Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Zide Hall seemed to be empty, and the entire palace was empty. In fact, after Guo Shao allowed some former concubines and maids to leave the palace, not many people left, and there were still tens of thousands of people in the palace, which was a densely populated place.

Guo Shao came to Zide Hall, accompanied the second sister Fu to dinner, and was a little distracted.

In the past few years, the world was chaotic and wars continued. In fact, Guo Shao didn't spend much time with Jinzhan. But somehow, knowing that she is there and not far from herself makes her heart at ease. But now, he always feels that the entire palace has shortcomings, right and left are wrong.

The second sister whispered: "I'll go see Hong'er, and come with my husband at night."

Guo Shao smiled and said, "Go. But you can't spoil him too much. The child should have his life when he grows up."

The second sister's eyes turned upward, as if she didn't understand what Guo Shao meant, she smiled and whispered: "I will give you a little princess tonight. I will be satisfied with having a son and a daughter."

After that, he gave Guo Shao a teasing wink. Guo Shao also laughed "hehe".

He is very satisfied with Fu Ermei. Regardless of his past and present, if he is accompanied by a gentle "Bai Fumei", it is probably a great blessing in life. But Jinzhan treated him... anyway, it cannot be measured by conditions.

... Guo Shao sat down in front of a case, took out a stack of files from his arms, and re-examined the upcoming military reform. This is a plan he designed together with several Privy Council ministers and cabinet ministers, and he will take it to the Chamber of Deputies to discuss with the generals tomorrow morning.

The most important thing after the founding of the country, Guo Shao has been thinking about it all day, and has been thinking about it countless times.

This matter has one goal: to give titles and generous salaries, and to buy troops. Hope to reach an agreement with the generals.

Because the national treasury did not have so much land and money, it was unable to reward and "purchase" the power of the imperial army at one time, so Jun Guo's plan was to spread the benefits evenly among future imperial expenditures.

First of all, all the generals above the intermediate rank of the imperial army were given knighthoods, such as Gong, Hou, and Bo, collectively referred to as the Daxu nobles.

The newly-appointed aristocrats have substantial benefits from the state treasury. (The previous knighthood was just a title, and the actual benefits of salary are better than nothing.)

The greatest benefits are the six national princes: Li Chuyun, Shi Yanchao, Yang Biao, Han Tong, Gao Huaide, and Luo Yanhuan. They are the founding gong, the town gong, the auxiliary gong, the jingguo gong, the fengguo gong, and the guarding gong gong.

The titles of these six dukes are hereditary. As long as they exist for a long time, the eldest son of their descendants can always inherit the title. The saying on the table is that "the founders of the country share the world with the royal family."

The gold medal and imperial decree are granted. No matter how serious the crime is, the duke will not die, and the title will not be abolished. At most, it will only be passed on to the heirs.

The salary is also very generous, and each family is roughly equivalent to the two-tax income of a state.

The marquis entrusted in the early days of the dynasty were collectively called the "Founding Marquis", mainly the commanders of the Xiangdu and the military. It is hereditary for three generations. After three generations, if the family has greater military merits to the country, it will be passed on for another three generations.

There is also a generous salary.

The generals of the military capital Yuhou, Inner Dianzhi, Outer Dianzhi, Zhubanzhi, as well as some commanders with military merits, can be named earls and can be passed on to sons.

...But the title is not given for nothing. The court will take back all military power and carry out military system reforms. These military commanders above the intermediate level will be fully recovered.

The Dianqian Division and the guard Ma Busi Yamen were disbanded; the Five Army Capital Governor’s Mansion was transformed into the Metropolitan Mansion, and the “Five Army” established in it such as the Dispatch Army, the Commander Army, the Qianliang Army, the Armament Army, and the Chuanbao Army were dissolved.

The original township army was renamed "Wei". In the future, the Central Army will include two categories of imperial troops and guards,

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The country’s main military force has been completely changed from the former Privy Council and the control of the two major departments, and has been transformed into four branches of the Privy Council, the Ministry of War, the Metropolitan Government, and the Military Equipment Supervisor.

The Privy Council holds the power to transfer troops, the Ministry of War is in charge of the army's salary, money and food, the Metropolitan Government is in charge of the power, and the military equipment is in charge of the storage and control of armor, weapons, firearms, and war horses.

...In this way, when there is no war, the largest unit of the army is actually commanded by 500 people. The commander of the unified army cannot mobilize the army, cannot issue military supplies, and cannot control weapons.

The military commanders at the military level no longer have real power, and are led by the "military division", which is mainly composed of civilian officials from various government offices.

The organization at the level of the compartment no longer exists.

When a war broke out, the power of the chief general was also restricted and supervised by multiple yamen, and a "former camp military mansion" was temporarily formed to establish a military power system. The system of messengers and military orders for officials will become the most important place in the army of this dynasty.

In the next step, the court will make similar changes to the frontier army. In addition to the decision-making power of the chief general, four departments directly under the court will replace the military power of the chief general.

... Guo Shao had tested the attitude of the generals in the early stage, and it seemed that there was no dissatisfaction. Because in addition to military power, under the new military system, the benefits they received were far greater than in the past; the previous military commanders had only a small amount of salary, or waited for the emperor's reward, with few actual benefits and no long-term commitment.

In addition to gaining actual benefits and status, the role of military power is to rebel! If he doesn't want benefits, but asks the emperor for military power, what does he want to do?

Once this military system is implemented, it will inevitably lead to a situation in which "soldiers do not know the generals and will not know the soldiers" over time, which will lead to a decline in the military's combat effectiveness; but because of the subdivision of military power, the mobilization of the military involves a wide range of wars, and it is almost impossible to suddenly rebel. , It protects the imperial power from the backlash of internal force and increases security.

All the ministers thought that after the key site of Youyun was taken back, the whole country might not be a big war. Pros and cons cannot be taken into consideration. Under the general situation at this time, it is more appropriate to adopt a strategy of stable governance.

And there are two reasons why Guo Shao can make up his mind: First, the current Forbidden Army generals and soldiers can gain the trust of the soldiers even if a certain general is temporarily led by the soldiers after years of war, because the emperor and generals are both in the military It is very famous. At least in this group of people, changes in the military system will not have much impact on combat power.

Second, with the advent of firearms, organizational forms and tactics will gradually change.

... Guo Shao spent the whole night preoccupiedly.

In the early morning of the next morning, in the West Hall Conference Hall, according to the custom for several years, more than 20 civil and military ministers who were the most powerful in the court came to gather and talked about the recent plan.

After the simple etiquette, the ministers are skillfully finding the chair they are used to sitting on.

At this moment Wei Renpu came out, he brought a sword! It was very strange to bring a sword in front of the emperor, but he was just a civil official, no one said anything, just watching what Wei Renpu was going to do.

Wei Renpu swung his sword in front of everyone.

Shi Yanchao couldn't help it at this moment: "What are you making? Don't look where it is, your brain is broken?"

"Oh!" Wei Renpu suddenly pretended to hold his fingers, frowning, "This sword has no sheath, I accidentally cut myself!"

After he said, his gaze swept across the faces of Li Chuyun and others, but Li Chuyun said nothing.

Shi Yanchao said: "You can't finish putting on the secondary sheath?"

Wei Renpu glanced at Shi Yanchao: "General Shi is right. Let's not use this sword for the time being. If we leave it open like this, it will be easy to cut ourselves. We may also encounter something that makes the blade rusty and curls the blade. Even break

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page), it is not the best way. At this time, it was not throwing away the sword, and it was uncertain when to use it. The best way was to put it in a beautiful and precious scabbard and rub it with oil. What do you think? "

Most civil servants knew what Wei Renpu meant, but the generals nodded thoughtfully in agreement.

Then Wei Renpu put the sword in the scabbard and put it back on a table, holding a fist to make a salute to Guo Shao, and then "informed" and said publicly what he and Wang Pu had said.

After Guo Shao and the generals listened in silence, Guo Shao turned to look to the right, "You are all brothers fighting side by side with me. What do you think of Deputy Wei's position?"

Li Chuyun said: "The minister seconded, and Vice Envoy Wei's statement of'the treasure sheath saves the sword' is very reasonable..."

As soon as the voice fell, Shi Yanchao was extremely excited: "Does the official family still have to ask? Now, the Guo family is the emperor for generations, and we are the country's princes for generations! Where can we find such good things? It's not in vain that the brothers are willing to pay their lives. Great kindness to the officials and officials, the final will wait for thanks!"

Suddenly the generals agreed, and all were very happy.

The smoothness of the scene was a bit beyond Guo Shao's expectation, especially the six national princes, their faces were red with excitement, and they didn't seem to be pretending... At this time Guo Shao recovered, his reward was indeed generous and famous. It is true that there is no reason why the generals are unwilling to have status as a noble prince and benefit and benefit; Guo Shao's previous concerns are really superfluous.

The generals present, under the general trend at this time, I am afraid that there is really not much thought of being an emperor. There are things that you can't see when you jump, so you don't think about it.

With such an idea, being a hereditary aristocrat is safer than holding military power in his hand! Because you have military power in your hand and there is still danger, why not sit back and enjoy everything now?

This is simply a "spoil gathering" for everyone to enjoy. The generals' faces all smiled. Guo Shao observed carefully and found that Li Chuyun seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, very comfortable.

Shi Yanchao looked at Wang Pu and said, "Unexpectedly you would still speak for our martial artist."

It was obviously Wei Renpu who said this, but he said this to Wang Pu, probably because Wei Renpu suggested that it was the two of them.

Wang Pu smiled and said: "You are all great heroes~www.readwn.com~ As officials in the same dynasty, the old man has no grievances and no grudges against you, so how can there be any injustice... The old man is also a little upset. I knew this before. Now, why not come to be rich for generations?"

Everyone roared with laughter... But the civil servants still have power, so naturally they don't need to "redempt".

Yang Biao said, "The officials haven't agreed yet, are you all too happy too early?"

However, everyone can almost guess that Guo Shao must have planned such important events personally, and they have turned their eyes on them.

Guo Shao opened his mouth and said, "Vice-Wei's "treasure scabbard saves the sword" will become an eternal story."

After hearing this, the generals stood up and bowed their thanks, shouting long live. Shi Yanchao said: "The officials are very kind to the officials, which is like the Han Gaozu in the drama, and if you get the world, you will kill the old brothers one by one!"

The hall was suddenly cold, everyone looked at each other.

(End of this chapter)

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