Chapter 433 Military Reform
At this time, the Jurchen tribes rushed north and began their ten-year campaign to merge and unify the Jurchen tribes. During the ten-year war, they continued to accumulate confidence in victory. Ten years later, they had a huge army comparable to the Liao Kingdom before they began to fight head-on with the Liao Kingdom. In this way, the history of the Jin people returned to their original trajectory.
In February, the Liao people received news that the Linhai Army was lost, and the government and the country were shocked. In this era, the only country of Song was sold for firearms. They immediately sent envoys to question the Song State. Under the trust of the Liao minister, this envoy set off from Liao State to Beijing in early February... Unlike the historical trajectory, he did not cross the Yellow River near Zhending Prefecture, but went directly to Tianjin and hired a sea boat from local merchants to go to Dengzhou. After meeting the officials of the Beiyang Affairs Bureau, the officials of the Beiyang Affairs Bureau led the way to the capital.
In February, the former officers of the Iron Cavalry Army were sent to Guangzhou and began to learn cavalry tactics in the school. At the same time, a large number of Iron Cavalry Army were transferred to the Huqiu Mountain area. They equipped new war horses and began to use actual bandit suppression as training in the mountains to conduct comprehensive dress-up changes.
Strangely, the new war horses that Zhao Xing equipped them with were not the Danluo horses they expected, but these war horses were not bad, and they were all marked by the Liao army and horses. Some soldiers once wondered why Zhao Xing had such a large number of Liao war horses in his hands, but then he felt relieved: Zhao Xing was the initiator of Liao trade, and it was not surprising that he could get a large number of military horses from the Liao people.
After the doubts disappeared, the Iron Cavalry soldiers couldn't help but mutter: "Ha, the poor people of Liao have already started selling military horses."
The Liao Dynasty's military horses were indeed good, hard-working, and able to gallop in the mountains for several hours, which made the Iron Cavalry Army look like a tiger's wing. At the end of February, the Iron Cavalry Army successfully completed the task of suppressing bandits and began to return to Hangzhou to carry out the final reorganization.
When they arrived at the border of Hangzhou, a new order was brought down, and the Iron Cavalry, a total of 30,000 people, would be reduced to 15,000, and the remaining soldiers would be paid triple. But at the same time, in order to reduce the cost, the new order required the Iron Cavalry to cancel the horse armor and completely disguise it as a light cavalry.
Later, after changing clothes, the subway cavalry was transferred back to Hangzhou in a surprise and uncertainty. The laid-off Iron Cavalry soldiers were allocated fifty acres of land each locally, thirty cents of money to settle the family, and the war horses eliminated from the army were used as farming horses. Immediately, the Iron Cavalry was redundant and cheered for the cut.
The Chinese people's requirements are very simple. Although fifty acres of land are not large, there are farming horses and settlement expenses. Letting them live a middle-class family life in the mountains is also the goal they hope to achieve for life.
But they didn't know that the remaining iron cavalry soldiers raised their wages while marching. When they entered Hangzhou, their salary had increased to ten cents a month. The condition was that they needed to hire two servants to be responsible for logistics support... Then, the last army controlled by the royal family completely became "Zhao Xinghua".
With the entry of the Iron Cavalry and the local governments, the Nanyang Affairs Bureau issued new laws and regulations in succession. As a result, the first year of Xuanhe became a "Year of Law" that future generations talked about. Because during this year, new laws and regulations were flying all over the sky, the court used the speed of one new law per month to redefine the "ancestor rules", while Zhao Xing's Nanyang Affairs Bureau used the speed of ten laws per month to issue regulations.
In that month, the court used the form of law to affirm the political achievements before the Song Dynasty and formally defined the rural and elderly political system under the "Lantian Convention". As a result, the Song Dynasty transferred the administrative units at the first-level township level to the people's autonomy.
In addition to the most basic administrative units, major changes have also occurred in the upper levels of the court, imitating Zhao Xing's Nanyang Yamen official documents process. The Song Dynasty Zhengtang promulgated the deliberation law, which clearly stipulated the deliberation process for imperial affairs, that is, the Political Affairs Hall makes a "paste yellow (handling opinions)" based on the opinions of each department, and the government can only exercise its veto power over the posting yellow. If the opinions of the Political Affairs Hall are rejected three times without changing, the government must agree.
At the same time, in order to help the emperor handle huge official affairs, the scholars and officials decided to hand over the ministry province to be directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor. This is equivalent to the modern secretarial system and will be directly appointed and managed by the emperor. Subsequently, Song Huizong announced that the "Minister of the Ministry" could directly participate in the ruling meeting to discuss state affairs. As a result, the Song Dynasty transitioned from coexistence of "left and left ministers" to "three ministers jointly established"...
The literati were busy streamlining the political system and increasing the "literati and official governance" elements. Zhao Xing was busy rectifying business rules. He published dozens of laws that month. The first one was issued was the "Industry Regulations". Under this local method order similar to modern commercial law, Zhao Xing established the method of the chamber of commerce to assist the government in managing business operations, and ordered all chambers of commerce to issue various industry standards and self-discipline regulations before the end of the year.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Xing promulgated the "Paper Banknote Law", which determined the banknote issuance rights and bank reserve system in legal form, and the court immediately issued the "Paper Banknote Law" as a response... As a result, the Song Dynasty moved towards the paper banknote era.
In the early days of paper banknotes, gold and silver coins were parallel to paper banknotes. Then, the number of precious metal coins gradually decreased. Finally, the market became the dominant world of paper banknotes.
The Nanyang Yamen then introduced the Bond Law, which is a supplement to the Coin Law. The law stipulates that the court has no right to decide the issuance of paper currency land, and the amount of reserves issued by the bank is determined by the issuance of paper currency. If the court has temporary financial difficulties, it can only borrow money from the people - such debts made in the name of the state are called "national debts". Since it is called debts, it must of course pay interest to the people.
Next were issued the "Changyi Law (Trade Law, also known as the Contract Law), as well as the "Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break-Break
These laws made officials of the Song Dynasty dizzy. Fortunately, these laws were established based on the rules that existed in the Song Dynasty in the past, and were tried in Guangnan for many years. Its main purpose was to rectify and regulate the commercial economy. Therefore, the officials of the Song Dynasty began to gradually learn and adapt after the initial chaotic situation, but then, Zhao Xing's actions made them increasingly unable to understand.
Zhao Xing then carried out military reform. He swung away with one sword, and the "Southeast Financial and Talismanship Land" cut off 600,000 wing soldiers and civilian armed forces. During this period of rebellion, he left only 500 mobile troops in each route. At that time, the southeast region was responsible for more than 70% of the imperial court's financial resources. Originally, three troops were stationed in the Imperial Army and 730,000 wing soldiers. Zhao Xing's sword made the only few new forces he formed in the territory.
However, after the major disarmament, it was a major expansion. Zhao Xing announced the establishment of the General Staff Headquarters under the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, which is equivalent to the Privy Council of the imperial court. It has the power to allocate and command the army. As soon as the General Staff Headquarters was established, it announced the expansion of the army and proposed that the Nanyang Affairs Bureau must have the ability to fight two wars at the same time. To this end, at least one deterrent fleet on patroling each ocean surface, and a reserve fleet sufficient to guard against other countries should be retained in the port. According to this claim, the Nanyang Yamen fleet must be expanded to at least eight more units to make it have at least eleven conventional fleets.
In the Army, the General Staff Headquarters also proposed that the reorganization of the New Army must be increased. The Nanyang Yamen must maintain a strong force overseas, and a mobile force must be preserved within the country. For this reason, the new army is 200,000. This is the local slogan proposed by the General Staff Headquarters.
In March, Zhao Xing announced his visit to various counties. He began to patrol the countryside with the title of "Inspector-Inspector". At the same time, the General Staff Headquarters began to gather in Hangzhou from various places. The Xiuzhou Naval Wharf also began to expand rapidly, preparing to deal with the upcoming naval expansion.
In the same month, the Privy Council ordered the gradual dispatch of 1.5 million troops from all over the country to transfer to the Nanyang Affairs Bureau for screening. While cutting redundancy, selecting elite troops to form new troops. Relying on the huge amount of wealth plundered by Zhao Xing overseas, the huge army of the Song Dynasty shrank by nearly half, and the imperial court's expenditure was greatly reduced, and the cuts quickly eased the tension in the labor force in the southeast.
Of course, in this turmoil, the court did not forget to mix sand in the Nanyang Yamen in Zhaoxing. In the same month, the court ordered the dispatch of literate generals from all over the country to enter the Nanyang Yamen General Staff Headquarters, to take internships and learn the management and command of the new army...
In mid-March, Chen Buting, commander of the Tanzhou Cavalry and Infantry Army on Jinghu North Road, shaking all the way to the Hangzhou Canal Wharf.
It was noon when people were rushing to ship the ship; thousands of boats on the river were still waiting to shore. Chen Buting shook his folding fan, posing like a literati and elegant man, shaking his head and chanting: "The southeast is beautiful, the capital of Jiangwu, Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times. The smoke and willows painted bridges, the wind curtains and green curtains. The 100,000 houses are uneven. The clouds and trees surround the embankment and sand, the raging waves roll frost and snow. The natural barriers are endless. The city is full of pearls and gems, and the houses are full of silk and silk, which is luxurious.
There are three autumn osmanthus, ten miles of lotus flowers, Qiangguan is sunny, and the diamond songs are flying in the night, fishing for the old lotus, and thousands of riders are celebrating high teeth. Listen to the flute and drum, and chant and enjoy the mist. The pictures of the future will bring good scenery, and return to the Fengchi to praise... What a good place! I said, nephew, come ashore later and ask carefully where is the most famous trellis in Hangzhou? Grandpa, I want to see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day."
Chen Buting's nephew Chen Fang nodded and agreed. The reason why he appeared beside Chen Buting was because the Nanyang Yamen required the officers to serve as logistics service personnel - Zhao Xing used a Song Dynasty lyric called "people around him". The officers who were equipped with "people around him" could report to the Yamen. Then, the "people around him" enjoyed an official status, but had no salary or benefits from officials.
This is a good thing. It is better to give your relatives than to be cheaper than others. Therefore, the Nanyang Affairs Bureau is popular with the "one person becomes an official and a chicken and a dog to rise to heaven", and relatives and friends come to serve you.
Chen Fang was respectful to his uncle Chen Buting. He turned around and changed his face to the boat around the boat, shouting: "You are blind, don't you see this is the official boat? The official boat dares to squeeze, and there is no king's law? Get out of here, grandpa, I have military affairs, and it's delayed, you can't afford to offend."
The boat he squeezed next to him was not easy to mess with. The strong man on the boat jumped and fought back: "Don't say you are an official boat. Grandpa, am I not an official boat? The boat is on the board of Zhangzhou, the commander of Fujian Road, Zhangzhou, sixth rank. You are a man who is a waterlogged, why don't you make a clear way quickly?"
When Chen Buting heard this, he immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "The chief of Zhangzhou on Fujian Road? Opposite is Sun and Brother. Brother I am Chen Buting from Jinghu Tanzhou. We have met in Yichang. Brother Sun is also the one who should be selected in the General Staff Headquarters, right?"
A voice next to him interrupted: "Two little sixth-rank officials dared to yell and give way on the river, and the official ship dared to be arrogant. The largest official in Hangzhou is the first-rank official. Grandpa, I am a third-rank official, so why not wait patiently?"
Chen Buting and Sun He immediately extinguished their anger. They looked at each other's boat and found that there was a civil servant on the other boat. The two of them were even more depressed and hid aside without saying a word.
After a while, the two ships leaned together. Sun He secretly jumped onto Chen Buting's ship and smiled and greeted: "Brother Chen, why are your Jinghu officials also going to the General Staff Headquarters?"
Chen Buting shook his eyebrows and replied: "Brother, I have the recommendation of Xie Ying Lao. After being officially transferred by the Privy Council, I can enter the General Staff Headquarters to be elected... I heard that the General Staff Headquarters has dispatched personnel this time, and some of them are just going to do training. Brother Sun is an official from the Nanyang Headquarters. I wonder if he will be a training officer or a dispatch officer this time?"
Sun He also frowned and replied: "Brother Chen has passed the order of the Privy Council - that must be an dispatch officer. The brother is not talented, so he has only got a training officer. He plans to learn the training method of the new army with the officials of the General Staff Headquarters and observe the training of the new army by the way."
Chen Buting blinked and immediately asked: "Brother, you are from the Nanyang Yamen. You must know who the most outstanding courtesan in Hangzhou is? Where is the most famous tramp? I am not talented. This time I came to Hangzhou, but I brought all my wealth with me, just waiting to see all the flowers and plants in Hangzhou."
Sun He whispered: "You must not be arrogant. I heard that the outstanding trellis in Hangzhou have the "Pinghuo (shares)" of the Grand Master. Now there are rampant places, and they are all fierce people like Qin Guan and Qin talented men. If I go, I should be low-key and low-key...
Haha, Brother Chen also brought all his wealth, just in time. Brother, I heard that the General Staff Headquarters has a good salary, so this time I came to Hangzhou, I don’t plan to live anymore. I took all the savings from the past with me and planned to spend it clean. In the future, I will rely on the General Staff Headquarters to pay a salary to live.
Well, I heard that the navy is rich in fuel. If I can get the position of a captain and drive a small cannon boat out, I will earn at least 10,000 yuan for a private goods trip. During my training, I planned to enter the navy with my brother Chen's surname Chen. My brother Chen was also by Xie Ying's side. I wonder if I have a relative relationship with Chen Governor Chen (Chen Buqun) of the Navy. Will Xie Ying's recommendation work?"
Chapter completed!