Chapter 111: The Law of the Ancestors

Sun Yue has already said what he wants to say, and the rest depends on whether Zhao Kuangyin adopts it, and he is really a little weak-hearted, because what he said is his own opinion after all, he has never been a prime minister, and he is not even a person in feudal society, and what he said is all on paper, and he really doesn't know what he said.

What's more, this kind of thing is really not something that he can mix with a sesame mung bean function, if it weren't for his young age and the natural advantage of childlike words, it is estimated that he would not dare to open his mouth, just like this, after saying it, he was still afraid for a while.

After a long time, Zhao Kuangyin seemed to ask Zhao Pudao: "How feasible is what this kid said?" How difficult is it to actually implement? ”

Zhao Pu thought for a while and said: "It's not all vain, of course it is difficult to implement, for example, the political commissar he said, if it really wants to be popularized to the battalion level, the forbidden army alone is more than a thousand low-level civilian officials, this is still under the premise of not expanding the army, as for the problem of the combination of arms and industry, then this practical operation is even more difficult, and the economy can not go backwards, once those factories are out of work, if you can't come up with a safe way, it is easier to cause a mutiny, and the burden of the court is indeed too heavy, and the specific ones have not been calculated, The hidden costs are too great. ”

Sun Yue hurriedly said: "But Master, these can be flexible, first of all, the political commissar, the political commissar does not necessarily have to be admitted to the Jinshi, the Ming Jing, and even Tongju can be served, it is enough to give an eight-grade or even nine-grade sesame official, and you can also arrange extra points for military families or the children of martyrs to be exempted from the exam, as for economic issues, I believe that with the stability of the world and the increase of population, the economic situation of the world in the future will definitely be much better than now." ”

Zhao Pudao: "Yes, these problems are not unsolvable, but they are more troublesome, but this is not the point, the point is that this set of reforms involves too many things, from the political hall to the Privy Council, and even the six ministries and nine secretaries are involved, locally, from the Jiedu envoy to the prefect commander below and even the county commander below, can not escape, in order to do this, it can be said that it is difficult to reach the sky with the existing structure, and it is necessary to set up a special authority above the six ministries, and the yamen under the two governments to deal with this matter, Adding such a high-level department to Pingbai is tantamount to adding a prime minister, and the political structure of the entire imperial court has to be adjusted, and it is too difficult to do it. ”

Zhao Kuangyin nodded when he heard this, they thought about much more things at this level than Sun Yue, and Sun Yue poured it down like a basin of cold water when he heard this.

This time Sun Yue shut up, he really didn't understand many things in the political structure, and the things involved were far from being as simple as they appeared.

Zhao Pu smiled and said: "However, if this set can really be done, established as the ancestral family law, then the Great Song Dynasty's rivers and mountains may really be difficult for eternity, with this 100,000 forbidden army, you can be invincible in the world, whether such a big action is worth it or not, it is up to the official family to decide, but one thing is certain, if it is decided today, the political structure has not yet stabilized, and the prestige of the official family is unparalleled, if you want to make such a big adjustment of the action, only the official family you can do, if you have not finished this matter, then the descendants of the future generations, I don't even need to mention it. ”

Zhao Kuangyin laughed and said, "You mean to say that what he said is not that it can't be done, but that it is difficult to do, right?" ”

"Yes."

"It is not easy to end the troubled times and establish a dynasty that has not been easy for a hundred years, let alone take into account the current hundred years and the next hundred years, isn't it just to adjust the political structure? What's the big deal, I'll leave this matter to you, I think this matter can be prepared first, and a relatively complete plan can be made first, if this matter is completed in the future, this new yamen will be handed over to you to manage, I give you ten years, maybe it can be done? ”

Zhao Kuangyin suddenly changed his name to me instead of calling me, which naturally means that he has taken this matter extremely seriously, extremely serious, after all, he is not the emperor who has no courage, this country is beaten by his fist and kick with a dragon stick, what reason does he have not to be confident?

Zhao Pu bowed and said: "Minister, you must do your best to open peace for all generations." ”

"Okay, then let's set up a military commission department under the Privy Council first, Sun Yue, do you have anything else to add?"

Sun Yue thought about it, and knelt down and said: "The official family, the ministers are brave, please ask the official family to establish the law of the ancestors." ”

Zhao Kuangyin didn't treat him as a child at all, and asked, "What is the method of the ancestors, let's listen to it." ”

"The minister thinks that with this forbidden army, 100,000 is enough to pacify the world, and no matter how much the court can't afford it, in the future, the world will be prosperous, and the economy of the court will naturally become better, maybe it can afford 200,000 and 300,000, but the minister doesn't think there is any point in this, the first ancestral law invited by the minister is to strictly limit the number of forbidden troops, and the forbidden army in Beijing must not exceed 200,000 at any time, and the official family thinks this number is enough?"

The military history of the Song Dynasty is interesting, the combat effectiveness of his troops has always been inversely proportional to the number of people, Zhao Kuangyin only had 120,000 soldiers, but it was invincible in the real sense, Taizong expanded to 350,000 during the period, and it was already impossible to beat the Khitan, and the historical records in the Yuanfeng period were 610,000, and there was no clear record in the Huizong period, but the so-called 800,000 forbidden army leaders in the Water Margin were not necessarily open-mouthed.

Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said: "That's enough, if the 100,000 forbidden army is counted as the border army and the box army, there are more than 200,000 available soldiers, and those retired veterans who work can also draw another 100,000 at any time, which is enough to deal with all the wars, are you afraid that future generations will blindly expand the army, so that the imperial court can't afford it, so you have to reduce the treatment of the forbidden army, reduce the logistical pressure, hurt the hearts of the soldiers, and affect the combat effectiveness. ”

"The minister asks the second ancestor law, whether it is the commander of the gate or the son of the first soldier, no one is allowed to humiliate the soldiers, even if it is the guards standing guard at the city gate, it is also sacrosanct, and if the son of the prime minister is insulted, he will be beheaded!"

Zhao Kuangyin was puzzled: "Why is this?" ”

"The court has decided to pay attention to literature and light on military force, but the minister thinks that it is enough to light those generals, but the soldiers are the root of the Song Dynasty, and the minister is afraid that one day in the future, the heroes who kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions are not as good as a scholar who is famous in Donghuamen, if there is such a day, the Great Song Dynasty is not far from the extinction of the country, since the treatment of the forbidden army is so good, the minister thinks that the people of the world can be proud of the country's conquest."

"A hero who kills the enemy and makes meritorious contributions is not as good as a scholar who is famous in Donghuamen? Are you joking with me? I know what you're worried about, but you're probably exaggerating and scary. ”

Sun Yue smiled bitterly.

"Well, I'm right, is there anything else?"

"Uh...... Nope. ”

"Well, what I said today, when I go back, write it into an excerpt, and hand it in."

"Yes."