Chapter 22: Adapted by Chen Qiaoyi
"I am willing to obey the king's order!"
"I am the only one who is the leader of the king!"
"The king's orders, we should obey them to the death!"
People gathered outside Zhao Kai’s dormitory shouted at Zhao Kai, but the sound was still a bit sparse. Zhao Kai squinted his eyes and looked at it, it seemed that there were still a few people!
Only Huang Wuji, Xiang Ke, He Guan, He Ji, He Yu, Wang Xiaode, Ma Wei commander Ma Wang, who was recommended by Tong Guan to Zhao Kai's subordinate to Ma Tuogang, and eight other people, including Bai Side, the inner minister of Prince Yun's Mansion. Even Qin Hui, Chen Ji, Liu Qi, Zhao Zhi and others were not present.
Obviously, the time to be an emperor is really not yet... But the preparations for being an emperor are not right. It should be the preparations for leading the Hebei military and civilians to fight against the Jin Dynasty, but it is time to start.
The purpose of Zhao Kai staying at Chenqiaoyi was to rest and raise his spirit, to adapt the army at his hands and prepare for the great cause of anti-Jin.
Although there is no such thing as the "Four Major Military Arts", it was explained in history classes in previous lives!
"Official Bai, go and invite the Chief Qin Shi, Sima Chen, and Liu Hemen to come and discuss matters together." Zhao Kai thought for a while, and then said to his sister Zhao Duofu, "Ten Sisters, go and call the Twelfth Brother too... Let's discuss together."
After asking Bai Side and Zhao Duofu to invite people, Zhao Kai asked Huang Wuji, Xiang Ke, He Guan, He Ji, He Yu, Wang Xiaode, Ma Wang and others to wait in the main hall outside. He washed up under the servitude of Pan Cailian, and then changed into a moon-white small-sleeved round-necked gown and a hooded soft-winged head with a drooping soft-winged head, and hung a long sword on his belt. This outfit is also of particularity. The small-sleeved long gown is not a common outfit for scholars and senior officials of the Song Dynasty, but a dress often worn by martial artists and guards.
With Zhao Kai's noble status, he shouldn't have worn this way in public. But now, Zhao Kai is planning to wear this set of martial arts outfits as his regular clothes!
Nowadays, there are strict feudal society. All kinds of people should wear whatever clothes they should wear are rules, and it is also a reflection of hierarchy.
The official uniforms of the Song Dynasty implemented military uniforms with martial arts and civil servants, and there was no single system of military officers. This was to show the honor of civil servants and the rank of military officers was lower than that of civil servants. If Zhao Kai wanted to implement a long-term anti-Jin strategy, he must value military officials. To value military officials, of course, he had to reverse the awareness of civil servants and nobles and military officials. At least in Zhao Kai's own group, there was no concept of military servants under the civil servants.
So Zhao Kai now has to take the lead in putting on the military outfit to show that he is a warrior!
When Zhao Kai, who was wearing military costumes and hanging a long sword on his waist appeared in front of everyone, everyone who had been accustomed to the Song Dynasty's literary and noble military system seemed to have realized something, and they were all stunned, and then they bowed to Zhao Kai together.
"Sit, sit, sit." Zhao Kai smiled and waved to everyone, signaling them to sit down and talk, "For the Lone King, everyone can sit and discuss. Because in the Lone King's view, the power of the king is not between sitting and standing, but whether the king can personally take charge of the six armies and whether he can fight against the thief in front of the battle!"
"King," Chen Ji, who had been promoted to Sima of the Prince of Yun's Palace, heard this and immediately spoke, "Great Emperor of Han once said: In the planning of the tent, he will win thousands of miles away, and I am not as good as Zifang. He will conquer the country, comfort the people, and give food, and never stop the food. I am not as good as Xiao He. Even a million troops will win the battle and attack, and I am not as good as Han Xin. These three are all outstanding people, and I can use them. This is why I win the world. It can be seen that the power of a king does not lie in commanding the army, but in using talents well."
Zhao Kai smiled and said, "The Emperor Gaozu of Han was indeed not as good as Han Xin and Xiang Yu. However, in the late Qin Dynasty, in the Chu and Han Dynasty, could there be a third person who could better than Emperor Gaozu of Han in the way of using troops? After the rebellion of the White Snake, Emperor Gaozu of Han had been through dozens of battles until he was over 60 years old. He still led six armies to conquer Ying Bu and capture and kill him!
It can be seen that although Emperor Gaozu of Han was not as good as Han Xin and Xiang Yu in military use, he was also good at fighting. If Emperor Gaozu of Han was not good at fighting and did not know how to use military service, how could he use military immortal generals like Han Xin? The same is true for the imperial examinations and the imperial examinations that were adopted by this dynasty. Anyone who could become an examiner was a member of the imperial examination. How could he take out Jinshi from thousands of words?”
As he spoke, Zhao Kai glanced at Qin Hui, the chief of the royal family sitting beside Chen Ji, "Chief Qin, you have not only passed the Jinshi, but also passed the Ci academic and academic subjects... Should I know what I said is not false?"
"What the king said is very true," Qin Hui smiled bitterly, "How can you tell who is good and who is bad if you have not read the Four Books and Five Classics through it? If you don't know how to use military service, how can you know who is famous generals like Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Han Xin, and who are those who are fools who can only talk about military affairs on paper?"
"The Chief Secretary said it well," Zhao Kai nodded, and said, "The Emperor of Tang, whom the Lord wants to imitate, is also a king who uses troops like a god! The Emperor of Taizu and Emperor of Taizong, who were in charge of the country at the beginning of this dynasty, had personally led the army even after he ruled the world. The Emperor of Jin and the King of Jin who now invaded our country can lead troops in front of the battle. The King of Gu only has three thousand tigers. In terms of strength, how can he escape the matter of fighting against the enemy when he is far inferior to any king of Jin State who is leading troops?"
What Zhao Kai said seemed to be nonsense, but as long as he understood the political system of the Song Dynasty, he would know how important it was to "the king personally led the military affairs and fight against the thieves at the fortress."
Because the current system of the Song Dynasty was that the king issued orders through the prime ministers of the two prefectures. The military power of the Song Dynasty was always very scattered. Not only did the army be demolished in detail to make it uncoherent, but it rarely sent a commander with full power.
Usually, on a battlefield, there will be a group of soldiers leading the army, a group of generals and generals, a few transportation ministers responsible for logistics, and a few eunuchs in the military supervisors, and a group of civil servants with insurance heads. Among them, the lieutenants are responsible for leading the army and lieutenants hide in the castle and are responsible for commanding blindly. The transportation ministers are in charge of military pay and rations, while the custodians in the prefectures and county governors are in charge of militia and civil servants. And there is no commander who can command the overall situation above such a large group of people. Even if there is a Xuan commander, he can only command a few Taiwei. Other comfort, transportation, prefect, and military supervisors will not obey the command. Moreover, the military law of this Xuan commander will definitely not use an eighth-rank civil servant.
Therefore, under the almost nonsense military system of the Song Dynasty, it is almost necessary for the king to fight a decent battle when fighting against a powerful enemy.
But once a king is often in battle, he will inevitably rely on military men rather than civil servants... Who dares to take a group of civil servants who are powerless to wander around the battlefield? Isn't this arbitrary death?
While talking, Zhao Kai secretly looked at Chen Ji and Qin Hui. Chen Ji looked disapproving, but Qin Hui had a very deep face... Could it be that this traitor Qin Hui really agrees with him? Zhao Kai thought about it and felt suspicious that Qin Hui must be disguised!
However, even if Qin Hui is pretending, he cannot be exposed now, because Zhao Kai needs Qin Hui's support very much. In Zhao Kai's small group, there are only Qin Hui, Chen Ji and himself, a total of three Jinshis. Qin Hui passed Zhao Kai's Jinshi three years earlier than Zhao Kai, six years earlier than Chen Ji, and the oldest qualification. He had become the Zuo Sijian before joining Zhao Kai's group, and he was a senior censor! In the eyes of a group of martial artists in the Song Dynasty who had not changed their minds, Qin Hui's words still make sense.
"Sima Chen," Zhao Kai knew that he had to convince Chen Ji, so he said to him again, "Do you think the Lone King should be fighting against the thief in the face of the battle?"
"The king... should be at the battle," Chen Ji glanced at Qin Hui, and had to change his opinion against his will. "But the sword has no eyes, the king still needs to be careful."
Zhao Kai nodded and smiled and said, "Gu is the king chosen by heaven. How can ordinary soldiers be injured? Moreover, to protect yourself and eliminate the enemy on the battlefield, it is not enough to rely on one caution alone? You have to reorganize the troops so that Gu Wang can use his fingers as an arm!"
"What the king said is very true," Chen Ji immediately understood Zhao Kai's meaning. "I suggest that the king reorganize various departments in Chenqiaoyi first, and then go north to fight against the Jin Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!