Thirteen Lang, Yao Shouxin, and Dou Shunqing entered Beijing to promote the newly built school, and each asked the general of the river meandering road to be the instructor in the previous chapter. A large number of middle- and lower-level generals followed into Beijing, and there was a major change in the personnel of the Hequ Road Army. There is no shortage of officers, there are too many meritorious services, the establishment remains unchanged, and many people cannot be promoted under pressure. These seats were vacated just enough to be selected from among the officers and men who had made meritorious contributions in front of them to make up for the vacancies.

A few days ago, Du Zhongxiao promised that soldiers who did not want to continue to serve in the army could choose to return to their hometowns after decommissioning. There were no soldiers when they were in the camp, but this time they made up for it together, and with the discounting of military merits, everyone could bring a sum of money back. Combined, there is a serious shortage of soldiers on the meandering road.

sent away the middle and lower-level generals who were selected into the capital, and the new will of the imperial court came down, and the vacancy of Du Zhongxiao's department was filled by the Sanya Forbidden Army. In addition to the supplementary soldiers, the Sanya Forbidden Army allowed to be deconciled, and the demobilized soldiers went to the camp on Hequ Road. For the rest of the shortfall, the Privy Council recruited good family sons from Jingdong Road.

The superstructure of the Privy Council and the Sanya has not moved, the real reform of the military system has not yet begun, and the selection and selection of the forbidden army has been carried out first. Presided over by Han Qi, those who do not want to be in the army will choose three places to go. The first is the camp of the river meander, the second is the construction and maintenance of the railway, and the third is the national transportation and mailing system under the unified management of the Privy Council. In addition, you can apply for the exam, and after that, you can enter several newly opened factories in Beijing and Xijing for the people.

A large number of muskets and artillery were replaced, and the production capacity of Baiting Jian was insufficient, so it was inevitable that a new ordnance production plant would be opened. At present, the status of the gun-making and gunpowder factories is not comparable to the past, and the site is unified and opened in the two capitals. The military industry will inevitably bring a wave of industrial expansion, and the number of professional soldiers will decrease, but the population of the two capitals will expand rapidly. The two capitals are hundreds of miles, north to Xiangzhou and south to Baitingjian, forming an industrial area.

The Privy Council tried its best to subordinate the production of munitions to itself, but Pang resolutely opposed it, and in the end, the government-run industry was all under the salt and iron division, and the three divisions were completely dismantled. The household department seized the leading power of Changping Division and promoted Du Zhongxiao's shopping mall and savings bank on Jingxi Road to the whole country. Duzhi grabbed the right to issue Jiaozi nationwide, and issued Jiaozi with the copper money deposits of the savings bank as the capital. This reason is very simple, the money of the household department is spent by the degree, so all the income of the imperial court is put into the savings house, and the money is directly issued and circulated by itself. After the banknotes are circulated, they are collected by the household department and re-entered into the savings office.

At the beginning, in order to seek stability, Jiaozi was issued by various roads, and the amount was paid, and it was really taken as the imperial court. If the amount is withdrawn, it will be issued to a certain amount of Jiaozi along the way, and if the capital is insufficient, the household department will transfer cash in various ways. The issuance amount of Jiaozi is exhausted, and the amount of money withdrawn by the user department is withdrawn. Gradually, it was changed from one road to several roads, and finally it was used nationwide.

Since the beginning of the reform of the army, Du Zhongxiao's former practice on Jingxi Road, from the camp field affairs to the Changping Division, has suddenly been regarded as a national policy. A large number of Jingxi Road officials were transferred to the capital to take up posts, and the articles and regulations were drafted, which made a vigorous scene.

This reform is much larger than the Qingli New Deal, and there is very little opposition. Du Zhongxiao developed production on Jingxi Road, increased money and grain, and although the economic results were prominent, they could only be tried out in neighboring roads with the support of important ministers. As soon as the river meanders to victory, the imperial court no longer has any worries and no objections. When the military feats are great enough, this flag is enough to break all resistance. In history, Wang Anshi changed the law, and he must go to the Xihe River to open the border, and it is the same reason to accumulate military merits. Everyone has ideas about politics and economics, you say you want this, I prefer to say like that, military exploits can make people shut up.

All this has nothing to do with Du Zhongxiao, he honestly does his own river meandering route and retrains the army.

Han Qi's original plan was to select soldiers from the forbidden army, conduct the necessary training, and then train them into a new army. Unexpectedly, as soon as the opening of voluntary demobilization was opened, a large number of forbidden soldiers did not want to be soldiers at all, and most of them were willing to engage in other industries. Most of those who are willing to be trained into the new army are young teenagers. In the end, he simply gave up the selection and replaced it with a voluntary charge, under the age of 30, and reported for five years after joining the army for training. The soldiers were insufficient, and the soldiers were recruited from several roads north of the Yangtze River, and the characters were no longer tattooed, and the local officials were guaranteed by them, and the money was changed to make up for it, and the soldiers were paid once according to the previous ones when they were discharged.

In order to ensure the stability of the army, a large number of river meandering generals were once again redeployed. After entering the capital, as a leader and officer, he first put up the shelves of the new army.

Zhao Zhen originally wanted to slowly think of a way to replace the newcomers in the Hequ Road army with the old ones and erase Du Zhongxiao's traces. Unexpectedly, before he had time to do it, a large number of officers on Hequ Road were taken away, and Du Zhongxiao cooperated.

After nearly two months of commotion, Du Zhongxiao's Hequ Luyuan army has been scattered, and the general's utility has been withdrawn by nearly seventy percent, and he can't even build a shelf. There are 60,000 newly transferred troops under his subordinates, and more than 30,000 households of demobilized and forbidden troops who voluntarily no longer serve in the army.

In the face of this great change, the party was honest and constantly strengthened the city and fortress, and could not afford to attack the Song army at all. The Khitan Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Hongji confronted each other, for fear that the Song army would suddenly support one side and strictly guard the border. Despite the chaotic military reform, the border areas are particularly stable.

In mid-May, the imperial court officially issued an edict that three schools of artillery, cavalry and infantry were set up in the capital to train the required officers. At the same time, a school was set up in Shengzhou, and Du Zhongxiao was also in charge of it, training officers on Hedong and Shaanxi roads, and the situation slowly began to stabilize.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Ji and Zhang Sheng, the envoy of Qin Fenglu, were exchanged and reappointed as Qinfeng's envoy. Zhang Sheng was the deputy envoy of the Hequ Road Economic Strategy, and concurrently served as the former commander of the Hequ Road Army appointed by Liu Ji.

Looking at Liu Jiyuan's back, Du Zhongxiao rubbed his forehead and asked Li Fugui beside him: "Suddenly, there are so many more mouths for eating on Hequ Road, is there enough grain and grass transported?" ”

Li Fugui said: "Back to the scriptures, the grain and grass are sufficient. It's just that now the train only goes to Shengzhou, and Fengzhou has not yet been repaired, and the grain and grass are piled up in Shengzhou City. There is really no way, the newcomers can only gather in Shengzhou, and there is no end to it every day. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Eating to ensure that no one goes hungry is the first priority." This matter is done, I ask the court for credit for you! Only after making sure to eat can I think of anything else. Now that there are enough manpower and the materials cannot be transported, they should be quickly organized to build the road first. I consulted with the people who came to build the road in the capital for many days, and in addition to going to Shazhou, the second one was from the south of the Yellow River to Hezhou, and then from the middle to the bank of the Yellow River. It would be good to be able to build these roads this year, but the rest can't go far. ”

Li Fugui said: "Jinglu, do this, what should Yingtian do?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Let's camp near Shengzhou first, and then wait for the rest of the states to wait for the road to be repaired." The land in Shengzhou is flat, and there is no shortage of water, so 5,000 households will be resettled for the time being to reassure people. The rest of Ding Zhuang all went to build roads. Make sure they eat well, pay them well, and don't hold grudges. ”

Lee Fu-gyu said yes. Now Du Zhongxiao's subordinates are seriously short of manpower, and a large number of affairs outside the army are in charge of Li Fugui.

Walking to the city gate, Li Fugui suddenly said: "Jinglu, if you want to camp in the field, why should the road be built south of the Yellow River?" Nearly 1,000 miles away from Shengzhou to Hezhou, there are too many no-man's land, and it is impossible to cultivate fields. Why not follow the Yellow River and build all the way through? Although it is farther away, it is conducive to camping. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "If it is built south of the Yellow River, in order to prevent the Yellow River waterway from moving, it is necessary to stay away from the river, so it is better to go straight to Hezhou." If it is built north of the Yellow River, not only is it much farther away, but it also has to cross the river, and the ferry carries too little goods every day, so how easy is it to build a bridge on the Yellow River? ”

Originally, when I was in Xiangzhou, because of the barrier of the Han River, railway transportation was restricted. No matter how many ferries there are, they can't compare with the road and rail. The railway finally chose a suitable location near the meandering river to build a bridge, and it could no longer be restricted by the rest of the ferries. In the future, this railway will become the main artery of the world connecting the east and west, and it is convenient for the camp to be completed by the branch line.

In Du Zhongxiao's impression, the east-west arteries in this area should be north of the Yellow River, under the Yin Mountain, and he was confused for a while. In the end, I finally figured it out, not to mention the technical differences, the economic pattern is different from that of later generations. The railway in later generations was in the north of the Yellow River, because the economic center of gravity in the north was in the Youzhou area at that time, and of course the Yellow River went north to there. Now the economic center of gravity is in Liangjing, so it is necessary to go south of the Yellow River and then go south to the Central Plains.

In later generations, the two most important cities here were Hohhot and Baotou, and this world became Shengzhou and Fengzhou. Fengzhou replaced Baotou in later generations, and because the economic center of gravity was in the Central Plains, Shengzhou replaced the location of Hohhot.

After thinking about this, the traffic layout of this area was finally decided.

As soon as I entered the city gate, I saw tents set up everywhere in the open space of the city, and the streets were crowded with people. Fortunately, after the big victory, there was a thriving scene everywhere, and Li Fugui and Bao Zheng managed carefully and did not look chaotic. The railway brought a large amount of supplies, and it was not very difficult for the imperial court to feed these people.

Railways not only transport goods quickly and reach distant places, but also significantly reduce costs compared to previous modes of transportation. In the past, every stone of grain transported to the border areas had to be consumed on the way. There are only 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses in Linzhou, and they supply grain from Hedong Road nearby, which requires 20 states to bear the burden, and the people are still miserable. Now the rice produced there is loaded directly from Xiangzhou, and some coal is consumed here.

The rice transported from Xiangyang and the wheat transported from Dengzhou and Suozhou are in a constant supply, and eating is not a problem.

Although he has been an official for ten years, the boldness of officials in this era still opened Du Zhongxiao's eyes. In this way, all the stalls regardless of it are all spread out at once, and I don't dare to change it to myself no matter what. If Shengzhou is in chaos like this, there will definitely be even more chaos in the capital. It was at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the hundred officials of the court didn't see it at all, and it was still a new deal after a new deal, leaving no buffer time at all.

Liang Shi did not become the prime minister in the end, Chen Zhizhong returned to the dynasty as the second minister, Wen Yanbo participated in politics, and the political affairs hall returned to the two prime ministers and three to participate in politics. The three divisions were completely dismantled, and the three divisions promoted Tian Guo to the rank of deputy privy envoy, and the Privy Council also had two privy envoys and three deputy privy envoys.