Chapter 2472: Entering the Age of Empires
The train was galloping rapidly on the plain. Even though the speed was not as fast as imagined, the surrounding scenery continued to retreat. Cai Boyi was never tired of watching such a scene.
Whenever he boards the train, he always unconsciously wonders what would happen if there were no trains in the Song Dynasty?
At this time, he would think of a joke circulating in the court: It is said that an official from the Geju Academy emphasized countless times that this should not be called a train, but a steam locomotive. Whenever the court officials said that the train was like this, he would jump out to refute it and emphasize that this thing was a steam locomotive.
If no one cares about him, what isn’t the smoke-filled thing called a train? A steam locomotive? That’s the name of the Geju Academy!
Until later, the official used the name train in his order, so the official who studied the matter submitted a memorial to the official, "Please use the steam engine as the number..."
However, the officials ignored it and asked, "The ministers and the people all use the train as their number, so why do they use the name of steam engine?" This is a bit stubborn.
While whistling the whistle learned from the official family, Cai Boqi leaned leisurely against the car window, but gradually the back of his neck became colder and colder. When he looked back, he found that Sancai was standing behind him.
"The official family has not closed their eyes for three days. How can this continue?"
Cai Boqi sighed: "I knew you would come to find me. What can I do? Once the official family does things seriously, it will be difficult to distract even if the sky falls and the earth falls. I advise you to serve the official family well, so you must not disturb it."
Sancai said angrily: "How to serve well? The official family just used a bowl of rice porridge today. If there is someone, how can you explain to the saint? You are with you, you know the power of those people in the harem!"
Cai Boqi couldn't help but shivered, looked back at the carriage and said, "Di Qing has been called over and should be advised by the officials. I will talk about it later, but..."
Sancai sighed: "Ship Di was honest and persuaded him when he was facing the saint. But after a while, he discussed the system of rebellion with the officials. If you go there, it is probably also discussing the affairs of the Three Divisions and merchants, but the officials can still listen to your words."
Cai Boqi smiled and said, "You can look down on me, but this time it's unusual. The government is afraid that it is doing something big, so you must not disturb it. This matter is related to the rise and fall of the Song Dynasty, or even for generations. Otherwise, we had already attracted the government last night by eating barbecue and drinking fine wine."
Sancai leaned against the chair opposite Cai Boyi without hesitation. The thick cotton under the leather case made Sancai fall into it: "Do you think I don't know? The more you are, the more worried that the official family will be troubled. After following the official family for so many years, you have never seen the official family do this. I am afraid that it will be done before returning to the capital."
Cai Boqi smiled: "Do you think it's related to the passing of the throne?"
His words made Sancai suddenly open his fake eyes and look at Cai Boqi urgently: "Do you feel this way?"
Cai Boqi shrugged: "I don't think so. The prince's official has already arranged the throne. There is no need to work like this, let alone there is no need to be so urgent."
Sancai nodded slowly: "That's right, what's going on?"
"Do you think you should inquire? The iron plate from Tokyo to Shendu City is still on the edge of Qianyu Hall!"
Sancai said for a long time: "I'm just worried about the government, why should I say such heart-wrenching words?"
Cai Boqi waved his hand: "This matter should be a major military and national event. Di Qing is the Minister of War and a military strategist praised by the officials. I, Cai Boqi, cannot be said to be such an outstanding person, but I am also a good deal in the business. How can this matter be simple?"
Sancai nodded slightly, and at this moment Di Qing opened the door of the carriage and murmured to himself as he walked: "It's going to be restructured..."
Cai Boqi and Sancai were stunned at the same time. Reform was a common thing in the Song Dynasty, especially after the officials ruled, there were many restructuring, but why did Di Qing look like this?
"Cai Boqi, the official family will call you to come and find you to talk to you."
Di Qing simply said this to Cai Boyi, and sat on another soft chair and kept muttering some words that Cai Boyi and Sancai couldn't understand: "The army, division, brigade, regiment, battalion......... All military groups are independent and coordinated with each other. What kind of fighting style is this?"
Among these military systems, Di Qing knew some of them, but the names were completely different from what the officials said, and the types of troops and usage were completely different. This was to change the existing system of the Song Dynasty!
During the Sui Dynasty, there were 100 people in the army, 20 infantry teams as the first regiment, and 10 cavalry teams as the first regiment, so each regiment was 1,000 to 2,000. During the Tang Dynasty, there were 300 soldiers in the palace. The regiment was also called the "Battlefield" at that time.
During the Tang Dynasty, the army followed the "official system" and based on the equal-land farmer system, it established 634 military prefectures in various provinces, prefectures and counties in the world, collectively known as Zhechong Prefecture.
According to the size of the organization, the upper, middle and lower levels are divided into three levels. The head of the government, the head of the government, the left and right, the head of the government, the left and right, the head of the government, has a regiment, also known as the battalion, the official lieutenant, and there are teams under the regiment, and the team is the chief, and the team is the gang, and the team is the gang leader. Each battalion is under the jurisdiction of five teams, each team leads three gangs, each team leads five gangs, and each team leads ten gangs.
The most basic combat power of the Tang Dynasty was these regiments, and sometimes a regiment had to play an extremely important role.
Although the military system before the Song Dynasty was different from that in the Tang Dynasty, the officials reset the sixteen guards and added the system of garrisons. In this way, the soldiers and horses in the world were divided into two, one was the imperial guards and the other was the guards.
Because of the Song Dynasty's military service system, the imperial guards could retire as veterans for four years. They would go back to their hometown to participate in farming or other matters, and they would also report to the Sixteen Warring States Office. They would train troops to fight for many years. They seemed weak but their combat power remained unabated!
Such a military system was extremely perfect in Di Qing's opinion. At most, the 16 guards in the Song Dynasty had a total of more than 300,000 soldiers, and one-third of them remained in service all year round.
This made the Song Dynasty's troops strong and could almost have accumulated strength at any time!
However, the official family is now dissatisfied with the existing military system and has begun to reorganize again. The main purpose is to abolish the Sixteen Guards, which is contrary to what the official family said before that the emphasis on "military and military" is!
Di Qing didn't know that Zhao Zhen planned to make the army more standardized and institutionalized, and at the same time strengthened the army's institutional construction and ideological construction, so as to turn the army into a real "melting pot" and make it the purest place in the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Zhen never forgot what kind of era this was, this was a feudal era, not a peace era, in which there was never a lack of war and the spirit of prey on the weak.
The Song Dynasty is now surrounded by no external troubles, but military strength and training must not be left behind. Interests and development are the themes of this era, and the Song Dynasty has entered the imperial era ahead of schedule.
Although history defined the end of the feudal era as the last feudal dynasty being overthrown, it was not the case in Zhao Zhen's view.
Chapter completed!