The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 370 Soldiers are the foundation of the army
"Haha, I am really happy today. We are finally free from constraints. Now we can safely carry out our plan to unify the world. What do you think, Zhao Pu?"

Zhao Kuangyin's mouth hasn't closed since the morning, grinning like a ladle, and now he is really in power.

He finally understood why so many people like being the emperor, why so many people like power.

This feeling of being in control is really big characters plus four crosses-cool!

So he kept Zhao Pu when he was in court, and of course it couldn't be just the two of them.

Zhao Xu is naturally here, and Miao Xun is among them, and now Miao Xun has almost become Zhao Kuangyin's confidant.

He is also often called into the palace by Zhao Kuangyin to talk about the situation of the country with Zhao Kuangyin, and to make suggestions when he has time.

"Your Majesty, I don't think it's the right time. Now that we have just taken back our military power, and we haven't educated all the soldiers below to be loyal to the imperial court, we can feel more at ease."

What Zhao Pu considers is that the military power has been taken back now, but it doesn't mean that everyone is loyal to the court.

Now we have to instill in them the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, so that we can rest assured.

"To the emperor, Mr. Zhao is right. Your Majesty, it is not the time for us to implement these things. We need the right time."

Miao Xun also spoke out.

"Oh, sir, what's your opinion?" Zhao Kuangyin still paid more attention to Miao Xun's opinion.

Miao Xun arched his hands and said:

"Actually, Mr. Zhao already said part of the reason just now, and this is also an important part of the reason. The army must be absolutely loyal to the court."

"This is the most basic guarantee. Let the army become a sharp weapon of the country, not a tool of a certain person or a few people, otherwise there will be a separatist regime since the end of the Tang Dynasty."

Miao Xun's words were approved by everyone, and Zhao Xu couldn't help nodding. This was what he was thinking about now.

"Father, what Mr. Zhao and Mr. Zhao said is very correct. The most important thing now is to firmly control these troops in our hands."

"Oh, I have given you full power to be in charge of the military, now what do you think, please tell me!"

In the early days of the dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin had already arbitrarily appointed Zhao Xu to be in charge of the military, which had already bypassed the Privy Council.

It is not under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council at all, and Wei Renpu, who is in charge of the Privy Council as the prime minister, did not say anything.

Originally, the Ministry of War and the Privy Council checked each other to prevent one family from dominating and threatening the emperor's rule, so these two institutions served the imperial power.

But now the emperor has given the prince full responsibility, which means that the Privy Council and the Ministry of War have no power to intervene.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials asked a question before he finished, and was dismissed by the emperor, so you don't need to say it.

The prince is my son, the future heir of the Great Song Dynasty. If I don’t believe him, who else should I trust? You are just my subject, and he is my son.

Everyone could understand what the emperor meant, but no one said anything. Zhang Zhao was a lesson learned from the past.

Now what Zhao Kuangyin said is also right, I let you talk about your opinion, didn't I let you take full responsibility for the military?

What do you want to say? Tell Zhao Kuangyin not only to let Zhao Xu share his own opinion, but also to hear what he has to say, or to test him a bit.

Both Zhao Pu and Miao Xun could see this. They all knew that Zhao Xu had a way of leading troops to fight and charge.

But now it's not about charging into battle, but looking at your management skills and how well you grasp the army as a whole.

Zhao Xu also knew that, and he couldn't help laughing in his heart. He really couldn't say this if he had to say it himself.

But he came from the future, so he still has these theoretical knowledge, and there is a lot of it. There was no mature supervision system in the Song Dynasty.

When the army goes out to fight, the imperial court will send a general supervisor to supervise, but the general effect is not good.

If it is an upright prison, it is not bad, but if it is an unlearned prison, it will cause the generals to be uncooperative.

These systems are extremely unreasonable, and they are fine when a dynasty is stable, but not in troubled times.

In order to strengthen the imperial court's absolute control over the army, Zhao Xu already had a brilliant idea in his heart, which he didn't come up with himself.

This has been proven in later generations, and this system has enabled the weak army at that time to grow rapidly and grow up rapidly.

Zhao Xu clearly remembered that this system was called "The branch is built on the company!"

But at this time, Zhao Xu absolutely couldn't say the word "Lian", but they could change it.

"Father, sir, Mr. Zhao, I want to ask what is the army establishment of our Song Dynasty?"

"This is the prince. In addition to the forbidden army and the guards, my court has four levels: Xiang, Jun, Battalion, and Du."

Zhao Pu said that Xiang governs the army, the army governs five battalions, and the battalion governs five capitals, each with 100 people.

"Then what are the officers in these establishments, Mr. Zhao?" Zhao Xu asked another question.

"Their generals at all levels are called in turn: Commander of the Xiangdu; Commander of the Military Capital, Yuhou of the Military Capital, Commander, Deputy Commander; Chief, Deputy Chief. There are also corps chiefs and chiefs below. "

"Okay, what Mr. Zhao said just now is very detailed. I can understand it this way. The army of my Song Dynasty is basically based on the capital, although when we participated in the war, we were calculated according to the battalion."

"I think that if you want to be loyal to the entire army, you must solve it fundamentally, so I want to strengthen control in this capital."

"Oh, there are a hundred people in this one. How do you control them? They are all low-level soldiers. What's the use of their loyalty? As long as the general who leads the army is loyal, can the people below turn against the sky?"

It's not just Zhao Kuangyin who thinks that generals are valued. Throughout the ancient feudal dynasties, generals were valued, and there was no such thing as soldiers.

"That's not what my father said. No matter how good a general is, what's the use of having no soldiers? Could it be that he can directly kill the enemy? That's why I said that it's not the generals but the soldiers that decide the outcome."

"Prince and ministers don't agree. If an army has no generals, isn't it a group of dragons without a leader?"

Zhao Pu also disagreed with Zhao Xu's statement.

It seems that they have to give them a good lesson, and they must thoroughly pay attention to the soldiers at the bottom. These are the foundation of an army, and they are far more important than an outstanding general.

Soldiers are the foundation of the army, the foundation of the army!

(End of this chapter)