Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 489
The reason is very simple, this person is responsible for the imperial court, and secretly prepares to establish an agency for the use of the Jurchen. This credit alone is enough to give him an extremely high background.Although the identity of this person was kept secret, the important ministers of the two governments did not care about it. It was supposed to be like this, and the name could not be announced because of the blood on the knife edge.

Just when the martial arts came to an end, Wang Xiu detonated a heavy bomb and set up a naval primary school and a large school to train naval personnel.He also suggested that those who were born in elementary schools for naval soldiers can directly enter the Navy as low-level generals, and that outstanding talents can be trained in universities.

His reasons are very good. With the southward relocation of the imperial court, the importance of the navy has become increasingly prominent, and improving the quality of the navy's generals has been put on the agenda.At present, in terms of the capabilities of naval commanders, they are far from meeting the needs of the future, nor can they protect the safety of the line.In the future, the commanders of the ships of the Navy must be generals who are from the Navy Academy. Since the country is in troubled times, military equipment is particularly important. top priority.

Of course, he didn't say the deepest words, because it was too early.

Sun Fu, Li Gang and others are also familiar with history books, and they understand the defense of the southeast in the past dynasties. In order to travel safely, it has become their consensus that the navy must be strengthened.It is not unacceptable for Wang Xiu to set up a large and small navy school. Although it is a bit trivial, it is not impossible. It is good to be able to train excellent generals and schools.

Therefore, the large and small schools were quickly approved, and Wang Xiu was naturally in charge of specific matters.He took the opportunity to play a trick, and moved the Shangshui Primary School from Shangshui to Xingzai, and renamed it Huangsong Xingchao Meihuashan Primary School. Shangshui Primary School still exists, and changed its name to Xingchao Meihuashan Primary School to Shangshui School. .

All the orphans received along the way go to school, and it is stipulated that there are orphans of officials who died in battle, and children with very good qualifications selected from various places can enter the school.Of course, the Haibing Primary School also recruits orphans of officials who died in battle and vagrant orphans.

Wang Qingzhu and Shen Mo declared that all the expenses of the elementary school would be borne by Wangji Department Store and Wanshixing, and they jointly bought hundreds of fertile fields outside the city as capital for farming and studying, so that the children could have a good environment.

Of course, this is just the beginning, and Wang Xiu's grand plans have not yet unfolded.However, the establishment of the primary school is what he attaches the most importance to. Zong Liang specially organized dozens of young scholars to compile Wang Xiu's perfect academics over the years, which became the main textbook of Meihuashan Primary School. Praise, you can't do without praise!People are encouraging scholarship, can you object?
"Your Majesty has already agreed. The Privy Council will set up an Aircraft Department, together with the Staff Department of the Ministry of War, to jointly undertake external use. The Aircraft Department focuses on major policies, and the Staff Department focuses on military geography. It cannot be known by all the ruling parties. I hope Master Li Explain to all the adults." There were only Wang Xiu and Li Gang in the hall, and he softly informed Li Gang.

Li Gang had a natural expression on his face, and said indifferently: "Military affairs are important, I understand the truth, don't worry."

Wang Xiu nodded and said knowingly, "It's a must. The fewer people who know, the better. I hope the resistance won't be so great."

Li Gang glanced at Wang Xiu, and asked in doubt: "Is there some overlap between the establishment of the Speed ​​Division and the Staff Division of the Ministry of War?"

"My lord Li, the foreign affairs are too chaotic now, and the military situation is uneven, which affects the decisions of the two governments. The chief of the Privy Council's Security Department spies on foreign and public conditions for the two governments' decision-making staff; Now add the spies on the geography and military of the Quartet, the two do not overlap, on the contrary, they can complement each other. In addition, the Ministry of Punishment must set up a yamen to control the rebellion, and attack the prisoners. Although they are composed of the Privy Council, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Punishment Jurisdiction, but still directly responsible to the two governments."

Wang Xiu's intentions are obvious. Establishing a national-level intelligence, military intelligence, and security agency to unify the scattered functions and counter-measures of the imperial court, so as to achieve the greatest effectiveness with the least resources. This is an absolute innovation.

The Speed ​​Division of the Privy Council is in charge of intelligence at the strategic level, the Staff Division of the Ministry of War is in charge of military intelligence, and the Anti-Intermediary Agency of the Ministry of Punishment is in charge of internal security and the arrest of envoys, which is a bit like the national police.The three yamen are no small matter, they are all very powerful, and they are easily opposed by important ministers. He has already discussed with Qin Hui, Shen Mo, and Cai Yi, and then he has to ask for Li Gang's understanding before he can persuade others.

Li Gang didn't understand Wang Xiu's intentions, and he also knew the significance of the establishment of these yamen, especially the benefits of unifying the use of rooms.But he also has a lot of worries. He has too much power, and I am afraid there will be a lot of opposition. He has not entered the ranks of auxiliary government, but is just an ordinary minister of the two governments. Wang Xiu actually has high hopes for him, how embarrassing!

Seeing Li Gang's hesitation, Wang Xiu said, "The Imperial City Division has too many disadvantages. Some yamen are still in the hands of the two governments."

The Imperial City Secretary is the eyes and ears of the emperor, specially designed to spy on the movement of the capital, and is always in the hands of the emperor, which makes the scholars very uncomfortable.Besides, the Imperial City Division still had five commanders, and Sun Fu actually went up to play to increase the strength of the Imperial City Division, expanding it to ten commanders.

Li Gang looked at Wang Xiu in surprise, and he had to say that Wang Xiu had moved him. To put it bluntly, he was happy to see that Wang Xiu could weaken the imperial power and increase the power of the scholar class, and it did not violate loyalty to the court.

Seeing Li Gang's heartbeat, Wang Xiu hit the rails while it was hot: "There are too many things to do now, and everything has to be restarted. Your Excellency thinks that the Imperial Army can still fight if they don't organize training?"

"What Mr. Wang said is true, the Sanya is corrupt to the point of collapsing at the touch of a finger." Li Gang couldn't deny that, except for the Western Army, which still had some fighting power, the other troops were almost unbearable. Fortunately, Wang Xiu trained King Qin's army, and Kaifeng and Xingzai were able to fight. soldier.

"No matter what happens this time, the Forbidden Army must be reorganized, and the generals also need to be systematically trained, and gradually reduce the number of promotions in the army. Some must speed up the pace, taking advantage of the loss of land and people's support, and use time and training at the same time. "Wang Xiuyu said sincerely.

Li Gang smiled kindly. He did not deny Wang Xiu's correctness. On the contrary, he also strongly believed that the court would make some changes.Otherwise, in the face of the mighty Jurchen, he really has no hope.

"There are too many militias in the two capitals, and there are many people who cannot fight. This wastes local money and food, and delays agricultural business. A million militiamen can choose 10 to [-] elites, which is enough to deal with the crisis in the two capitals and save a lot of labor. "Wang Xiu is not optimistic about bringing together the militiamen in Kaifeng. Of course it is good to have more people, but what is the use of soldiers if they cannot fight? Even if you have an army of one million, how can you have a commander who can command an army of one million?Being able to command [-] people is already a very remarkable general.

"How should the imperial army be reformed?" Li Gang was conflicted, but he still asked.

(End of this chapter)