Chapter 1196 The Prince's Confusion
After capturing Taiyuan, the Zhou Dynasty army officially ended the nearly half-year battle. Xu Shiji led 80,000 troops to station Bashu, Li Jing led 70,000 troops to station Longyou, Hexi, Yuchi Gong led 50,000 troops to station Taiyuan, Wei Wentong led 30,000 troops to station Hedong County, and the rest of the troops returned to Zhongdu to rest.
At the same time, Zhang Xuan formally issued an edict, promulgating a new military system, with the generals in three levels, and the generals of Tiance as the highest, followed by the generals of the twelve guards, and then the generals. These five-level generals were senior generals of the Great Zhou Empire. There were restrictions on the number of people and hierarchical restrictions. Among them, General Tiance did not have real positions, but a false position. Zhang Xuan clearly stipulated that only the prince or prince could enthrone General Tiance.
Even if there are only twelve generals, other generals have to wait for their positions to be promoted to generals, so they can only wait for their empty seats to have a chance. However, they can be awarded the title of General of Cavalry or the Champion General as a general, and use their position as a general to exercise power as a general.
The number of generals is not limited, and it is divided into three levels, namely General Longxiang, General Hu Ben and General Yingyang. However, there is no limit on the number of generals of General Hu Ben and General Yingyang, but General Longxiang has only twenty-four people, corresponding to the left and right generals of the twelve guards.
The intermediate general refers to the general Lang, and the general Lang is divided into three levels, namely the General Shanglang, the General Zhonglang and the General Lang, while the lower general refers to the General Wei-level general, which is also divided into three levels, the General Qiwei, Yuwei and Yunwei, and the rest of the brigade commanders, the General of the Corps and the Commander of the Soldier belong to the sergeant.
The restructuring edict canceled the Huya, Eagle Strike, Deputy Guard and other deputy generals. The edict clearly stipulates that when going to war, the deputy generals can be appointed, and the deputy generals will be the next level general. In order to distinguish them from other generals, they can be promoted to the scattered officials one level.
The biggest feature of military restructuring is that it increases the number of middle and lower-level generals, but increases the difficulty of promotion of senior generals, especially limits the number of General Longxiang and Generals. Generally, generals are basically at the top of General Huben Lang, but there is still hope for scattered officials and titles.
In addition to the military reform, the edict also stipulates the local county military system.
On the third day after the emperor's edict was promulgated, the military machinery and the Ministry of War jointly announced the list of promotions for 174 generals, including Lai Huer, Li Jing, Yuchi Gong, Luo Shixin, etc., and were promoted to generals, and were granted the titles of scattered officials such as General of the Cavalry and General of the Champion.
Zhang Xuan, the emperor of the Great Zhou Empire, issued another edict, granting the first batch of titles, including ten generals including Lai Huer, Li Jing, Yuchi Gong, Luo Shixin, and nine important officials including Su Lie, Wei Yunqi, Li Gang, and Li Jing, and the other forty-six generals and civil officials respectively awarded the titles of the county duke and county duke respectively. At the same time, the three armies were rewarded with meritorious soldiers, allocated ten county dukes of land, one million hectares of money, and one million stagnant of silk and three hundred thousand pieces of silk to the soldiers, and doubled the pension for the fallen soldiers.
For a time, the court caused a sensation and the three armies were in full swing. Because this military system reform took care of the interests of most people, the morale of the army was particularly high. The streets of Zhongdu were decorated with lights everywhere, as if the New Year was about to come.
In the past few days, Ziwei Palace has been quite busy. Ziwei Palace has publicly recruited the first batch of palace maids from Zhongdu, with a quota of 300 people. This is also because the palace lacks staff and needs to be added to the palace maids. The age requirement is 14 to 16 years old, the family background is innocent, and the treatment is generous. After four years in the palace, I left the palace to get married. This is actually recruiting maids. However, there were too few concubines in the emperor's harem. Many wealthy families found the opportunity and signed up to send their daughters to the palace.
The matters of adding harem are basically the responsibility of the eunuch chief, and the queen interviews and selects them personally. Zhang Xuan basically didn't care. During this period, he has been busy discussing and formulating various rules and regulations with the ministers.
As soon as dawn was dawn, Zhang Xuan left his bedroom and went to court as usual. Today is the fifth day of the eighth month. The dynasty of the dynasty once a month. All officials above the seventh rank in Beijing must participate. The dynasty does not necessarily go through formalities. Many times, the dynasty will also decide on major military and political matters. For example, the new system of the dynasty, which was officially implemented two months ago, was passed under the full discussion of the dynasty, and was implemented, directly bypassing the voting of the Ziwei Pavilion.
This is also Zhang Xuan's latest provision. All laws and regulations involving systems must be fully discussed by the Grand Dynasties or China. Although the power of Ziwei Pavilion is limited to a certain extent, it is conducive to the majority of court ministers participating in the discussion of major military and political affairs.
Therefore, China and North Korea have also carried out reforms, changing them twice a month to three times a month, which is only once a month, and civilian officials above the fifth rank must participate.
The eldest son Zhang Ting who went to the dynasty with Zhang Xuan was also his eldest son Zhang Ting. Zhang Xuan's eldest son is ten years old this year and started studying at the age of five. He has been attending Ziwei Pavilion discussions every two days since last year. The long-term special environment has made him more mature and more stable than ordinary children of the same age.
Today, Zhang Xuan felt that his son was a little strange and was relatively silent. He kept his head down and said nothing along the way.
"What's wrong today? What's wrong?" Zhang Xuan asked with his son's shoulder in love.
"Father, I have a problem in my heart that I have been puzzled."
"Tell me any questions and don't keep them in my heart."
Zhang Ting hesitated and whispered: "Since our Zhou army has formed an absolute advantage over the Tang Dynasty, why don't we attack Guanzhong in one go, and withdraw our troops and give them a breather?"
Zhang Xuan smiled, "So that's it. How long have you been holding this question in your heart?"
"It's been almost ten days."
"Then why not ask the sir or another minister?"
"I asked Mr. Yu and Mr. Li, but they couldn't tell me the reason. They just said that the army needs rest, the people need rest, and they cannot delay summer harvest, etc. Although there is some reason, Mr. Chen feels that it is not enough. Isn't it better to directly unify the world and rest with the people?"
Zhang Xuan nodded, "It's really hard for ordinary people to answer this question."
He looked around and suddenly pointed to an extremely tall and lush tree and said, "I heard yesterday that the guards were preparing to cut off the big tree."
"Why, it grows lushly, why should I cut it off?" Zhang Ting asked in confusion.
"Because its insides have been emptied by insects, and the meridians are broken, and it will wither completely after a while, so the guards must cut it off as soon as possible to prevent the insect from spreading."
"So that's it. Now it doesn't look like a pest. If my father doesn't say it, I really feel that it's a pity for a big tree."
Zhang Xuan smiled faintly, "The Tang Dynasty is such a big tree. In fact, it has withered inside, but it has not been fully demonstrated. If we destroy it too early, many people will miss its lush branches and leaves, and a group of old and young people will never forget to restore it. On the contrary, we should not be anxious. When the decline of the Tang Dynasty is revealed, the people of the Tang Dynasty will live a life of miserable life, make officials hate it extremely, and make scholars completely disappointed. At that time, when we destroy it, there will not be many people missing it, just like the Sui Dynasty. If its great cause is destroyed in six years, there will definitely be countless people and scholars who miss its powerful prosperity. So when its great cause is completely declining in fourteen years, how many people are still missing the Sui Dynasty?"
Zhang Ting suddenly realized, "So that's it, my son understands."
Zhang Xuan patted his son on the shoulder and smiled, "Actually, your husband is right. When fighting a war every year, the national and people will not be able to bear it. On the contrary, if you accumulate your strength and fight once every three years, the court and the people will not have much burden."
Zhang Ting nodded silently, he really understood this time.
Zhang Xuan smiled. In fact, he had some special reasons not to tell his son that the Tang Dynasty is now focusing on eradicating the Guanlong nobles. The Tang Dynasty worked so hard to eliminate a major hidden danger for him, why didn't he do it?
It’s just that this reason is too dark-hearted and he doesn’t want to pollute his son’s pure heart too early.
The chariot slowly drove past the Rainbow Bridge and entered the back square of Anyang Hall. There were already several censors in the hall waiting here. Zhang Xuan got out of the chariot and asked, "Have you all the court officials arrived?"
"Your Majesty, the court officials have arrived, and have entered the palace to join the marquis. I will wait for Your Majesty to enter the court."
Zhang Xuan nodded, "Go into the palace!"
Zhang Xuan was wearing a nine-chapter red and yellow dragon robe, a sky-swinging crown, a jade belt, and a cloud-like shoe. Under the guidance of several His Highness and Censors, he quickly walked into the hall. Zhang Ting followed his father to the door of the side hall. The forty-eight ceremonial guards waiting here saluted. They held wooden weapons in their hands and waited in line to enter the hall. Sixteen palace maids also moved forward, with eight people in front and behind, and they surrounded Zhang Xuan and his son with long-handled palace fans.
At this time, the chief supervisor in the hall shouted, "His Majesty the Emperor is here!"
Forty-eight guards of honor began to line up into the hall, and then sixteen palace maids slowly moved and surrounded Zhang Xuan and his son into the hall. Zhang Xuan sat down on the dragon couch, and the prince Zhang Ting sat on the lower position of the prince. He was still young, but came to listen to the dynasty and did not participate in the dynasty's political discussion.
When Zhang Xuan sat down, thousands of officials bowed together to salute, "See Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty!"
Zhang Xuan waved his hand, "All the ministers are not treated ashamed!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The supervisor of the palace immediately whispered: "Today's great dynasty has three issues. First, discussing the construction of straight roads from Zhongdu to Luoyang and Jiangdu: Second, on the revision of the salt law; Third, on the "
Chapter completed!