My country is dead again [Rebirth]

The matter of cleaning up Pei's family has not yet been mentioned, and Du Ruo dare not speak rashly.

"Mr. Wanyang should have a good idea of ​​how to check here. I will write a memorial in the past two days and it will be over." Xie Ruzhuo looked at the reform method suggested by Du Ruo, "After returning to Beijing, I will draft it out. The formal reform law is issued by decree, and you can try to change one or two places according to the decree on the way.”

Du Ruo frowned and said, "It's His Majesty's will that I investigate the guards as an imperial envoy, but I'm afraid it's inappropriate for me to intervene if we want to reform the system."

"Sir, don't worry, Weishan has dealt with it properly, and I will bring this memorial back to Beijing for all the ministers to read." Xie Ruzhuo closed the memorial and put it away, "Mr. has done a good job, I want Mr. to enter Six volumes will be a matter of course."

Du Ruo raised his eyes in surprise, and said: "It didn't take long for that incident. Your Majesty also said at the beginning that the minister's going out of Beijing to investigate is a crime and meritorious deed. Even if it is handled properly, the merits and demerits should be offset. It is difficult to convince the public when transferred to the sixth department. "

"So maybe I have to wrong you a little bit." Xie Ruzhuo said with a smile, "I will let you downgrade half rank to the sixth department."

If Du Ruo is now a Bachelor of the Fifth Rank Hanlin Academy, if he is downgraded to half rank, he should be from the fifth rank. Among the six departments, the official position from the fifth rank is usually Yuanwailang. He asked, "Your Majesty is saying... Yuanwailang from the Ministry of Officials?"

Xie Ruzhuo shook his head with a smile and said, "Wai Lang, member of the Ministry of War's arsenal to clean up officials."

"Military Department?" Du Ruo was really shocked, but after calming down and thinking about it, he understood, "After the five armies' governor's mansion was in vain, the control of military registration actually belonged to the Ministry of War's arsenal and clean-up department. Your Majesty wanted to make things easier Responsible for the restructuring of the Guards Army?"

"There is this reason." Xie Ruzhuo's smile deepened, "But compared to the Ministry of Officials, what I want Mr. to go to is the Ministry of War, and I will let Mr. stay in the Ministry of War for a long time in the future. I wonder if Mr. is willing?"

Du Ruo took a deep breath subconsciously. Xie Ruzhuo's decision was too sudden for him. As far as he knew, Sun Bingde had previously favored Hua Yangjiao to succeed Han Zhen in the future, but now Xie Ruzhuo's deep intention was to put him under Sun Bingde's control Go to the place where he lives, and fight against Han Zhen, and he may be allowed to be in charge of the Ministry of War in the future.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to share the worries of Your Majesty, it's just that... I think I don't know much about military affairs, so I might disappoint Your Majesty's expectations." Du Ruo got up and saluted, "Your Majesty, please think again."

"I used to think that you don't know much about military affairs, but today, as long as you are willing to get in touch with me, you can do well." Xie Ruzhuo helped him up, "What the imperial court lacks is a civil servant like you who is dedicated to everything. If people do this, civil servants can also be familiar with military and agricultural affairs, and even civil engineering and water conservancy. The Ministry of War is too important, and I don’t feel relieved to hand it over to anyone else except sir. Don’t refuse anymore, sir.”

Du Ruo hesitated and said, "Yuanweng..."

"It's a matter of equal merit and demerit. Now I've demoted you by half rank, which is considered a punishment. It would be too much for Yuan Weng to hold on to this matter." Xie Ruzhuo reassured, "You have known him for many years, and you are also a You should understand him, he will not do things that will make him popular and damage his morality, and he will not stop him."

Du Ruo nodded silently, never thinking that he would go to the Ministry of War in the end.

For Xie Ruzhuo, he has been thinking about this matter for many days. In his previous life, he had safely handed over the Ministry of War to Hua Yangjiao, thinking that he would have no worries, but in the end he made a big mistake. In this life, he has been thinking about everything except Hua Yangjie, who else can be in charge of the Ministry of War.

In the previous life, Du Ruo went to the Ministry of Officials, and finally entered the cabinet as Minister of the Ministry of Officials. He also felt that Du Ruo was a little weak in military affairs, and he was not proficient in military affairs. However, after careful consideration in this life, he felt otherwise. The sincerity of an official is the most precious thing. In fact, there is no position that Du Ruo is incompetent for. As long as he is in his position, he will do his best to manage his affairs.

Therefore, he chose to hand over such an important place as the Ministry of War to Du Ruo.

This would definitely be a more suitable candidate than Hua Yangjiao.

The next day Xie Ruzhuo left cleanly early in the morning, and he didn't rely on Shen Ci the night before, not because he didn't want to, but because he repeatedly warned himself to break up, the more lingering, the more reluctant to let go, the more reluctant to let go The more I can't leave, and I don't go back, I feel a little guilty when I think about the cabinet being busy from morning to night every day.

After returning to Beijing, Du Ruo handed in the memorial, and informed the imperial court of the results of the investigation of Wanyang, and listed the details of the three volumes of military registration and account books in a decent manner. Innocuous bugs come out, and the really problematic ones are erased.

Xie Ruzhuo thought about it, fined Song Qingge three months' salary, and closed the case.

Du Ruo's thousand-word memorandum written after the investigation of Weishanwei had already been reviewed by the cabinet. As expected, Sun Bingde did not disagree with Du Ruo's intention to serve as a member of the Department of Cleaning Officials in the Ministry of War, Xie Ruzhuo. Taking advantage of the situation, an edict was issued to let Du Ruo continue to investigate the remaining guards in Suifang, and the imperial court was also discussing the specific restructuring method, which was going to be carried out simultaneously with the investigation.

The reform of the guard system is Xie Ruzhuo's first real drastic reform since he came to the throne, and the disadvantages of the guard house are well known. .

Du Ruo wrote about the advantages and disadvantages of the guards in addition to the pros and cons of the recruitment system in the memorial, which can be regarded as a comparison with the guards.

There were no guards in the previous dynasty. Although there were government soldiers, in case of war, most of them relied on recruitment.Many people think that recruiting soldiers is not good. Soldiers have to be supported by the imperial court. After the war, they have to be sent home. Those who have meritorious service will be given fields and houses, and those who died in battle will be given to their families. expenses.

But the benefits of recruiting soldiers are also obvious. There is no fixed hereditary status, and people with other household registrations can form a flow at any time. There will be no worries like the guards. You don't have to worry about being caught as a soldier.This is an advantage that the Guards Army does not have.

Thinking of the experience and lessons of the reformation of the guards in the previous life, Xie Ruzhuo focused on the reformation this time to combine the respective advantages of the guards and recruits.

The biggest advantage of the guards lies in the military settlements, so the military settlements cannot be abolished. For this inspection, part of the fields must be obtained from the officers and redistributed to the sergeants below.The price of rice cloth at the founding of Dayu was far from what it is now, but the salaries of sergeants at all levels were far from keeping up with the current price of rice cloth. It can even be said that there has been no change for decades. The salaries of the sergeants of the guards at all levels have been reduced.

Xie Ruzhuo is also discussing with the Ministry of War to revise the evaluation method for the promotion of sergeants. It is better to be the same as that of civilian officials. A group of capable people must be promoted every once in a while. The promotion of sergeants cannot be cut off without a war.

These reforms are the most basic, so that the sergeants have no worries.

Xie Ruzhuo adopted Du Ruo's proposal, and sent people from the procuratorate to inspect once a month, and wrote down the situation of the military settlements that month and submitted it to the capital procuratorate.

The unshakable advantage of the recruitment system is that there is a large flow between various household registrations, and there are strong flexibility.Therefore, the guards can also absorb such advantages, and appropriately allow healthy circulation between military registration and ordinary household registration. The ancestral system has been established, and military registration is hereditary. You must marry a wife and have children. This point Xie Ruzhuo will not consider changing for the time being, otherwise it will become There are too many, and it will touch the bottom line of some people.

However, if a sergeant dies due to official duties or war, and has no heirs left behind, his military status can be revoked, and a sum of money can be given to his relatives as a pension.In case of special circumstances, the imperial court still retains the recruitment system. After the war, if those who do not want to be disarmed and return to the fields, but want to continue to serve in the army, they can be included in the military registration according to their wishes.

In addition, apart from the group of people who followed Tai Zu in the past, the military status has continued from generation to generation. Most of those who later re-enrolled in the military were convicted and exiled into the army. Most of the fugitive sergeants were of such background.In this restructuring, the imperial court also gave this group of people a grace, depending on the size of the crime committed, the hereditary military status is the heaviest but the next three generations.This not only retains the purpose of punishment, but also shows the generosity of the court, and can also reduce the situation of soldiers resisting to join the army and flee after several generations.

Later, the Ministry of War sent a servant to lead the restructuring, but Du Ruo was mainly in charge of the investigation, and most of the reform methods were proposed by Du Ruo. When the minister of the Ministry of War encountered difficult problems, he still relied on Du Ruo to help resolve them.

In fact, Xie Ruzhuo didn't go too far this time when Sun Bingde specifically mentioned the dispatching of officers in the guard station.

When checking the entire Suifang, although half of the officers were replaced due to crimes, Xie Ruzhuo was not really so merciless. Taking Weishan who was the first to be operated on as an example, all the officers were indeed changed, but Pei Yuankai's Confidant, Xie Ruzhuo didn't kill them all, most of them were demoted and transferred to other guards. Of course, the guards he was transferred to were not Pei Yuankai's territory.He didn't even demote Pei Yunfeng, he just transferred him back to the guard below Cangzhou and let him go back to his hometown.

However, for the Pei family, this reorganization has indeed affected their fundamental interests. The huge forces that have been placed in the guard army for many years have shrunk by at least half, while the forces of Wu Xianrong and Qi Junmao have not been hurt. In the future, the Pei family will no longer have an absolute advantage in the guard army, and it has become difficult.

Xie Ruzhuo was willing to negotiate privately with the other three generals, but refused to talk to Pei Yuankai, ruining his years of business in one fell swoop. Xie Ruzhuo knew that Pei Yuankai already hated him, and he would not continue to stay quietly in the future. Lots of new moves.

But he was still waiting for Pei Yuankai to make a move. If the enemy doesn't move, he won't move. Once the enemy moves, he will have a chance to strike.

The investigation has been vigorously investigated for a month, and it has basically come to an end. Shen Ci and Song Qinglai have returned to Beijing ahead of schedule. Du Ruo and the Minister of the Ministry of War continue to carry out reforms in various guards. The progress is gratifying, and Xie Ruzhuo has nothing to worry about.

After solving a major internal problem, the next step for the imperial court is to focus on external problems.

It was almost the end of May at this time, and Xu Zishen hadn't used force against them for several months because he went to pacify the bandits in the south of the Yangtze River who made themselves king, and then went back to the mountainous Shuzhong to fight with local bandits big and small for nearly two months. Yue, busy expanding the territory, has no time to deal with their useless imperial court hiding in northern Xinjiang.

So Xu Zishen ignored them, and Xie Ruzhuo planned to take the initiative to talk to him.

The goal of the third Southern Expedition is still Hengchuan. This time, it will be a protracted battle unlike Dongyue’s quick battle last time. Xie Ruzhuo hopes to capture the entire eastern part of Hengchuan and push the battle line to the middle of Hengchuan in a north-south direction. Fengyu Mountain divides Hengchuan into two.

During this period, we should also pay attention to the movements of King Yan. If there is any movement, let Wu Xianrong send troops south to attack Ningya, and both sides will fight together.

Xie Ruzhuo was in a bad mood again, his General Shen was about to go out again, he had just returned to Beijing not long ago, and got separated again, and this time he would go away for at least half a year.

How can this be a good mood.

The author has something to say: Ding Ding Ding——

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