As a result, Wei Zhongquan, Fan Hongji, and Kong Shangxian were summoned to the palace.

Wei Zhongquan was a little surprised, it was expected that Fan Hongji would appear here as the right prime minister, but Kong Shangxian's presence did make him a little uncomfortable.

After all, this discussion is a military affair, Kong Shangxian was a captured foreign minister a few days ago, even if he is now named the minister of supervision, responsible for guarding and supervising prisoners of war throughout the country to build channels and reclaim farmland, but in fact he is a temporary official, and his position and status are not even as good as a squire of the Sixth Ministry, and this status is far from qualified to participate in this level of deliberations.

But immediately, Wei Zhongquan's impression of him changed greatly, because this person named Kong Shangxian mentioned several points of view that were extremely novel, looking at the overall situation, which was refreshing.

Even Fan Hongji admired it very much, and after observing his words and looks, he also guessed how much Yang Mu was thinking, and he didn't dare to slack off in his heart, so as to build a good relationship with the DPRK in the future.

The discussion between the four monarchs and ministers was intense, and it was not until the time of the lantern that the results were reached.

In the end, it was decided to divide the existing army into four major corps, namely the Qinglong Army, the White Tiger Army, the Vermilion Bird Army, and the Xuanwu Army, which were handed over to Wei Zhongquan, Sima Hong, Han Tong, and Zhu Xi to command, and at the same time promoted the latter three to generals.

In fact, Yang Mu also considered Qu Yong, He Sang and other excellent thousand-man generals, but was stopped by Kong Shangxian, on the grounds that the promotion of the army should be based on stability, and it is better to minimize the promotion of leapfrogging levels, so that the generals can obtain military merits in a down-to-earth manner, rather than taking any crooked and evil ways, which is easy to breed corruption.

As for the composition of the four major legions, there is basically a preliminary plan.

The Blue Dragon Army was commanded by Wei Zhongquan and consisted of 3,000 garrisons and 2,000 recruits currently stationed on the outskirts of the imperial city, a total of 5,000 men, and continued to be stationed on the outskirts of the imperial capital.

The White Tiger Army was led by Sima Hong, with more than 1,000 soldiers currently under command, plus more than 3,000 people in the Liugang Mountain Range, barely enough for 5,000. As for the task of cooperating with Kong Shangxian to guard the prisoners of war, the task of building channels and reclaiming farmland was entrusted to the county soldiers of the local government to complete.

The Suzaku Army was led by Han Tong, consisting of 2,000 soldiers currently stationed in Wangfeng City, plus 3,000 recruits, a total of 5,000, and continued to guard Wangfeng City.

The Xuanwu Army was led by Zhu Xi and consisted of 2,000 soldiers currently stationed in Jiangshun City, plus 3,000 recruits, a total of 5,000, and continued to defend Jiangshun City.

At the same time, more than 300 new sergeants and soldiers were also evenly divided into four regiments to serve as the commanders of the ten divisions at the grassroots level and disseminate the new military training methods.

In this way, the strength of the four major army corps is equal, which not only plays a balancing role, but also can form an effective combat effectiveness, and the 10,000 new recruits of the new army also happen to be distributed.

In terms of the appointment of generals, all 3,000 generals will be promoted to generals, and 1,000 generals will still be 1,000 generals, leaving a gap of nearly 10,000 generals, who will be promoted directly from the centurions, and those with outstanding military achievements will be preferred.

In addition, in order to avoid the generals from having too much power, or the enemy confusing the public and falsely transmitting the holy decree, Yang Mu decided to imitate the major vassal states and set up a military talisman system, with the green dragon, white tiger, vermilion bird, Xuanwu four totems as the style, to create four military talismans, each of which is divided into left and right halves, the right talisman is collected by the emperor, and the left talisman is placed in the hands of the generals.

Immediately, Yang Mu asked someone to draw up three holy decrees, summoned Zhu Xi, Han Tong, and Sima Hong, and quickly entered the palace.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, I don't know what the meaning of urgently summoning the three generals back to the court?" Wei Zhongquan frowned and asked.

"Wei Chen also thinks that this move is inappropriate, especially in the two northern cities, once something happens, if the lord is not there, it will be very bad!" Kong Shangxian said.

"The old minister thinks that if His Majesty has anything to order, he can directly issue a holy decree." Fan Hongji also advised.

"It's okay, cut through the mess quickly, and don't delay much." Yang Mu smiled faintly, asked Wei Zhongquan to come closer, and then took out a book and handed it to him.

"This ......" Wei Zhongquan was puzzled, then took it with both hands, put it in front of his eyes, and was surprised: "Sun Tzu's Art of War? Your Majesty, is this a military book? ”

Yang Mu nodded: "Aiqing continues to look down." ”

"Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored...... Who is the Lord? Who will be capable? Who has heaven and earth? What is the law? Which of the soldiers is stronger? Soldiers' training? What is the reward and punishment? That's how I know what to do......"

Wei Zhongquan read it out in a whisper, his eyes flashed with light, he was completely attracted, the more he looked back, the more frightened he became, the hand holding the book was trembling, and every word in it had a kind of magic, which firmly absorbed it and couldn't extricate himself.

"Ahem!" Yang Mu coughed quietly and reminded: "This art of war was originally meant to be taught to several generals, if Aiqing likes it so much, you might as well stay in the palace tonight and watch it carefully, now is the time to discuss major matters......"

"Please forgive the old minister for his gaffe!" Wei Zhongquan was startled, and hurriedly closed the book, trembling, and his old face was red with excitement: "Your Majesty...... This book of war ......"

"I drove this expedition in person, and I felt it, and I had nothing to do to write and play, and I wrote and played...... Haha...... "Yang Mu shamelessly took "The Art of War" for himself again.

"Your Majesty, Hail Blessed! With the help of the gods, it is really my great luck to teach such military books! ”

"Uh......" Yang Mu was stunned: "How do you know that it was given by the gods?" ”

"Could it be that His Majesty wrote it?" Wei Zhongquan's eyes were full of disbelief, and he bowed: "Your Majesty, forgive me, although the old minister is rotten, but such a peerless book can still be recognized, if it is like the last "Military Training Manual" to deceive the old minister, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince people." ”

Yang Mu was stunned, his face was almost dark, and he was exposed...... So obvious?

Speaking of the "Military Training Manual", he originally signed his name last time, and the generals didn't pay much attention to it, but this time the new sergeants and soldiers shined, so now almost every general has a copy, and they all practice the soldiers under their command according to the above methods.

However, after all, he is a general who has been immersed in the military formation all the year round, and the so-called Chao Dao can die at night, Wei Zhongquan's move is completely understandable, just like a scientist has discovered a completely new field, it is also appropriate to be difficult to hold himself, Yang Mu looks at it with a normal heart, but Wei Zhongquan is a pilgrimage mentality, and he does not allow this art of war to be desecrated in the slightest.

"Your Majesty is going to secretly teach this military book to the four great generals?" Kong Shangxian interjected on the side and said: "Weichen has a suggestion that I don't know whether to talk about it or not, although the command decision of an army is related to the main general, but the emergency response of ordinary generals is more important, just this military book is probably not enough, and more than 20 thousand generals cannot be ignored." ”

"Makes sense! I was also ready to build a military school, but ...... I won't discuss this today...... A few Aiqing retire! ”

Yang Mu estimated that it was not too early, and no matter how late it was, there would be no way to tell the queen a story or coax some entertainment or something, so he decided to discuss it later.

After all, you can't always be a Ming Jun, and it seems to be more enjoyable to make a cameo appearance as a faint gentleman once in a while.

For example, the spring night is bitter and the day is short, and the king does not come to court early......