Jiang Nuhao said! "How old are you. You are playful monkeys, and when you are so old, you are even more naughty than you! ”

"Really?" Song Zhezong said: "Then what do you like to play the most?" Is it a cricket? ”

When Du Wenhao was a child, he liked to play video game consoles the most. At that time, it was already fashionable to fight crickets from time to time. Shaking his head, he said, "No, were you fighting crickets just now?" ”

"yes." ”

"Then take it out and fight, show me."

"Okay!" Song Zhezong took out a cricket jar from under the table, put it on the table, and glared at the other three: "Hurry up!" ”

All three took out cricket jars. He also took a large jar for fighting crickets and put it on the table. Song Zhezong first took out a cricket and put it in the jar, and Zhao Yi also took one and put it in, and used the grass root to tease the two crickets to fight.

Soon, the two crickets bit each other.

After a moment of fighting, Song Zhezong's crickets were defeated, and they were chased and ran around with jars.

Zhao still laughed happily, pointed at Song Zhezong and said, "Brother Huang, you lose, come with Qian!" ”

Song Zhezong was so angry that his nose was crooked, he took out the money bag from his arms, took out a small piece of gold, and smashed it in Zhao Ye's palm with a snap: "Here you go!" Hum! Wait and see, I'm going to win the next set! ”

"Hehe, you've lost to me three keys of gold in a row!"

Du Wenhao chuckled in his heart, it turned out that Song Zhezong was actually gambling with his younger siblings with crickets! A win or loss is as high as a lock of gold!

He turned his head to look at Mr. Zhao Yanruo, and wanted to question him why he didn't care, but when he saw him with a bitter face, he knew that he didn't have the courage.

Du Wenhao turned around and was about to stop, without waiting for him to speak. Something that shocked him even more followed.

I saw the angry Song Zhezong reach into the cricket jar, grab the defeated cricket, lift it high, slam it on the ground, stomp on it, and twist it fiercely.

When his foot was withdrawn, the cricket had already been trampled on by this foot!

The shock in Du Wenhao's heart was even worse than seeing Song Zhezong gambling just now, seeing how vicious the emperor was at a young age, in the future, Du Wenhao couldn't dare to think about it anymore.

Song Zhezong roared loudly: "Come again!" United will definitely win you! "Reach out and catch the crickets again.

"Wait!" Du Wenhao tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, Emperor Taizu played chess with Chen Tuan Ancestor to bet on Huashan. If Huashan loses, he will set up a rule, children and grandchildren are not allowed to gamble, and the emperor is now gambling with crickets, but he is afraid that he will violate his ancestors. ”

Song Zhezong sneered and said: A small bet is pleasant. Well, it's nothing. ”

"Your Majesty, don't take evil as a small thing! If you gamble on crickets today, you will probably have to gamble on the country in the future! I also hope that the emperor can follow the rules set by his ancestors and not do this again. If the Queen Mother knows, I am afraid that some will be punished. ”

Du Wenhao put the Empress Dowager out and hit Song Zhezong's death hole, and Song Zhezong had to throw down the cricket jar stupidly: "That's it, it's not fun anyway." If you don't gamble, don't gamble! "Walk back to your seat and sit down.

Du Wenhao slowly walked to his side. He said with his hands behind his back: "Shicai, the emperor stepped on the cricket with one kick." It is true that there is evil anger in his heart, but has the emperor ever thought about it, and this does not seem to be in line with the emperor's identity. ”

"Isn't it just one, cricket, Lian is also wrong?" Song Zhezong was very dissatisfied, and looked at him with his little head up.

"I remember that when the Empress Dowager decided to succeed the emperor, she said that she hoped that the emperor would take Emperor Renzong as a model and become a benevolent and righteous monarch in the future. Use this means against a weak life. Is it against righteousness? ”

Song Zhezong was dumbfounded again, and lowered his little head: "Lianzhi is wrong, Mr. Don't tell the Empress Dowager." ”

"Knowing that mistakes can be changed, good is great, how can Weichen be the one who sues the black? It's almost time, let's get to class. ”

The little fat dun Zhao still immediately exclaimed excitedly: "Sir, why do chopsticks bend when inserted in the water today?" ”

The little princess said, "No, no, let's talk about why the stars blink first!" ”

Zhao Yi also said: "No, teach how to draw first to be more like!" ”

Du Wenhao shook his head and said, "No, I'll talk about arithmetic today!" ”

Song Zhezong immediately applauded: "Yes, yes! This is good. Let's teach this first! ”

He is now the emperor, and the rest: people do not dare to directly disobey his decision. Besides, they are also very interested in Du Wenhao's new method of arithmetic.

In this afternoon, Du Wenhao taught them how to write Arabic numerals, express numbers with Arabic numerals, and teach them how to use Arabic numerals for addition operations.

Song Zhezong's current method is far faster than using a fierce calculation to arrange all kinds of figures, and it is much simpler, very excited, he calculates for himself, and has a lot of fun. Zhao is still stupid, he can't remember Arabic numerals, and he always makes mistakes, let alone addition. Nian Nian is the most learned, but the most serious. Writing is slow though. But it's not a slight. Only Zhao Yi seems to be interested in arithmetic operations, but he is still studying seriously.

It was already evening after teaching, and Du Wenhao returned to Wuwei Hall.

Qian Bushui and Yan Miaoshou came over to report on the teaching of the new surgical content of the Taiyi Bureau, and asked Du Wenhao when he would have time to go to the Taiyi Bureau to teach. Du Wenhao asked them to talk first, and then talk about it when they were busy with this eye. At the same time, let Yan Miaoshou prepare to train the army's military doctors.

The next day, Du Wenhao ordered Sanya to start formulating a military medical training plan and began a special round of Jinchuang surgery for all ** doctors. Of course, the first round was from the Shaanxi Sixth Road Front

Medical.

In the past two days, the commanders of all the armies of the Sanya have written reports on the problems they believe exist in the army according to Du Wen's old Kong's arrangement, and Du Wenhao has been eliminated.

After Du Wenhao read these reports, most of the generals now wrote about trivial problems, presumably because he was worried that if he said too much, he would lose and cause trouble. Fortunately, there are still a small number of officers who dare to speak out, revealing many deep-seated fundamental problems in the army, a considerable number of which are carbuncles that have existed for many years, and Du Wenjie has heard from Mu Guiying. There are also some new problems that have only emerged this year, and Mu Guiying has not been exposed to them since she left the army. The ideas put forward by some officers to solve the problem were very enlightening, and Du Wenhao felt very enlightened when he saw it.

In the next few days, Du Wenhao called all the officers who were upright one by one, inquired about them in person, and asked them to understand the truth. I have further gained a perceptual understanding and grasped a lot of real situations.

During this period, according to Du Wenhao's requirements, Master Shen Shengping basically completed the collection and sorting of all aspects of data that Du Wenhao needed. Based on the results of this period of investigation, Du Wenhao sorted out his own ideas for large-scale military reform of the army.

Li Pu, the deputy commander of the capital, had completed the work of escorting the Empress Dowager Cao's coffin to the imperial tomb and returned to the capital. Du Wenhao summoned him and several henchmen and senior generals who participated in the war against Western Xia. Discuss their own new ideas for military reform. Everyone listened enthusiastically, and Du Wenhao made further revisions according to everyone's opinions. Until everyone felt that it was okay to stop.

In the afternoon of that day, Du Wenhao entered the palace and came to Funing Palace, the sleeping palace of the Empress Dowager Gao Huogu. Gao Yiyi inspected the construction of the artificial lake on the construction site as usual.

These days, the relocation work within the scope of the fierce has been completed, the ancient fierce is different from the modern one, especially the emperor's fierce, that is absolutely unconditional obedience, in the face of the powerful imperial power, there is no nail household at all.

The relocation has been basically completed, and the house is being demolished. Gao Zhidi is studying the layout of the back garden with the Ministry of Works, Shiro, and several craftsmen who are the main designers.

According to Gao Yiyi's edict, Du Wenhao did not need to be notified when he entered the Gaomaru Wine Sleeping Palace, but after asking, he learned that Gao Yitao was busy at the construction site, so he let people report. Gao Jiuyi immediately ended the meeting and asked the officials of the Ministry of Industry to go back and revise the plan.

Gao Tao rushed back to the dormitory, retreated left and right, looked at Du Wenza, threw himself into his arms, and the two hugged and kissed each other for a long time. Gao Huojiu said: "How is it?" Have you taken out the benefits of army reform? ”

Du Wenhao nodded, took out the reform report from his arms, and handed it to Gao Yijiu: "It's done." There may be a lot of content in terms of existing problems and reform steps. ”

Gao Tao took the wine, but did not unfold it, and smiled: "You tell me." ”

"Okay

"Wait, I'll let them serve a few delicate side dishes, and we'll drink and talk." Good no good? ”

"Okay."

Gao Huojiu instructed Gonggong Jiao to let the imperial chef serve a few small dishes and put them on the coffee table in the middle of the soft couch. After warming another pot of wine, the two sat cross-legged and drank a glass first.

Du Wenhao coughed lightly and said: "The reasons for the weakness of our army's combat strength are very complex, there are both subjective and objective reasons, and every defeat in a battle has its personality and commonality. For the sake of describing it, I have classified the causes of the weakness of our army into three levels, from top to bottom, into the reasons of the imperial court, the reasons of the officers, and the reasons of the soldiers. ”

"It's a new category." Gao Ho Huo Road. "Are those three categories?"

The first type of imperial reasons can be subdivided into the ideology of army building, the status of the army and the soldiers, the dispersion of military power, the use of civil power to control the military, the contempt for cavalry construction, and the army's profit-making operations; The reasons for the second category of officers can be subdivided into lax military law, corruption of military and political affairs, corruption of military discipline, and the inventory of soldiers by officers and local officials; The reasons for the third type of soldiers can be subdivided into too many assassinations, false selection, and waste training. ”

"So many problems?. Gao Yiyi smiled a little reluctantly, "You tell me one by one." ”

"Okay, however, these analyses of mine will involve comments on the rules and national policies of the emperors and ancestors. I want you to forgive me for my innocence before I dare to speak. ”

Gao Taojiu turned sideways and hugged his neck and kissed him: "I know that what you say has your truth, no matter what you say, even if you open your mouth to scold your mother, I will forgive you for your innocence." ”

"Thank you!" Du Wenhao kissed him back.

Gao Huojiu looked at him intently, and said quietly: "Actually." You don't have to be so careful, I'm all your people, can I blame you? ”

Du Wenhao listened to her emotionally, and his heart warmed. hugged her for a long time, and then let go: "With your words, I won't worry about it in the future." I will wholeheartedly assist you in governing the country well. ”

"Well, with you helping me, my heart is at ease.

You say. ”

"Let's talk about the second type of reason, the problems existing in the ideology of our army's army building. The first problem in this regard is the setting up of the van army. The Xiang army is a local miscellaneous army, and in addition to the criminals who are assassinated, the main source of soldiers is the old, weak, sick and disabled who are selected by the forbidden army. The main types of Xiang army include the Zhuangcheng army that builds cities, the army that manufactures weapons, and the bridge army that builds roads and bridges. The shipbuilding shipbuilding shipyard army, the loading army responsible for transportation tasks, the Heqing army governing the Yellow River and other rivers, and so on. It can be seen from this that the purpose and main role of setting up the box army is to undertake all kinds of miscellaneous duties. The Xiang Army is not engaged in direct military operations, and its main task is not to engage in military auxiliary work

"yes? How much does the military budget of the Xiang Army? ”

"Last year, the total military expenditure of the whole army was 50 million defects. The Xiang army accounted for 15 million marriages! In other words, one-third of our army's military expenditure is not used for army construction, but for feeding hundreds of thousands of migrant workers! ”

Gao Huojiu nodded slowly, the Xiang army is the source of redundant troops, she has heard her husband Song Yingzong and her son Song Shenzong talk about this sentence many times before. Song Shenzong also devoted himself to rectifying the Xiang army, but with little success. Not only was he a little worried, but he asked: "You don't have to say anything about the disaster of the army, I also know, you just say how you are going to solve this problem, right?" ”

"It's a big problem, and if you move too much and you rush it, it can cause a huge backlash. So, step by step and follow the plan. Strategies for boiling frogs using warm water"

"Boiled frogs in warm water?"

"Well, if you put a frog in hot water. It will quickly jump out and run away, and it will not jump out if you put the frog in cold water and slowly heat it until it is cooked. (It is said that this story was tried and the result was the opposite: when the warm water was heated to a certain heat, the frog would jump out and escape, and if the water was boiling, the frog would fall into it and be scalded to death.) I don't know if it's true. ）”

Gao Huojiu said: "I understand, it means step by step." ”

"Exactly! There were a large number of Xiang troops, and after the first emperor carried out a large number of disarmaments, there were still 220,000 people in the whole country. It is necessary to divide and rectify. Eat bite by bite. It cannot be reformed all at once. ”

"Tell me what you think."

"The reorganization and disarmament of the first emperor was still very smooth, and the army was reduced from more than 500,000 at the beginning to 220,000 now, and the number of the number was reduced from more than 280 to more than 120. There was no big backlash from the army as a whole. We can continue to follow the ideas and successful practices of the first emperor. Block the entrance first, from now on. Permanently cancel all plans to expand the army. Plug it at the source, and then carry out disarmament step by step with a profit, and cut 30,000 yuan every year. In about seven or eight years, all the van army can be reduced! ”

"How will the reduced army be placed?"

"The old, sick and disabled soldiers are supported by the imperial court; Technicians are selectively retained; The rest of the professional van army will be resettled on the principle of combining military age buyout and policy placement. ”

Gao Ditao was a little dizzy and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"Elderly people over the age of 60, seriously ill or disabled and out of labor, continue to receive the original monthly salary until they die. I have counted that this part accounts for less than 10% of the total number of troops. The state spends money to feed them. First, it embodies benevolent government, and second, it can gain a good reputation for the reform of the Xiangjun army. ”

"Very well, I couldn't agree more. You go on to say. ”

The first. Ji got Gao Yitao's support, which greatly increased Du Wenhao's confidence. said: "Skilled soldiers in the Zuoyuan Army, Zhuangcheng Army, Bridge Army, Chuanfang Army and other branches of the Xiang Army. As long as you are young, you can stay in office. It was reorganized into professional engineering troops, logistics troops, and arsenal workers. This is the branch of the army that needs it. I've counted these skilled soldiers. It accounts for about 30% of the Xiang army. That's 70,000 people. In peacetime, such a scale is enough. However, in terms of management, it can no longer be attributed to the local yamen, otherwise it will become the target of the local yamen's envoys. ”

The Xiang army of the Song Dynasty was a dual leader, on the one hand, it obeyed the leadership of the Sanya, and on the other hand, it obeyed the leadership of the "leading ministers" such as the pacification envoy and the economic envoy in the local area. And these ministers are generally concurrently served by the prefect of the state capital and other chief executives. Xiang Jun is under the leadership of the local government, so naturally he cannot avoid being sent by the local government.

Gao Huojiu said: "It makes sense, how do you think it should be managed?" "Abolish the dual leadership, directly subordinate to the imperial court, uniformly deploy according to needs in wartime, and undertake military auxiliary tasks such as transportation support, reinforcement of city defense, road repair, and bridge building; In non-war times, engineers can make money by contracting the construction of bridges, roads, houses, and other projects, and pay tax profits. Logistics troops can engage in repatriation and subsidize military services in peacetime. But only for logistics troops, for combat units. It is strictly forbidden to engage in any profit-making business. ”

"Well, this is going to be done step by step according to plan, right?"

"Yes, all the reform plans I am talking about, unless specifically stated, are carried out step by step according to the plan, first carry out local pilots, accumulate experience, and then gradually promote, and strive not to have major fluctuations in the social situation."

Gao Huojiu nodded and said, "I think it's okay." The old, sick and disabled account for 10 percent, the technical soldiers account for 3 percent, and the remaining 60 percent are resettled? ”

"The remaining sixty percent belong to the resettlement targets. For the van army that has changed jobs, it can be done voluntarily. There are two. Choice, one is a one-time payment by the imperial court, buy out all his military age, he takes the money and leaves, and he does whatever he likes; The second. It is the work of the imperial court placement. ”

"A one-time buyout? How do you buy it out? ”

Du Wenhao snapped his fingers and said: "For the senior generals at the military level, they will be placed to serve in various yamen of the imperial court. The monthly salary is unchanged. For generals at the command (battalion) level, the cost of buying out military age is calculated according to the length of service, and the military age is bought out at one time. In addition, 70% of the original monthly salary is paid as living expenses every month; For generals at the first level of the capital, the cost of buying out military age is also calculated according to the length of service, and the cost of buying out the military age is bought out at one time, and they no longer enjoy the monthly living expenses. ”

"Hmm" Gao Yizhi pondered for a moment and said: "I think this is very good and reasonable, the cost is not too large, it should satisfy these generals and ensure the stability of the transfer."

What about the soldiers of the Chambers? ”