After entering Donghua Gate, Du Zhongxiao breathed a sigh of relief. The tall city walls on both sides were still there, and there were no pedestrians on the wide streets. Everything was like the last time he came. Outside the drooping arch not far away, several officials stood without a familiar face.

From the resignation of officials from other places to the capital, and some close ministers of the emperor entered the palace, there were many officials from here every day. The emperor worked every day and spent most of his time doing these things.

Donghua Gate is the east gate of the imperial city. After entering, this road divides the imperial city into two parts: north and south. To the south is the place where the priest and some important yamen work, and to the north is where the emperor's family lives. This street belongs to part of the imperial city. Except for the occasional patrol guards, there are no pedestrians, which makes it look a little deserted.

When he arrived outside the Chuigong Gate, he handed the letter to the guards of the Hemen and completed the procedures. Du Zhongxiao was quietly waiting outside.

The officials waiting here were all in queuing, and Du Zhongxiao didn't know any of them. It was thought that foreign officials came to Beijing. No one dared to make noise in the important places of the court, and everyone was waiting quietly.

When officials enter the same party, they can wait for a long or short time. Except for the important officials such as the magistrate and the four-enter head, they can enter the palace when they arrive, the rest of the officials must honestly listen to the arrangements of the same party. When summoning something particularly important, or someone who is particularly important, four words will be added when summoning them, and the next time they enter the same party. Simply put, it is not necessary to queue up, and you can go to the queue in the queue.

This time Du Zhongxiao entered the palace, which was the next time. For officials, this was a special honor.

After waiting for a while, the guards of the Gate came out and let Du Zhongxiao enter the palace.

After entering the archway gate, entering the Da Nei, passing through the long corridor, I saw an official who was still a raw face. This should have been the one who entered the palace before Du Zhongxiao came. I don’t know if it was an official from other places who resigned or reported his duties, but he was in a hurry.

When he arrived at Chongzheng Hall, he performed the ceremony and Du Zhongxiao entered the hall with the small yellow gate. He had been here several times and was not unfamiliar with it.

The manners were like rituals, Du Zhongxiao stood at the steps. Zhao Zhen sat on it and ordered the seat to be given, and the courtesy was very different from before.

Du Zhongxiao thanked him and sat down on the steak picked up by Xiaohuangmen.

Zhao Zhen asked Du Zhongxiao when he left for the West Road in Jingxi, and said, "Since the northwest chaos, the court has used troops for several years, but unfortunately no one has won. The court has raised millions of soldiers and countless generals, but no one can do anything for the court, allowing Dangxiang to dominate. Every time I think about it, I really feel ashamed of my ancestors. You first took Tanglong Town in the Volcanic Army and made great contributions under Beizhou City. You are a rare martial arts man in recent years. He is also a Jinshi and is familiar with poetry and books. If you can lead troops, you will be a rare general of poetry and books. Most of the generals in the army do not understand the writing, and what you lack the most now is a person like you. I originally wanted you to transfer to a military position and lead troops to do things for the court, and you will also show your talent and knowledge. However, Dangxiang has been harmonious, and this is not the time."

Du Zhongxiao held the scepter: "Thank you Your Majesty to praise you. Regardless of civil and military positions, I will be fooled by the court."

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "This time I went to Yingtian on Jingxi Road. I have the experience of Yingtian in Yongcheng County. I don't need to ask more questions. This time I am not recruiting people to cultivate the fields, but using the Xiang army. Although I am doing the Yingtian business, I don't want to waste your military talents. I will give you these 200,000 Xiang soldiers. I hope you can properly place them and teach them diligently. If there is something in the world, I can share the worries of the court."

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I think that since you are letting these people go to the camp, you cannot treat them as war soldiers. If you want to maintain their combat power, you can choose some people, such as the Baojia system, and teach them in autumn and winter. If you want to let them do military force and farm, you are afraid that both sides will delay and do nothing well."

Zhao Zhen said: "How do you say that? They were soldiers. They used to be fiddling, but now they are all right."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Isn't this like the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty? The soldiers of the palace are all elite soldiers, and in just one or two generations, their combat power will be unbearable. It is especially harmful to the army without soldiers or civilians. Those who farm will go to farm, and those who serve as soldiers will join the army to train elite soldiers."

Zhao Zhen was not familiar with military affairs and did not get entangled in these matters. He asked Du Zhongxiao: "What do you want to do?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "I want to imitate the old rules of Yongcheng County, and organize these wing troops to form villages and cultivate idle fields. Among these people, those who have won the military ranks will be organized into military ranks. Except for busy farming seasons, they will teach the affairs of the army and teach them in autumn and winter seasons. The selected people will focus on military affairs, farming acres as supplements, and pay salaries. Only in this way can the soldiers and farmers not be delayed, and the best of both worlds will be achieved."

Zhao Zhen asked: "Plowing the fields is a very labor-intensive task. How many people do you plan to draw out to train troops?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "I think it is enough to recruit about 200,000 troops from the Xiang army on West Jing Road. It is enough to extract 50,000 people. Whenever there is a busy farming season, such as farming and harvesting, they will help with farming and not miss the farming season. They do not have to participate in weeding and pulling weeds, and stay in the military camp."

Zhao Zhen was silent for a while and said, "I'm afraid I'll delay the farming time."

Du Zhongxiao said: "I think so now that when I get to the place, if it really doesn't work, then I'll just pick one of five or one, and it's better to farm."

To truly raise a full-time army, it is safer to draw one ten-day one and not delay the farming time. It is already barely possible to draw one five-day one, and to draw one four-day one based on experience. Du Zhongxiao certainly knows this, but he is the farming army, and it is not completely free. He thinks that the time of agricultural labor is not even, and he is concentrated in such a few time periods, and it should be possible to organize it.

Zhao Zhen was very interested in the cannons used under the city of Beizhou, and intuitively thought it should be an important weapon. However, it seems that only Du Zhongxiao understood how to use this weapon now. No one else could use it well. Zhao Zhen wanted Du Zhongxiao to transfer his military position, just to ask him to lead his troops, compile artillery according to his ideas, sort out perfect rules and regulations, and could be promoted to other troops. By all the mistakes, Du Zhongxiao himself was unwilling to keep his civilian position and went to Jingxi Road to take the field of the military camp that was cut off. Despite this, Zhao Zhen still insisted on his own idea and wanted Du Zhongxiao to test new weapons in these military laundering. If he did well, he could still be promoted to other troops.

In the Battle of Dangxiang in the northwest, the imperial guards in the capital completely lost their former aura and were no longer the elite soldiers in the world who were highly anticipated. Now, the imperial guards stationed in the northwest have strong combat power and have not yet made the name of "Western Army", but they first gave the imperial guards in the capital the name of "East Army".

The imperial guards could no longer fight, and the status of the wing army increased accordingly. In particular, the wing army along the three border routes was increasingly directly involved in wars, and the teachings became frequent, and many places became formal combat soldiers. Many local officials were doing this with the military expenditure of the wing army and the combat power of the wing army.

Zhao Zhen wanted to balance the opinions of the generals of the imperial army and was very concerned about the promotion of the local wing army, and generally did not support the status. Du Zhongxiao's wing army mainly wanted Du Zhongxiao to use his strengths and test the use of guns and cannons, not to really cultivate regular army. After the test and investigation, the experience was passed on to the imperial army, and the farming was still the farming.
Chapter completed!