Chapter 87: Heavy on the mind
Here the husband and wife reunite, how to hug each other and cry is omitted.
On Zhou Island, Zhang Shijie took Qi Shu to see Zhao Dongting, was appreciated, and left satisfied.
Qi Shucai was torn apart by a car and died.
Throughout the night, although the soldiers were tired from fighting, they were full of energy and cleaned up the battlefield. I couldn't bear the sleepiness, so I ran back to the barracks and hurriedly fell asleep, but then I was tormented by the joy and excitement of my heart, and I couldn't sleep well, and ran out of the barracks to continue cleaning up the battlefield.
All the proceeds of the liquidation were handed over to the Centurion, who in turn handed them over to the Centurion, who then personally escorted them to the gathering place where the booty was piled up.
Siege equipment, armor, weapons, and scattered silver coins were piled up into several hills.
Large and small grain carts shuttled through the streets and alleys, and even the street chariots were temporarily used to transport war booty, as well as the corpses of fallen soldiers.
In the past two days, the battlefield has been cleared. The ruins in the palace are broken, and the destroyed houses have not had time to be repaired.
After the corpses were burned, Zhao Dongting was afraid that the soldiers would be exhausted, so he strictly ordered them to go back to the camp to rest, and if they saw anyone wandering on the street, they would be dealt with by military law. The soldiers who were excited went back to the camp to sleep.
That night, the soldiers who woke up from a good night's sleep were hungry and ate up all the grain stored on the island.
On the morning of the next day, Zhao Dongting announced that he would reward the three armies outside the South City Gate three days later.
Chen Jianghan, the head of the household department, no longer made careful calculations this time, and took out the money in his inventory to buy food on a large scale. In two days, dozens of warships sailed to Leizhou Mansion to buy wine, vegetables, fruits, grain, livestock, etc., often piled up with warships, and invited hundreds of cooks from various counties along the coast before returning home.
In order to prevent pirates from robbing ships, Wen Tianxiang personally led 5,000 soldiers to sweep the formation, fluttering flags, and solemn military appearance.
Hundreds of craftsmen on the island rushed to make wine tables, working day and night.
Liu Hongyi was concerned about the soldiers of the Flying Army, and accompanied his wife for two days in the Kangding Dart Bureau, and also returned to Zhouzhou Island by boat.
In the early morning of the fourth day after the battle, Zhao Dongting got up early, and Ying'er and Le Wu helped him dress up, which cost him about half an hour. Among them, most of the music and dance girls are doing a disservice and delaying time.
When they arrived at the council hall, the ministers had already arrived.
Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang were separated, and Zhang Shijie, Su Liuyi and others followed.
As soon as Zhao Dongting sat on the dragon couch, he asked, "Lord Lu, how are the rewards prepared?"
Lu Xiufu stepped forward and replied: "Your Majesty, the wine table and banquet have been prepared, and when the auspicious time comes, the emperor can go to the city tower and reward the three armies." ”
"Good!"
Zhao Dongting said loudly, and his heart was also excited.
There were two fierce battles on the island, and the morale was high one after another. He was naturally happy to be the emperor.
The casualties have already been counted, 60,000 Leizhou troops attacked the island, the three armies surrendered, the remaining 30,000 except for more than 3,000 people kneeling and surrendered, all were executed, more than 4,000 troops and mutinous soldiers were all annihilated, the Southern Song Dynasty court harvested more than 1,000 pieces of armor, hundreds of siege equipment, countless blades and arrows, and 362 warships, not counting Qian Bao.
However, the soldiers of the forbidden army only lost more than 2,300 people, and the surrender army lost more than 8,600 people.
Most of these soldiers were killed in the bloody battle in the city, and the Flying Army and the mighty army fought each other, losing as many as 3,000 people.
At this time, there were 12,000 forbidden troops, 7,000 flying troops, 7,800 escort troops, 6,900 Huzhou troops, 8,040 Yuan troops, and more than 3,600 other Leizhou troops. After two major battles, the Southern Song Dynasty court increased its number of soldiers from 20,000 to nearly 50,000, which was naturally a great victory. Although Zhao Dongting deplored the fallen soldiers, he was also happy for such a big victory.
If it weren't for the mutiny of the Yuan army and the lack of arrows, with the convenience of defending the city, the losses of the forbidden army and those who surrendered to Cheng would have been even less.
Zhao Dongting felt guilty about the soldiers who followed him from Lin'an but died in this foreign land, but he also knew that this was a war.
If it is war, casualties are inevitable.
At this time, Zhang Shijie suddenly walked out of the column and said: "Your Majesty, how to reward the commanders of the three armies?"
In the past, emperors often discussed with their close ministers as soon as possible what rewards they had, but now that the reward was imminent, Zhao Dongting never mentioned it. Not only him, but the rest of His Highness's ministers were also puzzled.
"I have a certain number of things in my heart. ”
Zhao Dongting waved his hand and said slowly: "My Great Song Dynasty court first got Leizhou, and I decided to implement a new policy. ”
New?
The ministers in the hall, including Lu Xiufu, Wen Tianxiang and others, were all surprised. Because Zhao Dongting hadn't even revealed the slightest rumor before.
Zhao Dongting's eyes swept over their faces, and he continued to say, "I have decided to abolish the ancient law and re-establish the official system. Abolish the prime ministers, six ministries of three provinces, and twenty-four divisions ......"
With his words, the faces of His Highness's ministers became even heavier.
The abolition of the ancient law is a major matter of interest to them.
At this time, Zhao Dongting continued: "In the future, the Ministry of State Affairs, the Ministry of Military Aircraft, the Ministry of Supervision, and the Ministry of Law will be established. The four provinces are juxtaposed, and they are in charge of state affairs, military affairs, supervising hundreds of officials, and adjudicating cases. Ministries of national defense, foreign affairs, education, finance, justice, personnel, construction, agriculture, science and technology, and other ministries are set up below the Ministry of State Affairs, each of which shall perform its own duties. ”
The ministers in the palace were all stunned.
They heard Zhao Dongting say that the new policy would be implemented, but they didn't expect it to be implemented so thoroughly, almost completely different from before.
They naturally didn't know that Zhao Dongting had thought it through.
According to the old law of the Southern Song Dynasty, most officials held positions with high power and low positions, but he Zhao Dongting came through and didn't care about these.
According to his idea, the useful official positions should be retained, and the useless official positions should be removed.
In the past, the bureaucracy of the Southern Song Dynasty was huge, and just supporting those idle posts that ate dry food caused a great burden on the state finances. At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty was in danger of dying, and it was almost like starting all over again, and Zhao Dongting certainly would not let go of such a good opportunity to implement the new policy. He traveled with modern ideas, and naturally wanted to promote the modern official system in the Southern Song Dynasty.
In any case, the modern official system is always much more mature than that of the Southern Song Dynasty.
His system is completely a modern social system borrowed from him.
His Royal Highness wanted to ask Zhao Dongting to think twice, but after thinking about it, the emperor had not yet announced the chief officials of the provinces and ministries at this time, what if he could serve as the governor of the provinces and ministries?
Yes, the ministers all pressed and did not speak.
Zhao Dongting knew what they were thinking, and the corners of his mouth slightly outlined a smile, and said, "Lu Xiufu stepped forward to listen to the seal." ”
"The minister is here!"
Lu Xiufu walked out of the ranks.
Zhao Dongting said: "In this great victory, all the pillars and soldiers of our army have all contributed to it. I said before that once this battle is over, I will be rewarded together, and Lord Lu will assist in political affairs and govern the government with meritorious service, and I will make you the state order of the Ministry of State Affairs, in charge of the government affairs of the DPRK and China, and in charge of all ministries. ”
Lu Xiufu was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed down: "Thank you, Emperor." ”
In fact, there are still lengthy procedures for the appointment of senior officials in the Southern Song Dynasty, but at this critical juncture, everything is simple.
Zhao Dongting nodded lightly, and said, "Wen Tianxiang stepped forward to listen to the seal." ”
Wen Tianxiang stepped forward.
Zhao Dongting said: "Prime Minister Wen Cheng has made meritorious contributions to the resistance to the Yuan, and his prestige among the people is very high, so I promoted you to the military aircraft commander of the military aircraft province and commanded the soldiers and horses of the whole country." ”
Wen Tianxiang was grateful, his eyes were red, "Thank you, Emperor!"
He only felt that he was full of ambition and could finally show it to his heart's content.
His Royal Highness and the ministers were stunned, and Zhang Shijie was even more sweaty on his forehead.
The separation of the Ministry of State and the Ministry of Military Aircraft from the Ministry of Military Affairs is equivalent to holding all the power of the DPRK and China, just like the former Zhongshu Province and the Privy Council.
Chen Yizhong fled, and he Zhang Shijie used to be a privy deputy envoy, which is equivalent to a privy envoy, but now, the title of this military order has not fallen on his head. Wouldn't this be tantamount to being stripped of his military rank?
Although he knew that taking the lead at this time would dislike Zhao Dongting, he still couldn't hold it back, and stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the implementation of the new policy is a matter of great importance, is it a long-term discussion?"
Of course, apart from him, few of His Highness's ministers are qualified to raise objections.
Seeing him come out, some officials close to him hurriedly followed and walked out of the column, "Please think twice, the emperor!"
If Zhang Shijie goes to take charge of the army, it will be a great blow to their entire faction.
Moreover, many of them are officials of the Sixth Ministry, and they used to be quite estranged from Lu Xiufu because of their closeness to Zhang Shijie, if Lu Xiufu was in charge of the various ministries, they would not have to change the court, and the interests involved in the middle would be difficult to estimate.
The atmosphere in the council hall suddenly became solemn and delicate.
Zhao Dongting was not surprised when he saw this scene. Since ancient times, there has been no obstacle to the reform of officials.
He knew that these courtiers were divided into factions and would not allow themselves to touch their interests easily, but this also strengthened his determination to reform the system.
At this time, there were three or two big birds and small birds in the Southern Song Dynasty, if they could not be reformed, and when they grew stronger in the future, the restructuring would only be more difficult to climb to the sky.
At that moment, his face became indifferent, and he said heavily: "I have made up my mind, if anyone has any objections, they can resign and retire!"
He made up his mind that even if he lost a lot of meritocracy, he would completely pull out the big cancer of the chaotic and huge official system.
Zhang Shijie and the others were stunned when they heard Zhao Dongting say this. No one expected that the little emperor's courage had reached such a point.
The officials of Zhang Shijie's faction didn't dare to say any more, and they all looked at Zhang Shijie in front of them vaguely.
Zhang Shijie only felt a dilemma at this time, if he retreated, his military power would not be guaranteed, but if he insisted on admonishing again......
He was wondering if Zhao Dongting would really let him resign and retire, and then he was shocked to find that he had no bottom in his heart.
Since Zhao Dongting took charge of the government, many behaviors have made him incomprehensible, although he is the minister of the humerus and has authority, he is not sure whether Zhao Dongting will really abandon him, and with Zhao Dongting's current prestige, even if he is forced to resign, I am afraid that he will not be able to make any big waves.
What's more, he, Zhang Shijie, never thought of resigning and retiring.
Although he likes to win over factions and play with authority, his heart is still towards the Great Song Dynasty and Zhao Dongting.
"The Emperor's ......"
In the end, Zhang Shijie sighed in his heart and slowly retreated.
Although he was reluctant to have authority, he also wanted to save the Great Song Dynasty from peril. At this moment, the emperor is wise, what else do he have to fight for?
When the ministers who followed him saw him retreat, they all retreated back into the columns.
Even Zhang Shijie compromised, so naturally they would not go beyond their own strength to persuade again.
Zhao Dongting nodded slightly, quite approving with Zhang Shijie's actions. If Zhang Shijie dared to say more just now, he really had the idea of dismissing Zhang Shijie.
At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty could no longer withstand the toss of hundreds of officials, and if they wanted to prosper, they must be united by hundreds of officials.
Zhao Dongting wanted to revitalize the Southern Song Dynasty, and the idea of implementing a new policy would not waver. Even if there is a big opposition, he will insist on it.
For a while, the eyes of the ministers in the palace were in a trance, and they all thought about it.
At this time, Zhao Dongting had already said again: "Zhang Shijie stepped forward to listen to the seal." ”
Zhang Shijie almost didn't have any hope in his heart, and moved to the hall numbly under his feet, "The minister is here." ”
His voice was no longer so neutral.
Zhao Dongting said: "I have set up a special supervision province, and I am now promoting you to a supervision order and supervising hundreds of officials!"
Zhang Shijie was stunned, and the ministers of the entire council hall were stunned.
thought that Zhang Shijie would be in power, but he didn't expect that he was named a supervision order again. This is tantamount to holding the life and death card of a hundred officials!
Although the Supervision Order does not have military power in its hands, its authority is no longer even under the State Order and the Military Aircraft Order.
is so trusted by the emperor, who will dare to underestimate Zhang Shijie in the future?
Zhang Shijie came back to his senses and knelt down in surprise: "Thank the emperor for his grace!"
He was not surprised that he still held great authority, but was surprised by Zhao Dongting's trust in him.
At this moment, he only felt that the sacrifices and efforts he had made for Da Song over the years had not been in vain. The emperor knows everything in his heart.
But at the same time, he also understands that it is impossible to win over the faction in the future.
Supervising the order to supervise hundreds of officials, who of those officials would dare to be too close to him?
Thinking of this, Zhang Shijie couldn't help but feel a little complicated in his heart.
Subsequently, Zhao Dongting appointed Su Liu Yi as the deputy military commander to assist Wen Tianxiang in commanding the soldiers and horses of the whole country and sitting in the court.
Chen Wenlong and Liu Huang, former governors of the Governor's Office, were appointed as deputy state ministers to assist Lu Xiufu in taking charge of government affairs.
Su Quandang took over Su Liuyi's original position and was in charge of the official affairs of the front of the palace, which was equivalent to the commander of the Xujing Military Region.
Yue Peng was appointed as the commander of the Beijing Garrison Division. Although, there is no Beijing division in the current Southern Song Dynasty.
All the rest of the civil and military generals have many rewards, regardless of whether the real power has changed or not, the official rank is always higher.
It's just that because of the restructuring, these ministers are all in heavy minds and don't show much joy.
Only Chen Jianghan, who has an iron rooster temperament, was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, and he is still in charge of the country's money, and he is happy.
After the reward was completed, Zhao Dongting said: "Because the country is in danger, the laws and regulations will not be established for the time being, and the national laws will not change. I hope that all Aiqing can work together with me to resist the Yuan thieves, and to restore the vast territory of our Great Song Dynasty as soon as possible!"
Long live the ministers.
After finishing, Zhang Shijie walked out of the column with doubts, "Your Majesty, many generals in this battle have meritorious, such as Liu Hongyi and others, can't they be rewarded?"
Zhao Dongting said: "I have my own thoughts, Liu Hongyi and others, I need to give the title in front of the soldiers of the three armies to boost the morale of the soldiers of our three armies." ”
"Your Majesty. ”
Zhang Shijie no longer doubted and retreated.
He was still thinking about why Zhao Dongting didn't announce Liu Hongyi and others into the palace to reward him, it turned out that this was the case. It's really a different way for the emperor to act.
But he had to admit that rewarding Liu Hongyi and others in front of the three armies was indeed much more useful than rewarding them in the council hall.
Although in the final analysis, the Southern Song Dynasty court is now only tens of thousands of soldiers.
Soon, Zhao Dongting announced the dissolution of the dynasty, and the ministers left with a heavy heart.
In the past, when Zhang Shijie left the main hall, there were always many courtiers who came to join in the heat, but today, no one dared to approach him at all.
He looked back at the council hall and smiled bitterly, but then, this wry smile gradually became sprinkled again.
He thought, as long as he serves the emperor, what difference does it make in which position? Why do you have to be in charge of the army?
He knew that Zhao Dongting appointed him as a supervision order to deliberately disintegrate his faction, but he did not complain in his heart at this time, he just admired Zhao Dongting.
Zhao Dongting's move is a warning to him, and at the same time, it is also a great grace. Otherwise, he can resign and retire.
Thinking of this, Zhang Shijie knelt on the ground and knocked three times towards the political hall, and then strode away.
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