Chapter 84 Hsieh's Numbers

On the way back to the city, it suddenly started raining.

This year's rain seems to be particularly heavy, according to Si Tianjian's report, April is dominated by rainy days, I don't know if there is a leap month.

"If this continues, it will affect the harvest of crops." Wen Tianxiang said suddenly.

"Well, there is such a possibility, follow me to the imperial study and discuss it again."

When I returned to the imperial study of Ningqian Palace, I pushed open the window and saw that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the crackling raindrops kept ringing.

"Xiao Qi, Ming said that the next dynasty will send a message to Si Tianjian and ask him to change the weather report from the original ten days to three days, if it still rains continuously in April, as Si Tianjian said, then you have to think of a way, and pay attention to the changes in food prices at any time."

"Yes, official."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

I sat down and looked at the thoughtful Wen Zhang and said, "Wen Zhang, how do you feel about the trip to the forbidden army?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has two ideas."

"Tell me about it."

"Your Majesty, from the trip to the forbidden army and Jinhua to suppress bandits, the minister thinks that training with war is the best way, the momentum of the cavalry and archery army can not be trained in the barracks, the minister has heard the master before, Meng Dashuai has a magic arrow battalion, is the only one who dares to fight against the Mongolian cavalry in the field, this momentum can only be gradually formed between life and death, so the minister dared to ask the emperor for instructions, and handed over all the tasks of suppressing bandits on Zhejiang Road to the young guard, so that the young man was tested in the bloody war. Another point, Chen just had a vague idea of splitting the young guard into different arms. ”

"Divide the troops?" I said in my heart, this is also my idea after reading the summary of the young guard, and I am planning to train the young guard into a special force similar to the later generations.

"How do you divide it?"

"Your Majesty, there are three armies of horses, foot and archery in the forbidden army, and this cavalry and archery army must have two or three years of skill to become an army, and it is difficult to surpass the Mongols who grew up on horseback since childhood. In the battle of Daliushan, if there were more soldiers like He Quchen who were good at rock climbing, they would not have to let them go deep alone. As for the specific division, the minister has not yet thought about it. ”

"Wen Zhang, this first point is no problem, I promise you, the second point is very good, you young guards must be good at climbing, but also good at swimming, but also good at field lurking and field warfare, and even good at assassination, in short, there must be talents in all aspects, and after the musket and artillery are equipped, there will be some new skills, you should think about it first, and then report to me, your idea is correct, but one thing to remember is that the basic quality of all personnel must be strengthened, no matter how the division of troops in the future, Physical and mental qualities are fundamental. As for your performance in this crackdown on bandits, I am still quite satisfied, Shen Mo said it very well, I want the general Wenzhang. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, keep in mind."

"Junshi, is this cavalry and archery army the only one in the forbidden army who can be called an elite soldier?"

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the understanding of the minister after entering the military department, the forbidden army has not participated in the war for nearly ten years, and its current strength can be divided into three categories, one is the veterans who have experienced the test of life and death on the battlefield like the cavalry army, about less than 10,000 people, half of this group of people were brought back to the capital by Jia Rudao from Meng Shuai's army, and half of them came from the border armies from all over the country; The second type is like Xiaoxiong, the two armies, both of which are composed of strong soldiers, who look very powerful, but have not been on the battlefield, according to the minister's view, they can only be seen in the middle, there are about 20,000 soldiers, the above two types of soldiers are treated higher than others, and they are valued by the Privy Council, and the remaining 50,000 forbidden troops are uneven, most of them come from various places, and some are newly recruited civilians. On the whole, the combat capability is far inferior to the Yangzhou border army, even if it is a cavalry army, staying in the capital camp all the year round, it will wear down the fighting spirit and become normal. ”

I nodded and said: "Put aside the matter of the forbidden army for the time being, Junshi, find an opportunity to contact the generals of the forbidden army more, among those people today, Wang Sheng and Wu Songhan don't seem to be very compatible with the rest of the people, maybe they can make friends." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"As for the Xiang Army, I intend to change the original plan and gradually dismantle it, so that some of the Xiang Army in the interior can be transferred to the state capitals and served as government officials, and the other part can be discharged and returned to the fields. In the early stage, each state capital only retained an establishment of no more than 1,000 people according to the size of the army, so as to deter the small people, and it was under the unified management of the military department. All those in the border areas were included in the border army. Song Rui, Junshi, what do you think? ”

"The ministers think it is feasible, but then it is inevitable that there will be a conflict with the Privy Council."

"Of course I know that, so I'll have to wait for the opportunity."

"Your Majesty."

"By the way, Song Rui, have you finished building those hundred muskets?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it's all over, Lan Yu has sent Yun Zhongfei to lead fifty guards and fifty young guards to secretly escort muskets this morning and go to Huiji, according to the plan, young guards stay in the villa to receive musket training, and Yun Zhongfei and the others will take Mr. Shen Yiqiu back to Lin'an by the way."

"Well, let Quanjue stay in the Quanshan Villa for a while, and then come to the capital after Zhang Shijie takes shape."

Lu Xiufu said: "Your Majesty, when it comes to Zhang Shijie, he said that he sent to his hometown to investigate the detailed report, and Zhang Shijie said that everything he said is true. ”

"Very good, a few days ago, Quanjue also wrote that Zhang Shijie agrees with the purpose of the dragon's tooth and is willing to contribute to the rise of the Great Song Dynasty. I think it's time for him to join, Junshi, you ask someone from the Dragon's Tooth Intelligence Department to inform Quanjue about this, and allow Zhang Shijie to join Dragon's Tooth. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, do you want to tell him that the head of the dragon's teeth is Your Majesty?"

"Yes."

Zhang Shijie is a character, maybe he has guessed it from Quanjue's identity.

"Song Rui, is Yun Bofei's development of the second-generation musket going well?"

Wen Tianxiang said: "Your Majesty, everything is going well, all supporting facilities have been ready, according to Mr. Shen's suggestion, three large punches have been established under a waterfall on Luoshi Mountain, and the use of water energy can greatly increase the power of machinery, improve the accuracy of the musket mold and the speed of manufacturing." ”

"Well, very good, when Shen Yiqiu arrives, I will go to the Gunpowder Division to have a look, Xiao Qi."

"The little ones are here."

"Inform Concubine Quan that it's time to go to Ningkun Palace."

The rain was still falling, although it was much lighter, and we walked around the cloister in the palace, although we walked a few more steps, but we didn't have to walk in the rain.

Xie Daoqing smiled as soon as he saw me: "Official, your way of writing these numbers is really good, what 1, 2, 0, concise and clear, after Jiu'er taught the palace, I have nothing to do recently on the paper to calculate the game, these days with your concubines to play cards, it is much more convenient to calculate wins and losses." ”

I laughed to myself, it turns out that the Arabic numerals I pirated were first used for gambling: "The queen mother thinks it is convenient, and the child plans to promote it throughout the country." ”

"Of course, it needs to be promoted, so that my subjects can easily count, which is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and the queen mother supports it. Official, let's give this notation a name. ”

"These numbers were given to her subjects by the queen mother, so let's call it the Xie Clan Number Method."

Xie Daoqing laughed and said: "The official family is more and more able to please the queen mother, okay, the queen mother will borrow your results." ”

"Well, the child will arrange for the household department to promote it to the whole country."

After everyone sat down, Yu Xiurong smiled and said: "Official, recently, every time the Queen Mother finishes playing cards, she praises the official's method is good." ”

Xie Daoqing pretended to be serious and said: "That is, otherwise, like before, every time you count wins and losses, you girls will be deceived." ”

"Queen Mother, how can there be, Sister Quan, you said yes." Yang Meiren and Concubine Hu are together.

Quan Jiu smiled silently.

"Jiu'er isn't like the three of you." Xie Daoqing looked at me and said, "Official, you must be hungry when you go to the forbidden army camp today, eat first, and everyone will talk while eating." ”

Everyone responded together: "Well, it's time to eat." ”

"Official, the performance of this trip to Jinhua of the young guard is very good, but the number of young guards is too small, and the queen mother thinks it is better to expand to 1,000 people."

I rejoiced: "The queen mother is really wise, and the child is trying to propose an expansion to the queen mother." ”

Xie Daoqing laughed heartily and said, "It seems that my mother and son have the same heart." ”