In the evening, Du Zhongxiao prepared wine and meat, and several officials from the Privy Council gathered to drink in the side hall next to him.

After drinking a few tours of wine, Zhao Zi said: "This time I returned to Beijing, I thought about many things I might do, but I didn't expect to do this position in the end. What military commander has never thought about before. Taiwei, what is this yamen doing?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "You just treat it as the former coach, but you have eliminated the intelligence and logistics. By the time you do it, the national military intelligence will definitely be different from the coach. How difficult is it to learn while doing it?"

Zhao Zi shook his head: "Taiwei, I don't think this matter is that simple. How can hundreds of thousands of troops across the country be the same as the commander of the whole country? There are no regulations and no previous examples to follow, so it will definitely not be easy."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "Of course it is not easy. This military reform will be no less than a war for the Privy Council, the Third Office, and the Generals below. If this matter is done well, the imperial guards will change greatly from then on, and it will not be the same as before. If it is not done well, it will be not just a few of us. I don't know how many people in the country will be in trouble! So this matter is only allowed to succeed, not fail!"

Chen Xu said: "There is no inevitable success in the world. Even if you fight, there is no need to win."

Du Zhongxiao said: "But this is the case. You can only succeed. Once you fail, the court will be affected too much. In the past or two years, don't want to have a relaxed life. It is normal for political affairs to be complicated and it is more tiring than war."

Tian Kuang said: "A few days ago, I and Taiwei Du discussed this military reform with the emperor. I said it in detail and felt that it was not easy everywhere. What you are facing now is the affairs of the Privy Council, and there are also the military reforms of hundreds of thousands of imperial guards. How many things are there? It is just the changes in personnel in the army, and there are thousands of people. How many things are there to consider?"

Li Fugui said: "There are so many thousands of people? There are only thousands of envoys of all sizes in the world."

Tian Kuang said: "After the training, there were several times more generals than before. Is there a lot of thousands of people? That is, now there are more money and grain, and the court has money to pay salary. Otherwise, it would be just an increase in generals, and the court would not dare to train them all."

Several people nodded together. According to the training system, officers and generals were not comparable to those before, but several times more. If the court's income had not increased in recent years, they would not even be able to pay their salary.

Now there are less than 10,000 envoys of the Song army, many of which are not in the army, but only military officials. The imperial guards are more than 800,000, and the proportion of officers and soldiers is almost one to one hundred. In fact, in the army, only the commander above the battalion is considered generals, and all the heads may not have ranks, which is almost the same. After the training, the commander of the battalion is already an intermediate officer, and there are several levels below. In addition, the effectiveness of the army, the proportion of various officials and soldiers has increased several times at once. These officers and generals alone are enough to have a headache.

Du Zhongxiao said: "In the past, in the army, in addition to generals, there were many small officials and small schools, and there were many. In fact, these people spent less money every year than officers. In the future, except for soldiers, there were only officials and utility left in the army, and all other names were exempted. In this way, there were naturally more officers, but the organization was clearer. The benefits can be seen from the Hequ Road for several years."

Li Fugui said: "The Taiwei said it well. It turns out that the number of small and medium-sized imperial guards and small schools is really large. The money and food they spend is no less than that of military officers. Not to mention that because there are no full-time food and grass officers, the number of military officers is greedy for military pay is really hard to describe."

Li Zhang said: "In addition to soldiers, only officers and utility are left in the army, so the power of commanding soldiers is much weakened."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Yes, the commander will not have that much power in the future. There are deputy positions and general officials in the army. All kinds of powers have full-time officers. The name of commander is somewhat inconsistent with the name of the commander. There is no way. Nowadays, we not only rely on the commander of the commander, but more importantly, we know how to fight and command. What we need is knowledge, which is not as good as before."

Tian Kuang nodded and said, "Everything that the Hequlu army will participate in these foreign wars will go smoothly. The rest of the troops always have all kinds of problems. Especially when using guns and cannons in the army, unlike before, the most important thing for the commander is to have knowledge, not bravery."

Li Zhang said: "How can many generals in the army be competent if they don't know a big word?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "The most important thing in the military is to understand various official documents, not poetry, songs and essays. As long as you are careful, you can learn words in a year, and there is no need to be a general in the military. From Suizhou to now, many kinds of characters have been compiled in the military, which is now very practical. During the training, there will be people who specialize in teaching people to read. According to previous experience, you can understand words in a year."

Zhao Zi said: "The most important thing about learning to read is to learn while using it. If you learn to read, you will not use it for several years and you will soon forget it. When you were in Suizhou, you didn't have the right books. After learning to read, you could not find books to read. In the past few years on Hequ Road, the Taiwei found people to compile many small books, which was popular among the people. The army prepared some, so that people who were illiterate could learn to read, and they would read these books and learn faster."

The Little Man's Book compiled by Hequ Road has long been passed down to the capital, and there are still many pirated copies, which are very good among the people. Li Zhang knew about this and read it himself and nodded. He taught literacy in the army and focused on practicality, not various rhymes, nor poetry, songs, but small things around him, or practical writing. After learning these, it is easy to forget if there is no suitable reading material. It is much better to have Little Man's Book. After learning literacy, you can read it. When the military has become interested, you can learn faster.

Tian Kuang raised his glass and said, "In short, the next few months will inevitably be extremely busy. Not only the army is busy, but we are even busier. Especially Zhang and Zeng, two deputy envoys, are not familiar with the Hequ Road Army, and there are still many things to learn. Let's drink a cup and hope that everything will go smoothly in the coming days. There is nothing to do if you are busy, don't make a mistake."

Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all together. Du Zhongxiao and Fu Bi have been on Hequ Road for many years and are not unfamiliar with military affairs. Tian Kuang, Zhang Sheng and Zeng Gongliang are different. Even if they have led soldiers, they are different from now. They still have to learn military reform.

What we lack most during this training session is talents. Not only are the lack of officers and generals in the army, but also officials in the court.

Putting down the wine glass, Li Zhang sighed, "I want me to make Jiyi. Oh, I will take a look at it these days. It is completely different from the previous Jiyi text. I don't know where to start. If I say that I have learned a lot."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "The Grand Marshal doesn't have to worry. If the generals and officials outside come back, everything will be done according to the rules. Among the several departments, the few new rules should be established, and there is no shortage of personnel. The Grand Marshal is at ease."
Chapter completed!