The day of selecting soldiers for the East Palace Guard is getting closer and closer. In these days, Zhao Xi spent his time chatting with Taishi Pang and soaking in the camp.
It's not far anyway, and it's just across an alley from his own East Palace.
It's not just him, Cao's three, Gao's two, Wang Zhongzheng and Li Xian are all hanging out in the camp when they have nothing to do.
None of them were new, but after being trained, I really felt the benefits.
The teachings of the Donggong Guards were also established after several struggles and compromises.
The general instructor was actually written by Lü Gong. Zhao Xi finally understood that in the imperial court, this completely broke the relationship between ranks and positions, and there was not much connection between rank and official position.
For example, the commander of the East Palace Guards, Zhao Xie, was renamed, but in essence equivalent to the Crown Prince's supervisor, should be at least a third-rank official.
Lü Gongzhu was originally in Tongzhou, Henan as a general administrator, while the position of general administrator in the provincial government could be held by officials from the 8th to the 5th rank. In other words, Lü Gongzhu's highest rank was the 5th rank, but he is now holding a position equivalent to the 3rd rank.
Just like a deputy mayor of a prefecture-level city in later generations, suddenly promoted to be the head of youth work throughout the region... This span is not generally large.
Think about those years of external appointments, Fu Yu and Han Qi are not mentioned, at least they were in charge of one road. But Fan Zhongyan... was transferred several times, all as the governor of a state or city. That is to say, from being the deputy head of the political affairs hall, he directly became the top leader of a province or city.
This fall is not just an ordinary depth.
I won't say any more, it's too messy, so messy that there is no standard at all, and there is no way to use the system I am most familiar with for comparison.
Then there are four teachings, which also didn't come as a big surprise. One is Han Su, the official Taizi Zhongyun... basically equivalent to Pingdiao.
There is a Wang Tao, Zhao Xi originally thought it was another aristocratic family, but later found out that it had nothing to do with the Wang family of Wang Su.
There are also two called Su Song and one called Zhao Zhan, who seem to have no origin either.
I roughly understand now. What is meant by "relatively strong" refers to the position of general guidance being relatively strong, apart from this, other things are not that important for scholars.
As for the Han family, it should be a matter of following in the footsteps of the Crown Prince. It doesn't matter who comes, as long as they follow their own rules, everyone is the same.
Zhao Xi was never afraid of the powerful and wealthy, let alone today when he is the most powerful one. So, on his own turf, things must be done according to his words.
Of course, this is not something that can be explained by talking, and even if I talk for half a day, I probably still won't be able to make it clear. So, Zhao Xi once again became exhausted from writing documents.
The internal affairs articles and regulations, Zhao Xi had memorized them so well that even after many years, they were still crystal clear in his mind. What he did was to replace some words and phrases to make the language more suitable for modern times.
When Zhao Xi finished all these, he found out that it wasn't an easy thing at all...
At the same time, Zhao Xi also clarified the responsibilities of the Donggong Guard's civil and military personnel. Given the current situation of the country, Zhao Xi still increased the weight of civil officials... which was also the case in later generations.
But one point Zhao Xie emphasized was that in daily training and combat, this must be led by the military commander, while the civil officials can only assist.
Modify some wording and change some expressions, at least make it impossible for others to see how much the status of the military general has been improved.
For example, instructing the host of the Donggong guard to train and fight in all matters... For example, the rewards and punishments of all personnel in the guard are executed by the instructor according to the regulations.
In short, a military general is only in charge of training during peacetime and fighting during wartime, while all other matters concerning the entire guard are handled by the instructor, which has nothing to do with the military general.
Zhao Xi's most obvious change throughout the memorial was to raise the treatment of military generals to almost the same level as that of educators.
At least the leader of the East Palace Guard... Zhao Xuan really wanted to directly name him as the commander.
The salary of this leader should not be lower than the treatment of the squadron instructor.
And detailed the military titles of the entire guard... Compared to the complexity of changing the civil system, the obstruction of changing the military sequence is much smaller.
It's said to be a change, but it should be said that it's a direct move, which is to directly move the military system of later generations over.
The entire guard is just an enhanced brigade, with five levels: squad, platoon, company, battalion and regiment, all of which are very familiar.
Zhao Xi did all these things and didn't go to the imperial court to show off, but only made a small-scale announcement. This scope was just him and his five instructors.
Zhao Xi's purpose is very clear. Firstly, as the future chief of staff of the guard, he should first familiarize himself with the contents of the regulations and rules, and familiarize himself with his responsibilities and duties.
Secondly, after all, the most understanding of Wenren is Wenren. When these five people were assigned to the Imperial Guard as instructors, their future should be tied to the Crown Prince and the entire Imperial Guard. So, Zhao Xi wanted everyone to say some heartfelt words, to see if the contents of tens of thousands of words were suitable for the current situation, and whether they could pass through the imperial court.
Some content is not immediately understandable. Zhao Xi understood, so the five of them each copied a copy and were allowed to take it out to familiarize themselves with it.
It's impossible for me to stay with everyone like this until they are familiar with the content.
It should have been a natural thing, but it was deliberately complicated and had branches.
"Xī ér, today at dawn, a ministerial official reported that the Eastern Palace Guard has turned things upside down, violating the ancestral laws and arbitrarily changing the national policy of civilian officials taking charge during wartime."
Zhao Zhen was worried. Throughout the ages, the crown prince had always been a target for impeachment, and impeaching the crown prince was also a shortcut for civil officials to gain fame quickly. There's no way around it, that's just how it has always been, and nobody can change it.
Ke Xi'er... just established and already impeached, with such a big hat. Ancestral laws and regulations, how can they be changed at will by later generations?
"Father, I don't understand. The matter of the East Palace guards was decided by the imperial court, why are you arbitrarily turning things upside down?"
Listening to Lao Die say this, Zhao Xi was also stunned. Reducing the establishment, setting up six rates of Wen Suo officials, shouldn't it be considered not going against the ancestral laws?
I've already been careful enough, how can I still get bitten?
"No, today's mission is for you to take on the duty of guarding the Eastern Palace..."
What? How is this possible? Yesterday, I made it clear that all the terms were drafts. The reason for sending them to various departments was to gather opinions and collect suggestions, pending a final decision. How did they end up on the imperial court?
"Father, apart from duty, can you have dissenting opinions on regulations and rules?"
"None! I object only to the clause of responsibility!"
"Who played it?"
"Zhao Zhan, Zhao Liming!"
There are indeed people who want to make a name for themselves without caring about their dignity or life! Good! Very good! You just want to make a name for yourself, right? I'll let you become famous, extremely famous!
"From this day on, Zhao Zhan and Zhao Liming are removed from the Eastern Palace Guard, and in the future, they shall not be involved in any matters related to the Eastern Palace."
At the same time, the child suggested that this person should be exiled to a remote state, and even stripped of his honors and never reappointed!
One should have a progressive mind and can also understand the way of drilling, even for the sake of fame and wealth, one can be hypocritical. To some extent, it is understandable.
There is only one thing that Zhao Xi thinks is unforgivable: betrayal!