One cannot help but admire Cai Que's brilliant art of speaking and his ability to stir things up.
First, drag the debate at the court meeting back to the original issue of whether Xu Zun is qualified and capable to serve as the deputy supervisor, and then explain the fact that the supervisory system is new. It seems to be a reconciliation, and it also means to defend Xu Zun's appointment as deputy supervisor.
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What he said was telling everyone not to let go of Wu Junyong, or the chief officer Fan Chunren also said so.
My surname is Cai! Still Cai from Fujian!
The man named Cai whom Zhao Xi knew also showed up. He passed the Jinshi exam the year before last. At that time, Zhao Xi even found his test paper and read it, wanting to depose him, but he was indeed talented.
Just like Cai Que, not only Han Jiang, Han Zhen, but also Wang Anshi and Han Qi, who rarely looked at others, had all praised him.
The talent is indeed a talent, but the means are a bit underhanded...
Zhao Xi's original plan was to place Cai Que as the chief official after the separation of the Yushitai family. This was a precaution. That position could be considered important or insignificant.
To be honest, Zhao Xi now understands to some extent that the so-called loyalties and traitors recorded in history are not actually what they are like in history books.
Only what you experience personally is the real history.
As for Cai Que, Zhao Xi has been paying attention to him since they met him by chance on the streets of Bianliang very early on.
The promotion is not too fast, but it is not slow either. He is definitely the one who takes the lead in the same year. However, he hits the mark every time.
Just like now, because of his positive attitude towards the new law, he has won the favor of Wang Anshi. Zhao Xi needs Wang Anshi to charge, and the people he recommends are not particularly shameful, and they will usually go there.
At this time, Cai Que's behavior clearly understood that Wang Anshi's role was weakening, so he made such ambiguous remarks.
It has to be said that he once again hit the pain points of the court officials and made this court meeting completely chaotic.
"Wu Junyong has served as a local official, but he has no experience as a court official, let alone as an imperial censor. The supervisory system is a new creation. It may be inappropriate to take up the post rashly..."
"The supervisory system is not limited to court officials. Local experience is the advantage of serving..."
"Xu Zunke was put under supervision because of criminal charges. What can't a local magistrate do?"
"Supervision was born out of the Yushitai, so why is it that no one in charge of the Taijian is appointed to supervise the Yamen?"
"Most of the detailed rules formulated by the Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall come from the Yushi Yanguan. How can we say that the Yushi Yanguan does not serve as the supervisor?"
It started again... In order to stop the chaos of the court meeting, Zhao Xi closed the palace gate, took care of the three meals, and even forced the courtiers to starve, even if they had ignored them before retreating from the court, ordered the chief minister to stop drinking, etc.
, various methods have been used, but to no avail. Once there is a reason, the meeting will still turn into a vegetable market.
"Bang..."
A sound of knocking on the golden pot was heard, and finally there was a moment of silence below.
It turned out that Zhao Xi wanted to use a gavel, but Fu Bi thought it was inappropriate and a bit ridiculous, so he simply placed a golden pot in front of his Majesty...
"I participated in the music and took charge of affairs around the Xihe River. I served Wang Shao and Prince Chun in Longtuge. I exchanged money in the market, deducted military pay, occupied the good land of the brave archers in the countryside to fill the abandoned farmland, and exaggerated the number of cultivated fields to deceive the listeners...
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Zhao Xi asked Wang Zhongzheng to shout for a moment to withdraw from the court, and someone came out again.
It was also the appearance of the impeachment that made everyone, whether they were clamoring about Xu Zun or clamoring about Wu Junyong, stop in an instant.
Hehuang opened the border, this is a major event, and it is also a business matter. The establishment of the supervisory office is not urgent. If you continue to pester the supervisor at this time, he will be kicked out of the palace by the official or the political affairs hall...
He Huang? Zhao Xi was also stunned.
Because of the battle in Mochuan City, everyone except Zhong'e and Guo Kui returned to the court, and everyone else received rewards. Wang Shao was also granted the title of Longtuge Minister, and the number of directly affiliated troops increased from the original three thousand to tens of thousands of new troops.
Moreover, all commercial, agricultural, and military affairs involving Hehuang will be controlled by him.
This was also part of the reason why Guo Kui was transferred back to the DPRK, so as to prevent the two coaches from disagreeing on military issues.
Ordinarily, given Wang Shao's current situation, he shouldn't make such a low-level mistake!
Although the city of Miaochuan was captured, it only frightened the tribes of Tubo. It did not mean that He Huang had complete control, or that it was just the beginning of his plan to pacify the Rong Dynasty.
Most of Hehuang is still in the hands of the Tubo tribe. Reports from the previous period indicate that he is only now starting to promote the strategy of encroachment, and he will never threaten to cut off his retreat at this time.
"Submit the memorial, leave it to the Political Affairs Hall, and withdraw from the court..."
Zhao Xi will not give the courtiers a chance to yell nonsense.
It seems that not only the supervisory mechanism, but also the three-level decision-making system must be promoted as soon as possible, otherwise it will annoy people to death every time they watch the meeting.
"Wang Shao commanded 10,000 troops for the new army. Who can tell me what is going on with the deduction of military pay?"
Everything else is nonsense. How much land is in Hehuang, whether it is reported by Wang Shao or impeached by the courtiers, will not affect Zhao Xi's judgment.
In later generations, there were nearly four or five counties in the area from Lanzhou to Xining, as well as Linxia under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province, and Lintao. With the current population density, it is impossible that there would be no wasteland.
If you hear something, you will not be punished even if you are wrong. This is what is called not being punished for words.
However, in Zhao Xi's opinion, when it comes to the deduction of military pay, it is much bigger than those things like lying about farming, or it should be said that it cannot happen at all.
He knew that the military generals of the Guo Dynasty were fed by the blood of their soldiers, which was why he never started to reform the army from the generals of the Guo Dynasty from the beginning. He first selected from among the soldiers, so that those soldiers who had not completely lost their humanity could be used in the army.
The new army learns dignity, learns self-confidence, and is educated by loyalty.
Therefore, his new army will never allow the appearance of generals who drink the blood of their soldiers.
Once this matter is true, even if Wang Shao has great power in the world, Zhao Xi will not mind sending Wang Shao to Hainan Dan to play with the savages!
"Your Majesty, Wang Shao does not have ten thousand new troops..."
Wen Yanbo's answer stunned Zhao Xi. He remembered that after the capture of Miaochuan City, he should have issued an edict to directly subordinate Wang Shao to the 10,000-man army.
"Your Majesty, in the Battle of Miaochuan, the New Army lost nearly 4,000 people. Originally, the New Army in Huichuan Prefecture was less than 30,000. They were stationed in Lanzhou. Gaolan and even the entire Huichuan Prefecture have been connected to the New Army on Huanqing Road."
"Because Lanzhou and Gaolan are newly recovered areas, and because Wang Shao is facing the Tubo tribe, commanding the new army is overqualified. Guo Kui obtained Wang Shao's consent and petitioned the Privy Council to send 10,000 Western troops under Wang Shao's command.
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"His Majesty's edict authorized Wang Shao to command 10,000 troops, but did not specify the new army. Therefore, the troops in Xihe are the original Huichuan army."
At this time, Wang Zhongzheng also found a copy of the edict. Zhao Xi looked at it and found that the edict indeed only stated that he would command 10,000 troops...
The Western Army... Even Zhao Xi was no longer nervous at this time.
The new army is very different from the original Forbidden Army. They have a sense of honor and self-esteem as a military force. Although they are instilled with loyalty, the loyal one is Zhao Xi, the emperor and the royal family, not Wang Shao.
Once Wang Shao used the old military problems on the new army, even if he was a civilian official, he would not be able to get out of power.