The discussions in Funing Palace were over. Although the Song Dynasty's monarchs and ministers were still a little uneasy about Wang Jinghui's deterrence policy, there was no better way than this. The most important thing was to send troops to Hebei and Emperor Zhao Xu said that it could be sent. The Song Dynasty mobilized troops into Hebei and this would inevitably attract the attention of the Liao Kingdom. By then, the Song Dynasty would become the party to challenge the dispute. In addition, even though they knew that there would be droughts and locust plagues in Hebei, they would also send troops there. If there was less, it would not work, and if there were too many, it would increase the burden on the local area. Moreover, once the army moved, the court's finances would be on the red light.

In desperation, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty could not find a better solution than Wang Jinghui's plan, so they decided to temporarily adopt the deterrent strategy of the son-in-law. Emperor Zhao Xu had issued a secret edict to Han Qi, who was guarding Daming Prefecture, Hebei. The content of the secret edict was also determined by Wang Jinghui. Because in two months it was Yelu Hongji's birthday, the Song Dynasty and Liao Kingdom would send envoys to each other. Obviously, the envoys sent for such an important event would be very high. Wang Jinghui made up his mind that no matter whether the person coming was the King of Wei or the Prince's side, Han Qi would plan several large-scale military exercises. The protagonist of the exercise was naturally the powerful firearms equipped with new equipment in the Hebei defenders in recent years.

In the Battle of Baoan City, in order to prevent the Liao people from taking advantage of the situation, a batch of firearms had been stockpiled in Hebei in advance. With conventional supplies, Hebei's firearm reserves had reached the highest peak since the founding of the Song Dynasty. This phenomenon has attracted the attention of the Censorate. The censors are all preparing to impeach Han Qi. The reason is that Han Qi won an unprecedented victory in the Battle of Baoan Army. According to traditional conventions, Han Qi should return to Kaifeng, Bian Capital, but the emperor

Emperor Zhao Xu was too old and was afraid that Han Qi would cause trouble to the reformists when staying in Bian. So he made an exception to arrange for Han Qi to return to his hometown to support his old age. Although Han Qi was guarding Hebei, if there was something wrong with the Liao border, he would definitely be the best candidate for Hebei's military and political affairs. Now he also has the power to use firearms, but the cost of firearms is too high, which is not something that can be compared with the crossbows. He also wanted to reduce the inventory in his hands as soon as possible, but the high price could not make him make up this decision.

In fact, Wang Jinghui knew that Emperor Zhao Xu would not be at ease with such a large number of firearms in Hebei. When formulating the scale of the exercise, he specially proposed to consume half of the current Hebei firearm reserves, plus the daily supplies of the imperial court, even if there is any problem. By next year, Han Qi would have enough firearms to deal with all the situation. Emperor Zhao Xu looked at the scale of the exercise arranged by Wang Jinghui and moved his mouth, but he didn't say much. After all, half of the current Hebei firearm reserves were used for exercises, which would be a lot of money. If it was sold to Goryeo, the Song Dynasty would have to pay.

After receiving a secret edict from Emperor Zhao Xu in Hebei, Han Qi quickly responded. "Hebei, Hedong and Shaanxi are the three routes in the northwest to control the land of the imperial guards. Things should be integrated." It is recommended that "registers become soldiers" in this area, be brave and brave. Choose one of the three main households, choose two of the six and three of the nine. Tie characters are tattooed on the back of the hand, and teach martial arts. Defending the city during wartime. Collecting brave and bravery not only strengthens the military strength of the border, but also reduces the cost of redundant soldiers.

Wang Jinghui knew that Han Qi was using a bluffing strategy. If Han Qi really wanted to do this, he would probably be less than 300,000 people from the three routes of Hebei, Hedong and Shaanxi. This could indeed be a threatening effect. Sima Guang believed that this could only deceive for a while, and during the Qingli period, the recruitment of troops to guard the border areas had already scared the people, and he also wrote a letter to him personally. Han Qi's reply was that he would not let the people guard the border.

In any case, Han Qi's strategy was effective, but Sima Guang's concerns could not be ignored. Wang Jinghui canceled the tattoos of these "civilians as soldiers" on the basis of Han Qi and Sima Guang, but the military training of the people of the three routes was strengthened, and after the exercise, the news was revealed to the Liao envoys for deterrence.

In the Song Dynasty military system, when you become a military citizen, you must tattoo the forehead and the back of your hand. Ordinary methods cannot be erased at all. Only with special internal secret medicines can it be eliminated. This is also an important means to prevent deserters. Wang Jinghui read "Water Margin". In the book, Song Jiang wanted to do everything possible to erase the tattoo on his forehead. Because Di Wuxiang of Renzong's era made peerless military achievements, Emperor Renzong wanted to erase the tattoo on him. Di Qing refused it so well that it was a legend of the generation.

Wang Jinghui suggested strengthening training to intimidate the enemy country, but opposing tattooing is to stabilize Sima Guang's heart. Although Han Qi said that he would not let the people guard the border, Han Qi could also guarantee when he was alive that if Han Qi died, he would be able to do this later successor Wang Jinghui was really confused. The tattoo on the back of his hand is to become a military citizen. When a war occurs, it will inevitably lead to joining the army. This has a great impact on the stable life of the people. Moreover, Han Qi's move almost killed the people under his rule in one go, and almost every household has people to participate in military training. Sima Guang's concern is really necessary.

In August of the second year of Xining in the Song Dynasty, Wen Yanbo recommended Wuxin to become the instructor of the Song Dynasty's special forces. The letter of the Privy Council's plan to establish a special forces with a scale of 1,500 people was also approved by Emperor Zhao Xu, and the construction of the special forces officially began.

Wuxin's identity has also changed. He is now a senior officer in the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty, and he can no longer be the book boy around Wang Jinghui. Wang Jinghui is also very happy about this. After all, this is the first book boy he trained to start his own independent life. Of course, in order to worry about the censorship that he disliked in the court, and for Wuxin's future, Wuxin could not continue to live in the prince's mansion. He also specially bought a small courtyard for Wuxin in the city of Biandu to give it to Wuxin as a celebration. The other eleven junior brothers and sisters were drunk in Wuxin's new residence, and felt a bright future for their future situation. They went from a group of orphans who no one cares about wandering around to now have no worries about food and clothing, and still have a future. This made them feel moved. No matter what, these were given to them by the master. Without Wang Jinghui and their destiny, they were still full of gratitude.

Wang Jinghui didn't just let Wuxin go. He told Wuxin in detail his understanding of the special forces. He also took time to write a book, which had detailed explanations from the training of the special forces to combat. However, if a real special forces soldier in later generations saw this book, he would have to laugh out loud, but this was already the limit that Wang Jinghui could reach.

Although Wu Xin is the instructor of the special forces, he is extremely special at this time. After all, it is the first time to form such a unit in the Song Dynasty, and no one has ever done it. Although the first imperial imperial squad was similar to the special forces to some extent, the imperial squad was specifically responsible for protecting the emperor. I am afraid that since Taizu Taizong's northern expedition, the imperial squad has not participated in any battles for at least seventy years, which is very different from the special forces fighting behind the enemy in the future. The Privy Council also has no secret report on this, but since it was proposed by the prince consort, and Wu Xin is a master of the prince consort and has made contributions in the battle of Baoan City, the Privy Council handed over all the tasks of selecting and training special forces to Wu Xin.

Although Wang Jinghui didn't know much about special operations, especially in the cold era of special operations, his book of land undoubtedly pointed out a general direction for Wuxin, which was the greatest help to Wuxin. Considering that the combat environment of the special forces in the future was very complicated, Wuxin's first choice for the special forces was surprised by the people of the Privy Council - he hoped to find some extremely special people - the best hunters, fishermen, and local teachers who were proficient in Dangxiang and Khitan.

Wuxin's request seemed extremely incomprehensible to the Privy Council. Wen Yanbo also specially summoned Wuxin. After detailed explanation, Wen Yanbo was finally convinced by Wuxin - mainly by the prince consort behind Wuxin. The selection of special forces members is relatively simple. The million imperial guards of the Song Dynasty, the most elite hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed within a radius of thousands of miles around Kaifeng, Biandu. The Biandu garrison troops are even more elite. The first batch of special forces with 1,500 people will be selected from the Kaifeng garrison troops, and there is no problem with physical fitness.

The soldiers selected through layers of selection have excellent qualities, and some are even comparable to Wuxin. This makes Wuxin much easier to train troops according to the imagined. After a brief high-intensity training, Wuxin divided the special forces into three parts. Under the leadership of hunters and fishermen, they went to different environments to live and train, teach these special forces members how to survive under various circumstances, and at least speak Khitan dialect.

Although these special forces have excellent qualities, they still have a long way to go to meet Wang Jinghui's requirements and will not be useful in a short period of time. However, Wang Jinghui was not anxious. He had no intention of using special forces on the Xixia. His main uses were the Liao Kingdom and the southern Yi who often cause chaos in the southwest, and of course, the Tubo tribes in the Xihe area recovered by Wang Shaoxin.

After all, the tasks performed by special forces are mostly without reliable places for supply in the rear. Not only are they unfamiliar with the place, they are not guaranteed to eat. Because the main enemy of the Song Dynasty after a few years was the Liao Kingdom. After infiltrating the rear, the Khitan language must be mastered, otherwise they will not even know what the other party says, which will make a big joke. As for hunters and fishermen, they must teach these special forces some specific survival skills, how to deal with wild beasts and what can be eaten, these are very important.

Just when Wuxin was in charge of the formation of the special forces, after a month of discussion, Wang Jinghui finally came up with a note of 50,000 words - "Notes on the Establishment of the Great Song Intelligence Bureau". Emperor Zhao Xu held this thick memorial in his hand, and he really didn't know what to say - he had known for a long time that Wang Jinghui had frequent contact with several of the most influential ministers in the court to reform the intelligence agency of Daningban, but he did not expect that the memorial sent by the prince-consort in the end was so thick. This may be the thickest memorial of the ministers he received after he mastered this huge empire.

Emperor Zhao Xu specially spared a day to ask Wang Jinghui to approve the memorial alone. If you have any questions when reading the memorial, you can ask the prince-consort to explain it from the side at any time. This is also a recognition of Wang Jinghui's spending so much energy on this memorial over the past month.

"My dear, is it necessary to change like this? Is it too big to do this?!" Emperor Zhao Xu closed the letter and said slowly.

Wang Jinghui's "Note on the Establishment of the Great Song Intelligence Bureau" inherits the "characteristics" of the previous memorials of the son-in-law, which is very detailed. From the initial selection of intelligence personnel to the overall construction of the Great Song intelligence network, almost every detail was explained in detail. Several solutions were also given in the local links. Each solution explained its advantages and disadvantages in detail, which made people clear at a glance. However, Emperor Zhao Xu knew that the reason why Wang Jinghui arranged this was because he had different views on some issues in the Daweizhong who was in contact with him became different solutions in this letter, and all of them were listed to wait for Emperor Zhao Xu to choose by himself. This painstaking effort really moved Emperor Zhao Xu. It can be seen that the son-in-law attached great importance to intelligence work.

"Sage, after the Song Dynasty secretly sent spies to the Liao Kingdom and Xixia in the third year of Zizhiping, a large amount of intelligence returned to the Privy Council. Even the ministers did not expect that the Song Dynasty's intelligence network would develop so quickly in recent years. Now it is obvious that the Privy Council can no longer use this job. The best solution is to separate the intelligence work from the Privy Council system and reorganize it into an independent institution!" Wang Jinghui said slowly.

After hearing this, Emperor Zhao Xu nodded. He often heard about the backwardness of the intelligence work of the Song Dynasty, and even some ministers complained that the Privy Council was inefficient. However, it is not enough to form a separate department. Originally, his idea was just a slight change. He did not expect that the prince consort's actions were so big, but it was obvious that the prince consort's actions had been obtained by many ministers.

"The Master believes that it is not enough to form a separate intelligence agency now. But in my opinion, it is not the case! Judging from the systematic development of intelligence in recent years, the Privy Council has no longer kept up with the development of the situation. And if there is a mistake, it is not fair to bear this responsibility. It is probably difficult to convince the public. After all, the Privy Council is the highest military institution in the Song Dynasty, and the intelligence returned by the spies is far more than military, as well as politics, economy, and culture. Even any aspect of the enemy country is what I need in the Song Dynasty! I can imagine that if it continues to develop in this way, it is imperative to handle so much intelligence in the next few years. Instead of being in a hurry, it is better to move a foundation now, so as to minimize the losses in it!" Wang Jinghui said.

After hearing this, Emperor Zhao Xu waved his hand and smiled and said, "I can't argue with you! I understand the truth about knowing your opponent and knowing you. I will not be stingy with this Intelligence Bureau. All expenditures of the Intelligence Bureau will be allocated from the national treasury. If there is a vacancy, it can be allocated from my internal treasury. However, after reading your Imperial Court's memorial, this Intelligence Bureau is really a department that uses money!"

"Sage, if an intelligence agency can bring back valuable information, it is worth it even if it spends a lot of money. From ancient times to the present, it always costs a lot of money to obtain intelligence, but if it is carefully managed, it will always be worth the money! In fact, intelligence agencies do not always spend money. If they are managed properly, they can still have a certain income. Although it is not very high, it is considered a small supplement."

"Your dear, can you want to sell your information?" Emperor Zhao Xu asked with a smile.

"Yes! In fact, the intelligence sent by the intelligence agencies is not all military, political, and a lot of economic intelligence. As long as the court is willing to sell these valuable information, then the wealthy businessmen in Biandu are very willing to participate, and the court can also make the best use of it." Wang Jinghui replied with a smile. As for providing commercial intelligence, Wang Jinghui had already thought of it at the beginning. Although he didn't know how big the market would be, he was sure that with the increasing development of the Song Dynasty's national strength and business, more and more merchants in this area would need it.

"It goes without saying that you can find out the information, but does this beloved minister still want to count on the secret spies to assassinate the enemy's officials?" asked Emperor Zhao Xu.

"This is what I thought of after being assassinated. I thought that training some armed spies to ambush the enemy's capital to assassinate, and the success rate would be very high! For some elites who can influence the political trend of a country or some enemy countries, perhaps the defense around them seems very relaxed because they are in the hinterland of the enemy country. If they can succeed, the benefits will be very great. And I have a few medical discoveries that I don't want to find out. I can provide some equipment for these armed spies to ensure that they can get rid of their opponents without realizing it. The Master thought, if the Xixia Poxi Army did not have Li Qing, what would this mean for the Dangxiang people? Of course, Li Qing is not an ideal target of assassination. At least this person advocates trade with the Song Dynasty. The Jianing Military Office has become the most convenient way for us to obtain cattle and sheep from Xixia. This cannot be said to be Li Qing's credit." Wang Jinghui said with a smile.
Chapter completed!