to this point was because his idol Yue Fei died of an unjust injustice. However, in fact, there are
In the Song Dynasty, military generals often took the blame for civil servants. This was two different things from using civil servants to control military forces. The best way to put an end to all this was through the law, because the law was fair to everyone at least on the surface.?
Zhao Kai thought for a while and said: "It is indeed too rough to tattoo the soldiers' faces. Law is the most effective way for the court to govern anyone. I will announce the cancellation of this before the next round of recruitment."
It is an unwritten rule. As for the situation where military generals often suffer unjust injustice, I will also urge the Legislative Yuan to legislate against this phenomenon as soon as possible. Money is easy to come by, but good generals are hard to find. I will never let the situation of the breeder happen again."
If you can think like this, nothing could be better. Li Qicheng said sincerely: "The Emperor is a wise man."
Zhao Kai smiled and shook his head and said: "I am still far away from the sage. This is a problem that should be eliminated. If you don't do it, you are stupid. If you do, it is what you should do. There is no such thing as sage. Continue talking.
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"yes."
Li Qi continued: "In fact, the most critical thing is the foundation. What will directly affect the victory or defeat is the combat ability of the soldiers. A strong army can make up for many mistakes. On the contrary, the error tolerance rate is very low. Therefore,
We have to find ways to improve the combat capabilities of the soldiers, and the Sanya is responsible for training soldiers. If the soldiers have poor combat effectiveness, the Sanya should be directly blamed."
"Of course." Zhao Kai said: "But how to improve the soldiers' combat capabilities?"
"military discipline!"
Li Qi quickly gave his answer, saying: "It is actually very simple to judge whether an army can fight well. It depends on the discipline of the army. Without rules, there is no square, and without military discipline, it is difficult to become a victorious army.
We must ensure that the first thing recruits learn before joining the army is unconditional obedience, and only an army with military discipline can perfectly integrate with the military system of our country."
Zhao Kai snorted and said, "Where do we start talking about this?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "The generals don't know the soldiers, and the soldiers don't know the generals. If you take this sentence literally, it is wrong. Throughout ancient and modern times, I am afraid that no general knows the name of every soldier, and some people don't even know any of them.
But this is not important. Generals and soldiers should perform their respective duties. The general is responsible for arranging tactics. After the tactics are arranged, the soldiers can just execute them. It doesn’t matter who the general is. Before that, many people received awards and led troops to fight.
When formulating tactics, the people below were dissatisfied with him and refused to listen to him, which often led to internal conflicts. It may also indirectly lead to the failure of the entire strategy.
On the contrary, like the Zhejia Army, the commander still has the power to command the troops, and the soldiers are very convinced of the Zhejia people. There is no such problem. How to find the middle point? Only military discipline can do this. The boss is the boss. You
People below must obey. This is unconditional. What you respect is your superior. What is enforced is discipline, not a specific person. Otherwise, it can be dealt with by military law or by law. A disciplined army can be punished by anyone.
If a good general takes over, he can win the battle immediately."
"military discipline."
Zhao Kai smiled slightly and said: "Military discipline plus military exercises can indeed make up for this shortcoming. In fact, I also attach great importance to military discipline. I remember that after you took up the post of guard horse, I went to see you training many times.
To tell you the truth, I really didn’t understand it very well at the time, and even thought you were fooling around. The way to train soldiers should be to practice martial arts every day, but in the beginning, you just made the soldiers walk at a straight pace all day long. If you were in a bad mood, you would
I really don’t agree with letting soldiers run in circles.”
Li Qi was astonished and said: "No, Wei Chen will let the soldiers run around whenever he is in a bad mood."
"Have you done this kind of thing too often?"
Zhao Kai snorted and said: "I clearly remember one time when Niu Gao was just joking and said something that offended you. Not only did you let Niu Gao run in circles, but you also asked his subordinates to run with him.
, this is what I have seen with my own eyes, do you really think I don’t know your name of ghosts?"
Did this happen? Li Qi really couldn't remember it. After all, he often asked soldiers to run in circles without any reason. He said: "Your Majesty, even if there is such a thing, it is natural. Running in circles is a normal thing."
This kind of training, as a commander-in-chief, shouldn’t it be okay for me to let my subordinates run in circles? This is my right. I don’t hit them unreasonably or unreasonably. This is not even covered by military law, and they must obey.
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"Yes. You are reasonable." Zhao Kai smiled bitterly and said: "But during the Kaifeng defense battle, I finally understood your intention. During the entire battle, no one ever disobeyed your order. As long as
Your orders were carried out unconditionally by the soldiers. During the bloody battle at Moutuogang, Bi Zhan and Yang Zaixing fought desperately against the Jin army outside the North Gate. They never gave up. This is because you have already issued a life-threatening order unless all of them fight.
We must die, otherwise we will never lose the position, and Yue Fan and others will fight to the death with the enemy at the east gate.
If this had been the case in the past, we might have lost a long time ago, so after that, I often urged Sanya to ensure strict discipline among the generals. Not only the imperial army in the capital, but also the army of the Song Dynasty should be like this. As for what you mentioned in Sanya,
We should appoint people based on their merit rather than nepotism. I have thought of this a long time ago, otherwise I would not have allowed Yue Fei and the others to serve as the commander-in-chief of the three yamen."
Li Qi smiled and said: "It turns out that the emperor has already thought of it. Isn't it true that the humble minister just did his own thing?"
"No."
Zhao Kai shook his head and said: "Bringing together ideas is what an emperor should do. How can one person be comprehensive? Many of what you just said are very useful to me. For example, let the Legislative Yuan and the Judicial Yuan balance the civil and military affairs, and use military discipline to improve the soldiers' morale."
Combat power, as well as improving the recruitment system, etc., there is another point that gave me a lot of ideas."
Li Qi asked curiously: "I wonder which point the emperor is referring to?"
"It's those leaders."
The Privy Council only has the power to dispatch troops and generals, but the commanders are usually appointed by the emperor himself. Such people are called ministers. Zhao Kai said: "Although some of these ministers are both civil and military, there are many ministers who govern the country in our dynasty.
There are countless, these talented ministers should focus on the military aspect, but as you said before, usually when there is no war, these people are basically idle, because they do not have the power to command troops, military affairs, and military orders are not related to
They have nothing to do with it. This is not possible. I give them such a high salary and cannot let them idle."
Li Qi also felt that it made sense and said: "Then I wonder what the emperor means?"
Zhao Kai said: "Gather these people together and form a new department. They will not only be responsible for military exercises, but also responsible for our entire strategic plan of the Song Dynasty. There are enemies everywhere in the east, west, south, north, and I really can't imagine what they have to do.
The reason is that unless there is only one country in the world, the Song Dynasty, war may come at any time. We should prepare for a rainy day. Even if one day we destroy the Jin Kingdom, there will still be Byzantium, Dashi and other countries in the world. Anyway, they will be idle.
Idle, although not every strategy will be implemented, at least we will not fight an unprepared war at any time. To put it bluntly, I need a set of strategic plans for each country."
I didn't expect that his ambitions were so big and he would also formulate a global strategy. It seemed that under his leadership, the Song Dynasty would never stop its external expansion. Li Qi blinked and said: "The emperor is planning to engage in general affairs."
General Staff."
"General Staff?"
Zhao Kai was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Okay. This is a good name, let's call it the General Staff Department."
It is conceivable that once the General Staff is established, the general power will undoubtedly be further divided. Although according to Zhao Kai's philosophy, the General Staff does not have any power in peacetime, the General Staff formulates strategic plans.
, then both the San Yamen and the Privy Council must serve the General Staff. The General Staff must also face the emperor directly, so the power in the hands of the emperor will be greater. Of course, it will be more difficult for the prime minister to intervene in military power.
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Li Qi was in favor of the establishment of the General Staff, but he was very worried that Zhao Kai would be defeated by his ambitions. He worried: "But long years of war will also cause a considerable burden on the country."
Zhao Kai said: "Didn't I say that formulating a strategy does not mean that it must be implemented? Fifty years ago, who would have thought that the Song Dynasty would launch troops against Dali last year. If we had already started targeting Dali fifty years ago,
Dali planned a strategic plan. In the process of continuous research, we will have a very detailed understanding of Dali. Then when we mobilize our troops, we will be more fully prepared. Can you guarantee that twenty years later, we, the Song Dynasty, will not
Will they go to war with Dali or Byzantium?"
"Wei Chen can't guarantee it."
Li Qi said hurriedly.
Zhao Kai could see that Li Qi was still a little worried, so he added: "I know what you want to say, but you once said that the battlefield is the best way to train soldiers. The invincible division is not spoken, but fought.
When you come out, you must always remember that although the world is safe, if you forget to fight, you will be in danger. From now on, if our Song Dynasty is prosperous and prosperous, even if there are no strong enemies around, I will have to budget a military expenditure every year for soldiers to train outside.
Soldiers must not be allowed to stay at home."
It is said to be military training, but in fact it is expansion.
Then we still have to fight. Li Qi glanced at Zhao Kai and saw that he was very excited. He knew that he could not stop it, and it was difficult for him to judge whether this matter was right or wrong. Indeed, if he lived too much
Comfort is not necessarily a good thing, he said: "Wei Chen really wants to know whether the emperor will retreat to the mountains and forests if there is no more rivals in the world."
Zhao Kai laughed and said: "Although I am a bit loud sometimes, I am not ignorant. I am quite self-aware. It is difficult for me to live to see that day. I just hope that this day
The day can really come, as you said, if you don’t work hard, prepare, and imagine, then that day will definitely not come.”
Li Qi smiled and said: "What the emperor said is that the humble minister is short-sighted."
"Everyone has different ideals. This is not to say short-sighted." Zhao Kai smiled nonchalantly and said: "As for improving the military system, I must take action this year and cannot delay it any longer.
, don’t be lazy about this.”
Li Qidao: "In fact, Wei Chen has always been very diligent, except that he doesn't go to the morning court very often, but you know, Your Majesty, Wei Chen's thoughts at night---"
"Okay, okay, I know you have multiple jobs and it's quite tiring. I can understand that."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding."
This must be done as a courtesy. (To be continued...)