The new year has passed quickly and the new year has begun again.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Li Yang brought Yang Zi into the palace early to wish Ying Zheng a New Year.

Although Ying Zheng and Li Yang were kings and ministers in the court, in private, they were father-in-law and son-in-law, and family members.

Of course, Li You is actually Ying Zheng's son-in-law. But to be fair, as a family member, these two son-in-laws also prefer Li Yang.

This is not only because Li Yang is better, but also because Yang Zi is his favorite daughter. It can be seen that Daqin's intelligence agency Black Ice Platform is handed over to Yang Zi's command.

Look, after chatting for a while, Ying Zheng called Li Yang to the study alone.

"Li Yang, I have something that I can't figure out, so I need to ask you." Ying Zheng pointed to the couch mat opposite and asked with thoughts.

Li Yang knelt across from Ying Zheng and said curiously: "What's wrong with Your Majesty?"

Ying Zheng said: "You have said before that the Qin Dynasty was destroyed two years later, but I have something to do. No matter how greedy and incompetent the unfilial son Hu Hai was, how could he be defeated so quickly if he had nearly one million troops?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yang finally understood the reason why Ying Zheng called him alone to talk. He wanted to know the specific reason for the fall of the Qin Dynasty.

However, since Ying Zheng was determined to know about this matter, it was obvious that this matter could not be avoided.

So, Li Yang replied: "Your Majesty doesn't know that although the Qin Dynasty has a million troops, the Prince Hai was deserted for government affairs and was instigated by Zhao Gao to kill the royal family and ministers in the court. Therefore, not only the public resentment, but the entire court was also disloyal. Take the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Great Wall Camp for example. After Meng Tian was designed to kill, Deputy General Wang Li became the commander. The 200,000 Great Wall Legion went south to Julu to suppress the rebellion, but under the siege of the princes, the Great Wall Legion, which was exhausted and had little food, was quickly annihilated. The commander Wang Li was captured, the deputy general Shejian, and Su Jiao died in battle. It can be said that the main reason for the destruction of the Great Wall Legion was that Meng Tian, ​​the soul figure of the army, was killed."

Ying Zheng frowned and asked again: "Where is Lantian Camp?"

"For the need to garrison Xianyang, the Lantian Camp did not come out of the pass to quell the rebellion at the beginning. Moreover, in order to effectively control this army, Zhao Gao, while serving as the doctor, asked his son-in-law Yan Le to take over the Lantian Camp and split the Lantian Camp, leaving only 50,000 troops in the Lantian Camp, which greatly weakened its combat effectiveness. Therefore, when the rioters attacked Guanzhong, the Lantian Camp, which was not as powerful as before, was vulnerable. Seeing that the situation was hopeless in the battle at the Ship Pass, all surrendered." Li Yang replied truthfully.

Ying Zheng was so angry that his whole body trembled, and asked again: "Where is the Lishan Camp?"

Li Yang smiled bitterly: "Although the Lishan Camp is an army composed of prisoners, servants, and the original six** people, it has exploded with amazing combat power. Unfortunately, Zhang Han was afraid that he would be persecuted by Zhao Gao, so he finally chose to surrender to Xiang Yu. Subsequently, the 200,000-strong Lishan Legion was killed by Xiang Yu in Xin'an. It can be said that when Zhao Gao instigated Prince Hai to kill the court officials, all civil and military officials had long distrustred the court."

Ying Zheng's face turned pale and his throat rolled, but he couldn't even say a word.

Li Yang knew that he would definitely ask the Lingnan Legion, so he took the initiative to say: "After the civil strife broke out in Qin State, Zhao Tuo, the commander of the Lingnan Legion, blocked the border of the Five Ridges and did not go north to rescue. In this way, 500,000 Qin people went south to watch the demise of the Qin Empire."

"What? The Lingnan Legion did not go north to quell the rebellion!"

This time, Ying Zheng was really angry.

Li Yang nodded, indicating that he was not wrong.

Ying Zheng was furious and slapped the table angrily, cursing: "What a Zhao Tuo, he actually... wait!"

When he cursed, he suddenly felt something was right. He recalled and said, "Zhao Tuo? How could it be Zhao Tuo? Isn't it Ren Xiao, the commander of the Lingnan Legion? Could it be... Ren Xiao was also murdered by Hu Hai, the rebellious son?"

Li Yang quickly said, "No, the veteran General Ren Xiao died of illness. In short, he died of serious illness next year. After his death, the commander of the Lingnan Legion will be replaced by deputy general Zhao Tuo."

"There are three possibilities for the reason why Zhao Tuo refused to save him when he was dead. First, Zhao Tuo saw that the Qin Dynasty was already out of his mind and knew that the Qin Dynasty was unsuccessful, so he had the intention of separatism. Second, Lingnan was a newly attached place. Once the Qin army left, Lingnan would escape from the Qin Dynasty again. Third, Chu was the area with the most intense rebellion at the end of the Qin Dynasty. The Lingnan Legion, which was mainly infantry and boatmen (sailors), did not have enough cavalry to break through the blockade of Chu and enter the Central Plains battlefield."

"No matter what the reason is, Zhao Tuo did not go north to quell the rebellion, and eventually he became king in Baiyue."

Li Yang smiled bitterly when he spoke this.

Ying Zheng was extremely angry and stood up as if he was about to kill someone.

However, after walking back and forth in the study for two steps, he then slammed his palm on the desk and sighed with grief and anger: "Oh! You can't blame others, you can't blame others!"

Yes, at this moment, he had no anger on his face. Obviously, he didn't blame Zhang Han and Zhao Tuo.

Although these two people surrendered and the other refused to save them and became kings, in the final analysis, this was all caused by Hu Hai's actions.

Meng Tian, ​​Meng Yi, Li Si, Feng Quji... These Chinese civil and military officials in the court, even the Ying clan were killed by Hu Hai, and all such disinterested actions, would anyone be willing to serve this loyally?

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng only regrets that Daqin has a descendant like Hu Hai, a heartless descendant!

However, no matter how angry he is, fortunately, the current history has changed, so Ying Zheng quickly adjusted his emotions and turned to Li Yang and said, "Do you say Ren Xiao will die of serious illness next year?"

"If we follow the original history... General Ren will definitely die next year." Li Yang nodded.

Ying Zheng nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "It seems that... the head coach of the Lingnan Legion needs to change to a reliable person."

Obviously, although Ying Zheng did not blame Zhang Han and Zhao Tuo, he had this knot in his heart. He did not dare to let Zhao Tuo lead the hundreds of thousands of troops in Lingnan.

Li Yang was so smart, how could he not understand this? He immediately said, "Your Majesty is worried that you will not be able to bear anything if you are outside?"

Ying Zheng nodded: "That's right, although the Qin Dynasty is peaceful now, I heard from you that there seems to be hidden dangers in the military system of my Qin."

Speaking of this, Ying Zheng said, "Li Yang, what are you good ways?"

Li Yang pondered for a moment and said, "It's better for us to reorganize the army!"

"Oh? Tell me quickly!" Ying Zheng's eyes lit up and he quickly urged.

Li Yang said: "In the current military system of the Qin Dynasty, the commander of the army is too long and it is easy to cultivate his own faction in the army. Once it is in one place and deep and solid, the court will be at risk of raising tigers. Moreover, the generals of the Qin Dynasty only have a distinction between high and low, and the rank of generals is not obvious. There is almost no difference between the generals in front and rear, and the left and right generals, which will also cause the soldiers below to recognize people and not accept orders when executing orders."

Ying Zheng nodded frequently when he heard this: "It's a good analysis. As soon as you say, it seems that there are really big problems with my Great Qin military system."

Li Yang nodded.

That's right, there are all kinds of generals in front, generals in the back, and generals in the left, and generals in the right. Who is bigger and smaller is not obvious at all. Take the left and right generals as an example. In Qin, the right generals were respected, so it was just that the right general was more noble, and the others were the same as the left general.

Therefore, when the opinions of the generals on both sides of the left and right are different, the soldiers must only listen to the orders of the general whom they are familiar with. Even if the orders of another general were given by the emperor, the soldiers may not necessarily listen.

What's more, the term of office of these generals has almost always been fixed, which is even more risky.

"Since that's the case, do you have a good idea?" Ying Zheng asked.

Li Yang said: "Yes, that is to design a new military system, change the title of military merit into military ranks, and the military position corresponds to the military ranks, so there will be obvious differences between superior and inferior levels."

"Oh? Tell me in detail." Ying Zheng frowned.

Li Yang nodded: "What I am talking about is a military system of later generations. It is very scientific and effective, and is conducive to the military's subordinates."

"Basically speaking, the ranks of generals are divided into: generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, colonels, lieutenant colonels, majors, captains, lieutenant, and lieutenant. These are the ranks of generals, and soldiers also have military ranks, namely: first-class sergeant chiefs, second-class sergeant chiefs, third-class sergeant chiefs, fourth-class sergeant chiefs, sergeant, corporal, upper-class sergeant, and private."

"Soldiers can be promoted to military ranks without being able to command warfare, not necessarily without being promoted to military ranks. The officer positions in the army are those with ranks of second lieutenants or above. The Qin Dynasty can divide the four major corps into four major military regions, with 100,000 troops being a corps, and the head coach of the 100,000 troops being a corps, and the head coach of the corps of 100,000 troops being a corps, and the head general of the corps of 100,000 troops being a corps. The head coach of a large military region is a lieutenant general and a lieutenant general. At the same time, in order to prevent generals from being outside and cultivating the root system, the head coach of the four major military regions and the head coach of each of the four major military regions can be one term for three to five years. After the term expires, the army can be called a sword of our Qin court. Wherever your Majesty points, this sword will point to."

Li Yang borrowed most of the essence of the military system in later generations.

After hearing this, Ying Zheng's eyes lit up, and obviously saw the advantages of this military system. He immediately praised: "Okay, this military system is really good! Li Yang, this matter will be left to you!"

Li Yang said: "Military affairs can be handed over to Meng Tian, ​​and I can help him plan."

"Yes, I will give Meng Tian the leadership of the military reform!"

Ying Zheng nodded, then looked at Li Yang, and couldn't help but sigh with pity: "The new policy has heavy affairs, and everything in the country is under your control. I... have caused you."

Li Yang felt warm in his heart and smiled: "For the sake of the Qin Dynasty and China, I am willing to work hard and complacent."

Ying Zheng patted Li Yang on the shoulder and nodded in sighing.
Chapter completed!