Zhao Kai's happy but short vacation had to end early because of the news that Li Renxiao was preparing to rebel after staying in Hexi Jiedu.
After Li Xiaozhong's memorial arrived, Zhao Kai immediately issued an order to summon the prime ministers of the two mansions, the ministers of the six bureaus, the commanders of the three armed forces, and the Hanlin scholars to come to Zhenguan Hall to discuss matters.
There are a total of four prime ministers in the two governments, namely the left and right prime ministers of the Political Hall and the left and right privy councilors of the Privy Council.
Currently serving as the left prime minister in the Luoyang court is Lu Yihao, and the right prime minister is Chen Ji, who had just entered the court from Sichuan not long ago to replace Zong Ze who was ill.
The left and right Privy Council members are He Guan and Wang Yuan respectively.
The six ministers are Chen Dong, the official minister, Wang Zhen, the military minister, Zhao Kai, the household minister, Mi Youren, the rite minister, Wang Shu, the industrial minister, and Du Chong, the criminal minister.
As for the three capital control departments of the cavalry, infantry and artillery armies, they were new positions established by Zhao Kai on his way from the northwest to return to the court. These three positions are the Department of Capital Control of the Horse Army, the Department of Capital Control of the Infantry Army and the Department of Capital Control of the Infantry Army. The chief officer of the Artillery Army Metropolitan Control Department.
These three metropolitan control departments, together with the military control departments, are in charge of the infantry generals, cavalry generals and artillery generals. According to the current military system of the Song Dynasty, the only troops under the military control departments are direct generals. The infantry generals, cavalry generals and artillery generals under the control department must all be united and rotated regularly under each military control department to prevent the power of each military control department from becoming too large.
At the same time, this rotation mechanism will also give all generals of the horse infantry and artillery armies the opportunity to appear under Zhao Kai, a militant official, so that Zhao Kai can effectively supervise the generals to strengthen their training and combat readiness.
In addition, this mechanism is also conducive to breaking down the boundaries between the border army and the central imperial army, so as to prevent some armies from suffering from war while others live in peace and ease.
The current commanders of the cavalry, infantry, and artillery armies are Xiang Ke, Qu Duan, and Yue Fei respectively.
Among them, Yue Fei also served as the director of the Artillery Academy in Xuanwu City and the supervisor of the Xuanwu City Artillery Foundry. It can be said that those who can do more work.
The Shangyang Palace Cavalry School and the Shenduyuan Infantry School are also under preparation. After the official opening, the leaders of the two schools will also be held by the commander of the horse army and the commander of the infantry.
These three schools, plus the Luoyang Science School, which was prepared after the practical examination in the second year of Hongwu, are Zhao Kai's other golden finger - technical school!
However, Zhao Kai was just a sophomore in high school in his previous life. He was still undergoing education and had no idea about how to educate himself.
Therefore, I can only sort out the mathematics, physics and chemistry knowledge I learned in my previous life, and start teaching it from the simplest level - not externally, but first to my female classmates, and then with their help, I can use this knowledge. Textbooks were written in a language that people in the Song Dynasty could understand.
Then it was slowly passed on to the teachers of Artillery School and Science School (some of whom were Hanlin bachelors around Zhao Kai). Once the teachers were taught, the school would be opened. The artillery school and the science school will be opened first, and then the graduates of these two schools will go to the cavalry school, infantry school or other schools to teach.
As for the standards of these schools...that is, ancient military science and various crafts are combined with some mathematics, physics and chemistry knowledge at the elementary, middle and high school levels (up to the second year of high school). At most, there are a few technical schools, right?
Four prime ministers, six ministers, three governors, and several Hanlin officials (responsible for recording and drafting edicts) were quickly summoned. In Zhenguan Hall, we sat down around a map table. Zhao Kai himself was sitting at the top of the map table. He frowned when he saw the Hexi map that had just been displayed on the map table.
Zhu Fengying and Guo Tiannv were also in the Zhenguan Hall. Both of them were wearing the military uniforms of the female class. Guo Tiannv was standing behind Zhao Kai with a sword. Zhu Fengying pulled up a chair next to Zhao Kai and sat listlessly - it was not that she had never listened to government before the court, Zhao Kai often led troops outside, so she listened to government more than once.
However, her "efficiency" in handling government affairs is very high (how long does it take to draw lots?), so the time she spends listening to government affairs is very short. But today's meeting seems to have been held... Just when Zhu Fengying was trying not to fall asleep during the meeting, the ministers were already talking about it.
"Officials, since the Hexi Army is going to rebel, the imperial court can't just sit back and ignore it, it must send troops to conquer!"
"Didn't we fall into the gold thief's trap by sending troops to conquer? They designed to trap Brother Richard and help Li Renli come to power. Isn't it just to lure us to the westward expedition? If we go to the west, they can take the opportunity to recuperate!"
"That's right! Officials, we can't fall into the trap of the golden thieves! As long as we can restore the lost territory in Hebei and Jingdong, won't it be easy to deal with the western thieves?"
"The Western Bandits will become bigger by then... Moreover, Hexi has a vast territory and strong folk customs. They have been dissatisfied with Wang Hua for a long time. If the Western Bandits are allowed to gain a foothold there and then take over the old land of Anxi, it will be a big mess. How can a big country thousands of miles away be so easily pacified?"
"How can the hometown of Anxi be so easy to eat? The Hexi army only has a few hundred thousand party members, and the number of soldiers capable of fighting is at most one hundred thousand. How can it eat the Uighurs and Turks?"
"But it will not be easy for us to march west... The people in the Hexi Corridor are fierce and poor. It will be difficult to supply if we send out a large army. If we send too few troops, it will be difficult to win. And after we win, how to occupy the territory is also a problem! If we can’t occupy it, what’s the point of fighting it down?”
Finally someone got to the point!
Zhao Kai looked at the man and found out that it was Chen Ji, the Right Prime Minister. He had been a transit envoy in Sichuan for two years and had outstanding political achievements! Large quantities of Shu brocade, tea and rice were received for the imperial court. The Shu brocade he received from Sichuan strongly supported the issuance and redemption of cloth tickets. In the past two years, the imperial court has never failed to make promises on cloth tickets. Therefore, businessmen in Luoyang, Ruyang, Xiangyang, Hanyang and other places have gradually recognized the credibility of cloth tickets. The exchange rate of cloth tickets and copper coins has also remained stable.
"Remember," Zhao Kai said, "what you are worried about is exactly what I am worried about. It is not difficult to win Hexi with troops, but the difficult thing is to maintain long-term stability. If we take Hexi and cannot control it, it is better not to take it! Because we can't control it, It will cause the Uighurs to invade from the east... To destroy the party and attract the Uighurs, the gains outweigh the losses!"
"The official family," Chen Ji said thoughtfully, "I have a way to govern Hexi, but..."
This Chen Ji probably stayed in Sichuan for a long time and was a little alienated from Zhao Kai, the emperor's brother. Although he still calls himself "Chen brother", he calls Zhao Kai "official family".
"Just say what you have to say!" Zhao Kai said with a smile, "My purpose in court meetings is to let people talk!"
"Officials, that's what my brother said." Chen Ji said, "In order to ensure long-term peace and stability in Hexi and even Anxi, the only way is to restore the two positions of Hexi Jiedushi and Anxi Metropolitan Protector. Grant Hexi Jiedushi and Anxi Metropolitan Protector to the Army. The people have full power, allowing them to recruit armies, act on their own convenience, appease Tibetan tribes, and communicate with other states in the Western Regions."
Zhao Kai was noncommittal and looked at the left prime minister Lu Yihao. Lu Yihao stood up and said: "Officers, although the Jiedushi are officials appointed by the imperial court, most of the governors under the Jiedushi are appointed by the imperial court. But the Jiedushi The government is actually a feudal government, your Majesty should think twice before taking action!"
Lu Yihao, the husband-in-law, is not "watery" at all. Although he is a civil servant, he is both civil and military. Moreover, he lived with his elders on the northwest front line when he was young. He is very familiar with the military and the complex situation in the northwest.
It seems that he also knows the problem of Jiedushi in the Tang Dynasty very well, so he hits the nail on the head and gets to the essence.
Jieduzhi is an official in name only, but he is feudal in nature!
In other words, the Jiedushi system is governed by officials at the upper level, but at the lower level it is feudal warriors.
Officials at the upper levels can serve as generals, prime ministers, or be transferred elsewhere, but what about the soldiers at the middle and lower levels? It is impossible for them to be transferred along with the Jiedushi envoys, otherwise what kind of Jiedushi envoy system would be implemented?
Moreover, it is impossible for Jiedushi's underground army to use the troops from the interior...the road is too far! It only takes a few months to go back and forth, so why do you have to do military service?
Normally, Jiedushi's army is recruited by Jiedushi himself. These people may be "part-time workers" at the beginning, but over time, they will inevitably evolve into a samurai group!
Because no matter where these recruits come from, they will start families and have children in the area where they are stationed. And the descendants of these soldiers who have been recruited have no future in the border areas. They are just occupying land and joining the army to fight... They occupy land and join the army to fight at the same time. Aren't they warriors?
Under normal circumstances, the imperial court would not transfer these frontier troops who have taken root in the frontier to other places... The cost is too high! And those border warriors wouldn't be happy either. Who would be willing to move?
As time went by, the frontier warrior group appeared!
In addition, in order to perform meritorious service or seek stability, the Jiedu envoys appointed by the imperial court would definitely compromise with the frontier warriors on various policies, allowing them to continue to grow bigger and occupy more land and wealth. Seizing land and wealth became the motivation for the border warriors to fight.
If the central court's force is strong enough, these frontier warriors will fight outside to rob others. Otherwise... Yuyang Ji is here at his instigation!
Of course, the Jiedushi system also has its advantages. In fact, starting from the Tang Dynasty, the effective method for the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains to control the Hexi Corridor, Ningxia Plain, Liaodong Peninsula, and Daibei Grassland was to use Jiedushi or similar Dusi, Zongbing, and Sai Wang. In fact, they were all similar.
Lu Yihao sighed and said: "Although the Jiedushi system has many shortcomings, if the officials want to take over the remote and wild lands, there is no other good way. If the officials want to take over the lands west of Hexi, then please do it Jiedushizhi..."
There is no other way... Zhao Kai thought about it and found that there is really no other way!
Unless you don’t want Hexi anymore!
This is true. Colonialism started in the Southern Song Dynasty, but Zhao Kai, who traveled through the Northern Song Dynasty ruled by foreigners, was still engaged in feudalism there!
Moreover, there are more and more elements of feudalism...
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