The saint wants to rebuild Shenwu, Shenwei and the four armies, and the court has been finalized, but there have been many changes in the details.
The newly-established Fourth Army does not have the basis of veterans, and its formation is far away. At the same time, in order to implement the title of the Emperor's Sixth Army, the Yulin Guards were converted into soldiers. At the same time, the Yulin Guards who had not been promoted for many years were transferred to captains and brigade commanders. Handsome, promoted to one level and transferred to the new army.
The sage Zhao Yumin also had a way to solve the organizational problem and the soldier problem that the Ministry of War was most worried about. Beiyuan was originally the camp of the Forbidden Army. The heirs of Yu Linwei and the orphans of the imperial soldiers all grew up here.
It's just that the weapons and equipment are not provided by the saint as soon as he opens his mouth. The weapons and equipment of the weapons supervisor and general supervisor will only be provided to Daqian's army, not the army of the saint. In other words, the saint Zhao Yumin has people, but there is a problem with money. .
In a word, poor! The saint has no money!
The area near Chang'an in Beiyuan is the Forbidden Army camp, and the outer part near the Weishui River is filled with villages of various sizes. However, these villages are neither under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County nor Wannian County. Their village belongs to the sage Zhao Yumin. , on weekdays it’s just the deputy villager doing things.
Su Ce also knew about these things belatedly. When he took in the orphans of the soldiers as personal guards, he accidentally became Jian Zai in the emperor's heart. Su Ce did not expect it at the beginning.
The ancients always said: If virtue is not matched, death will be the way to go.
In fact, everyone understands the truth, but when you are in your position, you can't help yourself. The most embarrassing thing for Su Ce now is that he has no position.
Each of the ten commanders in the East Palace has a guard commander. The Anbei Protectorate has been completely rebuilt. Even the former governor Li Sizhe is now idle at home. Other border mansions do not need Su Ce, an old general from Anbei. The sixteen guards of Nanya The location is also full.
Although Su Ce, the newly-established supervisor of the founding committee, takes the lead in writing military policies, he is too young and is not suitable to go anywhere. Otherwise, it would be inappropriate for Su Ce to teach or for Su Ce to listen to the teachings of senior generals.
Now that the emperor has newly established the Fourth Army, it stands to reason that Su Ce can fight for it, but again, Su Ce is still too young. Moreover, Su Ce has the background of a general in the East Palace. Although the prince oversees the country, he still He needs to give some respect to his father, the saint Zhao Yumin, otherwise he would join the saint's personal army before he ascends the throne, which would be too ugly.
Su Ce's stay at home was the result of various desperations. Even Prince Zhao Zaicheng could not break all the rules for Su Ce alone.
People are always bored when they are idle and have nothing to do. Suzhuang's personal guards have "suffered a disaster" during this period.
Every day, Su Ce would teach these guards formation and battlefield fighting skills, just like when Su Ce was trained at Xiaohe Beacon Fort.
It's just that such a leisurely life is no less than torture for a military commander.
Su Ce stopped at the end of July because he had nothing to teach him anymore. In the era of cold weapons, Daqian had reached its peak. Faced with such a mature war system, Su Ce couldn't use the three moves and five moves he learned in the military training in his previous life. Just remember queue training.
But the soldiers of the government are from primary school to high school. Just to join the Zhe Chong Mansion requires one of ten candidates, not to mention that the selection order for the Zhe Chong Mansion is even more rare.
Military discipline is strict, advance and retreat must be measured, and military formations are rigorous. Su Ce can only train his own bodyguards and a group of soldiers.
The formation training has been completed these days, and the formation of the guards is as neat as one person, but that's just it.
Late one night in early September, Prince Zhao Zaicheng, wearing full armor, left the palace late at night and came to Suzhuang. The first thing he said when he saw Su Ce was: "Wear armor and go to your school."
After saying that, he went to the school ground first. Su Ce was a little confused, so he put on his armor and went to the school ground. Prince Zhao Zaicheng picked out a bamboo knife and a wooden gun from the weapons that Su Ce and his guards placed beside the school ground for practice.
"Go on!" Prince Zhao Zaicheng threw a bamboo knife to Su Ce.
Su Ce reached out to borrow the bamboo knife and subconsciously shook it.
"Attack with all your strength!" Prince Zhao Zaicheng said, grabbing the barrel of the gun with his left hand, and twisting the tail of the gun with his right hand to stab Su Ce. The white tassel made of white ox tail hair at the head of the gun scattered into a white flower as the head of the gun turned.
Su Ce grabbed the bamboo knife with both hands, his pupils tightened, and he suddenly dodged to avoid the direct thrust of the wooden spear. The bamboo knife in his hand hit the barrel of the gun, swinging the wooden gun away.
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Prince Zhao Zaicheng said he was attacking with all his strength. Su Ce was not just fooling around to play with the prince. Prince Zhao Zaicheng used the gun in a precise manner, and his moves were very proficient. He had obviously worked hard. Su Ce did not have specific moves, how to use them.
The knife has become instinctive.
It’s just that if you stay for a long time, you will lose. After two cups of tea, Prince Zhao Zaicheng’s wooden spear stabbed Su Ce in the chest. I don’t know whether it was the prince’s superior spear skills or whether Su Ce deliberately let the enemy go. In the end, the prince won.
Prince Zhao Zaicheng was out of breath at this time. He took off the tusu on his head and stopped. The sweat on his face collected into his chin and formed a line.
"Happy!" Prince Zhao Zaicheng just shouted and slumped down on the stone lock next to the school grounds.
Just looking at Su Ce who had taken off his tutu, his face remained calm as usual, while he was sweating profusely, as if the two of them had never fought at all. Their physical fitness was simply incomparable.
His fingers were slightly bent, and Su Ce's strength had made his hands numb just now. If the wooden gun hadn't been made according to the specifications of a long gun in the army, and the barrel of the gun had enough elasticity, the wooden gun might not have been able to be held steadily.
"How much force did you use just now?" Prince Zhao Zaicheng asked tentatively.
"Ten percent of the force, His Highness is a master of spear skills, and he is also a good hand in the army!" As for how much force Su Ce used, it is only 100 percent anyway, but the following words are true.
Zhao Zaicheng's face turned slightly red, and he didn't know whether it was because he was too hot or if he was really blushing.
"I am looking for you tonight because I was entrusted by someone." Prince Zhao Zai then explained his purpose.
It turned out that Su Ce himself caused the trouble.
If you are poor, you will want to change. If Su Ce is idle, you will want to change.
The material foundation determines the superstructure. This sentence is targeted wherever it is placed. Daqian has undoubtedly reached the top, and Su Ce's so-called "ideas" are just the icing on the cake.
In August, Su Ce tinkered with many "new things."
Snow salt, frosting sugar, rock sugar, glass, soap...
Su Ce did not keep these methods to himself, but gave them to the East Palace. Prince Zhao Zaicheng asked for merits for Su Ce in the court. However, these achievements were of no use to Su Ce.
Regarding salt, Daqian has northwest salt mines, southeast sea salt, and Xi’an salt wells, so there is no shortage of salt.
Sugar, refined from jaggery, is just a simple physical change. One method can only give the rich people of Daqian one more item to eat, and then the army of Daqian can turn the jaggery cubes in the previous war rations into rock sugar.
Glass, flashy, the wealth of Chang'an's wealthy merchants can give the East Palace an extra income.
The soaps mostly contain saponins, which is another expense for the rich.
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However, ordinary people in Daqian have not benefited from this at all. New gadgets mean monopoly and huge profits. As a nobleman, too much money is not a good thing.
So after Su Ce presented more than ten methods to the East Palace, Prince Zhao Zaicheng also did not let the craftsmen and merchants raised by the East Palace use these methods, and handed them over to the sage Zhao Yumin, because the newly established Fourth Army was the sage's personal army, and the country was Those who do not know how to support these armies can only support these people themselves, the sage Zhao Yumin.
The weapons and equipment of the weapons supervisors and general supervisors were clearly priced. Even the sage Zhao Yumin had to dig out the royal family's money to purchase them. The sage paid more than 5 million yuan for the Fourth Army. Not only did he empty out the palace, he also did Zhou Zudi also sent a lot of money to Chang'an, and the entire convoy of money transports stretched for three miles.
Su Ce's methods can be regarded as saving the saint's worries. Although he is an emperor, Daqian is not a country where the saint can make arbitrary decisions. The chaos in Daqi is because the imperial power is too strong, and the whole country is in chaos. Daqian Emperors of all ages have carefully adhered to the bottom line.
Therefore, if the saint's money is not enough for the new Fourth Army, he can only borrow it, but not from the Ministry of Revenue, because the Ministry of Revenue is afraid of becoming a bad debt and will not give it to the saint at all, so the saint can only use Su Ce's methods. Exchange with members of the royal family.
And as the sage sold Su Ce's methods to the royal family one by one, the money for the new Fourth Army became more than enough. The sage Zhao Yumin had money and strengthened his waist. The situation of the household department's neck is no longer stuck. Yes.
Once the money was in place, so were the people. Soldiers, weapons supervisors and general supervisors selected from various armies were continuously sent to the Beiyuan Camp. The new Fourth Army was originally planned to last one or two years. It took time to gather enough soldiers and equipment, and now the preparations will be completed by the end of September.
As for how to reward Su Ce, Sage Zhao Yumin had a headache.
Let's be knighted. These achievements are not military merits. You cannot be knighted unless you have military merits. This bottom line cannot be broken.
It is neither a civil government nor a military government, and it cannot be promoted.
Give it to an official. The ministers in the court were waiting for him, Zhao Yumin, to speak, so that the civil servants who had been "bullied" in the past two years could point at Zhao Yumin's face and scold him for selling his official position.
You can't give him titles, honors, or officials. Just give him money. What Su Ce wants isn't money, otherwise he wouldn't be able to give out more than a dozen of them at once, even though he can make money with a clear eye.
"Headache!" The sage Zhao Yumin rubbed his brows and was at a loss for words regarding Su Ce's reward.
"Send the prince here!" If you can't find a solution, then find the person who caused the problem.
"I have met my father!" Prince Zhao Zaicheng looked at the saint Zhao Yumin respectfully.
"Tell me, what should we do now?" the sage Zhao Yumin said.
"What should I do?" Prince Zhao Zaicheng pretended to be stupid and looked at his father. If he knew what to do, I would give you all these ways to make money without leaving any money. Although the East Palace has a lot of money, who would be dissatisfied with money? That's a lot.
Except for the group of people like Xungui, one is to avoid suspicion, and the other is to not squander the spirit of fighting.
It's just that these warriors always seem a little too stupid when doing things. They like to bury their money in the backyard. If they have nothing to do, they will wear patched robes and go to the palace to "deliver" things. They pretend to be poor, and they have to pay a high price for the things they catch. After "purchasing" it, after going back and forth, the thing will be "smooth" once it is "smooth".
"I'm talking about Bosu Ce of Jingyang County!" The sage Zhao Yumin patted his forehead and looked at the boss who was pretending to be stupid. This son is so annoying.
"Oh, Su Ce, what do you think is such a big deal? Rewards are nothing more than titles, honours, official posts, and wealth. My father can choose a reward. I oversee the country. Only then did I realize that my father was tired from the past. Today, there are many rewards.
It's piled up like a mountain, so we can't delay..." Prince Zhao Zaicheng didn't want to start a fight. He thought that since he had been in charge of the country, his father had been leisurely all day long. When he got tired of staying in the palace, he went to Nanshan to leave the palace. During the past few days of supervising the country,
In the 1990s, my father's face was glowing, but I was getting thinner and thinner. I don't know if it was a blessing or a curse to have such a lazy father.
Counting all the princes in the past, I was the envy of my predecessors as a prince. The prince oversaw the country and held great power. The emperor wished he could reach the throne of age as soon as possible.
Seeing his boss's eyes becoming more and more contemptuous, Saint Zhao Yumin's face turned a bit bad. Why hasn't this boy been beaten since he was a child? When he was a child, he was protected by the queen, and when he was older, he was protected by a group of ministers in the court. What happened to Su Ce?
Big, but not big enough for me to teach my son.
"Chang Bin, take my armor. Today I will test the prince's martial arts!" The sage Zhao Yumin was unhappy and had to find an excuse to beat his son.
"Father!" Zhao Zaicheng couldn't help but tremble in his heart as he looked at the emperor who seemed to be turning into a strict father in front of him.
Why don't you just want to beat someone when you are taking a martial arts test? If this spreads out, it will be embarrassing. "Erchen and Su Ce have known each other for two years and have a very good personal relationship. Why don't you go to Suzhuang and see Su Ce?
If you ask for something, your father will be kind to you, and you will become a good story between the king and his minister!"
"That's it. I'll test your martial arts in a few days. Go quickly!" The sage Zhao Yumin stroked his beard. Children can be taught. Next time, this kid must find a reason to give him a good beating.
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"That's the thing. There has never been a case where merit is not rewarded in Da Qian. It's just that your merits cannot pass the six departments. If you really want something, you can come directly to the East Palace. You are the general who walked out of the East Palace, and you are the prince alone.
But it doesn't have to be like this. Some people in the court have said that you are a flattering minister.
Joke, there are more than a dozen ways, Gu’s uncles are crazy about grabbing eight million coins. This time the saint’s personal army was built so quickly. You are the first to do it, but there is no way to reward you. Tell me, what do you want?
What, I will go to the father to ask for it for you." Prince Zhao Zaicheng said lightly with a smile on his face, but the cold eyes of Prince Zhao Zaicheng were concealed in the night.
"I just had nothing to do, just thinking about some things. I felt that it was unethical to enjoy these methods of making things, so I sent them to the East Palace. I didn't expect that this could be regarded as a merit." Su Ce squatted next to the prince Zhao Zaicheng,
Pretending to be innocent.
"Idle? If that's the case, it seems like you'll have to be idle for the rest of your life! Don't pretend to be stupid in front of me. Tell me what position you want." Prince Zhao Zaicheng scolded with a smile.
"Hey, Your Highness, I said it!" Su Ce laughed at this time and said something slyly.
"Say!" Prince Zhao Zaicheng kicked Su Ce's butt angrily. Those veteran generals should not have been allowed to follow Su Ce in writing military policies in the first place. I don't know whether they have learned their skills or not, but the temperament of the hob meat is very similar.
, learned 100%.
However, as a king, a general who is as good as a knife is a general who can be trusted. Only when you ask for something can the hearts of the people be appeased. If Su Ce had the attitude of not fighting or robbing before, Zhao Zaicheng would not dare to use Su Ce!
"The Saint established the Fourth Army. I wanted to compete, but I couldn't compete because of my age and seniority, so I made these stupid moves!" Su Ce said with a low eyebrow and a coquettish look.
"Pretend!" Zhao Zaicheng kicked Su Ce away again, stood up and left.
Su Ce got up and prepared to follow Zhao Zaicheng, only to hear Zhao Zaicheng's voice: "It's late at night, there's no need to send him off!"
Prince Zhao Zaicheng left Suzhuang and went to the palace without stopping. The sage Zhao Yumin was still awake at this time, and the papers were filled with notes. On them were the names of generals who were between thirty and forty years old. The rank of these people was Grades three to five.
"I have met my father!" Prince Zhao Zaicheng was brought to the sage Zhao Yumin's case by his chamberlain.
"What did you say!" Sage Zhao Zaicheng held a piece of paper in his hand and threw it into a small copper basin next to it, making the flames in the copper basin grow even stronger.
"Please join the Qin army." Zhao Zaicheng spoke concisely and to the point, yawning.
"I know, go back and go to bed early and take care of yourself!" The sage Zhao Yumin took out his ink pen and wrote Su Ce's name on a brand new piece of paper: "The fourth grade - Bo Su Ce of Jingyang County"