Du Zhongxiao pointed to the egg-slipping shrimp that had just been served and said to the rest: "There are many big shrimps nearby. I asked the shrimp to come out and stir-fry it with egg liquid. After stir-frying like this, it is very fresh, fragrant and delicious. Please try it."

Liu Ji and Yang Kai ate it and praised it. This method has the crispy texture of shrimps, and it also has the freshness of egg fragrance and shrimps.

The wild ingredients in this era are very rich. Whenever Du Zhongxiao thinks of a famous dish from his previous life, he asks his subordinates to get the best ingredients and find ways to make them. Suizhou is full of lakes and squash, and there are so many aquatic products that cannot be eaten at all. Even river shrimps have to choose the big ones to eat, but no one can see them when they are small.

Yang Wenguang and Zhao Zi, a few generals, smacked their lips, but felt that they were not satisfied. A good man should drink a big bowl of wine and eat a large piece of meat. He did not enjoy all these tricks at all.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Du Zhongxiao said, "We have been practicing for many days, and now we have to look a little bit. There are two things that are difficult to make. Today we discuss with several people. One is that the army organized by the tutor now is about to draw one out of the Yingtianxiang army, and there are inevitably more soldiers. Most of the officers used in the tutoring army are temporarily drawn, not knowing whether they are virtuous or not. A few days ago, one of the army in the army only ordered the soldiers to buy chickens and drink wine. The soldiers complained, so they beat dozens of military sticks. In addition, we used swords and guns, and now we use guns and cannons, and the methods of practicing and fighting are different. The new tactics naturally have new requirements for the generals. It is difficult to cultivate a suitable general."

Zhao Zi said: "The low-level generals and officials in the army have no ministerial money, and there are many people who make money from the soldiers. It's okay to teach the chasing army, but I don't know how many people in the army have deducted military food in the army. Not to mention the soldiers, whether they start the ceremony or sell goods for long distances. As I said, since there is no shortage of money and food for land management, it is better to give some ministerial money to the subordinate generals and not let them attack ordinary soldiers."

Du Zhongxiao said: "It is difficult to fill human desires, and it is difficult to fundamentally change if you send ministerial money."

Yang Wenguang said: "In this way, we can only strictly enforce military discipline. If there is a general who imposes punishment outside the law or accumulates wealth, it is severely punished."

Liu Ji shook his head: "What's the use of strict laws and regulations? How can Shangguan know about the matter in the camp? If Xu soldiers surrender, the generals will be afraid. How can they manage the army? If the generals are not allowed to surrender, they will not know about the law or discipline."

The basis of the management of the Song Dynasty's military was class law, one level was suppressed by another, and each level of officer took over power. Corresponding to the class law, subordinates were not allowed to sue their superiors, so as not to shake their power foundation. In this way, the commanding officers could do whatever they wanted, and the soldiers at the lower level could only endure it. Even if they knew that the superiors violated the military law, they had no way to sue. Another auxiliary product of such a pattern was that it was difficult to control the arrogant soldiers and generals. Generals were autocratic and managed subordinates were their personal affairs, and it was not easy to manage them well. Generals were weak and had no way to take over the subordinates, so their power was transferred to small gangs and could not streamline the military-to-military relationship according to the system.

These phenomena complement each other and exist at the same time. The ideal is to command the army and command the dictatorship, and use strict military discipline to make the entire army one and make strict orders. In fact, it is impossible to do so. Without institutional constraints, the relationship between the commander and the soldiers is like a mouse and a cat. If a cat can catch a mouse, the mouse will be trembling every day and dare not show up. It is not uncommon to catch a mouse and ride a mouse on the cat's neck.

Yang Ting said: "This year, the imperial court has selected some people. How about choosing officials in the army?"

Corresponding to the Jinshi, there were military rituals since the Tang Dynasty, and after entering the Song Dynasty, they were either promoted or abolished. If they were not effective in fighting against foreign countries, there were voices of holding military rituals. This year was the year of the martial arts, and some people were selected to be added to the army.

This is a simple method. Since civil servants can use the imperial examination to select talents, why can't military generals be able to do it? In fact, it's not possible. According to Du Zhongxiao's understanding, the military examination was almost always set up in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Although some outstanding generals were produced, they could not change the military appearance at all. Some people believe that it was because the subjects of the military examination were not suitable. Simply testing the archery and horse martial arts, and even setting the rankings with strategy theory, which was out of touch with military practice, and of course they could not choose people. In fact, this has nothing to do with the Jinshi exam. It is also a strategy theory, and it has little to do with government affairs, so how can it be successful?

The success of the civil service and Jinshi is the government that is always in their hands, and the elected people are in power from a system. However, the army is not in the hands of the generals of the military. The feudal nature of the royal private army determines that they cannot be in power. The generals of the army are determined by the feudal nobles of all levels of the feudal army, and do not rely on their abilities. Military achievements are very important, but they are not the conditions to determine, but also the people in the system.

The original meaning of feudalism is to divide the country into aristocrats, but with great unification, the aristocrats are decoupled from the land and linked to power. A particularly typical example in the army is to be authoritarian, and the essence is to divide the power into layers and form small independent kingdoms one by one. The Song army takes the battalion as the basic unit, which is a small feudal lord, so the commander must be appointed by the emperor. This system cannot be broken, and the martial arts are just embellishments and cannot change the situation of the army. In fact, the martial arts of the Song Dynasty are embellishments. No excellent generals came from this channel and were often abolished and not held.

The status of the martial arts is very embarrassing. If you really use this method to select talents, you will form a bureaucratic class like the civil service system, and the military power will be taken away from the emperor. The emperor cannot completely control the regime or completely control the military power, and he will face the danger of being overshadowed by the bureaucratic class.

Compared with Europe, their constitutionalism was divided into various traditional aristocrats or emerging aristocrats and kings. Under a unified system, bureaucrats were actually in power. No matter how they were divided, they were still bureaucrats. As the chief leaders of bureaucrats, the status of prime ministers would be improved, and they would be powerful ministers. In history, the emergence of power ministers in the Southern Song Dynasty was related to the strengthening of the control of the military by the bureaucrats.

Once the bureaucracy and feudality in the power system were controlled by various hereditary families, and the facts and descendants were successively followed, the emperor was undermined.

Du Zhongxiao knew about the martial arts, but he knew better that this method was useless, otherwise he would ask the court for a few martial arts scholars to come to the army.

Seeing that a few people had no other explanations, Du Zhongxiao said: "Selecting officials is a way. It's just that the method of military exercise cannot be used. Compared with civil officials, generals in the army must have the ability to lead troops and fight wars, and only know how to manage people. It's better to do this. Using the method of the Iron Supervisor, we will open schools and compile some textbooks. Those who have learned good students will come to the teaching and reading army to lead troops. What do you think?"

These people were not familiar with the Iron Supervisor and did not answer for a while. Liu Ji thought for a while and said, "As long as you choose an official, you can do whatever you want."

Using the iron supervision method is actually to make the army specialized. Only when it is professionalized can the system become a system and be implemented. As long as the situation of a small independent kingdom is not changed, no matter how good the system is, it will be of no use.

Du Zhongxiao said: "I just mentioned the money of ministers. The lower-level officers have no money, so they can only pay them to the soldiers. This is a fact. Local county governments, without their own money, will still pay them to the servants. Officials with honest and self-disciplined positions are extremely hard to do county positions. The salary is small, it is not easy to support the family, and there are many county magistrates who cannot eat meat several times a year. If they are willing to pay to the servants, it is not difficult to make a living every day. The same is true for the low-ranking military commanders in the army. When selecting officials, there are special people to manage money and grain, special people to manage military equipment, special people to manage military discipline, etc., you can pay the money of ministers."

Ministerial money is actually office expenses, and of course, sometimes it is used as a private welfare for officials and generals. Especially those who are not actually in office are just official welfare only. For example, when fighting with the Party, the Eight Kings automatically demand that the ministerial money be paid in half, and his ministerial money be part of the salary. The military is professional, and ministerial money can be used as part of military expenses and let professional logistics officers manage it.
Chapter completed!