I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 609

To give scholars a future in the army is one of Zhao Xi's two moves to gradually downplay civil and military affairs.

The first item is to increase the number of civil servants in the number of political discussions, and the second item is what I want to talk about today... from the conscription system to promote the integration of civil and military.

The country's emphasis on culture over military affairs is essentially due to the chaos of the previous decades, and it is rooted in fear of generals.

Changing the boundary between civil and military has always been a matter of Zhao Xi's consideration.Zhao Xi also knows that it is difficult to get civil officials to agree with the army emotionally by using political seats to guide civil servants into the army. Going to the political seats is a kind of speculation.

In this way, it is impossible to truly realize the qualitative change of civil servants becoming military generals.The conscription system starts at the grassroots level. Scholars have entered the army for more than ten years or even decades, and when they reach the age when they are eligible to participate in government affairs, it is really impossible to tell whether they are civil servants or generals.

"Officials, if this is the case, where will Dabi be placed? How can we distinguish between civil and military?"

It's strange that Han Qi didn't say that.Zhao Xi is also waiting for someone to refute, and then try this kind of political discussion system.

"Oh? Han Ge always talked about the truth, why should we distinguish between civil and military? What does it have to do with the Grand Competition?"

"Officials, the imperial court stipulates that the big competition is held every three years, and the military service is held every year. Judging from the situation of opening courses in the country over the years, there may not be a possibility of being promoted to discuss politics when the second-tier scholars and the first ranks reach official positions."

"As for the conscription and selection of soldiers, the scholars who enter the army are more likely to go through a certain degree of hardship and enter the political competition. This will lead to the loss of the country's talents... The veteran thinks that this is not appropriate."

This Han Zhigui!Zhao Xi had seen his dark talk with Fu Bi from the Imperial City Division, and thought he would wake up, but he was still in the civil and military circles.

Is it possible that entering the army is not a talent?Or is it because he has to be trained in the martial arts hall and may become Di Qing's student, so that he will make him say: Donghuamen is a hero and eats his own words?

Di Qing rejected Zhao Xi's good intentions to nominate the cabinet and discuss politics, in exchange for the opportunity to fight in armor during major wars.

Now Di Qing enjoys the present life very much.He trained with the various classes of the soldiers, lieutenants and generals all day long, and taught courses in the art of war.

In these years, he has received the most respect in his life in the lecture hall.

Such an identity allowed Di Qing to avoid court disputes, and it also did not reduce his connections and prestige in the army. It can even be said that he can play the role of a general at any time by wearing armor at any time.

Even Zhong E and Guo Kui intend to stay in the lecture hall like Di Qing.

Zhao Xi revealed his thoughts in the lecture hall, and it is conceivable that once this kind of training continues, within a few years, the entire army of the dynasty, from school lieutenants to generals, will have teachers and students from the martial arts instructors in the lecture hall. Friendship...~
If scholars are added to this...~ Is Han Qi worried about being slapped in the face or something else?uncertain.

The training of soldiers, lieutenants and generals by the lecture hall can resolve the possibility of military commanders' arbitrariness to a certain extent, and there is no possibility of generals not knowing soldiers.

"Han Ge always thinks that a scholar is not an elite if he is a general? Isn't he a courtier?"

"The official family..."

"Officials, this is a very good move by veterans! Scholars start from soldiers, and the path to promotion in the army will inevitably require both military exploits and seniority. In this way, the final real effect of using literature to control martial arts can be achieved!"

Zhang Fangping didn't have deep prejudices against civil and military affairs, and was more anxious than Han Qi, so he directly interrupted Han Qi's conversation and supported the official's move.

"In this way, how can there be any civil and military skills?"

Han Qi was very annoyed, especially when Zhang Fangping interrupted his expression.

"There is no distinction between civil and martial arts in life. Learning literature is literature, and practicing martial arts is martial arts. As for the court, only civil and military positions should not be divided into civil and martial arts."

Zhang Fangping is not afraid of Han Qi's mouth, he also relies on his mouth for food.

"What An Dao said is very true. The same hall is a minister, Your Majesty's favor is to be a civil servant, and the leader is a general."

Whoops... Chen Shengzhi also participated.It's a bit interesting, it seems that the new cabinet has a taste of a front.

"Officials, I think it is feasible. Scholars study, although the three-year competition system is fixed by decree, but those who can get the first place are still a small number of scholars among the scholars in the country. In this way, there is a special memorial. Say."

"The official's move is equivalent to opening up another channel for the scholars to serve the country, which is a good thing for the scholars."

"The fact that the country's military is weak is one of the reasons why the generals don't know strategy, and the civil servants don't know military affairs. Such a measure can fundamentally solve the current situation that scholars don't know military affairs, and can also encourage soldiers to devote themselves to reading sage books. It's a move that kills multiple birds with one stone. I think it's feasible!"

Wang Anshi's ambition is to change the status quo of the country, and he has no prejudice of civil and military distinctions.

Besides, he didn't like Han Qi very much.

"This statement is wrong. Who can say that there is no distinction between civil and military? The etiquette system of the past dynasties has set civil and military, and civil and military respect their ancestors, which distinguishes civil and military."

"The result of such a move is that I have no literature in the Song Dynasty, and no martial arts. This is an act of disrupting the virtuous etiquette system."

Sima Guang still looked at it, as long as Wang Anshi was in favor, he was opposed to it.I really don't know whether he cared too much about his friendship with Wang Anshi, or simply forgot about the friendship.

It is said that after the Young Crop Law started, Wang Anshi made several attempts to reconcile with Sima Guang, but Sima Guang blocked them all.

This old boy...

As Zhao Xi expected, Han Qi, Wang Anshi, Chen Shengzhi, Sima Guang, these are the people who have disputes in the cabinet and will argue.

Zhao Xi looked at Wen Yanbo, saw that he was about to open his mouth several times, and then avoided it several times...~ Sure enough, he was slippery.

This is also the reason why Han Qi would go to Fu Bi instead of talking to Wen Yanbo.

Han Jiang and Lu Gong watched the excitement, while Wang Gui closed his eyes.Fu Bi didn't care about the arguments of the cabinet members, but looked at the officials...

How do you feel that the officials don't care about the cabinet's debate?

From Fu Bi's understanding of the officials, the officials are very annoyed by the court's arguments. Every time before the court meeting, the officials looked impatient, and the arguments of the cabinet members felt that the officials were watching a show!

Disagreement?Maybe so.

Indeed, Zhao Xi nominated such a cabinet because of his intentions.

As for whether the cabinet members were acting with him, Zhao Xi didn't think so.He didn't communicate in advance about the controversy this time, it was purely a temporary idea.

The first reason why Zhao Xi violated his principle of communicating in advance was to see if the cabinet he nominated had achieved the desired effect.

Second, he also wants to see whether the cabinet deliberation system can be implemented.

According to the provisions of the cabinet deliberation system, once a controversial political matter arises, it is allowed to debate.This is one of them.

Second, when the debate reached the point where they could not convince each other, they began to speak one by one.

When speaking one by one and still cannot form a comparison between the majority and the minority, the final resolution will be formed by secret ballot.

Once a resolution is formed, no one may object to it.

Of course, it is still up to the king to decide whether to implement it in the end.

This is Zhao Xi's practice of drawing lessons from the democratic centralism of later generations.Democracy within a certain range, and finally gathered at the king.

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"Officials once said that the law of a country's prosperity is the law of civil and military relaxation. The division of civil and military affairs in the country for a hundred years has a certain responsibility for the relaxation of the country's military preparations!"

Wang Anshi is still not taboo about exporting.

"Wang Jiefu, you are slandering the law of the ancestors!"

"This statement is wrong. Did the Taizu have a new army? Did the Taizu have firearms? Did the Taizu have orbits? No! None!"

"The chaos of the Five Dynasties was caused by military commanders. Therefore, at the beginning of the country, there was an ancestor's law of using literature to control martial arts. Why? Because the Taizu corrected the previous dynasty's law of respecting martial arts in response to the chaos of the Five Dynasties."

"Similarly, the country has used literature to control military affairs for a hundred years, but gradually the military equipment has been lax and the army has been corrupted. This has led to the rebellion of the western thieves and the bullying of the Northern Liao Dynasty."

"It is precisely because of this that Mr. Fan proposed the new policy during the Qingli year. Mr. Fu Ge, Mr. Han Ge, Mr. Zhang Ge, and Mr. Ouyang all participated in it personally."

"It is precisely because of this that officials build guard battalions, train new troops, repair military equipment, create firearms, and integrate civil and military."

"Because of the step-by-step planning of the officials, it was possible to conquer Annan in the south and achieve the granary of the Great Song Dynasty. Sending troops to Dali solved the disadvantage of the lack of copper in the dynasty. Expedition to the West Xia, the shame of the Haoshuichuan Xue Dynasty, and the North Fighting Yanmen led to today's Haiyan Heqing."

Wang Anshi's two sentences are very good.It's not because of complimenting Zhao Xi that he has a level, but his argument, he first complimented Fan Zhongyan, which made Fan Chunren, who attended the cabinet meeting, have a good impression... Maybe it was to repay the supervisory office to rectify his name before the cabinet was appointed.

Then, Wang Anshi dragged Han Qi directly to the side that agreed with him in his defense...~Qingli New Deal, Han Qi was also a supporter, and even rushed forward.

Han Qi is always embarrassed to say that what he did was wrong, right?In that case, don't say there is a problem with his character, even if he provokes Fan Chunren, he still needs to weigh it.

"This is not the same!"

"It's really not the same. Can the country 50 years ago be the same as it is today? Even ten years ago, it is not the same as today's country."

"Today's discussion is divided into civil and military, and has nothing to do with the Qingli New Deal!"

Han Qi was still listening clearly and was not led into a ditch by Wang Anshi.

In other words, instead of being dragged into a ditch by this quarrel, I got back to the original point.

Zhao Xi was stunned for a moment when he saw Wang Anshi... It seems that his original intention was to secretly change the concept.

That's right, the cabinet is full of civil servants, and the distinction between civil and military affairs is deeply rooted in the country and almost penetrates into the bone marrow.

If you want to argue in civil and military terms, you will definitely not have an advantage.Only by pulling the topic further away can there be a possibility of reasoning.

Is this really a place for sutra debate?

Zhao Xi wanted to try the cabinet discussion system today, so he watched their nonsense with great interest.Otherwise, it would have been called off.

"Officials, since the cabinet has disagreements on this matter, should we start to seek opinions?"

Fu Bi soon understood the official's intentions.

This is not difficult, the official is too abnormal.

From the way the officials used to act, it was rare for the Zhengshitang to be as noisy as it was back then, and even if there were, they still looked impatient, how could it be like this today.

Uh...~Zhao Xi originally wanted to watch it for a while.

"Yes! According to the cabinet deliberation system, when disagreements arise and opponents cannot be persuaded, they will be consulted one by one. The chief assistant, Fu Yanguo, will preside over it."

Zhao Xi is not going to end in person.

"The minister agrees that the scholars will join the army."

Before Fu Bi could ask, Zhang Fangping made his statement first.

"I think it's okay for a scholar to join the army, but it's not acceptable for the general Wu Wenzuo officer to be a soldier who joins the army!"

Han Qi is sober, completely sober, and seems not to be disturbed by the controversy, and he has returned to the original point of his first question...~ He does not oppose the conscription system, nor does he oppose the enlistment of scholars into the army, and he does not even grant military posts to scholars , but the position of civil assistant officer who opposes the discussion of politics is held by a scholar in the army!
Such a statement fully reflected Han Qi's intelligence.

"I believe that only by unblocking the promotion channels for scholars to join the army, can we truly promote the military law of the imperial court for scholars to join the army, and it is possible to truly promote the integration of civil and military affairs between the country and the dynasty, and realize the two-legged people that the officials said in the early years. Only by walking can I strengthen Da Song!"

Wang Anshi saw that he couldn't get away from the topic, so he could only discuss the facts.

"I object to this!"

Sima Guang didn't say the reason, he didn't even say anything about his objection, he just followed Wang Anshi and directly said his objection...Fangzheng objected to Wang Anshi's proposal.

"The minister thinks it's good!"

Han Jiang has no opposing position and does not mix in the debate, but her opinions are very clear.

"I also think that the entry of scholars into the army will benefit the country's military strength, and smoothing the promotion channels for scholars in the army can effectively prevent the country's new army from falling like the forbidden army again."

"At the beginning, Taizu had only one hundred thousand elite soldiers, and he swept the world. Look at the forbidden army today! Sending scholars to join the army and take root in the army will help to teach the way of sages and sages to the army. This is exactly what the sages said. Teach without class!"

have to!Han Qi's side was completely defeated.Wen Yanbo's explanation from this perspective is still very insightful.

Wen Yanbo... In fact, Wen Yanbo made a different choice from Han Qi because he judged the situation and knew that the government's proposal would be passed in the cabinet.

He considered that at least five people, Zhang Fangping, Chen Shengzhi, Wang Anshi, Han Jiang, and Lu Gongbi, were firmly in support.But Wang Gui must be ambiguous.

Even if Han Qi and Sima Guang were firmly opposed, adding him would still not change the result of passing this agenda.

"I think what the official said is very true!"

In Wang Gui's view, what the official says is right.Seeing that the general trend is certain, he put aside even the ambiguity and directly expressed his attitude.

"I support you!"

In fact, it doesn't matter whether Lu Gongbi said it or not, he just followed the process.

"Officials, according to the regulations of the cabinet's deliberation system, the veteran thinks that the proposal for the soldiers to join the army has been approved, and it can be announced at the first court meeting together with the military service law!"

Fu Bi was simply following the procedure, because the purpose of the officials was to go through such a procedure.

"Good! Draft purpose..."

Secretary Pavilion, that is, the original living room, began to draft the imperial edict.Under the supervision of Chief Prosecutor Fan Chunren, an edict without any ambiguity was drafted... An edict that has gone through the second and third steps of the cabinet must have the seal of the supervisory office.

It is estimated that the entire cabinet did not notice that the implementation of the military service law was passed in this way.

(End of this chapter)