Ten days ago, Yang Guang, under the persuasion of Su Wei and Yang Su, decided on the strategy of interrogating the guilty generals of the first six battalions, phasing out the old and weak of the first six battalions, and arresting the guilty generals of the last eight battalions, and decided to wait until these three strategies After completion, the old and weak in the next eight battalions will be gradually eliminated.
But plans can never keep up with changes. Once something starts, many follow-up things will naturally follow one after another. As a result, the person doing the work is stuck and has no choice but to bite the bullet and solve the problem.
As far as the current situation is concerned: First, as the military reform gradually deepens from the outside to the inside, a large number of corrupt and lawless generals have been arrested; such a drastic and drastic move is unprecedented, which has attracted the attention of the whole world and praised the imperial court. But at the same time, , due to the announcement of shocking crimes one after another, people generally lost their sense of security and developed a strong sense of crisis.
The people were worried that the generals around them were also extremely evil people, but they were unable to fight against them, so they had no choice but to look to the court, and finally formed a consensus that "the court should investigate thoroughly." Faced with the overwhelming public sentiment and public opinion, the court could only act in accordance with public opinion.
Second, the deepening of military reform and the current situation of overwhelming popular support have provided congenitally good conditions for factional disputes; in order to attack their opponents and create more lucrative positions for themselves, one or two factions feel that things are not enough. Big, everyone clamored for "thorough investigation to the end" in the name of public opinion and justice.
Third, because Yang Guang's military improvement was too smooth and the Binzhou Army was controlled by "Liu Jia Lun", he originally hoped to eliminate the possibility of Beijing soldiers rebelling before moving the capital. Nowadays, the people's momentum is so strong that they have a mentality of following the donkey's downward slope.
But it has to be said that Yu Wenshu is not just a flatterer. When he seriously assumes the role of "general", he is no longer the "greedy and treacherous minister".
Yu Wenshu was not unprepared for the mutiny. He used the War Department member Wai Lang Dou Gui to lead his troops to intimidate him, and when he began to reorganize the sixth battalion, which was not large in scale, which general would dare to make any changes?
But now, the military reform has spread to the 13th Battalion outside the Binzhou Army. He first touches the direct interests of the "630,000" soldiers on the roster, followed by many noble families, plus some of the "team" When people follow Yang and violate Yin, Yu Wenshu is somewhat unable to do what he wants.
The soldiers have now gathered at the temporary official residence of the Imperial Army in Xianyang. The signs of "mutiny" have appeared, and Yang Ji plans to enter the palace to remind Yang Guang.
It’s just that Yang Guang seems to be a little blindly optimistic at this moment. Before he entered the palace the day before yesterday, Yu Wenshu happened to enter the palace in the morning to report on the progress of the army. It is said that Yang Guang was so pleased with Long Yan that he stayed with Yu Wenshu to share lunch and gave him another gift. Silk silk praises him for his courage in taking on tasks.
This is the twelfth time since the military reform.
It can also be seen that Yuwenshu's vigorous and drastic reform achievements made Yang Guang a little dizzy.
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In the hall of the Binzhou Military Officers' Office, Yang Qing saw that Yang Ji was silent, so he cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, in the disarmament plan of the 14th Battalion of the Beijing Army, in addition to our Binzhou Army, the other 13th Battalion are simply based on their age. The world has led to many "old and weak" who have been simply and roughly eliminated. They are not really old and weak. They have the courage and experience to fight with their lives. In the past, when people were young, the court would just give them a satisfactory answer. They dispersed happily. But at present, the number of people who have been laid off is as high as ten or two hundred thousand. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Civil Affairs are somewhat unable to cope with the resettlement. This has also caused many people who have not been resettled to feel resentful. .”
A hint of gloom flashed in Yang Qing's eyes, and he continued: "The general believes that these people do not have the courage to rebel, but they do have the courage to make trouble, and the more people there are, the greater the courage, because the law does not punish the masses. . If people with evil intentions spread rumors and instigate the situation, I am afraid that the situation will enter an uncontrollable chaos."
"This is also what I'm worried about!" After Yang Ji finished speaking, he ordered Xin Shijie, who was in charge of military affairs: "Xin Changshi, send more officers and civil servants to keep an eye on the Binzhou Military Engineering Camp. If someone is in charge of the troops to cause trouble or fight, If you smash, burn, and loot, I will punish you on the spot, but if you just gather around and make noise with bare hands, you only need to be persuaded."
Xin Shijie cupped his hands and said, "I'll go to the engineering camp and keep an eye on you."
Yang Ji nodded, and then ordered to the eight generals: "Tomorrow is the day for the entire army to rest. In order to prevent the officers and soldiers of the Binzhou Army from running around, you should go back immediately to convene the generals to discuss matters and ask the officers and soldiers not to leave the camp."
The Liangzhou Army in the past and the Binzhou Army these days were all handled in this way. They would first let the eliminated generals and soldiers enter the camp to drink and brag, and then wait until their resentment dissipated, and then rationalize and persuade them to return.
Since Yang Ji has never implemented a one-size-fits-all approach, and the eliminated soldiers are indeed no longer qualified for the role of main battle soldiers, and with adequate pensions and timely resettlement, there has never been a mutiny.
Although today's Binzhou Army soldiers have no signs of mutiny, they must be on guard. If other soldiers of the Thirteenth Battalion make things worse, these people may not be as honest as they are now.
"General, I obey!" Yu Zan, Tang Shizong, Yang Xu and others filed out.
Yang Ji then said to the anxious Liu Tongren: "I will go to the palace to meet the saint later. Go back and tell General Xin that there is a danger of mutiny now, and ask him to control the Liquan army, pacify the people first, and drink well." Meat is being served, try not to cause conflicts.”
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I resign from my humble position." Liu Tongren bowed his hands, turned around and left in a hurry.
After everyone left one after another, Hao Yuan said: "Your Majesty, General Yuwen is eager for quick success and is 90% likely to cause trouble."
Yang Ji said: "The Beijing soldiers are so miserable. It is human nature for Yu Wenshu, who has made great achievements, to be eager to achieve success and eager to achieve success."
Except for Yu Wenshu, why isn't Yang Guang like this? Although Yang Guang said he was not in a hurry, he was more anxious than anyone else. The bandits in Guanzhong were in disarray, the army was suspected of being controlled by black hands, and the capital was about to move. How could Yang Guang not worry?
Today, Yu Wenshu seizes the opportunity and takes advantage of the emperor's eagerness for success. This is when he is proud of his success.
"Stop talking, I'll go back to Beijing to report the matter." No matter what, Yang Ji had to remind him, otherwise if something happened, he would be suspected of knowing about it but not reporting it.
"Brother, I will leave the Binzhou Army to you." He said, and said to Yang Qing: "Mr. Hao is familiar with the Liangzhou Army. If you encounter something that you cannot understand, you can discuss it in detail."
"Here!"
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Daxing Palace Qianqiu Hall.
Yang Guang was reviewing the memorial, and what he was holding in his hand was the memorial that Yu Wenshu had submitted today.
After more than half a month of reorganization, the 14th Battalion of the Beijing Army found out about 250,000 vacancies, and then laid off 120,000 old and weak soldiers. If you add in the corrupt and lawless generals at all levels, then this so-called strong army will The bloated army of 700,000 soldiers was missing 370,000 soldiers. The remaining 320,000 people are still being trained in an orderly manner, not to mention that the atmosphere has changed drastically.
In a word, the situation is gratifying.
In the general reorganization that spreads throughout the army, checking for vacancies is actually the easiest step. The generals of each army and battalion can collude to deceive the civilian officials of the Ministry of War. However, in the eyes of Yu Wenshu, who was a military general, it is just some unflattering child's play. As long as the order is given, Just start counting heads on the roster, and you can make sure that there are no gaps left. The key is whether the person responsible for the investigation has the courage to offend all military families.
The Ministry of Military Affairs posted notices in various camps to "check for vacancies and punish lawbreakers", and the Ministry of Civil Affairs issued a warning to the prefectures and counties where the military camps were stationed that "borrowing people is the same crime". Yu Wenshu immediately mobilized his right-guard soldiers to check the 10,000-year-old, The five armies of Chang'an, Fuping, Tongzhou, and Huazhou then stepped up their efforts to investigate the other seven battalions outside Binzhou.
In the past, the soldiers of the 14th Battalion were hard bones that could not be penetrated by water or penetrated by needles. Even Yang Jian was somewhat helpless with the complicated generals at all levels. Although they wanted to rectify them, they were old and frail and unable to do what they wanted; in order to make them more powerful, he The imperial power was able to stabilize the situation, so it could only endure this sigh of relief, hoping that Yang Guang could solve the problems existing in the Fourteenth Battalion.
When Yang Liang rebelled, Yang Guang experienced the arrogance and lawlessness of the generals of the 14th Battalion. Therefore, although the results of the investigation were shocking, they found so many vacancies and solved so many problems. The general still greatly inspired Yang Guang.
According to the army reorganization strategy formulated by generals Yang Su, Yang Ji, and Yu Wenshu, this is only the first step; the second step is to reduce the old and weak members of the army, leaving only about 300,000 elites. If there are still unqualified If there are too many people, then reduce it to 250,000.
Then the elite soldiers from various states and civilian warriors were used to fill the number of soldiers, so that the imperial court was in a situation of strong branches and weak branches, and finally the overall strength of the Beijing army was maintained at about 400,000.
Yang Guang put down the memorial in his hand and was a little undecided for a moment, because Yu Wenshu suddenly wrote at the end of the memorial, "After the Beijing army was reorganized, the Binzhou Army had the strongest strength among all the battalions; I thought that the Binzhou Army was old and weak. Some troops should be dismissed as appropriate. Kuang Chen heard that the old and weak Binzhou Army did not practice archery or form battle formations, and was obsessed with the quality of the formation... I have led troops for half my life and fought for decades, and I have never heard of this kind of military training. King Wei’s method is so new and unconventional, it is really puzzling..."
Although this passage does not directly impeach Yang Ji, it also expresses his strong dissatisfaction in addition to showing his merits:
After all, there are now thirteen military camps that need to be reorganized and disarmed, but the Binzhou Army just puts the old and weak into the engineering camp. But in the end, doesn't it need to be supported by the court? If Yang Ji insists on providing engineering camps composed of elderly and weak people, then what is the use of talking about disarmament? Moreover, the officers and soldiers of the fourteen military camps are all soldiers of the Sui Dynasty. Why should the Binzhou Army alone be allowed to act independently?
Of course, the most important thing is that as the commander-in-chief of the military reform, Yu Wenshu cannot rectify the Binzhou Army or control the Binzhou Army. What is the reason for this?
This is the first time that Yu Wenshu used his merit to attack Yang Ji after the martial arts fraud case, and it was also a test of Yang Guang's attitude.
Yu Wenshu's memorial was not submitted directly to Yang Guang, but went through the process of the Ministry of War, the "Military Reform Headquarters" and the Council; it has already aroused the appreciation of the "Military Reform Headquarters" composed of many generals.
After walking around in such a circle, the censor responsible for supervision also noticed this army that was outside the "Military Reform Headquarters". They heard that the "Military Reform Headquarters" had some objections to the Binzhou Army and Yang Ji. He felt a lot of dissatisfaction; then he went to spy on the Binzhou Army barracks and collect information about Yang Ji, Yang Qing and other Binzhou Army generals to pave the way for the next impeachment.
Of course, Yu Wenshu did not make a false accusation, because it was the truth, but Yang Ji's drills on the soldiers during this period aroused a lot of criticism.
When the news reached the ears of Yu Wenshu, who was half busy, he scoffed at the unknown full story.
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(Yesterday, my nephew who is studying in college celebrated his birthday at school and got a girlfriend. He called me, his biological uncle, to come over, so I couldn’t update it yesterday. I will add this chapter today.)
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