Chapter 65: The Illness of the Great Song Dynasty
After talking with Li Fengwu and returning to the system and governance, Zhang Jun brewed a fire in his heart, secretly annoyed that Guo Jin didn't know the current affairs, you are the emperor's relatives and relatives, and you are the big businessman of the two roads in Huainan, the wealth is inexhaustible, and the three princes today are all from your Guo family Queen Chengmu, and the future is still a major relative of the country, how can you be so short-sighted.
Hoarding salt and iron is already a big crime of killing, not to mention the trafficking of materials in the Litong Jin Kingdom, what is the difference between this and selling the country, if it leads to an accident and the failure of the Northern Expedition, you Guo Bald will not be able to atone for his sin.
Zhang Jun was just worried about affecting the Northern Expedition, in fact, he underestimated the blow of the failure of the Northern Expedition to Xiaozong, this failure made most of Xiaozong's ambition gone, and the remaining half was because of Yu Yunwen's death.
Zhang Jun quickly arranged it, and it was necessary to verify the truth.
With Zhang Jun sitting in Jiankang, the people in the city soon discovered the unusual place, this prime minister did not go to the Jianghuai garrison barracks to inspect, most of the time in the west side of the newly opened governor's mansion, but in Jiankang city horses' hooves are urgent, every day a large number of Jianghuai officers and generals with their own soldiers on horseback to the governor's mansion.
Unlike in the past, when they arrived in Jiankang, they stayed for a few nights and sang on the Qinhuai River before returning to the camp, this time these officers and generals hardly rested in Jiankang City, and every time they came, their faces were solemn, and they were all in high spirits when they went......
This inexplicably made the people of Jiankang City feel a trace of doubt and worry, and always felt that something big was going to happen in Jiankang City, giving people a feeling as if the sky was about to change, just like the southern invasion of King Hailing two or three years ago.
Almost all sensitive and timid people speculated whether it was the Jin State that invaded again, but no one thought that this was the Great Song Dynasty preparing for the Northern Expedition, after all, the people of the Great Song Dynasty were accustomed to the Great Song Dynasty's weakness towards Liaojin.
On the third day after opening the Governor's Mansion, Zhang Jun looked at the secret agent report in his hand and was furious, his face was gloomy and dripping, and he pondered for a long time before he gritted his teeth and said: "Commander Zheng, send someone to seal up Luoyue Villa, no one is allowed to enter or leave it, and another person is sent to keep an eye on Guo's mansion, and Guo Jin is not allowed to leave Jiankang at will, well, it is estimated that someone wants to send something to the post station, and there is no need to stop it." ”
Zheng Zhi is the commander of the Jianghuai South Battalion, is the eighth grade of Xiu Wulang, under the jurisdiction of 5,000 people, according to the later generations is a regiment commander, a few days ago was summoned by the prime minister into Jiankang City, and also secretly rejoiced, thinking that he was going to be promoted, but it was such an errand, but when the things in the Falling Moon Villa were investigated, I was really shocked.
Everyone knows that the military expenses of the Jianghuai and Huai roads are supported by salt and iron, and this Guo Daguan's move is tantamount to digging into the corners of the army, although the army of the Southern Song Dynasty is full of proud soldiers, but who will think that they have less money.
Zheng Zhi also knew in his heart that of the 5,000 people under his jurisdiction, more than 1,000 of them were empty salaries, and they were non-existent people. ”
Zhang Jun waved his hand, and after Zheng Zhi went down, he picked up the pen and wrote the chapter, after all, Guo Jin is a relative of the emperor and a cousin of the three princes today, and Zhang Jun faintly feels that Guo Jin's hoarding of salt and iron to sell materials is not so simple, there should be the instruction of the big man in Lin'an behind it, otherwise he would dare to do such a disobedient thing with a relative of the emperor who can't see the official family?
It is not difficult to guess which big man Zhang Jun is in Lin'an, but he doesn't want to delve into it, after all, Guo Jin's identity is there, and how many big people in Lin'an can make him bow down to his orders? Zhang Jun just wants that big man to know that your Guo Daguan has a big deal, if you are smarter, stop it quickly, don't spoil the official family's Northern Expedition plan, you can just withdraw yourself, but your Guo Jin Guo Daguan, this time you have to die.
This is Zhang Jun, although he has the ambition to recover from the Northern Expedition, but after all, he is an official of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is still thinking about his future career, although he is a privy envoy and the Duke of Wei, there are still a few people in Lin'an who he can't afford to provoke.
For example, the three princes, the emperor, and some noble military generals, the Northern Expedition still has to rely on these noble military generals to contribute.
Zhang Jun didn't know about the empty salary of the Great Song army, otherwise there would not be a thing where the claim of 200,000 is actually only 80,000. But this is a bad accumulation, which can be eliminated in a day's work, and without the vigorous means of the officials, it is impossible to do it with just one privy envoy by himself.
After sending the concert away, Zhang Jun sat down on the chair, sighed, remembered the debate with Shi Xianggong in the court, and sighed to himself weakly: "Shi Xianggong, how can you not know your hard work, rich country and strong army?" This Great Song army is terminally ill, how to strengthen the army, if it can be so simple, how can there be several failures of the law, this strong army can only be through war, only after experiencing the baptism of war, the army of the Great Song Dynasty can become strong. ”
The status quo of the Southern Song Dynasty is like this, the Lord and the Lord Station are not wrong, but because of the different views on the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty, the Lord and the faction think that they can enrich the country and strengthen the army through the law, but they don't know that the army of the Great Song Dynasty has long been rotten to the roots.
Zhang Jun thought of that person again, and only whispered to himself for a long time: "Wait to start from the beginning and clean up the old mountains and rivers...... The selfishness of the emperor has hurt me Zhang Jun, and it has also hurt your loyalty, but unfortunately there is no Yue Pengju in this world. ”
Back then, Gaozong had a large number of good generals who restored the country, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and others were all competent, and Zhang Jun was not reused.
That's it.
Zhang Jun's recital was sent to Lin'an urgently, and Zhang Jun's guess was the same, his recital had just been gone for a long time, and Zheng Zhi was transferred from the Jianghuai South Battalion to surround Guo's mansion, and there was also a secret letter sent to the post station, which was sent to Lin'an urgently.
These actions were all under Zheng Zhi's nose, because of Zhang Shuxiang's suggestion, Zheng Zhi did not stop it.
At the same time that Zhang Jun actively supervised the two Huai, the Lin'an court also made a lot of trouble, mainly the struggle between Xiaozong and Chen Kangbo and Shi Hao, Xiaozong insisted on the Northern Expedition to forge ahead, Chen Kangbo was the main battle minister, and naturally supported, but Shi Hao thought that he was not well prepared at present, and it was not appropriate to use troops. Therefore, every time the court is always upward, the main and main battle factions in the court unfold their words and swords to attack each other, just like a vegetable market.
This is an extremely headache for Xiaozong, you can't just say that those lords and factions are disloyal because of this, right?
In fact, in the eyes of Xiaozong, every courtier is loyal, but their political views are different, and their original intentions are all for the world of the Great Song Dynasty.
For example, Emperor Shi Hao, without him, he would not have his own throne, he was the most opposed to the Northern Expedition, but who can say that he was disloyal?