Chapter 936: Privy Councillor

Zhang Shijie's sudden illness made the scene a little weird, and Zhao Hao couldn't help but get nervous, secretly clenching his fists, only to find that his palms were sweaty. According to the practice of the Great Song Dynasty, the Privy Council and Zhongshu were called the two mansions, and Zhongshu was the government and managed government affairs; The Privy Council is the Privy Council, which is in charge of the military, and the two are also central government organs.

When the Privy Council has a Privy Council and a Deputy Envoy, its chief officer is called the Privy Council, and the adjutant is called the Privy Councillor, or simply the Privy Council, or simply the Privy Council. Scholars are filled, and military ministers are used in deputy positions. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the Zhongshu and the Privy Council were in charge of the two handles of civil and military, and the prime minister was not allowed to pre-military because he did not have the title of privy councilor. At the time of the reform of Yuanfeng, there was a proposal to abolish the Privy Council and return the military and government to the Ministry of War. "So I stayed.

During the Qingli period, the Song Dynasty used troops against the Western Xia, and the prime minister once served as the privy envoy, which set a precedent for the government to be in charge of the military. After Ning Zong, it has become customary for the prime minister to concurrently serve as a privy envoy. Until Meng Yuan captured Lin'an, the establishment of the dynasty was still by the left minister Chen Yizhong concurrently served as the privy envoy, and the turning point appeared after Chen Yizhong left, in order to balance power, Lu Xiufu was promoted to the right minister, with Zhang Shijie as the privy envoy, but Lu Xiufu's prestige was insufficient, and the government was also controlled by him, and this situation was maintained until Zhao Yu succeeded to the throne.

After the Battle of Yashan, Zhao Yu exerted his strength in the case of Zhang Shijie's repeated defeats and regained power in one fell swoop. And out of the consideration of balancing power and containing the two provinces, he still used Zhang Shijie, who had been cut off his wings, as his privy envoy, so as to achieve a situation of both civil and military rule.

Over the years, in fact, Zhang Shijie has played more of a 'shadow' role. Zhao Yu kept the army under his absolute leadership for self-protection and political needs, and later established the Military Machinery Department to deprive the Privy Council of almost all its powers. In terms of ability, he also felt that Zhang Shijie was outdated in military thinking, and it was difficult for him to keep up with the pace of his military reform.

In terms of command, Zhang Shijie was born in the infantry army, and he was very unfamiliar with the tactics of water warfare, and the two major defeats in the Jiaoshan Water Battle and the Yashan Water Battle fully illustrated this point, while Qiongzhou was surrounded by water on three sides and lacked strategic depth, so only by relying on the naval army could the enemy be kept out and the final foothold could be kept. In addition, as firearms began to be popularized in the Song army, the form of warfare had changed, and new tactics and tactics were needed. However, Zhang Shijie was slow to accept this, and even skeptical. Therefore, he could not be relieved to be in command.

From a strategic point of view, Zhao Yu found that after a series of failures, Zhang Shijie had lost his enterprising spirit, and only hoped to be able to hold the corner of Qiongzhou, and lacked confidence in the counterattack on Jiangnan to recover the Central Plains. As a result, he became more and more conservative in his military philosophy, and he feared that his command of the army would bring this decadent atmosphere to the generals, but for political reasons, he could only continue to use him as a privy envoy to prevent the scholars from meddling in military affairs, although it was hanging.

Later, in order to improve the status of the warriors and suppress the increasingly restless scholars, Zhao Yu decided to implement military reform, and the military administration was attributed to the military department, and the military orders were attributed to the Privy Council. After the military reform, for the same purpose, Zhao Yu still took Zhang Shijie as his privy envoy, but he still did not delegate power, and controlled the military department and the privy council in his own hands.

After so many years, it seems that the DPRK and China have accepted the fact that the warriors are in charge of the privy council. However, Zhao Yu knew that this was still a superficial phenomenon, and the scholars were always resentful of the loss of military power, but they were only afraid of the situation and had to temporarily accept the reality. Sure enough, after the Xing Dynasty moved back to Lin'an, someone wrote a letter asking Yiwenchen to take over the Privy Council, although it did not succeed, but it could not help but make Zhao Hao vigilant from time to time......

Now that the war is about to start, Zhang Shijie suddenly fell ill, and there was no suitable candidate to take over, Zhao Hao couldn't help but worry that someone would take the opportunity to make trouble. The few deacons in front of him, Ying Jieyan, Jiang Xuan, and Liu Huang, are their own people and will not oppose themselves. Wang Yinglin once served as the governor of the government, and this time he regained his appearance in the year of the sixtieth year, and he also knew that it was the little emperor who raised himself out of the consideration of the balance of power, in order to reconcile the contradictions with the Jiangnan scholars and fill the political space after the Wu family lost power.

At this moment, the attitude of the two left and right ministers who hold power, Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang, has become the key. Zhao Yu thought that no matter whether he was in the unique reserve of a scholar or his temperament, he thought that Lu Xiufu would not recommend himself, although according to the convention, he should especially serve as a privy envoy. And the only thing left is the right minister Wen Tianxiang, Zhao Hao guessed that he must be very conflicted at the moment.

Wen Tianxiang was a fair person and had an upright personality, and from the perspective of a scholar, he should naturally oppose the martial artist as a privy envoy. However, Zhao Yu not only has the grace of saving his life, but also the grace of knowing him. At that time, he was disgusted by the ministers of the court and the central government, so he had to fight alone, so that he was defeated and captured. But after being rescued, he did not remember his fault, and he was appointed as the right minister by the House of Representatives, and trusted him. And he also knows the little emperor's thoughts, and if he proposes it, it will be a negative favor.

"Your Majesty, the minister asks Your Majesty to personally lead the Privy Council!" Lu Xiufu suddenly got up and gave a salute to break the silence.

"This ......" Lu Xiufu's request was much more than Zhao Yu expected, and the rhetoric he had prepared just now was invalid, and his mind was confused for a while, and he didn't know how to answer, whether to push the boat down the river or excuse himself.

"Your Majesty, don't shirk, now the government and the opposition are familiar with military affairs, and now Meng Yuan wants to go south, the cardinal is sick, and please give priority to state affairs!" Seeing the little emperor's bewildered appearance, Lu Xiufu realized that his words were a little abrupt, and saluted again.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" At this time, Jiang Xuan also got up and said, "Your Majesty will take charge of the army as a young man, form the Shuaifu Army, and rebuild the forbidden army." He personally led the army to defeat Liu Quan, beheaded Zhang Hongfan, defeated Ali Hague several times, and personally regained Jiangnan, which can be described as a famous world, and the whole army was respectful. Personally holding the privy council is exactly what everyone wants! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Wen Tianxiang immediately said, "Now that the enemy is present, Your Majesty should not shirk anymore!" ”

"The minister seconded the proposal, and I implore Your Majesty to take charge of the privy council himself!" Liu Huang then played.

"There is no objection to the minister!" Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Wang Yinglin saw that half of the vote had passed, and even if he abstained, it would be difficult to stop him, and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, since the ministers have invited you, and it is a time of life and death, Your Majesty still has to think of the community!" Ying Jieyan knew that the little emperor had always attached great importance to military power, and would never lightly entrust others, and it was a blessing for everyone to take over military power so smoothly, and he naturally had no reason to oppose it.

"In that case, I will have the right to lead the privy envoy, and I will return it after Cardinal Zhang recovers!" Although he miscalculated the situation, Zhao Yu felt that it was the best, and nodded in response.

But even so, Zhao Hao still couldn't let go of the doubts in his heart. Lu Xiufu asked himself to take charge of the privy council, which is nothing more than knowing the current situation, and he cannot deal with it with his ability, and those arrogant soldiers and fierce generals are all his cronies, and it is difficult to move without his approval. Therefore, if he and he are against him in this matter, if he does not follow the trend, the emperor himself will not be able to hold the privy council for a long time, then there will still be a chance after that, and there is no need to compete at this time.

But Zhao Yu also felt that he was too dark-bellied, always setting people as 'bad people' in his heart, always considering things to the most unfavorable aspects, but forgetting that there are still good people in the world. Perhaps Lu Xiufu did this, which seemed to be a compromise, but in fact, it was also to avoid court disputes, and there were endless quarrels over whether the position of privy envoy should be held by a warrior or a scholar. Now it is in his own hands, and he has not lost anything, but it is conducive to strengthening the good relationship between the two.

"At present, Meng Yuan intends to go south, and the army has been assembled in Jiangbei. According to the development of the situation, the Jiangdong and Huguang theaters have formulated a response to the situation, and I think you have received it, and I invite you to come here to hear what you think! "If you have the intention to plant willows and willows, you can't do it, and you can't do it without intention. Unexpectedly, Zhang Shijie's illness actually cured his heart disease, so that he could smoothly dispatch the army. Now I can only force the secret joy and cough lightly.

"Your Majesty, it is very appropriate for the minister to deal with this enemy invasion by attacking instead of defending." Wen Tianxiang first said, "At present, our dynasty has only recovered Jiangnan for one year, and there is a slight accumulation of grain and grass, but it is not enough to support a large-scale war. ”

"Your Majesty, do you think that when Mengyuan has not launched an attack and the peace agreement between the two countries has not ended, will it be suspected of breaking the alliance and breaking the treaty and provoking a war by first using the naval army to block the Goryeo naval army?" At this time, Lu Xiufu said.

"Lu Xiang should not be too pedantic, Meng Yuan is the heart of a jackal, he has never given up the heart of the Great Song Dynasty, instead of being polite and honest, it is not seeking skin with the tiger!" Jiang Xuan waved his hand and said, "When Meng Yuan invaded our dynasty in a big way, how could he have taken into account the oath between the two countries, if he waited for his large-scale attack, the fighters would be lost, and they would be passive everywhere, and the current strategy would be nothing." ”

"If the soldiers are nameless, the accident will not be successful!" At this time, Wang Yinglin said, "The so-called division is famous, and Sun Tzu once said that there are five important things to use soldiers: Tao, heaven, earth, general, and law. The so-called Taoist, who orders the same desire as the above, can live with it, can die with it, and is not afraid of danger. If the name is not right, the word will not go well, and if the word is not good, it will not be done. ”

"Your Majesty, if you preach it like this, if the enemy knows about it, sending troops will lose the effect of a surprise attack, and even be taken advantage of by the enemy!" Jiang Xuan had no way to refute this kind of truth, so he could only look at the little emperor and say.

"What Lu Xiang said is reasonable, and the teacher must be famous!" Zhao Hao didn't support Jiang Xuan this time, and touched his chin and said.

Zhao Yu understood what they meant, the "Tao" here is the name of the teacher, that is, why we are fighting. And the best strategy for teachers to become famous is to stand on the moral high ground. But he knows that the reasons that the world may say have nothing to do with what you really think, but what you say must be: sunny and morally testable, this is the characteristic of Chinese society.

In fact, when it comes to persuading and supporting the common people's public opinion, they often fail to listen to reason, and most of the time they cannot distinguish between right and wrong, and only have good and bad in their minds. A simplistic view of right and wrong is a powerful tool for public opinion propaganda. That's why the facial makeup on the stage will be so serious, and the people will be so happy to see it.

And virtue is the standard of judgment of good people and bad people in the minds of ordinary people, which is also the value at this time, no matter how dark you are, it must be sunny to show to the world; And the general public may not believe in your sunshine, but in order not to show his darkness, he has to pretend to believe in your sunshine, so a group of people who may or may not believe in this sunshine come together.

This requires that no matter what you do, you need a lofty reason, a reason that can transcend self-interest. may start to have their own ghosts, but they have to appear to be so passionate and righteous. After a long time, all the people got into the play, and slowly forgot what they really thought. Therefore, in terms of cohesion and firm belief in the subordinates, it is inevitable that we will be able to have more passionate power and more people will be able to surround ourselves under a great goal.

In addition, the division is famous for the enemy, in fact, it is to attack the opponent's slander as a whole. In history, whenever there is a rebellion or a war, both sides will launch the ten major crimes, the ten hateful or something, that is, the bandits in "Let the Bullets Fly" originally wanted to kill Master Huang, but he wanted to get rid of him in the name of both wealth and poverty. The purpose is to strike at the enemy's public opinion and destroy the spirit. And war is not only a duel of force, but also the struggle of the people, clear identity of the opponent thief, it seems that can better hit the enemy's internal self-confidence, can destroy the enemy at more levels, this is the so-called division of the importance of the famous.

"Your Majesty, there must also be a proper law!" Jiang Xuan frowned and said.

"I thought that now is the time for the merchant ships to return to sail, and there will always be bandits on the way, looting merchant ships, killing people and stealing goods, can we go on the expedition in the name of escort, and the soldiers and bandits are often difficult to distinguish......" Zhao Yu thought for a while and said.

"What Your Majesty said is true, the Goryeo Navy has intercepted and looted merchant ships over the years, and since he is willing to be a thief, it is naturally difficult to escape the killing of my Great Song Dynasty, hehe......" Wen Tianxiang nodded and said in response, but he was happy first.

"The minister thinks it is feasible, my Great Song Dynasty to kill the bandits is a move to protect the territory and the people, and I will let the Siyi merchants surrender and congratulate, which is really a righteous move!" Wang Yinglin also gave a salute.

"Okay, but I think that after the sailor sets out on the expedition, I will preach it again, in case the bandits hear the wind and flee!" Zhao Yu said. And the secret joy in the heart, as expected, all everyone needs is a righteous name, as for whether the bandits are true or not, no one will delve into it in this case, it depends on how to say it......