Wen Yanbo said: "It is not true that during the Han and Tang dynasties, the barbarians continued to invade, and how could our dynasty be considered a weaker person?"

Under the leadership of Zheng Lang and Zhao Xu, the court seemed more respectful. In the past, when there were many names in government affairs (see various historical records), now, the elders and peers were called official titles. It seems to be a saying. Zheng Lang shook his head and replied: "No, Kuanfu, after the defeat of the Han military generals, the remaining Xiongnu, how many times did the remaining Xiongnu invade Han Xinjiang again? The Tang Dynasty had a matter of Sao Border, so where was it? The Uighurs, the Hezhong (referring to the Central Asian region), even if there was a Sao Border, if there was an Eastern Turkic Sao Border, if Wu Empress did not use Pei Yan, Cheng Wuting, Zhang Qianxu and others to undermine Pei Xingjian, and later he killed the Hei Ya Changzhi, Cheng Wuting, Zhang Qianxu, Wang Fangyi and other good generals.

When the Great Wall was destroyed, how could it be trapped by the Khitan, Turkic and Tubo? The Ming Emperor opened the border, but at first it was not a border, but only a self-defense counterattack. During the Kaiyuan period, some battles were launched moderately. Did the Tang Dynasty prevent the Tang Dynasty from becoming more prosperous? In the late Kaiyuan period, did the barbarians have the courage to come to Sao Bian again? But in his later years, when Wang Zhongsi died, he destroyed the Great Wall again. He also agreed to Li Linfu's autocracy and blindly opened the border. He actually let Gao Xianzhi repeatedly send troops to the distant river. With the productivity of the Tang Dynasty, he could manage the Hezhong area well? If you want to manage it, you can't use the national money and silk soldiers. If you study for Ban Chao, whether you win or lose, it will not damage the national strength."

"You are in your words." Zhao Xu said.

This is the rational statement.

Neither blindly weak nor blindly open the edge.

"I dare not take it. If it weren't for the Ming Emperor's unscrupulous government, by the early years of Tianbao, how could the barbarians have the courage to invade the border? Even if there were only a small group of thieves who did not know the height of the sky, it would not be harmful, rather than a country like Xixia, who repeatedly invaded the border with a country that was dependent on its great kindness."

"Our dynasty is not the weaker one," Wen Yanbo still insisted on his own opinion.

"Yes. But because our dynasty did not master the word Zhong well, it was a problem of being a gust of the dictatorship of the military generals of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, it was introverted and peaceful. So small countries such as Xixia and Jiaozhi thought I was a weaker person, just a weaker person, and very rich, so they repeatedly invaded."

When Zheng Lang said this, he couldn't help but look at Wen Yanbo.

Wen Yanbo is still OK as the chief of the Eastern Prefecture. If he arrives in the Western Prefecture, he will inevitably be defeated and will not be able to do anything about military affairs, and he is even worse than Lu Gongbi.

Zheng Lang said again: "What are the attitudes of the people of Xixia? Let's not care about them for the time being. After the army was deposed, Xixia was in a difficult situation and repeatedly caused trouble and perished. Your Majesty, I proposed another thing. Since Duke Wen proposed to lay off troops, many ministers have made suggestions. Based on their advice, I wrote a memorial, one is to lay off troops. The other is to carry out some strengthening and reforms to the army in order to save money and maintain the combat effectiveness of the army."

"If you have such a thing, please hand it over quickly," Zhao Xu asked in surprise, but looked at Zheng Lang secretly with a questioning look. It was still an earthquake. It was a time to say it at this time.

Zheng Lang winked.

It's almost gone. As the earthquake came soon after the Mozhou earthquake, the earthquake ended soon, and then proposed reforms would be a good thing. So he said: "Your Majesty, I think it's too far away for the affairs of the heavenly way, and I often don't seek the original intention of the heavenly way. If the laws of heaven have a heart for the human way and earthquakes are frequent, I think it's not a traitor, is it a small traitor? Even if Han Qi is wrong, it can't be said that Han Qi is a small traitor, just a few mistakes in some measures. The reason why frequent earthquakes are caused is that the country has its drawbacks and does not punish them. If those who don't know do not blame them, wouldn't they make any mistakes? This is Your Majesty's mistake, the two governments' mistakes. Especially if the redundant soldiers are not changed, the earthquake will not be calmed down."

Ouyang Xiu counterattacked: "According to the idea of ​​action, if it is changed, the earthquake will calm down?"

"Uncle Yong, I don't know that if the heaven is not intent, earthquakes will still be frequent. If the heaven is intent, the court will reform the past and innovate, strive to improve, and strengthen the country and benefit the people. The earthquake will disappear. However, the heaven is not intent, and I don't know. The Master said, respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them. Besides, we ordinary people?" Zheng Lang replied without comment.

Ouyang Xiu thought he was playing tricks, and many ministers wrote to impeach him. At this time, Ouyang Xiu did not dare to show off and groaned and stopped talking.

Zheng Lang sent someone to receive a thick memorial.

The first step to reform is the imperial guards.

At this time, 740,000 people were allocated to the elderly, weak and disabled, and reduced to 600,000. If there were fewer imperial guards, they must maintain their combat effectiveness. First, they started by ensuring the combat effectiveness of the imperial guards.

The first step was to reform the habit of the Song Dynasty's soldiers who did not know their generals and generals did not know their soldiers. The Tang Dynasty also had five hundred people in one government, which was similar to the command of the Song Dynasty. However, in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, most generals served as Jiedushi. Although they were based on the government, they actually had soldiers together for a long time and knew each other, so they had strong combat power. The Song Dynasty could not use Jiedushi anymore, and had Jiedushi, which was just a false position.

Only by starting from the grassroots level, the Song Dynasty also had a higher command unit on the commander's commander's level. The highest level was three yamen, and there were also squads below. For example, the commander in front of the hall had two squads left and right, four squads left and four squads left and right, etc. The first squad had two to five squads left and five squads, the most were thousands, the fewer were only a few hundred, and the special squad had only a few hundred. Some squads had only empty power and did not have the power to lead the army. The management was very chaotic and did not play a role in organizing and producing the organization.

Zheng Lang made changes, abolished the squad direct system, and set up a regiment commander above the commander. Except for the special ones, only the commander of the second battalion, the rest were in charge of the fifth battalion, and the commander of the regiment, the Du Yuhou, the Du Zhi, the deputy governor, and the squad. The official system was still similar to that of the squad direct, but the commander of the squad was turned into the regiment commander and clarified.

The significance of reform is to normalize the command and commander to become a higher level of military organization, so that its soldiers will be familiar with each other. At least for those below the regiment commander, the middle and lower generals will be very familiar with each other. It is beneficial for the middle and lower generals to command soldiers during combat. When fighting, the command will change from one battalion to a regiment, and the command will become quick and powerful. For example, the battle of a hundred thousand troops may have been a command to more than two hundred commanders, but now it is enough to give orders to more than forty regiment commanders.

It effectively compensates for a serious disadvantage of the Song Dynasty's excessive autocracy over the rebellion of military generals. At the same time, even if two thousand or hundreds of soldiers rebelled, they would not cause much harm.

In fact, strictly speaking, it means formalizing the Song Dynasty's Ban and Zhizhi.

The various measures since the reform are still used.

When some ministers saw this, although some people had doubts in their hearts, they were not very good at making noises.

This is the first step of reform, and the second step of reform is to enhance their combat effectiveness, a strict rotation system is required. Each battalion of soldiers and generals must go to the border to guard the border without passing through the border. Many imperial guards in the capital are mostly playboys.

Zheng Lang won’t explain the reason. These ministers have heard and witnessed it.

The third step of reform is to reduce the difficulties of soldiers. It is fine if those who are already in the capital. Those who are not in the capital will gradually be placed around the capital, from the west to Luoyang, from the north to Daming, from Yingtian to the east to Cai Deng, from the south to the capital, and it is easy to mobilize. If there is an emergency, they can also be urgently mobilized to the capital to protect the safety of the capital. Of course, it is also necessary to ensure that more than one-third of the imperial guards in the capital can be mobilized in order to mobilize a large number of troops as quickly as possible.

Here, Zheng Lang explained why he did this. The reason is very simple. Although the imperial court is not weak to the imperial guards, the capital is expensive and it is not easy to live in. Although it is not weak, if his family members do not have the ability to support the food of the imperial guards, the family still cannot make ends meet. However, in the countryside, the cost of living is low. You can use some fleeing fields, reclaim fields, and check the land for resettlement. Even if there is no, the family members can also work, or make a living by tenant farmers. Even if they do not work for others, there is no cultivated land at home. If they live in the countryside, the salary of the Song Dynasty is enough to make the family live, then the ugly phenomena of doing business in the military camp or letting their wives be military prostitutes will decrease, and their combat effectiveness will be increased invisibly. Rural people are simple, so they will definitely not be able to do business, but if they are in the army, their combat effectiveness will be stronger than urban soldiers. A famous example is the Qi family army, and Qi Jiguang uses rural soldiers more often. This is the reason.

Zheng Lang had said before that many people thought about it and had to admit that it made sense. In the Song Dynasty, the treatment of the imperial guards in the capital was definitely the best. However, on the battlefield, their combat effectiveness was far less than that of the foreign troops and the rural soldiers, and even the conscript archers.

The strategy of maintaining the morale of the army and reducing the cost of soldiers was still taken into consideration. On this basis, there was no claim to detain all the imperial guards in the capital. There were measures to protect the capital, which was to protect the capital. In fact, this was very important. The capital was the first place in the hearts of the Song Dynasty. One by one, one was looking for the reasons for the demise of the Tang Dynasty. One by one, there were not many soldiers in the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and they scattered all over the place. As a result, the Anshi Rebellion and the separatist vassal states were divided. At least the capital had to have a strong force. The first was the capital, and the second was the capital. If you could not do these two points, you would not be able to pass any reforms, and even Zhao Xu himself was afraid.

But this has to be taken slowly, because there is a competition system. In the future, the families of the imperial guards who were elected to the imperial guards will be placed in rural areas near the capital. Those who have been placed in the capital will not move, so as not to feel uneasy and commotion.

The fourth is fine armor and weapons. Forget it this year, after the establishment of the Second Steel Supervision in Huazhou, the technology will be more advanced and the large-scale replacement of steel armor and weapons will be replaced. Take it slowly to save costs.

Article 5 points to the point of getting an empty salary!

Zheng Lang didn’t know how many empty salary would appear, but there were.

If it is not dealt with in time, once it spreads, the consequences will be very serious. For example, the quota is 600,000 imperial guards and various subsequent measures are enough, but if there is a vacant salary, the salary will be 600,000, but in fact it is only 300,000 and 200,000 imperial guards. If the waste is serious, major problems will occur.

If the country has severed 600,000 imperial guards, it is necessary to ensure that the country has 600,000 imperial guards, and none of them can be missing.

The cuts began, and the military officials were asked to investigate the number of people in each battalion. If there was a free salary, they would be severely punished. The relevant commanders would be dismissed together.

The investigation also mentioned that the country has now laid off 19,000 officials, a few of whom have been dismissed for serious mistakes, some of whom have died of illness and disabled people. In fact, most officials can only serve in their thirties after they are in their twenties, and the number of officials is finally a minority. In addition, their lifespan is less than that of later generations. Now there is another seventy-year-old persuasion to retire. The political lifespan of officials is severely shortened. If officials do not increase, more than one thousand official vacancies will automatically generate more than one thousand official positions a year. These vacancies must be topped.

There are a lot of people, but there are more people behind them, with tens of thousands of officials waiting behind, and there are thousands of alternate officials who have been demoted this time. A large number of new positions are produced every year, including Jinshi and officials who have been promoted. The new policy has become one for every five years. Those with the qualifications will be compensated for more than 2,000, and there will be six or seven hundred Jinshi and the same Jinshi. If they are strictly enforced, the phenomenon of redundant officials will be eliminated in fifty years. But it is impossible. It can only be said that strict implementation will make the phenomenon of redundant officials better and better.

The problem is still serious now.

Many officials have reached the time to replenish, and some have good performances to depose and replenish, including civil officials and military officials. Therefore, after each lack of them, many people will compete for it.

Therefore, Zheng Lang suggested that civil officials should check the hidden fields moderately, and military officials should check the empty salary and deductions of each battalion, and hire them as assessment results. This is also the bottom line of an official. If you cannot even be sheltered, what qualifications are there to be an official?

It is this that has caused some controversy.

Article 6: The selection of generals and schools has three sources: the descendants of generals, descendants of military generals, and promotions of meritorious generals. If you make a slight change, you will be instructed to be the head of the head of the capital to conduct an assessment, mainly bow and horse. The strong or those who have military meritorious will be selected as the candidate. The regiment commander not only requires martial arts, but also command ability. He must enter the Xifu and the officials of the Third Class Academy to assess the bow and horse strategy. Only after the assessment is passed can he engage in activities. As the person who is a wise man or a descendant of a meritorious man, he can enter the army and can only serve as deputy positions to avoid harming the country. Those who perform outstandingly can also conduct an assessment with ordinary soldiers. Or they can go to the Xifu for assessment to serve as commander and the regiment commander.

This article seems controversial, but it is not serious. All the scholars and officials here are also despised by the military generals. Some descendants of military generals entered the army and had no martial arts skills and no ability to do so. The anti-general caused a mess, and most scholars and officials felt very hated.

That is, one ruling and six governance policies.

The second is the wing soldiers.

The most serious expansion of the wing army was the wing army. It expanded to 500,000. Raising a wing army was not as good as raising an imperial guard. However, the cost was more than that of a village soldier, and it was actually not very effective on the battlefield. It only played a role in labor service. The exemption law was restored, and the cooperation of the escort supervisors, and a large number of township soldiers and guards were added in various places. Even if the disaster came, there was also a strategy of using labor for relief to resettle the victims. The wing army was no longer needed. Therefore, Zheng Lang begged to lay off 250,000 people and half of them were cut off. It was not completely cut off. Later, some of them were returned to various village soldiers.

In fact, Zheng Lang did not spend too much money on the wing soldiers.

All strategies are mainly to forbid two villages.

The following are the village soldiers, which are very complicated. There are village soldiers, archers, foreign soldiers, militias, Baoding, and strong men, which belong to local servants. All kinds of volunteers, and bows and archers are not counted. The former is a servant, and the latter is a spontaneous armed self-protection organization among the people. If you continue to draw in detail, there are more names, Shaanxi Pojie Baoshun, Hebei Zhongshun, Hebei Shaanxi Strongmen, Fortress, Hebei Hedong Strongmen and Bowing Arrow Society, Hebei Hedong Strongmen, Hebei Hedong Strongmen, Hebei Heshi Gushou, Hebei Heshou, Sichuan and Shaanxi Tumen, Jinghu Rebel Army, Tumen, Crossbowmen, Guangnan West Road Tumen, Guangnan East Road Gushu, Fujian Road Gushu, Kui Shi Qiansi and other places, Tumen, Jiangnan West Road Gushu, Yongqinxi Dong Strongmen, Hebei Hedong Danwang, Hebei Hedong, foreign soldiers, etc., all belong to the category of loose rural soldiers.

What we focus on is the foreign soldiers and barbarian soldiers. The former is the main one. After all, the north is the place where the country is troubled, and there is a commotion in the south, which is not enough to harm the country.

The foreign soldiers were mainly foreigners, Qiang people, Di people and a small number of Uighurs. Now the Jurchen people are added. The formation before Qingli was very loose, mostly pure militia nature, and it was officially established after Qingli. There were foreign soldiers, foreign bravery, foreign catches, foreign archers, strong men, etc. Among them, foreign soldiers were considered army with strict meaning, and the others were militia forms, which were very chaotic. The construction was even more chaotic. Some were based on various tribes. The chiefs and above were from the governor to the palace servant, and the inspectors of their own tribes were the chiefs of the chief army, and those with more than a hundred tents were the chief army, the chief commander, the commander, the deputy commander, the military envoy, the deputy horse envoy, the senior soldiers and the governors, the generals of the guards, the chief envoys, the chief envoys, the chief envoys, the chief envoys, the chief envoys, the chief envoys, the chief envoys, the chief envoys, the chief envoys, the chief envoys, the chief envoys, the chief envoys, and the ten generals of the low-ranking positions were divided into armor and teams.

In history, the reform was reorganized during Xining, and the order became orderly and the number was still severe. Those with nine or more ditches were drawn, five or more ditches were drawn, four or more ditches were drawn, four or more ditches were drawn, three or three or two ditches were drawn, and the back of the hand was stabbed. Although the foreigners rarely impose taxes, they were very discriminatory, including policies such as not allowing foreigners to be connected to relatives and other policies.

This time it will be cancelled one by one.

The integrity of the various foreign troops is still maintained, and once it is disrupted, it will cause bad consequences. However, the organization is the same as the imperial guards. Those who are less than a hundred men use capitals as units, and those who are full of command are united as units. Half farming, pastoral and semi-training are the same as those who are in the Shaanxi Poche Army.

A few formally established foreign soldiers (referring to soldiers who have left the tribe and are truly under the leadership of the state) were treated the same as those of the imperial guards, and they were even allowed to move their families to the vicinity of the capital to resettle under voluntary conditions. The marriage system was opened and the union and Han Dynasty was allowed to be joined together in order to integrate the union and Han Dynasty.

At the same time, the number of digits is reduced, with more than 9 digits, more than 5 digits, and more than 1 digits, or one digits is built as a foreign soldier. Or a strong man or an archer. The nature of a militia is slightly subsidized, and it is only for training in winter, but the wartime rewards are the same as regular sergeants in order to increase enthusiasm.

The number of people withdrawn was reduced, and the facts were also dismissing. There were too many 100,000 foreign soldiers. They had to be laid down to about 60,000. A small number of people could increase their treatment and strengthen morale. The same was true for Hebei and Hedong. A mechanism similar to foreign soldiers was established, with 20,000 people in Hebei and 15,000 people in Hedong, while Shaanxi was cut, and 130,000 troops in Poche and Baoshun were 60,000 troops, and militias in various southern regions increased 40,000 troops in the village. The treatment was the same as the foreign soldiers, and the treatment of semi-immunist soldiers was exempted from taxes, and the farmland they were cultivated by themselves, as subsidies.

There are many benefits. First, it is close to home and there is no suffering of rotating guards. Especially in the hot climate in the south, if some local soldiers are supplemented, it will reduce the rotating northern imperial guards and reduce unnecessary deaths. The second battle will come, a group of troops can be urgently mobilized. Third, their family members do not spend much, and half of the salary is for poor households, and farming is enough to ensure family income.

It actually means that part of the local military organization has been restored.

Zheng Lang was afraid and did not dare to let go of too many.

This group of troops is equivalent to regular troops, with farming as the auxiliary and training as the main force. Although the imperial guards have decreased, 190,000 rural soldiers have increased. The combat effectiveness has not decreased. The actual cost is only equivalent to the cost of 100,000 imperial guards.

They were regarded as regular troops and increased the combat effectiveness of the border, so all walks of life cut down all kinds of strong and brave men. Hebei was slashed to 100,000 people, 50,000 people, 80,000 people, and 40,000 people. Others also slashed unnecessary brave men and strong men. These people were released together and allowed them to concentrate on farming production.

Baoding did not move, first, it was strictly implemented and had a relief nature. Second, they were scattered in the two capitals and Huaibei areas, which could strengthen the security of the capital. The imperial guards were cut, and the power of the capital must be strengthened. Third, they joined forces with the police to prevent theft to reduce the occurrence of thieves. In fact, since the implementation of the Baojia Law was popularized, there has been no peasant uprising near the capital. Fourth, they can play a supplementary role for the imperial guards and select a group of heroes to enter the imperial guards. Their homes are not far from the capital itself, and some have avoided the problem of resettlement of family members.

The second wave of reform has finally been launched.

After reading the memorials, all the big guys were talking.

Not all terms agree, such as the inspection system between civil officials and military officials, after many days of bargaining, it becomes uncustomized. It is occasionally inspected when needed, and cannot be used as a regular system to avoid causing commotion and quieting the country.

The layoffs were too fierce. The foreigners' ranks were drawn to more than eight ranks, more than four ranks, and more than two ranks, and more than two ranks. A slight reduction would increase at least tens of thousands of foreign soldiers and foreign militias. Some troops were established in various places, but there was no opposition. The local armed forces in Shaanxi became like this. Moreover, in other places, this system of rotating garrison has become very inconvenient due to the increase in territory, especially in some areas of Lingnan and southern Shu. I was also worried that the military force of Shaanxi would be severely weakened. After bargaining, the soldiers in Hebei became 25,000, 20,000, Hedong, the soldiers in Pochet army became 80,000, and the soldiers in the south became 50,000. The militias in various places also increased in the numbers of Zheng Lang's memorials.

A month later, Zheng Lang looked at the final number and still shook his head. After the reform, these rural soldiers were named rural soldiers and were actually almost the same as regular troops. If they fought in their area, the combat effectiveness of these troops would be greater than that of the imperial guards who were garrisoned by the imperial guards. The total number of soldiers in the imperial guards in the imperial guards still reached 1.15 million.

In addition, the number of volunteers in various places has increased slightly, which has prevented Zheng Lang from making another plan, allowing more prefectures and counties to implement the exemption law!

We can only wait and then reform again after the Western Xia is destroyed.

There is also the time to cut.

Many people believe that like Qingli, they have cuts in more than ten years to save state expenses. Zheng Lang did not agree this time. Anyway, he owed so much debt, so it doesn’t matter if he owes any more. The sooner the national finances will enter the healthy cycle.

The dispute lasted for a long time. In late September, after the Mozhou earthquake, it finally settled and issued an edict to the whole world.

It was Wen Yanbo's proposal that Zhao Xu brought his ministers to the ancestral temple to worship his ancestors.

No matter how much compromise Zheng Lang made, and many ministers opposed it, some ministers simply did not agree with such a large-scale reform of the army. The spring reform had already stirred up the world, and then the earthquake and flood were heavy. Isn’t it enough to make trouble?

But Zheng Lang and Zhao Xu insisted this time, and refused all advice that exceeded the bottom line, and did not listen to any opposition. Therefore, Wen Yanbo suggested that it was not what Zheng Lang said, if God had feelings, the cause of this earthquake was that the monarch and ministers of the Song Dynasty did not act. Now, to worship the ancestors of the Taimiao, and to worship the heavens. If it was done, there would be no earthquake again. But on the other hand, if it was another earthquake, then Zheng Lang's statement would be wrong, and this was an act of disturbing the people.

Zhao Xu disagreed. Zheng Lang said that the way of heaven is far away, and I don’t know whether it is affectionate or ruthless. Wen Yanbo, you misinterpreted it.

Zheng Lang said at this time: "If this is the case, according to the words of the lenient man, if the heaven is affectionate, please bless the people of the Song Dynasty. If the heaven is ruthless, the country has so many disadvantages and the reform is difficult. Continue to use earthquakes to destroy the country's innovation, so that our Song Dynasty will be depressed forever."

I agreed, but how could Wen Yanbo feel uncomfortable if he listened to this?
Chapter completed!