The two brothers of the Zhang family discussed for several hours, but finally did not come to any conclusion. Rectify the affairs of the east and west roads of Hebei for the first time. The matter of recruiting and training soldiers seems to have fallen into an unsolvable circle of death, and in order to be effective, it is necessary for important ministers who really know the soldiers to supervise the teachers.

If there is no one to supervise the division, then there will be two results in the recruitment and training of the new army in Shaanxi, one is that the power of the Western Army Jiangmen will be further expanded with the help of this recruitment and training of the new army - if the imperial court will hand over the errand of recruiting and training the new army to the Western Army Jiangmen!

Second, the recruitment and training of the new army is ineffective - if the imperial court does not use the Western army to generalize the door, and does not send important ministers to supervise the division, but completely relies on the existing bureaucratic management system, through the Privy Council, the Ministry of War, the Sanya Management Army, and the six military states of Shaanxi to carry out recruitment and training, the effect will definitely not work, otherwise the 590,000 forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty will not only have tens of thousands of Western troops can really fight......

The bureaucracy of the Great Song Dynasty was extremely bad, at least in matters related to the military.

In other words, in order to train tens of thousands of new troops, it is necessary to do something that undermines the law of the imperial court and the family law of the ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty.

To put it simply, someone has to be responsible! And use people who can be responsible!

The generals of the Northwest Forbidden Army can be responsible, and the army is the capital of their lives! What can I do if I can't be responsible?

Civilian officials such as Lu Huiqing and Zhang Qi are also responsible, they are not only important ministers, but also have supervised the army for many years, so they naturally have enough prestige and ability to support the young officers in the Western Army to recruit and train troops.

But both of these paths have the potential to raise warlords! Therefore, it is not tolerated by the ancestral family law of the Great Song Dynasty.

If Zhang Dian wants to bite the bullet, the consequences are really unimaginable......

According to the ancestral family law, that is, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War were used to direct the recruitment of troops from various states, and then the Privy Council, the Ministry of War, the pacification divisions and the internal officials sent by the palace jointly commanded the military attache training at the level of "general".

It doesn't seem to be much at all, and it seems to be similar to the military system of modern countries in later generations. However, most of the people in the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense of modern countries in later generations were professional soldiers, and at most there were some civilian political officers in the Ministry of Defense, but it was the officers who really did the work. Therefore, it is the expert who commands the insiders who are training the troops, not a bunch of laymen who are blindly commanding.

The biggest crink of the Song Dynasty's military problems was that the over-inflated civilian system had encroached on too much power from the officer system.

As a traitor, Zhang Dian naturally knows what the problem is...... However, he himself is a civilian official, and the New Party is also a civilian clique. Of course, it is not possible to return to the officers the powers of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, which have fallen into the hands of the civilian authorities.

Moreover, the current Kaifeng Jiangmen has long been decayed, and no one can bear the burden of commanding the world's soldiers and horses.

Therefore, it seems that the most feasible plan is to train the new army under the supervision of civilian officials and important ministers who know the soldiers.

And the only difficulty is, who will be the unlucky bird?

Who would be so stupid that a good civil official would not do it and be a suspect in plotting to usurp the throne? At that time, a group of imperial historians will be very happy, and they will participate in you, a chaotic minister and thief, every day, and sooner or later they will take you to Yalong Bay to see the sea......

The pacification of Yan Yanlu, who entered the court with Zhang Qi, made Lu Huiqing not know that he was the first bird in Zhang Di's internal determination, and he was now the time to be proud. Although the protagonist of the Northwest Hengshan Victory is Zhang Ji, his Lu Huiqing's credit cannot be buried. The throne of the second phase, which has been vacant for many years, can always be his turn this time?

After the court meeting, Lu Huiqing and Zhang Qi, who entered the court as local pacification envoys, went to the Chongzheng Hall with the important ministers of the two governments to continue to play against the Son of Heaven.

First of all, Zhang Qi and Lu Huiqing reported the victory in Hengshan and the current situation of Huanqing Road and Yanyan Road to the Son of Heaven one by one. The situation was not as good as Zhao Xu imagined, of course the battle was won, but the treasury of Huanqing and Yanyan was already empty, and there was nothing left to support the offensive against Hehuang.

Therefore, Zhang Qi had reservations about the Hehuang battle when he played the right, and he believed that even if he took Hehuang, it would be difficult to maintain it for a long time, so it was better to support a more reliable Tubo leader to serve as the envoy of Hehuang Cuo, so that the people could be autonomous to save costs.

And Lu Huiqing also made suggestions, proposing to trade with the Western Xia as soon as possible to restore the economy of the six roads in Shaanxi - before the Western Xia made trouble, the economy of the Guanzhong Plain, especially Jingzhaofu, was quite good.

But after decades of war, it has really reached the point where all industries have withered.

Zhao Xu did not give any reply to the suggestions of the two marshals, but just listened quietly. The recital in the Chongzheng Hall lasted until nearly noon, and today's rare silence and mute Prime Minister Zhang Duan finally spoke: "It's already noon, and the ministers dare not delay Your Majesty's meal, and the ministers retire." ”

It has long been a practice to end the deliberations of the Chongzheng Palace in the near afternoon, and all the ministers in the palace have retired, but Zhao Xu said to Lu Huiqing: "Lu Qing, you stay for the time being." ”

Take a step?

Is this going to be alone with the Son of Heaven?

Lu Huiqing's heart tightened, and the whole person became excited.

The heavy ministers are alone, which is often a sign of Xuanma's worship of the prime minister! It seems that the Son of Heaven is finally going to change the situation of the sole minister of the DPRK and China, appointing himself as the second minister, and the ideal of many years is finally going to be realized!

Lu Huiqing stood in the hall, waiting for Zhao Xu to speak. Zhao Xu took out a book with a mark from the stack of pieces on the royal table, and asked the little yellow door next to him to hand it to Lu Huiqing.

Lu Huiqing unfolded it, but it was a recital requesting the rectification of Kaifeng, the Hebei Forbidden Army or the training of the new army, and it was a recital on Zhang Shangying, a member of the Zhongshu Society. This Zhang Shangying is a character recommended by Zhang Dian to Wang Anshi, and then reused. Naturally, he is also a confidant of Zhang Dan, who has served as a Taiwanese official for a long time, and is the mouthpiece of Zhang Dan. Although he was not liked by Zhao Xu because of his character and integrity, he still rose step by step with the support of Zhang Dan.

Now this Zhang Shangying, who has always taken scolding people as his own responsibility, actually wrote a book to talk about military affairs...... This must be what Zhang Dian meant!

By the way, what does Zhang Dian want to do? How did you think of rectifying the Kaifeng and Hebei forbidden armies?

Lu Huiqing's mind turned, and he immediately thought that Liao Guo didn't seem to be very peaceful recently! Before the fight on the grassland was over, Xijin Mansion and Longyan Tieshan had a quarrel again, and it looked like it was going to be a big mess.

Will the official family and Zhang Dian fight the idea of Yanyun in the Northern Expedition, right?

Fighting Yanyun can't be compared with beating Hengshan...... Yanjing's city defense is probably stronger than Lingzhou and Xingqing Mansion! Now the Western Army is beating up the Dangxiang people in the south and east of the Hanhai Desert, and everyone is afraid to cross the Hanhai Desert to fight Xingqing Mansion.

The Great Song Dynasty can't even beat Lingzhou and Xingqing Mansion, and still wants to fight Yanyun?

"Lu Qing, you are a soldier, do you think what is said in this piece is feasible?" Zhao Xu's voice was full of faint anticipation.

Lu Huiqing seemed to have fallen into an ice cave all at once. One moment ago, he was still worshipping the prime minister, and the next moment he was worried about his net worth.

He is an old fox in officialdom, where does he not know the meaning of the official family? If he, Lu Huiqing, has the courage to do things, he should take over the heavy task of training and reorganizing the army...... But when will the Zhao family rest assured that they will hand over their military power to others?

If he comes forward, the Son of Heaven will definitely be very happy now, and it is indispensable to make a wish for the official, and maybe he will also give an empty privy envoy.

But when he really trains his soldiers, the Son of Heaven should look at himself unpleasantly! When the time comes, it will be a grace to be able to leave a life to go to the ends of the earth!

But if he refuses now and disappoints the official family, the official will be done. It's okay to be safe and stable, but it's always a pity that the prime minister hasn't done it......

However, Lu Huiqing is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he is an old minister of the four dynasties who has gone through the dynasty of Renzong, Yingzong, Shenzong and now the official Zhao Xu, what kind of things have you not seen?

And he is still one of the few important ministers who really know the army today, and he knows too much about the army.

"Your Majesty, the matter of military training is the responsibility of the military attaché after all. All we can do is to keep a close eye on the military attachés who lead the troops, so that they cannot act arrogantly and recklessly. However, there will be advantages and disadvantages. Although the use of civil servants to control the military generals can make them loyal and reliable, it also limits the ability of the military generals to make meritorious contributions...... Power is needed to do things for government, and power is also needed to lead troops to fight. Only when the power is in his hands can the generals give full play to their strengths, train elite soldiers, and defeat strong enemies. But with the power in hand, you can also support your own troops and plot against you.

Therefore, the way to general, as seen by the minister, is the way to delegate power and collect power. The more power is delegated, the easier it is to get strong generals, and of course, it is also easy to have the disaster of feudal towns. And the reason why the Western Army can fight is nothing more than the weight of the generals. If Your Majesty wants to ask for the elite who can wipe out Xia in Pingliao, there is no other way but to delegate power. ”

Zhao Xu frowned, "How to delegate power?" ”

Lu Huiqing sighed softly, and the official family was really fooled by him.

In fact, it's not a fool, he's just picking things out...... The Western Army was able to play its current record, which was nothing more than the imperial court giving some power, so that the generals could play some skills.

If you want a stronger army, then put more power!

"The minister didn't think about it," Lu Huiqing didn't dare to say nonsense, "but you can try to say a thing or two, and if there is a gaffe, please ask Your Majesty for forgiveness." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

Lu Huiqing said: "Your Majesty can choose ten generals who are good at fighting, and allow them to build their own shogunate, recruit their own soldiers, make their own weapons, and purchase military horses, with a limit of 5,000 soldiers, and the household department will directly allocate full military funds to the generals." At the same time, it is required to form an army in five years, and the soldiers must reach the level of Wei Zhiwu's soldiers. If there are 50,000 Wei soldiers as the vanguard, it will be possible for Pingliao to destroy Xia. ”

The so-called Wei Zhiwu is wearing three sets of armor, a crossbow that can pull away twelve stones, carrying an instrument that can hold fifty arrows, carrying Ge on his shoulder, wearing a helmet on his head, a sword on his waist, and carrying three days of dry food to travel a hundred miles in half a day.

If you really train 50,000 warriors, it is really possible to take advantage of the chaos in the Liao Kingdom to recover Yanyun!

But can the Great Song Dynasty allow such elite soldiers to exist?