Zhao Jiu is destined to be separated from the people of this era, and it is a huge gap that is difficult to overcome.
This gap may not be due to differences in ideological consciousness, nor may it be due to differences in education systems, or even due to different worldviews. It also has a natural cognitive impact...
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For example, people in this era always think that the emperor should like the seventy-two concubines in the three palaces and six courtyards.
But in fact, even the Neptunes of later generations have to follow the steps of catching fish, catch one and put one away. A few people who have four or five houses may indeed exist, but look at everyone's mentality of curiosity and joking.
Come to see him? Would a person who grew up in this kind of environment really raise three to five hundred young women in one go for his own personal needs?
Can you recognize the face?
For example, there are always some civil servants who worry that an emperor will carry out large-scale construction projects, be extravagant, and use the poor productivity of these days to test various limits... But where does a person who has seen steel and concrete jungles and enjoyed industrialized life come from?
Feeling?
We have 40 billion money. Wouldn’t it be better to use the map to open up new territories?
For another example, there are always bureaucrats who will speculate from the perspective of extreme self-interest that this official is doing this to gather military power and to stir up dissent... However, this official is actually lazy, ignorant, and just goes along with the flow.
That's all it was done.
Sometimes he can indeed think of it, but sometimes he doesn't know how to explain it without you telling him.
Without further ado, all things are blooming in spring. In late February, the Yuanxue, which was forcibly added with Shuwang Xinxue and Guanxue Daotong, officially became the official doctrine, became the main basis for scientific examination teaching, and became the national guiding ideology... And
Thanks to the previous clamor and warm-up, as well as the unconditional endorsement of the emperor in the imperial society, it did not cause much waves.
Because the court has to do things.
The first thing that happened was precisely because of the discussion about the unrest in Nanling after all the bandits in Dongting Lake were wiped out.
In other words, the turmoil in Nanling had already begun in Jingkang. In other words, the area at the junction of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan, Jiangxi has actually been in a state of anarchy for six or seven years. So far, the statistics of the surrounding officials of Genjun
, there are a total of twelve kings among them, with three to four hundred large and small units, totaling hundreds of thirty to forty thousand, affecting more than a dozen state armies in the entire Nanling area...
As for why there is such a mess, there are many reasons.
First of all, it is an area inhabited by ethnic minorities, which is culturally different from the surrounding areas; secondly, it is a typical hilly area with inconvenient transportation and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The term "miasma land" was simply invented to refer to this area;
Third, not to mention the Song Dynasty, this place has been a place where bandits have been rampant since ancient times and the folk customs are violent. Often, if a certain copycat family is unhappy with the powerful, they will directly rebel.
There's nothing I can do about it, it's a remote and remote area... but it happens to be in the heart of South China geographically. Bandits from all over the place can't stand it any longer and just run there. It's the same reason that bandits have appeared in the Taihang Mountains since ancient times.
Historically, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty in another time and space, the Ming Dynasty was sweeping holes in Liting in the north, without delaying its attack on more than a dozen prefectures in the back, and then struggled for how many years, let alone now after the Jingkang Incident?
Of course, thanks to previous fruitful efforts such as sticking to Huaishang, stationing in Nanyang, and regaining the old capital, the situation in the Song Dynasty has become much better now. From the perspective of internal troubles, basically only this big hole is left.
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Therefore, everyone in the imperial court regarded the last counter-insurgency operation as a first-class event. The provincial minister, Zhao Ding, the de facto prime minister, also put forward his own plan based on the characteristics of Nanling.
The plan was to have the exhausted Imperial Army retreat and recuperate, and replace Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun with going south together. One would leave Fujian, the other would leave Hunan, and then let the local volunteer troops from Guangnan and Guangnan march out of Guangdong and Guangxi. A three-way flanking attack would be carried out.
Counterinsurgency.
However, this plan was immediately opposed by Privy Councilor Zhang Jun. The latter believed that the dispatch of troops would be a waste of time, and since Yue Fei had already arrived in the south, he should quickly go south before the weather was too hot to arrive in advance of summer.
Solve the battle before.
In this regard, Zhao Jiu once again expressed his support for Zhang Jun, but agreed with some of Zhao Ding's opinions. The final order was to let Yue Fei decide how many troops to take south and how many troops to come back to rest, and gave him authority.
Let him have the power and responsibility to dispatch government volunteer soldiers from Jiangnan West Road, Fujian Road, Guangnan East Road, and Guangnan West Road to recruit Miao soldiers from the local Miao villages.
At the same time, generals, soldiers, civil and military officials from all over the Nanling Mountains of Guangdong and Guangxi were sent south together to provide guidance and must resolve this last large-scale rebellion.
Once the official decision was made, the matter was quickly implemented.
As soon as the counter-insurgency affairs of the outer court were decided, another earthquake-like important event soon broke out in Tokyo, that is, the imperial commander Yang Yizhong was suddenly revoked from the right to receive and transport secret documents.
Liu Yan, the second-ranking official in the Imperial Banquet, was put in charge of this matter.
There are traces of what happened. The Hubei Economic Envoy had previously impeached Yang Yizhong on the issue of secret documents. It was just that the military arrangements for counterinsurgency were more important at that time.
, and now that the matter is over, the officials will naturally deal with it.
However, Yang Yizhong, who had always been considered a confidant of the official family, was suddenly dealt with in this way, but it still aroused the suspicion and speculation of many people in Tokyo - almost on the second day after the incident, several people
Ten memorials were sent to Zhao Guan's case through the Privy Council, all of which were to impeach Yang Yizhong and to kill Yang Yizhong.
"I just revoked your authority to transport Zha Zi, so they thought I was going to kill you." Zhao Jiu, who was enjoying the fresh air while watching Zha Zi in the pavilion by the fish pond, suddenly sneered.
Yang Yizhong, who stood aside, hesitated to speak, and Liu Yan also looked a little strange.
"But to be honest, I wouldn't have thought of this if it weren't for Ma Shen's memorial." Zhao Jiu put down the zhazi, picked up another one, and shook his head. "Zhengfu, you actually have the power to ban the military and the power to handle intelligence at the same time.
, and also holds the power of communication between me and the world’s commanders and generals. If you really want to rebel, you can imprison me and then issue orders to all the armies. This authority is no less than that of the Privy Council."
"I don't dare!" Yang Yizhong couldn't hold it any longer, so he knelt down on the spot under the gaze of Lan Gui, Liu Yan, and several Hanlin bachelors and living ministers around him.
"It's not a question of whether you dare or not, it's for your own good." Zhao Jiu continued to sigh. "I am also ignorant. There is such a big mistake in the system. Ma Shen didn't say it. I really didn't think about it... They always used to think about it...
When I said I wanted to kill you, I thought it was because you always took the blame for me... To be honest, there should be no resentment in my heart."
What Yang Yizhong could say, he could only give it up and say: "This is the grace of the official, I have no resentment at all."
After hesitating for a moment, Liu Yan, who was standing by the side, also knelt down directly: "In the official family, I think that the power of transferring secret letters may as well be directly vested in the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."
"No need!" Zhao Jiu immediately shook his head. "I took it from Zhengfu just because he has too many powers and responsibilities. Of course it is not appropriate to tie them to one person. It is good to separate them now. Why move them again?"
"I also have imperial military power." Liu Yan said carefully.
"Is it the same thing?" Zhao Jiu finally frowned. "Soldiers, intelligence, and cardinals are the key powers and responsibilities in emergencies. You two are in charge of the imperial army, and the official is in charge of the Imperial City. You
It is enough to take care of the transfer of the secret letter."
"However, it is not appropriate for military generals to handle such cardinal affairs." Li Ruopu, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, stepped forward and handed over his hand. "In the official family, there was discussion as early as the Tang Dynasty, saying that the power of the prime minister is in charge of the world, and that of the cardinals.
Quan... The Dongfu of this dynasty is in charge of the world, and the Privy Council controls the cardinals. The system is already very complete."
"If it was complete, why did Master Liang become the internal minister?" Zhao Jiu retorted directly without raising his head. "Didn't he invade the cardinal's power?"
Li Ruopu was stunned for a moment, but then he said again: "In an official family, the emperor lives in the world, and it is inevitable that there will be people around to serve him. As long as the servants abide by morality, even if they have access to some things, they are not involved in politics."
"How can the chamberlain not be involved in politics?" Zhao Jiu smiled and said. "I'm telling you about the system, what morals are you telling me... You said it yourself, the power of the cardinal is the power of the prime minister, and the chamberlain is next to the emperor, it is inevitable
If you want to encroach on the power of the cardinal, and since you are encroaching on the cardinal, you are actually encroaching on the power of the prime minister. This is the basic principle of chamberlains intervening in politics since ancient times... For example, in the case of Lan Daguan, he has an excellent reputation now. How dare you
Are you saying that he does not possess some of the powers of a cardinal?"
Lan Gui did not hesitate, and the third one fell to his knees.
"It can be seen that in their eyes, it is acceptable for a chamberlain to interfere with the power of a cardinal, but it is absolutely unacceptable for a military minister to interfere with the power of a cardinal." Zhao Jiu still didn't look at Lan Gui, but continued to turn over his papers and shook his head.
"What kind of truth is this?"
Li Ruopu hesitated for a moment and continued: "The officials are right. Since there is a Privy Council, the power of the cardinal should belong to the Privy Council."
"But wouldn't that be depriving the military of power?" Zhao Jiu continued to smile. "Then should I follow the example of Emperor Guangwu and build an internal ministerial desk, and then continue to fight for power internally and externally?"
Li Ruopu was completely silent.
"The times are also the times." Zhao Jiu, who continued to flip through his papers, finally exclaimed. "The power of the monarchs, the central places, the civil servants and the generals are always competing for endless battles, but we always have a clear understanding of the times... In the past few years, we were bereaved.
Dog, a small court, the court is in the army and does not care about anything; starting from Nanyang, it is military-first politics, everything must be based on the army; after Yaoshan, the situation is stable, but the war must continue to be fought, so
I want to implement the civil and military division system. This is the secret code of military commanders. We only follow the system of the Imperial Banquet. No matter you or the Ministry of Internal Affairs, don’t worry about it...get up!"
The three kneeling men stood up together, and Li Ruopu also raised his hands and responded: "I understand, this matter is a wartime system, and we should wait until the Jin people are eliminated before discussing it."
Zhao Guanjia, who had not stopped to look at the papers on the stone table in front of him for many words before, finally stopped after hearing this, and raised his head and stared at Li Ruopu with a strange look, which made the Hanlin bachelor who was on duty today panic for a moment.
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"Official, I wonder if I have made any omissions?" After a pause, Li Ruopu finally stopped holding on.
The Zhao Guan family also sighed helplessly: "Li Qing did not make any omissions, I just don't understand...that's why each of you, not just civil servants, but military generals, servants, relatives, and even common people, always want to go back to the old days.
, what about taking the old road? We must know that all the things in the old days have obviously led to the Jingkang Incident, and it is obviously a bad road, but why are they all so reluctant to leave it and regard the old road as the right way? The power of tradition
Is it really that big? Why do I say 'the ancestors are not lawful'? Isn't it because the ancestors took the wrong path?"
Li Ruopu looked dazed and didn't know how to deal with it for a moment.
After the official questioned him, he felt a little helpless. He just let go of a new Zhazi, but he couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Don't say such words in the future. The Jin people will be destroyed, and the return to normal time will also be the new normal time."
, it’s not the old constant... You write an article to roughly express what I mean, send it to Editor Hu, and put it in the next issue of Di Di."
Li Ruopu did not dare to refute, but quickly responded.
However, just as Li Ruopu turned around and went to the spare room in the side hall to write an article, suddenly, Zhao Guan's family behind him suddenly stopped him: "Don't go!"
Li Ruopu heard the strange tone and was surprised, but he could only turn around quickly.
Next, I saw the official holding the copy of the letter in his hand and reading it over and over again for half a day, and then he put it on the case and thought for a long time, and then calmly said again: "Xueshi Li, don't write that article for the time being! Go and call the four of you.
The Prime Minister, the Censor Zhongcheng, and the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu and the Ministry of War will go to the Wende Palace to discuss politics!"
Seeing the official's calm tone, Li Ruopu, who had been a Hanlin scholar from Nanyang for some reason, felt guilty for a moment and had to leave in a hurry.
After waiting for a while, Zhao Jiu, who had been sitting there without moving for a long time, got up and went to the Wende Hall, carefully surrounded by his ministers. When he got there, the Four Prime Ministers, the Zhongcheng, and the Second Minister had already gathered with Li Ruopu.
And Zhao Jiu finally revealed the mystery at this time:
"Some members of the Ministry of War impeached the Imperial Guards and committed countless corruptions by discounting money. Do you know about this?"
The four prime ministers, the so-called provincial chiefs and deputy Zhao Ding, Liu Ji, Privy Council chief and deputy Zhang Jun, Chen Gui, and Yushi Zhongcheng Li Guang, plus Hubu Shangshu Lin Qi, all looked at Hu Shijiang, the Ministry of War Shangshu, and Hu Shijiang
His expression remained unchanged, and he stepped forward and raised his hands to Zhao Jiu: "Your Majesty, I know this matter. This person discussed Shaanxi's military expenditure with me before submitting the report."
Zhang Jun took a look at Zhao Guanjia's expression, frowned and said: "Guanjia, I think that the Ministry of War has put the cart before the horse...discounting money, cultivating land, empty pay, and recruiting soldiers. These four are common problems in the army. I'm afraid that from now on...
It has been indispensable from ancient times to the present, but now, who can be exempted from all parts of the army? But now that the war is undecided, and the civil and military systems are divided, some things must be tolerated, and it is also a tacit understanding between the top and bottom... Hu Shangshu was first in charge of the Ministry of War.
I’m afraid I’m a little unclear about the whole story.”
Many people around him frowned, but most of them were speechless. Even Li Guang just sighed.
Zhao Ding thought for a moment, and then took a step forward as the Prime Minister of the East Palace, but he was a little hesitant: "The officials and the Ministry of War are also performing their duties, not to mention that the imperial camp and the rear army were in front of the officials.
The reorganization basically eliminated free pay, and due to the habits of the Western Army, it was still stationed in the local area, so the habit of discounting money was a little heavier, which aroused dissatisfaction from the Ministry of War, which is normal."
Zhao Jiu's expression remained unchanged, like a puppet: "I'm not here to reprimand Hu Shangshu. Of course, I have always known about such things as discount money. What you said is what I have always emphasized before... I just suddenly felt that this is all
It has been five years since Jianyan, some people have some problems that should be corrected, and some things should be done."
The ministers below, especially those who had followed Zhao Guanjia for a little longer, were awe-struck when they saw Zhao Guanjia's expression.