I am not Song Qinzong

On the one hand, it is to supervise the Liao army and prevent it from taking the opportunity to let itself fly to cause trouble for the people. On the other hand, it is also to receive various passes in the Taihang Mountains and completely stabilize the defense of Youzhou.

Only when the territory is stabilized can we send troops out to stab the golden man's chrysanthemum.

230 One military reform

The first year of Hongwu passed away in the blink of an eye.

This year, except for land reforms or wars, the whole country has not moved.

Taking advantage of this year's rare peace, Zhao Huan completely reformed the army and military institutions.

Throughout the dynasties, the emperor directly held the power to build, mobilize and command the army.

But in fact, the emperor is a man, not a god, and naturally needs corresponding institutions to manage and command the army.

The center of the country, the military power is divided into three institutions, namely the Privy Council, the Sanya, and the officials.

The Privy Council is the highest military leadership organ, which is in charge of military power and military orders; the three offices, namely the Commanding Division in front of the palace, the Guarding Horse Army Division and the Guarding Infantry Division, are the highest commanding organs in the central government, respectively commanding the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army; The generals temporarily appointed during the expedition or the garrison, the commanders belonged to the forbidden army of the Sanya, and they were all revoked.

The soldiers are from the privy secretaries, but they cannot be controlled by them; the soldiers are subordinate to the Sanya, and they cannot be controlled by them. "It means: the Privy Council has the right to deploy troops, but not the army; the Sanya is in charge of the army, but has no right to deploy troops.

In the meantime, there is nothing wrong with the Ministry of War.

Before Shenzong's reign, the Ministry of War was only responsible for inspections, ceremonies, and military affairs, and had no sense of existence. After the restructuring, the powers of promotion and dispatch of low-level officials were increased, which can only be said to have improved slightly.

It can be said that the direct abolition of such a Ministry of War will not affect the court, let alone affect the operation of the army.

In terms of the allocation of troops, the military system of the country and court followed the principle of "strong stems and weak branches, maintaining internal and external relations".

The most elite Dianqian army in the Forbidden Army is stationed in the capital, and the guards are stationed in various places, and the number of inside and outside is maintained at a [-]-[-] situation.

Among them, the men and horses in the capital are the strongest, and the towns of all parties know that their troops are outnumbered and dare not rebel. This is "strong stems and weak branches".

If there is a change in the capital, the Forbidden Army stationed in various places and the local forces will be sufficient to deal with the disturbance, so that "internal and external control, no serious troubles" can be achieved, so as to achieve the goal of "internal and external maintenance".

The main body of the army is composed of forbidden soldiers, Xiang soldiers, rural soldiers and fan soldiers. Needless to say, the forbidden army is the main body.

Therefore, after the military training in various places is over, the number of soldiers is fixed at 60 for the regular army and [-] for the reserve army.

If there is less, it is not enough, and if there is too much, it cannot be supported.

The average military salary of the regular army is four guans per month, and food, clothing, armor and weapon training costs two guans per month. Calculated, the annual consumption of the army is more than [-] million guan, more than [-]% of the imperial court's income.

The 60 regular army was organized into 120 divisions, including 65 cold weapon divisions, [-] cavalry divisions, [-] firearms divisions, and [-] navy divisions.

The poor Song Dynasty can only gather 15 horses, which also makes Zhao Huan feel sad.

What is gratifying is that all firearms divisions have been turned into mules and horses, which can achieve rapid maneuvering.

Two of the dragon spear divisions rode on horseback, dismounted and fired with guns, even if they were placed outside the Great Wall, they could move flexibly.

The numbers of each division are from 45st to 45th divisions of the imperial guards, [-] divisions from A[-] to A, and [-] divisions from B[-] to B.

The garrison of various armies is based on the needs of national defense and the goal of foreign wars.

There are 15 people stationed in Gyeonggi, five firearms divisions, five cavalry divisions, and [-] infantry divisions.

Two firearms divisions, eight cavalry divisions, and ten infantry divisions were stationed in the northwest, looking at Xixia covetously.

Of course, 10 people are definitely not enough to eliminate Xixia, but when the battle officially starts, reinforcements must be mobilized from other places.

To the northeast, in order to deal with the Kingdom of Jin and suppress Youzhou, two firearms divisions, ten cavalry divisions, and nineteen infantry divisions were stationed.

Outside the Yanmen Pass is Yunzhou. Since Yelu Dashi passed through here, the Jin people have become increasingly defensive. In order to recover outside the pass, a firearms division, two cavalry divisions, and two infantry divisions were also stationed here.

Because I have always been obsessed with Dali and the southeast peninsula, eight divisions are distributed around Dali, and six divisions are stationed in Qiongzhou.

Of the remaining divisions, ten were distributed in the northwest, southeast, and prepared to suppress the Tubo and Qiang people, and the other ten were distributed in various parts of the country to stabilize the domestic situation.

According to the needs, each division is divided into regiment battalions and stationed in various places.

With such an arrangement, all the ministries will be stationed and trained with peace of mind, and there will be no worries that the soldiers will not know the generals, and the generals will not know the soldiers.

The [-] reserve army is a combination of the engineering corps and the domestic security force, and is also the reserve of the regular army. It is organized into two divisions, Bingshi and Dingshi.

They are stationed in regimental camps, or dig ditches, build roads, maintain canals, or guard against rebellion and disobedience.

In terms of organization, the responsibilities of the Privy Council have been reduced accordingly. In a nutshell, the Privy Council has the final say on where and how to move the army.

Among the three yamen, the front of the hall is in charge of the [-] divisions of the imperial guards, the division of the horse army of the guards, and the division of the infantry guards are in charge of the first, second, third and third divisions.

They are responsible for the daily management and training of the army, but if they want to mobilize a division, they must have a transfer order and a soldier talisman from the Privy Council.

The authority of the Ministry of War has been greatly increased. The Ministry of War is responsible for logistical support, promotion and transfer of officers and officers, military discipline supervision, recruitment and training of new recruits, military education, retirement of soldiers from various ministries, and replenishment of posts.

Without the approval of the Ministry of War, an army will be short of food and pay, soldiers will not be replenished, officers will not be able to be promoted, and sooner or later it will collapse.

In this way, the Privy Council, the Sanya, and the Ministry of War each hold a part of power, which can ensure the emperor's control over military power.

Of course, no matter how good the system is, it is also implemented by people.

In case the emperor was in a daze and caused anger and grievances, the guards who were not on duty to guard the palace would chop the emperor up.

In addition to these, there are 3000 Habayashi guards composed of martyr orphans and folk orphans. This is not included in the number of troops, and is directly supported by the emperor.

This juvenile military academy can provide the emperor with a steady stream of military confidantes and ensure the stability of the imperial power.

In addition, the Imperial City Division has also made changes.

The palace guards are under the full responsibility of the Dianqian Division, and the Imperial City Division is only responsible for external intelligence.

The key right now, of course, is Xixia and Jin, followed by Li Chao and Zhancheng. As far as it is, it is not a short-term plan.

As for the Liao Kingdom, it is completely finished.

Yelu Dashi led the attack and fought a few fights with the Jinren in Yunzhou. Basically, he killed [-] enemies and lost [-], which is actually not bad.

However, Yelu Chun only put Yelu Yanxi under house arrest but did not kill him. As a result, he suddenly died of illness, and he never passed the throne to Yelu Dashi, so Yelu Yanxi seized the opportunity to recover.

The military power was taken away, and I was put under house arrest. Fortunately, there was civil strife in the army, and Yelu Dashi fled westward under the protection of an army.

Judging from its plan, it is estimated that it is the same as before, and it is going to build Xiliao.

Fortunately, under the emperor's secret order, the Imperial City Division sent some military instructors to Yelu Dashi, who will be used as guides in the future.

After a year, the training of each department has been completed, and the organization has run in well, and it is time to use the army.

230 The End of the Second Liao Kingdom