: Go with the flow

By the time of capturing Yangzhou, Wang Lun had already had 30,000 troops, and even Fu Yongji, who had been chasing him, dared not pursue him. They opened warehouses along the way to help the poor and were warmly welcomed by the poor peasants.

What is even more worrying is that Wang Lun stopped in Yangzhou for three days and took advantage of these three days to simplify his military affairs. He removed nearly 70,000 soldiers, leaving only 5,000 people, and then turned around and entered the Jianghuai area!

Although there are only five thousand people, it is because of the fewer people that it is easier to move and it is easier to raise military rations.

After the eunuchs finished the battle report, everyone stopped talking, including Fan Zhongyan, they all realized a problem, that is, they underestimated Wang Lun too much!

Wang Lun had never thought about conquering where to become king and domineering. He saw clearly that the Song Dynasty still had enough ability to maintain his own power, so now is not the time to become king and domineering. The first thing he did was to ignite fires from all over the place! First, light up the fire and let the Song Dynasty destroy them one by one. When your energy is exhausted, it will be Wang Lun's chance.

When Renzong saw that no one was saying a word, he was a little angry: "My dear friends! I want to ask you, where is Wen Yanbo now!"

Wen Yanbo is still in Shandong, and he is still in Shandong to wipe out Wang Lun, but Wang Lun has already arrived in the Jianghuai area. This is really a very unfunny joke.

Pang Ji took a step forward at this time: "Long live, the old minister has a discussion, can he send people to Jianghuai to recruit Wang Lun? Those refugees rebel for food. We will give food according to the army to ensure peace of mind."

Renzong hesitated for a moment, and Chen Yuan knew that Renzong was moved when he hesitated. His father-in-law was soft-hearted. If there was a minister who agreed, he would probably be moved.

Chen Yuan really wanted to save Wang Lun's life, but this was definitely not the way!

He hurriedly stepped forward: "Long live, I think that although Wang Lun escaped from Jianghuai, it is difficult to become awesome! We only need to appease the refugees who passed by him on the one hand, and on the other hand, we must notify us to prevent greater chaos from happening. Then, let Lord Wen Yanbo chase him closely and kill the local commanders who opened the city to welcome the enemy, so that all places can defend the city to death, and Wang Lun will be defeated!"

Xia Feng stood up and said, "Long live, what Chen Shimei said is reasonable, the old minister will discuss it."

Wen Yanbo is his student, and he has no reason not to discuss it.

Pang Ji said at this time: "Long live, the problem of refugees is quite serious now. Wang Lun can no longer make trouble, otherwise if there is a big mess, the matter will be difficult to deal with."

Chen Yuan said: "Emperor! I think that it is because I want to shock other people that I have to defeat Wang Lun! Let all those who want to rebel know that there is only one way to die against the emperor! I think that if Wang Lun surrenders voluntarily, we can let him live, but now, we must not go to recruit you!"

After hearing this, Renzong waved his hand to Pang Ji, which meant that Pang Ji had retreated. When Pang Ji retreated, a vicious look shot at Chen Yuan!

This look was much more vicious than his eyes when he looked at other ministers, because in this dispute between him and Chen Yuan, Renzong favored Chen Yuan. This was not a question of whether the matter was right or wrong for Pang Ji, but his position in Renzong's heart was challenged!

Renzong looked at Chen Yuan with his eyes: "I think what Chen Shimei said makes sense. What else do you guys say?"

Renzong said the truth, what else could Pang Ji say? Without him and Xia Shu, the resolution was passed quickly.

Chen Yuan suddenly looked back at Sima Guang and smiled slightly on his face. Sima Guang only felt that Chen Yuan's smile made him feel scared, but he didn't know what it meant. While he was thinking about it, Chen Yuan turned to Renzong and said, "Your Majesty, I think that Wang Lun is wandering around and causing trouble. If Master Wen Yanbo rewards everything, it would be a missed military opportunity, which would be quite unfavorable to destroy Wang Lun."

When he said that, Xia Shu suddenly shouted in his heart that terrible!

Chen Yuan wanted to propose a revision of the military system at this time! Fan Zhongyan's reform had a plan to strengthen the military, and Xia Shu had opposed it from the beginning. Although the new army had been built, the military system still followed the past. Chen Yuan took the new army to the Dangxiang to have the right to make decisions in the last battle, which was completely specially approved by Renzong.

Chen Yuan has proved to all the achievements of the new army. If the generals are given greater power, the Song army can defeat any seemingly powerful enemy! Wen Yanbo is not commanding the new army. At this time, if even Wen Yanbo makes an exception and can have command power without reporting to the court, then the modification of the military system will be a natural thing.

But Xia Shun could not object now. The reason is very simple. Wen Yanbo was his disciple and recommended by him. He also hoped that Wen Yanbo could win this battle.

Pang Ji immediately realized it. Just as he was thinking about what he should say, Ouyang Xiu reacted very quickly and took a step forward: "Long live, what Lord Chen said is not without reason. I think that the military system should be changed and the military commander has the right to make decisions in the face of battle."

Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi, and Song Qi stood up one by one and agreed. Pang Ji saw that Xia Shu had no intention of speaking, so he didn't say anything else. He knew, and it was useless to say it.

Modifying the military system is the first content of the reform, and a decision must be made immediately.

Sima Guang didn't say a word later. He never expected that he would let his opponent pick the first fruit of victory today without any chance to take action!

Chen Shimei chose a very suitable opportunity. He proposed changes when everyone felt that it was necessary to change! Even Sima Guang himself understood that if Wen Yanbo did not give the right to chase wherever he wanted, it would be impossible to catch Wang Lun who ran wherever he wanted.

Moreover, Chen Yuan did not involve other matters, such as promotion of officials, such as Jungongtian, and did not even mention them.

Pang Ji said that Chen Shimei was very powerful. Sima Guang didn't feel it yesterday. Today, he finally got it.

However, in Sima Guang's view, there is a great resistance to the reform of the military system, that is, the identity of those warriors. Zhao Guangyi was unable to control those unruly generals because he did not have the ability of his brother, so he chose the entire literati group to suppress the generals. Wouldn't Renzong worry about the rebellious generals? Are the literati and official officials willing to lose control of the generals?

Sima Guang didn't say anything, he wanted to see how Chen Yuan solved this problem.

The reform of the army was mainly based on Fan Zhongyan's policy, simplifying the millions of troops of the Song Dynasty and leaving behind 300,000 elite troops.

The remaining people did not ask him to go home at once, but instead imitated the military farming soldiers of the Three Kingdoms period and turned into second-line soldiers, camped in fixed places, worked in farming, built water conservancy and roads, and trained during slack farming, two months a year.

When the war broke out, they obeyed the orders as reserve troops and were responsible for guarding their hometowns when the war broke out.

The more than 700,000 people support themselves. Although their combat effectiveness will be reduced, the Song Dynasty can save a lot of money to build the 300,000 professional soldiers. This ensures that the remaining 300,000 people can be replaced according to the equipment of the new army.

Regarding the issue of generals, Fan Zhongyan proposed to appoint special generals to train those soldiers to change the situation where soldiers did not know the generals and generals did not know the soldiers before.

Chen Yuan also proposed to let Renzong select civilian officials to join troops with more than 1,000 people for a long time to serve as the military supervisor. He assisted the generals in jointly managing the troops and was not allowed to intervene in training. He was responsible for supervising the loyalty of the generals when there was a war. He could only make suggestions on this regard, and the generals could not be deprived of the decision-making power.

In addition, the military supervisor must take turns to mobilize, which will be transferred every two or three years, and have the right to report directly to Renzong.

In the past, the emperor appointed temporary appointments after the war, and there was never a phenomenon of civil servants entering for a long time.

This was the solution Chen Yuan had followed the position of political commissar in the future. He didn't know whether it worked or not. Anyway, Old Man Mao used this method to control the troops and preserve the combat effectiveness of the troops. He finally beat Jiang Jiang away with full American equipment. I think it was impossible to make a mistake.

Renzong was also very interested in this proposal because the scholars and officials were beneficiaries of the existing policies of the Song Dynasty. Letting them stay in the military for a long time can ensure that the generals will not have any unfaithful intentions to a certain extent.

Just as Sima Guang thought, the military system was about to change, but were the scholars and officials really willing to give up their dominant position in front of military generals for a long time? Even Ouyang Xiu, who made this suggestion, was actually a little worried about military generals.

Chen Yuan's method is undoubtedly to find a calming agent for everyone, so that they can still control the generals in the future. In the eyes of Pang Ji and Xia Shu, this is no longer the best plan after the reform of the military system.

Sima Guang couldn't help but turn his attention to Chen Yuan again. Now he really admires this prince-consin.

Chen Yuan suddenly smiled at him again, and Sima Guang was still impressed even more. He continued: "Long live, I think that if more than a thousand troops were stationed in military supervision, the 300,000 troops would need a total of 400 to 500 military supervision personnel at all levels. At the same time, the second-line troops in the border fortresses would also have military supervision personnel stationed for a long time. If you have a rough calculation, there would be a total of about 1,200 civilian officials missing."

When Chen Yuan proposed the manpower, Xia Shu immediately realized that something was wrong and stepped forward and said: "Long live, I think that more than a thousand students in the scientific examination every year can just select the right person from those students."

Chen Yuan smiled: "Master Taiwei, the lower magistrate believes that the people sent by the emperor to supervise the army should be able to ensure sufficient loyalty and have a certain ability to deal with problems. Those students just read some books and have no experience when encountering problems, which is really not enough to entrust the important tasks."

Renzong nodded in his ear: "Well, what Shimei said makes sense, so where is the right place to draw personnel?"

Chen Yuan said: "People can be drawn from various prefectures and counties to settle in the place as military supervisors. The empress suggests that the emperor can pay another military salary to the literati who is willing to go to the army to serve as military supervisors. At the same time, if the troops make military achievements, they will also be rewarded."

When he was talking about this, Sima Guang's eyes were shining at Chen Yuan. He knew very well that if these more than a thousand scholars and officials really entered the army and were promoted by military merits, then from now on, they will be a bridge between the scholars and officials and the army.

Through these people, the conflicts between the military and scholar-official class can be well coordinated. At the same time, Chen Yuan's proposal also laid the foundation for the next reform and the promotion of officials!

More than a thousand people were drawn into the army to do things, which destined that more than a thousand additional positions in the Song Dynasty. According to the fifty civilian personnel in a county, this was equivalent to seven or eight states completing the reduction of redundant personnel.

Sima Guang found that this method was really acceptable to him. If Chen Yuan could really arrange all the scholars and officials, and unlike Fan Zhongyan, he would accept it.
Chapter completed!