Chapter 612: Sorting out military affairs

Sima Guang said: "Now, in the name of the new law, he is taking advantage of the situation in Shaanxi, and the situation has begun to take shape. Yan Guo, should we introduce Mingrun?"

Fu Bi shook his head: "Going too far is not enough. If we get involved, we are afraid that it will cause a backlash from the DPRK and China. It's good like this. We should focus more on local governance and control public opinion to support it. For the rest, let him do whatever he wants!"

"This man is sophisticated in his methods and thoughts, but he is also compassionate towards the people. He can almost bear the title of inner saint and outer king. Why do you and I need to worry about it? Let's wait and see."

In June, Wang Anshi asked Liu Zhi to be demoted to supervise the censor. Yang Hui, the censor, was in Lingnan. Zhao Xu did not allow it, so he changed Liu Zhi to supervise Yancang in Hengzhou. Yang Hui then became a bachelor of Hanlin and went to Zhengzhou.

Flood control has entered a critical period, and floods have begun to break out in various places.

Suyou always takes the lead in doing things, and since Shaanxi has a high terrain, there is only drought but no water, so there is no need to worry too much.

However, the situation in Zhejiang, Hebei, and even Bianjing is critical.

In June, Dingsi, the hungry people in Hebei became thieves and were punished by death.

In July, Xinmao, the fourth and fifth embankments of Beijing's new embankment finally failed to hold on and broke. Piaodun Guantao, Yongji, north of Qingyang, sent the servants Zhang Maoze to see each other by post.

During the Sino-Japanese War, we provided relief for floods in two Zhejiang provinces.

But overall, it was a good year. In August, grain harvesting began in Shaanxi, and farmers finally began to smile on their faces.

Su You instructed the Changping warehouse envoy to free up old grain to process flour, noodles, and naan bread while purchasing grain according to the previous assessment of the transportation department to avoid low prices and harming farmers.

Even so, grain prices in Shaanxi still experienced an overall decline for the first time in twenty years!

The reformists cheered and promoted this good year as the result of the new law.

It happened that the Xixia envoys were clamoring for the Song Dynasty to return the plundered captives, so Zhongshu wrote to Shaanxi to solicit opinions.

Su You reported to the court that in view of the severe food famine Xixia was facing, returning these people would mean sending them to death.

These people contributed to the development of northern Shaanxi. At the same time, they also attached a letter of ten thousand words from the immigrants of 50,000 Xia people. The words were sad and begged His Majesty the Song Dynasty for mercy.

Looking at the dense red fingerprints, Zhao Xu's eyes turned red, not because he was moved, but because he was stimulated.

The people of the enemy country cried and asked for help. From ancient times to the present, how many emperors have done this?

The only historical record is King Wen of Zhou. The so-called eastward expedition will lead to resentment in the west, and the southward expedition will lead to resentment in the north. Are they all said to ridicule my queen?

Why don't you attack us first? Why do you have to put us at the back?

So Zhao Xu was upset and instructed Shaanxi to do a good job in pacifying the people in Xixia, improve their livelihood, and stabilize their emotions.

With this imperial edict, Su You backhandedly spoke harsh words to the Xia people. Shaanxi could return some Xixia prisoners of war, about 500 people, and provide 400,000 shi of food aid to Xixia, but he would not cut it on the issue of population inclusion. From then on,

I am not allowed to mention it again after reading the article.

In a word, do you want it or not?!

On the other side, Su You sent information to Dong Xiang and Li Wenzhao. Xixia was in a worrying situation this year. Judging from the current information, the production reduction in the Hetao was a foregone conclusion. Now is the time when the economy is in recession, so you can seize the opportunity yourself.

Dong Zhan said that he had not lived a fat year for a long time. The cooked people in Xixia were all my relatives. If he did not help his relatives when he saw them suffering, then he was not a human being.

Li Wenzhao wrote back and said that the problem in Tiandu Mountain is too much food and too few people. Thank you Su Tanhua for your concern. I am already doing what needs to be done.

Both sides raised the banner of benevolence and righteousness, and aggressively lured Western Xia tribesmen at the border.

Now the Xixia people were completely panicked. Su Tanhua had agreed to 400,000 shi of food and could not go back on it!

Finally, at the end of July in the fourth year of Xining, Song and Xia re-negotiated the peace treaty. After completing the deal of 200,000 shi of grain in exchange for 120,000 people, everyone moved on and turned a new page in history.

Ambassador Chang Pingcang finally breathed a sigh of relief. Now the warehouse can be freed up.

The rotation training of the generals of the two armies was completed, and Suyou began to establish an effective system in the army.

Of course, Su You also had two swords. After discussing with Guo Kui and Zhong Jizu, he finally divided the shogunate into the strategic branch, the tactical branch, the inspection branch, the logistics branch, and the inspection branch.

The strategic branch is the strategic plan and staff system. Su You has a lot of talents, the best of whom are Zhong Ji, Zhe Kexing, Lin Guang, and Di Yong.

In fact, Zhong E and Wang Shao were also very powerful, but it was a pity that one was working in the Qing and Tang Dynasties, and the other was in Huazhou to await his punishment.

The Jiyi Branch is actually a large team that has been in operation for a long time. It is structured around the external Tingfeng Pavilion and the internal Wangyu Pavilion. The chief officer is Wang Hou.

The Supervision Division is responsible for ideological control in the military, detecting laziness, corruption, theft of pay, rectifying the appearance of the military, and educating sergeants on loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, etc.

This is actually a replica of the supervisory army, but it goes deep into the grassroots level. Soviet Union calls it the military police.

The people who can do this are headed by Wang Zhongzheng and Tong Guan, and a group of eunuchs can do the job.

They also served as record-keepers of military meetings, and important meetings were sorted out by them and reported to the court and the emperor.

The Logistics Branch manages the accounts of grain, fodder, ordnance, horses, and supplies. Only the power of Meishan is capable of this task. Su You made this branch independent and handed it over to the Shaanxi Road Transport Department, a civilian system outside the Economic and Strategy Department.

However, now that Cai Ting has been appointed and is about to take up the post of Deputy Privy Envoy in Beijing, Zhang Dun has chosen Liu Si as the best candidate to be in charge. Su You has no choice but to take the lead for the time being and actually let Zhang Qi take charge of it until the new transfer envoy arrives.

Say it again.

The school inspection branch is responsible for the training of volunteers and regular troops. Guo Kui is more than capable of taking charge of this while serving as his deputy commander.

After the division of duties is clear, there are rules and regulations.

In fact, the Song Army's doctrine is still very complete, and there is even a suspicion of excessive overlap. Therefore, what Su You needs to do is to sort out and classify them and assign them to each branch. The other is to make subtractions and eliminate overlapping conflicts.

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Su You was an amateur, so he could only let Guo Kui and Zhe Jizu Zhongxue rectify it, and then hold an enlarged meeting to consult for advice. He only stole the teacher's advice under the guise of presiding over the meeting, and then signed.

All branches are responsible to the military envoys and military supervisors.

From this point of view, the rebellion of Guangrui Army turned out to be a good thing. Without this incident, the court would not have let Yongxing Army carry out military reform.

Then Su You changed Shaanxi Road and Yongxing Military Road together.

Of course, this reform is just to get a more efficient command center. As for the middle and lower levels of the army, because the quality of the sergeants is worrying, now they can be loyal and dare to fight, obey the command, and abide by the doctrine.

They moved over, integrated officers and soldiers, eliminated corporal punishment and abuse, ensured supplies, and strengthened training. Guo Kui was inexplicably surprised.

It's still the same as the third one, refined and pure. This is actually a huge delegation of power to the military, making military generals an important assistant to the theater commander.

You must know that the current theater commanders of the Song Dynasty are basically civilian officials. Su You’s ideal is that even if a civilian is appointed as the theater commander, as long as he does not mess around and relies on the powerful error correction ability of this system, at least he will not

He will make a big mistake like Han Jiang. He is not enterprising enough, but at least he has enough self-preservation.

The rest depends on who is better at taking care of people's livelihood.

In August, Wang Shao completed the first major deployment of the Hehuang strategy.

Wang Shao is now in charge of the ancient Weicheng, Wu Shengjun, and is responsible for recruiting Tibetan tribes, doing business, recruiting people to camp, and other matters. He is dedicated to his full duties, and even Su You can't interfere.

After the victory at Xiaoguan, the Qing and Tang tribes were shocked and had a new understanding of the strength of the Song Dynasty.

Among the Weiyuan Qiang and Xia tribes around the ancient Wei City, Yu Longke of the Fan tribe was the largest. Wang Shao led several horses to his tent, and informed them of success or failure, and stayed in his tent.

The next day, both of them sent their heroes to follow Wang Shaodong back to the east, and then Yu Longke led his followers to annex 120,000 people.

After returning to the court, Yu Longke said to himself: "I have heard throughout my life that Bao Zhongcheng, a loyal minister in the court, begged for the surname Bao."

Zhao Xu agreed to his request and gave him the surname Bao and the given name Shun.

This incident had a great impact on Dong Fei, and the relationship between Qingtang and Song Dynasty began to become subtle.
Chapter completed!