Xiao Tang's move to report to the official family to set up a new army in Hedong seemed to some courtiers to be a bit of a long-looking Shu. At the same time that Zheng Juzhong made up his mind, some other courtiers jumped out and bluntly said that the imperial court has always had a serious phenomenon of redundant troops and redundant expenses, and wouldn't the move of selecting and organizing a new army cost the treasury even more? Xiao Tang's move is a great success, but it will only waste the food and salary, what can it be of great use?

Xiao Tang, who had already thought of his rhetoric, immediately retorted that it was because of the serious phenomenon of redundant troops, and it had become common for military officials in various states to be greedy for military salaries, and to be old and weak. The country spent all its money and food, and it was supposed to have elite soldiers and strong generals to defend the country. And Hedong Road was originally adjacent to the Western Xia, Liao State of the key place, but Hugh said that the dispatch of local officials and troops to fight with the enemy state is in the state capital under the rule, but there are Kou leaders to gather the crowd to gather the dead, inciting the people to riot and unrest can not be suppressed, a few years ago Jiao that Hebei Zhaozhou Zhang Di led the remnants of the thief army to drive straight in, is a precedent.

Since Hedong Road is a strategic location, in the past, when meeting with the soldiers of the Xia State, the imperial court had to mobilize hundreds of thousands of people, townsmen, and archers and soldiers from Hebei and Shandong to rush to the border court.

Moreover, in the past year, the Western Xia army was defeated in Pingxia City, and the Song court took the opportunity to build a fortress on the west bank of the Yellow River under the rule of Hedong Road, which was to connect Yanyan, Hedong, Linfu and other places into a line of defense.

The people who made the remarks about Xiao Tang building a new army in Hedong were mostly idle courtiers who were accustomed to learning, and where did they know how to be a soldier? Most of them were stunned when they heard it, and they didn't know how to refute it, that is, those generals of the palace marshal's mansion who obeyed Gao Yu's orders, they listened to Xiao Tang's analysis, and they also frowned, and they couldn't think of how to refute Xiao Tang's claims for a while.

At this time, there was an official in the military official train, and he said to Zhao Jishi: "Your Majesty, Xiao Duyu... Although Xiao Jieshuai's military strategy is also quite meritorious, it is just that we and other state officials will eat the imperial court, who is unwilling to command a good war army to make contributions to my Great Song Dynasty? However, the disadvantages of redundant troops in various military divisions have been around for a long time, how can Xiao Jieshuai dare to assert that he will be able to select and train elite soldiers?"

Zhao Ji was impatient to think about the reckless deeds of training soldiers and fighting, so he looked directly at Xiao Tang. Xiao Tang looked at the official for a while, bowed slightly, and asked, "Please forgive me for being clumsy, I don't know what to call this general?" ”

Since the official family has decided to crown Xiao Tang as the envoy of the festival, and transferred to the Privy Council to do important positions, the official general does not dare to hold it up, and he also bows to Xiao Tang and says: "Don't dare, the general is the commander of Zuo Yiwei's pro-army, and he also serves as the head of the 800,000 forbidden army, Qiu Yue." ”

It turned out that he was extremely popular when he appeared in the original book, but he was beaten in the conquest of Liangshan, and at the time of the curtain call, he was slashed by the Yang Lin brothers in the water war...... Xiao Tang smiled coldly in his heart, and said in his heart that according to Qiu Yue's dispatch of the head of the 800,000 forbidden army, it was also because he still had such a practical position as the commander of Zuo Yiwei's pro-army, so he was not qualified to go to the court to discuss politics. In the book, he boasted of his accomplished miraculous achievements and became famous overseas, but this high-ranking henchman may not be as good as Lin Chong, Wang Jin and others, who were also from the head of the sect.

Hearing Qiu Yue's questioning, Xiao Tang's expression changed for a moment, and he said loudly: "Why is the national military training center used? It is nothing more than the time to resist foreign insults and defend the homeland and the country, and although the battle situation between the two armies is changing rapidly, the commander must be on the battlefield to deal with it, but the way of military training is to follow the art of war, as the chief general, he must abide by military discipline, teach the officers and men of the three armed forces to follow the law, and prohibit orders, is this really very difficult?

If a military unit commits irregularities in official and private affairs, advocates extravagance, and is slick and fearful of the enemy, it will of course be of great embarrassment. If the military attaché is not greedy for money and afraid of death, he selects simple and sturdy villagers in the countryside under the Heshuo region to practice, and sweeps away the weak and decadent atmosphere of the old army in Hedong, which is enough to build the foundation of an elite force. I would like to ask Commander Qiu rhetorically: The responsibility of our senior officials and generals is to serve the country loyally, don't you even have the courage and confidence to select and train an elite army?"

"This ......" Qiu Yue's expression froze, he didn't expect Xiao Tang to rebel against him. Qiu Yue is now also a confidant general who serves Gao Yu, so he is thinking about taking the opportunity to challenge Xiao Tang, but Xiao Tang in turn accuses him of not wanting to forge ahead, Qiu Yue is not a sharp-tongued person, and he wants to argue with Xiao Tang again, wouldn't it seem that I am incompetent and afraid in front of the official family?

The courtiers who spoke to Xiao Tang to build a new army in Hedong, the civilian officials were not as proficient in military affairs as Xiao Tang, but the military attachés were not as good as him. Zheng Juzhong couldn't help nodding secretly when he saw Xiao Tang's calmness when he fought against his ministers, but he also considered that it was inconvenient for him to come forward and agree with Xiao Tang's proposal to form a new army, whether it was his position in the court or the situation with Cai Jing.

Thinking of this, Zheng Juzhong glanced at one of the officials in the military ranks. On the surface, the official was not inclined to any faction in the DPRK and China, but through private contact, Zheng Juzhong also knew that the person was like-minded with him.

Seeing Zheng Juzhong's signal, the official hesitated slightly, and finally went out to Zhao Ji and said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the minister Luo Jian is responsible for martial arts, and he listens to Xiao Jieshuai's advice, and the minister also thinks that it is feasible to promote officers from other departments to select generals and choose another Hedong Yongjian to train soldiers. In addition, Hedong Road was at a time when floods and droughts were frequent and the people were poor, and there were also chaotic parties fabricating fallacies and gathering evil parties to disrupt Weishengjun, Longdeokfu, Jinju and other places. Relying on the steep mountains and rivers to invade the state and seize the county, the weak old army did not dare to be its front.

As Xiao Jieshuai said, most of the commanders and envoys in the states of Hedong Road are afraid of death and ask for money, and the stupid insects in the army are afraid of crime and hide them, and they deceive the officials, causing the thieves to become bigger. Xiao Jieshuai selected good generals to form a new army in Hedong, which could clear the local bandits, and secondly, when the Western Xia used troops, he could also respond to the Western Army from the side. ”

Hearing the name of Luo Jian, Xiao Tang raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart that this is another old acquaintance in the officialdom in the Water Margin, but compared to Qiu Yue, who is willing to work hard for Gao Yu, this Luo Jian is a tough man who is upright and even dares to face upright.

And Xiao Tang was also a little curious about this Luo Jian's deeds, when Cai Jing was lecturing, he looked up at the corner of the house and ignored it, and completely regarded that generation of power as a fart, even if Cai Jing was annoyed with anger, and later dared to say to Zhao Ji bluntly Tong Guan, Cai You was afraid of crime and concealment, and deceived the officials, and Cai Jing was ashamed and sick, which led to the defeat of the official army when conquering Wang Qingshi.

A mere martial arts scholar dared to scold Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Cai You in front of Zhao Ji.

What made Xiao Tang feel the most strange was that this Luo Jian was later promoted to the rank of Zhao Ji and was rewarded with silver and satin, he offended Cai Jing and other powerful traitors, and he was still able to stand in the court. Whether it is the official history or the Water Margin, Cai Jing, Tong Guan and other figures are not like Gao Yu, they only dare to harm the officials and generals who are controlled by the front division of the palace, but all the courtiers who contradict their political views are mostly demoted and transferred, and the heavy ones are stripped of their official bodies and sent to remote military states. Luo Jian pulled the hatred of the group and offended Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others, so how could this official position be only a martial arts scholar who used military books, bow horses, and martial arts teachings to teach generals, how could he still deal with them calmly after hardening many power traitors?

Presumably, this Luo Jian also has a strong backstage in the court to support him.