The death of the seed master did not have any impact on the court of the Song Dynasty, but Zhao Huan's holy decree caused many people to oppose it.

"Your Majesty, since the beginning of my dynasty, I have always emphasized literature and light on military force, and now the general has died of illness, and Your Majesty has come to pay tribute and fasted for three days, I am afraid it is contrary to the etiquette law of my court." Li Ruoshui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and said at this time.

Zhao Huan looked at Li Ruoshui in front of him, this Li Ruoshui didn't have any opinions on the way of the planter, and at this time, it was nothing more than because of the basic national conditions of the Song Dynasty that emphasized literature and light martial arts.

Zhao Huan naturally understands the truth of this, and the reason why he insists on paying tribute to the Seed Master Dao is nothing more than wanting to improve the status of the general.

Zhao Kuangyin, the founding ancestor of the Song Dynasty, became the emperor because of the yellow robe, and then in order to prevent his subordinates from obtaining the throne in the same way, he released the military power with a glass of wine and let the brothers who fought with him go home.

Zhao Kuangyin learned the lesson of the fall of the Tang Dynasty, and believed that in order for the Song Dynasty to be stable, it was necessary to maintain internal chaos and prevent the generals from messing with the country.

In this way, the Song Dynasty began the basic national policy of emphasizing literature over military force, and the imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty even had the selection of martial champions, but in the Song Dynasty, this kind of selection was no longer available.

Weak scholars, that is also since the Song Dynasty began to practice, the Tang Dynasty and previous dynasties, scholars are not weak, Confucian Confucius is also proficient in the six arts, riding and archery is also very good.

And what Zhao Huan wants to do now is to change this situation, he wants to send a signal to the entire Song Dynasty by going to pay tribute to the Planter's Dao, and today's son attaches great importance to military generals.

This naturally aroused the resistance of a group of scholars, so there were many words from the courtiers in the court today.

Zhao Huan sat on the dragon chair, and when he heard what Li Ruoshui said, he didn't speak in a hurry, but said lightly: "What do you mean by Aiqing?" ”

"The minister also thinks that this matter is inappropriate, the martial artists are arrogant and difficult to manage, if Your Majesty goes here to pay respects, I am afraid that it will encourage the arrogance of this group of people, and I am afraid that the stability of our dynasty will not be effective." Xu Bensheng, the squire of the military department, also stood up and said.

Although Xu Bensheng is a squire in the military department, he is a civil official, and it can be seen that Zhao Huan's approach has indeed suffered from many people's opposition, and even Li Gang did not stand up and speak at this time, after all, Li Gang is also a civil official.

Zhao Huan nodded and asked, "Then I will ask you, if it weren't for the fact that this time the generals were like gods and repelled Yan Chang's 100,000 army, would we be able to sit here quietly and govern the government like now?" ”

"If it weren't for the great victory of Zhengding City, the Jin army would have lost all its spirit, how could Bianjing be besieged?"

"You only think that the generals are arrogant, difficult to control, now the foreign enemy is in front, but it is these generals who are in front of the enemy, if it is not for these generals, I am afraid that the arrogance is now those golden troops, right?"

Zhao Huan said three sentences in a row, and all the courtiers below lowered their heads and stopped talking, in fact, for a dead person, they didn't really want to care so much, the reason why they were talking to Zhao Huan now was nothing more than thinking about suppressing the arrogance of the generals, which was also a struggle for power.

"I only say one thing, meritorious service, I will be rewarded; If he has done so, he will be punished; The merits are clear, our dynasty can be stable, the general is old, but he is still in command of the battle, and now he is sick and dead in the army, I go to pay tribute, but you are repeatedly blocked, are you worthy of the spirit of the general in the sky? When Zhao Huan said the last, his voice suddenly increased, and he stretched out his hand and pointed at the people below and said.

A group of courtiers hurriedly knelt down and shouted in unison: "The courtiers are guilty!" ”

"You are guilty, and your sins are great, and when you go back, you write a copy of your guilt and hand it in, so that I want to see what kind of crime you are." Zhao Huan ordered.

These courtiers couldn't help but grin secretly, secretly talking about what they were doing when they were idle and had nothing to say, this kind of teacher was dead, but their group of people were going to compete with a dead man, but now it was good, not only did they not compete with this dead man, but now they have to write a book of guilt.

The family is also a family of generals, and his younger brother is also a general, for Zhao Huan to come to the memorial service, so that the family is grateful, of course, it is not only the family that is moved and encouraged, but also many generals in the Song Dynasty, the status of the military generals in the Song Dynasty is very low, but now the emperor has personally come to pay tribute to the planter, and the hearts of the generals finally have a feeling of raising their eyebrows.

When the Jin army attacked the Daimyo Castle, the guards scattered and fled, and the privy envoy of the Privy Council at that time, in order to encourage the soldiers to resist the enemy, once said to the defenders, if you can repel the enemy army, I will recognize you as my godson in the future.

When the general heard this, he immediately stopped running away and killed him again, which was the repulsion of the Jin army at that time, which was enough to see how low the status of the generals at that time was.

Zhao Huan elevated the status of military generals, in order to counter the power of these many scholars, and the art of the emperor is the way of checks and balances.

After the death of the seed master, there was a vacancy in the post of anti-Jin commander, Zhao Huan ordered Zong Ze to make up for it, Zhao Huan used a large number of anti-Jin generals, although now Song Jin is in peace talks, but Zhao Huan does not dare to take it lightly, Jin Guo, should not give up.

The location of the peace talks between Song and Jin was chosen in the city of Daimyo, and the envoy sent by the Song State was Yuwenxu, and the envoy sent by the Jin State was Wanyan Zonghan.

"This time is different from the past, I have worked hard for Your Majesty, and now is the time for the soldiers to be strong, the condition I just mentioned, then we will continue to negotiate peace, if we don't agree, then we only have to come back." Yu Wenxu said to Wanyan Zonghan in front of him, although Yu Wenxu's words were hard at this time, but in fact, he was seriously lacking in confidence.

Wanyan Zonghan heard what Yu Wenxu said, sneered, and said: "There is an old saying in your Song Dynasty, which is called that people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, you are so greedy, I Dajin will definitely not agree, if you want peace talks, then you must show sincerity." ”

Yu Wenxu also knew that Jin Guo would definitely not agree to this request, and wanted to get back the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun without spending a single soldier, and Jin Guo was not stupid, so naturally he would not do such a thing, but this negotiation was a sky-high asking price, and he would pay back the money on the ground.

Seek the top to get it, ask for the middle to get the bottom, and naturally you can't get anything, and now Yuwenxu is also striving for the maximization of the interests of the Song Dynasty.