Invincible son

Chapter 1207 1208 [There will be times when the wind and the waves break] ([-])
For today's Daliang, there are famous handsome and brave generals in the frontier, and capable officials in the court. Even though the Western Wu is coming menacingly and the three fronts are advancing side by side, the country is still very stable.

Judging from the memorandums submitted by various places in the past few months, the war in the western region did not cause turmoil among the people, but instead made the people of Daliang more and more attached to the imperial court.

Liu Xian has vaguely realized that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This battle with Xiwu may establish Daliang's true supremacy, and sweeping the world may not be a fantasy.Therefore, while he began to promote the newly promoted officials in the court, he gave great trust to Pei Yue.Kaiping Emperor's exhortation before his trip was one of the reasons, and more importantly, he did not want to miss this opportunity.

If one suspects Pei Yue at this time, it is not only a question of how to continue, but it is more likely to affect the morale of millions of soldiers in Daliang, so that the whole line is defeated and the building collapses.

Thinking of this, Liu Xian couldn't help but asked with anticipation: "Pei Qing, I want to know if the frontier army has any hope of defeating the Wu army, and then take advantage of the situation to cross the Gaoyang Plain and go straight to Anyang City in Wu State?"

Since Xian Chunqiu defected to the Southern Zhou Dynasty more than 30 years ago, a consensus has gradually been formed in the court of Liang Dynasty. The unification of the four seas is an unquestionable national policy, and the specific strategy is to first go south and then go west.Even after Pei Zhen captured Hucheng, this idea did not waver. The root cause is that the vast Gaoyang Plain is the home of the Western Wu cavalry.

Another point is that the Southern Zhou was rich and the Western Wu was relatively poor, and even many courtiers did not think it necessary to take the initiative to attack Wu.After regaining the homeland of the Southern Dynasties, everything will be fine, just need to maintain the combat power of the Western Army and the Beijing Camp.

The young emperor suddenly raised this question, obviously because he also saw the dangers and opportunities of the Battle of the Western Regions.

With the defeat of the Western Army, Lingzhou and Dengzhou will become scorched earth, and the Western Wu cavalry can even drive straight into Kyoto.

Conversely, if Western Wu buried hundreds of thousands of troops on the border between Liang and Wu, why couldn't the Liang army beat the dogs in the water and directly launch a counterattack to attack the city and pull out the village all the way to take Anyang, the capital of Wu State?

If this can be achieved, no matter how much Nan Zhou jumps around, it won't help.

Looking at Liu Xian whose eyes were getting more and more eager, Pei Yue's expression became serious instead, and he said seriously: "Your Majesty, Wu Jun is not a soft persimmon."

Liu Xian was slightly taken aback, seemingly puzzled.

Pei Yue said sternly: "I understand that because Zuo Junji won successive victories, not only His Majesty thinks Wu Jun is vulnerable, but also many people in the court think so. The reason why I never refuted their ideas is because Daliang is under the enemy's back, and must maintain strong self-confidence from top to bottom, so that the court can operate more efficiently."

Liu Xian nodded.

Pei Yue continued: "But since Your Majesty has read the battle reports of the Battle of Huweiyuan and the Battle of Guping, you should understand that this is not due to the weakness of the Wu army, but that the Zuo Junji has brought out his trump card in advance. In the battle of Huweiyuan, the Western Wu cavalry was defeated. As for those two types of firearms, they were all the reserves of Shouyang Mountain in the past half a year, and they could not be supplemented in a short time. As for the Battle of Guping, on the one hand, it was because Zhou Dewei was not leading the main force of Western Wu. The waiting pawns, on the other hand, were due to the sudden appearance of Zang Fengwei, which completely changed the balance of strength between the two sides on the battlefield."

Liu Xian gradually came to his senses, and said calmly: "That is to say, the real tough battle is next?"

Pei Yue nodded and said: "That's right. In fact, only the cavalry of the North Route Army suffered heavy losses in the three armies of West Wu, and the rest basically suffered no losses. What's more, the Anyang Dragon Cavalry under the Emperor of West Wu still stood still. According to my estimate, the Western Region The battle will enter a stalemate, and our army will still focus on defense for at least a month, unless there are obvious flaws on the opposite side, the left military aircraft will not rashly seek battle."

Liu Xian was silent.

After the eagerness in his heart subsided, he soon realized that the situation was not as simple as he imagined.

Seeing this, Pei Yue said: "Of course, this does not mean that the court will do nothing. On the contrary, His Majesty can use this opportunity to promote related reforms."

Liu Xian said gently: "You tell me."

Pei Yue said: "I would like to set up a Firearms Bureau, which will be under the jurisdiction of the Western Mansion. There will be an ambassador and two deputy envoys to recruit folk craftsmen to study firearms technology. I will ask Shouyang Mountain to submit all the technologies it has mastered to the Firearms Bureau. A piece of land near Shouyang Mountain can be designated as a test site."

Liu Xian thought for a moment, then slowly said: "Yes."

Pei Yue's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he said: "My minister, please reorganize the governor's office of the five armies, and set up soldiers, officials, households, rites, Beijing, west, north, south, water, branch office, teaching inspection, military registration, Zhiza, etc. There are a total of fourteen rooms for supporting horses."

He took out a memorial from his sleeve, got up and presented it to the imperial court with both hands.

Liu Xian took it and looked at it carefully. There was a detailed delineation of powers and responsibilities for the Fourteenth House. For the Five Armies Governor's Mansion, it was not a complete restructuring, but it was just a further clarification of the division of power.

Liu Xian spent a long time reading it, and then said meaningfully: "Pei Qing thought it over, and I think this move is extremely appropriate. However, Ai Qing's restructuring strategy is to prepare for the abolition of the five military governors' mansion in the future?"

Pei Yue smiled and said calmly, "Your Majesty is wise."

Liu Xian thought secretly.

When Gaozu founded the country, the establishment of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion under the Xifu Military Academy was superfluous on the surface, but it actually weakened the power of the military aircraft. After all, there is an extra procedure that can be operated in the middle.The decision of the military aircraft must be carried out through the five-army governor's office, which determines that they cannot directly issue orders to the leading generals.

Although in the specific process, the candidate for the governor is generally Zuo Junji's confidant, but there are exceptions, such as the current governor Liu Gongchuo.

This person was born as a civil servant, and he was well-known in the court. During this period, he often reported the details of military affairs to Liu Xian.

Adding firearms bureaus, restructuring the five-army governor's mansion, and even canceling the governor's mansion directly in the future, the final result is to increase the power in the hands of military aircraft.

Liu Xian naturally trusted Pei Yue, but he had to consider the consequences of this decision.

Pei Yue knew this well, and said without any haste: "Among the six departments of the imperial court, the Ministry of War has always been in an awkward position, especially in recent years, it has gradually been reduced to the Qingshui Yamen. Therefore, after thinking about it, I think that the Governor's Office of the Five Armies should Return the power to issue and audit military pay to the Ministry of War. In this way, the Western government is in charge of the military, while the grain, fodder and pay are in the hands of the governor of the Eastern government."

Liu Xian was suddenly moved, and looked at the young and handsome face in front of him in disbelief.

The Ministry of War is in vain, not because the civil servants are willing to do so, the reason can be traced back to the beginning of the founding of Daliang.

Everyone knows that after the fall of the former Wei Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and the melee and conquest continued for years, and the originally weak warriors took advantage of the situation to rise up.Conquering the world is extremely difficult, and defending the world also depends on these warriors. Of course, they don't want to continue to bow down and greet civil officials with smiles like they did at the end of the former Wei Dynasty.

In order to appease the increasingly powerful Wu Xun relatives, and at the same time stimulate them to continue to expand the territory for Daliang, Emperor Gaozu set up two mansions, and handed over the crucial financial power to the five armies' governor's mansion.

In short, the Daliang military receives money directly from the state treasury every year, and how to distribute and distribute it will be decided by the Xifu Military Aircraft, Zhiyuan, and the five military commanders after discussion, and finally reported to the emperor for approval.The Ministry of War and Yushitai have the right to supervise. In fact, there are audit offices within the Dudufu of the Five Armies, but as time goes by, the military naturally forms a closed power class.

The reason why the emperors of Daliang were afraid of the previous military aircraft was that they not only held the power to appoint and dismiss generals in the army, but also held the money bags of millions of soldiers.They don't have to be greedy for the Mexican army's salary, but they only need to tighten the salary of the camp in a certain place below, which is enough to make a general bow down.

In this era, it is impossible for the emperor to know the details of the following even if he promises everything, which gives the military planes a chance to stand on the top of the mountain.

If the financial power is transferred from the five-army governor's mansion to the Ministry of War, on the surface it is just a change of office, and the Ministry of War does not have the guts to refuse it, but the meaning is completely different inside.

From now on, every sum of money used by the West Mansion must be approved by the Ministry of War or the East Mansion, and the whereabouts of every sum of money will be known to civil servants. The biggest impact is that the military leaders cannot wantonly spend money to buy people's hearts.

It's not that Liu Xian hasn't thought about this issue, but every time he thinks about it, he gets a headache.

Western Wu and Southern Zhou are both big countries with hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers. If he proposes to take back the financial power of the Wuren Group, it may even shake the foundation of Daliang!

Compared with the far-reaching impact of this measure, what is a mere firearms bureau?
What is the reorganization or abolition of the Five Armed Forces Governor's Mansion?
(End of this chapter)