After Sima Shu revealed his reform plan, everyone was a little dumbfounded for a while, and no one expected that the prince would have such a huge plan hidden in his heart. If what the prince said today can really be seriously implemented, everyone present believes that as long as it takes more than ten years of recuperation, the Great Jin Dynasty will return to its heyday.

"Your Highness, it's not that the minister poured cold water on you, Your Highness's desire to reform the system is very good, but it is a little out of place." Although Zhang Hua agreed with Sima Shu's restructuring in his heart, he was unwilling to make a big move at this moment. The imperial court has just experienced a post-abolition turmoil, and the princes and kings outside are about to move, if they don't deal well at this time, I'm afraid it will lead to a monstrous disaster.

"What did Master Zhang say?" Wang Yan has always been not very good with Zhang Hua, so after he heard Zhang Hua's opposition, he felt that his opportunity to perform had come, and he did not hesitate to reprimand the other party. Since this Wang Yan took refuge in Sima Shu, he has advertised himself as Sima Shu's hardcore confidant everywhere.

"Lord Wang, don't be in a hurry, let Lord Zhang make his words clear." What Pei Wei despises the most is a guy like Wang Yan who is good at talking and short on things.

Zhang Hua didn't care about Wang Yan's hostility, because he knew that Sima Shu was not a soft-eared emperor like Emperor Wu, just looking at his ruthlessness when he killed political opponents, he knew that this master would never be bewitched by anyone, and he had a unique and clear understanding of the government and the current situation.

"Your Highness, although on the surface it seems that the family has died down, in reality it is just the calm before the storm. The reason why they have not yet had a fierce conflict with His Highness is because His Highness has not touched their core interests, and if His Highness reveals everything just now, I am afraid that there will be a scene full of smoke tomorrow. ”

Wang Yan's face was a little unnatural when he heard Zhang Hua talk about the family, because he knew better than Zhang Hua. Take their Wang family as an example, they were not also divided into several shares to bet on different forces, and the province was finally wiped out. Not only him, but I'm afraid that the Pei family and the Yang family will also be like this, and the surname of the family determines that it is impossible for them to bet on one person.

"Well, Taifu's concerns are right, we really shouldn't act too quickly at the moment, let's talk about what we need to do most at the moment?" Sima Shu knew that Zhang Hua was right, and historical experience also told him that by next year at the latest, the famous Eight Kings Rebellion in history would break out. It's just that this time he took the place of King Zhao, and he still had the backing of Guan Zhong behind him, so he didn't have to fight on two fronts like King Zhao in history.

"Your Highness, the minister thinks that what we can do at present, and the policy that does not stimulate the family too much is to introduce a one-term imperial examination system. His Royal Highness can hold an imperial examination on the grounds of the lack of talents in the imperial court, and we don't need to ask the imperial court to make the imperial examination a national policy, as long as we can hold this session! Zhang Bin replied after a moment of silence.

"What Meng Sun means is that through this imperial examination, Guanzhong, Xincheng, and Hanmen talents will all be recruited to serve as a talent reserve. Even if the Maison comes to the bottom of the kettle at some point in the future, we will not be in a hurry. Sima Shu understood what Zhang Bin meant, and he was afraid that the family would strike halfway through, causing the court to be paralyzed.

"In addition, this alone is not enough, we must also hurry up and rectify the troops!" After speaking, Zhang Bin's eyes flashed, "Your Highness, if the princes of Hebei and Shandong are really opposed, the imperial court should send a large army to sweep them away, what a good time to cut the domain!" ”

"Cutting the domain?"

Everyone was shocked, but then it suddenly dawned on them that this was indeed the best time to cut the domain. Although Sima Shu was also unwilling to cause turmoil in the Central Plains, so as to let the Hu people take the opportunity to become bigger, weren't the Xiongnu and Duan Xianbei in history all thugs in the hands of the princes and kings? After these Hu people came to the Central Plains, they did even more evil.

But if he can't weaken the feudal town, Sima Shu won't be able to integrate the national forces, and what will he use to confront the Xianbei, Xiongnu, and Qianren in the future? The Rebellion of the Eight Kings may be a good opportunity to cut the feudal domain, and the key is that he must win the battle against the other princes.

"Mr. Mengsun, first introduce the comparison of the strength of the enemy and us!"

"Yes, Your Highness, in the early days of the founding of our dynasty, in 265 AD, Emperor Wu restored the ancient feudal system, and sealed twenty-seven kings with the same surname, and founded the country with a county. After that, the power of the kings of the clan was continuously expanded. The kings could choose their own Chinese military officials to collect taxes from the feudal state. ”

In 277 (the first year of Taishi), the kingdom was divided into large, secondary, and small three levels, and different levels could be placed in different numbers of troops, but each king had no local administrative power. The classifications are as follows:

The number of households under its jurisdiction, the number of feudal state ranks, and the number of troops

20,000 households and 5,000 people from the upper, middle and lower armies of the country

10,000 households, 3,000 people from the upper and lower armies of the country

1,500 people in small countries with less than 5,000 households"

"Later, the first emperor made the kings serve as local governors, and the kings had more or less administrative power and a considerable number of troops, so that many kings held the military and political power of the feudal country."

"According to the information obtained by our Military Intelligence Agency, Sima Yan, the king of Hejian, has at least 50,000 to 70,000 horses in his hands, and the king of Chengdu has about 50,000 men and horses, and the king of Qi is the most powerful, with an estimated strength of more than 80,000 troops, up to 100,000 people, and some other small princes such as the king of Changsha and the king of Xinye, they have more than 30,000 men and horses in their hands, and as little as 10,000 men and horses."

"Shhh Why so many? In this way, if all the princes and kings rebel together, wouldn't they be able to gather hundreds of thousands of troops in a short time, and we ...... What do we use to fight each other? After listening to Zhang Bin's words, Wang Yan's face turned colorful.

"This doesn't count Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, and the forces of the Huns and Xianbei people behind him, otherwise the enemy will be even stronger!"

Everyone was in a sad mood for a while, and even Zhang Hua couldn't help sighing, finally seeing the hope of the country's prosperity, but having to face the cruel reality.

"Hahaha, in fact, the enemy may not be as strong as everyone says, just now Mr. Meng Sun just made a simple number game. You are all people who know the soldiers, and you should know that more soldiers does not mean that you are strong. How can those princes and kings cooperate seamlessly? ”

"Yes, the princes and kings are all ambitious, and they will definitely not trust each other. We can take advantage of this to annihilate each other! Mr. Zhang, I don't know what the strength of our army is? Pei Wei also reacted, he was also stunned by the enemy's huge strength just now.

"Master Pei is not in a hurry, and listen carefully. Now His Highness has nearly 100,000 troops in Guan, but we still have to guard against enemies from Shuzhong and Bingzhou, so the maximum number of troops that can be transferred to the Central Plains to participate in the war is only 50,000. Coupled with the 10,000 troops stationed in the new city and the 30,000 troops obtained from the reorganization of the capital, we can gather a maximum of 80,000 troops, although there is too much difference with the enemy army, but our army far surpasses the armies of those princes and kings in terms of weapons and training. ”

"How? 80,000 people, and the enemy has at least 300,000 people, which ...... That's a lot of difference, isn't it? Wang Yan was a little disappointed, feeling that the prince's troops were too small.

"It's a lot, when I was alone in Guanzhong, I only brought 10,000 people. Now that he has an army of nearly 100,000 in his lonely hands, how can he be afraid of the princes and kings? Sima Shu said proudly, his most subordinates had strong confidence.

"Since everyone believes that war is inevitable, we must reorganize our arms from now on, and the first step is to adjust the military command structure. No, this is an adjustment plan prepared by Lonely, let's take a look! ”

Sima Shu also felt that since it was not easy to adjust the political axe organization, he might as well start with the military organization, after all, military power has always been taboo by everyone, and many people dare not touch military power at will, and the province is suspicious of the people.

"According to the draft, the military and the government are planned to be separated, and the affairs of the army in the future will have little to do with the political axe. The mobilization and command of the army will be the responsibility of military officers, and in the future, the imperial court will only be responsible for miscellaneous tasks such as logistics. ”

"This time, Gu intends to lead the leadership of the highest army in the DPRK as the crown prince of the prison country, and also cancel the position of general, don't be busy opposing it first, in the future, the post of general will be the highest rank in the army, just like the lord, symbolizing the status of the soldier in the army."

"Does Your Highness mean that in the future, the Great General will no longer be a specific duty?" Zhang Hua asked with a frown.

"Yes, Taifu is right, the rank of general will be the highest rank in my Great Jin army in the future. In addition, Gu intends to set up the Privy Council for the Prime Minister of the Imperial Court Military Affairs, the chief official is the privy envoy on the third grade, and the subordinate is the privy councillor two as his deputies, and as in the Shangshu Province, the order of the privy councillor is invalid without the deputy signature of a privy councillor. ”

"As for the powers of the Privy Council, first of all, its greatest power is that it alone has the power to transfer troops and command. In the event of a war, only the Privy Council could accept the emperor's authorization to dispatch troops from all parts of the court, organize a wartime army system, issue operational objectives, issue combat orders, notify the Shangshu Provincial War Department to immediately carry out the mobilization order, and so on. ”

"The Privy Council has two offices and five divisions: the Military Service Department is responsible for collating military intelligence in peacetime, and using this as a basis for analysis and deduction to give reports on the current situation. In addition, various units are regularly organized to conduct joint exercises and examine officers and generals in charge at all levels. Its special functions and powers are to administer the military academies of the army throughout the country, to organize the annual officer graduation examinations, and to have the power to give priority to the selection of outstanding graduates. ”

"In wartime, the Military Affairs Administration automatically becomes the operational command center, responsible for the overall operational command and issuing strategic orders. The chief officer is to join the army, and there are more than 10 military aircraft directors who are divided into various sections, and each section corresponds to a different region, and there are dozens of staff officers. ”

"The Military Judge Advocate General's Office is the internal law adjudication body of the imperial army, responsible for the adjudication of violations of law and discipline within the army, and sentencing, judgment and punishment. The Judge Advocate General's Office has established military courts in the various military departments on a battalion basis. Resident military judges. There are 10 judges in charge of the affairs of the office. ”

"In addition to these two departments, there are five divisions, including the Military Administration Department, the Military Orders Department, the Military Affairs Department, the Military Training Department, and the Military Intelligence Department, the most important of which is the Military Intelligence Department. The Military Intelligence Department is responsible for collecting relevant military intelligence, surveying and mapping the terrain of various localities, drawing maps for the combat use of all units, and surveying, collecting, and sorting out the local astronomy, water conservancy, folk customs, and other public conditions for the use of all units. ”

"In addition, in the future, our army will officially implement the military rank system, which is divided into generals, hussar generals, left generals, right generals, lieutenant generals, deputy generals, and staff generals; Colonel Zhaowu, Zhaowu Left Captain, Zhaowu Right Captain, Zhaowu Deputy Captain, Zhaowu Ping Captain; Captain Xuanwu, Captain Xuanwu Left, Captain Xuanwu Right, Deputy Captain Xuanwu, Captain Xuanwu Ping; The first-class Xiao Warrior Officer, the second-class Xiao Warrior Officer, the third-class Xiao Warrior Officer, the fourth-class Xiao Warrior Officer, and the fifth-class Xiao Warrior Officer are twenty-two levels. The following officers and generals are awarded by the Department of the Army. The generals were awarded by the emperor himself. ”

After repeated discussions, the military reform proposed by Sima Shu was finally approved by everyone. Three days later, the crown prince Sima Shu announced to the outside world that the imperial court was about to hold the first imperial examination, and also announced the chief officers of the army at all levels after the military reform.

Among them, Zu Ti was promoted to the rank of right general by one level, becoming the first person under Sima Shu to obtain the rank of general, and at the same time he was also a general privy envoy and held the Privy Council. Xu Chao and Sima Ya, two former subordinates of the East Palace, were also promoted to the rank of general by Sima Shu, and Xu Chao led the soldiers in the three compartments to guard the new city and take care of Sima Shu's lair.

In addition to them, Li Teh was also promoted several levels because of his merits, and was promoted by the crown prince to Captain Zhaowu, only one step away from the generals, at this time Li Teh and Sima Ya jointly controlled tens of thousands of horses in the capital. As for Meng Guan, Sima Shu did not treat the other party badly, not only set his military rank as Zhonglang General, but also let him cooperate with Zu Li to take charge of the Privy Council after Zu Li.

As for the brothers of Zu Ti and Li Te, Zu Yue was promoted to Captain Zhaowu Zuo, Li Liu was promoted to Captain Zhaowuping, and several others such as Zu Gai, Li Qi, Li Fu and others were transferred to civilian posts early. And Liu Kun, who had just defected, was also greatly reused by Sima Shu, and was appointed by Sima Shu as the Captain of Xuanwu Zuodu, and entered the Military Service Department to assist Zu Ti in formulating the battle plan.

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