The young emperor choked the old man so hard that he was not aware of the accumulated tragedy in the army for many years. He also realized that what he said was right. In order to "please" scholars, emperors of all generations abused their ancestors' methods and continued to suppress military men until they stepped on them. This was contrary to the original intention of Taizu's decision to control military men with literature. Under constant suppression, the military men have become vassals and have no say in the court. However, these civil officials do not understand military affairs, and have repeatedly failed in foreign wars. Especially during the Jingkang period, they lacked judgment on the situation, which led to the collapse of the Yellow River defense line and the loss of Bianjing.

After the southward transition, in order to adapt to the war, as the territory shrank, Jianyan initially reduced the prefectures across the country to the 19th Routes. After Shaoxing, the whole country was divided into 16 routes, and the Lizhou route between Jiading was divided into east and west routes, with a total of 17 routes. Each route was the civil servants, and the general manager of the cavalry and infantry, and the general manager of the military affairs, allowing him to act cheaply; the military ministers were deputy to the "road" at this time was the general's house, that is, the governor of the prefecture where the road was located, and the general manager of the pacification commander was led by the general manager, which was different from the transshipment route before the southward transition.

The Pacifier Department, also known as the "Shishousi", has become one of the "Shishousi". In addition to the "Shishousi", there are also "Miscellaneous Supervision Departments". Some special economic and cultural management institutions, such as the Tea and Horse Department, the Tidian Killing and Metallurgical Department, the Maritime Department, the Tingji School Department, and the Tingji School Department. The local administrative management units under the road are states or prefectures, military departments, and supervision departments, which have basically become independent kingdoms led by literati.

However, after Ningzong, the military affairs of the Pacification Department were returned to the Chief of the General Administration, and the civil affairs of the along the way were subordinate to the Transport Department, the Criminal Department, and the Changping Department was promoted to the Chief of the Pacification Department. The Pacification Department became an idle office. The Song and Meng War broke out in the later period, and the Chief of the General Administration Office was established. The Chief of the General Administration became the most active commanding agency on the front line, and actually formed a situation where warriors were in charge of the military affairs in the area. They did not listen to the orders of the imperial court, and did not care about restoring their homeland, but focused on the actual interests. The Mongolian soldiers went south and led their troops to surrender, becoming the heroes of the new dynasty.

After careful consideration, Ying Jieyan felt that it was the little emperor who was defending his ancestors. After the fall of Lin'an, Xingchao established a court headed by Chen Yizhong, but he did not take on the responsibility of the chief minister and was still keen on internal struggle, which led to the court's disinterest. After he left, Lu Xiufu was unable to control the government, but Zhang Shijie quickly controlled the government and brought the court to Yashan. If the young emperor had not turned the tide, not only would the court be destroyed, Lu Xiufu would not be able to rule the court and suppress Zhang Shijie.

In addition, the old man remembered that after the relocation of the General's Mansion to Qiongzhou, he was in charge of military and political affairs. Zhao Mengjin was in charge of military orders and the general's power was taken under the General's Mansion. On the contrary, after the arrival of the court, he broke this new pattern. In the case of civil officials in the court being unable to take charge of the government, in order to prevent Zhang Shijie from being authoritarian again, the young emperor actually seized the military and political power of the Privy Council. The training of the army and the personnel appointments of generals were all from Da Nei. The Privy Council was only ordered to lead the army to fight during the war.

Thinking of this, Ying Jieyan understood the little emperor's difficulties. He reshaped the Ministry of War and placed the three yamen in the Ministry of War. He seized the power of military affairs in the Privy Council, and gave the power to manage the military affairs to the hands of scholars, and the power to transfer the troops to the emperor. This prevented the dictatorship of the military officials and the risk of rebellion, and changed the practice of the prime minister serving as Privy Councilors. In fact, this practice was more efficient than the method of Taizu back then, and secretly divided the power of prime minister and strengthened the imperial power. The little emperor made a lot of money in his inner and face.

Thinking of this, Ying Jieyan felt that he could not see through the little emperor even more. He was really a monster, but he was very pleased that an emperor with ideas must be much better than a mediocre wise ruler, especially at this critical moment...

"Sir, do you think what I said makes sense?" After hearing that he had been talking for a long time, the old man remained silent. Zhao Bing felt a little guilty. He should have offended the old man for this, so he asked carefully.

"Your Majesty's words are reasonable, but I cannot argue!" Ying Jieyan sighed lightly.

"What doubts do you have?" Zhao Bing asked softly, owing his body, and he secretly looked at Jiang Qi beside him. His face, which had been tense, seemed to relax. Obviously, he was also worried that the old man would mess with his good things.

"Your Majesty, our dynasty's official military personnel class has a level 60 to prevent the emergence of the embarrassment of hardships in rewards due to the rapid increase in military merits during the war. Your Majesty has parallel civil and military ranks. I am worried that if you don't reward merits, it will damage the morale of the army, and even cause trouble for this!" Ying Jieyan pondered for a moment.

"Sir, I don't think I need to worry about this. Every time there are many casualties in a large war, how many soldiers can survive until the end?" Zhao Bing sighed.

"Hiss... Your Majesty is right. There are only one soldiers who can return to battle!" Ying Jieyan took a cold breath after hearing this. He was also a person who had been on the battlefield, so he naturally knew what it was like on the battlefield. The dead people often accumulate as a mountain of corpses, and many people would not live to be rewarded.

"Sir, Your Majesty has made preparations long ago. He has divided the military rank into the 18th level and the 6th level without rank. This corresponds to the military position and has formulated a corresponding retirement period. Even if a veteran who has been in the forefront of the rest of his life is unable to be promoted, he can still receive corresponding compensation." Jiang Yan interrupted at this time.

"I have seen the plan to change the lifelong military service system for you, but I am afraid that you will face no soldiers when you implement it." Ying Jieyan said.

"Sir, I don't think so." Jiang Yu argued, "Using Your Majesty's design, ordinary soldiers recruited can be retired after serving for eight years. They will be transferred every two years in the first two years, from deputy soldiers to regular soldiers; after that, they will be transferred every three years, and the following soldiers will be transferred from sergeants to retire and return home. If the soldiers have special functions and skills, they can continue to serve in the army for three years, and then retire. Among them, those who have made great contributions can be transferred to officials and promoted to rank military generals. In this way, they can be re-selected by continuously recruiting soldiers to reorganize them. In this way, experienced veterans can be retained as soldiers, and the elderly and weak can be avoided from continuing to stay in the army, resulting in the risk of redundant soldiers!"

"This arrangement can indeed prevent the trouble of redundant soldiers, but the reason why Taizu formulated the military system of "once you are a soldier, you will be a soldier for life" was to avoid these soldiers who mastered military skills returning to their hometowns, serving as bandits and thieves, endangering the stability of the countryside and the safety of the country. Such modifications were contrary to Taizu's original intention!" Ying Jieyan retorted.

"This..." Jiang Qi was speechless after hearing this. He also knew that a group of military men would be much harder to deal with than a group of mud legs. They were familiar with the situation in the army and knew how to use troops. If they were not suppressed in time, they would cause disasters and swept across several states.

"I don't think so!" Zhao Bing took a sip of tea and signaled Su Lan to pour out the other two people, "There is no falsehood in the army, but there are ulterior motives in the world, and those who commit crimes are not only in the army. But the military soldiers are a disaster for me. The reason why the army only teaches war but does not educate people is not the reason for the return of the army."

"Oh, I'd like to hear it carefully!" Ying Jieyan's statement to the little emperor was fresh and said in surprise.

"The two gentlemen also know that the current generals and soldiers are restraining military soldiers with strict punishment and strict laws, relying on a large amount of rewards to motivate soldiers, and using the looting of soldiers to boost morale, making the soldiers like walking corpses and only knowing how to kill. However, the soldiers fight for no reason and for whom, which causes them to commit crimes once they break away from the constraints of military laws, and to plunder for robbery for robbery!" Zhao Bing said.

"If we, after joining the army, teach the saints' words and principles of being a human being, understand the principles of being loyal to the emperor and patriotism, and resist the enemy and humiliation, then after returning home, they will not commit crimes because they are free from the constraints of military discipline. Instead, they will understand the principles of being a human being, be kind to neighbors, eliminate violence and safeguard goodness, and protect the countryside."

"Well, Your Majesty's words are very good." Jiang Xu applauded, "The military service has expired and is in his prime. He can still marry and have children, and work on the fields. There is no worry about the deserted fields that have no one cultivated!"

"It is the responsibility of the Ministry of War to train troops and cultivate morality, and it will depend on Secretary Jiang in the future!" Zhao Bing said with a smile.

I remember that there were not only workers and peasants in the People's Liberation Army, but also bandits and surrendered soldiers, but in the end they were all trained in the melting pot and became useful people and the foundation for maintaining national stability. He did not believe that the ancient military soldiers were not able to bear the teachings and their moral foundation would be so low. Zhao Bing did not believe that those who engaged in pyramid schemes could use more than ten days to turn a normal person into a staunch pyramid schemer, and he could not use eight years to brainwash a soldier and transform it into a patriotic and good soldier who loved him.

"I know how to do it!" Jiang Xu said with joy.

"Your Majesty, even so, once the service period of the military generals expires, according to Your Majesty's plan, they can transfer capital to civil servants at the same level. Will there be a risk of redundant officials? And will these military officials be competent after the capital transfer?" Ying Jieyan still had doubts about the plan and asked again.

"Well, I have thought about it, but it is not without solutions!" Zhao Bing said that according to Zhao Bing's plan, officers above the level may not be retired until they are over. However, once the middle and low-level officers are full of their seniority and have no hope of promotion, they can force them to retire, and make room for later generations and resettle them by the court. This is similar to the military-to-civilian practices in modern society.

"Haha, has Your Majesty been aware of this? I would like to listen to it." Ying Jieyan knew that the young emperor had always been good at planning, and it seemed that this time was not aimless. However, he also hoped that Your Majesty could solve this problem that had plagued the Song Dynasty for a hundred years, so he said with a smile.

"I think these retired soldiers can be treated separately. Those who are interested in returning home can compensate them for their military funds according to their years of service and allow them to buy houses, land, or do business; those who are nearly retired can retain their military status, reduce their salary until they retire, and then provide pensions according to the rules; those who are willing to transfer funds, the court will be responsible for resettlement, and low-level military officers can serve as county magistrates, county magistrates, captains, patrol officers, and arrest thieves. They are always more suitable than those who are from scholars. And those who are engaged in baggage and military officials can work as staff officers in local prefectures and counties, and even work in various departments. The experience of managing the army can also be used in local areas. Moreover, they are subject to military discipline constraints for many years, and their self-discipline and execution ability are no less than those of scholars." Zhao Bing said.

"Your Majesty's strategy is indeed feasible, but it will still invade the positions of scholars. I am worried that it will cause dissatisfaction among scholars!" Ying Jieyan said with a frown.

"Sir, it's really not right!" Zhao Bing frowned and stared at Ying Jieyan for a while and said.

"Where is Your Majesty talking about this?" Ying Jieyan said in surprise. He had been with the little emperor for three years. Although they had different monarchs and ministers, the little emperor always respected him very much, never said anything rudely, nor was he rude. Today, he was very surprised.

"Both gentlemen entered the officialdom with the imperial examination, but they both led their troops to fight in the army. They knew that the promotion of soldiers and generals was achieved through fire and blood, and they fought for their lives. It was a hundred times more difficult than ten years of hard work. But the civil officials kept suppressing military officials and repeatedly lowering the military ranks. Have they ever asked them if they were satisfied?" Zhao Bing said solemnly.

"..." Ying Jieyan and Jiang Yu sighed when they heard this, feeling ashamed, and of course they could not argue.

"The two gentlemen also feel that this is really unfair to the warriors. However, when the country is destroyed and the soldiers need to fight bloody battles, I treat them kindly and speak out, but still refuse to suppress the soldiers who fight for the country and only care about their own selfishness. I am ashamed to be with them. If those scholars are willing to join the army and serve the country in this crisis like gentlemen, I will also be rewarded and are willing to give them additional titles!" Zhao Bing said in a deep voice.

He was really angry. He had to eat enough to ask the donkey to pull a cart, and he had to give him a bone to guard the door. He still discriminated against those soldiers who did not spare his life to defend their country, and he also wanted to hold Chen Shouque and not forget the internal struggle. Zhao Bing felt that he should give them some color, and hoping that they would restore the country was purely a dream. Relatively speaking, he believed in those warriors. You should know that those who could be promoted from a soldier to a senior officer were already scaly and phoenix horns, but they could not tolerate these soldiers who had lived for the rest of their lives, which was really unbearable for him.

"Your Majesty's hard work, I understand!" Ying Jieyan understood. The little emperor had made up his mind about this military reform, but he also understood that if he blindly fought, he would inevitably go to the old path of destruction.

"The two gentlemen will shoulder the heavy responsibility of this military reform, and the Ministry of War must shoulder the responsibility of taking charge of military affairs, and many of the civil officials will also be transferred to military positions. Therefore, the employment of personnel must be strictly selected, and those officials who are proficient in military affairs and are best experienced in the military, rather than mediocre people who talk about military affairs on paper. Those who are unwilling to devote themselves to the military and are unwilling to mobilize must be resolutely eliminated. We will truly build our army into a victorious army and a benevolent and righteous army. Only in the future can we use this as a basis, recover the old land, and restore our Song Dynasty!" Zhao Bing said.

"I will follow the sages and never forget them!" This statement is no longer a conversation between master and disciple, but a discussion between king and minister. Ying Jieyan and Jiang Yu stood up and politely said.
Chapter completed!