During the Xining period, the situation regarding the training of Baojia Township soldiers was roughly as follows:

In November of the second year of Xining (1069), he began to set up the "Fujie Collective Education Chief's Law", and used Wang Zhongzheng and Di Jian to raise the government's education and Baojia Chief; A total of 22 counties have built 11 teaching centers, with a total of 2,825 chief guards, every 10 people learn a kind of martial arts, and set up a head teacher.

In total, there are 270 leaders in the forbidden army, and 30 in the capital. Ten envoys. The bow is divided into three classes according to eight buckets, nine buckets, and one stone, and the crossbow is divided into three classes according to two stones and four buckets, two stones and seven buckets, and three stones; Horseback shooting is divided into two classes according to nine buckets and eight buckets, and those who are superior in courage are considered super.

In the third year of Xining, the chief of the great security department learned martial arts, so he established the regimental teaching method, with the chief of the chief as the leader, the coach Baoding, all of them were divided into five regiments, and they were gathered and trained in the open space where the deputy chief of the regiment lived.

Use the ten people who have learned martial arts in the big security chief to coach continuously, and turn it once every five days. Divide their strong men into five parts, using one of them as a cavalry, two with a bow, and three with a crossbow.

After the government boundary law was completed, it was extended to the three roads, and each set up a civil and military official to promote; Hebei is Di Zhi, Liu Zhizhi; Shaanxi is Zhang Shanfu; Hedong is Huang Lian and Wang Chongzheng.

This year, the armor that guided the martial arts of the prefecture was personally reviewed by Emperor Shenzong, and the capable people were hired, and the rest was rewarded with money.

In the fourth year of Xining, the five roads were changed to Baojia, and that year, Fujie, Hebei, Hedong, and Shaanxi Road jointly assessed Baojia, and a total of 3,266 people were guaranteed; Sixty-one thousand nine hundred and forty-five strong men; The annual savings compared with the past expenses are 1,661,483, and the annual cost is 313,166, and the reward money for intensive training is more than 1,000,000,000.

By the ninth year of Xining, (1076 AD), there were 7,182,028 militiamen.

Wang Anshi implemented the armor protection law, the effect was remarkable, at the beginning of the armor was used as a patrol police, and the thieves were gone, before the group of thieves around the capital, robbery, killing and plundering, there were two or three hundred cases a year, and at this time there was no one; In Nagano Prefecture alone, there were 30 thieves who were driven out by the armor near the capital.

Then they were used as militiamen, and when the training began, the people were boiling over, and when the skills of the professor were learned, they could surpass the regular army, and the money needed for the reward was all spent from the financial surplus of previous years and the money saved by the shortage of the forbidden army, and there was no money for the household department; Si Nongqing personally participated in this matter, the inspector inspection was extremely fine, and the county ordered someone to force Baojia to buy clothing, and they were all punished, so the implementation of the Baojia Law was okay, since the reward was rich, and after the martial arts test, those who were strong in martial arts could be promoted, or exempted from part of the tax service.

In addition, the armor guards went to participate in training, and they did not go in vain, providing 3,000 yuan per month, and getting an average of 100 yuan a day, and the coolies who worked as casual laborers in Tokyo were paid at most only 100 yuan a day.

In addition, food was provided every day to protect the armor, and the government gave weapons, battle robes, silver plates, and turbid wine as rewards. Shi Eun and the families with manpower, the children all went happily.

The training time is determined according to the actual situation of each place, usually the slack time from winter to spring ploughing every year, which minimizes the impact on agricultural production; It can be said that this is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone, the court has soldiers to fight, and the people have additional income when they are not working.

Wang Anshi's armor protection law was implemented for more than ten years, and although it was abolished by Sima Guang during the Yuan You period, the basic foundation was still there, so it was much simpler to re-implement it in the first year of Shaosheng.

Of course, the Baojia Law itself also has great shortcomings, which affect family life to a certain extent, and it implements strict household registration management and a joint responsibility system, which will make the entire rural society relatively closed, and the people live in a strict system, and people's spirits are invisibly under a kind of pressure.

Therefore, Yang Yi does not support the comprehensive promotion of the Baojia Law, and at present, in the border areas of Hebei, Hedong, and Shaanxi, the advantages of its implementation barely outweigh the disadvantages, but as a transitional stage, it is necessary to implement the Baojia Law in the above-mentioned areas, and he clarified these opinions one by one with Zhang Dian and Cai Jing.

His ultimate goal was to implement a conscription system and to add a conscription system to the conscription system.

The garrison troops in the interior are recruited from young and strong men between the ages of 18 and 22 for a period of four years, during which they are exempted from family taxes, and cultural classes are held to teach soldiers to read and count, and to impart corresponding techniques and skills. When he retired, the imperial court gave corresponding supplements.

Compulsory soldiers who have served for four years are recruited as mercenaries with good training and martial arts, and the maximum age of employment for mercenaries is 37 years old, and unless they can be promoted to officers and colonels, they must be dismissed at the age of 37.

The defense and foreign warfare of the capital were mainly undertaken by this part of the recruitment. The strength of the army was maintained at about 300,000, mainly to ensure the overall combat strength of the Song army.

If this plan can be implemented, the annual military expenditure of the imperial court can be reduced to about 20 million yuan, and the tens of millions of yuan saved can be invested in the national economy and people's livelihood.

It is very difficult to smoothly implement the compulsory military system, but it is also very difficult for Wang Anshi to implement the armor protection law at the beginning, and the opposition has never stopped, but Wang Anshi has done it.

is still the same sentence, there is nothing difficult in the world, only afraid of people with hearts.

As long as the imperial court first conducts propaganda for several years, promulgates corresponding decrees, improves the corresponding supporting mechanisms, raises the national awareness of the people, improves the social status of the soldiers, increases the sense of honor of the soldiers, and so on, it is possible to recruit conscripts. It's not something that can be done overnight, but it has to start now.

Regarding these situations, Yang Yi, Zhang Dian, and Cai Jing discussed all night, and there were times when they were red-faced, and the next day, the three of them went to the court with a pair of rabbit eyes.

Yang Yi is not eligible to attend the high-level meeting of the Political Affairs Hall, but what does it matter? Now the first step is only disarmament, and as for the compulsory military system, it is necessary to take it slowly and not in a hurry.

After the first day of the council, four new edicts were issued:

First, 20,000 forbidden troops from the northwest were transferred to Beijing.

Second, the use of the palace will be reduced by three percent, and all suburbs and celebrations will be simplified in the future.

Third, Yang Yi spoke in Tianzhang Pavilion and the Privy Council.

Fourth, the commander of the front division of the palace Li Keshi, the squire of the relocation department, and the pacification of Wang Wenzhen by Qin Fenglu Jingluo, and the commander of the front division of the palace.

The current chief and deputy envoys of the Privy Council are Xu Jiang and Pan Rui, respectively, and Yang Yi, who is the official position of the Privy Council, is roughly equivalent to the third person in the Privy Council.

The Privy Council is divided into 12 rooms, namely the north room, the Hexi room, the branch room, the Beijing room, the school reading room, the Guangxi room, the military registration room, the horse room, the small officials' room, the militia room, the officials' room, and the miscellaneous room. Theoretically, he can also manage the governor of each room.

When Yuanfeng was restructured, the Privy Council could be regarded as the only department that had not been moved, and at that time, there were also people who wrote to ask for the removal of the Privy Council and the return of military power to the Ministry of War. Emperor Shenzong replied: "The ancestors did not return to the division with the handle of the army, so the officials were appointed to control them and maintain each other's systems, so how could they be abolished?" ”

The Privy Council was thus preserved.

The Privy Council does not have a single soldier in peacetime, but it has the power to transfer troops and horses throughout the country and issue combat orders. and the appointment of military positions above the sixth rank to below the third rank, transfer, performance appraisal, grinding and other matters. The force is very large, and the whole organization is similar to the general staff of later generations.

With Yang Yi's military exploits and concurrently serving as the Privy Council, no one can say what is wrong, so far, he has officially intervened in the Privy Council, the core department of the military.

These latest edicts are in fact preparations for disarmament.

In particular, the 20,000 Northwest Army returned to Beijing just in case of accidents. This disarmament will be carried out in several steps, and this year the first step will be completed, and the old and weak forbidden army will be completely eliminated, and only 350,000 people will be retained.

At present, the total number of forbidden troops is 560,000, which means that 210,000 will be disarmed this year.

In the second step, a total of 200,000 troops from Gyeonggi, Hebei, Hedong, and Shaanxi will be cut off by the next year, and the local defense will be temporarily handed over to the Baojia Township Army. (Roughly similar to the government soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, they will be recruited if there is something.) The third step is to completely abolish the van soldiers by the fourth year, strike the Baojia, and relevy 300,000 conscripts to garrison the localities.

Regardless of whether it is a forbidden soldier or a box soldier, after it is abolished, a one-time compensation of 70 yuan per person will be paid to settle down, and the local government will resettle them, and the land will be provided with tax exemption for five years. (Hunan and Hubei are currently sparsely populated, and there is a large amount of fertile land, which is just right for them to develop.) In addition, there are a series of laws and regulations to match, such as the new implementation of the law of placing generals, the number of people per general varies from 1,000, and the number of people in dangerous terrain is higher according to the actual situation of the garrison.

The advantage of the law of placing generals is that it has changed the disadvantages of the frequent rotation of soldiers and soldiers, the loss of labor and money, and the lack of knowledge of soldiers and soldiers.

After the implementation of the law of placing generals, soldiers and generals are fixed, and there is no need to rotate frequently, soldiers know generals, generals recognize soldiers, train together in peacetime, and are also commanded by familiar generals in wartime; More importantly, local state capitals no longer have the right to interfere in the affairs of the military. Like the original Yang Yi when he was in Huanzhou, he could command the soldiers and horses stationed in Huanzhou, but after the implementation of the general law, it would not work; The military defence will be the sole responsibility of the garrison generals, and all the troops will be at the disposal of the Privy Council; The magistrate was only in charge of government affairs and was no longer allowed to interfere in military affairs, which avoided the absurdity of a layman commanding an insider.

The preliminary approval is that 15 generals will be placed in the southeast, mainly responsible for the defense of Jiangnan and Huguang; The strength of the forbidden army was 50,000.

Gyeonggi and Hebei had a total of 40 generals, with a total of 150,000 forbidden troops.

Hedong, Shaanxi, and Sichuan had a total of 45 generals, and the strength of the forbidden army was also 150,000.

In the future, after the completion of the reform of the military system, the conscripts will be assigned to another general.

(To be continued)