Chapter 221 Zhao Guans family is full of enemies! I want to get it, how can it be like a thousand-mile horse?
At the court, Zhao Ji forced Yu Shen to take the initiative to retire and return home, but Liang Shicheng, the eunuch he sent to question Yang Jian, had not returned yet.
On this occasion, Zhao Ji and the ministers discussed together the results of the treatment of the Liangshan bandits who accepted the imperial court's invitation to peace:
Lifted the military power of Song Jiang and other 36 Liangshan leaders and their original troops;
The soldiers and generals in Liangshan must be separated;
This will prevent them from rebelling again.
Zhao Ji's concerns are justified.
As a time traveler, before he came to this world, he had read the historical story "The Legacy of Xuanhe" written by an unknown person in the Song Dynasty.
It records that Song Jiang and other Liangshan bandits were surrounded by Zhang Shuye, the magistrate of Haizhou, and were forced to surrender and accept the imperial court's recruitment, just to preserve their strength.
Therefore, more than a year after Song Jiang and others accepted the court's call for peace, in the fourth year of Xuanhe next year (i.e. 1122 AD), when the time was ripe, Song Jiang raised the flag of righteousness again and led his old troops to revolt...
However, the second uprising led by Song Jiang was quickly suppressed by Song General Zhe Kecun and his army. Song Jiang and others were brutally killed...
In the official history, there is no clear record of Song Jiang's second uprising, and Zhao Ji is not sure whether Song Jiang led the second uprising against the Song Dynasty court.
However, Zhao Ji knew that among the heroes of Liangshan, there was one person who did not participate in the second rebellion led by Song Jiang. That person was Guan Sheng, nicknamed "Big Sword".
Before Zhao Ji traveled through time and came to this world, he had read "History of the Jin Dynasty" and "History of the Song Dynasty" and knew that in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty after the Jingkang Incident, there was a heroic general Guan Sheng in Jinan Prefecture who was the commander of the Liangshan Uprising.
Will.
When the Jin army invaded south and attacked the city of Jinan Prefecture, Guan Sheng led his army out of the city many times to resist the enemy, making it impossible for the Jin army to break the city for a while.
At that time, Liu Yu, the prefect of Jinan Prefecture, was lured by the Jin people and designed to arrest his general Guan Sheng, the main war faction, and killed Guan Sheng on the spot. Then Liu Yu and his son Liu Lin led their troops to open the city gate.
Surrendered to the Jin Army. Later, Liu Yu paid heavily to bribe the Jin Army generals and the Jin Kingdom's Prime Minister, and he was established as the (pseudo) Emperor of Da Qi...
After Zhao Ji knew that he had traveled through time and came to this world, four months ago, when my imperial commander personally conquered Fangla, he used thunderbolt methods to get rid of the future puppet emperor Zhang Bangchang and the puppet emperor Liu Yu of Qi and his son Liu Lin.
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In the future, Dadaoguan Sheng will no longer die in the hands of his own people.
Of course, Zhao Ji also knows that as long as I use the right method against Song Jiang and others who have accepted the imperial court's invitation, so that they have no strength to rebel again, then it is very possible to prevent the second rebellion led by Song Jiang and the original soldiers of Liangshan.
Zhao Ji, who thought of this, immediately announced in the court:
"I follow the advice of all my beloved friends:
The 36 Liangshan leaders including Song Jiang, who had been recruited, were relieved of their military power and led the original troops.
The soldiers and generals of Liangshan must be governed separately.
Generals and generals were assigned to take office in places three hundred miles apart.
Only in this way can he no longer have the power to rebel and harm the imperial court."
Zhao Ji's decision attracted unanimous praise from the officials, saying:
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, long live my emperor..."
Zhao Ji sat on the dragon chair, smiled slightly, and said:
"In order to prevent the more than 2,000 Liangshan minions who were recruited from harming the local area, I decided to assign all of them to the various departments of the Haizhou Xiang Army and serve for three years.
The generals of the Xiang army must strictly control these new recruits and make them correct their evil ways; they must not discriminate or abuse them.
At the end of the three-year period, if any Liangshan minions want to stay and continue serving as soldiers, the court will welcome them.
Those who want to return to their hometowns will be given travel expenses and military pay by the government to enable them to return to their place of origin and settle down and establish a career."
In charge of the affairs of the Privy Council, Yan Guogong Zheng came out from the middle and said:
"Your Majesty is very considerate.
In this way, there is no need to worry about the Liangshan minions who surrender to the imperial court harming the place. Your Majesty is wise!"
The civil and military officials once again echoed and shouted:
"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!"
Zhao Ji added: "Song Jiang and other thirty-six Liangshan leaders were all awarded martial arts masters..."
Cao Fu, the imperial censor who dared to directly remonstrate, came out and said:
"Weak minister Cao Fu, please report to your majesty!
In this dynasty, the official rank of military ministers is fifty-third, and the twenty-seventh rank is the martial arts master.
Cao Fu, a minor official, believed that the title given to Song Jiang and other thirty-six rebel leaders who were forced to accept the imperial court's invitation to peace was too high to be awarded martial arts masters!
Our officers and soldiers from the Song Dynasty, who fought bravely on the battlefield and fought against the enemy, are still unable to be promoted to martial arts masters. How can they be sincerely convinced?!"
Zhao Ji listened to Cao Fu's words of advice. He did not express his position immediately. Instead, he sat on the dragon chair and leaned forward slightly.
He looked down at the courtiers to see who else would jump out to object.
In fact, the time-traveler Zhao Ji knew that the military official rank of martial arts doctor was probably equivalent to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the modern world he lived in before time-travelling.
Logically speaking, the thirty-six rebel Liangshan bandit leaders like Song Jiang were forced to accept the imperial court's recruitment. I will not hold them accountable for their previous crimes of seizing cities and territories, killing people, setting fires, and robbing treasury. I will spare their lives.
That is considered a great blessing.
However, the time traveler Zhao Ji had other ideas.
He wanted to use Song Jiang and the other thirty-six people to receive such high preferential treatment after being recruited, so that the many small groups of rebels still existing in the Song Dynasty would see the court's preferential treatment policy...
So that they can quickly accept the imperial court's recruitment, so as to achieve the goal of quickly quelling all banditry in the Song Dynasty without any bloodshed.
At this time, Dr. Taichang Li Ruoshui, who had been newly promoted by Zhao Guan's family for three months, came out to speak;
"The humble minister Li Ruoshui attached this note, and Cao Yushi suggested it.
I am concerned that the imperial court has treated Song Jiang and the other thirty-six Liangshan leaders too favorably. I am afraid that the rebellious people in the Song Dynasty will unscrupulously imitate Song Jiang and others and rebel.
Not only will he not be executed, but even if he fails to rebel and accepts the imperial court's offer of peace, he will be knighted by the imperial court. Why not?"
Zhao Ji had a great attitude, smiled slightly and said:
"Li Aiqing is overly worried. I will naturally issue an edict. From now on, if there are any more rebels in the world, I will not be lenient!"
Li Ruoshui saw that Zhao Guan's family had made up his mind, so he had no choice but to remain silent.
Zhao Ji, who was sitting on the dragon chair, said again: "The thirty-six leaders in Liangshan are all taught martial arts by their husbands.
I have given Song Jiang the gift of returning to his original place in Yuncheng County, Shandong Province, as an inspection envoy, subject to the control of the Yuncheng County Magistrate and County Lieutenant.
I have given Guan Sheng the favor to go to Jinan Prefecture and serve as a partial general, under the control of the Jinan Prefecture.
The remaining thirty-four leaders in Liangshan all live in various counties and serve as patrol envoys and are controlled by the local county magistrates and county captains.
The specific destination of these thirty-four leaders will be determined by the Privy Council and the Ministry of Personnel."
When all the civil and military officials heard what Zhao Guanjia said, they all admired him greatly.
Even Cao Fu and Li Ruoshui, who had just raised objections, also congratulated sincerely:
"Your Majesty the Holy Might..."
All the officials in the court understood clearly.
Although the Zhao Guan family awarded the title of "martial arts doctor" to the thirty-six leaders of Liangshan who accepted the imperial court's invitation, the title of "Martial Arts Doctor" was awarded to middle-level military officials.
However, the specific official positions granted to them by Zhao Guanjia were very small.
In the Song Dynasty, official positions such as "du inspection envoy", "dudu inspection envoy" and "tongdu inspection envoy" were placed in various prefectures and border villages, or at dangerous points on the road. They were in charge of patrolling prefectures and towns, arresting thieves and interrogating private individuals.
The matter of selling tea and salt...
However, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there has never been an official position such as "inspection envoy" at the county level.
Nowadays, the Zhao Guan family has assigned the thirty-five leaders of Liangshan (except Guan Sheng) who accepted the imperial court's invitation to serve as inspection envoys in various counties, and they are also subject to the control of the local county magistrate and county captain.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Zhao Guan family gave Liangshan the rank of middle-ranking military minister and the corresponding salary for the leaders who were recruited and granted martial arts masters. However, they were not reused and the specific official positions were treated extremely low. It can be seen that the Zhao Guan family
There is still a backup plan to guard against them.
All the civil and military officials shouted in unison: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, long live my emperor..."
Zhao Ji smiled and said: "Everyone loves you."
"According to my holy will, the Privy Council and the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs will discuss in the court hall where the thirty-four leaders of Liangshan, except Song Jiang and Guan Sheng, will be appointed.
Draw up an edict for me."
"I obey the decree..."
In charge of the affairs of the Privy Council, Duke Zheng Juzhong of the State of Yan, the chief officer of the Ministry of Personnel, two ministers of the Ministry of Personnel, and Zhang Jun, a member of the Zhongshushe, came out one after another to kowtow and receive the decree.
All the civil and military officials saw that the Zhao family handled government affairs so efficiently, which was something that the Zhao family did not have when their character had not changed half a year ago.
Zheng Juzhong started again:
"Your Majesty, Zhang Shuye, the magistrate of Haizhou, also wrote a memorial saying that Song Jiang, in order to express his loyalty to the imperial court, would like to dedicate his horse, the BMW 'Zhaoye Jade Lion', to Your Majesty.
According to Zhang Zhizhou's memorial, Song Jiang's horse, the 'Zhaoye Jade Lion', is all white, without a single hair, and can travel thousands of miles in a day. This is a rare and famous horse."
Zhao Ji smiled disdainfully and said: "Songjiang's pattern is too small!
If I want to get it, how can it be compared to a thousand-mile horse?"
The civil and military officials are puzzled. The Zhao family, who are now sitting on the dragon throne, in the past few years, fought for the world's strange rocks and trees, and now they are not interested in such a good thousand-mile horse?!
The ministers did not dare to answer Zhao Guan's words and remained silent.
The ministers wanted to know that since Zhao Guan's family didn't want Chollima, what did he want?
Zhao Ji said with emotion:
"What I want to get is a brave general who can ride a thousand-mile horse and fight on the battlefield!"
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The time traveler Zhao Ji's words were so convincing that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked and admired...
Zhao Ji added: "Even if Song Jiang is loyal to offer the horse, I will accept it.
I will give the thousand-mile horse "Jade Lion Shining the Night" to Guan Sheng, the general who surrendered in Liangshan!
I hope Guan Sheng can get this thousand-mile horse. In the future, if there is a war in the country, Guan Sheng can ride this horse, wield his sword in battle, and kill many enemies!"
After taking charge of the Privy Council, Yan Guogong Zheng Juzhong immediately understood the far-reaching intentions of Zhao Guanjia. From the previous holy will's regard for Guan Sheng, he gave Guan Sheng the official position of Jinan Prefecture's general;
This is very different from the official position of county-level inspection envoy obtained by the other thirty-five Liangshan leaders.
Now, the Zhao Guan family has given the thousand-mile horse that Song Jiang was going to present to Guan Sheng. This means that the Zhao Guan family particularly values Guan Sheng and wants to reuse Guan Sheng!
What Zheng Juzhong couldn't figure out was why the Zhao Guan family valued Guan Sheng, the "big sword" they had never met before, so highly.
Of course, Zheng Juzhong, who is good at following my wishes, also saw another far-reaching intention of the Zhao Guan family, that is, in this way, it can lead to conflicts among the thirty-six Liangshan leaders who have just accepted the imperial court's recruitment, at least
The leaders of Song Jiang's faction will definitely hate Guan Sheng.
On the contrary, the Liangshan leaders who stand with Guan Sheng's faction will definitely be at odds with Song Jiang's faction...
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