The struggle of the reborn prince

Chapter 150 Great Troop Training ([-])

At the end of December in the first year of Chonghe, the basic training of the recruits was completed. According to the results of the new training assessment and personal requirements and specialties, the recruits were grouped again. The recruits were connected to receive further training. Various technical arms such as machine guns, doctors, communications, engineers, and baggage Concentrated camps receive professional training in a unified manner.There are enough horses now. After extensive purchases, it has reached the standard of one person with two riders. The scout battalion can even achieve one person with three riders, but the problem is that there are not enough weapons, but Zhao Tuo did not intend to wait, but ordered the guns of the generals to be unified. Management, each general cross-uses training in turns, which temporarily alleviates the contradiction of weapon shortage without affecting training.

According to the plan, the entire pro-army was organized into the first, second, third, and fourth generals, and the logistics battalion was unifiedly managed to establish a logistics command, and the original nicknames were retained, and they were called dragon generals, lion generals, tiger generals, and leopard generals.The flag of the Zhongyong Army Commander is red with a yellow border, the flags of the other four generals are blue, green, blue, and purple, and the guards are black, with the totems of each general embroidered on the flag. The colors are inlaid with black, white, red, and orange borders to show the difference, and at night, lanterns of the same color are used as signs.

The generals are still composed of various arms, the first and second battalions are hussars, the third and fourth battalions are dragon cavalry, and there are technical arms such as machine guns, luggage, and engineers, so that each general can independently undertake a direction Combat missions can also be regrouped during large corps operations.However, Zhao Tong still made reforms on this basis. Every time the fourth battalion was used as an experimental battalion, in addition to receiving normal training, he focused on learning the tactics of mountains, jungles, deserts, and fortifications, and equipped with corresponding equipment to adapt to special terrain operations. For example, the Longjiang Mountain Camp wears short boots instead of riding boots, and the mounts of the Tiger General Desert Camp are camels instead of horses.

After the reorganization was completed, it was also the Spring Festival of the second year of Chonghe, and the craftsmen of the Xiangyi Military Workshop had also arrived at the base. What pleased the officers and soldiers from Xiangyi was that some of their family members came to Taiyuan City with the caravan to visit relatives. Those who didn't come also brought letters and gifts from home.Now it is very convenient to travel between Taiyuan and Beijing. The candles produced in the base are sent to Tokyo in large quantities every month. Even so, they are often out of stock, so the contact with Xiangyi is also frequent.

Zhao Tong was strict in running the army, and the officers and soldiers of the Zhongyong Army prohibited prostitution. Although he did not marry a wife, many of the veterans who followed him to Hedong married in surprise before leaving, and traveled with him after their honeymoon.Life is hard for the veterans who have just tasted it, but military discipline is hard to break.Taking into account the morale of the troops and the physical needs of the officers and soldiers, Zhao Tang took the opportunity of the Spring Festival vacation to bring these family members here to reunite them.He arranged for the visiting family members to live in the old camp in Taiyuan City, and assigned special personnel to take care of them. He let the veterans from Xiangyi take turns to go to the city to reunite with their relatives, and he also took time to visit and condolence in person.

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During the Spring Festival, all the yamen were sealed off, but the Zhongyongjun Army was at the critical time of training, and Zhao Tun only allowed it for seven days. He returned to the yamen of the Economic and Strategy Department in the city and had another important matter to discuss with He Qufei and others.With the Xiangyi Army's victory on the battlefield and his flexible handling of affairs, he has basically gained a firm foothold on Hedong Road after this year, but he also feels a crisis, that is, his team puts more emphasis on military than civil.

In the long run, it is difficult for me to implement my own ideas of governing the world, and I still have to rely on the old bureaucracy to maintain my rule. The idle prince even staged the "Storm Pavilion" in advance; from the present, although I have a firm foothold in the local area, it seems that he is the leader up and down, but many of these people are opportunists, and they are opportunistic to themselves. Fan the wind behind the back, light the will-o'-the-wisp.

The long-term stability of a dynasty does not lie in whether it eliminates external factors of instability, but in its own mechanism and ruling strategy. Otherwise, even traffickers and pawns can rise in the fields and rise up in response to a thousand trees.The destruction of Jinyang City where I live is an unforgivable historical tragedy. Without politically like-minded people who govern the world, even if you attack the city and plunder a large area of ​​land, it will be a waste of water sooner or later. field, still can not change the ending of subjugation.

As a latecomer, Zhao Tuo knew that the Song Dynasty was weak but not weak. The reason for struggling for 300 years was that a large number of outstanding scholars and officials with real talents and knowledge emerged in this dynasty. Political opinions are different, but cultural personality can respect each other, and even echo each other.

Of course, there are disadvantages of literati being officials, such as being too idealistic, emotional, impulsive, too straightforward, and not flexible, but literati being officials can best maintain their unique cultural personality, guide the learning style of society, and purify the atmosphere of society. This is something that pure bureaucracy does not possess.While literati and scholars are officials, they are also influenced by the fragrance of books, safeguarding the good and evil of conscience, and being influenced by traditional benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith. well-being.

The purpose of pure bureaucrats is very clear, that is, to be an official, to be a high-ranking official. To this end, they can use all means to turn black and white, exclude dissidents, and form cliques for personal gain. Good or bad is no longer important to them, the important thing is to maximize their own interests.But the current officialdom in the Song Dynasty is like this, impetuous, ostentatious, and greedy. Righteousness, self-cultivation, family harmony, governance, and peace have become the background. Image projects and performance projects abound, and the people who suffer are the common people.

Look at the current officials, all of them are like uncles, no matter how high their positions are, they go out to clear the way, shouting and rushing, enjoying money and enjoying themselves, forgetting who they are when they are drinking and drinking, just imagine how much time they have to calm down and study , go deep into the grassroots, understand the people's sentiments, and reflect on governance?People like Cai You and Liang Shicheng are ignorant. If anyone can quote a line or two in public, it will be very rare, and they will be dubbed elegant by everyone. I really don't know whether it is sad or ironic. Is it the sorrow of society, or the sorrow of politics!

As for the prefectural schools for cultivating intellectuals, even Taixue, some people don't feel at ease to educate people and do learning, and it has become another vanity fair, just like some "beasts" nowadays, who start their business by making fakes and plagiarism. What the government focuses on is the titles at the department level, department level, and ministerial level. The hierarchy is so strict that it often lacks the purity of colleges and universities. The images of scholars, knowledge has become political capital and a political garland.Even if those officials who came from Jinshi background are somewhat exaggerated and pretentious, they just want to win a title of elegance and closeness to the people, so as to create a good environment for their future political career. Once the truth is revealed, they find that everything is false .

The main way to select officials in the Song Dynasty was the imperial examination. However, with the evolution of society, many disadvantages have appeared, and fairness has been lost. Betrayed Song Ting and "made himself rich" in other ways.

It was a serious social phenomenon in the Song Dynasty that the losers betrayed the Song Dynasty. Wang Lun in "Water Margin" said it most clearly: I am a scholar who is not in the ranking. , Gathering many people and horses to accompany them... This kind of incident is divided into two categories, one is conspiracy, that is, self-built homeless armed forces, trying to compete with the Song court for power.Ou Xifan, Kong Zhiwen, Liu Yong, Liu Mian, and Hu Xin are all living examples. Even if Nong Zhigao rebelled against the Song Dynasty, Huang Shimi, Huang Wei and other losers participated in it.Another manifestation of betrayal of the Song court is treason, that is, joining Zhongyun, a regime hostile to the Song Dynasty. The most famous example is that Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao, who were defeated during the Jingyou period, defected to Xixia, which aggravated the dangers on the northwestern border of the Song Dynasty.

Faced with the situation that the losers could not join the Song court to "get rich" and betrayed, the Song court had no choice but to expand the scope of "co-preservation of wealth" and tried every means to include losers who had political threats into the regime.It is precisely based on this logic that in the Song Dynasty, there were situations where "there is no shortcut to official career, and the general's conspiracy is just recruiting", and "if you want to win an official, kill and set fire, you will be recruited".In Zhu Xi's words, "Imperial examinations in schools today are not lawful. The superiors clearly treat the scholars as thieves, and the scholars clearly treat themselves as thieves. They make noise at every turn and threaten each other. What is it other than thieves?"

The economic and strategy system is set up to be in charge of the military and administration along the way, and has the power to recruit and recommend officials. Tong Guan relied on this advantage to promote cronies, buy people's hearts, and use them for his own use, controlling the Northwest officialdom.Zhao Tong wanted to learn from his experience and build his own civil service team, but he planned to be more subtle and low-key, lest people see through his 'ambition'.

On New Year's Eve, Zhao Tun gathered several of his staff members in his mansion, and used this opportunity to express his plan. At first he was worried that he would be opposed, but unexpectedly, he got everyone's unanimous support.In addition to advocating the concept of "scholars die for those who know their friends", they have already figured it out that political struggles are the same as fighting on the battlefield. If the prince loses power one day, it will be their unlucky time, and the only way to protect themselves is to let the prince's strength reach a terrible level, so that people have to think about the consequences when they want to touch him. . .

After several discussions, everyone finally came up with a feasible plan according to the prince's intention, that is, to establish a road school in the name of the Economic Strategy Department, but in essence it is a private school run by the prince, recruiting outstanding students from all over the road. Talents enter the school, and at the same time look for people with real talents and learning. If they can accept their ideas and be loyal to the prince, they can report to the court and recommend them as officials. . .

Zhao Tong didn't expect that everyone 'thought' about this matter together, so he assuredly handed over this matter to He Qufei and Huang Jingchen. After the holiday, he returned to Jiugongzhai to train troops, and used greater military victories to give Earn more space for yourself.

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