After drinking a few glasses of wine, Du Zhongxiao said to Yao Shouxin and Shisanlang: "I'm afraid you will also participate in this reform of the Three Yamen. In the future, the Three Yamen will inevitably have a cannon corps. This is undoubtedly the most suitable person, naturally, is Taiwei Yao."
Yao Shouxin said: "It's good for me to be an instructor in the military academy and teach people. Why bother with the cannon manager?"
Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "There is no way. Now the person who knows the most familiar cannon in the world is you. If you don't care about the cannon, who is more suitable? The emperor has said this several times, but the war with the Khitan has not ended, and everything is just suspended."
Shisanlang said: "Master Yao goes to take charge of the fire department, what am I going to do?"
Du Zhongxiao said, "I don't know what you do, and the emperor did not mention it. In my opinion, you are also very good in the military academy, so why do you have to go to the front line? In the future, the instructors in the military academy will be promoted, and high officials will have a generous salary. Wouldn't you be happy?"
Shisanlang shook his head: "I just teach people in the military academy. If I don't have military merits, I will always be looked down upon."
Several people laughed at each other. Han Qi said, "You will teach the generals on the front line in the future, but they are not majestic. In the future, the cavalry will only be subordinates of infantry, not like before. Even if you go to the front line to lead the troops and become the commander, why do you need to go?"
Shisanlang said: "Is cavalry so ineffective? In my opinion, cavalry is still very important in the future when fighting wars."
Han Qi said: "Although cavalry is important, it can only be subordinates, but not the main force of the first army, and cannot be the commander. Just tell me, is it better to go out to lead troops than to be an instructor in a military academy? In a military academy, it is easy to ignore everything."
Shisanlang shook his head, obviously a little disappointed. He was born with divine power and when he was training in Suizhou, he was always proud of his ability to be a cavalry commander. Now, listening to what Han Qi said, the cavalry is just an auxiliary to the infantry, so he is inevitably disappointed.
Du Zhongxiao said: "Because the commander in the future was promoted from the commander of the first army, and most of them were infantry commanders above the battalion. Unless it was special, such as the cavalry army affiliated to the commander's office, there was no cavalry commander. In fact, it was not only cavalry, but also artillery. To be more accurate, it was not that the chief officers of cavalry and artillery could not be the commander, but that they had reached a certain level and had to be the commander of the first army before they could be the commander."
Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao smiled: "Actually, Xu is often troubled by Yingtianxiang Army now. Yingtianxiang Army is different. It is originally a single army. Most officers at all levels stand out in training, not promotion normally. This will not be the case in the future. Cavalry and artillery, from soldiers to generals, have higher requirements than infantry. As long as they are willing to learn and change to commanders, they have greater opportunities than infantry."
Shisanlang nodded: "This is almost the same. But I am the Yingtianxiangjun, and I am afraid I will not have a chance in the future."
Du Zhongxiao raised his glass and said, "Drink one. No one can explain these things clearly."
After all, Shisanlang's biggest problem is that he was brought out by Du Zhongxiao. At this time, it is not suitable to lead troops. Forcibly leading troops will cause suspicion. It is better to keep wealth in the military academy. With Du Zhongxiao here, his future will not be a problem. When the emperor takes control of military power in the future, it will be nothing to use him, but it is not at this time.
A few people talked a few words, and the topic returned to the military reform.
Han Qi said: "The Privy Council of the imperial court and the three yamen are divided into military orders and military affairs. I can understand that one yamen cannot take charge of military power. The Taiwei in the army must be divided into each army, which is roughly neat, but for some reason. There are all kinds of situations during combat, and a single army of 50,000 people is not suitable at all times."
Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "One army of 50,000 people is of course not suitable. For a big country like Dangxiang and Khitan, a one army of 50,000 people is basically in reality. Many small forces cannot use so many people to fight, how is it suitable?"
Han Qi said: "But now the entire army is reorganized, and the emperor will make such arrangements based on the 50,000 troops in one army."
"Because now, the purpose of training is to fight against the Khitan in a few years, so training is much simpler. To be precise, the first army is actually a whole journey, and no matter how many people there are, the commander cannot command it. The 50,000 troops in the first army are calculated based on the largest scale. In fact, when the war is really done, there is no difference between the first army of ten thousand people or thirty or 50,000 people."
Bao Zheng heard this and asked, "But when he was on Hequ Road, he was trained by 50,000 troops in the army."
Du Zhongxiao said: "The same thing, at that time, the opponents of Hequ Road were the Khitan and Dangxiang, and they were all arranged according to the maximum number. To be correct, the army was not organized, but the commander of the whole line, with various yamen under it and equipped with various yamen. After the restructuring was completed, the army and the division directly faced the Privy Council, but did not return to the Third Yamen. The military advisors were under the regiment or camp to return to the Third Yamen, and they had to discuss again."
Han Qi and Bao Zheng looked at each other, but still couldn't understand what it meant. They couldn't help but shake their heads, thinking it was too complicated. The tradition of the imperial guards was class system, and all power was subordinated to the commanders, one level was suppressed by one level. Han Qi and Bao Zheng were used to this structure. Although Du Zhongxiao had mentioned the difference after the training, they still couldn't think of it. In the past, when they were on Hequ Road, there were 50,000 troops in one army. Since the Privy Council and the Third Yamen were not reorganized, they did not see the difference from the past, but there were more generals in the army.
Looking at the expressions of the two, Du Zhongxiao said: "Military orders belong to the Privy Council, and military and political orders belong to the Third Yamen. Although it is clear, many times, what matters are military orders and what matters are military and political orders, but they cannot be distinguished. In some cases, if the division between military orders and military and political orders is too clear, it will cause disputes between the yamen. Therefore, in the army, there must be a distinction. That is, a certain organization is the basic level of the army. At this level, every day is all military and political affairs, belong to the Third Yamen.
At the level above, there are obvious command characteristics, and it can also be called commander. The above level, daily affairs are only one of the yamen, and many of them are specialized in combat. The three yamen only manage the daily government affairs, and the rest belong to the Privy Council. During the war, the lower army will be included in these command levels, and at this time, it is time to listen to the military orders of the Privy Council. In normal times, daily affairs are managed by the Three yamen, and the Privy Council does not interfere. In this way, you should understand?"
Han Qi said: "In this way, it's like military advisors. They don't care about their basic army?"
Du Zhongxiao said: "It cannot be said that they don't care. They don't have a yamen under them who are in charge of daily affairs? The military advisor level in the army, facing the Privy Council, there are also common officials below, corresponding to the three yamen."
After hearing this, Han Qi shook his head: "It's so complicated. The army should enforce orders, and everything should be simple."
Zhao Zi said: "My husband, many things in the army are now never simple. If you want to manage well, you must have dedicated people in everything and take responsibility for it. The chief officer takes charge of the overall situation and does not take care of everything. There are 50,000 people in one army, and I don't know how many daily affairs, so where can I manage it?"
Bao Zheng said: "I roughly know the meaning of the Taiwei. However, is the purpose of doing this to better manage the military or to make military power?"
Du Zhongxiao said: "There are both. Now the general affairs of the army are the trusted officials or officials in charge of the military. The court does not know. In a war, the court only knows that so much money has been spent, but not how it is spent. Only knows that there are so many people fighting, but not what everyone is doing. It will be different in the future. Every money allocated by the court has a clear purpose. The court also knows clearly what everyone is doing. To do this, a large number of officers must be needed, and a unified management yamen."
This is what Du Zhongxiao repeatedly mentioned when he was training camp Tianxiangjun. The army should be professional. The soldiers have the responsibilities of soldiers, the responsibilities of generals, and the officers have the responsibilities of officers. Use the system to connect all of this and become a whole. The so-called training requires such a system to make generals and officers understand their responsibilities.
In the past few years, the army on Hequ Road did not meet the requirements because the Privy Council and the Third Order did not reform. The army of 50,000 people, and because the generals had not been replaced for many years, there was a trend of gradually changing to the previous commanding and commanding officers. This time, the reform from the uppermost Privy Council and the Third Order, will be started, and the entire army below will form a system according to the new requirements.
Chapter completed!