The Southern Expeditionary Army has put down the rebellion in Dali, and what is left is the finishing work of cleaning up the remnants.
Lu Huiqing told Duan Silian the battle report, and the meaning was very clear: you should go back.
I've been living for free for more than half a year. Stop relying on me, Da Song.
Although raising these idle people will not increase the cost of the court much, the current state of the country really cannot keep the Dali royal family forever.
This is the same as the officials who went to great lengths to make Duan Silian continue to be the king of Dali... The national power of the country has improved, but it is not enough to fight against the Liao and Xia. They still need to hide their strength and bide their time to prevent the Liao and Xia from seeing the country.
ambition.
This is Lu Huiqing's understanding, and indeed Zhao Xi's purpose.
If he really had the strength to destroy Liao Xia, Zhao Xi would never go to such trouble. Now that Dali has been conquered, he can just raise the Duan royal family in Bianliang.
This is nothing more than trying to make Liao Xia relax a little more vigilantly.
Regardless of what Dali looks like, Liao Xia probably didn't take it seriously. If Guo Chao handled it like this, their assessment of Guo Chao would not change much. This is Zhao Xi's real purpose.
How many people understand it?
Duan Silian came to visit Zhao Xi... Even though he is a king, regardless of whether he is in exile or not, the dynasty treats him as an envoy. This is the rule, the rule of the dynasty.
Therefore, even though Duan Silian was in Bianliang for more than half a year, he had very little time to actually see His Majesty the Emperor.
I only said goodbye three times in a row.
One time, Duan Silian came to see him because he wanted to borrow troops, but he didn't even pass the political hall.
This time it was quite grand, much more solemn than when I escaped.
This feeling really makes Duan Silian feel like he wants to go back to be the king. It is true that he really wants to go back to be the king. The real king of Dali is not the king of Dali who was manipulated by the Yang family at will.
When bidding farewell to King Dali, one must naturally follow the etiquette of a vassal king and it has nothing to do with whether he goes into exile or not.
Zhao Xi created such an atmosphere for Duan Silian so that he could feel like a king. Of course, it could also make Duan Guifei happy when she was attending the farewell...
"I sincerely thank His Majesty the Emperor for this gesture. When I go, I will become a subject of the Song Dynasty forever, and this will be passed down to future generations. Dali will regard the Song Dynasty as its suzerain for generations to come..."
Wow, I really feel like the King of Dali. Hey, you won’t find out the real situation until you get to Dali.
Come on, these words of farewell make it seem like you will never come to Bianliang again in this life... Boy, it won't be long before you will come to Bianliang again and live here for the rest of your life.
Zhao Xi will not let Duan Silian come to Bianliang as a prisoner. In the end, Duan Silian should be grateful to Zhao Xi and know how good Zhao Xi is to him.
Of course, when I go back this time, I will inevitably curse, so what? I still have to beg to come to the court.
Duan Silian bid farewell at this time, and the Minister of Political Affairs had great opinions on Lu Huiqing.
It was too hasty. Duan Silian resigned before the court had time to discuss the dispatch of civilian officials. This made the court's plan seem to be only half completed, or less.
The princes never believed that military generals could influence the state affairs of Dali. In other words, without the accompanying civil servants, Dali generals would still be the same Dali as before.
This time, the imperial court's southern expedition seemed to have gained no benefit at all.
Looking at the officials and Lu Huiqing, they all understood that Duan Silian had taken advantage of the loophole. After getting the warrant to borrow troops from the mining city, Duan Silian actually made a surprise attack.
Another half-baked plan!
The princes didn't know that there were no scholars in Dali at this time, and they couldn't let them know. No matter how the scholars of the imperial court viewed Dali's scholars, Zhao Xi didn't want them to know about the Southern Expeditionary Army's killing of Dali's scholars.
They are all civil servants, they are all scholars, the so-called lineage of sages and sages. Who knows whether these civil servants will have the sad consciousness of rabbits dying and foxes dying.
Let's just leave this kind of thing.
Presumably when Duan Silian came to the court and borrowed civil servants, he would not dare to mention the fact that the Southern Expeditionary Army killed all the civil servants in Dali.
It was a war, a period of war, and Duan Silian fled. He did not know the specific situation and could not tell the specific situation.
Asking people again, and then blaming the country? He doesn't have the guts.
This is also the loophole Zhao Xi wants to take advantage of.
In the whole process, the biggest loophole should be Fan Zhen. Zhao Xi did not ask Lu Gongzhu to do anything, but Lu Gongzhu did not let him down.
The day after Fan Zhen received the secret order from Lu Gongzhu, he began to take charge of the transportation of prisoners... He was the transportation envoy. The real logistics transportation of the Southern Expedition Army was handled by Gongfang City, so it was reasonable for him to place the prisoners.
I'm probably still in Guangnan at this time, right? Or in Chengdu.
Anyway, Fan Zhen was tired of being beaten and killed, and even more annoyed by the mountains and forests of Dali. He had an excuse to place prisoners, so he didn't have to go to the battlefield.
Everyone gets what they need, and the whole thing, all kinds of coincidences, really made Zhao Xi's plan flawless.
"My dear Sirs, please order the Ministry of Civil Affairs to make a census of the officials below the seventh rank. They are mainly those who were born with grace and special names and are temporarily unavailable."
Duan Silian left, and Zhao Xi had to ask the court to prepare for some things.
It would be difficult to let a qualified Jinshi go to Dali. Let an official of sixth grade or above go to Dali? It would be even harder.
Therefore, the civil servants stationed in Dali had to be identified from a specific group of people.
"In the official family, Duan Silian did not borrow civil servants from the imperial court..."
Fu Bi felt very bad, especially the feeling that Duan Silian had taken advantage of him.
What's more, without the result of borrowing civil servants, his son-in-law Feng Jing's hard work in Prince Duan's Mansion would be in vain.
"If you don't borrow it when you say goodbye, it doesn't mean you won't borrow it after you go back. After living in Bianliang for half a year, I saw the culture of the country, and Feng Dangshi taught him face to face. Lu Jifu made some insinuations, and the culture of the country should have sprouted in Duan Silian's heart. "
"Besides, didn't Duan Silian also witness a pageant of oiran poetry and prose?"
"As soon as the war broke out, he first considered whether he could suppress the current situation in Dali. He first considered the safety of his Duan family, so he decided to borrow troops."
"When the Mining City soldiers established prestige for the Duan royal family, he would compare the cultural differences between Dali and Guochao, and borrow soldiers as a reference. If Duan Silian was not stupid, he would definitely ask for a loan."
This is nonsense. Zhao Xi knows it in his heart, but it is indeed a good excuse. It is reasonable and reasonable. The key is that it touches the heart of the scholar.
In the eyes of literati, a country cannot be made without civil servants.
What's more, for this important matter of the imperial court, the generals successfully quelled the rebellion in Dali and caused Dali to borrow troops.
What about their civil servants? Apart from Lu Gongzhu being the head coach, what else can they show off?
Originally, this time was a real civil and military strategy, but the final result was that nothing happened to the civil servants, which made the civil servants, including all the ministers, very embarrassed.
When all the gentlemen heard these words from the officials, they all felt that they made sense.
Even Fu Bi, Han Qi, and Wen Yanbo didn't quite believe this reason and had to admit that what the officials said was reasonable.
The culture of the country has far-reaching influence. This is indeed what they want to see and what they agree with.
It seems reasonable to inspire Duan Silian and allow Duan Silian to eventually become a civil servant.