After pondering for a long time, Zhao Zhen said: "Some people say that if there are officials in the army, they will be one, and there are both civil and military affairs, which is afraid that it will cause harm to the country. Civil and military divisions will be divided into squads, civil officials will not conduct military affairs, and military generals will not participate in national affairs. This is the law of the ancestors and should not be abolished."

Xu Ping thought for a while before saying, "The first thing is to do is to fight the imperial guards. The reason why the officials do not set up the officials is because they choose troops from the vassal states to join the imperial guards, and the officials stayed in the prefectures and counties. Another thing is that when the ancestors used military forces, they chose commanders, but the officials had positions. Now, I ask, if they use military forces, can there be a commander? Can the officials recruit suitable staff?"

Zhao Zhen was silent. The commander was using military force, but the country had been peaceful for decades. How could there be a trustworthy commander? Since Cao Wei's death, there has been no commander in the army who can stand alone. As for the position of the court, there is no need to think that such a civil servant can grow up in war, not just knowing how to read and write.

Xu Ping sighed: "Your Majesty, everything in the world is nothing but the word "reason". Can we explain the reason and analyze it clearly?"

Zhao Zhen nodded: "If you can explain it clearly, it will be the best. There is the most rationality in the world, and I dare not violate the word "reason."

In his previous life, Xu Ping often told people that we often had some jokes about reasoning. This era is different. It is often a kind of political correctness. What is the biggest thing in the world? The biggest reason. As long as we can really tell the truth, the imperial power must bow to these two words. The four words "The greatest reason" were often used together with the laws of ancestors in the Song Dynasty to limit the imperial power.

These four words have origins. Emperor Taizu once asked Zhao Pu: "What is the biggest in the world?" Zhao Pu thought about it for a long time but didn't answer. Song Taizu asked again, and Zhao Pu said: "The truth is the most." Afterwards, Song Taizu mentioned it many times, expressing his agreement.

When Taizu first asked, he was afraid that he would ask Zhao Pu to say that the emperor was the greatest, but Zhao Pu didn't say it, so he couldn't help asking. But when Zhao Pu said the most truth, Taizu thought deeply and recognized the truth above the imperial power. This principle was recognized by Emperor Taizong of Song and Emperor Zhenzong of Song, and gradually rose to the same level as the laws of the ancestors. However, in Xu Ping's era, these political principles were gradually formed in the hands of Zhao Zhen, and they were not mentioned in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Xu Ping was good at reasoning. Seeing Zhao Zhen’s recognition, he couldn’t help but feel spiritual. He said to Zhao Zhen: “Since ancient times, national affairs and military affairs have been one, and military affairs are only part of state affairs. The major affairs of the country are in sacrifices and military affairs, and military affairs only account for a large proportion of state affairs. Since it is part of state affairs, it must be a combination of civil and military affairs to achieve success. Why don’t military generals want civil officials to interfere in military affairs? There is nothing else, there are many rules and restrictions, and they cannot do whatever they want, and they feel uncomfortable. As for the generals who have to be dictatorial in command of military affairs, it is just an excuse, and it is not reasonable to say it seriously."

Zhao Zhen couldn't help but interrupt: "But during the Five Dynasties, dynasties changed frequently. Isn't it because generals had staff, civil and military personnel could form their own oneness? Once the new dynasty was established, staff could take over the governance of the country, and they were fearless."

Xu Ping shook his head: "This is a biased statement. Without a staff member, can we use the old ministers of the previous dynasty? The rebellion of the Five Dynasties originated from the late Tang Dynasty, so we should make the statement about the late Tang Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, the eunuchs were tyrants, and the prime minister Cui Yin and the generals of the Shence Army worked together to capture and kill the powerful Wang Yanfan and Xue Qi. Afterwards, Cui Yin suggested that Zhaozong let the Shence Army be transferred to the subordinates of the Central Secretariat and be personally led by the prime minister. The generals of the Shence Army said, "I have been in the army for many years, but I have never heard of scholars as the military leader." They refused. What in the end? After a few years, Zhaozong became the generals of the Shence Army again.

The puppet is just a throne. Don’t forget the past and the next thing, your Majesty should learn from the past dynasty, and you cannot listen to the generals of the three yamen because of their selfish desires. It is said that scholars rebelled and failed for three years because scholars read the books of sages, know loyalty and righteousness, know integrity and shame, and rebelled against the emperor and rebelled, and could not pass their own barriers first. Have you ever heard that scholars were the leader of the military and were chaotic? Military generals did not know the word "loyalty and righteousness", but they also did not know the word "loyalty and righteousness", and they did not know how to compassionate the people of the world, and they would rebel. The rioters in this dynasty had more military soldiers, which was not without reason."

After hearing this long speech, Zhao Zhen was stunned for a while before saying, "Originally, Xuanwei Army wanted to set up a subordinate, but why did he use scholars as military commanders now? This is nothing wrong. I have always liked to use generals of poetry and books."

"As it said, Your Majesty wants to manage affairs or manage people? The generals who use poetry and books are nothing more than managing people. The laws of our ancestors in the dynasty are to guard against things and to govern things. Everything has a system, and setting up a subordinate to establish a system."

"What system? Isn't it still the command of the troops and the military?"

"If you have special responsibilities, establish a subordinate and establish a system, you will let the affairs in the army be managed by a specialist. Just like the local area, those who manage money and grain, those who manage prisons cannot be controlled by the magistrates and counties. These special officials are gone just because there are magistrates and magistrates. In non-war times, the officers in charge of military training, and in wartime, they will lead the army to fight against the enemy according to the orders of the commanders. As for common affairs, the special officials will take charge of them."

Zhao Zhen thought for a while before saying, "This matter is too complicated and does not last overnight, and it can easily cause turmoil in the army."

Xu Ping agreed: "Yes, now it is just a matter of setting up a subordinate in the Xuanwei army, which has caused dissatisfaction with the generals of the imperial guards. Will it cause turmoil in the army? In fact, it is not a turmoil in the army, but a dissatisfaction with the commander. If the subordinates are assigned, their power will be divided. The power and money in the army cannot be separated, and whether they love money or those who love power, they will definitely be unhappy. What is afraid of threatening the country's affairs is just an excuse, but they cannot let go of the benefits they are."

Zhao Zhen rushed to shake his head: "Hey, Xu Ping, you can't say that. How can you think about the bad things of the three yamen generals? Most of them are still dedicated to national affairs, but the generals don't have much study and limited knowledge, so they are not intentionally obstructed."

Many of the generals of the Third Yamen were related to the royal family, so Zhao Zhen naturally became particularly close to him. He felt that being close to the military generals was the norm for the royal family of the Song Dynasty. If they didn’t say whether they were good or not, they were all their own people. Civil officials were used to do things, and they treated them with courtesy and showed them with sincerity. If they were too close, they would not conform to the principle. Both parties would feel uncomfortable. Xu Ping was very close to Zhao Zhen, but Zhao Zhen would deliberately distance himself from the identity of the civil officials. If he was a military general, he would definitely not be like this. It was common for him to drink and eat together every now and then. Xu Ping said it badly, so he was naturally a little unhappy.

Xu Ping did not argue with Zhao Zhen, but said, "Your Majesty, this is the principle of the right and left. Even according to the laws of the ancestors, the army should be defended by things, and set up systems in everything. Letting the generals not be authoritarian can effectively prevent the army from causing chaos. This is an obvious truth. It is said that setting up the subordinates will make the army unstable, and the subordinates will not let the commanders defend themselves. Isn't this nonsense? As long as you are like the officials of the court, the subordinates should not have such doubts at all."

"But if you divide the power to command the troops, you are afraid that when you go into battle, you will easily miss the opportunity to fight. The ancients said that you would be authoritarian, but this is not unreasonable. If you set up a minister and a lord, you can stabilize the morale of the army, but you are afraid that the army will not be able to fight the war."

Xu Ping said: "The general wants to be dictatorial, which refers to the power to command the army, the power to command, rather than the power to generals in the army. For example, during the Qin and Han dynasties, although the military law was the ruler, the general was illegal, and could still be punished by military law. I have never heard that the army at that time could not fight the war. After all, Your Majesty still believes that the current imperial guards have considerable combat power and cannot miss the national war. Then the empress said that if you look at the war in the future, you will only have the blood of the soldiers to prove that this is right."
Chapter completed!