In the side hall of Baifu Hall, the monarch and his ministers continued to talk, and the topic was still related to the soldiers. In fact, as early as the tenth year after the founding of the Emperor, Yang Jian carried out a major reform of the Sui army and the imperial army. The reason why Yang Jian reformed the military system at this time was because he had to strengthen the military power and complete the great cause of unifying the country before that. It was inconvenient to reform the military system in a hurry, so as not to affect the smooth progress of the unification cause. Nanchen was now subjugated. , the country was unified, Yang Jian believed that it was necessary to reduce the army and recuperate.
Yang Jian then issued an edict saying, "At the end of the Wei Dynasty, there was chaos and chaos, and Yuxian County was divided up. The chariots were in motion every year, and there was no need to rest. Soldiers and soldiers, with their authority to set up their houses, conquered the south and the north, and their residences were uncertain. The homes were not blocked, and the land was not covered with mulberry. Heng is a man who lives in exile, but he has no hometown title. I am very fond of him. All soldiers belong to the state and county, and their land reclamation and registration accounts are the same as those of the people. The commander of the military government should remain the same. Let’s not forget Shandong, Henan and A new military mansion was established in the northern edge of the country."
This edict reviewed the historical background since the implementation of the government army system in the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasties, and reformed the government soldiers under the new historical conditions. It ordered the government soldiers to "cultivate land and have the same registration account as the people", so that the government soldiers and farmers belong to the same family. Prefectures and counties, and legally changed the division of military and civilian administration into the integration of military and civilians, and finally completed the integration of military and peasants, combining the government-military system with the equalization of land system, becoming a military system under the equalization of land system. In terms of commanding the government troops, Yang Jian followed the legacy system of the Twelve Generals of the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasties, with the Twelve Guards as the center in charge of the military management organization.
The Twelve Guards are in charge of the world's military forces, and the Twelve Guards General is the highest general of the government forces, and they are all directly subordinate to the emperor. Although the Twelve Generals evolved from the Twelve Generals system of the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasties, there were major reforms under Yang Jian's hands: First, the forbidden soldiers and standing armies were incorporated into the Twelve Guards system, commonly known as the "Forbidden Guards" , which is different from the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasties when the government soldiers and the imperial army were integrated into one body. The second is to turn the positions of Shangzhuguo, Zhuguo, Shangdajun, Dajun, Dadudu, Dudu, etc., which held the actual power of the army in the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasties, into nominal and high-ranking officials, which actually deprived them of their power. The military power of the world was directly controlled by the emperor; although this was a superficial return of military power to the central government and did not actually take back all military power, it formed a complete and efficient military management policy, thus making the Sui army system been regulated.
Although the appearance of this major reform was greater than the reality at the time, Yang Jian's reform of the army and the establishment of a new system closely integrated the army system and the land equalization system, and implemented the integration of soldiers and farmers, while the Sui Dynasty The armed forces have also been strengthened; in terms of system, the purpose of concentrating military command power in the emperor has also been achieved, laying the foundation for future steps. The policy foundation laid by Yang Jian was inherited and further innovated by Yang Guang.
After Yang Guang put down Yang Liang's rebellion and secured the throne of the emperor, many of the noble sons of Guanlong who had flirted with Yang Liang were liquidated. Their families were afraid that Yang Guang would settle the accounts with them, so they were all panic-stricken, panicked, and even some They secretly joined forces and tried to use violent means to compete with Yang Guang; however, Yang Guang, who had taken the initiative, suddenly stopped at this time. Turn liquidation into military reforms.
He no longer stimulated those Guanlong nobles who were about to become violent under pressure. Instead, he carried out a vigorous reform of the official system in the first year of the Daye. In the military, the twelve generals and generals, like the chief officials of the three provinces, were all dismissed. He was weakened, and the real power fell into the hands of the left and right generals of each guard. Of course, not all of Yang Guang has been completely eliminated. For example, Duan Wenzhen, Li Jing, Lai Huer, Tu Wanxu and other close generals who also serve as Zuohouwei generals are still generals who are worthy of the name and have great power. Even Yang Ji's right-guard general's position was also a real position, but Yang Ji had been serving in Liangzhou for a long time and he did not want to take care of the central army, so he made it invisible by himself.
Although the overall strength of the various clans of the Guanlong nobles was strong, they did not have a leader capable of controlling everything, so they were in a state of disunity. When the clans of the three major factions saw that Yang Guang had no further intention to liquidate, they acquiesced to Yang Guang's reforms. . However, Yang Guang was limited by the tense situation and the need to move the capital at the same time, so he did not further stimulate the Guanlong nobles. Therefore, the system of twelve guards and four government offices he formally established was just like Yang Jian's military reform. It was also superficial and had no effect. Even if the implementation is in place, even the specific responsibilities and terms of reference have not been clarified.
However, the system of "Twelve Guards and Four Houses" established in the first year of Daye's reign has been accepted by people like a frog boiled in warm water.
Important ministers in the court and local generals have long been accustomed to this.
In view of the abnormally high grades of the generals, generals, and generals in the original Twelve Guards Palace, Yang Guang adopted the method of "changing the state into a county" and changed the left and right guards into left and right guards, and the left and right guards into left and right guards. The Left and Right Xiaowei, the Left and Right Wuwei Mansion were changed to the Left and Right Wuwei, the left and right Leading Army Mansion was changed to the Left and Right Tunwei, and the left and right Wuhou Mansion was changed to the Left and Right Houwei. Together with the newly added left and right imperial guards, they were collectively called the Twelve Guards; and the four The mansions are Zuojianmenfu and Zuobeishenfu (formerly Zuozuo Lingzuofu).
At the opportunity of the name change, the ranks of the generals of the "newly" established Twelve Guards and Four Houses were transferred from the first rank to the second rank, from the second rank general to the third rank, from the second rank general to the third rank, and the following Zhonglang The ranks of generals and generals were also reduced by one level each. At the same time, he also took the opportunity to clarify the scope of authority of the Twelve Guards and the Four Prefectures. From then on, the Twelve Guards were responsible for the soldiers of the world, and the "direct army" of the Twelve Guards also shouldered the mission of guarding the capital. From now on , the Xiaoguo Army under the control of the Twelve Guards and the Emperor officially entered the stage of staying in the center, guarding the outside, and guarding the capital.
As for the four palaces, they do not control the palace soldiers. They mainly surround the palace to protect the safety of the emperor and the palace. Among them, the left and right guards are responsible for guarding the emperor, and the left and right prison guards are responsible for the palace access control, and they also lead the "internal army" The left and right Yi guards (the three guards of Qin, Xun, and Yi), and later the "two guards of the Four Prefectures" formed the direct line of the emperor.
Similar to the functions of the Sixteenth Guards House are the ten rates who are responsible for the guards of the East Palace and obey the orders of the prince. The ten rates of the East Palace are the left and right guard rates, the left and right Zongwei rates, the left and right Yuhou rates, the left and right inner rates, and the left and right prison gate rates. The standing force quota for each rate is 3,000 men. The six leaders in front, together with the twelve guards, are in charge of the soldiers of the 657 military palaces in the world.
As a result of Yang Guang's arrangement for the ten leaders of the East Palace, the military power of the prince Yang Zhao was greater than that of the former princes Yang Yong and Yang Guang. This is actually an opportunity that Yang Guang gave the prince to train in view of his own growth. If the prince cannot even lead soldiers, how will he inherit the Sui Dynasty in the future? How to restrain the unruly general?
After listening to the rectification plan proposed by Yang Guang, everyone, including Yang Zhao, unanimously looked at Yang Ji, thinking that it was another plan he had devised.
Facing the eyes that were looking over him, Yang Jixin said it was none of my business! However, he also knew that he was notorious, and even if he denied it out loud, no one would believe him.
Then he simply put on a surprised expression like everyone else.
In fact, Yang Ji was quite surprised. Judging from today's morning meeting and his performance just now, Yang Guang's reforms were clearly improvised. However, in this short period of time, he immediately came up with a very complete plan. His plan, his mind and quickness are really admirable. Of course, Yang Guang may have had this plan for a long time, but what he lacked was an opportunity to announce it, and now is obviously the right time.
As Yang Ji expected, Yang Guang felt that it was not enough to rely solely on the Twelve Guards Mansion to control the world's military forces. Furthermore, the powers of the "Twelve Guards Mansion" were not clear and they controlled too many military mansions, which was detrimental to the stability of the imperial power. , so it was decided to officially change the "Twelve Guards Palace" to the "Sixteen Guards Palace". And after he changed and made it clear, the Four Prefectures were officially separated from the Twelve Guards.
The fact that the Eight Guards were in charge of the world's military forces was therefore exposed to the public. At this time, if he adds left and right guards, splits the original left and right leaders and left and right mansions, and expands the power of the six leaders of the East Palace, then there will be ten more top-level organizations of the palace soldiers.
Pei Ju secretly exclaimed "Awesome", Yang Ji just pointed out the advantages and disadvantages of the soldiers, and the emperor immediately spotted the opportunity and divided the "Eight Guards" based on the "newly" established "Four Guards Palace" and "East Palace Six Rates" "The military power, and the military power in charge of the government soldiers was also divided into eighteen parts from the previous eight parts. In the future, the Sixth Commander of the East Palace may not have as many Hussar Generals as the Twelve Guards, but even if they each control three or five, they still have seized power. And once the prince officially takes over the palace of the hussar generals under his control, how could he not replace the hussar generals and chariot generals with his own people?
As long as the prince and his staff understand the emperor's intention and propose to replace the hussar generals and chariot generals with non-Guanlong noble generals, it will be a huge loss for the Guanlong nobles.
"Do you have anything to say about the twelve guards and the sixth leader of the East Palace controlling the army?" Yang Guang saw that everyone was thinking silently.
Then he asked aloud.
"Sage, I agree very much and have no objection at all." This is not a formal court, and there is no such thing as a high-ranking person speaking first. Seeing that Gao Jiong was about to speak, Pei Ju stood up. He first agreed. Yang Guang's idea, then went on to say: "As King Wei said before, it is common for the Cavalry General's Mansion to eat up quotas and cheat taxes; and the key to causing this problem is that the Cavalry General's Mansion has too many and too many It is actually normal for the eight guards who sit in the middle and control the soldiers of the world to make mistakes and fail to take into account the overall situation. However, it is not a good thing for the court. Therefore, in the future, the twelve guards and the six leaders of the East Palace will be in charge. The soldiers of the world, sincerity is what benefits the country and the people."
When all the generals heard this, they were all speechless: "..."
You, Pei Ju, have said all these general things, does it mean that you don't need to say the actual offending facts that will follow?
"Su Gong, Gao Gong, what do you think about the government soldiers?" Yang Guang was very satisfied with Pei Ju's words: after Pei Ju said this and agreed, his reform plan became fully legitimate and reasonable. , people were convinced, and more importantly, Pei Ju handed him a knife very promptly, so that he could chop hard at the bloated soldiers.
He glanced at Su Wei and Gao Jiong and asked directly, "Shang Shu Ling Yang Ji and Huangmen Shi Lang Pei Ju have already spoken. As the de facto chief officials of the Shangshu Province, you are the authentic way of a hundred officials." You can't have no expression, right?
Zuo Pu shot Su Wei very well, and was also good at making peace with people. In addition, he was in charge of the officials, people, and rites. All matters related to military affairs had little to do with him. So he stood up and said, "Qi." Sage, I am not prepared for this issue; it will delay the important matter, can you allow me to think about it?"
After hearing this, Yang Guang couldn't help but frowned; although he knew what kind of virtue Su Wei was, Su Wei's words still made him feel very dissatisfied, but the reason was very good, so he let it go at this time. He did. He looked at Gao Qiao, who was in charge of the military, criminal, and industrial departments, and asked directly: "Mr. Gao, you are the right servant. Don't you have any ideas about the soldiers?"
"Reporting to the saint, I have an idea!" Although Gao Yan is also an old woman who is very slippery, military affairs are his authority, and he is not as smooth as Su Wei. He stood up and said.
Yang Guang's expression softened slightly, and he nodded and said, "Then please tell me, Mr. Gao!"
"Old minister, I obey!" Gao Jiong responded and said seriously: "As King Wei said before, the shortcomings of the soldiers are very obvious: "First, the soldiers have been stationed and guarding the border for a long time, which has caused a certain delay and serious impact on farming. The income of military families, and the large number of government soldiers do not have to pay taxes, which also affects the court's income. Second, the government soldiers are mainly farming people, and the training time and intensity are not enough, so that their personal combat power and collaborative combat capabilities cannot be guaranteed. The third is that the government soldiers are mainly farming people. Expeditions were mainly made up of main battle troops, frontier troops, and county troops raised. The imperial troops were very embarrassing in our Sui army. Fourth, many hussar generals and hussar generals were short of troops for a long time. The general falsely reported the number and defrauded the court of taxes." "
As soon as he heard Gao Jiong's words, Yang Ji's face suddenly turned dark.
Pei Juxian just said "just as King Wei said before"; you, Gao Jiong, are so good that you actually acted as a repeater and directly recited the shortcomings of the soldiers. After what you said, then the reforms you talked about next The reason and necessity is because I, Yang Ji, finally offended others and it was I who repaid them.
Believe it or not, I slept with your daughter?
Do you believe it or not?
"So? What next?" Yang Guang's face also looked a little uncomfortable. Before these people started, they would all add "As King Wei said before". This was not to put my Vajra slave on fire. Bake?
If both of you are like this, what use do I need from you?
"Saint! Although today's Great Sui Dynasty is not truly stable and peaceful, border wars are getting fewer and fewer. With its current standing army, the Great Sui Dynasty can be invincible in the world and deal with All foreign races. In addition, the imperial army is not the front-line fighting force. If the imperial court still maintains a large number of imperial troops, it will definitely cause serious damage to the economy of the Sui Dynasty. It is really not conducive to the strategy of the further glory of the Sui Dynasty." said here,
Gao Jun bowed his hands to Yang Guang and said solemnly: "Sage, I believe that the imperial court should abolish some of the hussar generals' offices that do not need to exist. In this way, the combat effectiveness of the Sui army will not be reduced, but it will allow more A large population specializes in agriculture and commerce, which allows the imperial tax revenue to increase and the economy to develop rapidly."
Yang Guang's stern expression softened slightly. Gao Jiong could say this, so that's pretty much it.
"Saint, what Pei Gong and Gao Gong said makes sense! If the court does not listen to Pei Gong and Gao Gong's good advice and continues to maintain a large number of soldiers, it will really not be conducive to the further development of the Sui Dynasty. I also think that the court should follow the good advice given by Gao Gong , let’s carry out a vigorous disarmament; our Sui Dynasty can only become stronger in this way, this must be this way, otherwise, it will not work.” Yang Ji saw the right moment and immediately stood up and said: “Sage, all the gentlemen here are well-informed. , outstanding men with far-sighted vision, I think everyone will agree with the good plan of Pei Gong and Gao Gong. In my opinion, this matter should be done sooner rather than later, and there is no need to discuss it. We should immediately discuss it with the meeting hall, three provinces and six ministries, nine temples, In the name of the Sixteenth Guards, the disarmament plan was issued, and the imperial edict was announced to the world in the form of a newspaper."
As he said that, Yang Ji looked at everyone coldly, saying in his heart that you can get the benefits, but let me shoulder the responsibility alone. Why? Isn't it just a trick? I will too. If you cheat me, I will drag everyone down. Since we have offended others, let us all offend them together.
If we are going to die, let's die together.
Gao Jiong's face turned into the bottom of a pot when he heard this: "..."
Mala next door, you kid cheated me so much, do you believe I sent my daughter to your house?
Pei Ju: "..."
Everyone: "..."
Yang Guang almost died laughing, that's how it should be.
He likes Yang Ji like this!
