What the!?

Is there such a good thing?

Wouldn't it be a trap, would it?

Cai Jing and Cai Bian exchanged glances with each other. Both of them are veterans of officialdom struggles, so of course they won't trust others casually. Now that the two of them are worried about the whole army and the building of the army, someone will come to offer advice immediately, how can they not doubt it?

However, after doubting it, they also felt that it was not a big problem. Because the person who gives the plan is Zhang Yuan! Zhang Yuan is a new party, and Cai Jing and Cai Bian are the same party. Although the same party will also harm each other, Zhang Yuan has no reason to do so. His father was old and sick, and it was impossible for him to be the prime minister anymore. And Zhang Dian once offended the official family......

As for Zhang Yuan's elder brothers, they are not qualified to worship the prime minister now, so it doesn't seem to be good to pit Cai Jing and Cai Bian.

In addition, Cai Jing and Cai Bian are smart. Even if Zhang Yuan gave them a trick, they should be able to see it, right?

Since you can see it, let's take a look.

Cai Jing and Cai Bian asked the people who were waiting in the middle hall to take the scrolls brought by Zhang Yuan, and then looked through them roughly.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, Cai Jing and Cai Bian both have a feeling of sudden enlightenment. Because the plan brought by Zhang Yuan is the best way to build the army by a "layman leading an insider" and "a civilian officer commanding a military attaché". It is simply a tailor-made army building plan for the Great Song Dynasty with Wen Yuwu!

First of all, in the Jianbai book submitted by Zhang Yuan, it was proposed that the generals and ministers of the new government soldiers should be set up to supervise the military at the two levels of civilian officials!

The so-called "general" is a combat unit of about five or six thousand people. It is the largest permanent force establishment of the Song Army under the "Art of War". The "department" is one level smaller than the "general", and the strength is about 1,000.

Although the Great Song Dynasty implemented the use of literature to control the military, and also engaged eunuchs to supervise the army, for the "general" and "ministry" levels, there are no official or eunuch will not be directly involved, and it is completely controlled by the military attaché. And Zhang Yuan has now put forward the proposal of "Imperial History to the Ministry", which is equivalent to greatly strengthening the control of civilian officials over the new army.

Secondly, Zhang Yuan also proposed the establishment of an accelerated martial arts school supervised by Guozijian to train the Jinshi of Youbang, the warriors of the Imperial Front and some of the generals of the Eastern and Western armies, so that they could be qualified to serve as officers at all levels of the new army, such as departments, battalions, and teams.

Third, while offering an accelerated martial arts school, Zhang Yuan also put forward a proposal for training a "model army." The "Model Army" is subordinate to the Accelerated Martial Arts School, with three generals on the left, the center and the right, as well as a cavalry department and a baggage department, with 25,000 personnel. Officers at all levels in this army are teachers and students of accelerated martial arts. They can learn and train at the same time, and explore in practice. By the time the accelerated martial arts studies are completed, the model army will almost be trained.

With the model army as the seed, it will be much easier to expand the new army in the future. When the new batch of accelerated martial arts students complete, they will be able to turn the three generals of the model army into three armies, and by the third batch of accelerated cadets, the nine generals of the three armies will be expanded into nine armies, and the four batches of accelerated cadets will come out again, which will be a full 27 armies and 675,000 troops. Are you still afraid that the Liao State will not be able to be bulldozed?

And in each batch of accelerated martial arts students, it corresponds to each imperial examination. In other words, four batches of students have to go through four imperial examinations, and it takes twelve years before and after. And these twelve years are the timetable for the growth of the new army and the gradual withdrawal of the old army.

There is no need for drastic disarmament, only the need not to recruit new prohibitions for 12 consecutive years, and at the same time gradually advance the number of years of retirement of the forbidden army - for example, one year each year. In this way, twelve years later, the now twenty-year-old forbidden army is already thirty-two years old, and the maximum age of retirement has been advanced to more than forty years old. In this way, the number of forbidden troops will not only be greatly reduced, but the average age will also increase dramatically. At that time, it should not be difficult to arrange a collective "full-time" plan.

Fourth, Zhang Yuan's plan also gave the forbidden army a way out - the children of the generals could be escorted by the imperial court into the five university palaces of Yuntai, Gezhi, Biyong, and Qingcheng. You can also enter the knight academy under the Yuntai Academy like the knight's children, and after completing your studies, you can also serve as an officer of the Xinfu Army.

Fifth, the cavalry of the Xinfu Army will adopt a combination of "hire" and "knights" and take the route of high price and high quality.

"Good! Zhiping, you are really talented! ”

"Haha, it seems that sooner or later, the Pucheng Zhang family will have another husband."

The two brothers, Cai Jing and Cai Bian, have already finished reading the Jianbai book sent by Zhang Yuan, and both of them applauded. This plan is so good that it can fully meet the needs of both of them. This time, I really owe Zhang Dian and Zhang Yuan a big favor.

Cai Jing and Cai Bian looked at each other, and Cai Jing asked: "Zhiping, your current great edict is nondescript, why don't you change to Zhizhou." ”

Cai Bian also said: "Yes, the northwest is far away and bitterly cold, and the conquest of Anxi is also a matter of the Hexi Army, so we don't have to get involved." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled gratefully at Cai Jing and Cai Bian, hugged his fists and said: "Xianggong, bachelor, after all, my father has offended the official family, and the lower official is destined to be an outlier in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty." Therefore, you can't go on the right path, and if you want to have a day when you want to be recommended to the second government, you can only make contributions.

The Northern Expedition to Yanyun was more than ten years later, and Xia Guan couldn't wait that long, so he could only find an opportunity in Anxi.

Don't hide it, the younger generation also wants to hire a group of utility people in Jiehe Business City and Jingdong Business City. The number of people may be relatively large, and it is convenient to travel. ”

"If it is used in Anxi, it doesn't hurt that the official family knows about it." Cai Jingdao, "It's just that the King of Xiping can let your people enter Hexi?" ”

"The lower officials have their own way." Zhang Yuan replied.

"That'll do." Cai Jing said, "The old man is looking for an opportunity to talk to the official, ask for a secret edict for you, allow you to recruit 1,000 utility armor soldiers, 3,000 auxiliary soldiers, and ask for some blank official notices and degrees for you." ”

"Thank you, thank you!"

……

Zhang Yuan's "private soldiers" have actually been recruited, oh, it should be that the bidding has been completed.

The winning bid is Hedong Wen'anbang, Yiwu Lu Mountain Fengming Mountain.

Its Chinese Anbang and Fengmingshan each "centered" an infantry division. Including soldiers, auxiliaries, escorts, and heralds, there are at least 2,000 soldiers in an infantry department, all of which are recruited by Wen Anbang and Feng Mingshan, which is a contract of 4,000 people in total.

Of these, 1,500 need to be strong, and 1,500 need to be utilitarian. There is no need to bring your own equipment, and there is no need to deploy officers.

A strong man is paid a basic salary of 50 taels a year, a utility soldier is paid a basic salary of 100 taels a year, and an auxiliary soldier is paid 30 taels a year. Food, equipment, and training will be provided free of charge by employers. After the expiration of the contract, the equipment can be owned by the individual.

In addition, you can receive bonuses ranging from decapitation, city climbing, and enemy destruction obtained on the battlefield.

Robbery can be carried out with permission......

The punishment was also quite severe, and any violation of military discipline was severely punished, including corporal punishment, confinement, or beheading!

And the dead, missing (missing from the battlefield) and wounded can all receive quite tempting pensions.

In the end, Wen Anbang and Feng Mingshan's commissions are calculated separately, which is naturally generous, but they must not be scraped from the military salaries paid to the mercenaries - if they break the contract, it is not a matter of losing money, but beheading!

In short, in front of the two mercenary leaders, Wen Anbang and Feng Mingshan, are the two most common contract justifications in Jiehe Commercial City. There are a lot of clauses that take into account all the situations that may be encountered.

Feng Mingshan looked at it carefully, not missing a word, and after reading it, he asked another question: "Marshal, where did the officers come from?" ”

Wu Haogu smiled: "Boss Feng, can you find a certain officer?" ”

"This ......," Feng Mingshan laughed, "the kind of officer who is the chief of the Yuan really can't be hired. ”

Wen Anbang, who was on the side, dressed as a scribe, shook the Jiehe beauty fan (that is, a folding fan with a beauty pattern), and said with a smile: "The wind is strong, you don't look at the hidden dragon and crouching tiger on this side of the Jiehe, where is the need for us to find the leader?" ”

"Less poor!" Wu Haogu waved his hand and interrupted the mercenary leader in front of him, "When can you bring people here?" The Great Teachings of the Chapter can be used urgently. ”

"People will be able to pull in very quickly."

"The price you give is good, and you don't need to bring your own equipment, so it's naturally easy to recruit."

The money given by Wu Haogu is not high for the fierce men of the forbidden army and for the utility of the generals. But Wen Anbang can eat this line of food because he has many friends in the ravines and ravines of Taihang Mountain. All the people who brought in were bitter men from the mountains, 100 or 50 yuan, which was a lot.

As for Fengming Mountain, this guy is a Liao person, 50 and 100 are astronomical numbers on the Liao side! It is estimated that there will be a concubine of the wealthy family who will directly apply for recruitment with the dead soldiers under his door - this is actually the purpose of Wu Haogu to offer a high price to Fengming Mountain.

He now wants to have a relationship with Dora, the son of the Han Hao clan of the Liao State, and at the same time cultivate their military ability.

"Are you two with the army?" Wu Haogu asked.

"With the army, with the army, of course."

"I also follow the army, and I can look at my vision and learn some skills with the army."

Wu Haogu nodded, "That's right, it's time to learn something...... Well, when the team is training, you will join the team. Look at what regular warfare looks like, and there will be opportunities for you to show your skills in the future. ”

After speaking, Wu Haogu raised his hand slightly, Wen Anbang and Feng Mingshan both understood what they meant, and they both got up and retired with the reason for the contract.

Then walked in was Su Zhilian, this Hebei high-roller was born with the appearance of a deputy Xiucai, with a white complexion, a few strands of beard that could flutter in the wind, a white Confucian robe, and a sword hanging on his belt. He also participated in the tender, but he did not win the bid—but Wu Haogu still recruited him to his municipal office.

"Su Zhilian has seen the Führer!" When Su Zhilian saw Wu Haogu, it was a bow of worship.

"No courtesy," Wu Haogu smiled, "Zhilian, I didn't pick you to make a fortune this time, isn't it a little resentful of a certain family?" ”

"How dare you, how dare you."

Wu Haogu smiled, "There is still a small deal, it depends on whether you can do it or not." ”