After checking He Sanlang's injuries, Du Zhongxiao stood up straight, looked at the big man coming in, and said, "Are you Lei Dutou?"

Lei Du crossed his hands and said with high apology: "I have seen Lei Zong lifting up!"

Du Zhongxiao nodded, sat down after returning to the case, and said to Lei Zong: "Tell me, why do you beat and scold soldiers? Dozens of military sticks, but this He Sanlang was beaten hard. I have seen the injury, but I am afraid it will be difficult to heal if I don't take care of it for twenty or thirty days."

Lei Zong crossed his hands: "Returning to the throne, this guy is in charge of the general, and he doesn't obey the orders. The general scolded him, and he openly talked back, and he was not ruthless in military discipline. How could he fight if the military discipline is not strict? The general punished him slightly to let him know that the military law is powerful!"

When Du Zhongxiao heard this, he couldn't help but frown: "You keep saying military law, let me ask you, can you allow the soldiers to be extorted from the army?"

Lei Zong crossed his hands: "I will definitely not allow it to be lifted back! Although the last general is willing to be tempted, he is not greedy for his subordinates' money!"

Looking at Lei Zong and looking at He Sanlang lying on the ground, Du Zhongxiao frowned and said, "He Sanlang has already explained what happened today. I will tell you again. Lei Du, what do you think does not match the facts, just point it out."

Lei Zong crossed his hands and claimed high.

"Last night, after you finished training, you drank with several generals. Because there was wine but no meat, He Sanlang and several other soldiers were ordered to go out to hunt a few chickens and rabbits and come back to drink. Is this a matter?"

Lei Zong said it was.

Du Zhongxiao said again: "He Sanlang returns to you, this is a military camp, and it's night, where can I catch prey? You told him that if you only need meat to come and drink, they will not ask whether they hunt or buy it. But within half an hour, there is no meat on the table, so they will act in military law. Is there such a thing?"

Lei Zong crossed his hands and said it was.

Du Zhongxiao said again: "He Sanlang and others had no choice but to raise money and go to the town to buy two chickens. After they go back, they ask you to allocate some money from the army and pay their chickens. Isn't it?"

Lei Zong said: "Superior, the money and food in the army are supplied to the soldiers. Even though the last general is the head of the capital, he dare not use it!"

Looking at Lei Zong, Du Zhongxiao said helplessly: "But that chicken was bought by He Sanlang and others, and you ate it. Shouldn't you pay him? You know that you can't use the money and grains in the army, so why don't you pay them back to them by yourself?"

Lei Zong was confused and said for a while: "Please, I will be the chief general of the capital, and my subordinates will teach you some food. Do you still have to pay them back? The last general has been in the army for many years, and he has also been a small pawn, but I have never heard of this rule."

Du Zhongxiao was so angry that he almost laughed: "Have you heard of it? Before you joined the army to practice, the military rules were clearly stated!"

Lei Zong said: "I will not be able to read the military rules after I will be able to read them, but I have a little bad memory and can't remember them thoroughly."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "I can't remember it completely, okay, I'll let you remember it all this time! Yang Dujian sent a few literate people to read the military rules over and over to Lei Duda. When will he memorize it so much that he can go back to lead the army! The days when he recites the military rules will be taken to the prison!"

Yang Wenguang crossed his hands and said that he was. His father Yang Yanzhao suffered from the loss of illiteracy. He felt both hateful and pitiful of this Lei Du.

He ordered the man to ward Lei Zong down, and Du Zhongxiao said: "From today on, the army will teach literacy. Any officer must teach literacy. Those who do not recognize words will study half an hour a day. Other soldiers, those who want to learn can also be organized by the army. Yang Dujian, how many people do you find, sort out the military rules, divide them into two parts, officers and soldiers, and then preach them. In the future, random inspections may be conducted at any time in the army. Those who are not familiar with military rules will act as military laws!"

Yang Wenguang crossed his hands and said yes.

After saying that, Du Zhongxiao ordered someone to carry He Sanlang out and find a military doctor to treat him. The money and medicine for him to buy chickens will be paid by the army.

Everyone left, Du Zhongxiao sat alone behind the desk, concentrating on thinking.

This kind of thing is not uncommon because the generals in the army must be dictatorial. Officers at all levels have the power of life and death of their subordinates and take them away. The punishment for Lei Zong is not severe because it is too common. It is really common to beat his subordinates for a few sticks. To put it bluntly, for the soldiers under his subordinates, they should do whatever they want, treat them whatever they want, and treat them as much as they want, and eat two chickens. It is not uncommon for officers to be killed by officers with various excuses. Lei Zong was in trouble because the Fang army of the camp and field affairs had new military rules. He did not recognize words and could not take advantage of the loopholes in the new military rules.

What is Lei Zong's style of treating soldiers like this? To put it in the familiar words of Du Zhongxiao, it is a feudal style, and a feudal patriarchal system is established in the army. Since organizing the military education and Du Zhongxiao ate and slept with them in the army and trained together, he felt that many places were out of place. A few days ago, he talked about feudalism and slashing the vassal states, and finally realized that the army at this time had a strong feudal tradition.

The Song army was inherited from the imperial guards and the army of the vassal states of the Five Dynasties. The vassal states were the ultimate armed feudal separatist rule, and the central court had only no name left. After entering the Song Dynasty, this tradition not only did not reform, but was greatly strengthened. So a strange situation emerged. The feudal tradition in society was eliminated bit by bit, and the feudalization in the army deepened step by step. The army and society were becoming increasingly incompatible.

After the late Tang Dynasty, the different paths of civil and military officials showed that it was the distinction between civil officials and military generals. The deeper level was actually the distinction between social unification and the army with a strong feudal tradition. These are two worlds, which are incompatible with each other. From the court level, the marriage between the royal family and the generals and the use of private control of the army was a typical practice of the feudal lord in the past. From the military, it was that power was divided into feudal layers, soldiers were the generals, and power was above the system. The system was dispensable, and the core of the army was in generals at all levels. The emperor's control over the army was achieved through personnel, not the system. Nearly one million imperial guards, commanders and commanders, in principle, must be appointed by the emperor and be responsible to the emperor. The court system is secondary.

In the past few years, the front line was ineffective and suffered repeated major defeats. The military laws set by the Privy Council became increasingly strict and fierce. From generals to soldiers, they were often beheaded, and the death penalty was as high as ever. However, when actually enforcing it, the losers often did not punish them. In order to balance, they would be rewarded with heavy rewards. The reason behind this is that the emperor's decision was above the system. With the support of the emperor, officers at all levels were above the system.

Why did Du Zhongxiao disagreed with the equal-field system? Because it was actually a small self-cultivating farmer as his soldiers and a professional army of officers. Times have changed, and it is not necessary to use small self-cultivating farmers as the basis for the source of soldiers. The most important thing was that the Song Dynasty did not have a professional army of officers. Historically, the Ming Dynasty took a step back from this, implemented the military household system, directly divided the officers, completely feudalized the army, and gave the lessons there.

What the times need is to reform the feudal traditions in the army, establish a professional army, and have professional officers. Instead of moving against the historical trends and deepening its feudal traditions. From the late Tang and Five Dynasties to the late Qing and Republic of China, technology has been changing, but the feudal traditions of the army have remained unchanged. Most military theories are either the metaphysics of military tactics or the feudal style of strict laws and torture, which cannot solve military problems.
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