The golden pond is full of blue waves and lotus leaves.

The huge dragon boat slowly passed by the water of the pond and the lotus leaves. The dragon boat was quiet and there was no sound of music from the music. A woman in the costume brought a thirteen or fourteen-year-old palace maid and a larger yellow door, squatting on the side of the boat at the stern, cleaning the fish and shrimps that were fishing from the Jinming Pool. After the cleaning, she packed it in a few small baskets and entered a small kitchen located at the stern.

There was chicken soup and rice porridge in the kitchen, with an attractive aroma.

Today is Guo Xiaoxiao cooking herself. She will prepare a health meal for Zhao Ji and Wu Haogu, who are talking about national affairs in a cabin on the top floor of the dragon boat cabin.

"Dalang, do you really want to be a clerk in the Privy Council?"

Although he stood in front of an open window, Zhao Ji had no intention of enjoying the beautiful scenery of Jinmingchi, but asked Wu Haogu’s real plan.

Wu Haogu smiled, "Your Majesty wants me to do Privy Councilor's business, so I should give me the power of the Privy Councilor."

"Doing Privy? What are you going to do?"

Wu Haogu said: "First of all, of course, the Privy Council has reformed the Privy Council. The Privy Council has always had the power to mobilize troops, but has no responsibility to command troops. However, since the chaos in the northwest has repeatedly occurred, the Privy Council's power to mobilize troops has been basically delegated to the Frontier Commander. The so-called generals have become a form of control. The reason is that apart from the center being too far away from the frontier, there is a lot of civil servants in the Privy Council who do not know the soldiers, and if they do not know the soldiers, they have no way to control the generals.

Your Majesty is the lord of the wise and must have wanted to restore the ancestors' method of controlling troops, so he summoned his ministers to the capital and presided over the reform of the Privy Council."

Zhao Ji fell into deep thought. He did have the idea of ​​reforming the Privy Council. Cai Jing also mentioned it in his memorial, but if he really wanted to reform, he felt that he didn't know how to start.

"Dalang," Zhao Ji asked, "What are you going to do?"

Wu Haogudao: "My idea is to establish a military computer room in the Privy Council. The responsibilities of the military computer room are similar to the military command of the Coastal System Department, but they must be responsible for the national military dispatch and training strategies.

At the same time, military command should be established in each line of command, and military commands should be set up in each line of command, and military commands should be placed under the dual jurisdiction of the Privy Council's Mechanical Office and the Privy Council. His Majesty issued the dispatch of various commands and the Third Order through the Privy Council, and the training edicts will also be issued by the Military Mechanical Office to military commands.

In this way, through the military computer room and military command, Your Majesty can control the military power of various commanders in his hands."

Wu Haogu's suggestion is actually to establish a military staff system covering the whole country. Turn the Privy Council into the General Staff Department, and at the same time set up staff departments in various commanders. In this way, the Jinshi who were taken out of the right-list Jinshi subjects will have many more decent positions to be arranged.

Zhao Ji nodded, this idea is good!

The Privy Council military computer room can collect the power of the front line commander, and the military censor can firmly watch the generals who command the troops.

The military power of the Song Dynasty can be firmly controlled by the court!

"Secondly," Wu Haogu said again, "Now the Western Army, Shuofang Army, and Lingzhou Army have become strong soldiers, and the imperial guards guarding Kaifeng Prefecture seem weak. Your Majesty must want the Privy Council under his jurisdiction to formulate a law to train elite soldiers in Kaifeng Prefecture... a law that can not only train elite soldiers but will not let such elite soldiers break away from control."

Why did it become a law? Zhao Ji was stunned and then asked: "Dalang, do you have a way?"

"This..." Wu Haogu wanted to speak but stopped.

"Dalang, tell me quickly!" Zhao Ji said, "If you really have a way, I will let you be the prime minister."

Wu Haogu Yixiao: "There is a solution, but His Majesty has to spend money."

"Spend the money?" Zhao Ji asked, "How much does it cost?"

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "It depends on how many Kaifeng soldiers your Majesty wants! The elite soldiers who guard the capital will of course not be treated the same as those of the foreign government."

"That's natural." Zhao Ji frowned, not because he felt sorry for the money, but because he was not relieved.

Will Wu Haogu take advantage of the opportunity of spending money to train troops to control the new army of Kaifeng Prefecture?

Wu Haogu said again: "Just paying more money, you may not be able to buy the loyalty of soldiers. Therefore, I think that if you want to make the soldiers loyal, you must use the best people in the world who have been bathed in the holy grace for generations."

"The best people in the world?" Zhao Ji was stunned. "Use the strong men from Kaifeng Prefecture? Isn't this the imperial guard?"

"No," Wu Haogu shook his head and said, "The imperial guards serve for life. They join the army at the age of 20 and can only be removed from service at the age of 50 or 60. Moreover, they are all in the family and oral service, so it is impossible for them to stay in the camp for four seasons for a long time. When they first started, they were fighting elite soldiers for a long time, so they were pretty good, but now they are already useless.

If Your Majesty wants to place a reliable elite soldier in Kaifeng Prefecture, he must select the soldiers and soldiers from all counties in the capital, give them generous salary, and then serve for several years. It is like a soldier in the palace, staying in the barracks for a long time and practicing every day, so he will definitely become an elite soldier.

In addition, these Kaifeng men are the best people who have been bathing in the emperor's kindness for generations, and their families and relatives are also in Kaifeng Prefecture. Moreover, they are well-informed and most of them can still recognize a few words, so they will naturally not be easily bewitched by people with ulterior motives. Even the generals who command the army may turn them into their own private soldiers.

After all, the Song Dynasty has been widely merciful in Kaifeng Prefecture for 160 or 70 years! No one can shake such a foundation."

The solution proposed by Wu Haogu was actually to move the new military system to Kaifeng Prefecture, and at the same time, he also paid high salaries in exchange for the loyalty of the soldiers.

Because Kaifeng Prefecture was a very special place in the Northern Song Dynasty, due to the careful governance of the Zhao family dynasty, it was already the most stable social and per capita income in the Song Dynasty, and the Zhao family was the most popular area.

Moreover, the education level of the people of Kaifeng Prefecture is higher than that of foreign governments. Most of the young men and young men know a few words and are well-informed, which is not comparable to those simple farmers from the mountains. These soldiers who know a lot about the literacy and the literacy are somewhat similar to the later citizens' army.

It is much more difficult to incite such a citizen army to rebel than to incite those mercenaries who only know "whose food" and "whose clothes"...at least that's what Zhao Ji thinks!

"Okay! OK! OK..." Zhao Ji called out three times, turned around and looked at Wu Haogu, "What a resourceful Wu Dalang, it really didn't disappoint me!"

"Your Majesty," Wu Haogu saw that Zhao Ji was very interested in the "civil army", so he continued to speak, "I still have some advice."

"Okay, say it quickly."

Wu Haogu’s ancient saying: “I suggest that the Emperor’s Dragon and the Emperor’s Monkey King, and half of the Jinshi on the right list of this subject, be incorporated into this Kaifeng Model Army as the backbone. Then, 20,000 civilian children will be recruited from the capital and counties to form a mixed army.”

"That's great!" Zhao Ji said, "The Dragon Warriors have been listless for a long time. If they can have a way out, they can also cheer up their spirits.

But... who should lead this Kaifeng Model Army? Dalang, can anyone recommend it?"

Wu Hao Gu Dao: "The chief of Kaifeng Model Army should include the military officer, the military officer and the military officer. Wang Bing, who is in charge of the Three Direct Imperial Guards, must be one of the three officials. The military officer should be recommended by the Censorate. The Privy Council is the one who needs to take over, which is inconvenient to speak.

In addition, I also want to recommend one person to the Model Army.”

"Tell me, who do you want to recommend? I'll take it as I see it." Zhao Ji knew that Wu Haogu must have wanted to recommend Brother Zhao Zhong or Murong Mou.

Although these two people are Wu Haogu's confidants, they are really capable. If they are here to train Kaifeng Model Army, they should be able to become powerful troops.

"I recommend Zhong Fu."

"who?"

"Zhong Fu," Wu Haogu's ancient way, "Hasn't he converted to a Wu Zi? He can lead troops."

Zhao Ji thought for a while, "But he is still in the Censorate Prison."

"Is the sin a lot?"

"It's not very big," Zhao Ji said, "it's probably wronged."

"Then Your Majesty is just right to use him." Wu Haogu said with a smile, "Otherwise, who would be the governor of the model army? Although the governor of the military cannot control the model army, the Censorate does not care about this... Whoever is the governor of the military army will be overwhelmed by bullets."

"That's right..." Zhao Ji nodded and looked at Wu Haogu again, "Dalang, if you become a Privy Councilor, you must be impeached!"

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "I have prepared for a long time, so I don't plan to work for too long. One year will I be able to sort out the military computer room for Your Majesty and give Your Majesty some ideas for training troops. I should ask the county to release it.

Your Majesty must send the command of the Coastal Maritime Control Department to the ministers!"

"Okay, it's a matter of determination!" Zhao Ji smiled, "Now let Brother Yin send the Coastal Maritime Control Department. When you invite the county, you will transfer him to the court."

...

It turns out that Fu Zhong is staying in the fire pit now, and he may "drink chicken soup" at any time. It's really unlucky.

The reason for arresting him in the Censorate Prison was the warrant given to him by Cai Bian to take over the first battalion of soldiers who were directly under the Quick Martial Arts School.

When he was ordered to be arrested by Chen Jian, the warrant was also found. Later, Chen Jian and others ran away, but somehow the warrant went to the Censorate. As a result, he was regarded as the mastermind of the "mutineering" and arrested in the Censorate Prison.

And this is not the worst thing, the worst thing is that he asked for a change of military funds not long ago.

So he was arrested by the censor as a military officer. The one who did not kill the civil servants in the Song Dynasty was not a "vulgar martial artist" who was called him.

"Zhong Ruowen!" Zhang Kegong, who had just made a big splash in impeachment of Cai Jing, was interrogating Zhong Fu at this time, "You are already a military officer now! The military officer incited a mutiny, and according to the law, he would be executed!"

Execute...

Fu Zhong regrets that! He has a good literary talent, how can he transfer his military talent? Isn’t it just a palace temple? It’s safe and stable. What should I do now? I’m going to be beheaded! It’s really unfair!

"Censor Zhang, Mr. Zhong is wronged!" He looked at Zhang Kegong and begged in a low voice.

If he was a civil servant, he would not even enter the Censorate for that matter, let alone lose his head.
Chapter completed!