Zhao Ying saw the hope of a strong army in the selection camp, he thought that as long as every army in the Great Song Dynasty could train for six or seven hours a day like the army in the selection camp, with the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty, why not fear the Western Xia, not afraid of the Jinren!

However, he thought that the decision of the imperial court, a new army formed by the old army, to still garrison the old place, was very stupid and did not benefit the army at all.

After Yang Congyi handed over the documents to the county king, he looked at him from time to time, and he also wanted to know how the imperial court would form a new army.

But when he saw the king's face tense and solemn, as if he was disappointed, his heart became uneasy.

Did those powerful ministers sitting high above the temple come up with some unexpected new tricks?

"Deputy Envoy Yang, you are the deputy marshal of the general battalion, you can also take a look."

Zhao Ying handed the paperwork in his hand to Yang Congyi, and then glanced at Zhang Fu, wanting to squeeze out a smile on his face, but in the end he couldn't smile.

Yang Congyi took the paperwork and read it quickly, not sad or happy in his heart.

As expected, it was premeditated to arrange for General Li and General Shao to select the generals' battalion, and it was decided to form a new army with the generals' battalion troops a long time ago!

The surprise was that the four commanders who were requisitioned from the Xuanwei Army were reorganized into another new army, and two additional commanders were added to the establishment of 3,000 people, and they were still required to garrison the Wuzhou General Election Camp.

As for the new army, which was formed from the troops participating in the election, is still stationed in the old place, Yang Congyi has long expected it.

There are 20,000 troops participating in the election, even if they are divided into two, it is not appropriate to garrison them in any place, and it will cost a lot of money to rebuild the camp first, not to mention how much disturbance the garrison of 10,000 people will cause to the local states and counties, since the imperial court abolished the old army in order to save military spending, then it will not invest more military funds for the new army, and the old places of each army have large barracks and ready-made school fields, so why waste the imperial court's money?

"I wonder what the king of the county thinks about the three new armies formed by the decision of the imperial court?"

Zhang Fu saw that Zhao Ying didn't feel very comfortable on his face, so he asked.

Zhao Ying sorted out his thoughts and replied: "Xiao Wang thinks that the arrangement of the imperial court is very reasonable, and the selection of generals and battalions has a total of forty-five soldiers to command, and now a new army is formed, and each army is controlled within 10,000 people, which is very appropriate." With more than 40 troops participating in the selection of generals, two new armies were formed, and each commander was stationed in the old place, which was very convenient for life and training, and the imperial court could also save two expenses for the construction of new military camps, reducing the burden on the imperial court and the people. The formation of the third new army with the four commanding forces recruited by the selected general battalion was unexpected by Xiao Wang, and the imperial court should have other arrangements, Xiao Wang couldn't figure it out, and asked Lord Zhang to solve his doubts. ”

Zhang Fu said with a smile: "What the king of the county wants coincides with the imperial court, now the treasury is not abundant, there are floods every year, there are disasters everywhere, there are too many places that need money, and the money in the treasury can save a penny." ”

After a pause, he continued: "As for the formation of a new army with the four commanded forces of the Xuanwei Army requisitioned, the imperial court does have important arrangements, and the king of the county also knows that the general battalion formed with the Xuanwei Army as the team has performed well in the past six months, usually trains hard, has strict military discipline, accepts the challenge of dozens of troops, and rarely loses. Therefore, the imperial court will select the troops temporarily recruited by the general battalion to form a new army, and build a standing army under the direct management of the former division of the palace, which will be stationed in the Wuzhou general camp all the year round, so as to accept the challenge of the garrisons all over the country at any time and test the strength of each army. ”

Zhao Ying suddenly realized: "It turns out that the formation of a new army has such a deep meaning, Master Zhang thinks long-term, Xiao Wang admires!" ”

Zhang Fu waved his hand lightly and smiled: "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, this is not my idea, this is the front of the palace Yang Guogong to make it happen, and the emperor has no intention of objecting." Besides, it is a pity that the imperial court spent so much money in Wuzhou and put so much effort into building the general selection camp, and it took less than a year to abandon it. Moreover, Wuzhou and Quzhou are the richer state capitals among the nearby states, and there are rivers leading directly to the Qiantang River between the two states, so the geographical location is very important, and a strong army is also needed to defend here. After considering many reasons, the imperial court decided to form a new army with the elite troops of the four commanders recruited by the selected general battalion, and the establishment of two more commanders was stationed in Wuzhou and Quzhou, and when necessary, it could also raise grain and grass for the selected general battalion. ”

Zhao Ying raised his hand and said: "It is still the emperor and the humerus of the court who are long-term and thoughtful, and Xiao Wang is ashamed." ”

Zhang Fu said: "Since the election of generals has ended, let's hurry up and form a new army, Lin'an affairs are busy, I have to rush back immediately." ”

"Good. Deputy Envoy Yang, you should understand the matter of selecting generals as soon as possible, straighten out the camp for selecting generals, and form a new army within one day. ”

Zhao Jin, as the coach, gave orders to Yang Congyi in person.

"Yes. The last will obey! ”

Yang Congyi presented the paperwork, returned it to the county king, and immediately left the chamber.

"This Yang Congyi is Yang Guogong's main recommendation for the temporary leader of the new army, according to my observation, when it is a talent that can be created, the Great Song Dynasty lacks such a talent with both civil and military skills. As long as it is not too public, it will become a big tool in the future. ”

After Yang Congyi left, Zhang Fu said to the king of the county.

"What does Master Zhang mean? How can it be said that Deputy Envoy Yang is a talented person with both civil and military skills? ”

Zhao Ying was slightly surprised, Yang Congyi was about the same age as him, and he had been getting along for some time, why didn't he see that he was a talented man with both civil and military skills.

Zhang Fu said with a smile: "The Xuanwei army escorted the ocean-going fleet several battles, opened the sea route from Nanyang to the West, escorted the fleet to return to the Great Song Dynasty safely with huge wealth, and then almost repelled Li Yue's hundreds of thousands of troops in Guangnan, and fought Liangshan City, killing Li Yue's enemy commander Yu under the city, seriously injuring Li Yue's deputy marshal, forcing them to withdraw in a hurry, and made outstanding achievements. The actual commander of the Xuanwei Army in Guangnan was Yang Congyi, who served as the supervisor of the army at that time, and the Xuanwei Army was more than ten zhang in Guangnan, almost all of which were personally commanded by him, and now he is also in the selection of generals and camps. He should be called a skilled man, right? ”

Zhao Ying nodded and said, "I see, Xiao Wang didn't hear him talk about Guangnan in detail." In this way, there is indeed martial arts. ”

Zhang Fu said: "If you just have these martial arts, it is not commendable, and now which general of the Great Song Dynasty has already experienced a hundred battles at his age and commanded tens of thousands of troops." ”

"Oh, what else did he do in particular?"

Zhao Ying thought about it, Yang Congyi had not really commanded the army independently at this time, so naturally he could not compare with the achievements of the generals when they were young.

"I wonder if the king of the county has heard of a widely circulated debate article in Lin'an recently?"

"Xiao Wang often studied in the mansion and studied the classics, but he had not heard of it. What kind of article exactly? ”

""On the Return of the Ocean to the Rich Country"!"

Zhao Ying was startled, his eyes couldn't help but light up, not long ago, Yang Congyi talked to him about the return of the ocean, did he still have time to write articles in the general selection camp? He, a martial arts general, can still write articles?

"Ocean return? Something to do with Deputy Envoy Yang? ”

Zhang Fu nodded and said, "Exactly." This "Treatise on the Returning to the Rich Country of the Ocean" did not appear in the past two years, it had already appeared in the early years, but it suddenly spread among Lin'an Shizi and Shangjia not long ago. After careful investigation, people with good things in the court found that this argumentative article came from the Taixue debate, or five years ago, and one of the parties to the debate had just been admitted to the Jinshi exam last year, and the other person found that he was in the front division of the palace after several searches, and it was Yang Congyi, the secretary of the military case and the deputy envoy of the general selection department. ”

A year before the start of each subject, Taixue students will conduct open-air debates in Taixue, debating major events in the world, policies for governing the country and the country, a topic, two people to debate, or even three or four people to debate, until the other party admits defeat or the time limit expires. Deputy Yang was able to argue with Jinshi Jinshi, not to mention that he could learn, at least his courage was commendable. I wonder what the outcome of this debate will be? ”

Zhao Ying is suspected of knowingly asking, but he hasn't read this argument, so it's hard to draw conclusions.

Zhang Fu said with a smile: "This is a debate on how to enrich the treasury, one side wants to clear the acres of land in the world, increase the income of the treasury, and achieve the purpose of enriching the treasury." One side questioned whether the Qing Dynasty could implement the Tianmu in the world, and at the same time proposed a new way to enrich the treasury, that is, the imperial court organized the ocean-going return to trade, through the exchange of goods with the South and Western countries, and exchanged what is available, and earned the price difference, so as to achieve the purpose of enriching the treasury. The four of them debated fiercely for half an hour, and finally won the ocean return. Yang Congyi and another student surnamed Tang, who is also a martial arts student, are better than Taixue students Qin Miao and Shen Jin, and now Qin Miao has been selected as a jinshi, and another student, Shen Jin, is in the selection camp. ”

"I see, Deputy Envoy Yang and Shen Senjun have known each other as early as the time of Taixue's debate. Have you read that argument, what do you think? ”

Zhao Ying sighed with emotion, and then asked.

Zhang Fu said: "Debates are all played on the spot, you come and go, compete with each other, and adapt to changes, in fact, there is not much time to think. The two of them joined forces to supervise the construction of the Huiyi fleet in the following year, which lasted two years to bring back a lot of gold and silver treasures to the Great Song Dynasty, and the royal treasury and treasury were indeed rich a lot, and they proved that their views were right. As for the style and rhetoric, I don't know if it has been subsequently modified, although it is gorgeous, but it is a little piled up, but the breadth of the knowledge shown in the text is still breathtaking, and it makes people feel that his footsteps and eyes have crossed thousands of miles in the Western Regions, reaching the far reaches of the South Seas and the West without an end. Under careful study, people can't help but be very interested in his origin, but they can't find too much, and there are records that can be checked from the Taihu Lake injustice case in Shaoxing in the fifteenth year, and there are almost no records in Huangmei County, where he is from. ”

Seeing that Zhao Ying looked at him a little strangely, Zhang Fu immediately said: "Before Yang Guogong decided to appoint Yang Congyi to build the general selection camp, he sent someone to investigate his origin, after all, the duties of the general selection camp are extraordinary, and there is no room for sloppiness. ”

"I see."

Zhao Ying nodded slightly.