Chapter 254 The hegemony in the world is not as good as a little cotton-padded jacket! (Here he comes!)

Author: The Cat on the Wall 1

Chapter 254 The hegemony in the world is not as good as a little cotton-padded jacket! (Here he comes!)

Zhang Heng sent the "Outline of Disarmament in the First Year of Huangyou" back to the court through the military station, and then forwarded it to each army, which could disarmament as appropriate. However, Zhang Heng no longer had much interest in disarmament, because disarmament could not save the Song Dynasty. .

Zhang Heng's thoughts were on the soldiers and commanders of the Baojie Army who had been arrested and questioned.

Chen Changyou, Di Qing and others could not bear to see so many commanders being punished, so they begged Zhang Heng for a lighter sentence. Zhang Heng agreed after weighing the balance, but put forward a condition, which was that he would lead and hold a closed Training Camp.

It was said to be closed, but in fact Di Qing, Chen Changyou, Chen Yanzhu and others were all involved, and together with the commanders and soldiers who were returning one after another, there were nearly 5,000 people in total.

However, this training camp did not start with more than 5,000 people. At the beginning, there were only about ten people. Later, it increased to 100 people, and then to 1,000 people. It was only in the fourth round that more than 5,000 people were included. Included.

Di Qing didn't know what Zhang Heng was doing at first, and thought Zhang Heng was just trying to improve military discipline, but what happened next made Di Qing surprised and inexplicable.

Zhang Heng first selected ten soldiers, and then trained these ten soldiers. During the day, Zhang Heng followed the training, and at night, he lit a bonfire.

Then Zhang Heng took the lead and asked them about their life experiences, and then asked them to tell about their life experiences, and then asked them to complain about the unfairness they encountered, including the unfairness they encountered in their hometown, the unfairness in the army, etc. .

Di Qing didn't know what the purpose of this was, but as the soldiers complained to each other, Di Qing obviously found that these ten soldiers who were not very familiar with each other became closer.

Then Zhang Heng began to direct the topic to the inequality in the army. These ten people are considered to be the personal soldiers of the commanders, but there are still times when they are suppressed and bullied. In fact, the military pay and benefits they can get are very small. Not much better than other soldiers.

It was precisely because of these grievances that the soldiers' confessions became more in-depth. Zhang Heng introduced other soldiers, and the number increased to about a hundred. Because of the presence of the original ten people, it was easy to guide the topic here. This Hundreds of people also reached a consensus.

Then Zhang Heng introduced a thousand people, and in this form, a thousand people quickly became sympathetic to each other. Zhang Heng spread the word to the level of a thousand people for about ten days, repeatedly Consolidate and then include the rest.

This time, more than a hundred commanders and five to six hundred capital officers were included.

These commanders, deputy commanders and chiefs didn't know the situation yet, so they planned to summon their subordinates as soon as they came in. Unexpectedly, the original subordinates didn't buy it.

As soon as the training camp started, they realized that something was wrong. After several nights of complaining meetings, they found that the soldiers hated them very much and were even ready to beat them up.

The commanders were all frightened and had no choice but to join the ranks of complaints.

Of course they couldn't complain about the soldiers, they could only complain about the three yamen, the Privy Council, the imperial court, and the civil servants. Suddenly the situation became higher.

They swore that they would put the interests of their brothers first in the future and so on, and they got rid of them for free.

Zhang Heng immediately intervened and introduced the topic to why such a system of layers of exploitation and oppression was formed in the army.

Because all the soldiers had experienced the difficulties and exploitation they encountered from their superior leaders, they easily understood what Zhang Heng said.

Zhang Heng put forward timely suggestions to break the oppressive system of the army, which aroused the approval of all the soldiers, but the commanders did not dare to say a word under the general situation.

In fact, many commanders were thoughtful and their expressions became sincere.

This training camp lasted for about a month. After the expiration of one month, Zhang Heng returned the command of the army to Chen Changyou, and he turned around and returned to Beijing.

Lu Yining and others sent the 40,000 soldiers laid off by the Baojie Army to Xiangzhou or other places within this month. The task of disarmament was roughly completed.

In fact, with the Baoji Army as a model of disarmament, the rest of the army will also disarma as appropriate, so this time the disarmament can be considered completed.

It's just that Di Qing has a lot of questions, but it was difficult to ask questions in the military camp before, and on the way back, Di Qing finally couldn't help it.

"Mr. Zhang, I don't understand."

Di Qing said.

Zhang Heng yelled: "What doesn't Shuai Di understand?"

Di Qing smiled bitterly and said: "A lot."

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "The journey is long, it's okay to chat in detail, let's do it one by one."

Di Qing nodded: "You said that the army would be reduced by 500,000, but now it is only 40,000. This is far from reaching the goal. So you just give up?"

Zhang Heng chuckled: "It's just useless effort, so there is no need to spend effort."

"Huh?" Di Qing looked at Zhang Heng with some confusion.

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "What is the purpose of disarmament?"

Di Qing said: "Save expenses..."

He suddenly remembered that Zhang Heng didn't care about this, "...well, let the military spending be spent on soldiers to improve the combat effectiveness of the army."

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "That's the truth. However, I have discovered that under today's military system, if it is just disarmament without making other changes, it is just a wishful thinking to improve the combat effectiveness of the army. It is useless.

, So, instead of going through the thankless task of disarmament, it is better to go back to Bianjing to eat, drink and be comfortable."

Di Qing sighed, and then said: "It's understandable..."

Zhang Heng smiled and said, "Are there any questions?"

Di Qing looked at Zhang Heng and said, "Aren't you disappointed? It seems that you are not disappointed at all?"

Zhang Heng laughed: "I'm a little disappointed, but it's okay. The army of the Song Dynasty is not what it is today. I tried my best, but found that it didn't work, so just let it go. Anyway, the army of the Western Xia and Liao Kingdom is not what it is today."

That's it, right? It's better to compare to worse, but we can't beat it for the time being anyway."

Di Qing said with some distress: "But if this is the case, when will Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures and Hetao Horse Breeding Land be able to return to China?"

Zhang Heng laughed loudly: "The faces of the ministers in the Manchu Dynasty changed when they heard about Liaoxia. It's just a joke if you ask them to fight against Liaoxia. Di Shuai, you'd better work hard in the officialdom and leave some officials for your descendants."

Qualifications, and don’t go too high. It’s not a good thing for a martial artist to go too high.”

Zhang Heng gave Di Qing a meaningful look.

Di Qing's mind was not on this, but frowned and said: "Since you have been disappointed with the army, this month's training camp is very strange. The general can feel that this training camp is very strange. There seem to be many things in it, but

I don’t know what’s important, but if you say it’s important, why did you train for a month and then run away? This... I won’t understand what you mean.”

Zhang Heng shrugged and spread his hands: "Just try something. As for what to try..."

Zhang Heng smiled, but said nothing.

Di Qing's face was dark: "You can't trust the general?"

Zhang Heng smiled and said, "It's not good for you to say something and hear it too much."

Di Qing, however, was itching unbearably: "There are only two of us in this car. You can talk about it. Others don't know."

Zhang Heng smiled and said, "Really want to hear it?"

Di Qing nodded and said: "Listen!"

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "The military system of the Song Dynasty has been like this since the founding of the country. Officials are unwilling to change, civilian officials are happy to do so, top-level military attaches dare not say anything, middle-level military attaches have long fallen into low-level money-grabbing hobbies, and the bottom soldiers are not interested in this.

Not aware of it at all.”

Di Qing was horrified and said: "So, you plan to awaken the soldiers at the bottom from bottom to top, let them resist the generals at the middle and low levels, and force the generals at the middle and low levels not to openly oppress them anymore, so as to obtain enough resources. In this way

Once this happens, the combat effectiveness of the army can be improved?"

Zhang Heng nodded with a smile and said: "Yes, only when the bottom level awakens, the people above will not dare to act unscrupulously. When the bottom level awakens, then the combat effectiveness will naturally increase. However, the specific results are not necessarily known, and no one knows the final outcome.

Where will it go?"

Zhang Heng agreed with Di Qing's guess. In fact, what he really wanted to do was to plant a seed. As for what would happen to the seed in the end, he could not control it.

Zhang Heng returned to the capital and was praised by Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen also specially hosted a banquet to entertain Zhang Heng and Di Qing who had returned from afar.

Zhao Zhen laughed at the table and said: "I heard about the Baojie Army. I was really worried at that time. I didn't expect that Zhang Qing and Di Qing handled it so perfectly. In the end, they successfully reduced the army by 40,000.

People have also summarized very precious information such as Huangyou's disarmament outline in the first year. With this disarmament outline, there will be regulations to follow for subsequent disarmament."

Zhang Heng and Di Qing quickly expressed their thanks.

Afterwards, they said some more words, but after the banquet, Zhao Zhen left Zhang Heng to speak alone.

"You have done a good job in this matter. Although there was some turmoil in the process, it is quite remarkable that the disarmament can suppress such turmoil. Moreover, you have also succeeded in disarming 40,000 people. This is a great thing!

"

Zhao Zhen was still full of praise.

Zhang Heng smiled bitterly and said: "I originally wanted to reduce the number of 400,000 to 500,000 people..."

Zhao Zhen was shocked when he heard this: "How is this possible? This is going to be a big trick!"

Zhang Heng nodded and said, "So I'll stop here."

Zhao Zhen said happily: "Ju Zheng is a person who assesses the situation. Once he finds something wrong, he immediately makes adjustments. This is a good thing.

Alas, when Pang Qing asked for disarmament, I felt that it was inappropriate. Disarmament has always been a big deal, and it is very easy for things to go wrong, so I was unwilling to bother with it. Isn't this just fine? It doesn't matter if I save three melons and two dates.

significance.

The court's difficulties are only temporary. The financial reports for the first and second quarters of this year have been released, and the financial reports for the third quarter are almost there.

I have asked the three departments, and this year it will probably be the same as the Millennium Tax, which means there will be 20 million more tax revenue than last year. By then, all these difficulties will be solved.

Ju Zheng, you have solved a big trouble for me. Pang Qing wants to dismantle the army. If Pang Qing is allowed to go, I am really afraid that he will cause big trouble. Fortunately, you stepped up and handled the matter so well, haha.

"

Zhao Zhen looked quite happy.

Zhang Heng laughed along with him, but his heart was filled with still water.
To be continued...