Chapter 880: North-South Intelligence

The next day, heavy snow fell, and the cold winter wax moon was unusually cold.

Thick snow pressed on the roofs and ground, and some of the deciduous canopies were covered with snow, like flowers blooming. The eaves of the house are hung with ice skates, like crystal pendants, shining silver in the sun.

In the cold weather, only the cold plum blossom in the corner of the courtyard blooms spontaneously, and occasionally wisps of flower fragrance waft in with the cold wind.

After Luo Zhaoyun returned to the palace, early the next morning, he convened the ministers of the Privy Council, the Political Affairs Hall, and the Hanlin Yuan to inquire about the situation and changes in the government and the speed of promoting the new policy.

These institutions did not appear in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the Northern Zhou and Sui dynasties, but Luo Zhaoyun absorbed several special and beneficial institutions from the later feudal dynasties and added them in order to decentralize power, refine the system, and make the court institutions run more smoothly.

As long as the emperor grasps the military power, political decision-making power, diplomatic power, etc., it is good, and the specific military affairs, government affairs, education, etc., should still be delegated to different institutions to operate.

However, in order to avoid the dominance of the prime minister in the Qin and Han dynasties and the autocratic power of the Taiwei, several important institutions of the imperial court were set up, and several important ministers of the same level were set up in them to check and balance each other, which was conducive to the stability of the imperial power.

Although Luo Zhaoyun was in elementary school, in the history textbooks he studied, he repeatedly criticized the poison of the feudal dynasty. However, in different historical periods, the existence of this system has its advanced nature and inevitability, and the dynastic pattern and political power system are determined according to the geographical environment, rather than a castle in the air.

In the land of China, the feudal dynasty can exist for more than 2,000 years, because of its rationality and inevitability at a certain stage, otherwise, he would not make the dynasty bigger and bigger, and the unity will become wider and wider. As for the backwardness and beatings later, it was also because the environment had changed, the dynasty itself had decayed, and there was a lack of a new system to replace it.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Luo Zhaoyun must have pushed to a feudal system that conformed to the ideology and reality of the time, rather than a constitutional monarchy, a democratic republic, capitalism and other systems, which were all unrealistic. People's collective cognition and receptivity are limited, and if they go beyond it and rush to the New Deal, they will bring about their own destruction.

The emperor's power fluctuated, but when he was an enemy of the world's interest groups, he became a loner, and everyone rebelled. Therefore, Luo Zhaoyun didn't dare to be too anxious, so he still worked steadily, first reunified, and then reformed, so as to make Dahua rich and strong, and liberate the ideological shackles of the people little by little.

The eldest grandson Wuji, Chu Suiliang, the eldest grandson Chi, Du Ruhui, Gao Xiaoji, Xin Gongyi and others respectively expounded their own views and the completion of the tasks of the institution.

These are the foundation of the country, and they are also the most important things, which seem complicated and boring, but if these are properly arranged and there are no mistakes, at least the areas under control can be stable.

"We'll talk about it tomorrow." After Luo Zhaoyun listened, he dismissed these ministers and let them leave the palace.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" These courtiers were all appreciated, promoted, and used by Luo Zhaoyun from the bottom of their hearts in a depressed environment, so they were very supportive and grateful to Luo Zhaoyun from the bottom of their hearts, and they were more loyal and obedient.

After Luo Zhaoyun learned the general situation of the imperial court, he knew it in his heart. He began to check the important information transmitted by the high-level such as Qingyingwei and Feiyu Secret Disc in the imperial study, on the one hand, to inquire about the movements of the regime south of the Huai River, and on the other hand, to supervise the Turks at the north gate.

According to the intelligence records, Li Jing led an army of 100,000 to conquer Xiao Liang and achieved good results.

The Xiao family restored the title of Liang State, so it is called Xiao Liang, and now the King of Liang is Xiao Milling, and Queen Xiao is his aunt, who made a local county order back then, secretly supported the strength, contacted the descendants of the Liang State, and with the support of the Tusi in Jiangling and Baling, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, when the Great Rebellion occurred, Jianyuan Mingfeng, called himself the King of Xiliang.

At present, the Liang State has absorbed the peasant army in the southwest region, plus the residents of the Liang State, adding up to 300,000 troops.

Dahua and Liang Guo first competed for Bashu and won with Dahua. Because Luo Zhaoyun sent people to Bashu in advance, he was preconceived and incorporated into the Dahua territory.

The state of Liang contracted, but it also blocked the intention of the Dahua army to move south from Bashu to the south.

Li Jing led the army from Lantian and Wuguan to send troops, and went down diagonally, first taking Xiangyang, which was like a bamboo, pacifying Xiangyang County, Chunlin County, Handong County, dozens of cities, and suppressing many bandit armies along the way, all in the name of the rebel army, burning and plundering everywhere, bullying one side, occupying the city, temporarily happy, and being swept away by the Dahua army.

In Xiao Liang's territory, he defeated Xiao Liang's general Yang Junmao, broke Su Huer's army in Jingling County, and controlled one-third of Xiao Liang's territory.

"With Li Jing's help, Xiao Liang's problem can be solved, no more than me." Luo Zhaoyun still trusts Li Jing very much, this person is older, over fifty years old, he has no idea of princes becoming kings, and he has no dissent, as long as he gives enough trust, he can succeed.

Luo Zhaoyun took out a secret letter from the north, which contained a lot of information, about the latest Turkic movements: Shibi Khan intends to start the spring next year, and once again wave his army to the south, from the shortcut in the north of Chang'an City, and force Dahua to withdraw his troops to help, which is Li Tang's strategy to encircle Wei and save Zhao.