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By the time Yangzhou was conquered, Wang Lun already had 30,000 horses, and even Fu Yongji, who had been chasing him, did not dare to chase him. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

What's even more worrying is that Wang Lun stopped in Yangzhou for three days, and actually took advantage of the efforts of these three days to come to a crack army to streamline the government, remove nearly seventy percent of the 30,000 soldiers, and leave only 5,000 people, and then turn around and kill in the Jianghuai area!

Although there are only 5,000 people, it is precisely because he has fewer people that it is more convenient to act and easier to raise military rations.

After the eunuch finished reading the battle report, everyone stopped talking, including Fan Zhongyan, and they all realized a problem, that is, they underestimated Wang Lun too much!

Wang Lun didn't think about what to lay down first to claim the king, he saw very clearly that the Great Song Dynasty still had enough ability to maintain his own country, so now was not the time to be the king. The first thing he did was to light fires everywhere! Light the fire first, let your Song Dynasty come and destroy it one by one, and when you run out of energy, it will be Wang Lun's chance.

Seeing that no one was silent, Renzong was a little annoyed: "Everyone, Aiqing! I want to ask you, where is Wen Yanbo now! ”

Wen Yanbo is still in Shandong, and he is still in Shandong to kill Wang Lun, but Wang Lun has already arrived in the Jianghuai area. It's really a very bad joke.

Pang Ji took a step forward at this time: "Long live, the old minister has a discussion, can you send someone to Jianghuai to recruit Wang Lun." Those displaced people rebelled for the sake of rations, and we should be able to reassure them by giving them rations according to the army structure. ”

Renzong hesitated, Chen Yuan knew that this Renzong was tempted when he hesitated. This old man has soft ears, and if there is another minister who echoes him, then he is likely to be moved.

Chen Yuan really wanted to keep Wang Lun's surname, but it was definitely not in this way!

He hurriedly stepped forward: "Long live, Weichen thinks that although Wang Lun has escaped from Jianghuai, it is difficult to become an atmosphere!" We only need to appease the displaced people in the area he passes through on the one hand, and on the other hand block the news to prevent a bigger explosion from happening, and then let Lord Wen Yanbo follow after him, and at the same time kill the local governors who opened the city to meet the enemy, so that all the places will defend the city, and Wang Lun will be broken! ”

Xia Zhu stood up: "Long live, what Chen Shimei said is reasonable, and the old minister seconded it." ”

Wen Yanbo is his student, and there is no reason why he should not second.

Pang Ji said at this time: "Long live, now the problem of the displaced people is quite serious, and Wang Lun can't be allowed to make trouble anymore, otherwise if there is a big mess, things will not be easy to deal with." ”

Chen Yuan said: "Your Majesty! Wei Chen thought that it was because he wanted to deter other people that he wanted to defeat Wang Lun! Let everyone who wants to rebel know that the emperor who fights against him has only a dead end! Chen thinks that if Wang Lun takes the initiative to surrender, we can let him live, but now, we must not go to Zhao'an! ”

After hearing this, Renzong waved his hand at Pang Ji, which meant that Pang Ji retreated, and when Pang Ji retreated, a vicious look shot at Chen Yuan!

This look was much more vicious than the gaze he looked at other ministers, because in the dispute between him and Chen Yuan this time, Renzong favored Chen Yuan, which was not a question of right or wrong for Pang Ji, but his position in Renzong's heart was challenged!

Renzong looked at Chen Yuan with his eyes: "I think what Chen Shimei said is quite reasonable, what else do you Aiqing say?" ”

Renzong is reasonable, what else can Pang Ji say? Without him and Xia Zhu taking the lead, this resolution was quickly passed.

Chen Yuan suddenly glanced back at Sima Guang at this time, and smiled slightly on his face, Sima Guang only felt that Chen Yuan's smile made him feel frightened, but he didn't realize the meaning, when he was figuring it out, Chen Yuan turned his head and said to Renzong: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Wang Lun is wandering and making trouble, if it is Wen Yanbo's personnel report, it should be a delay in the military plane, and it is quite unfavorable to destroy Wang Lun." ”

When he spoke, Xia Zhu suddenly secretly shouted in his heart!

This Chen Yuan is going to propose to revise the military system at this time! Fan Zhongyan had a strategy to strengthen the army in the reform, and Xia Zhu was against it from the beginning. Although the new army has been built, the military system is still the same as before, and Chen Yuan took the new army to the party to have the right to make decisions on the spot, which was completely approved by Renzong.

Chen Yuan had already proved to everyone with the record of the new army that if the generals were given more power, the Song army could defeat any enemy who seemed to be strong! Wen Yanbo is not commanding the new army, and if even Wen Yanbo makes an exception at this time and can have command without reporting to the imperial court, then the revision of the military system is a logical thing.

But Xia Zhu can't object now, the reason is very simple, Wen Yanbo is his protégé and recommended by him, and he also very much hopes that Wen Yanbo can win this battle.

Pang Ji also immediately came to his senses, and when he was thinking about what he should say, Ouyang Xiu reacted very quickly and took a step forward: "Long live, what Lord Chen said is not unreasonable, Weichen thinks that when the military system is changed, the person who commands the army has the right to make a decision on the spot." ”

Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi, and Song Qi stood up one by one to second. Pang Ji saw that Xia Zhu didn't mean to speak, so he didn't say anything more, he knew, and it was useless to say.

The revision of the military system is the first thing to be formally put on the agenda, and a decision must be made immediately.

Sima Guang didn't say a word in the back, he never thought that today he didn't have a chance to make a move today and let the opponent pick the first fruit of victory!

Chen Shimei picked a very suitable time, and he proposed a change when everyone felt that they had to change! Even Sima Guang himself understood that if he didn't give Wen Yanbo the right to chase him wherever he wanted, it would be impossible to catch Wang Lun, who ran wherever he wanted.

Moreover, Chen Yuan did not involve other matters, such as the promotion of officials, such as Jun Gongtian, and did not even mention it.

Pang Ji said that this Chen Shimei is very powerful, Sima Guang didn't feel it yesterday, but today, he finally knew.

However, in Sima Guang's view, there is a great resistance to the reform of the military system, that is, the identity of those warriors. Because Zhao Guangyi didn't have his brother's ability, he couldn't control those unruly generals, and he chose the entire group of scholars to suppress the generals, so didn't Renzong worry about the generals' rebelliousness? Are the scholars willing to lose control of their generals?

Sima Guang didn't speak, he wanted to see how Chen Yuan solved this problem.

The reform of the army was mainly in accordance with Fan Zhongyan's policy, which was to streamline the million-strong army of the Song Dynasty and leave 300,000 elite soldiers.

The rest of the people did not let him go home at once, but imitated the Tuntian soldiers during the Three Kingdoms period, turned into second-line soldiers, camped in fixed places, farmed in peacetime, built water conservancy and roads, and trained during agricultural slack, two months a year.

When the war came, they were at their disposal as a reserve force and were responsible for guarding their homeland in the event of war.

These more than 700,000 people support themselves, although the combat effectiveness will be reduced, but the Great Song Dynasty can save a lot of money to build the 300,000 professional soldiers. This ensured that the remaining 300,000 people could all be reequipped according to the equipment of the new army.

On the issue of generals, Fan Zhongyan proposed that special generals should be appointed to train those soldiers, so as to change the previous situation in which soldiers did not know the generals and the generals did not know the soldiers.

Chen Yuan also proposed that Renzong select civilian officials to be stationed in those troops with more than 1,000 people for a long time to serve as the supervisor of the army. In peacetime, assist those generals to jointly manage the troops, and must not interfere in training. In times of war, they are responsible for supervising the loyalty of military generals, and they can only make suggestions on combat, and cannot deprive military generals of their decision-making power.

In addition, the prison army should be transferred in turn, every two or three years, and have the right to directly report to Renzong.

In the past, the prison army was temporarily appointed by the emperor after the war, and there has never been such a phenomenon of civilian officials stationed in the army for a long time.

This is a method that Chen Yuan thought of in imitation of the position of political commissar in the future, I don't know if it works, anyway, Old Man Mao used this method to control the troops, and preserved the combat effectiveness of the troops, and finally beat away Lao Jiang, who was fully equipped with American equipment, and it is impossible to think about it.

Renzong was also very interested in this proposal, because those scholars were the beneficiaries of the existing policies of the Song Dynasty, and letting them stay in the army for a long time could ensure to a certain extent that the generals would not have dissenting intentions.

Just like Sima Guang thought, the military system has to change, but are those scholars really willing to give up their dominant position in front of military generals for a long time? Even Ouyang Xiu, who made this suggestion, actually had some worries about the generals in his heart.

Chen Yuan's method is undoubtedly to find a reassurance for everyone, and they will be able to control the generals in the future, which is the best plan that cannot be stopped after the military reform in the eyes of Pang Ji and Xia Zhu.

Sima Guang couldn't help but set his eyes on Chen Yuan again, and now he really admired this concubine.

Chen Yuan suddenly smiled at him again, and what made Sima Guang even more admired was still behind, and he continued: "Long live, Weichen thinks that if there are more than 1,000 troops stationed in the supervision army, the 300,000 troops need a total of 400 to 500 supervisors at all levels, and at the same time, the second-line troops in those border fortresses must also have supervision troops stationed for a long time, and roughly calculated, the total lack of civilian officials is about 1,200 people. ”

When Chen Yuan proposed manpower, Xia Zhu immediately realized that something was wrong, and stepped forward and said: "Long live, Weichen thinks that there are more than 1,000 students in the scientific examination every year, as long as the right person is selected from those students." ”

Chen Yuan smiled: "Lord Taiwei, the lower officials think that the people sent by the emperor to supervise the army should be able to guarantee enough loyalty and have a certain ability to deal with problems. Those students have just read some books, and they have no experience to talk about when they encounter things, which is really not enough to entrust them with important tasks. ”

Renzong nodded when he listened: "Well, what Shimei said is very reasonable, so where is the right person to be transferred?" ”

Chen Yuan said: "We can transfer people from various states and counties to settle in the local areas as supervisors. Weichen suggested that the emperor could give him another military salary for anyone who was willing to go to the army to work as a military supervisor. At the same time, if the troops make meritorious contributions, they are also commended. ”

When he said this, Sima Guang's eyes looked at Chen Yuan with shining eyes, and he understood very well that if these more than 1,000 scholars really entered the army and were promoted by military merits, then from now on, they would be a bridge connecting scholars and the army.

Through these people, the contradictions between the military meritorious class and the scholar class can be well coordinated. At the same time, Chen Yuan's proposal also paved the way for the next change in the future, the promotion of officials!

More than 1,000 people were drawn into the army to do things, which doomed the Great Song Dynasty to have more than 1,000 positions, and according to the calculation of 50 civilian personnel in a county, this is equivalent to letting seven or eight states complete the reduction of redundant personnel.

Sima Guang found that this method was really acceptable to him, if Chen Yuan could really arrange all those scholars and doctors, unlike Fan Zhongyan, who let many people be laid off directly, he could accept it.

The corners of his mouth smiled slightly, and he stepped forward, standing behind those who advocated the new policy, and said, "Long live, Weichen seconded it." ”

(To be continued)