After the beginning of spring, Lintao is already blooming.
Zhang Yue and Gao Zunyu were stationed in Lintaocheng, Wang Shao, Cai Yanqing, Li Xian were stationed in Tongyuan Army, and Wang Hou was stationed in Huizhou.
Zhang Yue and Cai Yanqing discussed reforming the military system and took the lead in implementing the art of war on Xihe Road.
This was also in response to the imperial court's call for reform, which was a very important matter for the feudal officials.
For example, when the Young Crops Law was implemented, Liu Xiang, who was the transshipment envoy of Hebei, opposed it, but Wang Guangyuan of Shaanxi supported it. After that, the official careers of the two people went up and down.
The promotion of the Art of War is related to the court's trust in local officials.
This trust is gold, and it is far more important than what official position you hold.
Even if Gao Zunyu disagreed, Zhang Yue and Cai Yanqing took out the official and Wang Anshi's golden signs and pressed them, and he had nothing to say.
Zhang Yue fully approved of the art of war, because the Song army's problem was that they had many soldiers and horses, but they could not fight.
How did the Song army fight in the northwest?
The commander-in-chief leads tens of thousands of soldiers, the commander-in-chief leads five thousand, and the general oversees three thousand. If there are bandits, those with low official status will come out.
As a result, what should we do if we encounter the enemy's main force? Isn't the 3,000 men and horses from the governor just sent away?
Fan Zhongyan sarcastically said that fighting without counting the number of thieves, but fighting according to the order of officials, is the way to defeat.
Therefore, he took the lead in promoting the art of war and divided the 18,000 forbidden troops into six divisions.
In the art of war, the troops are assigned to each general to lead and train them. Of course, Zhang Yue and Gao Zunyu become the bare commanders, but the generals can control the training and operations of their subordinates.
Although this method of war was proposed by Cai Ting, it was promoted by Wang Anshi and spread throughout the world.
But this is the same as the exemption law and the green crop law. Wang Anshi did not have the initiative to initiate it. In another time and space in history, when the art of war was truly comprehensively promoted, Wang Anshi was in the process of deposing the prime minister.
But without Wang Anshi, this method would definitely not be implemented.
The first solution to the art of war is the problem of redundant troops, and what Fan Zhongyan said at the time was the three redundant soldiers.
During the reign of Renzong, the number of soldiers and horses in the world reached 1,259,000. You must know that at the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, it only used 190,000 people to conquer the country. Now the more soldiers there are, the harder it is to fight.
The general's method of war not only eliminated a large number of redundant Song troops, but also strengthened the combat effectiveness. In the Song-Xia battle in the late Xining period, we often saw scenes of two to three thousand Song troops chasing tens of thousands of Dangxiang troops.
It saves a lot of soldiers and horses, which is another benefit for Xihe Road. Because grain transportation is the biggest problem. Disarmament can arrange for remaining soldiers to be farmed and cultivated, and most importantly, it can reduce the burden of military food.
Zhang Yue planned to make Xihe Road the third general.
The first general was Xihe Road. Jing Sili led an army of 10,000 troops to station in Lintao. Jing Sili came from Jingyuan Road and was originally a subordinate of Cai Ting. He was very familiar with the art of war.
The second general, Miao Shu, led an army of 7,000 troops to station in Xicheng. Professor Miao was a member of the Shangdang Party. He studied with Hu Yuan when he was young and even entered the Imperial College. However, he was promoted by Han Qi. Because of Guo Zisheng's relationship, the other party also had friendship with Zhang Yue.
The third general, Wang Junwan, led an army of 8,000 troops to station in the ancient Wei village. Wang Junwan was originally the commander of Qin Fenglu. When Yu Longke surrendered to the Song Dynasty two years ago, there was a Qiang chief named Xinluo Jie who refused to obey.
Han Zhen, the military envoy, asked the generals to take this person's head within one month.
Wang Junwan pretended to be hunting, chased birds to the other party's residence, and hunted with Silla. Suddenly Wang Junwan took an iron whip and hammered Xinluo Jie off his horse, beheaded him and returned to Qinzhou to present it to Han Zhen.
Wang Junwan therefore paid homage to the pavilion gate.
Wang Junwan followed Wang Shao with outstanding military exploits, and he also made the most contributions when he captured Lintao City.
Now Wang Junwan has been promoted to the third general of Xihe Road.
As the general manager of the military and horse capital, Gao Zunyu thought he could command the army, but as a result, the military strategy was changed, and the military power was divided among the three generals, leaving only a few hundred weak soldiers under his command.
While Xihe Road originally had nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses, only 25,000 were left after this reduction.
After the dismantling, the newly formed Song army consisted of 25 troops, 125 formations, and 2,500 generals, using a mixture of forbidden troops, Tibetan troops, and rural troops.
The second benefit of the Art of War is that it changed the situation in the Song Dynasty where the soldiers did not know the generals and the generals did not know the soldiers.
It cannot be said that the soldiers do not know the generals, and the generals do not know the soldiers. This is the same as advocating civility and suppressing military force. It weakens the possibility of military generals to rebel. It can be used in times of peace. This move is conducive to centralization of power.
The Song Dynasty has always implemented the garrison law, and the imperial army is mobilized on a rotational basis, basically every three years, but the generals do not move with the army.
This is the reason why generals don’t know the soldiers and soldiers don’t know the generals.
For example, in the civil service, there are no long-term officials, and no governor lasts for more than ten years, and they are replaced every few years.
This move allowed the Song Dynasty to have no worries for a hundred years, but it also caused the Song army to be unable to fight.
Putting the art of war behind the generals, it means whoever trains the soldiers will lead them into battle, allowing generals to pay more attention to daily drills.
Moreover, after the reorganization, the problem of empty wages was greatly solved. In the Song Dynasty, a commander usually only had 200 people, and there were even more than 100 people, and even the most shameless ones were dozens of people.
Nowadays, there is no capital, command, or compartment. They are all teams, formations, and generals at the third level.
According to Wang Shao's method, Mu Zheng was originally going to be conquered, but once the art of war was implemented, the Song army had to reorganize for three months. According to Cai Yanqing's intention, it will take at least three months to reorganize and form combat effectiveness.
You must know that half of the 50,000 soldiers and horses will be reduced. This is not something that can be done on a whim.
But it was done, and it was the political achievements of Zhang Yue, Cai Yanqing, and Wang Shao. Because of this incident, Zhang Yue and Cai Yanqing were extremely happy to partner on Xihe Road, and the worrying dispute between Zhang Yue and Cai Yan did not happen. , but Gao Zunyu was excluded.
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Jiang Art of War continued to be promoted on Xihe Road, and at the same time, Yisi in Lintao City was also opening up in full swing.
It turns out that Wang Shao had set up the Municipal Yi Department in ancient Weizhai, and at that time Huang Cha, the Jiyi Wenzi of the Yuanbian Economic and Strategy Department, was in charge.
Now Huang Cha has been promoted to the supervisor of the Xihe Economic Strategy and Appeasement Department due to his meritorious service.
In addition, there was a businessman named Yuan Zhongtong who was responsible for purchasing tea and hiring female slaves.
Now that the City Yi Department is moving from Guwei to Lintao, Wang Zhongtong and Huang Cha are going to Lintao to discuss with Zhang Yue.
Lu Shengqing and Xing Shu discussed how to host a banquet in Lintao City to entertain them.
Lu Shengqing said to Xing Shu: "There are many secrets involved in the matter of Shi Yisi. Do you know who Yuan Zhongtong is?"
Xing Shu said: "I haven't heard of it."
Lu Shengqing said: "This man's original name is Yuan Guan. He was originally a businessman. He was acquainted with Wang Fujing and later joined him. Wang Fujing originally wanted him to serve in the Department of Economic Strategy, but the court knew that this man was related to After getting acquainted with Deputy Wang Jinglue, he was not allowed to serve as an official in the Jinglue Department."
"How is Deputy Manager Wang? He unexpectedly changed his name to Yuan Guan without authorization and surrendered to the Dailu Court. After Yuan Guan changed his name to Yuan Zhongtong, he was asked to work in the Trading Department."
Xing Shu nodded and said, "In this case, Vice President Wang and Yuan Zhongtong will definitely have a favorable relationship."
Lu Shengqing said: "Yes, I heard that every time money is received from this person, 30% must be withheld."
"Then does Mr. Jinglue know?" Xing Shu asked.
Lu Shengqing said: "You are stupid to ask this. What does it matter whether Mr. Jinglue knows or not? Is he going to fall out with Vice Jinglue Wang? If I tell you about this, it will rot in my stomach. Don't tell others. ."
"Then how will you receive Yuan Zhongtong when he comes?"
Lu Shengqing said: "This person is a womanizer and loves money, so let's do everything according to the rules. We will host a banquet and let two women from the Tibetan tribe sleep with them. Afterwards, we will give them thirty kuan each as thanks." present."
Xing Shu asked: "Then are you willing to give me these sixty pieces of scripture?"
Lu Shengqing smiled slightly and said, "I have already informed him about this matter, and he let me make my own decision."
Xing Shu thought for a moment after hearing this and said: "You still did the job properly, but it's only sixty. Brother Mingfu can just make his own decision. Why bother to report it to Mr. Jinglue separately?"
Lu Shengqing laughed and said: "Sixty Guan is a small thing, but losing the trust of Mr. Jinglue is a problem. From now on, we will be doing things for a long time. Mr. Jinglue relies on you and me, so we don't have to report everything."
Xing Shu said: "Brother Jinfu is still smart."
Lu Shengqing said: "When we receive the two of us later, we have to be more careful in what we say. We will have to deal with each other on a regular basis in the future. I heard that Yuan Zhongtong is now very popular in the area. Many Tibetan and Han merchants have sold him. face."
Xing Shu said: "But we were conquered by the Prime Minister, so we don't need to look at their faces."
Lu Shengqing said: "Neither humble nor arrogant."
The next day, Lu Shengqing and his two men entertained Yuan Zhongtong and Huang Cha.
Huang Cha said as soon as he opened his mouth: "At the beginning, according to my wish, it would be good to put the trading department in Guwei, but now it is moved to Lintao, which will cause a lot of inconvenience."
Lu Shengqing smiled and said: "Huang Guangou, this Xizhou is closer to the Western Regions. In the Han and Tang Dynasties, this was the Silk Road. Once we set up a department here, it will be a matter of time to open up the Western Regions. Moreover, merchants from Sichuan and Shu can also go Jialing River and Bailong River reach from Minzhou to Xizhou!"
"Even if we go more than a hundred miles west, I think we can at least increase our annual sales by 30%!"
Yuan Zhong said: "Lu Guangou understands it very clearly."
Lu Shengqing said: "It's funny, it's funny."
Huang Cha smiled and said: "Lu Guangou is a real person and doesn't show his face!"
Lu Shengqing said: "We have to ask Huang Guangou for more advice. I remember my brother mentioned that we had met Huang Guangou several times in Beijing."
Huang Cha heard that Lu Huiqing knew that he was very happy and said with a smile: "That was the time when I was just admitted as a Jinshi. Now that your brother has obtained an official position, Wang Xianggong favors me. I'm afraid he won't recognize me when we meet again."
Xing Shu saw that Lu Shengqing was shocked and the two of them were very happy and were about to talk in depth, but Lu Shengqing said: "Today we only talk about romance and not business matters."
They enjoyed the meal very happily. After receiving the thank-you gift from Lu Shengqing the next day, they both agreed to cooperate in preparing the affairs of the Yi Department.
Two days later, the two returned to Guwei.
Just when Lu Shengqing thought the matter was settled, Huang Cha suddenly turned back and informed them that Yuan Zhongtong had been arrested.
Lu Shengqing and Xing Shu were both shocked. Someone dared to arrest Yuan Zhongtong?
"Who did it?"
Huang Cha said: "It's from the Mansion of the Chief of Soldiers and Horses. They immediately told Brother Yuan that he had faked his name. They also said that he embezzled official loan money and wanted to arrest him and send him to Beijing. If I hadn't been a Jinshi, I would have been afraid of the Chief of Soldiers and Horses. The people in the government are afraid that they will even arrest me!”
Lu Shengqing and Xing Shu looked at each other, it turned out that they were Gao Zunyu's people, and something bad happened this time.
ps: Historically, it was Guo Kui, not Gao Zunyu, who captured Yuan Guan.
