Chapter 036: Reckoning
After the rules were announced, everyone in the hall was silent for a long time, which made Zhao Yu's palms sweat and a little nervous. He understood that some of the wise people in the 300 years of the Great Song Dynasty were not unaware of the various abuses of the Song Dynasty's military system and its seriousness. However, everyone knows that it is easy to say things, but it is difficult to act, since ancient times. Moreover, most of the emperors and rulers of the Song Dynasty were indecisive, ********, and short-sighted figures, and there was neither a firm and consistent clear policy nor appropriate measures to eliminate various malpractices in the army.
In addition, everyone knows that the fundamental obstacle to the elimination of various ills and the implementation of reform is the people in power, and this involves the vested interests and selfish interests of many civilian and military generals. As a result, the reformers were resolutely opposed by those with vested interests, and the New Deal often ended up in nothingness or was abandoned halfway, thus allowing the various malpractices in the military to continue for a long time, accumulating heavy problems and making it difficult to return.
These disciplines formulated by Zhao Yu can be said to have moved many people's cakes, but he is not a fool and naturally calculated in advance. Nowadays, although the people who have taken refuge in the government come from different ways, their composition is still relatively pure, and they are either the common people living at the bottom of the society, or the low-ranking officers and soldiers in the army, who are the victims of all kinds of maladministration in the army, and those who have been exploited should also become the supporters of their own policies. But what does it mean that they don't speak now?
"What do you think?" After waiting for a while, no one spoke, Zhao Yu asked in a deep voice, but he secretly scolded you in his heart for not keeping silent, so Lao Tzu asked you by name to show your attitude, just to argue loyalty and treachery.
"Your Highness, the officials think it is very good, if it can be strictly implemented, it will be able to make the whole house unified." Cai Wanyi stood up first and said.
"Oh, Master Cai thinks it can be implemented?" Zhao Hao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, if everyone didn't agree, he couldn't drive them all away as the commander of the light pole, now that someone said it, he naturally wanted him to talk about it, and everyone understood.
"Buying workers, military debts, and false names are the three major malpractices in the army, and the people suffer greatly from the misfortunes of the people and the people, and the iron laws and regulations set by His Royal Highness are directly aimed at the key points, which are exactly the actions of conforming to the will of the people and embodying the will of the people, how can the soldiers and the people not sell their dead power!" Cai Wanyi said loudly.
"Lord Cai said it well, the Sprinkle family has long been unaccustomed to what those silverfish rats do, they can be described as knocking out the bones and sucking the marrow of the soldiers, who is willing to use their lives." Zhao Mengjin also stood up and said excitedly.
"Yes, they spend all day and day, but they want us to use our lives on the battlefield, how can there be such a reason, what His Royal Highness said is excellent, we are willing to obey orders!" Liu Zhu said.
"Every time the imperial court is equipped with bowstrings and arrow feathers, but I don't know that a goose's feather is only more than ten feathers available, and a cow can take only six taels, and the levy is insufficient, so the state government will order the slaughter of the ploughing cattle, so that it cannot be cultivated, the fields are barren, but the taxes can not be reduced by a cent, I don't know how many people are forced to die, how many families are broken up!" Zhang Zizhen sighed.
"The army crossed the border, forcibly pulled the men and livestock, plundered the women, and stole the property, and the villagers all hated it, and when they learned of it, they fled early to avoid its harm, which caused the people's resentment to boil everywhere, and His Highness set such an iron law, and the grass people were willing to obey it." Dong Yicheng also gave a salute......
"Okay, since this is the case, the whole province will abide by it, and if there is a violation, don't blame the military law for being ruthless!" Everyone expressed their agreement, which was more intense than Zhao Hao's expectations, which made him completely relieved. Later, Wang De was ordered to read out his revised reorganization plan in public and listen to everyone's opinions.
"Your Highness, the lower officials think that it is very appropriate to divide the palace into two parts, the inner and the outside, and divide and rule." Cai Wanyi got up first and said, although the time was short, he also understood the plan modified by the prince. The plan was to divide the entire palace into two parts, and to give a detailed explanation of the duties and powers of each part. The Inner Government has set up a personal guard camp and an internal supervision department, which are mainly responsible for the safety and living of the prince; The outer government has a military camp, a general department, a senate department, a craftsman bureau and a medicine bureau, which manage the subordinate parts of the government.
"Your Highness, my subordinates don't understand why the escort army is divided into two parts, the boat army and the infantry army, and the Zhou army has more troops than the infantry army?" Zhao Mengjin is a straight man, the functions of the two departments of the inner government are clear at a glance, and he is in charge of the prince's housework, and he can't tolerate everyone's talk, so he only pays attention to the outer house, and the prince has made many adjustments to the original plan of the army, and he can't help but have many questions.
"Captain Zhao, Your Highness's move is very clear. Now that the imperial court is adrift on the sea, it needs to rely on boats and boats to maneuver with the enemy, and it is only right to strengthen the boat army. Without waiting for Zhao Yu to answer, Liu Zhu preemptively explained. Zhao Mengjin was awarded the cloud cavalry captain for his meritorious service in rescuing the king at sea, and he also had an official body, and finally got rid of the name of 'cloth clothes'.
"What General Liu said is good." Zhao Yu nodded and said, he knew very well that with the strength of the current ******, he could not compete with the Yuan army on land, and he still had the strength to fight at sea, and this situation continued until the fall of the imperial court. Therefore, his plan is to give priority to the development of water divisions and enhance the ability of water warfare, and only in this way can he save his life.
"Your Highness, we only have thirty ships, most of which are merchant ships and small boats under five hundred stones, how can we use so many boats?" Zhao Mengjin was suspicious, and still thought that the prince was whimsical.
"Captain Zhao, you are still in a hurry, Your Highness has already explained clearly." Liu Zhu smiled and took the plan and said, "You see, there are a total of 30 boats in our house, among which His Highness's ship is a passenger boat with a maximum of 3,000 stones, and only the sailors of the division need 60 people, which can carry more than 400 people, and in addition to various miscellaneous services, it can also be equipped with 200 soldiers; We have six second-class 2,000-stone sand boats, which require 26 sailors and 200 soldiers; There are also five warships, sails and oars, which require more sailors and 100 soldiers. The remaining small boats also need at least ten sailors, and His Highness requires that the sailors of each ship be doubled, and after careful calculation, the manpower of the three commanders is not rich. ”
"In this way, it is true, but why does Your Highness allocate sailors doublely, is it afraid that they will not be able to contribute?" Zhao Mengjin was also in charge of the navy and knew that it was good, but the sailors on the ship were also matched according to the main and deputy on weekdays, so that they could be on duty day and night, but now it has been doubled, so there is this question.
"Zhao Da, you are really a intestine to the end, we only have thirty ships now, but it does not mean that there will only be thirty ships in the future, and once there is a war, it will inevitably be damaged, where to find so many manpower at that time." Zheng Huchen, who was sitting next to Zhao Mengjin, couldn't help but shake his head when he heard him say it, and when he saw him so confused, he couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder and prompted.
"Haha, is it the Sprinkle family that drilled the horns, or did His Highness think it thoroughly, when we were at sea, we only had three merchant ships, four or five hundred people, but now it has increased tenfold, and it will definitely be a hundred times more in the future." Zhao Mengjin couldn't help but be amused by himself after being stunned, and touched his beard and said.
"It is also better to arrange this way, each ship is equipped with fixed sailors and soldiers, and it can be used alone or with infantry troops, which is much more reasonable than the previous temporary deployment." Liu Zhu laughed for a while and said, and everyone nodded in agreement, indicating that they had already approved of this arrangement.
"The king doesn't know how many sailors and soldiers are needed for each ship, how to choose them later, and do you have any objections to the other lists?" Because the Song Dynasty Navy has always been in a subordinate position, Zhao Yu was worried at first that everyone would not agree to such an arrangement, and he didn't need to bother to talk about the situation. To be honest, if it is much more complicated and cumbersome than the staffing of modern ships, he can also say the truth, but he can only say that he understands the era of oars, but he is not very clear about how to show his cowardice in front of everyone.
"Your Highness, the lower officials see that the section on eliminating the old and weak will be deleted in the new case, does Your Highness still want to keep them in the mansion?" Liu Zhixue got up and saluted.
"Yes." Zhao Yu nodded and said.
"Your Highness, the lower officials think that the first thing to train the new army is to select the strong and the strong, eliminate the old and weak, and not make mistakes because of the kindness of one thought." Liu Zhixue is a commander of the Huai Army stationed in Quanzhou, and he is very familiar with things in the army.
"What Liu Duwei said is that retaining the old and weak will affect the combat strength, and now that the supply of grain and grass is tight, it is necessary to distribute grain to them, and if they are hungry for a long time, they will only make the strong weak, and they will be defeated when they encounter the enemy." Liu Shuzhi also stood up and said, he is also one of the surviving officers of the Quanzhou Army.
"What you say is true, but don't forget that those people who defected to the palace are all brothers like you, their widows and orphans, the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and once they leave the palace, everyone must know very well!" Zhao Yu heard this, but changed his usual laughing appearance, glanced at everyone, and said sharply with his hand.
In fact, this problem also made Zhao Hao very difficult, he knew very well that under the current situation, it was the right choice to retain the most combative young and strong, and eliminate those old and weak women and children, but it was indeed very cruel to the people who were dismissed, and they lost the protection of the palace, they were either exposed to the wilderness, or were taken into slavery. And these old and weak women, children, and sick people have either defended their own volunteers, or they are the remnants of the army, and if they abandon them, it will make his conscience uneasy, so his heart is very entangled.
Think about Liu Bei also encountered this kind of thing back then, he led 400,000 Jingzhou soldiers and civilians to flee despite the dissuasion of the ministers, and the result was not only a big defeat but also caused many casualties among the soldiers and civilians, so he is often criticized, saying that he knew that he could not do it, it was really unwise, but he was a chaotic and indiscriminate good person, but Zhao Yu thought that this move also showed that he had the people in his heart to win the hearts of the people, so that he could rise again to three points of the world. Thinking of this, Zhao Yu also made up his mind to share the hardships with them, so he simply didn't mention it......