Tang Yin has always wanted to reuse the two structures of the political participation hall and the military political hall, but these two institutions have never attracted the attention of ministers. In people's eyes, the political participation hall and the military political hall are dispensable. The main reason is this
The people in charge of the two structures are not important enough.
The counselor of the Military Government Hall is Cai Gui. Let’s not talk about his identity as a Ningren. The fact that he is not a direct descendant of Tang Yin is destined to be marginalized by the ministers. As for Gu Yuan, the counselor of the Military Government Hall,
He is even more unknown, and his reputation is not as good as that of Cai Gui.
Shangguan Yuanji proposed to set up a general counselor above the Political Council Hall and the Military Council Hall, with a rank of Cong Yipin, which could be served by Sima Zhaoyan, the right minister of the Sichuan Kingdom. This head of civil servants in the Sichuan Kingdom should support the Political Council Hall that Tang Yin had always valued.
Hejunzhengtang can not only make these two institutions more effective and attract more attention, but also allow Sichuan ministers to have certain real power and calm the dissatisfaction of Sichuan people. It can be said to be the best of both worlds.
After listening to Shangguan Yuanji's suggestion, Tang Yin thought about it for a moment, and a smile gradually appeared on his face. He felt that Shangguan Yuanji's suggestion was too good. He handed over the political participation hall and the military political hall to the Sichuan people. In order to gain more real power, the Sichuan people
I will definitely make every effort to carry forward these two institutions, and in this way, I will feel a lot more relaxed.
He nodded repeatedly and praised: "What a good idea. This arrangement can silence the Sichuan people's civil servants. However, how should the Sichuan people's generals be arranged?"
Shangguan Yuanji looked at Qiu Zhen, it was Qiu Zhen who should have expressed his opinion on this matter, but since the king asked the question directly to him, he would just say a few more words.
He said seriously: "Since our Feng Kingdom unified the world, your Majesty insisted on reducing the army. This is right. After all, the world is peaceful, and it is useless to retain so many armies. However, I think it is not appropriate for your Majesty to only reduce the Sichuan Army.
, at least about five Sichuan army legions should be retained, which will also give those Sichuan generals a place to use their talents. However, the number of our Feng army is too large at present, so it should be reduced greatly. "
Qiu Zhen immediately frowned and asked, "Yuanji, which legion of our Feng Army do you think should be streamlined?"
The twelve armies of the Feng Kingdom are the lifeblood of Qiu Zhen. No matter which army he is asked to reduce, he will not agree to it. How could Shangguan Yuanji not understand Qiu Zhen's thoughts? He said quietly: "We, the Feng Army, have all the
There are twelve legions, among which the Feilong Army and the Hundred War Army are both super-established. Especially the Hundred War Army, which has more than 300,000 soldiers. In the past, when the conflicts among the countries continued, the Hundred War Army could still come in handy, but
Now that the Hundred Battles Army is useless, Wei Chen believes that the Hundred Battles Army should be cut down first."
Before Tang Yin could speak, Qiu Zhen couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "Although the Bai Zhan Army is not a direct descendant of our Feng Army, it has made countless contributions to our Feng Kingdom. When we went to Mo Country, the Bai Zhan Army wiped out dozens of enemies.
Wan, annexed Anguo, and Huanguo, the hundreds of war armies wiped out countless enemies. On the battlefield, the hundreds of war armies were invincible and invincible, making the enemies frightened. Now that the world is at peace, they have to kill the donkey. This
How can we convince the soldiers of the Hundred Wars Army?"
Shangguan Yuanji said silently, if you say so, all the divisions of the Feng Army cannot be reduced. Which legion has not made outstanding achievements in battles from its establishment to the present? Which one of the Pingyuan Army, Sanshui Army, Sky Eagle Army, Directly Affiliated Army, etc. has more merit than Bai Zhan?
Army commander?
Tang Yin looked at Shangguan Yuanji and Qiu Zhen, and sighed secretly in his heart. He felt that what Shangguan Yuanji said made sense. It would really be inappropriate to only reduce the Sichuan Army and the Jade Army. Apart from anything else, it was just to place Sichuan generals and generals.
Beautiful women and generals will become a difficult problem to solve.
After thinking for a long time, he said quietly: "The designation of the Hundred War Army cannot be cancelled, but the more than 300,000 soldiers are indeed too many, so we should only retain the normal establishment of 100,000 people. As for the Feilong Army... there is no need to keep it anymore.
Let’s also eliminate the student army of Lingwu Academy.”
"Your Majesty..." Qiu Zhen was anxious. He was dismantling his troops and withdrawing his military numbers. How could he explain this to the commanders of the armies?
Tang Yin waved his hand to him and said: "At present, the Feng Army plus the merged Sichuan Army and the Jade Army have a total strength of more than three million. It is too heavy a burden to support so many troops. At least it will have to be cut by half. If
Reduction, Qiu Zhen, you can decide this matter yourself, but I have to declare in advance that the Jade Army can only retain one or two legions, but the Sichuan Army must retain at least four or more legions."
Qiu Zhen smiled bitterly. According to what the king said, the current total force of three million has been reduced by half, that is, to one and a half million. Among them, the Jade Army and the Sichuan Army must occupy at least five legions, which means that the quota is left for the Feng Army.
There are only ten legions.
After reducing the twelve armies to ten, Qiu Zhen couldn't figure out which army should be eliminated. Regardless of whether Qiu Zhen wanted to or not, in short, Tang Yin had decided on this matter.
Tang Yin spent a lot of thought on the adjustment of the court this time. Under his explicit or implicit instructions, many Fengren ministers handed in their resignations and asked Tang Yin to retire and return home.
Tang Yin gave generous rewards to these ministers who took the initiative to resign, including gold, silver, houses and land, ensuring that they would have food, clothing, prosperity, and wealth throughout their lives.
With the departure of many ministers, Feng Guo's official positions finally had a large number of vacancies, and subsequently a large number of Sichuan people were employed.
Among them, the most important one was Sima Zhaoyan, the former right minister of the Sichuan Kingdom. He was appointed by Tang Yin as the general counselor of the Shenzhen Political Hall and the Military Political Hall. Although his rank was from the first rank, he was much better than the nominal sinecure.
Quite satisfied.
Sima Zhaoyan knew Feng Guo very well. He knew that Feng King had always wanted to reuse the political participation hall and the military political hall, but he had never made a big name. Now that he has taken over, it seems that this position is not very good, and it seems that he still only gets
A sinecure in name only, but in reality it is not. His current position is extremely valued by the Feng King. As long as he does well, he will get the most direct support from the Feng King. As a Sichuan native, it is very likely that he will become the Feng King.
Close ministers.
While a large number of Sichuan civilian officials were employed, Sichuan military generals finally had the opportunity to return to the army.
Following Tang Yin's instructions, Qiu Zhen finally reorganized the four Sichuan legions, while all twelve legions of the Feng Army were retained. However, the strength of each legion was greatly reduced, especially the Bai Zhan Army, which was completely reduced.
After cutting off more than 200,000 soldiers, although the Feng Army still has twelve legions, its total strength is only one million. As for the Jade Army, it only retains one legion symbolically.
Through this adjustment, the conflict between Feng Ren and Sichuan Ren has been greatly alleviated. Although Feng Ren still occupies a dominant position, Sichuan Ren's status has also been improved by the first mate.
It can be said that the integration between Feng people and Sichuan people has just begun until this time.
The Feng Kingdom made such a big adjustment, and it was inevitable that there would be some confusion at the beginning. The ministers were all panic-stricken. Minister Feng Ren was afraid that the king would find him, remove him from his official position, and let him retire and return to his hometown. Sichuan Minister
The minister is worried that he will inevitably make mistakes when he just takes over the new position. If he makes a mistake, he is also afraid of being impeached by Minister Feng Ren.
It can be said that in the newly adjusted Fengguo court, both the Fengren ministers and the Sichuan ministers are working cautiously, walking on thin ice, each one more cautious than the other, not daring to show any sloppiness. This is a situation that Tang Yin is happy to see.
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It is worth mentioning that after this major adjustment, Sima Zhaoyan rose rapidly in Feng Kingdom.
The Shenzheng Hall and the Military Government Hall led by him took over almost all the affairs of the Feng Kingdom. He had to review and approve Tang Yin's memorials, and he had to review and approve them without Tang Yin's memorials.
Tang Yin also made adjustments to the first officer. He dismissed a large number of the original personnel and recruited new ones. In this matter, Sima Zhaoyan did a very fair thing. He did not only use Sichuan people, but followed Tang Yin's usual
The idea is that no matter where you are from, you should only use your talents.
There were two things that really changed Tang Yin's view of him and made the ministers look at him with admiration. The first thing was that the Hedong area of Feng State was hit by an earthquake. Li You, the right minister, wrote to Tang Yin, asking Tang Yin to allocate 800,000 taels of silver for disaster relief.
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As a result, this memorial was stopped after it arrived at the Political Consultation Hall. It was not handed over to Tang Yin at all, and was directly beaten back by Sima Zhaoyan.
Li You was very angry about this matter and played a copy of Sima Zhaoyan in front of Tang Yin during the morning court the next day.
Tang Yin also frowned upon hearing this. The Hedong area was hit by a disaster, and relief should be provided in time. However, Sima Zhaoyan stopped the memorial and refused to report it. Didn't it delay a major event?
Before Tang Yin could ask him about it, Sima Zhaoyan took the initiative to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, we have heard about the disaster in Hedong. The scale of the earthquake was not large, and only Luancheng in Hedong was affected.
That's all. As far as Wei Chen knows, during the earthquake, a total of fifty-seven houses collapsed in and around Luan City. The left courtyard wall of the city lord's palace was slightly damaged, and the number of casualties was less than a hundred people. Such a disaster was as big as a lion's.
I asked the court to allocate 800,000 taels, but I don’t know if the money will really be used for disaster relief, or if most of it will fall into the private pockets of some ministers!"
His words made Li You blush so hard that he stammered: "Master Sima, you... you are such a slanderer!"
Sima Zhaoyan sneered and said: "Master Li went to Hedong to ask for silver to provide disaster relief. I just don't know how the 800,000 taels of disaster relief silver were determined. If it is based on the reports from Hedong, Master Li is guilty.
There was an unintentional mistake. If Mr. Li made the decision without authorization, then Mr. Li may not be able to get rid of the suspicion of enriching his own pockets in the name of disaster relief, right?!"
Li You trembled, fell to his knees with a plop, kowtowed to Tang Yin repeatedly, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, the humble minister is unjustly accused. Lord Sima spits blood on others, the humble minister is unjustly accused!"
Tang Yin didn't care about the inside story of this matter, but he was shocked by Sima Zhaoyan's clear understanding.
The Hedong area is located at the junction of Fengdi and Ningdi, thousands of miles away from Shangjing. However, Sima Zhaoyan, who was sitting in Shangjing, knew the disasters in Hedong very well. He was really extraordinary and worthy of being a prime minister of a great country.
, whose talents should not be underestimated.
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