I don't know how many banquets have been held in the Tokyo Imperial Palace. But this time, the significance is extraordinary. A few people who know a little about the inside story are speculating in their hearts that since Chu Tianya, the king of Luoyang, has entered the imperial court to worship as a prince, then a set of civil and military teams will definitely be reorganized above the court, and most of the important institutions will be replaced by his subordinates or henchmen.

When Emperor Zhao Ji crossed to the south, there were many civil and military ministers who fled with him. They obviously expected this layer, and they didn't want to wait for Chu Tianya to be purged and eliminated after entering the court. So with a trace of luck, he followed the old master Zhao Ji, fantasizing that he could continue to be reused in Hangzhou and enjoy their original glory and wealth.

The rule of officials in the Great Song Dynasty was quite complex, and the bureaucratic system was extremely perfect, which was not as good as that of modern officialdom. Once a son of heaven and a courtier, although the official Zhao Huan still sits on the dragon chair, everyone knows that it is time for the court of the Great Song Dynasty to change the dynasty.

The Zhongshu Sect and the Privy Council (collectively known as the Second Mansion), which hold the highest civil and military power, will definitely not let "outsiders" touch such places. Chu Tianya, the king of Luoyang, was worshiped as a prince, and he was the supreme official of the Zhongshu Sect as a matter of course, that is, the "prime minister".

Before Chu Tianya entered Beijing, his henchman Xu Han, who had been wholeheartedly supported, had already entered the Zhongshu Sect and Xia Province, and carried out a cleansing there. Many stubborn lords and factions died or were degraded elsewhere, and most of the remaining minor characters fled to Hangzhou with Emperor Zhao Ji.

As soon as Chu Tianya, the Taishi, stepped into the lower province of Zhongshumen, he was in the state of many stars and moons - surrounded by people who were loyal and politically likely. Most of this credit goes to Xu Han.

A coup d'état at that time not only achieved Xu Han, but also Zong Ze. This veteran Confucian general has taken charge of the Privy Council and is worshiped as a privy envoy.

Chu Tianya Shenlong saw that he had not yet officially dealt with a piece of state affairs of the Great Song Dynasty, and had firmly controlled the highest civil and military institution of the Great Song Dynasty. With the solid foundation of the "second government", it will not be difficult to develop and expand its strength and authority to the outside world.

Before the banquet began, the official Zhao Huan personally took out a thick scroll of holy decrees. The content of the decree is to reward the meritorious men who contributed to the Battle of Tokyo.

To put it bluntly, that is, it was officially announced that the court of the Great Song Dynasty would change the day at this moment.

In addition to the two mansions in the center of the court, the three yas and the three divisions are the most important.

The three yas refer to the front division of the palace, the guard pro-army horse army division and the guard pro-army infantry division, which are the three major institutions that actually command the soldiers and horses, and all the soldiers and horses in the Great Song Dynasty belong to the three ya. The Privy Council only has the power to send troops, while the Sanya only has the power to command troops. The two check each other and separate powers. For a long time, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty have firmly held the Privy Council, and then the Privy Council commands the three ya, and the three yamen control the soldiers and horses of the world.

This is very conducive to the concentration of imperial power and military power, and it is a good thing for the official family. But when it came to actual combat, there were many drawbacks, and there were often "laymen commanding insiders", and before the war began, the Great Song Dynasty was defeated in the court and in the Privy Council.

Chu Tianya had just stepped into Tokyo City and had not yet entered his Taishi's Mansion, so he first asked Zong Ze the question of "Privy Council Personnel", but it was not just a matter of talking about it - his attitude was very clear, he didn't want to repeat the defeat of the Great Song Dynasty in the past, and he had to implement his power from the court to the Privy Council, to the Sanya, to every corner of the army!

Zong Ze is a privy envoy, and his position is naturally very crucial. Therefore, Chu Tianya showed his attitude in front of Zong Ze as soon as he opened.

In Zong Ze's heart, he has long been very numerous. In the "reward list" to be read out by the official today, most of the candidates for the Privy Council and the Three Ministers came from Zong Ze's idea. So at that time, he said to Chu Tianya to reassure him.

When the list was read out, Chu Tianya was really comfortable.

The three yamen who commanded the army, and several commanders in important posts, were all replaced by people from Chu Tianya, such as Jiao Wentong and Xue Yu, who led the three yas; Young and fresh blood was also added to the Privy Council, and Bai Xu, a scholar and military advisor, became the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, second only to Zong Ze; Liu Ziyu and Yue Fei also entered the Privy Council, and they were both appointed to become marshals of the army.

Most of the leaders of Cao Cheng's group of rebel troops who surrendered to the army were arranged to serve in other states as regimental training envoys and soldiers and horse envoys. This approach is very satisfying to Chu Tianya: first, the wish of Cao Cheng and others is to seek an official and a half-position to glorify their ancestors, their wish has been realized, and Chu Tianya's promise has also been fulfilled; Second, they all had henchmen and soldiers, although they were temporarily handed over to Chu Tianya, their influence was still there.

Originally, Cao Cheng was still thinking in his heart and wanted to find a "Beijing official" to do it, and he even mentioned this meaning to Chu Tianya. But Chu Tianya didn't directly agree, but just deduced that "such things must be decided by Chaoyan after all" - Chu Tianya is not stupid, would he be willing to leave Cao Cheng in Tokyo and plant an unstable time bomb for himself? In case he is unhappy one day, it is not impossible to gather the old department to come to the nest to rebel.

Now, Cao Cheng and the others have all served as foreign officials, but the soldiers and horses have remained in the palms of Chu Tianya's hands, and there has been no chance of contact since then. Chu Tianya would not be naïve to think that Cao Cheng and the others, this group of murderous guys, would really be loyal to him.

The third department is the core department in charge of the economic lifeline of the Great Song Dynasty, such as finance, salt and iron, farmland and water conservancy, which is extraordinary, and it is even more important than the second government and the third government. In terms of the appointment of the "three envoys", Chu Tianya, Xu Han, and Zong Ze all had a lot of brains. First of all, the person must be competent; Secondly, it must be your own person. Looking up and down, it was really difficult to pick out such a person in Chu Tianya's camp for a while. In the end, the three of them had to make an expedient measure - since Chu Tianya served as the Taishi and could personally manage the Zhongshu Sect, then Xu Han could free up his hands and take charge of the three divisions.

As a result, Xu Han was promoted to the third envoy and became the "chief housekeeper" of the Great Song Dynasty.

Luoyang, as Chu Tianya's "lair", has a very solid foundation. Chu Tianya, the Taishi, concurrently served as the Xuanfu envoy of the Henan Xuanfu Division, and then Bai Xu, Jiao Wentong and Zhang Xiaochun and others all held important positions in the Xuanfu Division.

Luoyang seems to have already become a country of its own, but Chu Tianya's orders are followed.

The official family allowed Chu Tianya to open a government office in Tokyo and set up a special "Taishi Mansion", with other subordinate officials and personal guards; In addition, in Luoyang, the county king Chu Tianya was allowed to set up the "Luoyang Palace", which was the same as the opening of the government office, with officials and soldiers.

In the 100 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, this is the only case.

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The reading of the decree was only a short time of incense; But at this moment, it is destined to change the world of the entire Great Song Dynasty, change the entire history, and will be recorded in history.

I believe that it won't be long before even the most indifferent street beggars will know that at present, in the Great Song Dynasty, there is already a person who covers the sky with one hand and dominates the world; The former Taishi Cai Jing and Taiwei Tong Guan and others together could not compare to his power. Because he not only completely controls the right to speak and make decisions in the court, but also directly controls the world's soldiers and horses.

As for the official family...... What he has to do is probably to enjoy the sound of dogs and horses in the harem.

After the imperial banquet, Chu Tianya resigned from the official family, and returned to the Taishi Mansion under the personal protection of Suzaku and others. Along with it, there are also the new three envoys Xu Han, Jiao Wentong, Yue Fei and other old departments of Wutong.

Jiao Wentong and the others, who had just entered Tokyo, had not yet settled down, so they had to live in Chu Tianya's house for the time being. Fortunately, the Taishi Mansion left by the traitor Cai Jing is spacious enough, and Chu Tianya has no problem using it to "raise three thousand guests". But in this way, the vigilance and defense are a bit wasted.

"Lord, be more careful these days. From the first moment the lord stepped into Tokyo, his subordinates discovered assassins lurking along the way. Suzaku whispered in Chu Tianya's ear, "Subordinate Jianyi, please Tang Ang and Anu lead the tiger to strengthen the Taishi Mansion guards, and whenever the lord travels, there must be no less than three hundred ironclad guards before and after to open the way." ”

"Do you want millions of people in Tokyo to know that I am still greedy for life and afraid of death?" Chu Tianya smiled indifferently, "It's enough to be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, you don't have to go through so much trouble." The Taishi's Mansion was heavily guarded; If I travel, you and Xuanwu and the others can be close to each other, and you don't need armor to open the way. ”

"Yes......" Suzaku knew Chu Tianya's style of acting, so he didn't dare to say more.

"Xu Xiang." Chu Tianya called.

"Humble duty." Xu Han stepped forward and arched his hand, "What does the Taishi command?" ”

Chu Tianya couldn't help but smile, "You don't have to be so polite—Xu Xiang, I want to know how much the Emperor Nandu took from Tokyo's treasury after all?" ”

Speaking of this, Xu Han's expression was a little embarrassed, and he said with an embarrassed face: "This matter...... It was all due to the evacuation and dereliction of duty. Although it has not yet been carefully counted, it is expected that the entire Great Song Dynasty treasury has been ...... because of this battle of Tokyo and the southern crossing of the Emperor Taishang."

Xu Han was a little afraid to continue.

Chu Tianya frowned slightly, "Completely empty?" ”

"Almost, that's it......" Xu Han sighed loudly.

"Expected." Chu Tianya's reaction was very indifferent, but there was a grim smile on his face, "Zhao Ji, that loser, if he doesn't lose the last copper plate of the Great Song Dynasty, he won't be willing to go to the ground!" ”

When Xu Han heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry.

This kind of thing, it is estimated that only Chu Tianya, the king of Luoyang, dares to say this kind of thing in the world. In other words, anyone else, even if it was the official Zhao Huan, only dared to scold in his heart.

"At present, although we have just repelled the Jurchens, the suburbs of Tokyo for dozens of miles have become uninhabited; Chaoyan has undergone drastic changes and is in ruins, coupled with the exhaustion of the treasury and the exhaustion of troops and armor...... We who have won the battle are very weak. Chu Tianya's brows gradually twisted, "Zhao Ji, that bastard bastard, doesn't do good things, he specializes in causing trouble!" Originally, I still wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue Beifu Youyan, but now that I have no money and food to back it up, let our soldiers eat dirt to fight the Jurchens? ”

"It's indeed ......" Xu Han also hated itchy, and spit out a sentence that he, a Confucian student, should not have spit out, "Bastard bastard!" ”

Chu Tianya stood up and nodded his finger twice in the direction of the south with an angry face, "Now that the foreign enemy is present, I don't have time to clean up that bastard bastard." Wait, wait for me to deal with the Jurchens, and be the first to clean up Zhao Ji first! - Is this clearly a house thief? For his own selfishness, he stole the entire family of the Great Song Dynasty! ”

"The matter...... It is indeed a lowly negligence and incompetence, please surrender the guilt! Xu Han blamed himself very much.

"I can't complain about you." Chu Tianya soothed his feelings and comforted him, "At that time, although you and the Zongfu controlled the overall situation of the court, after all, not all the imperial court of the Great Song Dynasty was under your control. Moreover, the Emperor Taishang wants to travel far away, even if I am personally present, it is not easy to veto it directly. Otherwise, the fame will be spread and the hearts of the people will be lost. Compared with the hearts of the people, that little bit of gold and silver treasure is nothing - the money is gone, and it can be earned again; If the hearts and minds are lost, it will be really difficult to win them back. ”

"Taishi understands righteousness and compassion for his subordinates, and his humble position is both ashamed and moving," Xu Han sighed lightly and said, "I'm afraid, because ......of these things, I missed the Taishi's military plan, so what should I do?" ”

The corners of Chu Tianya's mouth twitched and smiled slightly, "Tokyo's home is empty, isn't there Luoyang and the entire Great Song Dynasty?" …… Blessings and misfortunes are relied on, and misfortunes and blessings are lurking, in fact, when I think about it, didn't Zhao Ji do me a great favor? ”

Xu Han was puzzled, "Where do you start with this?" ”

"I want to take this opportunity to invite the official family to Luoyang to live temporarily." Chu Tianya's eyes lit up, and he said in a low voice, "Another day, I will start the official house, saying that Tokyo has just experienced a big war, and after the flooding, Gyeonggi is full of corpses, and I am afraid that it will cause a plague." In addition, after the war, the treasury was empty, and recently I brought 200,000 mouths to Tokyo to beg for food. Therefore, I would like to invite the official family to Luoyang to live temporarily. One is to avoid the plague, and the other is to relieve the food shortage. ”

"The Taishi is far-sighted and humble!" As the third envoy in charge of money and grain logistics, these issues are all thorny matters in Xu Han's heart. If Chu Tianya can move the official family to Luoyang and move the court of the Great Song Dynasty to Luoyang, all these problems can be solved!

First, Xijing Henan Mansion as the center of Caoyun, has always been the Central Plains of the money and grain collection place, Luoyang land is full of granaries, even if the whole world is famine, Luoyang will not be short of grain; In addition, the dangerous road of Luoyang Xiongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are ready-made palace and official houses to use, even if the official family and hundreds of officials move to the past, there is no need to build a temporary palace house, you can take it on the spot.

Of course, the most important thing is that everyone knows that Luoyang is Chu Tianya's lair, and all his forces are concentrated in Luoyang. If the official family and Chaoyan are "temporarily" moved to Luoyang, it is undoubtedly announcing to the world that the entire Great Song Dynasty is already under the control of the Chu family!

Throughout the ages, whenever the center of power of a country is to change, the favorite thing of the higher authorities is nothing more than "abolishing the establishment" or "moving the capital", that is, completely shattering the old political structure, and then breaking it and then establishing a new team and achieving a new pattern.

Xu Han had long expected that Chu Tianya would have such a hand; He just didn't expect that Chu Tianya would want to do it so quickly. It seems that there is indeed a difference between the methods of martial arts and Confucianism.

"Taishi, there is a sentence in the humble position, I don't know if I should say it or not......" Xu Han hesitated.

"Say it!" Chu Tianya smiled and said, "You are the third envoy, this kind of thing must be agreed by your nod." I have invited you here today to hear your opinion. ”

"I think that now I am worried about internal and external troubles, and stability is the first priority." Xu Han said, "The Taishi and his colleagues have just taken office, and they are about to move the capital, which may cause more turmoil." The court of the Great Song Dynasty had just undergone a bloody change, and many subordinate yamen were even paralyzed for a time, and the imperial court's ability to command and govern the local government had been greatly weakened. If Taishi initiated the relocation of the capital at this time, it would make the entire world of the Great Song Dynasty fall into a temporary state of 'the imperial court orders cannot be declared', which may lead to rebellion, popular uprising, and even invasion by foreign enemies. Don't ignore Hangzhou...... If Tokyo is in chaos and the place is also in chaos, then Hangzhou will take advantage of the chaos to seize the hearts of the people, the officials of the prefectures and counties, and even the country! ”

Chu Tianya has been listening carefully and carefully, and after listening, he nodded seriously, "What you said is very reasonable, it seems that I am in a bit of a hurry." Some people once said that governing the country is like cooking a small meal, but I am still a complete layman. It seems that the system I used to rectify the cottage and the army in the past cannot be rigidly applied to the affairs of the imperial court -- well, I will listen to your opinion and not mention the matter of moving the capital for the time being. But I asked the official family to go to Luoyang to live for a while, what do you think? ”

"This ...... It's doable. Xu Han thought carefully and replied carefully, "But isn't there still Wanyan Zonghan's hundreds of thousands of troops entrenched north of Luoyang?" Although there is money and food there, there are also foreign enemies peeping. ”

"Afraid of what?" Chu Tianya said with a smile, "At that time, I invited the official family to come to the front line in person to boost morale!" also let Wanyan Zonghan and others know that my official family in the Great Song Dynasty is not a pustule. Besides, right now, the woman is really salivating and begging for peace with my Great Song Dynasty, and after finishing Yan Zonghan's hundreds of thousands of troops, she doesn't dare to move half a point - what I mean is to let everyone in the world know that from now on, the official family will only follow my Chu Tianya's pace! But don't worry, I will definitely abide by the courtier's character, and I will not abuse the official family or do anything unsubordinate. ”

Xu Han frowned, and said in a low voice: "But in the eyes of many people, this move of the Taishi may be 'holding the official family hostage', which is a disobedient move." ”

Chu Tianya laughed, "If someone in Chu couldn't even bear this bit of gossip, then he was as timid as a mouse and was afraid that others would scold me behind my back, and he wouldn't live in this house today." The idlers out there, they can say whatever they like, and I just do what I think I need to do! At present, the most important thing in the Great Song Dynasty is that the Zhaoling is clear and the center is significant. I want everyone in the world to know that the court of the Great Song Dynasty is still there, and the power of the Great Song Dynasty has been firmly grasped by someone in Chu. But if there are foreign envoys, even if they come to Luoyang to face the king; But whenever there is a major national event, the order is to go out of Luoyang - Xu Xiang, don't you understand what I mean? I want to shift the attention of the people of the world from Hangzhou to Luoyang! ”

Xu Han suddenly realized, "I see! …… Indeed, the southern crossing of the Emperor Taishang has undoubtedly shocked the world and attracted everyone's attention. Many people are speculating in their hearts, will the Great Song Dynasty have two imperial courts from now on? Tokyo can't do nothing, so Hangzhou steals all the attention. The official family moved west to Luoyang and had the powerful and incomparable backer of the king of Luoyang to assist the government, which was also a major event - if there must be any misdeeds on the Hangzhou side, we must carefully consider whether it will touch the bottom line of the king of Luoyang and cause war. ”

"That's right." Chu Tianya's eyebrows sank, "I just want to borrow this move to demonstrate to Hangzhou - if you dare to bring money to the south, I, Chu, will dare to coerce the emperor to move west." If you dare to make trouble in the south of the Yangtze River, I will dare to let the officials issue an order and justifiably send troops to conscript - so that your bones will be gone!! ”

Hearing the last four words, Xu Han took a breath of cool air and thought to himself: Ruling the country with an iron fist and coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, this is right! …… This is the consistent style of the young master in front of him!