396, reorganization of the Snow Shame Army (II)

In the evening of the same day, Jingwen immediately drafted some contents on the reorganization of the army. And Jingwen probably guessed that this Liu Renliang was already a person who followed the emperor, because his hint this time was obvious enough. This time, I am afraid that Li Shimin took the initiative to ask Jingwen to reorganize. Now it is still the initiative to find out, and Liu Renliang will find out, which means that there is still room for redemption. But if Emperor Li Shimin is allowed to find out in person, then I am afraid there is really no room for recovery. Therefore, Jingwen must be very interesting, otherwise his head will really be lost when the time comes. This involves military power, and not everyone can be contaminated. If it weren't for Jingwen's "loyalty", I'm afraid the emperor would have to do it directly.

"Your Majesty, the minister has found that my Tang army is at an important moment in the future development, and the officer's su zhì is very important. Therefore, the ministers carried out regular exchanges of officers with various troops. Jingwen said.

"Oh? What is interchangeable on a regular basis? Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister thought that in order to allow officers to get more study and training in different branches and different positions, the minister thought that the officers of each unit should go to other armies to adjust their posts once every three years. In this way, you can learn more about leading troops, and you can make the army more familiar with each other. The minister mentioned yì and transferred the officers of the Snow Shame Army to other units to take up posts, and brought the excellent management methods of the Snow Shame Army to the past. Officers from other units also came to study and personally experience the management methods of the Xue Shame Army, which will be beneficial to our Datang military management methods in the future. ”

Jingwen's is all nonsense, and the central idea is to tell Li Shimin, if you want to mix sand, come here, I will make room for you to mix sand, and then you can rest assured. Of course, there are some things that can't be said too directly, and it hurts feelings if they are too direct. This is also why Li Shimin asked Liu Renliang to say. And there is no reason to say it yourself. Now Jingwen is also using this method to tell Li Shimin, you can mix sand, I am still loyal, and I have no idea of being a warlord.

Li Shimin looked at the plan and nodded. At present, there is no fixed term system for officials. Officials in the Tang Dynasty, as long as there are no problems in their positions, or if there is no appointment from above, they can continue to work in this official position until retirement. And the so-called fixed term of office system. It was only in the Song Dynasty that it began. And now Jingwen has proposed to adjust his position every three years, which has made Li Shimin start to liven up. If an officer is allowed to run an army for a long time, then I am afraid they will also become warlords. After all, the people who can be promoted are a minority after all, and more people stay in place for a long time and cannot be promoted. If this is a regular exchange, it will be tantamount to moving officials, so that they will not be in one place for a long time. Too much power in your hands.

"Is there anything else you want to say?" Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen immediately said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the minister still has a mention of yì, that is, the Snow Shame Army is the foundation, and the officers are drawn from the Snow Shame Army. A group of officers and soldiers is then selected from other armies, and a new army is formed. It is possible to divide the Shame Army into four and then form four armies, so as to avoid the situation of a single source of soldiers for the Shame Army. ”

"Hmm. Not bad! Li Shimin said.

It has to be said that the question of the source of soldiers is also a problem. The reason why Jingwen's Snow Shame Army was able to make Jingwen have such prestige was except for the officer's accident. Another very important reason is the single source of their soldiers. The Snow Shame Army is all from the Han people who have returned to China, and Jingwen has a life-saving grace for them, so they can absolutely obey Jingwen. It is not enough to mix sand from the officers, but also to mix sand with the soldiers. If they had always been soldiers from Pinglu County, they would inevitably still not be able to get rid of Jingwen's influence. Now Jingwen took the initiative to ask for the army to be divided into four and then mixed with soldiers from other places, which was tantamount to diluting the soldiers in Pinglu County. In this way, the soldiers from other places account for the vast majority, and although Jingwen will still be influential, there will be no such thing as saying anything.

"It seems that we are thinking a little complicated!" Li Shimin thought.

Originally, Li Shimin thought that it would not be so easy to get back the military power of the Xue Shame Army, because almost no one would take the initiative to give up the military power. But now it seems that it is Li Shimin and those ministers who think it is complicated. Jingwen is not the kind of person who is greedy for military power, because he knows very well that even if he has military power, it is useless, but will cause suspicion. But at that time, Li Shimin and those prime ministers subconsciously thought that it was difficult to get the military power back, so it was like this. Now that Jingwen understands things so well, it means that they all misunderstood Jingwen before. Jingwen is still very loyal, and he has no idea of becoming a warlord. If Jingwen wanted to be a warlord, he would not take the initiative to hand over the military power.

"What are you going to do with those staff officers? People have also made meritorious contributions in this battle, so it's not appropriate to send them back, right? Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen immediately asked: "Your Majesty, what do you think of these three divisions of military affairs?" ”

"Very good, a good helper in managing the army. With them, army management is much easier. Li Shimin said.

And Li Shimin still has a sentence that he has not said, that is, it can also become a means to restrict the rights of the general. Although Jing Wen of the Snow Shame Army said the same, it was because those staff officers were hired by Jing Wen at his own expense, so they were able to do so. If these staff officers were sent from above, they could instead be a means of restraining the troops below. Didn't the locust army of the Great Japanese Invaders rely on a large group of staff officers to control the army? As the emperor, Li Shimin will of course think the same as those locusts. Therefore, although the later locusts did not have any political commissars, the locusts were still able to control the army, and this is the reason. Li Shimin also wants to use this method.

"Your Majesty, the minister hopes that the emperor can institutionalize this staff officer, that is, turn it into a permanent official position in the army. In this way, it will be good for the army and will be able to have an official position for the staff officers. Jingwen said.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll think about it!" ”

If it is given to those staff officers, the meaning is different. Originally, they were just people hired by Jingwen, but once they became officials, their identities would be different. This is like a civil servant, with the establishment of the leader, you can't just fire you. And the original staff officers were all controlled by Jing Wen, and their fate was controlled by Jing Wen. But once they have an official status, then if they don't make a mistake, Jingwen can't do anything to them. This is the method of the emperor's staff under the control. And if Jingwen handed over all the control power of the staff officers, it would be equivalent to handing over all the military powers. (To be continued......)