The New Year passed quickly, and the New Year began again.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Li Yang took Yang Zi into the palace early to pay New Year's greetings to Yingzheng.

Although in the court, Yingzheng and Li Yang are kings and ministers, but in private, they are the relationship between the father-in-law and the son-in-law, and they are family members.

Of course, Li You is actually Yingzheng's son-in-law. It's just that, in all fairness, in Yingzheng's heart, as a family member, he also prefers Li Yang for these two sons-in-law.

This is not only because Li Yang is better, but also because Yang Zi is his favorite daughter, which can be seen from the fact that Daqin's intelligence agency, Hei Bingtai, was handed over to Yang Zi.

No, after chatting for a while, Ying Zheng called Li Yang to the study alone.

"Li Yang, I have something I can't figure out, I have to ask you." Ying Zheng pointed to the mat opposite and asked with a lot of concern.

Li Yang knelt opposite Ying Zheng and said curiously, "What is there to understand Your Majesty?" ”

Ying Zheng said: "You said before that Daqin died two years later, but I don't understand something, no matter how greedy Hu Hai's unfilial son is, no matter how incompetent he is, but my Daqin has an army of nearly one million, how can he be defeated so quickly?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Yang finally understood the reason why Ying Zheng called him alone to talk, this is to know the specific reason for the fall of Great Qin.

However, since Ying Zheng wants to know about this matter, it is obvious that this matter cannot be avoided.

So, Li Yang replied: "Your Majesty doesn't know, although Daqin has an army of millions, but Hai Gongzi is absurd in government affairs, and he was instigated by Zhao Gao to wantonly kill the clan and the ministers of the court, so not only the people are dissatisfied, but the entire court is detached. Take the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Great Wall Battalion as an example, after Meng Tian was killed by design, the deputy general Wang Li became the commander. 200,000 Great Wall legions went south to Julu to quell the rebellion, but under the siege of the princes, the Great Wall legions with little food and soldiers were quickly annihilated, and the commander Wang Li was captured, and the deputy generals Shima and Su Jiao were killed in battle. It can be said that the main reason for the fall of the Great Wall Army was the killing of Meng Tian, the soul of the army. ”

Ying Zheng frowned, and asked again: "What about the Lantian camp?" ”

"Out of the need to garrison Xianyang, the Lantian battalion did not go out of the customs to quell the chaos at the beginning. Moreover, in order to effectively control this army, Zhao Gao let his son-in-law Yan Le take charge of the Lantian camp at the same time as Ren Lang Zhongzhi, and split the Lantian camp, making the Lantian camp only 50,000 horses, resulting in a significant weakening of combat effectiveness. Therefore, when the rebel army invaded Guanzhong, the Lantian battalion, which was not as strong as before, was completely vulnerable, and saw that the general trend had gone in the first battle of Guanzhong, so they all surrendered. Li Yang replied truthfully.

Ying Zheng was so angry that his whole body trembled, and he asked again: "What about the Lishan camp?" ”

Li Yang smiled bitterly: "Although the Lishan Battalion is an army composed of prisoners, servants, and former soldiers of the Six Kingdoms, it has exploded with amazing combat effectiveness. It's a pity that because Zhang Han was afraid that he would be persecuted by Zhao Gao, he finally chose to surrender to Xiang Yu. Subsequently, the 200,000-strong Lishan Army was killed by Xiang Yukeng in Xin'an. It can be said that since Zhao Gao instigated the prince to kill the courtiers, the civil and military officials have long distrusted the court. ”

Ying Zheng's face was so angry that his face was pale, his throat rolled, but he couldn't even say a word.

Li Yang knew that he would definitely have to ask the Lingnan Army, so he took the initiative to say: "After the civil strife broke out in the Qin State, Zhao Tuo, the commander of the Lingnan Army, blocked the border of Wuling and did not go north to rescue. In this way, 500,000 Qin people who went south sat back and watched the fall of the Qin Empire. ”

"What? The Lingnan Army did not go north to quell the rebellion! ”

This time, Ying Zheng was really annoyed.

Li Yang nodded, indicating that he had heard correctly.

Ying Zheng was furious, slapped the desk angrily, and scolded: "What a Zhao Tuo, he is ...... Wait a minute! ”

At this time, he suddenly felt that something was right, and when he came back to his senses, he said, "Zhao Tuo? How could it be Zhao Tuo, isn't the commander of the Lingnan Army Ren Huan? Don't...... Ren Huan was also brutalized by Hu Hai, a rebel? ”

Li Yang hurriedly said: "It's not, the old general Ren Huan died of illness." After his death, the commander of the Lingnan Army was taken over by Deputy General Zhao Tuo. ”

As for the reason why Zhao Tuo was not saved when he saw death, there are generally three possibilities. First, Zhao Tuo saw that the government and the opposition of Great Qin had already deviated from morality, and knew that Great Qin could not be saved, so he had a heart of separation. Second, Lingnan is a newly attached land, and once the Qin army leaves, Lingnan will break away from Great Qin again. Third, Chu was the most fierce area of rebellion at the end of Qin, and the Lingnan Army, which was dominated by infantry and Lou boatmen, did not have enough cavalry to break through the blockade of Chu and enter the Central Plains battlefield. ”

"No matter what the reason, in short, Zhao Tuo did not go north to quell the chaos, and finally he established himself as king in Baiyue."

Li Yang smiled bitterly when he said this.

Ying Zheng was extremely angry, and stood up suddenly, as if he wanted to kill someone.

However, after taking two steps back and forth in the study, he then slammed his palm on the desk, and sighed with a sad and indignant face: "Alas! I can't complain about people, I can't complain about others! ”

Yes, at this moment, there is no anger on his face, obviously he doesn't blame Zhang Han and Zhao Tuo.

Although these two people, one surrendered, the other did not save himself in the face of death, and set himself up as kings, but in the final analysis, it was all because of Hu Hai's actions.

Meng Tian, Meng Yi, Li Si, Feng Quji...... These Chinese martial arts, and even the Yun clan relatives were all killed by Hu Hai, such a detached behavior, who else would be willing to serve faithfully for this?

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng only hated how Daqin could have such a wolf-hearted descendant as Hu Hai!

However, being angry is angry, fortunately, the current history has changed, so Ying Zheng quickly adjusted his mood, and couldn't help but turn his head to Li Yang and said: "You said that Ren Huan will be seriously ill and die next year?" ”

"If you follow the original history...... General Ren will indeed die next year. Li Yang nodded.

Ying Zheng nodded, pondered for a while, and said, "So it seems...... The commander of the Lingnan Army needs to be replaced by a reliable person. ”

Obviously, although Ying Zheng does not blame Zhang Han and Zhao Tuo, he has this knot, and he does not dare to let Zhao Tuo lead the hundreds of thousands of troops in Lingnan.

How shrewd Li Yang was, how could he not understand this, and immediately said: "Your Majesty is worried that the general will be outside, and the monarch's order will not be affected?" ”

Ying Zheng nodded: "That's right, although Daqin is peaceful now, but listening to you, there seems to be hidden dangers in my Daqin military system." ”

Speaking of this, Ying Zheng said: "Li Yang, what good way do you have?" ”

Li Yang pondered for a moment and said, "Why don't we restructure the army!" ”

"Oh? Come and hear it! Ying Zheng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly urged.

Li Yang said: "In the current military system of Great Qin, the term of office of the commander of the legion is too long, and it is easy to cultivate his own faction in the army. Once in one place, after the roots are deep, the imperial court is in danger of raising tigers. Moreover, the generals of Great Qin only have the distinction of respect and inferiority, and the rank of the general is not obvious. There is almost no difference between the generals before and after, the generals on the left and right, which will also cause the soldiers below to recognize people and not orders when they carry out orders. ”

Ying Zheng nodded frequently when he heard this: "Good analysis, listen to you, it seems that there is really a big problem with my Great Qin military system." ”

Li Yang nodded.

But isn't it, all kinds of former generals, rear generals, left generals, and right generals, who is big and who is small, it is not obvious at all. Take the left and right generals as an example, Qin Shi respects the right, so it is just that the right general is more noble, and the others are the same as the left general.

Therefore, when there is a difference of opinion between the left and right generals, the soldiers must only listen to the orders of the general they know well, even if the orders of the other general are given by the emperor, the soldiers will not necessarily listen.

What's more, the term of office of these generals is almost always fixed, which makes it even more risky.

"In that case, do you have a good plan?" Ying Zheng asked.

Li Yang said: "Yes, that is, to design a new military system, and change the title of military merit into a military rank, and the military rank corresponds to the military rank, so that there is an obvious distinction between upper and lower ranks." ”

"Oh? You elaborate. Ying Zheng frowned.

Li Yang nodded: "What the minister said is a set of military systems for later generations, which is very scientific and effective, and is conducive to the command of the army." ”

"Roughly speaking, the rank of general is divided into: general, lieutenant general, major general, colonel, colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, lieutenant, second lieutenant, this is the military rank of generals, and soldiers also have military ranks, namely: first class sergeant major, second class sergeant major, third class sergeant major, fourth class sergeant major, sergeant, sergeant, corporal, private, private."

"Soldiers who have made meritorious contributions can be promoted to military ranks, and they are not necessarily promoted to military positions unless they have the talent to command and fight. In the army, the position of officer is held by those with the rank of second lieutenant or above. Great Qin can divide the four major army corps into four major military regions, and a military region can be divided into several army corps, with 100,000 people as one army corps, and the commander of the 100,000 army corps can be a lieutenant general or major general. The commander of a large military region is a general or lieutenant general. At the same time, in order to put an end to the generals and cultivate the root system, the commanders of the four major military regions, as well as the commanders of the corps in the four major military regions, can be appointed for a term of three or five years, and after the expiration of the term, the commanders of the corps and the commanders of the military regions will be replaced. In this way, the army can be called a sharp sword of our Great Qin court, and wherever Your Majesty points to, this sharp sword will point. ”

Li Yang borrowed most of the essence of the military system of later generations.

After Ying Zheng listened, his eyes lit up, and he obviously saw the advantages of this military system, and immediately applauded: "Okay, this military system is really good!" Li Yang, this matter will be handled by you! ”

Li Yang said: "The affairs of the army can be handed over to Meng Tian, and the ministers can help him plan." ”

"Yes, I will give Meng Tian to lead the army restructuring!"

Ying Zheng nodded, then glanced at Li Yang, and couldn't help but sigh with pity: "The affairs of the new deal are heavy, and everything in the country is under your control, I ...... Tired of you. ”

Li Yang's heart warmed and smiled: "For the sake of Daqin, for the sake of Huaxia, the minister is willing to work hard." ”

Ying Zheng patted Li Yang's shoulder and nodded with a sigh.

Knowing the history of China's many disasters and difficulties in the next 2,000 years, today's Yingzheng has no longer just stayed in the current Daqin, but also has a sense of mission for the Chinese nation.