"I am willing to obey the king's order!"
"I and others will only follow the King's lead!"
"Your Majesty's order, I will obey it to the death!"
People gathered outside Zhao Kai's dormitory shouted to Zhao Kai, but the voices still sounded a bit sparse. Zhao Kai squinted his eyes and took a look. It seemed that there were not many people there!
There were only eight people including Huang Wuji, Xiang Ke, He Guan, He Ji, He Moss, Wang Xiaode, Ma Wang, the horseman from Moutuogang who was recommended by Tong Guan to serve under Zhao Kai, and Bai Side, the minister of Prince Yun's palace. Even Qin Hui, Chen Ji, Liu Qi, Zhao Zhi and others were not present.
Obviously, the time to become emperor has not yet come...but the preparations for becoming emperor, no, it should be the preparations to lead the army and people of Hebei to resist the Jin Dynasty, but it is time to start.
The purpose of Zhao Kai's stay in Chenqiaoyi was not only to take a rest and recuperate his spirit, but also to reorganize the army at hand and prepare for the great cause of resisting the Jin Dynasty.
Although the matter of adapting the army is not mentioned in the "Four Art of War", it was mentioned in the history class of the previous life!
"Sir Bai, go and invite Qin Changshi, Chen Sima, and Liu Hemen to come together to discuss the matter." Zhao Kai thought for a while and then said to his sister Zhao Duofu, "Tenth sister, go and call the twelfth brother too. Come...let's discuss this together."
After asking Bai Side and Zhao Duofu to invite people, Zhao Kai asked Huang Wuji, Xiang Ke, He Guan, He Ji, He Moss, Wang Xiaode, Ma Wang and others to wait in the main room outside. He washed himself up under Pan Cailian's care, and put on a moon-white round-neck gown with small sleeves, a soft-winged hood with a drooping hood, and a long sword hanging from his belt. This outfit is also very particular. The long shirt with small sleeves and the sword are not the common attire of scribes and high-ranking officials in the Song Dynasty, but are the clothes commonly worn by warriors and guards.
Given Zhao Kai's noble status, he shouldn't have worn it in public. But now, Zhao Kai is planning to wear this martial arts outfit as his regular clothes!
Nowadays, we have a strict hierarchical feudal society. There are rules for what kind of people should wear what kind of clothes, and it is also a reflection of class.
The official uniforms of the Song Dynasty were military and military uniforms, and there was no separate system of military uniforms. This was to show that civilian officials were noble and that military attachés were lower than civilian officials. If Zhao Kai wanted to implement a long-term anti-golden strategy, he must reuse military officials, and to reuse military resources, of course, he had to change the consciousness that the civilized nobles despised the military. At least among Zhao Kai's own group, there can be no concept of military being subordinate to civil servants.
So Zhao Kai must now take the lead in putting on warrior attire to show that he is a warrior!
When Zhao Kai appeared in front of everyone, wearing warrior clothes and a long sword hanging from his waist, everyone who had long been accustomed to the Song Dynasty's noble and martial system seemed to have realized something. They were all stunned for a moment, and then they all asked Zhao Kai together. Perform a bow and bow.
"Sit, everyone, sit down." Zhao Kai smiled and waved to everyone, gesturing for them to sit down and talk, "Here at Gu Wang, everyone can sit and talk. Because in Gu Wang's view, the power of the king is not between sitting and standing, but between sitting and standing. It depends on whether the king can personally control the six armies and whether he can fight against thieves in battle!"
"Your Majesty," Chen Ji, who had been promoted to Sima of Prince Yun's Mansion, heard this and immediately spoke up, "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty once said: The husband is planning and planning, and the battle is worse than a thousand miles away. I am not as good as the ovary. I am in control. I am not as good as Xiao He when it comes to the country, caring for the people, providing food, and constantly supplying food. I am not as good as Han Xin, even with an army of millions, and he must win in battle and capture when attacking. These three are all outstanding people, and I can use them. This is why I conquer the world. It can be seen that the power of a king does not lie in commanding the army in battle, but in making good use of talents."
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "It is true that the Han Emperor was inferior to Han Xin and Xiang Yu in terms of military use, but at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chu and Han Dynasties, was there any third person who could surpass the Han Emperor in terms of military use? After the Han Emperor killed the White Snake and revolted, he After dozens of battles, until he was over sixty years old, he still personally led the six armies to conquer Yingbu and captured him!
It can be seen that although Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was not as good as Han Xin and Xiang Yu in using troops, he was still good at fighting. If Han Emperor Gaozu himself was not good at fighting and did not know how to use soldiers, how could he make good use of a military general like Han Xin? The same is true for the imperial examination system adopted by this dynasty. Anyone who can become an examiner is a member of the imperial examination system. Is there any person who is illiterate and can pick out Jinshi from thousands of words? "
As he spoke, Zhao Kai glanced at the palace chief Shi Qin Hui who was sitting next to Chen Ji, "Qin Changshi, not only have you passed the Jinshi exam, but you have also passed the exam of Ci and Maoke... You should know that you are a solitary person. Is what you said true?"
"What the king said is absolutely true," Qin Hui said with a wry smile. "If you haven't read through the Four Books and Five Classics, how can you tell whose articles are good and whose articles are bad? If you don't know how to use soldiers, how can you know who is Sun Wu, Wu Qi, or Han Xin? Who are the famous generals like Zhao Kuo who can only talk on paper?"
"Chang Shi is right," Zhao Kai nodded, and added, "Tang Taizong, whom the lonely king wanted to imitate, was also a king who used soldiers like a god! At the beginning of the founding of this dynasty, the two emperors Taizu and Taizong, even when they ruled the world After that, they all went on personal expeditions. But now, the Golden Thief Emperor and the kings who have invaded our country are all able to lead troops on the battlefield. The lone king now only has three thousand tiger warriors. In terms of strength, he is far inferior to any king who leads troops in the Jin Kingdom. Can you still avoid begging for thieves in battle?"
What Zhao Kai said seems to be nonsense, but as long as you understand the political system of the Song Dynasty, you will know the significance of "the king personally leads the army and fights against thieves in battle".
Because the current system of the Song Dynasty is that the king issues orders through the prime ministers of the two governments. The military power of the Song Dynasty has always been very decentralized. Not only did the army be divided into small parts so that they were not subordinate to each other, but they also rarely sent out commanders with full power.
Normally, on a battlefield, there will be a group of captains leading troops, a group of generals to comfort them, a few transporters responsible for logistics, a few chamberlains supervising the army, and a group of civil servants with insurance on their heads. Prefect. Among them, the lieutenants were responsible for leading the troops and living their lives, the pacifiers were hiding in the castle and responsible for blindly directing the troops, the transfer minister was in charge of the army's pay and food, and the governors of the prefecture, military and county were in charge of the militia and civil servants. And among such a large group of people, there is no one coach who can command the overall situation. Even if there is a commander-in-chief, he can only command a few lieutenants. The other pacifiers, transshippers, prefects, and supervisors will not obey the command. Moreover, the military methods of this commander-in-chief would never be applied to an eighth- or ninth-grade civil servant.
Therefore, under the almost nonsensical military system of the Song Dynasty, if you want to fight decently against powerful enemies, it is almost necessary for the king to be present in battle.
But once the king is often in battle, he must rely on military men instead of civil servants... Who dares to wander around the battlefield with a group of powerless civil servants? Isn't this seeking death?
While Zhao Kai was talking, he secretly looked at Chen Ji and Qin Hui. Chen Ji looked disapproving, but Qin Hui had a look of deep approval...could this traitor Qin Hui really agree with him? ? Zhao Kai felt suspicious after thinking about it, Qin Hui must be pretending!
But even if Qin Hui is pretending, he can't be exposed now, because Zhao Kai needs Qin Hui's support very much - in Zhao Kai's small group, there are only three Jinshis, Qin Hui, Chen Ji and himself. Qin Hui was admitted to Jinshi three years earlier than Zhao Kai, and was admitted to high school six years earlier than Chen Ji. He was the oldest, and he had already become Zuo Sijian before joining Zhao Kai Group. He was a senior public official! In the eyes of a group of Song Dynasty warriors who had not yet changed their minds, Qin Hui's words still made sense.
"Chen Sima," Zhao Kai knew that he still had to convince Chen Ji, so he asked him again, "Do you think the lonely king should go into battle and beg for thieves?"
"Your Majesty... you should prepare for the battle," Chen Ji glanced at Qin Hui and had to change his opinion against his will, "But the sword has no eyes, so your Majesty needs to be careful."
Zhao Kai nodded and said with a smile: "You are the chosen king, how can you be injured by ordinary soldiers? And to protect yourself and eliminate the enemy in the battle formation, just being careful is not enough, right? You also have to organize your troops well. Horse, so that the lonely king can use his fingers like an arm!"
"What the king said is absolutely true," Chen Ji immediately understood what Zhao Kai meant. "I suggest that the king first reorganize various ministries in Chenqiaoyi, and then go north to fight against the Jin Dynasty!"
Zhao Kai nodded again, then looked at the group of military attachés in the room with a smile, "What do you generals think?"
