Zhao Jiu kept his word. After the three of them had a meal, they went directly to the mulberry forest on the bank of the fish pond to talk about matters related to the two armies.
"I am willing to write a personally signed document to the officials. After I return this time, there will never be any incidents of using soldiers in the imperial camp's right army, and there will never be any occupation of farmland. The soldiers must practice every ten days and be paid in full.
The military pay... As for the military supplies, ordnance, and the number of posts, I would like to ask the officials to forgive me. I can only guarantee that I will not cause trouble to the officials here, but the generals below are not really good - one by one.
Keep them under control." After a brief conversation, Zhang Jun, the commander of the right army of the imperial camp, pointed to the sky and the earth, almost making an oath on the edge of the fish pond. "I really don't know how to control him."
"Forget the paperwork, I can still trust Zhang Qing's words."
Zhao Jiu waved his hand from a distance, stopping a dozen servants who were busy in the mulberry forest from coming to see the gift. These people were uprooting some of the unviable mulberry trees, and then continued to transplant new mulberry trees. "Everyone in the world says that you are a person who sits in the eyes of money.
You are a person, but I knew from my time in Huaishang that you are a person who understands the real gains and losses, and you are also a person who dares to risk everything at critical times... I am willing to believe your words! As for the following things, this dynasty will continue for hundreds of years.
After more than ten years of military service, I also understand your difficulties. As long as you can do this kind of thing like Han Liangchen, I will be thankful to God."
Zhang Jun was completely relieved and handed him over directly in the mulberry forest: "In the official family, there is nothing surprising about Han Shizhong's military management. I will definitely be able to succeed."
Zhao Jiu shook his head and laughed: "I also know that Han Liangchen's military management is nothing extraordinary, but he himself is really extraordinary... Boying, ask yourself, can you fight those magical battles of his? One after another, one is three times.
A town's Jiedushi envoy plus a county prince, two towns' Jiedushi envoys, it has completely opened up."
Zhang Boying hesitated to speak.
"But don't be anxious." Zhao Jiu stopped under a mulberry tree and turned around. "On that day, Han Shizhong's subordinates were in rebellion. I went to see him in his camp and made it clear. I will make it clear to you today...
These people will follow me. First of all, they will prosper the Song Dynasty and destroy the Jin Dynasty. If they succeed, they will succeed, and if they fail, they will not succeed. If they really succeed one day, ten princes and princes can always afford to support them. The world is so big, and someone like you understands the benefits.
Characters, whether you want to be born together or have children after death, I can always handle it... The point is, our monarchs and ministers have gone through so much, who wants something, why not express it face to face like today
Say? Whatever you and I want, I can naturally give you what you want."
Zhang Jun was completely calm after hearing this, and bowed his head under the mulberry tree again, showing his loyalty again and again.
Zhao Jiu had always been impatient with this, but he became impatient after hearing a few sentences. He only woke him up, and then looked directly at Wu Jie, who had really gained a lot of knowledge today:
"Jin Qing...your place is not the same as Boying's place."
"I'm from the province." Wu Da was brave and resourceful. Although Wu Jinqing was involved in the situation when he first came to the capital, and was confused for half a day, but after half a day, he already understood everything he should know, so he hurried forward and handed over
."The imperial camp and the rear army were caused by the shortcomings of the Western Army... The officials were personally in charge of Guanxi, and under the holy authority, they disbanded the army, reorganized, and granted land. Everyone obeyed, but once the officials left, only
It can be seen from the fact that the estimated expenditure is much higher than that of other armies. They are directly intending to return to their old ways, but the minister is incompetent and cannot stop it."
Zhao Jiu stood under the mulberry tree with his hands behind his hands. He nodded at first, but then fell into a strange silence. The spring wind was strong, and a gust of wind blew from nowhere in the silence. The insects stopped for a while, and then the mulberry tree
It keeps swaying, and even the green grass underfoot is rippling together with the water waves of the fish pond.
Seeing this shape, Wu Jie couldn't help but feel a little frightened, so much so that Zhang Jun, who had just passed the test on the side, was quite gloating about his misfortune.
In fact, Wu Jie was not to blame for this, of course he was frightened.
Because no matter how approachable and honest the official appears, the other party is always an official, an emperor, an emperor, or an emperor with such authority... life and death are just one sentence.
.
At least Wu Jinqing couldn't think of any room for resistance.
After this gust of wind blew, Zhao Guanjia finally spoke, but the moment he came up, Wu Jie's heart sank to the bottom of the fish pond: "I think that the imperial camp and the rear army are not so much desolate and ill, but rather that the habits of the feudal town are hard to change.
, I want to return to the old vassal and town structure."
The word "vassal town" is not an unprecedented term. When Li Gang was in power, he once regarded this as a national policy. At that time, envoys were established and envoys were flying all over the world. The main commanders generally had to concurrently serve as local envoys and then raise their own military pay.
Recruit soldiers and horses yourself.
And I have to admit that that measure was absolutely correct at the time. It gave the Song Dynasty court, which was in exile at the time and only had 20,000 to 30,000 poor soldiers and horses, a chance to breathe, and thus developed multiple field groups.
It provided the most basic military strength for the subsequent defense and foothold of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.
Han Shizhong's imperial camp left army, Zhang Jun's imperial camp right army, Yue Fei's imperial camp front army, and Zhang Rong's imperial navy navy. In the early stage, they were all troops that relied on their own territories and camps to survive, especially Li Yanxian's troops.
Because it maintains the only protrusion on the north bank of the Yellow River, it has been controlled by the military and government until now... Even the imperial camp army directly controlled by Zhao Jiu must have more than half of them diverted from those early "vassal towns".
At that stage, these commanders collected their own taxes, recruited their own soldiers, and built their own workshops to build ordnance... This is how the iconic copper surface of Han Shizhong's elite troops came from, and Zhang Jun was reluctant to pay the soldiers to get the 'iron surface'
This derisive nickname was also a thing from that time.
At that time, these commander-in-chiefs even appointed officials and generals themselves, just to report to the court as a routine matter.
But the problem is, that was in the past.
After the victory at Yanling, the Zhao Guan family returned to the old capital. The first thing they did was to gather the commanders and ministers from all ministries, and then absorb the soldiers and horses left behind by Zong Ze in Tokyo. Then, after the finances were somewhat improved, they began to organize the imperial government.
The camp army did not hesitate to increase taxes and fees, but also seized personnel from each department of the imperial camp, thereby taking back the financial power of each department.
From then on, the military salaries of various ministries had to be allocated from the central government.
Moreover, this process of taking back power with the return to Tokyo as the turning point was continuous and gradual. After the military pay, it was the local officials' dispatching rights that were taken back, the imperial camp and the Chinese army were continuously strengthened, and it was Han Shizhong's conscription that caused public resentment and rebuke.
Yue Fei was most impeached by Li Guang and Li Jing for asking for ordnance materials. It was Qu Duan, the most domineering general, who was escorted to the court by a royal censor. It was Wang Xie, a scum, who was executed at the banquet. It was Lian Zhang Rongbu, a group of water thieves.
All those who were born were reorganized after the Battle of Dongpingfu.
Finally, after the Yaoshan War, the last Western Army was integrated into the imperial camp system, and the imperial court also granted land to retired and meritorious soldiers in Kansai and Henan.
Even now, after Han Shizhong moved to Guanxi, the Huaixi areas are undergoing similar arrangements under the direct responsibility of Liu Ji.
There is no idle day in this central court.
So, when all the troops are turning into vassal towns, the emperor says that your troops actually want to return to the vassal town structure. What's going on?
"I have no intention of receiving such kindness from Your Majesty!" Wu Jie was in a daze and could only reluctantly hold his hand, but his slightly trembling voice clearly showed that he was already a little flustered and lost his temper at this time.
At this time, Zhang Jun no longer took pleasure in others' misfortune. He just remained silent and looked coldly at the opponent, an old friend of the Western Army.
"I'm not talking about you, but I'm saying that the Western Army has always been a vassal." Zhao Jiu certainly wouldn't let the other party get it wrong. "Furthermore, I probably know that because of our policy of defending the inside and the outside, the Western Army has always been
It seems docile, not as unruly as the Five Dynasties Tang Dynasty vassal town... But in fact, in terms of internal system, in my opinion, the Western Army is still in the state of a real vassal town, otherwise why would there be all kinds of vassal control methods? "
By the way, Wu Jie and Zhang Jun are both old Western soldiers. Although what Zhao Guanjia said was a bit awkward and too strong to make sense, the two of them still understood instinctively because they knew from the bottom of their hearts that the methods of vassal control mentioned by Zhao Guanjia were
What.
For example.
Thanks to the long-standing military and political guiding ideology of the Song Dynasty, which is the so-called military logic of guarding the inside and ignoring the outside, in theory and practice, any official of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, as well as the center of the court, and even the military supervisors sent by the court, as long as they
I think it is easy to obtain the command of the Western Army, or directly appoint and remove the relevant main generals.
Even the so-called generals of the Western Army have never dared to be overly domineering towards the court. As long as the central government wanted to, they could easily use legal means to complete the rise and fall of these generals... When the Song Dynasty was at its weakest, Zhao
Jiu could still cut off Liu Guangshi's head and freeze it into ice pimples because of his support. However, Qu Duan, the only one who showed his domineering attitude toward Zhao Guan's family, was not a serious senior general, and he was easily kidnapped by his own subordinates.
Sent to Tokyo.
But the paradoxical thing is that you can easily replace these generals, execute and punish the relevant generals, idle and abandon certain families, and even directly send cronies from the central government to replace them, but there is always a concept of "Western Generals".
Typically one goes, another comes, another comes, and another comes soon.
Not only that, both Zhang and Wu climbed up from the bottom. They knew very well that it was not just the phenomenon of generals at the top, but also the middle and bottom levels below, as well as unique, strange, but unique phenomena within the Western Army.
And extremely stable internal mechanism:
The so-called you are a gangster from Yan'an Prefecture, he is a Tibetan from the stronghold on Huanqing Road, this one is from a good family on Huanqing Road, and that one is an offshoot of a down-and-out general; you have been in the army for fifteen years, and he
The benefactor of the family served as a strategic envoy, and an old friend of this family was suddenly convicted by the court. How much money did that person use... Each has its own tradition and explanation.
At the top, there are generals based on family inheritance, and at the bottom, corresponding factions and hierarchies are formed based on regional origin. Finally, when combined together, they become a complex military and political interest group with a strong sense of exclusivity and self-survival.
And this kind of military and political group, even if it is not a feudal town on the surface, is actually the same as a feudal town in terms of internal and final performance... When it goes to the battlefield, the first is to protect its own strength, the second is to grab credit, and the third is to reward money.
Third, the combat effectiveness will of course be greatly reduced.
"If the official said that, it actually makes sense." Although he was definitely not targeting himself, Wu Jie was still cautious when talking about this topic, because everyone can see that Wu clearly has the potential to become a great general in Kansai. "
But how to deal with it?”
Under the mulberry tree, Zhao Jiu also raised his head and frowned: "Actually, I have thought about it for a long time. The army is a natural system. It is impossible to completely eliminate the ills with military discipline and punishment... But there are some key points. One is not to use
Soldiers work in agriculture and trade, that is, they do not touch any money except national rewards and salaries. This is a top priority... For example, before Jingkang, the Hebei Forbidden Army was well-developed in handicrafts and was famous all over the world for making money for the generals. Is this a good thing? "
Zhang Jun and Wu Jie each looked at each other, but neither of them interrupted.
"I know what you mean... It's not possible right now, because the national finances are still somewhat insufficient, and your workshops and military camps cannot be taken away easily; and in the future, there will be an expedition to the north, and we may have to continue to farm and cultivate, or
It's appropriate." Of course Zhao Jiu knew what they were thinking, so he said frankly. "So, this matter will be left until the world is settled, and it won't have much to do with you. I'm just saying it at this time."
Only then did Zhang and Wu say yes.
"One must have two." Zhao Jiu turned around and walked deep into the mulberry forest, and continued to say with his hands behind his hands. "Secondly, I think it is a big thing that the promotion of military officers cannot be fundamentally controlled by the court... If we can imitate Tai
The system of learning three schools is to organize a military academy and divide it into three levels. At that time, not only those who want to be generals will come to me to be a military school student, but also those who are promoted to generals will come to attend school for one year, and those who are promoted to school officers will also come to attend school for one year.
It is best for young men who want to join the army to take the military academy directly. When they reach adulthood, they can go out to join the army and start at a higher level. There is no harm in that."
"This is a brilliant policy by the officials!" Wu Jie is known to like reading. This time he listened smoothly, but he couldn't wait to praise him directly. "If you do this, all officers will study and learn, and they will naturally be better than ordinary officers...
…And the official’s entry into the army as a Jinshi before was actually a foreshadowing.”
"It's not just that." Seeing Wu Jie's sudden flattery, Zhang Jun couldn't bear it and hurriedly followed behind him. "When the officers leave the school, they can also take the imperial examination and rank in what order. How can all the officers in the world do this?
Aren’t they all like Jinshi and become disciples of the emperor? After becoming a disciple of the emperor, who would form cliques in private and curry favor with the generals?”
When Zhao Jiu heard this, he was not happy but worried, and said directly: "That's true, but I don't have the money, and I don't have the time... If there is no Northern Expedition, based on the current financial situation, it is estimated that it will take three to five years to have enough money to handle all these things one by one.
If we continue to implement the Northern Expedition, how can we wait for three to five years without starting the Northern Expedition? And once the Northern Expedition is completed, not only will it be difficult to transfer officers, but money will also have to be thrown away like water. What will we use to build a military academy in the meantime?"
The two of them immediately shut up.
"Moreover, joining the army as a Jinshi and going to school as an officer are two different things..." Zhao Jiu kept chattering from the front, shaking his head. "Jinshi joining the army is not to train officers, but to let them convey the country and my wishes to the army and tell them directly.
What I want to say to the soldiers, such as the theory of the unification of China recently written in the Di newspaper. After understanding this truth, the soldiers naturally know that fighting the Jin people is necessary... Furthermore, make logistics and paperwork more professional, and don't let ordinary people
The army worries about this kind of thing; as for officers going to school, it is to cultivate officers so that no one in the army can have Han Shizhong's extraordinary loyalty and bravery, Yue Fei's extraordinary Shen Zhi, Li Yanxian's extraordinary courage, and you.
When the two of them understand the pros and cons and know the strategy, they can still maintain their fighting power without losing anything."
The two of them were delighted for a moment and quickly humbled themselves.
"But after all, in addition to asking you two to go back and pay attention, we have to make some temporary measures to prepare for the Northern Expedition." Zhao Jiu stopped again, pondered for a while, and finally said his plan. "What I mean.
Yes, it is too late to set up a large-scale military academy, but you can set up a temporary training school. It just so happens that Wang Yuan and Lu Qing are now free and can take on the task of teaching... When you two go back, in addition to rectifying military affairs, you also need to general
Key military officers from the Central Committee were sent in batches for training. I went to the Privy Council to set up a special cabinet post to make arrangements...Wu Qing also wanted to make an explanation specifically about the discount money and set up a list.
Get a group of officers with bad morals, and then I won't let them go back."
The two of them were awe-struck and agreed immediately.
Zhao Jiu opened his mouth and seemed to want to say something, but finally chose not to say more and just waved his hand: "That's what happened today. You are also tired. Go back and rest early...especially Wu.
Your Majesty, I gave you a mansion, but you were called over just as you came over, and you didn’t even see the layout inside."
Wu and Zhang understood and immediately left, and the conversation in the mulberry forest between the monarch and his ministers ended.
So far, the two of them have understood the intentions of Zhao Guan's family. From a personal point of view, they are naturally completely relaxed, but from a responsibility point of view, they may not be so relaxed. They have to go back and take measures... Among them, Wu Jie will go to the province tomorrow to face the public.
The Ministry of War officer had to explain the matter of discounting the money, and Zhang Jun had to go back to deal with his "nothing to do", so he walked in a hurry after leaving Sanglin.
However, when they left the Yiyou Gate and left the harem area, looking at the Donghua Gate in front of them, and seeing the servants off, for some unknown reason, the two of them suddenly slowed down together, as if they had a tacit understanding.
"Wu Da is brave and resourceful..." The two of them were walking side by side on the empty road. Zhang Jun suddenly sneered. "I remember, when you Wu Da was a general, I was just a small colonel.
I met him several times in Jingzhao."
"Old Mr. Zhong's subordinates are close to the primary school, and they are much better prepared than those on Jingyuan Road." When Wu Jie entered the palace for the first time, he couldn't help but look around and look at the shape of the palace wall and porch. "And why are you talking about this at this time? Official
Didn’t I say it, it’s just a matter of success or failure, if it is done, after all the hard work is shared, there will always be a county king between the two of us...what about the past?"
"That's true...but that guy Qu Da, who is so domineering and mean, will he be able to become a county king in the future?" Zhang Jun became more and more emotional.
"There is no greater merit than rescuing the driver..." Wu Jie blurted out.
"That's true."
"But Lieutenant Zhang." Wu Jie suddenly looked away from the eaves of the surrounding palace and spoke seriously, "It seems that the official had some unfinished intentions just now?"
"yes."
"What do you think is going on?"
"You are brave and resourceful. Why don't you ask the officials directly instead of asking me?" Zhang Jun sneered, waved his sleeves and walked out of Donghua Gate quickly.
Wu Jie, who was behind, just smiled but didn't take it too seriously.
Just when the two commanders who came from the Western Army reunited after many years, but showed some routine gesture of breaking up on bad terms inside the palace gate, Zhao Guan's family finally walked out of the mulberry forest.
In fact, both the monarch and his ministers knew it, and Zhao Jiu himself knew it very well. He did not over-discuss a topic that should have been discussed, which was the so-called general.
They wanted to establish a military academy and disliked the vassal towns of the Western Army. The Zhao Guan family's attitude towards the generals was self-evident.
Of course, Wu and Zhang both understand the Zhao Guan family's attitude.
If you think about it carefully, you will know... The Jingkang Incident, the great turmoil, six years before and after, Zhong Yao lost his master, Liu Guangshi was executed, Liu Xi was reprimanded, Zhe Keqiu surrendered, Miaofu Liu Zhengyan was marginalized, and Yang Weizhong died of old age , Wang Yuan was obviously marginalized by civilianization after losing his last chance, and the Xin brothers also basically left the army, replaced by Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Li Yanxian, Zhang Rong, Qu Duan, Liu Qi, Li Shifu, Li Qiong, Wang De...and Wu and Zhang.
Among these people, except for Liu Qi and Li Shifu, who can barely be regarded as generals, the rest all started from a young age... Han Shizhong was a rogue in northern Shaanxi, Li Yanxian was a border tycoon, the Wu brothers, Zhang Jun, and Wang De were all sons of good families. Qu Duan is Enyin's orphan, Zhang Rong is a bandit from the Central Plains, Li Qiong and Yue Fei, although their backgrounds were very different at first, are both refugees from Hebei who have lost their hometown in the current environment... No matter how they stand out from the bottom up, this From a perspective, or from a top-down perspective, there is no reason for the Zhao Guan family to have any good intentions towards any general.
But the question is, once the discussion continues on this topic, and the previous promises of the county king are added, then after people such as Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Wu Jie become commanders, will there be sons in the future who will inherit their father's legacy, so that there will be new ones? When the general gate is formed, it is inevitable to talk about it.
And this topic is too far away for now, even so far away that it is inappropriate.
Therefore, the three of them stopped together tacitly.
"How many people were captured?" In the evening, Zhao Jiu was sitting on the railing in the pavilion that had been withdrawn. When he saw Yang Yizhong coming back, he turned around and asked.
"There are more than 500 people in six families...According to the official's instructions, women, children, and servants were not arrested. In fact, about thirty or forty people were arrested."
"How much money was copied?"
"The gold, silver, money, and silk can be counted, about 100,000 guan... The rest of the utensils and cultural relics are hard to say... According to the official's instructions, ordinary furniture and items were not moved, and all the free money and people were sent to Kaifeng Mansion. And the national debt is 60,000 yuan. Guan, according to the official's instructions, I copied it out and brought it here specially." After saying that, Yang Yizhong carefully presented the six 10,000-guan national debt documents wrapped in hardwood shells.
"That's good." Zhao Jiu took the national debt document wrapped in a hardwood shell and put it on the stool behind the stone table before facing each other seriously. "Thank you, Zhengfu. I have nothing to do today. Let's go and rest."
"Yes." Yang Yizhong lowered his head and responded, going to do something.
However, Yang Yizhong turned around, and before he could get out of the Yingri Gate, he ran into Concubine Pan holding Princess Yiyou in her arms. She quickly stepped aside and saluted. Concubine Pan just glanced at Yang Yizhong, but ignored her. Wu Zi hurried to the pavilion.
"A gift to my brother." Concubine Pan hurried to the pavilion, hugged the little princess and bowed slightly, her voice was tactful, but she used an interesting title.
"Is my wife here to seek mercy from the emperor?" Zhao Jiu stood up and took over the sleeping Yiyou, and also used an interesting title.
After hearing this reply, Feng Yifeng and several servants who were standing far away took a few steps into the mulberry forest.
"That's right." Concubine Pan, who was the first to make a fuss, was a little uncomfortable with it. She paused for a moment and then faced each other in the pavilion. "So that I can let my brother know that there are two families in Yangzhou who used to take care of them. Just now, their wife They all hurriedly begged me, weeping and crying, I really couldn't get rid of me..."
"So that my wife will know." Zhao Jiu looked at the little princess in his arms and couldn't help but sigh. "Although my brother is a good brother who is very humane, the emperor is an unhuman, petty and evil emperor... He is driving a wedge between the monarch and his ministers, especially when one of them is a general.
, this matter is not easy to handle!”
Concubine Pan was in a dilemma and really didn't know how to continue to deal with it.
"But brother can't embarrass my wife. I just tried my best to beg the emperor for mercy and asked for something back. My wife can take it and explain it!" Zhao Jiu said, just pouted behind the stone table, and put the six
A national debt document was pointed out.
Concubine Pan stepped forward to open it and saw that it was a total of 60,000 treasury bonds. She was relieved, but she burst into tears holding these treasury bonds: "I thought that my brother was getting tired of me day by day... I have a net worth
I have been a medical officer for generations, how can I compare with Concubine Wu's family? And I can't study and practice martial arts. If I can accompany the officials in battle, how can I record "Journey to the West and Conquer the Demons" for them?"
"What is "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"...Codewriting is the hardest job in the world, bar none!" Zhao Jiu had no choice but to persuade him, and he spoke sincerely.
"But I wish I had such a hard job." Concubine Pan temporarily put down her national debt and took out a handkerchief to wipe away the tears on her face. "Do you know, officials, that an actor came to perform a play about joining the army a few days ago, and Cangtou said this with admiration?
The author of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is Lanqiao Tianren, but when he joined the army (funny), he said that the author was Wu Cheng'en... At that time, the whole palace was laughing, and I was laughing too, but after I finished laughing, I wanted to cry again."
Speaking of this, Pan Feifu, who had just wiped her face, shed tears again.
Zhao Jiu held her little daughter in her arms. She was really helpless and could only comfort her: "It's just a joke... Please note that the clothes are not as good as the newlyweds. The grace of the skin and the love of husband and wife are there, and you have given me such a lovely princess.
How can you just say you hate it? But wife, since you understand your brother’s thoughts, it’s better to move forward and do something new... You see, even people like Zhang Jun know how to keep pace with the times, let alone
Are you such an ingenious person?"
Concubine Pan burst into tears after hearing this: "I really don't know what the officials want... Ever since I came back from Yangzhou, I have done everything and made mistakes everywhere."
Zhao Jiu finally laughed, but he held his daughter in one hand and pointed at Sang Lin with the other hand: "That's good, but if it doesn't work, how about raising silkworms?"
ps: Thank you to the boss of the 115th League Wei Xiao Wang... I am a familiar ID... Xiao Jiu always bullies Xiao Yu... I have been heartbroken for the past two days...