At the foot of Liangshan, the official army camp.

Zhao Huan took the rank list of civil and military officials of the Great Song Dynasty, and listened to Wen Huanzhang, Pei Xuan and others tell him what an "official" is, what a "job" is, and what a "dispatch" is, and he feels that his head is getting bigger and bigger.

The "official" determines the level of Yulu, that is, the grade, which is what any official must have; For example, Gao Yu's Taiwei, Cai Jing's Taishi, and so on are all officials.

"Position" is generally a fictitious title, such as a certain university scholar, a political officer, a flat chapter under the same Chinese book, etc. (at the beginning, it was still a real position, and later it was gradually set up into a virtual position); Although it is a fictitious title, it is very important for officials because it represents status.

In the Song Dynasty, if there was no "post" of civil official nature, then he was a pure military general, and his status was very low; On the other hand, if there is a civilian "post" added earlier, the status will immediately soar.

Originally, it was enough to have officials and positions, but the real real positions were "dispatches", such as prefects, prefectures, counties, promotions, and so-and-so prisons, etc., which were official positions in charge of specific affairs.

If there is an official and a position but no dispatch, then the official has no rights and nothing to do.

These are already complicated enough, but what is even more complicated is that there are often no rules for "duty" and "dispatch", and the same name is sometimes a false position, sometimes it is a dispatch.

The official position of the Great Song Dynasty is complicated, inside and outside China, chasing thousands of years up, down for thousands of years, and no one can stand out from the right.

The parallel system of "official", "position", and "dispatch" greatly strengthened the centralization of power, and all power was in the hands of the Tokyo Imperial Court.

But at the same time, it also led to the accumulation of a large number of redundant officials in the Great Song Dynasty, and many officials only took money and had nothing to do.

Another evil consequence is that officials tend to pass the buck to each other, and no matter what happens, no one is willing to take responsibility.

According to Wen Huanzhang and Pei Xuan's calculations, at least six to seven percent of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty were redundant. Not only do they take their money, but they also pervert the law by virtue of their power; There were many more corrupt officials in the Song Dynasty than in the Tang Dynasty, because of the large increase in redundant officials.

"The imperial court system must be reformed! The civil official prince can't control it now, and the military generals can't manage it either, all I can manage is the current subordinates, and we must come up with practical means to reform the military system! ”

Zhao Huan threw the official list aside and stopped looking at it.

Wen Huanzhang said: "Whenever reform is involved, there will always be people who oppose it, and there are still many people who oppose it. The current Great Song Dynasty, when there is money, everyone is greedy together, when there is something, they pass the buck to each other, and if they have responsibility, they shirk each other, which is simply a dream world for officials, and the reform of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will inevitably touch the interests of the vast majority of people. ”

Zhao Huan asked rhetorically: "Can't we start with the army we control now?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, don't underestimate those who are officials!" Wen Huanzhang shook his head decisively, "Once a lot of things show a sign, someone will immediately guess the follow-up trend, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is reforming under his own command, there will definitely be many people who will guess the future trend, so as to contact others to oppose it together!" ”

Zhao Huan was silent.

With his vision beyond this world for nearly a thousand years, what Wen Huanzhang said will definitely become a fact.

Pei Xuan didn't speak, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Your Highness, Mr. Wen, if there is resistance to directly reforming the military system, why don't we try expedient measures?"

Zhao Huan was puzzled: "What is an expedient measure?" ”

Pei Xuan said: "Don't move the old military system, secretly implement the new military system......"

"That's a good idea!"

As soon as Pei Xuan finished speaking, Wen Huanzhang was overjoyed.

"Your Highness! It's a great solution! Wen Huanzhang was very excited, "If the old military system is not moved, the interests of the sergeants will not be involved; Calculating military merit has always been a difficult problem in the military, and it is precisely under the guise of this that a new military system can be secretly implemented. In this way, as long as everyone gets used to it, they will naturally accept it; Once His Highness ascends the throne in the future, it only takes an edict to make a complete correction! ”

"Very good! That's it! ”

Zhao Huan also felt that this strategy was feasible, and most of the boredom in his heart was gone.

So Zhao Huan, Wen Huanzhang, and Pei Xuan discussed in the room to streamline the military system into two systems:

The grade (military rank) system is divided into nine grades and thirty-six grades, and the ninth rank is the king, the commander, the general, the captain, the sergeant, the sergeant, and the pawn, and each grade is divided into four levels: the standard, the lower, the middle, and the upper, which are combined into thirty-six grades.

The functional system divides the troops into six levels: corps, army, division, brigade, battalion, and team, and each level has four kinds of posts: command, deputy commander, training, and education.

For example, at the corps level, there are one senior marshal and one to eight deputy marshals, and the deputy marshals are respectively responsible for assisting in command, training, ideological education, logistics, and other duties.

Ideological education is a new addition to Zhao Huan, that is, to pay attention to the thoughts of the sergeants and supervise the loyalty of the army.

The chief officer at the army level is generally the rank of general, the chief officer at the division level is generally the rank of general or captain, the chief officer at the brigade level is generally the rank of captain or captain, the chief officer at the battalion level is generally the rank of captain or lieutenant, and the chief officer at the team level is generally the chief.

Then, Wen Huanzhang and Pei Xuan formulated the merit record standard under the guidance of Zhao Huan, and any credit can be quantified as A, B, C, D, E, G, XIN, REN, HAI ten, etc., and Pei Xuan will be responsible for the examination of each merit in the future, and anyone's grade promotion will depend on the merit.

The size of the rank is determined by merit, and the level of the rank is determined by the comprehensive consideration of the grade and ability, and this system is extended to the whole army.

As for the old and redundant system, it is left alone and gradually faded.

After the decision, Zhao Huan summoned all the officers, analyzed in detail the injustice of the current record of merit in the army, and finally explained the agreed new military system again, and watched everyone's reaction.

Wang Huan and the others were expressionless, and most of the others were excited.

According to the accumulation of previous merits and the size of the merits of this conquest of Liangshan, Zhao Huan publicly awarded Liu Qi and other cadres new military ranks, and even the veteran Wang Huan and others also had a clear examination of merits, and Wang Huan and others felt the benefits of the new military system.

But what made Zhao Huan feel blocked was that Liu Guangshi's face was gloomy, I really don't know which nerve he had, or if he inherited the opportunism of his father Liu Yanqing.

Seeing that the overall effect was good, Zhao Huan struck while the iron was hot, and reiterated the military regulations and drill norms, affirming that in the future, the army should be governed in strict accordance with the rules, and no one should engage in favoritism or malpractice, otherwise it would be dealt with in strict accordance with military regulations. After so many days, everyone also knew that the crown prince Zhao Huan was strict in governing the army, so no one had any opinions.

Now that the rules have been set and everyone agrees to abide by them, the next step is to enforce them. Zhao Huan took Pei Xuan as the captain of the law enforcement team, and Wu Song and Lu Zhishen assisted, gave the right to enforce the law on the spot, and carried out supervision in the whole army.