Chapter 818: Romance of the Three Kingdoms
After Xu Wei retired from the army, Wan Yanliang's life was not much better. Uploaded by netizens == Various potential threats may still shake the throne that he has not yet sat on. Although those veterans and nobles in the DPRK and China have been killed, and the rest have also expressed their allegiance, there are still people who question and oppose from time to time between the white mountains and black waters where the people are rising. In addition, the Bohai people, who had just moved south to Hebei, were still making noise, clamoring to return to their hometown. Returning to the discussion caused by the return of Taiyuan, the new court was under pressure.
Wan Yanliang rose to the occasion and began various rectifications and reforms, and the first thing to grasp was the army. On the one hand, he reused the veteran Yelu Ma Wu, gave him the important post of left deputy marshal, and ordered him to lead the Jin army Jīng Rui, defend Yanjing and garrison Hebei, and lead the original Hedong soldiers and horses with the right deputy marshal Fusan Zhongyi, and put the Datong Jin army under his command, specializing in guarding against the Western Army and the Liao Army. This arrangement made Wanyan Bingde and others very puzzled, Yeluma's 500 famous generals had defeated Xu Wei, and it was said that he should be stationed on the Western Front, against the Western Army. How can you let a servant who is not as qualified and experienced as a servant be in such an important position?
Wan Yanliang has his own considerations, and the strategy of the Jin Army in the future is to defend and attack. The Western Front must be on the defensive, the strength of the Western Army is beyond doubt, the Jin Army has no certainty of victory, and it is consumed with Xu Wei, you can't afford to consume. Although his qualifications and talents are not as good as those of Jerumawu, there should be no problem in defense.
Ma Wu was placed in Hebei because if the Song army used troops next time, its main attack direction would be the Hebei Plain, and let Ma Wu lead the Jīng Ruijin army to sit in the town, and the Song army would never be able to bargain much. If the time is ripe, it is unknown to wave the army south again. After completing the military deployment, Wan Yanliang strengthened the system of signing the army. Changed the temporary chōu ding to recruitment.
In the past, the Jin army often fought and often forcibly recruited the Khitans or the Han people of the two rivers when the army was not strong, which was called the signing army. However, an army so organized has a weak morale, lax military discipline, and no combat effectiveness. It is often a one-touch collapse, and the wind is invincible. The Golden Court stipulates that all Han people who volunteer to serve in the army in Lianghe can enjoy a series of preferential treatment. The first is to exempt and exempt all kinds of military envoys, and the second is that all households serving in the army can be exempted from all kinds of restrictions under the old regulations.
After the Jin army occupied Hebei, the Jin court moved many people to live here and live with the Han people. However, these NV real-life people who moved south had the privilege of managing and monitoring Hermes-Epitek. For example, if you want to marry a family member in a Han family, you have to report to the village NV real person and get approval; If you want to repair the house, you have to nod through the nv real person first, otherwise it will be repaired for you.
Previously, the Bohai people moved south to Hebei and also enjoyed the same rights as the real people. It belongs to a class higher than the Han Chinese. Now that this conscription system has come out, as long as one member of your family is in the army, your family is not subject to these restrictions. Because the boy in your family is a warrior of the Dajin army, he is naturally not inferior. If the men in the family have made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, there are more preferential treatments.
Not to mention, as soon as this regulation came out, although it was not in full swing in the land of Hebei, some people really moved their minds, and men of school age signed up for recruitment one after another. There is only one exception, and that is Xu Wei's hometown, the Daimyo's Mansion. Especially in Xiajin County, the whole county, there are not even ten people who have signed up for the army. Moreover, some of those families had joined the army, and because they couldn't withstand the contempt of their neighbors, three families called their husbands and sons back.
Just kidding, don't ask what kind of place we are? The hometown of King Xujun! To be a soldier for a real person? Disgusting or not? Which day did King Xu Jun call back, what face did he have to meet people?
Politically, Wan Yan Liang implemented a deeper Sinicization reform than the abolition of Emperor Wan Yan Liang. The reforms of the Central Plains dynasties in the past dynasties could not avoid one point, that is, "centralization", and Wan Yanliang, who was familiar with the Han classics and history books, also did so. First of all, he abolished the financial power of the localities, stipulating that all income must be lost to the central government, and then the central government allocated and allocated it. It also abolished the "hereditary system of 10,000 households" and changed the situation in which one person made meritorious service and his descendants became nobles one after another.
Correspondingly, it is to vigorously select Khitan and Han people as officials to break the monopoly of the real people. In addition, it was planned to set up a national prison to educate students and improve the imperial examination system. Even, he also planned to move the NV Zhen clan from the white mountains and black waters to the south.
Wan Yanliang's reforms were carried out vigorously, and all of the above measures, with the exception of the establishment of the national sub-prison and the improvement of the imperial examination, were promulgated shortly after Xu Wei withdrew his troops. The new emperor of the Daejin Kingdom was ambitious and wanted to create a strong empire. And his understanding of power and prosperity is obviously not just a military advantage.
Wan Yanliang knew that the Great Song Dynasty would never give up the Northern Expedition to recover the lost land, and in order to gain time for reform and delay the Northern Expedition of the Song Army, he did not hesitate to put down his body. Obviously, he was older than Emperor Zhao Jin of the Song Dynasty, but he lied that he was young, recognized Emperor Zhao Jin of the Song Dynasty as his brother, and called Zhao Jin "His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty my brother" in his letter to the Great Song Dynasty. He is probably mō Qing Han people's good face Xi xìng. This trick was really effective, when the Jin envoy gave the national letter to the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Jin was very happy, and even Zhi Yanzhi and Xu Liang thought that this was a major victory on the outer Jiāo, and for this, the imperial court even celebrated.
How about it, thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, right? What did the father and son emperor want to do back then, the uncle emperor and the nephew emperor, and now he is not obediently calling Brother Sheng?
In August, Zhao Huan, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, celebrated his birthday, and Wan Yanliang was very attentive and sent a large delegation to congratulate him. And gave a lot of gifts to the emperor, and the transport horse convoy stretched from Hangzhou Donghua Mén to the outskirts of the city, although they were all worthless. can see that it is comfortable in the eyes of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and the gifts seem to have become tribute.
Therefore, there is a long tradition of saying that Chinese people have a good face. What Wan Yan Liang gave to Emperor Zhao Huan was nothing more than some máo skins, yào materials, mountain goods, etc., but the gifts from the Great Song Dynasty were all real money. The courtiers of the Jin Kingdom, who originally felt humiliated, looked at it, hey, this business is a good deal! Ah, when will your queen mother be born? It's still early? And what about the Queen? The queen is also early? Is there a full moon for the prince and princess or something?
Of course, this kind of compromise can't hoodwink everyone. Hu Quan, the military department, repeatedly reminded the emperor and the prime minister that the wolf is absolutely going to eat ròu, don't look at it as a dog when it eats, it is called forbearance and humiliation, and it slows down your heart.
Naturally, the Jin Kingdom will not forget the Liao Kingdom. After they learned that the Liao army had increased its troops in Xia Jing and that the strategic center of gravity had shifted eastward, they were very jealous, for fear that Song and Liao would join forces again. Wanyan Bingde sent an envoy to Xingqing Mansion to visit Xiao Duolu. What to say? It is said that now Song and Jin are brothers' country, and the Great Song Emperor is the brother of our Great Jin Emperor, do you Chen Bing Xia Jing want to threaten the Great Song Dynasty? If this is the case, we will not sit idly by. Xiao Duolu did not immediately report to the Empress Dowager Xiao and the Liao lord in China, saying that the relationship between Song and Jin was becoming increasingly ambiguous. Wan Yan Liang insisted on this kind of outer jiāo strategy, showing favor to the Great Song Dynasty, provoking the Great Liao, and never letting them wear a kùzi.
And the Liao State on the other end is not idle, after the death of a generation of heroes Yelu Dashi, his wife Xiao Ta is not the regent, this Empress Dowager Xiao is a hero in the NV. It's not because it's an NV stream that he forgets that Dashi has not competed for his career, and he still thinks about recovering the country. Sending Xiao Duolu not to be the head of the Xia Realm is to take the lead and manage this forward base well, so that the army can go east in a different day.
At this time, the Great Liao had pacified the countries of the Western Regions and became the hegemon of Central Asia. But the Khitans, Xi people, and Han people who followed Yelu Dashi to the west have never forgotten the eastern soil, and they seem to have a consensus, that is, no matter how good the Western Regions are, they can't compare to their hometown after all, this is just a place to rest, sooner or later, they have to go home. Even if people can't go back, the soul has to go back.
The destruction of Western Xia together with the Western Army made the hope of the Liao people regain the country burning. With the land of Western Xia as a passage, they no longer had to cross the vast desert, greatly shortening the attack distance, which was very valuable militarily. Although the treachery of the Great Song Dynasty caused the Liao State to lose a strong reinforcement, the Liao State still believed that it was absolutely impossible for the Song army to target the Liao army together with the Jin army, after all, their land was still occupied by the nv real people. In addition, the Jin army failed to fight against the Song Dynasty several times, the national strength was damaged, and the military prestige was frustrated, and these Liao countries saw it in their eyes.
In addition, Xiao Duolu of the Jīng Ming also reported to the Liao court that when considering a strategy against the Song, Xu Wei, who was in charge of Sichuan and Shaanxi, must not be ignored. This person has served as the supreme governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi for many years, and under the painstaking management, Qin Shu seems to have the appearance of a feudal town. Xu Wei was the leader of the Song-Liao alliance, and the Song court's rejection of the alliance was not his original intention. Liao Ting then instructed Xiao Duolu not to try to improve his relationship with Xu Wei under the appropriate premise.
Although Song Liao was not an ally, he was not an enemy either. After the conclusion of the peace treaty between Song and Jin, the border trade between Song and Liao was still unfolding, and the mutual market was not affected. Especially after Xiao Duolu did not take office, he expanded his scale.
As for Da Song, it seems a bit unusual. The emperor's slackness in government affairs, military affairs, and the two prime ministers decide. And the powers of the two prime ministers completely overlapped, and disputes inevitably occurred. Even if the relationship between the Zhi family and the Xu family was not bad, once they were in the same dynasty, it was like two NVs marrying the same husband, and there was no jealousy.
Because of his high prestige and deep roots, Xu Liang is often in the upper hand, but he is not easy to match, and a small group has formed around him in a short period of time, and it is becoming stronger and stronger.
Xu Liang put forward an idea after the birthday of Emperor Zhao Huan. To put it simply, it is to return the capital to Tokyo, run the Central Plains, and when the time is ripe, wave the Northern Expedition. Of course, this is a strategy for the main battle.
Zhi Yanzhi is also one of the representatives of the main battle faction, but he opposes Xu Liang's proposal. First of all, returning the capital to Tokyo violates the Song-Jin Peace Conference, which is not good; Second, the Central Plains has suffered from the disaster of Zhongluàn, all industries have withered, the household registration has decreased, and it is very difficult to operate.
At the same time, he also proposed a plan called static braking. All we have to do is accumulate strength, reorganize our armaments, and wait and see what happens. The enemy doesn't move, I don't move, wait to see if there are two tigers fighting, let's go and reap the benefits of the fisherman.
It was clear that the emperor was more than willing to accept Orihiko's plan. After this setback, Xu Liang was very angry, and the contradictions between the two sides were also increasing day by day. Soon, Zhe Yan brought up the old matter again, and wanted to ask the imperial court to allow the Zhejia army to return to his hometown and return to Hedong. Xu Liang resolutely objected, saying that Hedong was now under the management of Xu Wei, and the righteous army had been reorganized into a regular army of the imperial court, and there was no shortage of armed forces. Besides, he is going on a northern expedition, and he still needs the Zhejia army as the main force to attack Hebei, how can he go?
In this way, the matter of folding the family is also yellow.
Subsequently, Zhe Yanzhi proposed that the Central Plains was restored and Henan was empty. It is necessary to move the troops of the Xuanfu Division of Jinghu and the troops of the Xuanfu Division of Jiangxi to garrison, and it is planned to transfer Han Shizhong and Yue Fei to Luoyang, Xijing, and the Zhejia army to be stationed in Tokyo, plus Liu Guangguo in Shandong, which is equivalent to pushing the front forward in an all-round way.
This should be said to be a very normal and correct transfer. But Xu Liang objected again, didn't you say that it was not good to be in Tokyo? Then you are stationed in a tiger and wolf army like the Folding Army, don't you stab jīnv real people even more? Pull it down. Let's let Han Shizhong Yue Fei enter Tokyo, and you can go to Luoyang with your army.
If the Zhejia army goes to Luoyang, it will be sandwiched between the Western Army and the Shenwu Rear Army, so what can it do? Then you can only help people shout.
The two prime ministers stabbed me like this, I slapped you, and I messed around, and for several months, except for daily affairs, I couldn't reach a consensus on a major matter.
This day is the seventh day of the first month of October, and the two prime ministers are fighting again, fighting from the court into the Chinese book, and fighting until the value is scattered. Most of the Chinese officials also followed suit and took sides, making it clear. After the dispersal, Qin Hui, the governor of the political affairs, left the palace sullenly, got on a sedan chair and went home.
The reason why he can't be happy is because of recent rumors. said that the three deputy ministers in the book are all close to Xu Liang. King Lin also plans to recommend a person to serve as the governor. There is a quota for participating in the governor's affairs, and if it is not for special circumstances, it is generally three people. Now that King Lin wants to recommend one, wouldn't he want to remove one? Who would that be? Zhu Zhuo? Li Ruopu? Or yourself?
If you want to talk about this party dispute between the DPRK and China, who is the most depressed? It's definitely not Xu Liang or Zhe Zhonggu, but Qin Hui! Why? Because of this Xu Liang's power, he came up with it, and he also proposed it to the emperor. But I didn't expect that in the end, I married someone else, and I cheapened the quality of Zheyan in vain, and in the end, he might not be able to keep his position as governor of political affairs.
Just thinking about it, I don't know where I went, I only heard the noise of people outside. Suddenly, a voice came: "Is it Qin participating in politics?" ”
When Qin Hui heard this, he lifted the curtain and asked, "Who is asking?" ”
"Hui Xianggong, it seems to be the Privy Council Wei editor?" The attendant replied.
"Pull over." Qin Hui commanded. The sedan chair man stopped the sedan chair by the side of the road, and after a while, he saw an official bridge coming over, and where the curtain was lifted, an official smiled at Qin Hui in the sedan chair and asked: "Qin participates in politics, is this going back to the house?" ”
It was Wei Shixun, the editor of the Privy Council, who spoke, and it was said that with his status, it was impossible for him to marry someone of Qin Hui's status. However, at that time, when Xu Wei urgently returned to Beijing to explain the war and relations to the monarch and ministers, Wei Shixun and some officials embarrassed Xu Wei in person. Afterwards, Xu Liang planned to expel all these officials from the imperial court, but it was Qin Hui who interceded on their behalf to remove them from serving in other places.
After experiencing this, these officials learned the inside story and were very grateful to Qin Hui, and they were very courteous and courteous, especially Wei Shixun. This person is in his forties, and his appearance can be described as unattractive, with a thin face, a very pointed chin, and a flat face, but the kind smile on his face makes Qin Hui a little complacent. Then he replied: "Exactly, where is Wei Bian Xiu going?" ”
"Xia Guan is here to invite political participation to a gathering in the cold house, and several colleagues also want to ask for benefits from political participation." Wei Shixun said with a smile.
Wei Shixun's house, Qin Hui has been to it twice, and they are just eating wine and writing. Thinking about it, it's okay to get around, so I agreed to get together. Wei Shixun was overjoyed and was busy leading the way.
After turning half a circle in Hangzhou City to Wei Mansion, the two got off the sedan chair, and Wei Shixun greeted Qin Hui very respectfully. We all know that the treatment of officials in the Song Dynasty was very good, even if it was such a rank as the Privy Council, its salary was very generous. But then again, what is Hangzhou? Okay! Where is the court! It is clear that it is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and it is every inch of land! You are a small court official, no matter how generous you are, it is impossible to tidy up the pavilions.
Wei Shixun's house is two in and two out, small is small, but it can be regarded as jīng. The banquet was not placed in the main hall, but in the side room, which seemed to be a little disrespectful to the deputy minister who participated in the governor's affairs at the time, but Qin Hui didn't mind, and under the guidance of the host, he came to the side room.
As soon as they entered, before they could see clearly, they heard a greeting from a group, all calling "Qin to participate in politics". Qin Hui looked up and looked closely, he only knew one scholar of the Xianmo Pavilion, Zheng Zhongxiong, and the others were just familiar. In other words, this Zheng Shilang also embarrassed King Xu Jun in the palace at the beginning, and Xu Xiang also wanted to expel him from the court, but he pleaded for mercy.
Sitting down casually, the master Wei Shixun said: "Qin Shenzheng is here in the cold house today, it is really brilliant!" As the proprietor, come, the lower officials will first salute the political affairs! ”
Qin Hui was not polite, picked up the wine glass and touched him, said politely, put it to his mouth and took a small sip. As soon as Wei Shixun took his head, Zheng Zhongxiong and others were not far behind, and they all came to toast. Qin Hui put the wine glass in his hand, and said with a smile: "I can't drink this wine clearly, right?" Do you have something to do with this official? ”
As soon as these words came out, the officials in the room all looked at each other, smiled dryly and did not speak. Seeing this, Qin Hui said, "There is something to do, but it doesn't hurt to say it, why bother to spit it out?" Wei editor, you say? Or Zheng Shaìlang, you say. ”
Zheng Zhongxiong, the official of the department, smiled wryly, still lifted the wine jug and filled Qin Hui with a glass, and then sat down by himself, and sighed twice before he said: "Qin participates in politics, it is not a secret, today is a few of us to discuss together, and we want to invite people to participate in politics to ask for benefits." It's just that in the past few months, we and others really can't understand this situation. I also asked Qin to participate in politics and give advice, and show the way clearly. ”
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