As soon as Zhang Dan's suggestion came out, the atmosphere in the Chongzheng Hall instantly became a little treacherous.

In fact, everyone knows that training an elite soldier that the imperial court can control is the foundation of restoring Yanyun. After all, iron must be its own, and without hard power as a foundation, it is simply a dream to take down Yanyun by conspiracy and trickery.

Even if for various reasons, the dream comes true, and the "Youzhou Town", which barely entered the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, will become the source of another Anshi Rebellion.

But the problem is that training elite soldiers has always been a trouble that no one wants to get involved in the Great Song Dynasty. That is, Wang Anshi's "Art of War" involves "military reform", but it is not really military training. And "The Art of War" and the long-term tug-of-war between Song and Xia came together, and finally honed a Northwest Forbidden Army that was still capable of fighting for the Great Song Dynasty, that is, the Western Army.

In other words, the Northwest Forbidden Army, which seems to be relatively powerful, was not deliberately trained by anyone, but slowly developed due to the right system and environment, coupled with the sparring of an opponent who is not very capable of fighting.

However, the two rulers of Zhang Dian and Zeng Bu, who really knew the soldiers, knew that relying only on the strength of the Northwest Forbidden Army was not enough to complete the great cause of Pingliao and Fuyan under the condition of maintaining military pressure on Western Xia.

Because the total number of soldiers in the Northwest Forbidden Army is less than 200,000, considering the quota, vacancies, old and weak, etc., in fact, the elite who can fight is at most 100,000, and they can't all be dragged to Hebei to participate in the war. After all, Western Xia has not yet lost the country! It would be nice to be able to draw 50,000 real elites from the Northwest Forbidden Army.

And it is definitely not enough to rely on 50,000 Northwest Forbidden Army to recover Yanyun...... If the Northwest Forbidden Army was really powerful, Western Xia should have died long ago.

In addition, now that there are 590,000 forbidden troops on the books of the Great Song Dynasty, there can't be only 100,000 that can be beaten, and 490,000 are mixed salaries, right?

Therefore, if you want to go north to Yanyun, it is imperative to train troops. Hebei's 100,000 forbidden troops must at least reach the level of the Northwest Forbidden Army. At least 50,000 of the 200,000 forbidden troops in Kaifeng Prefecture must reach the level of the Northwest Forbidden Army.

In this way, 200,000 troops who can go to the battlefield can be pulled out, and the fortress tactics can be used to force Yanjing step by step......

In other words, if you want to restore Yan Pingliao, you have to train at least 150,000 elite soldiers!

Not to mention where the food and military resources needed for military training come from, even if they are all available, who will train this soldier? Who dares to practice? Who has the ability to practice? Will you practice and practice the stunt of "yellow robe plus body"?

In addition to military training, the east and west roads of Hebei are not a system that can be fought, there has been peace and quiet since the alliance of the Yuanyuan, almost 100 years, the local soldiers, officials, and the people have long been unaware of what war is, and they have no consciousness and preparation for war to serve in the war.

In addition, the disaster of "Sanyi Hui River" also flooded Hebei East Road, not to mention ten rooms and nine empty, at least half of them were empty!

If we don't do a good job of rectifying it, and move the common people from other places to farm and build roads and embankments, and engage in the last ten or eight years, it will be impossible for the East Hebei Road to support the war.

And it is not easy to rectify Hebei East Road and Hebei West Road, Hebei These two roads have always been the territory of the old party! Many of the generals of the old party, as well as the hometowns of Kaifeng Xungui, who had close ties with the old party, were located on the east and west roads of Hebei. Those big families don't know how much interest they have in the east and west of Hebei, and if the new party wants to rectify it, it can't jump the whole thing?

And now the official Zhao Xu doesn't seem to be able to look like it can last for a long time, in case there are three long and two short, and the New Party general who is responsible for the east and west roads of the north and west of the river is not allowed to ask people to go to Yalong Bay to see the sea?

The Empress Dowager Xiang is a person from the famous mansion on Hebei East Road......

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, after a while, Prime Minister Zhang Dian had no choice but to speak: "It's already noon, the ministers dare not delay His Majesty's meal, and the ministers will retire!" ”

The prime minister spoke, and all the important ministers in the palace retired. Zhao Xu didn't keep them, but hesitated for a moment, and said to Zhang Xuan: "Zhang Qing, you stay for a while." ”

Zhang Dian stopped as he said, and the other important ministers left the palace as they were. Next, Zhao Xu and Zhang Dian played it alone.

Zhang Duan stood in the hall, waiting for Zhao Xu to speak. Zhao Xu looked at Zhang Xuan and asked in a deep voice: "Who does Zhang Qing think is responsible for training soldiers in the DPRK now?" ”

"Lu Jifu, the pacification envoy of Dunyan Road, has always known the soldiers, and he has implemented the "Art of War" very effectively in the pacification of the Yanyan Road, and he has also made great contributions to the battle of Hengshan."

Zhang Dian recommended Lu Huiqing, the general of the New Party, who had a very poor official reputation and popularity, not only was he a traitor in the eyes of the old party, but he was also a traitor in the eyes of the new party figures, and even Wang Anshi hated him later.

However, this traitor can do things, and he can also train troops to fight, and he has twice served as the pacification envoy of Yan Yanlu, and has stayed in front of the Shaanxi Army for nearly 10 years, and he is as famous as Zhang Qi.

Although his character is not good, he is also the only person who can be used at the moment. Because Zhang Qi is Zhang Di's cousin, the cousin is alone, and the cousin is in charge of military training, which is definitely not possible in the Song Dynasty. Unless Zhang Dian asks for his resignation, but Zhao Xu is inseparable from Zhang Xuan, so it is impossible for Zhang Qi to train the troops, and at most he is entrusted with the responsibility of rectifying the east and west roads of Hebei.

In addition, Zhang Dian recommended Lu Huiqing to train the army is also selfish - he is also a traitor! Because Lu Huiqing served as a governor as early as the Shenzong Dynasty, that is, the deputy minister, he was a very old minister. Now that he has made meritorious contributions in the northwest, he is fully qualified to pay homage to the prime minister. And Lu Huiqing is a traitor who is very good at rectifying people, once he worships the prime minister, he will definitely be embarrassed by Zhang Dan.

Therefore, Zhang Dian simply gave him a training assignment, so that most of them would add the title of knowing the affairs of the Privy Council, and Dingtian would be the head of the Privy Council (which is also unlikely), and it was impossible to be the prime minister. Because the four major powers of the Northern Song Dynasty, including military, political, financial, and criminal, were basically separated, except for the founding period, there was basically no courtier who could monopolize the two powers.

"Zhang Qing, who should be allowed to rectify the east and west roads of Hebei?" Zhao Xu mentioned the second headache.

The so-called "rectification" is actually the rectification of people and harming the people! It is impossible to be happy when people in a peaceful environment enter a state of war.

Besides, who owns most of the land on the east and west roads of Hebei? Who are the farmers farming for? If these peasants are asked to serve all kinds of forced labor, can the famous families and heroes of Hebei and the two roads be happy?

If this thing is unacceptable, it must be a whole mess!

"The minister recommends the minister's brother Zhang Zhifu and the current privy envoy Zeng Zixuan."

Zhang's recommendation is also full of calculations, and the east and west roads of Hebei are not at all something that small people can suppress. Only characters like Zhang Qi, Zeng Bu, Cai Jing, and Cai Bian can go.

Moreover, this is an offending sent, and it is likely to be forced to do so. Therefore, Zhang Dian must take out his cousin Zhang Qi, and then he can use Zhang Qi to "redeem" Zeng Bu. And once Zeng Bu leaves the town, the privy envoy will be vacant, because Lu Huiqing is responsible for the great task of training the troops, and it is impossible to really control the privy council - otherwise the military power is too heavy! So someone must replace Zeng Bu, and the successor must be Cai Jing, who is now the deputy envoy.

And once Cai Jing enters the Privy Council, Cai Bian doesn't want to go further to pay homage to the prime minister. The elder brother is the privy councillor, and the younger brother is the second minister, which also seems too powerful. Maybe Cai Bian's Shangshu Zuocheng may also be unprotected, and he was sent to the court by the official Zhao Xu to serve as a pacification.

In this way, no one in the court can threaten Zhang Dan's exclusive position...... Unless the official family dies, the queen mother is in the court!

After listening to what Zhang Xuan said, Zhao Xu sighed softly: "The matter of military training originally belonged to military generals, and now it is quite inappropriate to supervise it by civilian officials, and it is reasonable for Lu Huiqing to refuse on this ground...... As for the rectification of Hebei East and West Second Road, it is not easy, Rong Zhen thought twice. ”

Now Zhao Xu is suffering the loss of his ancestors' family law, the soldiers must be trained, if they don't practice, they won't be able to recover Yanyun at all, and even if they barely take it back, it will be impossible to hold it.

However, civilian officials are not in charge of troops, and if they are not in charge of troops, they cannot train troops. Although the military attachés of the Song Dynasty had slightly more power after the implementation of the "Art of War", a "general" was usually a few thousand. If you want to train 100,000 elite soldiers, at least twenty or thirty "generals", how can you do it without heavy ministers to overwhelm the commander? Do you rely on the three yamen to manage the army? Not to mention whether those who manage the army will be able to manage it, they can manage it...... Can Emperor Lao Tzu rest assured?

Who knows if there will be a second Zhao Kuangyin?

As for using internal officials to train the forbidden army of Kaifeng Mansion, it is also not possible...... Who knows if there will be a "Lieutenant of the Divine Army"? Therefore, the internal officials of the Song Dynasty generally could not manage the Kaifeng Forbidden Army, they could only take care of the affairs of the border army.

Therefore, the only way is to let the important ministers and the management army be in charge of the same army, and it is more reassuring to have civilian and important ministers as the main ones. But let the civil officials and important ministers go to manage the training of the troops with the housekeeper...... It's also a headache.

Not to mention the difficulty of the candidates, after the successful training of this important minister who trained the troops, he will definitely be as dangerous as the civilian officials who have trained the soldiers! Maybe he will be forced to go home to retire. Is anyone willing to do this thankless job?

Seeing Zhao Xu hesitate, Zhang Xuan said again: "Your Majesty, now I am only afraid that the chaos in the Liao Kingdom is imminent...... If the imperial court does not have a warlike army in its hands, how can it protect itself if there is chaos in the future? ”

Zhang Dian can see clearly, this Yuyang drum does not necessarily have to be knocked by the envoy of Youzhou Jiedu, and it is the same for the king of the Bohai Kingdom or the Great Khan of the Hindrance!

Therefore, the Great Song Dynasty could not stay out of the matter when the Liao State collapsed, and even if it wanted to stay out of the matter, it had to have elite soldiers in hand. Otherwise, when people ride south, what will they use to resist?

"I'm afraid that Lu Huiqing won't." Zhao Xu shook his head.

"It's better to let him go to Beijing to do something." "When the battle of Hengshan had just ended, he invited himself to Beijing, and now he is called here. Your Majesty may ask him what he means when he is playing the right role, and it would be better if he was willing to take on the heavy responsibility. ”

Zhao Xu nodded lightly: "It seems that it can only be like this." ”