Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 700 Innovation Continues

However, what is unexpected is that everyone almost unanimously supports the county gentry council. Except for some people who take politics for their own sake, no one deliberately opposes it. Everyone is very enthusiastic about discussing the council regulations, and thinks that the "Huangsong County Council Regulations" is worthy of It is called perfect and gives scholars in the field a broad world.

However, it is not perfect to be called perfect. Some people still think that there are flaws. Some people even proposed to expand the power of the council, so that they can directly impeach the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and master Bo without going to the military state.

That's right, the council is equivalent to giving the opposition scholars and property owners the power to participate in politics and discuss state affairs, and a fool would not agree.However, the imperial court also stipulated responsibilities and powers for the council. It only had the power to discuss government affairs, and was able to supervise officials such as censors or magistrates to impeach county magistrates, but it did not have the power to dictate governance.

As for those self-deprecating and direct impeachment remarks, no one took them seriously. Wang Xiu shook her head when she heard it. If that was the case, it would be a constitutional monarchy and local autonomy.

In this era, before the development of wired or wireless communication, relatively mature standard firearms, and convenient energy-based large-scale transportation tools, he must not make big strides.

Generally speaking, apart from changing the name of the new official position and adding a few new things, there is not much change. The most important thing is to release various supervisory censors and gradually establish the county gentry council, which is of epoch-making significance.

However, Wang Xiu decided to take his time at the last moment, and did not disclose all the content. If he advances too hastily, he may die halfway. The improvement of various economic laws has entered a critical stage.

In the face of Wushu's gathering and training of troops in Daxing, summarizing the lessons of the previous wars also made Wang Xiu realize the inadequacy of military and economic improvements.

He resolutely adjusted the direction of the economy, encouraged Dongting, Poyang, Taihu and Shuchuan to vigorously develop agriculture, offered rewards for improving crops, encouraged large-scale planting of cash crops, promoted cotton planting, and persuaded farmers to raise more sheep.

Cotton and sheep are an important part of his whole plan, and he needs to continuously accumulate cotton and wool manufacturing technology.

At the same time, he specially set up farming and mulberry and animal husbandry in Sun Yat-sen Academy, encouraging students to engage in the improvement of farming and mulberry crops, as well as the breeding of economic animals and the improvement of wool textile technology, but everything started from scratch.

In terms of military affairs, this war exposed many problems. The first is that the military command is not smooth. The twelve armies have not been fully formed, but the Northern Guards can hardly command. Without the coordination of the intermediate command organization, Jingxi and Jingdong are almost fighting independently. , Yue Fei even led the army directly into Jingdong, fighting completely chaotically.

If it weren't for the commanders and envoys of all armies with a proactive spirit, I am afraid that Wushu's defense will be stable, and this war may end in Dajiang.

He has already realized that there is a lack of a command link, just like in modern warfare, no legion headquarters can command more than five armies, which will lead to incoordination in the command system, and two to three subordinate command organizations are the last Appropriate, he is very interested in the garrison army system.

However, the fixed number of ten thousand people has already made the imperial court not at ease, and it is necessary to divide the powers by dividing the commander, deputy envoy, the army and the marquis of the capital. It was established, but it will exist in name only in a short time. It is absolutely impossible for the imperial court to concentrate tens of thousands of people.

The line camp system, which declined in the Zhenzong era and completely disappeared in the Yingzong era, reappeared in the court.

However, it means reviving the dead body. In Wang Xiu's memorial, he asked to return to the battalion. It should not be used as a permanent organization. In the event of a war or a war, it will be filled by a general from the three major military divisions. Each battalion is responsible for a major strategic direction. Normally, there are only shelves, and there are some troops directly under the battalion, who are designated as candidates for the battalion capital school, and they can directly mobilize troops and horses if something happens.

There are four battalions and one envoy for the northern army, five battalions for the western army, and no temporary divisions for the Dianqian army and the southern army.Wang Xiu's intention is that the three major service divisions will be the strategic military regions, and the major battalions will be the front armies.

That is to say, the Forbidden Army has [-] more high-ranking officers in the capital school, and it is not easy to get the support of those generals.Some people can't get over it in their whole life. Since they can't get over it, it's not bad to be a commander in the camp!
There is also a not-so-obvious change in organization. The lower-level Forbidden Army simply canceled the flag organization and simplified it to three levels: team, even, and five.

Wang Xiu did not stop at the military command system, but also made adjustments in the structure of the arms. In the army, side-box chariots appeared, and four-wheeled carriages also appeared. Combat, battlefield medical aid and various herbal first aid formulas are in full swing.

However, this kind of four-wheeled chariot is not popular. The vast majority of generals are the resurgence of ancient chariot soldiers. Facing the increasingly perfect joint operations of horse and infantry, chariot soldiers can only consume resources.

Wang Xiu couldn't help sighing that conservative thinking is really stubborn. He truly understood the dedication of the father of armored soldiers in later generations, and forcibly passed the resolution of two car brigades and one army to allocate car battalions, but was opposed by generals.Not only did he not give up an inch, but he also set up a chariot camp in the Military Academy of the Ministry of War and the Guard Majun University.

However, when Che Bing regained his glory, people really admired his foresight. This is another story!

The most eye-catching thing is that at his strong request, the imperial army set up medical arms.The military doctor system has existed since ancient times, but it has not become a system. The reason why it attracts attention is that he regards military doctors as an independent system from top to bottom, forming a branch of the army, truly forming a system, and no longer recruiting from the people.

From the Medical Academy of the Military Commander Division and the Commander Division of the Military Commander to the effectiveness of the medicine in the army, the medicine in the army and the Imperial Medical Bureau are completely separated to form a stable Chinese medicine system in the army. The efficacy of the medicine can implement professional first aid on the battlefield according to the establishment, which greatly improves the survival rate.

The Martial Arts Institute of the Ministry of War, the guard horse, infantry, and navy colleges and primary schools all set up medical studios to train military medical officers and conduct emergency medical research for military use.

Just when the Great Song court was proceeding according to schedule, disturbing news came from the north and northwest.

On the eve of the Double Ninth Festival, when chrysanthemums are on the market, people are making steamed cakes with sugar noodles to give to friends. When scholars are going to the outskirts of the city or in the distance to climb high for a drink, there is news of the Jurchen civil strife in Guantang.

Compared with the Jurchens' civil strife, Dangxiang's harassment of Hengshan was not noticeable. Since the Jurchen invaded the Song Dynasty and the Western Army continued to move eastward, the Dangxiang people could not hold back their thoughts, challenged the Song Dynasty's bottom line, and kept increasing Bing seems to have a different mind, but he is relatively restrained.

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