The truth of history is always submerged in the clouds and mountains. In history books, some doubts can be found in one stone. Zhao Bing saw the identification of these princes, using the four words "conspiracy" to describe the truth. So the truth may be Sima Qian. Ban Gu was politically correct, although he did not directly point out the slander of the descendants of Emperor Hui of Han. However, they still used the Spring and Autumn Songs to express their attitude.

In the subsequent records, the heroes welcomed Liu Bang's descendants, the descendants of the Dai King Liu Heng, into Chang'an, and ruled out the Qi King who made great contributions in killing Lu Zhong. It is obvious that for the sake of their own interests, Liu Heng, the descendants, was better controlled. What's even more strange is that before and after Liu Heng became emperor, his queen and four legitimate sons all died mysteriously.

In this regard, there is only a brief record in history books: "The Queen of Dai was in danger of life and death. The Queen of Dai was not appointed as the emperor before, but the Queen died. When the King of Dai was established as the emperor, the four men born by the Queen died of illness." Therefore, it is necessary to make people suspect that the Queen of Dai and the four princes died abnormally. However, when Empress Lu was alive, in order to enhance the strength of the Lü family, she made the princes of the Liu family marry the daughter of the Lü family. Liu Heng may be no exception.

If this is true, no matter from any perspective, the result will be too cold and weird. Zhao Bing felt that the heroes would probably kill Queen Dai of the Lü family and four sons of the Lü family to prevent the revival of the Lü family and counterattack. The cruelty, ruthlessness and ability to make up lies are also terrifying. From this perspective, Liu Bang killed the heroes not because he killed too many heroes, but because he killed fewer.

Zhao Bing often lamented that having the privilege of "the world is the king's land, and the shores of the land is the king's ministers", it is a jealous position and hard work. Not only do you have to keep your position, but you have to kill cruelly in order to prevent the ministers from usurping the rebellion. However, when the butcher's knife falls, you may not be relaxed, but more helpless.

At present, Zhao Bing was unwilling to talk about this taboo topic, but he also thought that Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in the origin of history, might have learned the lessons left by Liu Bang. Because he knew that when he was still energetic, he could still suppress these old friends who wanted the world together, but once he was old and weak, it was not necessarily the case.

Therefore, at the beginning of the world's decisive state, Zhu Yuanzhang killed Hua Yunlong and Liao Yongzhong. Liu Bowen, who had already retreated bravely, became inexplicably ascended to heaven in his hometown. Zhao Bing felt that during this period, he began to hand over his children successfully to eliminate obstacles and remove barbs, and began to gradually cleanse the heroes. As the prince Zhu Biao died young, the age of the crown prince Zhu Yunwen made Zhu Yuanzhang worry a lot and finally decided to start a massacre.

Zhu Yuanzhang used the left hook and right hook butterfly footwork, first concocted the Hu Weiyong case, abolished the position of prime minister, and further strengthened the imperial power. After that, he launched the empty seal case among the four major cases of Hongwu, the Guo Huan case, and the Lan Yu case. He used the civil and military ministers of the Ming Dynasty as hot pot base and put them in the pot together, and killed tens of thousands of people for the crime of treason. He destroyed the Huaixi political group that helped him seize the world, and killed more than 10,000 heroes.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang pursued the Hu party relentlessly, and Zhu Yuanzhang killed Tang Shengzong and others. The whole family of Li Shanchang was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang's entire family. The greatest grace to the number one hero was to give him a complete body. After killing Lan Yu, Wang Bifa, who was Zhu Yuanzhang's in-laws, was unable to escape death. After Wang Bi's death, Zhu Yuanzhang did not do anything and killed the famous generals who had made great achievements in military achievements.

At this point, almost all the founding princes were destroyed. The only ones among the heroes who were able to save their lives were the Duke of Xinguo Tang He and Duke of Qian Mu Ying. Tang He knew more than anyone else. Since he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill all the heroes, he would relieve his military power, and humble and respectful to disperse all his family's wealth and send him to everyone, and finally he could die on his pillow. And Mu Ying was able to lead Yunnan in the world, just because Zhu Yuanzhang needed someone who knew how to deal with the military affairs in the southwest to lead the war.

"The birds are gone, and the good bows are hidden; the cunning rabbits die, and the lackeys are cooked." This is a sentence summarized by Fan Li, expressing the sigh that the emperor is ruthless, can share the joys and sorrows, and cannot share the hardships. But it is also the helplessness of the emperors. The many heroes who were killed were also because of "rebellion". Even if they did not take action, they still had this idea to be killed. In the situation where the king and the ministers were weak, the heroes would almost inevitably cause chaos, which is also the inducement to rebel against the emperor and the ministers.

Zhao Bing had a deep understanding of this. Although he had been on the throne at that time, he was not afraid of the day he was in court. In order to reverse the situation, he knew that Zhang Shijie would be defeated, but he still watched him go to Yashan. After the battle, his confidants almost lost all their losses, so he took the opportunity to turn the tables, but he paid the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers.

Later in Qiongzhou, Zhao Bing deliberately cultivated his confidants, controlled the army tightly, and used economic means to control the court. After more than ten years of operation, the Song Dynasty continued to have a strong and weak ministers for nearly a hundred years. Although there was no large-scale massacre of powerful ministers in this process, only he understood the sadness and cost...

Now that he controls the overall situation, the army becomes his loyalty, and it is difficult for the civil servant group to interfere in military affairs again. However, the sequelae is also obvious. Zhao Bing discovered that his former confidant general was also afraid because of his increasing strength. He began to worry that one day he would be punished for his great achievements, which made him very distressed.

Originally, Zhao Bing did not want to show off with the generals at this time, but unexpectedly, Zhao Mengjin lifted the lid first, so he could only express his own ideas. Otherwise, if this state continues, it will not only lead to unstable morale in the military, but also cause a series of troubles, causing negative emotions to spread, corruption, and scattered military discipline, which will destroy the iron army that has finally been built.

In the conversation just now, Zhao Bing expressed his attitude. He still trusted them. He told them tactfully that if it was still difficult to dispel their concerns, he could choose to leave the front-line troops and return to Beijing for retirement, or enjoy a high-ranking official and return home, and retain his title and descendants, so that he could enjoy the rest of his life.

Although it is difficult to find a general, these people are also trusted people who have followed their many years, are familiar with the military formation, and are easy to make. But he is not without a backup plan. At present, martial arts is constantly providing middle and lower-level officers for the army. The reason why he promoted martial arts and trained officers was to reduce the disadvantages of nepotism and inbreeding in the old army, and to ensure that the army is loyal to itself and the country, rather than a certain general.

Now, after echelon training, a new generation of senior generals have grown up and may still lack the experience of commanding large corps operations, but Zhao Bing believes that as long as he has been trained by several battles, he can take on the heavy responsibility of the Northern Expedition.

In addition, Zhao Bing also believed that the generals here knew the current situation. The training model of middle and low-level officers had cut off their desire to become kings. They could not guarantee that they could pull away the troops when they had a strange intention. The example of the Eighth Army was in front of them. The troops that had been in charge for more than ten years were empty in front of Dayi and the emperor.

In addition, Zhao Bing has already hinted that he is still young people and they cannot survive themselves at all. There is no way to kill meritorious officials in order to ensure the successful success of the young crown prince. As long as you abide by oneself and abide by the law and regulations, there is no need to worry. On the contrary, as it is now, the way to die.

In addition, Zhao Bing believes that everyone here is not fools, but bloody men, and will make the right choice wherever they go. No one of them wants to be absent from the battle to recover the Central Plains. They will regain the old capital and capture the capital of the enemy. What a glory it would be. It will be kept in history and passed down for generations. In terms of private affairs, even if they do not mention their personal friendship with the emperor, they cannot return home in shame for the sake of their family and descendants...

Next, Zhao Bing skipped this topic and reiterated the importance and function of the army in the country and served the interests of the country. He emphasized that the army should not only talk about military affairs, but also politically, and participate in decision-making on major matters. At the same time, he warned the public not to interfere in government affairs beyond their authority and compete for power with local prefectures.

To this end, Zhao Bing also talked about two examples that just happened.

This time, Zhuang Siqi urgently dispatched the troops to the capital Liangshan. Because of his bad relationship with the local prefectures and governments, he lost local support and had to rush through light marching and rely on forced means to obtain supplies. Zhuang Siqi's behavior this time was also extremely bad, seriously damaging the image of the army and hurting the interests of the local area. That is, because he still had a bottom line in his work and did not plunder the people, otherwise he would not be able to escape the consequences of being dismissed and investigated.

On the contrary, Sun Kai's army attaches importance to the relationship with local prefectures and counties, not only abide by military discipline, but also strictly abide by laws and regulations. When local difficulties arise, they will help them to help them maintain public security, and help the resident to build bridges and roads and build water conservancy. Whenever there is a disaster, they will actively provide assistance after obtaining the authorization of the Privy Council.

Therefore, after Sun Kai's troops received the order to set off, they received strong support from the local government and took the initiative to assist them in raising food and grass, allocating husbands and chariots and horses, and allowing the prefectures and counties along the way to allocate materials to repair roads, strengthen bridges, etc., so that they could quickly complete the assembly and unobstructed in the defense area.

Comparing the two sides, the high and low are revealed immediately. Zhao Bing recalled the days when they were in Qiongzhou, when the soldiers were few and the generals were few, and the local people hated the court and were in a difficult situation. Then it was through the introduction of people-friendly policies and improving the relationship between the military and civilians that they were able to gain the support of the people and the people in Qiongzhou, allowing them to survive the most difficult period and devote their efforts to assist the court in regaining Jiangnan, which led to the great situation today...

In the following days, the exercise was carried out in an orderly manner according to the plan. At the routine summary meeting after the exercise, everyone was surprised to find that in addition to the chief officer of the Privy Council, Lu Xiufu, the left minister of the Secretariat, Deng Guangjian, the right minister of Menxia Province, and Chen Renweng, the Minister of War, also attended.

But they did not interfere with the specific content of the military exercise, but explained to the generals the domestic and international situation, local situation, the significance of sending troops to the country, the difficulties they face and the support and help they can provide, letting the generals understand that the Northern Expedition is not only a matter for the army, but also the help of the imperial court behind them...
Chapter completed!