At the last moment, it was necessary for the court to make key instructions. No one objected to this, and no one even raised objections on the spot to the official statement that there was no first and second success.
However, this is only temporary. How can there be a war without the first meritorious service? It is nothing more than this war, and the criteria for evaluating the first meritorious service will change. In other words, the court is doing this to avoid the last step, and the generals from all walks of life are competing for the first meritorious service.
However, the great plan fell short of success.
"The war to destroy the country is a great achievement that requires sacrifices to the ancestral temple, reports to the ancestors, and inscriptions on tablets to tell future generations..."
Fu Bi said it very implicitly. In fact, he was stating a fact to the officials. In such a big war, there are relevant procedures for recording in the merit book. It does not mean that there is no first meritorious service without first meritorious service. In fact, there must be someone.
Primary and secondary.
The edict must be issued, but the final reward based on merit must also be given.
"Oh, this is indeed what we should do. Let's go together. All the courtiers, generals, etc. who participated in this war should be heroes in the annals of history."
It seems that the officials said it very casually... Fu Bi was a little confused about the officials' intentions. Judging from the official's past, it seemed that they did not care about these rituals, whether it was personally conquering Xixia and winning the Battle of Haoshuichuan, or
The defeat of the Liao-Xia coalition forces in the Hedong Battle was enough to warrant a lawsuit against the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
However, this has never happened once. The generals who went to battle just believed in the officials' tactics. No one had any objections. Even when the court officials had suggestions, they all sternly declined.
Usually, it can be said that it is to protect the generals and keep a low profile as much as possible to avoid being impeached by the courtiers. But this time, the officials are also hyping up this battle. In fact, the courtiers basically agree with the current military system. Military generals, civil servants
The military system in which assistant officers and supervisors each perform their respective duties can, to a certain extent, restrict generals.
At this time, even if the court commends military generals, I believe there will be few criticisms from the courtiers.
"Officials and veterans believe that the contribution to the destruction of the country cannot be buried..."
"Oh, Prime Minister, I would like to ask, who do you think the cabinet members should take the first credit in this war? Not to mention the first person to enter the Xixia Palace, or the first team to attack Xingqing Mansion. No more.
In the early stages of the attack by various armies, no team can directly attack Huanglong."
"I also believe that the contribution to the destruction of the country cannot be buried. The question is, do you think that naming that general as the hero of the destruction of the country is worthy of the name and will not cause dissatisfaction among other generals?"
"No matter whether people in the world are smart or ignorant, they have one thing in common: they worry not about scarcity but about inequality!"
This... is indeed true. As the officials said, this war was indeed a war to destroy the country, but no one could take the leading role. It seemed that no general was qualified.
Gao Zunyu's troops were deeply trapped in Xixia territory, used the bait to the fullest, and fought hard for half a year...
But what about Wang Shao? After more than a year of preparations and operations, he traveled thousands of miles to fight, successively attacked the cities of Xixia, and captured the entire strategic location of the Hexi Corridor...
The Di Qing Tribe, Zhong Jiao Tribe, and Guo Kui Tribe, when the war really entered a critical stage, the overwhelming attack on Xixia was all the important tasks of these main combat teams...
Going a bit further, the reason why this war was achieved was the improvement and supply of armaments in Gongfang City. The role cannot be ignored. The most important thing is that the entire cabinet and officials formulated an almost impeccable plan!
Who can take the first credit in the battle to destroy the country? The answer is no. No team, no general, or minister can rightfully consider himself to be the first creditor in this war!
Fu Bi suddenly remembered a term called collective, which often appeared in official theories. Perhaps when the officials were planning this war a few years ago, they had already positioned this war as the collective contribution of the entire court.
Collective, what a fitting term. Perhaps only in this way can all the imperial yamen who participated in this war, the generals who led the army, including the ministers who assisted the war, all be satisfied with the explanation.
Looking at the expressions of the cabinet members, Fu Bi understood that this should be a method that suits everyone's wishes.
From the initial strategic planning, the division of labor between the various armies has been very clear. What each team does and what role it plays at what stage are very clear in the entire grand plan.
Di Qing knew it, Zhong Jia knew it, and Guo Kui knew it. Gao Zunyu didn't know it at first. When he was eager for quick success and quick success, he went deep into the Xixia territory and was surrounded.
He served as a bait, and at the same time, the court used unlimited armaments to make up for his mistakes... It seems that it was his greed for merit and rash advancement that caused the court to be like this.
The reason Wang Shao didn't know was because at the beginning of the war, the imperial court didn't have much hope in crossing Dangjin Mountain. By the time the partial division arrived in Suzhou, a big plan had been formed, and Wang Shao also understood it, but found that the partial division's role was only peripheral.
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At the same time, after moving thousands of miles away, in the battle to encircle and suppress Weifu Army Division in Heishan, he and Li Xian's troops did not immediately succeed in the encirclement and suppression, which led to the delay of the entire general offensive...
In the end, Gao Zunyu and Wang Shao, who had made the greatest contributions, inevitably had flaws, including omissions that were criticized...
The real main combat team seemed to have no sense of existence at all in the early stages of the war. They were all playing a supporting role. When the general offensive began and all the encirclement and suppression teams were in place, how the main combat team played its role would not matter in the entire war.
The role in the game will never be elevated to the top position.
The grand plan is planning to destroy Xixia, but it inevitably involves all the generals, including all the factors such as the personality, combat methods, roles, possible problems, etc. of each general.
Everything was taken into consideration. In the end, it turned into a war to destroy the country without any first contribution.
Everything is traceless, consistent with the official style. Only when the plaque is unveiled at the end can all those involved in it truly discover the ins and outs of the entire incident...
"Officials, inscriptions, and articles all need to be recorded, and this great war between the Kingdom and the Dynasty is also a major event that needs to be recorded in the history books since the founding of the Song Dynasty..."
Fu Bi's meaning was very clear. It was necessary to offer sacrifices to the ancestral temple and tell the ancestors' stories, and it was also necessary to write down the merits and pass them on to future generations. How to record them must have regulations.
"Fu Xiang, please open up some ideas, such as dividing civil and military ranks, for example, referring to the model of the imperial list of Jinshi, commending by grade and level, and at the same time, adding the form of commending and rewarding the team's collective merit, which can even be implemented to combat units such as Xiangxiang, etc.