Imperial Palace, Liangyi Hall, Left Side Hall.

There are seven important ministers in the hall, and everyone has a seat.

Starting from the first one on the left, they are Wang Pingzhang, Lu Min, Li Pingzhong and the three Xifu magistrates.

The official system of Daliang is relatively complex, and can generally be divided into two prefectures. The East Prefecture's Government Hall is headed by two governors, assisted by three government officials, and governs six ministries, nine temples and five supervisors. The West Prefecture's Military Academy is headed by two military officials and three intellectuals.

It is supplemented by the Imperial Academy, and controls the 16th Battalion of Daliang, the 73rd Guards, and one million soldiers through the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.

There is also Yushitai to monitor the government affairs, and Taishitai Pavilion to detect officials and people.

The Xifu controlled the military power of Daliang, but the garrison division and imperial army in Kyoto were firmly in the hands of the emperor.

Although the total number of garrison divisions and imperial troops is not even 50,000 in name, they are the best in the world in terms of combat power and ordnance. In particular, the veterans of these two armies will not be transferred to other camps and will retire from the army after reaching a certain age.

The middle class lives in Kyoto and can be recalled immediately if there is chaos, forming a huge force to guard the royal family.

This was also the difficult situation after the founding of the country by Emperor Gaozu in the late Wei Dynasty, when the royal family had no soldiers and could only allow warlords from various places to separatize power and even overthrow Kyoto. He adopted the iron law of Daliang set by Mingfa imperial edict.

However, for Daliang at the moment, the situation in the DPRK is very stable and the forces of all parties are well balanced, so there is no such danger.

The six people sitting in the side hall today can almost represent the decision-making level of the Daliang military. Apart from them, only a few camp commanders like Gu Liang are qualified to participate.

Apart from the six people, Silent Cloud sat a little further away from them and a little closer to Emperor Kaiping who was behind the case.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the policy of rotating the Beijing camp and the border troops should be implemented in advance."

In the silent and solemn atmosphere, Cheng Anhou and Youjunji Lu Min spoke up.

Emperor Kaiping looked at the memorial in front of him and said noncommittally: "Tell me."

Lu Min looked straight and replied: "The thieves in the Hengduan Mountains were wiped out by the elites of the Western and Southern Camps, which is enough to prove that their combat power is mediocre. But such a rabble can actually disrupt the outer defense line of Kyoto, which shows that the Beijing army lacks real strength.

Based on battlefield experience, the rotation intensity in previous years was still too small, limited to a few armies, with a total of no more than 10,000 people. If things go on like this, it may lead to a situation where the frontier armies are too strong and the Beijing army is too weak, and there will inevitably be worries about being strong on the outside but weak on the inside."

Li Pingzhong immediately followed up and said: "What Lu Junji said is hard to understand. Since the bandits were annihilated by the Beijing camp, why do they lack experience? Could it be that the soldiers who went into the mountains to suppress the bandits were not subordinates of the Beijing camp?"

Lu Min said calmly: "Master Li, you really don't understand? The Beijing camp was able to successfully exterminate the bandits. In addition to deploying elites for surprise attacks, the biggest contribution was undoubtedly the concubine Pei Yue of Dingguo Mansion. What's more, the strategy of deploying elites for surprise attacks was also that concubine.

It was proposed that a fourteen-year-old boy can destroy the bandits. In addition to his youth and promise, it also shows that the strength of the bandits is not as strong as before. This is a group of people who roam the periphery of Kyoto and rob villages for ten years.

The rest of them killed thousands of people, but the Beijing camp could only follow them and pursue them. Doesn’t it prove that the combat power of the Beijing camp has declined significantly over the years?"

Li Pingzhong shook his head and said: "Only a thousand days to be a thief but not a thousand days to guard against thieves. No one could have expected that there would be such a group of bold thieves. However, all the bandits outside Kyoto were still wiped out, which shows that at least for now there is no problem in the capital camp.

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Lu Min seemed to know that he would say this, and said expressionlessly: "As Mr. Li said, if there is no problem with the combat power of the Jingying camp, then who is responsible for the bandits running rampant outside Kyoto for half a year?"

The hall suddenly fell into silence.

Emperor Kaiping read the memorial and occasionally glanced at the people in the hall.

Wang Pingzhang suddenly stood up, walked to the imperial case, knelt down, and said: "As a military officer, I am responsible for the military affairs of the country and the court. I have been entrusted by your majesty. As a result, the people of Kyoto are suffering from banditry. I have unshirkable responsibility. I ask your majesty to issue an order to punish him." ."

All the ministers stood up, even Shen Moyun was no exception.

Emperor Kaiping was stunned for a moment, then put down the memorial and said to the eunuch beside him: "Hurry and help Duke Wei up."

Then he said to everyone: "Sit down, everyone. Today's discussion about the rotation is not for you to examine yourselves and plead guilty. The bandit incident has been settled. Although the leader of the bandit has not been caught yet, I have asked Shen Aiqing to bring him to justice as soon as possible."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." All the ministers shouted in unison.

Emperor Kaiping looked at Wang Pingzhang and said: "According to the principle of rotation every three years, I want to advance one year ahead of schedule and increase the number of rotations at the same time. How about the general will of the State of Wei?"

Wang Pingzhang said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please give me your instructions."

Emperor Kaiping said: "Each of the three battalions sends out one guard to rotate with the border troops."

As usual in previous years, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness and vitality of the three major battalions of the Beijing Army, each battalion would dispatch one to two troops to the border for a period of three years. At the same time, soldiers with outstanding military exploits would be selected from the border army battalions. Replenish the Beijing Army. This has a very good effect. The Beijing Army will not slack off because it has been stationed in the most prosperous place in the world for a long time, and it can also give the soldiers fighting on the border something to look forward to.

The emperor suddenly wanted to break this rule and did so in a big way. The intention contained in this is enough to make people think deeply.

Wang Pingzhang believed that this was a signal deliberately released by the emperor. It seemed that after more than ten years of planning, the ambitious king was finally unwilling to wait any longer.

The situation was such that Wang Pingzhang calmly thought about it, nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I think this move is appropriate."

Emperor Kaiping said with satisfaction: "The specific arrangements for the candidates will be prepared by the Xifu in the next two days."

"Old minister, I obey the order."

"I obey the decree."

The five important ministers of the Xifu stood up at the same time to respond.

After a brief silence, Emperor Kaiping said again: "After the great meeting, I will ask Gu Liang to go to the southern border to command the camps. Do you think it is appropriate?"

Naturally, everyone has no objection to this. As early as eight years ago, Gu Liang was the commander of the Nanjing Zhennan Camp. Later, he was transferred to the Beijing Army to guard the Longxiang Camp to protect Kyoto. No matter in terms of military merit, qualifications and titles, Gu Liang is already qualified to enter the decision-making level of the military. In fact, if it were not for the two military officers in Xifu who are very secure in their positions, Gu Liang's promotion to Xifu would not be abrupt. As for the post of magistrate, it is obviously not suitable for a powerful person like Gu Liang. It seems that there is a rise in light and a fall in darkness.

It's just that the border has not had the position of commanding the camps for many years. Xian Chunqiu, who defected to the Southern Zhou Dynasty at that time, was only the commander of the Yaoshan camp.

Now that Emperor Kaiping had promoted Gu Liang's official position to a higher level, he obviously decided to use this handsome man to fight the war of annihilation in the south.

Wang Pingzhang was old, and Lu Min could not leave the center without authorization, so such a huge achievement fell on Gu Liang.

Everyone looked indifferent, but in fact they were extremely envious. Who doesn’t want to cross the world with swords and horses?

If we really want Gu Liang to do this, even Wang Pingzhang will not be able to suppress him by then, and the emergence of the second real prince of the dynasty will also be unstoppable. Li Bingzhong looked gloomy in the crowd, not because he didn't have enough palace. But after hearing the news, it was difficult for him to hold back the depression in his heart. Although he is now the first-class Marquis of Fengcheng and is only one step away from the position of Duke, even the people of Kyoto know that this step will It's harder to cross than to reach the sky.

As for the official of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, he is definitely better than the Six Ministers, but with two military planes pressing down on his head, and the commanders of the battalions with outstanding military exploits don't pay much attention to him, the experience of doing it is not as wonderful as imagined.

Unless one day Wang Pingzhang retires, he will have the opportunity to inherit part of the old man's legacy and be promoted to the Xifu to continue his work.

His lack of military merit is his biggest flaw.

Li Bingzhong noticed a gaze from the side falling on him. He suddenly became alert and quickly calmed down his emotions, just like an old monk entering trance.
Chapter completed!