The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Chapter 87 This is the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty

"They say the Song Dynasty was a beautiful era, but I don't feel it. They should see it for themselves!" Zhao Tong read an online survey in his previous life and asked, 'If you could really travel through time, which era would you like to go back to?'

'As a result, the Song Dynasty ranked first in the world. It is said that at that time, the gdb ranked first in the world. Anyone could become a national civil servant through the imperial examination, get an iron rice bowl, receive state subsidies, marry three wives and four concubines, and become an official.

As a businessman, I am not afraid of trouble from the Disciplinary Inspection Commission and live a happy and leisurely life.

"This may be a paradise for literati and nobles, but it is not a paradise for a soldier or a real soldier, but a hell!" When Zhao Tong really came to this 'beautiful era', he only felt helpless and even sad.

Feel bad for this army.

When he first arrived, he had thought that this was an era when foreign invaders were invading and the nation was in danger. He might be able to command thousands of troops, leap horses and cross spears, and become a hero who will leave his name in history. If his status did not allow him, he would even

He was willing to give up the title of king and become a soldier. However, reality shattered his good wishes. This was not something that could be changed by giving up his identity, but that the current army was basically hopeless.

Speaking of the Song Army, this army is also very famous in Chinese history. He created a record of using civilian officials to lead the army, and set a historical precedent of emphasizing civil service over military force. When it comes to using civil service to govern military affairs, it must be said that it is a good policy.

Even in modern times, most countries in the East and West adopt this system. It is not unadvanced, but things may go from Antarctica to the North Pole.

When Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin founded the country, he launched a series of measures to deal with military generals who were rebellious in the country. First, he adopted the policy of "snatching their power, controlling their money and grain, and collecting their elite soldiers" to eliminate the military power of the military generals who held heavy troops. "A glass of wine releases military power"

It sounds good, but the knife is resting on the neck. Is it okay not to pay? But it also set a precedent for redeeming military power with money, laying the groundwork for the decline of this powerful army.

Then the imperial army was divided into the Guards Horse Army Division and the Guards Infantry Division according to the military branches. The three divisions in front of the palace were collectively called the "Three Divisions".

The three yamen, known as the "Three Commanders", worked hard to check each other, changing the previous system in which one person, the Forbidden Army general, commanded each army; then the Privy Council was established to separate the management of the army from the hands of the prime minister, and gradually formed the Privy Council and the three yamen unified

The new system of military affairs. In this way, the military power was divided into three parts, each with its own responsibilities and mutual restraint, which became a basic national policy of the Song Dynasty.

This system, in the words of the Song Dynasty, is: "The ancestors' method of commanding the army, the army of the world is based on the Privy Council, which has the power to send troops but not the responsibility of holding them; the troops of the capital are always under the three commanders, who have the responsibility to control the troops.

"It is so important that it has no right to send troops." And every time there is an expedition, the emperor will order the commander before the battle, and the commander appointed is often not the general of the three yamen. However, the pros and cons are often symbiotic. Because the rule is too strict and the government has many branches,

Although the threat of a strong army to the central imperial power was eliminated, it resulted in shortcomings such as fragmentation, frequent restraint, lack of coordination, and difficulty in overall planning, which weakened the Song Army's combat effectiveness to a considerable extent.

Another one is to reform the military system. The Song Dynasty implemented the policy of strong cadres and weak branches, and internal and external control. The army of the Song Dynasty was divided into four types: forbidden soldiers, Xiang soldiers, rural soldiers and vassal soldiers. The forbidden soldiers were the central army and the regular army, and were the main force in combat.

Troops were mainly deployed in the capital and important military areas. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Xiang soldiers were local troops in the country's regular army. They were retained by the old and weak. They not only maintained local security but also engaged in such labor. They were said to be local troops, but in fact they were handymen.

.In addition, there are rural soldiers and feudal soldiers, which are militiamen who defend the countryside and belong to the reserve force.

The Forbidden Army was the regular army of the Song Dynasty and the elite of the Song Army. In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the Forbidden Army and to ensure that the most powerful army was in his own hands, Taizu ordered the whole country to select brave and capable soldiers, register them and send them to the capital.

, to supplement the vacancies in the Forbidden Army. At the same time, strong soldiers were selected as soldiers, and they were distributed to various places to recruit soldiers. Later, wooden stiles were used as superior and inferior ones, and they were distributed to various states to select according to the same pattern. This ensured that all the strong soldiers in the Forbidden Army were selected.

The Forbidden Army changes its garrison every two to three years or even half a year, but the generals do not follow suit, which is similar to the current military region commanders.

The purpose of garrisoning is said to be to make soldiers work and rest equally, to know hardships, to know how to fight, to learn mountains and rivers, and to avoid being arrogant and lazy. In fact, it is to separate soldiers and generals, prevent them from forming a deep-rooted pro-Party relationship, and eradicate arrogant generals.

There are internal and external conditions for committing rebellion. However, the separation of soldiers and generals and the replacement of garrison are not conducive to the formation of a concerted fighting team, and its negative impact of weakening combat effectiveness is obvious.

In short, Taizu's series of measures to seize military power and reform the military system effectively ensured the long-term stability of the Song Dynasty's army and completely ended the turmoil of military chaos. The effectiveness is self-evident. However, its negative effects cannot be ignored.

The quality and combat effectiveness of the army were affected by the system and personnel constraints. Another big problem was the so-called ancestral family law that formed the Song Dynasty's suspicion and restraint of military generals. Therefore, in the Northern Song Dynasty, military personnel were given the full name of Daxing to protect themselves, and Taizong

There were few famous generals in the future, and Di Qing, the only one worthy of praise, also died of suspicion.

In the early Song Dynasty, due to constant wars, the army could still get actual combat training and its combat effectiveness was still there. However, with the signing of the "Chanyuan Alliance" with the Liao Kingdom, the opponents disappeared overnight. Although Xixia still fought wars from time to time.

, but most of them are dealt with by the border troops, and the Forbidden Army has basically stopped. Without war, there are no risks, and there is no danger of death in peacetime. The Forbidden Army's treatment is good, so being a soldier has become the first choice for employment.

Some scholars always failed in the Jinshi examination, but they are not in good health when they go to be soldiers. If they can't wield swords and guns, what should they do? If someone with understanding can tell them, then they can take the martial arts examination and become officers! When these people heard the word "toilet", they suddenly opened their eyes.

His martial arts exams don't involve swordsmanship anyway, he only needs to write a paper on the art of war. He is no better than those warriors who were born in the army, so a batch after batch of scholars who are unable to study literature and martial arts and can only talk about war on paper appear in the national defense

, as a result, martial arts became a shortcut for these low-class scholars to get into official positions! Now that the poor people have been resettled, the homeless victims of the famine must also be given a way out, so the army has played another role in maintenance

The role of social 'harmony'.

In ancient times, a famine would inevitably produce a large number of victims. Without food, they could only wander across the state and the government. Even ten or eight people were not afraid, but these people could be hundreds of thousands or millions. Once they were not handled well, disaster relief would not be possible.

In time, it would trigger a civil uprising. In the Song Dynasty, this was not a problem. Once a famine occurred, the first thing the emperor did was not to open warehouses to release grain, but to put up recruiting flags and send all the young men to the army to eat official meals.

. In this way, we not only replenish the military strength but also appease the victims, nothing is delayed, and everyone is happy, so why not do it!

Big-headed soldiers are more about supporting their families. The treatment here is good, as long as you are tall and strong, and there is no strict age limit for retirement. As long as you do well and don't go to the northwest for "exercise", your grandchildren can be raised.

, as a result, there were so many bearded soldiers in the Forbidden Army that it was impossible for three generations of a family to serve as soldiers in the same squad.

A hundred years of peace brought about economic prosperity. By this dynasty, the Song Dynasty was now an era where no officials were involved and everyone participated in economic construction. The imperial army was often stationed in big cities. Where could they sit still?

Concentrating on competing with swords, guns and sticks, he also rushed into the business world. Wearing this skin, you can also have many conveniences. Who dares to trouble the government officials and tax collectors? I have never heard of anyone in the past dynasties who can win a lawsuit with "Qiu Ba".

The officers opened a big restaurant, and the soldiers opened a grocery store; the officers dared to seize farmland and open farms, and the soldiers dared to plant a small vegetable garden on the roadside; the soldiers relied on themselves and their families to run the business, and the officers directly sent soldiers to work. Soon.

"Military enterprises" are spread all over the country, and soldiers appear in various industries. When you see people wearing military decorations and building houses, don't think that they are engaged in "military-local joint construction". They must be military camp contracting teams. There are officers in and out of brothels.

It’s not necessarily that he is looking for a lady in a brothel, it’s very possible that he is the boss.

As time goes on, the officers are too lazy to work hard, and the soldiers are all doing business. I am not jealous if you make money, and I don’t need to let you do some work, and you don’t need the military salary. In this way,

Some soldiers were unhappy. If you deducted my military pay, why should I be a soldier? They turned around and left without saying goodbye. At first, the officers did not settle the matter and even sent people to chase and arrest them. Then I thought, you can run away.

It's better if you all run away. I'll put your name on the roster, and I'll sign for you to receive your military pay.

As a result, the wind got stronger and stronger, and he became more and more daring to become an official. Tong Guan sent troops to collect military pay and materials and moved directly to his home. Defense Minister Gao Qiu sold all the military camps and engaged in real estate development. Those who had no ability and

They also found a way out for the soldiers who didn't dare to run away. They were given jobs at home as small as guarding, sweeping floors and emptying toilets, as big as gardening and building mansions, and they were directly assigned to do them without any money or food.

"Alas, this is the army of our great Song Dynasty!" Zhao Tong sighed after reading the top-secret military intelligence that Huang Jingchen collected for him. He shook his head and smiled bitterly. He originally thought that they were buried in the history books, but he didn't expect it.

The reality was even crueler, and he immediately gave up the idea of ​​transforming the old army.

Zhao Tong had planned in advance to bypass the rule that "the clan cannot lead troops" and control and transform an army by buying agents. Now he knows that this road is dead. He is worried that even if he puts millions of his family's wealth into it, he may be in trouble.

There is no way to fill the bellies of these people, and in the end I am busy in vain.

"Is it possible to build a new type of armed force, adopt modern training methods, and use modern firearms to fight, so that only one elite soldier can change the pattern of war? After all, there is precedent. The 'Eight-Nation Allied Forces' relied on muskets and cannons.

It only took a mere two thousand men to fight all the way to Beijing and occupy the capital of a country." When Zhao Tong found that the door was blocked, he had to find a way to jump out of the window.