After sending Zhao Tong and the others away, Zhao Xu cleaned up and came to the confidential room.

Zhao Xu waved his hand, stopped Zhang Qi, Xu Jiang and others from saluting, came to the side room, sat down, and without waiting for tea, he couldn't wait to say to Zhang Qi: "Zhang Xianggong's book is not detailed enough, talk to me specifically." ”

Zhang Qi thought about the wording a little and said, "Yes." Guanjia, at present, Jingdong East Road, West Road, Hebei East Road, West Road, Hedong Road, Yongxing Military Road, etc., have all been effective in the 'military reform', and it is currently progressing smoothly, although there have been some troubles, they have all been suppressed. Qin Fenglu and the others have not moved for the time being. These six roads in the north, each with 20,000 troops, a total of 120,000, are basically stationed in the capitals and fortresses of each road. At present, it is still being purged and sorted out, and it will take one to three years to form an army......"

Zhao Xu listened quietly and kept bowing his head.

'Military reform' is not achieved overnight, and if you want to become an army and be able to fight, you don't need time, not only training, but also going through bloody battles.

A division of a hundred battles is not trained.

Zhang Qi said slowly.

The army of the Great Song Dynasty has always been complicated, and the reason why it can have such a smooth is that in addition to the 'pig raising policy', there is also the balance of the clusters, so that these armies cannot have much resistance.

Zhang Qi himself is a privy envoy, plus the prestige of the first battle of Huanqing Road is high, and there is a kind of construction, Zong Ze led the army to suppress it, which can be regarded as stable.

After half an hour, Zhang Qi finished speaking, and drank tea with a dry mouth.

In the side room, everyone didn't speak, digesting these contents carefully.

For a while, Zhao Xu calmed down and looked up at General Xu.

Xu Jiangyi said: "Official, all roads in the north originally had more than 500,000 troops, and under the 'military reform', hundreds of thousands of people will be abolished, although it has not been announced for the time being, the imperial court has to do a good job of follow-up work to resolve all the hidden dangers......

The army of the Great Song Dynasty, the forbidden army is the mainstay, the box army, the vassal army and so on are supplemented, the forbidden army is huge, and the box army is not far behind, especially the Yongxing military road was once as high as 200,000 people!

These 'soldiers' are on the emperor's food, and now they are dismissed, how can anyone want to?

One is not properly handled, and it is highly likely to lead to a mutiny. Coupled with the use of people with intentions, there may be a big mess in the north!

Zhao Xu groaned for a moment and said, "What do you think?" ”

General Xu looked awe-struck and said, "Official, there are three ways to do this. The first is to take your time, with continuous assessment, deletion, and gradual reduction, this time is the slowest and the best effect, and there will be no chaos. Second, digest them on the spot, place them in the locality, and give them a certain amount of retirement compensation. This method may cause dissatisfaction among some people, and it requires the cooperation of local governments. Third, it was the imperial court that recruited in other ways, such as the management of rivers by the Ministry of Industry, the improvement of people's fields throughout the country, the thoroughfare, irrigation, etc. It's costly, and it's easy to mess up......"

Zhao Xu pressed his hand on the table, patted it lightly, and said, "Three-pronged!" The crux of the matter is still in place......"

The northern roads have not yet implemented the 'Fangtian Average Tax Law', but because of the pilot project in Kaifeng Prefecture, all roads are also promoting one after another, and all kinds of strange things are emerging one after another, and the prefectures and counties are overwhelmed and have been exhausted, and may not be able to deal with these things.

Xu Jiang and Zhang Qi glanced at each other and did not speak.

They all belong to the 'military' and avoid getting involved in government affairs as much as possible. Moreover, the place is really complicated and difficult to describe, and it cannot be explained clearly in one sentence or two.

Zhao Xu looked at Chen Pi and said, "Bring the maps of the northern roads." ”

"Yes." Chen Pi responded, and hurriedly took a few maps, Zhao Xu took a relatively large one, and carefully looked at the outlines of the northern roads.

Jingdong East Road and West Road are probably the Shandong of later generations; Hebei East Road, West Road, roughly Hebei, and the border with the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, that is, the Liao State, the task is to resist the invasion of the Liao State. Hedong Road is roughly Shanxi, at the junction of Liaoxia; Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Military Road are roughly the boundaries of Shaanxi, and they deal with Western Xia.

Zhao Xu stared at the map, muttering.

The territory of the Great Song Dynasty is not large, but it is divided into 23 roads, which is equivalent to 23 provinces. Under this road, there are 'small roads', plus military units, as well as various regimental training, and observation envoys, which are really complex and difficult to sort out for a while.

General Xu and Zhang Qi were both looking at Zhao Xu, and there were some things that the high-level officials of the court knew, but they couldn't announce it to their mouths.

After waiting for a while, Zhao Xu pondered and said, "Before, we talked about merging all roads, but at present, it seems that the time has not yet come, but we can find another way." In this way, high-ranking officials of the imperial court were elected, and three titles were added, and in the name of governor, they were in charge of local government affairs. For example, Jingdong East Road and West Road, send a person! At the same time, two senators and two senators will be assisted, a total of five people, sorting out local government affairs, assisting in 'military reform' and 'political reform', and at the same time, preparing for the implementation of the 'new law', and not merging all roads to pave the way......"

Xu Jiang looked surprised and said, "The official family's method is good!" If after a long time, this governor will become permanent even if it is temporary, then it will be logical to merge all roads and set up a road-level yamen......"

Zhang Qi looked at Zhao Xu with surprise on his face, and did not speak quietly, the benefits of doing so are naturally more than what Xu Jiang said.

In this name, the resistance can be greatly reduced, and there will not be much opposition from the government and the opposition, and it is completely possible to promote the various plans of the imperial court in a grand manner.

Zhao Xu also secretly admired his inspiration, smiled quietly, and said: "Then do it, wait for Xianggong Zhang to come back, and then discuss it carefully and select people." If you stabilize the southern roads, the northern side will be able to increase its efforts, go faster, and be more aggressive......"

General Xu, Zhang Qi nodded silently, if there is a governor who sits in the locality, controls the chaos in the locality, and prevents them from being provoked by the reform in the north and doing radical things to the point of getting out of control, then they can completely let go of their hands and feet in the north and implement the established 'military reform' plan without scruples.

"Chen Pi, call Cai Xianggong. Zhang Xianggong, continued. Zhao Xu took a sip of tea.

Zhang Qi said: "Yes." At present, the various economic strategies, the general manager has been selected in place, and now it is necessary to carry out in-depth, in addition, the three large battalions around Kaifeng need to step up preparations, this matter is related to the country, should be the first ......"

Not long after, Cai Bian also came.

He was secretly surprised by Zhao Xu's idea, but he felt that there was a lot to be done, and he couldn't help but get excited.

Several people sat in the confidential room, talking about the 'military reform', Cai Bian naturally had to cooperate, and everyone was talking about all aspects of the 'military law'.

Honglu Temple.

Wei Mingyuan waited for a full five days, and on the Song Dynasty's side, in addition to sending a ceremonial Langzhong to greet them, they had been locked up in the courtyard of the Honglu Temple, not to mention seeing the big men of the Song Dynasty negotiating, and they couldn't even get out of the courtyard!

"Squire, we have to find a way." In the courtyard, the burly man said with a cold face.

Wei Ming Yuan held a spear in his hand, his beard was a little messy, his eyes were bright, and he said, "Can you contact Wei Ming Ashan?" ”

The burly man shook his head and said, "He is locked up in the Imperial City Division, which is heavily guarded and difficult to enter. However, it is said that he was tortured and his injuries were not light. ”

Wei Mingyuan's eyes were deep, and he said, "I'm not surprised by this, can't he contact his people?" ”

The burly man said, "Yes." Their people are very deeply hidden, and our people have quietly tried it, but they can't find it, and they may have been captured by the Song people. ”

"Let's do something." Wei Mingyuan said lightly.

"Yes." The burly man was a little excited, he had long wanted to give the Song people a little color to see!