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To be an official, kill people and set fires to be recruited.

Under the military system of the conscription system, the Northern Song Dynasty court used money to raise soldiers anyway, and it was able to use the money to recruit bandits, saving a lot of military expenses, not to mention recruiting more soldiers, why not?

It was under this idea that the Song Jiang Righteous Army was integrated into the Jinwu Army and became the Jinwu Right Army.

But—

This is in the eyes of outsiders.

The real situation is that Cai still selected the capable and potential soldiers of the Song Jiang Yi Army according to his own standards, gave them special training, and made them completely part of the Jinwu Army, and then divided the Jinwu Army into two and turned them into the Jinwu Left Army and the Jinwu Right Army, and appointed Zhang Xian and Wang De as the acting commanders of the Jinwu Left Army and the Jinwu Right Army respectively, and Lu Junyi and Niu Gao as the deputy commanders of the Jinwu Left Army and the Jinwu Right Army respectively.

In addition, Cai still appointed Guan Sheng, Zhang Qing, and Hua Rong as commanders, Sun Li, Hu Yanxuan, Yang Zhi, Lu Zhishen, and Wu Song as deputy commanders, and Zhu Tong and Xu Ning and other ten people from the Song Jiang Righteous Army as the head of the capital.

Because of the responsibility of guarding Onozawa, Cai still specially asked the Northern Song Dynasty court to form an amphibious battalion, and asked the Northern Song Dynasty court to allocate some warships and shipwrights, and then Cai Ying's henchman Li Bao served as the commander of the amphibious battalion, Ruan Xiaoqi, Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, Li Jun, Zhang Shun, Zhang Heng and other soldiers who were good at water warfare were all incorporated into it.

In addition to these military attachés, Cai still transferred Zhang Yu, Jiang Xingzu and Zhao Ding to the Jinwu Army through the mediation of Cai Yi and Gao Yu, and became civilian officials under him.

Of course, it is not possible for everything to go according to Cai's mind.

Soon, the Northern Song Dynasty court began to restrict Cai from coming.

At the same time that Cai was still strengthening himself, Cai was still informed by Cai Qian that the Northern Song Dynasty court was studying sending a civilian official to know the Jinwu army - nominally speaking, this civilian official who knew the Jinwu army was the boss of the Jinwu army, not Cai Yi, the Jeju observer, the commander of the Jinwu army, and the deputy commander of the soldiers and horses of the Jingxi and Beijing Roads.

In addition, the Northern Song Dynasty court put the Taining Army, which was originally subordinate to the Huaiyang Army, and the Xingde Army, which was subordinate to the Guangji Army, to the Jinwu Army, and Cai was still under the control, and Wen Zongjian, the former commander of the Taining Army, was promoted to serve as Cai Ying's deputy, that is, the deputy commander of the Jinwu Army.

It is said that being able to control more soldiers and horses of the two armies is naturally a good thing that Cai still can't ask for.

But the target is the Taining Army and the Xingde Army, which is not necessarily.

Let's start with the latter.

The Xingde army was also a strong force in the Northern Song Dynasty forbidden army, but with the passage of time, the current Xingde army has already existed in name only, this time to suppress the Song Jiang Righteous Army, the Xingde army did not even have 800 men and horses, the original commander Gao Yi was dismissed by the Northern Song Dynasty court because he couldn't bear the serious empty salary, and was replaced by the deputy commander Li Dajun on behalf of the commander.

But this matter is not over because of this, Gao Yi certainly had to die in the hell on Shamen Island, but the hole he left behind was not completely closed because of his back-the vacancy of the one or two thousand forbidden troops will not be said (it is impossible to find out with their hands together), only that the remaining hundreds of soldiers of the Xingde Army have not received their salaries for almost three years, and now they are making trouble every day, and they may mutiniate one day.

As a result, no one wants to take over the hot potato of the Xingde Army, because no matter who takes over the Xingde Army, they must solve these problems.

This is also one of the reasons why the Xingde Army was finally assigned to Cai Ying's name.

Let's talk about the former.

The Taining Army did not have such a serious problem of empty salaries as the Xingde Army, on the contrary, the establishment of the Taining Army was quite complete, and it was said to be one of the most powerful troops in the Central Forbidden Army.

But the Taining Army has a thorn that no one wants to take, and this thorn is Wen Zongjian, the commander of the Taining Army.

This Wen Zongjian is the cousin of Yang Jian, the head of the dynasty.

Yang Jian worked in the harem when he was young, was in charge of the back garden, and was good at speculating on the meaning of Emperor Zhao Ji.

Since Chongning, he has become more and more favored and served as the governor of the inner province.

The Northern Song Dynasty court established the Ming Hall, cast the Jiuding, repaired the Dasheng Mansion and the Longde Palace, and Yang Jian served as the promotion officer.

As early as the fourth year of Zhenghe, Yang Jian was appointed by Zhao Ji as the envoy of the Changhua Army, and he first advocated the establishment of the emperor's escort army to consolidate his power.

Later, Yang Jian successively served as the envoy of Zhen'an, Qinghai, and Zhendong, and was promoted from the inspector to the Taifu.

Let's put it this way, Yang Jian's power is basically equal to Liang Shicheng, and when the two were young, they fought all the way.

Didn't Liang Shicheng always protect the crown prince Zhao Huan, Yang Jian stood on the side of Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, and conspired to shake the prince.

Even the prince dared to move, which shows the great power of this Yang Jian.

In addition to being Yang Jian's cousin, Yang Jian annexed a large amount of land in Jingdong to make money, and Wen Zongjian also acted as Yang Jian's minion.

Yang Jian secretly ordered officials to formulate a decree to obtain land deeds from the people, from A to B, from B to C, and pursued until there was no evidence, so they speculated on the yield of the land and increased the rent. Starting from Ruzhou, it gradually expanded to Jingdong, Jingxi, Huaixi, and Huaibei, searching for abandoned embankments, abandoned weirs, barren mountains, retreat beaches, and silted up large rivers, and ordered the people to rent tenants. After the rent is determined, although the land is washed away by the river and cannot be cultivated, the rent is not reduced, and it is called "Xicheng".

In addition, the people of Liangshanluo, that is, the people of several prefectures near Onozawa, relied on fishing for a living, and Yang Jian also set a rent tax according to the boat, and if he violated, he was arrested for theft. A county generally increases the rent by more than 100,000 yuan in addition to the regular tax, and according to the regulations, it can be exempted from tax when it suffers from floods and droughts, but it is not exempt here.

In other words, Yang Jian was one of the culprits responsible for the Songjiang uprising.

Because of Yang Jian's cover, Wen Zongjian didn't take anyone in his eyes, and repeatedly bumped into officials.

But even so, Wen Zongjian can continue to be rewarded.

Recently, Wen Zongjian has made a so-called great contribution because he followed Cai Yi and others behind the ass to suppress a wave of Song Jiang rebels, and in one fell swoop crossed the biggest bottleneck of military attachés that were extremely difficult for other military attaches to cross and entered the rampant ranks.

But—

Ding Shun, who knows Guangjijun, is not an ordinary person - he also has Gao Yu behind him.

In order not to be overshadowed by Wen Zongjian, and in order to no longer see Wen Zongjian, a person who has always disgusted him, Ding Shun simply used the move to kick Wen Zongjian out of the Guangji Army, and let Wen Zongjian go to the Jinwu Army to harm Cai Ying.

These things are still a headache for Cai.

However, the most troublesome thing for Cai is that Cai still only has the power to command the Taining Army and the Xingde Army, and does not have the power to meddle in the reorganization of the two armies of the Taining Army and the Xingde Army, otherwise, Cai can still reorganize and rebuild the Taining Army and the Xingde Army, so that they will become part of the Jinwu Army like the Song Jiang Righteous Army, and then strengthen themselves - if it were not for the special situation of the Song Jiang Righteous Army, Wang Anshi promoted the art of war when he changed the law decades ago, and under the Song system, Cai still did not have the opportunity to lead the two armies alone.

The Taining Army and the Xingde Army, one has low combat effectiveness and still listens to the tune and does not listen to propaganda, and the other has low combat effectiveness, and there are many problems.

This directly affects the overall combat strength of the Jinwu Army, and even affects Cai Ying's competition for hegemony, so how can Cai still not have a headache?

And yet—

No matter how much headache Cai has to face, otherwise what can he do?

Therefore, as soon as he arrived in Onozawa and dismissed the people of the Song Jiang Righteous Army who had been brushed down, Cai still managed the Jinwu Left Army and the Jingo Right Army on the one hand, and sought to acquire the Taining Army and the Xingde Army on the other, and built the Jingo Army on the other.

The construction of the Jinwu Army does not only refer to the construction of the Jinwu Army, but also refers to the construction of the Jinwu Army Military State.

Because of the uprising of Song Jiang in Onozawa, under the mediation of Cai Ying, the Northern Song Dynasty court decided to build a new military state here in Onozawa, under the name of "Jinwu Army".

A military state is a strategically important military location, generally located on the border, or strategically important. It is mainly composed of the commander of the army and the military chief, supplemented by the Minister of State, and the marching army is in charge of law enforcement, the city is strong, and the army is guarded.

But—

The Northern Song Dynasty acted more differently than other dynasties.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the highest administrative officer of the military state was mostly called "Zhizhou Military State Affairs" or "Right to Know Military State Affairs", and served for a term of three years, could not be re-elected, and could not concurrently hold positions above the state and county level.

In addition to Zhizhou, each military state also has a "general judge", whose status is similar to that of the Sui Dynasty, and the level is not high. However, documents issued at the state level must be signed by a general judgment before they can take effect. The purpose is to supervise the power of the state.

As for Cai Zhen, the Jeju Observer Envoy, the deputy governor of Jingdong and West Road, and the commander of the Jinwu Army, in non-war times, theoretically speaking, he only had the power to train the Jinwu Army (including the Jinwu Left Army, the Jinwu Right Army, the Taeyeong Army, and the Xingdeok Army, as well as the nearby Xiang Army and the Township Army), and did not have the power to mobilize or reorganize the Jinwu Army.

In terms of power, in non-war times, even Jin Wujun's sentence to Song Jiang was greater than Cai Ying.

From these, it is not difficult to see how much restriction the Northern Song Dynasty imposed on military attachés.

And Cai Ying, who has a heart of disobedience, can imagine how difficult it is to manage his own forces under such a framework.

But—

Then again, there are policies at the top, and countermeasures at the bottom.

As soon as Cai still discussed with Song Jiang, Wu Yong and others, he found a solution to the Xingde army.

This method was suggested by Song Jiang and Wu Yong to Cai Ying.

To put it simply, it is to use money to buy off the soldiers who originally belonged to the Xingde Army, so that they can cooperate with Cai to recruit a new army and borrow the shell of the Xingde Army to be born.

To be honest, this method is a bit dangerous, and once discovered, Cai still has no other way but to expose it.

But then again, the current Northern Song Dynasty is in chaos, and the future will become more and more chaotic, in such an environment, who will notice Cai Ying's small actions?

Taking a step back, if it was really discovered by the Northern Song Dynasty court, Cai could still really rise up, and then echo with Fang La, who was about to revolt, or simply go south to kill and join forces with Fang La.

Cai still believes that with his own help, he and Fang La can definitely fight the troubled Zhao Song and then wait for the opportunity to annex Fang La, and wait until the problems of Zhao and Song erupt in a concentrated manner, and then kill the Yangtze River and Zhao Song, Jin, and Western Xia to compete in the Central Plains.

Of course, this is the most helpless way, unless it is a last resort, Cai will never choose this path now.

All in all, after careful consideration, Cai still decided to adopt the suggestions of Song Jiang and Wu Yong.

For Cai Ying's choice, Song Jiang and Wu Yong were very happy and very positive, and Wu Yong even took the initiative to ask Ying to do this for Cai Yong.

Cai still considered that there was indeed no one more suitable for this matter than Wu Yong, so he handed over the matter to Wu Yong.

It was also at this time that Cai still suddenly received a holy decree - Zhao Jixuan Cai still returned to Beijing to go to Que......

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