"Reporting to the official, the official has already ordered this matter, and I dare not neglect it." Xu Churen, the minister of the Privy Council, had obviously discussed it with Nie Shan and Zhao Mingcheng, and immediately went out to report, "First of all, the new army of the imperial camp All ministries should unify the organization, equipment, and equipment, and should also unify the rules for training, marching, camping, and formation, so as to ensure that all armies, generals, and ministries in the imperial camp are completely consistent."
“How can we achieve complete consistency?”
"The Privy Council and the Ministry of War should formulate regulations for establishment, training, marching, camping, and going into battle. All military attachés with a military background must pass the above five regulations before being dispatched, and the Privy Council is responsible for the assessment. Only those who pass can Appoint an official."
"well said!"
Zhao Huan nodded repeatedly, very satisfied with the method Xu Churen played.
"The officials praised me, but I didn't dare to do it alone. Nie Shangshu, Zhao Shilang and I discussed it over and over again for a long time before we came up with this method." Xu Churen did not forget to express his merit for Nie Shan and Zhao Mingcheng.
However, Xu Churen, Nie Shan, and Zhao Mingcheng were actually not original. They did not discuss such a "standardized army building" plan, but copied the work from Zhao Kai next door.
This set of standardized things, in the eyes of Zhao Kai's generation, is simply a matter of course. Therefore, Zhao Kai's army and military system is as standardized as possible. The Zhechongfu within the military system, and the army, generals, departments, and teams in the military system are all unified.
However, there was no way to unify the equipment and equipment - Zhao Kaiqiong had to prepare a lot of equipment and equipment by himself. Of course, there was no way to unify them, but he still ordered someone to draw up a guiding "Demonstration Chart of Equipment and Equipment" for the following. people's reference.
As for training, marching, camping, formation and other matters, unified laws and regulations have also been formulated.
And such a set of standardized rules and regulations, although collectively called the "Fu Bing Laws", was not hidden by Zhao Kai only for the exclusive use of the Fu Bing system, but was distributed to the following state army for the purpose of For them to use as a reference for rectifying the rural army.
But now it is "Two Zhaos", and many people who don't know whether they can be counted as second ministers (probably not, at most 1.5 ministers) change jobs between the "two Zhaos", so some people consider Zhao Kai's The "Facts of the Imperial Guard" issued by the Privy Council were taken to Jiangdong and presented to the Privy Council of Jinling Emperor Zhao Huan.
Xu Churen, Nie Shan, Zhao Mingcheng and others all understood that when there are three people walking together, there must be one teacher, and they were also good at copying homework. Therefore, they took the "Fu Bing Laws" as a reference and also formulated a "New Army Laws".
Of course, apart from the similar ideas of standardization and the similar establishment of infantry generals, the two "Zhufa" are quite different in other aspects.
"If there are any other good ways, please tell me one by one." Zhao Huan became interested and continued to ask questions.
"Reporting to the officials," Nie Shan, Minister of the Ministry of War, took over the topic, "In addition to unifying the laws and regulations, the new imperial army should also put an end to bad habits such as empty quotas, occupation, and deductions. They must have sufficient pay, sufficient food, and sufficient quota. In order to ensure The officers of each general will not be corrupt and extortion. The three ministers and others believe that the new army's generals and deputy generals should all have the background of Wu Jinshi, and most of the generals should also have the background of Wu Jinshi.
As for the warriors who were born in the military, they could only reach the rank of general at most. Moreover, regardless of whether they are generals, deputy generals, department generals, reserve generals (deputy generals of the department), etc., they should have terms of office and be rotated regularly to avoid the development of influence.
As for the issue of rewards for meritorious service in the army, the ministers believe that they should reward more money and be cautious in appointing officials... After all, being brave and not afraid of death can achieve meritorious service, but being an official is much more difficult. Conferring officials based on merit is actually a way to create chaos. "
As soon as these words came out, there was immediately a chorus of praise in the court.
Of course we should praise it!
Zhao Kai promoted the awarding of land soldiers and military honors, and formulated the "Twelve Ranks System", which linked the two matters of land and official service to killing enemies and meritorious service, which directly touched the taste of literati and officials.
And Zhao Huan's Jinling regime was actually a scribe's regime, with everyone opposed to military honors from top to bottom!
Zhao Huan was of course in agreement with the officials on the issue of opposing "Military Merit" - if he wanted to support "Military Merit", could the civil servants still support him?
To compare with military merit... Zhao Kai should be an official!
"Awarding officials based on merit is indeed the way to cause chaos!" Zhao Huan's tone was extremely firm, "I would rather save money from my teeth and reward the army, than appoint officials indiscriminately and let people without real talents and learning become officials! "
"The official sage!"
Zhao Huan's statement immediately won the unanimous support of the ministers.
Zhao Huan looked very proud, paused and asked again: "I wonder how many new generals we are planning to recruit this time?"
Zhao Mingcheng, the minister of the Ministry of War, who had a big beard and looked very fierce, came out and said: "Returning to the officials, after discussion, I feel that we can recruit 200,000 new soldiers this time and form one hundred generals. The number of troops is two thousand. There is one general, one deputy general, two generals, and four generals... Among them, both the generals and the deputy generals are in charge of one unit. In fact, there are one general, four units and twenty. Team formation.
In this competition, a total of 403 martial arts Jinshis were selected and distributed among one hundred generals, which meant that one general had four Jinshis, which could be divided into a general, a deputy general and two subordinate generals. As for the 400 preparation generals and 2,000 team members, they are all warriors with military background. "
It turns out that the new military general who was born in the army is still a loser!
Zhao Huan was a little worried again, "The generals in the company are all Jinshi... Is this really possible?"
"Officials, Lao Zhuo feels that using Jinshi as generals only involves great talent but little use. There is absolutely no need to worry about their inability to do the job."
Geng Nanzhong, the Prime Minister of the East Mansion, stood up and gave Zhao Huan some reassurance. He said: "Now training, marching, camping, and formation all have laws to follow. As a general, you only need to act in accordance with the laws and you can stand on your own." Invincible. And doing things according to the law is what Jinshi is good at, and he is certainly qualified for the job. As for the way to motivate soldiers to fight to the death, it lies in heavy rewards. Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men. To be a general, you only need to uphold the public spirit , clear rewards and punishments are enough.”
Zhao Huan thought for a moment and finally nodded, "It makes sense... So, among the twenty new armies, how many are land divisions and how many are naval divisions?"
"Officials," Xu Churen, the Privy Councilor, took over the question and replied, "I have thought about it over and over again and feel that when the imperial court moves to Jinling, the navy must be the foundation of the country. Therefore, half of the new troops of the Twenty Army should be navy , and the other half are Lu divisions.
In addition to being carefully selected and refined, the navy also has to build various warships, which must be strong and fast enough to dominate the Yangtze River and the East China Sea! "
"That's how it should be!" Zhao Huan nodded in agreement, "In the future, I will make a northern expedition to the Central Plains to defeat the bandits and destroy the bandits. The navy army is especially important. We must form an army as soon as possible!"
"The officials can rest assured," Xu Churen said, "the people east of the Yangtze River and along the southeastern coast have always been good at building and sailing ships. The imperial court's new naval force will definitely be built soon."
Zhao Huan said: "The Lu division must also hurry up! I want to go to the Northern Expedition, and I also need the Lu division... Will one hundred thousand Lu divisions be enough?"
"It should be enough..." Xu Churen actually felt that it was not enough, but the Jinling court's money did not come from strong winds, so he paused and then said: "Although the number of people in the Lu Division is not large, they are all He is a strong man, and with good armor and weapons (weapons), he can be as good as ten! The only shortcoming is the lack of horses... However, it can be used well with a divine arm bow, a spear, and an axe. Restrain the cavalry."
According to the "Instrument Code" formulated by the Privy Council, the Divine Arm Bow will be the most important weapon for the 100,000 new Army Army Division Generals - the 100,000 Army Divisions will be equipped with at least 50,000 Divine Arm Bows!
And all soldiers, including divine arm archers, bowmen, axemen, and spearmen, will be wearing heavy armor!
However, Zhao Huan seemed very satisfied and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, the military will be fine, not too many... With these 100,000 land divisions and 100,000 naval divisions, I will be able to conquer the Central Plains and restore the northern part of our Song Dynasty." Homeland!”
When the Emperor of Jinling first arrived in Jiangdong, he didn't talk much about the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. But now the situation is gradually stabilizing, and the fight between Jin Guo and Zhao Kai is lively again. It seems that neither side has the energy to conquer the south, so Zhao Huan starts to talk about the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains - whoever wins the Central Plains will win the world!
Since ancient times, the political power when crossing the South must hold high the banner of the Northern Expedition. Otherwise, like those southern political powers during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, they would be reduced to a mere existence waiting to die.
Although Zhao Huan didn't care about eating and waiting to die, he had to shout the slogan of the Northern Expedition to unite people's hearts. Otherwise... you won't even be able to wait for death long enough.
So Zhao Huan started to become tough again during this period!
Moreover, he also established the image of a wise king by killing bandits, getting rid of some of the bad policies left by Zhao Ji, reducing and exempting some excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the just-concluded imperial examination competition.
However, it is quite difficult to maintain this image of a wise king for a long time... The day after Zhao Huan finalized the plan to launch a new army of water and land, he was in Chongzheng Hall wondering whether to set up two new armies to promote the new army. Zhao Huan, who was responsible for the recruitment and training of the new water and land armies respectively, suddenly received two urgent reports from Huaixi!
"Guan family, urgent report from Huaixi!"
Tongzhi Privy Councilor Zhang Suo, who was on duty in the Privy Council at that time, immediately entered the palace to see him.
"Oh?" Zhao Huan looked up at the big man from Jingdong (Shandong) recommended to him by Li Gang, "What happened?"
"The Yellow River may have burst!" Zhang Suo said, "The water levels of several rivers flowing into the Huaihe River from Huaibei have all surged, and the sediment contained in the river water has surged!"
"Really?" Zhao Huan breathed a sigh of relief. This matter has nothing to do with him. Let the third child have a headache!
"And..." Zhang Suo was breathing heavily as he spoke, "Also, Wang Boyan urgently reported that the Jin's 100,000-strong army came along the Ying River, marching both by water and land, and had crossed the Huai River two days ago. ....."
"What? Jin, the Jin people have crossed the Huaihe River?" Zhao Huan was confused now, his face suddenly fell, and he said in panic, "What, what should I do? Have the Jin people already defeated Zhao Kai?" Where has the golden man hit now?"
