Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

At dinner that night, Yu Liang was invited to sit at the same table with the commander, and there was still wine!

After drinking for three rounds, the commander asked Yu Liang how many people he could find. Yu Liang couldn't answer, so he asked some questions about going to battle, but the commander couldn't answer either.

The commander said: "We don't care about fighting."

Yu Liang wondered: "The imperial conscripts are not for war, why?"

The commander said: "Brother Yu is new here, so I don't know anything about it. Mr. Cao set up the "Five Armies Governor's Mansion" by order. There are five armies: the dispatch army, the command army, the money grain army, the Jiaxie army, and the report army. We are the command army. Now we only care about recruiting people and don't care about fighting."

Yu Liang was a little confused, and murmured: "So that's how it is..."

The Commander said: "There are three levels of the Commander's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the one in the capital is the Governor's Mansion; ten to fifteen prefectures are set up as provinces, and there is a Commander's Division, and the prefecture and government have Commander's Division. We are the Commander's Division of Kaifeng Mansion, and now there is only the Commanding Army Division. The yamen is in the city, and we will move there after the repairs are made."

The commander laughed and said, "Brother Yu said earlier that he doesn't know martial arts, but to tell you the truth, my general's martial arts are also very sparse, but he can only read and write. Anyway, the generals of our command army don't fight wars."

Yu Liang thought, it's no wonder this brother is so easy to talk to, he turned out to be someone who specially pulls people, so he said politely: "Where is it, the general is too modest."

The commander laughed and said, "It's really desolate!" He seemed to have seen through Yu Liang's mind, and said, "But, we will still deal with each other in the future. The people in the dispatching army want to gather troops to fight, so let us get them all together; during training, the dispatching army sends people to teach, and we are the ones who take care of the brothers."

Yu Liang frowned and said, "The person who brought us into battle doesn't know him?"

The commander pondered: "You must know who the name is. If you don't know it well, it's fine. But the people below the deputy commander don't belong to the same family; whoever is at the top is not familiar, and the deputy commander, the head of the army, and the ten generals are all brothers who have known each other for a long time... You don't care who the boss is, it's all the officials of the reporting army who come to pass the military orders. The military orders with more than a hundred people are all in charge of the reporting army. You can go wherever you are told, and fight as you are told to fight."

"That's true." Yu Liang agreed, since he didn't understand soldiers anyway.

The commander picked up the wine bowl, his face was already red from drinking, but he still spoke clearly, "There are some things that I need to clarify with Brother Yu, so you have a plan when you recruit people."

Yu Liang hurriedly cupped his fists and said, "I hope the general will inform you."

The commander said: "There is no military salary, and the soldiers below the deputy commander have no military salary."

Yu Liang: "..."

"If there is military pay, the imperial court can directly expand the forbidden army. Why bother?" The commander glanced at him: "It's not without benefits. As long as you are registered, you don't need corvee, and the whole family doesn't need to be corvee, so you don't have to suffer. Take a step back, even if someone pays someone to replace the corvee, it still has to spend money, right?"

Yu Liang frowned and said, "That's true."

He thought to himself: I'm not trying to save that little money, besides, I'm a student, so I don't have to do corvee.

The command envoy said: "Usually when we gather for training, the government pays for food and clothing. After the training is over, more or less food, cloth, salt, etc. will be distributed and brought home. Anyway, when you are not training, you should farm the land, do the craftsman's work, and study, so there is no delay...

What if there is a war? This is the big head! Before the troops are transferred, they will be given some settling allowances, and they will be rewarded according to their rank of military merit. The money and grain army will be paid directly for any merits.

Dead and disabled, there is a pension, and the money from the emperor's treasury will be paid. If there is no money in the internal treasury, the emperor will use the 'official land' fertile land to pay for it.

Those who are poor and afraid, as long as they are willing to give up their lives, doing this is a business that guarantees no loss. "

Yu Liang was stunned.

The Commander said kindly again: "Brother Yu is different from ordinary soldiers, you have a bigger future. Work hard, if you do meritorious service, if you ask whether you want money or an officer, you want an officer. Once you break through the rank of Deputy Commander, you will really eat the emperor's food for the rest of your life!"

If you pass the "systematic department" at the Ministry of Rites, you will be transferred to a civil servant, and if you fail the exam, you will stay with the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. It doesn't matter which army you go to, they are all generals who receive salaries. People like this general who command the army don't need to fight, they just manage people. What's the difference between them and officials? "

Yu Liang nodded vigorously after listening, this is what he wants, the way to make progress!

...

It's already night in Jiangning Mansion, the autumn rain is pattering on the long street, and the light of the lanterns has also become hazy, creating a feeling of coldness.

In the Xingyuan of the "Five Armies Governor's Mansion", Cao Bin was still watching the dossier under the lamp.

He looked tired and hadn't slept well for many days.

A young man brought tea and said in a low voice, "Ah Lang will take a rest."

"Hmph." Cao Bin didn't answer.

Although most of the township army did not pay their salaries, Cao Bin roughly calculated that the emperor had paid for it. If it is smashed, most of the emperor's internal treasury will be smashed in it, can he spare himself?

However, Cao Bin also found that this is a huge opportunity. Because the matter is of great importance, if it is done successfully, as the first helm of the "Five Armies Governor's Mansion", I am afraid that he will be more honorable than the Tang Dynasty "going out of the general and entering the prime minister".

The matter is of great importance, not just as simple as setting up a military mansion and a Jiangnan camp.

Under the lamp, Cao Bin pondered over the chapters and articles of the "Military Order" of the Privy Council. This is a grand strategy at the national policy level.

Not only is it a matter of forming 100,000 soldiers, but the 100,000 troops are only the first batch. The meaning of the Privy Council is to expand the source of troops on a large scale and implement a three-tier strategy to tap the potential of war.

The first level is the registered township army. Soldiers with military status can be recruited directly to fight in the army.

The second level is the soldiers who have been deregistered. After three years of registration, some people will go to the military and return to civilian registration. But they have been in the army and fought wars, and they can be used when they are gathered. As long as the court has money, it can pay the army and recruit soldiers to form an army when it lacks troops.

The third layer, unregistered soldiers. The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies will organize and train men over the age of sixteen from all over the country one after another, so that they know how to use simple weapons, understand military law, and have experience in marching and deploying formations. In wartime, as long as money is given, they can be recruited and trained as an army.

Cao Bin felt that this was a crazy national policy, and it was not too much for civil officials to criticize the military. Otherwise, how is it called "Military Order"?

But once this national policy is successful, Dazhou will definitely become a powerful country by force. As long as there is money and food, the court can invest wealth and national power in military affairs... Is this the way Guo Shao mentioned occasionally, to transform national power?

Cao Bin picked up another stack of papers, which were the list of generals recommended by the guards Ma Busi and Dianqiansi. These people will serve as the generals of the "Commanding Division".

Now Cao Bin wants to establish the command divisions of the provinces and state capitals first.

I just thought that the matter is of great importance, that is, even the structure of the government has been changed by the military order. The local system of the previous dynasties mainly inherited the two-level official system of prefectures and counties since the Qin Dynasty; state government (the more important state-level government is called Fu, such as Kaifeng Fu), and county two-level government.

Now there is an additional "province" directly under the central government, which belongs to the three levels of government. Now there are only provincial commanders and envoys, but they are always higher than the state and county agencies.

Cao Bin felt that it was a bit similar to the Jiedushi of the Tang Dynasty, but with less power. All commanders and envoys are only in charge of soldiers, and only have the power to command troops; the power to deploy troops, money and food, and armories are not in place. It has no right to interfere with local governance, taxation, etc., because the five military governors' mansion and the sixth department of Zhengshitang belong to two different government offices.

There is also the "Reporting Army" of the Dudu's Mansion of the Five Armies, which is very special. It belongs to the Dudu's Mansion, but the Dudu's Mansion can't manage it, it should be managed by the Privy Council. Cao Bin guessed that in addition to ordinary serving officials, there were also undercover spies from the "Bing Cao Division" of the Privy Council... He had heard of Bing Cao Division, a yamen that hardly showed his face, and that's what he did!

Before he knew it, it was late at night, and Cao Bin fell asleep without knowing it.

The waiter outside wanted to come in to see if the tea was cold, but seeing Cao Bin lying on the table sound asleep, he found a blanket to cover him.

In the morning of the next day, Cao Bin washed up properly, and rushed to the lobby to meet with the generals for an early discussion.

All the generals had arrived early and were waiting there. After a salute, Cao Bin asked everyone to sit down on both sides. A general said: "I saw the Daying school outside the city. There is not enough land. The officials in Jiangning Mansion will not let us build it, and they also say that we should seize the people's land! What should we do?"

After hearing this, the military generals scolded their mothers straight away. There were two black lines on Cao Bin's forehead. These warriors are indeed not as polite as civil servants when they do something.

Someone yelled: "The Southern Tang Kingdom was brought down by us, why don't we build a battalion? Who will block and kill who!"

Cao Bin said: "If there is a civil uprising, which one of you will end it? There is nothing wrong with Jiangnan, so let's fight a war against the rebellion here first?"

At this moment, there was finally a general who understood good and evil, and the general clasped his fists and said, "We can't control the officials of Jiangning Mansion, but if Mr. Cao goes to Han Xizai, it may help."

Immediately, someone echoed, "By the way, Han Xizai is very prestigious in Jiangnan, and all the officials respect him; Han Xizai has also received favors from the officials, otherwise he would be able to be an official in the Jiangnan we occupy and do very well! Mr. Cao is the emperor's envoy, and Han Xizai should give him face."

After hearing this, everyone agreed for a while.

Unexpectedly, Lu Duan, who accompanied Qianniu to Xingyuan, said: "It's better to find Chen Qiao than to find Han Xizai."

"Eh?" Cao Bin was thoughtful, thought about it, and asked again.

Lu Duan said: "Jiangnan Shilin respects Han Xizai, but Han Xizai also has to take care of the Jiangnan people. This matter made him come forward, but he was in a dilemma. Chen Qiao is different. This person has a bad relationship with the Jiangnan officialdom, but he is a local official in Jiangnan. He is an official in Jiangning Mansion. Based on what he did to protect Lin Renzhao back then, as long as he is righteous, he will help Duke Cao handle this matter."

After hearing this, Cao Bin nodded in agreement, and then said, "I'll see Chen Qiao to find out."\u003c