Yanfu Palace, in today's Song Dynasty, is just a small garden in the imperial city. It's not that the emperors before the Song Dynasty didn't know how to enjoy it.
Instead, the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, which Zhenzong spent countless funds to build, had been burned down by a fire.
Therefore, the Empress Dowager Zhang Xianmingsu and the current emperor Zhao Zhen neither dared nor wanted to waste money anymore.
Although it is just a small garden, Yanfu Palace is the emperor's backyard after all, covering an area of thousands of acres.
There are all kinds of gardens, lakes, cloisters and pavilions.
Although they are small, they are very delicate.
But now, this exquisite royal garden has become a military camp.
Thousands of tall and strong Imperial Guard soldiers stood neatly throughout the entire garden space.
Zhao Xin sat on her specially made small carriage and passed by these people.
"King Qianqiu!"
The soldiers saluted respectfully to express their respect.
Zhao Xin just nodded to them slightly, said nothing, and let the cart pass by.
Zhao Xin, who has ruled the world for a lifetime, already understands the importance of the king not to talk directly to the people unless necessary.
This is because rule requires the king to remain mysterious in front of the majority of the people.
Because of fear, awe and worship, they come from the unknown and mysterious.
If one cannot remain mysterious in front of the people, then the ruler himself is no longer sacred!
This is why the ministers in power, even the bachelors, and the admonishing officials in Taiwan dare to challenge the king, but the local officials are trembling with trepidation and fear.
Because the former knows that kings are human and will make mistakes and have shortcomings.
Most of the latter do not know this and think that the king is a god who cannot make mistakes, has no shortcomings, and is perfect and perfect.
Moreover, in today's Song Dynasty society, various contradictions have accumulated over time and gradually deepened.
The same goes for the Forbidden Army.
Therefore, the resentment and dissatisfaction from top to bottom all need a place and target to vent.
As a ruler, the smartest thing to do is to make this place and object a specific minister, not the king or the royal family.
Officials must all be good.
The bad ones must be ministers and traitors.
Only by allowing the people to have such thoughts can the ruler himself be safe.
Chen Sheng and Wu Guang may not appear in today's Song Dynasty society, but what about Yurang Jingke?
Especially in a place like the military where there is a lot of hierarchy and pressure.
In particular, you need to avoid any possibility of attracting hatred to yourself.
The cart stopped in a corridor at the end of Yanfu Palace. Zhao Xin was carried by Liu Yongnian and came to a remote attic. Through the gaps in the leaves, Zhao Xin inspected the newly formed two commanding troops.
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They are all reliable, loyal and honest soldiers carefully selected according to his requirements and standards.
"Your Highness, do you have a moral command?" Liu Yongnian asked softly from the side.
Zhao Xin's eyes looked at those soldiers, these carefully selected elites.
He knew very well that the Grenadier soldiers who could pass his stringent conditions and recruit them must be loyal, honest, and submissive people.
Why?
He is six feet tall and can throw a ten-pound iron ball with one hand for more than twenty steps.
But he doesn’t engage in prostitution or gambling…
There are only three types of people in this world who can do this.
First: a filial son, and a filial son from a family with strict upbringing and strict family rules.
Such people must listen to their parents' teachings at home and obey the rules outside.
Second: Bronchitis or a very family-oriented man.
I usually plan every penny carefully, and I care deeply about my wife and children at home.
Therefore, they can keep their true intentions and dare not cause trouble.
The third type of people are the rarest people - heroes.
This kind of people don't gamble or go whoring, not because they don't like it, but just because they think it's a waste of time and energy.
Apart from these three types of people, Zhao Xin can't think of any other reason why a man who is six feet tall, powerful, young and strong, and armed with a sharp blade would not do what he can do casually, and he can do it casually.
thing!
And among these three types of people, the third type of people must be very rare.
Maybe among the thousand people in front of you, there may not be only three or five people.
Therefore, they can basically be excluded from consideration.
The vast majority of these thousand people must be filial sons with tracheitis.
The reason why Zhao Xin specifically emphasizes this standard is because he wants to find such people in a targeted manner.
Such a person will obey orders and arrangements unconditionally.
As long as military pay is paid on time, they can feed their families and keep their families full.
They will endure all kinds of torture and difficulties.
The bottom line they can accept will be much lower than that of others.
And this is exactly the army Zhao Xin wants.
A force that has been trained to absolutely listen to and obey orders, and is not too involved with the current interest groups in the Song Dynasty, and has super combat effectiveness.
You can serve as a sharp-edged soldier for Zhao Xin in the future!
only……
There are still too few people.
One thousand people, just two commanders.
"Liu Qing, if there are no longer enough soldiers to choose among the three government agencies, then let's recruit heroes from among the people!" Zhao Xin did not ask Liu Yongnian about the recruitment process, and said directly: "Every time a soldier is recruited, he will be given an example to recruit assassins.
Twenty guans, three bolts of cloth, ten shi each of rice and wheat, and one liter of salt are the expenses for settling down!"
Liu Yongnian said happily: "With this order from His Highness, I can recruit all five commanders within half a month!"
When recruiting soldiers in the Song Dynasty, they would give them the so-called settling-in allowance. Generally, the standards for recruiting soldiers would change according to the situation and the requirements for recruiting soldiers, so there was a lot of freedom.
In Liu Yongnian's view, the recruitment and settling-in allowance provided by the King of Tang Dynasty was already the highest standard in history.
It was enough for him to successfully complete the recruitment work.
"You will personally monitor the distribution of the assassination items!" Zhao Xin ordered: "Make sure that every copper coin and every grain of rice is distributed to the soldiers' families!"
"I understand!" Liu Yongnian nodded. He would do this even without Zhao Xin's instructions, because he knew how deep the water for recruiting troops was.
"Yes!" Zhao Xin nodded, asked someone to fetch a pamphlet he had written, handed it to Liu Yongnian, and said: "As for the two commanders who have been recruited, please follow the content written by Gu for the time being.
train……"
This booklet contains the training contents and daily drill methods of the grenadiers in Zhao Xin's previous life.
Although it may not be scientific, it is the most suitable method for grenadiers of this era.
In addition, the booklet also contains the hierarchy of the Grenadier Corps.
At the officer level, Zhao Xin was not easy to change and still retained the original Song Dynasty military system.
But at the soldier level, he carried out reforms.
The non-commissioned officer hierarchy system of later generations was introduced, which divided soldiers into upper, middle and lower grades, clarifying their grades, treatment and military pay.
The lower class is strong and brave, with a consistent monthly army salary and an endowment of two and a half stones per meter.
For those with moderate strength and bravery, their military pay will be directly increased to two guan, their endowment of rice will be increased to three and a half shi, and they will be given twenty kilograms of flour.
The top class is strong and brave, with three quid of military pay and four shi of rice, two of which are fine-colored (polished rice). An additional 30 kilograms of flour will be given, and an additional five kilograms of meat and one kilogram of oil will be given.
It is also stipulated that low-level soldiers must salute when meeting high-level soldiers and must obey the orders and commands of high-level soldiers.
High-ranking soldiers even have the power to punish and corporally punish lower-ranking soldiers.
Soldiers of different levels are completely different in terms of living, equipment, and diet. They can even be said to be worlds apart!
Liu Yongnian took the pamphlet and immediately bowed: "I must obey His Highness's orders and implement them strictly!"
Zhao Xin nodded, noncommittal, and was about to explain the arrangements for officers to Liu Yongnian. Gan Zhaoji suddenly came to Zhao Xin in a hurry. After bowing, he whispered in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this is the Privy Council.
The secret document just sent..."
With that said, he presented a document sealed with beeswax to Zhao Xin.
Zhao Xin took it, tore open the beeswax and took out the documents inside to take a look.
"Liao people really can't stand being lonely anymore!" The words above were not beyond Zhao Xin's expectation.
Like his previous life, the Liao people took action.
The troops of Xiao Hui, the king of the southern courtyard and King of Qi, appeared outside Waqiao Pass.
It was obvious that he wanted to blackmail the Song Dynasty.
In the previous life, their blackmail was successful, and the Song Dynasty was forced to increase the annual coins by one hundred thousand taels of silver every year.
only……
Now, the Song Dynasty's wars along the border have not failed continuously.
How could the monarchs and ministers of the Liao Kingdom have the confidence to engage in such blackmail again?
Zhao Xin thought of this, so he looked to the north - he had to consider a possibility: Yuan Hao offered the Liao people servility and even agreed to some harsh conditions in exchange for the possibility of the Liao State intervening in the Song Dynasty.
And this is very possible!
Although Yuan Hao is a madman, he is not a fool.
So, Zhao Xin thought for a while and asked Gan Zhaoji: "Does Aye know?"
"Of course I already know that the ministers of the two governments are now in the Yanhe Hall..."
"Go!" Zhao Xin immediately ordered: "Go back to Yanhe Hall!"
