After making this plan, Shi Bin thought that the matter would be done, and then he just had to wait for those heroes to come to Lin'an one after another to reward them together. But he didn't expect that things were far from being so simple, because he found that Wang Yi, Li Shao, Li Tingzhi and Chen Yan began to deliberately keep a distance from him, and only half of what he said.

Although they understood that the four of them felt that 'accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger', and now Shi Bin is the 'tiger' so they should act cautiously, but this made Shi Bin still feel very unhappy.

Of course, this state cannot be allowed to exist or even spread, so Shi Bin began to think about how to deal with it. It's just that after thinking about it, the only thing that can be affirmed is that the four of them are afraid of 'rabbits and dead dogs'. As for how to solve this problem, Shi Bin didn't come up with a way. In the end, I had to call Jia Ling and Sai Xishi to my side again to be think tanks.

No matter how unhappy Shi Bin is now, he will not frown, because he has understood that an emperor cannot frown, otherwise it will damage his majesty and plunge the country into turmoil.

"The two female Zhuge are here?" Shi Bin said with a smile.

"Yes, husband. May I ask why my husband summoned my two sisters here? Is there something that makes the husband embarrassed? Jia Ling asked.

"It's hard to talk about, it's just that I don't like that feeling, husband, and I hope I don't have that feeling again."

"Feelings? How do you feel that we sisters need to advise our husbands? Jia Ling asked with some surprise.

In order to let Jia Ling and Sai Xishi come up with the best way, Shi Bin deliberately made the situation worse. It is said that Wang Yi, Li Shao, Li Tingzhi and Chen Yan in the court began to stop being honest with him, and no longer dared to speak for the sake of safety, which caused other courtiers in the court to follow suit, and his pressure increased sharply, and he had insomnia for four or five days.

Since Shi Bin really didn't favor the two of them in the past few days, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi believed Shi Bin's words very much and immediately thought of a way for him.

"Why do you think they are like this?"

"Naturally, I feel that 'accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger', coupled with 'the king has no jokes', I am naturally afraid that if I say a wrong word, I will lose my wealth and wealth. What's more, my husband and I were originally a military general, and I have killed countless people, even if I am not bloodthirsty, I never blink an eye when I kill. Naturally, they were even more afraid. After Shi Bin thought about it, he said with great certainty, "'The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden; The death of the cunning rabbit, the cooking of the lackey' is probably also a very important reason. ”

"Husband, I think the second reason is the real reason why they don't dare to speak. When the husband first ascended to the throne, the foundation was unstable, so he naturally had to rely on them more. But the world is still the husband's in the end, and if they are hated by the husband, I am afraid that there will be no good end. What's more, the best way is to talk less. Said Seish.

Jia Ling's suggestion was to ask Shi Bin to show more benevolence and generosity, to allow his courtiers to make mistakes, to admonish more and punish less, and that he himself should be strict with himself and never be rude. The second suggestion was put forward by Sai Xishi, she asked Shi Bin to care more about the ministers, such as sending imperial doctors to treat the sick, giving some delicious pastries to those foodies, and especially rewarding those courtiers who dared to speak out and admonish.

These two suggestions made Shi Bin immediately happy, because he knew that this was a very good way, so he decided to move people with emotion, convince people with reason, and show people with virtue.

"Thank you for the kind words of the two ladies, I am very grateful, husband." Shi Bin made a fake salute.

From this performance, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi knew that Shi Bin was really happy, and they were naturally very happy, and joked with Shi Bin. In the following days, Shi Bin gave food to all the officials in the court and the central government according to the suggestions of the two, sent imperial doctors, and promoted some loyal ministers who seriously offended him.

In this way, there was peace in the court, and Shi Bin took this opportunity to envelop the hearts of most of the Beijing officials. Most of the Chinese officials in Beijing were the leaders of the civil officials, so the civilian official group no longer deliberately kept their distance from Shi Bin.

As time passed, more and more heroes came to Lin'an, and it didn't take long for Li Xu, Yi Jun, Liu Xiao, Xie Qiangbing, Sai Zilong, Sai Zhang Fei, Li Zengbo, Wang Lixin, Cheng Yuanfeng, Zhang Shizhong, etc. When everyone arrived, Shi Bin felt a little uneasy in his heart, although he had already set the reward plan, he always felt that there were some flaws, but he couldn't think of where the flaws were.

"Xu Feng, do you say that there are any loopholes in the reward plan I made with the two queens before?" Shi Bin asked, "Is there anything unfair that will cause disputes?" ”

Xu Feng was a little surprised by Shi Bin's sudden question, because in his opinion, this reward was very suitable, and no one could say anything to complain. If someone says it, it is a deliberate mess and will become the target of public criticism.

However, Xu Feng, who has always been cautious, thought about it carefully, but he didn't come up with any 'loopholes', so he said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that there are no loopholes in the reward plan set by you and the two queens, and the reward is very appropriate and reasonable, and no one dares to complain about it." ”

"Then why has I been uneasy in my heart since Li Xu and the others came?" Shi Bin said confusedly.

"Does the emperor feel a little pressured to face so many heroes at one time?" Xu Feng guessed, "After all, they are not ordinary courtiers, they are all people who have contributed a lot to supporting the emperor to become emperor." The pressure on them is certainly much greater than the pressure on ordinary courtiers. ”

Although Shi Bin was not very satisfied with this answer, he still admitted that there was this reason. And from Xu Feng's words, Shi Bin realized that he had ignored a person who had also made great efforts for himself - Xu Feng.

"Xu Feng, I really can't help but forget you when I was discussing the reward with the two queens before. How about I make you a loyal uncle? Shi Bin smiled.

deserves this title, Xu Feng is not hypocritical, so he is naturally grateful for the reward. and suggested that Shi Bin have a private visit to Weifu, thinking that maybe this would know why Shi Bin was so uneasy. In this closed palace, he was almost out of breath, Shi Bin of course gladly accepted this suggestion, and immediately slipped out of the palace with only Shi Bin and a few strict-mouthed guards.

Although he was only on the street of Lin'an, Shi Bin felt another world and was much more comfortable. After walking a few steps, Shi Bin stopped, because he heard something that made him feel interesting.

"Do you know, I heard that although the new emperor is a military general, he does not kill, and he has not killed anyone in vain since he ascended the throne." Said a small man.

"What do you know, this is to win people's hearts, and when people's hearts are enveloped, they will start to liquidate, and they will be killed."

"Fatty, don't drag us down if you want to die, you won't be afraid of accidents if you talk nonsense?"

"Am I talking nonsense? It seems that you don't know that after Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, ascended the throne, three of the seven princes with different surnames were killed by him, and even Han Xin was among them. The fat man snorted coldly.

This sentence made the little man get a little stuck, but he immediately said: "The reason why those three guys were killed was because someone accused them of rebellion and usurped the throne!" ”

"Usurpation? Hmph, don't forget that the Zhao family's world came from the Chen Qiao mutiny, and now the emperor's world has also usurped the Zhao family. In order to strengthen the foundation, do you think he will not kill? ”

The little man obviously read some books, and immediately said that Li Shimin did not kill anyone, he treated the heroes well, and the heroes did not rebel, so it was not necessary to kill. Hearing this, Shi Bin couldn't help but nodded, and then turned around and went back to the palace to find Jia Ling and Sai Xishi.

Seeing Shi Bin coming, and with a smile on his face, the two queens were very happy, and thought that Shi Bin had some good news to share with them. It's a pity that the two of them were disappointed as soon as they opened their mouths, because Shi Bin told them about the conversation he heard outside the palace.

"Husband, do you feel that in addition to rewarding the two, you have to restrain them?" Jia Ling asked.

"That's true, this should be the reason why I was uneasy when they entered Beijing in the past two days."

"Most likely, these people are almost all military generals, with heavy troops in their hands, if they don't do effective restraint, I'm afraid the results of our Shi family will not be much better than the Later Zhou Chai family or the Great Song Zhao family, and it may even be worse." Sai Xi Shi, the female bandit leader, said very solemnly.

"Li Tang's moderation system is a national taboo, and we cannot adopt it, even if the situation in the border is critical, and it cannot create a situation of 'external importance and internal lightness'. In the end, it became a military general to coerce the imperial court. Shi Bin said.

"Fujun is right, and Li Tang's government military system is not good, although the integration of soldiers and people reduces the financial burden of the state, but reduces the combat effectiveness of the troops. The slave family thought that they should take the line of elite soldiers, and the concept of hiding soldiers from the people should not be the mainstream even if they were not abandoned. ”

"Xiao Ling is right, she wants to take the route of elite soldiers, as long as those local armies can still fight." Shi Bin agrees.

"However, the husband can't follow the old path of the Great Song Dynasty and make the emphasis on literature and light on martial arts. In particular, he can't become a bunch of Zhao Kuo who talks on paper as the commander, but the generals can only act according to orders. Sai Xi Shi reminded.

"Such a stupid practice will definitely not be done by the husband king, but how to prevent them from supporting their own troops? After all, that's how I got up, husband. Shi Bin smiled a little embarrassedly.

In Shi Bin's view, Li Tang's failure was that the generals had too much power to coerce the imperial court, and the 'Anshi Rebellion' occurred. The defeat of the Great Song Dynasty was due to the fact that the power of the generals was too light, which led to the ineffectiveness of the army. What he needs is to find a way to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army and not let the generals dictate power.

Jia Ling and Sai Xishi are both smart people, of course they know what Shi Bin thinks. Jia Ling persuaded Shi Bin to 'employ people without suspicion and suspicion', especially not to 'use literature and martial arts'. Sai Xishi reminded Shi Bin not to talk nonsense, which chilled everyone's hearts.

Although the words were correct, this was not what Shi Bin wanted, so he was not happy, but said firmly: "What I want is a way to balance the contradictions, not to listen to the teaching." ”

Seeing that Shi Bin began to complain, the two women stopped being teachers and turned to help find a way. Not long after, Jia Ling put forward a strategy: in terms of military system, the army is divided into three categories: the forbidden army (central army), the box army (local army) and the township yong (reserve). In terms of the military system, the power to unify the army and the power to transfer the army were separated, and the commanders and rulers of various localities were responsible for training and suppressing the troops in peacetime, and the troops could be mobilized on a small scale, and in wartime, the emperor directly ordered military generals to lead the troops. After the battle, the troops returned to their original stations, and the generals returned the commander's seal to the military headquarters.

Sai Xi Shi made a very useful supplementary suggestion, she believed that if she wanted to reduce the financial burden of the imperial court and maintain sufficient combat strength, she could carry out a large-scale tuntian system. Only 150,000 to 200,000 professional soldiers remained in the country, and these most elite troops were directly supported by the imperial treasury. In the guard post in Tuntian, the soldiers and civilians were separated, and the local people raised the local army. As for Xiang Yong, he only did some necessary military training during the slack time.

With these two suggestions from Jia Ling and Sai Xishi, Shi Bin immediately felt relaxed and happy, and there was no pressure at all. Although he was relieved, he was still a little ashamed in his heart, so he asked, "Two ladies, do you think I am a little ungrateful to do this?" As soon as I came up, I cut them off..."

Looking at Shi Bin, who had a somewhat guilty face, Jia Ling smiled: "Husband doesn't have to think like this, as long as you treat each other with sincerity, they will definitely understand." And as long as you continue to use them reuse, less power is not a bad thing for them, but a good thing. Please don't forget why you fought against Li Zong back then. ”

Back then, Shi Bin really just wanted to make a contribution, and at most he would cede the land as the king, and he never thought about usurping the throne, and he was really forced by Li Zong. Therefore, after listening to Jia Ling's words, Shi Bin no longer felt guilty, but said that he would explain his plan and the benefits to Wang San and the others, so as not to misunderstand the monarch and ministers.