"You are the prime minister of the dynasty, you say that you will be abolished, why do you have to deliberately ask this question, causing my old man to waste his tongue. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info "Knowing that he couldn't stop Liu Xing's decision, Hui said very unhappily.

Seeing his look like a child who had been tricked and sulking alone, Liu Xing smiled heartily: "Haha, if I don't let you say it and directly issue it with the Prime Minister's Decree, you old monster won't talk to me endlessly and argue endlessly for a long time!" ”

As soon as the smile was retracted, Liu Xing immediately changed back to his solemn expression, and turned to look at Wu Jue and said, "Brother Wu family, don't you think that my move is to take advantage of the opportunity of eliminating the government secretary and cutting off an important financial route for your military affairs department." ”

Since the existence of the tea and horse market, since the time of Taizong of the Song Dynasty, most of its income and income have been directly used as military expenses. Liu Xing decided to abolish the Tea and Horse Division, set up a monopoly department, and transferred all the management and hook powers to Zhao Ding's Financial Savings Office.

In this way, it is not only the current officials and officials in the tea and horse divisions in various places who bear the brunt of the damage in their interests, but even the Ministry of Military Affairs has lost a large part of their income.

Of course, Wu Jue understood that the reduction, revocation, merger, and return of power to the Financial Reserve Office had a great impact on the military affairs of the Great Song Dynasty, which he would take the lead in the future, at least in terms of financial autonomy.

However, Wu Jue understands a truth more in his heart: too many people will make most of the financial resources of this dynasty wasted, and only by making a bold move like Liu Xing to "streamline the government" can we minimize the waste of financial resources.

Only when the imperial court has more spare money and the surplus increases every year can it support the imperial army of the Great Song Dynasty, which has better weapons and better soldiers, and march towards a positive and continuous increase in strength for a long time.

Because he knew this well, and saw that Liu Xingxian respected and cared about him, Wu Jue smiled indifferently and said: "The imperial court has its own military expenditure, whether it is the military affairs department or the royal headquarters, why do you have to continue to engage in private wealth in the army?" ”

As soon as the words stopped, Wu Jue changed into a calm look, and then said: "Taifu's move can not only streamline the army, but also reduce the breeding of corruption at the bottom of the army. Not only do I not think that your move has cut off the financial resources of our military affairs department, but I think that your move has done our troops a great favor. ”

Respect comes from each other, and understanding comes from mutual trust. When I was young, I used to accompany each other, and when I grew up, I became a community of interests.

Wu Jue could understand Liu Xing's deep intentions, and it was based on Liu Xing's respect for him first, so his words were full of brotherhood.

However, what Wu Jue didn't expect was that in fact, this matter was just used by Liu Xing as a reason, and the bigger pit of cutting off his power was still to come.

Just when Wu Jue's words fell, Liu Xing also put on a heart-to-heart demeanor, but threw out some words that shocked Wu Jue and Yue Fei.

"Since you agree with my practice of taking precautions before they happen and using the means of streamlining the administration of the army to enhance the combat strength of our Great Song Dynasty royal forces, and at the same time reduce unnecessary expenditures and turn them into military spending, then I want to define this disarmament and rearmament in more depth." After opening his mouth and throwing out such an opening statement, Liu Xing stopped talking slightly and observed the expressions of Wu Jue and Yue Fei.

After seeing the shocked expressions of the two of them at the same time, Liu Xing continued: "I think so, first of all, cancel the military numbers of the existing armies, and unify them with serial numbers. Since it has been decided that you and others will also support our disarmament and rearmament, it is better to first set up a system for the deployment of various departments. The reserved army is given the number of sequence arrangement, and the army of pre-determination is still referred to by the original name, how do you two feel? ”

"Uh, uh......" Wu Jue was stunned for a while when he heard this.

After he forcibly controlled his mind, Wu Jue looked at Liu Xing and asked, "Then according to your wishes, how many troops are left in each place?" How are serial numbers assigned? ”

"Really? Isn't it a loss of majesty to organize all armies only by the number of sequences? If the pre-cut army does not give the new serial number, don't cause dissatisfaction and cause chaos among the armies who still use the old name! Yue Fei also picked up his worries after Wu Jue's voice fell.

Hearing the words of the two, Liu Xing tilted his head slightly and looked at Hui: "Old monster, in your opinion." Now those soldiers under my eleventh brother, if I cut his three armies into one corps. Will my eleventh brother rebel against me, and will the envoys and officers under him rebel against me? ”

"No, never will." When Hui heard the words, he knew that Liu Xing wanted him to be a "trust", and helped to determine that this was a new policy that had been established in Liu Xing's heart, so when he spoke, he was serious, but he secretly scolded Liu Xing in his heart.

No matter how much he scolded himself in his heart, Liu Xing got the words he wanted, and immediately turned his head to look at Wu Jue and Yue Fei.

Looking at the two of them, Liu Xingsheng said with a chilling voice: "Zhang Heizi is a special case, and others don't want to follow suit." Whoever dares to rebel against me again today, I promise to destroy him. But more is better than less, and even if this matter is decided today, I hope that only the four of you and I will know the inside story, and we will not leak it for the time being, so that the military will not know the inside story and shake the morale of the army. ”

Only the four people present knew the inside story, and as soon as Liu Xing's words came out, it was equivalent to giving a gag order.

There is a lesson from the "White Bone Essence Case", Zhang Suo, Ye Mengde and others leaked secrets once and were relegated to the local government for nearly three years before returning to the court and returning to the center.

As soon as Liu Xing's words came out, even after Wu Jue, Yue Fei and even the wisdom of the way of nature were decided, they couldn't say it to anyone. Otherwise, once the secret is leaked, not only Liu Xing will be punished, but I am afraid that all the people in the world will not be able to forgive his crimes......

"We should strictly abide by this secret and never leak it to others."

The three of them knew the importance of this matter, and they spoke in unison.

After seeing the three of them respond, Liu Xingcai continued to say his plan to organize the various armies with a new serial number.

Within five years, 5 million troops will be disarmed, and after seven or eight years, the standing army of the Great Song Dynasty will be maintained at around 2.5 million to 3.5 million people, and the overall number of troops will determine the number of the entire Great Song Army.

Of the 2.5 million to 3.5 million people, it is unlikely that all of them will be Royal Army units, but there will also be naval divisions and air force units.

According to Liu Xing's camera, the future six governors of the inner realm and the six major protectors of the outer frontier in this preparation plan will not have the military power of the naval division and the air force. The Navy Division and the Air Force will be the two branches of the armed forces directly subordinate to the headquarters of the Royal Forces, with separate superintendents in charge of them.

In terms of the specific allocation of troops, each of the six governors will be subordinate to two standing armies, and will not set up any box army and township soldiers. In principle, the number of troops under each governor system shall not exceed 150,000, and only two standing army numbers shall be given.

Under the system of protecting no one in the six major cities, in principle, it will only be given the number of the three armies. That is to say, the maximum number of men under each envoy shall not exceed 200,000.

In this way, the six governors of the inner six provinces each have 150,000 troops, and the subtotal has 900,000 troops. The outer six are 200,000 per person, and the subtotal is 1.2 million Royal Army units. Taken together, the total number of the future imperial army of the Great Song Dynasty will be controlled within 2.1 million in principle. (To be continued.) )