Your majesty is awesome

Chapter 574 Heroes don't ask where they come from, eunuchs don't ask how old they are

The official Zhao Ji looked directly at this habitually modest lover with burning eyes, and showed a gratified smile.

Sure enough, the child had never let him down before, and he probably won't this time either.

After deliberating for a while, Gao Zhang began to explain his thoughts in a deep voice.

"Master, there are quite a few elderly famous generals in Song Dynasty. They have been soldiers and horses all their lives, and they have been in battle for a long time. Their experience is very valuable."

"And in the northwest of my Great Song Dynasty, there are Xixia tigers watching over others, and Tubo in the west harassing from time to time. As for the north, the Liao Kingdom is determined to destroy my Great Song Dynasty. It can be said that it is surrounded by powerful enemies..."

And those famous players who retired were either because of years of trauma or were too old.

But their rich combat experience is in their minds, and it is too wasteful to just watch them grow old.

The Privy Council of the Great Song Dynasty was the place where civil servants acted in charge of military and state affairs. It would be extremely difficult for military generals to get involved in this area.

But from another perspective, if the Privy Council can be regarded as an important institution for the military strategic planning of the Song Dynasty.

That is to create a more professional and military tactical organization: the Council of Staff.

The word "staff officer" was first seen in "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty Deng Kou Biography": "He has a big discussion, but he is in the court, and he is a staff officer with the minister."

These generals who are old or have retired due to injury or illness can all enter the staff headquarters. As for what the staff council should do.

Hehe, for example, Song Dynasty is going to launch a war against Xixia, how should it be fought, how should it be fought?

Do you want to have a general direction first, how much troops you need to invest, how many regiments you need to coordinate operations, how to deploy...

"...I have been studying military books these days, and I still remember a passage in "Sun Tzu's Art of War·Jiang Pian": "If a husband has not fought and the temple is considered victorious, he must be counted as more; if he has not fought but the temple is considered invincible, It must be less."

Emperor Wu of Cao Wei also noted: "Selecting generals, measuring enemies, saving land, predicting soldiers, distances, dangers and difficulties are all calculated in the temple..."

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These words of Gao Zhang really made Master Zhao Ji's eyes shine. Indeed, what is the Privy Council? Di Qing, the famous general of the Song Dynasty, entered the Privy Council with his invaluable achievements.

He was crazily criticized by the ministers and workers all over the world, and Emperor Shizong had no choice but to back down when he was forced.

Since then, no general has had the opportunity to enter there.

And just like Xiao Gao said, the importance of the Privy Council has already made it a taboo for civil servants.

So let's go around and set up a new staff council, and the work done by the staff council is very different from that of the Privy Council.

First, what the Staff Council is targeting is the repeated deduction of many wars that have occurred in the Song Dynasty in the past, as well as the battles that are to be launched, so as to check for gaps and make up for omissions.

Second, first select talents from the martial arts, and select the best from among the generals, let them enter the staff council, and follow these famous generals of the Song Dynasty.

Learn from the rich experience of these famous Song Dynasty generals and lay a solid foundation for them to go to the battlefield in the future.

This approach can not only cultivate a large number of military talents for the Great Song Dynasty, but also allow those famous generals of the Great Song Dynasty to have a place to use their spare energy when they are old.

Furthermore, let the chief officer of the General Staff Council be the second-rank official, the chief of the general staff be the official, the deputy chief of the general staff be the deputy, and other official positions and functional departments should be added after they are established.

In this way, even if the civil servants in the DPRK make a few crooked remarks, it will not have much impact.

After all, the Council of Staff did not infringe on the authority of the Privy Council, and it also allowed those famous generals of the Song Dynasty to have an official office that felt the grace of the emperor and allowed them to exert their residual heat.

"Okay, okay, you are worthy of being my beloved disciple, hahaha... As a teacher, I know that you will definitely not let me down."

"It's good that a man who wins without a battle must be counted as a lot; a man who is invincible without a battle must be counted as a small number.

The calculation of the temple is to increase the winning rate of our Great Song Dynasty, and to let those famous generals understand that I remember them, and I will definitely not forget that they have made great achievements for the court. "

Looking at the red-faced master in front of him, he walked briskly in the imperial study room, talking eloquently.

Gao Zhang also heaved a sigh of relief, as long as he set up the third envoy to divert most of the attention of those cockfighting civil servants, it can be said that it is the right time to set up this staff council.

"However, the Council of Staff places a heavy burden on it, so I have to think carefully about it..."

Master Zhao Ji put his hands on his back and began to walk slowly. Gao Zhang would naturally interrupt at will.

Sitting quietly in the imperial study very tactfully, Xiao Tian obediently came to him and got down on the ground.

Gao Zhang sipped the tea soup, stroking the dog while letting the master continue to stroll in the imperial study.

After a long while, I heard Master Zhao Ji speak.

"Whether it's qualifications or military merits, after considering all aspects, I feel that Tong Guan is more suitable for this important task, but he is an eunuch after all."

"I am a little worried as a teacher. When the time comes, when he is appointed as the envoy of the Staff Council, there will be great resistance."

As soon as these words came out, Gao Zhang was almost overjoyed. You have already nominated him, and then you told me that he is a eunuch?

Please, in another historical time and space, you let this eunuch be an envoy to the Privy Council, and you even made him a king, okay?

Of course, the complaints belong to the complaints, and Gao Zhang is also very clear that it doesn't matter what Tong Guan is.

Gao Zhang said generously without hesitation.

"Master, this disciple thinks that Tong Guan, a meritorious official who has been fighting for decades and has experienced hundreds of battles, is also the confidant of the master. He is the most suitable envoy of the Staff Council..."

Besides, heroes don't ask where they come from, and eunuchs don't ask how old they are... Well, that's probably what it means anyway, as long as you are happy.

After all, you have done so many stupid things in history, so this is really nothing.

Thinking about it this way, Gao Zhang couldn't help but start to reflect. Could it be that in history, the bottom line of the master was too low, which made him more tolerant of his various coquettish manipulations?

Just when Gao Zhang was thinking wildly, Master Zhao Ji showed a satisfied smile at this moment.

He really deserves to be my disciple in the mantle, every sentence makes me so happy.

Looking at his current half-child, who is petting the dog, um... soon, maybe it won't take long for Da Song to become different.

Whether it is the three provinces and nine ministries, or the changes in the imperial examination system, or the benign deepening of the armament reform.

If he can solve Xixia, at that time, I, maybe I can repeat the concept of governance by doing nothing at the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty.

There are no more mundane things in the world, if you want to practice cleanly, you can practice cleanly, if you want to engage in artistic creation, then engage in artistic creation, then you can reach the state of happiness...

(End of this chapter)