Zongwu: Give you a chance and get a 10,000 times critical hit return!

Yue Fei shook his head and said, "Those people don't dare to be corrupt!"

"Rather, I went to see that the weapons and armor were basically in a lack of maintenance, and some of them were missing."

Yue Fei's words were very tactful, but Zhao Wuxian knew that what he meant was that the weapons were almost all rotten.

Those that were well maintained were taken away.

Zhao Wuxian narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "What a bunch of rats! It's Song Lu, too kind!"

Chapter 397: Give Yue Fei a thousand stones of rice, a thousand times critical hit, and return one million stones!

The sound of stringed instruments is pleasant to the ears!

Inside a brothel.

A group of officials in official uniforms sat together, holding beauties in their arms, drinking and playing.

Officials could go to brothels openly, which was a feature of the Song Dynasty.

"Prince Jing is training his troops. What do you think?"

"What do you mean? Hey, even though he recruited so many people, without weapons and armor, what's the point of training them?"

Some officials smiled.

"Although the higher-ups didn't say it explicitly, we definitely can't let him get away with it."

"That guy named Yue Fei, who is still wet behind the ears, how can he be a general? Prince Jing is really making a fuss!"

"Yeah, that's ridiculous!"

"So, I secretly had someone replace the weapons in the armory with broken and damaged ones!"

"You didn't see the expression on his face at that time, hahaha!"

"This way, it won't hit the top, right?"

"What are you afraid of? We have someone above us. The emperor is currently focusing on the battle with Tubo. As long as Jiangnan is not in chaos, it's fine!"

"Besides, what we are doing is not what the government wants! If the higher-ups come to investigate, they won't be able to find out anything!"

"High, it is high!"

"I heard that the Ming Cult members have been gathering in Qingzhou recently. Is there any danger?"

"What's going to happen?"

"Eat when you should, drink when you should, God, don't let it fall! Prince Jing is allowed to make money, but we are not allowed to enjoy life?"

……

Huating, inside the tent!

Zhao Wuxian was furious when he heard Yue Fei describe the corruption of the Xiang army's arsenal.

Soldiers are a major event for the country.

The arsenal is in ruins. How can we resist when foreign enemies invade?

If even the armory is like this, what about other government offices?

It is undeniable that the scholar-official class brought prosperity to the Song Dynasty, but when a certain class stays in a high position for too long.

If there is no internal investigation, things will only get worse. This is due to human nature and has nothing to do with the system.

The laws of the Song Dynasty.

Throughout the 04 dynasties, sentencing was relatively lenient. It was not easy to confiscate the property of an entire family and destroy them. Instead, the main punishment was exile or tattooing.

The scholar-official class had an even better life.

Being a scholar was a pretty good profession in this dynasty.

As long as you pass the imperial examination, you will have some kind of assignment, it just depends on whether you are willing to do it.

Even if you offended the emperor, like Su Shi, you would spend the rest of your life in exile and torture.

The most famous one was a case of giving up military power over a cup of wine, without any major purge afterwards.

Like the Ming Dynasty, tens of thousands of people were implicated and entire families of ministers were executed, and there was even a case where ten families were implicated.

A total tyrant.

You will be criticized to death in the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Song ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety, and ruled the world with scholar-officials.

Business and culture flourished.

His poems and articles can be compared with those of the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.

But this also led to the Song Dynasty's weakness as a country, its people and its army, which enriched a large number of wealthy families, powerful people and corrupt officials.

In order to seize power, the literati formed factions in the government over reforms, which led to chaos in the government and frequent changes in policies.

The generals controlled the military power.

Border defense has to rely on local families.

Although it did not form a feudal lord, it was still too powerful to be eliminated.

In local counties, the wealthy families are the masters.

A newly appointed county magistrate must have relationships with local dignitaries in order to govern normally, otherwise it will be difficult for him to stay for long.

Because these powerful people are either from scholar-official families, or have high-ranking officials, or have close contacts with high-ranking officials.

Yue Fei sighed when he saw Zhao Wuxian's grim expression.

"I received more than 5,000 sets of leather armor from the armory, but the quality is too poor."

He opened his mouth and spoke frankly.

This is also Yue Fei's character.

"Oh?"

Zhao Wuxian raised his eyebrows. The Song Dynasty lacked horses, so it could use infantry to stop the Liao and Jin cavalry. In addition to a large amount of military equipment, armor was indispensable.

It is the most important protection for soldiers.

Therefore, civilians were often allowed to possess weapons and even train militia, such as Zhujiazhuang, but they were not allowed to hide armor or crossbows.

"The soldiers' armor only had front and back armor, but no shoulder pads; they had leather hats, but no helmets."

Yue Fei looked solemn and said, "These five thousand sets of armor are all soft and brittle, and are not enough to withstand arrows and stones."

"Wearing this kind of armor to meet the enemy will probably greatly damage the morale of the army."

Zhao WuXian nodded.

It seems that the preparation of military equipment cannot rely solely on the government.

Moreover, Zhao Wuxian was suspicious.

I'm afraid someone was causing trouble, but Yue Fei didn't notice it.

At the beginning.

You shouldn't have believed them and still had illusions about them.

Zhao WuXian said: "I will take care of this matter!"

If it were in other dynasties, craftsmen such as armor makers would be hard to find and would be strictly controlled by the government.

But in the Song Dynasty, the handicraft industry was well developed, and we could find enough craftsmen and a group of workers to start production.

The only trouble is dealing with the government.

But Zhao Wuxian believed it.

This won't be a problem any time soon.

Suddenly, Zhao Wuxian slapped his forehead.

Damn it, I was so angry that I lost my mind.

How did you forget the system?

Get some good armor and weapons.

If we give it to the soldiers, won’t the problem be solved immediately?

Is it difficult?

Don’t even mention a few sets, even a hundred thousand sets can be revealed to you!

Zhao Wuxian smiled and said to Yue Fei: "This matter can be resolved in two days!"

"what?"

Yue Fei was surprised.

But seeing Zhao Wuxian's confident look, he thought, "Master is Master, he probably has connections with the Imperial Guards!"

Zhao WuXian said: “Pick out twenty soldiers with outstanding performances, and I will give them a few sets of armor to use first!”

"Yes!"

Yue Fei nodded.

Zhao Wuxian and Yue Fei came outside.

In the distance, soldiers are marching in formation.

The Song army actually had its own set of army drill manuals, the "Wujing Zongyao".

Created by Zeng Gongliang and Ding Du.

The book consists of two parts: military theory and military technology, and has high academic value.

Later, seven military books including "The Art of War" were compiled into "Seven Military Classics", which became a compulsory course in martial arts.

Before giving Yue Fei the "New Military Drill Manual", Zhao Wuxian carefully read the relevant books.

Therefore, his "New Military Drill Manual" was more of a reform of formations, titles, etc. to adapt to musket warfare.