The Southern Expeditionary Army returned to the court, but all of them stayed in Bianliang. The entire court agreed on this point.
Soldiers cannot be in a state of tension all the time. Relaxation is the most appropriate way to maintain the team's combat capability.
Zhao Xi knew this, so he ordered all the Southern Expedition troops to garrison Bianliang.
The court officials were worried that many accidents would happen if this group of tough troops were placed in Junzhou.
This time, the wheel defense was completed neatly again.
Unlike last time, Zhao Xi had to use some tricks and tricks to make it happen.
With these two bases, I have a stronger foundation, and it will no longer be difficult for the team to pass defense in the future.
After all, the way of transporting soldiers between the country and the dynasty is very smooth now. It is not like the waste of people and money in the past. The transportation team of Gongfang City can complete it quickly.
Because of his contribution to quelling the rebellion in Dali, Duke Lu was directly appointed to the Privy Council, and he was appointed as the Privy Councilor.
It is roughly equivalent to a deputy position. As for the name of this official position... Whatever, Zhao Xi gradually understood the official system of the dynasty, and the original idea of changing it faded away.
I'm not satisfied with this kind of structure of stacked beds and houses. Wait, don't rush, don't be too hasty, it will easily make the courtiers rebel.
What Zhao Xi didn't expect was that during this southern expedition, the new guard battalion actually made a contribution.
Looking at the records of the Southern Expeditionary Army, Zhao Xi could probably tell that the new guard battalion was still regarded as a pro-army force by Lu Gong. All secret tasks were carried out by the guard battalion, while Wang Zhongzheng and Li Xian were the new guard battalions. Chief of the guard camp.
This time the new guard battalion went on an expedition, which was very different from Zhao Xi's original expedition. The original guard battalion was set out after Zhao Xi was established as the prince, and the guard battalion was determined to be the prince's personal army. Therefore, the soldiers of the original guard battalion could They don't care about military merit. After all, with the prince as their backing, they will definitely not be treated badly in the end.
But this time, the guard camp was not confirmed to be the prince's own troops, the official family...that is, Zhao Xi was only in his twenties, which meant that the promotion of soldiers in the new guard camp could not wait until the next generation of emperors.
Therefore, it is necessary to reward according to merit.
The soldiers of the new army of the imperial dynasty received new training for less than a year at most, while the new guard battalion received new training for more than a year before setting off for the expedition.
This resulted in the fact that in this southern expedition, apart from the captains who led the army... that is, the soldiers of the old guard battalion, the people of the new guard battalion were the most capable in combat.
Therefore, when it comes to rewards for merit, it is the Guard Battalion team that has received the most titles and promotions.
It makes people jealous...
The court is like this. You may not necessarily see the suffering behind it, but only the benefits.
"Your Majesty, in view of the achievements made by the new army in recent years, it has proven the effectiveness of the new military training method in the firearms era. The new military training method should not be limited to the guard camp..."
"Your Majesty, as Liu Shilang said, the training of the new army of the imperial dynasty is undertaken by the soldiers of the original guard battalion. However, now, the soldiers of the original guard battalion have been distributed in various armies and are unable to take on the responsibility of training troops. There are hundreds of forbidden troops of the imperial dynasty. Ten thousand, now there are more than 100,000 new troops. Since the soldiers of the guard battalion were dispersed among the army, the growth of the new army has lagged behind..."
"Today's soldiers in the guard camp cannot compare with the veteran soldiers and cannot bear the responsibility of training soldiers. Therefore, I suggest that the guard camp camp should be used as a training ground and should not be used exclusively by the guard camp..."
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Zhao Xi looked at the husband in the political affairs hall and thought they were instigating it, but it seemed not to be the case, and they were a little surprised.
After all, in the imperial court, it is rare to discuss arms improvement in the early morning with great fanfare. Even if it does, it is usually suppressed.
What's happening now?
Zhao Xi originally thought that he had to set up a trap so that the court would take the guard camp seriously and discuss it, but unexpectedly it happened naturally.
I still overestimated the resistance of courtiers in the face of certain interests, and underestimated the relationship between the civil and military affairs of the country and the dynasty.
"The limitations of the guard camp are not suitable for large-scale military training. With a million troops in the country, it is difficult to undertake even the rotation training of one army. It is also impossible for the imperial court to expand the scale of the guard camp in the guard camp..."
Indeed, the Bianliang garrison of 100,000 was the highest official limit. If the guard camp was expanded due to military training, it would not only be a matter of the guard camp, but a single move would affect the whole body.
"The pay for the soldiers in the guard camp is higher than that of all the troops in the imperial court. Although the imperial government has had a surplus in recent years, it is difficult to afford the imperial army's rotation training in the guard camp..."
Okay, very good, it’s getting closer and closer to what I want in my heart.
Zhao Xi really enjoys seeing such arguments. He has always been disgusted with making noises in the morning, but like today, he is really happy to see it.
You can't do everything yourself. If you do that, you will always be an emperor facing the criticism of the entire civil servant group. This is very good now. It is a dispute between civil servants.
This is the feeling of an emperor, mediating and being a judge.
Even if it had happened before, it was only behind his back that he had brought the court to that point. Unlike today, all the characters were right from the beginning.
Zhao Xi also had to pretend to be bored in order to maintain his dissatisfaction with the early debate.
He was already feeling happy. He could see that this time the argument seemed to be going in the direction he wanted, at least his side seemed to be in the majority.
Well, let's argue, keep arguing... Finally, I feel like I'm looking at the court with a smile.
You have to endure it and don't let anyone see it, especially these husbands, who are all old goblins.
"The official family... the official family... want to disperse the court?"
Zhao Xi was a little distracted, or immersed in his own imagination. Considering the extent of this controversy, it was appropriate for him to take a stand.
The eunuch's whisper came to my ears...~
This is a common practice. Whenever there is a dispute in the morning and the two sides are at a stalemate, it is the time for the court to disperse.
There is no way, this is no longer a political discussion, it is purely a quarrel over a quarrel. They are all trying to increase their sense of presence, even if the officials are impatient...~ Provoking the officials' impatience is originally the favorite thing of the ministers and ministers of the country.
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The more impatient the emperor was, the more noisy and energetic his ministers became... This is how the dynasty is.
As a rule, whenever there was a dispute in the early dynasty, when the dynasty was over, the officials would keep the ministers in the political hall together so that they could first reach a consensus between the emperor and the ministers regarding the disputes in the early dynasty.
Today, Zhao Xi just dismissed the court and also asked the eunuchs to collect the memorials on the dispute... This is the initiator, and those who argue will also submit the memorials later.
Although today's controversy made Zhao Xi happy, he still had to express a feeling of not being annoyed, and he didn't even do anything to keep it right...
Zhao Xi wanted to tell the gentlemen: I suspect you are instigating this. In fact, it also made it clear that this was not instigated by him.
Several times, no matter what the court decides, the shadow of the official family can be found behind it. This is not good. It is really not good for the princes to be in a state of special vigilance towards the emperor.
Sigh... You keep your word? Don't be kidding me. From ancient times to the present day, there is no court where the emperor sticks to his word.
There will be cases in the future, and Zhao Xi also knows that, but they are all the result of beheading. Zhao Xi will not do that. He thinks the current court is reasonable.
At the very least, it can avoid the situation of a foolish emperor burying a dynasty.