Some of those court officials said: The military system is the court's laws, how can it be changed easily?

Some say that it is the legacy left by Taizu, and the ancestors' laws must not be easily violated.

Some court officials said, "Governing a big country is like cooking a small freshman", that is, don't change government orders randomly.

If Shen Mo continues to carry out this move, it will definitely cause great chaos! Some court officials who hate Shen Mo very much jump out and say slanderingly.

This is because some people want to shake the foundation of the Song Dynasty and are suspected of seizing the country and usurping power.

These people have said it all in a lot, but Shen Mo was prepared for it.

...At this time, Shen Mo stood in the court. He turned around and glanced at the noisy ministers, with a faint smile on his lips: "You said the military system is fine. Since that's the case, do you dare to take it out and compare it?"

"Any Song army will come out to fight the Tongzhou army 11-to-1.

I don’t use weapons to bully you, just fight with cold weapons!”

"If you ten thousand people can't beat me one thousand people, what are your faces? The military system of the Song Dynasty is fine and there is no need to be rectified?"

"The so-called old ancestors should act according to the times, otherwise we will still be fighting with long swords on chariots!"

“The current situation is no longer what I was when I was in the beginning.

The way troops fight is changing with each passing day, which is very different from before!”

"In this case, if we still fight against the enemy with the method of falling behind before, how could our Song Dynasty be undefeated?"

“…and those who say I, Shen Mo, have ulterior motives.

If I ask someone with ulterior motives, there are many people who are here, but it’s not me, Shen Mo!”

"At this moment, how many soldiers in the Lin'an Imperial Guard are selling vegetables in the market and roaring boats on the canal?"

"You all know these things. If you don't believe it, please ask the emperor to leave the palace now. Just find the imperial guards to check the number of people to see if I have ulterior motives or are you unwilling to give up this huge source of wealth?"

Shen Mo spoke sharply in the Golden Palace and made fierce moves. Every sentence pointed directly at the hearts of the people. The court officials were speechless, but it was difficult to argue!... Because in the courts of the Song Dynasty, whenever there was any argument between ministers, they always rely on power and intent and eloquence.

But now, Shen Mo broke the routine of court officials fighting against the Golden Palace as soon as he spoke.

Shen Mo is like a mixed martial arts champion who entered a nursing home. No matter what you say, I will say the same thing: Didn’t you say that the Song army is very capable of fighting?

If you don't agree, let's try a fight?

"This is impossible!"

At this time, these ministers all thought in their hearts with grief and anger: No matter how exquisite the arguments you say, you will never change a fact.

Your 10,000 Song army can really not defeat one thousand Tongzhou troops! Not to mention ordinary troops, even the three or two thousand soldiers who practice martial arts and practice combat formations every day... By the way, these people have been specially trained and reserved for the emperor to read during festivals.

But even these Song troops could defeat those tiger and wolf troops in Tongzhou?

So under the debate, those court officials who were unprepared and unable to come up with favorable weapons to fight back had no choice but to agree to Shen Mo's memorial.

Let him first change the army of the Song Dynasty and see the results before discussing it.

At this time, Shen Mo also achieved his goal and asked Zhao and Rui to issue an imperial edict.

...But after the court meeting ended, Shen Mo walked out of the court with the imperial edict.

When the ministers in the Golden Palace walked out, they kept exchanging winks.

Shen Mo's attack caught them off guard, so when they were not as powerful as others, with their usual virtues, they began to think about how to plot against Shen Mo again.

So after the court meeting ended, these people gathered together according to their own factions and teachers, and began to think about today's matter.

...The next day, Shen Mo returned to Tongzhou from Lin'an with the imperial edict, preparing to carry out his first plan to change the military system.

The first goal Shen Mo chose was Huainan West Road, which was next to him.

Huainan West Road and Huainan East Road are both north of the Yangtze River, and the two places are like a pair of brothers shoulder to shoulder.

However, on Shen Mo's Huainan East Road, long before he arrived there, there was a fish and rice town like Gaoyou, Yangzhou.

Huainan West Road is full of towering mountains and rivers, so the population and economic level are much worse than Huainan East Road.

After Shen Mo entered Tongzhou, the gap between the two was even more different.

So Shen Mo also determined the place closest to him as his first goal.

...After this, Shen Mo began to arrange this action.

Huainan West Road is the first step in military reform. Whether this plan can be implemented smoothly depends on how this first step is taken.

Therefore, Shen Mo attached great importance to this and was preparing to go to Huainan West Road in person to promote military reform.

So before this, Shen Mo gave him an assault training for all the people who were preparing to take to Huainan West Road.

That's what it is today. Seeing that the troops were actively preparing to set off, Shen Mo summoned all the personnel participating in the operation in the General Staff on Chongming Island.

...The weather is getting hotter and the sunlight outside the window is blocked by thin blue cotton curtains.

The door to the conference room was open, and a gust of wind made the people in the room feel particularly cool.

In this conference room, Shen Mo stood on the front podium to give a lecture.

The people below were like elementary school students, each holding a notebook to make records.

Almost all the people here are the new generation of generals under Shen Mo, and they are the teams that Shen Mo wants to take to Huainan West Road.

The reason why Shen Mo wanted to train them like a teacher taught them was because after Shen Mo personally sorted out Huainan East Road, these people were going to all parts of the Song Dynasty.

They must sort out and rectify every military force in the teacher's method.

After all, the world of Song Dynasty is so big that Shen Mo cannot go to every place in person, as that would be too low.

Therefore, after following his teachers to Huainan West Road for internship, these disciples will go to various locations to implement military reforms.

...Now, Shen Mo's troops have basically matured their first military generals when they first started.

Here, Chang Chunyuan led the Chengdu army to guard Lintao Road, responsible for threatening the Mongolian flanks.

The Shushan Army was led by Zhao Jinping and its headquarters was Chuzhou City on the bank of the Yellow River.

He was the last barrier after the collapse of the Jin Dynasty under the pressure of the Mongolian offensive.

The Bashan Army was a cavalry army led by Zhong Yutong and stationed on Lizhou East Road to prevent the Mongolian Army from launching a raid on the long northwest border.

Then, the Huaiyang Legion was led by Jiang Baoshan and guarded Tongzhou as a defensive force.
Chapter completed!