Chapter 712: Canonization
When Chu Lianzi heard this, she was very unhappy in her heart, she naturally understood that Ran Zhi's father, Ran Min, was the adopted grandson of Shi Hu, the tyrant of Zhao State, and his ancestor was the leader of the beggar army who was forced to rebel.
However, Chu Lianzi is worried that there are still 100,000 troops in Wei, and the generals who command these armies are very loyal to Ran Min.
Chu Lianzi told the ministers of the court what he thought in his heart, and the ministers saw that it was an expedient measure to canonize Ran Zhi, and the opposition was suddenly much smaller, but in their hearts they still despised Ran Zhi extremely much, and thought that if a person from a humble background like Ran Zhi could be called king, they could also be called king with their noble status.
Although most of the ministers of the court and the central government were very unhappy, in order to appease the monarchs and ministers of Wei, they finally decided to canonize Ran Zhi as the king of Wei, and appointed Jiang Gan, the general of Wei, as the general of Pingbei, Su Hai as the general of Zhenbei, Wang Wu as the general of Anbei, and the rest of the generals were also greatly rewarded.
Seeing that Chu Garlic not only canonized Ran Zhi as the king of Wei, but also rewarded all the generals of Wei, and the high position of canonization made the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty a little dumbfounded, they couldn't believe that these Wei generals who were not sincere to the Great Jin could actually receive such high treatment, and a sense of indignation surged from the hearts of the ministers.
"Queen Mother. The generals of the Wei State did not really surrender to my Great Jin, and canonized such a high official position, is it a bit too much? A nobleman stepped forward and objected.
"Yes! The Queen Mother, like Jiang Gan, Su Hai, Wang Wu and the like, can be canonized as a partial, why should they canonize such a high position as General Pingbei, General Zhenbei, and General Anbei, and the Queen Mother is so canonized, it is really biased, and it will chill the generals who are loyal to the Great Jin. Another scholar objected.
Chu Lianzi knew that such a canonization of Wei would definitely attract the opposition of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty. But. He also has his own considerations, after all, no matter how high the general's title is, it is just a title. The reason why Chu Lianzi canonized these Wei generals was such a high position. In order to envelop the soldiers of the Wei State. Let them garrison Jizhou well and block the development of Yan forces to the south.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the strength of Yan Kingdom has gradually increased over the years. There are more than 300,000 soldiers and horses under the command of King Yan, recently formed an alliance with the country, the army of the two countries is as much as 500,000, the heart of the king of Yan has gradually appeared, and the mourning family canonized the generals of Wei State such a high position, which is to let them stand at the forefront of blocking Yan to the south, Jiang Gan, Su Hai, Wang Wu and the like, although they are all poor and lowly people, but they are all Wei generals, and have enmity with Yan State, by them to block the Yan army south, the pressure of my Great Jin will be greatly reduced. Chu Garlic said what was in his heart.
Seeing that Chu Lianzi canonized the generals of the Wei State in order to make them become cannon fodder for the Great Jin Dynasty to block the Yan army's southward movement, the hearts of the Manchu Dynasty officials suddenly felt a lot more comfortable, after all, no matter how big the official title is, it is just a title, just seal a big official, let Jiang Gan, Su Hai, these stunned young people help the Great Jin to block the Yan army south, it is also a clever plan, anyway, in addition to the canonization, the Great Jin Dynasty will not hand over the soldiers and horses of the Great Jin to Jiang Gan and others to command.
Chu Lianzi saw that the grievances of the Manchu Dynasty and the civil and military forces had eased a lot, and said: "Which Aiqing is willing to lead a brigade of divisions to Jizhou to prevent the Yan army from going south, and the mourning family canonized him as a general." After speaking, he looked at the Manchu Dynasty civil and military.
Hearing this, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty looked at each other a few times, and then lowered their heads and stopped talking, the situation in Jizhou at this moment is unusually sinister, hundreds of thousands of troops are confronting each other here, if they are stationed here, there is a danger of being swallowed up at any time, for this reason, these noble-born scholars and courtiers are naturally unwilling to risk their lives and go to Jizhou to make meritorious contributions, after all, no matter how tempting the position of the general is, it is not as important as life, if the life is lost, what do you want to do with the title of general, besides, these pampered masters are not the material for war, even if they go to Jizhou, they will not be able to stop the Yan army from moving south, on the contrary, it is very likely to drag down the Great Jin Corps in Jizhou.
Seeing that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty no longer objected, Chu Lianzi issued a holy decree in the name of Sima Dan, Emperor Mu of Jin, officially canonized Ran Zhi as the king of Wei, and canonized Jiang Gan as the general of Pingbei, Su Hai as the general of Zhenbei, and Wang Wu as the general of Anbei, and prepared a large number of rewards and property.
After a qiē was ready, the envoy sent by the Great Jin Imperial Court, carrying the holy decree and a large number of rewards, left Jiankang City and ran in the direction of Yecheng.
After the mission left Jiankang City, the humerus ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty gathered together to study how to weaken the strength of the generals who supported the army in order to stabilize the rule of the Great Jin Dynasty.
As for the problem that Hua'an's strength is weakened, they will not consider the problem of not being able to resist the Yan army going south, because they are all aiming to be partial to the south of the Yangtze River, even if Hua'an's strength is sharply reduced and finally defeated by the Yan army, it is a big deal to give up the Central Plains and Hebei to the Yan State, and their interests in the south of the Yangtze River will not be damaged, and the Yan State is dominated by cavalry, and it is a foreign country, so it is difficult to conquer the south of the Yangtze River.
And Hua'an is different, he is the general of the Great Jin, and started in Jiangnan, he knows Jiangnan quite well, if Hua'an's strength continues to expand, once the Yan State and the Dai State are destroyed, when the time comes, it will have most of the soldiers and horses of the Great Jin Dynasty, which is a huge threat to the Great Jin Dynasty, once Hua'an rebels, it can be easy to invade Jiangnan, the people of Jiangnan, there is no rejection of Hua'an, the same people, Hua'an can easily gain a foothold in Jiangnan, in order to reward the meritorious soldiers under his command, it is very likely to damage the interests of their scholar groups, This is what the ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty are most worried about.
The ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty had already begun to be wary of Hua'an when they led the army to occupy Guanzhong, and under the stimulation of the continuous rumors in Jiankang City, they immediately launched an action.
In order to test Hua'an's reaction, they instigated the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic to remove the military of Liangzhou and Yizhou, the governors of Hua'an, and handed them over to Hua'an's henchmen and generals, who were already somewhat estranged from Hua'an.
Of course, this is just the beginning, they are afraid of provoking Hua'an's overreaction, so the scope of this operation is not large, although the two states of Hua'an's governor were discharged, but they were handed over to the general under Hua'an's command, so that Hua'an was dumb and couldn't find a reason to oppose it, and the iron bull and thunderstorm could not refuse to accept the holy decree, so that the general who was originally somewhat estranged from Hua'an would have a farther distance from Hua'an, so that Yizhou and Liangzhou could completely get rid of Hua'an's control.
However, these court ministers are still not at ease with the Iron Bull and the Thunderstorm, and they are not sure whether the Thunderstorm and the Iron Bull will continue to choose to follow Hua'an to the death in order to fulfill their brotherly affection.
To this end, they will take two measures next, the first is to lure, give Iron Bull and Thunderstorm more rewards, and knock on the side to test the attitude of the two towards Hua'an, and then adopt a strategy of gradual persuasion, so that Iron Bull and Thunderstorm will be completely disappointed in Hua'an, so as to draw a line with Hua'an.
The second is coercion, of course, fierce generals like thunderstorms and iron bulls, direct frontal coercion will naturally not work, for this reason, they have to take more covert means, send a large number of henchmen and officials into Liangzhou and Yizhou to serve, and control the taxes and grain and grass of Yizhou and Liangzhou, and once the imperial court controls the two important substances of taxes and grain and grass, it is stuck in the neck of thunderstorms and iron bulls, after all, it is impossible for tens of thousands of troops not to eat, soldiers contribute to the country, it is impossible not to pay military salaries, military food and military salaries for an armyIt is the most important core resource, once these two resources are lacking, the army will mutiny, and then become a plate of loose sand, the imperial court in this way, can control the iron bull and thunderstorm on a certain distance, so that these two people, have to rely on the imperial court, and draw a line with Hua'an.
After discussing the strategy, these ministers entered the palace and asked the Empress Dowager Chu Lianzi for her life, sending their cronies to serve in Liangzhou and Yizhou to better control Liangzhou and Yizhou.
Although Chu Lianzi felt that something was wrong, as long as it was for the sake of the Great Jin Dynasty, she would not object, besides, Liangzhou and Yizhou had been recovered by the Great Jin Dynasty for many years, and it was time to strengthen the rule, so she issued a holy decree to send nearly 100 cronies under the command of these ministers to Liangzhou and Yizhou.
These newly appointed officials, after some preparations, under the protection of hundreds of soldiers, set off from Health City and headed for Liangzhou and Yizhou.
The mission of their trip was to first enter various important positions in Liangzhou and Yizhou, and find a way to list the charges, arrest and punish the important officials arranged by Hua'an, and replace them, and then they could control the political situation in Yizhou and Liangzhou step by step, so that Yizhou and Liangzhou could completely get rid of Hua'an's influence and become the prefectures and counties they controlled.
More than ten days later, the Great Jin delegation arrived in Yecheng and officially canonized Ran Zhi as the king of Wei, and at the same time canonized Jiang Gan, Wang Wu, Su Hai and other Wei generals.
"Big brother, the imperial court has ordered that Ran Zhi be canonized as the king of Wei, Jiang Gan as the general of Pingbei, Su Hai as the general of Zhenbei, Wang Wu as the general of Anbei, and the rest of the generals of Wei also have their own canonizations." Wang San walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and reported loudly.
Hua An heard a trace of resentment from Wang San's tone, no wonder, it was not surprising that the imperial court canonized Ran Zhi as the King of Wei, but the positions of Jiang Gan and others were canonized so high, only slightly lower than Hua An, higher than Wang San's generals, Wang San was not angry, and it was inevitable. (To be continued......)