The Yisheng Army was another army recruited by the imperial court. When the imperial court moved inward in the Yanyun area, it felt that the local men were brave and available, and recruited a group of Han'er after the mountain, called the Yisheng Army, of which there were more than 100,000 people stationed in Hedong. The imperial court relied on the Yisheng Army to defend Adong, so the treatment of the Yisheng Army was much higher than that of other forbidden armies. After a long time, the Yisheng army complained because the imperial court did not give money and food in time, and the local forbidden army saw that their treatment was not as good as that of an army composed of people who surrendered to the country, and their hearts were extremely unfair. They thought that their rations had been taken away by the Yisheng Army, so there were constant conflicts between the two troops, causing serious internal friction, not to mention, the imperial court spent a huge amount of money every year to support the Yisheng Army.

Therefore, Xia Guan believes that whether it is the forbidden army, the box army, the township soldiers, the fan soldiers or the victorious army or the victorious army and the righteous victory army, due to the realization of the conscription system, resulting in a huge annual financial and tax consumption, especially this move makes the soldiers have no sense of tension, but has a dependence on the imperial court, and has caused a huge number of troops over the years, and the combat effectiveness is indeed decreasing day by day.

Seeing that Cai Mao and Tong Guan of the military faction had already expressed their support, and Cai Jing and others from the economic faction also strongly agreed, at this time, Prime Minister Wang Hao hurriedly came out of the column and saluted: The emperor is playing, and the lower officials also fully agree. Liang Shicheng and others were not to be left behind, and they all expressed their support. Seeing that all the ministers have successively stated the shortcomings of the current military system and the urgency and necessity of its restructuring, I feel a lot more relaxed, although as the emperor can enforce the military restructuring, but after all, the specific affairs are handled by these ministers, if it is issued in the form of an administrative order, there is no problem in name, but in the progress of the matter and the scope involved and the subjective initiative of the officials, it will be very unsatisfactory, this is the main reason for the failure of many previous restructuring, the original intention and policy above are good, However, there was indeed a serious deviation at the implementation level below, which finally led to a good restructuring policy that is not known. The most important reason for this is that there is no sufficient communication and consultation, and the center of the court has not formed a unity in terms of ideology.

Seeing that there is no consensus at present, I said to everyone: Sun Tzu said: Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored. I was also cautious, and it was only after careful consideration and deliberation that I made up my mind to implement the reform. This is not only about the safety of the court but also about the safety of all of you in the court today, if the court is not strong, so it will definitely be slaughtered, then I am afraid that your high-ranking officials will be deprived by the enemy at any time, let alone talk about the descendants of Fumeng.

Since all of you Aiqing today are so aware of the overall situation and take care of the general situation, then I will talk about some thoughts on the military restructuring of the imperial court. At present, the Privy Council, as the highest administrative organ of the imperial court, should increase the positions of military generals, improve the status and voice of military generals, and in order to facilitate the improvement of its decision-making strength, under the framework of the original Privy Council, one chief envoy and one deputy envoy, two military generals and deputy envoys should be added. Its function is to make decisions and deployments for the imperial court's major military deployment, restructuring, mobilization, and combat operations. Other cumbersome affairs are carried out by the Shangshu Provincial Military Department. That is to say, in the administrative system, the military level is made by the Privy Council, and after the approval of me, the right minister (deputy prime minister) of Shangshu Province is responsible for the implementation of the Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

The original commander of the three yama armies and the infantry army were abolished, and the commanders in front of the palace were mainly responsible for the defense of the imperial city and the Beijing division, and their responsibilities remained unchanged, but in the administrative system, the commanders in front of the palace were included in the management of the Ouchi, and the other commanders of the cavalry and the infantry commanders of the whole country were abolished on the spot, so that the military side of the administrative system made decisions and implemented two institutions, that is, the Privy Council decision-making, and the military department was responsible for implementation. This not only improves its efficiency, but also simplifies the process and the disadvantages of multiple government departments, if there is a deviation, it is good to timely accountability and correction, the original Privy Council is in charge of military mobilization, the Sanya is responsible for the command and command of the army, the two check and balance each other, and the military department is responsible for the irregular army. During the battle, the imperial court would appoint a general to lead the army into battle, called a "rate minister", which was generally temporary and abolished after the battle. Such a command system is completely incompatible with the current development of the situation, and I want to streamline its process, what do you think?

This time, the ruling and Privy Council made Cai Mao react very quickly, and immediately expressed his support, the deputy envoy Tong Guan followed suit, and the ruling and Shangshu Right Chengyu Wencuizhong also expressed his approval, and the other ministers saw that the relevant ministers had no opinions, so they also expressed their approval, and they successfully passed the reform of its military system. The next question is the candidate, I thought of this and nodded to the ministers and said: The so-called generals who must win, but the people who do not win, the king does not choose the generals, and his country and the enemy are also, in other words, but you can not be careful, as for the candidates of the two deputy privy council envoys, I don't know who you Aiqing can recommend?

From the perspective of seeking truth from facts, the opinions of others should be solicited at the appropriate time, and the key major policies can sometimes be strongly promoted, but the details of the problem or the affairs that they do not know must seek the opinions of others, otherwise it is easy to form a word and cause their own excessive self-confidence, which will bury a lot of timing mines for their future road, and more importantly, it will seriously hit the enthusiasm and thinking of the people below.

After listening to everyone's own hard thinking, since the emperor gave a word, then you have to think carefully about who in your camp or cronies can be qualified to be this key deputy to the Privy Council, if the recommendation is successful, not only has the merit of recommendation, but also must be the merit of reinvention for the recommended person, and then it is equivalent to directly intervening in the military decision-making circle of the imperial court, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, everyone racked their brains to recall......

In this regard, Tong Guan has been in charge of the military for a long time and is familiar with military affairs and all kinds of generals, so he first came out of the line and saluted and said: Emperor Qi, the lower officials recommend the great Confucian breed to be placed from the great-grandson, the grandson of the famous general Shiheng, the old general of the breed of the family army. After all, the children of the family have been in the army for several generations, dozens of people have died on the battlefield for the country, and they are famous generals in the northwest, and their prestige in the army is quite high. Everyone talked about it, and sometimes they nodded in approval.

When he was a child, he worshipped the thinker and philosopher Zhang Zai as his teacher. Because of the meritorious service of the ancestors, he was able to make up for the three shifts of service, and after the examination, he was changed to a civil official, and served as the governor of Xizhou and the supervisor of Tonggu County. Later, the seed master Dao was promoted to the general judge of Yuanzhou and promoted Qin Feng Changping. He disagreed with Cai Jing's will because of his discussion of the service law, and was reappointed as the envoy of Zhuang Zhai and Zhide Shunjun. Immediately, Cai Jing and the party falsely accused him of "slandering the martyrs" and dismissed him from office and included him in the "party membership." Ten years after the Dao of the Seed Master was abolished, he only knew Huai Dejun as a martial arts doctor, a historian of Zhongzhou Thorn, and a governor of Jingyuan. The old man Song Huizong once summoned the seed master to Beijing to inquire about the border situation, and the seed master said: It is impossible to provoke a war first, and if the enemy invades, it will be-for-tat, and it is not a good idea to make trouble rashly. Won the full affirmation and recognition of the old man.

The imperial court also ordered the commander of the Seed Master Dao to attack Zangdi City (northwest of present-day Zhidan County, Shaanxi) by the Seven Route Troops of Shaanxi and Hedong, stipulating that it must be conquered in ten days. When the Song soldiers approached the city, they found that the enemy garrison was very strong, and after a few days, the officers and soldiers began to burn out. There was a colonel who was lazy and sat on the bed to rest, and the planter immediately beheaded him at the military gate to show the public, and ordered: "If you don't take this city today, you are all the same as him!" The crowd shook and clamored to ascend the city, and the city defense collapsed, and the Song army captured Zangdi City in eight days. The old man Song Huizong was overjoyed after receiving the good news, and was promoted to the deputy commander of the guard, the pro-army, the horse army, and the envoy of the Ying Dao army.

Although there was a defeat in the recovery of Yanjing, it was also completely unknown to Tong Guan and others who did not understand military affairs, and later Yanjing was recovered, and the imperial court rewarded Tong Guan and others, and the seed master Dao carried the black pot for Tong Guan to retire for this reason. At this time, Tong Guan suggested that the seed master road should be enabled, first, it is indeed a virtuous country, and secondly, it may also be guilty of Yanjing's previous affairs, and third, after all, the seed master road has been praised by the old man, and his original name is Jianzhong, because he avoided the old man Song Huizong's year name of the Yasukuni, he was renamed Shiji, and was later named Shidao by the old man Song Huizong.

Seeing that all the ministers agreed, I nodded and said: Since the old general of the Seed Master Dao can be recognized by all Aiqing, I believe that his character, military skills, and prestige in the army are also remarkable. As the saying goes, "if you want to govern the army, you must first choose a general", after all, thousands of soldiers are easy to get, and it is difficult to find a general. In order to fully select and train good generals, I hope that all of you will work together for the country regardless of past suspicions and personal grievances.

At this time, the eunuch and the two Zhejiang systems made Tan Zhi suddenly come out of the line and salute and said: Qi play the emperor, the lower official recommends a person, this person is from the early years of the Tang Dynasty to the present, hundreds of years of living in Fuzhou (Fugu County, Shaanxi), the inner screen of China, the seventh generation of the Song Lin Mansion Zhe family of the Song Lin Mansion Zhi Yan quality, both civil and military, Fuzhou east of the Yellow River, northwest of the grassland, desert, south of the Hexi states, the geographical location is very important. The performance of the Zhe family is the first to recommend the fight against Western Xia. Its glorious achievements since the second year of Xianping (999), the Western Xia army came to attack Fuzhou, Zhi Weichang and the army general buried Jingfeng, repelled the enemy. In the first year of Jingde (1004), Weichang defeated the Western Xia army again in the north of Linzhou, annihilated more than 1,000 enemies, and captured more than 40,000 horses, cattle, sheep and camels.

In the first year of Qingli (1041), Yuan Hao led a large army to besiege Fuzhou. Zhi Jimin commanded the soldiers to defend the city and insisted on more than a month. The Western Xia suffered heavy losses and had to retreat. Ji Min took advantage of the situation and attacked and captured thousands of enemies. In the fourth year of Yuanfeng (1081), Zhe Kexing conquered Western Xia with 3,000 soldiers from Benzhou. On the way to retreat, the Western Xia general Babao Wu Liang led more than 10,000 cavalry to chase. After inviting the palace, Kexing broke it and beheaded Wu Liang. After several expeditions to the Western Xia, "one hundred and seventy battles with the Westerners, without tasting defeat, captured tens of thousands" ("Zheke Xing Shinto Tablet"). The Tangut people called it "the father of the folded family", and increased the left wing soldiers, which were specially used to resist the enemy's folding.