"Deputy Envoy Li, but it's okay. Today is a private banquet, and you must discuss matters in the court. Just relax..." Li Jing drank another glass of Fuchun Sauce, burped and said.

"Sage, my Tang Dynasty has always had the tradition of guarding the imperial guards!"

As soon as this statement was spoken, Li Jing was stunned and then looked happy. Others also praised Li Zhenggu's familiar military affairs.

The well-known Song Dynasty military system inherited the Five Dynasties. The central government controlled the most elite imperial guard system, and the local troops were mostly composed of the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled.

The same is true for the Southern Tang Dynasty. The Southern Tang military system was divided into three levels, with the strongest imperial guards, the second-class prefecture and county soldiers, the second-class village soldiers, and the second-class village soldiers. The village soldiers were roughly equivalent to later militias. It was basically of little use except scaring the people or using them to boost courage when fighting against foreign countries.

As for the state and county soldiers, although their combat effectiveness is weaker than that of the imperial guards, they are not controlled by the Jiedushi and only obey the orders of the state governor.

Yes, this is also one of the important initiatives of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Although the Southern Tang adhered to the Tang system and still had a Jiedu military town, there were no military troops.

If you have to make an example, the governor of the Tang Dynasty was roughly equivalent to the commander of the military region in later generations. He had many troops under his command and could send troops to attack if he had a disagreement;

The Jiedushi of the Southern Tang Dynasty was similar to the commander of the provincial military region. Although the last four characters were the same, the bad ones were the extra character "Subi". The difference between the two was unreasonable.

The former can destroy the country at any time, while the latter...oh... it's that anyway...

Under such a three-level system, the imperial guards undertake almost all combat tasks. The state soldiers are guarding against the governors, and are also responsible for local public security and wartime logistics supply.

The imperial guards were divided into the six Northern Ya Army and the guards, which corresponded to the responsibilities of field battles and guards. After Guo Wei established the Later Zhou Dynasty, a new Palace Front Office was added, which was regarded as the elite of the imperial guards.

Although the field battle is separated from the guards, the emperor is actually afraid of death. Of course, he hopes that his security strength will be as strong as possible. Therefore, whether in the south or north, the most elite troops often undertake the dual functions of main combat and duty at the same time.

The only difference is that the elite troops in the north are the guards and later the Palace Front Office, while the Six Armies of the Northern Yamen composed of Xiongwu, Tianxiong, Shenwu, Tianwei, Shenwei and Longwei (Ma Jun) are the national military essence, among which the former three are the strongest.

In the south, the Xiongwu Army and the Tianxiong Army are both strategic heavy-handed troops with the ability to destroy the country. For surrounding countries such as Wu Yue, Ma Chu, Nan Han, and Nanping, as long as the Xiongwu Army and the Tianxiong Army reach the border, they should be worried.

In recent years, the Xiongwu Army has shrunk to the Tang-Chu border after destroying Fujian, while the Tianxiong Army has fiercely argued against Wu and Yue. The two countries are under great pressure and other countries are also worried about it...;

The second is Shenwu and Tianwei. If these two troops join forces together, it will be difficult to destroy Ma Chu and Wu Yue.

But because of the well-known reason, the plan to destroy the country was not going smoothly. Li Jing once secretly thought that if his third brother and fourth brother suddenly died suddenly and without any constraints, he would be able to unify the south in less than five years.

Of course, I can only think about it. After all, Li Jing can't do it.

Most of the guards in the palace were undertaken by the Xiongwu Army and the Shenwu Army. Sometimes, the Tianwei Army and the Shenwei Army controlled by Li Jingda would also allocate some troops to mix with Xiongwu and Shenwu to be responsible for the protection of the palace. Anyway, Li Hongji was in Jiangbei, and Li Jing was extremely at ease with his third and fourth brothers.

Li Zhenggu's words just now were equivalent to providing a legal basis, that is, the Tianxiong Army had the obligation to guard the guard, and the court had also sent people to Li Hongji's camp to give a briefing on the incident of the move to Ma Chu.

In this way, it would be natural to transfer some of the Tianxiong Army from Jiangbei to return. Even if Li Hongji was dissatisfied, he could only pinch his nose and recognize him.

It is natural for the emperor to ask his ministers to stay in the guards, and it is natural for me to ask his son to keep a guard.

The Southern Tang Dynasty court also attached great importance to family affection and filial piety. The brothers and brothers of Li Jing and the three brothers have long been widely circulated on the land of China.

This is also an invisible pressure. If Li Hongji really has a hard scalp and disobeys the imperial edict, he is afraid that the Sun Party behind him will not be able to bear it.

This is the upright and open plan...

When Li Jing thought of this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and quickly asked Chen Jue to draft the imperial edict. This was the business of the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat. The Grand Secretary of the Central Secretariat personally came to draft the imperial edict, which was really useless.

But Chen Jue didn't feel wronged at all. Anyway, Gu Xialou had all the pens, inks, paper and inkstones, and he was in Zhongshu all year round, so it was naturally a piece of cake for this.

After writing on the spot, Li Jing directly painted the day on it, which was written on the red pen, which meant that the emperor recognized the imperial edict of the Secretariat.

Then he threw it to Feng Yanlu, the minister of the disciple, who signed and appraised it, and then passed it to Li Jing. Li Jing picked up the red pen and wrote the word "ke" at the end, which means that the emperor also knew that the disciple had passed.

It is completed by making a document in one stroke.

Chen Jue asked the young eunuch to go to the Secretariat and his subordinates to call a few officials on duty. After completing other procedures, the quick imperial edict would be sent to the Secretariat and then transferred to the Ministry of War.

The next afternoon, Li Hongji was flipping through military parade books in the camp as usual, and a eunuch came to pass the order.

The matter of going to Jiangbei Daying to issue an order is actually a good person. Although Li Hongji is so cruel that it is scary, he is really friendly to eunuchs of all kinds and rewards a lot every time he goes there.

The same is true today. After the eunuch smiled and thanked him, Li Hongji rarely said politely to him. After the eunuch was flattered and said goodbye, the face of His Royal Highness suddenly became gloomy.

At this time, Chai Kehong also learned that an imperial edict had arrived and was waiting outside the door. Li Hongji told him to enter...

"Jings and coach... This" Chai Kehong was shocked after reading the imperial edict. He was a thousand-year-old fox, let alone the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Although the four and six-one arrangements of Pian, the core is to hand over part of the troops. On the surface, it is very good. On the one hand, the guards are tasked and repaired on the other hand. Moreover, receiving the emperor's palace is also a good way to inspire morale.

Finally, he added a lot of extra evidence that it would take half a year and return it to the producer after half a year.

"Return to the army of Runzhou in half a year?" Li Hongji sneered, "Do you really think I am a three-year-old child?"

"Damn, who is so unethical? If you come up with such an idea, you will be fine with a son!" Chai Kehong punched the table.

"Who else can be there? Such a vicious and mean but able to find precedents, who else do you think can be there?" Li Hongji's face was a solid piece.

"Li Zhenggu..., I'll fuck his whole family." Chai Kehong's fist clattered.

As long as the army leaves its control and goes to Xidu, it takes less than half a year. The group of people will destroy the structure of the general that they have finally worked hard to build. At that time, not only will the combat effectiveness decrease, but it will also become a base for detailed works.

Of course, they are all sent by Xidu.

"Jingshou, since that's the case, don't blame us. I'll send an order now and prepare to attack Wu Yue and ask the Xidu to send additional reinforcements!"

"Slowly, wouldn't you disobey your order? Just now, a Lang official from the Ministry of War accepted the name of Liu Shangshu and came to see him in his private capacity... Of course, I asked me to stop using troops here and wait for Ma Chu to talk about it after the battle. At this time, it would be too unpretentious to send troops to the saint."

Li Hongji's face was gloomy and his lips were slightly sarcastic: "Our Tang Dynasty Li family is a famous father, a filial son, and a respectful brother. How could he break the rules when he came to me? I have several younger brothers below, so I have to set an example for them, right?"

"But……"
Chapter completed!