Vertical arch hall, monarchs and ministers deliberate.

Prime Minister Qin Hui and Governor Yu Yaobi read the charter in their hands and handed it over to the chamberlain to put it away.

"Qin Aiqing, Yu Aiqing, what do you think of this charter?" Zhao Gou's face was kind.

Qin Hui was silent.

Yu Yaobi saw that Qin Hui didn't mean to speak first, thought for a while, and said: "The minister thinks that it is very good to select generals and colonels to supplement the forbidden army, but to hold a grand exercise, alarm thirty or forty forbidden troops, and mobilize nearly 20,000 elites, is it a little too complicated?" With so many army movements, the marching route of each forbidden army had to be formulated in advance, and the supplies along the road were too scattered, which was also a big problem. The minister thought it was too complicated and too grand, so he formulated a standard for the selection and allocation of generals, and then each army reported the list, and the palace department could review it, and it could be completed within a month. ”

Zhao said: "Yu Aiqing completely disagrees with this charter? ”

Yu Yaobi replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the matter of selecting and appointing generals and schools is too complicated for this charter, which costs the people and money, and is time-consuming and laborious, so there is no need to make a big splash and make a big move." ”

Zhao Gou didn't explain, and instead asked Qin Hui: "What does Qin Aiqing think?" ”

Named again, Qin Hui slowly replied: "The minister thinks that this charter has the intention of considering the Great Song Dynasty, although the process is complicated and takes a long time, but the cost of the entire exercise can be strictly controlled, and it will not cause too much burden to the imperial court, and the idea is very good." But so many armies gathered in the same place, and the people who commanded the army were all low-level generals, young and vigorous, and they did not subordinate each other, and once there was a fight, I was afraid that it would cause immeasurable disasters. In addition, there is another point that the minister thinks is inappropriate, that is, to summon the low-level generals who have been selected. In this year's imperial examination, the emperor only summoned the top three first, and the low-level generals selected this time, the ministers thought that it was enough for the emperor to see the first place to show his attention, and there was no need to see so many people with great fanfare. ”

Zhao Gou asked: "Does Qin Aiqing know how many forbidden troops and how many garrisons there are in the Great Song Dynasty now?" ”

Qin Hui replied: "The minister doesn't know, and the minister rarely asks about military affairs. ”

Zhao Gou turned to ask Yu Yaobi: "Does Yu Aiqing know?" ”

Yu Yaobi thought for a while and replied: "The forbidden army, including the palace front division, the infantry army division, and the horse army division, has a total of fifty-three branches, more than 300,000 people. There were 86 troops and more than 600,000 people. ”

Zhao Gou looked at Yu Yaobi, but asked, "Ten years ago, there were so many people, and now there are so many people?" ”

Yu Yaobi's face stiffened slightly, and he immediately replied: "The minister thinks that the gap is not big, the court has hardly fought in the past ten years, and the army should have no losses." ”

Zhao Gou looked displeased and said, "Is there a gap, you should go out and take a look, see clearly." ”

When Yu Yaobi heard this, he was extremely frightened, and he was about to get up and kneel down to plead guilty, but was stopped by Zhao Gou: "Sit well." ”

Qin Hui was like a wood carving, ignoring everything that was happening in front of him, his face did not change at all, his eyes did not move, he sat there motionless, as if he had nothing to do with himself.

"Qin Aiqing is worried that the armies will gather and not subordinate each other, and they will be afraid of disaster, which is also what I am worried about, and I asked you to come to ask you to recommend a suitable candidate to be the commander and coordinate the selection of the generals. Do you have any recommendations? The expression on Zhao Gou's face gradually softened.

Yu Yaobi didn't dare to say more, and sat upright and was silent.

Qin Hui said: "The minister has not asked about the military for a long time, if he wants to recommend the commander, the minister thinks that it is most suitable for the commander of the palace to take on this position, but Yang Guogong wants to be stationed in Lin'an and cannot leave, but the other ministers can't think of it." ”

"Could it be that now in the entire army of the Great Song Dynasty, there is not even a general who can command 20,000 people?" Zhao Gou asked again, and his eyes swept over Yu Yaobi.

Yu Yaobi was shocked, and immediately replied: "The minister thinks that the Ezhou capital has profound qualifications and outstanding military achievements, and can serve as the commander of this time. ”

Zhao Gou said: "Ezhou garrison hundreds of thousands of elites, transfer the field division, who is in command of the Ezhou garrison?" ”

Yu Yaobi immediately said: "Tian Shizhong can't leave, Zhao Mi, the deputy commander of the infantry army division, was born in the clan, has deep qualifications, and has outstanding military achievements, so he can take the position of commander." ”

Zhao Gou said: "The affairs of the Infantry Military Division are busy, and it will take three or five months for this selection, how can Zhao Mi leave." ”

After recommending two candidates in a row, they were rejected, and Yu Yaobi was anxious, sweating on his forehead.

Qin Hui also couldn't figure out who Zhao Gou wanted to be the commander, judging from the direct veto of the two candidates just now, he may already have a candidate for commander in his heart, but he couldn't figure it out, and it was not easy to speak at will.

Seeing that neither of them spoke, Zhao Gou suddenly said: "Can the two kings of Pu'an and Enping have a reputation among the people of Lin'an? ”

As soon as Qin Hui heard this, he immediately understood and immediately replied: "The king of Pu'an County and the king of Enping County have a very good reputation among the scholars, and I heard that among the students of Taixue, there are deeds of the two kings who study hard, and all the students regard the two kings as models. ”

Zhao Gou nodded and said, "It's so good, how about letting them go out to Lin'an to see?" ”

Speaking of the two princes, Yu Yaobi didn't dare to say anything more, for fear of saying something that was not in line with the emperor's wishes.

When Qin Hui heard this, he didn't respond immediately, and only said after a while: "The minister thinks it's inappropriate, the two princes have noble status, and they can't be allowed to leave Lin'an easily." ”

Hearing this reply, Zhao Gou did not speak.

When Qin Hui saw this, he immediately said: "If the emperor really wants the two princes to leave Lin'an for training, the minister thinks that the two princes can't leave at the same time, and the two kings of Pu'an and Enping can go out one." The selection of low-level generals and colonels requires a commander, and the minister thinks that the king of Pu'an is a little older, which is more suitable, and he can go to the front of the palace to practice, and the king of Enping is still appropriate to stay in Lin'an temporarily. ”

Zhao said: "What Qin Aiqing said is reasonable. ”

As soon as he heard this, Yu Yaobi immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate. Most of the people in the army are stubborn and rude, and the prince's status is noble, how can they be allowed to go to the army? When you study the books of sages and sages, you should assist the emperor in governing the world. ”

Zhao Gou asked rhetorically: "The way of civil and military affairs cannot be abandoned, and the prince's noble status cannot enter and leave the army?" When the world was in turmoil, wasn't I still the generalissimo of the world? ”

Qin Hui immediately responded: "The emperor is wise, the all-round talent of civil and military affairs is a generation of holy masters, the emperor in the Great Song Dynasty when the crisis is in danger, holding the world's soldiers and horses to rebuild the court, clean up the mountains and rivers, it is a generation of holy lords heroic!" ”

Yu Yaobi saw that the emperor moved out of his experience as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses to talk about things, so he simply shut up, afraid that if he said two more words, he would be driven out of Lin'an tomorrow.

Zhao Gou said: "The commander of the selected generals will be the king of Pu'an, and he will coordinate it, so there is no need to discuss it." What other objections are there to this charter? ”

Qin Hui immediately replied: "Fang Caichen said, there is no need to be too high for the low-level generals selected this time, and it is not too grand to summon them, it is best not to summon them, otherwise I am afraid that it will cause a shock in the DPRK and China, and it will make the northern Jin country more distracted." If you really want to summon the first name, you must not summon the general and cause chaos in the world, otherwise you would rather not summon it. ”

Zhao Gou thought for a while, nodded and said, "What Qin Aiqing said is reasonable. But let the prince be the commander-in-chief, and select people not to summon, for fear that they will lose the morale of the army, and not to say that they are all summoned, and Qin Aiqing should not say that he only sees the first name, since he attaches equal importance to civil and military affairs, then it is the same as the imperial examination, select people and summon the top three. ”

Qin Hui wanted to refute, but listening to the emperor's resolute tone, there seemed to be no room for return, so he immediately agreed: "The emperor is wise!" ”

"Do you have any objections to this?" Zhao Gou picked up the charter, opened it and looked at it symbolically.

Qin Hui stopped talking, he could see that the emperor said that he was looking for them to discuss matters today, but in fact, he had a plan in his heart, just to tell them the answer and let them express their support.

Yu Yaobi didn't agree with such a complicated charter, but when it came to this, the prince was the commander, and even the summoning of a few people after the selection had been agreed, what else could he say?

However, he did have something to say, and only listened to him: "Your Majesty, you have to gather thirty or forty forbidden armies from all over the country, the marching routes are really complicated, and there are still crossings between them, and the people who command the troops of each army are all low-level officers with shallow experience in leading troops, and when marching, I am afraid that it will not be smooth, not to mention that there is also the problem of grain and grass supply along the way, and it is also necessary to co-ordinate, whether to choose another person to coordinate the march and logistics supply?" ”

Qin Hui said: "I don't think it's necessary, the king of Pu'an County is smart and promising, and the emperor let the prince be the commander, that is, to coordinate the whole army, so that the prince can have more experience, how can he entrust someone else and make it difficult for the prince?" ”

When these words came out, Yu Yaobi regretted it very much, and immediately shut up, even if he was worried, he no longer opened his mouth to refute.

Zhao Gou said: "Since there are no other objections, this matter is so decided, and the king of Pu'an County will appoint the commander and the palace will cooperate." With that, he put down the charter.

"Your Majesty, the matter of prohibiting the military from doing business discussed a few days ago will be sent to all parts of the country immediately, and the specific supervision of each state and government will be carried out?" Qin Hui suddenly brought up a new topic.

Zhao Gou replied: "This matter has been discussed, all armies, whether they are forbidden armies or cantonment garrisons, strictly prohibit any army from doing business, and the yamen of the state capital where the armies are located will supervise and clean up, and clean up the army's business materials. ”

Qin Hui exclaimed: "The emperor is wise. The minister immediately explained, conveyed to all armies within a month, and cleaned up within three months. ”

Zhao Gou nodded, then remembered something, glanced at Yu Yaobi, and said: "Taking the opportunity of cleaning up the business in the army, should the Privy Council find out how many garrisons there are in Jianghuai, Ezhou, and Jingxiang?" ”

Yu Yaobi hurriedly said: "Yes, the minister will do it immediately, and he will do it himself." ”

Zhao Gou said: "There's no need to go in person, send someone down to see how many garrisons there are, and how many people can protect the territory of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Yu Yaobi said: "Yes, the minister must send a competent person down to see and find out, so as to give the emperor an explanation." ”

"Okay, let's talk here today, let's go back."

Zhao Gou got up and walked towards the apse.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Qin Hui and Yu Yaobi got up and saluted each other.