As soon as they met, Zhang Maoze fell to his knees with a plop.
"Plain body."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhang Mao stood up slowly, half-bowed, and quietly waited for Li Jie's inquiry.
He knew that the officials must have many things to ask him, otherwise they would not have summoned him directly to Funing Hall.
"The military parade was done well."
"Frontline soldiers, do you have any complaints?"
Although traditional military training also includes military formation exercises, there is still a big difference between military formation exercises and later square formation exercises.
Simply put, the standards of later generations are more stringent, and the current standards are more relaxed.
"Reporting to the officials, there are indeed some complaints. However, when everyone heard that the officials personally issued the order, their enthusiasm for training immediately became extremely high."
Regarding this kind of problem, Zhang Maoze would certainly not tell the truth.
Reporting good news but not bad news is a ‘fine tradition’!
In fact, the matter of military training was far more complicated than Zhang Maoze expected.
Not only did the soldiers not understand, but even Wang Deyong was not very cooperative. If Zhang Mao was not an official's personal attendant and forced Wang Deyong, today's scene would be difficult to happen.
However, Zhang Maoze's answer was not entirely a lie.
After training for a period of time, Wang Deyong discovered the benefits of square formation training and showed up at the training ground every day without being forced by Zhang Maoze.
Anyone who doesn't train seriously will definitely need to be whipped once or twice.
"You leave the palace tomorrow and let Wang Deyong sort out his training experience during this period and compile a training manual."
"In the future, this method can be slowly introduced to the entire army."
The benefits of queue training need no introduction.
It can not only enhance the image of soldiers, but also allow soldiers to quickly understand orders, and at the same time improve military discipline.
Want it, want it, still want it, and achieve it perfectly.
It can be said that it achieves multiple things with one stone!
certainly.
The cultural literacy of the soldiers in the Song Dynasty was very low. Ninety percent of the soldiers were illiterate. To train them into shape would undoubtedly require a lot of training.
A large amount of training means that soldiers need to consume more physical strength, and daily expenses will increase sharply.
If it is a small-scale elite training, it can still be maintained with the existing financial resources.
But once implemented by the entire military, it will definitely increase unnecessary burdens.
Therefore, Li Jie is currently only planning to implement it within the Forbidden Army around Bianliang.
This is a necessary compromise.
"I obey the decree!"
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Privy Council.
At the same time, Wang Deyong was in the Privy Council, reporting the specific battle report on Hebei Road to Cao Yongli, Cao Wei and others.
Previously, although battle reports had been sent back, they were all on paper.
How can a report on paper be as clear as a face-to-face inquiry?
At this time, the responsibilities of the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty had not yet fully fallen into the control of civil servants.
Among the people present, only Zhang Shixun came from a civil service background. Cao Lili, Cao Wei, and Wang Deyong all came from the families of military officials.
"General Wang, a true and good general!"
After listening to Wang Deyong's report, Cao Lili laughed and expressed his appreciation.
Generally speaking, when hearing such praise from their boss, their subordinates will probably say a few words of humility and then flatter their boss.
The sedan chair was carried by everyone.
However, Wang Deyong's reaction was unusual. He stood up slowly, first saluted in the direction of the imperial city, and then spoke slowly.
"The Prime Minister has given you too much praise, and the great victory on the Hebei Road was all due to His Majesty's strategic planning. Without Your Majesty, there would be no great victory on the Hebei Road."
Although this statement is politically correct, it always feels a bit strange when placed in such an occasion.
"right."
"General Wang, what you said is true!"
Cao Li laughed loudly, as if he was not aware of Wang Deyong's intention at all, and expressed cheerfully.
As he said that, Cao Li glanced at Zhang Shixun without leaving any trace.
He thought that Wang De expressed his position like this just to show Zhang Shixun. After all, Zhang Shixun was one of the teachers in the official family.
Among the officials in the Eastern Palace, Zhang Shixun was one of the first to follow the official family.
With this relationship, is there any need to guess Zhang Shixun’s purpose in entering the Privy Council?
He must serve as the eyes and ears of the officials, not only to reuse Zhang Shixun, but also to let Zhang Shixun supervise the ministers in the Privy Council.
Immediately afterwards, several military ministers present made the same choice and gave His Majesty a slap on the back.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Shixun couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.
In fact, he really wanted to tell the three people in front of him that he was really not here to act as eyes and ears in the Privy Council.
At least His Majesty didn't signal him.
However, Zhang Shixun knew very well that even if he said it, others would not believe it.
More than a year has passed since Zhang Shixun entered the Privy Council, but there is one thing that Zhang Shixun is still concerned about.
Even though he and Cao used to have a private agreement, he could still vaguely sense one thing.
Cao Lili had no heart-to-heart relationship with him.
At first, Zhang Shixun thought that he was entering the Privy Council to pick up Cao Li's shift.
But now it seems that the next Privy Councilor will probably not be him, but Cao Wei.
As for, after Cao Wei, there is Wang Deyong.
Although these two people were both military ministers, it was obvious that the official family intended to improve the status of military ministers after they succeeded to the throne.
Moreover, whether it is Cao Wei or Wang Deyong, they all have solid military exploits.
Cao Wei defeated Xiazhou Dangxiang and recaptured Xiaoguan. Wang Deyong even defeated the Khitan, which directly led to the disintegration of the Chanyuan Alliance.
Compared with the slightly humiliating Chanyuan Alliance, the newly signed Tiansheng Covenant is undoubtedly the winner's covenant.
Song Dynasty is the winner!
In view of this, the position of Privy Councilor may not be available to him.
In fact, if given the choice, Zhang Shixun would like to break out of the Privy Council framework.
Staying in the Privy Council, not to mention being ostracized, the key is that there is no chance to perform.
The second in command is, after all, just the second in command.
On the other side, Cao Lili did not know Zhang Shixun's inner activities, and soon he changed the topic to the subsequent prisoner presentation ceremony.
"General Wang, where is Xiao Pugu now?"
In this battle, Xiao Pugu was undoubtedly the one with the highest status among the prisoners, not just this time, but even going back fifty years.
Xiao Pugu was also the highest-ranking prisoner of the Liao Kingdom.
When the Tiansheng Covenant was signed, the envoys of the Liao Kingdom expressed whether they could release the captured high-ranking generals.
But how could the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty agree to this matter?
If all the captured high-ranking generals were released and the prisoner presentation ceremony was held, what else would happen?
A similar case occurred during the Taizong period. At that time, Taizong defeated the Northern Han army, and Liu Jiyuan, the late leader of the Northern Han Dynasty, surrendered.
That night, Taizong accepted Liu Jiyuan's surrender in the north of Taiyuan City.
By the time Taizong returned to the capital and was preparing to hold a prisoner dedication ceremony in the ancestral temple, Liu Jiyuan, who had the highest status in the battle to defeat the Northern Han Dynasty, was no longer a prisoner.
In the end, Liu Jiyuan participated in the prisoner presentation ceremony in the name of a minister of the Song Dynasty.
Although in addition to Liu Jiyuan, a number of other high-ranking generals were captured, but without Liu Jiyuan, it would still be a little less interesting.
Afterwards, Taizong complained privately.
I regret that I should not have surrendered Liu Jiyuan in Taiyuan.