Frogs croaked around them one after another, as if singing and singing. The wheat-cutting army had fallen asleep, and snoring sounds came from the tent from time to time.

The moonlight leaked from the world like water. Shisanlang sat at the door of the tent, looking at the fireflies flying from time to time outside, bored.

Du Zhongxiao sat in the tent, wearing an oil lamp, looking at the various documents of the wing army these days. There were not only a few acres of wheat that each battalion had cut, but also various injuries and injuries and injuries under this labor intensity. There were also summaries of officers at all levels, and even summaries of the military situation.

From these documents, plus what he saw and heard, Du Zhongxiao tried to seize the pulse of this army. These trivial things reflected the spirit, combat effectiveness, and their potential.

The management of the Xiang army was loose, and before coming to West Jing Road, there were many redundant staff. The responsibilities were intensive. In fact, many people did not participate in labor and only received a salary. They were either sick, disabled, or even cheated. Suddenly, they participated in high-intensity labor. The elderly, weak, sick and disabled were eliminated long ago and did not participate in labor. The remaining strong men also suffered injuries these days.

No wonder the army of this era had to be eliminated from time to time. Once a little relaxed, a large number of unqualified personnel would appear.

The time to harvest wheat was not long, and so far, there has not been any distortion and complaints. Du Zhongxiao didn't know if he would be like this if he persisted for one month or two months.

It was useless. In three days, all the wheat in the Tangzhou area will be harvested, and the army should have gone south.

After putting the official documents down, Du Zhongxiao stood up and stretched out his waist.

Seeing Shisanlang still sitting at the tent, Du Zhongxiao said, "It's getting late, haven't you been sleeping yet?"

Shisanlang stood up and said, "The official has not yet rested, how can I sleep well?"

Du Zhongxiao nodded, walked in the tent for a while, and suddenly said, "Shisanlang, have you studied these days?"

Shisanlang said, "I don't have to go to the ground to harvest wheat, but I have to stand under the sun every day, so I can't read. Besides, I don't like the things that the officials gave me in the past, whether it's classics or history or poetry, let alone any book calculations or other things."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and asked, "What books do you want to read?"

Shisanlang said: "A good man is born in the world. He should use swords and guns to fight for wealth. It is best to read military books."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "Since you have such an idea, it's good. I'll find some military books for you in a few days. However, in order to lead troops to fight, in addition to military books, there are two other books that you must read. Otherwise, you will never have a great future."

Shisanlang said: "I don't know which two kinds of books are? In fact, I heard that I was a general in front of the formation, and reading is not very useful. Many of the generals of the Imperial Army do not recognize the word "man" and cannot read the military books. They lead troops to fight and become generals."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "One time, another time, reading without recognizing words will not be very successful in the future. In addition to military books, you must also read historical books of the dynasty and know the rise and fall of the rise and fall. Not only reading historical books, but also learning to calculate books. If you don't know how to calculate books, you can't do many things."

Shisanlang laughed and said, "Official, I know why I read history books, so what is the use of book calculation?"

"If you don't know how to calculate the marching and war? How many people in the enemy are, what formations can be arranged, how to attack, and how to move. How many troops our army has, how to respond to the battle, and what chance of winning after fighting. You can know the strength of your subordinates at any time, as the enemy and us change on the battlefield, you will clearly understand the strength comparison between the two sides. The ancients said that planning, planning first is to calculate. It is not to calculate the destiny of gods and ghosts, but to calculate the strength of troops, food and grass, and geography. The clearer you calculate, the more targeted the plan, and the war will be in your hands."

Shisanlang scratched his head: "Official, I have never heard of such things."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "It's not surprising that I haven't heard of it. For hundreds of years, planning has been worse than that of the previous generation. The Tang Dynasty established a vassal state, and the imperial court focused on the commanders, and most of the planners did not pay attention to the planners. However, for the generals who commanded the army on the front line, they knew that if these people were missing, the soldiers could barely be led, and the war could not be fought. The decline of the Tang Dynasty began in the Anshi Rebellion. When An Lushan raised his army, the one he trusted and planned was the Confucius Office under his command. The first meritorious dynasty of this dynasty was Zhao Zhongxian, who was originally the chief secretary of Taizu. Before Chanzhou, Yang Yanzhao guarded the northern land and was called "Iron City". The court relied on it. However, because he did not understand the writing, he was bullied by the minor official Zhou Zheng. These things are to tell you that if you want to lead the army to fight, you should be familiar with the affairs of officials and have the ability to calculate books."

At this time, the full name of the prefectural prefecture was to govern the military affairs, to control the military, and to dismount the horse to manage the people. In fact, it was continued from the vassal states in the late Tang and Five Dynasties. Officials became magistrates and were always regarded as officials of the parties. Theoretically, their authority was not much different from that of the vassal states, but only the human rights, supervisory power and part of the financial power were taken back by the court. The Song Dynasty avoided the disaster of the vassal states mainly from two aspects. One was to collect money and grain, and the financial power was gradually received into the hands of the three departments. The other was to kill his minions, that is, his aides and officials of the Cao government only had their names, and they became officials appointed by the court. His personal guards also only had their names, and they became public officials in the yamen.

Later generations valued the seizure of the magistrate's financial power and the abolition of his personal soldiers. In fact, the deposed position and the deposed officer of the magistrate were even more important. Without these, the connection between the army and the local government was cut off, and the army could not interfere in local affairs. Although the magistrate was in charge of military, government and civil affairs, he no longer had the means to tie the two together.

Since the Anshi Rebellion and the Vanguards were in power, those who were in charge of money, grain and official documents were their absolute core. When An Lushan raised his army, he was his Confucius Officer. Song Taizu conquered the world and relied on his chief secretary. Without these core personnel, it was actually difficult to pose a threat to the court by relying solely on controlling the army. With these inconspicuous confidants, the officials under the leadership of the court were actually a small court, which could quickly form a complete ruling system.

Before the vassal states were in trouble, the rebellions during peacetime were mostly caused by the princes of a small court or local royal family. The vassal states were formed, with their own ruling system, with soldiers, money, food and territory under their command, and the world fell apart.

Song Taizu himself was born in a vassal state, and his understanding of this was not comparable to others. Although the soldiers were the core, as long as the generals of the army had no money, food, and minions, they would never have great trouble. The Song Dynasty was called the public world for many reasons, but one of the important ones was that local officials were actually systematic. From the leaders of the officials, such as Kongmu and Kongmu, to the officials, scholars, soldiers and horse envoys, etc., it was actually the system of the former vassal states managing local officials. The people who really ruled the local areas were these people. Combined with local forces, they had both historical traditions and local foundations.

Local officials were deceived by officials, and they were mostly not familiar with officials and had weak personalities. In fact, most of them did not understand this system. One reason for the collapse of local officials in the Song Dynasty was that the treatment of public officials was poor and had no future. Although officials could take office, they had a year requirement. By the time of age, most of them had already passed their prime. What future would they have to be the lowest-level minor official? If you have a good academic qualification, you must resign from your post and take the exam three years before you can take the exam. There are not many people who can make this decision.

What is the place? What about the army? Du Zhongxiao has been considering this issue these days. The army is not simply leading troops to fight, but in fact it is a complex system that cannot be separated from non-combatants who support the system. In this era, these people have these people, but their status is not high and there is no future at all. Most of the generals below the commander and commander rely on their own confidants and some small soldiers and schools to handle official documents, manage money and grain, and even maintain military discipline. The upward supervisor and chief supervisor were originally the major officials who led troops to fight, and had their own management system. In recent years, the status has declined and they became intermediate commanders, and the management relied on personal followers. The generals and schools who were in charge of the whole route did not have professional non-combat managers, and most of them temporarily set up trusted generals, or their children's and families, or even servants to follow them. Only at the level of the Strategic Department did they begin to have special management officials and become real commanders.

Most of these non-combatants who are dependent on the chief officer of the army have no official status and have no future in the officialdom, either because of their special relationships or personal feelings with the supervisor, or for money. Their instability directly affects the combat effectiveness of the army. The army's logistics, weapons and other key materials are in the hands of these people, and the opinions of the general can be influenced at critical moments.

Du Zhongxiao thought about it, the African combatants in later armies are of great significance to the formation of the military's combat power and have a high status. Of course, if things go too far, some armies will even have more civilian personnel than combatants.

A few days ago, when Du Zhongxiao let go of the Iron Supervision, the organizational problem that he was most worried about was that the status of the technicians in the Iron Supervision was not solved. They did not have an official position and now they did not have a complete technical promotion system. Once it was repeated, it would affect morale and even the stability of the team. For industrialized factories, professional technicians and managers were crucial.

Local officials actually have the same problem, and the non-combat managers in the army are the same.

The army may not be professional, but must be professional. Now, on the contrary, professionalism has gone too far, and specialization has greatly regressed.

Du Zhongxiao asked Shisanlang to be a general and must learn to calculate and manage the army by himself. This is what it means. Without this awareness, he will be pushed by the army of this era and it will be difficult to achieve success.
Chapter completed!