Jin Ming Pond, blue waves, lotus leaves round.

The huge dragon boat slowly passed between the pond water and lotus leaves, and the dragon boat was quiet, and there was no sound of silk and bamboo music. A woman in Taoist costumes, with a thirteen or fourteen-year-old palace maid and an older little yellow door, was squatting on the side of the stern of the boat, cleaning the fish and shrimp that had been fished from the Jinming Pond. After cleaning, he packed it in several small baskets and carried it into a small galley at the stern of the boat.

Chicken soup and rice porridge are boiling in the kitchen, wafting with an enticing aroma.

Today is Guo Xiaoxiao's own cooking, and she will prepare a health feast for Zhao Ji and Wu Haogu, who are talking about national affairs in a cabin on the top floor of the dragon boat.

"Da Lang, do you really want to be in the Privy Council?"

Although standing in front of an open window, Zhao Ji had no intention of admiring the beautiful scenery of Jinmingchi, but asked about Wu Haogu's real plans.

Wu Haogu smiled, "Your Majesty wants me to do privy affairs, so you should give me the position of cardinal minister." ”

"Do privy things? What are you doing? ”

Wu Haogu said: "First of all, of course, the Privy Council has been reformed, and the Privy Council has always had the power to transfer troops, but not the responsibility of commanding troops. However, since the chaos in the northwest, the power of the Privy Council to transfer troops has basically been delegated to the front commander. The so-called will be from the middle of the palace, has been reduced to a formality. The reason for this is that in addition to the fact that the center is too far away from the front line, that is, the Privy Council is full of civilian officials who do not know soldiers, and there is no way to control generals if they do not know soldiers.

His Majesty is the lord of the Holy Ming, and he must want to restore the law of the ancestors' imperial army, so he summoned his ministers to Beijing and presided over the reform of the Privy Council. ”

Zhao Ji fell into deep thought, he did have some ideas for reforming the Privy Council. Cai Jing also mentioned it in Shangshu, but if he really wants to reform, he has a feeling that he doesn't know how to start.

"Da Lang," Zhao Ji asked, "what can you do?" ”

Wu Haogu said: "The minister's idea is to establish a military engine room in the Privy Council, and the duties of the military engine room are similar to the military command of the Coastal Control Division, except that it is responsible for the military dispatch and training strategy of the whole country.

At the same time, it is also necessary to set up military commanders in the various commanders and commanders, and to place the military commanders in all directions under the dual jurisdiction of the Privy Council and the commanders. The edicts issued by His Majesty through the Privy Council to the commanders and the three officials in the dispatch and training are also issued by the military aircraft to the military commanders.

In this way, through the two levels of military engine room and military aircraft command, His Majesty will be able to control the transfer of troops from all walks of life. ”

Wu Haogu's suggestion is actually to establish a military staff system covering the whole country. The Privy Council was turned into a general staff, and at the same time a staff was established in the various commanders. In this way, the Jinshi who were taken out of the Jinshi section on the right list had many more decent positions to arrange.

Zhao Ji nodded, this is a good idea!

The military machine room of the Privy Council can receive the right to transfer troops from the front-line commanders, and the imperial history of the supervising army can firmly watch the generals who command the troops.

The military power of the Great Song Dynasty can be firmly controlled by the imperial court!

"Secondly," Wu Haogu said again, "now that the Western Army, the Shuofang Army, and the Lingzhou Army have all become strong soldiers, the forbidden army guarding Kaifeng Mansion is weak. His Majesty must want the Privy Council, which is under the jurisdiction of the ministers, to formulate a law for the training of elite soldiers in Kaifeng Mansion...... A law that can not only train elite soldiers, but also not let such elite soldiers get out of control. ”

How did it become a testimony? Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Da Lang, do you have a way?" ”

"This ......" Wu Haogu wanted to speak and stopped.

"Da Lang, say it quickly!" Zhao Ji said, "If you really have a way, I will let you be the prime minister." ”

Wu Haogu smiled: "There is a way, but you have to let Your Majesty break the bank." ”

"Breaking the bank?" Zhao Ji asked, "How much does it cost?" ”

Wu Haogu said with a smile: "It depends on how many Kaifeng soldiers Your Majesty wants!" Gong Wei Gyeonggi elite soldiers, of course, can't be treated the same as the soldiers of the foreign government. ”

"That's natural." Zhao Ji's brows furrowed, not because he was worried about money, but because he was not very relieved.

Will Wu Haogu take the opportunity of throwing money to train his troops to master the new army in Kaifeng Mansion?

Wu Haogu said: "Just giving more money may not be able to buy the loyalty of the soldiers, so the minister thinks that if he wants to make the soldiers loyal, he must use the best people in the world who have been bathed in the grace of the saint for generations to join the army." ”

"The best people in the world?" Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment, "Use the strong man of Kaifeng Mansion?" Isn't this the forbidden army? ”

"No," Wu Haogu shook his head and said, "The forbidden army is a lifelong service, enlisted at the age of twenty, and can only be discharged at the age of fifty or sixty." Moreover, they all dragged their families to serve with their families, and it was impossible for them to stay in the camp for a long time to train at four o'clock. At the beginning, it was not bad because it was an elite for a long time, but now it has long been decayed.

If His Majesty wants to place a reliable elite army in Kaifeng Prefecture, he must select Ding Zhuang from all counties of Gyeonggi, pay him generously, and then make him serve for several years, just like a government soldier, live in the barracks for a long time, and practice every day, so that he will definitely become an elite.

In addition, these Kaifeng Zhuangding are all the first good people who have bathed in the emperor's grace for generations, and their families and relatives are also in Kaifeng Mansion. And well-informed, most of them can also read a few words, so naturally they will not be easily bewitched by people with ill intentions. Even the generals of the unified army may turn them into their own private soldiers.

After all, my Great Song Dynasty has been giving grace in Kaifeng Mansion for one hundred and sixty or seventy years! No one can shake such a foundation. ”

The method proposed by Wu Haogu was actually to move the military system of the new government to Kaifeng Province, and at the same time pay high salaries in exchange for the loyalty of the soldiers.

Because Kaifeng Mansion is a very special place in the Northern Song Dynasty, due to the careful governance of the Zhao Dynasty, it has been the most stable society in the Great Song Dynasty, the highest per capita income, and the most supported area of the Zhao family.

Moreover, the education level of the people in Kaifeng Mansion is also higher than that of other provinces, and most of the strong young people can read a few words and are well-informed, but they are not comparable to those simple peasants from the ravines. These literate texts, the soldiers who know a lot and the citizen army of later generations are somewhat similar.

It is much more difficult to incite such a citizen army to rebel than to incite mercenaries who only know "whose food they eat" and "whose clothes they wear...... At least that's what Zhao Ji thinks!

"Good! Good! Okay......" Zhao Ji shouted three times in a row, turned to look at Wu Haogu, "What a resourceful Wu Dalang, he really didn't disappoint me!" ”

"Your Majesty," Wu Haogu saw that Zhao Ji was very interested in the "Citizen Army", so he continued to speak, "The minister still has suggestions. ”

"Okay, let's talk about it."

Wu Hao Gu said: "The minister suggested that the Dragon Warrior Zhi, as well as half of the Jinshi on the right list of this section, be incorporated into this Kaifeng Model Army as the backbone. Then 20,000 civilian children were recruited from the prefecture and counties, and they could be mixed into an army. ”

"That's great!" Zhao Ji said, "The Dragon Warriors have been listless for a long time, and if there is a way out, it can also make them cheer up."

It's just that...... Who should lead this Kaifeng model army? Daro, do you have anyone you can recommend? ”

Wu Haogu said: "The officers and commanders of the Kaifeng Model Army should include three people: the commander of the army, the supervisor of the army, and the captain of the military aircraft. Now Wang Yu, who is in charge of the Sanzhi Forbidden Army, must be one of the three officials, and the imperial history of the supervising army should be recommended by the imperial history platform, and the minister will take over the Privy Council, so it is inconvenient to speak.

In addition, the minister also wanted to recommend a person for the model army. ”

"Say, who do you want to recommend? I just do. Zhao Ji knew in his heart that Wu Haogu must have wanted to recommend Brother Zhao Zhong or Murong Parrot.

Although these two people are Wu Haogu's henchmen, they really have the ability, and with them to train the Kaifeng Model Army, it should be possible to make it a strong force.

"The minister recommends Zhong Fu."

"Who?"

"Zhong Fu," Wu Hao Gu said, "Didn't he turn into a martial artist?" It's just right to lead troops. ”

Zhao Ji thought for a while, "But he's still in Yushitai Prison." ”

"Is it a great sin?"

"It's not very big," Zhao Ji said, "most of them were wronged." ”

"Then Your Majesty is just using him." Wu Haogu said with a smile, "Otherwise, who would be the manager of the model army?" Although the army can't control the model army, the Yushitai doesn't care about this...... Whoever is in charge of the army will inevitably be drowned out by the bullet stamp. ”

"That's right......" Zhao Ji nodded, and glanced at Wu Haogu again, "Da Lang, if you become a privy envoy, you will inevitably be impeached!" ”

Wu Haogu said with a smile: "The minister has already prepared, so the minister doesn't plan to work for too long, there is a year, I can straighten out the military machine room for Your Majesty, and then give Your Majesty some ideas for military training, and the minister should ask the county to release it."

Your Majesty must send the Coastal City Shipping Department to the ministers to keep! ”

"Okay, it's a deal!" Zhao Ji said with a smile, "Now let Brother Yin Erquan send the coastal city shipping and purchase department, and when you invite the county, then transfer him to the court." ”

……

It turns out that Zhong Fu is staying in the fire pit now, and he may "drink chicken soup" at any time, which is really unlucky.

The reason why he was arrested and put in Yushitai Prison was the warrant given to him by Cai Bian to take over the first battalion of government soldiers directly under the Accelerated Martial Arts Academy.

When he was ordered to be arrested by Jian Chen, this warrant was also searched. Later, Chen Jian and the others disappeared, but this warrant somehow arrived at the Yushitai. As a result, he was regarded as the mastermind of the "mutiny" and was arrested in the Imperial Prison.

And this is not the worst thing, the worst thing is that he himself asked for a change of military capital not long ago.

So he was arrested by the imperial history as a military attaché, and what the Great Song Dynasty didn't kill was a civil official doctor, not his "vulgar martial artist".

"Zhong Weak!" Zhang Kegong, who had just made a big splash in the impeachment of Cai Jing, was interrogating Zhong Fu at this time, "You are now a military attaché!" If a military attache instigates a mutiny, he will be put to death according to the law! ”

Execute......

Zhong Fu's remorse! I have a good cultural resource, what kind of military capital to transfer! Isn't it just to lift the palace view? It's good to be safe and stable, but what can I do now? It's going to kill your head! What a wrong!

"Zhang Yushi, Zhong is wronged!" He looked at Zhang Kegong and pleaded in a low voice.

If he is a civil official, he will not enter the Yushitai for that little matter, let alone lose his head.

But now, anything is possible!