Zhao Zhen decided the matter with one word, and Lu Yijian and the others said no more.
Zhao Zhen continued: "The scholars are making trouble because of this, so they have to take precautions. The Royal Forest Guards have the duty to guard the imperial city and are not allowed to move without permission. It is not easy for the Sun and Tianwu armies to take action.
After most of the troops of the Inspection Department were eliminated, the remaining troops are now only enough to guard the people of Bianjing City.
There is no way to stop scholars from causing trouble.
I am going to set up another battalion to deal with this matter specifically."
Lu Yijian and the other three were stunned, and Lu Yijian said suspiciously: "Although most of the people in the Inspection Department have been laid off, there are still enough troops stationed in each arrest station. Even if they are not enough, the Yamen from the Criminal Department and Kaifeng Prefecture can also be deployed.
There is no need to set up a separate battalion, which will only increase costs."
Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "The government officials are pretty good at arresting thieves, but they are inevitably a little overwhelmed with the thugs."
Wang Zeng said seriously: "Even if scholars make trouble, they will not turn into thugs."
Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai nodded in agreement.
Zhao Zhen snorted coldly and said, "Have the three beloved ladies forgotten the scene that happened at the gate of Gongyuan at the beginning of the year?"
Lu Yijian and the other three looked a little ugly when they heard this.
During the scientific examination in the spring of the first year of the year, the scholars ignored the law and made trouble at the gate of Gongyuan, which was indeed a bit excessive.
Zhao Zhen used this to make his case, and they had no way to refute it.
When Zhao Zhen saw that Lu Yijian and the others were silent, he continued: "I don't want to see scholars turn into thugs, and I still count on them to help my country.
However, they were not deeply involved in the world, and relying on their status as scholars to protect them, they were always bewitched by some evil people with bad intentions, turning into thugs and provoking the laws of the court.
I cannot tolerate this."
Lu Yijian and the others opened their mouths, intending to defend the scholar a few words.
But in the end he just sighed and did not speak.
It was not once or twice that scholars took advantage of their status to cause trouble. The court was always very lenient to them and rarely blamed them for this.
Over time, some people with bad intentions used it as a means of political struggle.
And it works repeatedly.
Some scheming civil servants like to use their reputation to encourage scholars to cause trouble and achieve certain political goals.
Lu Yijian had used similar methods before.
It's just that similar methods can be used once or twice. If used too much, it will be extremely harmful to the court.
Nowadays, similar methods are suspected of being abused, so they must be restricted.
Zhao Zhen obviously realized the harm of this move, so he wanted to restrict this matter.
Restricting this matter would be beneficial to the court, so Lu Yijian and the others had no reason to stop it.
When Zhao Zhen saw that Lu Yijian and the others were silent, he assumed that Lu Yijian and the others had acquiesced in this matter.
Immediately, he stared at Kou Ji and said to Lu Yijian and the others: "The newly established battalion will be equipped with firearms for all its members, so it will be named the Firearms Battalion. This matter will be handed over to the Privy Council, and the newly established battalion will also be under the control of the Privy Council."
After listening to Zhao Zhen's words, Kou Ji understood Zhao Zhen's intention.
The reason why Zhao Zhen proposed to establish a firearms camp actually had nothing to do with scholars.
It is purely because the students of Mangshan Lecture Hall are about to graduate, and Zhao Zhen has prepared a place for them to settle down in advance.
The Mangshan Martial Arts Lecture Hall has not been made public.
Although the imperial court had mentioned the Mangshan Martial Arts Hall before, few people in the court knew exactly where the Mangshan Martial Arts Hall was and what it did.
Therefore, mobilizing students from Mangshan Lecture Hall to join the army will inevitably arouse some opposition.
Now, Zhao Zhen first established a battalion, first incorporated the students from the Mangshan Lecture Hall into the military, and then dispatched them according to the needs of each place. No one could object.
Zhao Zhen handed over the matter to the Privy Council, and the newly established battalion would be under the control of the Privy Council.
When the Privy Council handles matters, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen only need to nod, and there is no need to ask what other people think.
"no!"
Kou Ji knew the connection and was just about to agree when he heard Lu Yijian solemnly veto the matter.
Lu Yijian said in a deep voice: "The newly established battalion is to assist the imperial court in reorganizing the security of Bianjing City. It will definitely be stationed in Bianjing City on weekdays. The Privy Council should not control the troops and horses in Bianjing City."
When Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai heard this, they nodded in unison.
Lu Yijian said this without any selfish motives.
He was purely concerned about the safety of the official family.
The Privy Council now controls the military power of all the Imperial Guards in the world and can mobilize all the Imperial Guards in the world.
Nowadays, various forbidden armies are stationed in the fields of the Song Dynasty. Only Pengri and Tianwu armies are stationed outside Bianjing City. They have been ordered to stay in the military camp and cannot leave the camp without orders. There are no troops in Bianjing City that the Privy Council can mobilize.
This move greatly restricted the possibility of mutiny among those in power in the Privy Council.
But once there are soldiers and horses of the Privy Council in Bianjing City, it is very likely that Bianjing City will be easily broken by the people in charge of the Privy Council who can cooperate inside and outside.
The possibility of this happening is almost zero, but we have to prevent it.
Although the military power of the Imperial Guard is now vested in the Privy Council, the intensity of monitoring the Imperial Guard's rebellion has not weakened because of this move, but has become more rigorous.
If someone wants to cause chaos, he must bribe everyone in the army to accomplish it.
Otherwise, the Imperial Army troops would not even be able to leave the camp.
Today's imperial system is a two-sided system, one facing the inside and the other facing the outside.
Internally, the restrictions are extremely strict.
Externally, there are almost no restrictions.
The reason why this system is implemented is to prevent the Forbidden Army from causing chaos while maintaining the combat effectiveness of the Forbidden Army.
Under the constraints of this system, the imperial army would hardly appear in front of the people of the Song Dynasty easily.
If they appear in front of the people of the Song Dynasty, it means that there is a major rebellion within the Song Dynasty, which cannot be solved by local soldiers and horses, and they must come forward.
Only people outside the Song Dynasty can see them all year round.
It is precisely because of this that the possibility of the Forbidden Army causing rebellion is almost zero.
But even so, Lu Yijian and the others still wanted to defend themselves.
Zhao Zhen frowned after listening to Lu Yijian's words.
The students who come out of Mangshan Martial Arts Hall will eventually join the Forbidden Army.
The imperial army and the local army are now two types of military status.
If, after the students from the Mangshan Lecture Hall come out, their military status is not assigned to the Privy Council, but is instead assigned to the Ministry of War, then there will be some trouble in their future deployment.
After all, the military affairs of the Privy Council and the civil servants in the court cannot interfere.
But the civil servants in the court can intervene in the military affairs of the Ministry of War.
If the soldiers of the newly established firearms battalion are frequently mobilized, they will easily attract the attention of others.
Even if it attracts others' attention, it will not affect the plans set by Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen.
But there will always be some troubles.
It is normal in officialdom to use official accent, put on airs, or deliberately make things difficult for others.
If there are officials who deliberately shirk their duties when changing military status and military pay, or simply do their job, it will delay the implementation of Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen's plan.
It's impossible for Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji to keep an eye on the dispatching issues of the firearms battalion soldiers all the time, right?
Even if they have the heart, they don't have the free time.
After Zhao Zhen thought about it for a long time, he said: "The newly established firearms camp will be stationed outside the city after it is formed. I will dispatch it when needed."
Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen stared at Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng and said, "It's impossible for those scholars to cause trouble every day, right?"
Lu Yijian and the other three heard this and said nothing more.
Zhao Zhen decided on the firearms camp and said to Lu Yijian and the others: "Three beloved ministers, it is time for the three beloved ministers to start preparing for the promotion of education. After the money seized from Jiaozhi is transported back to Beijing, I will officially
He promoted Mongolian learning in the Song Dynasty.
In the Song Dynasty, all roads, prefectures, counties, and township yamen must establish elementary schools and include elementary school children of appropriate age into elementary schools.
In some villages and towns with difficult roads, teachers can be assigned to move in."
Lu Yijian hesitated for a moment and said: "This matter did not happen overnight..."
Before Lu Yijian finished speaking, Zhao Zhen interrupted him, "I established Meng Xue regardless of money. They only need to put in some effort and don't need to do anything else, so they can make full political achievements.
If they are not active in making political achievements and make irresponsible remarks, then they should die."
Lu Yijian said dumbfounded: "That's not what I meant. I just think that Mr. Mengxue's appointment and their salary distribution need to be carefully discussed to avoid corruption."
Zhao Zhen was slightly stunned and frowned.
After thinking for a long time, he looked at Kou Ji.
Kou Ji smiled faintly and said: "The government can send someone to investigate how much private tutors can earn in a year, and then take a compromise value and use it in the form of newspaper reports to spread the world.
I remember that the one-year training required by a private private school teacher is not low. I believe that many scholars will go to the Yamen to apply for a private school teacher.
Yamen in various places only need to compile a list of private school teachers and report it to the court.
When they started teaching, the imperial court deposited their salary into Yizijiaozipu, and they only had to go to the nearest Yizijiaozipu to withdraw money.
The money was given to them directly by the imperial court through Yizijiaozipu, without passing through other people's hands, so the possibility of corruption is extremely low."
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he smiled and said: "Borrowing Yizijiaozipu to pay them salaries can indeed avoid a lot of corruption, so let's do it."
Lu Yijian and the others frowned slightly after listening to Kou Ji's words.
They were not dissatisfied with Kou Ji's proposal, but simply felt that Kou Ji's proposal increased the workload of the court.
After all, it would be much easier if the matter was left to the local yamen and the local yamen would be responsible for it. The court would just give the money.
It would be very troublesome if there was direct control from the imperial court.
But the three people thought about it and did not speak out against the matter.
The imperial court spared no expense to open elementary schools in various places and included elementary school children of appropriate age in various places. This was something that had never happened in other dynasties.
The fact that the imperial court is now implementing this move can be regarded as the first of its kind.
It makes sense to be busy for this.
It is also beneficial for the court to control this matter.
That is to better supervise the development of local elementary schools.
If there were any problems in local elementary schools, the imperial court would know the news immediately and take measures immediately.
Zhao Zhen saw that Lu Yijian and the others did not raise any more questions, so he ordered: "This matter will be left to the three Ai Qing and the Ministry of Rites. Officials from various places must urge the establishment of Mongolian schools and the enrollment of Mongolian children.
I will include this matter in the evaluation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."
Lu Yijian and the other three stood up and agreed in unison.
Zhao Zhen included this matter in the evaluation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which was directly linked to the promotion of officials from various places.
Officials from various places naturally dare not neglect this matter.
After Kou Ji accompanied Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian to discuss the matter, he did not stay in the palace any longer.
Zhao Zhen has been out of court for a long time and has accumulated a lot of government affairs. Now he is busy handling them and did not leave Kou Ji to have a private chat in the palace.
After Kou Ji left the palace, he rushed to Ruisheng Garden and informed Jia Changchao and others about the matter.
After Jia Changchao and others learned about this, they happily got together to study the simplified characters.
Some great Confucian scholars felt that studying simplified characters was a big project that required many like-minded people to join in, so they wrote letters to call their friends.
Kou Ji did not stop this.
The great Confucians were highly educated and had high social status. It was a waste to live in seclusion among the people.
In the past, the imperial court did not know how to make the best use of everything, which led to the great Confucians living among the people and disappearing among the people.
Now it is definitely a good thing to bring them together to engage in academic research and contribute to the Song Dynasty.
What's more important is that the great Confucians all have high status and high reputation in the scholarly community.
The things they have researched will encounter little resistance if they are promoted in their name.
A bunch of disciples and disciples dare to question what the gentlemen have researched?
Asking for a beating or scolding?
Dare you fight back if I hit you?
How dare you talk back when I scold you?
With a group of great scholars supporting the compilation of the book behind his back, Kou Ji could safely leave the matter to Jia Changchao.
After Kou Ji handed the matter over to Jia Changchao, he didn't pay too much attention to it.
In the days to come.
Kou Ji was busy preparing for the firearms camp, while Lu Yijian and others were busy promoting elementary education.
Everyone was busy and nothing bad happened.
Until the end of the year.
Things like the firearms camp and the elementary school were completely prepared.
After Kou Ji prepared everything for the firearms camp, the first batch of students who graduated from Mangshan Lecture Hall appeared in Bianjing City and became soldiers of the firearms camp.
For them, the Firearms Camp was just a temporary place to stay, and they would later be deployed to other Forbidden Forces. Therefore, after they entered the camp, Kou Ji left them to Zhong Shiheng and didn't pay much attention to them.
All the detailed rules for Meng Xue have been prepared, and the imperial court has given approval to various departments and yamen.
The imperial court only needed to wait for the money captured by Annan's army in Jiaozhi to be transported to Bianjing City to implement this matter.
Time flies and it’s the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
A large number of soldiers and horses, escorting cartloads of money, entered Bianjing City.
After they entered Bianjing City, the people from Yizijiaozipu took away all their money.
The reason why the money was handed over to Yizijiaozipu instead of the Ministry of Accounts was because this money was earmarked.
Then recruiting teachers, building school buildings, etc. all require money.
The imperial court has decided to issue a report in the palace after the beginning of next spring to carry out this matter.
Money needs to be transported to various places through Yizijiaozipu as soon as possible.
As soon as the imperial court's residence report is published, various places can use the money to build school buildings and recruit students.
Don't waste a moment.
Kou Ji did not pay attention to the issue of money delivery. When the soldiers and horses of Yongzhou sent the money to Bianjing City, Kou Ji was at home listening to the reports from his close spies about Jiaozhi.
"Master..."
A middle-aged man stood in Kou Ji's study and bowed to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji sat on the seat, stared at the middle-aged man and asked, "How is the situation in Jiaozhi?"
The middle-aged man said in a deep voice: "It's messy, it's very messy."
Kou Ji pondered: "What kind of chaos?"
A middle-aged man reported: "After Annan's army entered Jiaozhi, there was no one to restrain them. They relied on their sharp soldiers and armor to massacre in Jiaozhi.
At first, the Jiaozhi people only regarded them as ordinary soldiers and horses of our Song Dynasty, so they used the same method to deal with our soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty."
Jiaozhi people are also familiar with the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty.
When Zhao Guangyi was in power, the first Northern Expedition failed, and he felt deeply ashamed, so he sent the training envoy of the Yongzhou regiment at that time to lead the troops to attack Jiaozhi, intending to find some presence in Jiaozhi and restore the first victory.
The face of the failure of the Second Northern Expedition.
However, due to the lack of command and the incompatibility of the soldiers and horses in the hinterland of the Song Dynasty to the climate of Jiaozhi, they returned in disastrous defeat.
When the Jiaozhi people dealt with the troops in the hinterland of the Song Dynasty, they took advantage of the terrain and climate and often caused the Song Dynasty to lose troops and generals.
The Annan Army entered Jiaozhi in the name of the Song Dynasty soldiers and horses. The Jiaozhi people would naturally use their old tricks to deal with the Annan Army by taking advantage of the climate and terrain.
However, the Annan Army was not soldiers and horses from the hinterland of the Song Dynasty, but local soldiers and horses from Yongzhou and other places. They had been adapted to the climate and terrain of Jiaozhi since they were young, and were familiar with fighting in the mountainous terrain.
Therefore, the Cochin people are self-defeating.
They dragged a group of people who were familiar with the terrain, familiar with the climate, and well-armed into a battlefield they considered favorable, and were destined to be severely beaten.
Kou Ji roughly guessed the result, but did not speak. He stared at the middle-aged man and motioned for the middle-aged man to continue.
The middle-aged man said solemnly: "The Jiaozhi people were clever but their cleverness misled them. They wanted to use the terrain and miasma to deal with the Annan Army, but the Annan Army used the terrain, miasma, and armor to defeat them.
The Annan army took advantage of the victory to pursue the Cochin people when they fled.
They captured two cities in Jiaozhi in succession."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said with emotion: "Evil people still need to be punished by evil people..."
When the middle-aged man heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched, but he did not speak.
Obviously, the middle-aged man felt that Kou Ji's words were not accurate.
Kou Ji didn't pay attention to the middle-aged man's reaction. He stared at the middle-aged man and motioned for him to continue.
The middle-aged man continued: "The Annan army captured two cities in Jiaozhi in succession. The king of the Li Dynasty of Jiaozhi was furious and sent out Jiaozhi's elite soldiers. They left Shenglong Mansion and rushed to the front of the battle to fight with the Annan army.
Annan's soldiers were not afraid of fighting, but Cochin's soldiers and horses were large in number.
As a result, Annan's army suffered two defeats."
Kou Ji nodded slowly. What the middle-aged man said was what Kou Ji expected.
The Annan Army is composed of local people in Yongzhou. The local people in Yongzhou are strong and fierce, so the Annan Army composed of local people will naturally not be weak in combat effectiveness and will not be afraid of death.
But they were used to freedom and did not like to be restrained by the military discipline of the Song Dynasty. They did not have many rules and formations to speak of when fighting.
Facing a large number of Jiaozhi's elite soldiers, even if they try their best, they will still be defeated.
Even if the stragglers are well-equipped, it is difficult to make an enemy of the elite soldiers with strict military discipline.
"Just when the Annan Army was about to ask for help from the Forbidden Army stationed in Yongzhou, the group of people who went to Jiaozhi to watch the battle took action."
When the middle-aged man mentioned cannibalism, his breathing became heavier.
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "They asked to bring troops and horses over. Obviously they are not prepared to watch the battle peacefully. They will definitely take action when necessary. I expected this."
The middle-aged man said solemnly: "They are really powerful! I have never seen such powerful soldiers and horses. They only dispatched a thousand elite cavalry, wearing armor and holding blades, to attack the enemy.
Facing Jiaozhi's 30,000 troops, they charged head-on and were not afraid at all.
They rushed into the formation of Jiaozhi soldiers and horses, like a knife cutting into tofu. They continued to divide and strangle, and finally beheaded more than 6,000 Jiaozhi people and forced more than 18,000 Jiaozhi soldiers and horses to surrender.
Only a small number of people escaped from their hands.
During this period, the Annan Army did not help."
Kou Ji glanced at the middle-aged man and said: "You have been in Leizhou before and have never seen the Tiger Character Army of the Song Dynasty or the Iron Kites of Xixia. If you had seen them, you would not think that they are the most powerful soldiers.
horse."
The middle-aged man was stunned.
Kou Ji didn't explain too much, he asked: "Those people should be wearing heavy armor, right?"
The middle-aged man nodded solemnly.
Kou Ji didn't ask any more questions and gestured to the middle-aged man: "Continue..."
The middle-aged man nodded and said: "After they helped the Annan army defeat the Jiaozhi soldiers, they cooperated with the Annan army to win a city."
"It makes sense!"
"The Annan Army believed that its bravery was not inferior to others, and did not want to use their strength to show off its evil, so it gathered a large number of tribesmen from the mountains and forests of Yongzhou and other places to join the Annan Army."
"I've already guessed this..."
"Originally, the situation was great, but those cannibals, after entering Jiaozhi, began to preach and had conflicts with the local wizards and Buddhists.
Nowadays, people from the Jiaozhi Buddhist sect are inciting the soldiers and horses of the Jiaozhi Li Dynasty to continuously gather in the three cities where the Annan army is located.
Incited by the wizards, the Annan army became hostile to the cannibals.
General Annan's army now has to fend off the troops of the Li Dynasty in Jiaozhi on the one hand, and on the other hand he has to prevent his men from clashing with the cannibals."
When Kou Ji heard this, he sighed and said, "It's indeed quite chaotic..."
Kou Ji had already guessed that after the cannibals arrived in Jiaozhi, they would not be honest and would definitely find an opportunity to preach.
But he didn't expect that the big cannibal would be so impatient and start preaching as soon as he got a foothold.
Not only did they have conflicts with the local Buddhists, but they also had conflicts with the wizards of the small tribes.
Buddhism has been passed down in Jiaozhi for a long time and has far-reaching influence. It has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the local people. Even if the local people do not eat or drink, they will worship the Buddha devoutly.
The witchcraft religion is even more powerful. It has been passed down among various small tribes for hundreds of thousands of years and has already penetrated into the blood of the people of each small tribe.
Small tribes have always regarded wizards as the ones in power.
With a little encouragement from the wizards, people from various small tribes can abandon their homes and lives for the wizards.