Yanfu Palace, in today's Great Song Dynasty, is just a small garden in the imperial city. It's not that the emperors in front of the Great Song Dynasty didn't know how to enjoy.

Instead, the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, which Zhenzong spent countless funds to build, had already been burned down by a fire.

As a result, Zhang Xian, the Empress Dowager Mingsu and the current emperor Zhao Zhen, did not dare or want to waste money anymore.

Although it is said that it is only a small garden, Yanfu Palace is the emperor's backyard after all, covering an area of thousands of acres.

Among them, there are gardens, lakes, cloisters, and pavilions.

It's all small, but it's exquisite.

Today, this exquisite imperial garden has become a military camp.

Thousands of tall and strong soldiers of the forbidden army stood neatly in the entire garden clearing.

Zhao Xin sat in his special small car and passed in front of these people.

"King Qianqiu!"

The soldiers saluted and paid their respects.

Zhao Xin just bowed slightly to them, didn't speak, and let the car pass by.

Zhao Xin, who has already ruled the world, has understood the importance of the king not to talk directly to the people if it is not necessary.

This is because ruling requires the king to remain mysterious in front of the people at large.

Because of fear, awe and worship, it comes from the unknown and mysterious.

If you can't keep it mysterious in front of the people, then the ruler himself is no longer holy!

This is why the ministers are in power, and even the scholars and Taiwanese officials dare to stand up to the king, but the local officials are all trembling and afraid.

For the former knows that kings are human beings and make mistakes and have faults.

Most of the latter do not know, thinking that the king is a god, infallible, without flaws, and perfect.

Moreover, in today's Great Song Dynasty society, all kinds of contradictions have accumulated over time and gradually deepened.

The same is true for the Forbidden Army.

As a result, the resentment and dissatisfaction from top to bottom need a place and a target to vent.

As a ruler, the wisest thing to do, of course, is to make the place and object a specific minister, not a king or a royal family.

The official family must be good.

The bad ones must be ministers and traitors.

Only if the people are made to think of this, the ruler himself will be safe.

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang may not be able to appear in today's Great Song Dynasty society, but what about Yu Rang Jing Ke?

Especially in a place like the military, which is highly hierarchical and stressful.

In particular, it is necessary to avoid any possibility that might draw hatred towards oneself.

The chariot stopped at a corridor at the end of Yanfu Palace, Zhao Xin was carried by Liu Yongnian, and came to a remote attic, through the gap in the leaves, Zhao Xin inspected the two commanded soldiers and horses that had just been formed.

They are all reliable, loyal, and honest soldiers carefully selected according to his requirements and standards.

"Your Highness, do you have a conductor with Deyin?" Liu Yongnian whispered beside him.

Zhao Xin's eyes looked at those soldiers, these carefully selected elites.

He knew very well that these grenadier soldiers who could go through his harsh conditions and recruit must be loyal, honest, and obedient people.

Why?

He is six feet tall and can throw a ten-pound iron ball with one hand for more than 20 steps.

But he does not solicit prostitution or gamble......

There are only three kinds of people in this world who can do such a person.

First: filial piety, and it is a filial son from a family with strict family education and strict rules.

Such a person must listen to his parents at home and be very well-behaved outside.

Second: tracheitis or a man who is extremely family-oriented.

Usually every penny will be carefully calculated, and the concern for the family's wife and children in my heart is the most profound.

Therefore, they can keep their hearts and dare not provoke right and wrong.

The third type of people is the most scarce person - heroes and heroes.

This kind of person doesn't gamble or prostitute, not because he doesn't like it, but simply because he feels that this is a waste of time and energy.

Except for these three kinds of people, Zhao Xin couldn't think of any other reason to make a man who was six feet tall, powerful, young and strong, and armed with a sharp blade not do those things that he could do casually and could do at will!

And of these three types of people, the third type must be very few.

There may not be three or five people out of a thousand people in front of you.

So, they can basically be excluded from consideration.

The vast majority of these thousand people must be filial sons and tracheitis.

And the reason why Zhao Xin specially emphasized this criterion was because he wanted to find such a person at a fixed point.

Such a person will unconditionally obey orders and will unconditionally obey arrangements.

As long as the military salary is paid on time, they can feed the whole family and feed the family.

They will endure all kinds of torture and hardship.

The bottom line that they can accept will be much lower than others.

And this is exactly the army that Zhao Xin wants.

A unit that has undergone training, absolutely obeys commands, obeys orders, and has not much to do with the current interest groups in the Great Song Dynasty, and has super combat effectiveness.

In the future, he can be a sharp knife for Zhao Xin!

It's just that......

There are still too few people.

A thousand people, two conductors only.

"Liu Qing, in the Sanya Forbidden Army, if it is no longer enough to select soldiers, then post a list to recruit strong men from the people!" Zhao Xin didn't ask Liu Yongnian about the recruitment process, and said directly: "For every soldier recruited, give 20 pieces of thorn material, 3 horses of cloth, 10 stones of rice and wheat, and one liter of salt as a settlement fee!" ”

Liu Yongnian said happily: "With this order of His Royal Highness, the minister can recruit all five commanders within half a month!" ”

In the Great Song Dynasty, the recruitment of soldiers would be given to recruit assassins, which is the so-called settling-in allowance, and the standard of general assassination examples is changed according to the situation and the requirements of recruiting soldiers, and there is a lot of freedom.

And the recruitment and settling-in allowance given by Tang Wang, in Liu Yongnian's opinion, is already the highest standard in the past.

It was enough for him to successfully complete the recruitment.

"The issuance of the thorn example, Qing will personally go and watch it!" Zhao Xin instructed: "Be sure to ensure that every copper coin and every grain of rice is sent to the soldiers' families!" ”

"The minister understands!" Liu Yongnian nodded, Zhao Xin would do this if he didn't tell him, because he knew how deep the water of recruiting soldiers was.

"Hmm!" Zhao Xin nodded, asked someone to take a booklet that he had written, handed it to Liu Yongnian, and instructed: "As for the two commanders who have been recruited, Qing will ......train according to the content written by Gu for the time being."

In this booklet, it is Zhao Xin's previous life, the training content and daily drill methods of the grenadiers.

Although it may not be scientific, it is the most suitable method for grenadiers of this era.

In addition to this, the pamphlet also contains the hierarchy of the grenadiers.

At the officer level, Zhao Xin is not easy to change, and still retains the original Great Song military system.

But at the level of soldiers, he carried out reforms.

The non-commissioned officer hierarchy system of later generations was introduced, and the soldiers were divided into upper, middle and lower grades, and the ranks, treatments, and salaries were clarified.

Inferior and brave, the monthly military salary is consistent, and the rice is two and a half stones.

Medium and brave, the military salary was directly increased to two times, the rice was increased to three and a half stones, and twenty catties of flour were given.

Superior and brave, three military salaries, four stones of rice, two of which are fine-colored (polished rice), thirty pounds of flour, five pounds of additional meat, and one pound of oil.

It is also stipulated that low-ranking soldiers, seeing high-ranking soldiers, are required to salute and must obey the orders and commands of higher-ranking soldiers.

High-ranking soldiers even have the power to punish and physically punish low-ranking soldiers.

Soldiers of different ranks, in terms of housing, equipment, and diet, are also completely different, and they can even be called worlds apart!

Liu Yongnian took the pamphlet and immediately bowed: "The minister will strictly follow the orders of His Royal Highness and strictly implement it!" ”

Zhao Xin nodded, noncommittal, and was about to explain the arrangements for the officers with Liu Yongnian again, when Gan Zhaoji suddenly hurriedly came to Zhao Xin's side, bowed down, and said in a low voice: "King, this is the secret white document that the cardinal government just sent......"

As he spoke, he handed a document sealed by beeswax to Zhao Xin.

Zhao Xin took it, tore open the beeswax, and took out the documents in it to take a look.

"The Liao people really can't bear to be lonely!" The text on this is not in any surprise to Zhao Xin.

Like his previous life, the Liao people took action.

The troops of the king of the southern courtyard, Xiao Hui, the king of Qi, appeared outside the Waqiao Pass.

This is clear, I want to blackmail the Great Song Dynasty.

In the previous life, their blackmail was successful, and the Great Song Dynasty was forced to increase the annual coin of 100,000 taels of silver every year.

It's just that......

Now, the Great Song Dynasty has not suffered consecutive defeats in the wars along the border.

Where did this Liao monarch and minister come from to do this kind of blackmail again?

Zhao Xin thought of this, so he looked to the north - he had to consider a possibility: Yuan Hao made a wish to the Liao people to enslave Yan and his knees, and even promised the Liao people some harsh conditions in exchange for the possibility of the Liao State interfering in the Great Song Dynasty.

And this, quite possibly!

Although Yuan Hao is a madman, he is not a fool.

So, Zhao Xin thought about it and asked Gan Zhaoji, "Does Aya know?" ”

"Naturally, I already know that the ministers of the two provinces are now in the Yanhe Palace......"

"Let's go!" Zhao Xin immediately ordered: "Return to Yanhe Palace!" ”