During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Southern Dynasties experienced four dynasties: Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen. There were successive regime changes. There were many reasons. The most important one was that the central government lost control of the army and local governments. This resulted in a situation where the leader was weak and the ministers were strong, and the external officials were strong but the officials were strong. , when the opportunity is ripe, as long as a fire is thrown, a military coup to usurp the throne will break out.
To avoid repeating the past, and also to deal with the powerful enemy of the Turkic Khanate, Yang Jian attached great importance to military construction, so that the imperial court had an army that could shock the world. This was the origin of the 700,000 Beijing soldiers.
In terms of military power, it is divided into several parts: the first is the Beijing troops under personal control, the second is the government troops under the control of the Twelve Guards, the third is the state troops under the control of the Sima of each state, and the fourth is the border troops under the control of the town and border generals.
But no one expected that the Beijing soldiers would deteriorate so quickly. In just a few years, the so-called 700,000 elite soldiers would not be able to make up 100,000 during the war.
Of course, corruption is one aspect, but the main reason is that many generals in the Beijing army were passive and sabotaged, deliberately slowing down the gathering speed, and giving Yang Liang a chance to create combat opportunities, thereby achieving the purpose of disrupting the Sui Dynasty; when the imperial army led by Yang Su spent In the early days of the most difficult war, when the war entered a stalemate, the attitude of some generals immediately changed drastically and they accelerated their gathering and marching speed. This resulted in the formation of the 300,000 elite troops.
But no matter what the reason was, Yang Guang couldn't bear it. However, the focus of the first half of the year was to clean up the fifty-two states ruled by Yang Liang and arrange new officials, so he postponed the military reform, which had a deeper impact and was more prone to turmoil, to the second half of the year. .
In order to complete the major military reform as soon as possible, Yang Guang not only appointed Yang Su as the commander-in-chief of the military reform, but also sent several high-ranking generals to the official residence of the Ministry of War, hoping that they would unite as one and work together to write a perfect plan.
When Yang Ji entered the hall of the official residence of the Ministry of War, pairs of eyes stared at him, and then stood up in unison. Even Yang Zhao was no exception. Some looked arrogant, some were smiling, and some bowed and saluted: "I have seen King Wei." .”
Yang Ji glanced around and saw Yang Su and Yang Zhaogao sitting on the main seats. On the left of the second seat were Xiao Jue, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, and Duan Wenzhen, the Minister of the Ministry of War. On the right of the second seat representing the guests, there was only Ande Wang Yang Xiong, and he was sitting at the bottom of the seat. He knew in his heart that the position opposite Xiao Juan was reserved for him as the prince.
Seeing everyone standing up and saluting, he quickly walked in. As he walked, he held his hands in return and said, "Generals, you are so polite!"
When they arrived at the front, Yang Ji bowed to Yang Zhao and Yang Su. They smiled and bowed in return, indicating that Yang Ji should take a seat.
Yang Ji and Yang Xiong, who was waiting with a smile, bowed to each other and sat down.
After they were in place, the generals sat down one after another.
Yang Su smiled and introduced to Yang Ji: "King Wei, the sage saw that the troops in the capital were in chaos, the morale of each camp was corrupt, and the five poisons were infested, so he appointed Lao Cheng as the chief general of the military reform, hoping that Lao Lao would be retrained to fight."
Yang Ji bowed and said: "The army is the sharp blade of the Sui Dynasty and the strong shield to defend the country. It cannot be ignored. The Beijing soldiers are not only the most powerful backing of the border army, but are often transferred to defend the border. It is one of the vital forces of the border army and must not be chaotic..."
"Huh!" Yuan Shou snorted coldly, two sharp gleams appeared in his eyes, and he stared at Yang Ji coldly and said: "King Wei has such a loud tone!"
Yuan Shou has always been known as benevolent and modest, but when facing Yang Ji, he could no longer be modest.
In the He Ruobi case, the Yuan family died of Yuan Yan's lineage, and the huge amount of arms and wealth that the Yuan family had hoarded in the villa under Yuan Yan's name were all confiscated by the court. Later, when Yang Ji attacked Dang Xiang, the Yuan family sent Yuan Min to join forces with Dang Xiang in an attempt to kill Yang Ji. Unexpectedly, Yang Ji killed thousands of dead soldiers placed by the Yuan family in Weizhou during the battle, and by the way got Weizhou. Yuan Shan, the governor of the state, resold official and military rations and other crimes. In the end, Yuan Shan's lineage was killed again.
These two incidents caused heavy losses to the Yuan family.
As soon as he heard Yang Ji's "big talk", Yuan Shou couldn't help but yell and interrupted Yang Ji's words.
In an instant, there was deathly silence in the hall.
They all looked at the excitement.
Yang Ji glanced at Yuan Shou and said calmly: "General Yuan, what advice do you have?"
"Advice?" Yuanshou suppressed the fire of hatred in his heart and had nowhere to go. Seeing Yang Ji's "arrogance" and rudeness, he sneered: "King Wei, although you are a prince, you should call me uncle." , now that you have achieved some military exploits, your nostrils are pointed in the sky, and you are no longer big or small?"
Yang Ji secretly said something bad, and said in a cold voice that was neither salty nor cold: "General Yuan, this is the official residence of the Ministry of War. It is the place where the imperial court works. It is not a place where General Yuan can rely on his old age to show off his old age and recognize his ancestors. If you still have some points, If you don’t have the decency of a general, then don’t get married here! It’s embarrassing.”
After hearing this, everyone in the hall had strange expressions on their faces, and some even started laughing.
"You!" Yuan Shou heard Yang Ji say "recognize his ancestors and return to his clan", but he didn't know that he was scolding him. He was already holding back a ball of hatred, but when he saw Yang Ji diagonally opposite with a gun and a stick, he felt a rush of anger. A stream of evil fire rushed to his forehead, jumped over the desk, raised his fist, and rushed towards Yang Ji.
These are the generals of the Sui Dynasty who came out of the troubled times. All of them have hot tempers and dare to beat people if they disagree with them.
Both Yang Zhao and Yang Su's expressions changed slightly, and they shouted: "What are you doing? Stop him!"
The Ministry of War is the place in charge of the army. In the past, there were military generals who fought and fought with fists in the Ministry of War because of competing for credit. However, after Yang Jian severely dealt with several cases, such cases were greatly reduced.
And Yuan Shou was the general of Zuo Yiwei and Yang Guang's general. He was used to being beaten and scolded by Zuo Yiwei and his generals. In addition, he held on to the title of "elder" and felt that if he really beat Yang Ji, it would be an elder teaching the younger generation a lesson and nothing would end.
Even if you go to the saints, you will at most be compensated with some money and fined with some salary.
Yuanshou was not short of money. If he could teach Yang Ji a lesson, he would be happy even if he was fined for ten years.
But what he didn't know was that Yang Ji actually thought the same way; at this moment, the two of them were like-minded and used the topic to their advantage.
Compared with the "polite" Yuan Shou, Yang Ji is a "gangster" who has been fighting since he was a child. He is stronger in unarmed combat than mounted combat and knows all kinds of destructive moves. When Yuan Shou rushed out, he also jumped out , sideways to avoid Yuan Shou's fist, hooked his foot, Yuan Shou jumped into the air, and fell like a dog chewing shit. He slipped a few feet and hit his head on the leg of the table where Yang Ji and Yang Xiong were sitting.
Yang Ji turned around, took a few steps forward, reached out and picked up the Chengying Sword that was placed on the table, stepped on Yuan Shou, who had propped up his upper body, to the ground, and smashed the scabbard towards Yuan Shou without thinking. There was a snapping sound.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Yang Jixin grasped the teapot and took a few steps back. When Yuan Shou raised his upper body with both hands, he slammed the teapot on the back of his head. He only heard a "pop" sound and the teapot was shattered. . The scalding hot tea inside spread out, starting from the back of his head and flowing to the left, right and back of his neck, turning his head into a drowned rat that could instantly shed its hair. It was so hot that Yuan Shou screamed in agony.
Yang Ji glanced at Yuan Shou, who was screaming and rolling, strode to the middle, raised his hands to Yang Zhao and Yang Su successively, and said: "Prince, Yue Gong, you have also seen that it was General Yuan who moved first. hand."
Yang Zhao, Yang Su: "..."
After watching the excitement, the generals belatedly came out to "break up the fight" and ran from the back of the seats to the middle. They saw Yuan Shou pulling off his hair, revealing his red and bald scalp, and everyone was noisy and laughing.
In the past, when the generals guarding the border were applauding their merits at the Ministry of War, they would all clasp their fists at each other, but later on, the control was extremely strict, and it has not happened for a long time. When I see this scene now, I feel an unforgettable sigh.
Yuan Shou, who had been burned by tea and lost his hair and had a glowing face, was about to get up. His face was twisted in pain and he cursed: "Young-mouthed kid..."
At this time, the generals cheered and stepped forward to separate the two people with a human wall. Zhang Jin and Yu Zhongwen caught Yuan Shou on the left and right, and advised: "General Yuan, forget it, forget it. "
The two of them were friends with Yuan Shou, and they knew that if this matter came to the attention of the saint, Yuan Shou would be the first to take action.
Yuanshou will definitely suffer this dumb loss.
The two of them didn't give him a chance to continue fighting and left. Yuanshou turned his head as he walked, stared at Yang Ji with a pair of hostile eyes, and yelled angrily: "Huangkou kid, let's wait and see! "
Yang Ji was unmoved and didn't talk back. He just stood there, looking at him innocently with a paralyzed expression, and let him jump and go crazy.
In his heart, he even hoped that he would scold his ancestors.
But unfortunately, Yuan Shou never scolded him.
Seeing Yuan Shou being carried out, everyone suddenly felt that although Yuan Shou brought it on himself, he was still quite pitiful. After he was so miserable by Yang Ji, even Yang Ji's parents and ancestors did not dare to scold him. The only thing they could do was Yes, it turned out to be just a show of verbal advantage.
How miserable.
After the farce was over, when Zhang Jin and Yu Zhongwen came back, "Cough, cough, cough," Yang Su coughed a few times in a formulaic manner. When everyone saw it, he waved his face expressionlessly and said: "Okay, okay! Everyone sit down. Then. talk!"
"Here!" Everyone responded and took their places, drinking water and dazing. The hall suddenly became quiet, as if nothing had happened.
"Your Majesty, continue!" Yang Su raised his head to Yang Ji and asked him to continue.
"Yue Gong, we are all people involved in countering the rebellion. We know very well what the Beijing soldiers are like. I think it is imperative to rectify the Beijing soldiers." Yang Ji cupped his hands in the void and said solemnly: "A saint has this The decision is very wise, and it is indeed a great blessing for the country. However, I am a local official. How the Beijing soldiers are organized has nothing to do with me. The reason why the saint asked me to come is because he hopes that I can learn some valuable experience."
After the words fell, he stopped talking.
Everyone: "..."
Yang Su did not intend to let him go, and said with a smile: "As far as I know, the Liangzhou army used to fight on its own, which was several times more chaotic than the Beijing army. However, after the king took office, he suddenly twisted the soldiers from each state. They formed a rope and defeated powerful enemies time and time again. Today, the Liangzhou Army has become the most powerful existence among many frontier armies. Since the king has reorganized the Liangzhou Army, he must have an effective method. A good recipe. Now that the Beijing Camp is about to be reorganized, it still needs the King’s full support.”
Yang Jiweng said with an angry smile: "Support it, why don't you support it? The Beijing army has been making too much trouble in recent years. The generals of each battalion are seriously corrupt and military discipline is lax. It needs a big talent like Yue Gong to rectify it."
Yang Su smiled slightly and said: "As the king said, the military discipline in the capital is corrupt and corrupt. This time, the court, from the saints to the assembly hall, the three provinces and six ministries, is paying attention, and it is bound to be rectified."
His words were of a grand and overwhelming nature, in an attempt to restrain this slippery loach.
When Yang Ji heard this, he stopped talking in circles and said, "The imperial court has never been short of money, food and military pay for the army. It distributes it in full every year. However, after the money, food and military pay arrive at the army, first the generals eat a batch, and then the generals at all levels. Eat, if half of it finally reaches the hands of the soldiers, it is considered a general's integrity. My method is very simple. I ask the soldiers and know the number they got. If it meets the regulations of the court, I will arrest the five commanders. Come and ask, after questioning the corps commander, then go to the fire chief, team leader, brigade commander, school captain, lieutenant general... interrogated at every level, it will be clear who is honest and who is greedy, and then be severely punished according to military law."
Yang Su stared at him and continued to ask: "How did you check the empty quota?"
Yang Ji said: "The number of soldiers in each battalion is clear. As long as the troops are gathered together, a fire and a team audit, we will know who has shorted the quota. The capital's soldiers are said to be 700,000. Once counted at the same time, where will the generals who have shorted the quota be found? People are coming? When Yue Gong comes, everyone will be counted as one, and they will all be held accountable!"
As soon as these words came out, some people's expressions changed slightly, especially those of Yu Wenshu and Zhang Jin.
"Which of the various battalions of the Beijing soldiers are not eating their quotas and drinking their blood like this? Otherwise, if they only rely on my salary and don't take their quotas, how can they gain a foothold in the sacred city of Jingjing?" Zhang Jin frowned and said slowly: " There are 700,000 Beijing soldiers on the books. If the imperial court counts Mao at the same time and severely punishes all the generals who have missed their quota, I am worried that they will make mistakes and encourage the soldiers below to make noise. Once all the Beijing soldiers become noisy, the problem will be big. In my opinion See, it’s best to conduct an inventory one by one.”
Zhang Jin sneered in his heart, you Yang Wenhui, you want to eliminate corruption, but you want to check for vacancies. Don't you know that the number of 700,000 Beijing soldiers is huge? Don’t you know that all officers at all levels are descendants of our Guanlong nobles?
Hehe, even if you dare to work in Liangzhou and achieve results, this is Guanzhong, and Guanzhong has always been decided by us Guanlong nobles.
Even the late emperor and the saint did not dare to investigate at the same time.
Your kid's wish to lock down all the camps and conduct an inventory at the same time is simply wishful thinking!
Go back and let the news out, cause a chaos, and see if the saint dares to support your plan?
Even if the saint dares to do so, after the incident, your son and Yang Su will be the first to bear the brunt and will be blamed by the court and the world. It is logical that we Guan Long nobles will take care of the aftermath and wait for an opportunity to regain the right to reorganize the capital camp.
Yang Ji glanced at Zhang Jin and said calmly: "When I started, I was also worried about mutiny, so I checked one battalion after another. But does General Zhang know how they did it?"
Without waiting for Zhang Jin's reply, Yang Ji began to ask and answer his own questions: "They borrowed people from other battalions to make up the number. You lend them to me today and you lend them to me tomorrow so that the battalions and armies I see will always be full. Actually, it’s not.”
"What the king said is an open secret!" Shi Wansui frowned and said, "But if we investigate at the same time, like General Zhang, it is easy to cause mutiny, so there is no way to have the best of both worlds."
"That's right!" Yang Su also nodded and said to Yang Ji: "Before the king arrived, we were deadlocked here. I wonder if the king has a way to get the best of both worlds?"
Yang Ji nodded and said, "Yes, and it's very simple."
Hearing this, everyone stared at Yang Ji, and Yang Su asked excitedly: "But I don't know what the prescription is?"
"This method is the experience and method I have learned during the anti-corruption process in Liangzhou." Yang Ji said loudly: "The corrupt officials in Liangzhou have eyes and ears all over Zhangye City. Once the state council makes any major decisions, , will spread quickly. These eyes and ears often bring the news to their masters as soon as possible, but the government is always one step slower. When the officials go to check, everything is normal and they return without success. In the end, you know that he has committed a crime. He was convicted, but there was no evidence of guilt."
"For example, once a corrupt official hears that we are going to clean up the official warehouse, his method is to borrow money and food from local wealthy households and businessmen to make up the money. When the people above see it, it is a lot of money. As soon as they leave, the corrupt official will use the money and food to make up the money. After returning it, the official warehouse was finally empty."
When he said this, his voice paused and he said with a smile: "After figuring out the tricks of these corrupt officials, we will either let the army take over the official warehouses or empty them. In this way, the corrupt officials will naturally be freed. The local wealthy households and businessmen who borrowed money and food naturally did not want to suffer such a dumb loss, so they reported it one after another."
"After having successful cases, we promulgated a law that no one can lend money or food to local officials. You can borrow it, but once the money and food enter the official warehouse, it belongs to the government. As for official food, , or private food, we don’t care at all, if you dare to complain, you will be severely punished for colluding with officials and businessmen to protect criminals."
"If the neighboring states or counties borrowed the grain, we would seal off the official warehouse where the grain was borrowed, and turn around to check the state or county that provided the grain. We would catch it accurately. Later, when corrupt officials from all over the country learned about our routine, they would not dare to do so. On loan."
"This method was later extended to the army. Before the investigation, rumors were spread, and even this set of rules was clearly written out. In this way, the whole army knew that the targets of the investigation were corruption, Target the generals who have short quotas, rather than targeting the entire army. Upright generals are not afraid of investigation, but the generals at all levels and battalions who have short quotas put themselves first, and no one dares to borrow troops to go out, and then just defeat them one by one."
Yang Ji laughed twice and said to Yang Su: "This is a conspiracy against the scum in the army. However, the scum in the army have loose military discipline. It is common for them to eat empty quotas and drink the blood of soldiers. Ordinary soldiers have long hated it." It goes to the bone that as long as the Beijing soldiers know the imperial court’s intentions, how can they mutiny with these scum?”
"Some people may say that the scum in the military can borrow people from the county where they are stationed. But if the county officials know that borrowing people is committing a felony, who would dare to borrow?"
When Yang Ji shut up, the hall fell into an eerie silence, with everyone having different thoughts.
This method is really too sinister! Moreover, it is still a conspiracy and a conspiracy of rogues. If Yang Ji's method is followed to rectify the Beijing army, even if the generals of all battalions and levels see the way, there will be no way to avoid it.
"Haha, your Majesty's method is so cruel! It's absolutely perfect!" Yang Su's confusion was eliminated, and he was in a good mood. He laughed heartily and said, "I just said that Your Majesty has a way. Isn't this the answer to this question?" As he spoke, he continued Then he took a long breath, as if letting out the depression in his chest, and became extremely excited.
He bowed his hand to Yang Zhao and asked, "What do you think, Prince?"
Yang Zhao humbly returned the courtesy and said with a smile: "Since King Wei's method has achieved results in both the military and political circles of Liangzhou, there is no need to worry. However, the number of soldiers in the capital is huge, so it is better to be more cautious."
"Not bad!" Yang Su nodded and said to the generals: "Okay, the method of rectification is the strategy adopted by King Wei in Liangzhou. The details only need to be perfected by the Ministry of War one by one, and I won't bother. Everyone has dealt with the affairs of the armies, so please disperse. Please ask King Wei and Ande Wei to stay for discussion!"
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