Volume One: Lin'an Troubles Chapter 9 The Foolish King Liu Chan
Liu Chan's decisiveness made the ministers panic. When did Liu Chan become like a tyrant?
If you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to find that Liu Chan now has the military power of the Song Dynasty firmly in his hands.
After more than three years of military reform, the military power of various generals has been transferred into the hands of Liu Chan. The entry of civilian officials into the army has made Liu Chan well aware of the situation of the army.
Yue Fei was dismissed from his official position, why did the Yue Family Army not speak out against it? Firstly, Yue Fei did make a mistake on the surface, and secondly, Yue Fei was not the one who had the final say in the Yue Family Army now.
And there was Liu Guangshi, who was extremely perfunctory about the court's orders before and didn't take the court seriously at all. However, when Liu Chan ordered him to send troops to exterminate the barbarians, why did he immediately obey the order without thinking about it?
Yue Yun's Bei Weijun even lived and died with Liu Chan in Yancheng, and his respect for Liu Chan definitely exceeded everyone else.
Since the military power is in Liu Chan's hands, it is not impossible even if Liu Chan wants to change the world.
"One more thing, you should think carefully about your family and don't make any mistakes."
As soon as Liu Chan said these words, less than half of the kneeling ministers retreated silently. This time, they knew that Liu Chan was really not joking, and he really came with murderous intent.
However, the kneeling courtiers still account for one-fifth of the people in the court, and most of them are stubborn people like Zhao Ding.
"Now that you all have made a decision, don't blame me for being ruthless. Take him down and kill everyone."
"Hunjun!"
"The foolish king is harming the country!"
The shouts and curses were endless, echoing throughout the entire hall. Even Liu Chan knew that there were indeed many upright people among these people, and they were indeed the pillars of the country.
But Liu Chan has no choice!
Liu Chan did not have much ability, or in other words, his ability was not enough to cope with the changes in the entire court. The reason why he was able to handle the government affairs in the court before was all because of the oppression given by the powerful enemy of the Jin Kingdom.
Because the threat from the Kingdom of Jin is there, the ministers can unite together.
Now that the Kingdom of Jin is gone, the ministers each have their own little Jiujiu. Liu Chan is confident that he is not capable of handling all this, so he can only kill to scare the world.
As long as you kill everyone who dares to go against you, then the court will be pure.
Everyone was very unfamiliar with this scene, as if they were not dealing with the most civilized Song Dynasty, but with vulgar and rude barbarians.
After everyone was taken away, Liu Chan continued to say to Yue Fei: "Pengju, I will temporarily restore your official title. You hang my sword on the top of Bianliang City and tell everyone in the world that no matter who rebels, they will immediately
Behead and decide."
"The last general takes orders."
Yue Fei still gave in, and he also knew that the situation in the Song Dynasty was somewhat collapsed. In order to prevent the situation from continuing to collapse, he could temporarily violate his loyalty to the late emperor.
After Qin Hui, Zhao Ding, Yue Fei, and Liu Chan suppressed him one after another, they looked at Zhao Yuan.
Liu Chan said with a smile on his face: "The prince has been quite good recently. He actually dared to disobey my will for the sake of a woman."
"I don't dare. It's just that I and Cao Ying (Wan Yanxue) really love each other. I beg my father to make it happen."
"Chengquan? Hahaha, it's okay."
Zhao Yuan was overjoyed and thought Liu Chan was moved by his sincerity.
Unexpectedly, Liu Chan continued: "But she can only be a concubine."
Liu Chan gave in, he really gave in. Unfortunately, from the perspective of a young man who fell in love for the first time, this was no concession at all.
"I beg my father to make Cao Ying the Crown Princess, Du. I will never treat her badly."
"Oh, it seems that you insist on me learning from Tang Xuanzong."
Liu Chan's words shocked the whole court into silence.
Tang Xuanzong, what Tang Xuanzong?
Should we learn from Tang Xuanzong to govern the country, or should we learn from Tang Xuanzong to fight wars?
You can't just imitate Tang Xuanzong and take away his daughter-in-law Yang Yuhuan, right?
Because of this incident, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty had a ridiculously bad reputation!
Zhao Yuan opened his pupils wide and looked at Liu Chan. Unexpectedly, Liu Chan's face was calm and he didn't look like he was joking at all.
Zhao Yuan looked around, hoping that a courtier would stand up to support him. But now that the courtiers who opposed Liu Chan had been suppressed by Liu Chan, how could anyone stand up.
Everyone lowered their heads, as if they couldn't see me.
"Prince, I have high expectations for you. Don't let me down. Otherwise, I really don't mind learning from Tang Xuanzong."
Liu Chan ignored Zhao Yuan and looked at Yue Yun.
It's time, it's time to send troops.
What Xixia, what Dali, what Xiliao, what Tubo.
It's time to annihilate the heroes, it's time to tell everyone who is in charge of this world.
"Yue Yun, lead the Wei army and 10,000 cavalry to pacify Xixia. Order Liu Guangshi's troops to lead the built navy warships to go south to destroy Dali. Order Wu Jie to set off from Dashan Pass to the west to destroy Tubo. Peng
Come on, the stability of the Northland depends on you."
"The general will obey the decree."
How can we quickly restore people’s livelihood in the country?
Answer: Start a war with foreign countries!
After the destruction of the Jin Kingdom, Liu Chan could no longer bear the presence of other countries standing beside him. A small Xixia actually dared to dominate the Song Dynasty. It would be unforgivable for heaven to not destroy him.
After Yue Fei destroyed the Jin Kingdom, his achievements were already matched by those of his ministers. If Yue Fei was allowed to send troops again, his achievements would be astonishing.
Therefore, to pacify Xixia, Yue Yun could only lead the army.
This is also a test for Liu Chan against Yue Yun, using the survival of a country to test the true level of his country's generals.
Waging war against three countries at the same time is no small matter.
If Zhao Ding was still here, he would definitely object to Liu Chan doing this, but it is a pity that Zhao Ding is not here.
But Li Ruoxu is still there. As Li Ruoxu, who has been in the Yue Family Army, he is familiar with the battlefield and is also familiar with history books.
Therefore, he felt that he needed to remind Liu Chan.
"Your Majesty, although the country is large, if it is warlike, it will perish!"
The atmosphere in the court became cold again. Liu Chan looked at Li Ruoxu coldly and said: "Although the country is big, if it is warlike, it will perish. Although the world is peaceful, if it forgets to fight, it will be in danger. Don't speak only half of what you say, otherwise I will
Very angry."
Liu Chan estimated that these ministers would think that Xixia, Tubo, and Dali were three countries, but in Liu Chan's view, they were just small tribes.
Just send some people there and it will be settled.
It is a pity that even after the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, the people of the Song Dynasty did not have any imperial heart.
Still the same elegance, still the same incompetence.
Then Liu Chan could only use blood to awaken the power in the hearts of the people, and use the lives of an entire generation of people in the Song Dynasty to give birth to the heart of the empire.
Start a war, keep fighting.
Fight for a decade, fight for a generation.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did this, so Liu Chan also planned to learn from it.
No one could stop Liu Chan's decision, and just like that, on this day in July of the 11th year of Shaoxing, the Song Dynasty launched the largest war that had not been launched in hundreds of years.
Because of the news of the war, Liu Chan's execution of the ministers did not cause any big trouble.
Of course, they still killed them all.
After Zhao Ding heard the news, Hengjian committed suicide.
When Liu Chan found out, he looked sad, but he did not regret it. He named Zhao Ding the Duke of Feng. Because of his upright character, he opposed the peace talks many times and fought the main war against the Jin Kingdom. It was very important for the stability of the Song Dynasty and the destruction of the Jin Kingdom.
After making indelible contributions, the court finally unanimously agreed that Zhao Ding's posthumous title would be Zhongjian.
Unfortunately, Liu Chan ignored one thing. Zhao Ding was the prince's tutor and the prince's biggest supporter. Zhao Ding committed suicide, and the prince cut off his arm!
Then the rift between Zhao Yuan and Liu Chan has widened again. Even if no one can see the rift now, it does exist!
In August of the eleventh year of Shaoxing, Yue Yun led his army to attack Xixia. Ten days later, he captured Xiazhou. Within a month, Xingqing was captured and Xixia was destroyed.
In the same month, Wu Jie left Dashan Pass to attack Tubo. Due to the terrain, although he defeated the Tubo defenders, he was unable to achieve a greater victory.
Liu Guangshi set out along the river and won consecutive battles, and Dali was forced to surrender.
After Dali surrendered, Liu Chan ordered Liu Guangshi to go north and join forces with Wu Jie to attack Tibet.
Unfortunately, we still didn't win completely.
Liu Chan was so angry that he cursed, saying that Tubo was really a difficult place to deal with.
However, the result of this battle was extremely shocking. Except for the remaining Tibetan forces that shrank, the other two countries were completely destroyed by the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty's gradually collapsing situation was finally stabilized in the face of powerful military power.
But this is not enough for what Liu Chan wants, and he still lacks a very powerful opponent.
An opponent that could keep the Song Dynasty at war for decades!
It's not good if the fight is too smooth. Although the people may have some thoughts of being invincible, this is not the invincibility Liu Chan wants.
What Liu Chan wants is the kind of invincible who can still be eager to win in the face of adversity.
Just like why the army of the Han Dynasty was able to overwhelm the world, it wasn't because they were all forced by the Xiongnu!
It was precisely because of the oppression of the Xiongnu, a powerful opponent, that the strength of the Han Dynasty army was so amazing.
It is said that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty during the Eastern Han Dynasty was a foolish king, but why did the state pastors during the Emperor Ling's period dare not cause trouble? When Liu Xie came to power, the world was in chaos!
Because Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty held the military power tightly, even if someone had second thoughts, as long as the military power of the Han Dynasty was in the hands of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, he would not be afraid of anyone.
Yuan family, Yang family, Dong Zhuo, Xiliang!
Anyone who doesn't bow down in front of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty will dare to cause trouble!
Why is everyone saying Liu Xie is a waste? Look at his father Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Hong succeeded to the throne at the age of eleven. When he succeeded, he was completely impoverished and had nothing. The late emperor left him not only a throne, but also a lot of powerful ministers, and the queen mother in the harem was involved in politics.
In this way, when Liu Hong was twelve years old, he used eunuchs to kill General Dou Wu, who was in charge of the power in the court at that time, and put Queen Mother Dou into the cold palace, completely taking control of the power.
You know, he was really just a twelve-year-old child at the time.
After the powerful officials were overthrown, there would inevitably be chaos in the DPRK, and the country's situation would also be unstable. Under such circumstances, Liu Hong decisively chose to go to war with other countries.
At the age of thirteen, Liu Hong appointed Duan Jiong to pacify the Eastern Qiang, killing hundreds of thousands of people and leaving only a thousand casualties in the army.
As a result, the world became quiet.
Liu Chan's approach was to follow the example of his ancestors. After executing the courtiers, he quickly started a war and used force to prevent those conspirators from having any more conspiracies.