Zhao Jiu punished Baima to build Shaoxing, and by disposing of the hemorrhoid-like thing of the Second Saint, he vigorously cleaned up the central bureaucracy. However, this does not mean that the matter can be declared a success, nor does it mean that this action will have no negative effects.
In fact, the real test comes after political declarations and purges.
And that night, in Xucheng, which was still in Huazhou, he encountered the first trouble caused by this incident.
"His Majesty."
I don’t know why, but Wu Lin, the Jin envoy who was brought over by Lu Gongxiang, replied to Zanmo with a fishy smell when he opened his mouth. "The generals of the Kingdom of Jin in the north who have fought against the officials all said that His Majesty can't stop his behavior." It seems that the Zhao family is a blood relative, but the foreign minister just found out today that your majesty is indeed the direct descendant of the Zhao family... May I ask your majesty, how is your behavior today and your grand breach of contract different from the two saints' past behavior?"
"I have said it all, there is really no breach of contract..." Zhao Jiu, who was still wearing a cloth military uniform, said sternly in the lobby of the Xucheng County government office. "According to the agreement, after the two saints are returned, they must also be delivered to the five counties of Jingdong. It’s basically a contract, but even if I’m waiting for you here, you can’t get it out of the five counties of Jingdong.”
"The foreign minister can probably imagine what's going on." Wu Lin answered Zanmo and sneered, rolling his sleeves. "Originally, we were also on guard against Jinan, but now I think that Your Majesty deliberately exposed the flaw between Jinan and Liu Yu, and then asked Zhang Jun to come out. Yizhou went to attack Qingzhou Li Cheng, so-called building a plank road secretly to Chencang... But your majesty, the foreign minister only asked two things. One, was Qingzhou really taken at this time? Does your majesty have a definite military report? Why did he do it in person? Do you want to abandon the promise of war? Secondly, retreat ten thousand steps. At this time, Zhang Jun has already captured Qingzhou, and we cannot hand over the five counties. But before, the officials asked the officials to negotiate peace with me, and at the same time they asked the military officials to Is the sneak attack on Qingzhou an honest and upright act?"
As soon as these words came out, several prime ministers and important ministers present were a little embarrassed, but the military ministers obviously didn't care.
As for Zhao Jiu, he was silent for a moment, and then nodded: "I not only used Zhang Jun, but also Yue Fei... At this moment, the three counties controlled by Li Cheng must be damaged."
Wulin and Zanmo, as well as the civil and military ministers, all showed a slight change of expression.
Zhao Guanjia, on the other hand, continued to speak seriously: "As for things like fairness and justice, Wu Lin replied, you should be able to tell that I have done my best."
"Why do you try your best to serve the people of the world?!" Wu Lin replied. Zan Mo came back to his senses and continued to show his composure.
"Slaughter the city and plunder, dig up graves and expose corpses, move the people into the wilderness, and enclose the land as slaves... Can this be done to serve the people of the world?" Zhao Jiu said calmly before several military ministers were about to go out. "In the final analysis, Wulin replied to you, With such a blood feud between the Song and Jin Dynasties, how could there be such a provision to subdue the world? Even in the Jin Kingdom, wasn’t it because the people in power, Yinliduo and Wushu, were both people who had experienced Yaoshan, so they knew that after that battle, the Jurchen Do you want to negotiate peace just now when the army stops at the river?"
Wu Lin answered Zanmo and was silent for a moment. He ignored the previous half-sentence of Zhao and Song officials and said directly: "The Jin army stopped at the Yellow River. Could it be that the Song army could cross the Yellow River? The two countries could have lived in harmony. For several years, the officials have had to bear the grievances of the past in vain... The foreign ministers have been in Tokyo for several months and know some of the statements in the newspapers, but they don't know when the taxes in the south of the Song Dynasty will be reduced?"
"This is not something Wulin Daqing should worry about..." Zhao Jiu finally became impatient. "You dragged Nianhan in front of the minister's desk and smashed him to death, but you don't know what Xixia, who has always been trying to please Nianhan, thinks? His What should the old department think about? And Nianhan fell, and Wu Qimai's lineage had no explanation. Instead, they were driven outside the Great Wall, and they may not be able to live in peace... Let's write about ten victories and ten defeats here, right?"
Wulin Dazanmo opened his mouth and could only sigh: "In any case, after this incident between the two countries, unless there is a major military and political change, it will be extremely difficult to win the trust of both sides. And what is the end of this situation? What Zhao Guan’s family did!”
"That's it!" Zhao Jiu said simply. "Sooner or later, I will plow the court and sweep the holes, and go straight to Huanglong... Could it be that after Wu Lin Daqing's personal experience in Jingkang, he thought he could serve as an envoy for the seventh time between Song and Jin Dynasties? Be famous all over the world?"
At this point, Wulin Zanmo shook his head more and more, but said no more.
"Zhai Qing." Zhao Jiu simply turned around and looked at Zhai Ruwen, the minister of Honglu Temple who had been beside Wulin Dazanmo. "It's a good idea to arrange for Wulin Daqing to return north."
Zhai Ruwen understood the idea and immediately responded, then carefully invited Wulin Dazanmo out.
When everyone saw this man leaving, they had different reactions.
"I don't think this person is also interesting." Seeing Wu Lin and Zanmo leaving without saying a word, Qu Duan couldn't help but sigh. "I insulted him for nothing in the daytime, but he didn't even mention it. I don’t know if it’s just a show of force or if you really have some backbone…”
Zhao Ding, the prime minister of the province on the side, frowned when he heard this: "The matter has come to this, why are you talking about this!"
Qu Duan laughed and said nothing.
"Officials..." Zhao Ding thought for a moment, but still handed it over. "There are so many things today, I shouldn't ask about them at this time, but some things are simply related to today's affairs, so it's okay not to ask."
"I know what you want to ask." Zhao Jiu said seriously. "Just say it."
"May I ask the officials, when did Yue and Zhang move out? How many troops?" Seeing the other party's honesty, Zhao Ding relaxed a little. After all, the officials still had their power during the day. "Sure enough, they left Xuzhou and left. Yizhou, enter Qingzhou, and fight with Li Cheng?"
"I don't know the specific time." Zhao Jiu simply answered. "In order to keep it confidential... I just roughly told them that the Two Saints would be returning at the end of the month, and let them make their own decisions without reporting. As for the strength of the troops, I can only say, In order to prevent the Jin people from Jinan from noticing, the two families together could dispatch up to 50,000 troops. I don't know the exact number of troops. However, the attack route is indeed from Yizhou to attack Qingzhou Li Cheng."
This is like asking three questions and not knowing two things.
Zhao Ding frowned, looked back at Privy Councilor Zhang Jun, and then continued to ask: "Then I dare to ask the officials, how did the imperial camp's former army hide this arrangement from the Privy Council?"
"I didn't hide anything from the Privy Council." Zhao Jiu glanced at the Prime Minister Zhang Jun who was hesitant to speak, and answered simply. "I originally wanted Zhang Jun, the right army of the imperial camp, to launch a surprise attack independently, and then use the imperial camp cavalry to attack the imperial camp. The army in the camp supported me, but Yue Fei came back too quickly and actually crossed the river in mid-May. Then I temporarily changed my mind and included him. What I did was just to ask the Privy Council to be careful about the situation in Jingdong and move the direction to Xuzhou. Allocate more military resources, and then arrange for the imperial army to take the Xuzhou route..."
"Xiangong Zhao." Zhang Jun also had no choice but to argue. "Yue Fei returned to the north and went to Xuzhou. It can't be said that he went astray. The military resources were increased in the direction of Xuzhou to guard against Liu Yu. You also nodded in the secret pavilion... The key is that since Yue Pengju
After crossing the Yangtze River and returning to the north, who cares which way he took back? Even if there were people who cared about him at that time, they only cared about his wife! Let me tell you, don't ask these questions at this time, and hurry up and prepare according to the official plan
, dispatch the imperial camp’s central army and the imperial camp’s cavalry to Jinan to contain it, and then the imperial navy’s navy will also go downstream to cross the river to block it.”
"No." Li Qiong, the deputy commander of the imperial camp, suddenly stepped in between the two powerful ministers, and then apologized. "I am presumptuous..."
"It doesn't matter." Zhao Ding, the prime minister, was as calm as ever. "Let's talk about it."
"So that your ministers will know." Li Qiong said seriously. "According to the military information from the Taihang Mountains, the direction of Hebei is divided from the east and west by the old path of the Yellow River. To the east is the Daming Mansion of the Jin Dynasty, and to the west is the Longde Mansion (Huguan) area.
Each has its own main force. In order to prevent the Jin people from encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, the imperial navy must not go downstream. Moreover, there is a surprise attack in Qingzhou, across Jinan, they can only be involved, and cannot affect the real outcome... the official family.
" At this point, Li Qiongfu raised his hand to Zhao Jiuyan and said, "I would like to lead my headquarters and the Eight-Character Army to Dongping Prefecture to pretend to attack Jingdong. This will be enough to involve Jinan. Even the imperial cavalry must stay behind as a back-up.
The support is directed towards Xuzhou, and logistics must not be neglected."
Zhao Jiu looked around at the other generals in the hall. Seeing that no one refuted it, he nodded and promised: "That's the arrangement...you will leave early tomorrow morning."
Li Qiong bowed his hands and stepped back.
"That's good." Zhao Ding sighed, knowing that it would be hard to pursue, but he shook his head. "On the Qingzhou military side, apart from the top priority of quickly supporting the involvement, there is another matter... the officials, regardless of Yue Fei,
Whether Zhang Jun succeeded at this time, or whether we knew the situation of the battle or not, the Di newspaper would be the first to send it out, saying that Qingzhou had changed hands at this time, and Li Cheng retreated in defeat! And the Jin envoy Wu Lin replied to Mo Geng
It was because he knew that the Jin Kingdom could no longer take out the five counties, so he simply became frustrated and left north!"
Zhao Jiu was slightly startled...is this still possible?
Frankly speaking, he was already prepared to be punished for breaking his trust and losing 300 points of prestige.
"It can be said that he was so angry that he also lamented the government's cleverness and left a letter in Xucheng, saying that he was convinced." Qu Duan finally couldn't help but interrupt again, attracting many people around him who wanted to interrupt, starting from Han Shizhong and below.
The general looked sideways. "Let the Dibao publish his letter...he can't argue with it anyway."
That's not good?
Zhao Jiu instinctively wanted to lose it.
"You write it!" Zhao Ding turned around again and responded coldly. "Write it quickly before midnight tonight, otherwise I won't be able to wait! And if there is any flaw in the article, which is embarrassing, I will take it out on you!
"
Qu Duan actually nodded in agreement...but Zhao Jiu didn't even have time to interrupt during the whole process.
But this is just a small matter after all. Soon, the Prime Minister Zhang Jun also hurriedly reported: "The official family, there is another matter that must be dealt with as soon as possible..."
Zhao Jiu knew it in his heart, but couldn't help but frown slightly: "Actually, I am not alone. After today, I will only have more things to do than less. I'm afraid there will be more than one thing to deal with."
"But there are urgent matters." Zhang Jun replied sincerely.
"That's right." Zhao Jiu sighed slightly, no longer as intense as he was during the day. "We have to fill up the officials quickly before we can go back to Tokyo to discuss the southern economy and the burden on the people..."
Zhang Jun was startled for a moment... It was not just Zhang Jun, but also Zhao Ding, Lu Haowen who had always had his eyelids drooped, Liu Ji who was silent, Chen Gui, Li Guang, and even Qu Duan who had just retreated
They were all startled.
"Have I forgotten something?" Zhao Jiu immediately smelled something, and then named an unexpected name. "Qu Da! You are capable of both civil and military skills, and you should be knowledgeable. Please tell me.
!”
"The officials..." Qu Duan held his head high this time under the cold eyes of all the civil and military officials in the hall. "The officials are right to think about the responsibility of the south, but I have also dealt with people's livelihood in Kansai, but I know that the people
No matter how difficult it is, they don't dare to rebel, and they can't speak out. The most they can do is make up a ballad! And when it comes to civil unrest, one is because they really can't survive, and the other is because someone instigates and gathers together. But now that the south has just been pacified, the rebellion
I will definitely not resist, nor will I resist the taxes that were increased before. At most, it is to prevent the spread of things like Mingjiao. But what we really need to worry about are the seventy or eighty people who have resigned from office today..."
Zhao Jiu thought for a moment and immediately realized, but then fell into doubt again.
The truth is simple. In this era, due to basic means of transportation and communication, it is impossible for the people in the south to bypass the government and form a large-scale southern tax-resisting group. Someone has to use something beyond the basic feudal social framework.
The organizational structure that organizes these people creates the risk of rebellion.
For example, Fang La was a famous Ming sect in Chinese history; and Zhong Xiang Yang Mo, who was pacified at the beginning of the year, also used local religion and insurance to organize people; as for Qianzhou, it seems that it has never been able to implement it
Rule, forming an area with an anarchic tradition.
In other words, although it sounds cruel, the fact is that although the taxes in the south are very heavy at the moment, it is impossible for them to organize themselves again in a short period of time to form an uprising like Fang La or Zhong Xiang because they want to oppose the Northern Expedition.
However, Zhao Jiu, on the other hand, could not understand why he should be wary of those officials who had resigned.
After all, if productivity limits the degree of organization of ordinary people, what do the resigned officials say? It also takes a month for them to write a letter, right? With this kind of efficiency, is it possible to create a southern bureaucratic landlord group?
?
This kind of so-called vested interest group that was forcibly shaped according to class in ancient times... In the era when Zhao Jiu traveled through time, even low-end Internet articles were not bothered to write. Instead, they were high-end strategy games. Due to the way of the game, they were not allowed to
Don't create some void groups.
And Zhao Jiu himself is also thinking about this matter. The reason why he must cleanse these people during the day is because he figured it out in the harem before. The reason why these people were able to form public opinion and political power was because they relied on
The central bureaucracy of Zhao and Song Dynasties was a ready-made, largest, most convenient, and most authoritative organizational system that completed communication and organization.
And now, they have resigned.
So, I dare to ask how they can obstruct the policy?
Seemingly sensing the doubts of the Zhao official family, Lu Haowen, who had been silent all this time, slowly stepped out of the queue and bowed his head to answer: "Guan family, since the struggle between the old and new parties, the elders have used the big city as their base to study academics, write classics and history, and travel freely as a matter of course.
It’s easy to get connected by asking for lectures and study tours.”
Li Guang sighed and Zhao Jiu was suddenly startled.
And the Prime Minister Zhang Jun also bowed down to face the situation, which further revealed something: "The official family, I am presumptuous, today the official family committee is really a little impatient and inappropriate, and the Central Plains and Guanxi are fine, the only thing we have to guard against is this."
After the resigned officials went to various places in the southeast, they merged with Taoism in various places in the southeast, especially the Ercheng Luo School."
Zhao Jiu nodded blankly.
However, the official pondered for a long time in the complex eyes of several top officials in the hall, but finally shook his head: "Lü Xianggong originally learned something, practice is the first principle, today's behavior, the country's general strategy, and even the original learning
If the truth is correct, we will eventually prove it to them one by one and convince them... I will not erect any monument to the Shaoxing Party members, nor will I ban Luo School, or even interfere with their freedom to study and pursue theory.
, but Yang Yizhong will definitely be asked to put some effort in the southeast and conduct some surveillance."
Everyone below sighed together... I don't know if it was a pity or a relief, and then there was a rare silence.
"To put it in detail, it means filling the vacant officials, waiting for news from Qingzhou, and then discussing the economic recovery in the south and reducing the burden on the people." Prime Minister Zhao Ding formally concluded, but this time,
But he became serious again. "The officials... I would like to take the liberty of asking you one last question."
"Sir, please tell me."
"The officials are benevolent, thinking of the people in the south, and want everything to be done, but Ruo Chen and others are really powerless and cannot have both in a short time." Zhao Ding bowed his head. "By then, the economy in the south will recover, reducing the burden on the people, and crossing the river to the north will still be compatible.
Conflict, that is, the financial situation is still unable to stretch... so what should we do?"
Several commanders and generals frowned, thinking that there was something wrong with Mr. Zhao. What else could you do? Have you forgotten that the officials were so heroic during the day?
However, Zhao Jiu in the hall directly replied with an unexpected answer without thinking: "I have been thinking a lot in the harem these days... My purpose is not to negotiate a peace, but it is not to be able to slow down. If it comes to what you say,
situation, then drag it on! For example, the sacred land of Jingdong is on the side of the capital. Not only must it be taken, but it can also be slightly enriched. It must be taken back quickly, but Northern Shaanxi can be taken slower...
…”
At this point, the civil and military officials in the hall could clearly feel the tone of Zhao Guanjia's tone sinking: "At that time, we will fight against the Jin people in northern Shaanxi, and let all the tribes in Guanxi go up in turn to face the living women. We will only fight in turns, without the need for soldiers, and
It depends on whether we spend more or the Jin people spend more. If he abandons it voluntarily, we will go to Shaanzhou to maintain the battle. I don’t believe they can continue to abandon it... Anyway, we will wait until we have enough energy to cross the river and go north.
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After saying this, Zhao Jiu looked directly at one person in the hall, and the rest of the people followed the officials and looked at this person, but it was Han Shizhong, the prince of Yan'an County.
Han Shizhong laughed sarcastically, finally supported his waist and stepped out of the queue. Then he proudly raised his hands and said the first sentence of the night: "Since Huaishang, the children of northern Shaanxi have trusted the officials like ministers. They all think that they can make me wait.
Those who return home must belong to the official family!"
"The same is true for the children of Hebei." Li Qiong also hurriedly bowed his head and stood out again.
"The same is true for the people of Hedong." Zhao Ding, who turned back to see Han Shizhong, also turned around and bowed in the same way.
Zhao Jiu was relieved for a moment...it can only be said that the four years of hard work, plus the experience during the day, were not in vain.
PS: Thanks to Mr. An for his fifth cuteness and Brother Yun’s fans for their double cuteness.
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