In the study of the bedroom, Zhao Zhen asked Shi Quanbin: "What do you think of Du Taibao in the Hequ Road Army for several months?"

Knowing that this was not a random question, Shi Quanbin thought for a while before saying, "The official family is just a business dealing with the manager and has no personal relationships. If what is wrong, don't be surprised by the official family."

Zhao Zhen said: "If you know, say whatever you know. This is my bedroom, which comes out of your mouth and into my ears, just treats me as a chat with the king and his subjects."

Shi Quanbin said: "That young man is just talking. Du Jingliuo has always been in business in the army, whether to me or other generals, and the rest rarely have private contact. Except for Shisanlang who has been with him for several years and occasionally doing some private affairs, the rest have no close friends."

Zhao Zhen said: "Shisanlang, is the cavalry leader on Hequ Road? He was a civilian, but if it were not for Du Taibao's promotion, how could he be so high? How many imperial guards have been fighting on the battlefield for decades, and they are far from comparing with him. By the way, where is he from?"

Shi Quanbin said: "Shisanlang is from Bozhou, his surname is Wu, and his clan is 13th. Everyone calls him the 13th. When Du Jingluo was an official in Bozhou, he happened to meet him on a tour, so he asked him to stay by his side and named Song. Jingluo appreciated this person, but he became the leader of the cavalry. This person grew up and had great strength. There were few such heroes in the imperial guards. The Yingtianxiang Army built cavalry, and Shisanlang also entered the army to study and was excellent in every exam. Daily exercises, whether individual soldiers or leading troops to fight, no one was his opponent, and everyone was convinced by this leader. Now the cavalry on Hequ Road was built by Shisanlang. People were trained by him, and the tactics were improved bit by bit."

Zhao Zhen said: "In this way, using Shisanlang is because Du Taibao Juren does not avoid relatives and knows others and is good at servitude."

Shi Quanbin thought for a while and said, "For Shisanlang, this is indeed the case."

Zhao Zhen nodded and asked again: "Where are the other important generals? For example, the artillery leader Yao Shouxin."

Shi Quanbin said: "Yao Shouxin was originally a Yingtianxiang Army, and before learning artillery, he was an instructor. Although his background was different from Shisanlang, he was actually the same as that of the leader. He also studied with others. No matter what the test was, he was the first in command of artillery. He became the leader of artillery. Everyone in the army was convinced by this person's ability. Especially in Tanglong Town, Yelu Zongzhen was killed in one battle, which was because he arranged artillery and commanded artillery. That time, there were many high-ranking officials and generals around the Khitan Emperor, and only one Yelu Yixian survived, which shows that his calculations were accurate."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen asked, "Does artillery have to learn a lot? Others can't learn it well."

Shi Quanbin smiled bitterly: "The officials, the Hequ Road Army is full of knowledge, not just artillery, but other armies are like this. However, artillery learns a lot and profound things, which is really not something that ordinary people can learn. I have read their booklets, but they really can't learn it. The officials think that by looking at them, they can roughly calculate the distance within one or two miles, involving a lot of knowledge. This is not calculated by doing more, but by calculating it. Not to mention, calculating the distance, and adjusting the cannon to point where it is, which is not something that ordinary people can do!"

Zhao Zhen nodded: "I asked, although there are artillery among the imperial guards nowadays, no one can do this. The artillery salary is high and the rank is high. I think it is because of this. It is rare to have talent, so it is not easy to train one."

Shi Quanbin said: "What the official said is. When I first arrived in Suizhou, I heard that almost all artillery soldiers were envoys, and their ranks were too high. When I went to Hequ Road with them and experienced the war, I felt that their ranks were not high. One artillery was equivalent to several infantry on the battlefield. And those heavy artillery were more powerful than one battalion of infantry when they encountered war. In addition to killing the Khitan Emperor, Dou Shunqing's troops fired several rounds of artillery when they were passing Hunhua, scaring away the army of the Burying Linggong, capturing thousands of people, and not losing any damage to himself."

Zhao Zhen was silent for a while and nodded, "Architecture is really a powerful weapon. Yao Shouxin is a talent, so he should be valued."

This was not surprising to Shi Quanbin. Yao Shouxin showed his ability when he killed the Khitan Emperor, and it was difficult for anyone to break his military record. Yao Shouxin's ability was convinced by everyone in the Hequ Road Army, which means that someone here in the capital did not believe it.

Zhao Zhen said: "What do you think of the other generals?"

Shi Quanbin said: "Junzhu Liu was originally a civil servant. He was a colleague of the Zhengli in Bozhou. He had some old friendships, but he did not have deep friendships. Most of the two in the army were mainly for official business, and they did not have much private relationships. The two families had no friendship. Yang Wenguang, Zhao Zi and Dou Shunqing were both sent by the court and studied with others, but like Liu Junzhu, they never took the exam. After many battles in Hequ, they made military achievements, and the hearts of the people in the army truly convinced them."

Speaking of this, Shi Quanbin thought for a while and shook his head, "The official asked me who I am. I thought about it, but it was really hard to say. Because it was not just about me, Liu Junzhu, Yang Wenguang, Zhao Zi, Dou Shunqing, and Yao Shouxin. They all had no selfish relationships. When there was no official business, Jing Shao reads and writes, and rarely interacts with others. Occasionally, if you have the interest, drinks with others, and whoever has time to call them. Not only them, I have free time, Jing Yue also asks me to drink with you. I don't talk about official business in private

, I never ask about personal relationships in business. In my impression, this is the case. When the official sent me there, we asked for official documents to sign the documents together, and later we did this. Sometimes the opinions were different, and the manager would discuss with me carefully and not act arbitrarily. Sometimes things were not important, and he was impatient again, so he let me do what I said. Important things didn't make sense, such as splitting troops and attacking the Dangxiang, I didn't agree at that time. The manager wrote on the memorial that I disagreed, but the two of them signed the letter."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen smiled: "You did not agree to the battle with Dangxiang at that time, and the prime ministers remembered it, so you had the least military merits. If Han Qi had not advocated the war in the army, he would not have won this great victory. Do you regret it now?"

Shi Quanbin sighed: "So what if you regret it? It is limited by a small vision, and you can't see the grasp and benefits of this battle. After all, the small one is only in the army for several months, unlike their generals, who have been studying and practicing for several years. How could he be as capable as they can fight like them?"

Zhao Zhen's face became serious and said, "You wrote the memorial that day, and you also said why you disagree. This is your contribution to this battle. You are sent by me, and different from others, and of course your contribution is different. This time you disagree with the war, and you will win a great victory, which just shows that Du Taibao did not object to you as his deputy that day, but asked you to sign with him to report to the court. This is a good way. Proving this method is your contribution. Thank you for your hard work on Hequ Road. Don't take any extra charges when you come back. Everyone in the palace will know."

Shi Quanbin was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him. The Minister of the Inner Dudu was led to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and all matters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were decided. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were called the front and rear halls. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was in charge of the front hall, that is, the Emperor's Front Hall, the Emperor's Front Hall, the Grand Court and other affairs. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was in charge of the rear hall, which was the so-called inner palace affairs. Because it was closer to the members of the palace, communicated with both the Chinese and foreign countries, and had a high status, he was called the inner prime minister and was higher than the head of the eunuch. Although he was only a fifth-rank official, he was the best in the inner minister and often led officials such as Jiedu Observation.

As he fulfilled his wish, Shi Quanbin was particularly happy and bowed to Zhao Zhen: "In the official family, Du Taibao is not just like this for the young, but also for the fighting of all subordinates. In the most important place where he goes to battle, whether it is attacking or defending, there are superior deputy supervisors to supervise the formation. The supervisors do not interfere in command, but the military order must be implemented. If the matter is extraordinary, the military order must be decided by themselves. Otherwise, the supervisors must be replaced in the last battle. The young person is actually the supervisors, but the official family does not have a clear military order and does not know what to supervise. Of course, without military orders, there is no change in generals at the last battle, and there is no one to replace them."

Zhao Zhen had heard of this, and ignored Shi Quanbin complained, saying, "I heard that even if the Hequ Road Monitoring Formation is replaced, you should not interfere?"

Shi Quanbin said: "Yes, he will still be supervising the formation when the substitution is replaced. Each army has a ranking, and the commander is killed and a specific person will be replaced. This ranking is only used in wartime. After the war, the temporary commander will not be promoted properly, and normal promotion will not be in this order."

Zhao Zhen was very interested in this and asked, "What should I do if I temporarily command a great victory and make military achievements and cannot be converted to a regular business?"

Shi Quanbin said: "Don't transfer other troops to the promotion, they are not in the headquarters."

Zhao Zhen nodded, and he had some understanding of Du Zhongxiao. After fighting well, he became a regular person. Most people felt that it should and could win over the hearts of subordinates. The system blocked this road and promoted him to another unit was to prevent the generals from intentionally or unintentionally changing the army into private soldiers. This was true for subordinates, and obviously for Du Zhongxiao to himself. If we follow the rules of the Hequ Road army, except for the commander, most generals on Hequ Road should be promoted to other troops. We cannot do it because there is only one such army now.

Everyone says that one of the shortcomings of the Song army is that the soldiers do not know the generals but the generals do not know the soldiers. Du Zhongxiao doesn’t care about this. This is what Du Zhongxiao repeatedly mentioned in his ten thousand words. The combat effectiveness of the army comes from organization and professionalization, rather than the physical and martial arts of soldiers. Why do we not allow the formation monitor to be the commander when changing the generals in the last battle? Because this formation monitor is likely not from a professional commander, and it disrupts the command order. Another point is that if the formation monitor can replace the commander, conflicts are prone to snatch military power and military merits. He can only choose others, not himself, which is also the professionalization of the formation supervisor.

Zhao Zhen asked Shi Quanbin in detail because he didn't understand this. Is the imperial guards a professional for their entire lives? Du Zhongxiao clearly said that it was not. Professionalism is not professional, without specialized knowledge, and he will not be a professional for his entire life.

The Wanyan Book is not a secret memorial, but it is open. However, the memorials of Du Zhongxiao, Han Qi and Bao Zheng on imitating the Hequ Army's reform of the imperial guards, Zhao Zhen stayed at Zhong and did not publish them, except for a few officials, and others did not know the content. After reading the martial arts exercise, he knew the importance of reform and what to change, but how to do it, Zhao Zhen was very cautious. The importance of military power was related to the safety of the country.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Zhen asked Shi Quanbin: "In your opinion, how will Du Taibao make suggestions based on the Hequ Road Army system to reform the imperial guards?"

Shi Quanbin heard this and said, "The young official was in the army for several months. He saw the Hequ army fighting fiercely. He thought about this for a long time. How Du Jingluo trained the army in Suizhou has done it all. He just did it. He first opened a school, everyone enrolled in school, and selected good officers to be an officer. After learning the knowledge below the camp, he was promoted to the commander of the camp, and then learned the knowledge above the camp, and then got promoted. After several years of study and practice, he would not have another strong army."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen smiled and shook his head: "Forget it, I shouldn't ask you. You should pay more attention to the affairs of the back hall in the future."

Shi Quanbin said: "Why did the official say this? Could it be that Du Jingluo would not make such suggestions?"

Zhao Zhen said: "Why ask him about this advice? So only he can train this strong soldier, and only he can tell what the imperial guards should be. Like you, you know what he has done. All the booklets he compiled are useless. There is only one word for rationality in the world, and the rest are ever-changing, and it is not far from its trace. How can one follow the Yingtianxiang Army in the compilation?"

Shi Quanbin didn't care. The emperor would say this to him, and would never say this to other officials. This is the difference in identity. As I said just now, I did not agree to start a war against Dangxiang at that time, and the prime minister had no military merits in his eyes, but the emperor had greater merits in his heart. How to compile the imperial guards is the affairs of the Grand Marshals, so I just said it casually, nothing right or wrong.
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