In mid-June, Du Zhongxiao rectified the wing army and reported to Jingxi Road and the court, the entire army gathered along the railway to the railway station near the railway station and began a large-scale full-army drill. As soon as he got off the train and arrived at the yamen, Du Zhongxiao received news that Di Qing was transferred from Yanzhou to the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

After Nong Zhigao surrounded Guangzhou, the court adjusted personnel on Guangnan East and West Road. The lost prefectures and counties, including Yongzhou, were recaptured and appointed guards. Cao Cong's son Cao Xiu was appointed as the Guangxi Road Trading Robber, and Wei Guan was appointed as the governor of Guangzhou, and together with the governor of Guizhou Yu Jing, led the governor of the governor and pacifying envoy.

It was also at this time that Wang Deyong, who had retired, regained his position to make the minister sentence Zhengzhou. The public statement was that the Khitan envoy came south and saw Wang Deyong on his birthday on the Qianyuan Festival and asked, "Will the Black King's Grandpa come back?" Hence, Wang Deyong was regained.

Du Zhongxiao was a little disbelief of this statement. How could the important officials of the court be so casual? And at the same time as Wang Deyong revived, Di Qing was deployed by Fuyan Road, governed by Yanzhou, and entered the Privy Council as the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council. What is more likely was that the emperor intended to use military generals to enter the Privy Council, regain military power, and began to prepare to attack Nong Zhigao in Guangnan.

At the end of June, more than three months was enough for Di Qing, who had entered the center, to prepare. He was just about to go south when the miasma gradually faded after autumn. Du Zhongxiao is now training the army, and it just happened to be at this time point.

Until now, there is no certain rule for the chief officer of the Privy Council to use civil servants or military generals. In fact, Wang Yiyong, who was a military general for a long time, was Wang Yiyong, who was born in a military general. Many civil servants and Privy Councilors have been replaced, and he has remained unmoved. Recently, Wang Yiyong was in poor health. Wang Deyong regained his health. Di Qing entered the Privy Council, which may not have been prepared to replace Wang Yiyong. However, whether it was Wang Yiyong or Wang Deyong, they were both from generals, which was different from Di Qing who was promoted from soldiers. Di Qing went from the Three Domestic Army to the Commander of the Route, and had served as a strategic envoy. When he entered the Privy Council, he had almost all important positions in the army, from soldiers to commanders, and never had any of them after the founding of the country. Compared with him, only the situation during the Five Dynasties, military generals were in charge of military power.

At this time, the emperor used more relatives in the military positions, because the salary of military generals was high. The other was more trustworthy, and as the power was consolidated, he liked to use military generals. Di Qing got the emperor's different eyes and was always promoted quickly. He was the most valued person in the army. At least with Wang Deyong, he was the successor of Wang Yiyong, the Privy Councilor who was favored by the emperor.

Of course, the most important reason why Di Qing entered the court as the Privy Councilor at this time was that Fan Zhongyan, who admired him, died.

After leaving Dengzhou, Fan Zhongyan was transferred to Hangzhou, and Ren Man was transferred to Qingzhou. Because of his illness, he asked to learn Yingzhou, which was closer to the capital. When he traveled from Qingzhou to Xuzhou, he passed away last month. As a scholar leader, Fan Zhongyan had a very high prestige among civil servants. Since the failure of the Qingli New Deal, he had no chance to enter the center. With his death, one era ended and another era began. During his lifetime, many people who were close to Fan Zhongyan or had similar interests were intentionally or unintentionally invested in the place. He died in Xuzhou, and these people began to re-enter the center.

Without Fan Zhongyan, Di Qing could be trusted by the emperor. With Fan Zhongyan, Di Qing could only be outside and wait for the opportunity.

The current emperor is a very scheming person. Many things he does seem unintentional, but in fact he has always maintained the balance of the government and has never lost power. He is very scheming, but he may not be a cunning villain who does not threaten the world's layout. He has always been kind, willing to listen to the opinions of court officials and knows self-discipline. This is a smart person, but a smart person who wants to be a good person, not a sinister villain.

Sitting in the yamen drinking tea, Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. The emperor himself clearly showed that whether it was marching and fighting or managing military affairs on a daily basis, he liked military generals more. His hope of doing something big in Guangnan was suddenly slim.

When the Dangxiang was in chaos, it was not civil officials in front of him, but Liu Ping, who was in charge of several military power. He finally transferred Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi to the northwest to stabilize the situation. It became a common practice for civil officials to serve as military commanders. The exception for more than ten years was Di Qing, and the military commander served as military commanders. Later, no matter how the ministers advised him, the chief officer of the Privy Council was Wang Yiyong, and the emperor did not trust the civil officials to lead troops to fight. Those who really had military strategies, such as Zhang Kang and others, would try every means to change military commanders with civil servants, including Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi who had just arrived in the northwest.

It is better to use civil war to build military affairs, or to let military generals hold the highest power? Obviously this kind of discussion is meaningless. According to the current military system, it is impossible to let military generals take power in normal times, otherwise it would be another Five Dynasties. The Song army cannot win a battle, which has nothing to do with the Privy Council being a civil servant. The general who manages the Privy Council is a more ugly fight. In history, the person who has really established the Privy Council to use civil servants was Song Shenzong, and it was a little better to the outside world at that time.

The Song army's lack of combat power is related to the military system and the positioning of military power by imperial power. What is said to be because of emphasis on culture and over military force, respecting culture and suppressing military force, or using culture to build military martial arts is no different from the scholars of this era, and it is just scratching the surface.

Give warriors a higher social status, give them higher official positions, or more money to satisfy all their desires, and even let them control the power of the world, and they can change dynasties at any time, and the army can fight? There was no such thing in history, and this kind of thing could not happen. This is the same as thinking that landlords exploit peasants and capitalists exploit workers because they don’t make enough money. If they make too much money, they want to make more. The army is facing a life-and-death threat in the front. What treatment can be compared to surrendering and becoming the winner and robbing? If the rear is too strong, they can still take power on their own and share the interests of the invaders. Suppressing civilians in the rear is no easier than fighting with regular troops.

After the late Tang and Five Dynasties, including later dynasties, the imperial power emerged out of fear of military power. The government did not allow military generals to intervene, and the ability to support the army was in the hands of the imperial bureaucrats to prevent them from rebelling. In order to ensure the stability of the throne, the emperor firmly controlled the military power. In addition to fighting, the military power was separated from the government affairs, and the commander officers were directly responsible to the emperor himself and used military power to ensure rule.

This system was not founded by the Song Dynasty, but was stabilized by the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty established a country with military forces. To put it clearly, military power was the basis for ensuring the rule of the emperor. The primary purpose of the government was to support the army and ensure that the army would talk about governance. When there was resistance, military power would suppress it. Even if it was to recruit rebels, it would recruit rebels into the army. Just as the most powerful tribe of the Khitan was the royal family, the most powerful military power, the twelve palaces of the Oludo Palaces were mainly controlled by the emperor. When the empress dowager was powerful, there would be a palace, and even ministers such as Han Delang had a great reputation. The status was obvious, that is, how many military forces were under his command, there would be status if there were soldiers. The country was not unified and had typical feudal characteristics. The country did not seem to be in a national community. What status was? What status would you have? How many divisions did you have? The Song Dynasty was different, and the army was completely in the hands of the emperor himself.

The army first ensures rule internally, and its purpose is to serve internally. As long as there is no internal chaos, it is not a big deal, and it can even cede benefits. The consequence is that the bottom limit of the army's combat power is internal suppression, and the upper limit is to be able to resist foreign enemies and be able to take the initiative to attack is an accident. How can such an army have combat effectiveness? It can only be corrupted step by step with time until the internal cannot continue. Either the emperor delegates power down and rebuilds combat power, restores the warlord melee in the past, or is completely replaced. As for expanding territory, it does not exist. If you want to explore externally, the emperor needs to give up something to make internal chaos without being able to send the army out with confidence.

Du Zhongxiao was professionalized in the army, and even intended to train military officials and bureaucrats, so he was determined to change this situation. Only by replacing the autocratic feudalism of the army with the bureaucratic system, just like civil officials, can the emperor relax the psychological restrictions of governing the army with people and being reliable first. If it cannot be done, everyone leading the army is considered a potential rebel and must be guarded everywhere. How to manage the army? How to fight? Not being strict with subordinates, poor treatment, unfavorable wars, and being considered incompetent. Too good to subordinates, let them eat and wear well, be in the same way as having difficulties, share blessings, and treat their subordinates as brothers, and charge forward in the war, and be considered to have bad intentions. Dilemma, this errand is not done by ordinary people who can do things.

Thinking of Di Qing as the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor, Du Zhongxiao sighed helplessly, and there was no taste of tea in his mouth.

With this situation, what if I can really quell the rebellion in the south? Isn’t it that if I help Di Qing make a wedding dress, let the emperor further gather military power. If I can get military achievements, get promoted faster, and get rid of the army in time, otherwise I will have no future.

Without victory and great achievements, Du Zhongxiao's idea could not be implemented. If the army system is not changed, what if the world has money? The gold-swalking monster of the army is just constantly changing its own face. Over time, technology will spread abroad and one day it will form the current situation. It is nothing more than that the enemy used to ride horses, guns, cannons, and ships, and they will change their form.

If you want to make meritorious contributions, it seems that it is difficult for you to change the situation without reaching a certain position. In the army, you cannot be able to reach the position you imagined. If you are not in the army, you will no longer have the opportunity to go from top to top and completely prove yourself. For Du Zhongxiao, it is also a dilemma.

While Du Zhongxiao was sitting in the yamen and was thinking about it, the Zhishen Guo Zi and the Tongzong Wang Gongyi came in, followed by Tao Shiqi.

After the ceremony, the guest and the host took a seat. Guo Zi said, "Just just now, there are Shiqilang behind him, looking at the new machine. He came from afar. He said that tomorrow will come, but he has not been welcomed. I hope he will forgive me."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The army was neatly packed, so I came in a car a day in advance. I forgot to tell you to reschedule."

After changing the tea again, Du Zhongxiao said: "I brought a lot of people to the Iron Supervisory Bureau this time. I have to practice training in Fangchengshan nearby. There are a lot of trouble in the place. In addition to providing food and grass, I also have to check the places and let the people who are included in the drilling area move out. You should take care of it."

Guo Zi said: "The local area for inspection can be handed over to the Ye County local area. As for grain and grass, the Iron Supervision is a big place, so don't worry about taking the initiative."
Chapter completed!