After the Chongzheng Hall was summoned, the prime ministers returned to the Political Affairs Hall and began to discuss the problems Wu Haogu gave them.

"The Western Army and Shuofang Army have finally settled the overall situation. The court has added eleven elite generals and four thousand knights. Wu Chongdao still has made contributions." Su Che sat high in the seat, holding a tea bowl in his hand, and talking freely. "Since you have made contributions, you still have to reward him as appropriate."

There was also a Shaanxi Transportation Commander Su Chi who organized the Western Army with Wu Haogu. He was Su Che's eldest son! With this contribution, it was only a matter of time before Xuan Ma became the prime minister... So Su Che now said good things about Wu Haogu, which is equivalent to praising his son.

"It is also a reward for being promoted to the Propaganda and Fu Envoy of Hebei 5th Routes?" Zhang Shangying took a sip of Yunwu Xiang Tea, "If it is not enough, you can report to the emperor and leave Wu Chongdao a Jieduan."

He paused and said, "It's a blessing that we prime ministers value him so much, but he doesn't appreciate it at all, so he just asked us about the difficulties."

In fact, the gang of priests are quite polite to Wu Haogu. Just the things Wu Haogu did, according to the standards of a military officer of the Song Dynasty, can be said to be extremely domineering. Even if you were arrested and drunk at the Censorate, you cannot be called unjust! The charge of rebellion cannot be considered false!

But Su Che, Zhang Shangying and others suppressed him and did not want to kill Wu Haogu, and even gave him a seemingly large Hebei Xuanfu envoy. Wu Haogu didn't know how to be grateful, and in turn posed a big problem for the Political Affairs Hall.

If Han Qi and Wang Wei knew about it, they would definitely blame this civil servant for being incompetent!

However, Su Che did not intend to push the matter of consolidating the army out.

Su Che shook his head: "We cannot rely on military personnel for the military reorganization. This matter should be the responsibility of the general officers and the officials of the grain. The general officers of the general officers are just the aides of the general officers. If the general officers of the general officers are responsible for the reorganization of the army, wouldn't the general officers of the general officers be under the general officers? This dynasty has no such rules!"

"Su Xianggong means that we should take over the problem raised by Wu Chongdao?" Deng Xunwu shook his head and said, "But the imperial guards in Hedong, Jingjin, Jingdong, Jingxi and other places are no better than the Western Army, and they cannot be compared with the Shuofang Army. How should we organize them?"

"Cough cough!" Zhao Tingzhi coughed a few times, "When Wu Chongdao can take over the mess in Hebei, we can't find someone to pick up the stalls in Hedong, Jingji, Jingdong, and Jingxi? If we can't pick up, then he may also push Hebei Xuanfu."

If Wu Haogu had pushed for the Xuanfu of Hebei, Zhao Ji would definitely not let him stay at home and eat rice. Maybe he would have to go back to Beijing to serve as a military plane... Staying around the official family all day long is harmful to the country and the people.

"But who can take over the stalls in Hedong, Jingjin, Jingdong, and Jingxi?" Liu Kui, who had served as the Minister of War, said, "The East Army is not as good as the Western Army. Even Wu Chongdao himself did not dare to move the Kaifeng Imperial Army that day, but started a new train and trained 18,000 model new troops."

The model new army of Kaifeng Prefecture and Shaanxi new army are slightly different in the organization of Shuofang new army. Each general has one cavalry battalion, only 4,500 combat soldiers, and 4 generals are 18,000 combat soldiers.

Including these 4 generals, 6 generals in Shaanxi and 5 generals in Shuofang, the Song Dynasty now has a new army of 15 generals, and there are more than 7,000 knights. There are a total of more than 80,000 troops who can fight, which is actually quite a lot.

Zhao Tingzhi sighed: "Wu Chongdao's methods of reorganizing the army are very skillful. More than 40 generals of the Western Army were abolished and reorganized into six generals... Even among the five generals in Shuofang, they absorbed many generals from the Western Army, and only eleven generals were left. Can't we do what he can do in Shaanxi?

Liu Kui shook his head: "Not counting the Zhe family army, there are now twelve generals in Hedong. There are thirty-seven generals around the capital of the capital of the capital, and there are thirteen generals in the southeast sixth route, with a total of 62 generals, with an army of no less than 300,000! There are also more than 100,000 imperial guards without generals, most of which are scattered in Hedong, Hebei, Jingjin, Jingdong, Jingxi and other places. If you have to give land according to Shaanxi standards, 10,000 mu of acres are not enough... Where can you give so many official land?"

Zhao Tingzhi smiled and said, "My must I give it to the ground?"

Liu Kui shook his head, "It is not necessary to lay off these more than 400,000 imperial guards for land! These people eat 20 to 30 million yuan in food and wages a year, and eight out of ten have their own livelihoods outside the military camp! How could the 200 acres of land be used to dispose of them?

Moreover, there are many military officers and small martial officials among the more than 400,000 imperial guards! Which of the officers who led the troops is not rich in quality? They are both empty and occupied soldiers, and they all have a lot of food."

There are all things that can be eaten by the Eastern Army and the Western Army. However, the situation in the Eastern Army is even more serious. It is not about eating 20% ​​of the empty space, but about eating at least half of it! There is more than 400,000 imperial guards on the books, but it is actually good to have 200,000.

Most of the 200,000 imperial guards have their own business, but they just take turns to fool things. Ying Mao’s imperial guards are not the same as training troops in the camp, but are driven by the officers to do business, which is called occupation. I don’t know if there are 10,000 people who can fight?

Zhao Tingzhi just smiled, "But Wu Chongdao has a way! Since he has a way, then let's just do it?"

Su Che also guessed that Wu Haogu would have a solution. He saw the sick Zhao Ting's eyes and turned to Zhang Shangying: "Tianjue, the military reorganization matter must not be fully imposed on the Wu people. Since Shaanxi and Shuofang have already set a precedent, Hebei will soon begin. Just do it according to Hedong, Jingjin, Jingdong, Jingxi and Southeast Six Roads."

"Zi You brother said very much, but it still needs to be carefully considered for whom to use to consolidate the army." Zhang Shangying thought for a while, "Kaifeng's imperial guards were slow down first, and the garrisons in the capital were of great importance, and the two governments should not intervene. However, Hedong is an important town. If there is a day of the Northern Expedition in the future, there will be Hedong all the way. There should be a steady and strategic civil servant to serve as Xuanfu."

"Then who can leave Hedong?" Su Che asked.

"How about Tao Zili, the Imperial College Priest? " Zhang Shangying said, "If Wang Zhengchen is appointed as the General Military Plane of the Fourth Hedong Route, he should be able to ensure that there is no danger."

Now there are almost no civil servants who can command soldiers in the court. Lu Huiqing is not good enough, and he can't enter the Political Affairs Hall. He is so angry that he is promoted to the palace. Zhong Fu transferred to the military commander of the new army in Kaifeng, and is not considered a civil servant. After searching for him, only Tao Jiefu and Zhang Shuye are more suitable. Zhang Shuye now has to take charge of the military commander of the Ministry of the Ministry and cannot leave at all. The only one who can go to Hedong Xuanfu is the only one who can go to the Xuanfu.

Su Che touched his beard and said, "Tao Zili and Wang Zhengchen walk together, so you should be able to ensure that there is no trouble. Now it depends on what trick Wu Chongdao has?"

...

"Brother Chongdao, can you really deal with those old soldiers from Hebei?"

"Dalang, this job is not easy to take on!"

"Teacher, you are thinking about it..."

Outside Kaifeng Prefecture City, inside the Guanting, and out of the city to welcome Wu Haogu's Su Shi, Pan Xiao'an, Zhang Zeduan and others, were all admonishing Wu Haogu.

Su Shi is now referring to Jiehe Market for official business. He took the opportunity of escorting the Jurchen tribute horses to Kaifeng Prefecture. He is still in contact with the Jurchen Tribe Alliance and Jiehe Market. He pays tribute and trade every year through Jiehe Market. The tribute is mainly tribute horses, but in fact there are not many Jurchen horses, and the quality is not as good as that of Jiehe's third-generation horses and fourth-generation horses. However, he can be deceived from Zhao Ji in a noble way. Mi Youren, Zhao Zhongge and Su Shi can also be deceived into transferring officials. It is really a joy.

Pan Xiao'an's official position is also rising step by step. Now, the Sifangguan envoy, who is rampant in the official rank, has been appointed as the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple. This is a fat man who manages private money for Zhao Ji!

Zhang Zeduan also had an official position. He served as a doctor of painting at the Qingcheng Academy in Dongtou, and continued to run the courtesan business. Although he was not very good at the officialdom of Kaifeng Prefecture, he was considered to be full of friends in the officialdom of Kaifeng Prefecture and was very well-informed.

After listening to the advice for a few days, Wu Haogu just smiled bitterly, raised the tea bowl and drank Yunwu tea. "I can't do it, it's all the same generals. What's wrong with it? The five-way official army is also considered a prince."

"Dalang," Pan Xiao'an was stunned when he heard this, looking at Wu Haogu, "You don't plan to reorganize the army anymore? If so, the five-way Xuanshuo could do it."

"It's not OK to be fine at all!" Wu Haogu shook his head. He knew that Pan Xiao'an and Su Shi were both here to survey the situation.

He looked at Pan Xiao'an and Su Che, "A certain family is a minister, and the official family is a king. The king wants his ministers to organize the Hebei army. Can a minister do nothing?"

"Dalang," Pan Xiao'an frowned, "Then should we still organize the Hebei army?"

"It's a little bit more." Wu Haogu smiled, "When the northern expedition of Yanyun in Japan, the Hebei army must be the main force, and there must be some soldiers who can support the storefront, right? Someone's requirements are not high, and having three elite soldiers is enough."

The more you say this, the more outrageous it becomes! Pan Xiao'an said in his heart: The three generals' elite soldiers were 15,000 to death, plus three or four thousand knights, and a little utility soldiers, you will be able to have 30,000 elite soldiers. How dare you fight Yan Yun with such a little soldiers?

Wu Haogu continued: "The Hebei Imperial Guards have only 110,000 or 20,000 on the books, and the three generals have only 15,000 combat soldiers. Including auxiliary soldiers, there are only about 20,000. This requirement is not high, right? If you can give someone this face, everyone can benefit from the Northern Expedition in Japan."

He wanted to pass messages through Pan Xiao'an to the generals who were in charge of the Hebei imperial guards to make money. He didn't go to Hebei for a lot of trouble, so he just created three generals, and the rest was the territory where everyone made a fortune.

And as long as everyone gives face, when the northern expedition of Yanyun in the future, Wu Haogu would take everyone to make contributions together.

"Where are the remaining 100,000 Hebei imperial guards?" Pan Xiao'an said, "Or the same?"
Chapter completed!