Chapter 273: Modern Military Organization Concept, Serving the Country with Loyalty and Fearlessness of Guilt

Zhao Zhen fainted, the prince showed his filial piety at the bedside, and Zhang Fu pretended to be confused.

The political situation of the entire Zhou Dynasty depends entirely on the two prime ministers Han and Wen. As a result, these two big bosses chose to have a decisive battle during this sensitive period.

No one understood it, including Wei Yuan.

Now, the more important thing is not to stabilize the political situation?

In other words, the two phases deliberately caused trouble at this critical moment?

Wei Yuan was puzzled.

However, the two phases gave him a good start, and he suddenly became clear about the next steps.

Since the two prime ministers do not forget the party struggle at this moment, then it seems that there is no problem if I ask the Prince of the Supervisory State to reform the army in Yanbian, right?

Wei Yuan had a bold idea.

Two days later, Zhao Zhen was still in a coma and could only take some liquid food.

In the dormitory, except for the queen who was taking care of Zhao Zhen personally, the other concubines and clan members had left there. After all, the emperor's condition was gradually stabilizing, and they could not keep kneeling in the hall.

At this moment, Xuanzheng Hall.

Zhao Xi, who had knelt for two nights and only rested for a few hours during the day, was handling some government affairs with the assistance of Wang Anshi.

After a while, the two prime ministers, Han and Wen, came, arguing with each other, hoping that Zhao Xi could make a decision. Which of the two of them would leave the capital?

"Your Highness, whether it was the New Deal or the war against Xia, Prime Minister Han's mistakes are difficult to make up for. Now the government and the public are talking about the past. If Prime Minister Han is not punished, the national law will not tolerate it!"

"Your Highness, Prime Minister Wen's words are the law of the country. You might as well ask him whether Prime Minister Wen has implemented the strategy of converting mulberry trees into rice in the south of the Yangtze River, and has he committed the crime of deception?"

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It stands to reason that Prime Minister Wen's crime is the highest crime, that is, the crime of neglect of duty, but Prime Minister Han wants to blame the crime of deceiving the emperor.

"Xianggong Wen has a New Deal on his left and a New Deal on his right. Those who don't know, think that you were the one who implemented the New Deal back then!"

"Prime Minister Han, I also participated in the New Deal back then, but I was just dissatisfied with some of the strategies in the New Deal. To this day, doesn't Prime Minister Han still admit his mistakes?"

"What's wrong with me? Mr. Wen, last time when the official was seriously ill, someone wanted to accuse you of treason. You directly killed the person who accused you of treason. Is this the case?"

"This matter has already been submitted to the Third Division for review. It was framed by the thief. Why not kill him?"

"Xiang Wen has such great official authority. Those who don't know better would think that the power of life and death in my great Zhou Dynasty is in the hands of you, Wen Yanbo!"

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To tell a joke, civil servants rebelled.

That's probably what it means.

Anyway, during the struggle for power between the two, all kinds of scandals were told.

Han Zhang said that Wen Yanbo formed a clique for personal gain, had more than a dozen women in his family, and even had close contacts with women of the same surname in the family.

Wen Yanbo said that Han Zhang was self-willed, monopolized power, and had no emperor in his eyes.

In short, the two of them are doing everything they can, and their interactions are even more exciting than Wei Yuan's fight.

Prince Zhao Xi watched the two arguing, and the more he watched, the more addicted he became. It wasn't until the two of them were tired of arguing that they stopped arguing, then Zhao Xi said:

"Why don't you two go on?"

Hearing this, the two of them were stunned, "Your Highness, what are you doing?"

Wang Anshi pretended to cough twice.

Zhao Xi came back to his senses and said: "I am not watching a show. Bah! I just think that the two husbands have a wonderful quarrel. This is wrong."

Wang Anshi took over the conversation, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to say that the two husbands have been arguing for a long time, but Your Highness still can't hear it. What crime do the two husbands have?"

Zhao Xi nodded firmly.

Han and Wen were stunned and said one after another:

"But this matter must have an outcome."

"When an official faints, His Highness the Crown Prince oversees the country. His Highness the Crown Prince should make the decision."

After hearing this, Wang Anshi finally understood why they chose to make trouble at this time.

When the officials are awake, they should let them fight. Only after big fights can there be great governance.

As long as they are done with it, there will be no more party disputes in the court, and they can better clear the way for the prince to cultivate his own team.

However, the two prime ministers didn't want to continue fighting like this. They urgently needed to let the prince finalize the case before Zhao Zhen woke up.

No matter who leaves the capital, the chaos in the DPRK will not continue.

In the final analysis, they wanted to be clever and for the sake of the country. They wanted to settle everything while the prince was in charge of the country.

At this time, Zhao Xi could only remain silent and look at Wang Anshi beside him.

The latter said: "The prince said that it is better to leave the matter between you two to His Majesty's Holy Judgment."

Wen Yanbo glared at him and blurted out: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right in front of the two of us. He seems to have said nothing, right?"

Wen Xianggong could not say that he liked Wang Anshi, it could even be said that he disliked him.

After all, Wen Yanbo didn't want reform, he just wanted to improve on the existing bad government.

For example, if there is a problem of redundant troops, we should simply disarmament rather than completely reform the military system.

This is a way to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause.

Wang Anshi abolished redundant officials in various departments. Logically speaking, this was in line with Wen Yanbo's attitude and stance. However, Wang Anshi also organized a major examination on officialdom that was held every three to five years.

This made Wen Yanbo instantly realize that he and Wang Anshi could never be the same person.

When Han Zhang was young, he could become a close friend with Wang Anshi.

Nowadays, Han Zhang does not have too many ambitions. He just wants to retain some seeds of Qingli's New Deal in the few remaining years of his tenure as prime minister, but it is a pity that Wen Yanbo came out halfway.

Zhao Xi said: "What Wang Shangshu said is what I said."

All right

Han and Wen spoke one after another again,

"Your Highness, for the sake of national affairs, I hope you will think twice about the affairs of the two of us."

"The officials are still in a coma. You are the supervisor of the country. It is you who should make the decision."

They were determined to let Zhao Xi make a decision as soon as possible.

They even thought about the prince's escape plan.

During the official coma, both prime ministers did not forget the party struggle, which was even more intense than before.

This is unjustifiable, and everyone in the world can't stand it. Therefore, the prince can justifiably decide whether the two of them should stay or go.

For the two of them, this was undoubtedly a huge gamble, but they gambled openly and did not seek advice from the prince in advance.

Because in their position, every word, deed, or action must be responsible for the country, the people, and even history.

This is what a ‘scholar-official’ is.

After the two prime ministers left the Xuanzheng Hall, Zhao Xi immediately sat on the chair dejectedly and murmured: "Two prime ministers, who will go and who will stay? I can't say when my father wakes up."

Wang Anshi said: "Pull it first."

At present, there is no good way.

After a while, Wei Yuan came to Xuanzheng Hall.

Zhao Xi suddenly became very happy, "Here is the guard? The guard has been working really hard these past few days. Today, the guard does not need to stay in the palace for the time being to spend time with your family."

Wei Yuan cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, I came here today to ask for something."

Seeking each other?

Zhao Xi asked: "What's the matter?"

Wei Yuan went to the "Yanbian Army Reform Zhazi" and said seriously: "Before the New Year's Eve last year, I submitted several Zhazi to the officials to ask the Yanbian Army to reform, but the officials refused."

"Now, the Xia Kingdom has established six major military divisions, aiming at our border with the Great Zhou Dynasty. I hope that His Highness the Crown Prince can support my military reform."

Before Zhao Xi responded, Wang Anshi said bluntly: "General Wei, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince agrees today, when the officials wake up and learn about this, I am afraid that General Wei will be punished."

Wei Yuan said straightforwardly: "If you are loyal to the country, why should you fear official punishment? If you fear official punishment for everything, how can you be loyal and outspoken?"

Wang Anshi was speechless for a moment.

Why bother?

Can't we wait any longer?

Obviously, he also supports the military reform proposed by Wei Yuan.

Zhao Xi said: "Why doesn't my father support the military reform of the Wei Division?"

He had wanted to know the answer to this question for a long time.

However, Zhao Zhen never said it clearly.

Wang Anshi analyzed: "Maybe the officials feel that the current situation is inappropriate."

It will be timely when Zhao Xi ascends the throne.

For now, the two 'generals' Wei Yuan and Wang Anshi are still in the honeymoon period of secretly helping each other.

Wang Anshi knew Wei Yuan's thoughts and wanted the Wei family to gain a foothold in the capital, which was understandable.

He also knew that Wei Yuan wanted to regain the Sixteenth State of Yanyun and did something practical. From this point of view, the two coincided.

"Out of place?"

Zhao Xi murmured and was silent for a moment.

Then he looked at Wei Yuan's expectant eyes.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally made a decision, "If Master Wei feels that after the military reform, our border areas will not be afraid of Xixia, then change it!"

Wang Anshi frowned slightly and advised: "Your Highness, once the officials wake up and find out about this matter, General Wei may not be able to absolve himself of the blame."

Zhao Zhen is the only child named Zhao Xi, and Zhao Xi is also very smart and wise, and will definitely become a wise king in the future.

Therefore, Zhao Zhen would never be cruel enough to punish Zhao Xi.

But as for Wei Yuan, it's hard to say.

Zhao Xi looked at Wei Yuan, "Master Wei, are you afraid?"

Wei Yuan shook his head and said, "My lord, I'm not afraid."

Zhao Xi nodded, "Then change it."

Wei Yuan felt happy and bowed: "Thank you, Your Highness!"

The so-called military reform is actually to integrate the existing scattered Yanbian armies and unify their numbers and organization.

Nowadays, there are no less than seven or eight types of imperial troops guarding Yanbian, and each department has become an independent system. Even the Zhonge cannot be deployed uniformly during wartime. This is too troublesome.

Now that he decided to reform the military, Wei Yuan began to explain his ideas to Zhao Xi.

"Originally, I discussed with the officials that the Yanbian army of 300,000 troops should be divided into three armies, with one army of 100,000 people. However, the number of armies was too complicated, so I thought about it and reorganized the three armies into five armies."

"One army is in charge of 60,000 people. It has three divisions. One division is in charge of 20,000 people. One division is in charge of four brigades. One brigade is in charge of 5,000 people. One brigade is in charge of three battalions. One battalion is in charge of 1,500 people. About two thousand people, depending on the deployment situation. "

"The first battalion has three companies under its jurisdiction, each company is in charge of 500 to 800 people. One company has four platoons under its jurisdiction, three of which are for combat strength, and another platoon is in charge of logistics support and other work."

He directly copied the system from the history of his previous life.

A unified ration of the number of people under each establishment can solve problems such as redundant troops and difficulty in dispatching to a great extent.

In fact, the idea of ​​reorganizing into the Five Armies coincides with the six military divisions established by Xixia.

But the military organization Wei Yuan wanted to implement was more detailed.

To put it simply, he wanted to set up a pilot project in Yanbian, so that the establishment of five battalions could be successfully implemented in the future, and then through major disarmament during the restructuring, the Zhou army would directly move into a new era.

When Wang Anshi and Zhao Xi heard about the novel military organization, they couldn't help but praise it,

"If this method can be implemented smoothly, the strength of our armies in the Great Zhou Dynasty will be clear at a glance, and it will be more conducive to unified dispatch during combat, and we will no longer fall into the embarrassing situation of fighting independently."

"Master Wang is right. The military reform in Yanbian must be reformed. If successful, it can be implemented throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

Reform never means just changing the system or institutions.

Rather, it is to introduce the old and establish the new on the basis of the original. This is called reform and restructuring.

At first glance, Wei Yuan's reform measures are just to reorganize the organization, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that the many complicated organizations that existed in the previous armies, which amplified the serious situation of redundant troops, were all changed in the organization. The smoke disappeared.

In the seventh year of Jiayou's reign, on January 20, Zhao Xi issued an order to Yanbian as a supervisor of the country to reform the military!

Responsible Zhonge is solely responsible for this military reform matter.

Moreover, according to Wei Yuan's wishes, the five major armies established in this military reform will no longer be named after certain armies, such as the Dingbian Army and so on.

Instead, they are named with numbers to make it clearer and easier for the soldiers commanding the army to understand.

For example, the First Army has the First Division, the Second Division, and the Third Division.

For example, the Second Army has the fourth, fifth, and sixth divisions under its jurisdiction.

In this way, when arranging army operations, it will also help the commander to know exactly where each army and division is located, instead of defining it with complicated numbers.

Of course, this is only a title in the context of unified operations.

For example, in normal times, commanders of various armies and divisions, if they want to give the army they lead a name, they only need to go through a process and report it to the court.

However, when unified command, numbers are still used instead.

After the army is reorganized, who will serve as the commander has become the top priority.

Wei Yuan and Wang Anshi discussed using the official examination method to examine the martial arts, tactics, etc. of military commanders at all levels, and judge the general's overall strength from all angles. Not only must it be absolutely fair, but it must also be relatively fair. .

After all, Wei Yuan needs to place many people into the five armies, and true fairness is unlikely to occur.

During the discussion between the two, Wang Anshi said puzzledly: "Why is General Wei unwilling to wait even though he can wait any longer? Nowadays, officials wake up and fall asleep. When the officials really wake up, I'm afraid General Wei will not be able to avoid punishment."

Wei Yuan said: "Xixia suddenly established six major military divisions, and the Liao Kingdom also successively added troops to the sixteen states of Yanyun."

"If we find that His Highness the Crown Prince is in his twenties, we have nothing to fear."

"The official dragon is ill and the prince is young. If you were the monarch of Liao and Xia, would you give up this opportunity?"

Wang Anshi frowned and said, "Liao and Xia are not of the same mind."

Wei Yuan said seriously: "Wang Shangshu, that was a thing in the past. Now, Xixia has sold Iron Kites to Liao. Is there anything else that the two countries cannot do?"

"The military reform in Yanbian is just to guard against Xixia. The real focus of our military defense in the Great Zhou Dynasty is the Liao Kingdom! The military reform in Yanbian is just to test the waters first."