After dispersing the court, Du Zhongxiao followed the ministers and went out of the vertical arch hall, passed through the imperial city, and went to the imperial history platform. As soon as he left the gate of the imperial city, he saw the soldiers who reported the victory galloping forward, and everyone avoided one after another. There were many people who wanted to ask on the way, and the soldiers shouted while galloping: "Great victory!" Han Taiwei's commanders occupied Xingqing Mansion, captured the party item, the prince, the minister, and the minister of state did not hide the false Pang and so on, and the party item died! ”

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned, and watched the soldier gallop into the imperial city.

Han Jiang, the deputy envoy of the herd who walked with Du Zhongxiao, said: "The right person reported it, is the party item dead?" ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Not bad." Han Taiwei entered and occupied Xingqing Mansion, and the princes and ministers were captured, and the party was not dead. It's just that I didn't say whether I caught the Lord of Xia and forgave Zuo, I think there is still a story. ”

Han Jiang said: "Yesterday, Taiwei Di came to play the chapter, saying that Lingzhou was extremely tenacious, and it would take a few days to break through, why did he say that he occupied Xingqing Mansion today?" Han Taiwei occupied Jingzhou, saying that he was going back to Hequ Road, why did he go to Xingqing Mansion? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "I think there is something wrong with the party's country, and someone may surrender to the imperial court." So far, the party has run out of oil, and it is nothing if it falls. Captain Han was on the west bank of the Yellow River, and as soon as the party item fell, it was not he who led the army into Xingqing Mansion. ”

Han Jiang nodded, feeling incredulous for a while. More than ten years ago, the party rebellion made the entire court helpless, how powerful was it at that time? How did it come to this point that it was so easy to extinguish now?

For a while, many courtiers gathered in front of the gate of the imperial city, talking about what had just happened. From Xingqing Mansion to Kaifeng Mansion, it takes several days for the report to arrive, and many people can't wait to be thousands of miles away to see what is going on there.

Du Zhongxiao didn't have that much curiosity, chatted with Han Jiang for a few words, and then returned to Yushitai. entered the official hall and said to Ye Xiang, the main bookkeeper: "When the court was dispersed, I saw the people who reported the victory on the front line, saying that it was Captain Han who led the troops to occupy Xingqing Mansion, and the party was already dead. In a moment, the report will be sent to the Imperial Tower, and you will send it to me immediately. This is a major event of the imperial court and cannot be delayed. ”

Ye Xiang said yes. The miscellaneous matters of receiving documents are under the control of the master bookkeeper.

After arriving at the case, he sat down, Du Zhongxiao looked at some cases, and sat there thinking about his thoughts. This attack on the party was divided into two routes, with Di Qing's 300,000 army as the mainstay, supplemented by Han Qi and Zhao Zi, which actually represented the attitude of the imperial court. What Di Qing brought was restructured from the original old forbidden army, mainly because of the replacement of guns and the training of non-commissioned soldiers, and the pattern of the army has not changed greatly. With them as the main force, it shows that the emperor and the military are inclined to this.

Although Du Zhongxiao made great military achievements on Hequ Road and showed the strength of the new-style army, in the eyes of the old generals, he did not recognize the change of the military system. The current pattern of the forbidden army has changed from the period of the Five Dynasties, with a strong style of the old era. In view of the lessons of the arrogant soldiers and fierce generals during the Five Dynasties period, the Song army made some changes.

During the Five Dynasties period, the army was the protagonist of the times, and the rest of the government revolved around the army. After entering the Song Dynasty, the army was isolated from the government, and the system was changed accordingly. Some military positions, such as state-level secretaries, magistrates, judges, and so on, have become local official positions, stripping the power of the military chief and military administration. Correspondingly, the army was left with only the function of combat, and the rest of the functions were almost completely lost.

The most typical ones are the three ya, each department has 39 officials, in charge of the world's soldiers and horses. These more than 100 subordinate officials, who manage the affairs of the forbidden army in the world, are actually only passing documents every day, and they are no longer busy. Real army management, in fact, there is none. The following departments of the forbidden army only have a commander-in-chief, and all affairs are in charge of the commander-in-chief. They often set up their sons and cronies to manage the affairs of the military, which is called opportune and confidential.

The army is first and foremost a political institution, and secondly a violent institution. The Song Dynasty completely stripped the political nature of the army, and the army completely became a violent institution, the so-called minions of the Son of Heaven. Politically separated, the organization of the army is very problematic, and the chain of command is a mess.

In the final analysis, Du Zhongxiao's military reform is to rebuild the political organization in the army. The management and building of the armed forces depends on the system, and no longer depends on the commanders at all levels. Correspondingly, the Commander-in-Chief's powers are greatly limited and he becomes a member of the entire organizational structure.

After the Battle of Hequ Road, the whole army was reorganized. Now it seems that the emperor and the army did not accept Du Zhongxiao's idea of reforming the army, but only made limited adjustments to the original forbidden army. The most important thing is that swords and guns have been replaced by guns, and the general pattern of the army has not changed.

Now that I think about it, the most serious reason should still be on the emperor. Although Zhao Zhen wants the army to be strong, he cares more about whose hands the military power is. Obviously, in his eyes, military power should be in the hands of the emperor. As for the method of controlling military power, Zhao Zhen chose the old system.

As a privy envoy, without the support of the emperor, how could Di Qing turn the whole army into this? In Du Zhongxiao's eyes, the forbidden army after the whole training has almost nothing in common with his own army of Hequ Road.

Sighing, Du Zhongxiao stood up and paced slowly in the official hall. Han Qi entered Xingqing Mansion, and the most embarrassing thing was Di Qing. Originally, he led the largest number of troops, the shortest route, and was the main force attacking the party. As a result, in the end, the party was wiped out, and Lingzhou was not captured. Faced with this result, what will the courtiers think? Han Qi took Zhao Zi, the old general of Hequ Road, to run for 3,000 miles, and also occupied the party capital in front. Once the party is extinguished, the debate over how the army should be reformed is about to begin.

What role should I play in this reform is an embarrassing question. The battalion was brought up by himself, and all the officials were selected by themselves, with a distinct personal color, and thus were suspicious. In the next reform, whether to participate in it or not, Du Zhongxiao is not sure. Even if you want to participate by yourself, in what form and to what extent, I don't know at all.

If you don't participate, looking at the current appearance of Di Qing's department, it's really a big problem. What can you do if you participate yourself?

Major events in the DPRK and China should be reported to the two governments at the same time, and the documents should be sent to the Imperial Historical Observatory. didn't wait long, Ye Xiang came in, copied Han Qi's report documents, handed them to Du Zhongxiao, and said goodbye.

After Du Zhongxiao sat back at the case, he read the paperwork. It turned out that there was a dispute within the party, first Li Shougui killed the Queen Mother and Bao Bao and ate too much, and then did not hide Pang to take the opportunity to cut off Li Shougui. Captain Babu, who was in charge of the troops, robbed Lang Zuo, led the troops out of the city, and left Xingqing Mansion to Han Qi. After Han Qi led his troops into the city, he had already contacted Captain Babu, and he promised to lead his troops to surrender.

Putting down the paperwork, Du Zhongxiao let out a sigh of relief. Since Captain Baa promised to surrender, the party war was over. As long as you catch Lang Zuo, the rest of the party generals will fight nothing. Although for more than nine years, Liang Zuo has always been a puppet who has not hidden a false face, but he is Yuan Hao's flesh and blood relative, and the rest of the party generals still recognize him as the lord of the country.

Han Qi's luck was very good, it happened to be near Jingzhou in Xingqing Prefecture, and it happened that Babu decided to surrender, and this credit was given to him. After taking Xingqing Mansion, the remaining Lingzhou and Hengshan are not important, it is just when they will be recovered.

If the party is extinguished, what will happen next? Du Zhongxiao didn't know.

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