Chapter 379: The Battle of the Country
The battle is constantly escalating, but fortunately, the battle between the civil ministers and military generals of the Han Dynasty is still relatively civilized, basically they are all scolding formations, the generals have a loud voice, and the civil officials are eloquent, basically equal. After all, they are all high-ranking officials, how can they fight without regard for face like a shrew scolding the street, more through newspapers.
More than a dozen newspapers in the capital can make a fortune, and the gunman industry was born, after all, the generals themselves don't know how to write articles, so they can only hire people for money, as for Wenchen, writing articles is Wenchen's strength, and people can go into battle by themselves.
The overwhelming bombardment of newspapers has made the newspaper hall rich, and the two largest newspapers, one is "Han Feng" directly operated by the Pan family and the other is "Minsheng" directly operated by the Wang family, and the circulation of these two newspapers accounts for half of the country.
For a time, the imperial capital has reached the point where Luoyang paper is expensive, there are many newspapers, and everyone doesn't know what to read.
First of all, the "Voice of the People" led by the Wang family launched a series of serials, each serialized article has a newspaper flower, readers accumulate newspaper flowers, can be exchanged for money, as long as they get ten newspaper flowers in a row, the money they get is more than the money to buy ten newspapers. Not only that, but it also increases reader interaction, and of course there is a reward. For a time, it caused a sensation in the capital, and sales skyrocketed. Even the hungry beggars are saving money to sell newspapers, not to read articles, but to make money.
Not to be outdone, the proprietor of the "Han Feng" newspaper launched a readers' association, which divides readers into different levels and conducts a series of activities according to the situation of each level of customers.
Like those rich people, they order thousands of newspapers every day, and the money they subscribe to newspapers can be used to offset the cost of advertising, and if they send people to distribute newspapers to the people, they will also get subsidies from newspaper offices, and even become a business.
The biggest advantage of the newspaper debate is that more and more people are reading books, and the newspaper reading industry was born, and many scholars who failed to make a living rely on reading newspapers. Many illiterate people, in order to make money from studying, began to study, and the holding of night schools gradually increased.
The biggest problem in the newspaper debate is that the price of paper and ink has skyrocketed, and the income of article writers has skyrocketed. His Majesty couldn't feel it, and his only feeling was that he didn't want to read the newspaper anymore.
The battle in the palace became increasingly fierce, and the queen Pan Yun, as well as the imperial concubines Zhiyue Xian, Liang Hongyu, Liu Ruyan, etc., resolutely disagreed with the relocation of the capital, and they insisted that the imperial capital was the capital of the Han Dynasty, which was tantamount to defending the vested interests of the military general group. Imperial concubines Li Shishi, Zhao Fujin, Chai Jinjiao and others resolutely support Bianliang City as the country, they have the backing of the civil and official group behind them, and their strength is also extremely huge.
On the surface, it is only a matter of building the capital, but in fact, behind the dispute is the dispute over the national capital, which Liu Zhenglong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, cannot tolerate. The mother of the fifth son of the emperor, Liu Haotian, is the imperial concubine Pan Jin, and there are four major families headed by the Pan family and even the military general group as support, and the strength is very strong, almost to the point where it cannot be shaken.
Liu Haotian, the fifth son of the emperor, has a cowardly personality and does not have the shadow of His Majesty, which makes Liu Zhenglong vaguely worried that in the future, Jiangshan Sheji will be handed over to this child, so will the relatives group and the military general group cause trouble to the dynasty.
Liu Zhenglong, the son of heaven, was over-interpreted by the harem concubines and the minister of civil and military affairs, so the six princes and the eldest prince successively showed signs of seizing the heir, but it was short-lived under the strong pressure of the Son of Heaven.
The eldest prince, the six princes' halberds and sinking sands, did not let the battle for the heir stop, but intensified, that is, the fourth prince Zhao Wang Liu Yi born to the imperial concubine Zhao Fujin, you must know that Zhao Fujin himself is the emperor of the Great Song Maode, with a noble status, plus there are more than a dozen sisters in the harem, more than 20 'aunts', and more than 20 'sisters-in-law', which is so powerful in the harem that it is overwhelming, almost occupying half of the country. In addition, Zhao Fujin is stunning, gentle and graceful, the country is fragrant, graceful and luxurious, and has always been deeply favored by His Majesty. These provided the most powerful support to King Zhao, coupled with Master Li's intelligence and Chai Jinjiao's resourcefulness, the combination of these three beauties has almost become the biggest killer, and in the harem, it has become a force that cannot be ignored.
In fact, the harem is powerful, but it is not the capital of Zhao Wang Liu Yi, the key is that he is only eight buckets high, rich and rich, and the most important thing is that his personality is seven points similar to His Majesty.
Liu Yi loves Xi Wen, took the initiative to worship Zhao Ding, a scholar, and Yuwen was a teacher, and his talent was affirmed by two scholars. As for martial arts, he learned from Xiao Hong, the number one master in the palace, not because Liu Yi had a talent for martial arts, but mainly because Master Li and Xiao Hong became the best sisters, and under the recommendation of Master Li, Xiao Hong accepted this disciple.
Emperor Maode Zhao Fujin has always had royal pride in her bones, and she is bent on letting her son seize the crown prince and reign over the world in the future, so that half of the world belongs to the Zhao family. Zhao Fujin's mind was seen through by the eight-sided exquisite Chai Jinjiao, she actively helped this girl to plan, and finally under her recommendation, Liu Yi followed the dean of the Military Academy Wang Yin to learn the art of war, which is the only one among all the princes.
Wang Yin followed the Son of Heaven to fight in the south and the north in his early years, and after nearly sixty years, he handed over the military command and became the president of the Military Academy.
The other princes, most of them are pampered, after all, His Majesty is fighting in the south and the north, and he is an adult, so it can be said that under the care of his mother, he is the flower in the greenhouse, most of them read, and there are very few who practice martial arts, and only Liu Yi is left to learn the art of war. It is precisely because of this growth background that Liu Yi is becoming more and more like His Majesty, coupled with the fact that this prince is polite and polite, Corporal Lixian, although he is only twelve years old, has been recognized by most civil officials, and his strength is vaguely catching up with the crown prince Liu Haotian and becoming the strongest contender.
Originally, Liu Zhenglong, the son of heaven, was still very fond of Zhao Fujin and Li Shishi, but he couldn't withstand the escalation of the harem palace fight, and he finally chose to avoid it far away, and now he would rather hide in the palace of Bianliang than return to Beijing.
Liu Zhenglong, who was lying on the bed, was very depressed in his heart, he didn't know how to settle the dispute over the country next, to be honest, all the civil and military officials knew that he was now at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was far from the time to discuss the heir, and although the prince had a weak personality, he had a good literary style, was intelligent, and there was nothing wrong with him, so it was impossible to say anything lightly. Moreover, now the Han Empire is at the most critical moment, and once the crown prince is abolished, it will shake the foundation of the Han Dynasty. You must know that the Han Empire, which was established by military force, the power of the military general group is too huge, once there is a storm, although it will not destroy the country, but it will also be turbulent, and when the time comes, internal and external troubles, when the showdown against the Jin State, the victory or defeat will be difficult to control.
The civil official group is not unable to see the situation clearly, but they just want to use this as an excuse to force the heavens to learn from the Song Dynasty and achieve the scholars and doctors to share the world, after all, military generals are needed to fight the country and govern the world. This is why the reason for fully supporting the fourth prince Zhao Wang Liu Yi is actually to imagine that His Majesty will send a message that it is time to set things right, and if the military general group is allowed to develop wantonly, the tragedy of the rebellion of the feudal town is not impossible to happen in the Han Dynasty.
Yang Miaozhen saw that His Majesty was worried, so he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, are you thinking about whether these sisters should be sent to the imperial capital?" ”
"What do you think?" Liu Zhenglong realized that he was distracted, and after holding this beautiful woman who was about the same height as himself in his arms, he said: "I am also very tired and want to rest." ”
"The meaning of the concubine is that it is better not to send it over."
"Oh, what do you mean by that?"
Yang Miaozhen said with a smile: "In the Song Kingdom, there were four capitals coexisting, and the Liao State had five capitals, and the country was still prosperous. You can make Bianliang City the eastern capital! In this way, many problems have been solved, after all, it is now the most important thing for the Han to unify the world. ”
The coexistence of the two capitals is not impossible, and many problems can be solved, but the hidden dangers are also very large. The powerful Northern Qi was finally destroyed by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, on the one hand, the emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty was stupid and incompetent, which actually had a lot to do with the Liangjing system.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, tell me what reward you want."
Yang Miaozhen turned over and rode on the Son of Heaven, and said delicately: "The slave family wants Your Majesty to reward a son." ”
"Then you're going to have to work hard."
The two capitals coexisted, the imperial court was in the imperial capital (Chang'an), the military center, and the economic center was in the eastern capital (Bianliang). The crown prince served as the crown prince in the imperial capital, and was assisted by Zhao Ding, a university scholar, and Yuwen Xuzhong. The Son of Heaven sat in the Eastern Capital, nominally to actively prepare for war, preparing to go south to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty and go north to fight against the Jin State, but in fact, the Son of Heaven wanted to take the opportunity to rectify military affairs, and of course he was also beating those civil officials who did not know the height of the sky.
The Son of Heaven is far away from the imperial court, and the crown prince is in charge of the country, and on the surface, the power of civil officials is infinitely magnified, but in fact, civil officials have to bear a lot of responsibility for major decisions, and it is difficult to make suggestions to His Majesty.
The Son of Heaven sits in the Eastern Capital, and the military command naturally came to the Eastern Capital, but the four major families are in the imperial capital, and they are invisibly completing the cutting of the military general group and the four major families. Those grassroots generals gradually showed their outstanding military command ability.
The military generals group is divided into two factions, one is the military generals from the four major families, and the other is the military generals who are inextricably linked with the four major families, and the other is from the grassroots, relying on personal ability, and gradually growing up. The generals of these two factions accepted the teachings of the Son of Heaven in the eastern capital, so that these generals understood that the generals were simple soldiers and should not be too involved in the situation.
The Dragon Soul Society is the busiest during this time, they have to complete the review of the generals and ensure that the generals are 100% loyal to the Son of Heaven and the Great Han.
The dispute over the national capital came to an end for the time being due to the coexistence of the two capitals. The destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty was gradually put on the agenda, and the Son of Heaven hoped to take Jiangnan at the lowest cost, rather than conquering it by force.
In the end, Wu Yong's strategy was recognized by the Son of Heaven.
Liu Zhenglong, the Son of Heaven, secretly met with Wu Yong, and he said to this Zhi Duoxing: "Aiqing has followed me for more than ten years and nearly twenty years, but I have not let you realize your dream of being a marquis and worshipping the prime minister. ”
"Your Majesty's grace, the minister is not enough to die, this time I go to Jiangnan, I must merge Jiangnan into the territory of the Han Dynasty at the smallest cost." Wu Yong knelt on the ground and wept silently, over the years, countless nights he wondered if His Majesty had forgotten himself, why didn't he give himself the opportunity to make contributions.
"Then your overall plan, let me briefly explain it, you are fully responsible for the affairs of Jiangnan this time, and any resources of the Han Dynasty will be at your disposal."
Liu Zhenglong, the son of heaven, told the two chess pieces hidden in the Southern Song Dynasty, Miao Fu and Yan Beiqing, and finally he said: "Miao Fu controls the army in Lin'an City, Yan Beiqing is Zhao Gou's personal guard, the two can help, how to do it, you have to verify it yourself." In addition, General Shi Yong, Cai Kun, Liu Zhengyan, Zhu Shengfei, and even Qin Hui and others are also secretly loyal to me. After you pass, you must fight steadily and steadily, hit with one blow, and you must not rush forward, after all, this kind of opportunity is only once, once lost, then the battle of reunification will make Jiangnan a river of blood, floating corpses millions. ”
"I understand."
Wu Yong said very cautiously: "This time, the minister has two sets of plans, and the specific ones have to be decided by His Majesty. The first plan is to rebel against the generals, launch a mutiny, force Zhao Gou to abdicate, and announce it to the world, and then the Han Iron Cavalry will go south, and Enwei will be accepted at the same time, and take over Jiangnan. The second plan is to dismantle the Southern Song Dynasty from the locality, after all, many local officials admired the heroic style of the Han Dynasty and were willing to submit to the Han Dynasty, dismantle the bureaucratic system of the Southern Song Dynasty, disintegrate the military system, and finally let Zhao Gou gradually lose control of Jiangnan, and let the local officials in Jiangnan gradually return to the Han Dynasty. ”
"Wouldn't it be better if the two were untied? Let it go, I will give you a golden dragon token, and at the critical moment, you can mobilize the 100,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the Yue Fei Department by the river, and the other Shadow Seven and the entire team will go south to ensure your personal safety. ”
Liu Zhenglong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, gave Wu Yong absolute power, and even mobilized 100,000 soldiers and horses, but giving absolute power does not mean that there is no restraint. The huge organization of Shadow Seven obeyed Wu Yong's command, and was actually monitoring Wu Yong.
The shadow organization is divided into seven groups, one group is in Western Xia, one group is in Jinguo, one group is in Dijing, one group is in Dongdu, one group has already infiltrated Jiangnan early, and one group is overseas. The last group of shadow seven is specially prepared for Wu to pacify Jiangnan, the entire shadow organization is only loyal to the Son of Heaven, for the following civil and military officials, the emperor's relatives and relatives have the right to cut first and then play, this time the shadow seven is responsible for protecting Wu Yong, but also responsible for monitoring, if necessary, it will be directly killed.
Every member of the Shadow is 100% loyal to His Majesty, these people live for His Majesty, fight for His Majesty, are not governed by anyone, no organization, are not subject to court investigation, and are not subject to trial.
In the shadows, His Majesty's order is heaven, that is, the order to commit suicide, and the shadow will carry it out without hesitation, and without discount.