When he was in Qimen before, Zhenzhi was in the barracks, and Li Congjing's food and accommodation could also be said to be in the barracks, at that time he was the commander of the Hundred Battles Army, and his mind was on the Hundred Battles Army, training, training, training, that is what Li Congjing needs to consider all day long, and the work that needs to be carried out. In addition, if people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone, and Li Congjing doesn't have to think about anything else.

However, since leaving Qimen, conquering Huaizhou and becoming a state assassin, although Li Congjing often goes to the military camp, and even lives in the military camp, there is no doubt that a large part of his energy has been divided into Huaizhou political affairs. Now, Jiedu Lulong is responsible for most of the defense of the Khitan in the northern border of the Tang Dynasty, and there are more and more affairs that need to be handled by Li Congjing, and the army, and even the military, is only one of the aspects that Li Congjing needs to take care of, although at the moment, it is still the most important aspect, but Li Congjing can no longer live in the barracks. Jiedu made the mansion his daily office and life.

From taking the military camp as his home to taking the official office as his home, this is a kind of transcendence, a kind of transformation, and a kind of sublimation. Becoming a general, that is just the height that Li Congjing needs to reach when he first comes to the world, and now, he has surpassed this height. When the position is high, the problem to be dealt with will no longer be a single aspect, but the whole picture.

After separating from Yelumin, Li Congjing came to the military camp outside the city.

Now the army in Youzhou, the Lu Long Army and the Hundred Battles Army, although the military flags are different, they are all under the command of Li Congjing, and the system is the same. The camps of the two armies were in the same place, but the camps were divided into two areas, north and south.

In the Hundred Battles Army and the Lu Long Army, there are more than one or two main generals, but in the entire Youzhou military camp, the position of the commander of the big tent is eternal, because there is only one position of the commander. After Li Congjing entered the account, the generals of the Hundred Battles Army, except for the generals who temporarily taught in the Yanwu Academy, Li Shaocheng, Meng Ping, Guo Wei, Huang Fulin, Wu Gou, Peng Zushan, Jing Renzhong, Chen Qinglin, Ding Mao, etc., and Li Yanchao, Li Yanrao and other generals of Lu Longjun, all arrived at the Shuai Tent.

The commander's tent is very spacious, wider than the main hall in the official office of the Jiedu envoy, and one or twenty generals of the Youzhou army stand in it, but they only occupy a very inconspicuous place.

Li Congjing made a routine business, asking about the training of soldiers and the distribution of new soldiers, and also asked about armaments and food. Two hours have passed since he had finished talking with the generals about these things. The commander governs the army, governs the generals, and if the generals are cured, the whole army will be cured.

After the routine was finished, Li Congjing told the real purpose of the military camp.

"Staff Office?"

When Li Congjing heard this new term from his mouth, all the generals were surprised, and they looked at each other, all of them did not understand its meaning.

Li Congjing, who was sitting at the back of the handsome, bowed his head slightly, and explained to the generals: "The General Staff Office, that is, the place where the military studies the war, whether it is before the war or during the battle, the General Staff Office analyzes the enemy situation, provides a basis for decision-making, and undertakes part of the tactical arrangement work. In short, the General Staff Office is the arm of the general, and it is the core of the whole army. In the future, whenever a campaign is fought, it is no longer the commander who decides the arrangement and action of the army, but the joint efforts of the staff office. This move will not only pool wisdom and make a more profound and comprehensive analysis of the strength of both sides and study the situation on the battlefield, but will also ensure the correctness of policy decisions. ”

Needless to say, Li Congjing, who came from later generations, could not be clearer about the function of the General Staff Office, and the same as the establishment of the Military Intelligence Department, this was one of his original ideas for building the army, but the previous position was small, first, the military strength in his hands was not enough, and the war situation he faced was also pure, and there was no need for a staff office, and second, the power in his hands was too small to carry out large-scale construction of the army. Now that he has become a festival envoy, Li Congjing naturally has to deal with this matter, last year there were frequent wars, and in the first half of the year, there were other things to occupy time and energy, and now he finally has time, and the most important thing is that the Yanwu Academy has been formed, and Li Congjing decided to set up a staff office.

That is to say, Li Congjing is still only a temperance envoy, he has not yet grasped the power of the country, there are still many constraints on everything, and there are not many things that he can touch at the moment, otherwise, the plans in his heart are shown one by one, which is enough to change the overall appearance of the country today. Needless to say, at present, Li Congjing's focus is still on military affairs, whether to improve the army first.

After Li Congjing explained the situation of the staff office to the generals in detail, the generals had different reactions, and Li Yanchao said: "The military commander's move is certainly beneficial, but the generals in the army have never heard of such a thing, and there is no old precedent to follow in the previous history. ”

Although the General Staff Office has all kinds of benefits, at the moment, there is a suspicion of dispersing the power of the generals, so it is normal for most generals to have concerns in their hearts. Li Yanchao's words are still euphemistic, but the meaning is obvious.

How to solve this problem, Li Congjing has studied with Wang Pu before, and even discussed with Mo Li a long time ago, Wang Pu's suggestion is the same as Mo Li, both of them said: "The staff office is certainly a good move, in the long run, it is of great benefit to the army, and it is not too difficult to achieve results." However, generals in the army have always been accustomed to concentrating power in one body, and it is not easy to divide their powers. If you want to do this, there are two ways to solve the difficulty. First, the inherent prestige of the military commander can coerce the generals so that they cannot oppose it; Second, in the employment of personnel in the staff office, it is necessary to proceed in an orderly and gradual manner, and the first batch of staff office personnel can be composed of generals in the army, so that the power of generals and generals is not divided much, and most of them are acceptable; second, the above will be staff officers, and the lower-level generals and colonels can no longer complain. When the army accepts and gets used to the existence of the staff office, and then uses other generals or scribes, there will be no great dissatisfaction in the army. ”

Thinking of the previous two plans, Li Congjing then said to the generals: "Since the commander led the troops out of Youzhou, he often can't eat day and night, and he can't sleep at night, what do you think?" Only in the word 'border protection and thief'. The Khitan is powerful, hundreds of thousands of elite troops across the country, sweeping the grassland, no one can stop it, before we waited to fight with it, and those who can win, of course, rely on the soldiers with revenge in their hearts, desperately fighting, but also because they did not send troops in a big way. But if the Khitan does not send an army for a day or a year, it does not mean that it will not send an army for ten years, if so, what should be done then? Youyun has been poisoning the Khitan barbarians for decades, countless hot-blooded sons and daughters have died tragically under the sabers, and the people's wives have been scattered, and ten rooms and nine empty rooms are all things that you know. Now, if the commander wants to strengthen the army and protect the country, he first streamlined the administration of the army, and then set up a military intelligence department, not for his own selfishness, but for the country's loyalty! The heart of this handsome, can you know? ”

The generals of the Hundred Battles Army were all promoted by Li Congjing, and they had followed Li Congjing for a long time, and they had countless military exploits, and they had long been accustomed to obeying Li Congjing's words, and although some generals and colonels had some objections to the affairs of the General Staff Office, this would not prevent them from carrying out Li Congjing's orders to the letter. Although Lu Longjun has followed Li Congjing for a short time, he has also tasted the sweetness, especially the recovery of Pingzhou and the repeated defeat of the Khitan, they are also convinced by Li Congjing, at the moment Li Congjing's words, they can't refute it, they all hugged their fists and said: "The military marshal is loyal to the country, a public heart, we know it!" ”

"Good!" Li Congjing nodded, "Then do you have any objections to the establishment of the Staff Office?" ”

The generals looked at each other and had to say, "We have no objection." ”

"Good!" Li Congjing nodded again, "Then this matter is decided." From this moment on, the staff office has been formed, and the marshal personally leads the chief of staff, Li Shaocheng and Li Yanchao, and you two are the deputy chiefs of staff! ”

Li Congjing took the lead, the two highest-ranking generals of the Hundred Battles Army and Lu Longjun were Li Congjing's deputies, and the generals could not have any objections, Li Shaocheng and Li Yanchao came out to receive the order, "We will receive the order!" ”

Li Congjing stood up, looked around at the generals, and said: "The staff office is a major matter, and because of its special duties, the personnel used must be both civil and military. In addition to the commander and the two deputy generals, the general wants to use five more people to form the first batch of core members of the General Staff Office, and then use 20 scribes to be the assistants of the General Staff Office, and handle the functional intelligence and documents. ”

Compared with several core members, the 20 scribes are what Li Congjing really values, and it is not surprising that among these 20 people, there will be confidential members of the General Staff Office under Li Congjing in the future. Of course, this does not mean that except for Li Congjing and others, the other four are not important, on the contrary, as the first batch of members of the General Staff Office, their identities and future actions will set a benchmark and standard for the General Staff Office, so they are also very important.

Li Congjing's gaze swept over the faces of the generals, and he began to point to the generals, "Meng Ping, Guo Wei, Huang Fulin, and Ben Shuai Linger have entered the Staff Office, and they are one of the eight staff officers of the Staff Office!" ”

Meng Ping has been around Li Congjing since he was a child, not only Li Congjing's absolute confidant, but also both civil and military, and because he has been with Li Congjing for a long time, he has an understanding of many of Li Congjing's ideas, so he is the first suitable candidate. Guo Wei has both civil and military skills, that is a generation of Ming Jun in the original history, what is the qualification, needless to say, Li Congjing intends to cultivate so that he can take on great responsibilities in the future, so he named him. And the reason why Huang Fulin is used is similar.

Meng Ping, Guo Wei, and Huangfu Lin all came out and received orders in front of Li Congjing.

Some of the generals reacted more quickly, and they had already discovered something strange, so they came out and asked, "Marshal, there are three generals, Meng, Guo, and Huangfu, and there are still two people in the staff office, dare to ask who these two people are?" ”

"The remaining two people, Ben Shuai has his own arrangements." Li Congjing smiled slightly, and said the plan in his heart, "Marching and fighting is not for generals, but also for the support of the people and material resources in the rear, so the members of the staff office cannot all be generals in the army, and the other two are not from the army, but from the civilian officials." ”

This remark shocked all the generals, and most of the generals in the army thought that marching and fighting was the business of the generals, and there were not too many things without civilian officials, so they never thought about civilian officials. But after thinking about it carefully, I feel that Li Congjing's words are not unreasonable.

"The other two civil officials, the generals are also familiar with them." Li Congjing said, "First, don't leave; Second, Zhang Ziyun. ”

Li Congjing continued: "In addition, there are twenty other scribes, and these twenty scribes, because of their duties, must use scholars. Ben Shuai wants to select ten people from the Youzhou Mansion, and the other ten people will be drawn from the Yanwu Academy! ”

Compared with the eight staff officers for the twenty scribes, the generals' interest is obviously lacking a lot, after Li Congjing's words, they all think that they are some miscellaneous guys, who have no real power, so they don't pay much attention. Naturally, they didn't know what kind of expectations Li Congjing had for these 20 officials, and because of his contact with the center, he directly got along with the core generals in the army face-to-face. Of course, Li Congjing will never say these at the moment.

As a result, the establishment of the General Staff Office was completed.

Putting aside the intentions that Li Congjing just said, through this move, the additional greatest use is that Li Congjing divides the power of the generals in the army.

In order to strengthen the centralization of power, Zhao Taizu firmly controlled the army in his hands, and had a cup of wine to release the military power.

But Li Congjing doesn't have to think about this drama in the future, because his attempt to dilute the power of the generals has already begun.