Five miles outside the city of Shengzhou, many people gathered to watch a few boats on the river.

Wang Pu huddled in the crowd, pointed to the boat and said to the people around him: "See?" That was the steam engine that came from the Central Plains. The imperial court is going to set up a wool weaving factory here, and I heard that it is recruiting. ”

The man said, "Outside, what is a steam engine?" ”

Wang Pudao: "Why don't you know what a steam engine is? Have you ever taken a train? I've never sat and I've always seen it! Trains can run because they have steam engines on them! As long as you add water to it, and burn coal below, it is better than countless cattle and horses! ”

The man shook his head, looking at the boxy stuff on the ship, which was covered with tarpaulin, and which had no connection with the steam engine.

Tao Qiqi stood at the bow of the boat, and saw Du Zhongxiao standing on the dock in front of him from a distance, and his heart was excited. He withdrew from the Yingtianxiang Army early, concentrated on working in the Iron Prison, and missed the Battle of Hequ Road. But I don't regret it, I found something I really liked, and I also made achievements.

When Du Zhongxiao was established as a railway supervisor, it was managed by officials, and later the officials slowly turned into specialized management personnel and gradually became independent from the official system. Officials are assigned by the yamen, mainly responsible for the general direction and finances of the iron supervisor, and then supervise the completion of the tasks assigned by the imperial court.

At the beginning, the technical staff only divided themselves in the iron prison, and the salary was given some subsidies. After Du Zhongxiao left, Su Song began to be included in the system of trick officials, and Guo Jian slowly perfected. At present, the technical personnel of the Iron Supervisor have their own promotion system, which is independent of the military and civilian positions. In addition to having a certain political status, the main thing is that the income is skewed. In addition to the salary paid by the imperial court, the Iron Supervision Commission subsidizes according to the contribution. Tao Qiqi, a top-level technician, is only lower than the prefect Guo Jian among the officials of the iron prison, and higher than the other officials of the shogun.

In the Song Dynasty, it was common for officials in charge to earn less than the main management personnel and technicians, and this was the case in most places, and the iron supervisor was not special. Officials are the representatives of the yamen supervision, and do not participate in the daily management, and the operation and management of the field affairs are two systems.

In the past, the sorcerers were mainly medical officers, painters, etc., and they were relatively unregarded and had a low political status. As the status of several iron supervisors became more and more important, their status slowly began to rise, although it was still much stronger than before.

When he arrived at the dock, Tao Seventeen strode to the shore and saluted Du Zhongxiao: "I haven't seen the prince for a long time, and the lower officials are really thinking about it!" ”

Du Zhongxiao held Tao Seventeen's hand: "Isn't this just going to meet!" You've done a great job in the past few years, and you've done a great job! Who would have thought that a teenager who took revenge on the street back then would be able to do it today! ”

After a few words of gossip, Du Zhongxiao said: "Unload the cargo from the ship, install it inside, and let them do it." I've prepared food and drinks in it to catch you up. So many days no see, let's gossip. ”

Tao Qiqi agreed, and said: "Xianggong, in addition to these machines transported, there are also some heavy artillery pieces of the Jingluo Division, which have also arrived in Shengzhou City. The prime minister should order people to unload the vehicle as soon as possible, so as not to occupy the vehicle. These vehicles are vacant, and if they are damaged in the battle in front and cannot be repaired, they can be transported back to the railway prison with the vehicles. There are many more batches of artillery in the back, which will be delivered one at a time. ”

Du Zhongxiao instructed the entourage around him and said, "Today we don't talk about official affairs, only personal affairs!" ”

In the past, the equipment was 10,000 soldiers and horses, but now it has expanded to 160,000 troops, and the number of equipment lacking is not a small number. Hundreds of thousands of troops changed their outfits, and the ordinary guns and artillery could not be turned on the river meandering road for a while, and they were all assigned to the forbidden army for training. There was only heavy artillery, and the rest of the army would not use it, and all of them were sent to the river meandering road first. In Du Zhongxiaoding's system, heavy artillery is a strategic weapon, which is directly controlled by the marshal's government, and will be strengthened to all ministries when necessary. Other forbidden armies, high-level command bodies like the Shuaifu, don't have a clue yet.

The meandering road is a template set by the marshals in the future, and the imperial court also intends to do so. The organizational structure was based on Du Zhongxiao's proposal that year, plus the opinions of hundreds of officials in the imperial court, and some modifications were made. Taking Hequ Road as an example, the Shuaifu is in charge of the overall situation and is also in charge of civil affairs. The military forces below are divided into three parts, which are actually three military roads. Yang Wenguang on the east road, Zhao Zi on the west road, and the marshal's mansion on the middle road, the commander was changed from Dou Shunqing to Zhang Qi. The middle road is the strategic reserve army, which is the direct force of the marshal's government, and it is also the town and the two roads.

There were 50,000 men and horses on each road, roughly 30,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 artillery. Since a part of the rangers and light artillery are under the infantry establishment, the actual total distribution of troops is about 20 percent more artillery, more than 20 percent cavalry, and about 50 percent infantry.

The current status of Yang Wenguang, Zhao Zi and Zhang Qi is about the same as when Du Zhongxiao led his troops to the north at the beginning, and each department had quite strong combat capabilities. Now when the imperial court refers to these positions, they are generally called generals, and Du Zhongxiao is a marshal.

For the rest of the roads, the institutions, organizations, and deployments are basically adapted according to the meandering roads. Some roads have more generals, such as Hebei Road and Shaanxi Road have five generals, Hedong Road has four, and Hequ Road has the least. Hebei, Hedong, Hequ and Shaanxi are known as the four roads along the border.

The difference is that the commander is also in charge of civil affairs, while the general is concentrating on military affairs and no longer in charge of civil affairs. Correspondingly, the direct force of the commander has decreased, mainly heavy artillery, as well as personnel required for intelligence, logistics, staff officers, training and other affairs. In addition to the 150,000 soldiers and horses of the Third Route Army, the remaining 10,000 people are basically composed of the direct personnel of Du Zhongxiao's Shuaisi.

The imperial court made such a change, on the one hand, it strengthened the control of the commanders on the subordinate generals, and on the other hand, it strengthened the independent combat ability of the generals. The upper and lower phase system belongs to the traditional way of the emperor. Corresponding to such a setup, the marshals favored civilian officials with military experience, corresponding to the Privy Council of the imperial court. The general is a military general, corresponding to the three ya.

Such an arrangement should not be wrong, now the combat power of the soldiers and horses all the way is too strong, once it gets out of control, the consequences are unimaginable.

The status of the general corresponds to the original management of the army of Sanya, and he is already a military minister. Whether there will be a ministry leader in the future, so that the three yamen and the privy council will stand side by side, no one can say clearly. Having lost the right to use troops, the structure of the army has changed, and the Sanya has become a bureaucracy of armed force, which is completely different from before. The forbidden army in the capital can also refer to the layout of the side roads, and there are no commanders and generals. Whether it is the Privy Council or the Sanya, there is no command of the forbidden army in the capital without a holy decree. Or you can only set up a commander's department, not a general, and the commander's department can be stationed in the field.

The imperial power's defense against military power was mainly to prohibit the army in the capital, not to the army along the border. The front of the palace has the least soldiers and horses, but the position of the commander in front of the palace is the highest, and the inspection of the front of the palace at a higher level has long been left with a blank name and not a false award, so it is because of this.

The most important issue now is that the most basic combat unit is the appropriate number of personnel not based on the standard of fighting along the border forbidden army, but on the basis that the forbidden army in the capital does not threaten. Du Zhongxiao originally envisioned a battalion, with a size of about one or two thousand people, but now the officials of the DPRK and China feel that it is too few. However, if you really take the road level as a unit, the threat is too great. Fortunately along the border, the Beijing Forbidden Army has generals in charge of 50,000 troops, and Beijing can control the government.

It is precisely because of the establishment of the forbidden army in the capital that the official establishment of the army has not been determined for a long time. If this is the case for the time being, the forbidden army in the capital will inevitably dismantle the command unit to less than 50,000 people, and the command power will be completely separated from the command power. This is the inevitability of the military system, otherwise it will not be difficult to be stable enough.