The Zide Hall seemed to be empty, and the entire palace was empty. In fact, after Guo Shao allowed some of the concubines and palace maids of the former dynasty to leave the palace, not many people left, and there were still tens of thousands of people in the palace, which was a very densely populated place.

Guo Shao came to the Zide Hall and had dinner with the second sister Fu, during which he was a little distracted.

In the past few years, the world was chaotic and wars were continuous, but in fact, Guo Shao did not spend much time with Marigold. But somehow, knowing that she was there, not far from herself, her heart was steady. And now, he always feels that the entire palace is short of something, and that something is wrong.

The second sister said softly: "I'll go to see Hong'er and come to accompany my husband at night." ”

Guo Shao smiled and said, "Go ahead." But you can't spoil him too much, the child should have his independent days when he grows up. ”

The second sister's eyes turned upward, as if she didn't understand what Guo Shao meant, smiled a little, and whispered: "I'll give you a little princess in the evening, and I'll be satisfied with a son and a daughter." ”

After that, he gave Guo Shao a teasing look. Guo Shao also laughed "hehe".

He is very satisfied with Second Sister Fu, no matter in his past life or present life, if he is accompanied by a gentle "Bai Fumei", it will probably be a great blessing in life. But Marigold ...... to him It can't be measured in terms of conditions anyway.

…… Guo Shao sat down in front of a desk, took out a stack of files from his arms, and re-examined the upcoming military system reform. This is a plan designed by him and several Privy Council Ministers and Cabinet Assistants, and it will be taken to the Council Hall early tomorrow morning to discuss with the generals.

The most important thing after the founding of the country, so Guo Shao has been thinking about it all day long, and he has thought about it countless times.

There is only one goal in this matter: to give knighthood and a generous salary, and to buy military power. I hope to reach an agreement with the generals.

Because the treasury did not have so much land and money, it was impossible to reward and "buy" the forbidden army at one time, so Guo Shaojunchen's plan was: to spread the benefits equally to the future court expenditures.

First of all, all the military generals above the middle level of the forbidden army were given knighthoods, such as duke, marquis, and uncle, collectively referred to as the nobles of the Great Xu Dynasty.

The newly founded nobles had substantial benefits from the treasury. (The title of the previous title is only a name, and the substantive benefits of Yulu are better than nothing.) ）

The biggest benefit is the six national princes: Li Chuyun, Shi Yanchao, Yang Biao, Han Tong, Gao Huaide, and Luo Yanhuan. They are the founding duke, the town of the country, the auxiliary state, the Yasukuni duke, the Fengguo duke, and the protector of the country.

These six dukes, the title is hereditary, as long as it exists one day, their descendants can always inherit the title, and the son with the greatest military merit inherits the title. The saying on the table is that "the founding heroes share the world with the royal family".

Grant the gold medal and holy decree to avoid death, in addition to the rebellion, no matter how big the crime is, the prince will not die, and the title will not be canceled, at most it will only be passed on to the heirs.

It is also very rich, and each family is roughly equivalent to the income of two taxes in one state.

The marquis at the beginning of this dynasty, collectively referred to as the "founding marquis", are mainly the commanders of the Xiangdu and the commanders of the army. Hereditary three generations, after three generations, if the family has greater military merits to the country, it will be passed on to three generations.

There is also a rich lucrative.

The military generals of the military capital Yuhou, the inner hall, the outer hall, and the classes, as well as some commanders with military merits, are named earls and can be passed on to their sons.

…… But the title is not given in vain, and the imperial court will take back all military power and carry out military reform. The military power of these military generals above the intermediate level will be fully recovered.

The front division of the palace and the guard Ma Bu Si Yamen were disbanded; The Governor's Office of the Five Armies was changed to the Metropolitan Government, and the "Five Armies" established in it, such as the Troop Mobilization Army, the Commander Army, the Money and Grain Army, the Armor Army, and the Propaganda Army, were disbanded.

The original township army was renamed the "Patriotic Army". In the future, the Central Army will include the Forbidden Army and the Patriotic Army, and will control the vast majority of the country's armed forces.

The main armed forces of the state have completely changed from the situation controlled by the Privy Council and the two major divisions to the separation of powers among the four yamen, namely the Privy Council, the Military Department, the Metropolitan Government, and the Ordnance Superintendent.

The Privy Council has the power to transfer troops, the military department is in charge of military salaries, money and food, the metropolitan government is in charge of the army, and the ordnance superintendent is in charge of the storage and control of armor, weapons, firearms, and war horses.

…… In this way, when there is no war, in fact, the largest unit of the army is 500 men in command, and the commander of the army cannot mobilize the army, pay the army, or master the weapons.

The commanders and generals at the army level no longer have real power, and are led by the "military department," which is mainly composed of civilian officials from various departments.

The establishment at the box level no longer exists.

In the event of war, the power of the chief general is also controlled and supervised by multiple yamen, and a "former battalion military government" will be temporarily formed to establish a military power system. The system of heralds and official orders will become the most important place for the army of this dynasty.

In the next step, the imperial court will also carry out similar changes to the border army, in addition to the decision-making power of the chief general, four divisions directly under the imperial court will replace the military power of the chief general.

…… Guo Shao tested the attitude of the generals in the early stage, and there seemed to be no dissatisfaction. Because in addition to military power, under the new military system, the benefits they get are far greater than before; The previous generals only had a small amount of money, or waited for the emperor's reward, with few actual benefits and no long-term commitments.

In addition to obtaining actual benefits and status, the role of military power is to rebel! If he doesn't want benefits, but asks the emperor for military power, what does he want to do?

Once this military system is implemented, it will inevitably lead to a situation in which "soldiers do not know the generals and the generals do not know the soldiers," which will lead to a decline in the combat effectiveness of the army. However, because of the subdivision of military power, it involves a wide range of troops to mobilize troops to fight, and it is almost impossible to suddenly rebel, so it ensures that the imperial power is not attacked by internal force and increases security.

All the ministers believed that after the key territory of Youyun was recovered, the great war of the whole country might not be big. The pros and cons cannot be taken into account, and in this current situation, it is more appropriate to adopt a strategy of consolidating political power.

And there are two reasons that can make Guo Shao make up his mind: first, after years of war, even if the current generals and soldiers of the forbidden army are temporarily allowed to lead the troops, they can also gain the trust of the soldiers, because the emperor and generals are very famous in the martial arts. At least in this group of people, the change in the military system will not have much impact on combat effectiveness.

Second, with the advent of firearms, organizational forms and tactics will gradually change.

…… Guo Shao spent the night with a heavy heart.

Early the next morning, in the West Palace, according to the habit of the past few years, more than 20 of the most powerful civil and military ministers of the imperial court came to gather and talk about the recent situation, and they broke up if they had nothing to do.

Simple etiquette, the courtiers skillfully found their accustomed chairs.

At this time, Wei Renpu walked out, and he brought a sword! It was very strange that the Son of Heaven had a sword in front of him, but he was a civil official, and no one in the group said anything, just watching what Wei Renpu was going to do.

Wei Renpu took the sword and waved it in front of everyone.

At this time, Shi Yanchao couldn't help it: "What are you comparing to?" Don't look at somewhere, the brain is broken? ”

"Ouch!" Wei Renpu suddenly pretended to hold his fingers, and frowned, "This sword is unsheathed, and I accidentally cut myself!" ”

As he spoke, his gaze swept over the faces of Li Chuyun and the others, and Li Chuyun was silent.

Shi Yanchao said: "You can't finish loading the sub-sheath?" ”

Wei Renpu glanced at Shi Yanchao: "General Shi is right. Let's not use this sword for the time being, if it is so open, it is easy to cut yourself, and you may encounter something that makes the blade rusty, curl, or even break, which is not the best way. At this time, instead of throwing away the sword, it is not sure when it will be used, but the best way is to take a pair of exquisite and valuable scabbards and put them on, and then wipe the oil in peace. What do you think? ”

Most of the ministers knew what Wei Renpu meant, and the generals nodded thoughtfully.

Then Wei Renpu put the sword into the scabbard, put it back on a table, clasped his fists and saluted Guo Shao first, and then "made a speech" and told him and Wang Pu's proposition in public.

Guo Shao and the generals listened silently, and Guo Shao turned his head to look to the right, "You are all brothers who fought side by side with me, what do you think of Deputy Envoy Wei's proposition?" ”

Li Chuyun said: "The minister seconded the proposal, and the statement of Deputy Wei Envoy 'treasure sheath and sword storage' is very reasonable......"

As soon as the words fell, Shi Yanchao said excitedly: "Do the officials still need to ask?" Now, the Guo family has been the emperor for generations, and we have been the princes of the country for generations! Where to find such good things? It is not in vain that the brothers are willing to give their lives to the official family, and the official family is gracious, and the last general will be grateful! ”

Immediately, the generals agreed, and they were all very happy.

The smooth scene was a bit unexpected by Guo Shao, especially the six princes, whose faces were red with excitement, and they didn't look like they were pretending at all...... At this time, Guo Shaocai came back to his senses, his reward was indeed very generous, he wanted to be famous, he wanted to be a noble prince, and he wanted to be profitable, and indeed the generals had no reason to be unwilling; Guo Shao's worries were really redundant before.

The generals present, under the general trend at this time, I am afraid that there are really not many thoughts of wanting to be emperors. There are things that you can't see when you jump up, so you don't think about it.

With such a thought, being a hereditary nobleman is more stable than holding military power in his hands! Because there is military power in hand, there is still danger, why not sit back and enjoy everything now?

This is simply a "spoils sharing party" that everyone is happy about. The faces of the generals were all smiling, Guo Shao observed carefully, and found that Li Chuyun seemed to be relieved, and he looked very comfortable.

Shi Yanchao looked at Wang Pu and said, "I didn't expect you to speak for our martial arts." ”

It was obviously Wei Renpu who made a statement, but he said this to Wang Pu, probably because Wei Renpu proposed that it was the two of them who advocated it.

Wang Pu smiled and said: "You are also great heroes, you are officials in the same dynasty, the old man has no grievances and no enemies with you, how can it be unfair...... The old man was also a little annoyed, he knew that this was the case, he joined the army at the beginning, how could he not be rich and noble in the next generation? ”

The crowd burst into laughter...... However, civil officials still have power, so naturally they do not need to be "redeemed".

Yang Biao said: "The official family hasn't agreed yet, are you too happy too early?" ”

However, everyone can almost guess that such a major event must have been planned by Guo Shao himself, and they all looked sideways.

Guo Shao opened his mouth and said: "Vice Wei makes this 'treasure sheath and sword' become a good story for the ages. ”

When the generals heard this, they all stood up and bowed down to thanksgiving, and shouted long live. Shi Yanchao said: "The official family treats the ministers very kindly, which is like the Han Gaozu in the drama, if he wins the world, he will kill the old brothers one by one!" ”

The hall suddenly froze, and everyone looked at each other.