What is power? Those who manage money at home are in power, those who manage promotion in the yamen are in power, so what in the military? Those who control your food, drink, defecation, what you do every day, what you live in power, and those who manage promotion are in power, and the most important power is to determine what you want to do and how to do it. The power of personnel is not in the management department, and the management of personnel only has the power to advise and part of the power to supervise. Xu Ping wants to hand it over to the court, only the power of military affairs and military orders.

Zhao Zhen sighed, and he naturally knew what Li Zhang was saying. Xu Ping had already explained it clearly in the secret memorial to him. He also knew why Xu Ping did this. What is the use of trusting Xu Ping by one person? Even if this person is the emperor. As Xu Ping integrated military and political affairs and military orders when training the army, there must be a lot of suspicion. The emperor is the emperor, but the world is not the emperor alone. Tian’s son is not Tian after all, and Zhao Zhen cannot fully control Xu Ping’s fate. Now Qin Fenglu has won consecutive battles and stands out among all the roads, so everything is easy to say. Once the war is not so smooth, or when the war eases one day, Xu Ping’s actions are the target. At that time, the court officials will use Xu Ping as the current situation when they want to cut off local military power. Zhao Zhen will still be the same in the face of other powerful ministers.

Li Zhang crossed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I am returning to the capital this time to hand over Qin Fenglu's military power back to the court. But to complete this matter, I must first need to clear what military power is, and how to hand over this military power. In the past, whether it is the court officials or the generals in the army, they all said that they should be dictatorial. Only dictatorial power can deal with wars and not miss opportunities. However, no one has clearly stated what power is dictatorial power. If you have to give enough money and food, you should not ask how the generals spend the court. It is best to give them financial power. The military is strict with the law, and every move must be in line with the class. The commander of the army can determine the life and death of his subordinates in one's mind, and give them the power of governance in the army. Now, there is no longer a military supervisor or a formation map to be given to them in battles. The strategy said that the power in the army is nothing more than military affairs, military orders, money and grain, and employment. Now

Except for the power to employ people, everything is in the General Secretary. The military power of the general minister is too heavy. The general secretary must hand over to the court, one is money and grain. I hope that from now on, the transfer envoy will have his own responsibilities. As long as the military acts in the army and ensure sufficient food and sufficient soldiers, they can act independently and no longer have to be subject to military orders of the General Secretary, and they can report to the Shufu. The second is the power of military affairs. The Shufu will compile military regulations and act according to the rules in daily life. The General Secretary and the officers of all levels of military command can only act cheaply in this regulation, but not beyond the regulations. Ensure implementation, the military law will no longer belong to the General Secretary. The court will send military law officials directly to the Privy Council. The officers of military law will be judged according to the regulations, and the General Secretary and the officers of all levels of military command will no longer make decisions. The generals and soldiers of the army are dissatisfied with the decision of military commands and have to submit their memorials according to the regulations. The most important thing is the power of military commands."

After pausing, Li Zhang continued: "This dynasty's Shufu is in charge of military orders, but when the war in the northwest begins, the power of military orders has to be handed over to the generals in the front. The power is handed over to the generals, but it still fails one after another. Why? It is because the key to the military order is not issued by whom, but it is necessary to have some evidence to make the combat army truly have a basis. What I said in the meeting hall today is actually to give out the military orders and explain the matters to the court clearly. The Shufu has to give up this power, because there is no evidence to follow the general's memorials before, and there is no basis in the mind of how to fight in the front. Qin Fenglu still handed over the power of military orders back to the Shufu. The most important thing is to report the affairs of the military and the front-line wars. The ministers of the Shufu can make a decision based on this."

Zhao Zhen nodded and waved his hand and said, "Okay, I understand. Don't talk about other details. I will talk about listening to you later with all your ministers and the generals of the Third Yamen Army. Alas, this matter is the most difficult. Xu Ping is willing to hand over the power to the court. He can hand over the power and do things well, but the other generals are afraid it will be difficult."

Li Zhang said: "The General once said that money, grain, employment, and military and political power are actually not difficult. Just make up regulations in the army. Only when the power of military orders is handed over to the Shufu, there are many difficulties. The war ahead changes rapidly, and it is indeed impossible to wait for the Shufu decision in everything, so the generals must have the right to deal with it on the occasion. In this way, there will be a difference between the Shufu, which level belongs to the generals, and which level belongs to the main generals. If you want to be organized, it is very difficult. What the Manager needs is that the Shufu decides where to fight in this battle and where to guard in this battle. If you decide, it will not be easy to change. As for how to arrange troops and marching at that time, it is decided by the generals on the front line. When the Shufu feels necessary, what power can be granted to the generals temporarily."

These words were taught to Li Zhang by Xu Ping. When he came back, he practiced for a long time and finally could memorize them. To put it simply, Xu Ping hoped that the strategic decision-making power would be handed over to the Privy Council, and the front-line generals only retained the right to decide the battle. However, this matter is easy to say, but extremely difficult to do, and it must be explored bit by bit in practice.

It was something that Xu Ping had been thinking about for a long time to ask Li Zhang to return to Beijing and hand over the military power. If he did not hand over the power, he would hold a hundred thousand troops and really defeat Yuan Hao in the face, which would definitely cause suspicion in the court. At this time, Zhao Zhen was useless to protect him. Especially since he had always wanted to change the military and political power of the Third Yaya, when the generals of the Third Yaya would inevitably attack, and his status would be in danger.

Only by handing over the power back to the court will the court be assured that Xu Ping will lead a 100,000 army, and even more troops to fight Dangxiang. If this power is not returned, even if Xu Ping is recalled to the court and faces military failure, the court will still be uneasy. At that time, I am afraid that I would rather tolerate Yuan Hao than dismiss Xu Ping, who has a heavy army, would be dismissed first.

The transfer of power is not to say that I listen to the court, but to form a series of systems and regulations, and to use systems to ensure that the front-line generals cannot be authoritarian from now on. As long as this system is under this system, no matter what the front-line generals think, they will not threaten the court. To form a complete system and use systems to ensure everything, we can escape the pattern of decentralization and suspicion in everything.

This system was formed just like the military reform carried out by Xu Ping. First seized the power of commanding soldiers and officers, then seized the power of generals, and used the system to transfer these powers from people to various yamen. The Shufu commands the military orders, and used the system to ensure that the military orders they made were correct. As long as the entire yamen was not all idiots and arrogant fools, the military orders issued would not be outrageous. From then on, military affairs, whether they were military affairs, military orders, money, grain, or employment, were all in the system, rather than belonging to a certain person. If you do this position, you would have the power stipulated by this system. If you change the position, you would have another power.

The Song Dynasty was an era when the system was complex and the official documents were cumbersome. The officials in the court were not unfamiliar with this one, but the army became an exception due to historical reasons. Now Xu Ping wanted to re-implement this one into the army, and it was not unruly to follow. China's history was long enough that almost everything could be found. During the Qin and Han dynasties, the military system was in every detail, almost all of which were written. At that time, no matter whether it was civil or military positions in the army, it was a basic requirement for being able to write official documents, and everything he had to be expressed in official documents. Now many commanders in the army were illiterate and even took pride in illiteracy, which was originally unconventional. Official documents were a physical system, which ensured the seriousness of official documents and ensured the effectiveness of the system. The mountains of literature and the sea of ​​contents were not harmful, but only meaningless literary and sea of ​​contents were harmful. In other words, there was no harm in more, and only meaningless, redundant, can be harmful.
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