Anyone with a discerning eye can see the purpose of Chu Yi's reform of military affairs. From a system perspective, it has to be said that the system left by Zhao Kuangyin is indeed naturally beneficial to civil servants. Therefore, it is said that during the Song Dynasty, military generals were killed by civil servants.
Suppress it to death.
Although Chu Yi is now so powerful that his status as a general has been greatly improved, in the eyes of many nobles, as long as Chu Yi leaves the court in the future, the world will already belong to their nobles. As for generals,
, at that time, without Chu Yi in charge, shouldn’t we just let them control it?
However, now that Chu Yi wants to fundamentally change the military and political system, this has a different meaning in the eyes of many civil servants and nobles.
Once the system changes, it will not be so easy for them to suppress the generals and control the power of the court.
You must know how much effort they spent to achieve the point where scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor share the world. Once Chu Yi is allowed to reform the military and political affairs, they want to suppress the generals, and they don't know how much price they will have to pay.
Needless to say, when Chu Yi proposed reforming the military and political affairs in the court, he aroused strong opposition from many conservative ministers.
For those ministers, they are not afraid of changing dynasties. Even if Chu Yi usurps the throne of emperor, as long as they are not touched, they will not object.
But Chu Yi actually wanted to take action against the military and political system. As a result, these conservative ministers could not sit still.
Even when Song Huizong Zhao Ji was forced to pass the throne to Zhao Gou, these ministers did not react at all, but now these people are as if their parents have died. Some even yelled at Chu Yi, calling Chu Yi...
A traitor who brings harm to the country.
Zhao Gou, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked calmly at the chaos below, and couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart. He couldn't help but look at these ministers with a bit of ridicule.
That is to say, Chu Yi touched the interests of these people. Otherwise, even if Chu Yi wanted to seize the Song Dynasty, these people would not react so fiercely.
"Who dares to change the ancestral system established by Emperor Taizu!"
"Yes, these systems were established by Emperor Taizu. To change the ancestral system is to oppose Emperor Taizu. Chu Yi, you are so brave..."
"Chu Thief, do you think the rules set by Emperor Taizu are wrong?"
Chu Yi looked extremely calm and looked at these so-called famous people in the court indifferently. Suddenly, Chu Yi felt a sense of familiarity.
Thinking back to the beginning, wasn't he regarded as a traitor by a group of civil servants? The only thing that made Chu Yi feel a little relieved was that at least among the ministers present, not all of them reacted so fiercely.
Quite a few ministers lowered their heads silently, and some even looked at him expectantly. Obviously, these people were aware of the various shortcomings in the system left by Zhao Kuangyin, and now these shortcomings have seriously hindered the normal operation of the Song Dynasty.
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For this reason, people with insight have made attempts and even launched reforms. Unfortunately, the power of conservatives is too strong, and even those people with insight cannot change the overall situation.
Many people looked at Chu Yi. They wanted to see how Chu Yi would respond to the situation in front of him. They must know that among the ministers who stood up to oppose, there were many important ministers in high positions.
At this moment, Chu Yi glanced around at the officials who were jumping around and yelling, and then he said: "Everyone, have you said enough?"
Seeing Chu Yi's reaction, the ministers were all stunned. They stopped one by one and looked at Chu Yi with confusion.
Chu Yi could only hear Chu Yi chuckle and say: "Since you all support and miss Emperor Taizu so much, why don't you all go guard the mausoleum for Emperor Taizu!"
People such as Li Gang, Zong Ze, Zhang Shuye and others couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Chu Yi's words. You must know that they were worried just now, fearing that Chu Yi would kill these people.
Of course, it's not that they sympathize with these people, but the influence of these people is really not small. If Chu Yi really went on a killing spree, Chu Yi's reputation would not be very good in the first place, and he would be even more infamous by then.
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Chen Wenxuan, the Minister of Rites, couldn't help but open his eyes when he heard this, pointed at Chu Yi, and said with an expression of anger and disbelief on his face: "Traitor, Your Majesty is still here, what qualifications do you have to decide where we will go."
While speaking, Chen Wenxuan turned to Zhao Gou who was sitting there and said, "Your Majesty, please make the decision for me and others."
The other conservative ministers also said to Zhao Gou one by one: "Your Majesty, please make the decision for me and others, and give me justice."
Zhao Gou first glanced at Chu Yi and others, sighed slightly, stood up, stared at Chen Wenxuan and others, and said: "You all have worked hard and made great achievements, and you can be said to be loyal to the court. I am very pleased."
Chen Wenxuan and others showed a bit of joy on their faces, thinking that Zhao Gou was still on their side, so Chen Wenxuan and others couldn't help but look at Chu Yi with provocative eyes.
However, Zhao Gou suddenly changed his voice and said: "But Emperor Taizu entrusted me with a dream last night. The mausoleum of Taizu was too lonely. Now I feel that if there are ministers who go to the mausoleum to accompany Emperor Taizu, I would like to come to Taizu."
The ancestor emperor will definitely not be lonely."
"ah!"
Chen Wenxuan and others instantly raised their heads and looked at Zhao Gou, but they only saw Zhao Gou's cold face, with a calm look on his face, as if the words just now did not come from Zhao Gou's mouth.
"Your Majesty, you..."
A minister subconsciously said to Zhao Gou.
But Zhao Gou waved his hand, looked at the civil and military courtiers standing aside, accounting for about half of them, and felt slightly relieved in his heart.
Fortunately, half of the ministers did not stand up to express opposition. Otherwise, he would really be worried about whether Chu Yi's military and political reforms could be implemented.
"According to my will, Chen Wenxuan and other loyal people have personally promised me to go to the imperial mausoleum to accompany Emperor Taizu. This is really an example for the world. I am very relieved. I cannot bear to refute the loyalty of my veterans, so I specially allow it..."
With a pop, Chen Wenxuan fell to the ground softly, his face pale. More than one person fell to the ground like Chen Wenxuan, dozens of people fell on the spot.
"Hunjun, Hunjun!"
"Hahaha, if your majesty gets upset and goes crazy, aren't you afraid that the court will not be able to function?"
For a while, those conservative ministers had mixed reactions.
No matter what the reaction of these people was, Zhao Gou's decree was issued, and soon the imperial army dragged out these ministers who had been deprived of their official positions and had only empty titles.
As these officials were dragged out, the hall immediately became empty, with nearly half of the officials missing. If officials were not immediately put in place, the court would be unable to function.
However, Chu Yi had already been prepared. A completed military and political system plan was presented, and even the lists of officials in charge of each ministry were presented.
Zhao Gou didn't even need to think about how to select officials. He took the memorial submitted by Chu Yi and directly ordered it to be read out. It can be said that the officials were appointed according to the list listed by Chu Yi.
The reform of the military and political system is naturally not something that happens in a day or two, but such a big change in the court immediately spread wildly throughout the world, especially when it was confirmed that nearly half of the officials were demoted to Taizu's imperial mausoleum to accept Emperor Taizu.
After that, people all over the world felt Chu Yi's determination to reform military and political affairs.
That is to say, the Song Dynasty and the North Korea were killing officials. Otherwise, the fate of these officials would never be much better.
However, for these officials, their real power was taken away, and they were even put under house arrest in the imperial mausoleum to accompany the so-called Emperor Taizu. The fate of these officials was quite miserable.
At the same time as the regulatory reform in the court, the military reform also began to be implemented.
Compared with the reform of official positions, the military system obviously encountered the least resistance. After all, no one in the Song Dynasty army knew Chu Yi's power.
Chu Yi gave the order and the military reform began.
The first one to bear the brunt is the one million forbidden troops belonging to the central government. Even if the one million forbidden troops are suspected of being false reports, there are at least seven or eight hundred thousand.
In the past dynasties, there were few dynasties that could directly support millions of troops from the central government, but the Song Dynasty did so. It even supported them for one or two hundred years, which meant that the economy of the Song Dynasty was developed. If this were the case,
In other dynasties, supporting an army of millions would be enough to bring down the imperial court's finances.
After a screening process involving millions of imperial troops, fully half of the old, weak, sick and disabled were eliminated directly. The imperial court then replenished the ten years' salary and allocated land to accommodate these old, weak, sick and disabled.
Changes were also made at the local level. It can be said that after these changes, the bloated body of the Song Dynasty gradually glowed with vitality.
On this day, Chu Yi looked at Lu Junyi who came hand in hand. Lu Shinang and others couldn't help but put down the books in their hands. They looked at the others curiously and said, "It's rare to see you come here together. Could it be that something happened to you?"
Chu Yi is like a hands-off shopkeeper. Although he has set the reform agenda, it is Lu Junyi, Lu Shinang and others who actually implement it.
Now seeing several people coming together, it is reasonable for Chu Yi to have such doubts.
With a slight cough, Lu Junyi said to Chu Yi: "Your Highness, I am here to inform Your Highness about the formation of the army and the recruitment of troops."
Chu Yi nodded slowly and said: "If I remember correctly, almost two or three months have passed. I think the recruitment of troops and the rectification of the Forbidden Army should have come to an end."
Chu Yi looked at Lu Junyi as he spoke, and Lu Junyi said immediately: "The recruitment was completed the day before yesterday. According to His Highness's instructions, 30,000 young men were recruited. Now they have gathered in the western suburbs of the capital for training by Lu Da, Lin Chong and others."
Chu Yi nodded and signaled to Lu Junyi to continue introducing the reorganization of the Forbidden Army. Lu Junyi said solemnly: "The reorganization of the Forbidden Army is only half completed. If we want to completely complete it, I'm afraid it will take another month or two."
Hearing what Lu Junyi said, Chu Yi waved his hand and said: "The whole army and the embargo will not be accomplished overnight, especially those soldiers who have been reduced, must be properly settled. If not settled well, chaos will inevitably arise, so
He said he would rather slow down than leave any hidden dangers."
Lu Junyi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I will obey His Highness's teachings and I will definitely have a good time supervising this matter."
Chu Yi's eyes fell on Lu Shinang and Zhu Wu, who were mainly responsible for the reform of control between the DPRK and China.
Although Chu Yi proposed candidates for various ministries to Zhao Gou and made certain reforms in control, it would take a long time to complete the adjustments completely.
What's more, the court must be maintained during this period. Otherwise, once the court falls into chaos or shuts down, it will inevitably lead to local chaos.
Lu Shinang said with a bit of joy on his face: "Your Highness, not long ago, with the cooperation of Your Majesty, the control has been completely reformed, and suitable officials have been assigned to each ministry. Now the efficiency of the imperial court has been greatly improved.
The amount has been increased several times, and even the preparation of grain, fodder, ordnance for future foreign expeditions has begun to be put on the agenda. I think it will take less than a month for the first batch of grain, fodder, ordnance and other materials to be completely in place."
Chu Yi's eyes lit up. He had spent so much effort to make such a big reform in the Song Dynasty. In the final analysis, he did not want the carriage of the Song Dynasty to become an assist rather than a drag in his external expansion.
If the Song Dynasty's national power completely explodes, Chu Yi feels that even if he can conquer dozens of countries, it will not be a problem, but the premise is that the Song Dynasty's logistics can keep up.
After all, he is strong, but what's the use of being stronger? To destroy a country, you have to occupy it to truly occupy it. Otherwise, you won't get much luck at all.
Chu Yi glanced at Zhu Wu and Lu Shinang with admiration, nodded slightly and said, "Very good."
Chu Yi rarely praised others, but now that Chu Yi praised him, Zhu Wu and Lu Shinang naturally showed happy expressions on their faces.
Zhu Wu said: "Your Highness, please rest assured that we will definitely raise enough ordnance and food for the future without affecting the stability of the world."
Chu Yi chuckled and said: "It is indeed Chu's good fortune to have all of you helping me!"
Spring, the fourth year of Shaoxing in the Song Dynasty.
The long winter passed and everything revived. On this day, the shouts of killing were loud in the school grounds in the western suburbs. However, the farmers near the western suburbs did not show any panic at all when they heard the faint shouts of killing.
A habitual look.
Several old farmers were sitting in the fields at the moment, listening to the shouts of death coming from the school grounds, while talking about the gossip and gossip they heard from parents.
"Old Boss Hu, have you heard? The chief executive has made a decision and will lead his army south in early March..."
"No, why did I hear that we are not going south, but preparing to go north to destroy Goguryeo!"
An old farmer waved his hand and said: "Where did you hear the news? My tiger son is in the army. Last month my son came home. I heard from my son that the general manager was preparing to use troops against the northwest..."
"Obviously heading south!"
"Go north!"
Just when these old farmers were arguing, a rapid sound of horse hoofbeats came from far and near. The old men who noticed the sound stopped immediately and looked towards the direction of the sound with curious faces.
As far as the eye can see, there is an official road in the distance that leads directly to the western suburbs school grounds. At this moment, on the official road, a cavalry team of about a hundred people is heading towards the western suburbs school grounds at an extremely fast speed.
Seeing this situation, an old farmer was surprised and said: "Hey, look, this team looks a bit extraordinary!"
