In view of the loose discipline, perfunctory training, mediocre officials, and inferior combat strength exposed in the regimental camp, Zhang Lun began to draw up a plan to go to the imperial court in mid-November, requesting a major reorganization of the regimental camp.

On the morning of the same day, the court was not surprised by Zhang Lun's request for rectification, and the change of the governor and the commander who led the troops was all in order to change the status quo of the regiment and battalion.

However, the rectification measures thrown out by Zhang Lun were drastic, powerful, and ruthless, which shocked the court. Zhang Lun proposed that the first measure is to streamline disarmament, that is, to conduct a comprehensive selection of nearly 130,000 soldiers and horses of the 12 regiments and battalions, and the old and weak soldiers, inferior soldiers, and mediocre generals are all targets of disarmament; At the same time, it is also necessary to comprehensively sort out the overlapping organs in the regiments and camps, the bloated civilian personnel in the bureaucracy, and the officers who lead the army and eat empty salaries.

According to Zhang Lun's recital, if we really want to streamline and reorganize according to this kind of intensity, the more than 120,000 regiments and battalions will be reduced to only 70,000 or 80,000 people, and 40 percent of the soldiers and horses will be lost at once.

"No, no, isn't this self-destruction of the Great Wall? In the past, there were no less than 150,000 troops stationed in the important areas of the Beijing division, and how could the regiments and battalions of 780,000 people shoulder the responsibility of guarding the capital? The British public did not consider this move, how could it be so nonsense. "The military department Shangshu Lu Wan was the first to raise an objection, the military department has the right to speak on this matter, whether you are in the Beijing camp or the officers and soldiers of the guard, the military department is your superior yamen, you have the right to command the troops, but the right to transfer troops is in the military department.

"yes, isn't that nonsense? Rectification is rectification, but it is not to cut off half of the regimental battalion; In the past few years, it is better not to increase the number of troops, but to disarm? What is the rationale for this? "A crowd of people followed and argued.

Zhang Lun said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the soldiers are not expensive, and the old and weak and remnant soldiers are not reduced, in fact, they only occupy the number of soldiers, and the combat strength does not increase but decreases, which will affect morale and drag down the entire overall situation in wartime." As for the layoffs of bloated personnel and those who take vacancies as traitors, this is naturally for the sake of a healthy atmosphere and saving money. After this streamlining, at least two or three million taels of silver will be saved a year, and this silver will be used to improve equipment and weapons, which will be a great upgrade for the regiment and battalion. ”

"Little grandfather, you can't reduce people just to save money, if there is chaos in the Ming Dynasty, can these seventy or eighty thousand people protect the Jingshi?"

"Yes, many people have more efforts, the regimental battalion has always been a 10,000-person battalion, and the rules have been set in the hands of Yu Shaobao in the past, and the guards and horses in the capital have never been less than 150,000, you can't do this."

“……”

Everyone was talking about it, Zhang Lun was a little stunned, a simple plan to reorganize his regimental camp would also cause a lot of questions, which he didn't expect.

Thinking that when Song Nan accepted the Shenshu Battalion, most of the soldiers and horses of the original 3,000 battalions were thrown away by Song Nan, leaving only more than 1,000 people, and no one blew a word at that time, Zhang Lun naturally thought that the situation of the regimental camp was similar to that of the Shenshu battalion, but he forgot that the regimental battalion was the backbone of the Beijing camp, and the previous 3,000 battalions were just a dispensable military battalion soldiers and horses in people's minds.

"What are you doing? What's the noise? Above the court, all the adults should also talk about some etiquette, and they should come one by one, don't ask you to say a word to me, who is the point? One of them shouted coldly.

Everyone looked at it, and saw Song Nan standing there with a frosty face, with a stern expression, everyone shuddered, and now Song Nan is not the object of their laughter and ridicule in the court, and now the young man in his twenties standing in front of him is already an upstart in the DPRK who holds a lot of power and has the power of life and death, and everyone has to weigh their own identity. Anyone with eyes knows that opponents of Liu Jin and Xu Guangzuo's level are all dead and retreating, and there is no need to say much about the horror of this person.

But some people are not afraid, and some of the civil officials are proud of it.

"Lord Song, we are discussing the proposal for the reorganization of the regimental camp proposed by the British Princess, why is it indiscriminately noisy?"

"Yes, we are the officials of the imperial court, such a big matter naturally has to be considered, Lord Song is noisy when he says other people's words, this is a little wrong."

Song Nan frowned and shouted, "What are you discussing?" Do you need to discuss such a thing? Sue me, which of you knows how to lead soldiers better than the little grandfather? How do you know that after the reduction of soldiers and horses, there will be a decline in combat power? Just can't protect the capital and can't protect the emperor? It's inexplicable. ”

Song Nan's merciless reprimand made many people shut up, and Lu Wan, the secretary of the military department, frowned and said: "Lord Song, what you said is wrong, don't you have the right to discuss without bringing soldiers?" This is a court council, and all the adults in the hall have the right to speak. ”

Song Nan waved his hand and said: "Lu Shangshu, don't tell me this, that is, everyone has the right to speak, so there are some things that you can't decide for a long time." Everyone is eager to come and give their opinions, even if he doesn't understand this bullshit, he has to say a word, as if he doesn't do it, he doesn't have a sense of zài. I have established a rule that if anyone comes to talk nonsense in the future if he has no real insight, please order someone to pull out and play ten boards to see who still talks nonsense. ”

The ministers were in an uproar, whispering among themselves

"It's a shame that he came up with it, this is a desperate way to do it, and it's too arrogant."

"Yes, Liu Jin never said such a thing when he was here, this surnamed Song actually dared to speak like this."

Yang Tinghe couldn't help it, and slowly stepped forward and said, "Did Lord Song say it casually or did you really think so in your heart?" Do you really think that it is unnecessary for the ministers to express their opinions in court? ”

Everyone knows that Yang Tinghe's words are a trap, if Song Nan really thinks so, the next step will definitely be to attack it in groups.

Song Nan would not be fooled, and said with a smile: "Yang Shoufu, just kidding, you are all court officials, and you naturally want to speak with your mouth; What I mean is just to advise you that you can say what you understand, and shut up what you don't understand, so as not to come out and be embarrassed. For example, if I don't know anything about government affairs, have you ever seen me come out and point fingers when the foreign court is playing any policies and laws? ”

Yang Tinghe nodded with a smile and said: "That's what I said, I understand what Lord Song meant, there is a precedence in hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the art industry, so if you don't understand something, you shouldn't come out to make trouble, right?" ”

Song Nan nodded and said: "That's exactly what it means, the little grandfather has already made it very clear, a small number of troops does not mean that it will become weaker, the soldiers are not expensive, a strong man can beat a hundred old women, don't you understand this truth?" It's just that the time is so tight, this matter must be completed before the year to ensure that the capital spends the New Year in peace, but there are so many people who come out to speak, but they can't get to the point. ”

Yang Tinghe waved his hand and said: "Don't be impatient, don't understand if you don't understand, but since it is a major event in the imperial court, it is natural to understand and figure it out, Lord Song explained to us, we laymen have understood and understood, and naturally we will not talk much, are you right?" ”

Song Nan said: "Okay, Yang Shoufu will ask questions on behalf of all the adults, and the little grandfather replied, isn't this the end?" ”

Yang Tinghe said with a smile: "The official doesn't ask the British public, the official only asks you, presumably the rectification plan of the regimental camp is also the result of the discussion between Lord Song and the British public, and it is the same for anyone." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "The little grandfather did discuss it with me, and I only gave a little bit of advice, but in fact, it is still the little grandfather's own method, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

Yang Tinghe smiled silently, although Song Nan denied it, Yang Tinghe pointed out this point to tell Song Nan, don't think that we don't know that you are the mastermind behind the scenes, they are all your arms, and everything they do is with your acquiescence.

"The first question is, although it is necessary to rectify the regimental camps, but the excessive number of disarmed people is not necessarily not a hidden danger, tens of thousands of people have been disarmed and dismissed, how should these people be resettled? You only think about the regiment itself, but have you ever considered the overall situation? If these tens of thousands of people don't settle down well, this year's New Year will be lively. ”

"Good question, this is the level of the first assistant, Yang Shoufu is considering the overall situation, not just talking nonsense if some people don't understand the key points."

"Lord Song is really ashamed of what the official said, please answer the official's question." Yang Tinghe said with a smile.

Song Nan glanced at Zhang Lun and said, "Little grandfather, shall I answer for you?" ”

Zhang Lun arched his hand and said: "I'm tired." ”

Yang Tinghe smiled coldly, and only listened to Song Nan say: "Tens of thousands of people have been reduced all of a sudden, if the resettlement is not good, it is indeed easy to become a problem for public security, these should have been arranged by the outer court, but we can't just ignore it." I discussed this matter with my little grandfather and came up with a few solutions, the first is to give them two taels of silver for dismissal, and give them a lot of silver for dismissal according to the length of their years in the army, so that they can have the capital to settle down; Second, I will select thousands of them to arrange for work so that they will not become exiles, and third, all of them will retain the status of reserve military service for three years, and in peacetime for the common people, they can be quickly called up in wartime, and those with this status can receive one or two pieces of silver as a salary every month, and in case of illegal acts, the reserve service qualification will be cancelled and dealt with according to law. I don't know these three arrangements, what does Yang Shoufu think? ”