Shao Song

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As Nippon Tada said, although some things seem cumbersome and crowded, as an official, he doesn't have to worry about everything. He only needs to pay attention to the points that he needs to pay attention to at his own level.

In fact, not only Ninbaozhong, but also Wang Yan, who is in charge of the central chores of the imperial camp, or Liu Ziyu of the Ministry of War, all made a corresponding summary to the Zhao Guanjia through the Privy Council and gave their own suggestions.

And a few days later, towards the end of March, Zhao Jiu also waited for feedback from several handsome officials and generals in charge.

But to be honest, although these people gave the answers under Zhao Jiu's blunt inquiry, the level of answers given was a bit uneven, and their positions were a little hard to say.

First of all, in terms of the content level of Zhazi, Wu Jie and Yue Fei are undoubtedly the highest. They are very clear about the intentions of Zhao Guan’s family, and they have given valid and well-founded statements, and the answer is similar to that of Zhao Jiu and his close ministers. The answers in advance are basically the same.

Basically, it was because Yue Fei made it clear that he hoped to appropriately increase some imperial navy forces to ensure the ease of advance and retreat on the Eastern Front. However, Wu Jie directly suggested that if the expansion of the imperial army is really difficult, it is possible to maintain some xiang troops in Kansai at low cost, that is, reserve soldiers... and he has a problem with the temporary large-scale conquest of party soldiers, which was taken by the Zhao official family. The informed potential plan clearly expressed certain doubts.

To put it bluntly, although Yue Fei proposed the strategy of marching from Hedong, as a native of Hebei, most of the soldiers he led were exiled from Hebei. He definitely hoped to open the situation directly from the Hebei Plain. It is also human nature.

Relatively speaking, Wu Jie's private goods are heavier.

Who can use the reserve army in Kansai? It's not the western army that was replaced when it was reorganized and compressed into the imperial army!

As for the hostility of the Western army to the party members, it has always been there, but Xixia is dead, and the key is that the court asks you questions at this time, isn't it because there is no money and can only selectively expand the army? So is it cheaper to build a reserve army in the Western Army, or directly to use a method similar to a blood tax to levy a large number of party members at a time?

Even further, you must know that after the reintegration of Ningxia Road and Shaanxi Road, a series of Han-Tibetan antagonisms have been triggered. At this time, Wu Jie, you are too good at uniting colleagues, right?

There are those who are too full of private goods, so naturally there are those with the most upright stance.

Li Yanxian and Zhang Rong were very appropriate. The former just emphasized the necessity of setting the main attack direction in Hedong, while the latter didn't mention anything at all. They just made a package, saying that Heshang must be fine.

Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, the two oldest officials, were obviously perfunctory.

Naturally, Zhang Boying didn't need to say much, they were actually dismissed, and their minds were all on the long-awaited fleet. With Han Liangchen, Zhao Jiu could also guess what he was thinking about, but as long as he didn't delay things, Zhao officials would be too lazy to talk about it.

As for Wang De, Li Qiong, and Wang Yan, the newly appointed imperial capital, including Liu Ziyu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and even Zhang Jun and Chen Gui, the final answer was slightly different, and then they came up with a common suggestion. ——They advocate that the expansion of the army should start from the imperial army, and some people even think that all the posts that can be expanded should be given to Wang De and Li Qiong, so as to ensure that the Tokyo direct troops can be balanced with the Jingdong direction and the Kansai direction.

This is a typical position issue. Although it is not as obvious as Wu Jie, it actually made inappropriate suggestions.

Actually, it was not this time that the Zhao official family wanted to reclaim the military power?

This is not to say that the more centralized it is, the more difficult it is to release power. It is to say that this regiment system centered on individual generals is a legacy of history, a military characteristic that naturally formed after the collapse of Jingkang, and it is an established one. Reality, and changing the established situation is destined to cause turmoil.

It’s even straightforward. The Northern Expedition is a great battle to bet on the national destiny. If it succeeds, it will probably take another ten or twenty years to gather courage and gather strength. In this case, the official Zhao’s family will not talk about retreating. Right now, he can bear it again in Jingou Town!

Going back to the front, although the imperial court gathered opinions from all quarters, this matter was after all very involved. Therefore, from mid-March to late March, the Privy Council adjusted the plan several times. Although it has gradually stabilized, to be honest, everyone, Including Zhao Guan's family has always felt that some places are still not satisfactory.

Of course, everyone knows in their hearts that the finances are limited and there must be some unsatisfactory things. Therefore, it is estimated that adjustments will be made. After the first day of April, this matter can be completely settled.

However, at the end of March when the imperial court gradually settled on its military expansion plan, due to the frustrating traffic conditions of this era, a very ironic event happened—the imperial court received the former minister Li Gang and Li Boji from the southeast. The rhetoric is fierce.

You don’t need to look at the content, but just count the time. This memorial is clearly aimed at the imperial court’s aggressive Northern Expedition, but most of the people who handled the content after reading the content took a breath, and then immediately knew it. Li Gang and Li Xianggong obviously came up because of his third brother Li Jing being expelled from the court for no reason.

"Chen please resign..."

"Fart, please!"

On the west side of Yanfu Palace, in the courtyard of Wuxuezhengtang, under the oily brilliance of the spring rain, the chief minister Zhang Jun just arched his hands and said three words with difficulty, but he was stunned by the Zhao Guanjia who stood there with his back and watched. I stopped drinking.

Not only that, the memorial notes in the hands of this official were also directly thrown onto the wet ground along with these words.

Obviously, Zhao Guan's family was angry.

When seeing this situation, the civil and military officials gathered here because of the deduction of the Northern Expedition, the servants of the ministers, including the students of the Banzhi Jiashi here in the martial arts school, almost everyone silenced in horror.

Even the few butlers who came in a hurry also looked serious.

The people in front were somewhat frightened because of the violent anger of the Zhao official family. As for the clerk who has seen the memorial, it’s not that they are not brave, but this time Li Gang and Li Boji’s servant is really too much. His memorial is almost It can be called a torn face.

A public minister who has peacefully abdicated and his political influence has not yet disappeared, and his political consequences are self-evident. It is necessary to resign routinely, and then hand over the decision-making power to the officials... This is an important means of the imperial system to restrain domination.

Although Li Gang is not Yu Shi, his impeachment is probably even more politically powerful than Yu Shi!

To put it bluntly, ordinary people can't afford this memorial, and even the zaizhi may not be able to bear it, but Zhao official family can only bear it.

To be more specific, in this memorial sent via public channels, Li Boji's direct impeachment of Zhang Deyuan is fortunate to be a villain, a person who has misunderstood the country, and he is also a "coupling group" and "expulsion of loyalty", trying to control Yushi Taiwan’s unruly party members!

Faced with such a straightforward attack, let’s leave aside others. The person involved, Zhang Jun, had to make a prompt and direct political response. So it’s no wonder that several politicians read this memorial at the Chongwen Academy. Hastily rushed to Zhao Guan's house, who was watching the Northern Expedition in martial arts.

It's just that no one thought that the official Zhao would be so angry after reading this memorial, and he was furious in public... It can only be said that this official really has a temper.

"Look at what he wrote?!" After Zhao Jiu turned around, he grabbed the muddy Zoushu from Langui, the provincial guardian who had just picked up Zoushu, and then slapped himself. Sleeves with water droplets. "Who is the small group?! Who is the loyal?! Is it ‘unpredictable’ if things don’t follow his idea?"

After speaking, the official slammed Zoushu to the ground again, and then turned his back again.

Daoban Langui had no choice but to lean over and pick up Zoushu from the already soaked ground, and then tidy up a bit.

Facing the back of the official, to be honest, the scene is still a bit paradoxical... Zhang Jun bowed his head without saying a word, and naturally did not mention it, and the matter was related to the ruler, the other three men, including many people below Wang Yan who were here before, although there are many others. Stomach can be said, and some people are willing to say it, but it is not easy to interrupt.

As the rain became denser and denser, Zhao Jiu in casual clothes looked up at the sky and looked at the rain. It took a long time to catch his breath, but then looked back at each other:

"Come in, don't get caught in the rain, and put away the sand table in the hall... Don't rush for a while."

However, when he said to go in, the official did not walk to the martial arts lobby in front of him. Instead, he once again grabbed the memorial letter from the blue battalion, then turned and went out, and finally he was not far outside the martial arts school. Xinggang at the place walked.

The people around looked at each other. Where would anyone really enter the martial arts hall to take shelter from the rain? Almost everyone under the provincial prime minister Zhao Ding went out with Zhao Guan's house, and even Wang Yan, who had presided over the deduction here, also ordered to put away the sandboxes and hurriedly pursued them on Xinggang.

In other words, above the apricot trees are the good apricot trees transplanted from all over the country during the time of Emperor Taishang Daojun, almost covering the entire small gang. At this time, it is March, the apricot blossoms are blooming, and the trees are full of green red The color, while covering most of the spring rain for the people of Denggang, actually laid out a fireworks scene in March.

However, Zhao Guan’s family likes to come here lately, or at least come here today, obviously not because of the mangrove apricot flower, because after he came to the Xinggang next to the city wall, he entered the thatched pavilion on the top of the hill. , He directly stood outside the pavilion with his hand, and then, ignoring the rain, directly crossed the full gang of apricot blossoms and looked farther.

Here is the best bird's-eye view of the entire imperial city and even the northern part of the inner city.

On sunny days, you can even see the fringe area of ​​the inner city. In fact, Zhao Guan's house has been here several times.

However, looking from here from the drizzle, only the outline of the entire imperial city is visible, and the entire inner city of Bianliang is also hidden in the mist and rain.

To the northeast, the Kaibao Temple Iron Tower beyond the inner city wall is still visible.

Moreover, the noise outside the Donghua Gate can still penetrate the drizzle in the city and the misty fragrance of the whole Xinggang to reach the pavilion.

It can be considered a special flavor.

After looking at it for a while, it may be that the misty and misty scenery suppressed the anger in his heart. Zhao Guanjia finally turned his head, but still did not enter the Mao Pavilion. Instead, it was raining outside and revisited Li Gang's play.

But to be honest, even if he was slowed down, looking again at this time, Zhao Jiu didn't look at it for long before shaking his head in public, but he was not as annoyed as before.

After reading it, the Zhao official's family even handed over the memorial to Wang Yan, who had the highest status besides the four princes at this time, for Wang Yan and others to pass it on.

At this time, these talents knew why the officials were furious.

Because of this memorial, it is far more than the words Zhang Jun used to express himself in the martial arts college... Li Gang not only personally attacked Zhang Jun, impeached Zhang Jun, but also directly personally attacked Zhao Guan’s family and directed Zhao Guan’s family. Initiated direct advice.

Of course, he must have criticized Zhang Jun's package plan.

"The world is not the world of your Majesty...I am tired of hearing these words, and I don't know how to change the word." Zhao Jiu sneered with a hand. "Also, just because Mrs. Zhang Xianggong's wife Yuwen is the niece of Yuwen Sanggong, she said that they are all over the Kansai region and have party suspicions. What is the matter with the person who catches the son-in-law on the list? So Wang Xianggong caught me. Does the first champion count as a party? What is the matter of marriage with the Meihua Han family for several generations in the family of Lu Gongxiang? What about the two generals of the Zhe family and the Yang family? Are they still military generals with heavy soldiers in their hands, are they more unpredictable? "

After Zhao Jiu finished speaking, Zhang Deyuan immediately bit the bullet and came out and made the necessary explanation: "So that the officials will know that the minister and Yuwen were not in the position of the master when they got married, but they were only dealing with affairs in Kansai a few years ago. Indispensable to connect with Yuwenxiang by bus, he naturally had a sense of friendship, and Yuwenxianggong knew that the minister had never had a wife because of the Jingkang Rebellion, so he recruited the minister as his nephew...The minister only thought it was a good thing at the time, but Forget the duty of being a minister to avoid suspicion."

Zhang Jun had to explain - as the chief executive, this was mentioned in the memorial to impeach him. According to the political rules, he had to explain before the imperial court, and went back and said that he could not write any self-defense materials.

But Lu Benzhong, who was called to participate in the martial arts deduction this time, plus Yang Yizhong, who didn’t interrupt even a word, belonged to the unwarranted disaster...The three of them had already mentioned the affairs of their in-laws as early as the Zhao official’s family. Reluctant to go out, but today's affairs are still Zhang Shuxiang, essentially nothing to do with them, so they can't even interject, and can only stand around the four chief executives.

Without mentioning how embarrassing these three people were, how the others hurriedly passed on the memorabilia. On the other hand, after hearing this explanation, Zhao Guanjia walked forward directly with his hands under his hands, and only stopped in front of Zhang Jun:

"Deyuan, does Qing know what I want to say?"

Zhang Jun knew, and at this time he could only say that he didn't know, not to mention that he didn't know... So the current king shook his head quickly.

But at this time, Zhao Guanjia had one hand behind him, and one hand suddenly pressed deep into Zhang Jun's already wet shoulders: "I want to tell Zhang Xianggong... I wronged you today!"

Zhang Jun was originally a sensual one. People who are dozens of years old still dream of being able to mix in the shape of Zhuge Wuhou. At this time, when he heard the words, he raised his head, his eyes were red, and he opened his mouth to talk, but he choked up for a while. Then bow down on the spot.

Of course, how did the official Zhao's family make him really kneel down, directly use his hands and speak out, preventing the other party's actions:

"Deyuan, not only you, but also Zhao Xianggong, Liu Xianggong, Chen Xianggong..."

The other three masters hurried forward and succumbed to each other.

"I want to tell Zhu Qing that what we are going to do in the next few years is not only to have an indomitable momentum, but there are countless things to be done one by one against resistance."

Zhao Jiu was right. "And as the ruler of the country, you must bear the weight and bear the brunt of it. At that time, not only will there be direct and unprovoked attacks like today, but you will also encounter a real dilemma, and in all likelihood, it will be true. When something goes wrong, what I want to say today is, when you encounter difficult matters, please don’t give up on yourselves because of a momentary temper or momentary grievance, and leave it alone...you don’t care about it. What should I do?"

The four chief executives were stunned, and then bowed their heads together.

As for the surrounding civil and military, there was a shock in my heart, and my thoughts were slightly off.

Some people immediately realized that Zhao Guanjia was not only trying to take over this melodrama for Zhang Xianggong... This was expected... and he also semi-openly made a long-term political commitment to the four chief executives.

Others, such as Nippon Tada, instinctively thought that the well-known Li Gongxiang was only in his fifties, and he was afraid that he would not be able to reappear in this life. Not only that, since this wave has offended the Zhao official family, although it will not be directly killed like Dang Xiang, according to the rules of the Han people, it is certain to be directly sent to Hainan.

Sure enough, the next moment, when Zhao Guanjia put his hands back on his back, he suddenly raised the volume: "Li Boji not only impeached Zhang Xianggong, but also not only reprimanded me...I was impeached Zhang Xianggong, Zhang Xianggong has already given an explanation and resigned. , It’s just that I don’t allow it; I’m reprimanding me, I’m thick-skinned, so I won’t respond to him; it’s just that he said, he doesn’t understand whether the court went to suppress the south and humiliate the second saint for the Northern Expedition, or to suppress the south and humiliate the second In the name of the Northern Expedition, you are all important officials of the imperial court, and all of you participated in the public discussion of a large court meeting at the beginning of this month. What do you think?"

Zhao Ding had already been waiting for his appearance procedures, but at this time, he was under everyone’s attention, and he did not hesitate to take a step forward, standing side by side with Zhang Jun, and then he said to the officials: "The minister thinks that Li This is sophistry! There is no need for the emperor and the prince to explain for such a sentence!"

"The minister thought so too."

"The minister agreed with Zhao Xianggong's words." Liu Ji and Chen Gui followed closely.

"The minister also thought that Li Xianggong's remark was ridiculous." Wang Yan woke up and followed immediately, but couldn't help saying more. "In the final analysis, Li Sanggong's argument is not at all debatable. As long as the country prepares for the Northern Expedition wholeheartedly, his argument will not be destructive.

After Wang Yan, Zhe Yanzhi, Fan Zongyin, Yang Yizhong, Lu Benzhong, Liu Yan, Ren Baozhong, and others hurriedly took a stand. For a time, only Lan Gui, the provincial guard squad of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, stood behind Zhao Guan's house and did not move.

And Zhao Guanjia, whose shoulders and wingless head were all wet, also sneered: "Well said, that's the truth. As long as you step forward, these words are generally not worth mentioning as the rain in your ears today...I I took this opportunity to formally set the matter of army expansion, and proceeded according to the latest plan of yesterday...Adjust, adjust, and always make no difference...Publish it directly! The decree, the official document of the Provincial Privy Council, return There is a Dibao, published together, as a response to Li Gongxiang!"

Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun took the lead and led the executors and officials on the spot to respond. Although Wang Yan wanted to speak but stopped, he did not dare to speak.

Immediately, the drizzle continued, but the crowd dispersed under the leadership of the chief executives, and the Zhao official’s family stood up on Xinggang for a while, and then suddenly squeezed the memorial, dressed lightly, and brought only four or five nearby ministers. With a team of Panzhi, I left Yanfu Palace and transferred to Xicheng, but arrived at Lu Benzhong's home before noon...or in other words, he arrived at Lu Haowen's home.

When Lu Haowen heard that the official came, he greeted him calmly, but when the monarch and his subjects met, he only set up a few cases in the corridor where he played chess on weekdays, then sat down cross-legged, and then Zhao Jiu handed it over to Lu Haowen. , And told Lu Haowen what happened today.

"The official's disposal was extremely appropriate." In the corridor, Lu Haowen, who was sitting cross-legged across from Zhao Guan's house, read the memorial, after listening to the explanation, directly placed the memorial on the case, and sighed slightly. "Thinking about the past few years, when the minister was the minister, the officials always let me wait for the country to be forbearance in everything, but today I am still forbearance for the country... But the minister said that today is more tolerant than in previous years. It’s hard work, because at that time I had to endure it, but today I can’t bear it... It’s hard because I can’t bear it."

In the side gallery, several nearby ministers, from Lu Benzhong to Renbaozhong to Yang Yizhong, and Fan Zongyin and Liu Yan, almost everyone came to their senses—the official should have come to ask Lu Xianggong how to deal with Li Xianggong, and Lu Xianggong Obviously, he wanted to persuade the officials to let go of Li Gongxiang.

Tolerance is a country. Although you can't bear it, you still have to bear it.

However, at the next moment, the official Zhao's laughed on the spot: "Lu Xianggong thought I was here to ask how to deal with Li Xianggong?"

"Isn't that the official intention?" Lu Hao asked curiously.

As for the others, even though they didn't say anything, they all asked like this in their hearts.

"Since I have decided to take a step forward to respond to Duke Li, I am already ready to let him down gently." Zhao Jiu shook his head with emotion. "After all, it was the first minister, the first public minister, and the main battle banner of the country since Jingkang... He has done great contributions to the world, to the country, and to me. I will not let him be bad. It turns out! Besides, he is not a changer. Of course, the court wants to surrender. His claims are naturally the main fighters. Today, if I want to expedite the northern expedition, he still advocates, and he naturally becomes the slow-moving faction!"

At this point, Zhao Jiu paused for a while before continuing to say: "What's more, I also know that in all likelihood, he first saw the faster Di Bao, and then received the letter from Li Jing. It took a few days before I suddenly learned that Li Jing had done a foreign release on the first day of March. He became so angry that he was up and down for a while. I only thought that I had deliberately abandoned the tacit understanding between the monarch and the ministers, and this was a mess."

"The official family is generous." Lu Haowen bowed his head in the seat, but was still curious. "But if so, why did the officials come to see the minister and tell Yu Chen about this matter?"

Zhao Jiu sat on the opposite side and was silent for a moment, before pointing to the memorial between the two of them in a serious confrontation: "I just want to ask Lu Xianggong, you said, I knew from the beginning that I would definitely let Li Xianggong go. Obviously knowing that I will not stop because of this matter, but will move forward more resolutely, but why would I still be so angry after seeing this memorial?"

Of course it is because you, an official, feel that the other party has betrayed you! It's as if Li Gang wrote this memo because he thought you had betrayed him!

Thinking that in the early years of Jianyan, you two monarchs and ministers were absolutely tolerant of the country, and even shared life and death. Within a few years, Li Boji would have doubts about you as an official because of a little bit of political opinion. Heart, so much so as to do this kind of thing.

Although there are some misunderstandings in this, there is also Li Gang's bad temper and the old mentality of looking at officials, but in any case, as an official, suddenly encounter this kind of thing, of course he will feel angry.

Lu Haowen actually had an answer in his heart in an instant, and almost blurted it out, but the words reached his throat, but he swallowed it back.

Then, the public minister just fixed his eyes on the official Zhao's house, and after a long time, it gradually became raindrops, and in the spring rain with pattering, he eagerly opposed:

"Officials, the ministers are in this city, and seeing the official's actions with your own eyes, the trio will become tigers, it will never happen to the ministers!"

As soon as this remark came out, the surrounding ministers almost breathed heavily.

Instead, the official Zhao shook his head and smiled: "I didn't mean that. I was just sad that Li Xianggong couldn't believe me... but it made Lu Xianggong think more about it."

Lu Haowen also laughed along with it: "In that case, the minister really thinks a lot... It's only with Li Xianggong, it's really sighing."

Zhao Jiu nodded.

In this way, not to mention how the Zhao official family felt so emotional that they needed to find Lu Haowen for psychological counseling. Only on the second day, the court finally officially issued an army expansion plan:

The left army of the imperial camp led by Han Shizhong increased from 30,000 to 37,000;

The army of the imperial battalion led by Wu Jie increased from 30,000 to 38,000;

In the imperial battalion, the army’s establishment was increased from 50,000 to 65,000, but the corresponding share of the military supplies was mostly given to Li Yanxian in Shanzhou. Wang Debu’s establishment increased from 15,000 to 17,000, and Li Qiong increased from 1. The establishment of the five-thousand-five thousand establishment has been increased to 18,000. In other words, the increase in the imperial army is still given to the Kansai direction. The imperial army here is only the addition of a control official establishment by the Wang De Department and the Li Qiong Department...This It is also the place where Wang Yan hesitated before in Xinggang and wanted to argue on the spot;

The front army of the imperial battalion led by Yue Fei increased from 35,000 to 40,000;

Zhang Jun's 25,000 army of the Yuying Army remains unchanged;

Zhang Rong’s 15,000 imperial naval forces remain unchanged;

The imperial navy led by Li Bao will remain unchanged for the time being five or six thousand, but Li Bao's deputy head of the imperial battalion has been formally recognized. After his will arrives, he will enjoy similar treatment as Li Qiong.

The imperial cavalry led by Qu Duan increased from 15,000 to 20,000;

Finally, ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is Guo Zhongxun’s 10,000 Yuying Reserve Army, which will be recruited and placed on the spot according to the treatment of the Yuying soldiers.

In general, the expansion of the army is equivalent to expanding the share of the 45,000 imperial guards. Among them, the Kansai direction has received 25,000 shares, and the border directly under the center of Tokyo has received 10,000 troops. In addition, the Jingdong direction only got 5,000 shares, and most of them ratified the shares that Yue Fei had recruited in the process of countering the rebellion.

Basically, the original strategy of expanding land, riding, and west was implemented.

Of course, these shares are not added all at once... Except for the actual ratification of the previous army expansion, most of the newly added posts, from the front line to the reserve army of Guo Zhongxun, will be added in batches within three years and gradually made up. Up.

The advantage of this is that it saves money, and it can save a lot of money, and provide a buffer for the finances, but the disadvantage is that the soldiers inevitably lack training, especially for the cavalry, and they will inevitably have to take the route of the Tibetan army.

But this is really impossible.

Regardless, with the public order issued, the official document delivered by the Provincial Privy Council, the secret note sent back by the official reply, and even the direct publication of the Di Bao, this great imperial step is finally a firm but shaky step. out.

Relatively speaking, the central court in Tokyo faced the public memorials of the former prime minister Li Gang, but did not reply to Li Gang's public will and official documents, nor did he make any promotion, transfer, or derogation.

If it were not for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send and receive a Zhang Shuxiang's self-defense, the Hanlin Academy has kept a record of Zhang Shuxiang's rejection of his resignation, as if this incident had never happened.

PS: Thanks to the light-colored bosses and slyshen bosses for their rewards.

Incidentally, today is the first anniversary of the book’s release... a year ago.