Wanyan Sairi's defection ended the struggle between the two major factions of the Jin State that lasted for nearly three years since Wanyan Kang ascended the throne, the powerful ministers Zong Han and Zong Xuan died, and a large number of officials and clans were purged, including the political elite of the Jin State and the generals who could fight habitually, the court was empty, the reformists were completely victorious, and the head figure Zong Gan was appointed as the Taishi to lead the three provinces and the king of the Liang and Song dynasties, and took over the power of the court; Xi Yin was named Prime Minister Zuo and King Chen, and took care of the government with Zonggan; Wushu was named the Taibao and the marshal of the national soldiers and horses, and took over the military power.

It is said that this is a good time for Wanyan Kang to appoint cronies to reorganize the dynasty. But he found that he still couldn't control the situation, his power was greatly limited, and the winner of the struggle between the two factions was not himself, but the three reformist elders such as Zonggan, Xiyin and Wushu, and the Jin State, which had just ended the struggle between the two factions, did not usher in the long-lost calm, but the beginning of a new round of political struggle, and he was once again involuntarily involved......

Soon after getting rid of the conservatives, he succeeded Zong Pan as the Taishi, but as the eldest son of Aguta, Zong Gan was old and in poor health and suffered from foot diseases, and it was very difficult to walk in the court. Under these circumstances, Wanyan Xiyin naturally became Zonggan's right-hand man, helping Zonggan govern the government, and he quickly became a new political leader by virtue of his talent and status as a veteran of the Four Dynasties and his high prestige.

Mu Xiu was destroyed by the forest wind, and Wanyan Xiyin's repeated gains in power caused the dissatisfaction of other members of the DPRK and China, led by Wushu, who took the lead in the struggle to eliminate the conservatives and made great contributions, and was also named the marshal of the soldiers and horses by Wanyan Kang, controlling the army of the whole country. It is said that he should be satisfied, but although the vultures have mastered the power of the army. His appetite is not satisfied, and his highest ambition is to take Hee-Yin's place. Become the manipulator of the military and political power of the Jin Kingdom.

Wushu was obviously more patient and wise than Zong Xuan, and he clearly knew that in order to gain power, he must be supported by strong force, and the fall of Zong Xuan and Zong Han was due to the loss of the support of the army. At this time, the generals of the older generation of the Jin State withered, and the successors were exhausted in the struggle between the two factions, and the only remaining fruit was the treasure of Wushu, so both Wanyan and Zonggan had to rely on it militarily, which gave him the opportunity to further usurp military power, and Wushu would certainly not let go.

Conservatives are now in the dustbin and can put anything in them. Therefore, he carried out a second purge in the army on the grounds of eliminating the power of the conservatives in the army, and all the generals who did not agree with him were labeled as conservatives or killed or withdrawn, and even the important figures in the army of Taizong's family, Zong Ben and Zong Gu, who were originally pardoned by Wan Yan Kang, could only obediently hand over the power and go home to retire, although they never had the idea of conspiring to make trouble.

Wushu then installed his cronies in the army and expanded the army on the grounds that the military threat from the Southern Dynasty was still there, a reason that could not be rejected by Wanyan and others, allowing him to integrate and annex other people's clans and take over the inheritance of the fallen clan nobles. After some operation, the Wushu quickly recovered its vitality. Although the strength is not as good as in the Yanjing period, it also has no other people's elbows, forming the first person in the army, and the emperor has to think twice if he wants to move!

After more than a year of hard work to master the army. Wushu felt that he could get involved in politics, and if he wanted to become the 'first brother', he had to overthrow Zong Gan and Wanyan Xiyin, and Zong Gan was his eldest brother after all. The leader of the Aguda family, the emperor's adoptive father. It is not easy to bring him down, and Zong Gan is now riddled with stubborn diseases. Very little in politics. That vulture aimed his spearhead at Wanyan Xiyin.

The easiest and most effective way to completely overthrow a person is to sue him for rebellion, and the success rate is extremely high, because this is the pain point of every person in power, and even if there is no evidence, it will be dealt with in an attitude that it is better to believe it than to believe it. Wushu began to make small reports to Emperor Wanyan Yan, the main content of which was to report the conspiracy of Wanyan Xiyin and Zuo Cheng Xiaoqing to rebel.

Of course, Wan Yan Yan is not a fool, and of course he knows very well how credible the truth of the secret report of the vultures is. If Zong Han and Zong Xuan rebelled, he still thinks it is possible, after all, they have a high prestige in the Jin army, and they also have many cronies in important positions. But after talking about Yan Xiyin's rebellion, anyone has to mumble something and won't believe it. Because Wanyan Xiyin has been helping to deal with internal affairs in the DPRK and China more often, he has no access to the inside of the army at all, and he has no strength.

Xiucai's rebellion has not been successful for ten years, this truth is still known to Wan Yan Yan, who is proficient in Han culture, although he is jealous of Wan Yan Xiyin's talent, but he will not make up his mind to kill him. Therefore, he pretended to be deaf and dumb and asked Wushu to consult with Zonggan. Zonggan's foot is sick and has not yet been transferred to his head, so he naturally won't believe that Wanyan Xiyin, who has always relied on him and is quite talented, will rebel, and of course he will also ignore the report of Wushu!

Seeing that his plan was not working, Wushu did not rush to attack Zong Xuan, but temporarily put down his mind and turned to wait and look for new opportunities. During this period, the emperor not only asked famous doctors to treat him, but even served medicine in front of the bed, but he could not keep the summoned Zonggan by death. With his departure, another round of reshuffle in the political arena of the Jin Kingdom began again......

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When several bigwigs in the Jin Kingdom took turns to compete for power, the Great Song Dynasty also quietly began to transfer power. Just after the Dragon Boat Festival in the tenth year of the rejuvenation of the country, the Privy Council, an old minister who was nearly eighty years old, asked Zong Ze to return to his hometown for retirement, and then Prime Minister Li Gang also proposed to Zhishi. The two heads of the Great Song Dynasty government proposed to retire at the same time, not because they had a conflict with the emperor, but for the sake of the country.

Zong Ze felt that he was too old to do things, and he was no longer competent for his current job; And Li Gang has been working in the position of prime minister for ten years, and he feels very tired, and if he continues to work, some people will say that he is greedy for power and coercs the emperor to refuse to give way. In addition, he also understands the truth that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and there are few prime ministers of the Great Song Dynasty who can get a good death, so it is better to retire while he is now famous.

Zhao Ta didn't feel too surprised when he received the stamps from the two, but he was a little embarrassed. He is not worried about the chaos caused by the power vacuum in the court after the loss of the two ministers of Zaifu, because he has now accumulated a certain amount of governing experience, and his strength in the government and the opposition has reached a point where no one can challenge his authority anymore, and now it is difficult for someone to rebel.

The thousand-year-old feudal system, the long-term existence of imperial power, and the infiltration of Confucian loyalty to the monarch culture have made the imperial family enjoy high prestige in the Han ruling area and become a symbol of the family and country.

The Great Song Dynasty has been tossing since Shenzong in recent years, and the reformers and conservatives have taken turns to appear, and the three changes in the policy a day have made the people toss a lot, and the scholars have suffered a lot, and the situation has forced them to stand in line, with the emperor's preferences up and down. When Zhao Ji came to power, he appointed Cai Jing and other traitors to manage the government, and he was also a master who could toss, which made the Great Song Dynasty complain and the economy tended to collapse.

Seeing that the Jurchens were coming, Zhao Ji smeared oil on the soles of his feet and threw the mess to his son Zhao Huan, but he was also a master with great ambitions and talents, and still failed to reverse the situation, but instead ceded land and reparations to bring the country to the brink of annihilation, and he became a prisoner of a foreign race.

In the past ten years, the emperor vigorously promoted the policy of opening the sea to develop foreign trade and economic cooperation, built water conservancy, rebuilt the collapsed economy of the Great Song Dynasty, reformed the rule of officials to make politics clear, reorganized the army to dominate the world, and turned the Great Song Dynasty into the most powerful country in the East. He not only repelled the Jurchens and recovered the old land, but also extended the power of the Great Song Dynasty to the surrounding countries, making Goryeo, Dali, Gaochang, Western Xia and other countries bow down to their vassals, and the subjects of the Great Song Dynasty regained their sense of ownership in the world of the world, which they had never experienced in the previous emperors, and all this was carried out under the leadership of the new emperor.

The days of national peace and security have made the people of the Great Song Dynasty almost forget the Emperor Taishang who lived in the Longde Palace; The people who shouted to welcome back the first emperor also fell silent at this moment, and everyone selectively forgot about Zhao Huan, who was still suffering in the Five Kingdoms City, but worried about whether his return would make the loyal and righteous emperor give up the throne to him; And Zhao Gou, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses who was once in the limelight, can only be remembered as such a number one person when passing by his lonely mansion......

Zhao Ta thought about it for a few days, and then he had already proposed to Zhishi a few years ago, and he was trying his best to keep it, and now the old man is on crutches to go to the palace, and he will not let his family enjoy a few years of happiness, and he is too inhumane. In order to commend Zong Ze for his loyalty to the country for so many years, he issued a decree to make him the Taifu, open the mansion with Sanyi, give 10,000 taels of gold and 100 silk silks, and return to his hometown to build a mansion for the elderly.

And Li Gang can be said to have worked hard over the years, conscientiously assisting himself to realize the Zhongxing of the Great Song Dynasty, and now he is not yet sixty years old, and he is a little reluctant to let him go, after all, good ministers are hard to find, but he also knows the truth that the flow of water is not corrupt, and officials will inevitably have problems if they stay in a position for too long, so there was a transfer of officials in ancient times, and now it is called exchange.

So Zhao Tan did not approve Li Gang's retirement application, but promoted him to the title of Taishi, restored Zhongshu Province, and appointed him as Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi to participate in the Great Dynasty Meeting and assist him in managing the country, but Zhongshu Province only had his name compared to the past and did not directly participate in governance, and the executive body was still Shangshu Province, similar to the current senior advisers...... (To be continued......)