Chapter 440 Determination
"In addition, I plan to set up a martial arts lecture hall and select generals from the army to serve as teachers. The children of the Lord Military General who have passed the Yin Feng official ceremony and have outstanding performance in martial arts examinations will need to attend the martial arts lecture hall to study before being awarded actual positions." Zhao Xing said.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial College has already set up a martial arts school. If there is a martial arts lecture hall, there will be some conflict between the two." Zeng Gongliang said.
Although Zhao Xing's actions seemed to restrict Yin Feng, a descendant of the military commander Lord, it seemed to be suppressing him.
But Zhao Xing showed that he attached great importance to martial arts, which meant that he emphasized martial arts.
Regardless of his status as a scholar, Zeng Gongliang also believed that it was necessary to guard against military generals from a long-term perspective.
"Does Zeng Aiqing also think that military generals should be suppressed?" Zhao Xing said lightly.
"This..."
Zeng Gongliang looked horrified. He didn't expect Zhao Xing to ask such a pointed question.
The reason why the Song Dynasty is said to emphasize literature over military affairs, and not to emphasize literature over military affairs, is because the Emperor of the Song Dynasty never personally suppressed military generals.
At least not on the surface, but rather to emphasize the use of literati and use literature to lead military affairs.
"Aiqing is the privy envoy. It's just me and Aiqing here. It doesn't hurt to talk." Zhao Xing waved his hand.
"Your Majesty, there have been many dynasties since ancient times. If we include those who were divided and failed to unify, there are even more. And although the demise of these dynasties cannot be said to be all caused by military commanders, there are some connections. Therefore, military commanders have to Be on guard!" Zeng Gongliang said.
"Indeed, many dynasty changes are related to the self-respect of military commanders. But the emperor of the Han Dynasty also waited until the birds were gone before hiding his bow. The Song Dynasty now has powerful enemies on its side and has millions of troops. Not to mention the Liao Kingdom, even Xixia cannot defeat it.< br>
Nowadays, the two countries have their own internal problems, but the three countries are still peaceful. But once a new powerful country emerges in the future, can peace still be maintained?
By then, the Song Dynasty would be in danger of collapse. Wouldn’t it be ridiculous to suppress the generals? "Zhao Xing sneered.
The literary style of the Song Dynasty was at its peak, and many capable ministers emerged.
There are even some reformers like Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi who seek to strengthen themselves.
But during the two Song dynasties, no literati ever thought of changing the situation of emphasizing literature over military affairs.
It's not because of any scruples, but because in the literati's concept, military commanders are looked down upon.
Is Han Zhang a loyal minister? Definitely.
But Han Zhang once shouted: "A good man can only be called a good man at Donghuamen."
If the world is peaceful, Zhao Xing will also restrict military commanders.
Civil servants' exercise of power is nothing more than autocratic power, and few are rebelling to replace it.
However, the higher the military officer's official position, the more troops and horses he controls, which can easily breed ambition.
Even if the rebellion fails, it will bring great harm to the world.
To put it bluntly, if a general controls a large number of troops and has no ambition, he will still make the emperor jealous and target him.
In order to protect themselves, generals must rebel.
Therefore, there is no problem in restricting generals, but that will happen after the world is at peace.
"But..."
"Nothing to worry about!"
Zhao Xing stood up and said firmly: "Zeng Aiqing, there is no dynasty that lasts for thousands of years. The Song Dynasty is like this, and so is the Liao Kingdom. Since ancient times, after dynasties have changed, the newly established dynasties are full of enterprising spirit. Rather than let the Song Dynasty be destroyed by foreigners, In the hands of the Han people, I would rather destroy the disaster in the hands of the Han people, so that the world will at least belong to the Han people!"
Zeng Gongliang was silent when he heard this, although he felt that what Zhao Xing said was a bit unfounded. After all, there was only so much territory that could be occupied around the Song Dynasty.
All the territories are owned by each other, and it is difficult to create new forces due to mutual restraint.
Even if there are changes, they are nothing more than internal fighting.
However, Zhao Xing's words made his blood boil with excitement.
If Zhao Xing knew what Zeng Gongliang was thinking, he would definitely smile bitterly.
The process of the Jurchens establishing the Jin Kingdom is indeed somewhat mysterious. At the beginning of the army, there were only 2,500 people. After it expanded to more than 3,000 people, they faced an encirclement and suppression by a hundred thousand troops from the Liao Kingdom. In the end, they won the battle.
You know, the gap between the troops and horses of the two sides at that time was nearly thirty times.
History is full of examples of battles in which a small number defeated a large number, and there were also many cases where the disparity in military strength was more than ten times or dozens of times.
But you must know that although the disparity in strength between tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands is large, it is not the same concept as thousands versus one hundred thousand.
The larger the base of troops, the greater the test of the general's ability to control, and the greater the number of flaws.
Li Shimin also broke through 100,000 with 3,000, but in Zhao Xing's view, the difficulty of the two is different.
You must know that Li Shimin leads the most elite Xuanjia Army. Not only are the soldiers elite, but the weapons and armor are also top-notch.
When Wanyan Agu started fighting, even the Jurchen tribes were not optimistic about him, and they did not support him until he won the battle.
Of course, the Liao Kingdom was already decadent at that time, and its military strength could not compare with Dou Jiande's troops at that time.
And it is not an era, and the results cannot be used to judge the level.
But this does not deny Wanyan Agu's military talents.
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Behind Jin Guo, there will appear a more fantasy character than Wanyan Aguda.
If the Song Dynasty did not strive to be strong, even if it did not take a chance in the future, it would be destroyed sooner or later.
Zhao Xing never thought that the Song Dynasty would last forever. He could accept the demise of the Song Dynasty, but he was unwilling to let foreigners rule.
The nomads and the Han dynasty were in natural opposition. The Han people regarded the nomads as barbarians, and the nomads regarded the Han people as two-legged sheep.
The invasion of the Central Plains by aliens was an act of endless plunder and killing.
Although the change of dynasty still kills a lot of people, it is still much less than the frequent massacres of cities by foreign races.
"Your Majesty, none of the officials will agree to this," Zeng Gongliang said.
"I know." Zhao Xing nodded and said, "But I don't want the military generals to be equal to the civil servants, or to be equal to the civil servants. I just want to train and select some grassroots generals, so as not to make the army full of zombies. The man of position! ”
Zhao Xing wanted to change the status of military generals, but he was not so naive as to want military generals to be equal to civil servants.
Although Zhao Xing killed some civil servants after he ascended the throne, now the officials in the DPRK and the Central Government have little opposition to some of his decrees.
All this is because Zhao Xing did not touch the core interests of civil servants.
The imperial court's inspection of acres did not have much impact on officials.
Although the officials' clansmen also annexed land, when the land inventory was irreversible, these officials notified their families to cooperate.
After all, the fields only produce so much every year. Although they feel pain, they are not willing to fall out with Zhao Xing for this benefit.
And Zhao Xing's rectification of officialdom meant that he was a little stricter in evaluation.
For officials, what they value most is their status as a civil servant.
As long as these two points don't change, they are willing to let Zhao Xing do the rest.
It's best to cause trouble so that Zhao Xing can be honest.
The reason why Zhao Xing said this to Zeng Gongliang was to tell the officials his determination and purpose through him.
"If this is the case, the officials in the DPRK will not object too much. I will obey the order." Zeng Gongliang responded.
"Then Zeng Aiqing will draw up a detailed charter as soon as possible and send it to me for review." Zhao Xing said.
"I obey the decree!" Zeng Gongliang responded.
(End of chapter)