The court in the eighth year of Yuanyou was very different from previous years.

The Empress Dowager withdrew the curtain, the officials took charge of the government and made great efforts to reform. Now the court is highly centralized, especially the imminent "resume the new law". The court, which was originally on holiday for the year, even a group of officials arrived at the post in advance, and each became busy.

At this time in previous years, officials at all levels were still walking around inside and outside the government, with red lights and firecrackers ringing, enjoying the most. But now, too many families have restrained their luxury and looked like they are poor and frugal.

Political Affairs Hall, Su Song Valuation Room.

Su Song's recent attention to the court has been restored, and he has expressed different views on some political affairs. The conflict with Zhang Dun has gradually expanded and became public.

Although the Privy Council was at the same level as the Political Affairs Hall in terms of system, it was impossible to completely abandon it, so the Privy Council's military system reform still gave it to the Political Affairs Hall. However, the Political Affairs Hall did not "pass" as Zhang Jing and Xu Jiang had expected, but was detained by Su Song.

Seeing that it was two days ago, Su Song still refused to let go, so Zhang Feng and Xu Jiang had to come to find Su Song.

Zhang Qi sat expressionlessly and did not speak immediately.

Xu Jiang could guess something, looked at Su Song and said, "Mr., military system reform is the first priority. If you have different ideas, you can say it out. The reason why we sent one is to build consensus and win the support of the court."

Su Song's expression was a little cold, he glanced at Zhang Qing and said, "Do you think I can't understand the content of your restructuring? Apart from being too magnified by the military power of various groups, I ask you, why are your 'strategy' vague words in your 'strategy' above strategy? What do you want to do!"

Zhang Feng's expression was calm and he had already expected it.

After all, Su Song was once a tycoon of the "military department". Before he was transferred to the State Council, he was a former deputy envoy and chief envoy of the Privy Council, and he was very qualified.

Xu General said: "The Xiaguan and others have no intention of concealing it. When Xia and Liao came to invade, they often had 200,000 and 300,000 troops. If there were only one or several routes in the north, they could not resist it. However, the reform of the army could not be achieved overnight, so we reserved space to facilitate the coordination of the army in the future."

General Xu's meaning is very simple. Facing the enemy's army of 200,000 and 300,000, each party must not fight alone, so someone must coordinate the various parties, that is, command hundreds of thousands of troops as a resistance.

In fact, it is just a vague reservation of a "group army" position.

Su Song said: "Don't you think these familiar things are familiar? Do you want to repeat the old events in the vassal states?"

After the end of the Tang Dynasty, there were many vassal states, forming chaos in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. It was a terrible time when etiquette and law collapsed. The Song Dynasty ended the Five Dynasties and was naturally extremely vigilant about these.

Xu Jiang pondered for a moment and said, "My husband, our dynasty has been established for a hundred years. People's hearts have been in favor of it. As long as the reform is correct, there will be no such chaos. No one can threaten the stability of the country."

Su Song snorted coldly and said, "Do you think it's not messy enough now? How do you want to mess around?"

The current dynasty is indeed extremely chaotic. The above is Zhao Xu and Empress Dowager Gao’s struggle for power, and the below is the struggle between the two parties of the “new and old”. Although Zhao Xu and the “new party” seem to be victorious, they are the “fewer”. Facing the huge and boundless counterattack of the “old party”, the “new party” certainly controls power, but it is still like a small boat on the sea, which may be destroyed at any time.

In such a turbulent and treacherous situation as the imperial court, if there is another vassal state in the area, who can still grasp the situation confidently, not threaten the country, and repeat the old stories of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms?

Seeing that Su Song insisted on refusing to agree, Zhang Feng said lightly: "If the Zhengshi Hall insisted on refusing to agree, then the affairs of the Privy Council will not go to the Zhengshi Hall in the future."

The Privy Council and the Political Affairs Hall are on par. Zhang Yue and Su Song are of the same rank. One is the head of the government affairs and civil service department; the other is the boss of the military and military general department.

Su Song was unmoved and said, "I don't have any control over the Privy Council, but the Ministry of War belongs to the Political Affairs Hall. Without my seal, you must not move rashly!"

The commander of the army belongs to the Ministry of War and is dispatched to the Privy Council. The Ministry of War belongs to the Political Affairs Hall. This is the military's checks and balances structure.

As the Minister of War, General Xu saw the two bigwigs facing each other and was afraid that they would really make trouble. This would have an unpredictable impact on the court, the reinstatement of the court, the resumption of the new laws and the reform of the army. He thought for a moment and said: "Su Xianggong, the reform of the army was not achieved overnight. We just formulated a general framework and goal. Why not nod your head first? When encountering specific things, we will discuss in detail? There are more places that need to be printed by Su Xianggong in the future."

The reform of the military system is inseparable from the support of the Political Affairs Hall. If Su Song has always disagreed, even if he is treated negatively, the Ministry of War and the Privy Council may have achieved half the result with twice the effort.

Su Song still looked plain, but his attitude was very firm, and said, "I only have three requirements. First, the military power cannot be too concentrated, especially the war zone you divided, I do not agree with. Second, the ancestral teachings of strong, weak branches cannot be violated. Third, you must seriously and clearly tell the officials the benefits and interests."

Xu Jiang heard that Su Song was worried that Zhao Xu was too young and did not have enough understanding of many things, and would be led by them to the wrong path.

When Xu General saw that Su Song was not reasonable, he had to say, "Then, Mr. Su went to see the official family with us?"

Although Su Song firmly blocked the restructuring of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, he knew very well that although this "strategy" was from Xu Jiang and Zhang Feng, the official in the palace was still instructed.

Su Song was silent for a while and said, "I won't go. If the official family wants my seal, I will send it to me in person."

Zhang Feng didn't talk nonsense anymore and got up directly.

Xu General did not leave immediately. When Zhang Feng left the door, he looked at Su Song and said, "Su Xianggong, if the Privy Council and the Ministry of War make certain modifications according to your requirements, can you do something for us in the restructuring?"

The "old party" all over the world is not only the resumption and promotion of the new laws, but also the reform of the military. As the well-deserved leader of the "old party" and the prime minister, these cannot avoid Su Song, but instead require his strong help.

Su Song listened and became more silent.

Xu Jiang understood, stood up and raised his hand and said, "The Lord is leaving."

Su Song watched him leave and his brows frowned deeply.

The resurgence of the "Xining Law" was enough for him to have a headache, and the reform of the army far exceeded his bottom line. Su Song was very uneasy because he knew very well that he would not be able to stop it for long.

Inside the arched hall.

Zhao Xu was writing quickly. He was now busy than the officials outside the palace. He wanted to conduct a comprehensive examination of the "Xining Law", especially the most important "Fang Tianjun Tax Law", and also revise the "military reform strategy".

When Zhang Feng and Xu Jiang arrived, Zhao Xu didn't raise his head and said directly: "Two Qingshou's family will sit first, look at the tea with tangerine peel, I will be fine soon."

Zhang Feng and Xu Jiang looked at each other, raised their hand to thank him, and sat down on the chair beside them.

Zhao Xu quickly wrote a cup of tea before he stopped. He looked at the handwriting that had not dried and said to himself: "This is my word..."

After half a year, Zhao Xu gradually became familiar with writing with a brush, but for some reason, his characters became increasingly ugly and he couldn't get back.

Zhang Feng didn't care. Seeing Zhao Xu's pen, he said, "Your Majesty, Su Xianggong has stuck the military reform strategy of the Privy Council."

Zhao Xu took the teacup and nodded slightly.

There was nothing in the palace that could hide from him, so naturally I knew that the conflict between Su Song and Zhang Dun was gradually arose.

However, Su Song stuck the joint letter between the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, not only a struggle between the "new and old parties", but more of a concern and vigilance about the military's reform.

Such a reform has indeed greatly broken Su Song's bottom line. Su Song is not alone, he represents most of the people in the Song Dynasty.

The ancestral system of nearly a hundred years has penetrated into the bones of everyone in the Song Dynasty. Even Zhang Feng, Zhang Dun, and Xu Jiang reformed according to his requirements, many things still cannot escape the constraints of the 'ancestral system'.

The "strategy" is still full of checks and balances, and is quite prepared for the army. It does not completely break the constraints on the army and stimulates the army's combat power.

The "strategy" does not follow Zhao Xu's idea completely. For example, the regiment as a basic combat unit is not Zhao Xu's idea, and the establishment of the first and fifth regiments of the army was also a change made by Zhang Yue and Xu.

Zhao Xu pondered for a while, put down the teacup, looked at the things he had just written, and said, "I will talk to Mr. Su on this matter. Be prepared. The reform will start with all the ways in the north. Be careful to prevent changes."

The territory of the Song Dynasty was very small, and the northern routes were not far from Kaifeng Prefecture. If there was any chaos, it would be very dangerous.

Xu General listened, glanced at Zhang Qing and said, "Officials, after Your Majesty issues an edict, I plan to supervise it myself."
Chapter completed!