Zhao Heng didn't know the mind of this young guard, when Xue Qiang followed him, he was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he was not yet twenty at this time, but he was already a commander and a martial arts doctor.

He looked at the other party's chin with a short fluffy beard, and his face was still childish. On a whim, he jumped out of his seat and said with a smile: "Come on, let's compare." ”

Xue Qiang didn't understand what he meant, he was still on the march, Zhao Huan had already pulled him over, and after a little comparison, he already knew that Xue Qiang had grown a lot in the past two years, and he was already half a head taller than himself.

He sat back in his seat with a smile and nodded to Xue Qiang, "Yes, I am much taller than me." ”

Zhao Huan's figure is tall and thin, this Xue Qiang can be taller than him, and he is also a rare big man among the ancients. What's more, practicing martial arts since he was a child has made him well-proportioned, tall and strong.

Zhao Huan smiled again: "In this way, as a commander, no one will say anything." You are also the son of the gate, and you inherit your father's business with your son, and I will promote you faster, and your relatives and friends will naturally help you with a few words. ”

He knew that Xue Qiang was too young, and he used Xue Qiang too much, so it was inevitable that someone would say a few strange words, so as to refresh the young general in advance, lest he be psychologically frustrated, and lose his original intention of reusing him.

Xue Qiang was not surprised by him, he was really very uneasy about the emperor's rapid promotion.

Zhao Huan mentioned the conversation, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister was only the deputy general before, and he can be in control all of a sudden, it is too fast, it is better to make the minister a regular or a deputy commander, so as to have room for progress in the future." ”

Zhao Huan gradually put away the smile on his face and asked him, "Why, someone spoke so soon?" ”

Seeing his expression, Xue Xian was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly replied: "Where, Your Majesty appoints a minister, how can others have anything to say?" Besides, the ministers have been waiting by Your Majesty's side since they were children, and it is also the old custom of Your Majesty to appoint close military ministers. No one dared to say anything. Besides, the minister is not the kind of person who is afraid of rumors, and His Majesty uses the minister. What is there to be afraid of? ”

"Good!"

Zhao Huan high-fived and smiled, and agreed: "This is the person who has been by my side for many years." ”

Then he asked, "Then what are you worried about?" ”

Xue Qiang had already spoken, so he had no worries, and replied: "Your Majesty only cares about promoting ministers." But I forgot about the pole and the others. All of them, they also followed His Majesty when they were in the Five Kingdoms, at this time they were only able to achieve deputy control, and Zhi Xiaozhong was only a deputy general, and the ministers had been friends with them since childhood, and they were captured together when they were in the city of Tokyo, and they went through all the hardships to get to the Five Kingdoms, and His Majesty was appointed once. The ministers were all around, born and died together, and fled back to Shaanxi from the five countries, so affectionate. Brother Biro. Now that His Majesty has appointed his ministers as the commander, what does that kind of boss think? His family is the most famous family in the Western Army, and the second brother is the same. How can the minister's family background be compared with the two of them, and how can the minister's talent and knowledge be compared with these two eldest brothers. ”

This concern is indeed the most worrying thing in his heart. When people are young, the official position is indeed not as important as brotherhood, but for the official position mentioned by Zhao Huan to cause a share of life among brothers, it is better than that.

Moreover, the guards who followed Zhao Huan also understood that they were loyal to Zhao Huan, and Zhao Huan would also trust them, and it was only a matter of time before high-ranking officials were generous.

After listening to this, Zhao Huan knew that this Xue Qiang was indeed sincere, and under the love dispute, he even called the eldest brother and the second brother in private, and said everything.

He smiled slightly, and said to Xue Qiang, who was red-headed, and said, "I understand this thought of yours." You're young. Don't covet power and official positions, but don't you know that for these reasons, family members and fathers can also turn against each other, not to mention that you are not related to each other. ”

Stretching out his palm to stop Xue Qiang from speaking, Zhao Huan said again: "But this kind of emotion is precious, why should I bother to destroy it?" ”

Seeing that Xue Qiang was dumbfounded, Zhao Huan smiled and said, "Don't worry, your big brother, I will be reused." ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Huan frowned and was silent.

Xue Qiang was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "Because of the things that can be sought, can you reuse filial piety?" ”

The Zhejia generals used to be the first-class family of the Western Army in the Song Dynasty, and they were only under the generals of the species. When the Song Dynasty was in danger, the leader of the generals, the leader of the generals, led the army several times to aid the Beijing division, and finally died of anxiety.

Among his younger brothers, he died heroically in the battle of the Jin soldiers attacking Shaanxi.

In this way, the family style of the heroic family made the people of the time respect.

In contrast, the leader of the generation of the Zhe family is Zhe Keqiu, who commands the land of Lin, Fu and Feng in Hedong, and at the beginning of the invasion of the Jin soldiers, he also led the troops to relieve the siege of Taiyuan, and later Taiyuan fell, Wanyan Yinkeshu attacked the city of Linzhou, captured the beloved son of Zhe Keqiu, and forced Zhe Keqiu to surrender with his son's life, and offered the three states he led.

In addition, he helped Jin Bing and broke several well-defended cities. Since then, except for the Zhi Yan who was a pacification envoy in Hunan, the rest of the people have been demoted, loyal to the family, and have become a shame for the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty for a while.

Zhe Xiaozhong is a nephew of the close branch who can be sought, and he doesn't care about the distant branch of Zheyan, so he will naturally be affected. If it weren't for him accompanying Zhao Huan, who was a guard, he wanted to re-emerge in the Western Army, but he didn't want to. is like this, compared with Xue Qiang and others, it is also quite backward.

In this way, his future has become a matter of concern for these guards around Zhao Huan, and at this time, Zhao Huan hesitated a little, and Xue Qiang guessed it.

Seeing him like this, Zhao Huan smiled dumbly, and only said: "You don't have to be suspicious, folding filial piety has nothing to do with folding and asking, don't I know?" However, there is something to do with this matter. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister can ensure that filial piety and loyalty have nothing to do with it, and there is no contact."

Zhao Huan waved his hand and said: "I have no arrangements for this matter, you don't know the relationship." ”

He sighed and smiled at Xue Qiang: "You don't have to worry about this matter, and you don't have to think about these good brothers of yours so badly,"

Xue Qiang's face turned red, so he had to bow down and reply: "Yes, then the minister will go to Xiangyang to take up his post, and he will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust." ”

Zhao Huan smiled and said to him: "Xue Qiang, I summoned you in, not to tell you about the right talents. Your responsibilities are not as simple as a rule. ”

Xue Qiang saw that the emperor's expression was solemn, and he also knew that the reason why he must be called in to give orders, so he calmed down at the moment and waited for Zhao Heng's orders.

Zhao Huan was satisfied, knowing that he was a henchman who dared to come out single-handedly, and his young age was a disadvantage, but it was also a strength.

Young people are always more receptive to new things than middle-aged and old people.

"My Great Song Dynasty military system, with the front of the palace division, the front of the imperial guard horse military division, the front of the imperial guard infantry division of the three ya, the national forbidden army, all under the name of the three ya, military orders are passed down, the army training, are all under the three ya. And the march to battle is by the privy. This was originally for the military generals to abuse power, which was originally good, but it made the generals not know the soldiers, and the soldiers did not know the generals, so that our Great Song Dynasty has rarely won for more than a hundred years. The Jurchen invasion and the vulnerability of the Tokyo Forbidden Army are caused by the corruption of military discipline,"

Xue Qiang also understood what he said, but he knew that the emperor was using this beginning, so he didn't dare to interrupt, but still listened attentively.

Zhao Huan cleared his throat and said, "When I go back to Shaanxi, except for those hundreds of Mongolians, there are dozens of young guards around me. Although the generals of the Western Army were very loyal, in order not to lose power, I immediately rebuilt the Sanya, so that there was a relaxed army around me to protect it. Wu Lan and Qu Duan, but I had to do this in order to appease people's hearts at that time. This time, by conquering Liu Guangshi's rebellion, I ordered Wu Lan to go to the expedition from his brother, and stripped him of the position of commander of the Ma Military Division, this time the Jin soldiers were going to invade the territory, and I ordered Qu Duan to go to Tongguan, and made him no longer the commander of the infantry military division, so that I wanted to reform the military system, and the guards around the pro-army, there would be no qualified generals who could come out and speak. ”

These things were originally thought about by Zhao Huan carefully, and he used his political skills to mediate them, and did not use the emperor's authority to do them, but the effect was better.

At this time, when I talked to this Xue Qiang, I only mentioned it slightly, which made this confidant more comfortable to use.

Xue Qiang is also awake, in this respect is indeed much better than the others, he already understood when he heard half of it, his face showed a look of emotion, but he still didn't interrupt without saying a word,

Zhao Huan was also very satisfied with him, and only said: "In troubled times, it is easy to produce powerful ministers, and it is easy to create feudal towns." Looking at the generals, there are many people who can be used, but those who can be worried about it are self-respecting. Moreover, I want to reform the military system, so that it is different from the past, and it is even more difficult to cause chaos in the army. Liu Guangshi's ability to lead tens of thousands of troops to rebel and rebel with one person is the reason why the military system is corrupt and gradually unable to restrain the main general. Now I am determined to save the three ya, but then build the imperial pro-army, the quota system does not need too much, but sit in the shape of the place, when the pro-army is formed, then the three ya, and there is no longer any recruitment, suppress the envoys, and the military generals can not control the place for the governor, reform the name, and the actual soldiers, so that the military generals only manage the army, and no longer interfere in civil affairs. Such as the transfer envoy and the camp field envoy, it is no longer possible to order the military generals to command. In this way, for example, before the establishment of the imperial army, each army is still about 10,000 people, and ten armies are built, which are controlled by generals and specialized towns to prevent rebellion. After the quota is set, the general concentrates on commanding the army, but the number should not be too much, and the civil and financial power will also be returned to the imperial court, so that I can command the reform army with ease. And after the restructuring of the army, it can also prevent rebellion among the generals. ”

When Xue Qiang heard this, he finally understood what the emperor meant.

When he goes out of the town, the emperor must first set an example for him, and all kinds of measures must be taken by him and ordinary people, if they can live up to Zhao Huan's wishes, then the emperor will be able to reform the system, and he will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort.