The reorganization of officers and soldiers below the rank of lieutenant was also effectively carried out at this time, and after the regent palace transferred the generals, senior generals, and middle-level generals, the lower-level officers and ordinary soldiers below had no backbone, and the regent palace sent a group of instructors to reorganize the guards without encountering any resistance. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The first thing to do in all armies and guards is to dismiss the old, weak, sick and disabled, and in these years, even ordinary soldiers are the vast majority of them who have been in the army for a lifetime, and they are born, old, sick and die in the army, because it is not easy to recruit soldiers, unless they are strong. The measure of dismantling the old, weak, sick and disabled in the army and distributing travel expenses to them to go home has made some people happy, but it has also made some of them lose their source of livelihood, but this is also a helpless thing, because these old, weak, sick and disabled people have dragged down the army's combat effectiveness.

After a few days of screening, a total of more than 30,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people were cleared out of the army by the entire army inside and outside Chang'an, and each of these people received 20 yuan of severance pay and travel expenses, and at the same time there was a retirement certificate and a letter of recommendation, the letter of recommendation said that after these people returned to their hometowns, they were suitable to serve as a chief, village head, chief, catcher, officer, tax collector and other positions, for the above to issue such a letter of recommendation, the soldiers who were forced to retire were still very happy and grateful, because this letter of recommendation has a considerable role, It is impossible and dare not be ignored by the local government, who dares not to attach importance to the recommendation letter of the Ministry of War?

After the old, weak, sick and disabled were cleared out, the rest of the troops and guards in Chang'an were all strong, not to mention the combat effectiveness of these people themselves, at least they were young, and they must be much better than the old, weak, sick and disabled in terms of physical fitness, as long as they could withstand the drills, the combat effectiveness of these people would improve sooner or later.

On 15 November, Chen Xuanli, the chief training officer in charge of the training, reported to Zhao Ziliang and the ministers of the imperial court on the situation of the training at the court meeting. In this era, many people can't distinguish the direction of the left and right, the front and back, to let all the soldiers hear or see the banner for the formation, it must go through a long period of continuous drills, the command ability of the general general can only rely on the death method, continuous practice, the number of drills and the time for a long time, even the most stupid people are familiar with different orders to do, and the general with good command ability will achieve the goal through simple and easy-to-understand passwords or banners, Easy-to-understand passwords and banners were easily accepted by the soldiers. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the discipline of military discipline and increase the system of rewards and punishments; strengthening military discipline can enable soldiers to concentrate their attention during drills, and if they concentrate their attention, they will make fewer mistakes, and increasing the system of rewards and punishments can increase the enthusiasm of soldiers and soldiers.

These soldiers have undergone military training, but the vast majority of them have received incomplete military training, there were many wars in the past, many people were pulled to the battlefield in the middle of training, and many people were also pulled to the battlefield after only a few days of simple training, so now the combat effectiveness of the various armies and guards of the imperial court is uneven.

Another purpose of the reorganization and training is to enable the soldiers to receive complete military training and to be familiar with all the military orders and flag language, and many soldiers cannot even understand the flag language, or even the sound of the trumpet, so how can they carry out the military orders of the commander-in-chief? And if all the soldiers can understand the meaning of all the drums, trumpets and flags, then the soldiers will greatly improve the execution of the general's orders and speed, don't underestimate this, in the rapidly changing battlefield of the military situation, the army's command and execution of the generals a little earlier and a little later to achieve the effect is very different, most of it is related to the victory or defeat of the battle.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhao Ziliang returned to the palace, and many officials then rushed to report various affairs to him alone, and Li Yi, the head of the household department, reported to him: "My lord, since this month, the local governments have successively paid the autumn taxes, of which the four prefectures and sixteen counties around the capital have been delivered, and the taxes in other places have also been escorted!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked: "After the imperial court promulgated the new tax collection method, have the local governments implemented it?" Do they all take the way of cashiering money, and no longer collect grain and forage! ”

Li Yi arched his hand and said: "Since the king has been in power, the prestige of the imperial court has been restored day by day, and the execution of the decrees issued by the imperial court by the officials of various places has also been improved. After the imperial court set the minimum grain purchase price, most of the merchants still implemented this standard, which also protected the interests of the peasants! Some remote areas have not yet received the imperial decree, so this year it is still levied according to the original method, and next year it will definitely be implemented in accordance with the new decree! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment after hearing this, and said: "The imperial court changed the way of collecting taxes, from collecting goods to collecting silver money, although this facilitates the collection of taxes by the imperial court, simplifies the procedures, and greatly reduces the loss, but it also brings a burden to the farmers, because to turn the grain and grass into silver money, it has to go through the hands of the merchants, the merchants are unprofitable and cannot afford to buy and sell early, they will never do loss-making transactions, they will try to keep the price down, in this way, the loss is the farmers, Therefore, the imperial court had to stipulate the minimum price of grain purchase in order to protect the interests of farmers, but how many merchants really obeyed the law? I'm afraid that there will always be some people who ignore the decrees and regulations of the imperial court, and this kind of businessmen who do not abide by the law are the real profiteers! The imperial court and local governments should punish them in accordance with the law, and those who commit serious acts should be sentenced to prison or even confiscated into the army; For those who have less serious circumstances, they must be fined, and they must be remembered for a long time, but the punishment is not too heavy, and they can't be arrested casually to kill their heads or rob their homes, a country can't be without businessmen, businessmen are greedy by nature, what the court has to do is to let them honestly do business within the laws and regulations stipulated by the court, so that it is beneficial to Datang! ”

Li Yi arched his hand and sighed: "The king is wise, after listening to the king's instructions, Weichen has an idea. Add another yamen to the subordinate yamen of the household department to specifically inspect the illegal affairs of businessmen, so as to ensure the healthy development of Datang's commerce! ”

Zhao Ziliang said happily: "Your idea is very good, this king thinks it is feasible, but this is a big deal after all, you first draw up a piece of paper and show it to this king, and after this king sees it, if it is feasible, you will put it forward at the next court meeting." ”

"Yes, Weichen obeys!"

After Li Yi left, Li Qiyun, a waiter from the Ministry of Works, came over again to report on the distribution of special funds for the construction and reinforcement of the river embankment and the progress of the entire project.

"My lord, at present, the first special fund for the reinforcement and construction of the river embankment has been disbursed, and some of the local government offices along the river bank have begun to organize the people to start construction, and the situation is very good・・・・・・

After listening to this, Zhao Ziliang said: "The start is good, you should also know that the imperial court issued decrees, the starting point is good, but it is best to have no effect, whether it can benefit the people depends on the implementation of the imperial court yamen and local officials at all levels, the implementation of the decree is good, the effect is good, otherwise it will be poor, and even the backfire is possible, so your Ministry of Industry must supervise the implementation at any time, and you can't slack off, the most taboo is that the officials who are sent down are in the same stream with the officials of the local government, and they are embarrassed!" Again, the acceptance of the embankment after the completion of reinforcement and construction must be rigorous, and must not be careless or hold an inconsequential attitude, which is related to the safety of millions, or even tens of millions of people's lives, once the quality of the embankment is problematic, it will not withstand the impact of monstrous floods! ”

Li Qiyun arched his hand and said solemnly: "Don't worry, the king, Weichen understands, Weichen must be watching!" ”

The situation is very good, but this is only the beginning, but some things have to start to be laid out in advance, after Li Qiyun left, Zhao Ziliang wrote two letters in his own handwriting, and then called Xuan Jiu to instruct: "Send reliable people to send these two letters to Gao Xiuyan in the clouds and Zhang Shouyu in Mobei respectively!" ”

Xuan Jiu took the letter and asked, "The king wants to ・・・・・・・?"

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "It is time to call Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan over to have a good talk, in the final analysis, the two largest feudal towns in the Tang Dynasty today are Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan, their soldiers and horses are all trained by this king himself, and their combat effectiveness is by no means comparable to other feudal towns, in the later stage of the Anshi Rebellion, they were extremely disappointed in the imperial court, and their attitude towards the imperial court also became indifferent, all because of this king." If you want to implement the policy of cutting the feudal domain, I am afraid that you must start with the two of them first, if you can let the two of them take the initiative to hand over the military power, then the three towns of Heshuo will not be a problem at all, and when the time comes, the imperial army will attack from the north and south, even if the strength of the three towns of Heshuo is ten times stronger than now, it will not be able to avoid the end of being encircled and suppressed! After solving the three towns of Heshuo, the other feudal towns are all small fish and shrimp, which are easy to solve! ”

In fact, to cut Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan first, depriving them of their rights, Zhao Ziliang is guilty, all along, these two people have been the most supportive of him, the Anshi Rebellion of the counterinsurgency war is fighting the most critical time, the court transferred him from Henan to fight Tibet, which made Gao Xiuyan and Zhang Shouyu extremely annoyed, the two of them led the army back to Yunzhong and Mobei respectively in a fit of anger, and no longer cared about the counterinsurgency, which is why the court still took two or three years to quell the rebellion but left the troubles, if these two people did not withdraw the army, I'm afraid that the remnants of Anshi will be wiped out in less than a year, and there will be no hidden dangers later.

But if Gao Xiuyan and Zhang Shouyu are not moved, the difficulty of cutting the feudal domain will increase tenfold, and now the three towns of Heshuo have been recuperating and developing their strength after seven or eight years, and their military strength is not inferior to Shi Siming back then, and the imperial army lacks cavalry, so it is not so easy to eradicate the three towns of Heshuo.