Chen Renweng's concerns were actually at the critical point. At present, the Song army was actually transforming from an armed group that was based on a corner of the past to an armed force of a country. In fact, when the Qiongzhou General's Office was first established, Zhao Bing chose an organizational structure with geopolitical links and blood ties as the hub. It was the most combat-effective structure in modern times and was very suitable for the military organization of classical military governments and colonial expansion. However, the result was often a flash in the pan and it quickly withered, and some promising kings also tried to change this situation.

From the history of the Tang Dynasty, it can be seen that the northwestern tribes with nomadic cavalry skills can defeat the Khitan and Xi people from the Northeast in cavalry duels. If they face southern troops without high-quality cavalry, they will be one-sided massacre. However, there is a prerequisite here: it is to maintain the vitality of the small community of Han people in the northwest and the military organization methods, military technology, weapons and equipment imported from high military conflict areas in Central Asia.

In order to achieve this goal, Emperor Suzong of Tang also tried to win over the Uighur Army, the number one cavalry force in East Asia. He once made a promise to let the Uighur cavalry plunder the women and wealth in the capital, and later gave the princess the legitimate princess to the Uighurs to marry. You must know that this was a treatment that even the Turks did not have in the past. However, the stupid policies in the early years also paid the price. The Tang Dynasty's central government never restored its past authority until it perished.

Zhao Bing also knew that the Qing Dynasty in later generations, like the Jin Dynasty, Nurhaci also wanted to replenish the military sources by absorbing the Han people, so during his reign, the Manchus and Han people were not isolated. However, the situation completely changed during the Huang Taiji period because he had the ambition to enter the Central Plains, and the increase in Han people in the territory forced him to take measures to isolate Manchus and Han people. Facts proved that he was indeed foresighted. Due to the isolation, the bannermen in the city could maintain the organizational structure of their hometown in Northeast for a long time.

In addition, the Qing rulers also realized that moving into the pass meant losing the training of the harsh environment in the Northeast. The Eight Banners and Qing dynasties' countermeasures were to continuously transport Sauron and other ethnic groups from their hometowns in Northeast China to "transfusion". However, this was a drop in the bucket. The geographical environment of the Northeast was relatively isolated, and there were only two channels for input and output, one in the Central Plains and the other in North Asia. This made the Northeast region, which belongs to the East Asia-wide "floor" in both technology and population, and could only be supported by the martial ethics tempered by the harsh environment.

However, these measures are relatively effective. After entering the pass, every time the puppet army on the front line had an unfavorable battle with the Southern Ming army, they would ask "True Manchu" to suppress the field. Even during the Kangxi period, the Eight Banners frequently appeared in battle with the Junggar people. Compared with the Jin predecessors who also came from the White Mountains and Black Water, the rapid depravity of the Flower World of the Central Plains, their combat effectiveness was relatively long and persisted for a hundred years. However, when the blood transfusion outside the pass could no longer maintain the military system within the pass, the Eight Banners armed forces that the Qing Dynasty relied on actually collapsed, and then entered the countdown.

The same situation also occurred in the Hakka people in the late Qing Dynasty. They used clans as their bonds and had extremely strong combat power. Tens of thousands of "old brothers" from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had upended the entire southeast half. If it weren't for the internal struggle of the Taiping Army in the later period and the "old brothers" gradually consumed over time, Zeng Guofan might not have been able to win steadily. It is worth mentioning that Zeng Guofan's military structure is also similar. Although the Hunan Army is not as capable as the Hakka people, it is also an army established with clans as its bonds, and its combat effectiveness has completely overwhelmed other Qing troops of the same period.

In this way, Zhao Bing understood that in ancient wars, whether a place could fight, the key was whether its community was united enough and the centripetal force of the regime. Although ancient dynasties could use their own strength to eliminate small communities with blood-related relatives and "natural centripetal force" in their territory and establish a large community, it was proved by history to drink poison to quench thirst, which was doomed to not last long. In fact, the reason why the Han Dynasty after Qin, after Qin, created such a big trouble as "stopping the hundreds of schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" was to inject artificial centripetal force into the huge "national community".

However, Zhao Bing also found in his thinking that under some special conditions, this pattern will also change, from a small community based on blood ties to a large community based on states. Qin is such a typical example. In the dry northwest, the days of the Qin people were obviously not comparable to those of the six Kanto countries.

However, the survival pressure of Qin was much more severe than that of the Jurchens in the Northeast, because great powers such as Wei had to go to Qin to fight for a wave of autumn wind from time to time. Moreover, Qin kings in all dynasties were not settled, and they would go to war with their neighbors in the east from time to time. Under the strong military pressure, Qin adopted reforms, capturing all the small clan communities in their territory, and integrating all resources into a large community. This model gained huge power in a very short time, and the Qin Dynasty relied on this force to eliminate the six Kanto countries in a very short time.

However, the disadvantage of this model is also very obvious, that is, the people in the small community lack the most basic sense of identity. Not to mention the conquered six kingdoms of Guandong, even the former Qin Dynasty did not agree with their own power. When Liu Bang entered Guanzhong, there were not many so-called "old Qin people" who spontaneously resisted Liu Bang, the Chu people. Instead, after the "three rules", he wished that Liu Bang would stay in Qin as king. In the later Chu-Han War, the Qin people were the least invisible, and even the Qi Kingdom, which was established by business, seemed to be more capable of fighting than the Qin people.

The reason is very simple. Because the Qin Dynasty's laws were too strict, and more than three people would be punished if they "gathered for no reason". They were determined to build the entire country into a war machine and turn every citizen into a component in the machine. Except for the King of Qin himself who was the man who controlled the machine, the rest of the people could not even be counted as humans. Even if the minister wrote a letter, they would claim to be "waiting for punishment". When the army built by the whole country was wiped out in the battles such as Julu, the Qin State machine seemed to be out of oil and could no longer exert any force...

"If we want to maintain the combat effectiveness of our army at present, we must further reform the military system and integrate small groups from different regions into a large community so that the upper and lower armies can be integrated without decreasing combat effectiveness due to regional divisions." Zhao Bing said with a smile.

"How to integrate and how can we break the current system?" Chen Renweng frowned, obviously unable to fully understand the meaning of the little emperor's words.

"This is not something that can be done in just a few words, but it requires integration and change in many aspects. However, it mainly depends on strict military discipline, good promotion system, class system in the army, etc.!" Zhao Bing said with a glass of wine again. He knew that to break the military system with blood clans as the link, and to ensure that combat effectiveness does not decline, he could only use military discipline, military rank system, promotion system, etc. to maintain modern military system.

"His Majesty……"

"Linzhou, Your Majesty is here to visit your home. We can discuss the state affairs later!" Chen Renweng wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Chen Zeweng and pointed to the newly served dishes and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, try these dishes, it will be no longer delicious if they are cold."

"Okay, let's drink a glass first!" Zhao Bing saw that someone had removed the dishes on the table and served four new dishes, which were indeed quatrain soup, mandarin duck fried belly, sand fish sashimi and fresh shrimp hoof sashimi. As usual, new dishes had to drink a glass of wine first when served, he raised his glass and invited him.

"Your Majesty, please!" Chen Zeweng and others also raised their glasses and said.

"Your Majesty, this quatrain soup is good, don't just drink wine!" Wang De served a bowl of soup for the little emperor and advised.

"The kitchen in the mansion is not as good as the imperial chef in the palace, and its skills are vulgar, but this sand fish sashimi is really good. Your Majesty will try it!" Chen Zeweng also picked up a pair of chopsticks and picked up a piece for the little emperor and put it on the plate.

"Well, this soup is also good, it tastes a bit delicious!" Zhao Bing said after drinking the soup first. In fact, the so-called quail is quail eggs, which means egg custard, but it is not a simple egg custard. It also adds some ingredients to the flavor, but he only ate ham and sea rice. After drinking several glasses of wine, he could just squeeze the wine.

"The chefs in the mansion are good at craftsmanship, but this knife skills are extraordinary!" Fish sashimi is the sashimi of later generations. Experts can cut the fish into extremely thin slices of meat with their knife. Zhao Bing picked up the chopsticks and saw that the fish slicing was as thin as paper, and looked at the faces opposite, as if transparent. Then he dipped some sauce and put them in his mouth.

"Since Your Majesty is not meant to be crude, eat more!" Chen Renweng heard the praise, and saw that the little emperor was eating with relish, and advised with a smile.

"Your Majesty, there are a few special dishes in the future, and Your Majesty will also try them!" The emperor was happy to eat, and Chen Zeweng was naturally happy and advised him.

"Is this the same thing for ordinary family gatherings? It's just added because I'm here!" Zhao Bing put down his chopsticks and asked.

"Your Majesty misunderstood. The family has a large population, so naturally you have to do more. You have not added it separately because of Your Majesty's coming!" Chen Zeweng was stunned at first when he heard the little emperor's question, but soon realized His Majesty's intention and quickly explained.

"Oh, is that true?" Zhao Bing frowned after hearing this.

"Brother, don't deceive me, why can't your Majesty see this?" Chen Renweng saw that the little emperor looked disbelief, and knew that he could not hide it. He simply admitted it and said, "Your Majesty doesn't have to be too careful. When ordinary people come to visit, they will make more dishes to entertain guests. Moreover, Your Majesty has a valuable identity and is the first time he has come to the mansion to be a guest. It is normal for people to prepare more dishes!"

"Well, this is true. Besides, I am also the son-in-law of the Chen family. I should have a good hospitality for the first time when I come to my house, but there is no need to spend too much money, otherwise how dare I come to me again in the future!" Zhao Bing felt that he was too sensitive after hearing his father-in-law's words and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty said, I am ashamed, but I am not so luxurious in my mansion on weekdays!" Chen Zeweng said with a smirk after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, my father often teaches us to be frugal in the family, so that the children at home are looking forward to the holidays so that they can satisfy their cravings, so they have prepared more today!" Chen Changshi also explained.

"Since that's the case, we will eat more, and don't let go of the food and waste money!" After saying this, Zhao Bing was too harsh and picked up the chopsticks and smiled.

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true!" Seeing that the little emperor had started eating again, Chen Zeweng also picked up the chopsticks and signaled everyone to join him. But he smiled bitterly in his heart. If he didn't eat all the things on the table into his stomach today, it would be difficult for His Majesty to believe it.

Several people carried forward the spirit of "Clean Disc" and ate it hard under the guidance of the little emperor. However, Chen Changshi secretly thanked that he had heard his uncle's words, otherwise the misunderstanding would be deeper. But looking at the dishes on the table, although they had reduced the portion size, there were not many. If they continued to eat like this, they would have to exercise more. Now it was difficult to get rid of the tiger, so they could only try their best to stuff the food in the plate into their mouths until the plate was bottomed out.

"I just thought about Your Majesty's words. His Majesty was seriously ruling military law as early as the place where the army was established. Later, he promoted military reform, implemented the separation of military and political affairs, strengthened the power of the Ministry of War, and implemented the integration of civil and military officers. This is what he said now!" Chen Renweng rubbed his stomach and poured tea ceremony for his son-in-law who was still drinking soup.

"Well, that's right!" Zhao Bing nodded, and did not deny it, "Since the beginning of Taizu's release of military power with wine, our dynasty has implemented the strategy of governing military power with civil and military power to avoid repeated disasters by the military forces of the previous dynasty. Although this avoided the disaster of separatist rule by the vassal states, it also caused a decline in military power. In three hundred years, there were fewer victories and more defeats, and he had to pay tribute to the barbarians in exchange for peace, and he had to bear the shame of Jingkang and the hatred of the national destruction."

"Your Majesty is dedicated to revitalizing our dynasty, and he wants to restore the greatness of the Song Dynasty, so he wants to follow the laws of his ancestors!" Chen Zeweng said.

"Yes, but Taizu's implementation of civil governance and military governance was not useless, and it also had extremely realistic significance!" Zhao Bing nodded again.

"Changshi, Lishi, go to the kitchen to take a look and urge me!" Chen Zeweng heard what the young emperor said about major issues involving the country, and seemed drunk, worried that he would say something sensitive to "not suitable for children", so he winked and asked his nephew to avoid the leakage and cause disaster.

"Yes, father!" Chen Changshi had been in the officialdom for many years and immediately understood what his father meant. Lala was still confused and didn't know what he wanted to give him a gift. He hurriedly withdrew. He wanted to avoid him, so he quickly went to the kitchen to reduce the amount of food so that he would not be able to support the emperor.
Chapter completed!