Chapter 594: Tempest
Throughout Zhao Zhi's life, just born, before the full moon, was involved in the palace coup, although he was lucky not to die, but he also fell into the people, tasted hardships and hardships, until he was sixteen years old, he was able to return to Fengjing, recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, Zhao Zhi's life has undergone earth-shaking changes.
From being poor to becoming rich, Zhao Zhi is happy? Not happy at all, Pingzong doesn't like his son, many brothers and sisters, and doesn't like this brother who came from the people, has no knowledge, and has a vulgar demeanor.
Many people say that Zhao Zhi's success is to climb up by stepping on the corpses of many brothers, but who knows that Zhao Zhi, who has just come to the capital for a few years, was still very simple at that time, and there is still justice and kindness in his heart, because of a small thing, Zhao Zhi stepped forward and saved a small people who were extremely lowly in the eyes of many people, and life was a waste of food and air, although this made the prince at that time unhappy, but the two were brothers, and they would not complain about such a trivial matter after all, but what is the development of things?
Under the impetus of the caring people, it was such a small thing, which finally reached the ears of Pingzong, for this reason, Zhao Zhi was appreciated and promoted, and the prince was reprimanded and notorious, and the provocation of the people behind finally provoked the anger of the prince, in a series of later events, many things, Zhao Zhi was implicated, his close master was killed, more than a dozen friends and close people were killed, exiled, the prince threatened Zhao Zhi several times, but if he succeeds to the throne, he will let his life be worse than death.
In this situation, what can Zhao Zhizhi do? If you don't resist, are you waiting to stretch your neck and be slaughtered?
Maybe even Zhao Zhi didn't expect that he was alone and lonely, but in the end he was able to succeed and inherit the emperor's throne, and in a series of battles, Zhao Zhi's heart has become indifferent and even cold-blooded, at this time, the empire is in internal and external difficulties, and is on the verge of annihilation, the folk experience in the early years, for Zhao Zhi, the impact is huge, I have been poor since I was a child, eating chaff and drinking thin, that is a frequent thing, in the event of a disaster, the bark and weeds have been eaten, so difficult, what is it?
Zhao Zhi walked on thin ice, worked hard, and spent a full fifteen years, and finally pulled the Jin Dynasty, a behemoth that was about to fall, back up, if there was no outbreak of the White Turban Army Rebellion, Zhao Zhi's life can undoubtedly be regarded as a success.
Zhao Zhi since the succession to the throne, mainly to do three things, rectify the rule of officials, expand the forbidden army, enrich taxes, with the help of Yang Daosi and Liu Wei and a group of outstanding ministers, Zhao Zhi has achieved great success, although there is a partisan dispute in the court, but the proportion and strength of this struggle, in the hands of Zhao Zhi, the forbidden army reached 100,000 people, all are elite people, the treasury is full, at this moment Zhao Zhi, has greater ambitions and wishes.
But with the outbreak of the White Turban Army Rebellion, all Zhao Zhi's plans were disrupted, because in Zhao Zhi's thoughts, the outside must first be safe, his initial plan was not to think of Longyou at all, but some things often form a chain reaction, because of the White Turban Army Rebellion, the power of the feudal towns in the Jiangnan region began to become stronger, and the Jiangnan region is the most important tax place in the empire, and there must be no loss, so Zhao Zhi had to gather a large army, with Huang as the main general, and launched the battle of Jiangnan.
Although the battle of Jiangnan was won, the taxes were reduced and the treasury was halved.
Subsequently, the country of Tibet, knowing that there was a war within the Jin Dynasty, so there was a heart to enterprising Longyou, and finally the first battle of Longyou broke out, Zhao Zhi could only fight, once again gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, and opened the battlefield of Longyou, this war of unprecedented scale, and finally ended with the victory of the Jin Dynasty, for this reason, Zhao Zhi ushered in the peak of the emperor of life, expanded the territory, recovered the lost land, and obeyed all over the world.
And without the First Longyou War, naturally there would not be a Second Longyou War.
After several wars, Zhao Zhi had more and more troops in his hands, but the empire's taxes were obviously overwhelmed, and the money in the treasury could only come in and out, and there was no money left at all.
This is a vicious circle, the victory of the war may be able to bring great prestige and fame to Zhao Zhi and the Jin Dynasty, but in fact, the national power of the Jin Dynasty began to decline.
After the end of the Second Longyou War, Zhao Zhi rewarded Li Xun and handed over all the military and political power in the seven states in the west of Longyou to him, which was to lay a good foundation for Zhao Xun's future ascension to the throne in advance, because in Zhao Zhi's era, if he did not get the full help of Liu Wei and the elite army of Longyou, even if he ascended the throne as the emperor, this throne himself would not be stable, so Zhao Zhi understood a truth, without the support of military power, even if the throne was sitting, it could be forcibly pulled down by others.
Li Xun has been in Fengjing since he left Fengjing, and before that, with the death of Yang Daohei, the political situation above the court has begun to become unstable, but with Zhao Zhi pressing on it, and Li Zhong, the world-famous military god, is in charge, so the overall situation in the world is still chaotic.
Let's just say Yang Binglin, after he inherited the patriarch of the Yang family, although he provoked a series of court battles, his attitude seemed tough, but he only showed his means within a certain range, as much as possible to obtain benefits for himself, he did not dare to come with Zhao Zhi after all, the victory of several wars, the national strength of the Jin Dynasty may be more and more decaying, but for Zhao Zhi, the emperor, his personal prestige and reputation have obviously reached the peak, overwhelming the world, and everyone is convinced.
Therefore, all the opposition forces in the court only dare to hide in the shadows, as long as Zhao Zhi does not move, they will not move lightly.
However, Zhao Zhi has not much time, he has to plan for the future of the Jin Dynasty and the future of the crown prince Zhao Xun, so even if others don't move, he can't stop moving.
A month after Li Xun left Fengjing, Zhao Zhi re-established the post of Sili Lieutenant, with 2,000 soldiers, and the official position was seven grades, the number was not large, and the official position was also very low, but the power was very great, and he could take people from the wind and punish him on trumped-up charges, and he could not go through the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, and he was only responsible for Zhao Zhi alone.
The rise of the captain of Sili stirred up the changes in the entire court for a while.
The Yang clan was first hit by the storm, and the Yang clan was punished by more than 20 people, although Yang Binglin was not dismissed, but he was also called home to introspect.
There is also the winged king Zhao He, whose power group has also been hit hard.
There is also Zhao Shuo, the king of Chu, and so on....
Therefore, everyone understands that Zhao Zhi's reinstatement to the rank of lieutenant is to fight and persecute all political forces that threaten the crown prince Zhao Xun.
Under this sudden blow, everyone seemed to have become vulnerable and submissive, but in fact, the political forces led by Zhao He, the Wing King, and Yang Binglin, the patriarch of the Yang clan, had secretly united and rallied all the opposition forces to start a strong counterattack.