After pondering for a long time, Zhao Zhencai said: "Some people say that if there are wingmen in the army, they will be self-contained, both civil and martial, but I am afraid that it will become a harm to the country." The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info civil and military classes, civil officials do not pre-empt military affairs, and military generals do not interfere in national affairs, which is the law of the ancestors, and cannot be lightly wasted. ”

Xu Ping pondered for a while before he said: "The ancestral law, first of all, is to be able to fight the forbidden army. There was no wingman because the soldiers of the feudal town were selected to join the forbidden army, and the wingmen stayed in the state and county. Another one, when the ancestors used soldiers, they all chose the commanders, but the commanders had a position. Now, the minister asked, if you use soldiers, can you use the commanders? Can the marshal recruit a suitable staff? ”

Zhao Zhen was silent. The marshal uses soldiers, but the country has been peaceful for decades, where is there still a trustworthy marshal? Since Cao Wei's death, there has been no commander in the army who can take charge alone. As for the shogunate, there is no need to think about it, such a clerical job can only grow up in the war, not just being able to read and write.

Xu Ping sighed: "Your Majesty, everything in the world is more important than the word truth, let's be reasonable, analyze and understand, okay?" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded: "If you can explain it clearly, it will naturally be the best." In the world, the truth is the greatest, and I don't dare to violate a single word. ”

In Xu Ping's previous life, he told people that we often had a bit of a joking meaning when we reasoned, but this era is different, and reasoning is often a kind of political correctness. What's the biggest thing in the world? The reason is the greatest. As long as it can really make sense, the imperial power will also bow to these two words. In the Song Dynasty, these four words were often used to limit imperial power together with the law of the ancestors.

These four words have a history. Emperor Taizu once asked Zhao Pu: "What is the biggest thing in the world?" Zhao Pu thought for a long time and didn't answer, Song Taizu asked again, and Zhao Pu said: "The reason is the greatest." Afterwards, Song Taizu mentioned it many times and expressed his agreement.

When Taizu first asked, he was afraid that what he wanted was to let Zhao Pu say that the emperor was the greatest, but Zhao Pu just didn't say it, so he couldn't help but ask. But when Zhao Pu said the greatest truth, Taizu thought about it and recognized that the truth was above the imperial power. This principle was recognized by Song Taizong and Song Zhenzong, and slowly rose to the same height as the law of the ancestors. However, in Xu Ping's era, these political principles, like the laws of the ancestors, were slowly formed in Zhao Zhen's hands, and they were not mentioned in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Xu Ping is good at reasoning, and seeing Zhao Zhen's agreement, he couldn't help but feel the spirit, and said to Zhao Zhen: "Since ancient times, state affairs and military affairs have been one, and military affairs are only a part of state affairs. The major affairs of the state are in the worship and the military, and the military only accounts for a large proportion of the state affairs. Since it is a part of state affairs, it must be a combination of civil and military affairs in order to achieve success. Why don't military generals want civilian officials to meddle in the military? Without him, there are many rules, many restrictions, you can't do what you want, and you just feel uncomfortable. As for what generals must dictate in command of the army, it is just an excuse, and it doesn't make sense to say it seriously. ”

Zhao Zhen couldn't help but interject: "But in the five dynasties, the dynasty changed frequently, isn't it because the generals have staff, and they can be self-contained with literature and martial arts?" As soon as the new dynasty is established, the staff can take over the governance of the country, and they have nothing to fear. ”

Xu Ping shook his head: "This is biased, there is no staff, isn't it different to use the old ministers of the previous dynasty?" The rebellion of the five dynasties originated in the late Tang Dynasty, so let's talk about the late Tang Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs were in power, and the prime minister Cui Yin and the generals of the Shence Army worked together to capture and kill the autocratic Wang Yanfan and Xue Qiwei and others. Afterwards, Cui Yin suggested that Zhaozong let the Shence Army be transferred to the Zhongshu Sect and led by the prime minister. The generals of the Shence Army said, 'The ministers have been in the army for many generations, and they have not heard of scholars as military masters', and they refused. How does it end up? Within a few years, Zhaozong became a puppet in the hands of the generals of the Shence Army, just in reserve. Don't forget the past, the teacher of the future, Your Majesty should take the past as a lesson, and can't listen to the bewitchment of the generals of the Sanya because of selfishness. As the saying goes, if you rebel, you won't succeed in three years, because the scholars read the books of the sages, know loyalty and righteousness, know honesty and shame, and rebellion can't pass their own level first. Have you ever heard that scholars are military masters, and they support the army to make trouble? The military generals don't know how to govern the country, but they also don't know the word loyalty, they don't know how to sympathize with the people of the world, and their brains are reversed when they are hot. The thieves of this dynasty have more soldiers, but it is not without reason. ”

Zhao Zhen listened to this tirade, and couldn't help but be stunned for a while, before he said: "Originally, the Xuanwei Army was going to set up a winger, why now that you want to use a scholar as the military master?" There's nothing wrong with that, I've always liked to use poetry and books. ”

"Or that sentence, does Your Majesty want to manage affairs or people? The use of poetry and books is nothing more than the meaning of managing people. The law of the ancestors of this dynasty, things are prevented, and the system is bent, and everything has a system, and the establishment of bureaucrats is a system. ”

"What system? Isn't it the commander of the army who is in charge of the army? ”

"Having a special responsibility for things, setting up bureaucrats, and establishing a system means that the affairs of the army are managed by commissioners. Just like the localities, those who are in charge of money and grain are in charge of money and grain, and those who are in charge of criminal prisons are in charge of prisons, and they can't just because there are governors and counties in charge of these special officials. In non-wartime, the commander-in-chief is in charge of military training, and in wartime, he leads the army to fight the enemy according to the orders of the commanders. ”

Zhao Zhen thought for a while before he said: "This matter is too complicated, it is not an overnight effort, and it is easy to cause turmoil in the army." ”

Xu Ping agreed: "Yes, now it's just a matter of setting up a subordinate in the Xuanwei Army, which will cause dissatisfaction among the generals of the forbidden army, but won't it cause turmoil in the army." In fact, it was not turmoil in the army, but the dissatisfaction of the commanders. Assistants were set up and they were in charge of things, and their powers were divided. Power in the military is inseparable from money, whether it is a person who loves money or a person who loves power, he is definitely not happy. What are the fears that it will threaten the national government, it is just an excuse, but they can't let go of the benefits in their hands. ”

Zhao Zhen hurriedly shook his head: "Hey, Xu Ping, you can't say that, how can you think about the disadvantages of the three generals." Most of them are still dedicated to state affairs, but the generals do not read much and have limited knowledge, so they do not intend to obstruct it. ”

Many of the generals of the Sanya are related to the royal family, and in Zhao Zhen's heart, they are naturally very close. It is the norm for the royal family of the Song Dynasty to feel close to the generals, and they don't say it if they don't look like it, it's all their own people. Wenchen is used to do things, treat them politely, show sincerity, too close but unprincipled, both sides will feel unaccustomed. Xu Ping is very close to Zhao Zhen, but as a Wenchen, Zhao Zhen will deliberately distance himself. If it is a military general, then it will never be like this, it is common to drink and eat together every once in a while. Xu Ping said it ugly, and he was naturally a little unhappy.

Xu Ping didn't argue with Zhao Zhen, but said, "Your Majesty, that's how it is." Even according to the law of the ancestors, the army should also be guarded against things, bent for the system, and everything should be systematized. It is obvious that allowing military generals not to exercise dictatorship can effectively prevent the army from causing chaos. Isn't it nonsense to say that setting up a wingman will make the army unstable, and that the wingman is not letting the commander of the army set up his own affairs? As long as it is the same as the court officials, the wingmen are selected by the imperial court, and there should be no such doubts at all. ”

"But with the power of the commander-in-chief, I am afraid that when I go into battle, it is easy to delay the fighter. It is not unreasonable for the ancients to say that they are going to be dictatorial. Setting up wingmen and assistants can stabilize the morale of the army, but I am afraid that it will make the army unable to fight. ”

Xu Ping said: "The dictatorship refers to the right to command the army and the right to command, not the right to do general affairs in the army. For example, in the Qin and Han dynasties, although the military law was under the main general, but the main general violated the law, it could be punished by military law, and I didn't hear that the army at that time could not fight. Speaking of which, His Majesty still thinks that the current combat strength of the forbidden army is considerable, and it cannot miss the national war. That Weichen still said the same thing, and when the battle starts in the future, only the blood of the soldiers will prove that this is right. ”

Whether or not you can fight is the standard for measuring how the army is, Zhao Zhen naturally had nothing to say, so he had to say: "Since you insist that only when there are wingmen and systems in the army can you fight and ensure combat effectiveness, then the Xuanwei Army will handle it accordingly." Your three divisions are busy, let them do it on their own. If there is a war, then we will know whether it is right or not. ”