The shame of Jingkang was not only a military defeat, but also a general outbreak on political, economic, cultural, and moralistic issues.

At this time, Zhao Pu became the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and faced a series of arduous and unavoidable problems: treatment with warm medicine can only alleviate the time of death, and the outcome is still death; And with fierce medicine and major surgery, a careless death is a place to die, leaving a stench for thousands of years.

In his opinion, the Great Song Dynasty has reached the moment when it has to be reformed, and all aspects such as politics, economy, culture, and the army need to be reformed and the law needs to be changed.

If the law is not changed, the Northern Expedition will be defeated.

In history, the world always regrets that if there were no thirteen gold medals to recover Yue Fei, if Yue Fei had not been killed, maybe the Northern Expedition would have been successful. But in fact, even if there were no thirteen gold medals and Yue Fei was not killed, the Northern Expedition would not have succeeded.

Yue Fei's biggest tragedy is that he tried to build a strong army, relying on a strong army, smashing the Yellow Dragon and welcoming back the two saints. But it was negligence, the battle of Song and Jin was not only the duel between his Yue Fei and Wanyan Wushu, nor was it just the duel between the Yue family army and the Jin army, but the collision of the overall national strength of the Jin State and the national strength of the Song Dynasty.

The politics of the Song Dynasty were still rotten, the internal turmoil was continuous, the people paid heavy taxes, and all kinds of contradictions and disputes were endless, like a sick man, who was already weak and sick, but wanted to play the war of annihilation, is this possible?

Without cleaning up and solving the stubborn problems inherent in the Song Dynasty from the root, it is completely impossible to simply rely on the strength of the army to destroy another powerful country.

Military superiority, completely neutralized by political sickness.

Without a good political environment, military superiority is difficult to maintain for a long time, and even if shit luck breaks out, it will disappear quickly.

The founding emperors of the past have succeeded in eliminating the paralysis of the previous dynasties and creating a stable and good political environment, thus creating a military advantage, even if there are occasional defeats on the battlefield, they will be offset by political strength, forming an overwhelming military advantage.

Reform is the premise of the Northern Expedition, and it is imperative to change the law.

However, the risk of changing the law is too great.

Wu Qi changed the law and was killed by random arrows; Shang Ying's transformation was divided by five horses; King Wuling of Zhao was shot by Hu Fu and starved to death. In later generations, Zhang Juzheng changed the law, and after his death, his family property was confiscated, and his family members may die. In short, changing the law is a high-risk business, "not changing the law is looking for death, changing the law is looking for death!" “

Without the courage to die, without the determination to leave a stench for 10,000 years, without a precise and meticulous plan, without a strong army as a backup, if these four points are not met, the law will be changed, and the law will be defeated.

As an emperor, in addition to the founding emperor, who has the courage to die, and who has the determination to leave a stench for 10,000 years. The lack of determination has led to the failure of many changes, and even the courage to try is not even there.

Zhao Pu has these two determinations, but it is not enough to have determination, but also need a precise plan.

Like Wang Anshi, as soon as he came to power, he threw out a large number of plans to change the law and became the target of the public, which is looking for death; If you don't have sufficient talent reserves, you have to change the law, which is also looking for death; If you don't do a good job in public opinion propaganda, you change the law, which is looking for death.

In short, before he is ready, he will not change the law, and if he does not change, he will change the world, and he will not be a sandwich meal.

However, immutability does not mean inaction. As the saying goes, slowly and slowly, the world is lucky. He is now like the tiger in "The Donkey of Qian", constantly tempting, constantly challenging the slightest bottom line, in small confrontations, understanding the enemy, training himself, and preparing for later changes.

The announcement of the establishment of the medal system this time is a kind of test of the civil official group and a kind of exploration of the bottom line of scholars.

Since the promulgation of the medal system, Zhao Pu has been waiting in anxiety, and he has prepared for the worst. Doctors have always been difficult to mess with, and once they play non-violent and non-cooperative, they will be in trouble

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After the promulgation of the medal system, everything seemed to be calm, but behind the calm, there was an undercurrent surging.

The civil servants in the city continued to gather in groups of three or five, discussed, discussed, and were extremely dissatisfied with His Majesty's medal system, but they had to compromise due to the current situation. However, a compromise does not mean that nothing has happened, and after mutual contact, it was finally decided to attack collectively.

On this day, Zhao Pu had just gone to the early dynasty, and when he was thinking, a royal historian stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, do you have a book?" ”

"Qing family, but it's okay to say?"

"Your Majesty promulgated the medal system three days ago, this law is very good, but it is inevitable that there will be omissions, this is the specific plan of the medal system of Weichen, please identify it!" As he spoke, the imperial historian took out a pamphlet from his body, and the eunuch stepped forward and took the pamphlet.

Zhao Pu took it, opened the recital, and looked at it carefully. The detailed planning above shows that the specific content of the medal system mainly describes the award criteria for medals.

Zhao Pu looked at the concerto, the brows on his face furrowed tightly, and he said in his heart: "Civil officials, it's not simple!" did not directly stop it, but used a roundabout way to distort the medal system! ”

His original intention was that the medal system was to reward soldiers for fighting, focusing on rewarding those middle and low-level officers, and stimulating the sense of honor of middle and low-level officers. As for the Golden Sword Medal, it is prudent to issue it, unless it has a great merit like Di Qing.

In general, the symbolism of the Golden Sword Medal is greater than the significance of awarding it, mainly to appease the appetite of those generals; The Silver Halberd Medal and the Bronze Hammer Medal are mainly issued in practice and are used to motivate those low-level soldiers.

In this medal, the characteristics of the military system of the Song Dynasty were used, the role of the medal was distorted, and the focus of the award was on the literati.

Drawing lessons from the late Tang Dynasty and the five dynasties of warlords, the Song Dynasty was dominated by civil servants and imperial warriors. In many cases, civilian officials held the main position, while military generals held deputy positions. Even if a military general controls a side of the army and horses, he is still controlled by the literati. Once a military merit is made, the literati are the first meritorious, and the military generals are the secondary; Once defeated, the military generals are the scapegoats, and the literati are secondary.

If the standard for awarding medals on the medal is followed, there may be a civil official who has never been to the battlefield or trained soldiers, but only spends all day in the camp tent and is greedy for military salaries, but he receives a medal; And the generals are constantly fighting on the battlefield, dying nine times for life, but there is no leadership medal.

If it is carried out according to the medal, the medal system will deteriorate and become corrupt.

"Tall! Brilliant! Zhao Pu said on his lips, but he was secretly in his heart; The literati are really shrewd, and they can distort policies like this, they have the ability!

"I don't know, the Qing family's surname!" Zhao Pu asked, his expression flashing with excitement.

This imperial historian said excitedly: "This is the duty of the subordinates!" “

"If everyone in the world is so loyal and patriotic as the Qing family, why is the world unfair, and why is the gold thief unbroken?" Zhao Pu praised, "The Qing family's performance makes sense, it should be so, but it lacks the review system!" ”

Audit system?

Minister of the Manchu Dynasty, you look at me immediately, I look at you, I don't know what kind of mystery His Majesty the Emperor is going to do.

"The medal system is not so cheap, not that everyone wants to get it, they can get it, there must be a strict review system. If there is a person who is greedy for military salary, he shall not receive a medal; If there is a robbery of a woman, he shall not receive a medal; If there is a person who escapes first, he will not receive the medal............"

Zhao Pu opened his mouth and said eighteen times in a row.

"After receiving the medal, if there is a violator, the investigation is true, and the medal will be withdrawn! The application for the medal must be reviewed by the Privy Council, approved by the emperor, and issued by the Ministry of War! ”

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