Chapter 191: The Emperor's Means

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Facts have proved that it is more appropriate to rely on the generals to solve military affairs.

Di Qing has always been loyal to himself, Zhao Zhen has always known this, and he also relies on this general from the most reckless army.

Those Jiangmen families of the Great Song Dynasty may still be loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, after all, without the Great Song Dynasty, their identity as a Jiangmen family will be gone. But the martial arts of those generals have long declined, and it has long been difficult to rely on, and the only one who can still lead the army to fight is the Yang family, and the other generals are now busy with their own businesses and enjoy wealth with peace of mind. And even if the children of the Jiangmen family can still fight, many times they will take care of the interests of their own family first, and they are far less loyal than Di Qing, who was born recklessly, which is reassuring.

Like Di Qing, the imperial court can rely on the military generals of Gancheng, and there are really few in the Great Song Dynasty. If they are all suppressed, they will be cold to Da Song Ya. In the future, Da Song will really have something, but he will really have to be blind.

According to Zhao Zhen's meaning, he hoped to let Di Qing go south. Let Di Qing make a good use of his fists and feet, take a good look at Lingnan, and by the way, deter the Jiaozhi people who are about to move.

However, the ministers just don't trust any general, and they don't want to give any general the opportunity to lead the army alone.

Zhao Zhen felt that the ministers were too careful. The Great Song Dynasty now has no soil for military generals to rebel, even if Di Qing wants to rebel, but the families of his Western Army sons and daughters are still in the northwest, and it is impossible to easily rebel with him.

Even if his western army followed him, and the imperial court cut off the supply of food, grass and baggage for his troops, his troops would immediately have the possibility of mutiny.

The army of the Great Song Dynasty was not the kind of army of the steppe people who could feed their wars and eat anywhere. The army of the Great Song Dynasty had a natural dependence on the logistical supply of grain, grass and baggage. Without the supply of food, grass and baggage, the combat effectiveness was immediately gone.

The most important thing for those in power is checks and balances.

But now that the Great Song Dynasty has completely entered the point of civilian dominance, the generals can only be used as eagle dogs and lackeys in their hands, which is actually in danger of being out of balance.

Zhao Zhen felt that he had a chance to kill the spirit of these civil servants, otherwise he would become less and less powerful as a Great Song official.

Although Zhao Zhen is also well versed in the principle of letting civil officials with different political opinions check and balance each other, but the military generals cannot stand up, the Great Song Dynasty will become less and less martial spirit, and the foreign captives faced by the Great Song Dynasty are the strongest in thousands of years, which is really a bit dangerous.

In fact, that emperor has a yearning for expanding the territory in his heart, and the martial arts like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty who beat Hu Lu to the point of chasing wolves and dogs, and expanding thousands of miles of land are undoubtedly the most desirable achievements of every emperor.

However, the north of the Great Song Dynasty today is the Khitan, which was established earlier, with a larger territory and a stronger military force than the Great Song Dynasty.

This is very different from the Xiongnu faced by the Han Dynasty and the Turks faced by the Tang Dynasty. The Xiongnu and Turks did not have a strict political organization, in fact, they were some nomadic tribes, and the Khitan now had their own mature state power, which could prevent the power of the entire country to the greatest extent to fight against the Great Song Dynasty.

And the Great Song Dynasty originally had congenital deficiencies, and the military generals who could fight were suppressed, and the generals who could fight withered, so it was naturally difficult to suppress the Khitan. Coupled with the fact that the western thieves stole Hexi and became an independent country, the Great Song Dynasty lost the last horse source. It is good to be able to maintain the current situation and maintain checks and balances with Xia Liao.

It is impossible for Zhao Zhen to break through in martial arts, and it is precisely because of this that he is conscientious, modest and prudent to maintain the Wenzhi of the Great Song Dynasty.

Since we can't leave behind the reputation of great martial arts, we must at least leave a prosperous era of cultural rule that is peaceful in the world.

However, Zhao Zhen felt that if the Great Song Dynasty wanted to maintain the prosperity of Wenzhi, it was inseparable from the brave martial arts to defend this achievement, and Wenchen could not completely wear out the confidence of the generals. At least we must protect a few brave generals like Di Qing for the Great Song Dynasty to guard the border for the Great Song Dynasty.

He secretly made up his mind that if Yang Zhen really failed this time, he must strive to let Di Qing go south, and he led the army south alone. In this way, Di Qing can feel the importance of Da Song to him, and only then will he not be cold.

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The icebergs in the Wende Hall are almost finished, and Zhao Zhen is still sitting on the throne in the hall.

The head of the inner palace, Wang Yan, did not disturb Zhao Zhen's thoughts, and arranged for a few small yellow doors to quietly change the ice again.

Wende Hall is located between the Zichen Hall and the Vertical Arch Hall, which is the place where the emperor stayed and rested before and after retreating. But after today's early retreat, the official Zhao Zhen has been sitting here for more than an hour, and seeing that it is almost lunchtime, he still hasn't come back to his senses.

Wang gradually knew that the official family was afraid that he was thinking about some important things, so he didn't bother him, but just stood quietly behind Zhao Zhen and used the floating dust to drive away mosquitoes and flies for him.

Zhao Zhen continued to be silent in his scattered thoughts.

Fu Bi is still good, there is a talent for hard work, and the ability to go through the world, he is humble and chong, since the "Qingli New Deal" has been in office for eight or nine years, and the grinding is not bad, it seems that he should also be recalled and enter the dynasty as a minister.

If there is really such a high-yield crop this time, Zhao Zhen feels that it is time to summon Fubi into the court.

Now the three prime ministers in the political hall, Zhao Zhen is not too satisfied, but they are just used as a transitional team after Xia Zhu's death.

Zhaowen Xiang Pang has more than enough power, but his ability to govern the world is limited. Chen Zhizhong, the minister of the History Museum, is a good man, and no one wants to offend, so naturally he will not do anything. And the qualifications and prestige of Jixian Xiangliang are quite insufficient, and they belong to the number.

Although Zhao Zhen himself does not want to admit it, he is still afraid of Fan Zhongyan's prestige when he was in the "Qingli New Deal".

The prestige of a courtier is so high, although Zhao Zhen also hopes that the Great Song Dynasty will change from the bottom of his heart, so as to get rid of the evils, but as a mature emperor, Zhao Zhen can only choose to abandon him.

The reason why Xia Zhu was able to finally drive out the reformist gentleman party was also to use Zhao Zhen's psychology.

Although Ouyang Xiu is a generation of Wenzong, his scheming methods and political mind are still simpler, and his article "On Friends and Parties" is equivalent to admitting the existence of the Junzi Party.

A Fan Zhongyan with such a high prestige, plus a gentleman's party, even if they are loyal to the country and want to eliminate the malpractices of the Great Song Dynasty, it is not something that Zhao Zhen can tolerate.

The most taboo thing for an emperor is that his courtiers share the power in his hands, even if you are for governing the country, even if you are for the community, it is impossible.

Although Fan Zhongyan fought resolutely against the Queen Mother and the powerful minister Lu Yijian for Zhao Zhen, although Fan Zhongyan was indeed a good man with talents in Zhao Zhen's mind, Zhao Zhen still did not hesitate to abandon him and the gentlemen.

Of course, Zhao Zhen felt guilty about Fan Zhongyan, which is why Fan Zhongyan received such a high gift and courtesy from the imperial court after his death.

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