Chapter 160: Intimidation
The situation of the clan knighthood in the Song Dynasty is that the prince is crowned the king, the prince only stops at his body, and the descendants do not ask the heirs, with the longest one of them, the duke, and the rest of the descendants are just the shadow into the office, as the sanitation officer, and then in order to move around, and the different surname of the noble official Yin Zi into the general, must be in the old age, seniority, Fang Te to the king (county king), and his ancestors, fathers are not inherited. The prince did not become the king but only one person inherited the duke, so in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a situation of "almost no king with the surname".
Zhao Ta now finally feels a little comforted that he came to the Great Song Dynasty, the system of this era has been very perfect, if it is changed to a constitutional monarchy or a presidential system, it is a modern state system that is hundreds of years ahead of the world. Although there are still shortcomings of one kind or another, what social system is not defective?
So in general, although the knighthood system of the Song Dynasty was not very perfect, it had its advanced nature. The strict control of the knighthood is not like the Ming Dynasty, where all the princes are crowned county kings, so that the country has dozens of princes and hundreds of county kings. Those distant clans lost the power to confer official titles automatically, and as compensation, they were given the right to sit for the imperial examinations, which allowed them to hold regular positions. Thus limiting the creation of a large parasitic class and reducing the burden on the state.
Now that they have experienced the Jurchen invasion and the capture of the clan, every clan member realizes that he is very conspicuous and can easily become the target of the Jurchen attack, because each clan represents a potential heir to the imperial power of the Zhao and Song dynasties. Although the Jin soldiers have retreated, they have not completely eliminated their threat to the Great Song Dynasty, and they may even go south to herd horses at any time, 'stay away from the Jurchens.' The farther the better' has become the common goal of many clans, and this is the first to bear the brunt. There won't be much resistance to the emigration.
But these clans are outstretched everywhere, and they are accustomed to receiving supplies from head to toe. In the past, of course, the burden of supply was borne by local governments. Therefore, for economic reasons, they should have been dispersed, but Zhao Ta changed their supply to the supply of the Inner Servants, which made them have to move closer to the emperor, 'unite' around him, and maintain his rule...
The most difficult thing to deal with in the clan is his father and a few brothers who don't get along with Zhao Tan, but my father is easy to deal with, he is a person with special hobbies, as long as he indulges in it, he won't cause trouble for himself. Zhao Tan was robbed of books, cultural relics and antiques, calligraphy and paintings from various places by Jin Jun. There was also a collection copied from the criminal official's house and sent it to Longde Palace, so that Zhao Ji became the director of the Great Song Dynasty Royal Museum, and then he immediately lived in peace, indulging in it every day, and no longer cared about the outside world at all.
The third Zhao Kai is now a fallen phoenix, a diving dragon, knowing that he has long been abandoned by his father, he is depressed, and he has long lost his original high-spirited pride. After a series of blows from the boss Zhao Huan and the torment of the north, he has completely lost his desire for the throne, and only seeks peace. He also no longer interacted with anyone in Beijing to avoid suspicion. Zhao Ta has no interest in beating a person like a walking corpse, and there is no shortage of monthly stipends. When the time comes, you can go to the temple and stand on duty.
Lao Jiu used to be his closest brother, but now he is the brother he strictly guarded against. Even if Zhao Ta doesn't want to do this, he has to be careful that 'people are harmless and hurtful' for a year. Zhao Gou has experienced too many ups and downs, being a hostage, being a marshal, becoming a prince, and being knocked off the horse, he was one step away from ascending to the throne of the emperor, but he fell short, how could he be willing?
Zhao Gou has lived in depression since he was a child, and he wants to get ahead, but this time he finally waited for the opportunity, but he was ruined by the door, and he has always been angry about the second brother's conspiracy to usurp the throne, and he has never realized that he was doomed to failure from the beginning. Zhao Ta has now cut off all his wings, although the two most cronies have not been wiped to the end, but they are also far away from the remote military states, and Zhao Gou has been in power for a short time, he has not been able to cultivate his own team, and no one has followed him if he wants to make trouble, but now although he has not been removed from the title, it is difficult to do anything.
As for the other clans, when the overall situation has been decided, even if they have a disobedient heart, they have to be put away, Zhao Tan's two-way army went north and south, quickly pacified the bandits in various places, dismissed and incorporated the local armed forces, and the newly appointed officials who went south with the army quickly took over the power, removed those officials who were ineffective, and stabilized the locality. Speaking of which, Zhao Tan's efforts over the years have not been in vain, he has not only strengthened the armed forces in the northwest, but also cultivated a group of his own civilian officials.
Most of these people were trained by Zhao Ta's road school and recruited from all over the country, and after several years of training, they were already able to be the head of any place, but Zhao Ta did not appoint them all as high-ranking officials, but most of them were low-level officials such as county magistrates and magistrates, or high-grade state government general judges. This is actually the result of Zhao Ta's deep thinking.
Zhao Ta knew that he would inevitably carry out a series of reforms after he came to power, and the upper level would promote, but it was also very troublesome for the grassroots to give you a problem, and now the upper and lower ends are their own people, and these people in the middle will not stop the progress of the reform even if they don't contribute, and those general judgments placed around them will not sit idly by and let them come nonsense...
Everything is gradually on the right track, and the time has also reached the fifteenth day of the lunar month, according to the rules, the emperor wants to go out of Beijing to Gongxian County to pay tribute to the ancestors, and Zhao Ta as the new emperor This procedure must also be fulfilled. After returning to Beijing to worship the ancestors, Zhao Ta issued an edict to change the Yuan to rejuvenate the country next year, and take the meaning of the Great Song Dynasty.
At this time, the congratulatory envoys from all over the country have arrived, and the traffic is not as convenient as it is now, and the news transmission is slow. Think about the Jurchens who have been going back and forth for more than ten years, destroying Liao, attacking the Song Dynasty, and conquering the Xia, conquering the northwestern countries, invincible, without tasting a single defeat, causing chaos in the world, but no one can stop it. Now the arrogant Jin army was defeated by the Great Song Dynasty, losing 100,000 soldiers, this news was shocked when it reached all countries, and everyone knew that a new overlord had appeared, whether it was a friend of a civilized and powerful country, or an alliance with a bloodthirsty and domineering barbarian country, and the pros and cons were also clear to individuals!
And Zhao Tan also wanted to take the opportunity to show the military might of the new army of the Great Song Dynasty in front of the Shilu interface, so he changed the routine of inviting guests to dinner and watching singing and dancing in previous years, and arranged a grand military parade for them on the shore of Jinming Lake. At present, the various armies in Gyeonggi have taken the lead in completing their training and adopting a new military system, wearing military ranks and new uniforms.
All armies have canceled the bad habit of tattooing the characters, and changed to mark their names, arms, positions and ranks with badges, to indicate the troops to which they belong with armbands, and to wear military ranks on the collar badges to indicate military ranks, military uniforms and army are based on grass green, and the navy is based on white and blue, with the exception of the Guards Division, or black and gray military uniforms, so that people can know their affiliation at first sight, and each department can add some ornaments according to its tradition, but the dragon and phoenix and yellow are exclusively for the royal family, and others are strictly forbidden to use them, and the military flag of the dragon general is only a special case, which is authorized by the emperor.
In order to unify the names of the armies and change the chaotic state of official titles, the commanders at the army level are collectively called the commanders and the same commanders, and the brigade-level commanders become the commanders and commanders, and the battalion level is still called the commander, and the following are still called the commanders, and the following are still called the heads, team leaders, and gang commanders...
After the New Year's Day celebration, the monarchs and ministers gathered at Jinming Lake, after Zhao Ta's review, the grand military parade began in the loud military trumpet and war drums, walking in the forefront is the infantry team of the Guards Division, holding the flag hand with a golden dragon flag, the soldiers are wearing black uniforms, draped in large hats, hanging revolvers on their waists, sticking a horizontal knife diagonally behind their backs, holding a bead gun, walking through the review stand, riding boots neatly knocking on the ground, 'click...' sound is shocking.
"Long live the Emperor, long live, long live!" The moment the square team crossed the middle line, the soldiers of the square team looked to the right of the square in unison, shouting long live in their mouths, and the roar shook the sky.
"Great Song is mighty!" For the first time today, Zhao Ta put on his marshal's military uniform and walked forward with a military salute and shouted.
"Mighty!"
"Mighty!"
"Mighty!" The soldiers in the audience shouted in unison, but the surroundings were silent, and the onlookers were stunned by the spectacular scene of the new army that appeared for the first time, especially the bloody skeleton on the high military flag of the Guards Division, as if revealing a breathtaking cold light, to choose people to eat, and the mystery hidden behind the mask made people shudder, this is the emperor's pro-army, known as the elite of the Song army.
"Long live the Emperor, long live, long live!" The Guards Division had just passed, and there was a phalanx of infantry of the wolf generals, all of whom were dressed in grass-green uniforms, and the first to pass was the phalanx of pikemen, followed by the phalanx of machine gunners, and the bloodthirsty wolf's head was their flag.
They were followed by the Navy Army, with their white uniforms and their Fuso knives stuck in their backs as their symbol. The Marines are also a strong force, the azure uniforms are the color of the sea, and the fierce tiger shark is their flag.
Then there was a sound of horses' hooves in the square, walking in the forefront was the Tenglong Army, they were heavy cavalry, long riding spears, fluttering spear flags made people feel refreshed, the Yunlong Army flag was embroidered with red stars, showing the great exploits of this team; Followed by three dragoons, the war horses jogged forward with broken steps, the knife cut and the axe chopped neatly, marched to the sabre out of the sheath under the reading platform, and saluted the emperor with a knife, the blade was cold and dazzling, and it took people's souls.
The three teams that appeared in the last were the wheel and motorcycle team, the rapid-fire artillery team and the mortar artillery team, with a high muzzle, a circle of black holes and muzzles that seemed to be the eyes of demons, staring at the people on the field, they couldn't help but make people's hairs stand on end, their spine was cold, and they wanted to shout but were suppressed by the murderous atmosphere on the field and didn't dare to raise their voices... (To be continued......)