The reason why everyone from the West was grateful to Xu Jiang was because except for a few people, the others were all big and not suitable for entering the court. Secondly, the court is too dangerous now and they don’t want to get involved.

Zhang Feng kept following Zhao Xu, glanced at Xu Jiang with a calm expression, and said nothing.

Others may not be able to hear it, but he understood it very clearly, and he would have more purpose in these words. But it did conform to their previous agreement, so he did not speak.

Although Zhao Xu did not look back, he could feel everyone's eyes on him, walking slowly, and said, "Don't worry, I won't force you. If you don't want to enter the court, you won't go in. The Ministry of War will do the coordination."

The Ministry of War is the Minister of War Xu.

General Xu raised his hand and said, "I will receive the order."

The eyes of a group of people looking at General Xu from gratitude became hot. After all, they had become more familiar with the Minister of War during this period.

General Xu smiled at everyone and then said, "The official family, when he was in the northwest, I had some ideas about the reform of the army with Xianggong Zhang. Do you tell the official family now?"

Zhao Xu suddenly became interested, looked back and said with a smile: "The two Qing families come up and say while walking. If you are tired, you can walk slowly, or stay, wait for the carriage to come up and enter Beijing on time."

Almost all the generals behind Zhao Xu were military generals, and walking some paths was nothing, so naturally he wouldn't really complain about being tired.

General Xu looked at Zhang Feng and took two steps forward.

General Xu pondered and said, "The view of the official, my Song Dynasty army is that there are too many problems such as the number, military rank, official system, commander, etc., which lead to low combat power and chaos. It requires thorough reform and sorting. In this regard, after I go back, I will jointly submit a report to the official. Regarding the general strategy of the army, I will consider it like this: First, merge the troops of the 23rd Routes across the country, and set the total number of the 16th Army.

In addition to the 12th route outside the capital, the capital city has four armies stationed with 20,000 troops, and two more cavalry and a firearm army must be built. At the same time, in order to deal with external threats, the border is divided into several major war zones, Liao, Xia, Tubo, Dali, etc. Second, each army has set up strategies, one general manager, responsible for daily affairs and commander, each army is stationed at the established base, and does not prepare for local affairs. Third, the Xiang army and others are changed to reserve troops, and after one to three years of training, they are retired and recruited during wartime..."

Zhang Feng listened aside, without saying anything.

Wang Wenyu and others behind him looked thoughtful. This was the first time they had heard the imperial court’s restructuring of the army.

Zhao Xu walked, roughly what he had discussed with General Xu before, nodded and said, "The general direction is like this. After returning to Beijing, the Ministry of War and the Privy Council discussed it together and came up with a specific strategy. Military reform is different from political affairs. It must be safe and there must be no chaos. The general managers must carefully select the strategies of various places. By the way, the Zhong Qing family and the Zhe Qing family each led an army to be stationed outside Kaifeng City."

Zhong Shizhong and Zhe Keshi were stunned, then raised their hand and said, "I will receive the order."

As long as you do not get involved in the battles between the high-level officials of the imperial court, it doesn’t matter if you are stationed outside Kaifeng City.

Zhang Feng glanced at the two of them and pondered: "Officials, I suggest that the magistrate is a civil servant, and the general manager is a military general. Pin Yi was about half a level last time. Small matters are subject to the order of the Privy Council, and major matters are also required for the official's tiger talisman. I would like to imitate the Han system and give the title of marquis to the soldiers who have made meritorious deities."

As soon as Zhang Yu's words fell, the hearts of the people behind them were pounding wildly.

At the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, he was extremely cautious about military generals. Not to mention being a marquis, there were no higher positions. Anyone who emerged would have a miserable ending and an unbearable ending!

Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, but did not look back and said decisively: "Accurate! The specific military rank, military system, official position, and reward will be settled by you. Let's start with this time. After returning to Beijing, we will discuss with the Political Affairs Hall!"

"I received the order." Zhang Feng and General Xu raised their hands together.

Zhao Xu waved his hand and continued: "There are many things that the Privy Council and the Ministry of War next year, and it is also very difficult. You must be bold and cautious. Start with all the northern routes, and all the Qing families will work harder..."

Listening to Zhao Xu's plain words, a magnificent wave of military system reform had emerged in front of them!

Zhao Xu, Xu, Zhang Feng and others were walking and talking.

At this time, Kaifeng City, Imperial City Department, Ministry of Justice, and Censorate arrested more and more people, and their locations were all high, covering both the "new and old" parties, the nobles and nobles, the military and political circles, and the scope was unprecedentedly large!

Zhang Dun was in charge of the green tiled house, looking at the briefings sent one by one, his stern face was not moved.

Cai Bian was uneasy and said, "I'll go out and have a look."

Zhang Dun didn't say anything. Looking at these lists, he was analyzing what suitable people could replace them. At the same time, his eyes also saw the place and felt confident.

Not long after Cai Biangang left, Shen Qi came, took two memorials and said, "My memorials, or letters from Mr. Cai and Mr. Zeng."

Zhang Dun took it and looked at it, then threw it into the drawer and said, "I understand. Su Xianggong went to the Imperial College?"

Shen Qi nodded in seclusion and said, "There is something outrageous outside, especially the Imperial College. Many people gather to attack the Imperial City Department."

Zhang Dun knew that Su Song's intention was nothing more than to stabilize some people. He silently for a while, his eyes were stern and said, "Zeng Bu, Cai must not go back to the capital. You go and write to them. The court has no place for the time being, so let them continue to wait. In addition, tell the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, and the Imperial City Department to arrest the big and let the small, and the rest will be done by the Ministry of Personnel."

Shen Qi had a chill in his neck. "Catching the big and letting go of the small" seemed to have given up, but "The Ministry of Personnel will do it". I don't know how many people have to throw away their official hats, and it is obvious that there will be a settlement in the future!

Shen Qi didn't want to get involved in this matter and said hesitantly: "There are currently five vacant places in the Political Affairs Hall. Mr. Cai and Mr. Zeng will not agree easily, right?"

Cai Que and Zeng Bu were both bigwigs of the reformists. Wang Anshi was once the right-hand man. After Wang Anshi stopped his prefecture twice, they supported him until after the death of Shenzong, they were exiled from Beijing by Sima Guang and others for the "Che Gaiting Poetry Case".

Zhang Dun said lightly: "Just say that."

Shen Qi immediately understood that Zhang Dun clearly told those people that they should not expect to return to Beijing.

Almost everyone knows that this Mr. Zhang has a hot temper and is unexpected to be so strong!

Shen Qi responded, and just as he was about to leave, an imperial guard hurried in and raised his hand and said, "Grandpa Zhang, Xia has arrived, they are asking for a meeting outside the palace."

Zhang Dun's sword-brow was half-straight, thinking about the war horse that Zhao Xu had once said, and said, "Take them to the Political Affairs Hall, I will meet them in person. Call Cai You."

"Yes!" Shen Qi and the guard responded and quickly left.

The Xia envoy soon arrived at the Political Affairs Hall, with only three people, each of which was a sturdy man, with a beard on the head. As soon as he came in, he stared at Zhang Dun sitting on the chair and said angrily: "You Song people don't know the pros and cons of you! My army of Daxia is a million, and you can break through your Song State without any effort. You dare to capture my envoy of Daxia. So bold! I will give you a stick of incense and release Weiming Ashan immediately, otherwise my great army of Daxia will come back and tell you that you will die without a place to bury!"

Zhang Dun's sword eyebrows were trembling all the time. When the Xia man finished speaking, he said in a very plain tone: "Cai You."

Cai You stood aside with an expressionless face, listened to her side and raised her hand and said, "Honeyone."

A murderous intent appeared on Zhang Dun's stern face and said, "Cut off the heads of these three people and hang them outside the palace gate."

The bearded man's face changed slightly and he shouted even louder: "Rareless! Who gives you the courage! You think it's okay for me to withdraw my troops from Daxia. After the cold winter, you will definitely break through your Kaifeng City next year. It's still time to negotiate peace, otherwise none of you can survive under the iron hooves!"

Zhang Dun didn't speak, but his sword eyebrows were raised and his sharpness was revealed.

Cai Bian was sure that Zhang Dun was not trying to show off, and sneered in his heart, waved his hand and said, "Pull it out!"

Immediately, seven or eight guards rushed out, quickly pressed the three of them down, put on their shackles, and dragged them out.

The bearded man was finally scared and shocked. When did these weak and incompetent Song people become so brave?

He turned his head and shouted, "Song people, I am here to negotiate peace. If you dare to kill me, my army in Daxia will definitely come back. If you think clearly, kill me, how can you explain to your court and to your little emperor..."
Chapter completed!