Tongju, also known as Tongjuju, because it has the power to supervise the officials of a state, is also known as the superintendent of the state, and can also be regarded as the deputy of the state. The power is very large, but the grade is not very high, usually held by the Beijing official, and the courtiers of the right to know the army and state affairs are very different, and it is also the meaning of the size of the system.

Zhao Ji now proposes to let Wu Haowen be the general judge of Xiangzhou, which means that he will be promoted to the level of Beijing official. And Xiangzhou is still a state of special significance to Wu Haowen, and Han Zhi, the right of Xiangzhou, is Wu Haowen's brother-in-law. And Wu Haowen's wife Han is not only from Xiangzhou, but also grew up in Xiangzhou.

If Wu Haowen goes to Xiangzhou to be a general judge, he will be able to take his wife and children with him, which is almost equivalent to being an official in his hometown. And Han Zhi will definitely not embarrass his brother-in-law, this general judgment will definitely be comfortable, and there will be no lack of political achievements, and if he returns to the capital, he will be able to rise to the courtier.

Moreover, in terms of officialdom resumes, this arrangement is also the most beautiful. Although Wu Haowen has not been in the office for a long time, he has already done school books, county magistrates, storytellers, and supervisors, and now he has added another general judgment. He not only served in the central government, but also served as a county magistrate in the local area, and also went to the front line, and served as a prison state. It can be described as colorful, and there are good political achievements everywhere. With such a beautiful resume, I'm afraid I won't be able to recommend it to Erfu in the future?

Understanding Zhao Ji's intentions, Wu Haowen didn't think about being a royal history for the time being, but bowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"Erlang," Zhao Ji looked very kind, and asked with a smile, "I have already seen your impeachment of the seed Fu, do you think Zhong Fu is not qualified for the position of deputy marshal of the West Road?" ”

"If it weren't for Zhong Fu's branches, Zhuo Luo City and Qin Wangchuan would have belonged to my Great Song Dynasty long ago."

Zhao Ji looked at Tong Guan again: "Tong Guan, what do you think?" ”

"Zhong Fu did make a mistake," Tong Guan spoke more tactfully, after all, he was a eunuch who was discriminated against, and he couldn't offend civil officials too much, "But from the perspective of slaves, there is no more suitable person to replace Zhong Fu at the moment." ”

Later generations said that "there are no generals in the Northern Song Dynasty, and there is no phase in the Southern Song Dynasty", which is not accurate, but if you use "the Northern Song Dynasty has no handsome, and the Southern Song Dynasty has no phase", it is probably more accurate. The Northern Song Dynasty did not have a shortage of "generals" who commanded tens of thousands of people, but there were indeed not many "commanders" who could command tens of thousands or even 100,000 male soldiers to carry out offensive operations.

Wang Hou, who previously led the army to recover the three prefectures of Huang, Shan, and Kuo, may be a bit handsome. However, Wang Hou, as a military attache from an outsider, does not have much strength (without the support of the generals), and it is difficult to drive a group of Western generals to fight tough battles. If Zhong Fu hadn't intervened, Zhuo Luocheng and Qin Wangchuan would have been defeated, but now the opportunity is missed, and it will be a tough battle of corpses and a sea of blood. Tong Guan, who got along with Wang Hou quite happily on the Northwest Battlefield, naturally would not push Wang Hou into the pit.

And although Zhong Fu has the problem of grabbing power and grabbing merit, he is still a civil servant who can command the Western Army to fight. Because Wenchen would not rob the Western Army of the battle array, he was better to command than Wang Hou. It's just that there are too few Wenchen who really know the soldiers, and now that Zhang Kai is dead, Lu Huiqing is old, and the ones who can still be used are Tao Jiefu and Zhong Fu.

Oh, and there is also a Murong Forget worry who defected from the Liao State is actually not bad, but this identity is too embarrassing to be of great use.

On the same day that Wu Haowen and Tong Guan returned to Kaifeng Mansion, Old Man Murong had already met Zhou Yunqing, who was traveling north under the starry night.

"What do you say? Yuan wants to go to the northwest to lead troops to fight with the western thieves? ”

Old man Murong heard the news in the Doctor's Group building in the Jiehe Yuntai Academy, but his reaction was a little surprise in surprise.

"That's right!" Zhou Yunqing looked very anxious, his face was covered with dust and sweat, and he could rub out the mud, it seemed that he was in a hurry all the way, "Mr. Xiangshan, you should go south with so-and-so!" ”

"To the south?" Murong Forget smiled worriedly, "The old man still has a lot of students to teach, how can he go away?" And the old man is a civilian official, how can he lead troops to fight? ”

"Mr. Xiangshan, don't you joke with a certain family." Zhou Yunqing said nervously, "Xuanzan is dying, he is a businessman, and he has never brought soldiers, if he goes to the battlefield and encounters a thief, he must not let others fight and lose?" ”

"How can you lose? Doesn't he have two straight elites? As Murong Wangwu spoke, he took out a piece of letter paper and began to write on it with a brush.

Zhou Yunqing shook his head and said: "The elite of the two straights was originally only 5,000, but now after the war, the number is probably less than 4,000." So a few people, it's okay to deal with the people of the upper domain, but it's too rare to meet a thief! ”

The combat effectiveness of the Western Thieves and the Tibetan can not be equated, and the greatest loss suffered by the two elites in the Third Battle of Hehuang was defeated by the loyal Western Xia army of Rindo in the Battle of the Haokang River. Moreover, Renduo's soldiers and horses are not the elite of Western Xia, if they are against the garrison and the Iron Harrier, I am afraid that the two elites will not be pleased!

"How is it 4000?" Murong forgot and smiled, "There are so many soldiers in the imperial court, won't he ask for more?" How can you make twenty or thirty thousand? ”

"Of course there are twenty or thirty thousand soldiers, but they can't fight!" Zhou Yunqing shook his head and said, "Among the 500,000 forbidden troops, the one that can really fight the top of the sky is 56,000, and with the effect of the Western Army's generals, there are 70,000 or 80,000 at most." ”

Murong Wangwu just smiled, "A great Song Dynasty is only seventy or eighty thousand capable of fighting, and he dares to think of destroying Liao in Pingxia...... In the Führer's Jiehe Merchant Market, there are probably two or three thousand elites who can fight. If you have such the ability to govern the army, how can you not know how to fight? ”

"Mr. ......"

Murong had already written the letter at this time, and then pushed the letter in front of Zhou Yunqing. Zhou Yun glanced at it, it turned out to be written to Brother Zhao Zhong.

He was overjoyed at the moment and said, "Sir, do you want to call Brother Zhong back to help?" ”

"Naturally, it's him." Old man Murong smiled, "The old man is old, and the matter of the battle formation is all for the young man...... This Brother Zhong is there to give birth to Jurchen, but he has learned a lot of skills, and it is time to come back and make some contributions. ”

"That's a good dare." Zhou Yunqing said, "Xuanzan also asks you to collect some warriors for him in Jiehe Commercial City to make it useful." ”

Murong Forget shook his head and smiled: "The Fuhrer must be in a hurry...... Where does he need to mobilize utility from the Boundary River? Among the two direct armies, there are ready-made tens of thousands of troops! ”

"Tens of thousands of troops?" Zhou Yunqing looked at the old man Murong and thought: This old man looks old, and he is still confused.

"You don't know the Privy Council's Department of Military Sciences?" Murong looked at Zhou Yunqing and asked.

"Privy Council Military Division...... Got it! Zhou Yunqing didn't know that he almost became a student of the Military Science Division. It's just because his family's background was not enough at that time that he didn't get on the wheel.

Murong Wangwu smiled and took out another piece of letter paper and began to write, saying as he wrote: "The 500 students of the Military Academy Division are all knights in front of the palace...... That's an officer who can support 100 departments!

The old man spent almost four years of hard work on them, and most of these people had led soldiers before, and they were junior military ministers of the Western Army. With them, if you have another 20,000 government soldiers and train them for a few months, isn't it a big soldier? It's impossible for everyone to be as powerful as the warriors in front of the Gozen, but there are so many people! Replenish as much as you want, and the West Thief consumes more energy than the Great Song Dynasty? This idea was conceived by the Führer, and he still doesn't know how to soldier? ”

The military system of a small number of elite officers and countless cannon fodder is of course applicable to the populous country of the Great Song Dynasty. The number of cannon fodder in the Great Song Dynasty is almost unlimited! The question is how to carry out rational mobilization and how to train elite officers.

Mobilization like Wang Anshi's "Armor Protection Law" is an impossible task. Not to mention that the medieval Song Dynasty could not do this, even the militaristic states of later generations could not carry out military mobilization without the outbreak of a full-scale war.

However, Wu Haogu, a big butterfly who fanned out with his wings, and the "compulsory government military system" based on the unfair right list of Jinshike, was supported by many northern clans, so it was successfully implemented.

At present, Shaanxi Sixth Road, Hedong Road, Hebei Two Road, and Henan No. 1 Prefecture have begun to try out or fully implement the government military system. The total number of government soldiers who have been conscripted one after another has exceeded 100,000, and they are all young and strong farmers.

However, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War of the Great Song Dynasty did not know how to use this army, so they planned to let them go there to Tuntian after the recovery of the Wuding River Valley. Therefore, Wu Haogu wanted to ask for it, even if he asked for 20,000, Zhao Ji would not refuse.

Anyway, these "cannon fodder people" are also eating idle meals now, and there is nothing wrong with letting them follow Wu Haogu to become stronger.

And the elite officers who matched the "Compulsory Government Military System" were put forward earlier by Wu Haogu using Murong Wang's suggestion. Moreover, with the support of Emperor Zhezong and Zhang Tun, the Privy Council Military Science Department was established.

Although the Privy Council Military Academy was eventually closed, the first batch of 500 students not only completed three years of infantry officer training, but also added an additional year of knighthood because they changed careers to become knights, and received four years of officer education before and after. Moreover, after the closure, the Military Academy was also reborn because of the training of knights, and it became a knight academy under the Jiehe Yuntai Academy.

According to Wu Haogu's plan, the future knights must undergo a long training and military training in the knights' academy, and must master a full set of cavalry and infantry tactics, enough to serve as low-level cavalry and infantry officers.

And the 500 knightly officers who have completed their training, except for a few who have died in battle or have other appointments, are all in front of the palace.

Murong Wangwu had already finished writing the second letter at this time, took it in his hand and blew it, and handed it to Zhou Yunqing: "You take this letter back to the head of state, and then tell him that when Brother Zhong comes back, the old man will pick 600 cavalry here in Jiehe Shang City and let Brother Zhong take it to Kaifeng Mansion." ”