The morning sun rose, steaming, on the field of the colonel in the east of Jinling City, the soldiers were full of voices, and a sea of heat was in full swing.

Those who practice stabbing and shooting, those who run, those who practice platoons, those who practice throwing bombs, roars, trumpets, one after another, give people throbbing, give people strength.

"One-two-one, one-two-one, one-two-three-four!"

Accompanied by the sound of the instructor's horn, the uniform shouts were inspiring, and the sweat continued to slide down from the face and body, and under the sweat, the sergeants ran bare-chested, with the same footsteps, and ran hard under the rising sun.

"Thorn! Harvest! Stab! ”

In front of the queue, the instructor's face was dark, shouting loudly, the sergeants were naked, dark and shiny, many of them had obvious abdominal muscles, strong muscles, the spears in their hands were shining, one stabbed and one retracted, neatly aligned, making people frightened.

Outside the teaching hall, a large number of people leaned on the wall, watching curiously.

Is this kind of training day after day, rain or shine, a whim, or a three-minute heat?

On the public notice board at the entrance of the church, the military regulations are clear and eye-catching, which is particularly eye-catching.

"1. Those who disobey military orders will be beheaded.

2. Those who falsely claim to be sick in battle will be beheaded.

3. Those who abandon weapons in battle will be beheaded.

Fourth, those who retreat from the battle, behead.

Fifth, if you do not obey the officials, the order will not work, and the ban will not stop and be beheaded.

Sixth, kill the good and take the merits, beheading.

7. Those who spoil women shall be beheaded.

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The banners hanging around the teaching hall are equally impressive, saying "sweat more in peacetime, shed less blood in wartime" and "protect the family, defend the country, sacrifice and dedication."

Like the Jinling Lecture Hall, at the entrance of the schoolyard, the sign of "soldiers are sacred and inviolable" is standing, attracting the attention of people who come and go, and also indicates the improvement of the status of soldiers.

Zhao Hong stood on the sidelines, watching the training situation, sweating profusely, and his heart was also excited.

Jiangnan East Road implements a new policy, and military training is also one of the new policies, and the top priority.

His "father" Zhao Kuo was finally buried before the heat, reigned for 30 years, at the age of 57, and was called Emperor Renwen Zhewu Gongxiao, and the temple name was Ningzong. In May of the first year of Xingqing, he was buried in the Yongmao Mausoleum of Huiji.

Ning Zong, quiet and quiet, but appropriate.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, he went back to Lin'an City, the court was calm, and the ministers were also quiet, without the slightest abnormality.

The emperor is not there, there are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkey is called the king. These ministers are happy to be idle, happy to be quiet.

If they knew that the next step for the imperial court was to clarify the rule of officials and implement various new policies on Liangzhejiang Road, I wonder if they would be happy?

"Why are you late?"

A recruit arrived in a hurry, and the instructor asked with a dark face.

"Report to the instructor, it's late because of the toilet!"

The recruits shuddered when they saw the instructor's serious black face.

"Everyone is not late, you are the only one, who believes?"

The instructor snorted coldly, turned his head, and looked at the team in front of him.

"Which team is this?"

"Report to the instructor, this is Team C, I'm the captain Liu Zhi!"

The captain secretly complained bitterly, raised his head and reported with his chest high.

This recruit is pampered and pampered, and he knew that he would have problems, and finally came.

"The recruits are late, and the captain can't escape the responsibilities. Get out of the line, run around the church three times, and let's go! ”

The instructor gave an order, and the captain Liu Zhi came out of the queue and began to run.

"Instructor, it's my fault, please let me run instead of the captain!"

The recruit blushed and plucked up courage to speak.

"You can't escape! Come on! ”

The instructor had a black face, and the recruits hurried to follow their captain and run in circles.

Zhao Hong couldn't help but be happy. Everyone has a face, and with such a punishment method, I'm afraid this recruit will not be late in the future.

This black-faced instructor turned out to be Cao Youwen, who was transferred from the martial arts hall.

This kid really manages the army well, and he deserves to be a famous general in history.

Compared with the Northern Song Dynasty, the military system of the Southern Song Dynasty was chaotic and complicated. Generally speaking, the generals of a single army are mostly under the command of the commander of the first army, and the commander and deputy commander are the commanders, and then the commanders, deputy commanders, commanders, and deputy commanders.

The army has a "general" in the first and second order, and usually has a general general, a deputy general, and a general as the commander of the army.

There will be a team, each team of 50 people, there are support team, escort team, flag head, etc. Between the generals and the team, some also have "departments" and some generals.

The trained recruits were only fine-tuned. Five people are in the army, 10 people each, 50 people in each team, 200 people in each department, 1,000 people in each general, and about 3,000 people in each army.

The training basically adopts the five-five system, which is also to ensure that from training to the army, the establishment is basically the same, whether it is a general or an ordinary non-commissioned soldier, they can quickly integrate.

"Your Majesty, there are a total of 50,000 people in the Jiangnan East Road Forbidden Army, with a shortage of more than 8,000 people, and then 9,000 people who are old, weak, sick and disabled, plus more than 10,000 people transferred back to Jiankang Mansion by the front division of the palace, 42,000 people, are all here now."

Wang Gang's answer made Zhao Hong nod slightly.

Of the 66,000 soldiers, there were less than 40,000 soldiers. After the training is completed, it is estimated that two or three thousand will be eliminated, and it is good to have 40,000.

This is the case for Jiangnan East Road, and it is estimated that this is also the case for other roads. If you are afraid, you are afraid, Jinghu Road, Lianghuai Road, and the border areas of Sichuan are also like this.

"What about the eliminated sergeants?"

Zhao Hong's brows furrowed.

The stubborn disease of "redundant soldiers" has not been solved in the Song Dynasty.

In order to alleviate the situation of the disaster, the Song Dynasty recruited the victims and bandits as soldiers, so that there were more and more soldiers, and soldiers could not retire until they were 60 years old. Raising soldiers but not allowing wars, but only maintaining local tranquility, so that the army was disabled, but the military expenditure was huge.

Redundant soldiers, redundant expenses, a vicious circle, cannot be eliminated.

"Back to Your Majesty, Jiangnan East Road implemented the meridian boundary law, and many idle fields and barren fields were cleared out, especially more than 600,000 mu of uncultivated barren land under the name of Haoqiang officials, which were distributed to more than 20,000 soldiers who were eliminated, which was more than enough. The others are used as official fields in case the army needs them. ”

Wang Gang said softly, smiling.

Jiangnan East Road implemented the meridian law, under the thunder, it was a great success, and those who evaded hidden taxes were found out in Jiankang Mansion alone, and the hidden fields found out by Jiankang Mansion alone amounted to more than 3 million mu. The people cheered and encouraged, the government increased taxes, and the benefits of the new policy were in the community and in the future.

This was an unexpected surprise and harvest, and it also made him see the benefits of the implementation of the new policy on Jiangnan East Road.

"Wang Qing, well done! Life is a life, grass and trees are autumn. If you can really put a "good" word in the hearts of the people, it is a hundred times better than any fame and fortune! ”

Wang Gang was smiling, and Zhao Hong was also excited.

Just one health house, the official statistics are 4.3 million mu, and the area of the meridian boundary law has reached 7.7 million mu, a difference of 3.4 million mu. The harm of land annexation in the Great Song Dynasty and the disadvantages of hidden taxes are indeed full of drawbacks. Once removed, it brings vitality.

The taxes paid on Jiangnan East Road alone amounted to more than 20 million yuan, which was enough for various expenses such as military training, the construction of the Jiangnan Weapons Manufacturing Division, the expansion of the Jinling University Hall, and the construction of roads.

"Your Majesty's teachings, the minister will keep them in mind."

Wang Gang smiled and respectfully.

"Your Majesty, the eliminated sergeants don't need to farm all of them. Nowadays, Jiangnan East Road is flourishing with all kinds of industries, iron factories, cement factories, soap factories, etc., which require a lot of labor. The minister consulted with the Duke of Wei and the Duke of Hu, and placed more than 5,000 people from the army and placed them in various places. In this way, a possible mutiny of sergeants was also avoided. ”

From coal washing and coking to ore and coke, a lot of labor is required. Wang Gang's move is indeed thoughtful.

"Settle more than 5,000 people, and the rest of the sergeants will not have any objections?"

While Zhao Hong appreciated, he was a little worried.

The people of the country do not suffer from widowhood but from inequality. It's okay to farm all the fields, but if you treat them differently, people will inevitably be uneasy.

"Your Majesty doesn't know, the relationship between relatives in the army is complicated, there are fathers and sons in the army, brothers in the army, and fathers and sons and brothers are in the army. Basically, every family or surname has a candidate, and the soldiers can probably accept it. Moreover, those elderly soldiers had land to plant, and they were exempted from taxation for three years, and many of them returned to their hometowns. ”

The number of eliminated soldiers, veterans aged between 40 and 60, accounted for six or seven thousand, and most of these people returned to their hometowns to work in agriculture, and the selection and elimination of soldiers did not cause much of a sensation.

And its fundamentals, first, there is land to plant, three years of exemption; The second is the development of all industries, which has given five or six thousand eliminated sergeants employment opportunities, killing multiple birds with one stone.

"Your Majesty's implementation of the meridian law, the prosperity of all industries, and the ability to reorganize the armed forces, train generals and soldiers, complement each other, it is really a wonderful move!"

Wang Gang said sincerely.

"Wang Qing, in the final analysis, we still have to implement the new deal. Otherwise, the stubborn disease of redundant troops and redundant expenses cannot be eradicated. ”

Zhao Hong did not mention "redundant officials". In fact, there were only 40,000 officials in the entire Great Song Dynasty, which was not much. The key is to let them "make the best use of everything", eliminate the scum, put an end to the grace and shade, and believe that solving the "redundant officials" is not a problem.

For the Great Song Dynasty, it was never possible to break through economically, and of course there was nothing to be done militarily. What he did was break that spell and make the economy come alive.