Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

After some deliberation, Lu Ci was not in a hurry to realize the idea, but listed each strategy in order of priority and difficulty to achieve, and then made a detailed statement one by one, and also included the relevant information collected to further strengthen the plan. Great persuasion.

Strategies are his absolute strength. After years of uninterrupted experience as an official, this ability has been fully tempered. In addition to the sufficient information at hand, he is naturally handy when writing.

It didn't take him too long to obtain the essence of several piles of heavy materials, and compiled them into an article of nearly [-] words, but the words are clear, wonderful and concise "An Bian Ce".

And the place where this suggestion is going is of course the Prince's East Palace, not the court.

It's not just that he and the prince have always been close - even if they took up a local official position, they never broke contact.The bigger reason is that only His Royal Highness, who is full of energy and full of ambition, will tend to be aggressive and be moved by the grand plans he has drawn.

If it were Zhao Heng, an official who wants to eat Tanyuan League's lifelong foundation, is obsessed with pretending to be gods and ghosts, and makes money with kindness, even if he is not angry and dislikes everything related to him, Lu Ci suspects that the other party may also I will ignore it because of ridiculous reasons such as 'too many words to be lazy to read'.

He won't make any big moves until he gets a response from the memorial.

Lu Ci was well aware of the endless intrigues and intrigues in the court.Among other things, as long as he was emerging, when he was working in the pavilion, didn't a ridiculous Shangguan use that bag of snacks as an excuse to report to the Taiwan officials that he was corrupt and accepting bribes?

Now that he is young and crowned, he has already been an official of the third grade, and he can be said to be the only one in the court, so he is a big tree.

Even though he has been banished from the capital and rejected by the emperor, it seems that he can't afford to fall, but people with discerning eyes know better that this is just an ordinary ups and downs in the officialdom and a cycle of power.

As long as the prince's letter is placed again, it will only be a matter of time before Lu Ci returns to the capital.

To say that he knows Qinzhou is equivalent to completely avoiding the vortex of struggle, it is undoubtedly a dream - in the temple at this moment, there are definitely political enemies who are watching and waiting for an opportunity to kill him.

Therefore, he needs to report early to take precautions.

Lu Ci has always been a good planner, especially when it comes to sensitive matters such as diplomatic relations and trade with other tribes, the management of envoy money, and the construction of fortifications, he should be more cautious.

Otherwise, a pot of "corruption and bribery, competition with the people for profit" and even "collusion with foreign enemies" will be poured on it. Even if no actual evidence can be produced, the verification process alone will be exhausted.

Even if it takes ten and a half months to delay, it's better than giving people a reason to talk about it and planting a disaster.

After Lu Ci sent out the memorial in a hurry, he did not want to delay for a moment, and started to prepare for the first priority.

No matter how many ideas can be adopted, it can save a lot of time if the first work is done in advance.

During the process of patiently waiting and preparing, Lu Ci, who was less busy, developed two daily habits unknowingly: one was to ask Di Qing how he was training in the barracks, and the other was to enter the armory Check the repair progress.

Every three to five days, he would personally go to the barracks to watch the training of the soldiers.

When he stood on the high platform and looked down at the sergeants rehearsing the formation with a slight smile, no one could have guessed that the handsome gentleman was actually the new magistrate of Qinzhou.

There were only a few people who had actually seen Lu Ci's true face before this day. Most people just heard from them that Xinzhizhou was a good-looking and smiling handsome gentleman, but after seeing them, they still genuinely admired him. I was taken aback.

Seeing that they are less than half their age, they are already members of the third rank of the court!

Another person couldn't help but glanced at Di Qing, who had been extra energetic and bright-eyed since Lu Ci's appearance, and muttered to himself.

It is said that they are two brothers, so why don't they look alike!

Lu Ci also didn't know why, during the inspection process, he obviously didn't bother to look for it, but easily found Di Qing who was mixed in and whose position was not special.

Di Qing was originally looking very hard-working and positive, but when he found out, he suddenly became very excited.

Lu Ci couldn't help but laugh.

——My own child is really too cute.

After looking at Di Qing a few more times, Lu Ci withdrew his gaze and began to watch the training of the soldiers seriously.

Compared with the training of the Forbidden Army that he accidentally encountered when he was forced to jump into the lake and swim to the vicinity of Jinming Lake, Qinzhou's way of training sergeants is actually similar.

In addition to teaching the use of different weapons to fight, it is to practice the formation.

The so-called practice formation is similar to the footwork military training of later generations-taking the sound of drums as the festival, four exercises for cavalry, five exercises for infantry, and teaching sitting to advance and retreat.

The form is quite clean and impressive, but Lu Ci waited for a long time, but did not wait for the actual combat part. He couldn't help asking: "This style is good for military discipline, but it is difficult to implement in actual combat. Why don't you untie the stirrup and try shooting with a bow and crossbow?"

Hearing this novel request from him, the two military officers waiting beside him hesitated for a moment, and then obeyed the order.

Lu Ci also asked how many kinds of bows and crossbows were commonly used in the camp, and soon learned that there were three types of bows in the camp, ranging from one stone to eight strokes; and four types of crossbows, ranging from two stones and eight strokes to two stones and five strokes.

He decided on the spot: "From today onwards, training in the army will also strengthen the practice of holding a bow and crossbow."

Seeing that the fortress will not be able to be repaired for a while, and the craftsmen he mentioned have not yet achieved significant results in the improvement of bed crossbows, incendiary bombs, and explosive bombs, so of course they have to rely on them when defending the city. Shoot to enhance offensive and defensive capabilities.

Seeing a few people showing distressed faces, Lu Ci smiled slightly, and immediately promised: "Anyone who is good at archery and is willing to teach others to archery should be registered in the register, and there will be extra rewards according to the students' achievements at the end of the month; relatives should be the first priority, and the second is to pay attention." The one with the largest number of "far and middle" is also registered in another book; if there is a vacancy in the Flying Eagle Camp, it will be filled according to this roster; and there will be a monthly competition, and the Flying Eagle Camp will be ranked separately from other camps... "

Although the main weapons of the Song Dynasty are bows and crossbows, the arrows are limited and cost a lot. Not every army can afford a lot of practice.

Although Qinzhou is not stretched, it can't afford too much wear and tear.Originally, when Cao Wei was there, he selected a group of ex-cavalry led by Li Chao who were already good at archery, concentrated on supplying arrows, and stepped up their training.

As an ordinary infantry, as long as they are good at using long weapons mainly guns, it is enough.

But Lu Ci, who always feels inexplicably that an enemy army is about to attack and a war is imminent, can't be satisfied with the Flying Eagle Battalion, which only has more than 20 cavalrymen who are good at archery.

The shooting skills of the whole army must be cultivated.

Lu Ci smiled.

The difference between him and Cao Wei, who has to break a word into two flowers and is careful everywhere, is that he has some skills in making money, and he can be more generous when spending money.

After all, if you want to make people work extra, and practice one more weapon spontaneously, it is not enough to force them, so naturally they have to be rewarded.

For the soldiers of the Xiang Army, whose military salaries are meager and often owed, this is even more good news.

If members of the Flying Eagle Battalion also join in, then those who are cramming are doomed to work in vain.

But if the rankings are calculated separately, there will be a lot of chances.

——Even if you fall to the bottom of the top ten, you can still get an extra piece of cloth and a thousand coins, which is equivalent to the military salary of the previous season!

The Xiang army began to try eagerly.

In any case, it is worth a little more hard work on weekdays and a try.

Seeing that the soldiers' enthusiasm for archery had been fully aroused, Lu Ci smiled lightly, blinked quickly at Di Qing who had been staring at him, and then continued to inspect the training in a serious manner.

After spinning tirelessly like a spinning top for several days, what Lu Ci waited for first was not the prince's reply, but the new judgment of "Quan Tong Judging Qinzhou Military and State Affairs".

When he heard the report from the official in charge, the new judge had already traveled a long distance from the former official to the gate of the official office.

Lu Ci couldn't help being startled, but nodded lightly on his face: "I see."

Speaking of which, when he was the magistrate of Fenzhou, Fenzhou, which was carefully selected by Wang Dan, was too small, and the court did not pay much attention to it, so he was not assigned to a general judge, which allowed him to show his talents freely. No hindrance was encountered.

So much so that he was used to being restricted by no one's authority, and he forgot about Qinzhou's general judgment and supervision.

Lu Ci frowned.

Although the official status of the judges is much lower than that of Zhizhou, most of them are orthodox Jinshi, and their duties are mainly of a supervisory nature.

If this new judge is tough, stubborn and conservative, if he really intends to fight for power with him, so as to deliberately make things difficult for him, even though he can see through tricks, he will inevitably be restrained.

Lu Ci was still thinking about how to best deal with the judge, when there was a knock on the door.

Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived.

Most of the people who knock on the door are Xin Tongpan.

Lu Ci's thoughts moved slightly, he put down his pen, and said calmly, "Please come in."

As the door was easily pushed open, a gentleman dressed in a blue official robe came in.

He has clear eyebrows and clear eyes, and he is at most just over [-] years old, the corners of his lips are slightly raised in a half-smile, his eyebrows are raised, and his dark eyes are full of interest.

To Lu Ci who didn't respond, he closed the folding fan in his hand with a 'snap', approached Lu Ci, stared intently at Lu Ci's eyes, and deliberately said in a very rude tone: "Lu Zhizhou is really kind. Big airs, even the judge came to report on his work, and he didn't show his face?"

Lu Ci finally came to his senses. Facing such a 'provocation', he just smiled and said, "If the general judge came to report on his work, then he really didn't need to report to me the first day. When he came to the official court to deal with the affairs in a serious manner tomorrow, then It's not too late to meet up."

"However," Lu Ci added slowly: "It's not unreasonable to have a friend come from afar. If it's a relative or friend I haven't seen for many years, it's a different story."

After hearing the words that made him happy, the official in Tsing Yi couldn't hold his expression any longer, he laughed and said, "Only then can I see your astonished expression that is rare in a hundred years, and it won't be a waste of my day and night, I want to get here before you know it What a painstaking effort!"

This new general judge in Qinzhou was none other than Teng Zongliang, who was sent to the distant Yiling since he was named on the gold list. Later, because the road was too rough, he occasionally had only a few correspondences!

The author has something to say: Notes:

1. Sergeant training:

The military training of the Song Dynasty army was mainly to teach the use of weapons to fight and practice formations.The "Garrier Law" implemented in the early Northern Song Dynasty also contained the intention of enabling soldiers to "equal work and rest, know difficulties, know how to fight, and learn mountains and rivers".In the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty, with the gradual promotion of gunpowder weapons, teaching the use and formation of firearms must also become one of the contents of military training.

The basic method of the daily training of the forbidden soldiers is to use the sound of drums as the festival, "Cavalry four exercises, infantry five exercises, and teaching sitting to advance and retreat is not the same for the two armies."Since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, all armies at home and abroad have used this method to train.This training method is limited to queue training. Although it can cultivate the organizational discipline of soldiers, it does not meet the requirements of actual combat.In the first year of Kangding (1040), Renzong visited the Biandian (Yanhedian) in person to review the training battle formations of the armies.Someone in the "Shangfeng Shi" pointed out that the coaches of each army "sit back and forth", although the form is "remarkable", but it is "difficult to use in the face of the enemy". shoot".Each battalion is equipped with three kinds of bows, from one stone to eight dou;

The weapons of the Song Dynasty were mainly bows and crossbows.Assessing the level of military training of soldiers mainly depends on the combat strength of bows and crossbows and the accuracy of archery.Therefore, the "Shang Feng Zhe" suggested ordering soldiers to strengthen the study of bows and crossbows.The book "Wu Jing Zong Yao" compiled during the reign of Emperor Renzong also stipulated: "When teaching archery in the army, first teach archery relatives, and then teach archery far." [Note] In the second year of Qingli (1042), soldiers of all armies were trained At that time, relatives shot with bows and crossbows were used as rewards and punishments, and those who hit the "bull's-eye" were exempted from various errands for the month and were registered in the register;In order to encourage soldiers to practice bow and crossbow.Yang Kai, a direct scholar of the Privy Council, also suggested that the cavalry be trained to shoot only three kinds of bows from Jiudou to Qidou, and draw "the" into five "dizzies". The shooter is [-] steps away from the target. , Watch the "halo" number and reward copper coins.The cavalry wears a splitting knife, which is replaced by a wooden pole during training.Renzong adopted his suggestion.In the fourth year of Qingli, Emperor Renzong issued an edict ordering cavalry to shoot with armor but unable to shoot arrows, to cancel their mounts and award them to soldiers with excellent martial arts in the camp.

2. Military salary: I didn't find the salary level before Shenzong, so I used what I found to fill it up.

The military salary of soldiers in the Xiang army, starting from the fourth year of Shenzong Xining (1071), stipulated that Chongsheng in Hebei, Xiongmeng in Hedong, Baoning in Shaanxi, Fenghua in Jingdong, Zhuangwu in the west of Beijing, and Ninghuai in Huainan each gave pickles one hundred coins , two stones of monthly grain, two bolts of silk for spring clothes, half a bolt of cloth, two bolts of silk for winter clothes, half a bolt of silk, 12 Wen of money, and [-] taels of cotton.Chongjie in Zhejiang Province, Xiaoyong in East and West in Jiangxi, Xuanjie in North and South Jing, Baojie in Fujian, and Qinghua in Guangdong, except that pickles are not paid, the others are the same as the above six ways. ("Cultural History of the Song Dynasty")

(Although I don't understand why the other roads have less money for pickles? Could it be that the sergeants in those roads especially like pickles?)

3. Melee weapons:

Long weapons in the Song Dynasty were mainly spears, followed by miscellaneous long weapons such as broadswords, hook poles, and fork poles.In addition to the Han tradition of swords and swords, there are also quite a few short weapons exchanged between brother nations. ("Cultural History of the Song Dynasty")