The reason why everyone from the west is grateful to General Xu is because except for a few people, the others are all old and coarse, and they are not suitable to enter the imperial court. The second is that the current imperial court is too dangerous, and they don't want to get involved in it.

Zhang Qi had been following behind Zhao Xu, glancing at Xu Jiang with an impassive face, but did not speak.

Others may not be able to hear it, but he understands it very clearly, and there is more purpose in these words. But it did conform to their previous agreement, so they did not speak.

Although Zhao Xu didn't look back, he could feel that everyone's eyes were on him, and he walked slowly, saying: "Don't worry, I won't force you, if you don't want to enter the imperial court, you won't enter, and the military department will do the coordination." ”

The Ministry of War is the Ministry of War, and General Xu has the final say.

General Xu raised his hand and said, "The minister's decree." ”

The eyes of a group of people looking at General Xu turned from gratitude to heat, after all, they had already become familiar with this military secretary during this time.

General Xu smiled with everyone, and then said: "The official family, when the minister was in the northwest, he and Zhang Xianggong had some ideas about the restructuring of the army, do you want to tell the official family now?" ”

Zhao Xu suddenly became interested, looked back, and said with a smile: "The two Qing family came forward and talked as they walked." If you are tired, you can walk slowly, or stay, wait for the carriage to come up, and enter Beijing on time. ”

Almost all the generals behind Zhao Xu are military generals, and walking a little is nothing at all, so naturally he won't really be tired.

Xu Jiang and Zhang Ji glanced at each other and took two steps forward.

General Xu groaned and said: "The opinion of the officials, ministers and Zhang Xianggong is that my Great Song army is too mixed, with too many problems such as numbers, ranks, official systems, commanders, etc., and various reasons lead to low combat effectiveness and chaos, which need to be thoroughly reformed and sorted out. In this regard, after the ministers go back, they will jointly play to the officials. As for the general strategy of the army, the ministers and others considered it as follows: First, the army of the 23rd Route of the whole country should be combined in two, and the total number of troops should be set at 16 armies, in addition to the 12th Route outside Beijing, four armies will be stationed in the capital, with 20,000 troops each, and two more cavalry and one firearms army will be built. At the same time, in order to deal with external threats, the border was divided into several major theaters, Liao, Xia, Tubo, Dali and so on. Second, each army has a general manager, who is responsible for daily affairs and commander-in-chief, and each army is stationed at a designated base and does not anticipate local affairs. Third, the box army and other troops will be changed into reserve troops, which will be retired after one to three years of training, and will be conscripted ...... wartime."

Zhang Qi listened on the sidelines and did not speak.

Wang Wenyu and the others behind him thought about it, this was the first time they had heard the content of the imperial court's reform of the army.

Zhao Xu paced, these were roughly what he and General Xu had discussed before, nodded and said: "The general direction is like this, after returning to Beijing, the Ministry of War and the Privy Council will discuss and come up with a specific strategy." The restructuring of the armed forces is different from political affairs, and it must be prudent and must not cause chaos. The general managers of various localities should carefully select the strategies. By the way, the Qing family in the seed division, and the Zheqing family each led an army to be stationed outside Kaifeng City. ”

The seed master was stunned for a moment, and then raised his hand and said, "The ministers are in order." ”

As long as you don't get involved in the high-level battles of the imperial court, it doesn't matter if you are stationed outside Kaifeng City.

Zhang Qi glanced at the two of them, and said in a deep voice: "The official, the minister suggests, the economic strategy is a civil official, the general is a military general, and the last time Pin Yi was slightly half a level, small matters are appointed by the Privy Council, and major matters still need the tiger talisman of the official family." The ministers were asked to imitate the Han system and give the meritorious soldiers a title. ”

As soon as Zhang Qi's words fell, the hearts of the people behind them beat wildly.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, he was extremely wary of military generals, not to mention the feudal marquis, and there were no higher positions, but anyone who came up was miserable and had a miserable ending!

Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows in some surprise, but he didn't look back, and said decisively: "Accurate!" The specific military rank, military system, official position, and reward are waiting for you to decide, starting from this time, after returning to Beijing, and discussing with the political affairs hall! ”

"Commandment." Zhang Qi and Xu Jiang raised their hands in unison.

Zhao Xu waved his hand and continued: "There are many things to do in the Privy Council and the Ministry of War next year, and it is also very difficult, so we must be bold and cautious. Starting from the northern roads, all of you will have to work hard......"

Listening to Zhao Xu's bland words, a magnificent tide of military reform had already emerged in front of them!

Zhao Xu walked with Xu Jiang, Zhang Qi and others, talking.

At this time, Kaifeng City, the Imperial City Division, the Criminal Department, and the Imperial History Observatory arrested more and more people, and the positions were all quite high, all over the 'new and old' parties, honorable ministers, military and political circles, and the scope was unprecedentedly large!

Zhang Dian sat in the blue tile house, looking at the briefings sent one by one, and there was no movement on his stern face.

Cai Bian was uneasy and said, "I'll go out and have a look." ”

Zhang Dian didn't speak, looking at these lists, analyzing in his heart which suitable people could be replaced. At the same time, his eyes also saw the place, and his heart was full of ambition.

Not long after Cai Bian left, Shen Qi came, took two playbooks, and said, "Xianggong, Cai Xianggong and Zeng Xianggong's playbooks, or letters." ”

Zhang Dian took it and looked at it, immediately threw it into the drawer, and said, "I know." Did Su Xianggong go to Guozijian? ”

Shen Qi nodded solemnly and said, "There is some trouble outside, especially the Guozijian, many people have gathered to attack the Imperial City Division." ”

Zhang Dian knew Su Song's intentions, which was nothing more than to stabilize some people, so he was silent for a while, his eyes were fierce, and he said: "Zeng Bu, Cai really can't go back to Beijing, you go to write to them, there is no place in the imperial court for the time being, let them continue and wait." In addition, tell the Criminal Department, the Imperial Historical Observatory, and the Imperial City Division, grasp the big and let go of the small, and the rest will be done by the Ministry of Officials. ”

Shen Qi's neck was cold, and 'grasping the big and letting go of the small' seemed to be a concession, but 'the officials will do it', I don't know how many people have to throw away their official hats, and it is clear that there will be an after-autumn reckoning!

Shen Qi didn't want to get involved in this matter, so he hesitated and said: "At present, there are five vacancies in the political hall, Cai Xianggong and Zeng Xianggong are afraid that they will not easily agree, right?" ”

Cai Qu and Zeng Bu are all bigwigs of the law-changing faction, Wang Anshi's former right-hand man, after Wang Anshi resigned twice, they supported him, and it was not until after the death of Shenzong that he was banished from Beijing by Sima Guang and others with the 'Chegaiting Poetry Case'.

Zhang Dian said lightly: "That's it." ”

Shen Qi suddenly realized, Zhang Dian clearly told those people that they should not expect to return to Beijing.

Almost everyone knows that this Zhang Xianggong has a hot temper and is upright, but he didn't think it would be to this extent!

Shen Qi responded, and just as he was about to leave, a guard hurriedly came in, raised his hand and said, "Xianggong Zhang, the Xia envoy has arrived, and they are asking to see him outside the palace." ”

Zhang Xuanjian raised his eyebrows, and thought of what Zhao Xu had said about the war horse, and said, "Take them to the political affairs hall, and I will see them in person." Call Cai You. ”

"Yes!" Shen Qi responded with the janissary guard and walked away quickly.

The Xia envoy soon arrived at the political affairs hall, there were only three people, each of them was a thick man, the leader was full of beards, and as soon as he came in, he stared at Zhang Dian who was sitting on the chair, and said angrily: "You Song people don't know the stakes!" I have a million Great Xia army, and it is effortless to break through your Song Kingdom, you actually dare to arrest my Great Xia envoys, so bold! I'll give you a stick of incense time, and immediately release the name Ahsan, otherwise my Great Xia Xiongjun will come back and leave you dead without a place to be buried! ”

Zhang Dan's sword eyebrows were trembling, and when this Xia man finished speaking, he said in a very flat tone: "Cai You." ”

Cai You stood aside expressionlessly, listened to the sideways raised his hand and said, "Xianggong." ”

A hint of murder appeared on Zhang Dan's stern face, and he said, "Cut off the heads of these three people and hang them outside the palace gate." ”

The bearded man's face changed slightly, and he shouted even more: "Presumptuous! Who gave you the guts! You think that it will be okay for me to withdraw my troops in Daxia, and after the cold winter, I will definitely break through your Kaifeng City next year, and it is still too late to negotiate peace, otherwise under the iron hoof, none of you will survive! ”

Zhang Duan didn't speak, but his sword eyebrows were upside down, showing his fierceness.

Cai Bian was sure that Zhang Dian was not off the horse, sneered in his heart, waved his hand, and said, "Pull it out!" ”

Immediately, seven or eight guards rushed out, quickly knocked the three of them down, shackled them, and dragged them out.

The bearded man was finally scared, and his heart was shocked, when did these weak and incompetent Song people become so courageous?

He turned his head and shouted: "Song people, I am here to negotiate peace, if you dare to kill me, my Great Xia army will definitely come back, you think clearly, kill me, how can you explain to your court and your little emperor......"

Zhang Dianli ignored it, got up and turned back to the green tile house.