Respect the heavens and the ancestors of the law to tell the world

Fully decentralize the power of the army into three parts

It's still hot, there's not a hint of wind, and if you move a little, you'll sweat profusely, so you always hope that the sky will get darker, a cool breeze, or a thunderstorm. In that case, it will be a blessing to all things in the heavens and the earth.

It was under this circumstance that Wang Ju'an came to the lead mountain scoop spring.

Ah, Brother Jian Qing, please sit down and drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat.

Jiaxuan Gong, so idle, don't you know that there are fights along the Jianghuai line?

During the Jiatai period, when Xin abandoned the disease and was handsome in eastern Zhejiang, Wang Ju'an once served as the judge of the Shaoxing Mansion, and he was more than ten years older than him, so he respected the former governor a lot.

Fighting is raging everywhere, and fierce battles are still raging, what is there to me as a reformer!

Jiaxuan's public mistakes, the king's unwillingness, not because of the righteous people, but by the temperament and talent of the public.

Please give me advice.

Our Lord Han has always been for my use, you are a talent, give advice for me, only I listen, this person can be used, or, is a minion, wagging his tail and begging for mercy, the fox and the tiger can also be used. May I ask Xin Shuai, what kind of person are you?

Xin Qiji nodded, and had to admit that what he said made sense.

Wang Ju'an is obviously unsatisfied, you see, what kind of character is Su Shicheng? There is no ink on the chest, born in a bureaucracy, accustomed to seeing the wind and making the rudder, flattery, and even the official residence in the Privy Council has accepted the decree, and he has also been crowned as the envoy of the festival, in fact, the best candidate for this position should be Xin Shuai. But why didn't they let you lead the troops, and even dismissed you from the post of Zhenjiang Mansion, mainly because of your temperament and talent.

Jian Qing, why did you come here this time?

Now, like you, I am an idle cloud and a wild crane, and I went to Longxing at the invitation of Lord Wei to stop by to see you and talk to you.

Wang Ju'an was originally a Si Nong Temple, but because of private discussions, Su Shicheng could not be a festival envoy, so he was impeached by the imperial history and dismissed, and was only given the title of Xiandu Guan.

To what extent is the Northern Expedition going on today? DID YOU KNOW? Xin Qiji couldn't help but ask.

As far as I know, in the middle of last month, our Great Song Dynasty fought without a declaration, and Guo Ren, the commander of Jingdong in Shandong, sent troops to attack Suzhou (now Anhui), Jiankang Fu (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) under the command of Li Shuang to attack Shouzhou (now Fengtai, Anhui), Ezhou (now Hubei) under the deputy capital of Huangfu Bin to attack Tangzhou (now Tanghe, Henan), and Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi) to control Wang Dajie to attack Caizhou (now Runan, Henan). Half a month later, it occupied Sizhou, Hongxian, Xi and Baobi counties.

Xin Qiji was puzzled, is this a fucking war? Attacking from all sides, majestic, and blooming everywhere, is it a regular way of fighting? The capture of Sizhou, a border town on the north bank of the Huai River, was not a great victory, and the town was simply undefended by a low mud wall. "I heard that there are as many as 160,000 troops deployed on the most important frontline, the Huai River?"

It's almost the same, only two of the six major capitals have not been used, Jingnan and Chizhou.

The 160,000 army attacked at the same time, but only captured the most inconspicuous Sizhou and three small counties, and the situation of Sushou, Tang and Cai Sizhou is still unknown, and it is estimated that it will not be optimistic. Otherwise, a slight victory will not be publicized without much fanfare.

Xin Shuai, I have always believed that you are the commander who strategizes and wins thousands of miles, and your best position should be Su Shicheng's job difference, and the worst is also the marshal of Huaidong or Huaixi.

Xin Qiji smiled bitterly, how can you and I arrange these things. As far as Jian Qing's words are concerned, if he can play a role in the decision-making of this command in the Privy Council, he will set up troops in the border towns, and after showing his strength and determination to Jinbang, he will speed up the training of soldiers, familiarize himself with the generals, and then wait for an opportunity to send troops. When the troops are dispatched, they will not fight as they do now, select one state capital, one army will attack the main one, and the other two will attack on the flanks, block the reinforcements, and adopt the strategy of breaking through each and taking each step as a battalion, and slowly advance forward. On the one hand, it is convenient for logistical support, and on the other hand, it has formed a huge pressure on Jinbang, which is faced with two choices when there is a strong Mongolian army in the north and encroachment in the south to the north, one is to retaliate, mobilize the main force, counterattack, and confront our Song army in the Central Plains, and the other is that Jinbang is forced by the pressure of the north and south to attack and will definitely ask for peace talks, and once the other side asks for peace talks, the initiative will be on our side. It is not a problem to return to the four states in the Longxing Peace Conference.

Brother, I heard that the emperor also held a grand memorial ceremony?

This was the other day. The Northern Expedition of more than 100,000 troops had a slight victory, and the imperial court decided to officially start the war. Han Pingzhang first asked Ye Zhengze to write a text on the gold. This Ye Shilang repeatedly refused, but he didn't want to write.

Why is that? I've heard that this Ye Zhengzheng has never been a person who is afraid of things.

After Ye Zhengze returned to his hometown, he said that he was inspired by Hua Yue, and suggested that Chen soldiers should demonstrate first, stop paying tribute to the coins and silks, and force Jin Bang to use troops first. Then, for the sake of Hua Yue's patriotism, he was relieved of his prison and allowed to regain his freedom.

Xin Qiji's eyes lit up, and he looked very excited, it was the martial arts student who was on the book, don't say it, this is an excellent suggestion. First of all, we will show our determination to recover the Central Plains, and secondly, we will strengthen training and improve combat effectiveness while waiting for Jinbang to use force. Demonstrate the prestige of a great country and the gift of China. The result?

People said that they didn't mean to let him go to prison, but they just wanted to settle him outside the three hundred, and told him to be cautious in his words and deeds, which was his own request, and since this was the case, he ordered Jian'ou to release him. As for this suggestion, it is a bit too conservative, and what if Jinbang is just fighting a war of words, closing the border field, and delaying it for so many years. Therefore, when he was asked to draft an edict, he excused himself on the grounds that he was old and slow to write, and he found Li Shizhang.

Don't say it, this proclamation by Li Shumi is really well written. The way of heaven is good, and there is a reason to cover China, and the people's hearts are obedient, although they all take revenge. There is momentum and touching.

The edict of the Northern Expedition for gold was issued on June 14 and spread throughout the garrison armies of all roads and cantonments. Six days later, the emperor led hundreds of civil and military officials to hold a solemn ceremony to pay tribute to heaven and earth, ancestors, and sheji, officially announcing the beginning of the Northern Expedition.

Respecting the heavens and the ancestors is the core belief and high generalization of the Zhou rites, and the heavens are the gods of Haotian; The ancestors are the ancestral deities of the temple. The gods are worshipped, the temples are enjoyed, the sacrifices to the gods are called external affairs, and the sacrifices to the temples are called internal affairs. The relatives of the family of the people sacrificed in the temple are also the inner gods, so they are called internal affairs; The suburban societies and mountains and rivers belong to the gods of the world and a country, and they are all external gods, so they are called foreign affairs. "All things are from the sky, and people are from the ancestors, so the ancestors from the heavens and the earth are matched," and the ancestors are also respected by the ancestors. Ancestors were also the medium through which the Han people communicated with the gods. Respect is the attitude, the sky is Haotian; The Fa is learning, and the ancestors are the ancestors.

Before the festival comes, a lot of preparations must be carried out, and how much manpower and material resources will be spent to carry out a comprehensive overhaul of the various buildings and facilities in the Temple of Heaven. The streets from the inner city of the imperial palace to the Temple of Heaven were renovated to give them a new look. Five days before the sacrifice, important ministers were sent to the sacrifice house to inspect the livestock prepared for slaughter during the sacrifice. Three days ago, the emperor began fasting. Two days ago, I wrote the congratulatory text on the congratulatory board. The day before, the livestock were slaughtered, the sacrifices were made, and the sacrificial vessels of the sacred treasury were arranged; The emperor reads the blessing version, goes to the imperial dome to incense, goes to the mound altar to see the gods, goes to the gods' library to see the beans, the gods cook to see the animals, and then returns to the palace to fast. On the eve of the worship day, Taichang Siqing led his subordinates to arrange the tablets, offerings, and offerings of the gods; Club-ready band furnishings; Finally, a full inspection will be conducted by the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

The mound altar is specially used to worship the sky, and there is no house built on the platform, and the sacrifice is made to the air, which is called "dew sacrifice". The furnishings of the festival are exquisite, the offerings are abundant, and the rules are strict. There are seven groups of gods in the altar, and each group of gods is made of azure satin to form a temporary shrine. The north side of the upper circle stone is set up on the front of the main seat - the tablet of the emperor god, and its god is in the shape of a polygonal cone. The east and west sides of the second layer of the altar are subordinate - the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rain, wind and thunder tablets, and the gods are rectangular; In front of the shrine, there are a large number of offerings such as jade, silk, whole cattle, whole sheep, whole pigs, wine, fruits, and dishes. There are more than 700 vessels used for sacrificial offerings and various ritual utensils alone. The south side of the upper circle stone is set up to congratulate the case, and the emperor's worship seat is located in the south of the upper and middle two platforms. On the east and west sides of the south steps of the Yuanqiu altar, there are 16 kinds of chimes, chimes, bells, bells, etc., and more than 60 pieces of musical instruments are composed of Zhonghe Shao music, which are arranged neatly, solemn and magnificent.

The time of the sacrifice is seven minutes before sunrise, as soon as the hour arrives, the palace rings the Taihe bell, the emperor drives to the mound altar (according to the record from the Forbidden City to the mound mound can only walk, can not take the car), the bell stops, the drum music starts, and the ceremony officially begins. At this time, the southeast of the mound altar burns calves, the southwest hangs the sky lantern, the smoke is misty, and the candle theater is red, giving people a very mysterious feeling.

The procedure of worshipping the heavens is quite complicated: the first step is to welcome the emperor and god: after the emperor changes his sacrificial clothes from the southeast side of the Zhaoxiang Gate (South Gate), he enters the mound altar from the left gate and worships on the middle platform. At this time, the burnt wood stove, welcoming the emperor god, played the "chapter of the beginning of peace". The emperor knelt down and bowed in front of the main seat of the "Emperor God" god card at the top, and then went to the ancestors and ancestors to offer incense and bow. return to the throne and bow three times and nine times to the gods; The second step, laying the jade silk: the emperor to the main seat, before the matching of the jade silk, play the "Jingping Chapter", return to the throne; In the third step, the emperor went to the main position and the matching position, played the "Xianping Chapter", and returned to worship the throne; In the fourth step, the emperor knelt in front of the throne to offer his knight, returned to the throne, played the "Fengping Chapter", and danced the "Dance of Relatives". Then Si Zhu knelt down to read the blessing, and the music was suspended. After reading the music, the emperor knelt three times and bowed nine times, and went to the matching position to offer the knight; In the fifth step, the emperor offered knighthood to the gods, played the "Chapter of Jiaping", and danced the "Dance of Feathers"; In the sixth step, the emperor presented the knights to the gods in turn, and played the "Chapter of Yongping" and the "Dance of the Feathers". Guanglu Temple Qing blessed the groom, and arched in front of the throne of God. The emperor bowed to the throne of drinking blessings, kneeling to receive blessings, receiving blessings, three bows, and returning to the throne, and kneeling three times and bowing nine times; Next, the dissolution: play the "Xiping Chapter"; The emperor knelt three times and bowed nine times, and played the "Chapter of Qingping". The sacrifices were sent to the furnace to be burned, and the emperor was expected to burn the throne and play the "Taiping Chapter"; Wangliao: The emperor watched the burning of sacrifices, played the "Chapter of Youping", drove back to the palace, and the ceremony ended.

Raising the Northern Expedition, are there any ministers who openly oppose it?

Of course, the secretary Lang Louji stopped it at first, saying that the war was protracted, but it would bring disaster to the country and the people, which was not adopted. Later, he went to Taichang Shaoqing and Zhongshushe, and the imperial court sent him to Jingzhou and Xiangzhou to announce the edict of the Northern Expedition, but he resisted and said: "If I am asked to settle people's hearts, I am willing to go; If I start a war, I'd rather die than go. After the war began, when he heard the good news from Sizhou, he was worried and became more and more worried. said that he was afraid that the advance and retreat would be faster, and the disaster would become deeper, and he said, "If you succeed in this, I will be ashamed of the snow, and I will be lucky to die; I am afraid that if you advance and retreat quickly, the calamity will be even deeper." Yushi Deng Youlong exposed his words and deeds of obstructing the Northern Expedition, and was dismissed.

What did that Taiwei Wu in Sichuan and Shaanxi do?

When Wu Xi returned to Xingzhou, he immediately dismissed Wang Dajie, the deputy governor of Xingzhou, from his post and did not let others succeed him. At the beginning of the year, a small number of troops were sent to attack Qinzhou, and Han Pingzhang was very happy, and on March 12, the imperial court discussed the Northern Expedition, and ordered Wu Xi to be the deputy envoy of Xuanfu in Sichuan, and he was still the governor of Xingzhou, allowing him to act at the opportunity. From the end of Shaoxing, the prince of the clan led the wealth of Shu, and the relevant documents were handed over to the Xuanfu Division, so that the general financial endowment and the Xuanfu Division were evenly matched and restrained each other. And Han Yanxuan made the financial endowment subordinate to the Xuanfu Division, and the deputy envoy of Xuanfu could control the verification, and Wu Xi held the financial power. On 17 April, Wu Xi concurrently served as the envoy of Shaanxi and Hedong.

The imperial court trusts Wu Xi so much, isn't it afraid that he will not lose his tail?

As early as the early years of Shaoxi, the imperial court accepted Qiu Zhongqing's suggestion and took four measures to deal with the Wu family: first, select other generals to serve as the commander of Xingzhou, and did not allow Wu Xizi to succeed his father; second, set up the deputy capital of Xingzhou, but did not use Wu Ting's old department; third, in addition, the governor of Xingzhou was selected to prevent Xingzhou from being in charge of the capital; Fourth, merge Lizhou East and West Roads into Lizhou Road, and abolish the Lizhou West Road pacification envoy. As a result, Zhang Zhao and Guo Jun successively served as the commander of Xingzhou, while Wu Xi was left in the southeast and appointed as the commander of Jiankang. To do so now is to abolish all these constraints. Once his tail is too big, the court will not be able to help him. Therefore, Zhu Buqi, a politician, wrote to Han Yanxuan that Wu Xi should not command the northwest army, but Han Pingzhang did not reply; Song Dezhi, the editor of the Privy Council, admonished with good words: change the old system of the ancestors lightly, and order the military ministers to be handsome, so as to leave themselves in trouble. The Jin rebel generals and the disaster of Tang Fan Town are based on this. Han Pingzhang also ignored it.

If Wu Taiwei is loyal to the country and carves out a piece of heaven and earth in the northwest, it will be of great benefit to the two Huai Northern Expeditions.

The two pushed the cups and changed the lamps, but they didn't realize that they were already drunk. Xin Qiji's poetry came and asked the maid to study the ink and lay the paper, and wrote with a pen:

Partridge Day Send Friends

Singing through the Yangguan tears have not dried, and the fame is left to add meals.

Floating water sends infinite trees, and buries half of the mountain with rain clouds.

Hate in the past and now, thousands of kinds, should only be separated from joy and sorrow?

Jiangtou is not a storm, and it is difficult to walk in the world

Wang Ju'an recited again and again, and he didn't feel that he praised it, and people said that Xin Shuai was a civil and military all-rounder, and he could see it today, and he really lived up to his reputation.

What about civil and military all-rounders? It's not that walking basil, living in the countryside, the turmoil is evil, and it is difficult to walk.