Is there really nothing to do?

Actually, there is! Just like Chai Rong, the ancestor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, trained a powerful soldier that was enough to wipe out the northern country!

"There are also training troops!" Mi Youren thought, "The most undisputed among the new laws recommended by Wang Jinggong is the "Article of War". However, "Article of War" only strengthened the Western Army, but did not solve the problem of the weakening of the Kaifeng Imperial Army and the Hebei Imperial Army.

Therefore, now our dynasty has also seen a situation of strong branches and weak trunks during the Tang Dynasty…”

The Western Army of the Northern Song Dynasty was originally different from the Central Imperial Army and the Hebei Imperial Army. Before the Xining New Policy, there were generals like the Zhe Family Army of Prefectures, Yang Family Army of Linzhou and Zhong Family Army of Qingjian City, which were different from other Northern Song Dynasty Imperial Army of "generals do not know the soldiers, and soldiers do not know the generals".

The "Article of War" implemented in Xining's reform further strengthened the control of the Western Army's generals over the army. In addition, the years of war in the northwest have led to the training of the army and the customs of the people are becoming increasingly strong. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the Western Army is too powerful compared to the imperial guards of Hebei and Kaifeng!

This military layout of strong outside and weak inside is absolutely unfavorable to the rule of the Northern Song Dynasty court.

There are only two ways to eliminate the hidden dangers of the Western Army’s rebellion: one is to dismantle the Western Army; the other is to train a new army in Kaifeng Prefecture!

It is definitely not possible to disintegrate the Western Army. At least we cannot do this before the Western Xia surrender, otherwise Empress Dowager Xiaoliang would have to go to Kaifeng Prefecture to be the empress dowager.

And it seems that it is not feasible to train a new army in Kaifeng Prefecture, because Chai Rong, the ancestor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, did the same thing!

Mi Youren smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, the new policies of our dynasty have all been caused by the Western thieves, and the disasters of the Western thieves have arisen due to the weak army. The best way to destroy the Western thieves is of course to train a new army. Because the army will be corrupt over time and will be destroyed after peace. A corrupt army is useless. Instead of rectifying it, it is better to start a new army and train a new army."

Mi Youren, who was born in a general, knew very well about the various disadvantages of the Kaifeng Imperial Army and the Hebei Imperial Army. Because he had not fought any major battles for more than 90 years, and had the disadvantages of "the general does not know the soldiers, and the soldiers do not know the general" (The Art of Generals and Wars is not implemented in all the imperial guards), he has long been corrupted. Moreover, various forces in the army are mixed and can affect the whole body. It is difficult to rectify them, and it is better to train a new army to save trouble.

The Qingli New Policy and the Xining Reform were indeed as Mi Youren said, and the cause was the founding of the Western Xia Kingdom. The reason why Western Xia could be established was ultimately because the Song army had weak combat effectiveness and was defeated by Dangxiang.

To solve the problem of weak soldiers, the focus of reform should undoubtedly be on military. The focus of military reform should of course focus on selecting generals, recruiting soldiers, training soldiers, and manufacturing equipment.

Among them, the selection of generals and recruiting troops is the most important.

However, the new policy implemented by Wang Anshi was not about selecting generals, recruiting soldiers, and training troops as the core. Instead, it was about financial management as the core. After improving the financial situation through various reforms to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, it did not invest a large amount of financial resources in the formation of the new army. The original imperial guards were only half done to sort out the original imperial guards, some redundant troops were laid off, and some "generals" with larger organization were set up, just torturing the "Registration Law" of the generals.

However, there is no real and effective organization and training of the imperial guards outside the Western Army, nor can we change the "Tian Family Law" of the generals who are in charge of the command of the generals and the "Tian Family Law" that weakens the command power of the generals.

Only when the Western Army opened a little hole and formed a "military special zone", can the "new policy achievements" that are now under the attack of the Western Xia. However, even with this "slightly opened" gap, the emperor did not relax his control over the Western Army.

The military power of the Western Army was actually dismantled very scattered. The civil minister, General Yan, had the power to mobilize troops. The generals of the Western Army had the power to command military command. There were also eunuchs sent from the palace to represent the emperor, such as Li Xian, Qin Han, Li Shunju, and later Tong Guan, who supervised each other, argued with each other, and dragged each other down, and fought against the Western Xia.

Anyway, we must never come to the stage to visit the general and concentrate the power of the Western Army in anyone's hands.

But even so, the Western Army is now in power. Without the constraints of the strong Central Army, we will have to try to weaken the Western Army, the only combat-capable army in the future...

"Then why not train the new army?" Wu Haogu asked again.

Mi Youren shook his head and said with a smile: "Why do you have to ask questions clearly when the teacher wants to achieve results in the training of the new army? If you want to achieve results, you must grant ministers the importance of power, select generals, recruit soldiers, build weapons, and train. All matters are related to one person or one yamen, and the matter can only be successful. However, the ministers or officials who were ordered to train the new army cannot help but have too much power and responsibility. Most of the officials in our dynasty have long been in the deep palace and are not familiar with military affairs...

Moreover, the power of the Kaifeng Imperial Army cannot be interfered with by the internal officials, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the Shence Army of the Tang Dynasty in the past."

In a word: The emperor himself doesn’t understand, and he is not at ease to leave it to others, so he can only do nothing and continue to live a life of silence.

If the Liao Kingdom is still vegetarian and chanting Buddha's name, it would be nothing. Let's have fun together.

But the era of being in a state of stuttering life will eventually be gone with the collapse of the Great Liao Empire!

"Since both Wang Jinggong and Zhang Gong can't do it," Wu Haogu looked at Mi Youren and suddenly laughed, "With your and my talents, even if you and me are the Jinshi, what kind of thing can you do?"

Mi Youren shook his head. He knew how to be an official, but he didn't understand how to do things.

Wu Haogu smiled: "Actually, I don't know how to do it, but I know that in the future, there will be many people who can do things.

Just like Ma Zhi, you can do something with literature and martial arts. If you can have a thousand people, you may be able to do something big for the country!"

When you don’t know what to do or how to get the power to do things, cultivating a group of talents to do things is a way for Wu Dalang, a "very man", to do his part to the rise and fall of the world.

"Teacher wants to run a college?" Mi Youren asked in surprise.

"What?" Wu Haogu looked at his eldest disciple, "Isn't it okay?"

Of course, it's OK!

Although Wu Haogu was a businessman, he was not a small vendor selling cooked cakes, but a "first person in calligraphy and painting" and was also a scholar himself. Moreover, Wu Haogu was born in the Baibo Wu clan of Luoyang and a relative of Wu Zetian. He was a member of the "Clan Record" in the Tang Dynasty.

Because the Song Dynasty did not attach importance to the gentry, he had never re-edited the "Clan Records". Therefore, Wu Haogu was still a gentry in theory and was qualified to marry a girl from the Zhao family. A woman from the Zhao family could marry a merchant, but she had to be a merchant who could get along with the gentry, so that she could explain to the chief officials.

In addition, it is a matter of time before Wu Hao Gu becomes an official.

Even if His Highness Duan cannot be an official, if one recommends it, Zhao Xu will still refute his younger brother's face? By then, Wu Haogu will be an officially certified Zhenzong scholar!

Besides, Wu Haogu can be the "art teacher" of Duan Wang, but can't run a college?

However, this academy may not be able to be done well.

Mi Youren asked uncertainly: "Teacher, what is the knowledge your academy teaches?"

If you teach people to draw, someone should learn it.

"Why do you start a painting that teaches people how to draw first?"

Wu Haogu has never opened a school, so he dare not run the "Six Arts Academy" to rashly. Studying the "Six Arts" is a very invested and time-consuming job. And he has to start with a baby. If he does not have a certain school experience and does not have enough financial resources, he will probably mess up.

Moreover, the "painting" that Wu Haogu is preparing to open has room for development. At the beginning, this school was just a "painting" that purely teaches art skills, but its goal is a "art and technology college" that teaches art, medicine, various natural sciences and crafts techniques.

"When the painting school is done, we will create some reputation," Wu Haogu said thinking, "you can set up a Six Arts Academy with the goal of martial arts."

Studying as an official has already penetrated into the hearts of the Song people, so the "Six Arts Academy" must also aim at the imperial examination, otherwise it will be guaranteed to recruit students.
Chapter completed!