Giving scholars a future in the military is one of Zhao Xi's measures to gradually downplay both civil and military affairs.
The first item is to increase the number of civil and military officials in the political quota, and the second item is what I want to talk about today...the military service system promotes the integration of civil and military affairs.
The country's emphasis on culture over military affairs was essentially due to the chaos of the past few decades and the fundamental fear of military commanders.
Changing the boundaries between civil and military affairs has always been an issue that Zhao Xi has considered. As for using political seats to guide civilian officials to join the military, Zhao Xi also knows that it is difficult to emotionally make civilian officials identify with the military. In Zhao Xi's view, taking advantage of the opportunity
Most of the civil servants who entered the military under the high-level decision-making system went there for political seats, which was a speculative act.
In this way, it is impossible to truly achieve the qualitative change of civil servants turning into military generals. The military service system starts from the grassroots level. For more than ten or even decades, scholars have been deeply involved in the military. By the time they are qualified to enter the age of discussing politics, it is really impossible to say that they are civil servants.
Or a military commander.
"Officials, if this is the case, where will the competition be placed? And how to distinguish between civil and military officials?"
It would be strange if Han Qi didn't say this. Zhao Xi is also waiting for someone to refute before trying this kind of political discussion system.
"Oh? Mr. Han Ge is talking about logic, why should we distinguish between civil and military affairs? What does it have to do with Dabi?"
"For officials, the imperial court stipulates that the Grand Competition should be held every three years, and military service is held every year. Judging from the opening of courses in the country over the years, it is not necessarily possible for a scholar to be promoted to the position and discuss politics when he reaches the official position."
"As for the selection of soldiers, the scholars who enter the army are more likely to go through a certain degree of hardship and enter the political debate. This will lead to the loss of talented people in the country... The veteran believes that this move is inappropriate."
This is Han Zhigui! Zhao Xi had seen the secret room talk between him and Fu Bi from the Imperial City Department, and thought he would wake up, but ended up still spinning around in civil and military circles.
Is it possible that joining the army is no longer a talent? Or is it because he has to undergo training in the martial arts hall and may become Di Qing's student, which will make him break his words: Only when he is called at Donghuamen is he called a hero?
Di Qing rejected Zhao Xi's good intentions to nominate the cabinet and discuss politics in exchange for the opportunity to fight in armor during a major war.
Now Di Qing is enjoying his current life. He spends his days training with various classes of soldiers, captains, captains and generals, and teaching art of war courses.
Over the years, he has gained the most respect in his life at the Martial Arts Hall.
This status allowed Di Qing to avoid court disputes, and it also did not reduce his connections and prestige in the army. It could even be said that he could wear armor at any time and play the role of a general at any time.
Even Zhong'e and Guo Kui also wanted to stay in the martial arts hall like Di Qing.
Zhao Xi revealed his thoughts in the martial arts hall. It is conceivable that once this kind of training is continued, within a few years, the entire army of the dynasty, from captains to generals, will have teachers and students from the military assistant officers in the martial arts hall.
Friendship...~
If scholars are added to this... Is Han Qi worried about being slapped in the face or something else? Not sure.
The training of soldiers, lieutenants, lieutenants and generals by the martial arts hall eliminates the possibility of arbitrary military commanders to a certain extent, and eliminates the possibility of generals not knowing the soldiers.
"Han Ge always thinks that if a scholar becomes a general, he is no longer a talent? He is no longer a minister of the country?"
"The official family..."
"This is a very good move for officials and veterans! Scholars start from soldiers, and the path to promotion in the army will inevitably require both military merit and qualifications. In this way, the final and true effect of using culture to control military affairs can be achieved!"
Zhang Fangping had little prejudice against civil and military affairs and was more impatient than Han Qi. He directly interrupted Han Qi's words and supported the official's move.
"If this is the case, how can there be any civil and military affairs?"
Han Qi was very angry, especially when Zhang Fangping interrupted his expression.
"There is no distinction between civil and military personnel in life. Learning literature is literature, practicing martial arts is martial arts. As for the court, there are only civil and military positions and there should be no distinction between civil and military affairs."
Zhang Fangping is not afraid of Han Qi's mouth, he also relies on his mouth to eat.
"What An Dao said is absolutely true. If you are a minister in the same palace, you will be a civil servant with your majesty's permission, and you will be a military commander if you lead the army."
Oops... Chen Shengzhi also participated. It's interesting. It seems that the new member of the cabinet has the flavor of a front.
"The official family, I think it is feasible. Scholars study. Although the three-year competition system is fixed by decree, those who can pass the exam are still a minority among the scholars in the dynasty. This is how we got the special name.
explain."
"The official's move is equivalent to opening up another channel for scholars to serve the country, which is a good thing for scholars."
"The fact that the military equipment of the country is weak is also one of the reasons why the generals do not know strategies and the civil servants do not know military matters. Such measures can fundamentally solve the current situation of scholars who do not know military matters, and can also encourage soldiers to devote themselves to familiarizing themselves with the books of sages.
This is a measure that achieves multiple goals with one stone. I think it is feasible!"
Wang Anshi's ambition was to change the status quo of the country, without any prejudice between civil and military affairs.
Besides, he doesn't like Han Qi very much.
"This statement is wrong. Who can say that there is no distinction between civil and military affairs? The etiquette system of the past dynasties has established civil and military affairs, and each of them respects his ancestors, which itself distinguishes civil and military affairs."
"The result of such a move was that the Song Dynasty was incompetent in its writing and martial arts. This was a move that disrupted the etiquette of the sages."
Sima Guang still seemed to oppose everything Wang Anshi agreed with. I really don't know if he cared too much about his friendship with Wang Anshi, or if he simply forgot that there was such a thing as friendship.
It is said that since the beginning of the Qingmiao Law, Wang Anshi made several attempts to reconcile with Sima Guang, but Sima Guang blocked them all.
This old boy...
As Zhao Xi expected, Han Qi, Wang Anshi, Chen Shengzhi, and Sima Guang are the ones who have disputes in the cabinet and can argue.
Zhao Xi looked at Wen Yanbo and saw that he was about to open his mouth several times, but then avoided it several times...~ As expected, he was slippery.
This is also the reason why Han Qi would go to Fu Bi instead of talking to Wen Yanbo when something happened.
Han Jiang and Lu Gong watched the excitement, while Wang Gui closed his eyes. Fu Bi did not pay attention to the arguments among the cabinet members, but looked at the officials...
Why do you feel that officials don't care about the cabinet debate?
From what Fu Bi knew about the officials, they were very annoyed by the arguments in the court. At every court meeting in the past, the officials looked impatient. When the cabinet members argued, it felt like the officials were watching a show!
Are different opinions confusing? Maybe that's the case.
This is indeed the case. Zhao Xi had this intention in nominating such a cabinet.
As for whether the cabinet members were acting with him, Zhao Xi felt that it was not the case. He did not communicate the matter in advance, and it was purely a spur-of-the-moment idea.
The first reason why Zhao Xi violated his principle of communicating in advance was to see if the cabinet he nominated had achieved the results he wanted.
Secondly, he also wants to check whether the cabinet discussion system can be implemented.
According to the provisions of the cabinet discussion system, once controversial political matters arise, debate is allowed. This is one of them.
Second, when the argument reaches the point where they cannot convince each other, they start to speak one by one.
When a comparison between the majority and the minority cannot be achieved by speaking one by one, a secret vote is finally used to formulate a resolution.
Once a decision is made, no one may object.
Of course, it is still up to the king to decide whether to implement it in the end.
This is Zhao Xi's practice of democratic centralism, which he learned from later generations. Democracy within a specific scope is finally centralized at the king.
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"Officials once said that the only way to make a country strong is to have a moderate balance between civil and military affairs. The centuries-old distinction between civil and military affairs in a country has a certain responsibility for the country's lax military preparations!"
Wang Anshi is still not shy about exporting.
"Wang Jiefu, you are slandering the laws of our ancestors!"
"This is wrong. Did Taizu have a new army? Did Taizu have firearms? Did Taizu have tracks? No! None!"
"The chaos of the Five Dynasties was caused by military generals. Therefore, at the beginning of the dynasty, there were ancestral laws that used civility to control military affairs. Why? Because Taizu corrected the previous dynasty's laws of respecting military affairs in response to the chaos of the Five Dynasties."
"Similarly, the dynasty has been using culture to control military affairs for hundreds of years, and gradually the situation of lax military preparations and military erosion has appeared. This has led to the rebellion of the Western bandits and the bullying of the Northern Liao Dynasty."
"It is precisely because of this that Mr. Fan initiated the New Deal in the Qingli Year. Mr. Fu Ge, Mr. Han Ge, Mr. Zhang Ge and Mr. Ouyang all participated personally."
"It is precisely because of this that officials build guard camps, train new troops, repair military equipment, create firearms, and integrate civil and military forces."
"Because of the step-by-step planning of the officials, we had the land to conquer Annan in the south and become the granary of the Song Dynasty. We sent troops to Dali to solve the problem of copper shortage in the country. The expedition to Xixia in the west was a shame for the country in Shuichuanxue, and the north
He fought against Yanmen and created what is now Haiyanheqing."
Wang Anshi's two sentences are very good. It's not because he complimented Zhao Xi that he was good, but because of his defense, he first complimented Fan Zhongyan and made Fan Chunren, who was attending the cabinet meeting, have a good impression... It may also be to repay the supervision of the Yamen.
Let's clear his name before appointing a cabinet.
Then, Wang Anshi dragged Han Qi directly to the side that agreed with him in his defense... Han Qi was also a supporter of the Qingli New Deal, and even participated in the battle.
Han Qi is always embarrassed to say that what he did was wrong in the first place, right? In that case, let alone saying there is a problem with his character, he still needs to think carefully even if he offends Fan Chunren.
"This is totally different!"
"It is true that they are not the same. How can the country fifty years ago be the same as today? Even ten years ago, the country is not the same as today."
“Today’s discussion is divided into civil and military matters and has nothing to do with the Qingli New Deal!”
Han Qi still listened clearly and was not led into a ditch by Wang Anshi.
In other words, I was not thrown into a ditch by this quarrel and got back to where I started.
Zhao Xi was stunned for a moment when he saw Wang Anshi... It seemed that his original intention was to secretly change the concept.
Also, the cabinet is all civil servants, and the distinction between civil servants and military officials between the country and the dynasty is so deep-rooted that it almost goes to the bone.
If you want to argue in civil and military matters, you will definitely not have an advantage. Only by taking the topic further can you have the possibility of reasoning.
Do you really think this is a place for Bible debate?
Zhao Xi wanted to try the cabinet discussion system today, so he happily watched their nonsense. Otherwise, he would have stopped it long ago.
"Officials, since the cabinet has differences on this matter, will we start soliciting opinions?"
Fu Bi soon understood the official's intentions.
This is not difficult, the official family is too abnormal.
Judging from the way officials acted in the past, it was rare for the political hall to be so noisy back then. Even if it was, it would be with an impatient look. How could it be like this today.
Uh... Zhao Xi originally wanted to watch it for a while.
"That's right! According to the cabinet discussion system, when disagreements arise and the opponents cannot be persuaded, consultations will begin one by one. Chief Assistant Fu Yanguo will preside over."
Zhao Xi is not prepared to die personally.
"I agree that scholars should join the army."
Zhang Fangping directly expressed his position before Fu Bi asked.
“I think it’s okay for a scholar to join the army, but when the general is not allowed to serve, the general’s military officer, Wenjun, will be a scholar who joins the army!”
Han Qi woke up, completely woke up, and seemed not to be disturbed by the controversy. He once again returned to the original point where he first raised the question...~ He was not opposed to the military service system, nor was he opposed to scholars joining the army, and he did not even grant military positions to scholars.
, it’s just that the positions of civil and military officials who oppose the discussion of political affairs are held by military officers!
Such a statement fully reflects Han Qi's intelligence.
"I believe that only by clearing up the promotion channels for scholars to join the army can we truly promote the imperial service method for scholars to join the army, and can we truly promote the integration of civil and military affairs between the country and the dynasty, and realize the two-legged approach that officials talked about in the early years.
Only by walking can I become stronger than Song Dynasty!"
Wang Anshi saw that he could not take the topic further, so he could only discuss the matter.
"I object!"
Sima Guang didn't even give a reason, didn't even say anything about his objections, he just followed Wang Anshi and said his objections directly... Fang Zheng was opposed to Wang Anshi's proposal.
"I think it's good!"
Han Jiang had no objection and did not join in the debate, but his opinions were very clear.
"I also believe that the recruitment of scholars into the army is conducive to the country's military strength, and smoothing the promotion channels for scholars in the army can effectively prevent the new army of the country from falling like the Forbidden Army again."
"Think back at the beginning, Taizu only had 100,000 elite soldiers, and he swept across the world. Now look at the imperial army today! Sending scholars to join the army and take root in the army is conducive to teaching the sages' ways to the army. This is exactly what the sages said
Teach without distinction!”
Yes! Han Qi's side was completely defeated. Wen Yanbo's explanation from this perspective is quite insightful.
Wen Yanbo... Actually, Wen Yanbo made a different choice from Han Qi because he assessed the situation and knew that the official proposal would be passed at the cabinet meeting.
He considered that at least five of them, Zhang Fangping, Chen Shengzhi, Wang Anshi, Han Jiang, and Lu Gongbi, firmly supported it. But Wang Gui was definitely ambiguous.
Even if Han Qi and Sima Guang resolutely oppose it, adding more of them will not change the result of passing this agenda.
"I think what the officials say is absolutely true!"
In Wang Gui's view, the government's decision was right. Seeing that the general trend was certain, he even threw away the ambiguity and directly expressed his attitude.
"I support you!"
In fact, it didn't matter whether Lu Gongbi said it or not, he just followed the process.
"Officials, according to the provisions of the cabinet discussion system, the old minister believes that the proposal for scholars to join the army has been approved, and it can be announced together with the military service law at the first court meeting!"
Fu Bi was simply following the procedure, because the official's purpose was to go through such a procedure.
"Good! Prepare a decree..."
The Secretariat, the original living room official, began to draft the edict. Under the supervision of the Chief Inspector Fan Chunren, an edict without any ambiguity was drafted... After the second and third steps of the cabinet process, the edict was drafted.
It is necessary to have the seal of the supervisory office.
It is estimated that the entire cabinet did not notice that it also approved whether the military service law should be implemented.